Chapter 449: Not Involved in Cause and Effect
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After hearing this, the county magistrate nodded repeatedly and said excitedly, "Goddess, you are absolutely right! We have misunderstood the gods' intentions. From today on, everyone must adjust their diet! However... we rarely eat meat and eggs on a normal day..."
Meeting Tang Yue's gaze, the county magistrate immediately changed his tone, "But we will correct it immediately. From now on, we will hatch more chickens and ducks, and raise more piglets. In a while, everyone in the county will have meat to eat."
Tang Yue, Sun Jinan and others were respectfully escorted back to the courtyard by the county people. Seeing that everyone had left, Sun Jinan and Zhang Dabing finally relaxed. Sun Jinan was very excited, "My God, Captain, you are so awesome.
These people would be doing themselves a disservice if they didn't worship you, the company commander, as if you were a deity."
Zhang Dabing was also grinning. The company commander was indeed amazing. He was pretending to be a goddess in a very proper way. Tang Yue leaned lazily on the quilt, "Well, next we have to wait and see if they have any news about the battalion commander and my father."
However, before the news arrived, by evening, another incident had occurred in the county town. The entire city was in an uproar. Zhang Dabing went out to investigate, but soon returned with a gloomy face.
Tang Yue already knew what was going on, and her face wasn't looking good. Zhang Dabing couldn't understand Bian Yue's Mandarin, so he just said, "Three young girls died. It looks like they were... raped..."
Sun Jinan narrowed his eyes when he heard this, but he said nothing. A short while later, the county magistrate and several elders arrived at Tang Yue's yard.
Sun Jinan ushered them into the house, and they immediately knelt before Tang Yue. Tang Yue sat cross-legged on the bed with her eyes closed, saying nothing, "Goddess, please bless our Shanhe County."
Tang Yue opened her eyes and looked at the people kneeling before her. Her voice was cold. She didn't know when it started, but her soft, childish voice had been tinged with a cold charm. Was this a sign of growing up?
"Are you talking about those girls who died? They were probably harmed by the American army, right?"
The county magistrate was furious. He hadn't expected the US military to be so brutal. No, they knew, they had always known. But now the county magistrate hated Agui even more. If Agui hadn't been trying to curry favor with the US military and make the entire county friendly with them, how could so many girls have been stolen?
Tang Yue closed her eyes again. "I have already borne the karma of this world by helping you to eliminate the disease. War is killing. I have always advocated peace and do not like killing. Moreover, I cannot bear this sin. Get out."
"Goddess..." The county magistrate knelt on the ground and looked up at the goddess, hoping that she could help them again.
The third elder, Huang Zhiping, was pulling the county magistrate's clothes from behind him, while Sun Jinan and Zhang Dabing had already made moves to drive him away.
"Captain, isn't this a good opportunity? The American army killed their people, how could they not want to retaliate?"
Tang Yue looked at Sun Jinan with a half-smile, "Yes, you said it too, why don't they retaliate after they killed their people?"
Zhang Dabing seemed to understand what the company commander meant, but he didn't seem to understand it completely. "Company commander, what do you mean?"
Tang Yue sneered, "Back then, Bianyue was begging China to support their war. But what's going on now? Bianyue is clearly thinking of becoming one with the United States.
If we hadn't arrived, the county governor might have already colluded with the US military. How strong do you think their resolve is? Only now that their people have been killed do they feel the pain.
How can they know the pain if the slap doesn't hit themselves? "
Sun Jinan's face turned pale as he thought of the soldiers who had sacrificed their lives for the Bianyue Kingdom. Why had they so foolishly sacrificed themselves for the Bianyue Kingdom? And the other side didn't even appreciate it.
Zhang Dabing grasped the key point, "Company Commander, what do you mean?"
Tang Yue's expression remained unchanged. "Let them fight on their own."
"Ah? Bian Yue Country? Can they defeat the US military?" Not to mention Sun Jinan didn't believe it, even Zhang Dabing didn't believe it.
