One night.
Duan Qingxi took the medicine and wanted to secretly apply it to Xu Xuan.
She is now certain that Xu Xuan will be a good official in the future, so such a good talent cannot be wasted.
Just as he walked to the door of the woodshed where Xu Xuan was imprisoned, Duan Qingxi heard the sound of two people talking from inside the woodshed.
Duan Qingxi listened carefully and found that the person who spoke was actually the fourth in command.
From what he said, it seemed that he wanted Xu Xuan to deliberately agree to stay with the leader of the stronghold and serve as a military advisor, and then the two of them would find a way to lure those officials up the mountain, and then they could wipe out the entire stronghold.
According to the Fourth In Command, Xu Xuan's contribution would be very great if he wiped out this stronghold. Maybe he could even be promoted and leave this damn place!
Unfortunately, Xu Xuan did not respond, and it was obvious that he did not agree to the Fourth In Command's request.
I don’t know whether he disdains to use this method or doesn’t believe what the fourth in command said.
The fourth boss talked for a long time and tried to persuade Xu Xuan for a long time, but when he saw that Xu Xuan still refused to agree, he became very angry.
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Xu Xuan looked at his back and said, "Xu Rong, stop it! Don't make the same mistake again. Xujia Village is gone. Even if you try every possible way to destroy this stronghold, the villagers can't come back. Why bother staying here and doing these things?"
The fourth in command, Xu Rong, was stunned for a moment before turning to look at Xu Xuan fiercely and saying, "That's still better than you! Everyone in the village is dead, and you still have the nerve to rush off to take the imperial examinations to become this crappy official, and in the end, it's all for nothing!"
Xu Xuan's expression was calm, in stark contrast to Xu Rong's ferocious and crazy expression.
He said, "The stronghold will be destroyed sooner or later, but most of the villagers here are innocent, and only a few are real bandits. You can take revenge, but you can't harm innocent people. Besides, Xujia Village was destroyed because of floods. The real reason was the officials' inaction and corruption. There are not many reasons for the bandits to occupy it..."
"Shut up!" Xu Rong became increasingly agitated. "It was indeed the floods that destroyed the village, but if those bandits hadn't robbed our last rations, how could so many of us have starved to death? The villagers who stayed here are innocent?! They are so greedy for life and afraid of death that they actually came to collude with the bandits just to survive. How can they be innocent? The food they eat is also the rations that those bandits snatched from others!"
Xu Xuan looked at Xu Rong in front of him, sighed, but did not speak.
He knew that Xu Rong was now stuck in a dead end and no matter what he said, it would be useless.
Xujia Village back then was the same as the several villages that are experiencing floods now.
It’s just that the people in Xujia Village are more diligent and hardworking, and the land they occupy is good, so the harvest is also good.
When the flood first occurred, every household still had some food left, and everyone discussed using this food to find a way out elsewhere, or even go to the capital.
But on the way, they encountered bandits, their rations were stolen, and many people starved to death on the road.
He and Xu Rong were relatively lucky. They survived to the end by drinking water and eating wild grass and tree bark. Later, they finally met a kind family.
But later, the two of them separated.
He went to the capital to take the imperial examination with the purpose of becoming a good official and preventing tragedies like the one in Xujia Village from happening again.
But it was then that he was exposed to the darkness among officials, and he realized that even if their rations had not been taken away by the bandits, they would have been killed by the assassins sent by Qin Yong.
Those bandits were nothing more than an excuse for Qin Yong to cover up his crimes.
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