In front of Yunzhou Prison.
Liang Yuzhou glanced back at Yaoguang. "Do you want to go in with me?"
Yaoguang was a bit surprised. "My lord is willing to take me in? Aren't you afraid I'll get too emotional and slit Gao Daqiang's throat?"
Liang Yuzhou chuckled softly. "You're intelligent. You know he's just an accomplice. I still have use for him. You know your limits."
Yaoguang felt a bit embarrassed at the compliment.
Her lord was cold - tempered. For him to say such a thing was quite rare.
Even Zhou Sheng and Zhou Yan, who had followed the lord and rendered great service, had never received a compliment from him.
"Yaoguang, walk in front of me."
When the lord gave the order, Yaoguang didn't ask any questions.
Gao Daqiang was the key figure in the complete downfall of the Yue family. That day when he led the killers to kidnap the lady, although he was masked, Yaoguang had recognized those ferocious eyes at a glance.
The prison was dark all day long, and torches had to be lit even during the day.
The darkness and oppression easily instilled fear in people's hearts. Since Gao Daqiang had been imprisoned and lost his freedom, he was almost driven crazy.
Suddenly, he saw a tall and beautiful woman walking towards him. She had deep - set eyebrows, a high nose bridge, and extremely bright eyes, with a hint of exotic charm.
He jumped to his feet and licked his lips eagerly.
Yaoguang stood in front of him, her eyes burning with the flames of revenge.
Suddenly, she opened her mouth and said something that Gao Daqiang didn't understand.
He had accompanied Yue Chengkong on expeditions to the northern deserts. He recognized that it was the language of the Gaochang Kingdom.
"It's you!" Gao Daqiang's face changed abruptly, and all his lewd thoughts disappeared.
"Yes, it's me." Yaoguang looked at him calmly. "You and Yue Chengkong, how much innocent blood of the people of the Gaochang Kingdom is on your hands? Aren't you afraid of being haunted by their vengeful spirits in your dreams at midnight?"
The Gaochang Kingdom was originally a small country in the northern deserts with a population of less than a million.
Four years ago, Yue Chengkong was just a seventh - rank military officer in Hengzhou.
But Hengzhou was an important border town, and he commanded twenty thousand troops.
Yaoguang would never forget that full - moon night when Yue Chengkong colluded with fifty thousand barbarian troops to break through the city walls of the Gaochang Kingdom. They looted and massacred in the city for three days and three nights.
Her father, mother, three elder brothers, and her five - year - old younger brother all died under Yue Chengkong's sword.
Their goal was to seize the national treasure of the Gaochang Kingdom, the Blood - Dripping Rose!
They ransacked the royal palace. Yaoguang, escorted by three hundred brave warriors, fought her way out of the siege and managed to protect the national treasure.
After that, because of a dispute over the spoils with the barbarians, Yue Chengkong spread rumors everywhere, saying that the barbarians coveted the national treasure of the Gaochang Kingdom and destroyed the country.
The exiled soldiers of the Gaochang Kingdom had many bloody battles with the barbarians.
Yue Chengkong took the opportunity to claim credit, saying how many barbarians he had killed. Stepping on the corpses of the Gaochang soldiers, he was promoted to a fourth - rank governor.
Despicable and dirty!
After Yaoguang fled, the barbarians had been hunting her down.
With her country destroyed and her family dead, she could only live incognito in a small village near Pingsha Pass, biding her time for a year.
She held the national treasure of the Gaochang Kingdom and carried the heavy responsibility of restoring her country.
Moreover, there was a deep - seated blood feud between her and Yue Chengkong!
And Gao Daqiang, following behind Yue Chengkong, was his executioner!
Cold sweat broke out on Gao Daqiang's forehead. The killing intent in Yaoguang's eyes made him不敢 look her in the eye.
He was now trapped in prison without any helpers. If Yaoguang wanted to kill him, it would be as easy as flipping her hand!
"Your Highness, I was just a small soldier under Yue Chengkong at that time. A soldier has to obey his general. I had no choice..."
He tried to excuse himself.
Who would have thought that the princess of a destroyed small country would be able to cross thousands of miles of mountains and rivers and find him, her enemy, in a prison in Yunzhou!
Yaoguang looked at him with hatred in her eyes. Every pore on this man's body was dirty.
"Taking the blame for Yue Chengkong was also out of necessity?"
A voice sounded faintly, echoing in the empty cell, exuding a powerful sense of intimidation.
As soon as Gao Daqiang heard this voice, it was as if all the blood in his body had solidified!
Liang Yuzhou, why would he come here!
When Liang Yuzhou's face appeared in front of him, Gao Daqiang gasped for breath as if he had been grabbed by the throat.
His eyes were filled with extreme fear.
Originally, he still harbored a glimmer of hope. By taking the blame for kidnapping Song Wanchu, he wouldn't be sentenced to death. Yue Chengkong had promised to find a way to get him out soon.
No one here knew that he had once been a notorious bandit leader.
But Liang Yuzhou knew!
He had managed to escape from Liang Yuzhou's hands back then!
The shadow of death enveloped him. His legs trembled, and a chill ran down his spine.
"Long time no see." Liang Yuzhou's tone was calm, as if he wasn't facing an enemy who had fought him to the death but just someone he hadn't seen for a long time and who wasn't that important.
Amid his panic, Gao Daqiang was also very surprised to see the heir of the Duke's Mansion wearing a Taoist robe.
Compared to his high - spirited self six years ago, he had shed his youthful air. In his calm and reserved demeanor, there was an indescribable melancholy.
In any case, Gao Daqiang couldn't say something like "Nice to see you."
"Second Young Master Liang." He forced out a smile that was uglier than crying.
He really had bad luck today. One after another, they all came to kill him.
"Want to live?" Liang Yuzhou got straight to the point.
Gao Daqiang was stunned and couldn't come to his senses for a long time.
The person who most wanted to kill him was actually going to show him a way to survive?
His instinctive desire to survive made him nod repeatedly.
"You've been Yue Chengkong's lackey for several years. You should know very well what he has done."
At this moment, in his eyes, Liang Yuzhou was like a ghost that could take his life at any time. Those deep - set eyes oppressed every nerve in his body.
His mouth went dry. "Do you want me to expose Yue Chengkong? There's the Princess Dowager behind him. You have no grudge against him. Why are you going against him?"
Yaoguang sneered and answered for Liang Yuzhou. "The Yue family dared to have evil thoughts about my lady. They deserve to be completely uprooted!"
Gao Daqiang's pupils dilated in shock. Was he really going to confront the Princess Dowager for a woman?
Was he crazy?
He had always looked down on love between a man and a woman, but Liang Yuzhou gave him the feeling that whoever touched his woman, he would overturn the whole world for her!
A cold sweat broke out on his back again. Fortunately, they hadn't succeeded in the kidnapping that day...
"Can you guarantee that I'll live?" Gao Daqiang was skeptical.
A young master from the Duke's Mansion who had become a Taoist priest, did he really have that much authority?
"If you don't talk, I can make you die a horrible death right now."
Gao Daqiang's heart skipped a beat, and his legs went even weaker.
If Liang Yuzhou went out now and told Shi Minglang that he was the bandit who had robbed people in the south of the Yangtze River, he would be sentenced to death by slow slicing!
"I'll talk, I'll talk."
Yue Chengkong's collusion with the barbarians to destroy the Gaochang Kingdom and his theft of the merits of the exiled Gaochang soldiers who had killed the barbarians were two crimes that, if presented to the emperor, would mean the entire Yue family would not be able to survive!