"Such a small thing." Zhou Dongtian and Yu Shenhe both felt that Xu Ping was making too much of a fuss, and the two of them said in unison: "Let an officer pay his respects." ”

Seeing that Xu Ping was noncommittal, after thinking for a while, Yu Shenhe bowed and said: "My lord, this is all the last general's negligence in discipline, so let the last general apologize." ”

"Bring this Miss Liu here," Xu Ping waved his hand and asked the generals to retreat: "That's the end of today's military discussion, and it will continue tomorrow." ”

While sending someone to invite Miss Liu, Xu Ping also asked the guards to boil water to make tea.

"The people's daughter knocks to the general." After seeing Xu Ping, Miss Liu immediately wanted to kowtow.

"Don't! Torture is under. Xu Ping, who had been prepared, shouted to stop Miss Liu, motioned for the other party to sit down and speak, the chair prepared for Miss Liu had been placed, and even the tea was prepared: "It's not a court official, but a general appointed by King Chuang, who is the self-proclaimed king. ”

"Little Lady ......"

"I know the meaning of Little Lady Liu." Xu Ping saw that the other party was shy, and without waiting for the other party to speak, he told Miss Liu: "Sergeant Yue violated military law, and I can't pardon him." ”

"Why?" Miss Liu exclaimed, and after she finished screaming, her face turned red at first, and then she said disregardlessly: "Isn't the general unable to trust the little woman?" The little woman was not coerced by anyone, the words were from the bottom of her heart, didn't the general make military laws to protect innocent people? Why do you want to kill even those who know you are innocent? ”

Xu Ping knew very well that it would take a lot of courage for a young woman to say this, so he did not leave a guard on his side in the tent: "Liu Xiaoniang, I used to be an official below, and I know very well what kind of person a well-dressed beast is, and I also know that anyone who holds a knife and gun in his hand and holds the power of life and death of the people will become evil as long as he relaxes a little, which must also be well known to Liu Xiaoniang." As the little lady said, the military law is formulated to protect the innocent, and it is stipulated that as long as my subordinates take a piece of money from the people, even if the other party claims to give it willingly, it is also a forcible seizure of the people's property; As long as my subordinates eat a meal from the people, even if the other party claims to be an act of gratitude, it is ************; And as long as ......" Xu Ping took a breath and said: "If my subordinates, whether they are near Kaifeng or not, as long as they say goodbye to the people in his jurisdiction, it will be a robbery of the people's daughters, whether it is here in Kaifeng, or in Guide, or in Xuzhou, I will never allow my subordinates to get benefits from the people he can govern for any reason." ”

Miss Liu had never heard of such a measure, and she was a little stunned for a while.

"Liu Xiaoniang is very intelligent, I must be able to understand," Xu Ping explained: "In the next ordinary man, there is no clairvoyance and ears, as long as I allow my subordinates to receive gifts from the people under his jurisdiction, even if it is really out of gratitude at the beginning, it will quickly evolve into fear, and someone will definitely use their power to blackmail and force the people to comply." This kind of thing can be done very covertly and almost imperceptibly, and the bitter lord has bitter words, and my subordinates, many of them have the friendship of exchange on the battlefield, and they will almost certainly protect each other. Xu Ping shook his head: "Little lady Liu, Brother Yue used to cover Zai Xia on the battlefield, and once squatted in the trench with Zai Xia on a cold winter night, and today I was uneasy when I heard that he had committed a crime, and I was thinking about how to find a reason to exonerate him, and I didn't think that everyone else was a sage." He has not been in the officialdom for a long time, but he knows very well that as long as there is an opening, then this opening will definitely be used to do evil, think about those who died because of his soft-heartedness, and he will not have the courage to give amnesty to Brother Yue. ”

Miss Liu retorted: "Since you know that you are innocent and do not let it go, what is the use of the general's right of pardon? ”

"Under the teacher inherited Zhendonghou, more than 20 years ago, Hou Ye once said that military law is above him," Xu Ping has always had a thought in his heart that he has never been an outsider, that is, if there is no extrajudicial grace from Texas, then he will not exist as a huge disaster for Zhendonghou, which shows that military law is indeed not easily destroyed, otherwise it is easy to attract adverse consequences.

