Long Fei Ye still had a bit of reason left in him, but the Mu family's soldiers didn't give him any hope.
"This one, this one doesn't know … this one doesn't know anything. Your Highness Duke of Qin, spare my life! Spare my life! "
The guard was so nervous that he couldn't even utter the words "Your Highness Duke of Qin". In this imperial city, Long Fei Ye had been bestowed the title of Duke of Qin at a young age and had been the Duke of Qin for many years. In this city, every faction feared and respected him. In this city, there were countless glorious memories that only he knew of.
Perhaps there were still many people who yearned for the past, the peace of the Three Kingdoms and the peace of the Dragon Realm.
"You won't speak?" Long Fei Ye arched an eyebrow.
"This one really doesn't know anything. Great General is bent on doing things his own way. Even the clan's elders can't persuade him! This one … "
Before he could finish, Long Fei Ye tightened his grip and killed him.
The entire southern gate was dyed red with blood and corpses littered the ground. It was a desolate scene.
Long Fei Ye stood by the city gates, his figure lonely and austere under the moonlight. His surroundings were silent except for the clanging of his longsword.
Gu Beiyue was extremely worried. He was about to step forward to persuade him when Long Fei Ye turned to leave, heading towards the palace.
As soon as he reached the gates, he saw the Mu family's soldiers guarding the gates, but Mu Yuanbo's figure was still nowhere to be seen.
However, this strict defense caused Long Fei Ye's lips to curve into a cold, bloodthirsty smile.
He knew that Mu Yuanbo had to be in the palace!
Long Feiye had always known that one day, he'd come back to the palace gates. This place wasn't just Tianning's empire, but also Tian An's imperial city. It was also the former capital of the East Qin Empire.
However, he had never imagined that he would be standing here in such a situation at this time.
He raised his sword and said coldly, "If you don't want to die, scram! Otherwise, don't blame this prince for slaughtering your entire Li Clan! "
However, the hundreds of guards did not move. Only one elder walked out. It was the Great Elder of the Li Clan.
He knelt down, "Your Highness, the Grand General was forced! Bai Yanqing had kidnapped the Young General, and the Grand General had no choice but to obey Bai Yanqing! Your Highness, those commoners weren't killed by the general. They were killed by Bai Yanqing's men! "
Mu Yuanbo saw with his own eyes that Bai Yanqing had kidnapped Han Yunxi and Ning Jing. He went forward to ask for them, but was completely ignored by Bai Yanqing.
Only then did he realize that Bai Yanqing wasn't making a deal with him, but was only using him! Now that Han Yunxi had fallen into Bai Yanqing's hands, the world was set in stone. The Li Clan's reputation had been ruined, and he had no more value.
He couldn't catch up to Bai Yanqing, but was told that the Mu family's array had been broken. He immediately turned back to take Liuyue away. He thought that Bai Yanqing would at least trap Long Fei Ye's group for a few days. He never expected Bai Yanqing to be so decisive and leave no way out for the Li Clan!
Once Long Fei Ye's group left the array, would they spare the Li Clan and the Mu Clan?
Mu Yuanbo had no choice but to tell the truth to the clan elders. They cursed him for his stupidity, but could only help clean up the mess.
Mu Yuanbo wanted to escape with the Li Clan's military book. He still had a glimmer of hope that he could use the book to save Qingwu's life.
However, First Elder stopped him and asked him to surrender to Long Fei Ye and discuss the rescue with Long Fei Ye. Therefore, First Elder ordered all the Li Clan members to guard the palace gate, not to stop Long Fei Ye, but to beg Long Fei Ye!
Beg for forgiveness, beg for help.
When First Elder knelt, hundreds of people all knelt and said in unison, "The general was forced. Please have mercy, Your Highness! Please uphold justice for the Li Clan and save the young general! "
It had to be said that even Gu Beiyue couldn't bear to listen to this, let alone Long Fei Ye.
On what basis?
Why forgive? Why save?
Why were there always such ridiculous things in this world? Ridiculous people?
Could a sentence of "I had no choice" or "I was forced" be enough to redeem all sins? In this world, who didn't have a choice? Who didn't have a choice?
"No choice? No choice? "
Long Fei Ye laughed out loud. Ever since he was young, he'd heard this phrase too many times. He'd endured too many times.
Every time he was forced to do something, what could he do? Besides silently enduring it, what else could he do? He rejoiced that he'd been forced to hide his identity and Han Yunxi's identity. Han Yunxi hadn't resented him and hadn't left him!
Other than that, no one knew how much he'd been forced to do. How much helplessness and forbearance had he endured and persevered year after year?
His mother had placed him in Grand Concubine Yi's palace when he was still a baby in swaddling clothes. How much had he endured and sacrificed from then until the fall of power in Tianning twenty years later? Who could he find to say "no choice"?
Did these people in front of him know that he'd been so close, so close, to agreeing to Han Yunxi's request? Agreeing to Han Yunxi's request to exchange his life for the lives of the entire city?
Because he'd been forced, did that mean he could force others to be forced?
Long Fei Ye sneered. "Speak, what do you want this crown prince to do?"
