Memoirs of the Heavenly Khan

Chapter 35 You Owe Me Forever
Xiurong County.

Erzhu Zhao was carried into the Erzhu Mansion. At this time, Erzhu Rong was standing on the corridor outside the house.

"Uncle, you have to make the decision for me!"

All the Erzhu clan members who were disciplined by Wei Qingbin were now kneeling in the courtyard, without their former demeanor.

Erzhu Rong ignored Erzhu Zhao and looked at the Erzhu clan members who were mourning their parents and asked:
"Do you feel wronged?"

The crowd, led by Erzhu Dulu, nodded.

"Hold on to your grievances!"

The anger that had been pent up in Erzhu Rong's heart for a long time finally erupted at this moment.

"I've warned you many times before, this isn't Bei Xiurong, so please hold back your arrogance, or you'll make a fool of yourself."

After hearing this, everyone lowered their heads.

"I'm so shameless that I've been caught and brought such a shame upon myself. It won't be long before the whole of Luoyang knows what kind of people my Erzhu clan's descendants are!"

"Chief, we know we were wrong!"

"Keep everyone at home. Stay away from causing trouble for the time being!"

All the Erzhu clan members left immediately, leaving Erzhu Zhao alone.

Erzhu Rong walked down the corridor, wearing clogs, and came to Erzhu Zhao's side. Looking at his bloody buttocks, he asked:
"Does it hurt?"

Erzhu Rong's question made Erzhu Zhao pour out all his bitterness.

"Uncle, that bastard Li Shuang has falsely blamed me for everything he did, and that old bastard Wei Qingbin is even protecting him. I think they are in cahoots with each other and want to deal with our Erzhu family."

After hearing this, Erzhu Rong's eyes gradually turned cold.

"It doesn't seem to hurt enough!"

Erzhu Zhao was stunned, but heard Erzhu Rong giving orders.

"Twenty more blows with the military sticks!"

The Khitan warriors around Erzhu Rong wanted to carry Erzhu Zhao away, but were stopped by Erzhu Rong!
"Fight right here!"

If they had been carried away, and not under Erzhu Rong's nose, the Khitan warriors would have just beaten him with a few sticks, but here, they couldn't lie!

"Military Lord, I'm sorry!"

"Wait!" Erzhu Zhao looked at Erzhu Rong, "Uncle, why is this happening?"

Erzhu Rong looked at Erzhu Zhao with hawk-like eyes and asked:
"Let me ask you, in the governor's mansion in Sizhou City, did you intend to serve as a witness and frame your third uncle?"

"Yes, but..."

Erzhu Rong did not let Erzhu Zhao finish speaking, and said meaningfully:
"What I hate most in my life is traitors!"
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In the prison.

Erzhu Ying'e looked lonely and haggard.

What she experienced in the past few days seemed like a lifetime ago.

Even though Erzhu Ying'e was a female member of the family and was taken care of, lived in a separate room, and had special food supplies, most of the prisoners held in the prison were criminals.

Every night, there would be incessant howling, like hell, which filled Erzhu Ying'e with fear.

Father, brother, please come and save me!

Erzhu Ying'e prayed silently in her heart, but she didn't expect that the first person who appeared was the face that Erzhu Ying'e least wanted to see.

"Niece, did you miss me?"

The moment she saw Li Shuang, Erzhu Ying'e's eyes, which were originally full of hope, dimmed.

"why you?"

"Why, you're not happy to see me? I came here specially to get you out!"

Erzhu Ying'e turned her head away and hugged her legs, looking like a bullied little girl, feeling aggrieved.

"Hmph, I don't need your help!"

Li Shuang clapped his hands, and the jailer came over with a flattering look on his face.

"Military Lord, your orders!"

"Open the cell door!" Erzhu Ying'e saw that the cell door that had trapped her like a nightmare for the past few days was easily opened, and Li Shuang walked in.

"It's up to you. You can go out anytime you want. This door is always open anyway."

As he spoke, Li Shuang took out an oil-paper bag.

"There are two white flour buns inside, they are still warm, eat them first!"

Erzhu Ying'e was very resistant and turned her head away. She had no good feelings towards Li Shuang, the bandit who had robbed her.

"Even if I die here, banging my head against the wall, I won't..."

As the oil paper package was opened, a fragrance dissipated and Erzhu Ying'e's words came to an abrupt end.

Her face turned red and her stomach growled.

She hadn't eaten well these days and was exhausted both physically and mentally.

"I'll eat you alone!"

Erzhu Ying'e picked up the white flour steamed bun and took a bite, the floury fragrance spreading between her teeth and cheeks. Although Bei Xiurong was far away, she had been spoiled since childhood. Although she had few seafood, she had a lot of mountain delicacies.

Those delicacies are nothing compared to the white flour steamed bun in my hand.

All of a sudden, all the grievances accumulated over these days were released.

Erzhu Ying'e ate the white flour bun in her hand in two gulps with tears in her eyes, and then took the second one from Li Shuang's hand.

"It's so fragrant!"

Li Shuang smiled.

"Then our past grudges are written off?"

Erzhu Ying'e wiped her tears and looked at Li Shuang in front of her. Suddenly, she found that the man who used to make her feel hateful had become handsome.

"You think beautiful!"

"If it weren't for you, I would have been the imperial concubine in Luoyang City!"

"You owe me money, do you think you can just give me two white flour buns?"

Erzhu Ying'e stood up and dusted herself off. At this moment, her embarrassment was gone, and she seemed to have become the most dazzling pearl of Bei Xiurong, the little princess of Erzhuchuan.

"But don't you want to go to Luoyang and become an imperial concubine?"

"Everything I don't want is mine too." Erzhu Ying'e took a step forward and stared at Li Shuang. "Remember, you will always owe me!"

After saying that, Erzhu Ying'e walked out of the cell in a hurry, not wanting to stay here for a moment.

Li Shuang looked at Erzhu Ying'e's beautiful back and felt helpless.

"Are you blackmailing me?"
-
Sizhou City, the governor's office.

"Has Erzhu Ying'e been released?"

"Li Shuang just picked me up!"

In the room, Wei Qingbin was feeling depressed as he looked at the military intelligence documents that were urgently delivered from afar.

Yao He looked at Wei Qingbin and asked in confusion:
"Since the rear general was planning to release the Erzhu clan's children, why did he humiliate them so severely beforehand? Wouldn't this only serve to provoke the Erzhu clan's resentment?"

Wei Qingbin stroked his beard and sighed:

"It's not that I want to let go, but the situation forces me to do so."

Wei Qingbin handed the military intelligence document in his hand to Yao He. When the other party saw it, his eyes widened in vain.

"Huaishuo Town was also captured?"

"Yuan Yu, this idiot, is planning to reap the benefits while sitting back and taking advantage of others. I think he is the fish!"

Wei Qingbin's heart was filled with regret and anger.

"If Your Majesty had listened to me and not allowed that wolf cub Yujiulü Anagui to return north, how could the northern border be in such chaos today?"

A strong wind blew, and the papers in the room fluttered. Wei Qingbin looked at the curling dark clouds in the sky, feeling the slight spring chill, and had a bad premonition in his heart.

The storm is coming!
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(End of this chapter)