"Since both envoys are here, just tell me what Guan Zhao's statement is."
"Let's see, in the eyes of our Majesty, who is more important, the people in this city, or these lowly Qiu Ba."
Li Qiong sometimes calls himself a traitor, and sometimes calls himself a despicable Qiu Ba. When it comes to taking things lightly, he is indeed quite capable.
Zhao Mi and Yang Yizhong already knew the ins and outs from Wang Yaksha's mouth, so they were not particularly surprised at this time. There were so many people crowded in the dark road, except for the sound of "dangdang" knocking on the wall. Nothing more.
Yang Yizhong was originally like a piece of wood, but at this time, Zhao Mi, Wang De, and even Wang Qi... all of them had changed their appearance, as if they had been infected by the person opposite, and they had become a bit... Become more refined.
Naturally, if elegance is judged by talking more and talking less, then they are all extremely refined now.
Jin Sai cupped his fists and said, "Zhao Guan's family has made a decision. He wants to..."
Li Qiong suddenly interrupted him: "It's better to let a few people guess the decision of Zhao Guan's family."
"Yaksha, you respect Zhao Guan's family so much that you can't hear a bad word from him. I guess you know him very well. Then, tell me about your emperor...our emperor, I will choose you or the people of Bozhou."
Wang De sighed: "My family has been farming for generations, and we have been farmers for dozens of generations. When the scholar asks this question, does he think that I have forgotten my roots?"
"Now I have food, water, and clothing. When I go to various prefectures and counties, who can't call me General Wang? This is a blessing given by the officials. Everyone in the Wang family is very satisfied. But no matter how much, how much do I have?" The weight, haven’t I counted it in my mind?”
"How many of the hundreds of thousands of people in Bozhou City were brought north by you from the Huaihe River back then, and how many of them were born and raised here? They are the same as me. They are not all officials' people... let alone me. Even if there are 10,000 or 20,000 people, they are still incomparable to these 100,000 people."
"The more than 30,000 forbidden troops in this troop movement are all elites accumulated over the past few years. If you want to say it's a pity, it's a pity, but I know one thing..."
"Scholar, one hundred thousand is greater than thirty thousand, isn't it?"
As a former military commander under Zhang Jun, his official position was more than one level lower than that of Zhao and Yang, but at this time he seemed to be the leader of several people. When he said this, it seemed that he was speaking for The two made a decision.
The other two didn't talk to each other, so they seemed to acquiesce to Wang De's intention.
Due to both emotion and reason, the emperor should choose Bozhou, this was their answer.
Zhao Mi paused: "I have sold my life to the Song Dynasty a long time ago. I have already regarded myself as a dead person. Being able to live for so many years and see Zhao Guan's family do such things is already enough for me." Li Qiong, as a traitor, I can’t understand you."
Li Qiong didn't care about Zhao Mi's insult, clapped his hands and said:
"You are really a distinguished scholar in the country. Qiong admires him very much. But since he said that Zhao Guan's family will make the decision, let's listen to what he has to say."
Jin Sai continued: "Zhao Guanjia said that he wants the people of Bozhou to live."
If they want the people of Bozhou to live, they want the people in the troop transportation channel to die. As soon as these words came out, Liu Zhan and Xin Zan here breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the people opposite with some worry... Their mouths That's what it said, but when I really confirmed it, I still felt uncomfortable after all.
Just like Wang De now, this Yasha's face twitched several times before he managed to squeeze out a smile:
"Scholar, since the officials have spoken, you should make a decision quickly! Let the water out earlier. I want to see if there are any drowned yakshas!"
"It's just... don't blame me for not reminding you. This is over. I'm afraid none of these brothers from the Zuo Guard Army will survive. Forty thousand people are buried with thirty thousand people. Hehe, four is bigger than three! "
Li Qiong shook his head: "Yaksha, you have forgotten that I am a traitor."
"Traitors naturally do not keep their word. Since Zhao Guan's family wants the people here, I will definitely not be able to fulfill his wish..."
These words shocked everyone in the room. Jin Sai and Wang Shizhong were about to ask, but they heard Xin Zan yell:
"What do you want to do? Li Qiong, the people respect you so much, how could you..."
Li Qiong said nothing, just looked at Jin Sai and Wang Shizhong:
"If you still want to follow me, then don't ask anything. If you think I'm not worthy, then go out of the city now and find a way to survive for yourself."
Before the two of them could reply, footsteps sounded in Han Dao. The two of them looked over together and saw a lean man, led by the old general from Huaixi, who had already arrived here.
As soon as the two of them came out, Wang Gui smiled and said:
"Li Qiong, you can do it. I have to inform you before I want to see you. This arrogance is even greater than that of Marshal Yue."
Perhaps because he never thought he could see Wang Gui here, Li Qiong was also a little confused:
"You, why are you here?"
Wang Gui was not polite and sat directly on the chair Li Qiong was sitting on just now. He also put his feet on the table and kicked over Li Qiong's tea.
"Originally, Marshal Yue cares about the friendship between you and me as fellow countrymen, and you and he have both served under Marshal Zong. My Marshal knows your temperament. You are not a treacherous and evil person. As long as you turn back in time, everything will be fine. It can all be undone.”
"Only when I got here did I realize that you had forced the officials to do this... Li Qiong, Li Qiong, you are so brave, you still dare to let the officials make the choice!"
"So after meeting the officials just now, I understand that if I insist on protecting you according to the marshal's words, I'm afraid the dirty water will get on my marshal's body. The officials may vent their anger on the marshal, which is obviously something that can't be done. matter."
"But if I don't protect you, I can't explain it to Marshal Yue... You also know that he has a bad temper, and there is no turning back when he is sure of something."
"Since you like letting people make choices so much, then I will let you make a choice too."
As Wang Gui spoke, he took out a handful of peanuts from his arms and began to shell them and eat them.
"Either, the 40,000 people in your left guard army, as well as their families, their parents, sisters, brothers, go to death."
"Or, go die on your own."
"Don't look at me like this. You don't know that the thing the official asked me to choose is even scarier. If I didn't have a choice, why would I want to be this bad guy? After all, I even touched you when you were a kid. Where’s the fish?”
"Oh, by the way," Wang Gui swallowed the peanut in his mouth, "The official said he regretted it, and the choice he just made doesn't count."
Um?
Everyone looked at Wang Gui, and he said unhurriedly:
"The official said he chose your mother."
Li Qiong frowned: "You..."
"These are the exact words, I don't mean to scold you." Wang Gui picked up the teapot and poured the remaining tea into his mouth. "He said that the people want it, and so do his soldiers and generals. No one is allowed to touch you."
"He, what's his confidence? To threaten people, you have to have the ability to threaten people. Talking like this across the city wall, of course I..."
Wang Gui interrupted him again. He did not give any face to the cavalry general of the Great Jin Kingdom:
"Didn't I say that the lives of the 40,000 Zuo Hujun and their families, as well as the lives of your Li family in Xiangzhou... The officials said that after the Jin man's matter is settled, he will do nothing for the rest of his life. Just watch these people and kill them.”
"Kill so that others dare not mention you or have the same surname as you. Kill so that all Han people in the world will reviled you. Your reputation will be worse than that of Qin Hui."
"If you don't believe it, you can try it."
(End of chapter)
