The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 293: The Two Bai Families, the Death of Bai Ma, and the Young Master's Dishonesty

The sunlight coming through the carved window lattices divides the white horse's face into light and dark sides.

[Why didn't my father come?] This thought flashed through his mind, and was immediately replaced by ecstasy, and he shouted hoarsely:
"My mother is here, you can't kill me!"

"Why?" Ying Chengjiao sighed again and again, helplessly: "Why can't I kill you when your mother comes?"

"My lord, are you going to kill me in front of my mother? This is a government building! It's only fifty steps to Zhangtai Street!" Bai Ma couldn't believe it, he felt chest tightness and shortness of breath and was about to vomit blood.

This guy is so crazy!

Although Bashu Tower is the same as other towers, it is located on Xiangfeng Road, which is called the red-light district by Master Chengjiao.

But the Bashu Tower, located at the end of Xiangfeng Road, is different from those other glamorous and cheap ones.

It was called an official building, semi-official in nature, and semi-government-run. It did not receive low-class people or low-class merchants, but only nobles.

Xitao led his retainers in a fight with the palace officials in the Bashu Tower. This situation was extremely serious, even more serious than slaughtering civilians in a downtown area.

Thirty steps away from Bashu Tower is Zhangtai Street, which is also known as the Official Street.

Most of the people inside are nobles, all adults.

Swords and knives have no eyes. If an adult who goes out is injured by one, it is a serious crime.

If someone were to kill desperately and charge into Zhangtai Street, it would be an even greater crime!

The king of Qin was Ying Zheng, and the nobles controlled the Qin State.

When it comes to the personal safety of the nobles, this is a serious matter, second only to treason.

"My lord!" the white horse shouted at the madman who took another step forward.

He suddenly grabbed the incense burner with one leg broken off.

The ashes from the incense burner were all scattered on his body. The flying dust formed a hazy light column in the beam of light, and the white horse turned into a gray horse.

The choking incense ash entered his nose, and the gray horse coughed violently. He could inhale a large amount of ash when he opened his mouth:

"The four great families of Jin, namely, Zhi, Wei, Zhao and Han, attacked and fought each other.

"The great Jin State was destroyed and divided into three parts, namely the present Zhao State, Wei State and Han State.

"Since then, the monarchs of all countries have been extremely cautious about the fighting between aristocratic families. Since Shang Yang's reform, my country has been very strict in dealing with this.

"Back then, my family had a dispute with the Meng and Bai families over water, and the fight took place outside the city of Xianyang.

"More than 700 execution poles were erected at Caotan Execution Ground overnight, and more than 700 people from the three tribes who participated in the fight were all tied up and executed the next day!
"If you know the pain of the three families but do not learn from it, you will become the pain that future generations will know and learn from instead of the three families!
“For now, you should lead your horse to see my mother.

"We should put aside our differences, put an end to the riot, and then go find Prime Minister Lu to suppress this matter.

"Prime Minister Lu has been dissatisfied with the king, no, he has been dissatisfied with King Qin Zheng for a long time!
“Your Excellency wishes to be king.

"With the support of my Bai family, the Meng family, the Xi family and other Qin nobles and Prime Minister Lu will certainly support you. Why should you worry about not achieving your goals?

"Saving the white horse in exchange for a king of Qin, isn't that wonderful?

"Compared to the throne, what does the past grudge between you and me mean?

"Your Excellency, please focus on the important matters and don't act on impulse!"

Ying Chengjiao stopped in the face of Bai Ma's expectant, eager and passionate eyes.

The young man looked at the white horse quietly, his falling hair casting a swaying shadow on his cheek, as if he was thinking about the feasibility of the white horse's words.

"Don't hesitate any longer, sir!" Bai Ma struck while the iron was hot.

To show his sincerity, he put down the incense burner for the third time, and the ears of the incense burner made a harsh sound when they scraped against the table.

He pointed at the battle scene below the window and said earnestly:
"Sir! My mother won't stop until she sees me. Take me down now!"

Ying Chengjiao was some distance away from the window and could not see the scene outside.

His ears twitched two or three times, and based on the sounds of fighting outside the window he judged that there were not many people around, a skill he had acquired while traveling around the world.

"Do you think your mother and her dozen or so men can defeat the hundred or so men in my palace?" The young man's fingertips lightly traced the cloud and thunder pattern on the scabbard and shook his head: "They won't make trouble for long."

"You are joking again, my Lord." Bai Ma pulled the corners of his mouth to reveal a stiff arc, and chuckled to ease the tense atmosphere: "How dare these officials attack my mother?"

"My master is the mistress of the Bai family! Who dares to stop me! Get out of here!" There were shouts coming from outside the window, and the sound waves made the ashes in the air fly everywhere.