"But Master Yue once said to the little girl, saying that the general had pardoned him and did not pursue him for cowardice on the battlefield, and he was grateful for this, and vowed to die for the general."

"Yes." Xu Ping nodded and admitted that it was true, and that it was not the only time he had broken the military law to pardon others, but Xu Ping had a bottom line for this kind of thing, that is, the offender's behavior did not cause irreparable harm to anyone, or made others flout the majesty of military law - for example, Xu Ping's behavior in Texas, this time Yue Mu's behavior may also have similar consequences: "There was no bitter lord that time, and no one would despise military law because of this, and I felt that it was not a big deal to violate it." ”

"This time, the general refused to pardon Yue Junye, because he was worried that once he released Yue Junye, then others would feel that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and they could take the opportunity to extort people's money?"

"Yes." Xu Ping nodded: "I have been in the Ming Court officialdom for a few months, and I have been in charge of the government affairs of Kaifeng Mansion for more than a year, and I know that I must not have any luck with the officials, as long as they have the opportunity, they will eat people." ”

Miss Liu pondered for a while, raised her head, and then regained her calmness, and said: "The little woman has heard a story about a coachman sitting in a carriage that is speeding out of control, and in front of him is a three-way crossing, there are five people on the road on the left and one person on the right, and the coachman has to choose whether to rush to five people or to one person. ”

"It turns out that Little Lady Liu has also heard this story." This story is a question written by Xu Ping in the literacy textbook, and he did not give an answer, because he felt that it was an immoral decision to choose left or right, but many times, people have to face this dilemma.

"It was Master Yue who would tell the little girl, and he said that he would choose the right side," Miss Liu said: "The little woman also said that she would choose the right side." ”

"The lesser of two evils, alas." Xu Ping sighed gloomily, the reason why he saw Miss Liu was to find a reason to convince him to pardon Yue Mu, and now it looks like he is going to be disappointed.

"No, the little girl's reason is not this," Miss Liu flatly denied: "Because with the little woman's thoughts, it is easier to hide one person than five people, since there is only one person on the right, there is always more chance of not hurting him than avoiding five people." If the little woman was the driver, she would try her best to avoid people on the road even if she chose the right side. If the general was the coachman, would he have chosen the right side and would have killed the last man with peace of mind with the thought of 'I saved the five appointments'? ”

"This analogy ......," Xu Ping felt a little inappropriate.

"General," without waiting for Xu Ping to think about it, Miss Liu asked loudly, "Could it be that the general will kill the last person with peace of mind?" Don't think about how to avoid him? ”

"Of course I don't have peace of mind."

"I can't think of a little girl," Miss Liu softened: "If the general is really such a heart, why bother to give Kaifeng food?" ”

Finally found a reason enough to convince himself, Xu Ping's heart was relieved, as if he had unloaded a thousand catties of burden, Zhanxin smiled at Miss Liu: "Okay, what Little Lady Liu said is reasonable, but there is another question, that is, how do you know that the little lady has not received coercion, and Sergeant Yue has never had bad thoughts, and he has not deliberately violated the meaning of military law?" ”

"Master Yue has bad thoughts," Miss Liu laughed and said, "Is he a person who can have bad thoughts?" He never refused to leave him to eat, even if he handed him a glass of water, Yue Junye would be so embarrassed that he didn't know where to put his hands. ”

Xu Ping laughed: "Vivid, Sergeant Yue is indeed like this, okay, Liu Xiaoniang, you have persuaded him, I will pardon him." ”

After laughing, Xu Ping asked people to inform the guard battalion of his decision, and after the guards left, Xu Ping glanced at Miss Liu, looked ahead, and asked without squinting: "Has Little Lady Liu ever read?" ”

In Xu Ping's impression, there are not many women with such knowledge, and courage is likely to be innate, but most of the knowledge depends on books.

"The little girl knows a few words."

