"It's me! Song Wuji, you despicable scoundrel! You used visiting my sister as an excuse to enter my Baili family. My father, in his kindness, let you stay for a few days. Yet, during those days you lingered in our Baili manor, you sent your men to search for that book within the Baili residence!"
Baili Jingxuan held his sword against Song Wuji. "My father discovered your scheme, and you cruelly murdered him, then kidnapped the son of Divine Doctor Gu. Song Wuji, my father and the people of my manor met their end at your hands. Today, I will avenge my father!"
Saying this, Baili Jingxuan swung his sword fiercely at Song Wuji.
Tree shadows swayed, and sparse leaves fell. Baili Jingxuan attacked Song Wuji with all his might.
Today, he was determined to kill Song Wuji.
"Baili Jingxuan, you've only seen a part of it. There's another part you don't understand."
Song Wuji dodged Baili Jingxuan's attacks, not truly engaging in a fight.
"Song Wuji, stop your sophistry!"
Baili Jingxuan didn't quite grasp the meaning of Song Wuji's words, but he was unaware of the full truth.
*Swoosh!*
The sword tip passed before Song Wuji's eyes. A gust of wind arose, and as Song Wuji dodged, the tip grazed his arm, tearing his robe.
"Baili Jingxuan, listen to me!"
Blood spread from his arm, and pain surged.
He grabbed the sword body with his bare hand, blood dripping from his fingers.
"Song Wuji, do you think this will make me let you go? Hah! Dream on!"
*Clang!*
Song Wuji actually broke Baili Jingxuan's sword with his bare hands.
His internal energy was profound.
This greatly shocked Baili Jingxuan.
Song Wuji, why isn't he attacking? Why is he dodging?"
Only then did Baili Jingxuan realize that Song Wuji was deliberately evading his sword.
Song Wuji's martial arts were far superior to his.
"Baili Jingxuan, your father... he's not dead!
Song Wuji took out a handkerchief to cover his bleeding hand, his expression calm as he looked up at Baili Jingxuan.
Baili Jingxuan was stunned. "What? What did you say?"
"Come with me to a place!"
Song Wuji threw away the bloodied handkerchief and walked past Baili Jingxuan.
Baili Jingxuan, recovering from his shock, followed Song Wuji out of the manor.
They each rode a horse, traveling together.
On the road, Baili Jingxuan asked, "Where are you taking me?"
"To see someone."
On the sparsely populated street, Song Wuji galloped his horse.
Baili Jingxuan followed closely.
"Who are we going to see? My father?"
Baili Jingxuan's mind was filled with questions.
"Just follow me, and you'll understand everything when you see the person."
Song Wuji did not speak directly.
Meanwhile.
Gu Qianying, who was in the same carriage as Baili Su, lifted the curtain and looked out at the dark night.
As the carriage traveled, Gu Qianying lowered the curtain and turned to Baili Su. "Young Master Baili, do you remember past events? Or anything from your childhood?"
"Huh?"
Baili Su blinked in surprise.
"Oh, it's nothing. I was just asking casually."
Familiar scents and familiar feelings never change.
In his past life, he thought she had lost her memory, but she hadn't.
"Alright, it's fine. I'll tell you some things."
"In my childhood, my father and mother treated my siblings and me very well. Other families fought for power, status, and wealth, but our family was harmonious, and we never had any desperate quarrels."
"In my childhood, the three of us Baili children loved celebrating birthdays the most. On every birthday, we would receive many gifts. My elder brother Jingxuan and little Mengran would put great effort into celebrating my birthday."
"My health was not good from a young age, and I was sustained by medicine. Because of this, my father, mother, elder brother, and even my unmarried younger sister cared for me greatly."
"I disliked crowded and lively places, but... they liked them. So, during festivals, they would go out to play, and every time they returned, they would buy me gifts."
As she spoke, Gu Qianying saw satisfaction and happiness on Baili Su's face.
"Even my elder brother, Baili Jingxuan, went to learn martial arts to protect my sister, little Mengran, and our parents. In the Western Regions, the Song family was overbearing and no one dared to provoke them. When I was taken a liking to by Song Yuer, Jingxuan also secretly bought weapons, all to protect our Baili family."
After she finished speaking.
Baili Su looked at Gu Qianying. "Divine Doctor Gu, my father treated me very well, but he was killed by people from the Song family. I must avenge this hatred. If it were you, what would you do?"
As he spoke, Baili Su clenched his fists tightly.
"Divine Doctor Gu, I know Xiao Yihhao is in their hands, and they refuse to hand him over. I..."
Listening to Baili Su's words.
Gu Qianying looked at him and interrupted him. "Master Baili, he is not dead."
"What?"
Baili Su was stunned.
He thought he hadn't heard correctly and asked again, "Divine Doctor Gu, what did you say?"
He said this with great emotion.
"Master Baili, he is not dead, and he is safe. I brought you out precisely to go and see him."
*Bang!*
The carriage suddenly jolted.
Baili Su lost his balance and fell backward.
Gu Qianying's cold eyes narrowed, and she exclaimed in surprise, "Be careful!"
Her slender arm wrapped around Baili Su's waist, and he met her gaze.
She caught him.
Both of them froze for a moment.
"Are you alright?"
Gu Qianying helped Baili Su steady himself.
Baili Su's face turned red. "I... I'm fine."
*Whoosh!*
A long arrow suddenly shot in.
"Careful!"
Gu Qianying instinctively pulled Baili Su towards her.
She caught the arrow with one hand.
The carriage suddenly stopped. The young servant driving the carriage was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground.
Gu Qianying glanced at Baili Su. "Stay put, I'll go out and see."
The moment the curtain was lifted, she leaped out.
Outside.
Several black-clad assassins surrounded them, swords in hand.
"Baili Su, Divine Doctor Gu, hand over the book, or you will all die!"
Looking at the black-clad assassins surrounding them, each with a tiger's head emblem carved on the back of their hands, Gu Qianying frowned.
Whose men were they?
The Song family?
"Divine Doctor Gu, they are not from the Song family. They are the Han Yu Army!"
At this moment, Baili Su's voice came from behind Gu Qianying.
Gu Qianying turned back. Baili Su had already dismounted from the carriage.
"The Han Yu Army is an elite force raised by the Han family. Han Chenglin of the Han family was a favored disciple of the former City Lord. Back then... the former City Lord wanted to marry Madam Song to this man, but he was a man of loose morals and kept several concubines in his household. The City Lord, not trusting him with Madam Song, rejected his marriage proposal, thus offending the Han family. However, the Han family had been in a state of observation for years. They did not take the initiative nor did they cause trouble for anyone in the Song family."
"But everyone in the Western Regions knew that Han Chenglin raised troops."