The Rising Phoenix-Chapter 607: Being Accused

"Why are you calling me?" Bai Guowei asked.

"Do you own a carriage?" The officer replied with a question.

Bai Guowei already concluded something from the question and Bai Xiang’s presence. He smirked. "Is our Great General Bai want to snatch everything from me again?"

Bai Xiang snorted. "Is that something that you earn by yourself?"

"You..." Bai Guowei wanted to swear.

"Sir Bai Guowei, please answer my answer first." The officer stopped the fight before it escalated.

"Of course, I do. I have three of them." Bai Guowei stated.

"Does every carriage have this crest?" The officer showed the crest to Bai Guowei.

Bai Guowei looked at the crest . He knew the crest. It was his family’s crest. He subconsciously nodded.

The officer then asked another question. "You have a son around 8 years old right? Do you know where did he go yesterday?"

"I do have a son. Wait? Why are you asking me those questions? Can you tell me what is all about?" Bai Guowei asked back.

"Sir Bai Guowei, please tell me. Do you know where did your son go yesterday?" The officer repeated the question again.

Bai Guowei thought about it. Yesterday... Yesterday... Then, he remembered that his son was talking about his trip to the market with his nanny. His son even showed the toy that he bought from the market.

"Well... I think he went to the market yesterday with his nanny." Bai Guowei stated.

"Yes... Yes... That boy did have a woman beside him. He called that woman, Nanny Cai." A commoner couple who was silent before started talking.

Bai Guowei glanced at the couple and turned to the officer again. "Sir, can you please tell me what is going on here? Why are you asking such questions?"

"Apparently your son hit their child with the carriage yesterday. They stated the carriage had this crest. I recognized. It belongs to the Bai Family. This crest existed even before your father existed. So, I turned to General Bai first calling him here and asking him about this matter. However, General Bai did not have any small children. So, it is possible that the carriage belongs to you. After analyzing the answers to the questions earlier, I can conclude that your son had caused another child’s death." The officer stated.

"What? Impossible." Bai Guowei immediately denied it.

"Your son killed my son. You dare to deny it?" The mother of the dead child shouted to Bai Guowei.

Bai Guowei was triggered. He wanted to attack them. However, before the attack landed on the couple, Bai Xiang stepped forward protecting the couple.

"Don’t you dare kill them under my watch?" Bai Xiang warned Bai Guowei.

"Tsk..." Bai Guowei clicked his tongue.

"As a father to the child, you should compensate them." The officer stated.

"What?" Bai Guowei became defensive when it came to money.

"If you don’t, I will have to write to His Majesty about this incident." The officer stated.

"No. Don’t. I will pay for it. Just don’t inform His Majesty about this matter. You should not bother His Majesty with such trivial matters as this. He had a lot of other jobs that he needed to work on." Bai Guowei said.

He did not want His Majesty to have a bad impression about him. His Majesty would look down on his daughter. His daughter was someone who was about to be the future princess. What if His Majesty cancelled this marriage because of this? He could not let that thing happen.

He would compensate the couple. Later, he would get the money back. He would send someone to rob and finish them to accompany their dead son.

Bai Xiang was observing Bai Guowei. He knew that Bai Guowei might be plotting something. It was probably involving the commoner couple.

Bai Guowei had to compensate the commoner couple for about 100,000 taels. His hands were shaking when he handed over the money to the couple. Then, he immediately left the place with a frowning expression.

Bai Xiang approached the commoner couple. The couple looked wary when they saw this.

"Are you staying in this capital city?" Bai Xiang asked.

"Well... We are just thinking to stay over." The husband stated.

"Take the money and leave this capital city," Bai Xiang advised.

"Huh? Why?" The husband asked not understanding why Bai Xiang suggested that.

"I know him. He would not back down that easily. He probably wants his money back. He would do something. If you leave this city, it would be different for him to do anything to do." Bai Xiang stated.

The commoner couple looked at each other. They came to this city to start fresh with their son. Who would expected something like this would happen on the second day they arrived in the city?

"Thank you, General Bai. We will leave immediately." The husband nodded.

They had money to live somewhere else. It was better to leave than being killed by that man. No wonder his son turned out to be like that, insulting people like that since he had a father like Bai Guowei.

On the next day, Bai Xiang went to the emperor to make a request. Well to be exact, it was not a request. More like demand. Bai Xiang wanted to change the crest for General Bai’s crest. Since the previous crest already belonged to the Bai Family, so, he wanted the new one.

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