Chapter 50 Calculation After a while, Gu Yuanqing's voice came from the courtyard. "Go ahead, I understand." Yuan Yingsong seemed dissatisfied with this answer. He kowtowed again and said loudly: "The Red Dragon Cult is causing trouble to the world and killing innocent people. Please promise to come out and save the people of Daqian from danger." Gu Yuanqing sat in the courtyard, looking coldly at Yuan Yingsong outside the courtyard. Then he knelt down and shouted again, and his voice echoed throughout the Beiquan Mountain. "Who asked you to do this?" Gu Yuanqing said in a flat voice. Yuan Yingsong's face changed slightly outside the courtyard gate. He tried his best to suppress his heartbeat and other changes, and said in a deep voice: "No one asked me to do this. It was the Red Dragon Cult that was outrageous to both humans and gods. They slaughtered tens of thousands of our Daqian soldiers, and even Master Zhou Yin, the God Catcher, died at their hands. In the world, no one can defeat them except Master Gu. Therefore, Yuan asked for the common people to come down the mountain and kill the demon." Gu Yuanqing said calmly: "Do you really think I dare not kill you?" "My lord, you have great cultivation. If you feel that I have offended you, you are free to kill me or chop me up as you please. I only hope that you can pity the suffering of the people in the world and kill the Red Dragon Cultists to prevent the lives of the people and the Great Qian Dynasty from becoming a demonic realm." Gu Yuanqing was unmoved and said calmly, "It seems that His Majesty didn't ask you to do this. If it was the Emperor's order, he wouldn't have used such means, and you don't have to hide it. It wouldn't be you who came to invite me, but Eunuch Xu or Prince Qing. You spread the word around the entire Beiquan Mountain, not to invite me to come out, but to force me to take action. The person who can make the deputy commander of the Divine Eagle Guard sacrifice his life for him should not be an ordinary person."
"I've said it before, all of this was done by Yuan for the people of the world. If you care about your own life and don't want to take action, you don't have to find this reason to slander me." Yuan Yingsong said loudly with a sad and angry tone. Gu Yuanqing still looked at Yuan Yingsong indifferently. In this state, he could feel Yuan Yingsong's true emotions. There was fear, anger, panic and uneasiness, the only thing missing was the generosity and calmness with which he spoke about pleading for the people! Gu Yuanqing chuckled, "That's a good plan. Either I fight to the death, or I'll be known as a selfish person who doesn't care about the people. Either way, it's a win-win situation. But General Yuan, have you ever thought about it? Even if I don't kill you, as the deputy commander of the Divine Eagle Guard, you only obey the emperor's orders. Now, because outsiders want to force me to take action, what will happen to you in the future?" "Don't talk nonsense. I am loyal to Your Majesty. The heaven, earth, sun and moon can bear witness to this." Yuan Yingsong shouted in anger. "You don't need to quibble. You know the truth. What the emperor will think in the future has nothing to do with me. The only thing I'm curious about is who has such a deep hatred for me that they want to plot against me at this time?" Over the past year, Gu Yuanqing has truly felt what it means to be in the martial world and have no control over one's own life. Although he is imprisoned in the mountains and has little contact with the outside world, all kinds of things happen one after another. Yuan Yingsong said calmly, "Since you are unwilling to help, everyone has their own aspirations and cannot be forced. I will take my leave now!" As he spoke, Yuan Yingsong stood up and wanted to leave. With a creak, the gate opened and Gu Yuanqing walked out. Endless pressure suddenly surged towards Yuan Yingsong. The air around him, who had just stood up, froze. The enormous pressure forced him to kneel down again just as he was about to stand up. No matter what he did, he couldn't stand up again. "Since General Yuan likes kneeling so much, why not kneel for a while longer? Since you dare to come here to use your power, why bother leaving so quickly? Don't you think so?" Gu Yuanqing looked back and saw a chair flying out of nowhere and landing behind him. He sat down on it. Yuan Yingsong could no longer maintain his composure. His eyes widened with anger as he shouted, "Gu Yuanqing, a gentleman can be killed but not humiliated. Even if you don't want to, you can't humiliate me like this!" Gu Yuanqing could sense the panic in his seemingly furious heart. He looked at him coldly and said indifferently, "You think you dare not kill you because you are the commander of the Imperial Guard. Maybe in your eyes, killing you means going against the court, but in my opinion, killing you means killing you. I am still young, and it is normal for me to do something impulsive. Will the court really make things difficult for you, a mere Zhenwu Eighth Level?" Yuan Yingsong's expression changed slightly. "Mr. Gu, please don't misunderstand me. I... I was just a little impulsive because tens of thousands of soldiers died at the hands of the Red Dragon Cult. I really didn't do what Mr. Gu thinks." Gu Yuanqing remained unmoved. "Let me guess. The Red Dragon Cult attacked two seals of the Demon Realm in succession. It seems that their goal is to seal the Demon Realm. Now the Red Dragon Cult is heading towards the capital. General Yuan is responsible for guarding the seal, and you are the first to bear the brunt. In the face of life and death danger, someone just gave General Yuan this solution." Yuan Yingsong still said stubbornly: "I don't understand what Master Gu is saying."
Gu Yuanqing continued, "That person promised that as long as you succeed, he would find a way to transfer you away from here in the near future. I have been wondering who could make General Yuan believe that he could do it!" Yuan Yingsong's expression changed completely. He couldn't understand how Gu Yuanqing knew so much. Suddenly, he thought of something and pointed at Gu Yuanqing and said, "That night... it was you who was outside!" Gu Yuanqing smiled slightly: "It's just that I just happened to practice a new way of hiding. I was in the important place of the imperial army at the foot of the mountain, so I thought I would just give it a try. I didn't expect to see something related to myself." Yuan Yingsong looked as pale as death, and for a moment he didn't know how to argue. Gu Yuanqing said again: "General Yuan, if that's the case, let's be frank. Tell me who is plotting against me, and I may let you go." Yuan Yingsong did not speak for a long time. Finally, he took a deep breath and said, "You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you. I am not as skilled as you, so I admit defeat!" Gu Yuanqing frowned slightly. At this moment he could feel that Yuan Yingsong was determined, as if he was ready to die. This was completely different from before when he seemed calm but was actually panicked. Yuan Yingsong closed his eyes and stopped talking, as if he had accepted his fate. "Then just keep kneeling. When you have thought it through, we can talk again!" Gu Yuanqing stood up, carried a chair back to the courtyard, picked up a book from the study, and began to read it carefully. In the evening, Feng Tao brought dinner. Seeing Yuan Yingsong kneeling in front of the courtyard gate, she panicked and almost dropped the food box. He bowed to Yuan Yingsong repeatedly before walking into the courtyard nervously. She faced Gu Yuanqing and pointed outside the courtyard. Gu Yuanqing smiled faintly, and his voice echoed directly in Feng Tao's heart. "Don't worry about him, Auntie. He is a general. Let him do whatever he wants." A new month has begun. Hmm, happy holidays. I'm also asking for a ticket~ (End of this chapter)