Tang Yue didn't refute them. "How did China win the Anti-Japanese War? Who said ordinary people can't hold a gun? Aren't the conditions in Bianyue better now than in China back then?
Look now, who is fighting on the battlefield of Bianyue State?"
Zhang Dabing felt a little annoyed. The company commander was right. The battlefield now seemed to be a battle between the American and Chinese forces, and the battlefield they were fighting was in the border country of Yue. It was really incredible.
Zhang Dabing agreed with Tang Yue's idea. "The company commander is right. We should let them fight on their own. We can't just sit there and do nothing. They'll take all the benefits. In the end, the casualties will be on our side."
Tang Yue gave Zhang Dabing a teachable look. At the same time, her consciousness had already been released.
The county magistrate and several others were discussing something in the house next door.
"County Magistrate, what does the Goddess mean? How can she ignore us?" The Fifth Elder was anxious. If the Goddess didn't care about them, who else could help them fight against the US military?
The Third Elder looked at the Fifth Elder, then at the Fourth Elder, "Ah Hui, what do you say?"
The Fourth Elder, Chong Shanghui, remained silent. The Fifth Elder finally remembered him. "Ah Hui, you were the one who praised the American military back then, and what do you think now? Those are three lives. They were children we watched grow up. How could we let those beasts ruin them like that?"
The Fourth Elder was unconvinced. Could he be blamed? If the County Magistrate hadn't been so hesitant, how could such a disaster have befallen them? But he didn't dare say that now. After all, he had truly witnessed the power of the Goddess.
"Wasn't there a goddess back then? Also, the US military's weapons are so advanced. How can our tiny Shanhe County withstand a few of their artillery shells? I want to cooperate with the US military. Isn't it for the good of everyone?"
The fifth elder was so angry that he jumped up and down, "You saw it, this is how the American army treats you."
The Fourth Elder did not dare to refute at this time. After all, he was not sure whether the US military would treat them the same way after they cooperated with them.
The county magistrate sighed deeply and said, "Stop talking about it. Let's think about what to do now."
The Third Elder had been lost in thought. He looked at the others and said, "You said that they had taken these children away. Even if they were dead, they could have just buried them or thrown them into the mountains. Why did they send the bodies outside our city gate?"
The county magistrate looked up at the third elder and said, "A Ping, if you have any ideas, just tell me directly."
The Third Elder spoke angrily, "This is a provocation, a blatant provocation. Perhaps Agui has contributed a lot to this."
When the elders heard Agui's name, they couldn't help but get excited. Indeed, they threw Agui out, and Agui wanted to take revenge on them.
The fifth elder looked at the others and said, "Are we just going to let this go? I can't let this go. If we let this go this time, will they do something like this again in the future?
Also, if we endure it, the US military might think we are easy to bully and continue to bully us like this? "
It must be said that the Fifth Elder's analysis was very reasonable. The County Chief sighed, "I know that, but we only have a few broken guns. How can we fight them?
If a war breaks out, will more people die? We don't know if the peaceful days we have finally achieved will ever be restored.
Also, if the goddess doesn't help us, how can we have a chance of winning?"
The third elder looked at the county magistrate and said, "County magistrate, why don't you help us?"
County Magistrate...
The Four Elders...
The Five Elders...
Others...
The county magistrate sighed, "The goddess said she didn't want to be involved in the karma of killing."
The Third Elder's eyes lit up, "What if we don't let the goddess get involved in karma? We will bear all the consequences ourselves."
Several people stared at the Third Elder, who stood up excitedly. He walked around the room a few times and said, "The Goddess originally came to the lower realms to seek her guardian. She has nothing to do with us. She has already helped us a lot. Now, the confrontation with the US military is our own business."
Can't we ask the goddess to do everything for us? "
The fifth elder rubbed his head and said, "A Ping, I don't understand what you said."
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