Chapter 260 We will not give up an inch of the Northern Barbarians' land
Li Suining and others waited outside the burning house until dark, and the little girl's stomach kept growling with hunger.
"Forget it, don't wait any longer." Hai Jiao couldn't bear to watch any longer. She really felt sorry for the little guy. "They don't want to come out. I guess they really don't want to see us. Let's go back today and come back tomorrow."
Qingyun thought it made sense and nodded in agreement, "Yes, if we wait here any longer, we might anger the little princess..."
He coaxed and discussed with the little girl, "Xiao Suining, let's go back today, shall we?"
"Okay then." Little Dumpling looked at the closed door, sighed deeply, touched his stomach, and said embarrassedly, "I'm hungry too. Let's go back first and come back tomorrow."
As a result, the group returned almost empty-handed that day. On the way back, the little guy couldn't help feeling depressed, and secretly swore in his heart that he must ask the stars at night to find a way to enter the burning house.
After dinner, Xiaotuanzi rested for a while and then ran out to look at the stars.
Hai Jiao couldn't help but sigh, "Xiao Suining seems to really like looking at the stars. She goes to see them almost every night."
"Yes, I heard from her third brother that her previous adoptive father is gone, and she always said that he turned into a star." Qingyun's face was still full of pity when he mentioned this.
Hai Jiao was silent for a moment, then asked curiously, "Um... is Bai Yunfeng good to her?"
"Good, very good, no different from my own daughter." Qingyun said seriously, "You may not want to believe some of this, but General Bai is a very good person. Those bad things you mentioned... he probably didn't do them."
Hai Jiao didn't say anything else, but she knew that because of that little dumpling, some of the thoughts in her heart began to loosen.
In the yard, the little girl looked at the stars in the sky, her expression gradually becoming serious. They... were in danger.
"Who's there?" Suddenly, Qingyun flew out from the corridor and headed straight for the gate of the yard.
Little Dumpling was startled and her face turned pale. Fortunately, Haijiao came over and protected her.
They looked towards the door together and saw a woman in nightgown appear, with Qingyun's knife already against the woman's neck.
The woman did not seem afraid and she pulled off the black veil from her face.
"It's someone close to the young lady." Li Suining was the first to recognize the other person and quickly called out to Qingyun to stop, "Brother Qingyun, don't hurt her."
At this time, Qingyun also recognized him and looked at him with a serious face, not quite understanding why he came here at this time.
"I'm here to look for Li Suining. You Zhu asked me to come." Bai Kou spoke fluently in the Dajin language.
The little girl was instantly delighted, "Did Sixth Brother ask you to come?"
Bai Kou nodded and said, "Can we go in and talk? I don't want anyone to know I've been here."
"Okay, let's go inside and talk." Little Tuanzi quickly dragged Bai Kou's hand and walked inside, with an extremely happy look on his little face.
Qingyun and Haijiao looked at each other with serious expressions and immediately followed.
After entering the house, Bai Kou explained her identity.
"Are you Third Brother's?" Little Tuanzi was overjoyed and turned to look at Qingyun. "Brother Qingyun, she is yours."
Qingyun frowned and said nothing. Before coming, Xiao Wu had indeed mentioned to him that Feiyun Sect also had a spy in the Beiman Palace, but he was not allowed to contact the other party unless it was absolutely necessary.
He took the black jade from Bai Kou's hand, confirmed it repeatedly, and finally confirmed that this Bai Kou should be a member of Feiyun Sect.
"That's great, Sister Bai Kou," Xiaotuanzi said to her with great enthusiasm, "Why did Sixth Brother ask you to come? How is he? Is the wound on his face healed?"
Bai Kou was very surprised that this guy actually knew that You Zhu had an injury on his face.
Without giving it much thought, she immediately replied in a low voice, "Don't worry, I will take good care of You Zhu. He is not in danger now. But you..."
She glanced at Xiaotuanzi and Qingyun with a serious look, "You must leave Dongyi City as soon as possible and return to Dajin. Don't worry, I will also send Youzhu back as soon as possible."
"Are you leaving?" Hai Jiao blurted out subconsciously, obviously reluctant to leave Xiaotuanzi.
Li Suining immediately grabbed Haijiao's hand and looked at Bai Kou in confusion, "Sister, why do we have to leave? Is this what Sixth Brother wants? Doesn't he want to recognize the princess anymore?"
"Meet the princess?" Bai Kou didn't quite understand. "If the princess knew your identities, she would definitely kill you, so leave now."
"No." The little dumpling shook his head like a rattle. "Sixth brother is your princess's cousin. They should recognize each other."
"What?" Bai Kou was surprised again. Wang Yuanshu didn't mention a word about this matter.
Did he not know? Or was he deliberately hiding it?
She couldn't help but ask the little dumpling, "Are you telling the truth? Little Bamboo... is our princess's cousin?"
"Sister Bai Kou, I'm not lying." Little Tuanzi said seriously, "The little bamboo you're talking about is actually named Youzhu. He's a child of the Northern Barbarian royal family."
Hai Jiao immediately added, "It should be Princess Huo Dai's son."
Bai Kou was so shocked that she couldn't speak. She naturally knew Huo Dai, but she didn't expect... Xiao Zhuzi was actually Huo Linger's relative.
She couldn't help but shed tears. She was really happy for Huo Linger, but... when she thought that You Zhu was now Bai Yunfeng's son, she felt sad again.
"You don't know..." Bai Kou sighed helplessly, "Princess Ling'er hates General Bai so much. If she knew the truth, she and You Zhu... I'm afraid they won't be able to become family."
"Sister Bai Kou, you have been in the palace all the time. Do you know how Huo Linger's father died?" Little Dumpling asked eagerly.
Bai Kou shook her head. "After all, I am the princess's personal maid. I don't know exactly how Huo Xi died. I only know... Huo Yan said that Huo Xi was killed by General Bai."
"This is impossible." Little Dumpling stamped his feet anxiously, "This must be a misunderstanding. I want to clear Daddy's name, so we can't leave."
"But..." At this point, Bai Kou was a little conflicted, not knowing whether she should let them go.
Little Tuanzi looked at Haijiao again and said seriously, "Besides, we also promised City Lord Yun and Aunt Haijiao that we would rebuild Dongyi City with them. So, no matter what, we can't leave now."
"Rebuilding Dongyi City?" Bai Kou clearly didn't understand. She glanced at Hai Jiao before slowly speaking, "This Dongyi City... City Lord Yun and Miss Hai Jiao... aren't planning on giving it to Dajin, right?"
Hai Jiao's expression changed instantly, and she suddenly realized a problem. At this moment in the room, Xiao Suining and Qingyun were both from Jin, while she and Bai Kou were barbarians, and Bai Kou was obviously a traitor.
She took a step back with a cold face, looked at Bai Kou with disdain and said, "We can't give up an inch of the Northern Barbarians' land!"
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