Chapter 136 Let Him Go
"Haha, who does Shen Yuexi think I am? How dare she make demands of me?"
After reading Shen Yuexi's letter, Xiao Beiheng casually threw it on the table.
Su Mo, who was sitting opposite him, reached out and picked up the letter. She frowned at the first glance and said to herself:
"Is this really the handwriting of Miss Shen Er from the Duke's Mansion?"
The handwriting on the letter was crooked, and many spots of ink had smudged, like water dripping onto the paper. The gist of the letter was that the Western Rong were about to invade Xiaogang Village, and they hoped Xiao Beiheng would send cavalry to help resist the foreign enemy.
After all, he comes from a prominent family, so why is his handwriting so sloppy?
Su Mo put the letter down, thinking she would disappoint Shen Yuexi. Xiao Beiheng had just destroyed a village, so why would he send troops to protect it?
This can be seen from Xiao Beiheng's attitude when he threw the letter just now.
"Momo, don't underestimate her," Xiao Beiheng took a sip of the teacup on the table. "Whether her handwriting is good or not is another matter, but she herself is a prodigy. This time, Xiao Zhuo was able to withstand the attack of the 10,000-strong Western Rong army at Langya Pass thanks to the repeating crossbow she designed."
Su Modai raised her eyebrows and asked in surprise, "She can actually design weapons?"
Although she had never met Shen Yuexi, after hearing what Xiao Beiheng said, she immediately became interested in Shen Yuexi.
A young lady from a duke's mansion whose calligraphy looked like a worm crawling could actually design weapons. Such a woman was extremely rare. No, she had never met such a woman before.
"Beiheng, how did you know her?"
"Oh, I met her once in Liangzhou." Xiao Beiheng put down the teacup as if nothing had happened. "She also invented a medicine that can treat diarrhea. I asked the doctor to prepare it for this expedition."
"Why did your father send you to Liangzhou at that time?" Su Mo had no interest in medicine, so she asked the next question.
"Kill Xiao Zhuo, just like this time."
Su Mo asked worriedly, "If you kill Xiao Zhuo this time, will she die too?"
"Since she's been with Xiao Zhuo, she should have been aware of this." Xiao Beiheng looked at Su Mo with a smile. "Why, Momo, do you want her to survive?"
Su Mo said, "If she is truly talented, wouldn't it be better to recruit her to work for us? Father only asked you to kill Xiao Zhuo, and it has nothing to do with her. I'm worried that if the Western Rong attack, something will happen to her."
"No," Xiao Beiheng said, "Shen Yuexi's ability to escape... is great."
"She... is also proficient in escaping?"
Su Mo couldn't believe why everything Shen Yuexi knew was something she didn't understand.
"If it weren't for her, how could Xiao Zhuo have escaped?" Xiao Beiheng folded his arms and said, "I heard that she and Xiao Zhuo were sitting on a flying ball... To be honest, I don't know what it was, so we just arrived at the border."
"Feitian?" Su Mo stood up suddenly and grabbed Xiao Beiheng's arm with both hands. "It's amazing. I really want to meet this Second Miss Shen right away."
Xiao Beiheng was about to answer when Xia Lan's voice came from outside the car:
"Your Highness, Mr. Lin has something for you to ask."
Xiao Beiheng stood up, pressed a kiss on Su Mo's forehead, and said, "I'll be back soon."
Su Mo was lost in thought and didn't notice Xiao Beiheng leaving. After a while, she came back to her senses, opened the car door, and asked Xia Lan, "Xia Lan, is Shen Yuexi's messenger still here?"
"Replying to the Crown Princess, the messenger is still waiting for a reply and has not left."
"Tell him to wait a moment. I have a letter for Shen Yuexi and I'm asking him to take it back." Su Mo sat back in her seat and ordered, "Come here, grind the ink and prepare the paper."
Su Mo was sitting in the car writing a letter to Shen Yuexi and didn't come with them. This finally made Xiao Beiheng breathe a sigh of relief.
Arriving at Lin Kui's location, Xiao Beiheng saw two Beidi boys kneeling on the ground, their hands tied behind their backs, their faces covered in dirt. The youngest was eight or nine years old, the oldest eleven or twelve. Xiao Beiheng looked at Lin Kui and asked, "Where are you from?"
Lin Kui said, "I found it in the village cellar. I don't know what to do with it, so please let the prince decide."
