Chapter 279 278 Confrontation on the Tower

An Xin did not stop Gu Fei from shouting arrogantly, nor did he stop him from being kicked off his horse and then trampled by the horse.

If a person wants to kill himself, why should others stop him?

Originally, Gu Fei was just an insignificant hostage used to threaten Ma Boteng.

Even if Ma Boteng didn't care about his brother who doted on his concubine in the end, An Xin never thought of taking his life.

But Gu Fei insisted on being smart and shouted out those words just now.

Not to mention that Ma Boteng didn't care much about Gu Fei, his cheap brother-in-law. Now even if he used his own father to threaten him, for the sake of his own career and life, he would not let An Xin and others enter the city.

Sure enough, after hearing Gu Fei's shout just now, Ma Boteng, who was originally hesitant about whether to open the city gate to let An Xin and the others in, just watched coldly as Gu Fei was trampled by a horse and seriously injured under the city.

Then he shouted, "Shoot."

"General Zhonghu, you can't do that," Lieutenant General Chen Zhiyang and a few of his cronies hurried to the tower to stop them, "The people below are the chief priests of the imperial court, as well as several hundred soldiers led by General Yuchi and General Gao."

"Nonsense," Ma Boteng began to call a horse a zebra, "The troops under the city are clearly sent by Bei Ming to provoke Ji Bei."

In order to prevent Yuchi Yi and his men from being let in, Ma Boteng had already replaced all the people on the city wall with his own people.

After all, Ma Boteng is the main general here, and it is difficult for Chen Zhiyang to stop him for a while.

Seeing the soldiers on the tower pulling their bows and arrows, aiming at An Xin and the others below, Chen Zhiyang said anxiously: "Lieutenant General Ma, aren't you afraid that the court will find out and hold you accountable?"

Ma Boteng looked at him with contempt and laughed.

His tone was disdainful: "Are you still waiting for General Chen to come from the capital to Jibei to replace me?"

When Chen Zhiyang saw Ma Boteng's slightly arrogant expression and heard him say this, after being shocked, he realized that something might have changed in the capital.

"Whether General Chen comes or not, An Jijiu and General Yuchi have done nothing wrong, so why can't they be allowed into the city?!"

"And they are not some kind of soldiers from Beiming who come to harass and provoke our Jibei soldiers."

"If this general says yes, then it is." Ma Boteng arrogantly ordered, "Release the arrows."

"Really?" A faint voice interrupted the arguing between the two.

Ma Boteng turned around and saw a woman in a black cloak standing in front of him, with a smile on her face and a long sword against his throat.

Standing behind her was the general Yuchi, whom he had long feared, and his son Yuchi Yi, who had been sent to the border for training.

He stared in disbelief, his voice trembling: "How...how did you get up here?"

An Xin raised the corners of his mouth and said calmly: "How else can you get up like that?"

The corner of Chen Zhiyang's eye twitched. This answer was amazing. "..." It was the same as if he hadn't said anything.

Ma Boteng said fiercely: "I am a general guarding the border. If you dare to kill me, the emperor will not let you go."

"Oh, we are so scared!" Yuchi Yi said these infuriating words in a nonchalant tone.

"You, you are so bold." Ma Boteng saw his confidants surrounding him and ordered, "Are you all dead? Kill them now."

Yuchi Yi held the long tasseled spear in his hand and looked at the soldiers who surrounded him fiercely, "Humph, you don't know how to live or die."

Chen Zhiyang led his men to block the soldiers who were about to attack with their knives raised, and shouted, "She is an official appointed by the imperial court. Do you want to kill her?"

The soldiers were stunned and looked at Ma Boteng hesitantly. After all, he was the garrison general here and someone they had followed for many years.

"How can she be a woman and an official appointed by the imperial court? Kill her and this general will reward you handsomely."

Ma Boteng had already made up his mind. After killing An Xin, when the court held him accountable, he would push the soldiers who had committed the crime out to take the blame, saying that they did not know that An Xin was killed by mistake by court officials.

An Xin saw a sly gleam in Ma Boteng's eyes and thrust his sword forward. All his schemes and plots would be crushed into dust in the face of such powerful strength.

Blood immediately oozed from Ma Boteng's neck. An Xin said in a cold voice, "I don't know whether they can kill me or not.

But I know that before they make their move, you will surely die under this red flame sword and go to hell first."

Seeing that there was no trace of joking on An Xin's smiling face, Ma Boteng finally faced the reality that his life as a general was nothing in the eyes of the female priest in front of him.

Ma Boteng turned into a coward in an instant, "What do you want?"

"Open the city gate and let the people in." An Xin said without any nonsense.

Ma Boteng, who was somewhat hesitant, felt a sharp pain on his neck. This time it was not just a few drops of blood oozing out, but a stream of blood flowed down his neck.

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Ma Boteng's legs went weak now. He didn't dare to delay any longer and shouted hurriedly, "Quick, quick, let the soldiers outside the city in."

How can you not be scared when your life is in the hands of others? Ma Boteng, who cherishes his life, was really scared this time.

The people living under the city, except Gao Tai, who knew that his teacher was powerful, and Zheng Xiaoling, a fangirl who blindly believed in An Xin, were so shocked when An Xin and Yuchi Yi flew onto the city wall that they just reacted and picked up the things.

Not far away, I saw a heavy city gate being opened from the inside with a creaky sound.

"Ahhh, we can finally enter the city." After nearly a month, this group of soldiers who were abandoned outside the city and hid in various places can finally come back. "Master Jijiu, you are so awesome."

"Young general, you are so mighty and majestic." There was a cheer from the people below the city.

Yuchi Yi, standing on the city wall, blushed a little. No one else noticed, but he knew that it was his teacher who asked him to come up.

If he relied on himself alone, without a place to stand on, he might not be able to fly up to the city wall, let alone half the height.

Under the gazes of all the soldiers at the border, An Xin walked in the Jibei military camp with his square steps as if he didn't recognize any of his relatives.

Yuchi Yi and Gao Tai followed behind her, followed closely by Zheng Xiaoling, Chai Hongzhuang and Chen Zhiyang.

When they found out that An Xin was the legendary chief academician of the Imperial College in the capital, they looked at him with suspicion, curiosity, and a little bit of admiration.

The men at the border are not like those literati and poets in the capital who consider themselves to be elegant and look down on women. They value strength more.

The fact that An Xin was able to stand firm in the court as a woman and was not suppressed by the group of pedantic officials in the court was worthy of admiration from these military men.

Ma Boteng had a gloomy face and followed at the end of the team with his men. On one horse was the bloody Gu Fei, who was only breathing his last breath.

Originally, Ma Boteng was worried about how to silence An Xin and Yuchi Yi, the other key people who knew that he had been captured.

A scene that made him even more devastated appeared.

(End of this chapter)