Wang Miaoyin sighed softly: "Brother Yu, I understand your thoughts. After all, he is such a young child. He has always been taken advantage of and is innocent. But I must remind you, what are you charged with? To deal with these so-called people who pretend to be kings and commit fraud?"
The muscles on Liu Yu's face twitched slightly: "Just like the crime you mentioned, pretending to be someone else, deceiving the court and the Princess of Kuaiji."
Wang Miaoyin nodded: "Although this child is young, he is still guilty of being incited to impersonate his identity. According to the criminal law of Jin Dynasty, pretending to be a prince is a serious crime of disrespect. No matter how old the child is, They will all be put to death."
Liu Yu closed his eyes and murmured: "Although the law is like this, we all know that this child was actually wronged. Although he was a prop used by Xie Hun, his crime will not lead to death. Is there any way to do it?" Save him, at least save his life?!"
Wang Miaoyin pondered for a moment and then said: "Pretending to be a royal prince is a crime of great disrespect, just like treason, but if it is an extrajudicial act of mercy, because you are too young, you can also be pardoned. If it is the Queen of Kuaiji who intercedes, This is just like his deceased grandson, begging for an exemption and allowing her to stay with him and raise him as a grandson. However, before reaching adulthood, his identity can only be that of a domestic servant, and he must be given another name. , you cannot use the surname Sima, lest someone cause trouble in the future."
Liu Yu nodded: "This is necessary. Keeping him alive is for the sake of good health. I can't bear to kill a child, but I can't let him leave troubles when he grows up. I was thinking about a past incident repeatedly just now. That is, after Huanxuan's death, his former subordinate Wang Kangchan in Jiangling City captured Huanxuan's five-year-old son Huan Sheng, and together with some of Huanxuan's accomplices in the city, killed him in the Jiangling market."
Speaking of this, Liu Yu's eyes were a little moist: "Although Huan Xuan's crimes are so heinous that he will never be pardoned, his child is only five years old and doesn't understand anything. He only knows that he is the King of Yu Zhang and others cannot kill him." He. But even like this, he could not escape death. Later, when Huan Zhen counterattacked Jiangling, he almost killed Sima Dezong because of this, yelling that a five-year-old child deserved such a murderous punishment. He actually knew that he would capture Sima Dezong at this time. With Sima Dewen, having control is the best banner. At least we can negotiate terms with us, but even so, I can't help but want to avenge this child. People's hearts are full of flesh. If it were me, it would be Huan Zhen. I’m afraid I won’t be able to control myself.”
Wang Miaoyin said seriously: "Brother Yu, I can understand your thoughts, but in fact, any severe punishment for treason against the Yi tribe will be eradicated. Let alone a five-year-old, it is a five-month-old or even a five-day-old baby. I won't let him go. What's important is that when he grows up, he will know about the family's hatred and want revenge, or even create more hatred and death for the sake of revenge. If you give this child to Princess Kuaiji to raise, I'm afraid you'll have to think about it. After ten years, how will this child be placed in the future?"
Liu Yu frowned: "Do you think it is right to eradicate the grass and roots? Even a seven-year-old child must be killed to avoid causing trouble in the future?"
Wang Miaoyin sighed softly: "If nothing else, let's just say that when you wiped out Wang Yu's family, you ordered them to be eradicated. No one was left alive. There was not even a maid left in the Wang family, and some were a few years old. The young children and young girls died under your swords, have you not forgotten this?"
A trace of guilt flashed in Liu Yu's eyes, and he murmured: "That time I was so angry that I couldn't control myself. It wasn't just me, but all the brothers too. We all regarded Xie Tingfeng as our biological brother. , because of his death in training, we were all treated as if our own relatives had died. Over the years, not only me, but at least a dozen brothers have been sending military pay to his family while they were still alive, just knowing that their family life difficulties."
"Finally, we waited until Tingyun grew up and joined the army. Not to mention how happy we were. In our eyes, that child was like Tingfeng coming to life. We have been taking care of him, just to make up for the past in him. It’s a pity that I lost Mingfeng. To be honest, I have never cared about Tao rules like this.”
When Liu Yu said this, tears shone in his eyes. The events of that year seemed to come to mind again. Wang Miaoyin gently put her hands on Liu Yu's shoulders. At this time, in addition to doing such an action, she tried her best to He didn't know what to do with his tenderness to appease the man as strong as steel in front of him.
Liu Yu's voice was low and balanced, with a hint of sadness: "In order to prevent brother Tingyun from making any mistakes, I have not let him rush to the front for so many years. I didn't even call him when we were building Yi. I just want him to live well. Perhaps because of my actions, he has no chance to make great achievements and become a captain or even a general. In the end, he can only retire and return to his hometown as a building owner. It is also because he is not like us. The general's men opened the gap, and I couldn't take care of him for a moment, so I let him be harmed by these dogs from the Wang family!"
When he said this, his eyes widened and his hands were clenched into fists. He seemed to be squeezing the necks of Wang Yu and his son, and even the joints on his fists were crackling.
Wang Miaoyin said quietly: "There are tens of thousands of brothers in the Beifu Army. You can't take care of them all. Over the years, so many brothers have died in battle, leaving orphans and widows. You can't just be kind to Xie Tingyun. This is It was his life, not your fault. Brother Yu, you don’t have to blame yourself for this. Even if Brother Tingyun stayed in his hometown, he might be bullied and lose his life. This kind of thing has happened before. ah."
Liu Yu shook his head and gently held Wang Miaoyin's hand that was on her shoulder. The palm of this catkin was also sweating now. Obviously, her heart was also ups and downs at this moment. Liu Yu sighed : "Miaoyin, don't comfort me like this. I know you mean well, but I didn't call him when I was in Jianyi. He probably thought I didn't treat him as a brother, so he didn't notify me when my family moved to Jiankang. , if I hadn’t paid a private visit to drink tea incognito, I wouldn’t have even met him!”
"I made an appointment with him to come back later. I thought about finding him a decent job in the future so that he would not have to set up a noodle stall and struggle to make a living. I even thought about letting his children join our Jingkou brothers in the future. Xiangxu, in the future he will be able to read and write, and become a scholar's son. These are all impossible to become a reality. The Xie family's child is only five years old. Five years old. Before I went to Wang Yu's house to take revenge, I saw in front of my eyes It’s all about this child smiling and calling me Uncle Jinu. Even when I killed Murong Chui, my murderous intention was not so strong!”
