The power that faith can bring to people is completely unimaginable to outsiders, but it is not limited to the ethereal and sacred worship, such as people who love money, people who love their families, that money and family can be counted as their beliefs, so faith is also a desire to a certain extent, in fact, there is no difference between the two, but the vocabulary has its own distinction between praise and derogation, the former often represents a noble spiritual pursuit, and the latter seems to be only equated with the lowest sensory needs.

However, whether it is faith or desire, in short, this is the first support of people's action, once there is a strong thing in the heart that wants to pursue, people often burst out of great potential that even he can't imagine, to overcome all the problems and obstacles on the way.

As one of the first people to follow the leader of the Yellow Heaven Sect, that is, one of the people who called himself the Holy Envoy, he not only firmly believed in everything in the canon of the Yellow Heaven Sect, but also in order to preach, he worked hard to learn the common script of the human race, and now he can even memorize it backwards, if it were not for these reasons, he would not have become the high priest of the Yellow Heaven Sect whose internal authority was second only to the sect leader.

Hong Xiu's efficiency was even faster than Gu Xuan and the others expected, he came in the morning when the sun was rising, and he didn't leave until near noon, but before it was night, he had already brought people to send a large number of supplies, and he didn't know how this group of sect members hid in the three-foot grain collection that Duanmu Shuofeng had done before.

When all the things for food and clothing are complete, people's hearts will naturally settle down, their stomachs will be full, their bodies will be warm, and no matter what they do after that, they will have a confidence and will not fall into passivity again.

At night, Hong Xiu, who had just brought a large number of things, just left, saying that he wanted to spread the news of Allah's coming to more uninformed people, and Zhang Gonggong, who was the microphone of the Weiguo capital, came over with people rowing again.

"Meet the prince. ”

Bent down, lowered his head, and respectfully saluted the other party, Zhang Wei didn't say a few words of politeness, because he knew that the lord in front of him was completely different from the old immortals in the city, he was decisive in killing, and he was by no means the kind of person who liked to beat around the bush, and said casually: "The villain has already brought them your intentions, Lord Wang." ”

Gu Xuan half-squinted, very lazily leaning on a chair covered with soft leather cushions, like a lion napping, he didn't look at each other directly, but said casually: "Oh? Then what do you mean?"

"Well, don't dare to deceive the prince, the people above are still discussing. Zhang Wei groaned slightly, raised his head cautiously, glanced at Gu Xuan with a wince, and then deliberately slowed down his speech, as if he was afraid of stimulating the other party, and then said slowly, "After all, in fact, you also know this。。。。。。 ”

He wanted to say that a decision like opening the door and surrendering can be described as a traitor to the country for glory, and can even become a stain on a lifetime and a stench for a hundred years, but he didn't expect that Gu Xuan, who was on the chair, interrupted him directly, and said in a rather dissatisfied tone: "Since you haven't made a decision yet, don't come to waste the king's time, are you fooled when you are the king?"

Zhang Wei was taken aback by his tone, he was already lacking in courage, his knees were weak, and he quickly knelt down to the other party, after all, it was not a group of people staring at the front of the two armies, he had no need to provoke the other party for his own dignity, or for the dignity of the country, not to mention that the country was going to die, and the soldiers were coming to the city, where did he have the confidence to play tricks with others?

"Lord Wang, the villain is just an insignificant eunuch, with a cripple, even if he is bold, he doesn't dare to show his cleverness in front of you, the villain doesn't dare to fool the prince, but it looks like autumn is about to begin, the weather is getting cooler, and the demand for food and clothing for your army every day is also a lot, so let's send some grain and grass to show our sincerity, and at the same time I hope that your lord has a lot, raise your noble hand, release some prisoners, and appease the big families in the city, which is also convenient for other matters in the future, and please have mercy on our sincerity, and be able to consider one or two。 ”

After he said that, he raised his head a little worriedly, folded his hands on his sleeves, shrunk his body, and looked at Gu Xuan, in fact, it was not that he was really so afraid, after all, this person who had served by the emperor's side had seen the world, but he knew very well that he was in front of the big people, how to speak, only by putting his posture low, putting on a pitiful look, and letting the other party bully, he could save his life, and let the other party relax, let go of his vigilance and rejection, these are the ways of life that can only be learned after really suffering losses。

According to his expectations, the other party needs it first, and he lacks food and grass, and he has already given a good step, so the other party should go down anyway, but he didn't think about it, Gu Xuan simply refused: " No need, this king lacks nothing, in addition, this king can also give you the last three days to think about whether to open the city and surrender, you might as well put it bluntly, your choice is related to your future fate, this sentence is given to you, but also to them, after changing the master, the courtier can still continue to be a courtier, but if he makes up his mind to pull the whole family to the old master to accompany the funeral, this king will not be polite. ”

He straightened up and said word by word: "After three days, every day that passes, this king will kill a thousand prisoners, and when he has killed them, he will begin to attack the city, and you had better pray that this king will enter the city as soon as possible, because as long as you hold on for a moment longer, after the city is broken, this king will kill a thousand more people, well, start killing from the nobles, remember?"

