Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1168: Surrender

"Wait a moment!"

Just as the sharp steel knife drew a bright arc of light in the air and chopped down towards Guanao's neck, a loud shout suddenly rang out from the crowd under the altar.

This familiar voice made Guan Ao, who had already decided to die, feel a pang in his heart.

This is--

He struggled to turn his head, but because his hands were tied, he couldn't see clearly. However, Liang Shide immediately turned around after hearing the voice to stop him, staring intently at the civil and military officials under the altar, as well as the people who had just been driven out of the city. All of them were kneeling in unison, except for one person who stood among them with his hands behind his back. His tall and slender figure immediately attracted everyone's attention.

He was a young man in his twenties, with a handsome face and a sweet smile. Although he was dressed in the same plain cloth as the ordinary people around him, he was outstandingly noble and had a handsome appearance.

The loud shout just now was made by him.

Liang Shide narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a dangerous aura: "It was you who just shouted - wait a minute?"

"Exactly,"

After the man finished speaking, he walked out of the crowd slowly and leisurely, all the way to the straight road leading to the altar. The guards around him immediately stepped forward and drew their swords to confront him. For a moment, he was surrounded by sharp blades and was in extreme danger. However, he did not seem to be afraid at all. Instead, he smiled and bowed to Liang Shide: "King Xia, why bother with war?"

Originally, he should have been dragged away and chopped into minced meat immediately for disturbing his sacrifice on the altar. However, seeing this young man looking so relaxed and contented, Liang Shide concluded that he must have some background.

So he waved his hand and asked the guards to retreat to the sides, but not completely away. Then he strolled to the edge of the altar and stared at the young man with burning eyes.

"who are you?"

The young man had a pair of curved smiling eyes. Even when he wasn't smiling, his face was full of joy. At this moment, his smile was as warm and festive as the rising sun. He brushed off his robes and bowed to Liang Shide solemnly: "I am..."

Before he could finish his words, Guan Ao, who was tied and kneeling on the altar, began to struggle hard. The familiar voice surprised and delighted him. Even several guards could not hold him down. He finally turned his head and looked at the suave man in the crowd with a pair of red eyes, and suddenly gasped.

"It's you? Pei——"

At the same time, the man standing in the crowd also looked at Guanao, and a hint of worry and concern appeared in their eyes.

But he continued to smile and said loudly: "I am Pei Xingyuan."

Pei Xingyuan?!

Hearing this name, Liang Shide frowned at first, and then he searched for the origin of this somewhat familiar name in his mind - he was the second son of the Yuwen family who had been hostile to him for many years, and Yuwen Ye's best friend!
When he captured Luoyang, although there were many who refused to surrender, such as Guanao and the people around him, some surrendered immediately, such as Wei Yu and Jiang Chongen who has already died. After surrendering to him, these people told him many secrets of the court and the palace, and also told him many stories about the Yuwen family after Yuwen Yuan ascended the throne.

Among them, the one they mentioned repeatedly was the second son of the Yuwen family, now the King of Qin - Yuwen Ye.

In fact, Liang Shide had heard a lot of rumors about him as early as when Emperor Yang was alive. This man was extremely talented, both civil and military, and was able to make plans and win battles thousands of miles away, especially the arrow he shot in Yanmen County that shocked the world. After that, he also did a lot of great things in Guanzhong, and he had a group of close friends around him to help him. Not only did they help him accomplish many great deeds, but they also made the struggle between him and Crown Prince Yuwen Qian become white-hot.

His group of close friends were all talented in both literature and martial arts, and were both intelligent and brave. One of them was Pei Xingyuan. However, because they were thousands of miles apart, although Liang Shide heard a lot about Chang'an, he was not aware of some minor things, especially after the two sides had already started fighting, all attention was focused on the battlefield, so he did not know that Pei Xingyuan was convicted and became a bandit because of the Tangquan Palace incident.

At this moment, Pei Xingyuan appeared in Luoyang, under his altar——

Liang Shide took another step forward, but still did not step down from the altar. This feeling of being high above made him always stand above everyone else. He could also look down on this "enemy" whom he could not quite see through and suppress him psychologically.

Liang Shide said: "So it's you."

Pei Xingyuan smiled and said, "That's me."

Liang Shide's eyes narrowed slightly again, his pupils were dark and bottomless under the sunlight, full of dangerous aura. He asked, "Are you here to die?"

These four words almost doomed Pei Xingyuan to death at this moment.

Although the guards around him retreated to the side, they did not sheath their swords. Instead, they all pointed them at Pei Xingyuan, waiting for Liang Shide's order so that they could pounce on him and cut him into pieces.

Pei Xingyuan still smiled: "I'll deliver the letter."

Liang Shide asked, "Whose letter is it?"

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Pei Xingyuan said: "Your Highness the Prince of Qin."

"Yuwen Ye,"

This name made Liang Shide's face change slightly, and also made Guan Ao and Guan Chiying's heartbeats heavier. The two looked at each other, but they were both a little at a loss - none of them expected that Pei Xingyuan would appear at this time, but Luoyang City was under siege, and Liang Shide had closed the city gates for several months. When did this man come? What was he going to do?
Besides, what could he do alone?
Liang Shide took a deep breath and asked, "What did he want you to say in the letter?"

Pei Xingyuan said: "Your Highness, the King of Qin, I hope you can offer the city and surrender."

"...!"

He said these last four words neither lightly nor heavily, and even with a hint of laughter in his voice. But the moment they spoke, everyone felt dizzy and dark, as if a thunderbolt had struck their heads, shaking everyone to pieces. The guards were furious and cursed, "How dare you!"

"How dare you say such outrageous words!"

"King Xia, please let us cut him into pieces!"

The moment he heard the word "surrender", Liang Shide's mind went blank, and was immediately filled with a surge of murderous intent. He wished he could rush down immediately and tear this brat who spoke such nonsense on his auspicious day to pieces with his own hands.

But the next moment, he suppressed the anger in his heart, gritted his teeth and looked at Pei Xingyuan who remained calm in the face of swords and knives: "Just him, or you?"

Pei Xingyuan smiled and said, "By us."