Chapter 610 Silencing! The Princess to be Married for Peace Was Murdered?

Water was scarce in the village, so the way to wake Batur was to lash him hard with a whip.

With one lash of the whip, Batur's clothes were torn open, leaving a bloody welt.

"ah--"

Batur let out a scream and was then tied to a wooden stake in the yard.

The scorching sun beat down on his head.

Batur trembled all over and opened his eyes in fear.

"Young Master...you—"

Upon seeing Li Qingluo, Batur could not hide his surprise.

Li Qingluo: "Are you surprised to see that I'm still unharmed?"

"Batur, you really are a traitor."

A look of panic crossed Batur's face.

But having spent decades in this desert, he was not about to easily admit defeat and bow down.

He quickly composed himself and cried out, "Young Master, I... I'm innocent..."

"It was your bodyguard who suddenly went mad and killed Lord Alikun! I couldn't stop him at all!"

"He also falsely accused me of being a traitor, but I couldn't stop those people who suddenly jumped out to kidnap you at the time. How can you conclude that I betrayed you?"

"Fortunately, you are safe and sound, young master. It is alright for me to suffer a little."

Hearing him still making excuses, Zhuiyu calmly drew her sword.

The sword light was as cold and sharp as ice, which made Batur shudder.

"What else do you want to do?"

"You dare to commit violence in front of the young master?"

"What a bastard!"

Li Qingluo: "Shut up! You're the bastard!"

"You still want to argue?"

“I heard your accomplices say with my own ears that you wanted to offer me up to that bazaar, Batur, you deserve to die!”

"If I can kill your accomplices, I can kill you too."

"Liu Li, come out here!"

The Han Chinese who had surrendered then walked in with their heads bowed.

Upon seeing Liu Li and realizing that this courtyard was Liu Li's home, Batur's expression changed drastically.

He almost cursed out loud, but managed to hold back.

Batur cried pitifully, "Young master, I have been loyal to the business all these years... I may not have made any great contributions, but I have certainly worked hard, haven't I?"

"Yet you listened to the words of a treacherous person and easily pinned such a huge label on me!"

"Have you forgotten how I did my best to lead you into the desert, avoid sandstorms, and enter Eagle City?"

"If I wanted to betray you, I would have sold you out to the city lord long ago, or taken the opportunity to kill you in the desert. Why bother going through all this trouble with you, only to end up getting myself killed in the end?"

"Does your former employer know how you treat your juniors? God has eyes, aren't you afraid of divine retribution?"

"The old master entrusted the business to a young master like you who can't distinguish right from wrong and doesn't know what's good or bad. I think our Tianfeng Business will not last long and will be destroyed by a muddle-headed woman like you sooner or later!"

Li Qingluo remained silent as he distorted the truth, but Liu Li couldn't stand it anymore.

"Batur, just shut up!"

“I told the young master everything.”

"You want to separate the Tianfeng Trading Company in the Western Regions and have all the shops and businesses in the Western Regions under your control."

"Over the years you have clearly amassed a great deal of wealth by swallowing up a lot of the business's assets, yet you are still not satisfied."

"Back then, my old employer not only saved your life, but also mine."

"Therefore, I cannot be ungrateful."

"I just haven't been able to find the right opportunity to expose you, and I have no choice but to submit to your tyranny and dare not speak."

"But seeing a future master like the young master makes me willing to risk everything. I'm not afraid of you!"

"You brought the young master and the others to Eagle City unharmed, wasn't it because you didn't get the young master's seal and token? Once you get these things, you plan to hand the young master over to Lord Bazaar."

"In the end, whether the young master and the others live or die, you don't care anymore."

"Anyway, you got what you wanted."

“Batur, your ambition has been exposed. The young master is a man of discernment and has long known of your wolfish ambitions.”

"You still want to argue? You're nothing but a clown!"

Batur's mask was completely torn off.

He stopped pretending.

With a ferocious, furious roar, he shouted, "I'm going to kill you—"

"Liu Li, you are a Han Chinese who has settled down in Yingcheng. If it weren't for my care for you all these years, would you still be able to marry and have children, and live a peaceful and good life here?"

"And now you've betrayed me!"

"You cowardly traitor, what good are you anyway?"

"You killed someone in the Central Plains and fled to the Western Regions, hiding here and there for years. Do you think you can wash away the blood on your hands?"

"You are a heinous criminal. Even if she believes you today, she will never believe someone like you who is inherently sinful!"

"Haha, haha, hahaha—"

Liu Li's face turned pale and then flushed.

He barely dared to look up at the young master, his shoulders trembling as he desperately tried to suppress his raging anger.

"Take care of?"

