Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 216 Did they kill the wrong person?
Yun Ce had read about the history of the Guifang people...

This is also a race that has made countless sacrifices for survival. Although the descriptions of the Guifang people in the historical records of the Han Dynasty are all written in the tone of superiors and victors.

There are frequent stories of military exploits involving the slaughter of countless Guifang people, of using countless Guifang slaves to construct some unparalleled project, and even of emperors whose deaths were accompanied by the burial of countless Guifang people.

Historical records even go to great lengths to humiliate the Guifang people as they underwent repeated reproductive evolutions in their pursuit of becoming more like the Han Chinese.

Therefore, when the Guifang people evolved to the point where they could arm wrestle with the Han people, everyone noticed a problem.

That means there's no way to resolve the hatred between the two sides.

Only when all the Guifang people are dead will the Han people feel safe.

Only when all the Han Chinese are dead can the Guifang people wash away their shame.

At this point, neither the Guifang nor the Han people had much room to choose their side.

Yun Ce had no doubt that Han Chinese blood flowed in his veins, so the Han Chinese stance was naturally his stance. This was unchangeable, and Yun Ce had no intention of changing it.

Since all the Han people hope to annihilate the Guifang tribe, Yun Ce thinks so too, and he will do so, even taking it upon himself to annihilate the Guifang.

This is not blind obedience, but a choice based on survival.

Yun Ce knew that there were people in the world who were born with a strong sense of compassion. This compassion was so intense that it permeated every aspect of their lives and even extended to the Gui Fang people.

Yun Ce had just experienced a massacre of a city, which made him lose all hope for humanity. The little bit of kindness and compassion he had left in his heart was simply not enough to share with the Gui Fang people.

Moreover, the dog had previously told him that beneath this inn was a vast space filled with many life forms.

The words "locked room" and "imprisonment" immediately came to Yun Ce's mind. Neither of them had anything to do with justice; they only represented unspeakable and indescribable evil.

Furthermore, since this place is run by the Guifang people, Yun Ce knows without a doubt that the ones suffering here must be Han Chinese.

This led to Yun Ce suddenly turning against Liu Ruyan and beating her up.

Without hatred to back it up, Yun Ce would generally not do anything so cruel as to destroy a beautiful woman. Of course, Yu Heng was an exception; that woman was simply too ungrateful.

Liu Ruyan, a beautiful name, and also a very standard name for the Guifang people. Yun Ce suspected that the Guifang people's achievements in literature had surpassed those of the Han people. After all, one could tell from the way they chose names that the Han people were really uncultured.

Eji sounds like a bird.

Zhang Min sounds like a mother in despair, hoping her daughter can run faster when she grows up.

Liu Ruyan and Yuheng sound much better; these names can easily be incorporated into beautiful verses, allowing people to imagine how beautiful she is just by hearing her name.

For example, the name of this beautiful but strange woman in front of us is Shen Lexi.

"Nothing is more sorrowful than parting from loved ones, nothing is more joyful than making new friends. Shen Lexi, can't you Guifang people write some good articles yourselves? Why are you always so obsessed with the things of my Han people?"

Shen Lexi looked warily at the handsome Han man in front of her, who was sometimes gentle, sometimes tyrannical, sometimes erudite, and sometimes crude, and bowed again, saying, "Young master, you misunderstand. We are all Han women."

Yun Ce shook his head and said, "There's no need to humiliate yourself by pretending to be a Han woman. You haven't completely shaken off the wild beast aura on you yet. I could smell the strong stench of wild beasts as soon as I came in. No matter how beautiful your skin is, inside your body is still a man-eating beast."

Before he died, Yan Fei told me that his savings of many years were hidden here. I knew that this was probably Yan Fei's way of taking advantage of my greed to kill me.

The reason he came was not for his savings, but to eliminate any unsafe factors affecting Xiangcheng.

Since Yan Fei knew he was no match for me, yet still lured me here to die, then the power here must be stronger than Yan Fei.

"So, Shen Lexi, unleash your strongest power, or today will be your death day."

Seeing that Yun Ce was angry, the chestnut horse took the initiative to enter the house and leaned closer. Yun Ce then casually pulled the lance hanging on the chestnut horse's body. After that, the chestnut horse snorted and leisurely went out. After leaving, it thoughtfully closed the door behind its face to prevent the people inside from running away in the chaos.

The name "Lexi" in Shen Lexi comes from "Nine Songs: Lesser Master of Fate". The joy in it carries a strong sense of sorrow. Or rather, when Qu Yuan wrote "Nothing is more sorrowful than parting from loved ones, nothing is more joyful than meeting new friends", the sorrow and joy in it could be cyclical and interchangeable. The sorrow of parting is not necessarily sorrow, and the joy of reunion is not necessarily joy.

Yun Ce was determined to turn the joy of their gathering into utter sorrow today. Although Shen Lexi had been speaking in the local Guifang dialect to the rest of the Guifang people in the room ever since he made his threat, Yun Ce couldn't understand a single word, but Gouzi could understand some of it.

