249 The Deser (1/2)

One night had passed and a new day had begun...

Yao Ying had a really blissful night and he woke up with a happy mood, even though his wound started to bleed once again. For him, the pain was worth it. When Yao Ling was coming, she accidentally kicked the wound open. Fortunately for Yao Ying, Yao Ling didn't realize this point. He quickly asked Xiu to help him change his bandage the night before and today, it was as good as new.

He was afraid to be scolded by Yao Ling ah~!

Lin Jian looked at the cheerful Yao Ying and the bashful Yao Ling, knowing that the former must have been bullying the latter ah~! When he came back from the local magistrate's house, he also saw Xiao Yu's red face and of course, he understood what happened inside the room. Lin Jian could only shake his head while laughing.

Lin Jian needed to tell Yao Ying what he had found out the previous night and he called all of the personnel. They decided to meet up in Lin Jian's room.

”What did you find out? Did I make a correct guess?” Yao Ying asked smugly.

Lin Jian scowled at Yao Ying's conceited look, but he had to admit that the latter was indeed correct. Lin Jian could only nod his head under Yao Ying's proud look. ”You are correct. He will sacrifice two of bandit groups that bribed him to avoid being punished by the Han Emperor,” Lin Jian answered.

General Hu said, ”That local magistrate is so corrupt and disgusting!”

Xiao Fang sighed. ”We can see that from how his mansion looks like. It looks so luxurious, in contrast to the poor people that surround his mansion.”

Yao Ling murmured her agreement, but she reminded the others, ”We shouldn't involve ourselves with this matter.” She gave a pointed look at Yao Ying, Lin Jian, and Xiao Fang. They were involved with the original robbery and she didn't want to risk anything, besides, the three of them weren't even Han people to begin with.

Yao Ying, Lin Jian, and Xiao Fang naturally understood her reasoning. However, General Hu didn't. He asked, ”Why?” His perspective about the Han Emperor had changed, but he still loved his kingdom. How could he let such a corrupt officer away?

Yao Ying shook his head and said, ”You are the one who guarded the first bridal dowry and the local magistrate didn't recognize you because you put on a disguise. What if he knows that you are here? He will choose you as a scapegoat...”

General Hu indeed had been wearing disguise after Han Xiang's death, after all, he would be the first one that had to take responsibility... the local magistrate welcomed him and the princess at that time, so he knew perfectly clear General Hu's face.

General Hu naturally understood Yao Ying's point of view. Rather than sacrificing the bandits that were actually the local magistrate's source of money, the local magistrate would certainly prefer to sacrifice General Hu. General Hu sighed in defeat, ”I don't feel good for abandoning the people.”

Yao Ling said, ”General Hu, I don't think it means that you are fully abandoning the people. By sacrificing these two bandit gangs, it means there would be less citizens being robbed by them. Just think of the positive side!” Yao Ling tried to persuade him.

They weren't saints and they couldn't help everyone... Survival was the basic instinct of every human...

General Hu naturally understood this point and he knew that there was nothing he could do. He couldn't even protect his head, so how could he try to protect the others? It was just his own arrogant self talking...