Chapter 0124 No More
Xiao Rong spoke loudly, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense.
Gao Xunzhi, who was sitting between them, blinked his eyes and leaned back smoothly and low-key, trying to reduce his presence. …
Xiao Rong stared at him. Qu Yunmie was silent for a while before he slowly stood up: "Why not?"
He asked too calmly, as if Xiao Rong was making trouble for no reason, which made Xiao Rong even angrier: "Why?? Why? What era is this? You still massacre prisoners of war? You can even let the Xianbei prisoners of war go, but now you are unwilling to let the Zuo Army and Shen's Army go. Yes, there are many damn guys among them, but there are also people who were forced to participate by them! Whether to betray the Zhenbei Army, is this something that a soldier can decide? They joined the army just to make a living. Why should these innocent people pay for the evil done by Yuan Baifu and others?!"
Qu Yunmie: "Just because I'm willing." Xiao Rong was stunned.
Qu Yunmie added: "I don't care whether they are innocent or not. There are so many dead people in this world, but not everyone is guilty of a heinous crime. There are many cases where criminals go unpunished while innocent people die on the streets. They are unlucky and are involved in this dispute, but it is not my fault. Why should I spare those who have raised weapons against the Zhenbei Army?"
Xiao Rong: “…………”
He couldn't believe his ears when he heard Qu Yunmie's twisted logic: "It's not your fault, but you want to take their lives. Did you hear what you are saying? You have no mercy on the surrendered prisoners of war. Do you want to be a tyrant?!"
Qu Yunmie: "There are countless people who massacred prisoners of war. Even the massacre of the city has happened in the past. So what if they are tyrants? Even wise rulers have lost countless lives! How did the small country established by the Xiongnu in Yizhou perish? Wasn't it because the whole city was massacred? Don't try to persuade me with your full talk of benevolence, righteousness and morality. When I am in a good mood, I will listen to you, but I am in a bad mood today. I want to let everyone in the world know what the price of angering me is!"
As he spoke, he placed his hands on the table. He stared into Xiao Rong's eyes and spoke word by word, "Killing the main culprit is not enough! Only by killing all the people involved will no one dare to have a lucky hope in the future. All those who betrayed me will have the same ending in the end, death!!!"
Xiao Rong's expression froze. After a long while, he finally found his voice: "You are right."
Qu Yunmie still stared at him with sharp eyes.
Xiao Rong calmed down and continued, "You are a king, and you have blood on your hands. Even if you don't abide by morality, no one in this world can stop you. The Zuo army betrayed you, and the Shen family army provoked you. Even if you kill them all, no one dares to point at your nose and scold you. But everyone knows that this is wrong, and you also know that even if doing this will not affect your status, what about your conscience? You are obviously not a person who likes to kill!"
When Gao Xunzhi heard this, he suddenly pursed his lips. He had already expected that Qu Yunmie would say something stupid.
As expected, the next moment, Qu Yunmie straightened up and sneered at Xiao Rong: "It's only been a short time, and you have forgotten how people in the world comment on me. Didn't you also say that I am tyrannical and bloodthirsty?"
Xiao Rong: “…”
He took another breath. Qu Yunmie's words made him so angry that he had to close his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he fought back: "That's because I thought you had changed. No, I thought I was deceived by other people's words. You are not tyrannical, nor bloodthirsty. After such a long time, some people finally changed their views on you and the Zhenbei Army. Why do you want to throw your reputation to the ground again! Do you think others will not dare to betray you because they are afraid of you? This kind of precarious life will only make them run faster! Today you are slaughtering prisoners of war, what about tomorrow? What else do you want to do? Are you going to punish the nine clans and exterminate the three clans?"
Qu Yunmie suddenly stopped talking.
Xiao Rong: “…………”
He had a very bad premonition in his heart, his expression changed slightly, and he walked around the table and came to Qu Yunmie.
Xiao Rong looked at his expression and his voice became suspicious: "What do you want to do now?"
Qu Yunmie looked at him, and finally said, "After returning to Chenliu, I will arrest all the Yuan family members and behead them all, leaving no one alive."
Gao Xunzhi lowered his head and sighed in his heart.
