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Chapter 60 Standing to Die, Kneeling to Live

Father Xie looked at the big family in the yard, sighed, and said: "The matter has come to this, we can only resign ourselves to fate."

"Father, why did you surrender?" Xie Yuan stood far away, with a hard expression on his face, "The Xie family was exterminated by the court of Wei State in the Northern Dynasty. Our surname is Xie. Can they tolerate us? Besides, Master is here." Frontline, we surrendered, what will he do? He will never come back!"

"Then what do you do? Do you want me to watch you all die? Watching the Xie family completely turn into ashes in the flames of war?"

"An eunuch in Sima Qian said that a person's inherent mortality is more important than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather. Dad, when you lectured to us, you often talked about integrity, saying that a soldier can be killed but not humiliated, but the result is that there is no battle yet. Surrender at the start of the fight! What about your integrity? What about the pride of the Xie family?!" The image of Xun Ya submerged in the crowd flashed in Xie Yuan's mind, as well as the small corpse on the ground, the twisted hands .Hatred surged, and the more he spoke, the louder his voice became.

"A Yuan... the teacher must be slow to do this..." Shen Liuzhen was frightened by Xie Yuan's fierce aura. Although she was naughty, she was always filial to her parents. Want to persuade her.

But before he finished speaking, Xie Yuan angrily interrupted him, staring at him:
"You don't pretend to be good! You're slowing down the army. The city has been given up. The court's strength is not enough to put you at a disadvantage. What should we do when the master comes back? Let him attack the city? Or wait for the Beiyi people to surrender voluntarily? !"

Xie Yuan's last sentence was full of irony. Father Xie was already ashamed and angry. Hearing Xie Yuan's sarcasm, he became very angry. His face flushed with anger, and he pointed at her and said:
"Xie Yuan! Don't be ignorant of good and evil. If you hadn't insisted on resettling those refugees and they fell into their hands, I wouldn't have surrendered so quickly!! Who am I for?!"

"You're for me?! Have you ever asked my opinion? You're just for me...Dad, do you know how I felt when I saw you kneeling there handing over the letter?!" Xie Yuan said Choked up, tears welling in her eyes, she fought back and roared angrily:
"I don't accept it! I'd rather die standing up! I don't want to kneel down to the enemy either!"

Father Xie looked at her, his eyes were red, and he was trembling with anger. He stretched out a hand tremblingly, as if in extreme pain, and said:

"... How many years have you lived and how many enemies have you met before you dare to say such big words?!! The Wuhu and Ten Clans in the north are constantly fighting, and the Han people in the south are changing dynasties frequently. The royal surnames are changing faster than the weather! Today is Enemy, tomorrow will be the lord of a country on your head!... In this way, everyone in the world is your enemy! You are not willing to kneel? Then you just go to die, death is meaningless, even a feather Can't compare!"

Xie Yun said this helplessly, with fierce words, hoping that her stubborn daughter would understand a little bit, and being looked down upon by her would be the next best thing, but the so-called "too hard is easy to break", she has such a temper, and she was born in today's history. In the chaos that cannot be found, how can one live long?

After Xie Yuan heard this, she frowned and pursed her lips. Although her expression was still unconvinced, she was thinking...

It is good to be able to think.

Father Xie softened his tone, and with pain on his face, he said to her earnestly:
"A Yuan... In life, there are many things that cannot be violated by manpower. Sometimes you can only live if you are confused, do you understand? Father has let you down. Father has no ability to turn the tide and save the common people... the only thing that father hopes , I just hope that everyone in the family can be well, the Xie family can continue, and the rest, dad can't control it, do you understand?"

Everyone in the courtyard watched the father and daughter quarreling and arguing, and it was extremely quiet.

Xie Yuan suddenly uttered helplessly, wrenched his face in pain and said:

"Father... I'm afraid that I will still die after suffering this humiliation... How unjust it is to die, if that is the case, even if I go to hell, I still can't swallow the breath in my heart..."

For a while, the yard was filled with the sad atmosphere of the approaching doomsday.

At this moment, Mrs. Xie walked up to her, touched her daughter's head with sad eyes, forced a resolute smile on her face, and comforted her and said:

"We, A Yuan, have a backbone, that's fine. Don't worry, if it's really the time of death, why don't you kill the two of them and relieve our wronged life?...Mother will be with you when the time comes. "

Mrs. Xie looked at her 11-year-old daughter lovingly, tears streaming down her face.

She couldn't bear to die at such a young age.I thought in my heart, if the time comes, I can desperately earn a chance for the child.

"Come...Go wash with your mother and change your clothes. Even if you are a ghost, you have to be a decent ghost, don't you think so?" Then he led Xie Yuan away.

Xie Yuan, Shen Liuzhen, and the three soldiers all crawled out of the ruins, covered in dust, they could hardly see their true colors.

Father Xie watched their mother and daughter turn around the corridor and walk towards the backyard. He turned his head and looked at Shen Liuzhen, who was covered in dust and could hardly see his face. His eyes flickered, and he asked nervously:

"Liuzhen...do you blame me too?"

Shen Liuzhen thought for a while, took two steps forward, looked up at Father Xie, and said seriously:
"No wonder. Teacher, the students understood what you said just now... I'm just a little scared, and I'm also worried about my father. I don't know how he is doing now..."

Xie Yun heard that, raised his hand and patted his young shoulder lightly, sighed and said:

"Son, don't blame the teacher...Your father, I can only hope that he's okay... It's a troubled time, and we should cherish each other. Now, we don't know if we can save our own lives. You should go wash up first. "

"Yes, teacher." Shen Liuzhen lowered his head, pursed his lips, and followed Xie's servants to the backyard to wash up.

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On the third day of Xie's house arrest, the commander-in-chief of the Beiyi people led a large number of people to the door immediately.

Xie Yun looked at the many soldiers behind him, feeling uneasy, and then knelt down and kowtowed:

"The grass people have seen His Majesty."

Shi Yu Fuli raised his eyebrows and said: "Although you are from the Xie family, I remember that you are a branch of the Xie family and have never been valued by Xie Situ. We must have never met."

Xie Yun bowed his head and said respectfully:

"Returning to Your Majesty, Cao Min recognized it from the Long Tun Sword worn by His Majesty. He heard that the patriarch praised His Majesty's appearance, and also heard that His Majesty was brave and good at fighting. "

Shi Yu Fuli is the emperor of Wei State. He has deep eyebrows and obvious Hu people's characteristics, but he is described as majestic and extraordinary.He has been fighting all the year round, with a killing spirit all over his body, and his power is overwhelming.

He suddenly sighed, and said, "Yes, you are from the Xie family. Xie Situ is good at seeing the big from the small, knowing the big from the small... It's not surprising that you can guess it."

　Some people may see that the historical background of my story is the background of the great integration of ethnic groups in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but I mainly want to write my own story, so it is basically fabricated, and I dare not call it a historical text.

　　If someone thinks it is a little familiar, please don't test the details of the teaching. If you can't stand the investigation, it's all made up by me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)