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In the harmonious scene, Bailining frowned, showing a strange expression. Fortunately, everyone's attention was on Bai Youlin and Dongfang Jihua at this time, and they didn't notice anything unusual about him.

When Dongfang Jihua turned around, Bailining had put away all the inappropriate expressions, and looked happy, but it was unknown what he was thinking.

"Your Highness, this is General Bai Youlin, whom you praised so much just now." Dongfang Jihua pulled Bai Youlin in front of Bailining, and teased with a smile.

"I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." Bai Youlin bowed to Bailining.

"General Bai, you don't need to be too polite. I have heard that the general is young and promising. Today, I saw him as extraordinary. It's a pleasure to meet you!" Bai Lining looked at Bai Youlin with burning eyes, as if he was very interested in Bai Youlin.

"His Royal Highness, the crown prince, praises me. I'm just an ordinary person, and I can't be young and promising." Bai Youlin responded lightly, with his usual calm face.

"General, don't underestimate yourself. You deserve this word. Speaking of which, the general is the second person I admire in this world." Bailining smiled and sighed as if recalling some good memories.

"Really?" Bai Youlin suddenly smiled, "Who is the first person?"

"A friend of Bengong's when he was young." Bailining sighed, "The most important thing in his life is his younger brother. He wanted to protect his younger brother for the rest of his life, but fate made fun of him. He died at a young age, and he didn't know his younger brother. How are you doing now?"

"The man has passed away, and His Highness the Crown Prince mourns." Bai Youlin raised his eyes to look at Bai Lining, and asked in a deep voice, "I wonder if Your Highness would like to listen to what I have to say?"

Bailining raised his eyebrows: "General, please tell me."

"Since he is an old friend, why not let him live in the memories of the past, so that when he thinks about it in the future, it will be beautiful."

"What the general said is that mortals miss him too much, and it will disturb his purity in heaven." Bailining nodded.

Dongfang Jihua quietly watched the interaction between the two, feeling a sense of crisis inexplicably in his heart.

Chapter 18

Out of some idea that he didn't understand, Dongfang Jihua waved Bai Youlin back to his seat.

Bailining quietly watched Dongfang Jihua's actions from the side, but smiled and said nothing.

The banquet was still going on, and the wonderful song and dance performance quickly attracted the attention of everyone present. Dongfang Jihua and Bailining continued to toast each other while watching the show. Hearing Bailining's praise of him, he smiled happily.

A party is all about having fun, or so it seems.

In the middle of the night, a black shadow quickly flashed into the study of the general's residence while the night watchman was not paying attention.

"You are?" Bai Youlin looked vigilantly at the man in black with his back turned to him, and touched the sword placed aside.

The man in black turned around slowly and pulled down his mask. Bai Youlin took a closer look, and it turned out to be Bailining.

The heart that had been holding it all the time fell back, Bai Youlin withdrew his hand, and said coldly: "My house is full of the emperor's eyeliner, how dare you come?"

"The prince knew this when he first arrived in the capital. Since I dared to come, it was because I had a way to avoid being discovered by them." Bailining walked up to Bai Youlin while talking, and sat down at Bai Youlin's desk very familiarly. superior.

"There has never been a foolproof method in this world. You should take it easy, this is not your country." Bai Youlin stared at his desk tightly, resisting the urge to kick Bailining.

Bailining smiled: "I understand this truth, so this is the last time I come to you."

"What do you want to ask?" Bai Youlin knew that Bailining must not have come to him to reminisce about the past, after all, the two of them have always looked at each other and hated each other.

Bai Youlin got straight to the point, so Bailining naturally wouldn't be sloppy. He looked into Bai Youlin's eyes with a serious face: "What's the matter between you and the Qing Emperor? Why did you stay by his side and work for him?"

"I'm not working for him, I just want to protect the country that my father finally took back." Bai Youlin said, seeing Bailining's strange expression instantly, he added, "You are from Yao country, so naturally you don't understand us Persistence. From before to now, no matter whether it is my second brother or me, we only want to protect the safety of the people of Qingguo, this is the belief of our Lin family."

After hearing this, Bailining looked deeply at Bai Youlin, and Bai Youlin also stood there quietly, looking back at him firmly, the two looked at each other speechlessly.

After a long time, Bailining sighed: "Actually, if you really just want a peaceful and prosperous world, you don't have to stay in Qingguo, do you understand?"

"I..." Bai Youlin hesitated for a moment, and there was a little struggle in his eyes, but this was not enough to shake his long-awaited determination. He turned his eyes away, shook his head and said, "I don't understand."