Bai Ma smiled more naturally, feeling relaxed inside, and only then did he feel a chill on his back - his back had long been soaked with cold sweat.

Those who could enter the royal palace as eunuchs were all noble warriors who had fought in the battlefield and had clean backgrounds. There was no one who did not know the three families of Meng, Xi and Bai.

"There is more than one Bai family in our country." Ying Chengjiao put emphasis on the word "one".

"What do you mean, sir?" Bai Ma didn't understand, and because he didn't understand, he felt gloomy in his heart, and the fingers in his sleeves curled up and opened unconsciously.

"What I mean is." Ying Chengjiao retreated again and again until he reached the door, banging against the carved wooden door, leaving enough safe distance for Bai Ma: "Look down."

A chill quietly spread down his spine, and Bai Ma, who wanted to make sure Chang'an Jun was within his sight, looked down through the window again.

The coldness exploded and the whole body was cold.

The incense burner fell out of hand and rolled to the ground, the sound of the incense burner rolling down was like a death knell.

Strands of bright red oozed from the corners of his wide-open eyes, the same source as the bright red reflected in his eyes. A drop of blood and tears fell into the dust amid the hustle and bustle of the crowd downstairs.

"No!" He screamed hysterically, half of his body leaning out of the window. The veins on his outstretched arm bulged like old vines, like a dying beast whose head had crashed through the fence.

Half a minute ago.

Xitao held the reins in one hand and a drawn sword in the other. The wide sleeves of his crimson robe fluttered like flags as he galloped. He launched a fierce charge at the armored officials who were surrounding the Bashu Tower not far away.

In order to speed up, she used her sword to cut a foot-long cut on the horse's butt.

A drop of blood rose up with the sword tip, drawing a strange arc in the air.

The top-quality warhorse screamed in pain, and its four hooves, as big as bowls, flew into the air!
"How dare you! Let my son out!" Xitao, without armor, rode his warhorse and crashed into the encirclement of armored officials. The golden hairpins on his temples swayed, reflecting dazzling spots.

All the eunuchs who came into contact with the war horses were knocked away and fell into the crowd, with blood gushing from their mouths, broken sternums, and the indentations of their bronze breastplates were covered with mud brought by the horses' hooves.

The subsequent officials holding halberds, axes, battle-axes, and spears did not dare to use their weapons to stab the beautiful woman on the horse to avenge her colleague, but only dared to block her with their weapons.

They didn't dare to attack, but Xitao did, and showed no mercy.

Xitao rode her horse and wielded her sharp sword, slashing left and right, leaving marks on the armor of the officials. The sound of "ding-dong-dong" continued, and the sparks from the collision between the sword and the bronze armor splashed onto her well-maintained jade hands.

Xitao led the way, and the twenty or so people she brought with her couldn't catch up for a while. She was afraid that those reckless men in the palace would not recognize their master's identity and hurt him, so she gathered all her strength and shouted:
"My master is the mistress of the Bai family! Who dares to stop me? Get out of here!"

As soon as this sound came, some officials whose eyes were bloodshot after seeing the miserable plight of their colleagues suddenly woke up.

They bit their lips to stay awake, and the salty blood flowed between their teeth.

He put down his weapon and used his shoulder to charge at the charging warhorse, trying to stop it with his flesh and blood. The sound of breaking bones mixed with the sound of horse hooves was tooth-gripping.

They didn't dare to attack Xitao, or even the warhorse.

A warhorse will go crazy if it is injured, and only the most elite riders in the army can keep a crazy warhorse steady and prevent it from flying away.

The mistress of the Bai family, Xitao, was merciless to the eunuchs and wished that they would all die.

The eunuchs were afraid that Xitao, who wanted them dead, would suffer any harm, so they risked their lives to prevent Xitao from falling off his horse.

Xitao, whose martial arts skills were only moderate, was able to achieve things that even Sword Saint Gai Nie could not do with the blessing of power.

This beautiful woman charged straight into the elite Qin army as if she were in an empty space. The corners of her lips curled up into a determined sneer, as if she saw her son had escaped safely.

She had known this would happen, and didn't think there was anything wrong with it, as she was able to defeat a thousand enemies with one single horse.

If the eunuchs had known that it was Xitao, the mistress of the Bai family, who was coming, they would have anticipated the current scene and would not have thought there was anything wrong with it and would have risked their lives to fight against her.

Under the bright sun, the ridiculous, absurd and brutal fight cast a distorted silhouette outside Zhangtai Street.

The twenty or so people brought by Xitao rode their horses at full speed, and the collision of horseshoes with the stone road made a dense "clacking" sound, like the beat of a death drum.

They are about to catch up. Almost all the horses raised by the Bai family in Xianyang are here.

Once they rode their horses forward through the gap opened by Xitao, more than a hundred officials might not be able to stop them.

