I rode and slashed unparalleled in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 861 The temptation of power

Such a delicate beauty actually has a hidden weapon?

Is this a distortion of human nature or a decline in morality? Is this being directed by someone or is there some other hidden story?
With some curiosity, Su Yao tentatively accepted Miss Yingying's request and kept the girl here to serve him.

Su Yao slowly leaned against the edge of the bucket, letting the warm water flow over his body, and closed his eyes in relaxation.

Although this body is strong, it still feels real fatigue and needs rest and relaxation.

Therefore, after enjoying the bathing services provided by Hong'er and others several times before, Su Yao gradually fell in love with this activity.

It is actually a kind of enjoyment to put aside efficiency appropriately, relax in the warm water, and feel the beauty of the soft and fragrant water.

While Su Yao closed his eyes and acted like a skilled master, Miss Yingying was quite cautious over there.

She walked lightly to the barrel, the candlelight illuminating her slightly red cheeks, but the girl did not move for a long time.

"Miss Yingying?"

Su Yao's words woke Yingying up from a dream. She responded in panic and quickly put the clothes in her arms into a bucket beside her. Then she hurriedly reached out and took out the soap beans beside her, and tremblingly wanted to press them into the water to rub them.

However, perhaps she was too nervous, and the soapberry fell into the water with a splash, and the water splashed everywhere, directly wetting Su Yao's face.

Yingying saw this and her eyes widened in fear. She subconsciously reached out her hand to wipe Su Yao's wound, but suddenly stopped, with her hands hanging in the air. She was at a loss and muttered in panic, "General, please forgive me! General, please forgive me!"

This was so absurd, and it was completely different from the elegance at the table before. Su Yao slowly opened his eyes, raised his hand and slowly wiped the water drops on his face, and asked softly:

"Miss Yingying, there's no need to be nervous. What's on your mind that's causing you to lose your composure?"

Yingying fell to her knees with a plop, her body trembling, and she could only stammer like a little girl.

Su Yao didn't pursue the matter further and told her to get up and not to worry about it and just continue.

However, Su Yao soon frowned.

This Miss Yingying is not only clumsy in her movements, but also has no method at all when it comes to serving people. She seems to do whatever she wants.

Normally, Hong'er had worked as a dancer in the palace, so she had not practiced her "maid" skills much. When she helped him take a bath, although her techniques were not very good, she at least followed the basic procedures.

But this girl Yingying, sometimes she picked up a towel and wiped it vigorously, sometimes she stared at the water surface in a daze, she didn't even know how to wash her hair correctly with soapnuts, she had absolutely no such skill.

Is this how a maidservant should behave? This girl doesn't look like a maid trained by a rich family at all. Instead, she looks like a lady who has never served anyone before.

Although Yingying didn't know that Su Yao was already full of doubts, she still felt something was wrong from Su Yao's silence.

She tried desperately to recall and imitate the way the maids served her, trying to "serve", but there were differences between men and women, and the more she tried to imitate, the more ridiculous her movements became.

If serving as a bather can be clumsy, but if you are sincere and try hard, what really makes Yingying "surrender" is the process of tying her hair and changing clothes after bathing.

How should this man take care of his hair?

It can't be done, it can't be done at all!

Yingying looked at Su Yao's wet long hair, her mind going blank.

"That's all."

"I can do it myself."

Su Yao stood up, and water splashed down:

"I don't think you look like a maid from a wealthy family, but rather like a young lady who has never served anyone before."

"Miss Yingying, I hope you can give this general a reasonable explanation."

When Yingying heard this, her face turned pale instantly, and the hair-tying tool that she was holding tightly in her hand fell to the ground with a "click".

She knelt down again with a thud, her shoulders shaking violently, beads of sweat the size of beans rolling down her forehead and dripping onto the cold ground.

Silence, dead silence.

After a long while, Yingying finally mustered up the courage and raised her head, her eyes full of despair and determination. She took a deep breath and spoke slowly: "General, I am guilty and deserve to die."

