Chapter 499 Bai Yi’s Choice
When Pei Shangling learned that Bai Yi asked Luo Tingshan to send troops to resist the Huns, he concealed the news as soon as possible, but it was still discovered by Liang Zhongling who had been keeping an eye on them.
Liang Zhongling sneered and entered the palace with the token, regardless of the fact that the palace gate was about to be locked.
Half an hour had passed by the time Pei Shangling found out.
Kuang Qiu said worriedly, "Bai Yi will probably be held accountable!"
Pei Shangling frowned slightly, thinking about how to protect Bai Yi. However, even if His Majesty showed leniency, Bai Yi would probably still insist on doing so.
Sure enough, the next day.
In the court.
Emperor Jiancheng directly questioned Pei Shangling, after all, Bai Yi was his student.
"Pei Aiqing, do you have anything to say?"
Pei Shangling's elderly body walked out of the team, saluted respectfully, and knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say."
Emperor Jiancheng had already been deceived by the Luo family at this time. When he heard that an official appointed by the court, or the governor of a state, had taken the initiative to make friends with him, he was furious.
Next, no matter what Pei Shangling said, speaking for Bai Yi, from a realistic perspective, Emperor Jiancheng had already ignored it.
"Enough! Could it be that I'm unwell and you all think I'm a fool?" Emperor Jiancheng stood up angrily and said condescendingly, "The Luo family has repeatedly opposed the court and ignored my orders. Now they are forming cliques. What's going on? Are you all thinking of joining them?!"
"I dare not!" Everyone knelt down immediately.
Emperor Jiancheng snorted coldly, "Pei Shangling, Bai Yi is your student. For your sake, I will not kill him, but he can forget about the position of Jizhou Governor! Court is dismissed!"
Emperor Jiancheng left angrily.
Other officials did not dare to speak, but those who were interested all set their sights on the position of Jizhou prefect and were ready to try other ways. If they could be promoted, they would become important officials.
But there were also smart people who saw at a glance that being the prefect of Jizhou was a tough job.
Bordering Youzhou and the grassland, if the Luo family and Prince Huai really have the intention of rebellion, Jizhou will be the first to escape, and the prefect will also be the first to lose his head.
"Liang, stop right there!"
Pei Shangling shouted immediately after walking out of the meeting hall. Seeing this, the others dispersed. The excitement of their immediate superior was not so pleasant to watch.
Liang Zhongling really stopped and turned back to look at him with a smile: "Master Pei, judging from your tone, you seem very angry."
Pei Shangling's expression was cold: "Now that there are no outsiders, there is no need for us to pretend to understand. Bai Yi is just a commoner from Jizhou speaking out. Why would you complain to His Majesty?"
Liang Zhongling sighed, "Master Pei's words are wrong. We are all officials appointed by the imperial court. Our first consideration is naturally the interests of His Majesty. Everyone knows that His Majesty is eyeing the Luo family covetously, and Bai Yi even ran to ask for help. Don't you think this is embarrassing for His Majesty?"
He patted Pei Shangling on the shoulder and said soothingly, "I know Bai Yi is Master Pei's favorite disciple, but officials should avoid being emotional!"
After saying that, he turned around and left in style!
"Really? I hope that one day, when Lord Liang sees his own grandson, he can say the same thing!"
Pei Shangling's voice came from behind. Liang Zhongling paused, turned around, and his face was frighteningly cold:
"What do you mean, Master Pei?"
Pei Shangling put his hands behind his back and walked past him without stopping: "Master Liang is so powerful that he can cover the sky with one hand. I believe this little thing will definitely not cause trouble to the Liang family!"
After returning from the palace, Pei Shangling immediately sent someone to write a letter to Bai Yi, ordering him to immediately stop cooperating with Luo Tingshan and write a letter of apology to His Majesty.
Only in this way can you save your life.
However, Bai Yi took a look, hesitated for a moment, and threw it directly into the fire.
It’s not that he doesn’t value his life, but those people far away in the capital have no idea what kind of life the people of Jizhou are living now.
