Murong Lan sighed softly: "Then you have to promise that you will no longer scatter our people into family manors and live as slaves for generations. In the short term, it is okay to enter the ranch you run, look after the home and care for the home, and support ourselves. , but in personal relationships, there can no longer be that kind of master-servant distinction."
Wang Miaoyin pondered for a moment and said: "I have to go back and discuss this matter with the major families. I can't give you any promises or guarantees now. However, I promise you that I will try my best to solve this matter. At least I, the Xie family and the Wang family I won't do this. If I can't solve it, let Liu Yu and Liu Muzhi face these aristocratic families directly. Are you satisfied now?"
Murong Lan's expression softened slightly: "If you can really do this, then no matter what the result is, I won't blame you. Liu Yu, I hope you can bear witness."
Liu Yu nodded: "No matter whether Miaoyin can do this with the power of the Xie family and the Wang family, I will not allow you to turn your clan into slaves. As long as I am in this position, I will not I will allow it. However, I will not let go of any of the executioners who participated in the massacre of our innocent people who were taken captive. If you want to keep their intact bodies, it is best to deal with them yourself first."
Murong Lan's expression changed: "They are acting under the orders of Black Robe, I..."
Liu Yu's eyes flashed coldly: "Alan, I don't want to hear any reasons or explanations about this matter. Maybe in the eyes of you Xianbei people, it is a matter of course that you become a slave after defeat and decide the life and death of others at will. That's why I am so resistant to becoming a slave, but since I surrender to the Jin Dynasty and become a citizen of our country, I have to understand that other people’s lives are also lives, and other people’s freedom is also freedom. They don’t want to be slaves, and they cannot allow it. Anyone who has the idea of making others a slave. This rule will be established from this time on!"
Murong Lan gritted his teeth: "But you Han people also have a saying that those who don't know are not guilty. There was no such rule before. They followed the instructions of the then Emperor Yan, or the tribal leader, that is, the black robe. If they obey the orders, they will be punished. If they want to kill people, does that mean they have to pay for their lives if they fight against the Jin Dynasty today? They want to pay for their lives, so does the Jin army also have to pay for their lives?!"
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "Those more than two thousand people are not soldiers, but common people. Your Murong family has been in control of the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years. Even before you took over the Central Plains, you have been Sinicized in Liaodong for a long time and recruited many scholars. This kind of Do I still need to talk about the theory of benevolence and justice that civilians are not allowed to kill at will today?"
Murong Lan sighed: "You also know the situation at that time. It was just after the defeat of Linqu, and the black robes instigated many soldiers and civilians whose families were killed in the battle to actively attack these innocent Han people. The purpose was to cut off their retreat route to surrender. You If we don’t let these people go, it may cause changes in the city.”
Liu Yu said coldly: "The grievances have their owners, and the debts have their owners. The hatred of the country and the family is here. If the debts are not repaid with blood, I can't explain it to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers, I can't explain it to the millions of Jin people, I can't explain it to the countless people." The families of these dead people, soldiers, and officials told me that if I raised troops to recapture the captive people, fought bloody battles for a year, and wiped out Nanyan, but in exchange for the result that the murderer was still fine, the soldiers would not agree, and the Jin Dynasty My family will not agree, and my conscience will not agree either!"
Murong Lan's eyes sparkled with tears: "Do we really have to kill people?"
Liu Yu said seriously: "Alan, you should know that I am not a cold-blooded person who likes to kill, but this time, I must start this way and establish this rule. You want the Xianbei people to obey you and stop causing trouble." , it’s best to establish this rule from the beginning.”
Wang Miaoyin suddenly said: "I say Murong Lan, you'd better not go back. The people who killed these Han people at that time were probably tens of thousands of people. Not only the soldiers, but also many ordinary people took action. If you want to kill all these people, I’m afraid they will kill you first.”
At this point, she looked at Liu Yu: "Brother Yu, don't you take this factor into consideration? If the negotiation fails and Murong Lan is involved instead, won't you suffer a huge loss?"
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "This is a sincere expression of surrender. If I don't repent with actual actions and don't have the consciousness to sacrifice my life to atone for my sins, how can I trust them? Killing for life, especially killing innocent civilians, Even among the tribes of Yan State, there is such a rule. Even slaves cannot be killed casually. They can find excuses to kill more than two thousand innocent Han people at once. Such atrocities, if I do this If you let him go, it is unjust. Alan, if you are in trouble, there is no need to go back to the city. I will send someone to convey this idea. When the time comes, they will decide whether it is war or peace."
Murong Lan sighed softly: "If I don't dare to go back and publicize this condition to them in person, then it is even less likely that anyone will comply. Since I want to save my people, I have to give up my life. But. , Liu Yu, I admit that many people committed this crime at that time, and it is impossible for me to distinguish them one by one."
"Some people were just angry because of the death of their loved ones, so they punched and kicked them a few times. It was not a fatal blow. The black robe's vicious plan was to get as many people's hands as bloodied as possible, and he did it. , if you really want to kill everyone in revenge, even if about half of the people in the city have to pay for it now, you are forcing them to fight to the end."
Liu Yu frowned: "In that case, let's do this. Kill for life, one life for one. This is the most fair. Fatty, how many captive people have we killed?"
Liu Muzhi responded without thinking: "Two thousand one hundred and twenty-seven people, I have a list here."
Liu Yu nodded: "Okay, two thousand one hundred and twenty-seven people, one life is worth one life, then I want you to hand over the two thousand one hundred and twenty-seven people, and we will kill them according to the Jin Dynasty's killing method." Condemned. Alan, do you agree with this approach?"
Murong Lan gritted his teeth: "Is it necessary? As far as I know, many of the people who directly carried out the killing orders were the sergeants led by Gongsun Wulou and his own bodyguards. They were mainly the hands of these people, and most of them were soldiers. How about I hand over the few who are dead and the few who survived?"
Liu Yu said coldly: "Then you have cut off 2,127 heads of the corpses who died in the battle today and that counts as a deal? You just said that killing with a sword is killing, but more They were swarmed by your tribesmen and beaten to death by punches and kicks. I won’t mention the soldiers who died in the battle today. They were fighting for the country, but these two thousand one hundred and twenty-seven living people must be handed over to me. It is the result of this troop dispatch, and it is also the condition for your surrender. Either accept it, or fight, it is your choice."
