Chapter 1106: Long Feiye’s last shred of reason (1/2)

Long Feiye still had that tiny shred of rationality remaining, but the Mu Clan’s soldiers gave him no hope.

“This humble one--this humble one doesn’t know...I don’t know anything! Your Highness Duke of Qin, have mercy ahh! Have mercy!”

The soldier was so nervous that he even called Long Feiye ‘Your Highness Duke of Qin.’ Long Feiye had been conferred the rank of ‘duke’ in this imperial city when he was a child and ruled for many years as the Duke of Qin.[1] Any faction here feared and dreaded him with healthy respect; it was a city who looked bright and neat on the surface, but hid plenty of bitterness that only he himself knew.

Perhaps many others were still nostalgic about the past, when the three countries were all at peace.

“You won’t say?” Long Feiye arched a brow.

“This humble one really knows nothing! The Great General obstinately clung to his ways, even the clan elders couldn’t convince him! This humble one--”

Before he could finish, Long Feiye tightened his grip and choked him to death.

All of the western gates were stained red with blood as corpses littered the ground in a mournful sight. Long Feiye stood waiting by the entrance, his figure a chilling sight against the moonlight. All was silent but for the constant thrumming of his sword.

Gu Beiyue felt saddened and wanted to coax him to stop, but Long Feiye spun on his heel and headed for the palace. At its entrance, he met three regiments of the Mu Clan’s soldiers guarding its gates, but there was no Mu Yuanbo. Still, the gridlocked entrance made Long Feiye break into a bloodthirsty smile.

He knew Mu Yuanbo had to be inside!

Long Feiye also knew that sooner or later, he would return to these gates. This was not only once part of Tianning and now Tianan’s imperial city, but also the old capital city of East Qin. Still, he never expected to be standing here under the current circumstances.

He pointed his sword at the soldiers and said coldly, “Those who don’t want to die, get lost! Otherwise, this crown prince will slaughter all of your Li Clan!”

But the hundreds of soldiers didn’t budge. Only an old man stepped forward--the Li Clan’s Head Elder. He fell to his knees and cried, “Your Highness Crown Prince, the Great General was forced! Bai Yanqing kidnapped the young general and gave him no choice but to obey him! Your Highness Crown Prince, none of those citizens were killed by Great General Mu, but Bai Yanqing’s subordinates!”

Mu Yuanbo had personally witnessed Bai Yanqing taking away Han Yunxi and Ning Jing. He rushed forward to snatch them away, but couldn’t do anything against Bai Yanqing. Only then did he realize Bai Yanqing’s deal was simply using him! Now that Han Yunxi was in his hands, the motion of events had been set. With the Li Clan’s reputation in tatters, he was already a useless pawn.

Unable to catch up to Bai Yanqing, he heard news that the matrix formation in the Mu Estate’s rear courtyard was broken. He immediately backtracked to bring Liuyue away with him. He had mistakenly assumed that Bai Yanqing would continued to trap Long Feiye and the others for a few more days, but who knew the man was so decisive? He left no way of survival for the Li Clan at all!

How could Long Feiye’s group ever forgive the Li Clan’s Mu Family after all they’d done?

Mu Yuanbo was pushed to a dead end and could only admit his helplessness to the elders of the clan, as well as the truth. All of them cursed him soundly for being an idiot, but had no choice but to help him clean up the mess. Currently, Mu Yuanbo was preparing to flee with the Li Clan’s military tactics manuals. He still held onto the last trace of hope that they could be used to exchange for Qingwu’s life. But the Head Elder stopped him and told him to surrender to Long Feiye so they could discuss rescue tactics. Thus, the old man had led all of the Mu Clan members to wait at the gates--not to block Long Feiye, but to beg him!

For forgiveness and aid.

As Head Elder fell to his knees, so did the rest of the crowd. Together, they chorused, “The Great General was forced. We beg Your Highness Crown Prince to show leniency! May Your Highness Crown Prince take charge for the Li Clan and rescue the young general!”

Even Gu Beiyue couldn’t accept words like these, to say nothing of Long Feiye.

Why should he? Why forgive them at all, much less save their heir?

Why were there always such laughable people, such ridiculous requests in this world?

As if “he was forced” and “he had no other choice” could make up for all their crimes? What man on this Earth hadn’t been forced beyond his limits before?

“Forced? He was forced?” Long Feiye laughed out loud. Ever since he was young, he had heard this line too many times and suffered many “forced” situations himself. What could he do then? Besides silently enduring it, what else? He had felt so lucky when Han Yunxi didn’t hate him or leave him after he’d tried to hide their identities for a lifetime! Besides that, there were countless unspoken moments where he’d been forced in other ways. He’d patiently borne year after year of helplessness all this time.