Chapter 242 - 242 Father and Daughter

242 Father and Daughter

Lu Yaoguang said, “Since Du Tao dared to do it, he naturally had a countermeasure in mind. After you die, he will blame your deaths on Tang Pei. He would tell the public that Tang Pei had colluded with the Chen Nation and betrayed the country by plotting to kill Duke Lang and Prince Min.”

“In the end, he had to commit suicide because his crimes were exposed. In this way, all of you will be dead. There will be no evidence. Even if the Imperial Court wants to investigate, they won’t be able to.”

Prince Min was so angry that he could not even speak. His body trembled.

Not only was this person cunning, but he was also extremely vicious!

Xiao Juan looked at Tang Pei’s corpse and suddenly changed the topic.

“Is Tang Guixi really dead?”

Lu Yaoguang did not understand why he suddenly mentioned Tang Guixi, but he still answered truthfully.

“She’s been missing for three years. She’s never been heard from. She’s probably dead.”

Xiao Juan asked, “But what if she just found a place to hide?”

Lu Yaoguang said, “If she was still alive, she would definitely find a way to tell the Imperial Court what happened in the Eastern Expedition Army, but the Imperial Court is still in the dark. The only explanation is that she’s no longer alive.”

Xiao Juan stopped talking. Lu Yaoguang had a point.

Prince Min muttered softly, “So what if she’s alive? She’s just a girl. She can’t do anything.”

….

In Prince Min’s Mansion, Shen Xu ran out. He returned a moment later with a thin letter.

Yu Niaoniao opened the envelope and pulled out the letter.

Shen Xu hurriedly said, “This is a letter to the Imperial Capital. Duke Lang wouldn’t let me open it on my own.”

Yu Niaoniao ignored him and quickly read the letter.

Xiao Juan briefly explained his arrival in Liaodong County in the letter.

He first discovered that the Eastern Expedition Army had raised military prostitutes without permission. Then, he followed this clue and discovered that the Eastern Expedition Army had colluded with the government and the local powerhouses. They raised taxes without permission and annexed the land of the commoners, causing the people to live in misery. Many good citizens were forced to a dead end and eventually became bandits.

People have been sent to obstruct him during his investigation. Duan Nian’er was one of them. Someone did not want them to find out the truth about the Eastern Expedition Army. It could be seen that there was a terrifying force hidden in the Eastern Expedition Army.

He had specially brought Prince Min and the County Governor, Lu Yaoguang, to Xiangtai to find out what had happened in the Eastern Expedition Army. He was also investigating the role the Expeditionary General, Tang Pei, and the County Governor, Lu Yaoguang played in this matter.

If he did not return in three days, it meant that there had been a mutiny in the Eastern Expedition Army. They had to inform the emperor as soon as possible and ask him to send troops to suppress the Eastern Expedition Army.

Shen Xu craned his neck to read the letter. The contents of the letter made him jumpy. By the time he finished reading the letter, his expression had become extremely terrified.

“My father went to Xiangtai too. Will something happen to him?”

Yu Niaoniao stuffed the letter back into the envelope and said to him, “There’s no need to wait three days. Get someone to send this letter to the Imperial Capital immediately. Be fast!”

Shen Xu was completely flustered now. He hurriedly replied, “Okay, okay, okay. I’ll go now.”

He hurried out with the envelope.

Yu Niaoniao looked at Dang Gui, who was lying on the bed.

At this moment, Lo Pingsha had already bandaged Dang Gui’s wound again, but Dang Gui was still unconscious.

Heat began to rise in her body. Her lips went dry, and her cheeks flushed unnaturally.

Yu Niaoniao used a wet handkerchief to cool her down. Seeing that she had been muttering, she bent over.

She heard Dang Gui repeat the same word —

“Father…”

….

When Tang Guixi was born, her father was out fighting until she was three.

The little girl with two pigtails hid behind the door and looked at her father, who had just returned home.

Everyone around her was urging her to call him father. But Tang Guixi pursed her lips and refused to do as told.

Her father walked to her, squatted, and took out a rattle. He spoke gently.

“Guixi, this is a toy Father specially made for you. It’s for you.”

Tang Guixi hesitated for a moment before reaching out her hand and taking the rattle.

She gently turned the rattle drum, and the crisp drum sounded.

A faint smile also appeared on her small face.

The scene changed.

Tang Guixi was eight years old. She was wearing boys’ clothes and her face was dirty. She was holding a long stick.

She knocked the little fatty who had come to provoke her to the ground with a stick, propped her foot on the little bench, and pointed at the little fatty heroically.

“In the future, this territory will be under my protection. If you dare to behave atrociously in my territory again, I’ll beat you up!”

The little fatty got up and shouted in exasperation, “What’s so great about you? Aren’t you just a fatherless brat?!”

When Tang Guixi heard this, she rushed up without a word and beat the little fatty up again.

After that, she did not forget to shout, “I have a father! My father is a great general and a great hero! The reason he’s away all year round is that he wants to protect the country at the border!”

When Tang Pei returned home, she heard that her daughter had gone out to play.

He ran out to look for his daughter and happened to hear her say this. He felt extremely gratified.

He strode over, picked up his daughter, and sat her on his shoulder.

Tang Guixi was pleasantly surprised. “Father, you’re back!”

Tang Pei looked at her lovingly.

“Yes, my dear girl has grown taller.”

Tang Guixi raised her chin proudly. “I’ll grow taller. Taller than Father!”

She sat on her father’s shoulder like a proud cub and spoke to her friends who were looking at her eagerly.

“This is my father, the great hero who makes enemies tremble in fear!”

His friends looked envious.

The scene changed again.

Her mother died when Tang Guixi was ten years old.

Tang Pei rushed back. He did not even have time to take off his armor before running into the mourning hall.

Tang Guixi looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

“Father, what took you so long?”

Tang Pei hurriedly wiped her tears. “I came back late. I was wrong.”

After dealing with her mother’s funeral, Tang Guixi left her hometown with her father and headed to Xiangtai.

Although she was a girl, she liked to stay in the military camp with her father. She practiced riding and archery with the soldiers every day and even learned martial arts.

As Tang Pei lectured her, he said that she would be despised by her in-laws in the future. At the same time, he could not bear to detain her at home and turned a blind eye to her behavior in the military camp.

Tang Guixi thought that such days would continue until one day her father suddenly called her over and spoke to her sternly.

“Gui Xi, I’ll stay in the Eastern Expedition Army and think of a way to delay Du Tao. Take these two things and leave Xiangtai to seek help from the Imperial Court.”

“Du Tao will probably send someone after you. You can’t use the official road, let alone expose yourself. It’s best if you circle around from the southwest. The terrain there is complicated and conducive to hiding your whereabouts.”

Tang Guixi did not want to leave her father. She wanted to stay and suffer with him.

But she knew she couldn’t be willful.

She had to complete the mission her father had given her.

Only then could the Eastern Expedition Army and Liaodong County be saved.