Volume Sixteen Han and Tang Dynasties Chapter 1582 Who is the enemy and who is the friend(1/2)
Hu You never tried that so many people around her opposed him at the same time. For example, Hongye, she always stood on Hu You's side. No matter at any time, she had never opposed Hu You's decision for more than ten years. Hu You always said whatever Hu You said, and this time, she was the first to oppose Hu You.
Not only Hongye, Ximen Yufeng, Ouyang Shuixian and other female generals also disagreed with Hu You's decision to burn Dragon City. In the crowd, Hu You also saw Yaya. Although she did not speak, it can be seen from her expression that she did not support Hu You this time.
"Young Marshal, maybe we should sit down and think about it again." Hou San whispered in Hu You's ear. After being with Hu You for so many years, he knew Hu You's temper very well.
Hu You is a very easy-going person on the surface. He can eat and live with soldiers, or even jokes regardless of superiors and subordinates. There will be no problem, but when Hu You decides to make something happen, it will be difficult to change him.
As far as Hou San knows, such a thing has never happened. At least he doesn't remember anyone who has ever taken back his decision in Hu You.
"What are you doing? Rebellion against me?" Hu You's face was strangely calm. The cold air emitted from his body made Hou San take a few steps back unconsciously.
Hongye took a step forward under pressure and said, "We are not against you, and we all know your original intention of doing this, but you can't make such a decision."
"Why can't it?" Hu You's face showed a hint of anger. He said, "I'll use a fire to solve the problem of Wang Yiyou. What is the loss of only a few houses, which is more than sacrificing life? Wang Yiyou now has ten thousand guns in his hand. How many people will die when we fight him head-on? Do you know? They are all lives, the mother's children, and the lover the wife is waiting for day and night!"
Hu You's words calmed everyone down. Hu You said nothing wrong. Compared to life, what can some financial losses count?
Hongye thought Hu You's words were wrong, but she couldn't find a reason to refute Hu You. Compared with houses and life, which one is more important and which one is lighter is not necessary to think about it carefully.
"It's not like this." Just as everyone was speechless, a voice sounded. Yaya was next to the voice and couldn't help but take a look.
The one who spoke was Yaya's biological mother, Chu Zhu. At the same time, she came out from the crowd to Hu You. The flames shone on her white gauze skirt, bringing out a faint red color, and a hair coming from the wind.
Under the gaze of everyone, Chu Zhu said: "What you want to burn is not a few houses, but a city. Yes, compared to life, wealth is nothing. But these things that will be burned are not just wealth. It is also the history and soul of a city."
"Cities also have life, and they carry far more hope than a city itself. Think about those people who have to go home for the New Year no matter how difficult it is at the end of the year. Are they just trying to come back and see the house at home?"
Chu Zhu's words made everyone nod. A city provides people with more than just living people, it is a witness to a person's growth and a sustenance to emotions.
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The night wind blew on people with a slight chill, and everyone's eyes were on Hu You, waiting for Hu You to make his decision.
The torch that had been lit for a long time was burning, and the air was filled with the smell of tinder oil. The strong city was very fragile at this time. Just need the torch to contact the tinder oil, and the whole city would instantly groan in the fire and then turn into ashes. The reason why such a thing has not happened so far is that Hu You's order has not been given yet.
No one knows whether such an order will be issued now, so I am afraid that even Hu You himself doesn’t know.
Yaya hesitated for a moment and wanted to persuade Hu You. Hu You have been spoiling her since she was a child. Maybe Hu You can spoil her again this time.
Yaya just moved her feet and felt someone pulling her clothes. Looking back, it was Ouyang Hanbing who pulled her. Ouyang Hanbing gently shook her at Yaya. She signaled her not to go over and asked Hu You to make a decision.
Ouyang Hanbing knew that Hu You could spoil Yaya infinitely in other things, but now this matter is different from the past, and personal feelings cannot be used as the basis for decisions. Hu You need to consider more because this is a state affairs.
Hu You’s decision to burn the city is not completely unreasonable, and Chu Zhu’s statement cannot be said to be wrong. There is often no standard answer to whether it is right or wrong. The most critical factor depends on which angle it is based on.
For the people of Longcheng, of course, they do not want their houses to be destroyed. They are just ordinary people, without such lofty ideals, and will not consider major issues in the world. They only know that people need to eat while living and need a place where they can live.
When the house is burned, the home is gone. People without a home have no soul. Although this is something Chu Zhu advised Hu You, it was not invented by Chu Zhu. This is the common view of everyone in the world and is axiom.
