Chang'an is good

"I was wondering..." Yao Ran looked at Chang Suining, and said, "If the general hadn't stopped him today, would the [-] prisoners of war have been taken away by them and killed in the name of worshiping heaven?"

Although she was asking "Is it true?", there was no doubt in her tone.

The answer is yes. In fact, some prisoners in Luoyang City have been sacrificed.

"I'm still thinking, Commander Xiao is still leading people to rescue the disaster. The general stayed up all night last night for the people in nearby villages and towns. Governor Hu and those generals have been busy with the flood. Yesterday, Governor Hu rescued two children. It was almost washed away by the flood, and even if it had been dealt with earlier, it was only to reduce the casualties, and it was unavoidable, and the nearby counties and counties are still dying every day..." Yao Ran's words were a little confused, and she didn't know when her eyes were red : "And Governor Cui..."

Governor Cui said that he had an old acquaintance in Xingyang who knew the way of water control. As early as the day before yesterday, Governor Cui took this person with him and set off from Luoyang to the Yellow River to dredge and check the condition of the dams in critical river sections.

Floods in the Yellow River are frequent, and once it breaks out, it cannot be stopped by manpower. It is not difficult to imagine the danger of Cui Dadu and their trip.

Natural disasters are cruel and ruthless, but what she sees is that everyone works together to fight against natural disasters and try every means to save people.

This made her think that the world should be like this when facing a disaster.

But this morning she suddenly heard that Luoyang was killing people to sacrifice to heaven.

It was not enough to kill those, but to take all [-] captives away!
In the name of offering sacrifices to heaven and "saving the world", he committed murder.

It turns out that only one sentence of "calming the wrath of the sky" can wipe out [-] living lives?
But these more than [-] lives were saved by her general after a long time of planning. The general said that the choice of Bianshui was to end the war and minimize casualties on both sides.

But all these plans and efforts can be completely destroyed by the light word of offering sacrifices to heaven.

She clearly did not witness the scene of offering sacrifices to the sky in Luoyang City, but this way of killing made her fearful and frightened, several times, a hundred times, a thousand times better than when she was on the Bianshui battlefield that day.

She had also heard of living human sacrifices, but at that time it was just a distant rumor, but this time it was different, those people had clear faces and voices, and she felt their anger and fear, so she Fear was also born, and after the fear, she began to think, which gave birth to even greater fear.

She can't describe her feelings specifically, she has fear, and she also has the confusion of not knowing how to distinguish between good and evil, and the enemy. For example, in the past, she simply believed that only people like Xu Zhengye are the real enemies.

She decided to come and follow Chang Sui Ning, thinking that she had seen a new world, but now it seems that what she thought at that time was naive. She thought that with one more person, she would always be able to fight against those bastard evil people who are causing trouble in this world. More power.

But today she suddenly realized that someone can kill more than [-] people at once, or even more, and they don't need to use a knife to kill them, they only need a sentence, a sentence that no one can verify the truth of.

She couldn't help thinking more, if she could kill prisoners of war today, would she be able to kill refugees in the future, and what about the next day?Anyway, whether he is guilty or not, all he needs to say is "offend Tianwei", which no one can verify the truth of, isn't it?
This is just the words of Luoyang officials and Li Xian. The general can still block one or two things today. If someone in a higher position is giving orders, if it is another more high-sounding rhetoric, framing, slander, anything is fine, as long as it can be used to kill people The title... At that time, who can save those who have been determined to live and die?
And at a time like this, is there any point in having one more of her and one less of her?Or, one day, will she face the same situation as these prisoners of war today?
She didn't think it was because she thought too much, on the contrary, it was because she had seen, known and thought too little before, so she was severely shocked when she suddenly faced these existences beyond her cognition.

The overwhelming unknown and confusion overwhelmed Yao Ran. What he had seen since he was a child, what he had learned in the boudoir, and what he had realized in the Buddhist scriptures were all greatly shaken at this moment.

She even couldn't help but ask: "Is this world...the way it originally was?"

She seems to have come to this world for the first time.

"When Pangu opened the world, there was no order in this world. The order and etiquette that exists today are determined by man." Chang Suining looked at Yao Ran and said, "In my opinion, this world has no original appearance. unimportant."

