Chapter 838: Daytime Star River
My son is so young, I just want him to be alive.
When the woman named Zhang Zhen knelt in front of Lu Yuanjin and said this with tears in her eyes, the chaotic sounds around her seemed to gradually become smaller.
Many people suddenly stopped and looked over here blankly.
The eyes of Wei Changtian and Lu Yuanjin also froze slightly.
It was obvious that it took a lot of courage for this woman to say this.
She should have anticipated her fate, but she did it anyway.
The reason seems not complicated.
Because she was a mother, she didn't want to see her baby die.
So. "Enough!"
Suddenly, a loud shout interrupted the woman's pleading.
Lv Yuanjin, who had recovered from his surprise, suddenly swung his sleeves and growled in an extremely cold voice:
"Don't forget! You are a citizen of Dahui!"
"You should know better! It's not me who wants to kill you! It's him!"
Pointing at Wei Changtian opposite him, Lu Yuanjin's face turned red, and it was obvious that he was very angry about the woman's behavior.
"He was the one who killed my father! He was the one who killed my second brother! He was the one who ordered the army to besiege the city! He was the one who threatened to massacre the city!!"
"He wanted to kill you! And you, as Dahui people, not only did you not rise up to resist! Instead, you helped him to commit atrocities! You actually want me to admit defeat to him?!"
"ridiculous!"
“Hahaha! This is really ridiculous!!”
The sun is shining brightly and two dragons are facing each other in the clear sky.
Lu Yuanjin's angry laughter spread far away, causing most of the people to lower their heads in silence.
Because what Lu Yuanjin said is not unreasonable.
Indeed, the one who wanted to kill was Wei Changtian, not Lu Yuanjin, let alone the Da Hui court.
What's more, Wei Changtian had already killed Lu Hongji and countless Dahui soldiers before. To the Dahui people, they should have been mortal enemies.
So when facing an enemy who wants to kill you, should you "die standing up" or "live on your knees"? Perhaps everyone has their own choice for this question.
Now it is obvious that most of the people in Yongding have chosen the latter. "My Lord, I just want to live, and I just want my child to live."
More tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, and the woman trembled as she tried to say something.
But before she could finish, she was interrupted by Lu Yuanjin again:
"Shut up!"
"Let me ask you! Are you a spy sent by the thieves to spread rumors and confuse the people?!"
"ah!"
Hearing what Lu Yuanjin said, the woman's eyes widened in an instant, and she hurriedly shook her head while holding the baby in her arms, denying, "I am not a spy! I am just..."
"So you think I'm going to lose?"
His tone became icy cold, and Lv Yuanjin suddenly took a step closer, looking at the woman at his feet with a cold gaze: "You think I have no chance of winning against Wei Changtian, so you plead for Gongsun Yan in order to save your life."
"Tell me! Yes or no?!"
“.”
You are either a spy sent by Wei Changtian to deceive people, or you have determined that I am no match for Wei Changtian.
Although Lu Yuanjin's expression was a little ferocious at this time, his logic was correct.
Or in other words, from his perspective, he could only see these two possibilities.
But Lu Yuanjin was, after all, a prince who was high above everyone else, so he might never understand the thoughts of these ordinary people.
"Your Majesty, I have never thought of this before."
The woman smiled bitterly and shook her head. She was still kneeling on the ground, but her eyes were no longer filled with fear. She stared at Lu Yuanjin as if she had given up and answered truthfully: "I have never practiced cultivation, let alone seen a scene like two dragons appearing in the world. How can I know who will win?"
"But my Lord, I dare not gamble."
"My life is worthless, so I will die if I die"
"But if you lose, my child will also die."
"I, I dare not gamble, I dare not gamble."
“.”
Don't dare to gamble.
This was the woman's answer.
Just after she finished speaking, more and more people around her suddenly left the crowd silently, walked in front of Lu Yuanjin, and knelt on the ground without saying a word.
Ten people, a hundred people, a thousand people. Soon, countless people knelt around Lu Yuanjin.
At first glance the scene looks familiar.
But in fact, it is completely different.
An hour ago, they knelt at the foot of Longshou Mountain out of anger and petitioned for Gongsun Yan.
Now, they knelt at Lu Yuanjin's feet out of fear, begging for a way to survive for themselves or their loved ones.
Just as the woman said, they didn't dare to gamble.
They are not Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping, who actually bet an entire country.
They are not Lü Yuanjin and Gongsun Yan, who are fighting for the throne of emperor.
They are just ordinary people, just the most ordinary "untouchables".
So, why would they gamble their lives on that illusory "dignity"?
This has nothing to do with justice or family and country, it is just a simple question of "gains and losses".
After all, from the perspective of "loss", Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping only lost the influence of one country at most.
From the perspective of "gaining", Lu Yuanjin and Gongsun Yan could become emperors above everyone else.
Maybe it’s because “I can afford to lose”, or maybe it’s because “it’s worth a try”.
In short, the bet made by Wei Changtian and the other three was relatively fair.
But what about these people?
If they win, they get nothing.
If they lose, they will all lose their lives.
Who would dare to make such an unequal bet? "You, you guys."
Seeing more and more people kneeling down in front of him without saying a word, Lu Yuanjin's face turned from red to blue, and then from blue to white.
He seemed very angry, but was trembling and couldn't utter a word.
At the same time, behind a wooden window beside the long street, Chu Xianping, who was watching all this, slowly closed his eyes and sighed softly.
"Oh, let him go."
“.”
"yes!"
After a moment of hesitation, the Kuilong man next to him immediately left the room. Soon, Lu Yuanjin's hysterical shouting was heard outside the window.
The latter seemed unwilling to admit defeat and was shouting something.
But Chu Xianping did not look at him, nor did he look at Wei Changtian who was standing at the other end of the long street.
He just looked up at the two golden dragons in the sky, and his gaze fell on the densely packed people kneeling on the ground.
When the woman said, "I dare not gamble," Chu Xianping already knew where he had lost.
Despair is as vain as hope.
After all, I thought ordinary people were too brave.
But perhaps it is precisely because ordinary people have too many "dare nots" that the world needs heroes. In the clear sky, the so-called "national guardian dragon" turned into dots of light amid Lv Yuanjin's unwilling screams, just like a galaxy appearing in the daytime.
And Chu Xianping finally looked at Wei Changtian from afar at the last moment, then closed the window, turned around, and went on to be his hero.
(End of this chapter)
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