“…I’ll run first, uh-huh, you guys hold them off…Shao Siming…strangle…Yun Ce, that’s all I can translate, it’s not accurate, you judge for yourself.”

Upon hearing Gouzi's translation, Yun Ce's lance immediately shot towards Shen Lexi, who was two zhang away. Two short knives slid out from Shen Lexi's sleeve and crossed them against the lance blade, forcibly deflecting the lance carrying immense force. At the same time, she quickly dodged to the left, avoiding Yun Ce's follow-up kick.

Yun Ce missed his kick and landed heavily on his right leg. As he spun his lance around his waist, trying to pursue Shen Lexi, another man in a fur coat used the spike of a steel fork to lock Yun Ce's lance blade. Ignoring the force from the lance, Yun Ce exerted his strength again, and sparks flew as the lance blade rubbed against the fork. The two-foot-long lance blade effortlessly pierced the fur-coated man's chest.

He wanted to shake this guy off, but unexpectedly, the guy grabbed the lance with both hands and wrapped his legs firmly around a pillar. This made Yun Ce try to pull the lance back, but he couldn't.

Seeing that Shen Lexi had already jumped up and was about to run to the roof beam, Yun Ce roared and forcibly raised his lance. The sharp blade split the man in the leather coat in two, and a pair of severed arms, covered in blood, slammed down on Shen Lexi, who had already flown to the roof beam.

Shen Lexi moved with the agility of a fox, dodging the severed arm in a few steps, and prepared to leap out of the skylight. A steel fork came rushing in with a whoosh, and Shen Lexi dodged again. The steel fork pierced deep into the window frame with a "thud," sealing the already small skylight shut.

Seeing that Yun Ce was once again entangled by the two men, another man smashed open the window with his fist, turned his back to the window, held a short knife and guarded against Yun Ce, hoping that Shen Lexi could escape from here.

Seeing this, Yun Ce rushed towards the window, but was entangled by a man whose legs he had just severed. The man held Yun Ce's left leg tightly and opened his bloodied mouth to bite Yun Ce's crotch.

When his second brother was in trouble, Yun Ce had no choice but to help. He kicked the man in half and threw him away. Then he turned around and punched another man in a fur coat in the face with great force. The man's face was immediately deformed. Even so, this guy, who had been knocked unconscious by Yun Ce's explosive punch, was still able to open his arms and block Yun Ce's way.

Ninth Brother

Shen Lexi let out a mournful cry, but her body rushed towards the window. Just as she was about to escape, two hooves the size of copper hammers kicked wildly at Shen Lexi, who was about to crawl out of the window.

Helpless, Shen Lexi had no choice but to quickly retreat. Soon after, the long, grinning face of the chestnut horse appeared at the window.

At that moment, Yun Ce had just finished killing all nine burly men in fur coats in the house.

Looking at Shen Lexi who had retreated, Yun Ce said, "Don't bother. Fix your messy makeup. I'll be extra careful when I take your head later so as not to ruin your beauty."

Shen Lexi stared at the nine dead men, her face contorted in pain, and said, "We had no grudge against each other..."

Before she could finish speaking, Yun Ce chuckled and said, "We have no grudges against each other. Don't tell me the people imprisoned underground aren't my Han people."

Shen Lexi was taken aback and said, "Who told you that the people imprisoned underground are Han Chinese?"

Seeing that Shen Lexi didn't seem to be lying, Yun Ce was also taken aback for a moment and said, "I guessed."

Shen Lexi stared at the severed limbs scattered on the ground, tears streaming down her face. She roared at Yun Ce, "You guessed? You killed my nine brothers just because you guessed?"

Yun Ce shook his head indifferently and said, "The Guifang people deserve to die when they come to Han lands."

"What do you know? You deserve to die. This underground prison holds demons, demons captured from the far north."

"Hey, why aren't you keeping the demons captured from behind the Qingshuihe Plateau in Guifang for research, but instead sending them to Han lands?"

“This was requested by your High Priest Liu Changsheng from Princess Yuheng. Our arrival in Han territory was approved by the Emperor of the Great Han. I also have the travel documents issued by the Grand Marshal’s Office.”

"Why don't you leave if you have clearance documents? What are you doing staying in Xiangcheng?"

Shen Lexi tossed Yun Ce a leather bag, then hugged the guy whose head Yun Ce had just punched, and said while crying, "Originally, we were notified that Yan Fei would escort us to Chang'an, but then you started fighting, so Yan Fei settled us in Qilipu, planning to send us away after the war was over."

Yun Ce opened the leather bag and read through all the documents inside. The first one he saw was a letter from the old man Liu Changsheng to Yu Heng. The handwriting was indeed Liu Changsheng's. However, Yun Ce became somewhat angry when he saw the last sentence.

"The world is vast, and it can easily be shared by the Han and the Guifang!"

Yun Ce was quite familiar with this statement. He had heard similar words before coming to the Great Han Dynasty. There was nothing wrong with it; it was very rational. It was true that people on Earth who said this always came to pass without missing a single thing.

　Please start paying your debts.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)