Yao Ran was stunned, so what is important?

She saw the girl sitting there with her hair in a dish, and said to her with an expression that never seemed to be confused: "It doesn't matter what this world looks like, it's what you want it to be that matters."

In Chang Suining's view, most of the time, the so-called etiquette and order in this world are right and wrong, and most of them are just means for those who control the right to speak to get what they need and control people's hearts.

And she will not let herself be bound by other people's means, so she often says that she has no moral bottom line to speak of, and only what she wants the world to be in her heart is her way, the way she wants to keep.

She has always been determined, so she is never at a loss.

"What I want it to be..." Yao Ran was even more stunned, "Can I?"

Chang Suining smiled at her: "At least you can try it, everyone can try it, even if it is just a small change, if the sparks are connected, there is a possibility of starting a prairie fire."

How to try it?
Yao Ran wanted to ask, but almost at the same moment, she had the answer in her heart.

She thought of the situation where Chang Suining stopped those people today.

The reason why the general can make those people retreat is because she is General Ningyuan now, the general Ningyuan who killed Xu Zhengye, and the general Ningyuan respected by the people.

Military achievements, prestige, and admiration, all these gave the general the power that belonged to her.

She got it.

Yao Ran slowly tightened her ten fingers: "General, power is really good."

This sentence is straightforward and shallow, but it is the only word that can clearly express what is touching her heart at this moment.

Power is really good. With it, you can kill and save people. It can be feared, but it can also be looked up to.

Chang Suining: "So since ancient times, everyone has been fighting for power."

Women compete for the power to head the family, while men compete for power in the world. In comparison, most of the former have no chance to understand what power is in the true sense.

Most of them were kept in captivity, fighting for a piece of snack crumbs thrown by the owner, but they didn't know that there was a real gluttonous feast that people flocked to in this world.

Anyone who has seen and experienced the true taste of power, it is impossible not to be moved by it.

Yao Ran felt his heart moved.

This kind of heartbeat made her flustered, and it also caused indescribable turbulence and excitement in her bones and blood. It was the first time she approached this sea of ​​power. It was vast, terrifying, thrilling, and people couldn't help but want to snatch it from it.

She seemed to be suddenly in the midst of turbulent waves. The surroundings were as dark and strange as an abyss, and she could not see the edge. She could only see a small boat and a solitary lamp on the sea, guiding her.

She looked at the "lonely lamp" and couldn't help asking: "General, is all striving for power an ambition?"

"Yes." Chang Suining said: "But there is nothing wrong with ambition. It is just one of human nature. It just depends on how you accept it, control it, and make good use of it."

Yao Ran's eyes brightened slightly.

Therefore, ambition is not a fault, everyone has it, everyone can have it, women are no exception.

She looked at Chang Suining: "The general has used it very well. Fortunately, there is a general who has compassion today."

But Chang Suining shook his head: "I'm not just out of compassion. I also have something in common with Li Xian and the others. I also have my own considerations of pros and cons. Keeping these prisoners of war has many benefits for me. Among these benefits, even Continue and expand the power of your mouth.”

She taught Yao Ran to use power to do "good things" and change the world, but she also wanted to let Yao Ran understand that power is complicated, it is a knife, if only the word compassion is used to measure whether it is "used well" ", regard the word compassion as all criteria, and one day the blade will stab itself.

She couldn't let Yao Ran change from an ignorant innocence to a more deadly innocence.

Yao Ran looked at the young girl who was not stingy with showing her ambition to expand her power, and she couldn't help being distracted for a moment.

The girl in the crow-blue round-neck gown sat cross-legged, her black hair was loose, as for her appearance, that didn't matter... She has something more eye-catching.

Yao Ran couldn't describe how breath-taking it was, she was stunned for a while, and then said: "Thank you, General, for your teaching, I will remember everything."

"Then go and change." Chang Suining said, "Then help me sort out these official documents and letters."

Xiao Min was not in the camp, so these military affairs that had been backlogged for several days needed Chang Sui Ning to take care of them. In fact, when Xiao Min was here, he was used to discussing important matters with Chang Sui Ning and asking her opinion.

