Half blood

The person who came to submit the letter of surrender was an old man over fifty years old. He looked like a surrendered person at first glance.His waist is hunched, like a red-hot shrimp, and the strong and straight bridge of the nose that is unique to Qingzhou people almost touches the ground. There are few hairs on the top of his head, and the last few hairs are covered with a small hair crown. With one hair tied up, he handed over a roll of surrender to Li Xuan in such a respectful and humble manner.

Li Xuan took the letter of surrender, glanced at it, and said with a light smile: "Master Wu, are you bargaining with me?"

Master Wu didn't smile when he heard this, but bowed respectfully, and replied: "His Royal Highness Wang An is joking."

Li Xuan said: "Master Wu, what qualifications does Qingzhou have to negotiate with me? As far as I know, Qingzhou's current army has only a quarter of the old, weak, sick and disabled. I thought the fall of Dongjiangkou was a Proud of the strategy of attacking east and west, now I know that those hundreds of soldiers are soldiers, and one cannon is all your strength, and your strength is weaker than I thought."

Daren Wu said: "His Royal Highness King An knows the national strength of Qingzhou State like the palm of his hand, and I don't want to bluff. I just want to ask His Highness King An one thing. Yujin Kingdom has been preparing for this time for how many months?"

Li Xuan's eyes darkened when he heard this, but he didn't answer.

So Master Wu continued, "As far as I know, the Yujin Kingdom's dispatch of troops this time was extremely hasty. If I guessed correctly, it should have something to do with the death of our Princess Qingzhou. But these are just side effects. Minimal details, what I want to ask is, how many months has His Royal Highness King An been preparing for this time?"

Li Xuan raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said: "Master Wu, how come you have heard such a saying, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the troops are sent out in a hurry this time, it is still more than enough to fight against the Qingzhou Kingdom."

Master Wu said: "I don't know if it's more than enough. After all, victory or defeat is a common matter in military strategists. There are always so few battles that are won with less. And the men of our Qingzhou country are all passionate men. For the sake of the country, I don’t hesitate to throw my head and blood. If this continues, I think it’s not that the lean camel is bigger than the horse, but that both sides will suffer.”

Master Wu paused, raised his wrinkled face, looked at Li Xuan, and said in a deep voice: "Besides, His Highness Wang An is planning to make a quick decision, and has no intention of delaying it at all. If I guessed correctly , His Royal Highness Wang An should not have much military rations."

Jiang was still old and hot, and Li Xuan's weakness was severely poked by Master Wu with a few words.That's right, Li Xuan didn't have much grain and grass in his hands. This time he dispatched troops in an extremely hasty manner. He didn't collect grain, but relied on the people in the south to supply it.Ten days and a half months can still last, if the time is extended a bit, they will also be seriously injured.

Li Xuan suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and asked back: "Since Mr. Wu is so confident, he thinks that Qingzhou country must lose, why did he come to surrender?"

Master Wu replied indifferently: "The common people have suffered enough this year."

Li Xuan didn't speak any more, but unfolded the letter of surrender and read it carefully for a while, and said, "Master Wu wants me not to kill the common people after entering the city, not to confiscate the grain and soft goods of the people of Qingzhou Kingdom, and not to take the women of the people by force. The above conditions I can agree, and I can also promise that all the money in your treasury will be used to govern Qingzhou City. In addition, the royal family of Qingzhou Kingdom has a blood relationship with my mother, and I will spare the royal family of Qingzhou Kingdom. "

A gleam of light flashed in Mr. Wu's eyes, but it immediately dimmed, and said: "If you make a light promise, you will have little faith. Why did His Royal Highness King An agree so simply?"

Li Xuandao: "Because I also have a condition, and in order for you to agree to my condition, I think it is necessary for me to increase my bargaining chip." After saying that, he raised his hand to gesture to the soldiers in front of the battalion, and said: "Tell Qingzhou Invite the eldest prince of the country."

Luo Bo was carried out from the dungeon, his arm that was shot by the arrow fell on his neck with a snow-white bandage, his eyes had not been closed for several days, and he glared at Li Xuan with blood red angrily, and cursed at Li Xuan as soon as he entered the tent Said: "Li Xuan, you little bastard."

Li Xuan raised his head leisurely, glanced at Luo Bo, raised his hand and said, "Do you know this lord?"

Luo Bo looked at Mr. Wu, as if seeing a long-lost relative, two soybean-sized teardrops fell from his eyes, and Luo Bo shouted: "Uncle Wu, you, why are you here? "

The old lines on Mr. Wu's face were unfolded by a warm smile, and there was a gleam in his turbid and desperate eyes. He looked at Luo Bo and said softly, "Your Highness."

Li Xuan looked at the two people with tears in their eyes coldly, and said, "Your Uncle Wu came today with a letter of surrender."

When Luo Bo heard this, he was startled slightly, and asked, "Sentence letter? What letter of surrender?"

Lord Wu lowered his head, returned to his previous humble appearance, and replied, "Qingzhou Kingdom surrender letter."

"What?" Luo Bo swung his arm, threw the two soldiers who were pressing him to the ground, and shouted loudly: "Surrender letter? Surrender letter? We Qingzhou do not have such a thing, no!"

