Four days later, Han Qing and Li Dezhao buried Bai Ze on the bank of Huashan Mountain.
This was the first time since he time traveled that he had witnessed the death of his friend, but he was unable to do anything about it.
Although he tried his best at that time and even donated his own blood to Bai Ze twice in a row, he still could not prevent the latter's condition from deteriorating.
Manpower is sometimes scarce. Bai Ze's words during his lifetime provide the best explanation for the failure of treatment.
She was so smart that she thought ahead of time that her injury might not be cured, so she took the initiative to find a reason for Han Qing to avoid her friend feeling guilty because she couldn't heal her.
At the cost of her life, she dragged Li Dezhao out of Xiazhou to prevent her lover from dying at the hands of her brother. She also entrusted her lover's safety to Han Qing.
She thought very carefully, planned very carefully, and arranged almost everything behind her.
However, she never expected that on the night of her burial, Han Qing dragged Li Dezhao, who was full of alcohol, from her grave to an unknown river at the foot of Huashan Mountain, and directly poured cold water into him until he became a drowned rat.
"If you're a man, don't cry!" Holding Li Dezhao's neck collar, Han Qing roared and ordered, "Otherwise, you are not worthy of Bai Ze. Clean yourself, get on your horse, and take me to Xiazhou. I want to kill
Kill your brother and seek justice for Bai Ze."
"Kill my eldest brother? Are you crazy? The whole Xiazhou belongs to him now." Li Dezhao shivered several times, not because the river was too cold, but because he was frightened by Han Qing's words, "You can only make up for it at best.
A hundred brothers, I can find helpers, no more than you. If things fail, you and I won’t even have a place to escape. The Song Dynasty will definitely hand you and me over to Xiazhou to prevent my elder brother from being angry.
Take the iron kite and kill towards Chang'an!"
"You bastard, are you pretending to be drunk? Do you want to escape?" Han Qing frowned and looked Li Dezhao up and down. He couldn't believe that a man who was so drunk that he couldn't walk could say such sober words.
"I'm not pretending, it's just because I'm not drunk that I want to get drunk!" Li Dezhao raised his hand to wipe the cold water and tears from his face, and began to sway from side to side again, "Our party is not the same as your Song Dynasty."
Same. My father will not establish a heir apparent in advance. My eldest brother and I have been forced to fight each other since we were young. The one who wins inherits everything and the one who loses dies. Now that I lose, it's as simple as that.
The envoys my brother requested to be canonized by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty are probably all in Bianliang by now. You, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, will only follow the tide!"
His words were obviously well thought out and sounded reasonable. However, what he got back was a few ladles of cold water.
Han Qing scooped up water from a ladle and poured it on him while continuing to curse, "You bastard, this is all you have to offer? Bai Ze is really blind, otherwise why would he fall in love with you? Since it's winner-takes-all,
, Li Deming is dead, doesn’t Xiazhou belong to you? The official family of the Song Dynasty only canonizes one person to succeed your father’s position, so why does it care whether it is you or your brother? "
"Bai Ze likes me because she has been with me since she was a child and knows what kind of person I am!" Li Dezhao could bear it, but Han Qing couldn't bear the humiliation of him. The other party was disrespectful to Bai Ze at all, so he immediately
He punched Han Qing in the face with his fist. "She fell in love with me because she saw what I have done for Party Xiang over the years. Ah..."
The first punch failed, and the second punch was blocked by Han Qing. Before he could throw the third punch, Han Qing had already kicked him into the river, "She is still looking at you now.
Look at how you let her down by risking your life to save her and sitting here waiting to die! As long as your brother secures his position as Duke, he will definitely send a document to the Song Dynasty, requesting the court to escort you, the man who killed your father, back for trial. By then,
If you want to resist, you can't even find more than 100 people like Han! You can only sit in the prison car obediently and be quartered by your brother on the charge of killing your father!"
"Help, help..." Li Dezhao, who was not good at water, tried hard to get his head out of the river, but time and time again, the water covered his mouth and nostrils. "Help, help, I don't know how to swim, I'm going to drown...
"
Han Qing sneered and stood by, until the other party drank several large mouthfuls of river water and turned purple from choking. Then he stepped forward and grabbed the other party's arm forcefully, "Idiot, if you don't want to die, just stand up by yourself!"
"Save—" Li Dezhao instinctively stretched out his other hand and grabbed Han Qing's arm. Then, because of Han Qing's pull, he successfully stood up with his legs and raised half of his body out of the water. "
You almost drowned..."
The words of complaint were only half spoken before he swallowed them back in his stomach. Immediately afterwards, his face turned red.
The water in the river was only chest high and the flow rate was very slow. It would be very difficult for an adult man to drown. Unless he did, he would not stand up straight.
"I promised that if I can't cure Bai Ze, I won't let you go back to Xiazhou alone. However, I can accompany you!" Han Qing let go of his hand, turned around, and walked towards the river bank, "I also promised
If you pass him, your life will be safe. However, as the executioner of the Song Dynasty, I cannot protect you for too long. If there is an imperial decree in the future asking me to hand you over, I can only obey the decree. Therefore, in order not to violate the right
As per her promise, I can only go to Xiazhou and kill your eldest brother before the court makes any reaction."
Li Dezhao didn't need to respond, and he continued: "You don't have to lead me, or you can suspect that I have bad intentions. You continue to drink in front of Bai Ze's grave, waiting to die, and let her see how blind you are. But
, you'd better hope that I can succeed, otherwise, as soon as I die, you will have no place to live!"
"You..." Li Dezhao stood in the river, his body trembling uncontrollably.
Han Qing was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore. After landing, he immediately walked towards his mount.
Li Yu, Wu Er, Wang Wu, and nearly a hundred veterans of the Zhenrong Army were all waiting for him. Everyone held reins in their hands and carried swords at their waists, ready to accompany him into the battle at any time.
Bai Ze's death hit him hard.
He doesn't have many close friends in this world who can be called close friends, and Bai Ze happens to be the one who understands him best.
There was no love between man and woman between him and Bai Ze, but they both saw the beauty of humanity and love in each other.
He appreciates Bai Ze's beauty, appreciates Bai Ze's wisdom, appreciates Bai Ze's maturity and gentleness. Even if, in a certain sense, Bai Ze will be his enemy!
Now, Bai Ze was killed by Li Deming before he could officially become his enemy. But in his heart, he would not feel any gratitude to Li Deming.
He was going to do what a friend should do for Bai Ze, even if he was impeached by the Great Song Yanguan afterwards, and Bai Ze's spirit in heaven thought he had bad intentions.
"Wait..." Before he put his foot on the stirrup, Li Dezhao finally staggered to catch up, "I can lead the way for you, and I will try my best to convince the people who support me to cooperate with you. But, after the matter is done,
, I am still the Duke of Xia of the Song Dynasty, and I cannot be the military governor of Xiazhou, or make more concessions!"
"Whatever you want, anyway, there must be someone in the court to rule all the party ministries, no matter who you change, it will be the same!" Han Qing quickly turned his head and agreed with a sneer.
Seeing that he agreed so simply, Li Dezhao couldn't believe his sincerity. He hesitated again and again, and gave in proactively, "I can swear that I will not betray the Song Dynasty as long as I live."
"I, I..." Finding that Han Qing was still sneering, Li Dezhao shivered again. Li Dezhao continued to add, "No, it's not that I want to cheat. It's that Dangxiang is different from the Song Dynasty. I can care about myself while I'm alive, but
You can’t take care of what’s behind you!”
"Then I hope you live a long life!" This time, Han Qing no longer sneered, but looked at him deeply and slowly stretched out his palm.
