C50

Kill them all? Kill them all?

The four big words were like four big bricks falling from the sky and smashing onto Yi Xiaoqiao's head.

Although she felt that these people were quite different from the green men described in the book, she still had some expectations and adoration towards them. Thinking about how they would "die before they get to the throne", Yi Xiaoqiao felt extremely upset.

She had interacted with these people for a few days and knew in her heart that they were actually not bad people. They were just forced onto "Liang Shan".

"Muyi?"

"What now?" Looking at her pitiful appearance, she definitely did not have good intentions.

Mu Yi An had already developed the inherent mindset that when this woman pretends to be pitiful, she definitely has something to request of you. Being well-behaved means she's holding back. Mu Yi An immediately became vigilant.

Seeing his vigilance, Yi Xiaoqiao smiled ingratiatingly, indicating that she was not doing anything bad, "Do you and Cui Huang know each other? It seems to me that you are very familiar with each other. "

Mu Yi'an glanced at her with a smile that wasn't a smile and said, "Yes, I do. So what?"

"What happened to them?" Yi Xiaoqiao's face was filled with curiosity.

"Didn't you hear it that day?" Mu Yi An asked.

Yi Xiaoqiao was embarrassed. "I only heard a little about you. You're so amazing, how can I be in the mood to listen to gossip when I see you? I'm scared to death."

"Am I that scary?"

Yi Xiaoqiao nodded vigorously in affirmation.

Mu Yi'an didn't comment. He put away the medicine, cleaned his hands, and took out a military book to read.

Yi Xiaoqiao was still waiting for him to answer, but this person pretended to be a big tailed wolf instead. Yi Xiaoqiao lightly coughed to remind him.

"They are in front of us as deserters, and they are behind us as bandits. These two are unforgivable. Don't say anymore, it's useless to speak anymore."

"But it's also within reason. The reason why they ran away is to save their families. The reason why they ran away is because you chased them until they had nowhere to go. Why are you being so unreasonable …?"

Mu Yi An suddenly raised his head and looked at her. His eyes were cold and without warmth, like a winter's frost.

Yi Xiaoqiao's voice became softer. She pursed her lips and timidly looked at him before changing her words. "I don't think this is a good idea. I don't think they are unforgivable."

"You mean …" Mu Yi'an sneered, "Blame me?"

Yi Xiaoqiao carefully glanced at him. Although his expression was calm, his eyes were still stern, and the sneer on his lips reminded Yi Xiaoqiao of a man-eating demon. She hurriedly shook her head like a rattle, "No, no, I didn't mean it that way. But are you really not wrong at all? They are protecting their family and their country because they want to protect their wives and children. Shouldn't you let them go onto the battlefield without any worries? "

With this said, Yi Xiaoqiao's heart was actually beating like a drum. If she questioned Muyi, and if Muyi suddenly turned hostile, she would really die without knowing how.

Mu Yi An was silent.

The entire tent fell into a strange silence, as if the air was not flowing at all.

Yi Xiaoqiao's breathing had become much softer. She only stared at him with her pair of watery eyes, carefully peeking at him.

After a long while, Mu Yi An asked, "Yi Xiaoqiao, if you were me, what would you do?"

He was actually asking her? Did he think he couldn't answer it?

Yi Xiaoqiao coughed lightly and said as a matter of course, "Of course, we should arrange for them to have no worries."

"What if it can't be arranged?"

"Why can't we arrange it?"

"What will you do if one day you are asked to leave the place where your ancestors lived?"

Yi Xiaoqiao was startled for a moment, and then she thought about when she went to school. She was the princess of the family after 90, and her only child. Since she was young, her parents held her in their hands, and she didn't even allow her clothes or bowls to be washed.

She guessed, "Probably not."

"They've already gotten used to life over there. It's easier said than done. It's not that I didn't ask them to leave, it's just that they weren't willing." Mu Yi'an poured her a glass of water and said, "What's more, this matter is of great concern. Do you think moving to a village is just talk? If you leave, the surrounding villages won't leave. Where will they move to? What will they live on? Can they support themselves? This is a problem. You can arrange for a person. Can you arrange for a person? If there is only one person assigned to it, what kind of impact would it bring to them in the future?

Yi Xiaoqiao did not think much. She opened her mouth, but did not know how to reply. After a moment, she said, "Then they …" It's also reasonable. "

If the country does not protect my wife and children, how can I focus on protecting my family?

"Do you know why I'm chasing after them?"

