Whoever wins the crouching dragon wins the world

When I woke up, it was over.

Maybe it was the effect of alcohol. Although I was worried about treason in my heart, after the third watch struck, I fell into a dream in a daze. wake me up.

"Princess, the Central Superintendent has pleaded guilty." With sleepy eyes, Qiu Shuang thoughtfully handed over a warm towel, and the heat from her cheeks slowly restarted her stagnant brain: "Come on, let's go and have a look."

Speed ​​all the way.From a long distance, one can see people in the familiar dormitory, the door is broken, the screen is broken and tiles are in a mess, and the bright lights come straight out from the unobstructed door opening, making the mess inside the house unobstructed.

The once-prominent Central Supervision Army knelt in the middle of the room with his hands tied behind his back, his head raised, his aggression raised, and he seemed to have no intention of repentance at all.

Qin Fan stood in iron armor and held a gun: "Princess Qi, the Chinese army began to make changes during the ugly period. The low-ranking officers watched from the soldiers, and immediately saw the rebels attacking the army camp from the east and west. Sergeant, come to the princess mansion with murderous intent."

It was exactly as expected by Guo Jia... I sincerely admired the genius Guo Fengxiao's predictability, and asked: "Is there any movement in that post station?" Xing Hao, who had expressed his loyalty to me a few hours ago, is it true? Is it really as straightforward as he said?

"No." Qin Fan showed a slight smile on his dark face, and reported loudly, "Soldiers have come to report. The door of General Xing's room has been closed tonight. He is still hangover, and he seems not aware of the movement outside."

Well done!I also smiled and looked at the Central Supervision Army who was entrusted with the important task by Liu Xi.Because he used to be Liu Bei's old department, he was loyal and never had a second heart in history, so Liu Xi did not take precautions at the beginning, allowing him to take charge of Gyeonggi as a minister of the two masters, which can be described as the utmost benevolence.Who knows that people's hearts are fickle, and Xing Hao, who has never received a drop of grace from me, even overcomes all difficulties to surrender, but his subordinates who eat the king's salary are unwilling to worry about the king's worries, and choose to turn against each other, which is chilling.

Thinking of the disappointment in Liu Xi's eyes when he left Xinye, I couldn't help asking: "Guan Ping, King Ping'an treated you well, but you are ungrateful and repay your revenge, don't you feel ashamed?"

Guan Ping was expressionless, and snorted indifferently: "Winners and losers, what shame is there?"

It's so scumbag that there is no cure!

I said angrily: "You yourself are ambitious, and you deserve to die, but you have dragged many Paoze brothers to hell together. Don't you have any shame?" I issued the order to garrison the fields earlier, just to prevent the bottom soldiers who don't know why from obeying the command of the chief officer and become internal strife. cannon fodder.However, even though most of the Chinese troops were conscripted to the countryside, more than [-] people still died due to Guan Ping's selfishness, which made me feel very sorry.

Guan Ping didn't take it seriously: "They were originally Liu Shijun's subordinates. As soon as the lord died, he would join others and steal his life. Such disloyalty and unrighteousness, death is not a pity."

What a double standard!I laughed angrily: "Aren't you also a retainer with the second surname, what face do you have to blame others?"

"Bah!" Probably conscious of being insulted, Guan Ping was furious, spitting, and his emotions were extremely intense: "Liu Xi is a virtuous, hypocritical person, and my attachment is just a stopgap measure, such a duplicity and shameless person , is not worthy of my service at all!"

These words are new.After living for so many years, I have seen people who scold Liu Xi for being arrogant and cruel, but I have never met someone who scolded her for hypocrisy: "Don't spit blood!"

"Liu Xi is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality. He declared that when he arrived at Yushan, Liu Shijun and my father were both killed in battle, and it was too late to save him, bah! He was clearly lurking in Anlin early on, and deliberately delayed until Shijun died. Come out and reap the benefits of the fisherman." Speaking of the tragic death of Guan Yu, Guan Ping's angry eyes were bloodshot and his veins were protruding, like a trapped beast that could wait for an opportunity to bite back at any time. place!"

Luo Guanzhong once wrote a poem praising Guan Ping's "loyalty to serve the country, filial piety and honesty with his relatives". I used to wonder why Guan Ping, who was a loyal soul in history, conspired to rebel, and now I finally solved the mystery.

Liu Bei was promoted to Emperor Zhaolie by selling shoes, and divided the world with Cao Cao and Sun Quan. There is no doubt about his ability.Even if Liu Xi came across with a golden finger in his arms, I wouldn't believe it if he said that he had no fear of this celebrity who had been like a thunderbolt since he was a child.It is indeed Liu Xi's style to cut Liu Bei's wings when he is not yet prosperous, and design to strangle his future rivals in the bud. Otherwise, if Liu Bei develops and grows, Liu Xi will regret it like Cao Cao in history beyond reach.

However, from my standpoint, even if I know that what Guan Ping said is most likely to be true, I can't admit that Liu Xi will not save Liu Xi and make him fall into injustice: "Ping'an Wangzhai is kind, generous and honest, and all the gentlemen Mu Yang. You first planned to rebel, but after you failed, you smeared the reputation of King Ping An, and you are like a dog!"

"If you don't know it, you can't do it yourself. Guan's words are true, and the world shares lessons, and justice is at ease!" Guan Ping raised his eyebrows coldly, and retorted: "I can't kill Liu Xi in my life. Fiend..."

"Guan Ping deliberately rebelled, the evidence is solid." I was afraid that he would say something unfavorable to Liu Xi, so I quickly stopped the conversation, "Gag him, drag him down and put him in a prison, waiting to be punished!

Guan Ping was furious, and his neck was as motionless as a mountain. The three soldiers worked together to drag him out of the door.