"Indeed, my daughter is not a servant of a rich family, but the daughter of Cui Jun."

"Cui Jun?"

Su Yao raised his eyebrows slightly:

"Are you Cui Lie's?" "Cui Lie is my grandfather."

Yingying told the story slowly and leisurely.

This Cui Jun was the "unfilial son" who was chased and beaten by Cui Lie in the court because of his rude remarks about his father's purchase of an official position. Now he has been transferred to the position of governor of Xihe and is serving in Bingzhou.

The girl Yingying stayed in her hometown to stay with her grandfather because she was young.

Now, the rebellion in Jizhou has been quelled. Although Han Fu is dead, Cui Lie has also been named by Su Yao and must atone his sins with death.

In Cui Ying's view, this was naturally unacceptable.

Cui Ying's face was covered with tears, and she continued with a trembling voice: "Although my grandfather made mistakes, he has always been dedicated to the family and Jizhou. Now he is ordered to be executed by you, the general, because of a momentary mistake. I really can't accept it."

"That's why I thought that if I could get close to you, maybe I could have a chance to save my grandfather."

"So you took the risk and hid here with a dagger, waiting for your chance to strike?"

Cui Ying looked up in horror, only to find that the dagger at her waist was in Su Yao's hand without her knowing when. Her face turned pale instantly, and she trembled so much that she couldn't even utter a complete sentence, only tears kept flowing.

Su Yao played with the gleaming dagger in his hand, with a faint smile on his face:

"You are a girl with some courage, but you use your courage in the wrong place."

As he spoke, Su Yao stepped out of the barrel, picked up the clothes beside him and put them on. Seeing this, Yingying was so scared that she quickly lowered her head and dared not look directly at him.

Su Yao walked up to her, looked down at her and said:

"Do you know how serious a crime it is to plot to assassinate an official of the imperial court?"

"Based on your current performance, this general can kill you immediately."

Cui Ying trembled like a sieve when she heard this. She saw that the truth had been revealed and she could not refute her crime. She could only kowtow and cry:

"General, I know that I have committed a grave sin, and even death is inexcusable. But my grandfather has been so kind to me, and he is so old now. I cannot bear to see him end up in disgrace, with his head and body torn apart."

"I beg the general to spare my grandfather's life for his timely surrender and his willingness to correct his mistakes, as well as my daughter's filial piety."

In the dark room, the candlelight flickered.

Su Yao stared quietly at the trembling yet determined woman in front of him. After a moment of silence, he finally spoke:
"It is a sincere act to be filial to your grandfather."

"But, how can you trample on the laws of this world at will?"

"Cui Lie's crime is treason, and his entire clan should be killed. I, the general, have shown special mercy by sparing his life and not implicate your clansmen. Your actions are only making his crime worse."

"Is there really no chance of success?"

Cui Ying's eyes were blurred with tears and her face was full of despair. She knelt on the ground and took two steps forward, hugging Su Yao's thighs tightly:

"You are the general, and your words are as good as gold. As long as you can spare my grandfather's life, I am willing to be a slave, to serve you day and night, to repay your kindness!"

"."

Su Yao was silent.

This scene was quite stimulating to him.

Seeing a beautiful girl crying and begging him to let her grandfather go, it would be hard for any man with a healthy mind and body to not be moved, right?

What's more, Cui Ying's pitiful appearance really makes people feel unbearable.

Now, he can decide their fate just by speaking.

Is this the temptation of power?
This is too true.

No wonder those who have been emperors for a long time are easily intoxicated by the supreme pleasure brought by power and cannot extricate themselves.

You know what, it feels really good.

Is there any need to consider how to choose between an old man and a beautiful girl?
Instinctively, Su Yao wanted to agree.

But in a moment, he felt something was wrong.

As a good young man of the new era who was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze, how could he succumb so easily to this sugar-coated bullet?
(End of this chapter)