Chapter Seventy-Nine: Sacrifice for Righteousness
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Zheng Lun's eyes were extremely complicated, as if there were indescribable emotions in them, he looked at Chen Nian for a long time, and then asked, "Do you know that he loves you deeply?" β
Chen Nian lowered his eyes slightly.
Zheng Lun asked again: "Do you know that once you marry me, you will no longer be able to marry him?" Even if he takes the world in the future, I live, he cannot take the wife of a courtier, and when I die, he cannot accept a widow into the palace. β
Chen Nian raised his eyes to look at him, but after looking at it for a while, he smiled and said, "General Zheng, you are really strange. Whether Xie Chennian marries Feng Junyang or not, what does it have to do with you? If you are afraid of death, then speak straight and do not make such excuses. β
Zheng Lun stared at her and said slowly: "Miss Xie, I, Zheng Lun, have been putting life and death out of the equation since the day I started the army in Qingzhou. If I don't marry you, he may not be able to tolerate me in the future, and if I marry you, he may not be able to kill me. It's just, are you really clear? Do you really not want to be with him anymore? β
The corners of Chen Nian's lips slowly flattened, but suddenly hooked, and said half-truthfully: "General Zheng, you are an honest man." Think about it yourself, when your prince wins the world in the future, the queen will naturally be your Miss Yunsheng, and I, if I break the sky, I will be a concubine. But can the concubine be born in a bandit village? Therefore, the prince of your family must wash my face, and I don't know which minister's daughter I will become. Therefore, whether Xie Chennian marries Zheng Lun or not, he can't marry Feng Junyang, and he can only marry a famous lady. My strategy seems to be gambling with Xie Chennian's reputation and your life, but Xie Chennian's reputation is useless, in the final analysis, you are the only one who is in the pit. β
Zheng Lun frowned when he heard this, and asked her, "Do you want to change your identity to be with him?" β
"Not necessarily, it all depends on whether he believes my innocence." Chen Nian smiled, and said: "Zheng Lun, this is a gamble, in order to be able to deceive He Ze and be fooled, in order to reduce the death of innocent people, the two of us will go and gamble with Feng Junyang, I bet on his trust in me, and what you bet on is his measure." β
Zheng Lun pursed his lips and was silent for a long time.
Chen Nian took two steps back, stood at the top of the stairs, and said to him again: "This matter cannot be forced, and it involves your life and death, and you still need to make your own decision, I hope you can give me an answer before leaving." β
After she finished speaking, she stopped persuading and turned and went downstairs. As soon as he got down the city wall, Silly Da came over and asked in a rough voice: "Big boss, will you go back to eat?" β
Chen Nian nodded, did not get on the horse, only led the mount slowly to the city guard mansion, halfway met Chaoyangzi carrying a medical box out of the barracks, couldn't help but pause, and when he came closer, he asked: "Dao Chief, what happened to those wounded soldiers?" β
Chaoyangzi has been busy saving people for the past few days, his eyes are red, and he said: "Those who can be saved have been saved, and those who can't be saved can only give them a happy time." He couldn't help but stop, turned his head to look at Chen Nian, and asked with some excitement, "Do you have to fight like this?" That's right, they are despicable, they don't recognize a single word, they can only dig in the soil, and face the loess with their backs to the sky all their lives, but they are also raised by their fathers and mothers, and they also have arms and legs, and they are also living people! β
Chen Nian was silent, only bowed his head and walked slowly. Chaoyangzi lost his temper, looked at her like this, felt a little regretful in his heart, thought about it, and said in a low voice: "I'm not to you, I'm just angry that those family lords don't care about the lives of the people in order to win the world, and take countless lives to fill their ambitions." β
Chen Nian raised his head and grinned at him, and said, "Dao Chief, I know that you feel uncomfortable. It's just that the general trend of the world is to replace chaos, and neither of you and I can reverse the way of heaven. Since the world is already in turmoil, what we can do is to protect the lives of some people and look forward to the arrival of that great rule. β
Chaoyangzi was full of helpless resentment, but he had nowhere to attack, so he had to let out a long sigh.
The two walked silently for a moment, and Chen Nian suddenly whispered again: "Dao Chief, I sometimes think, should I do or shouldn't kill one person for the sake of ten people like this?" β
This question is really too difficult to answer, and Chaoyangzi didn't know how to choose for a while, so he was silent for a while, and said, "That person is also innocent." β
"Yes, innocent indeed." Chen Nian nodded, "Actually, the most rational way should be to stay out of the matter and watch coldly, so that no matter who they die or live, it has nothing to do with me." And if I kill this innocent man, I will be grateful to ten or a hundred others, but I will not be able to overcome my guilt for this person. β
Chaoyangzi was slightly stunned, and said in a low voice: "Yes, this guilt will always be on your heart, if you are a wolf-hearted person, forget it, if not, you will have trouble sleeping for the rest of your life." β
Chen Nian stopped, raised his eyes to look at Chaoyangzi, and said word by word: "But if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?" You and I are all gone, where does the word of righteousness exist? β
After a long time, Chaoyangzi sighed: "Why is this difficult? β
Chen Nian smiled, and asked him rhetorically: "The Taoist is a master of medicine, if he is willing to serve those families, why worry about not having high-rise buildings, fine clothes and food?" Why bother to carry a medicine box around and starve all the time, and be exposed to the wind and sun every day? β
Chaoyangzi looked at Chen Nian for a long time and shouted: "Xie Chennian, Dao Ye, I didn't misunderstand you!" I like your temperament! He suddenly rose up and said, "Is it good for you and me to marry as brother and sister?" I can't find a like-minded brother, and it's not bad to have a girl like you! β
Chen Nian was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly waved his hand, "Dao Chief, don't mess around, the two of us are different generations!" My master knows about dΓ o and will kill me. β
"What bullshit, your master won't care about these bullshit." I didn't want to look up to Chaoyangzi, but I insisted, pulled her to the side, and actually picked up soil on the side of the road for incense, and immediately wanted to bow to her, only said: "Xie Chennian, if you can afford me, you will recognize me as the eldest brother, if you look down on me, then we will not know each other from now on." β
Chen Nian was forced to be helpless, so he had to kneel down and worship Chaoyangzi, the two made an oath, kowtowed, and then stood up again, Chaoyangzi called Chen Nian a "righteous sister", Chen Nian called him a "big brother", but the stupid one looked elated, stroked his palms and laughed.