"Haha, are you a pair of brothers? It seems your parents don't want you to die." Xiao Beiheng looked at the hatred in the children's eyes, smiled and looked at the corpses turning in the trees in the distance, "I wonder which one is your parent?"
The oldest boy, his hair half burnt and his face pitch black, glared at him and whispered something through gritted teeth.
"Come here, untie them." Xiao Beiheng ignored the boy's curse and waved to the nearby soldiers.
A sergeant came over and untied the two children.
Lin Kui's heart skipped a beat. It seemed the Crown Princess's persuasion had worked. But then he thought again, it was unlikely. Given Xiao Beiheng's way of doing things, it was more likely that the Crown Princess had been coaxed into submission.
"See? That hillside is a hundred steps away from here." Xiao Beiheng pointed to the bare hillside in the distance, with a flat ground in the middle. "If you can climb over that hillside, I will spare your lives."
"The limit is ten." Xiao Beiheng stretched out his hand, and the soldier next to him immediately handed him a bow and arrow.
The youngest brother was still standing there in a daze. His older brother shouted, grabbed his hand and ran towards the hillside.
"One." Lin Kui counted.
Xiao Beiheng casually pulled out an arrow from his quiver without even looking up at the two children.
"two."
"three."
When Lin Kui counted to seven, the younger brother couldn't keep up with his brother and fell to the ground. The brother turned around, bent down, picked up his younger brother horizontally, and continued to run towards the distant hillside.
"eight."
"Nine."
Xiao Beiheng drew his bow and put an arrow on it. The bowstring made a creaking sound.
Lin Kui sighed inwardly. Even though the two children weren't far from the hillside, they were still doomed. He knew the Crown Prince's archery skills very well.
"ten."
As Lin Kui uttered the last number, the bowstring made a crisp sound, and the feathered arrow broke through the air and flew towards the two children.
The younger brother in his brother's arms shouted, broke free from his brother's arms, pushed his brother down, and used his body to protect his brother's back.
The feather arrow pierced directly into my brother's back.
The elder brother roared wildly, knelt on the ground, lifted up his younger brother's body and shook it desperately, tears leaving several marks on his dark cheeks.
Lin Kui looked at everything in front of him blankly.
My brother's actions were truly heroic. A child of only eight or nine was willing to risk his life. Even adults might not possess this kind of courage. If this child were to grow up, he would surely be a remarkable person.
But his heart had grown cold after so many killings. I believe the Crown Prince was the same.
They are just two barbarian children, and they will die soon.
The younger brother seemed to be saying something to his elder brother, who first shook his head desperately, then nodded repeatedly, crying heartbreakingly. Lin Kui couldn't hear what the dying brother said, so he must have said something like "Brother, run away and don't worry about me."
Xiao Beiheng had already pulled out another arrow, identified the string, and pulled the bow.
Lin Kui looked at the still living child. Even if he ran as fast as he could, it would be too late. What's more, he was kneeling on the ground, hugging his brother and crying. All the time was wasted.
It's so sad. If he had put his brother down and ran away... he would have died anyway.
His Royal Highness had only missed once, and that was when Shen Yuexi attacked. That time, Xiao Zhuo had blocked the arrow for her.
There will be no more miracles now.
The arrow flew off the bowstring, making a sharp whistle in the air and piercing the last child.
What happened next was like a bolt of lightning to Lin Kui.
The elder brother picked up his younger brother's body and used it as a shield, retreating step by step towards the hillside not far away.
The arrow accurately pierced the younger brother's chest but did not hurt the older brother.
Lin Kui couldn't believe what he saw. He looked at Xiao Beiheng in bewilderment, and found that the latter's calm demeanor had disappeared. It was the first time that Lin Kui saw his hand trembling as he drew his arrow.
The second arrow,
The third arrow,
The fourth arrow...
Each one was blocked by my brother's small body.
The elder brother carried his younger brother's body back up the hillside, put down the body riddled with arrows, glanced over here, turned around and disappeared behind the hillside.
Xiao Beiheng stood there motionless, his eyes blurred and his hand holding the bow trembling.
"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Lin Kui rushed to Xiao Beiheng, "We can't keep this child alive. Send soldiers to kill him immediately. He can't get far."
Without waiting for Xiao Beiheng to speak, he waved to greet the soldiers.
What these two children showed made him feel deeply frightened.
Xiao Beiheng extended his bow to block his hand. He took two deep breaths, regained his composure, and shook his head.
"He's over the hill. Let him go."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"This prince has said, let him go, anyone who disobeys my order will be executed!"
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