Xu Huaigu put down the teacup and said worriedly: "Your Highness, does you know how many people will die from this decision?" Lin Cangyang asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"There are hundreds of thousands of people in Xingqing City, once Your Highness seals the city and the demon clan attacks, don't you just wait for death? How big is this! Xu Huaigu's tone was excited, but Lin Cangyang was a little worried about him, and frowned: "You calm down first, the matter will not be so serious." This decree is only the initial idea of Ling Li and me, and we have not yet had time to promulgate it. Xu Huaigu also realized that he was a little too aggressive, so he picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, calming down a little for a while.

Lin Cangyang originally wondered what Xu Huaigu was looking for him, but it turned out to be for this. She secretly thought in her heart that if she persuaded herself for this matter, I am afraid that she would not be able to let Xu Huaigu.

"What does Your Highness think of what I said? For the sake of the people of Dayu Kingdom, this order is still waived. ”

"I don't think so." Lin Cangyang replied lightly. Xu Huaigu frowned, and hurriedly said, "Why?" This is obviously not beneficial and harmful to the people, why would Your Highness do such a thing? ”

"I understand what Mr. Xu means, I just want to say that if I close the city, no one will be able to escape from Xingqing again, and everyone will be buried with Xingqing, so I can't bear it? That's what it means, right? Xu Huaigu nodded solemnly.

Lin Cangyang shook his head and said, "If Mr. Xu thinks about this, then I can't change my mind." Xu Huaigu's face became very ugly.

"Mr. Xu cares about the people, of course I understand, but this is a time of war, and compassion does not solve the problem." Lin Cangyang looked at Xu Huaigu's eyes and said word by word,

"Xingqing is the capital of my Dayu country, since ancient times, there has never been a capital city of any country, in the case of life and death, the people can escape from the city wantonly. If I don't seal the city, once the war spreads to Xingqing and the people flee cleanly, what will my soldiers still guard? An empty city? There is nothing to defend in the empty city, only the people of my Dayu Kingdom are worth protecting. ”

"But His Highness clearly knows that this is a battle that cannot be won, and if this is done, who else in Xingqing City can survive? Your Highness does not feel guilty in your heart when you do this? Lin Cangyang smiled bitterly and said, "I also know that I can't win, but what can I do?" She stood up, paced back and forth in the living room for a few steps, looked out the door, and said, "Xu Huaigu, if it were you in my place, what would you do?" Xu Huaigu's eyebrows were twisted into a rope and he was silent.

"Even you don't know what to do, so what are you trying to persuade me to do?" Lin Cangyang looked compassionate,

"It's certainly a good thing that you still think about the people of the world, but it's just an unrealistic fantasy."

"Even if, as you say, the city is not sealed and they continue to flee, where can they flee? Yamato? Tassel country, Fuso country? Lin Cangyang shook his head again and again, sighing,

"There is nowhere to hide and nowhere to escape. Unless they can go to other continents, it will be sooner or later. Going to other continents, you know it's not realistic. You should think about this clearly, this is a catastrophe for the whole human race, not just Xingqing, I'm afraid that there are very few people in the entire East Fuyao Continent who can survive. In such a situation, instead of hiding around like a rat, it is better to leave the last dignity of Dayu Kingdom. What do you think of what I said? Xu Huaigu couldn't refute, so he could only bow his head and remain silent.

"Xu Huaigu, I actually understand you very well, I also want my people to live, even if I ask them to pay for their lives one by one, I am willing. But I only have one life, not to mention that even if I want to pay for my life, the demon clan will not take care of it. The reality is so cruel, and I have to admit that everyone in Xingqing is destined to die now. No one survived, whether it was the people who remained in the city and did not know the truth, or those who had fled. Although it is a little too desperate, we must understand this point and accept it. ”

"Can't there be any other way? A way to keep everyone from dying? For example, what about signing an agreement with the demon clan to let everyone get along together and share the land of this continent? Lin Cangyang was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "How is this possible?" Now that the East Fuyao Continent is in decline, the demon clan is invincible, if you are the demon clan, will you sign such an agreement with the human race? The agreement was only signed under the condition that both sides were afraid of each other, and now that the demon clan is determined to eat us, how can it stop? ”

"Xu Huaigu, you're a little strange today." Xu Huaigu looked lost, closed his eyes, and his heart was like a mess.

Lin Cangyang was a little worried about him, and said: "These things are indeed difficult to accept, but they are facts. But when the time comes, you can naturally leave Dongfuyao Continent, find a quiet place, see what happens after the demon clan captures Dongfuyaozhou, and then see how Middle-earth should respond. In short, I don't think the number of human races should be extinguished, and there will always be great monks in Middle-earth who will come out to settle this matter, but we in Dongfu Yaozhou can't wait for that time. Xu Huaigu asked, "What about you?" After the fall of Xingqing, where did you go? Lin Cangyang smiled miserably: "I naturally have my place to go, you don't have to worry about it." Xu Huaigu's heart was very confused at this time, and he didn't notice the other meaning in Lin Cangyang's words.