From another perspective, those soldiers who are about to face the Shbai Army head-on, and even those soldiers who will die in the battle with Shbai Army, even if they do not agree with Hu You's decision to set fire to the city, their families will definitely agree with Hu You's decision.
Because then their relatives don’t need to go to the battlefield again. In ancient times, a few people went home in war, and every family with relatives on the battlefield will definitely not be at peace at night and cannot eat. Before seeing their relatives return home, they will never be at ease. If they have a choice, they can exchange any price for the end of the war. As long as they can make their families return safely, let alone burn a city, even if they burn ten cities, they will not object.
Hu You was thinking that twenty years ago he was a homeless person. He walked through the town every day, and today he didn't know where he would be tomorrow. This made him yearn for a home of his own.
Now he finally owns his own home. He also cherishes this home very much. But what about other people's homes? Does he have the right to burn someone else's home in one go?
The scene of the flood of Langtian flashed through Hu You's mind one by one. In those days, he saw countless families disappear with his own eyes. Isn't it enough for Langtian's disaster in Tianfeng Continent? Do you also have to experience a tragic incident in Longcheng that you can't go back to your home?
"Oh..." Hu You sighed deeply.
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"Do you think it was Chu Zhu who convinced you, or did you convince yourself?" Qin Ming asked Hu You under the big banyan tree.
"Why do you always have so many questions?"
"Because I want to know the answer." Qin Ming seemed to feel that Hu You was in a bad mood at all, and he still did his own thing and said whatever he wanted.
Hu You frowned and said, "Can't you let me calm down?"
"Why do you need to be quiet?" Qin Ming asked back: "Have you changed your decision for you?"
Hu You said irritably: "I don't know, I just want to stay alone."
Qin Ming waved his hand and said, "I don't think you have that necessity. Since you have made a decision, it means you agree to such a decision. If you have done it, how can you still consider so many things?"
"Have anyone told you that you are really annoyed?" Hu You really wanted to punch Qin Ming. Who is this? Is it wrong to calm down?
"No." Qin Ming answered very simply. Usually he didn't even have the interest in talking to people, so how could anyone say he was annoyed?
"Then I'll...oh, forget it." Hu You sat down again. It made no sense to say angry words to Qin Ming at this time. He would not take it to heart, and it would be useless to say it.
"You haven't told me the answer yet." Qin Ming reminded Hu You.
"What?" Hu You looked at Qin Ming in confusion. He was a little confused. Why did Qin Ming have nothing to say to others? There were always so many messy thoughts and problems when he came to him.
"I just asked you if Chu Zhu convinced you, or if you convinced yourself." Qin Ming didn't feel the trouble at all, and told him his question again.
Hu You thought about it seriously for a while, shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be either."
"Oh?" Qin Ming showed a very interested look. He wanted to know what Hu You thought.
When Hu You made a decision, he thought a lot. The most common one was "home". Family, country and the world. Before Hu You were twenty years old, he heard the most that he was to sacrifice his family for everyone. The interests of the country are above everything else. For the sake of the country, the personal life is nothing.
At that time, everyone said this, and Hu You felt that it was right. But after coming to Tianfeng Continent and becoming the lord of a country for more than ten years, Hu You found that it was not correct.
The country is a very empty thing. What is the country? It seems that it exists around him at all times. But he cannot see or touch it. Only home is real.
A country and a country are all in the world. A country can have a country with a family. A country is composed of families. A good family can make a good country. A family is the foundation of a country and is the sustenance of people's souls.
"You said, what power do I have to break thousands of families?" Hu You asked Qin Ming.
Qin Ming asked back: "What about the soldiers? If you give up burning the city, many soldiers will die in battle, and their homes will be destroyed?"
"I suddenly want to know where you are." Hu You smiled bitterly, "Why can you always find so many 'whys' for me?"
"I just want to know." Qin Ming replied.
"If you want to know, think about it yourself. I want to accompany my wife and children. You have disturbed my safety. Could it be that you still want to destroy my reunion?"
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"He finally didn't do it." Avril breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing whether she hoped Hu You to burn Longcheng or was glad that Hu You didn't do anything to destroy the city.
"It should be said that this is expected." Lenata said.
"Did you know that Hu You won't set fire early in the morning?" Avril recalled Lenata's previous reaction, and it seemed that there was no aspect that Lenata had any idea in this regard.
Lenata shook her head and said, "I don't say that."