"Sure enough." Xu Ping nodded secretly, it seems that this Miss Liu's family is rich, and she can actually provide her daughter with reading and literacy.

"This is also a blessing to Master Yue." Unexpectedly, Miss Liu immediately confessed: "Yue Junye handed over the literacy textbook he used to the little girl, and every day between cutting and fetching water, he would teach the little girl to recognize two or three words, not only the little girl, but also the surrounding neighbors, whether it was the elderly or children, Yue Junye would teach them to recognize words as long as they had the opportunity." I remember that at the beginning, the little woman asked Yue Junye: What is the use of literacy? Especially the little woman is a woman's family, there is no benefit to literacy, isn't there a saying: Isn't a woman virtuous if she is not talented? This problem is not only the little girl's, but also other neighbors. ”

Xu Ping sighed softly again, he had encountered a similar question when he was promoting literacy in the women's camp.

"Master Yue told us that if you know how to read, you will be smart, so you must know how to read." Miss Liu continued to preach that when Yue Mu first said this, many people would feel strange, including Miss Liu, who was a little puzzled, and did not understand why literacy would become smart: "When someone asked Yue Junye the reason, he told us: If you don't know how to read, you can only listen to what others say, and you can only believe what others say, and if you know how to read, you can see it yourself, and of course you will become smart." ”

"That's what Sergeant Yue said to the people in his jurisdiction." Xu Ping let out an indescribable and inexplicable sigh.

"Yes, the little woman knows that Yue Junye is a good person, a rare good person, and Yue Junye said that this is what the general said when you promoted literacy among the women and children in the camp, Yue Junye admires you very much, and the little woman knows that you are also a good person."

"Little lady Liu, you saved Sergeant Yue's life." Xu Ping diverted the topic: "I hope he will not live up to the little lady's life-saving grace." ”

Miss Liu's cheeks were flushed, and she said softly, "Master Yue is a good person. ”

"I hope so." Xu Ping said lightly.

"Is the general willing to be a witness?" Miss Liu suddenly asked: "Master Yue has no family elders, if there is a general as a witness, he can't go back." ”

"This kind of thing is strictly forbidden under the military law below, and of course you can't be a witness to this." Xu Ping thought for a while: "But if Little Lady Liu dares to make a bet with Zaixia, if she wins, she can be a witness." ”

"What bet?"

"If you win, you will lose, don't you ask what you will lose?" Xu Ping was very envious of Yue Mu and hoped to accomplish his good deeds, but he also needed a reason to convince himself that he had violated the rules he had set: "Call Brother Yue here here, and threaten and lure him to make him back down by himself." If he is timid, then this person Liu Xiaoniang will be saved in vain, if Brother Yue does not flinch, he will do this testimony in the future, does Liu Xiaoniang dare to bet? ”

"Dare." Miss Liu knew that Yue Mu was very poor, and she probably made her grandmother angry this time, so she always tried to make up for it: "If the little girl wins, the bride price that the family wants will also have to be given by the general." ”

"I don't have any money left in my lower body." Xu Ping smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from Little Lady Liu, and you are not much richer than Brother Yue." ”

Seeing the disbelief on the little girl's face, Xu Ping thought that he really didn't need to spend money, his diet and daily life were in the camp, and he had no family to support. Now the officers and soldiers at all levels in the camp have military salaries, and Xu Ping's share has always been saved, and there is no place to spend it, so he nodded: "Okay." ”

Xu Ping asked Miss Liu to wait behind the tent, and when Yue Mu came, he felt that it was inappropriate several times, he was the commander who led tens of thousands of troops, how could he play this kind of game with a little girl, but Xu Ping still couldn't help this hobby.

After Yue Mu entered the tent, he respectfully paid homage to Xu Ping, although the commander was only a young man about his age and in his early twenties, not enough for Xu Ping to have a great prestige in the minds of the officers and soldiers.

"Sergeant Yue, you really leave me speechless, I asked you to protect the refugees, but you ended up stealing from yourself." Xu Ping made a helpless expression: "Are you guilty?" ”

"He is guilty of his duties, but he has never done anything to damage the reputation of his lords."

