The night sky is quiet, a pale white crescent moon hangs diagonally on the horizon, and the sky is full of stars.
Wei Changtian and Liang Qin walked side by side in the courtyard of the General Military Mansion, with the moonlight shining brightly around them.
This situation couldn't help but remind him that the two of them had taken a walk in Wei Mansion more than a year ago like today.
At that time, he had just "met" Liang Qin. Wei Xianzhi and Liang Zhen intended to match them up, but the former did not want to marry.
The reason is simple, because Liang Qin doesn't want to marry a big devil who kills people without blinking an eye.
And to be honest, Wei Changtian didn't want to marry her either.
But later, the magical "destiny" threw them all to Shuzhou.
As if in the blink of an eye, more than a year has passed since all this happened.
Wei Changtian has proved through practical actions that he is not the only son of the Wei family who did all evil before.
But the way of heaven is clever, and the one who plays tricks on people is...
Liang Qin's belief in "loyalty to the emperor and the country" collapsed with a trip to Yuanzhou.
...
"Brother Changtian, do you know..."
"When my father and I first arrived in Yuanzhou City, Wu Ding told us that even if all Daning's troops were killed in battle, they would never withdraw from Yuanzhou City."
"At that time, Dafeng was attacking the city every day, and we were defending the city every day."
"Although many people died, I think it was worth it."
"I thought we were protecting the lives of the people in Yuanzhou City. I thought those black-armored soldiers outside the city were the most hateful people in the world."
"But one day, Wu Ding suddenly took out Ning Yongnian's imperial edict, saying that the army would withdraw to Feng County and hand over Yuanzhou City to those black-armored soldiers."
"At that time, many people were unwilling to evacuate."
"But the sacred command cannot be violated, so we have to comfort ourselves by saying that we will fight back one day."
"B-but..."
"..."
"You also know what happened next. The Shuzhou Army and Liangzhou Army were intercepted in the city."
"We didn't believe that the imperial court was plotting against us at the time. Dad couldn't tell us how many days before the army would come back for reinforcements."
"But they abandoned us without looking back."
"We already knew at that time that there would be no more reinforcements, so Wen Wen persuaded dad to surrender to the enemy with him."
"Dad refused. Dad said that even if this was Ning Yongnian's conspiracy, he is still Daning's general."
"Actually, I think so too."
"And the 10,000 Shuzhou soldiers, they also think the same way..."
"For the people in Yuanzhou City and for Daning, we are willing to die."
"But, why..."
"Why even Dafeng didn't kill the people in vain, but...but...but they still died!"
"Why did Ning Yongnian want to kill them!"
"Is it just to be buried with the 500,000 soldiers!"
"Oooh! Brother Changtian, why!!!"
"..."
Tears and painful questions mixed in the moonlight, spreading into the night.
From calm, to swallowing, to venting and crying.
Liang Qin suddenly threw herself into Wei Changtian's arms, grabbing the latter's clothes with both hands, and her body was shaking.
In contrast, Wei Changtian was much calmer.
He just kept patting Liang Qin's shoulders gently and sighed secretly in his heart.
well.
For a "second-generation official" who has not experienced severe beatings from society, but has a kind heart, it is normal for Liang Qin to have this kind of confusion, and even a collapse of belief.
After all, the education she received since childhood was to be "loyal to the emperor and righteous to the country", and she could sacrifice everything, including her life, for the emperor and the country.
This wasn't originally a big deal.
But when the emperor she was loyal to did something that was completely contrary to her moral values and even crossed the bottom line, the fierce conflict that arose was of a world-destroying level.
It might be better if Liang Qin had rich social experience and understood the sinister nature of people's hearts.
Just like Liang Zhen, he must have experienced this kind of ambivalence.
However, because the latter's mind is very mature, he can quickly find a solution——
That is to renew allegiance to a new "monarch" who is consistent with his own moral outlook.
There is no doubt that this new "monarch" is Wei Changtian.
This should be the reason why Liang Zhen so decisively supported his rebellion this time. Lofts of grain
But for Liang Qin, it was obvious that she still couldn't understand this.
She couldn't understand why Yuanzhou City, which tens of thousands of Daning soldiers, including the Shuzhou Army, guarded to the death, was destroyed not by the enemy, but by Ning Yongnian...
She couldn't understand why millions of innocent people were mercilessly slaughtered by her emperor...
She couldn't figure it out, so she could only be trapped in the contradiction for a long time and couldn't extricate herself.
Until a voice suddenly sounded in my ears.
"Qin'er."
"The last time we were in the capital, you told me what you saw and heard in Shuzhou. I still remember what you said at that time..."
Gently pressing a hand on Liang Qin's trembling shoulder, Wei Changtian said softly:
"You said that you finally understand that practicing martial arts is for those who have never practiced martial arts."
"I want to ask you, do you still think so now?"
"..."
Geng's swallowing suddenly stopped, and Liang Qinyi raised his head with tears in his eyes.
She looked at Wei Changtian and was silent for a long time, then bit her lips and shook her head in despair.
"Brother Changtian, I don't know..."
"I don't know what martial arts is for..."
"I, I used to think that practicing martial arts was to kill bad people and protect good people."
"But now I understand..."
"How can there be so many people in this world who can distinguish between good and evil..."
"I, I can't save anyone..."
Um.
Being able to understand that the world is not black and white shows that Liang Qin has a deeper understanding of the world.
but......
Shaking his head, Wei Changtian interrupted softly:
"Qin'er, if that's the case, then when I asked you if you wanted to go to Guanghan, why did you want to go?"
"I......"
Hearing this question, Liang Qin, who had just denied the meaning of martial arts, was suddenly stunned.
She opened her mouth and couldn't say a word, but her breathing became faster and faster.
Then, she saw a very familiar wooden hairpin.
"You gave me this hairpin more than a year ago."
Passing the wooden hairpin that he had specially picked up before coming home to Liang Qin's hand, Wei Changtian smiled and said, "Qin'er, do you still remember what you said at that time?"
"..."
A blush suddenly appeared on his cheeks. Liang Qin held the hairpin tightly. After a long while, he timidly replied in a low voice:
"I, I said that when you return the hairpin to me, I will marry you willingly..."
"Well......"
Wei Changtian's mouth twitched when he heard this.
Although you said this, I didn’t mean it!
"Well, what about other than that?"
After a pause, Wei Changtian reminded in a low voice: "Do you still remember who gave you this hairpin?"
"..."
Like a muffled thunder exploding in his ears, Liang Qin was suddenly stunned when a picture appeared in his mind.
Corpses littered the ground after bandits massacred the village.
"Continue Suppression and Repeat Massacre" were four bloody characters.
The fighting lasted all night.
The officers and soldiers were preparing to return to the city after encircling and suppressing the bandits.
Foreign Minister Yu could not kneel down in the military camp and expressed his gratitude to the grateful people.
The girl who put the hairpin into her hand...
Tears welled up in his eyes again, but compared to before, this time there was no despair in Liang Qin's eyes.
"Qin'er, many times you don't always get a good result."
Patting the back of her hand, Wei Changtian looked at the night sky with a smile and sighed as if talking to himself.
"well......"
"However, this does not mean that what you did is wrong."
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