Chapter 1347: A Heroic Death
When Qi Shaohang left, he did not forget to shout:
“Save people first!”
A team of guards immediately followed Qi Shaohang and went after Concubine Gu.
This cavalry team of the Hu tribe originally intended to launch a sneak attack. Seeing the huge convoy that Gu Die'er was in, they wanted to steal some things, create some chaos, and then return to their territory. They didn't expect to have an unexpected gain, so they didn't want to fight and quickly retreated after they succeeded.
Not long after, the news that Concubine Gu was attacked and abducted by the Hu people reached Xin Yuan's ears. He was so angry that he threw the teacup in his hand. What the Hu people did was a humiliation to him.
So he immediately called his troops and prepared to go and rescue them himself. At this time, General Fan, the garrison commander of the border town, stepped forward to stop him and said:
"Your Majesty, please think twice before you act. Perhaps this is a plot by the Hu people, to confuse Your Majesty so that You will make a mistake. If this is their trap to lure Your Majesty there, and they threaten you with Concubine Gu, we will lose the initiative."
Xin Yuan paused for a moment. He had to admit that what General Fan said made sense. Concubine Gu was the bait in their hands. The purpose was to lure him out, let Hu Yanzhan find a flaw, and then take him down in one fell swoop.
"Princess Gu must be saved!"
"Your Majesty, leave the rescue to us. We will bring Concubine Gu back."
Seeing that his words had worked, General Fan immediately spoke.
"Okay, I'm waiting for your good news."
After receiving the order, General Fan immediately led his men to set off. They were away for three days and brought back the bodies of Concubine Gu and Hu Yanzhan's son Hu Yanlie.
Xin Yuan felt a pain in his chest, fell into his chair, gritted his teeth and asked:
"Fan Lin, this is the person you brought back to me!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was a step late and failed to complete the imperial order. I have failed your majesty's trust. Please forgive me."
General Fan knelt down and pleaded guilty.
Xin Yuan calmed down and said:
"Tell me about it in detail."
"yes."
General Fan then explained the whole story in detail.
After Gu Die'er was abducted, she was caught up by Qi Shaohang and his men, and the two sides even fought.
Qi Shaohang was afraid that the other party would take Gu Die'er back to the Hu territory, and then they would be fish on the chopping board, so he ordered a fierce attack on the other cavalry, forcing them to change their route, and drove the Hu people into a cliff in a mountain forest.
Qi Shaohang's goal was to save people, so he didn't dare to kill them. He could only block all the enemy's retreat routes.
The leader of this Hu cavalry team is Hu Yanlie, the youngest and most favored son of Hu Yanlie. This time he brought the most elite Hu cavalry, but he came out secretly in order to gain military merit, so his reinforcements were destined to not arrive for a while.
However, he also found that the woman in his hands seemed very important, so important that the Liang Dynasty soldiers who surrounded them did not dare to kill her. He immediately became arrogant and placed Gu Die'er in front of him as a shield, trying to use Gu Die'er to escape.
Qi Shaohang was anxious, but he still dealt with the other party. Until General Fan led his troops to arrive, Hu Yanlie realized that he had no chance of escape, so he prepared to use Gu Dieer to break out.
Gu Die'er, who had been under control, suddenly exerted her strength and stabbed Hu Yanlie's arm with her hairpin. The other party screamed and retracted his arm. Gu Die'er took the opportunity to push him to the ground, and then shouted at General Fan and others:
"I have been held hostage by thieves for a day and a night. I am no longer clean and can no longer serve the emperor. I don't want to embarrass the emperor. Please tell him to avenge me and please don't punish the Gu family for my sake."
After saying that, he jumped off the cliff without hesitation. Everyone was shocked, especially Qi Shaohang. His heart ached. Then when Hu Yanlie reacted and wanted to escape, he rushed up with a sword and pierced the other's heart.
General Fan was shocked and knew that he would probably be punished this time. He immediately waved his hand and asked his men to capture the remaining Hu cavalry. Then he learned the identity of Hu Yanlie from these people.
Afterwards, General Fan immediately ordered people to go to the bottom of the cliff to look for Gu Dieer's body. The emperor would definitely want to see her alive or dead.
A day later, General Fan's men found Concubine Gu's body, but she had already died. They had no choice but to carry the body back to report.
Xin Yuan finally came to the stretcher, glanced at Gu Die'er, whose face was blue and bloody, and finally waved his hand weakly:
"Collect the body and send it back to the Gu family in Youzhou. Let it be buried in the Gu family's ancestral tomb. This will be considered as fulfilling Concubine Gu's loyalty and filial piety."
"yes!"
Xin Yuan closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, there was only coldness and cruelty in his eyes:
"Hang Hu Yanlie's body on the city wall. This is my return gift!"
"yes!"
Both bodies were carried away, but to different places. Qi Shaohang and others were still kneeling outside the main tent, waiting for the emperor to punish them. This happened because they failed to protect Concubine Gu.
Xin Yuan knew that now was not the time to punish these people, so he simply let them receive the punishment for failing to guard properly. They were beaten with ten military sticks and then incorporated into the vanguard army to charge in the front.
Qi Shaohang had no objection to this punishment. Wrong was wrong. Since the emperor had given him the opportunity to make amends, he would naturally do his best to make amends. Therefore, he was most heroic when he went into battle to kill the Hu generals.
Hu Yanzhan was completely furious because he spat out blood from the corpse hanging on the city wall. He began to attack regardless of the consequences, vowing to get back the body of his youngest son and avenge him.
Because of his furiousness, Hu Yanzhan still revealed a flaw, which allowed Xin Yuan to seize the opportunity and defeat Hu Yanzhan in one fell swoop. The opponent's head was cut off by Qi Shaohang, which could be regarded as revenge for Gu Dieer.
Xin Yuan finally ended the battle before winter. He enfeoffed meritorious generals in Liangzhou, made a major reshuffle of the Liangzhou border, and then returned triumphantly with his own achievements.
Because Qi Shaohang had made a great contribution by killing the leader of the Hu tribe, he was assigned to the vanguard camp as deputy general and stayed in Fengmi City. If there was a war, they would be the first wave of generals to fight.
Mrs. Gu, who received her daughter's corpse, was so heartbroken that she fell ill. Gu Minglang quickly took over the Gu family's business, but because he was young and the family had problems with its working capital, he was in a state of chaos and the business ran into problems.
As colleagues, some people were like sharks smelling blood and immediately took action, causing the Gu family's business to go downhill.
Just when Gu Minglang was in a state of panic, Mrs. Gu eventually fell seriously ill and passed away. Gu Minglang had to put aside the things at hand and hold his mother's funeral first.
Because Gu Die'er's coffin was transported back, and there was no division of fiefdom except the emperor's words, some people thought that Gu Die'er was disliked by the emperor and was carried back only after she died.
Moreover, the news that Gu Die'er was abducted before her death also spread back to Youzhou. The number of people who came to pay their respects suddenly dwindled. Instead, the debt collectors made a scene at the funeral and accidentally broke Gu Minglang's forehead.
(End of this chapter)
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