While speaking, he stared at Zhang Wei who was kneeling below, like a lion looking at his prey, flamboyant, arrogant, and the murderous aura all over his body overflowed undisguisedly, wrapping the other party, and suddenly frightened Zhang Wei to the point that his face turned pale, and he almost wanted to lie on the ground and beg for mercy.

This must be a lot of murderous intent!

Zhang Wei was really frightened this time, and immediately said tremblingly: "Little, small, villain, villain, villain will definitely bring the meaning of the king and the prince, please, please。。。。。。 ”

"That's it!"

Gu Xuan patted the handrail, Huo Ran stood up, as if a towering mountain rose from the ground, and a heavy shadow fell, Zhang Wei below felt as if he was in boundless darkness, and his brain could still turn, but his body didn't obey the call at all, and he couldn't move, so he could only watch him walk to his side, and said indifferently.

"I hope that the next time you come, you can give this king a satisfactory answer, otherwise you don't have to come again, and you should stay in the city and wait for this king." ”

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At the same time, in Anle Fang, the two brothers Duanmu Pingyi and Duanmu Huayun were also conspiring.

"Second brother, you must find a way to get out of the city immediately and contact him as soon as possible. Duanmu Huayun held his hand, walked back and forth in the room, and said a little anxiously, "You also know what kind of temperament those wealthy people are, they are just waiting for the price to sell, ready to sell at a good price later, once they negotiate the price, can they still have our share?"

The dynasty and the country are as short as a few months, and the long is only a few hundred years, at most a thousand years like the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it will inevitably come to an end, as if it is an unchangeable rule set by heaven and earth for all sentient beings.

In fact, there are many people in the family that have been inherited for thousands of years, and they may not be at their peak in the future, but at least there are countless glory and wealth to enjoy, so the country does not have such a high sense of dependence and honor for the children of these families.

Time flies, a hundred years later, you are no longer you, and I am still me, this is the most common view of a dynasty by the children of the family.

This is also why the wealthy lords of the capital, including those who used to be in power and the opposition, did not think of fighting Gu Xuan to the death at all, because it was not necessary at all.

Wei Guo is gone, the Xie family is no longer the Xie family, even if this place becomes the territory of the people of Liang Guo in the future, the Xie family is still the Xie family, and they will ride the wind and fly higher, so whether they are loyal to the country or not depends entirely on what the country can give them, they can usually contribute, but if they want to break jade with the country, they will never be willing.

If a group of aliens came over, they might really fight to the death and try to defend the city, but isn't the king of Hedong County also their own people in the south?

Duanmu Pingyi naturally understands this truth, people's hearts are like this, the world dictates it, you can't think too well of those people, otherwise the bone marrow will be sucked dry by them at that time.

"Yes, you're right. ”

Once he made up his mind, he quickly entered the state, and then said: "If we still have someone we can trust, it is nothing more than Gonggong Zhang, after so long, he is the only one who dares to contact us, without further ado, I will write a secret letter immediately!"

They can't meet, because once the family and the lords of the court are united, it is a huge network of power, and they carefully pass on some news through the shadows they have early on, and they may not find out, but if Zhang Wei comes to visit in person, the old foxes will immediately know what is going on.

Duanmu Huayun turned his head and asked, "Second brother, how are you going to talk to him?"

Duanmu Pingyi was slightly stunned, and then said: "Compared with those old foxes, our biggest advantage is time, they come from different forces, and they still need to negotiate and share the benefits, but we don't need to, as long as he can keep the lives of our Duanmu family, it is already a great luck, with the treasure of the treasury as the foundation, we still have the wealth of eternity!"

Duanmu Huayun nodded lightly, and then proposed: "So, second brother, I have a way." ”

After he said that, he glanced left and right, then leaned down and whispered in Duanmu Pingyi's ear: "The secret vault of the family!"

Duanmu Pingyi's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said, "This is indeed a good bargaining chip!"

Each family has built its own secret vault, the location is hidden, and the mechanism is heavy, but don't forget, their Duanmu family has been a royal family for hundreds of years, and the Liang country has a net of heaven and earth, and they also have mayflies, and the secret vaults of each family have been infiltrated early, and they will be levied and activated when they are needed, so they also know that the treasures that have been accumulated in it for hundreds of years can be said to be gold and silver.

Who in the world doesn't love money, even if you don't love it, but can you not use it, life in the world, eating, drinking, Lazar, food, clothing, housing and transportation, what does not cost money?

It's no wonder why after the city was broken, those generals would normally let their subordinates loot in the city, not only to improve morale, appease the soldiers who were hovering on the line of life and death all the year round, nervous, but more importantly, they were short of money!

What is the war, it is logistics, it is support, it is the foundation, but to say it directly, it is money, food is money, pension is money, conscription is money, weapons and armor must be paid, if the war is defeated, you have to lose money to make peace, if you defeat it, you need money to recover, you need money everywhere, it is impossible for the people of Liangguo not to want it, even if the prince has no feeling for money, but the treasury of Liangguo does not need to be replenished?

This is indeed the best bargaining chip, after this war, whether to maintain the status quo, or reshuffle, it depends on their own planning, the family wants to wait for the price and sell, sell themselves at a good price, maybe they can go further, so why don't they just package up and sell all these people in exchange for peace and wealth?