When the cavalry charged, the infantry without formation had little ability to fight back.

On the tower of Bashu, the face of a white horse appeared by the window of the goddess’ room.

In the Langguan battle formation, a man rose from the ground and leaped into the air, with a gluttonous iron mask on his face glowing with a ferocious luster.

He stepped on the heads and shoulders of the officials and rushed forward with a "thump thump thump" sound. Although he was not wearing any armor, he exuded the fearless momentum of a man wearing armor and charging forward.

He holds a long-handled broad sword in both hands and leans forward while running, which is the dragging sword style.

The sharp warrior wearing the Taotie iron mask was extremely conspicuous, and the direction he was running in was Xitao, so Xitao locked onto him at a glance.

As Xitao took one look, the gluttonous iron mask covered her entire face the next time.

quick! too fast!
"How dare you!" Xitao waved his sword and shouted at the attacking warrior.

The sword was swung with particular force, determined to kill the arrogant thief without armor!

Taotie's iron face and fangs flashed, but its master did not dodge, holding the hilt tightly with both hands. His internal force flowed endlessly, and he turned his body to use the power of his waist, legs and feet!
The big knife cuts diagonally.

The sun is falling.

The sword light tore through the blood-red sky in the twilight.

The sharp sword in the beautiful woman's hand flew away at the touch and fell weakly to the ground.

A good head arrived shortly afterwards, flying along with the sharp sword. The blood pressure of the headless body soared, and the blood rushed up to the sky.

Red filled the eyes of the white horse upstairs. One of the most noble young men in Xianyang leaned half of his body out of the window and shouted in a shrill and desperate voice:

"No!"

Xitao did not die immediately after abandoning her body, and she could still think in her beautiful head.

[How dare he...] The beautiful woman couldn't believe it, and the scenery before her eyes changed rapidly.

She watched as the iron-faced warrior kicked her body away as if kicking something dirty, and the expensive scarlet gown embroidered with gold thread rolled in the dust.

She watched the iron-faced warrior standing on horseback, sheathing his sword and pulling the reins with both hands.

She watched her horse raise its front hooves high, tilt its neck toward the sky, then stop charging, its mane rising and falling in the wind.

She saw pairs of panicked eyes, bodies covered in scarlet armor, and pairs of military boots stepping on her blood.

Dong Dong~!
She landed and bounced twice on the ground.

Gulugulu~!
Rolling on the blood-covered ground.

She is a germaphobe and hates dirt.

That beautiful face that had been clean all her life was covered with dirty mud mixed with her noble blood, but she didn't care. She couldn't get angry and execute a few slaves to vent her anger and serve as a warning to others as she did in the past.

The head, stained with blood and dirt but still beautiful, was shaking on the ground, and its thin lips moved slightly.

She lost her vocal cords and could not make a sound.

If someone who can read lips saw this, they would know what she wanted to say - how dare he?
It sounds long, but it’s actually only ten breaths.

Xitao opened her eyes wide and looked up at the sky.

The pupils are dilated and have no color.

it's dark.

It's dawn!
"Form a formation!" The unarmored iron-faced warrior shouted loudly, his voice hoarse but with a hint of sharpness.

He stood on the back of a warhorse with its hooves standing on all fours, facing the more than 20 invaders, holding up the long-handled broad sword that was still bleeding.

The newly appointed general, who led the 100 palace guards, 20 squad leaders, 10 platoon leaders, and 2 garrison commanders, issued the second military order:
"kill!"

"Kill!" the officials shouted hoarsely.

It is the duty of soldiers to obey military orders!

The battle formation that was fragile in front of Xi Tao alone was indestructible in front of more than 20 Xi family retainers. Screams were heard and blood splattered everywhere.

Hundreds of newly appointed generals of Cheng Jiao Palace jumped off their horses, and blood was dripping on Taotie's iron face.

He stepped on the blood and took the tough steps of a soldier, and came to the head of Xitao, the mistress of the Bai family.

He remembered the words of his perverted apprentice:

"You are what you eat, so you can't become a superior person by enduring hardships, but you can become a superior person by eating people."

He raised his hand and touched the Taotie Iron Mask that his apprentice had personally chosen, and felt the blood on it that had become somewhat sticky:

"You pervert, you never said that the person you ate was the mistress of the Bai family... Killing is easy, but how are you going to end it next?" The voice, which was full of worry, was light and airy, and sounded better than the copper bells that were popular in Qin State and hung under the eaves.

"Since political tactics are so difficult to learn, Wuxia shouldn't learn it." Bai Wuxia from the Bai family lightly kicked the mistress of the Bai family.

Ten years ago in Xianyang, when people talked about the Bai family, they implicitly meant Bai Qi's Bai, not Meng Xibai's Bai.

Bai Wuxia, granddaughter of Bai Qi.