Several people walked towards the city guard mansion again, and when they arrived outside the door, they saw Wen Daya standing at the foot of the steps with his hands behind his back, looking up at the door plaque in a daze. Chen Nian threw the reins in his hand to Silly Da and stepped forward to ask, "What is Brother Wen looking at?" β
Wen Daya turned around to look at Chen Nian, and still asked her in disbelief, "Let's occupy Yiping City?" β
Chen Nian nodded with a smile, "Sort of." β
Wen Daya asked again: "Then how will we make a living in the future?" Where are you going to do business? β
Chen Nian didn't want him to be so worried that it was this, so he couldn't help but smile, reached out and patted Wen Daya on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Brother Wen, this is no different from you in the mountains in the city." You used to go down the mountain to do business, but now you have to guard this Yiping City to do business. Whoever lives here, whether it's living here or walking here, has to give you some money. β
Wen Daya was puzzled: "What is this called trading?" β
Chen Nian couldn't help but smile and replied, "This is called tax collection." β
Chaoyangzi on the side heard the laughter, and led the way to the door with the medical box on his back, Chen Nian patted Wen Daya, who was a little stunned, and said with a smile: "Go back quickly, we haven't eaten yet." β
The food in the house has already been prepared, although it is rough, but Chen Nian and the others are not exquisite people, but they also eat with relish. Everyone was eating around the table, but Zheng Lun strode in from outside, stood in front of the table and looked at Chen Nian, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I'll marry you." β
His voice fell, but a chopstick in Wen Daya's hand fell to the ground first.
Chen Nian looked up at Zheng Lun and said lightly: "Okay, you hire Yiping, and I will marry you." β
As soon as these words came out, the other chopsticks in Wen Daya's hand also fell to the ground. Zheng Lun didn't say anything more, turned around and strode away. Everyone in the room was stunned, and sat there stunned, but Wen Daya was the first to come back to his senses, and then looked at Chen Nian, and exclaimed: "Big boss? β
Chen Nian raised his eyebrows and looked at him and asked, "What's the matter?" β
Wen Daya pointed to the direction Zheng Lun left, and asked Chen Nian in disbelief, "You want to marry him?" β
Chen Nian nodded and replied: "He is not married, I am not married, wouldn't it be very good for the two to get together." β
Lingque stood up from the table abruptly and asked impulsively, "What about Brother Lu?" You marry General Zheng, what should Brother Lu do? β
As soon as these words came out, the room was quiet again, Lu Rongfeng saw that his daughter was so impulsive, and hurriedly reached out to pull her to sit down, but he didn't want to shake off his father's hand with all his might, and only stared at Chen Nian and asked: "He went to take away what you need, but you want to marry someone else here, and when he comes back later, do you still have the face to see him?" β
"Sparrow!" Lu Rongfeng scolded angrily, got up and raised his hand to fan his daughter's face.
Chen Nian's fingers moved slightly, and the chopsticks on the fingertips shot out, hitting Lu Rongfeng's wrist, opening his hand. Chen Nian looked at the sparrow calmly and asked: "Sparrow, the number of dead and wounded in the village is counted by you, you sue me, how many people have died in Yiping this time?" β
The spirit sparrow paused and replied with a calm face, "One thousand three hundred and fifty-two people have died. β
Chen Nian asked again: "Do you know how many dead and wounded in General Zheng's army?" β
"There are more of them than us, and they are the main force of the siege, and they die more."
"Do you know how many soldiers in Yiping City died?"
The sparrow didn't turn its head away, biting her lip and not answering.
Chen Nian only looked at her quietly, his voice was smooth and restrained, "How many of them have parents?" And how many people have wives and young children? I have the face to see their parents, wives and children, why don't I have the face to see Lu Xiao? β
The sparrow couldn't catch up, and stood stunned for a long time, but suddenly couldn't help but cover its mouth and cry, and ran out alone.
Chen Nian only glanced at it lightly, and instructed Wen Daya: "Chase her over and take a look, don't let her have an accident." β
In July of the first year of Xinwu, Zheng Lun, the new lord of Qingzhou, hired Yiping City and asked to marry Xie Chennian, the female owner of Taihang Juyi Village. When the news broke, the world was in an uproar.
In the Shengdu General's Mansion, Feng Junyang locked himself in the study for a whole day and a night, and there was no movement. Shunping had no choice but to break in, kneel in front of Fengjun's couch, kowtow and cry: "Master, you think more about the benefits." Miss Xie did this, so she was angry with you, but she was angry with you like this, doesn't it mean that she still has you in her heart. β
When Feng Junyang heard this, a wry smile appeared on his lips, and he said softly: "She's not angry with me, she's thinking about sacrificing her life, just like that year in Feilong, the Jizhou Army captured her partner and left, she knew that she would die, and she had to leave me to chase after her." β
"This is retribution," his eyes were a little hollow, and he looked at the roof silently, "In my heart, I regard the country as more important than her, so in her heart, righteousness is far more important than mine." β
He was distracted for a long time, and then he softly ordered Shunping: "Prepare for the ceremony, I want to go to watch the ceremony." β
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