Bai Jing seemed to be saying to himself, "You must think that I am a heinous villain." Damn, what do you think you are? When I thought about it, Bai Jing continued: "If he was not a villain, how could the First Emperor destroy the Six Kingdoms?
?If he were not a villain, how could my ancestor Bai Qi become the God of War of Great Qin? If...how could I survive to this day?"
There were wounds on Bai Jing's face that hadn't healed yet. It was quite difficult to speak. I still had to be polite to him. So, I looked at the floor in front of the throne. It was quite clean. I sat down and held my hands tightly.
Hold on to that gun, the villain is here, don't be careful
I forgot that I only had a bath towel wrapped around me. As soon as I sat down, the bottom of the bath towel was split. The two women in colorful clothes beside Bai Jing turned around slightly, embarrassed to look down any further.
"Don't talk about everything. There is no need to talk about the personal grudge between you and Mr. Cui Dian. I know all this about you. Just tell me when you had the bad intention to occupy Mrs. Cui."
He was sitting on top and I was sitting on the floor below. How could it be that I was interrogating him? But he didn’t pay much attention to my unreasonableness. When I asked, he started from the beginning. The female soldiers around him
They were all sent away by him, and the remaining two women in gorgeous clothes should be his confidants.
"Actually, Cui Dian and I have known each other for many years. When he married Mrs. Cui, I went to have a wedding banquet. The First Emperor sent us out together because we were familiar and could be considered friends. We could discuss things when we were abroad.
,Who knew that on Danao Island, we had differences on an important matter?"
"Is it a matter of staying or going?"
"Yes, we have accumulated a sufficient amount of gold a year after we landed on the island. I asked him to stay, but he didn't agree."
"No need to say anything here, I already know it. What I want to hear is when did I have the bad intention to occupy Mrs. Cui?"
"Well...from the moment they leave" he sighed
"Mrs. Cui, her name is actually Cui Yingying. She is a nostalgic woman. I sometimes think that it would be a pity for such a beautiful person like her to follow Cui Jia."
"Why?"
"Cui Jia has a stubborn personality and doesn't know how to adapt. He is full of thoughts of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. He couldn't give her happiness. I once again experienced his stupidity when it came to the question of whether to stay or go. Think about it, a rude man
Is the unkind First Emperor worthy of us going back and giving him the gold that we have worked so hard to save? Not to mention the countless dangers that we have experienced along the way, including missing three meals a day.
Countless! If Cui Yingying were to go back to the sea full of evil elephants with him again, would you be willing?"
Only then did I know that Mrs. Cui was also called Cui Yingying, and both mother and daughter had the same name. It was a coincidence. I heard Bai Jing say again:
"Look, I stayed, what kind of empire I built here! If he can stay, then I can guarantee that it will be him sitting here."
"It's off topic again" I said to him, "Say what you need to say"
"Well, a few days before we, that is, Cui Jia and I parted ways, I heard Cui Jia and his wife arguing about whether to stay or go, and Cui Yingying also wanted to stay."
This was not mentioned in Cui Jia's suicide note. Who would write such a thing in it? "If Mrs. Cui really wanted to stay, then why would she follow her husband and run away on a rainy night? I think,
It should be that what you said is untrue.”
"This is absolutely true. That time, I went to discuss things with Cui Jia late at night, and I happened to be walking out. By chance, I heard their argument."
"What did they say? Is it the disagreement you just mentioned?"
"Mrs. Cui also wants Cui Jia to stay. She said that the child is too young to go back to the sea. But I clearly heard Cui Jia say that not only would she not stay, but she would also leave as soon as possible. What I'm afraid of is
The night is long and the dream is many. In fact, at that time, faced with countless gold and the freedom of the vast sea and sky, I had the idea of staying. How could it be that I, Bai Jing, was the only one? If I was the only one, how could I respond to everything? But Cui Cui
Jia Xiang ate the weight and was unmoved."
What he said makes sense. If he was the only one who wanted to stay, even if he had extraordinary abilities, he would not have pushed Cui Jia and his wife into such a desperate situation.
Bai Jing added, "It was after listening to Mrs. Cui's words that I came up with the idea of a showdown with Cui Jia. After all, it is everyone's ideal to have endless wealth and rare beauty in the world at the same time... Moreover, I was
Standing outside their door, I think that if I show my cards, there is at least half a chance that Mrs. Cui will choose to side with me."
It is this "half chance" that is the most difficult to grasp. No matter which way you go, there seem to be too many reasons, just like the two ends of the scale, right and wrong, taking and giving up, advancing and retreating, gaining and gaining.
Loss is at both ends of the scale, evenly matched. Even if someone blows a breath on either side, it can change a person's decision.
However, Bai Jing heard something he shouldn't have heard. What Mrs. Cui didn't want to go back to was a private conversation between the couple in the dormitory.
Facts have also proved that although Cui Yingying had her own ideas on the issue of going or staying, at the last moment, she obeyed her husband's wishes
"I thought wrong. I still regret it. Should I eavesdrop on them? If I couldn't hear them, I wouldn't be so determined to stay."
"You've already stayed, and you've stayed for more than ten years. It's better not to put all the blame on a woman's private words. Doesn't it seem like you, Bai Jing, are too daring to do what you want!" Being able to be so open and honest with him
Talking in person is something I didn’t expect
I have a little more admiration for Cui Dian's country in my heart. A scholar who has no power to restrain a chicken can still not change his original intention in the face of the opinions of his subordinates, followers, and even his wife. The courage in this is beyond my imagination.
This is worse than sitting at home, deciding whether to eat bean buns or steamed buns at night. When a decision is so big that it breaks your muscles and bones, or even loses your life, no one can be as determined as he is without courage, but
He did this extremely circuitous Cui Jia
There is also Mrs. Cui, who is envious of ease. That is an idea that everyone will have. Knowing about her quarrel with Cui Jia makes me feel that she is more real.
"Actually, after they jumped off the cliff, I sent people to look for them. I also told myself that if I could find them, I would let them leave without any further obstruction. However, I never found any trace of them again.
"
"In this way, we continued to dig for gold on the island and found a natural cave to store the gold we got. Unfortunately, all the gold was robbed by you. I heard that it was sent back to Daqin... maybe
, this is God’s will”
I looked at Bai Jing's inhuman appearance, and felt a little bit of pity for him. What kind of person is he? With a hundred or so people, he can build his own kingdom here.
I asked him, "How many people are there now among the people you brought with you? Are there only about thirty or so left?"
"More than thirty? How could it be! Just add one hundred to the front and we have a total of more than two hundred people. It won't be as few as you said."
I was a little surprised by his answer. There were more than 130 people. What I saw before and after told me that there were not many of them left, let alone the more than 30 people left.