Yao Ran nodded in response, and hurriedly walked behind the screen.

The excitement brought to her by first knowing the word "power" has not subsided, and her heart is still beating fast. She is thinking confusedly, as a lieutenant colonel, she can lead a hundred people; As a general of an army, he can lead 1 people; the general is now a fifth-rank general Ningyuan, and he can still protect these 500 prisoners of war today...

Thinking of this, she subconsciously glanced back at the young girl who was sitting cross-legged and started to deal with official duties, and a voice suddenly came out in her mind, what if she could be the king of a country?

As soon as this idea came up, Yao Ran was shocked.

She came to behind the screen a few steps faster, and couldn't help raising her hand to touch her forehead.As soon as she took a step, she became insane, and she actually had such thoughts that could punish the nine races.

Chang Sui Ning picked up the official documents, and suddenly found a letter addressed to her alone.

It was a letter from Xuanzhou, or a reply.

Long before she came to Bianzhou, she had someone send a letter back to Xuanzhou, hoping to take away the people she had stored in the secret room in the mansion of Princess Xuan'an.

This letter was written by the Eldest Princess Xuan'an, and the letter said that someone had already delivered it to her, and two other people were also attached as gifts.

When replying to the letter, no one expected that there would be a sudden flood in the area of ​​Bianzhou, and since the reply arrived, the people should have arrived one after the other. Hearing the noise of the rain outside the tent, Chang Suining couldn't help feeling a little worried.

She immediately sent people to go to Changren, but heard that he hadn't returned to the camp yet, Chang Suining thought about it, and sent someone to find He Wuhu, told him to bring people to meet him, and repeatedly told him to be more careful on the way.

"Don't worry, general, this matter is on my shoulders!"

After receiving a special errand from the general for the first time, He Wuhu's eyes were bright and he was full of energy. When he came out of the tent, he was greeted by six tigers, seven tigers and others wearing raincoats.

"Brother, what did the general tell you alone?"

"Brother, what are you panicking about?"

"...Nonsense, why am I panicking!" He Wuhu stared at him, "I'm terribly calm now!"

If you work for the general, you must be calm, and only by being calm can you achieve great things!

"..." Liuhu and the others did not refute, but only asked what the general had said.

He Wuhu lowered his voice: "The general asked me to take someone to meet her elder brother!"

"Which brother, dear brother?"

If it's a dear one, then this errand will be worth the money!
We have not yet been able to completely abandon the bandit thinking.

He Wuhu: "Dear! That's my half-brother!"

It was never a secret that Chang Suining was Chang Kuo's adopted daughter.

She and Chang Sui An have different mothers, but everyone generally feels that this does not conflict with the fact that the two are biological siblings.

He Wuhu and others quickly got everything ready, left the military camp with the route map given by Chang Sui Ning, and headed southwest.

Not long after they left, Chang Suining thought about it, and in order to prevent Li Xian and others from having other thoughts and hurting the innocent, he sent another letter to Luoyang. Although Cui Jing was not in Luoyang, Deputy General Yu and the others were still there.

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Soon, in Luoyang City, Li Xian and others learned the news that Chang Sui Ning Wei had allowed He Shan to take away the prisoners of war.

"...This woman's behavior is completely unreasonable!" A chief servant in Luoyang Palace who advocated the matter of offering sacrifices to heaven with Li Xian said in a shrill voice: "General Li Xian doesn't need to pay attention to this person, if she stops her , we can send troops there!"

Li Xian smiled: "General Governor Cui is now leading people to manage and inspect the waters of the Yellow River. He is not in Luoyang City. If he wants to confront General Ning Yuan for this matter, I'm afraid I may not be able to send many troops."

Although Cui Jing is not here, the Xuance troops are still acting in accordance with Cui Jing's instructions, conducting daily inspections, providing disaster relief, and assisting the Luoyang government in distributing disaster food.

In addition, if it is said that the only thing Xuan Ce's army can use for him to obey his orders is to suppress the Luoyang nobles who have colluded with Xu Zhengye, it is because this is a clear statement of the imperial decree and cannot be defied.