If Yuan Baifu had not kidnapped Xiao Rong later, perhaps he could have found a way to save these people's lives after half a month or a month, but now it was good enough for these people to die quickly. Didn't you see that Qu Yunmie's tone was starting to get frustrated? He definitely didn't want to behead them at first, but seeing Xiao Rong's attitude, he compromised a little. ...
But Xiao Rong couldn't hear the difference in Qu Yunmie's words, and he was almost going crazy.
He asked Qu Yunmie: "Including the children?"
Qu Yunmie: "As long as his last name is Yuan."
Xiao Rong remained silent and nodded: "Okay, so you don't even intend to let go of the baby in the cradle."
Gao Xunzhi wanted to say that the Yuan family currently had no babies and Yuan Baifu himself had no children, but he felt that this was not a good time to interrupt, so he just looked at the two of them silently.
Qu Yunmie: "Why should I let them go?"
Xiao Rong suddenly said angrily: "Because they don't know what Yuan Baifu did! Don't you think they are pitiful for dying for something they didn't do?!"
Qu Yunmie: "What about those who died at Yuan Baifu's hands? They didn't do anything. And me, did I do anything to offend Yuan Baifu? What did I go through? They are pitiful, and I am pitiful too. Why don't you stand up for me, but instead keep stopping me for these irrelevant people!"
Xiao Rong: "How do you want me to fight for you? You rushed to Ningzhou regardless of everything, I supported you. You wanted to attack Nanyong, I also supported you. As long as it is what you want to do and does not affect the overall situation, I support you in everything! But now you are just venting your anger. You use these twisted theories to convince me, as if you really have a reason to do it, but in fact you don’t! Yuan Baifu died too easily, you feel angry, if you can’t kill him, then go kill someone else. Even if I want to excuse you, I can’t find an excuse. You are a tyrant!"
During their argument, the system never played its role and Xiao Rong always felt that there was nothing wrong.
And this is what scares Xiao Rong, but there is actually no problem.
Qu Yunmie wanted to kill innocent people and massacre Yuan Baifu's entire family, but Qu Yunmie was too powerful now. Even collective punishment and massacre could not reduce his luck. This also meant that he no longer needed to care about the voices of those scholars. He had reached a height where the criticisms of the literati could no longer affect his hegemony.
Xiao Rong's mission is to keep Qu Yunmie's luck growing, but that doesn't mean he is incapable of distinguishing right from wrong and only cares about the word luck. Qu Yunmie is the emperor he assisted, and he hopes that Qu Yunmie can surpass every emperor he has read about in history, rather than eventually becoming like those people, high above everyone else, with the power of life and death.
Qu Yunmie's attitude today made him discover this tendency, and this made Xiao Rong feel particularly panicked because he didn't know what to do.
He must reform Qu Yunmie and make him move towards the throne because Xiao Rong needs to use this to exchange for his own health and freedom, but the system has never required Qu Yunmie to become a wise ruler, so why does he have to insist on doing so?
Making Qu Yunmie the emperor is Xiao Rong's job; but making Qu Yunmie a wise ruler is not a job anymore, it's more like a hobby, or an ideal.
Xiao Rong could force Qu Yunmie to do many things for his own life, but for his own ideals, he seemed unable to do so much. After all, ideals were a personal matter, and apart from himself, no one should disregard their wishes just to cooperate with him. …
This was the second time that Xiao Rong called Qu Yunmie a tyrant, but the situation was obviously different from the first time. After Xiao Rong shouted those two words, he immediately regretted it, but words spoken were like water spilled, and there was absolutely no way to take them back.
The atmosphere became tense. Qu Yunmie clenched his fists. The blue veins on his forehead trembled as he clenched his teeth, but slowly, Qu Yunmie forced himself to relax.
His fists loosened slowly, and his sullen face returned to normal. He looked at Xiao Rong and gave him a half-smile: "You are right, human nature cannot be changed, and my nature is that of a tyrant."
Gao Xunzhi opened his mouth and looked at the two of them. The atmosphere took a sudden turn for the worse. It felt like the two of them had already broken down in their talks. If he didn't get involved at this time, they would probably get even more awkward. He quickly thought about what he could say, and after thinking, he raised his body, and just as he let his butt leave the chair, Xiao Rong spoke.
Gao Xunzhi immediately sat back down, looking away awkwardly, as if he had done nothing. …
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