Guo Jiaping retreated to the left and right, and asked: "Guan Ping will never rebel, death is not a pity, I don't know why the princess didn't order the Fa-rectification on the spot?" His tone was gentle, as if he was simply asking, but I could hear the deep meaning behind it.

In troubled times, heavy codes should be used. No matter which feudal dynasty it is placed in, rebellion is a serious crime that implicates the nine clans.In the first year of Chuping, Ni Ji rebelled against Dong Zhuo in Beidi. After being captured, thousands of arrows pierced his heart and died.Dong Zhuo made a special trip to host a banquet for civil and military officials, and made everyone watch Ni Ji's family members being tortured. They either gouged out their eyes, cut their lips and tongue, or boiled them in boiling water.All the officials were frightened and lost their chopsticks, while Dong Zhuo ate and ate freely, talking and laughing happily.Cao Cao also beheaded Geng Ji, Wei Huang and other five rebels, and implicated more than [-] officials.What Guan Ping did is similar to that of Ni Ji, Geng Ji and others. Even if I don’t follow Dong Zhuo’s cruel torture and Cao Cao’s extermination, I should at least cut off his head and hunt down his three relatives.

However, I haven't even killed a mosquito in my life, so suddenly I want to order someone to kill someone, and I'm inevitably terrified.Moreover, although Guan Ping was hateful, he was avenging his father after all, which is understandable. After he failed, he never knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Guan Ping deserves to die, the princess must not be soft-hearted." Guo Jia saw my timidity, looked me in the eyes, and persuaded me with a serious face, "There are no rules, there is no rule, it is a big taboo for the superior , if the princess let her go this time lightly and let her survive in the world, I am afraid that the generals will use her as an example in the future, and there will be no exceptions."

According to the view of Western economics, except for a very small number of idealists, most people are "rational economic people".People weigh the costs and benefits before making every decision, and only act when the expected benefits are greater than the expected costs.Rebellion is high-risk and high-yield. If you succeed, you will ascend to the clouds and denounce Fang Qiu. If you fail, you will harm your relatives and fall into the dust. There are many talented people in the Three Kingdoms, and there are countless capable people. The cost of their rebellion has been reduced, and I believe that soon someone will follow in Guan Ping's footsteps.

What's more, women are the most jealous and soft-hearted when they are in power. If Guan Ping is spared, Shao Chan may attack my wife's benevolence again.

Thinking clearly about the pros and cons, I made up my mind, closed my eyes and said, "Pass down the order and send Guan Ping on the road. For the sake of his filial piety to his father, give him the whole body and allow his family to bury it." Throw the body to feed the dogs It's too miserable, I'd better accumulate some virtue.

Guo Jia nodded and asked again: "What about Guan Ping's family?"

"Exile." Thinking that Mrs. Pan knew nothing about Guan Ping's actions, I hesitated again and again, but in the end I couldn't make the decision to kill innocent people indiscriminately.Although the exile is miserable, but at least our lives are saved, and our current territory is small, we can't occupy the land of Jingxiang, so the so-called exile can't be sent very far.

Guo Jia refused to let go: "Guan Ping still has a son Guan Di, who is only nine years old and has passed the age of governor. According to the princess, can he be exiled with his mother?"

Cutting the grass does not remove the roots, and the spring breeze blows and regenerates.I understand the truth, but I cannot bear to order a primary school student to be executed.

"If you don't stop, you will suffer instead." Guo Jia sighed, seeing that I had made up my mind, he stopped persuading me, bowed low and left.At the beginning, I couldn't fully understand what he meant. Guan Di was still young, and it would take at least seven or eight years for him to grow up to be able to avenge his father. Besides, he and I had a very different status, and he was assassinated as a criminal. Princess easier said than done?Unexpectedly, although Guan Di was young, he had a resolute temperament. After hearing the news of his father's death, he did not bury his body or kneel in filial piety. Expose his evil deeds with one death, and hope that the world will cast aside him!" Then he killed himself by his neck and laid his dead body on the street.His mother, Mrs. Pan, couldn't bear the pain of losing her husband and son, so she hugged the body of her only son in white clothes, drew a knife and cut herself, and followed her away.

Full of uproar.

Shao Chan fought hard all night, wrote a thousand-character proclamation and sent it to Xiangyang quickly, scolding me for being "indecisive, not debating grains and wheat", and even handed the basin of dirty water to Guan Di with his own hands, giving him the opportunity to slander Liu Xi. Chance.Although Guo Jia, who had expected it for a long time, took control of the situation in the first place and skillfully concealed the news of Guan Di's suicide, he still couldn't change the fact that I had misunderstood and misjudged.

I am frustrated.

Guo Jia taught me: "There is a fable in a foreign country: A farmer encounters a snake in winter and suspects that it is stiff. He picks it up and puts it in his arms to warm it with his own body. After the snake wakes up, it bites the farmer with its sharp teeth and kills it. The farmer is dying. But he regretted and said: "I wanted to do good, but because of my lack of knowledge, I ended up harming my own life, and I was rewarded with this evil." After going through this ordeal, the princess, I hope I can learn a lot of wisdom, and don't make the mistakes of farmers again."

I feel deeply guilty and solemnly thank Guo Jia for his guidance.

However, there was another wave of unrest. Only two days after Guan Ping's death, I was awakened in the middle of the night by the shocking shouts of killing. I got up and asked. crowd of people.

"Xing Hao invites you to fight!" Amidst the rumbling sound of knocking on the door, I saw a brave general come out of the crowd, with awe-inspiring sword intent and sharp edge.

The story of the farmer and the snake twitched in my mind, I looked at Xing Hao's serious face, and was speechless for a long time.