"As long as Your Highness the Crown Prince saves the young general, my Li Clan is willing to submit to the East Qin imperial clan and serve eternally. We're willing to offer all of our military texts to Your Highness!" the head elder declared loudly.
Long Fei Ye sneered disdainfully. "What a pity, this crown prince … doesn't care!"
The moment these words came out, everyone was shocked. One had to know that even though the Li Clan's Mu Clan's numbers were declining and their military strength was insufficient, even to the point of being denied by many disciples in the past few days, the Li Clan's military strategy book was one of the most precious treasures in the world!
How many emperors dreamed of obtaining them!
Other than the military texts, the Li Clan's Mu family had no other bargaining chips to negotiate with Long Fei Ye!
The head general was horrified. He could only choose the last path. "Your Highness the Crown Prince, the Li Clan is willing to hand over Mu Yuanbo and ask for Your Highness's forgiveness and the world's forgiveness! Mu Yuanbo was the one who promised Bai Yanqing to massacre the city. The entire Li Clan was concealed. Your Highness, please show mercy! "
"Tsk tsk!" Long Fei Ye was contemptuous. "It turns out that your Li Clan's Council of Elders has such great authority?"
The implication of these words was that the Li Clan's elders could restrain Mu Yuanbo and hand him over. Why did they do it earlier?
What did the Council of Elders do when Mu Yuanbo was going to massacre the city?
The head elder was actually resisting. Hearing Long Fei Ye's question, his back was already covered in cold sweat. He also regretted not stopping the patriarch earlier. He did hope that the patriarch could save the young lord. As long as the young lord came back, the Council of Elders would definitely push the patriarch out to bear all the sins of the Li Clan.
However, he never thought that the situation would develop this quickly and become like this. At his wit's end, the head elder could only bring up the past. He said, "Your Highness, the head general knows his wrongs. Please ….. I ask Your Highness to forgive the Li Clan for not agreeing to the Wind and Black Clans and defecting to East Qin! As long as Your Highness can save the head general, the entire Li Clan is willing to accept any punishment! "
It was fine if the head elder didn't mention this matter. Once he did, Long Fei Ye's killing intent completely exploded.
"No defection? He, he ….. "Long Fei Ye walked over step by step, forcing the guards to scatter and forcing the head elder to retreat.
"Your Li Clan was eating my East Qin's salary and military pay. It was the silver of my East Qin's royal treasury. It was the grain that my East Qin's citizens gave to feed your entire clan, your entire army! When East Qin was in trouble, your Li Clan fled with your army. Do you expect this crown prince to be deeply grateful if you didn't change sides? "
Long Fei Ye swept his cold gaze over the Li Clan members before he raged, "This crown prince is telling you now, your Li Clan is the main culprit behind East Qin's demise! Your traitors are deserters! You've let down East Qin and the people who raised you! "
If the Li Clan had 100,000 soldiers in the past, they wouldn't have been destroyed if they had protected East Qin! After East Qin was destroyed, the Seven Noble Families suffered heavy losses and went into seclusion. Cloud Realm Continent didn't enter a period of peace after the Great Qin's civil war ended. Instead, it welcomed an even larger scale of war, with countless battles in the east, west, north, south, and central. The common people couldn't even find a peaceful place to flee.
That was Cloud Realm Continent's darkest and bloodiest period. After countless battles, the four nations gradually formed a balance of power.
In Long Fei Ye's eyes, the Li Clan's neutrality was the most hypocritical and irresponsible form of evasion! Compared to the traitorous Black Clan, Long Fei Ye hated the Li Clan even more!
Today, in the midst of his rage, these people dared to take credit for what happened in the past? They even wanted to negotiate terms with him to save Mu Qingwu?
How laughable was that? Utterly shameful!
Long Fei Ye's words made everyone's souls tremble. Everyone had always thought that the Li Clan was a neutral faction that didn't participate in wars. They also thought that their actions were the wisest choice. They'd never considered the words "betrayal" and "desertion." Nor did they expect the East Qin crown prince to criticize them like this.
"You have no right to negotiate terms with this crown prince. Either you continue to be deserters, or you scram! Either that, or die! "Long Feiye gave an ultimatum.
The hundreds of clan members actually began to scatter in all directions. In the end, only a few old men and a few middle-aged men from the Council of Elders remained.
Long Fei Ye didn't make a move himself. He didn't want to dirty his sword, nor did he want to waste time with such foolishly loyal people. "Gu Beiyue," he said, "I'll leave this to you."
So speaking, he gripped his sword and strode forward, scaring the elders out of the way. With a single slash, he split open the vermilion gates of the palace and killed his way in.
Aside from a few ordinary guards, there was no one else inside. Long Fei Ye grabbed a eunuch and was about to ask which palace Mu Liuyue was in.
At this moment, Gu suddenly appeared from the side and pushed a woman forward. This was none other than the Tian An's empress, Mu Liuyue.
Mu Liuyue fell to the ground and looked up to see Long Fei Ye's celestial face. At this moment, she was completely stunned. She thought that she was dreaming …
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