"It's okay if you don't understand." Bailining stood up, put his arms around Bai Youlin's shoulders, and said in a word, "Come with me, Yun Sheng, I can give you the peace and prosperity you want."

"No, I won't go." Bai Youlin shook his head, "I still have something to do, and I won't go anywhere before then."

"What exactly are you going to do?" Bailining still didn't understand, what exactly did Bai Youlin want?

"I..." Bai Youlin looked at Bailining with complicated eyes, hesitant to speak.

"Okay, I won't force you, don't look at me like that." Bailining smiled wryly.

"You help me take someone away." Bai Youlin raised his hand to hold Bailining's arm, and said softly, "I owe you a favor."

"Who?" Bailining asked subconsciously.

"The child I picked up from the street, you will like him." Speaking of Bai Mushen, Bai Youlin couldn't help but smile, and the originally heavy and tense atmosphere was also eased by his smile.

"You asked me to take him away because Dongfang Jihua began to suspect you, right?" Before coming to Qingguo, Bailining had investigated Qingguo's details, and the twists and turns between Bai Youlin and Dongfang Jihua He knows all too well.

"It should be. He has already kept me away from government affairs, and he will not let me go back to the battlefield." Bai Youlin said calmly, "Now everyone says that I am a sycophant of an Israeli servant, and he doesn't say anything."

Bai Youlin knew very well that he was probably about to be abandoned by Dongfang Jihua.

"Qingguo is much stronger now, and his foundation is also stable. It is true that you are no longer needed." Bailining thought of Dongfang Jihua's strange smile when he saw Bai Youlin at the banquet tonight, and felt a little cold in his heart , "You helped him pull out a lot of nails, and now this is going to be cooked to death?"

Bai Youlin stared at Bailining faintly, and said in a very cold tone, "Be careful with your words, I'm not a dog."

"Is this the time to care about whether you are a dog?" Bailining said helplessly, "My general, you may lose your wealth and life now."

Bai Youlin remained silent.

"Are you really not considering going to our Yao country?" Bailining still wanted to take Bai Youlin away. He felt that Qing country was not suitable for Bai Youlin to treat him. He looked at Bai Youlin and said earnestly, "Your elder brother refused my invitation, Yun Shen You don’t want to go with me, and now you are also dead-headed, isn’t it good for our Yao country?”

Bai Youlin didn't answer Bailining's question. He slowly sat down on the stool behind him, and said to himself, "Not long after the Luo family was wiped out, the Lin family was also ransacked. Do you know why?"

Bailining frowned: "Why?"

"Because of collaborating with the enemy." While speaking, Bai Youlin's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, and they were no longer as clear as usual, "The Lin family is full of loyalty and goodness. It can be said that they have devoted themselves to the Qing Kingdom and have never had a second heart for the emperor... ...However, someone found a foreign assassin in Prime Minister Lin's room."

"In the beginning, we thought everything was just a coincidence. It wasn't until I accompanied the emperor on a trip to the south of the Yangtze River that I suddenly realized that maybe some things were not coincidences at all." Bai Youlin sneered.

"My spies told me that Dongfang Jihua went to Jiangnan to find a fugitive. Could it be that the fugitive is from your Lin family?" Bailining guessed.

"No." Bai Youlin shook his head, "The person he was looking for was Uncle Luo's son Luo Siyu. The reason why he made a special trip to the south of the Yangtze River was because Luo Siyu had something he wanted."

"I see." Bailining's expression suddenly became solemn, "Can I boldly guess that this incident about Luo Siyu made you affirm that the tragedy of the Lin family was the work of the emperor?"

"Yes." Bai Youlin lowered his eyes.

"Then what are you still doing here?" Bailining felt a little resentful, "This is the last time I ask you this question, I won't force you to go with me, but at least you have to give me something that will make me feel better." convincing reason.”

Bai Youlin sighed, and finally chose to confess: "I stay here to fulfill my father's last wish and wait for someone."

"Who are you waiting for?" Bailining was curious.

"The elder brother of the late emperor, the great hero for the restoration of the Qing Kingdom—Ninth Prince Dongfang Yelan." Bai Youlin replied.

"Why wait for him?" Bailining was puzzled, "Is this more important than wealth and life?"

"It's very important." Bai Youlin looked at Bailining very seriously, "My father said that he would wait for the Ninth Prince to come back to answer his two questions. These two questions are related to the past, present and future of the Lin family."

"Past, present and future?" Bailining murmured, "Then where did he go?"

"I don't know." Bai Youlin recalled the days when he was with his master Baichen in Songshan again, and said uncertainly, "Maybe, it's to find his lost things."

Bai Chen had mentioned more than once that the Ninth Prince was looking for a different