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Chapter 361 Have you thought about revenge?
The old emperor sat on the chair, much higher than Xie Yuan who was sitting on the mat.

Xie Yuan looked at him expectantly, and the light in Danfeng's eyes was reddened by the fire.

But the old emperor just looked at the fire, turned his hands on his knees, and his dry skin was bulging with blue blood vessels.

Xie Yuan had never seen the emperor so close before, and he watched it in front of the bright fire, so he could see every detail clearly.

This formed a huge contrast with her previous impression of the old emperor's distant majesty, which made her feel a little ridiculous and at a loss.

After a while, I heard the old man on the opposite side say:

"You are from the Xie family, your father, Xie Yun, moved away from Wei Guoping City many years ago and came to the south.

At that time, it was Xie Bai who was the head of the Xie clan, and the Xie clan was in its heyday in the state of Wei.

You did not follow Zhanguang, but chose to stay away, why? "

Xie Yuan didn't expect the emperor to ask this, thought for a while and said:

"I didn't know it when I was young, but I only revealed it later when I heard my father and mother talking. It was because my father was deeply influenced by Taoism, thinking that when the water is full, it will overflow, and when the moon is full, it will be short.

In addition, my father is a side branch, so he is not very popular with the patriarch, and the Xie family has always had a tradition of moving with books and spreading leaves from branches in order to continue.

So after mentioning it to the patriarch at that time, the patriarch agreed, and allowed some books collected by generations to be distributed, and the Xie family tree was copied. "

The old emperor asked again: "Later, Xie's family was slaughtered in Wei State, and the blood flowed like a river. How did you react when you heard the news?"

Xie Yuan was caught in the memory, and said with downcast eyes: "My parents were in great grief. The Xie family ancestral hall was filled with new memorial tablets overnight. I still remember the smell of paint and incense at that time."

"Haven't you ever thought about revenge? Such a bloody feud?" The old emperor suddenly raised his eyes to look at Xie Yuan, staring at her expression like a torch, without blinking for a moment.

Xie Yuan was stunned, she seemed to suddenly understand the purpose of the old emperor asking these words.

But she lowered her eyes, and answered honestly:

"Returning to Your Majesty, as far as I know, what my father values ​​more is the inheritance and continuation of the glory of the Xie family. As for revenge...my father has a bad temper and always likes to protect himself. Otherwise, he would not be in the Xie family. When it was at its peak, he took us away from the state of Wei and ran to the south.

Since childhood, he never taught me about revenge..."

When he said this, Xie Yuan suddenly stopped, and Danfeng's eyes narrowed, apparently thinking of something.

The old emperor keenly caught her expression, squinted his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xie Yuan's expression darkened, and he said:
"It's nothing...Because I'm a girl, my father didn't expect much from me when I was a child, except for good conduct and good handwriting, he never asked for anything else.

On the contrary, he has high demands on Shen Liuzhen, and he teaches a lot in private.If he had mentioned revenge, he would probably have mentioned it to Shen Liuzhen, not to me. "

This is what she said in her heart. She didn't know what the two of them had said in private.

All I know is that Shen Liuzhen must know a lot more from her father than she does...the two of them are much closer.

But what she said had no intention, but the listener did.These words are the part that the emperor of Song Dynasty is most willing to hear and is most satisfied with.

Because Shen Liuzhen mentioned in that secret letter that he surrendered to the Wei State just to avenge the Xie family and for the Han people's world.

The light in the old emperor's eyes flashed.Xie Yuan didn't notice because he was immersed in the sadness of being excluded when he was young.

The old emperor coughed twice, and there was another bellows-breaking hoarseness, and asked:

"What about you? At the beginning, when Wei State captured Linjiang City, you didn't stay at home, but you ran out to Song State to join the army alone. You must want to avenge Wei State?"

Xie Yuan lowered his head, and recalled the dead Xunya, and the house they built after working hard for so long and raising money, was instantly smashed into ruins.

So he said sullenly, "Yes."

The old emperor showed an expected expression, he withdrew his body, leaned on the back of the chair, looked at the fire with lowered eyelids, and asked:
"What do you think of Wei Guo?"

Xie Yuan thought for a while, and said sincerely: "Although the military system of the Wei State is cruel, it is also very powerful in combat. It can endure hardships, work hard, and is fierce and not afraid of death. Moreover, the manufacture of armor and weapons is much better than that of the Song State. They The straight knife is more durable than the Han-made long sword. The armor is also..."

The old emperor interrupted her impatiently, and said, "I know all of these, let me talk about something else."

Xie Yuan rolled his pupils, and said respectfully: "Wei State is a court established by Xianbei people. I don't like it to suppress and discriminate against Han people."

"What else? Just don't like it?!" The old emperor frowned and stared at Xie Yuan angrily.

Xie Yuan also frowned, lowered his eyes and did not speak.

She knew that the emperor might want to hear her scold the Xianbei people and Wei Guo.But in fact, her hatred for Wei Guo is not so specific and deep.

Because the roots of their Xie family were originally in the land of Wei State.

She was born in Wei State, and even spent a carefree childhood because of the prosperity of the Xie family in Wei State Chaotang.

Even later, when all the relatives of the Xie family were slaughtered, what she resented was the viciousness and capriciousness of the court of Wei Guo.

However, court servants are inherently dangerous, and there are countless families who have been ransacked and exterminated at every turn in history.

So she joined the army of Song State, not simply hating Xianbei people, or hating Wei State.

What she wants is to bring peace to the world by force, in exchange for a peaceful life, to prove her worth in life.

It just so happened that the court of Wei State had exterminated their relatives of the Xie family, and Wei State also discriminated against the Han people.

She can't stand being discriminated against. Being discriminated against as a woman is already uncomfortable enough, and she doesn't want to be discriminated against again as a Han.

This is what she cares about the most, Song Guo is stronger than Wei Guo no matter what.

At that time, she was young and ignorant, but she ran out of the house with a lot of enthusiasm. At that time, her mood and purpose were very short-term, and there was no such thing at all.

And these are only after I ran out, I slowly figured it out.

Therefore, when Shen Liuzhen asked her to go to Wei State, she had a choice between the two, and she still chose Song State.

Seeing that Xie Yuan didn't speak, the old emperor frowned and became more angry and bored.

After a while, his brows relaxed again, he sighed deeply and said:

"That's right. Although you are a Han Chinese, strictly speaking, you are from the Wei country. It is really impossible for you to hate the Wei country as much as I do."

The old emperor looked at Xie Yuan, showing a look of reminiscence, and said in a gentle tone:
"You are young and have never experienced what our generation has experienced..."

(End of this chapter)