Chapter 125 What is Righteousness?
Ling Shuang sat alone on an open ground outside the commander's camp.
The Weiyuan Army soldiers who patrolled back and forth all recognized Ling Shuang. Seeing her sitting there, they assumed she was looking at Tianji City again.
No one disturbed her; they simply let Ling Shuang sit quietly.
Ling Shuang would occasionally glance back at the commander's camp.
Linglong was still inside talking to Emperor Xiao Xuan and General Shen about the affairs of Tianji City.
Ling Shuang looked at Tianji City in the distance and recalled things from a long time ago.
...
Ling Shuang remembers that she was very young at that time, less than six years old, and couldn't even lift a long spear.
She was the youngest child in the entire Ling family, and everyone doted on her!
But that day...
Ling Shuang remembered that she hadn't even gotten out of bed that day when she heard screams outside, and then Linglong, who was next to her grandmother, rushed over and picked her up.
Ling Shuang was unaware of what had happened at the time.
All she remembered was that the mansion was in complete chaos.
Everyone in the mansion, regardless of age, gender, or status—master or servant—was armed and rushed outside.
Linglong, however, placed her on her grandmother's warhorse named Chasing Wind...
Ling Shuang was tied to Zhui Feng by Ling Long.
Then Zhui Feng sped out of Tianji City and rushed all the way to the Weiyuan Army camp.
Ling Shuang could still hear the cries and screams around her, and when she looked back, she saw the thick smoke billowing from Tianji City...
Later, Ling Shuang was taken in and cared for by General Shen.
At that time, she didn't know that Tianji City had been lost and that she could never go back!
Several times she quietly asked General Shen when she could go home, when she could see her grandmother, mother, father, and uncles and aunts again...
When she was a little older, Ling Shuang realized that she could never go back to Tianji City.
And his father, who also died in battle alongside Shen Dalang while accompanying him on a patrol...
The people in Tianji City may still be alive...
But Ling Shuang can only watch from afar like this.
...
"Young Miss!" Linglong, who had finished speaking in the main tent, sat down next to Ling Shuang.
Ling Shuang quickly wiped away her tears and then forced a smile at Linglong.
"Aunt Linglong, tell me about Tianji City!"
"Are Grandma and the others... alright?"
Linglong didn't know what to say!
Tianji City has been occupied by foreigners for twenty-five years. How can the people who originally lived in Dayu be doing well?
"That day, after I was ordered by the old lady to put you on your warhorse, I went back to find the old lady."
Tianji City... couldn't be defended. The old man went out on patrol with Young Master Shen, and Tianji City was suddenly attacked by foreigners.
In addition, the Weiyuan Army was also attacked by foreigners.
It seems like many things changed overnight.
The old lady led the remaining people in the city and fought the foreigners for a long time.
But in the end, they were unable to resist. The foreigners not only occupied Tianju City, but also Tianji City.
Those people surrounded the families of the Weiyuan Army members in Tianji City.
The old lady said that their best course of action would have been to commit suicide.
A rope, or a knife, would be best used to slit his throat.
This way, you can not only preserve your reputation, but also suffer less.
But the old lady said that dying is simple, but what will happen to the people in the city after they have all tried it?
The Ling family is the backbone of Tianji City. If the Ling family members all die, the people of Tianji City will lose their backbone.
Furthermore, the old lady believed that the Weiyuan Army would definitely take back Tianji City.
And so, we all managed to survive.
The leaders of the foreign tribes knew the old lady's identity, and they tried every means to humiliate her.
They had the old lady lead the remaining members of the Ling family to collect the toilets from those people.
The old lady led the remaining members of the Ling family, pushing a cart full of chamber pots around Tianji City every day.
Because of this, over the past twenty years, the old lady has thoroughly investigated all the defenses deployed by those foreign people.
As soon as the Weiyuan Army made any move, those foreigners would hang the old lady and the families of the other Weiyuan Army soldiers on the city wall.
They keep clamoring that the Great Yu has always been a country founded on war and governed by filial piety.
Now let the Weiyuan Army fight! Let them show their filial piety!
The old lady didn't take these things seriously. She just told us again and again that every member of the Ling family should die a worthy death!
They can't just die like this, without knowing why.
The remaining people of Dayu in Tianji City were both happy and worried when they learned that the Emperor was personally leading the expedition.
The good news is that the Emperor himself has led the expedition, which means he will definitely take back Tianji City and Tianju City.
But once the war starts, they will be the first to die!
What if the foreign people use the people of Dayu as a shield again?
"That's when the old lady let me run out," Linglong whispered.
"Those people who covered your escape..." Ling Shuang looked at Linglong.
Linglong's eyes were bloodshot.
"It's the Third Madam and the Fourth Madam!"
Ling Shuang felt a sharp pain in her heart.
Third Aunt and Little Aunt...
My third aunt is straightforward, and my youngest aunt is gentle; they are both very kind to her...
"The Third and Fourth Madams said that they would lead the people ahead and distract them, so that the foreigners would only keep their eyes on them."
The foreigners could not have imagined that the real thing was contained in a slave girl.
"The Third Madam and the Fourth Madam have been hit by many arrows!" Linglong said, sobbing.
Before she knew it, Ling Shuang's face was covered in tears.
"Why... why didn't Grandmother wait!"
"Miss, the old lady said that everyone has a sense of righteousness in their heart."
The Ling family's act of guarding Tianji City is a noble act, and Commander Shen's refrain from taking action to protect the lives of the people of Tianji City is also a noble act.
His Majesty's order to bombard Tianji City is also a matter of great righteousness.
The old lady said that since the Ling family failed to defend Tianji City, the Ling family should not allow the soldiers of Weiyuan Army to risk their lives to fill it.
The arrival of the imperial family is the best opportunity the old lady could wait for!
"At least... it can save some people's lives!" Linglong whispered.
Ling Shuang continued to gaze at Tianji City in the distance.
"So, Grandmother is prepared to risk her life?"
"Young Miss, the old lady asked me to pass on a message to you."
"From now on, the Ling family... will depend on you!"
Ling Shuang remained silent for a long time, but finally nodded as she gazed at the pitch-black Tianji City in the distance.
"I am a member of the Ling family, and I will definitely do what I am supposed to do!"
Aunt Linglong, you should go and rest first!
"We will definitely take back Tianji City!"
After Ling Shuang finished speaking, she picked up her riding whip and left...
She rode her warhorse around the Weiyuan Army camp countless times until the horse could run no more, then she led it slowly toward the wounded soldiers' camp...
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