Call of the Deer

Chapter 75 Meng Ao's Visit, Bai Qi's Choice

Bitter cold wind howls in the sky, goose feathers and heavy snow fall to the British frost.

In a blink of an eye, it was severe winter again, a piece of white snow covered the earth, the earth was dressed in silver, and everything was silent.

I saw a horse-drawn carriage coming from a distance, wind-swept and dusty, whizzing by with a gust of wind, heading for Yanhuang City not far away.

"Yi'er, where are you?" An old man of seventy years old sat in the carriage and asked, this man was full of hair and frost, but he was very energetic, there was a gleam of light in his eyes, as if his body was still strong.

"Grandpa, we are going to Yanhuang City soon!" The other person in the carriage was very young, only [-] years old, full of vigor, such a heroic man.

"Oh, it's here?" The old man couldn't hold back anymore at this moment, he seemed to be extremely excited, and his whole body was trembling.

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"My lord, I'm reporting from the front. The Taiping bandits are even crazier now. It seems that they already know about the bandit alliance formed by all the forces in Dongzhou. Now the battle in Cangzhou and Yunzhou battlefield is extremely fierce. Both sides use the human ladder and human shield. There are already millions of casualties, and the casualties are still increasing, if this continues, Dongzhou will be devastated after the First World War..." Jing Xiang now has a worried expression on his face, far less optimistic than before.

"Damn Zhang Jiao, such an unscrupulous and inhumane way, he should be shredded into pieces to eliminate the hatred of the world..."

After hearing this, Bei Minghao was extremely shocked. He knew that the battles in Yunzhou and Cangzhou were extremely fierce, and the strength of these two states was not weak. At dawn, the people used a shield wall to resist the arrows and boulders on the city wall.

"My lord, now that the alliance has been formed, and you are the leader in name, the whole world is looking at you at this time, so I think our army should take the initiative to take the initiative to share the pressure for the princes in the west and do something good for the people of the world. This is extremely beneficial to your prestige, my lord!" Jing Xiang persuaded.

"Besides, the Alliance now needs a big victory to boost morale, so that it can withstand the crazy attacks of the Peace Bandits, which is of vital significance for future wars..." Jing Xiang continued.

"Yeah, what Zizhen said makes sense. It seems that we can't wait any longer. We have to make a strong attack so that we can win back the hearts of the people in Dongzhou and improve our popularity in Huangzhou so as to attract talents to vote..."

After Bei Minghao listened, he began to think. The bad news over the past few days made him feel extremely heavy. Besides, more and more refugees flooded into Huangzhou. [-] times the population.

"Come here, pass on an order from the lonely king to ask Bai Qi, Zhao Yun, and Li Cunxiao to meet me in the Hall of Infinity..." After listening to Jing Xiang's suggestion, Bei Minghao planned to send troops to fight against the Taiping bandits in this severe winter.

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General Pingxi's mansion, which is Bai Qi's current mansion, a carriage stopped in front of the door at this moment, and the man driving the horse didn't look like a man from Dongzhou.

"Grandpa, slow down..."

Suddenly, an old man and a young man got on and off the carriage. The old man was 70 to 21 years old, and the young man was [-] or [-] years old. Both of them were tall and straight, not like ordinary people.

"Who are you two? This is General Pingxi's Mansion..." A guard stepped forward and asked.

"This old man and General Pingxi have an old relationship. Please tell me that it is Meng Ao who is visiting. After he hears it, he will definitely come to see me..." The old man said with a pleasant face.

"Are you old with the general?" When the man heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly said: "Old man, please take it with you, I will report it right away!"

"General, here comes an old man and a young man. Among them, the old man claims to be the general's old friend, and his name is Meng Ao. I don't know..." The soldier stood outside the door and asked.

"What? My old man? His name is Meng Ao, why do you say his name is Meng Ao?"

Bai Qi was looking down at the book of war, and said calmly, before he finished speaking, he suddenly said in great surprise, his voice was extremely high-pitched, showing that she was in an extremely restless mood at the moment.

All the soldiers and housekeepers were inexplicably shocked, they had never seen such a gaffe by Bai Qi before, this was the first time they saw it.

"Quick, hurry up and invite them in. Forget it, I'll go in person!" After speaking, regardless of other things, he took three steps in parallel and hurriedly left the mansion.

As soon as they arrived outside the mansion, they saw an old man and a young man standing in the snow, and a middle-aged man standing beside the carriage behind him.

At the moment Bai Qi appeared, the old man and Bai Qi saw each other at the same time.

"But Meng Ao (Gongsun)? Hahaha" the two said in unison. After speaking, they looked at each other and laughed loudly, with extremely heroic voices.

"Brother Meng Ao, please come in quickly, it's cold outside the mansion!" After Bai Qi finished speaking, he stepped forward and took Meng Ao's hand, and walked into the general's mansion.

The young man looked at the young man who was about his own age and his grandfather called him a brother, his teeth were broken all over the place, and he couldn't figure out what was going on?

Could this be a super friendship beyond age?He had no choice but to follow his grandfather numbly, and at the same time became extremely interested in Bai Qi.

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"I didn't expect that you came too. I thought I was the only one. I saw more and more people after that, but not everyone remembers..."

The two chatted aimlessly, the young man was at a loss as the monk of Zhang Er at the moment, he didn't know what his grandfather and this friend who had forgotten the year were talking about?
"Hey, this is Lingsun, right?"

Suddenly, Bai Qi noticed the man sitting next to Meng Ao, and said in surprise, his words were old-fashioned, and he looked at the man with the eyes of an elder.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce you, this is my little grandson Meng Yi, Yi'er, this is my good brother Bai Qi, come and meet Brother Bai Qi!" Let the man named Meng Yi greet Bai Qi.