As for other uses, those people really might not pay attention to him, so why should he look bad for himself.

What's more, he suspects that Xuance Army has other confessions from Cui Jing and is monitoring his every move.

For example, in the past two days, they had no prisoners of war to kill, so they replaced them with the felony prisoners in Luoyang Prison, but as of yesterday, they had also killed all the prisoners who could be killed. That deputy general Yu coincidentally "dissuaded" him.

And even if we put aside the issue of Xuance's army, at this juncture, how could he send troops there just for the sake of Chang Sui rather than releasing the prisoners of war?

Li Xian scoffed at the superficial and ignorant words of the head servant.

So who is Chang Suining now?He was the one who decided the world in one battle and was a great hero known to the world.

It is also normal for such a great hero to be proud of his merits and arrogant.

Why should he compete with such an arrogant person who is in the limelight and popular.

I just don't know, is this arrogant young general really stupid or fake?Doesn't she know that this matter has something to do with the saint?If you know the importance of it, why do you dare to act like this?
But no matter whether the other party is really stupid or fake, he must truthfully report this matter to the saint.

Li Xian didn't see the anger of being humiliated, he could only ask the subordinate who sent the message back in an orderly manner, what is Xiao Min's attitude.

Hearing that Xiao Min went around to rescue the disaster, but he hadn't seen him yet, Li Xian said, "Since that's the case, it's hard to come to any conclusion within three to five days, so let's just let He Shan and the others come back."

As for He Shanzhong's arrow, and the other party's unreasonable obstruction of his actions... he will write down this account for now.

"That's all?" The chief servant stood up and said, "How can we let it go? Now that the Heaven Sacrifice Formation is open, how can the formation be stopped now that the rain has not stopped!"

"Yes, General Li..." Some officials also frowned: "If the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is interrupted, how will we explain to the people?"

They claimed that the natural disaster was caused by the failure of Xu Zhengyu's crimes to be eradicated, and they wanted to sacrifice Xu's remnants to heaven to pray for the rain to stop. If they interrupted without authorization, wouldn't it be slap in the face?

The loss of their face is the second most important thing. I am afraid that if this happens, the rumors against Fengxian Palace and the saint will come back again.

"General Li, until the rain stops, the act of offering sacrifices to heaven cannot stop..."

Some officials even suggested: "Otherwise... let's discuss with that general Ning Yuan, not all prisoners of war, let her release [-], no, thousands of prisoners of war will complete the sacrifice to heaven with us, how about it?"

There is no way, this woman is arrogant, but she is still a character at present, no one is leading and supporting, and it is indeed not easy for them to offend each other.

"She probably won't give in, so why bother trying to deal with her anymore." Li Xian said with a smile: "It's not just the prisoners of war who can be used to sacrifice Xu Zheng's party members to heaven."

"General Li means..."

Li Xian looked at the rain screen outside the hall: "The most indispensable thing in this Luoyang city is the remnant party of Xu thief, isn't it?"

He sighed: "If you can't kill lowly prisoners of war, then let's try the scholars. They always think they are superior. Killing one of them to get rid of the crime, I think it can be worth ten people and a hundred people."

Li Xian decided to advance the plan.

This flood made his plan to wipe out the Luoyang gentry proceed more smoothly. At the moment of the flood, those gentry who have realized the danger have no chance to let a large number of clansmen leave Luoyang.

Furthermore, most of them still have luck and hard bones, thinking that the court dare not seriously kill them. Since the incident with the Pei family and the Changsun family, due to the gentry's reckless counterattack, the court and the regimes everywhere The turmoil is getting worse day by day, seeing that the world is in chaos, with such a price and crisis, does the Empress really dare to go her own way and ignore it?
But they underestimated the empress' determination.

And passed down from generation to generation, they have lived a prosperous and stable life for too long, so long that they can't imagine that everything they own can be overturned overnight. It turned out to be a very easy thing.

Those soldiers wearing armor could easily break through their high-ranking family.

When they glared and scolded, those long knives pierced their bodies full of knowledge very easily.

With the confession he got, Li Xian led his army to break through the mansions of Luoyang aristocratic families day after day in the endless rain.

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