Chapter 757: Sharing Worries and Solving Problems
Chapter 757: Sharing Worries and Solving Problems
Putting aside the situation of Yangguo, after occupying the Yidu, Zhao Xu was stationed in a corner of the city with the night army, and only one army was stationed in the palace.
The Night Kingdom is getting stronger and stronger, and these courtiers have to consider their respective identities, but it is Zhao Xu's job to determine the order inside and outside the palace, and the information in the palace is especially important for them to rule all over the place smoothly. The size of the entire Wing Country, the size of the city, the population, and the forces of various places must be ascertained in advance. The more information they know, the better it will be for the complete occupation of the Wing State.
It will take time to truly annex the Wing Kingdom, but fortunately, they have enough manpower, and the former ministers of the Wing Kingdom have left a lot, and it is not difficult for Zhao Xu to obtain some key information.
As for the annexation of the Wing Kingdom, Lin Xuanzhong, as the main general, didn't have to worry about it at all, and the question now was how to deal with the ten prisoners. If it weren't for Ruan Ming, Lin Xuanzhong would have wanted to kill them to avenge Yu Tong and the other dead night soldiers, and give those people a good time. It was precisely because of Ruan Ming that Lin Xuanzhong had many ideas when he couldn't bear to kill them.
Those ten people are all high-level martial cultivators, and it is not easy to cultivate so far, not to mention that they are all so-called loyal and brave people. The vast majority of the army said they would kill them to avenge their dead brothers, but a few wanted to give them a chance to survive as if they were dealing with the royal family. Because of some of his own thoughts and the statements of the people below, after returning to his residence, Lin Xuanzhong has been thinking about the life and death of those people.
Under repeated difficulties, Lin Xuanzhong became more and more aware that being able to determine life and death in one word is not a good thing, and it is far worse than imagined. Recalling the situation when he rescued refugees in the past, that kind of compassion always interfered with Lin Xuanzhong's judgment, and in the end, after some struggle, he still preferred not to kill those people.
However, it had been two days since they arrived in Yicheng, and Lin Xuanzhong knew that he should give Zhao Xu an answer as soon as possible. Moreover, Zhao Xu has already mentioned that he may have to send troops to Yangguo, so before leaving, he must deal with the problems of Ruan Ming and others. Therefore, when he decided not to kill those people as much as possible, Lin Xuanzhong was thinking about how to deal with those people in order to satisfy Zhao Xu.
If you don't want those people to die and there is no good way to deal with them, you can use medicine to abolish the cultivation of ten people according to the suggestions of the people below, so that they can no longer be martial arts cultivators, but in terms of medicine, Lin Xuanzhong has a strong idea, with the backbone of those people, I am afraid that they will not choose to take medicine, but will be bent on dying to protect their dignity, after all, those people are all people who have died once.
It is not easy to cultivate, if it is Lin Xuanzhong, Lin Xuanzhong will also not consider living for a long time. If you want to protect their lives without losing their strength, it seems that the only way to keep those people in prison is to keep them in prison, but what kind of disposal is this, not only can not satisfy Zhao Xu, but even he himself is not satisfied.
How to ensure the lives of those people without putting them in prison, and let them live well, this is the last problem that Lin Xuanzhong considered. For Lin Xuanzhong, the current problem is not easier than planning a beast attack plan, so after thinking about it in the house for an hour, he still can't think of a suitable way.
"Dang, dang, dang," a knock on the door woke Lin Xuanzhong up, and when he came back to his senses, Lin Xuanzhong stopped and went straight over to open the door.
"Xue Yin, why are you here?" As soon as he opened the door and saw that it was Xue Yin, a trace of doubt appeared on Lin Xuanzhong's face.
"I heard from people outside that the general has been closed, so I came over to see if the general has any worries," Xue Yin's face looked the same as usual, but his tone was still so cold.
"Then you come in and sit," Somewhat grateful for Xue Yin's intention, Lin Xuanzhong smiled and invited Xue Yin into the house.
"I don't know what is so worrying the general?" After being invited by Lin Xuanzhong to sit down in the room, Xue Yin went directly to the topic like Zhang Jiutian, and seemed to feel Lin Xuanzhong's mood at the moment.
"Since you have the heart to help me share my worries, why don't you guess what I'm worried about first," Looking at Xue Yin's troubled appearance, Lin Xuanzhong suddenly became interested and wanted to take a test for Xue Yin, and by the way, see if Xue Yin understood himself like Zhang Jiutian.
"Since the general has given Xue Yin a chance, then Xue Yin is better to be respectful than to obey her fate," Xue Yin frowned, the corners of her mouth showed a little pure smile, and then said: "The general is thinking about how to deal with the princess who is in trouble, right?"
Originally, he thought that Xue Yin was just intentionally echoing himself, but he didn't expect Xue Yin to say the correct answer in a blink of an eye, and at the same time as he was surprised, Lin Xuanzhong had already thought that Xue Yin should not be calculated by deduction. If that's the case, then the power of deduction is too unbelievable.