Now, the man named Meng Yi was completely dumbfounded. Grandpa's brother, what should my name be? Grandpa?

But he is so young, about two or three years older than me, what the hell is wrong with calling him Grandpa?If people knew that he called a man two or three years older than him grandpa, his reputation would be completely ruined.

"Grandpa, is he really your good brother? Are you reading that right?" Meng Yi is extremely afraid of Meng Ao. Although Meng Ao loves them very much, he is still very strict and can be said to be one-sided.

"Fuck your mother, can I be mistaken? He is your grandpa's good brother, your grandpa Bai!" Meng Ao yelled loudly after blowing his beard and staring.

Now Meng Yi really wanted to cry, but his grandfather wanted to turn against him because of this person. This rarely happened, and he was extremely helpless for a moment, and looked at Bai Qi who was aside.

When Bai Qi saw it, he chuckled lightly: "Brother Meng Ao, forget it? Your grandson's grade is almost the same as mine. It's really inappropriate to call him grandpa. I think it's better to forget it. What do you think?"

Seeing that Bai Qi was speaking for Meng Yi, Meng Ao couldn't bear to continue pulling his face, and glared fiercely at Meng Yi, who was beside him, and said: "I won't give you Bai Qi... Uncle, you really don't know how to be polite... "

Meng Yi was about to cry, at this moment he knew that he could not disobey Meng Ao's words, so he could only reluctantly shout: "Meng Yi has seen Uncle Bai!"

Bai Qi heard it, looked at it with a smile, stepped forward to support his shoulders, patted him, and touched the back of Meng Yi's head with his hand, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Jiangmen Huzi, Jiangmen Huzi, Meng Yi is really a good material for martial arts, congratulations Brother Meng Ao..." Bai Qi said with a smile.

"Brother Gongsun is serious, Yi'er is mediocre, I can't be praised like a brother, hahaha!"

Although Meng Ao's words were modest, his eyes were full of complacency, Bai Qi also knew Meng Ao's character, shook his head and smiled wryly, but didn't say much.

"Oh, by the way, Brother Meng Ao, this time you came to see me, it's not just a simple meeting, right?"

Suddenly, Bai Qi changed his voice, stared at Meng Ao and said.

"Hehe, I still can't hide it from Brother Gongsun. To be honest, I came to Dongzhou this time. First, I came to meet my former brothers. Second, I came to invite Brother Gongsun to go back under the order of His Majesty the First Emperor. Yes, His Majesty the First Emperor hopes that Brother Gongsun can continue to serve for the rise of the Great Qin Empire..."

Speaking of this, Meng Ao didn't say any more, he had already brought what he needed to say, it was useless to say more, now he understood the meaning of this brother, he was not only a ruthless person, but also a very important person There are some things that don't need to be said more.

After Bai Qi listened to it, he really felt his whole body trembling for a moment, and an unspeakable feeling hit his heart. In a trance, he returned to the Warring States Period again, the battle of Changping on the Zhao battlefield.

There are millions of Zhao soldiers in his mind, and his Qin soldiers are not as many as Zhao Jun. In this case, only by killing can he continue to march and invade Zhao.

He watched the soldiers being buried alive, his eyes were full of panic and helplessness, and an inexplicable breath of death lingered.

The scene changed here to the scene where he was bestowed to death. Looking at the edict promulgated by the King of Qin, he accepted the edict with a deadpan face, and immediately killed him.

Does he hate it?Regret?Resentment?fear?
No, he doesn't hate, complain, regret, fear, and calmly face death. At that moment, there is only one word in his heart, one word!

loyal!
The king ordered the minister to die, and the minister had to die!

Why doesn't he complain, hate, regret or fear?
Because he still has "loyalty" in his heart, it was "loyalty" that made him give up resistance at the last moment, and calmly waited for the arrival of death.

He knew better that King Qin did the right thing, he had to do it because of the country, because of the country...

At this moment, Bai Qi's heart is like a mirror, without distracting thoughts.

At this moment, the knot that had entangled him for 2000 years was suddenly untied.

Everything is so beautiful, he is so at ease, there is no better moment than now.

Slowly, he opened his eyes and looked at Meng Ao. At this moment, his smile is so charming and harmonious, as if all killings have been purified...

"Brother Meng Ao, just like back then, I calmly faced death because of loyalty. If my death can bring about the stability of the country and the prosperity of the country, I have no regrets; therefore, I cannot go to Central Continent with you. Because of loyalty, I can't fight side by side with you in this life. If one day you and I meet on the battlefield, I will still be the same 'human slaughter' who killed countless people in the past..."

Bai Qi said lightly, his words were sonorous and powerful, as if no one in this world could convince him anymore.

"Okay, since Brother Gongsun is not far away to go with me, then I will not force it. As the saying goes, everyone has his own ambitions. When we meet on the battlefield, you and I will not be brothers anymore, hahaha..."

Meng Ao smiled wryly, he knew that once Bai Qi made his decision, it would be difficult to turn back, because he was originally such a person, just like at the beginning...

"General, Your Majesty ordered you to come to Wuji Hall immediately!" Suddenly a guard stepped forward and whispered in Bai Qi's ear.

When Bai Qi heard this, he frowned slightly, turned his head and said to Meng Ao: "Brother Meng Ao, I suddenly have something to do and I have to deal with it, so you can stay at the mansion first, and when you come back at night, we are not drunk or not. Come back!" Bai Qi said with a smile.

Meng Ao knew that Bai Qi must have something to do, so he had to leave in a hurry, and didn't say anything else, telling him to come back early.

Afterwards, Bai Qi hurriedly headed towards the Wuji Hall...
(End of this chapter)