Chapter 361 We Are Friends Forever
"Why?"
"Think about it, Asam is just a puppet emperor. Before him, there was the regent Prince Jin who controlled the government. If these two want to do something, they don't need his consent at all."
There was no other way. He couldn't just watch Asam being beaten to death. Bai Li could only shift the blame elsewhere and talk nonsense seriously.
"Someone come!"
"Deputy General Li, take two thousand soldiers immediately and turn the palaces and private courtyards of the Prince of Jin and the Prince Regent upside down!"
"yes!"
Nangong Min thought about it and felt uneasy, so he said to Bai Li, "I have to go and see for myself."
"Go!"
Bai Li nodded, hoping that he would go away quickly.
It was just the right time to collect all the things she hadn’t had time to collect before.
She didn't want to accept it anymore. The wealth in the space was enough for her to live out her next life. One should not be too greedy.
If we collect more, we have to find a way to use it to buy supplies for the army. Why bother?
Bai Li didn't believe that such a big Kingdom of Simon would only have that little in its treasury.
Prince Jin, the regent, is ambitious to become the emperor, so it is impossible for him not to have his own treasury.
Nangong Min arranged all the follow-up work to conquer Simon. Yuan Mo was dealing with her own personal grudges, so Bai Li had some free time. She simply walked around and took a good look at the Simon Palace.
Bai Li walked up to the palace wall. On the wall, the soldiers of the Great Zhou quickly replaced the soldiers of Simon, redeployed the defense, and arranged new outposts.
They were busy in an orderly manner. Bai Li nodded to indicate that they should not bother with her and she would walk around by herself.
As the sun sets, a golden moon appears in the sky, turning half the sky red.
Smoke rose from cooking fires in the distance, but the people of Simon were not affected in the slightest by the fall of their country.
When the Zhou army entered the city, the common people had already hidden in their houses, closed their doors, and leaned against the windows, listening quietly to the noise outside.
The royal guards defending the city were defeated by a wave of arrows. Once the regent died, the city gates were opened with almost no effort by the Zhou army, and all the soldiers laid down their weapons and surrendered.
Simon Royal City is easier to capture than any other city.
Perhaps they had heard long ago that wherever the Great Zhou army passed, they would not harm civilians, rob merchants, or cause any loss of people's money or labor.
With such a disciplined army, some people even secretly prayed that they would arrive soon.
Now the common people saw that the Great Zhou army was just as the legend said, with strict military discipline, and it had not brought any impact on them. They ate and drank as usual.
The common people are so simple, they don't want much, just two meals a day and a peaceful life to live in peace and stability.
However, the Simon Dynasty could not even meet this most basic requirement, and they had lost confidence in the rulers.
It doesn’t matter who is in power or who is the emperor, as long as they don’t harm the people, whoever wants to be the emperor can be the emperor.
Anyway, the worst that happened to them was that taxes were raised a few times a year, and the people were so hungry that they had to dig up tree bark and grass roots to eat.
Yuan Mo stood quietly aside, looking at the woman who had come to Simon with her.
At that time, she had just become a team leader and was determined to go to Simon to rescue her second brother.
Her ignorance and immaturity along the way gradually made them closer.
The two of them experienced several assassination attempts together, each of which was resolved by her bravery and wit.
Finally, she was worried that her appearance would bring her trouble, but suddenly she got pockmarks and became an ugly monster that everyone avoided.
Recalling their long conversations all night and sleeping in each other's arms, she said that she was the only close friend in her life.
But now, even though she is a marshal with great military achievements, she is still an unknown little soldier.
The distance between them has become too great. Can she still be her close friend?
Yuan Mo was just about to turn around and leave silently when Bai Li spoke.
"Why do you leave when you see an old friend?"
"Marshal Bai..."
"No, just call me Bai Li. Yuan Mo, have you been doing well since I left?"
Bai Li walked towards Yuan Mo and took her hand, his tone sincere and his eyes honest, just like usual.
"Bai, Bai Li, thank you for remembering me."
You still treat me as a friend, I said to myself.
"Don't say that. You're my forever friend. If you don't mind, we can be good sisters for life."
Yuan Mo suddenly looked up and looked at Bai Li with disbelief in his eyes.
"Why, you forgot about me so quickly and don't consider me a friend anymore?"
"No, no! No!"
Yuan Mo hurriedly shook her head, fearing that Bai Li had misunderstood her.
"That's good, then it's settled. You, Yuan Mo, will be my Bai Li's good sister!"
"good!"
The two hugged each other tightly. At this moment, the two young girls had the truest and purest friendship in their hearts.
"Tell me quickly, how have you been doing since I left?"
Bai Li let go of her hand and pulled her to find a piece of wood to sit on nearby.
"These logs, called rolling logs, were used by Simon's soldiers to defend the city walls.
If anyone built a ladder up the wall, they would roll these logs down, and one log could kill a group of people."
Seeing that Bai Li was interested in wood, Yuan Mo immediately explained her doubts.
"Good heavens! I'm glad they didn't use that on me!"
Bai Li pretended to be scared and patted his chest, looking like he was still frightened.
"Come on, the city gates opened wide before you even got close to them. There's no use for this!"
"Girl, you're quite well-informed, huh?
Tell me, how did you know that?"
Bai Li and Yuan Mo had a big fight, and time seemed to have gone back to the night last year when they were fighting in the inn.
"well!"
After the commotion, Yuan Mo sighed leisurely.
Bai Li knew that she had something on her mind. She asked her twice but she didn't say anything. She didn't ask any further and waited until she wanted to say it.
I thought she didn't want to talk anymore, but she opened her mouth slowly.
"After you left, I took over the job of the previous spy. Yu Ji asked Lu Cui to pass on the message, and I contacted the next person, who then sent the message directly back by carrier pigeon."
"Everything was going perfectly, but something went wrong when Yu Ji passed on information about Simon's military strength."
"The carrier pigeon was intercepted after it was released. Following the pigeon's trail, the Regent's men found the person who released the pigeon.
After she was captured, the Regent's men used all sorts of torture and methods on her to force her to reveal the person behind the plot, or her superiors and subordinates."
Speaking of this, Yuan Mo's body trembled slightly, as if he was recalling the most terrifying thing.
Bai Li held her hand tightly, silently giving her strength.
"...But she didn't say anything. In the end, her body was thrown into a mass grave. When I sent a few beggars to collect her body..."
Yuan Mo trembled even more violently, causing Bai Li's hands to tremble slightly.
"Don't be afraid, it's all over, I'm here!"
Perhaps Bai Li’s words worked, Yuan Mo slowly stopped trembling and smiled bitterly.
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