In a moment of surprise, Lin Xuanzhong did not deny Xue Yin's speculation, but just pretended to be calm and asked, "How do you know?"
"When the former Japanese marshal handed over the ten people to the general for disposal, Xue Yin was also present, and Xue Yin also noticed that the general seemed to have a soft spot for the princess," Xue Yin's smile became brighter and brighter, and her pure eyes seemed to be able to see through all of Lin Xuanzhong's thoughts, which made Lin Xuanzhong feel very different.
In the past, Zhang Jiutian only made some correct inferences based on his understanding of Lin Xuanzhong, but under Xue Yin's clear gaze, Lin Xuanzhong only felt that all the secrets had nowhere to escape, and there was a feeling that he had been seen through from top to bottom. It's just that Xue Yin's explanation doesn't seem to be based on deduction, but from actual observation.
"I didn't expect your observation to be so subtle?" After some mood fluctuations, Lin Xuanzhong gradually felt that he couldn't make eye contact with Xue Yin. It's not because Xue Yin looks powerful now, but because Lin Xuanzhong has some thoughts about Ruan Ming.
Thinking that he does have a soft spot for Ruan Ming, Lin Xuanzhong can't justify anything, but he is worried that Xue Yin will change his impression of himself because of this, so Lin Xuanzhong is constantly thinking about how to make Xue Yin not change his impression of himself at the moment.
Speaking of which, Lin Xuanzhong will never forget Ruan Ming, which has a lot to do with the deep impression that Ruan Ming left on Lin Xuanzhong. When Ruan Ming and the others were tortured that day, the whip would make people snort miserably when it hit the man, but Ruan Ming didn't say a word, just stared at Lin Xuanzhong with a hateful gaze that Lin Xuanzhong couldn't understand, and now thinking of the scene at that time, Lin Xuanzhong still remembers it vividly. If that is a soft spot, then Ruan Ming's specialness is indeed deeply attracted to Lin Xuanzhong.
When he realized that no matter how he covered it up, he would be seen through by Xue Yin, Lin Xuanzhong didn't want to force himself anymore, let alone humiliate himself.
"The general doesn't want to kill them, but he doesn't know what to do with them?" has been paying attention to the change in Lin Xuanzhong's expression, seeing that Lin Xuanzhong has always been silent and does not make any excuses, Xue Yin's reaction to Lin Xuanzhong became more and more puzzled. If Lin Xuanzhong really has a soft spot for Ruan Ming, then Xue Yin really can't understand what kind of person Lin Xuanzhong is and why he has ideas beyond common sense.
According to the thinking of normal people, Ruan Ming and the others will definitely die, and they will be tortured even before they die, but now it seems that Lin Xuanzhong not only has no intention of killing those people, but also seems to want to save those people. When he noticed that Lin Xuanzhong's performance was confirming some of his guesses, Ruan Ming was extremely surprised in the blink of an eye. However, as Lin Xuanzhong's subordinate, Ruan Ming didn't want to evaluate Lin Xuanzhong's rights and wrongs, let alone investigate Lin Xuanzhong's rights and wrongs.
"En," nodded again, Lin Xuanzhong had already confirmed that maybe Xue Yin and Zhang Jiutian used different methods in speculating on their own intentions, but they did know themselves very well. While wondering why he was so easy to be understood, he was puzzled by the people around him who didn't know him, whether it was Xue Yin or Zhang Jiutian, Lin Xuanzhong still didn't understand what kind of people they were.
"According to Xue Yin, if the general doesn't want to kill them, he now has two options. First, let them live without any harm to us, like the royal family members who were expelled before, and second, let them serve us faithfully and make amends. ”
"You mean to make them available to us?" As soon as Xue Yin's words were finished, Lin Xuanzhong followed Xue Yin's meaning and asked, which also showed that Lin Xuanzhong preferred the second option.
"It's for us," the next moment, Xue Yin nodded with a faint smile.
"Then how can we make them use us?" Xue Yin's method seemed bold, but when he thought about it, he thought that those ten people were all high-level martial cultivators, and they had a lot of strength, and they could indeed help the Night Army do certain things, but Lin Xuanzhong still didn't understand how to use them and what to do with them. Moreover, it was not difficult for Lin Xuanzhong to think that with his current strength, he could not control them at all, and he could not suppress those people when they resisted. If those people are left in the army, it must always be a hidden danger, so Lin Xuanzhong has many problems.
"With the general's ingenuity, don't you even have a way to manipulate those people?" didn't rush to answer Lin Xuanzhong's question, Xue Yin instead asked a meaningful rhetorical question.
"Xue Yin, don't stand and talk without backache, those people have a deep hatred for us, and they are not even afraid of death, how can I let them do things for us obediently?"
"Isn't the general a little confused, those people are not afraid of death because of others. If the general can find the people they care about, and then threaten them with the safety of those people to do things for the general, presumably even if those ten people are reluctant, the general doesn't have to worry about them daring to betray us," Xue Yin's face slowly became serious, coupled with that indifferent tone, that way of speaking directly made Lin Xuanzhong feel uncomfortable.