Chapter 55: Ultimatum
Xia Fan silently stepped aside.
Seeing Su Yunfu hugging Su Yunxiao, he staggered into the house.
"Let's go. ”
Moment.
Xia Fan whispered and left the backyard without looking back.
He doesn't like the scene of life and death.
Because he was never a hard-hearted, cold-blooded man.
He remembered that Lu Xun once wrote such a sentence in a certain essay.
The joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same, I just think they are noisy.
Sometimes.
It's not so much the apathy of the human heart.
It's better to say that people are just dwelling on their lives.
After all, the joys and sorrows of people are independent and broken, and it is really difficult to empathize with them in different situations.
Su Yunxiao's death had nothing to do with him.
He and Su Yunxiao also have no friendship.
So he won't feel sad about Su Yunxiao's death, but more of a pity.
His thoughts.
His beliefs.
His sacrifice.
Vaguely, Xia Fan saw familiar shadows on the other party.
knew that it was a moth to the fire, but he still did not hesitate.
Death is not enough to fear, death is not enough to regret.
No longer shake my heart, who will pity my world.
"Tell them that the war is over, and let them gather up their robes, pacify the people in the city, and stop the spread of the riots......"
Xia Fan sat on the steps in front of the government office, looking at the soldiers who were standing on the street.
"Let's just say that it was Su Yunxiao's last life!"
"Yes, Childe. ”
Leng Yan beside him nodded solemnly.
Not much.
With the persuasion of Leng Yan, the mourning soldiers who were congested in the streets began to disperse slowly, but in the end, some people were still left in front of the government office and did not leave.
"You've crossed the line. ”
I don't know when.
Zhong Liyuan appeared beside him, looking at the sad scene in front of him with mixed feelings.
"The last person I said this to had already been knocked away by me. ”
Xia Fan said in a calm tone.
“...... Who the hell are you?"
Zhong Liyuan was silent for a moment.
"A good guy who is not a good person. ”
Xia Fan thought about it and smiled.
"It turns out that you and I have been the same kind of people since I am. Zhong Liyuan said abruptly. "Now I realize that I was wrong, that you and everyone else are not the same kind of people. ”
"How?"
Xia Fan said casually.
"You have a heart, and we don't. ”
Zhong Liyuan said expressionlessly.
"To be exact, I'm just an ordinary person with great power. Xia Fan looked at the relief sergeant on the street with a distracted gaze. "You treat them like ants, but I still treat them as human beings, as my own kind. ”
"You are very similar to Su Yunxiao at this point. ”
Zhong Liyuan said indifferently.
"It's a pity that I'm not him, he's not me. Xia Fan shook his head and said. "That's all I can do. ”
"I will pass on a letter to the sect to tell you a thing or two about this matter, and eliminate your transgression this time, but the Yunxiao Hall can please forgive me for not being able to do anything. ”
Zhong Liyuan said in a deep voice.
"Good intentions. ”
Xia Fan said absent-mindedly.
"From now on, I no longer owe Su Yanfu love. ”
Zhong Liyuan looked back at the government office one last time, and immediately strode forward without hesitation.
The relief soldiers on the street all moved out of the way.
And his figure faded away, disappearing all the way to the end of the street.
Is the song over?
Xia Fan still sat in front of the steps, propped his cheek with one hand and tilted his head to look at the rising sun on the distant horizon.
Long.
Long.
Suddenly, there was a sound of neat footsteps on the long street.
I saw an old man with white hair and a pale face in armor and uniform, surrounded by a large number of guards, and came to Xia Fan's side all the way.
"The old decay Li Xuan was ordered to come to see the Great Venerable, and please forgive the old decay armor for not being able to give full salutes. ”
"It's okay, it's good that people are here. Xia Fan looked at the old man in front of him disapprovingly. "I just want to know, can you represent the court with full powers?"
"When the old man left Beijing, His Majesty gave the old man the power to act cheaply. ”
Li Xuan said solemnly.
"That's good. Xia Fan slowly stood up and said. "Your court has won this war, but I hope that you can spare the remnants of the relief army in the city. ”
"Since it is the order of the Great Venerable, the old man naturally does not dare to disobey ......" Li Xuan raised his head, and his sharp eyes met Xia Fan Dao without fear. "But the old man has something to understand, and he hopes that the great venerable will not hesitate to give advice. ”
Say. ”
Xia Fan said.
"Dare to ask Dazun, what's wrong with the court to kill the thieves?"
Li Xuan said bluntly.
"Do you want to reason with me?"
Xia Fan looked at this unruly old man with interest.
"The old man didn't dare, he just hoped that Dazun could answer the doubts in the old man's heart. ”
Li Xuan is neither humble nor arrogant.
"The court kills thieves, yes, but in my eyes, they are not thieves. Xia Fan stared at Li Xuan with burning eyes. "A group of people who can't survive want to live, why should they be wrong? Should they honestly starve to death and freeze to death, so that they are worthy of being a good citizen of the Great Jin?"
"When they were suffering from hunger and cold, where was your court? When they were oppressed and exploited by the government, where was your court? When they were faced with wanton slaughter by people in the rivers and lakes, where was your court?"
"They are the weakest people at the bottom of the world, but they bear the heaviest oppression in the world, and their greatest wish in life is to be able to eat and clothe themselves, even if there is a bite of food, they can always endure numbly!"
"But you are still not satisfied, and you are still unwilling to give them a way to live!"
"They were forced to take up arms in their most desperate moments, because they just wanted to live, to live like human beings!
"Tell me!"
"What the hell are they wrong?"
“......”
Facing the questions that Xia Fan threw one after another.
Li Xuan was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke.
"The imperial court has its own difficulties......"
"Difficulty? Yes, in your eyes, there are difficulties in dealing with the powerful clans, the people in the rivers and lakes, and the major sects, but there is no difficulty in dealing with a group of unarmed people!"
Xia Fan couldn't help but sneer.
"The imperial court has no choice. ”
Li Xuan said gloomily.
"Since the imperial court has no choice, let's change to a court that has a choice. ”
Xia Fan understated.
"Dazun!" Li Xuan's face changed instantly when he heard this. "Do you really want to interfere with the world at the risk of the world's condemnation?"
"Haven't I been interfering already?" Xia Fan looked at Li Xuan calmly. "My patience is limited, don't challenge my bottom line again and again, otherwise, don't blame me for really becoming the gravedigger of your Dajin!"