Women and children were killed tragically, and the Huns committed all kinds of atrocities, including robbery, killing and looting.
Most of the able-bodied laborers in Jizhou were also killed by those evil alien races.
Nowadays, the population of Zhending, the capital of Jizhou Prefecture, has dropped sharply, and people in the surrounding villages hardly dare to go out.
Coupled with natural disasters, the people of Jizhou were completely wiped out from survival.
But even so, the court acted as if nothing had happened and thought he was exaggerating.
Bai Yi felt desperate about this.
As early as when he stepped into the Luo family's gate, he had already put life and death aside.
Pei Shangling did not receive a reply from Bai Yi, but he also knew the student's choice, and his expression was sad. Could it be that an old man would have to send off his young son?
Kuang Qiu also felt sorry for his junior brother. If he had known this would happen, he would not have let him go to Jizhou.
Liang He, on the other hand, came up with a different idea: "Senior Brother is a broad-minded person, not the kind of person who dwells on trivial matters. If Jizhou can safely survive this disaster, there may be another great opportunity."
Pei Shang was an experienced man and immediately understood the deeper meaning in his words.
He looked at me with sharp eyes: "Do you know something?"
Liang He shook his head. "I don't know, but I personally escorted the Luo family to Guancheng. I also said that Madam Zhu is not an ordinary person. Sooner or later, the Luo family will return to the capital. Now that General Luo has returned from the dead, I believe that day is not far away!"
If the Luo family can return to the capital safely, then Senior Brother Bai will naturally have a good ending.
Kuang Qiu sighed: "How can it be that easy? You are well aware of His Majesty's hostility towards the Luo family. How could the Luo family possibly come back? Wait..."
He looked at his teacher, and obviously thought of another meaning behind the Luo family's repeated refusal of imperial edicts.
Could it be that Junior Brother Bai had already made his choice?
The balance in Bai Yi's heart did tilt, but on the surface there was no change. However, with the news that Luo Tingshan had won the battle,
A big smile appeared on Bai Yi's lips.
The Xiongnu had a large population base. Even though they were under the control of the royal court, there were always some tribes that were disobedient and started a war secretly, ignoring Borzhen's order not to invade Southern Xia without authorization.
Even if they were discovered, they would have already snatched the things and returned.
Could it be that the royal court really wants to punish the crimes of its own people just for a group of Han people?
The assaults had been very successful in previous years, but this time they were hit by a rock. When they heard that the person coming was the famous General Zhengyuan, they were so scared that their legs went weak.
Even if they wanted to run, Luo Tingshan had already figured out the camp of these people and surrounded the entire tribe.
After careful counting, there were only about 5,000 people.
He actually defeated Lai Yuan's 30,000-strong army.
It would be ridiculous to tell it to the world.
Luo Tingshan did not hide it, and soon the people of Jizhou and even other places in Nanxia knew that Lai Yuan was the nephew of General Yu Guangping, and they also knew about his inaction during the battle against the Huns in Jizhou.
This greatly reduced the support for Xu Guogong's faction among the people.
Duke Xu was very angry about this and directly called Yu Guangping over to scold him.
"You bastard! Who was it that promised our duke that Lai Yuan had good command of the army and was as capable as you in combat? Now the whole of Southern Xia is laughing at us!"
Especially when he thought of the mocking expressions of the Third Prince and others in the court, he wished he could cut Lai Yuan into pieces.
Thirty thousand people fought against five thousand people, and they were beaten to a pulp.
He has lost all his face!
Yu Guangping didn't dare to say anything, and secretly resented his nephew for being disobedient. He had already sent a deputy general over, and as long as he didn't act impulsively, everything would be under the deputy general's command. Couldn't he just take the credit?
Now what the hell is this doing!
"Call him back to me immediately and punish him by military law!" Duke Xu said coldly.
"Duke!" Yu Guangping's face changed and he pleaded, "He's still a child, he can't bear it. Can you..."
Duke Xu said bluntly, "You can teach him a lesson."
Yu Guangping remained silent.
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