"Your 'care' is nothing but relentless suppression, keeping me as nothing more than a manager for so many years?"

"I just managed to revitalize a shop, and then you send me off to some godforsaken place! This has happened at least ten times over the years."

"You take the woman you love as your concubine the moment you turn your back on her."

"Even if I marry my current wife, she's just a mute, unable to speak or utter a word. Does that give you the right to take advantage of her when I'm not around?"

"You beast!"

“My whole family has moved to the outskirts of the city, but you still come to my house every now and then, making my wife and her family serve you like servants.”

"Is this how you take care of me?"

"Fuck you—"

Unable to contain his hatred any longer, Liu Li got up, grabbed the machete beside him, and charged forward.

A knife was plunged into Batur's abdomen.

Seeing Batur vomiting blood, Liu Li finally showed a relieved smile.

"you……"

"You won't get a good death either..."

Batur closed his eyes and lowered his head.

Liu Li also turned around and knelt on the ground.

He dropped the knife, prostrated himself on the ground, and cried, "Young master, please spare my entire family."

"I'm willing to pay with my life for murder, I only ask that my family live out their remaining years in peace and safety..."

"I'm ready."

After saying that, Liu Li closed his eyes tightly, waiting for the knife to fall.

But after waiting for a long time, no pain came; instead, a sigh was heard.

"When did I say I was going to kill you?"

“Batur has bullied you so much, killing him is what he deserves.”

"You did nothing wrong."

Liu Li looked up at Li Qingluo in shock.

"Young Master, please don't kill me?"

"But I... I'm not a good person either..."

Li Qingluo: "But my grandmother saved you."

"The fact that she saved you means you're not such a bad person after all."

"Tell me, why did you kill people in the Central Plains before?"

When the past was mentioned, a look of pain appeared on Liu Li's face.

"I got married when I was young. I was conscripted into the army only a year after I got married."

“My husband is not home, and my wife was humiliated by the local bully because of her beauty.”

"My parents were beaten and verbally abused by the bully for years in order to stop this. My wife also endured the humiliation silently in order to protect my parents' lives."

“Once, I secretly went home to visit my family and happened to witness this incident. My wife was so humiliated and ashamed to face me that she committed suicide by hitting her head against a pillar.”

"My parents accompanied me to the government office to sue the local bully, but they didn't expect that the government and the bully colluded and ended up torturing my parents to death."

"I was so angry that I took advantage of the dark night to kill the entire bully's family and all the corrupt officials."

"We couldn't even return to the small military camp, so we fled all the way to the Western Regions."

"About ten years ago, I fainted on the Gobi Desert. If it weren't for my old employer's help, I would have been eaten by poisonous snakes and wild beasts long ago."

"When my former employer learned about my plight, he didn't look down on me. He even said that I was forced into this situation."

"I will never forget the great kindness and virtue my former employer has shown me."

"She also took in the young one and let him work for Tianfeng Trading Company in Yingcheng."

"But I have failed my former master. Over the years, I have watched Batur grow increasingly greedy, and he has even harbored malicious intentions towards you, young master. I have not dared to step forward to stop him..."

"I deserve to die!"

Liu Li lay on the ground, crying with his face covered in mud and sand.

Li Qingluo looked at Sha Yi, who stepped forward and helped him up.

Li Qingluo then slowly said, "For the sake of your family's safety, you have endured humiliation and hardship for many years, and at critical moments you have been able to step forward and distinguish right from wrong."

"Besides, he's not exactly a coward."

"He was willing to risk his own life to kill Batur, and he faced death calmly without wanting to implicate his family. He was a man of flesh and blood."

"Grandmother's judgment has always been correct."

"Liu Li, from now on, I'm entrusting you with managing the business in Yingcheng and even the Western Regions. Can you handle such a great responsibility?"

Liu Li stared at the young master in shock, his face filled with disbelief.

He killed someone, yet the young master was still willing to give him an important position?

Are there really people in this world who believe in themselves so much?

Is he really not dreaming?

The young master has affirmed himself?

Liu Li was afraid that if he hesitated even slightly, the matter would fall apart, so he quickly nodded in agreement.

"Of course I'd be willing!"

"Young Master, my life is yours from now on! I am willing to repay you and the Old Madam with my life, and I will definitely make Tianfeng Trading Company's business in the Western Regions even stronger!"

"I will never have any disloyal intentions in the future."

"Your humble servant, your humble servant, is willing to serve you and your former master for generations to come—"

Li Qingluo smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll believe you for now."

"But right now, I need you to do something else for me."

Liu Li knew what she was going to ask.

Before Li Qingluo could speak, he said, "Young Master, the princess from Daliang who was sent for a political marriage was harmed by Lord Baza!"