"And say no," Xu Ping looked very angry, and shouted: "My subordinates marry a martyr's wife, then the Ming court will demagogue people and say that we broke into the camp and robbed the people's daughters, which will not only damage my reputation, but also damage the reputation of all the soldiers who broke into the camp." ”

Seeing that Yue Mu didn't speak, Xu Ping said in an accentuated tone: "There are mixed fish and dragons in the camp, it is inevitable that there are no people with bad intentions, if I let you go today, then it will be an encouragement to these people, they will think that as long as they have made meritorious contributions to the camp, it is inevitable************ I will also turn a blind eye." Xu Ping snorted: "So I can't forgive your capital crime." ”

Yue Mu lowered his head, and after a long time, he said with difficulty: "What my lord said is that the lowly confession is, but this matter really has nothing to do with Qin Tou, the lowly has not done anything out of the ordinary, and Qin Tou has not covered up any crimes of the lowly position. ”

"After you disobeyed the military order, Qin Dedong shielded you not once or twice, but this time I really don't plan to punish him." Xu Ping asked, "Do you have anything else to say?" ”

"No, thank you, sir." Yue Mu's voice sounded very bitter.

"Oh, I thought you'd repent." Xu Ping waited for a while, and changed his tone of disappointment: "Brother Yue, you and I have been sharing weal and butter for two years, if I kill you today, it is inevitable that some people will say that I don't miss the old love, I thought you would promise to never see that Liu family again." Xu Ping paused: "If Brother Yue, you make a statement to promise, I can exempt you from the death penalty, the Xuzhou militia needs a group of instructors, you stay there for a while, and I will let you come back when the rumor passes." ”

Yue Mu raised his head, and his face showed joy: "Thank you, my lord, I am willing to go to Xuzhou." ”

"Of course you are willing," Xu Ping repeated: "I have a pen and paper here, you can make a pledge that you will not commit it again in the future, and you will not go to see the Liu family again." ”

"Never?" Yue Mu looked a little surprised, and he hurriedly said to Xu Ping: "My lord, the meaning of lowly duty has been clearly explained to the Liu family, and lowly duty cannot be bullied." In fact, the lowly office knows that the adults are not allowed to ask for marriage to the women in the jurisdiction, and the lowly position does not do so, but just wants to show his heart first to avoid misunderstanding by others, and then go to propose marriage after the lowly position does not have this jurisdiction. ”

"Of course not." Xu Ping shook his head and said: "This matter has been rumored, I can spare your life, but it must be said that it is clear that there is no such thing so that I bypassed you, if you go to propose marriage in the future, won't everyone immediately understand that I am bullying the public?" That's why I asked Brother Yue, to make a statement and promise that I would never see the Liu family again, so that I could smooth out your matter. ”

Yue Mu lowered his head and didn't answer, Xu Ping urged: "Okay or not, Brother Yue, you are also a manly husband, give me a quick reply." ”

But Yue Mu couldn't give a happy reply, he said in a low voice: "My lord, if you wait for the limelight to pass, how about taking a look at this matter?" ”

"Of course not, you can't stand without faith, especially in governing the army, I can't break the rules I set myself. Of course, I can also say that there is no such thing, but as soon as the words come out, there must be no such thing. Xu Ping urged for the third time: "Okay or not, what do you say, Brother Yue?" ”

"Can you think about it?" Yue Mu was still haggling.

Xu Ping sighed: "No need, Brother Yue is definitely unwilling, but he is not willing to lie to me." ”

Yue Mu raised his head, and Xu Ping waved his hand to stop his defense: "Unswerving, admirable." ”

After speaking, Xu Ping asked Miss Liu to come out, and smiled at the latter: "I lost to you." ”

"There is one more thing I want to ask the two of you to help," Xu Ping said to the two young men with red faces: "It's not an order, it's a request, at least before the city of Kaifeng is broken, don't talk about marriage, and don't spread this matter everywhere, otherwise it will make me very embarrassed." ”

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