A master of swordsmanship, his sword-wielding ability is the standard by which Sword Saint Gai Nie judges the fighting ability of others.

However, Bai Wuxia’s best weapon was the sword.

Single edge knife.

Keep moving forward and never look back.

Upstairs, the goddess' room.

The eldest son of the Bai family had bloodshot eyes and blood coagulated in the corners of his eyes:

"You did it on purpose... You did it on purpose!"

The white horse watched his mother die tragically before his eyes and screamed at Ying Chengjiao who was standing in front of the door:

"You are stalling for time on purpose! You are not going to kill me, but my father, my mother, and my great-grandfather!"

"I want to kill you and your whole family." The young man raised his eyebrows in surprise: "I thought your father or your great-grandfather would at least come... What bastards are your family members? You, the heir, won't come even if you die? And..."

The young man looked the white horse up and down:

"Your mother is dead, and you just yelled a few words? I thought you were going to come up and fight me."

The white horse's breathing was rapid and intermittent.

"Why?" His voice was hoarse, like a ghost crawling out of the underworld: "How did I provoke you that you would do such a cruel thing to me!"

The boy's face turned cold, the blood vessels on his forehead turned slightly blue, and he was unusually excited:
“In my world, I am what you call a pariah.

“I often complain that I don’t live a good life, and say that those superior people are living, while I am just alive.

“It wasn’t until I crossed over that I knew what it really meant to live a bad life.

“Sir, a thousand-mile horse died. I blame you but I don’t want to kill you. Animals are animals. They can’t be compared with human lives.

"But the waiter only knocked over the salt shaker, why did you chop off his head?
"That girl listened to you so much, but I just said that her legs were very beautiful, why could you bear to cut off her legs?

"besides."

The young man walked closer, his eyes becoming colder:
"We, the lowly people, finally win a big prize and get a fortune, which can improve our lives.

"Why did you take it away? Why did you kick us a few times before taking it away? Why did you kick us with all your strength to kill us?
"How many daughters do you have in your family? Why do you want to rob ours? Don't you feel guilty about spending gold cakes stained with the blood of us lowly people?

“Oh, yes, you have no conscience.

"You are not a human, you are a white horse, you are a beast."

"I'm almost dead! You're still lying to me! And you're still acting crazy and stupid!" Bai Ma overturned the table and kicked away the incense burner at his feet.

He grabbed whatever objects were nearby and threw them at Ying Chengjiao, his hair disheveled like a madman:
“I let you pretend!
“I let you pretend!
"Have you ever killed any palace maid or eunuch for doing something wrong, Prince?

"Have you never raped a beautiful woman? Male or female?
“Didn’t you punish the people around you when you were in a bad mood?
"what!"

Ying Chengjiao held the Qin sword in his hand and chopped off the attacking objects one by one:

“I have never killed a palace maid or eunuch for doing something wrong.

“I have never raped a beautiful woman.

“Punishment…I have scolded people around me when I was in a bad mood, but this should not be considered as punishment in your words.

"I didn't cut off his fingers, hands, feet, and legs like you, a beast, or step on his head to force him to lick his shoes or to compete with pigs for food."

The young man walked up to the white horse and put the tip of his sword against the horse's heart:

"I have never done any of the things you said, not even one."

Bai Ma grabbed the sword, his palms bleeding, and said word by word:
"I do not believe!"

Ying Chengjiao thrust his sword forward, piercing the heart, and said to the doomed white horse:

"I know."

"You bastard." Bai Ma stared at Ying Chengjiao's eyes. Before he died, he calmed down: "I'm going to die, let me be a ghost. Why is this happening?"

Ying Chengjiao looked directly into the white horse's eyes and said nothing.

The hatred, pride and sincerity in the boy's eyes made Bai Ma believe this extremely absurd reason.

The eldest son of the Bai family laughed out loud, and the sound was creepy.

He really thought it was ridiculous that he died because of a bunch of untouchables! A bunch of untouchables!

After laughing enough and feeling like dying, the white horse lies half-reclining by the window:

"Everyone has been doing this since ancient times. Why did you choose me to be killed?"

"Because you appeared in my sight first."

"That's a bit interesting. Are you going to kill everyone?"

"I try my best."

"Except for you, everyone else in the royal family has done what I said, including the late king. Why didn't you kill the late king when he was alive? Oh, yes, I almost forgot. The late king staged a coup and killed the King Xiaowen who loved you the most to take the throne. Why didn't you kill the late king?"

"He is my Father."

"You won't kill your father? Then you are not as noble as you say! You lunatic should kill the king and the father!"

"I am not noble."

"He is an honest madman... Hey, you have caused such a big incident, have you thought about how to deal with it? I think you will die a hundred times more miserably than me. You will be torn into pieces by five oxen like Shang Yang, the thief."

(End of this chapter)