Luo Bo's performance was a little childish, and he seemed a little out of place among the adults in the camp. Li Xuan ignored Luo Bo's quarrel, and said to Master Wu: "My condition is very simple, and there is only one. As long as Master Wu Promise, the promise I made just now, promises a thousand gold."

"Damn," Luo Bo shouted, "a promise is worth a thousand dollars, can you live up to the word 'promise'? What did your father promise to the Qingzhou Kingdom? He promised that as long as our Qingzhou Kingdom sent troops to help him, he would become an ally with us, You have lived in peace from generation to generation. What about now? You turn your face and don’t recognize anyone, and you still promise me a promise, I think your promise is not worth a fart.”

Listening to Luo Bo's series of scolding, Li Xuan didn't even frown, but went on to say to Master Wu: "Master Wu is willing to listen to my condition?"

Master Wu was silent. This is a situation where people are fighting for the knife and I am for the fish. No matter whether Li Xuan can keep his promise in the end, he has to think about Li Xuan's proposal.Because this is a weak passive, choose the one with less damage between being hurt and being severely hurt.After a long while, Master Wu finally spoke slowly and said, "King An, please tell me."

"After this king entered the city, all Qingzhou national characters were immediately abolished, and all classics and historical books were burned. From then on, the people in Qingzhou city learned Yujin national characters and spoke Yujin national dialect."

Hearing this proposal, Master Wu was startled for a moment. He didn't expect the smiling Li Xuan to propose such a condition. This condition cut off all the cultural inheritance of Qingzhou State, and was enough to erase the Qingzhou State's cultural inheritance. All traces of existence in this world.Beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he froze in place for a moment, not knowing what to do.

"I can't sign it, I can't!" Rob, who was suppressed again, shouted, "Don't sign with him, I, Rob, will tear up this paper even if I die today."

As soon as the words fell, Luo Bo threw off the two generals who were suppressing him, rushed to Li Xuan's case, grabbed the piece of paper, and made a gesture to tear the paper in half.

Li Xuan looked at it coldly, and said: "Tear it, you tear it, if you are still angry after tearing this one up, I will bring you another stack to make you tear it up, anyway, it has not been signed yet, tear me up I can get another one."

At this time, Master Wu asked: "His Royal Highness King An only has this one condition?"

Li Xuan nodded, and replied: "Yes, there is only one condition. If Lord Wu and His Highness the First Prince agree, they will sign their names on this piece of paper. If Lord Wu and His Highness the First Prince agree If you are dissatisfied with the proposal," Li Xuan paused, "that's out of the question."

The tent suddenly became very quiet, quiet like a stream of time flowing slowly, everyone held their breath in unison, as if waiting for this moment that will be recorded in the history books forever, how unusual it will be.But in this vast and boundless history, there is no moment that is unusual, just like the Langhao pen that Mr. Wu stretched out his hand now. The pen was dipped in thick ink and held between two withered fingers like branches.

"Your Highness," Master Wu said, "We can't fight it."

Luo Bo's voice was a little trembling, he stood in front of the case with his hands down, and said, "I haven't tried it yet, and I haven't tried it with all my strength. Why do you say you can't do it? They are so soft, Me alone, and Rob alone can kill a battalion of them."

"What's the point of this attempt?" Lord Wu said: "At that time, he will only kill everyone. Could it be that Qingzhou can stay in this way? No, if there are no people, leave an empty city What's the point? Money can be robbed, and ancient books can be burned, but does His Royal Highness know what can never be taken away? It's the living people from generation to generation, and their hearts are connected by word of mouth. As the blood is passed down from generation to generation, as long as people are still there, we are not dead, we are not finished."

Luo Bo nodded with tears in his eyes, and said, "I understand," he touched his face with his cuff, as if the childishness on his face had been wiped away.Luo Bo sat down at the table with his spine straight. He picked up his pen and said, "I, Luo Bo, am the eldest prince of Qingzhou Kingdom and the last prince of Qingzhou Kingdom. This dynasty has been defeated by me. It's my fault, my fault. My fault was that I didn't kill this bastard with a single shot. So, let me sign this letter of surrender, and this shame belongs to me, Rob."

Master Wu shook his head and said: "Your Highness, you are still young, you don't understand how difficult it is to write a person's name, let this piece of paper leave my name on it, and let me bear this infamy that will be cast aside for generations to come."

After that, he wrote his name stroke by stroke on the paper with a pen, then bit his finger, and pressed a scarlet handprint on the name.

Li Xuan took the paper and said with a slight smile, "Master Wu is really a sensible person."

Master Wu got up from his seat, saluted Li Xuan, and then bowed his waist and retreated.His waist was as bent as when he first came in, and he was bent like a shrimp with a mountain on its back.There were only a few steps from the desk to the case, but he walked for a long, long time, as if his heart was hanging on his feet, and every step he took, he was stepping on the tip of a knife.Luo Bo followed behind, his figure was as tall as a mountain next to the weak old man, like a mountain frozen for thousands of years, Luo Bo suddenly turned his head to look at Li Xuan who raised his eyes in front of the camp, his eyes flickered Suddenly, it was so complicated that Li Xuan couldn't understand it, but the unique edges and corners of the people of Qingzhou made Li Xuan think of a person, a person he yearned for but was separated forever, his mother, his mother.