Chapter 424: Failure does not mean error
The night sky is quiet, a pale white crescent moon hangs obliquely in the sky, and the sky is full of twinkling stars.
Wei Changtian and Liang Qin walked side by side in the courtyard of the general's mansion, surrounded by the bright moonlight.
This scene reminded him of the time more than a year ago when they both took a walk in the Wei Mansion just like today.
At that time, he had just "met" Liang Qin, and Wei Xianzhi and Liang Zhen wanted to bring them together, but the former did not want to get married.
The reason is simple, because Liang Qin doesn't want to marry a big devil who kills people without blinking an eye.
To be honest, Wei Changtian didn't want to marry her either.
But later, the magical "fate" threw them all to Shuzhou.
It seems like just a blink of an eye, and now more than a year has passed since all this happened.
Wei Changtian has proved through practical actions that he is not the evil only son of the Wei family.
But the fate is to play tricks on people. Liang Qin's belief in "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" collapsed with the 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 the troops of Daning were killed in battle, they would never retreat from Yuanzhou City."
"At that time, Dafeng attacked the city every day, and we defended the city every day."
“Although many people died, I think it was worth it.”
"I thought we were protecting the lives of the people of 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."
"Many people were unwilling to leave at that time."
"But it is difficult to disobey the divine command, so we can only comfort ourselves by saying that we will fight back one day."
“But, but.”
“.”
"You also know what happened afterwards. The Shuzhou Army and the Liangzhou Army were intercepted in the city."
"We didn't believe that the imperial court was plotting against us at the time. Dad even said that the army would return to support us in a few days."
"But they left us without even looking back."
"We knew by then that there would be no more reinforcements, so Wenwen persuaded Dad to join him in surrendering to the enemy."
"Father refused. He said that even if this was Ning Yongnian's conspiracy, he was still a general of Daning."
“Actually, that’s what I thought.”
"And the 10,000 Shuzhou soldiers also think so."
"For the people of Yuanzhou City and for Daning, we are willing to die."
"But, but why?"
"Why is it that even Dafeng did not kill civilians in vain, but, but they still died!"
"Why did Ning Yongnian want to kill them!"
"Is it just to bury those 500,000 Dafeng soldiers?"
“Wow! Chang, Changtian brother, why!!!”
“.”
Tears and painful questions mixed in the moonlight, filling the night.
From calm, to sobbing, and then to crying loudly as if venting catharsis.
Liang Qin suddenly threw herself into Wei Changtian's arms, grasping the latter's clothes tightly with both hands, her body trembling.
In comparison, 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 much of the harshness of society but is kind-hearted, it is normal for Liang Qin to have such confusion and even a collapse of faith.
After all, she was taught since childhood to be "loyal to the emperor and patriotic" and to sacrifice everything, including her life, for the emperor and the country.
This wasn't a big problem.
But when the emperor she was loyal to did something that was completely contrary to her moral values and even crossed her bottom line, the intense conflict that arose was of a devastating level.
It might be better if Liang Qin had rich social experience and understood the wickedness of human nature.
Like Liang Zhen, he must have experienced this kind of contradictory psychology.
However, since the latter's mind is very mature, he can quickly find a solution -
That is to regain allegiance to a new "monarch" whose moral values are consistent with one's own.
And there is no doubt that this new "monarch" is Wei Changtian.
This should be the reason why Liang Zhen supported his rebellion so decisively this time.
But for Liang Qin, it was obvious that she still couldn't figure this out.
She couldn't understand why Yuanzhou City, which tens of thousands of Daning soldiers including the Shuzhou Army defended with their lives, was destroyed by Ning Yongnian instead of the enemy. She couldn't understand why millions of innocent people were ruthlessly slaughtered by their own emperor. She couldn't understand, so she could only be trapped in the contradiction for a long time.
Until a voice suddenly sounded in my ears.
"Qin'er."
"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."
With one hand gently pressing Liang Qin's trembling shoulder, Wei Changtian said softly: "You said that you finally understood that practicing martial arts is for those who have never practiced martial arts."
"I want to ask you, do you still think so now?"
“.”
The sobbing sound suddenly stopped, and Liang Qinyi raised her head with tears in her eyes.
She looked at Wei Changtian in silence for a long, 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 the purpose of practicing martial arts was to kill bad guys and protect good people."
“But now I understand”
"There are not so many people in this world who can clearly distinguish between good and evil."
"I, I can't save anyone."
Um.
The fact that Liang Qin can see that the world is not black and white shows that she has a deeper understanding of the world.
However Shaking his head, Wei Changtian interrupted softly:
"Qin'er, if that's the case, then why did you want to go to Guanghan when I asked you just now?"
"I"
Upon hearing this question, Liang Qin, who had just denied the significance of practicing martial arts, was suddenly stunned.
She opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word, but her breathing became more and more rapid.
Then, she saw a very familiar wooden hairpin.
"You gave me this hairpin more than a year ago."
Wei Changtian handed the wooden hairpin that he had specially gone home to get before coming to Liang Qin's hand, and said with a smile: "Qin'er, do you still remember what you said at that time?"
“.”
A blush suddenly appeared on her cheeks. Liang Qin tightly grasped the hairpin. After a long while, she timidly replied in a low voice: "I, I said that when you return the hairpin to me, I will be willing to marry you."
"Well"
Wei Changtian's mouth twitched when he heard this.
Although you said this, that's not what I meant!
"Well, what else?"
After a pause, Wei Changtian reminded quietly: "Do you still remember who gave you this hairpin?"
“.”
It was like a muffled thunder exploding in her ears. When one picture after another appeared in her mind, Liang Qin was suddenly stunned.
After the bandits massacred the village, the ground was littered with corpses.
"Another suppression and another massacre" four bloody words.
The fighting lasted all night.
The officers and soldiers were preparing to return to the city after encircling and suppressing the bandits.
The people knelt outside the military camp and could not get up, expressing their gratitude.
The girl who stuffed the hairpin into her hand. Tears welled up in her eyes again, but compared to before, there was no despair in Liang Qin's eyes this time.
"Qin'er, many times you can't always get a good result."
Patting the back of her hand, Wei Changtian looked up at the night sky with a smile, and sighed as if talking to himself.
"well"
"But that doesn't mean what you did was wrong."
(End of this chapter)
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