Yuanyang City, West Qin Lord's Mansion.
When he saw the lord of Xiqin, Celius looked away, and he no longer had the aura he had when confronting the guards before.
The guards of the Twelve Dragons Binding reported all the information that happened in the dungeon to the lord of Xiqin. Before they finished reporting, another group of guards came to report about Li De and Alaiya.
There was an eerie silence in the room.
The truth is about to come out. The presiding officials of the Central Taiwan Affairs Office colluded with outsiders to try to rescue the son of Xiqin who was convicted and imprisoned. The situation is so clear that no one else needs to say anything.
The lord of Xiqin retreated all the guards, leaving only him and Celius in the room.
"Keep your head up, Selius."
Lord Xiqin spoke quietly and said:
"Eighteen years have passed, and we are not young anymore. You don't have to bow your head like a child who has made a mistake, and I will not forgive you like a doting parent."
After hearing what the lord of Xiqin said, Celius relaxed a lot and raised his head upright.
The lord of Xiqin looked at him and said lightly:
"I know that you have always supported Shizi Yingbai and put a lot of effort into him. But I am still alive, you shouldn't be so blatant."
Celius stroked his already half-white hair, with a smile on his face, and said:
"There's no time... Indeed, compared to before, I'm not as cautious. I've only met that young man named Baima twice, so I shouldn't bet all my hopes on him. But I don't have anything else to do." I can go the other way, I can't just watch the son be executed. This is for the future of Xiqin."
The lord of West Qin was as paralyzed as Ying Bai, with no expression on his handsome face.
He walked to the table and sat down, picked up a document, and said to Celius while reading:
"What do you see?"
Celius shook his head:
"I can't see anything. But sitting in my position, I can always realize that things are not developing normally. People who are becoming more and more cold-blooded and numb only know how to work, the average life expectancy is constantly shrinking, ordinary people who occasionally disappear or die tragically... West Qin is indeed the number one territory in the world, but it is also the most abnormal territory."
The Lord of West Qin asked leisurely:
"So you put your hope on the crown prince to change all this? Celius, your long career as a presiding official has made you arrogant. You judged that these things would affect the development of West Qin by yourself, and you put your hopes on your own. Yu Yingbai came to change all this. The presiding officer position should consider the interests of all parties, but now you choose to fight desperately for what you believe in. Have you ever thought that if Xiqin perishes because of your wrong judgment, your How will the farce end?"
Celius replied:
"As you said. But too many bizarre things have happened here in the past eighteen years. Every family has encountered misfortune to some extent, including us courtiers. Qizheng's son was born stupid, and Qingli's wife Suffering from a strange disease and dying in excruciating pain, Tong Qiu's younger brother's two arms were festered and maggoted... Although destiny is impermanent, no territory suffers more severe damage than Xiqin. I am not a person with a long-term vision. What I lack and find ways to make up for it, that’s what I can do.”
The Lord of West Qin was silent for a while.
Then he said to Celius:
"Who do you think the gentleman on the white horse is?"
Celius shook his head:
"I don't know, he claims to be a businessman from Yunyang, but I don't think so."
"It means your vision is still there."
The lord of Xiqin signed the document in his hand casually, and turned to look at Celius:
"In this world, there are less than ten people who are so strong and can be counted on one hand. Among them, there are only two people who are familiar with Ying Bai, one is Xiang Hei, the prince of Nanchu, and the other is Li De, the lord of Yunyang. "
Celius froze there.
Xiang Hei is easy to identify because of his dark skin, which means that the only possibility is Li De.
But he never expected that the majestic Lord Yunyang would personally come to West Qin to take risks for the safety of his friends!
While he was in a daze, the lord of Xiqin had finished reviewing the documents, called his personal bodyguard, and said to the bodyguard:
"Pass down the order, three days later, public beheading shall be done."
The guard didn't ask why, and said:
"yes."
Celius fell into an ice cave.
There were too many things contained in this sentence, and Celius couldn't accept it at all for a while. Although he had expected the worst outcome a long time ago, Celius still couldn't accept it when the lord of Xiqin really downplayed all this.
Lord Xiqin said to Celius:
"Aren't you curious about what happened in West Qin? Why did the people of West Qin change like this?"
Celius looked at the lord of Xiqin with a bad feeling.
The lord of Xiqin stood up at some point and was walking in his direction.
"Soon, you'll understand everything."
Celius' eyes widened, but he was not looking at the Lord of West Qin, but at something above the Lord of West Qin. He opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything, his facial features were distorted by fear, his body was paralyzed by fear, and his throat lost his voice due to fear. At that moment, the air seemed to float, and something invisible, or something that only the lord of Xiqin and Celius could see, jumped onto Celius' head.
There was a sound of eating in the small room.
After a while, Celius' eyes completely lost their light, as dim as everlasting night.
The lord of West Qin asked:
"Now, do you understand?"
A strange smile appeared on Celius' face, he put his hand on his heart, and replied:
"Yes, I understand my ignorance. For human beings, this is the only way. How beautiful, how happy... I can't wait to see that future."
The lord of Xiqin waved his hand, and the air floated again, as if something returned to him.
Lord Xiqin said:
"Back off, do your best to find Lord Yunyang."
Celius bowed deeply, then walked out.
I don't know why, when he first started walking, his limbs were obviously uncoordinated, but he walked normally.
When he left the Lord's Mansion, someone greeted him, and he responded with a smile, just like before.
…
It was night, and a young man wearing a bamboo hat stepped on tattered straw sandals and came to the outskirts of Yuanyang City.
There was a notice board there.
The billboard announced two recent events.
The first thing is that the son of the Western Qin Dynasty, Ying Bai, will be beheaded at noon three days later to show off to the public by colluding with foreign enemies and betraying the interests of the Western Qin Dynasty.
The second thing is to arrest Li De, the lord of Yunyang, and Alaiya, the maid, all over the territory, and repatriate all Yunyang businessmen in West Qin Dynasty at the same time, which is only one step away from declaring war with Yunyang.
After reading it, the young man wearing a hat silently took out the long-handled weapon wrapped in white cloth behind him, and swung the notice board directly with a sweep.
His eyes looked like he was going to kill.