"Then do you say it's expected?" Avril was a little resentful of the word Lenata. She went through a long process from liking Hu You and hating Hu You. She thought she knew Hu You better than Lenata. But she didn't expect Hu You to take back her decision at the last moment. Lenata said that it was expected. In other words, Lenata knew Hu You better than her.
Lenata didn't know that Avril's mind was so complicated at this time. She was born in a military family and her little mother had passed away. Following her father, she learned more about military knowledge, and didn't know much about feelings, especially between men and women, and had less experience.
"I just feel that a city should not be destroyed so easily. The city has its vitality. The vitality of Dragon City is not that low."
Lenata's answer was a little disappointed. In her opinion, Lenata's words did not say the same. What is urban vitality? This kind of thing is really too empty.
After a while of silence, Avril temporarily put aside this matter. There is no possibility of anything with Hu You. Now I think about those things that are just to make me feel sad. Haven’t I told myself a long time ago that I am not thinking about this issue?
"What do you think of Li Chenggong's suggestion?" Avril changed the topic. Just this morning, Li Chenggong sent them a letter. Avril didn't know how Li Chenggong knew they were here. But Li Chenggong's suggestion was attractive to her.
Lenata nodded and said, "Li Chenggong has offered good conditions."
The conditions offered by Li Chenggong were indeed very good. He took the initiative to restore the country to Avril. And it was the kind that did not require Avril to sacrifice any money. Just nodding and you can get his help.
"It's just that his stimulation is too good, and I can't see his real purpose." Avril added.
There is no love for no reason, no hatred for no reason, and no help for no reason. Who would be so full and have nothing to do, and help people all over the world?
There is a possibility like this. It’s just that too few are too few, and even if there is, it will become nothing. Li Chenggong must have a purpose. Before he understood his purpose, Lenata felt that it was better to be careful.
Avril said: "Maybe we can try it, maybe it will be our chance."
"I don't think so. To be honest, we and Hu You and Qin Ming are not at the same level, and Li Chenggong is not the kind we can understand. In my opinion, we should follow our original plan and take it step by step."
"Is the God-making plan?" Avril smiled. It didn't think it was a perfect plan. Even if it received more support from the people and did not have its own strength, would that make sense?
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Wang Yiyou didn't know that Hu You almost set fire to the city. Even if someone told him that Hu You almost did that, he wouldn't believe it.
At this time, Wang Yiyou was on the mouse's bed, with a superior accompanying his subordinate's bed. That was somewhat unreasonable. However, it was very reasonable for Wang Yiyou to be by the mouse's bed, because if there was no mouse to save him, he should have been in the bed now, or even died. The mouse was injured to save him, so it was also worth looking at the mouse here.
The bullets in the mouse's body had been taken out, but he was still sleeping in a daze. From the moment he was shot, he was in a daze and had not woken up for a minute.
"I'm used to saying something to you every day, but I suddenly have nothing to say. I'm really uncomfortable." Wang Yiyou murmured to himself as he looked at the mouse who was sleeping.
"Okay, you sleep with yours, I said mine is fine. Last time we talked about my mother taking me to see Hu You. There, I saw Hongye..."
Wang Yiyou told his story to the mouse who was sleeping in a dizzy state. This story is not very obvious. Even in this period, it is not even a good thing for him to talk about it.
Wang Yiyou talked about his relationship with Hu You, and then about how to cooperate with Hu You to become the Sebai Empire. He has never told anyone about these things. He has been hiding them in his heart for so many years, and now he can tell them, and he feels so good all over his body.
In the same military camp, Wang Yiyou was telling stories. Tang Hun was not the one who listened to stories. This time he was not very lucky. He failed to kill Wang Yiyou but instead got Wang Yiyou caught him. Now even his life is in the hands of others. It can be said that it is a feng shui cycle, but he himself does not redirect it to Tang Hun.
"Bah." Tang Hun spitted out the blood. That guy Wang Yiyou was really painful. In order to help the mouse vent his anger, he really beat him to death. Wang Yiyou dared to bet that at least five bones on his body have been broken.
"Grandma..., Wang Yiyou, remember it. If you fall into my hands next time, I will definitely give it back to you for ten generations!"
If you can't beat Wang Yiyou, a few words of cursing can make you feel much happier. Tang Hun even cursed and hugged himself in the wound. He is a person who has never loved anyone since he was a child, so he can only love himself more. If he didn't love himself, he would have been unable to live today.
"Tang Hun, Tang Hun, will anyone come to save you?"
To be continued...