Chapter 1101: Father, I wont accept i (2/2)

Great General Mu had already gone over numerous consequences in his head, but he had already decided to protect Qingwu and Liuyue until the end. At the very least, the Li Clan’s bloodline should live on.

“What, are you lot planning to rebel too?” Great General Mu got serious.

The various elders were all senior members of the Li Clan. None of them liked the sound of that. The elder who took the letter tossed it back at Great General Mu, too angry to even speak. He tossed his sleeves and stalked off while the other elders scattered. If this went on, they might really rebel after all!

Great General Mu had no time to consider that possibility. He only wanted to know what Bai Yanqing was planning next. However, Bai Yanqing’s orders were simply thus: toss 500 corpses out of the city walls!

The 100 victims from before were all killed by Bai Yanqing himself! Who knew the man would move on to kill 500 more! Wasn’t he making the entire world his enemy in exchange for guarding this city and waiting for Han Yunxi to arrive?

Great General Mu clenched his fists before slamming one against the wall. He kept punching it until his fist was a mess of blood and meat. He hadn’t done anything evil in this lifetime, but who knew he’d meet with such misfortune now! Such a cruel and ruthless butcher of lives, although not from his own hand, began because of his choices and under his name. How could his heart...bear it?

Yet Great General Mu did as he was told, tossing 500 corpses in front of the city gates. News soon spread across Cloud Realm Continent again.

Bai Yanqing had long planned this move. Han Yunxi’s group couldn’t afford to wait any longer. Although the past days had brought no fresh intel regarding Bai Yanqing, they had to act. Long Feiye made an appointment to meet with Great General Mu at noon two days from now. Tonight, the four of them slipped into Tianan’s capital city and went straight for General Mu’s estate. Once there, they realized the place was completely empty!

“It’s a trap! Scatter!” Long Feiye ordered.

But before anyone could leave, they heard a woman’s screams coming from the rear courtyard. It was only one scream, but Long Feiye and the men all hesitated while Han Yunxi recognized it at once.

“It’s Ning Jing!” she didn’t think twice before flipping onto a roof to run for the rear courtyard.

“Han Yunxi!”

“Poison lass!”

Long Feiye and Gu Qishao chased after her in a hurry, but neither were faster than Gu Beiyue. Han Yunxi reared the back courtyard and followed the sound to a thatched roof cottage. As soon as she reached the door, Gu Beiyue also arrived and grabbed her hand. “Princess, it has to be Bai Yanqing. This is a trap!”

Of course Han Yunxi knew the true mastermind behind everything was Bai Yanqing, but she couldn’t help herself after hearing Ning Jing scream!

“Ning Jing, are you inside?” Han Yunxi probed.

There was no sound. By now, Long Feiye and Gu Qishao had arrived as well. Long Feiye gave Han Yunxi a nasty glare, which she understood but didn’t acknowledge. Her thoughts were all on the courage. She couldn’t have heard wrong, the person had to be Ning Jing. But why wasn’t she replying her? Who else was in the thatched cottage?

Was Ning Jing trying to stop them from risking themselves, or unable to talk because she was under someone’s thrall?

“It has to be Ning Jing!” Han Yunxi murmured. In other words, if she was right, they had to use this chance to rescue her. Long Feiye and the rest could agree on that point!

Long Feiye pulled Han Yunxi far away from the cottage at the same time Gu Beiyue and Gu Qishao followed. The four of them stood back to back, on guard against the building and any movements from their surroundings. You couldn’t be too careful against Bai Yanqing!

As they observed their surroundings, Gu Beiyue spoke. “Senior Bai, the princess is your daughter. If there’s any misunderstandings between father and daughter, why not come to clear them up?” Of course he knew Han Yunxi didn’t acknowledge this father, but this was one way to goad him out.

Understanding his intentions, Han Yunxi added loudly, “Bai Yanqing, just what did you do to my mother in the past? Why would she hate you so much? She’d rather give herself to the Han Clan and Han Congan instead of you! Speak, what kind of unforgivable things did you do to my mother! I’m telling you now, I, Han Yunxi, would rather follow Han Congan’s ‘Han’ than accept you as my father! You’re not worthy! My mother must have been blind to fancy you!”

As she spoke, she scoured her surroundings. When there was no reaction, her eyes turned cold before she said, “Bai Yanqing, I’ll tell you now, you better hide yourself well. Otherwise, I’ll castrate you as soon as I see you to avenge my mother! Then I’ll kill you to avenge myself!”

Castration?

Even the three men around here felt a chill go down their backs. Gu Qishao looked askance at Long Feiye and muttered…