7. Guarding the Heart (I)

Shocked by Zhang Longqian's voice, the man in white who was sitting quietly in the wilderness turned his head to look over.

Sure enough, it was Bai Qi, who had seen it twice in the spiritual research field.

I clearly remember that Bai Qi is a thousand-year-old evil ghost from Abi Hell, Zhang Longqian's first reaction was "vigilance" and "retreat", but she also quickly recalled that when she was introduced into the spiritual research field by people from the family faction before, it was because of the sudden intervention of this thousand-year-old evil ghost that she was not harmed.

It can even be said that it was this great killing god more than 2,000 years ago who saved her life.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Longqian took a slight breath as if he wanted to raise his courage, and then walked over to meet Bai Qi's scrutinizing gaze, and then bowed extremely solemnly.

"Thank you Wu Anjun for coming to the rescue last time."

looked at Zhang Longqian's eyes, and smiled lightly: "It turned out to be you." Get up, I didn't mean to save you that day, I just did what I wanted, and you don't need to be polite. ”

These indifferent words made Zhang Longqian feel a little more serious in his heart.

Sure enough, this "person" doesn't look like the kind of evil ghost whose appearance and mind are very hideous, and he doesn't even look like the legendary god of killing people without blinking, but is closer to a "chivalrous man".

Thinking like this, Zhang Longqian felt that he was a little afraid of him when he first saw Bai Qi, and couldn't help but hook the corners of his lips, she followed Bai Qi's words and stood up straight, and saw that Bai Qi returned to the appearance she had when she first saw him, sitting quietly and looking into the distance, and I didn't know where to look.

always felt that Bai Qi had a sense of undisturbability like this, so Zhang Longqian quietly turned around and wanted to leave here, but heard Bai Qi speak calmly.

"That's leaving?"

"Uh......"

Stunned for a moment, Zhang Longqian looked back at Bai Qi, but saw that he didn't pay attention to this, but still didn't know where to look, which made her a little unsure whether Bai Qi was talking to her, and then heard Bai Qi speak: "I can meet you several times, it can be regarded as fate, if you are not in a hurry, why not sit down and talk to me?" ”

To tell the truth, before he came into contact with the Dao Law Realm, Zhang Longqian was already very interested in Bai Qi, and later took Lao Chen's history class, and after witnessing the tragedy of the Battle of Changping from the illusion, his interest in him only increased. Now that she has an opportunity to talk to this person who has been famous for eternity, and she doesn't feel the slightest malice from Bai Qi, Zhang Longqian is naturally very willing, so she doesn't prevaricate, and raises her hand and bows slightly.

"That being the case, Long Qian is better to be respectful than to obey his fate."

Seeing Zhang Longqian sit down with a serious salute, Bai Qi shook his head slightly: "At a young age, you are so rigid......"

I thought that Bai Qi was an "ancient" who valued etiquette more than 2,000 years ago, and Zhang Longqian, who didn't like restraint at all, was patient enough to salute one by one, but she didn't expect that in exchange for Bai Qi's feeling of disappointment, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It turns out that Wu Anjun doesn't like these red tapes either?" ”

"I was also an official in the court when I was alive, and things like 'etiquette' always had to be followed, but most of my life, I spent most of my life fighting on the battlefield, and in the final analysis, I was just a martial artist, so I naturally didn't like these things."

This straightforward remark made Zhang Longqian relax a lot, and she couldn't help laughing: "Wu Anjun, you are a big figure in Chinese history, the name of the 'God of War' has been passed down for more than 2,000 years, but you say that you are 'just a martial artist', which is too arrogant, right?" ”

"'God of War'?" Bai Qi smiled lightly, looking a little self-deprecating, "I've never heard anyone call me that, but I've heard someone call me by another name." Saying that, he looked at Zhang Longqian's eyes, and his eyes were calm and vicissitudes.

"'People slaughter in vain'."

Of course Zhang Longqian knows this title, after all, Bai Qikeng killed 400,000 Zhao prisoners of war back then, who wouldn't think such an exaggerated figure is incredible? And it was an unarmed prisoner of war, not an enemy fighting on the battlefield, Bai Qi could order all of them to be killed, how could he not be called a "human slaughter"?

However, he couldn't say this kind of thing in front of himself, so Zhang Longqian only said the historical evaluation of Bai Qi's "God of War", and didn't dare to mention the name "Human Slaughter", but he didn't expect Bai Qi to say it himself, which made Zhang Longqian not know how to react.

At this time, he heard Bai Qi say: "Don't care, since the Battle of Changping, I have heard this call countless times, and I don't think that others call me this slander, on the contrary, I think it is very accurate." ”

With a somewhat self-deprecating tone, it sounded like he had seen it, Zhang Longqian looked at Bai Qi unexpectedly, different from what he saw in the fantasy of history class, he was dressed in white, he did not have the killing aura when he was in military uniform, but looked very indifferent and calm, like a master of the world who was indifferent to fame and fortune.

Thinking about what Bai Qi said when he came to the rescue, it can be described as "chivalrous", Zhang Longqian couldn't help but be a little suspicious.

Did such a person really have blood on his hands and personally ordered the killing of 400,000 prisoners of war? Isn't there something going on?

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Longqian couldn't help but open his mouth curiously.

"Wu Anjun, you...... Did you really kill 400,000 Zhao prisoners of war? ”

Looking at the trace of expectation in Zhang Longqian's eyes, Bai Qi hooked the corners of his lips and said, "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you." The 400,000 prisoners of war were indeed killed by my own order. ”

Bai Qi admitted it so neatly and neatly, Zhang Longqian didn't know how to continue, and she was silent for a while before she spoke again, but her voice was already unconsciously lower.

"Wu Anjun, I'm ...... I don't quite understand. I know that war is not child's play, but no matter what, 'human life' is very precious, and since they have surrendered and have no soldiers, why do they have to kill them all? ”

"So, what would you do if you were to replace you and capture them?"

After thinking for a while, Zhang Longqian replied: "The 400,000 elite laborers should be used as laborers." ”

Bai Qi nodded: "Yes, it is generally the case that prisoners of war are captured, used as labor or reduced to slavery. But let me ask you, these 400,000 people are all Zhao people who do not want to belong to the Qin State, can you rest assured that they will enter the Qin State? ”

Obviously didn't think about this problem, Zhang Longqian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Bai Qi then asked: "Once you enter the Qin State, you will inevitably be unable to completely disassemble these 400,000 people, what if they gather together and want to rebel?" During the melee, where did so many troops come from to suppress them? Even if they think better, they are still honest, but where will the country that is short of food for the war have the food to feed the 400,000 people who suddenly appeared? If these captives who have Zhao in their hearts can't be suppressed and run back, they will definitely revive the Zhao army, won't my Qin State fight in vain? Didn't those soldiers who died in our army die in vain? ”

The continuous questions made Zhang Longqian frown slightly, not knowing how to answer.

Bai Qi's eyes gradually became serious, and he said: "What's more, after this defeat, Zhao Guo will definitely send Lian Po, if he leads these veterans who have seen blood, won't it be even more difficult to fight?" Let's not mention whether Lian Po will continue to defend the city and drag on the war for a long time, just say that if he really has the courage to fight me, there will definitely be greater casualties in our army than before......" At this point, he paused and looked at Zhang Longqian, his eyes heavy.

"The soldiers of the Zhao State are 'people' and precious 'lives', but aren't the soldiers of my Qin State the same?"