Lin Cangyang saw that Xu Huaigu was uncomfortable, so he changed the topic and said: "But you came just in time, I have one thing here, maybe you are interested in helping, and it is just right to ease your mood." ”

"What's the matter?"

"I have discussed with Ling Li these days, and I am ready to encircle the water god of Qishui to join our side of the Dayu Kingdom, so that she can also help us fight against the demon clan. Now that there are officials from the Ministry of Rites who have gone down to prepare for this, they will visit the Qishui God tomorrow, I have to be there, will you go? Xu Huaigu said in disbelief: "Is this thing certain?" The war between the demons, I am afraid that there is no benefit, and she will not easily offend the demon clan. ”

"She has eaten the incense that we have worshiped for hundreds of years in Dayu Country, and now that the country is in crisis, she can't say anything if she doesn't do something. Moreover, if the demon clan captures Dongfu Yaozhou, she will no longer have incense to cultivate. I heard that the Qishui Water God has ten realms of cultivation, and if she can help us, we can delay it for a while. Xu Huaigu couldn't help but think of the gluttonous strength he saw in the forest that day, and he was worried.

I'm afraid that with a water god of the Ten Realms, what he can do is also very limited.

"I know she's not enough to resist the demon clan, but it's not a bad thing to have one more person to make a move." Lin Cangyang saw through Xu Huaigu's thoughts and persuaded,

"What we have to do is to kill as many demons as possible, frustrate their spirit, and fight with them to the death." Xu Huaigu nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll accompany you to take a look." If there is a place for me, just say it. Lin Cangyang nodded with a smile, and said: "The order to close the city will not be promulgated for about two months, I know that you must still have a few friends in Xingqing, take them away as soon as possible, don't wait until the time comes to me to let you go, then I won't follow." The two chatted for a while about the border pass, and Xu Huaigu told her everything she had seen and heard at the border pass, and it was already evening before she knew it.

Lin Cangyang left Xu Huaigu to have dinner in the mansion, so he said goodbye to Lin Cangyang and walked back to the inn.

This trip did not convince Lin Cangyang, Xu Huaigu was a little disappointed, but more helpless. He asked himself that standing in Lin Cangyang's position, he couldn't do everything possible.

It was not this decree that killed the people of Xingqing, but the demon clan. Xu Huaigu walked into the inn, the proprietress was still eating melon seeds behind the counter to relieve her boredom, and when she saw him walk in, she greeted him with a smile.

Xu Huaigu stopped at the door, took out a fist-sized heavy gold bill, handed it to her, and said, "Shop, this is the house money, I'm afraid that we will live here for several months." Seeing the money, the proprietress opened her eyes, as if she was afraid that Xu Huaigu would regret it, so she hurriedly got up and took the gold in her hand, took a small scale, weighed it, and immediately smiled from ear to ear, and said, "Mr. is really generous!" Then I'll take it politely. Don't say a few months, it's enough for a year! Looking at her smiling face, although it was for money, a great sadness suddenly rose in Xu Huaigu's heart.

A person who is still alive now, in a few months, everything will turn to dust. The greed for money is common to all people, and it is precisely because of these shortcomings in human nature that people are living people.

"Sir, sir?" The proprietress saw that Xu Huaigu was in a daze, so she woke him up and said with a smile: "I don't know where Mr. is from, why is he so rich?" Xu Huaigu came to his senses, and said with a slight smile: "The family business of the ancestors is just a business, it is not worth mentioning." The proprietress said with some envy: "I also want to have such a good ancestral business, but unfortunately I don't have that blessing." I see that my husband is handsome, and my wife is also beautiful, she is really a talented woman. Even children are weirdly handsome, I've never seen such a beautiful pair of eyes! ”

"Thanks to the lady for complimenting."

"Hey, sir, stay here." Xu Huaigu was about to go upstairs, but the proprietress stopped him and said,

"Sir is also from the south, so he should know a little bit about the situation there, right? What's going on over there? These days, the city is full of rumors, all of them have their own opinions, and I don't know who is true and who is false, can you tell me? Xu Huaigu stopped, struggling in his heart, but still said: "It's been good for me to leave the south for a while, and I don't know what the war situation is, but I think the war shouldn't burn Xingqing." ”

"I said yes, none of the men in our Dayu country are of a bad breed. No matter which country provokes us, we will not have good fruit to eat! Besides, everyone says that there is a Ming Jun on the dragon chair now, and if you want to come to Ming Jun, you can't die in the country, right? Sir, do you say yes? Half of the proprietress said to Xu Huaigu, and half of it was actually convincing herself.

Xu Huaigu was stunned for a long time, but still nodded and said, "Yes, Mingjun, how can you lose the country?" The proprietress smiled and said, "Sir, let's go up and rest earlier, I see that Madame came down once during the day today, and she seems to be thinking about it tightly." Speaking of this, she seemed to remember something again, and couldn't help but sigh and scold: "I get angry when I think of this!" I don't know when my family will be able to do something serious, and leave this huge inn to my mother alone, and I fool around outside all day! "This is not the time for Xu Huaigu to express his opinion.

He took the opportunity to walk upstairs to the door on the top floor, then closed his eyes and savored the conversation he had just had.

For a long time, he sighed and pushed the door in.