"Why?"

"They are the ambushers."

"Ambush?" Yi Xiaoqiao looked at him curiously.

As if he had returned to that year's battlefield, Mu Yi An heard the sounds of war once again. His ears rang with the sounds of war, blood stained the armor, and blood stained the blade, and he could clearly see it as if it was yesterday: "The Northern Frontier has been continuously attacking the Gan Kingdom for many years, especially during the autumn harvest. That year, we received news that the Northern Guard wanted to attack the Fringe City, and the Northern Guard is the most valiant warrior on the Northern Frontier.

Yi Xiaoqiao's eyes widened as she looked at Muyi. His voice was very low, like a deep zither note, seemingly carrying killing intent. She couldn't help but hug her pillow: "What happened next?"

"Everything is ready, we are just waiting for the northern guards to come. Unexpectedly, the western army appeared at this time and attacked a few villages outside the border." Mu Yi An's hand slowly tightened, "At that time, the Qian Guo soldiers were weak and the war was tight. There was no way we could have saved them. If we had saved them, Fringe City would have suffered heavy losses. At that time, the general ordered that no one was to leave."

"Chen Xianwu's village is also there?" Yi Xiaoqiao seemed to be able to imagine the feelings of Chen Congzhou and his friends. He could only look on helplessly as his own family members died, while his own family members were still protecting others. No one would be able to accept this.

"Yes, their village is there. Zhang Wu and the others are leading people to rescue it. The encirclement has a crack and the northern guards have broken through." Mu Yi An's fist was clenched to the point that it turned white, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

Yi Xiaoqiao's hand covered his fist. "What happened next? What happened in Fringe City?"

"Later?" Mu Yi An's narrowed phoenix eyes flashed with a cold light, "The northern troop has surrounded the border city and changed to rob the nearby villages. Those villages have suffered countless casualties, other than the children who were hiding, the men and women are all dead, their corpses scattered everywhere, not even chickens and dogs remaining."

Yi Xiaoqiao's face turned pale. Suddenly, she thought of the day she crossed over to this world. When she woke up, she found rotten corpses everywhere. There was a terrible stench in the air, and blood flowed like a river on the ground.

"If they had not run away, the northern guards would not have been able to break out so easily. You said that Chen Xianwu and the others could be forgiven, but you forgot their responsibility, they were first the soldiers, and then they themselves. They had the responsibility to protect the people, but they did not, do you think they should be punished?"

Yi Xiaoqiao pursed his lips, not knowing how to reply.

Mu Yi An obviously didn't want her to answer. He said in a low voice, "I know you're soft-hearted, but if you don't capture them, how can you account to those dead people? If you don't kill them, how can you shake the morale of the troops?"

"Just like how you killed that traitor?" Yi Xiaoqiao asked in a low voice.

Mu Yi'an nodded, "Yes, since you dare to have the heart to betray the country, you must be prepared to bear the consequences. Since he caused the death of more than a thousand of my soldiers, I can only kill him."

Yi Xiaoqiao suddenly raised his head. Muyi gently caressed the top of her head and said, "Silly girl, treason is a crime that involves the execution of nine generations."

Yi Xiaoqiao blew on the water and stopped talking. She didn't know what else to say.

"The military order is the military order. If you violate it, you will be punished. If everyone treats the military order as child's play, the army will become a joke. Then, how can we protect our home and our country?" Seeing her downcast expression and not saying a word, Mu Yi An sighed: "It's hard to accept?"

"I'm thinking, you've killed so many people, will you feel guilty?"

Mu Yi'an was slightly startled. After thinking for a while, he said, "I had nightmares too, when I had just entered the battlefield to kill people."

Yi Xiaoqiao tilted her head and looked at him. So even someone as powerful as him would have nightmares?

"What about now?"

"Yi Xiaoqiao, everyone I've killed should die. They're either enemy troops or traitors. If I don't kill them, they'll kill me, so I have a clear conscience."

Yeah, Mu Yi'an killed someone, but was he wrong? If others didn't die, then the one who died would be Muyi. He was a general that guarded the country and wasn't a monk in a temple. How could he expect him to sacrifice himself to help others? Don't joke with me, this idea is too dangerous.

"Alright, let's rest for a while. We can talk about what happened in the army after you recovered."

"Muyi." Seeing that Muyi was about to leave, Yi Xiaoqiao bit her lips, "Things have already passed for so many years. If they change, can you give them a chance?"

Muyi looked at her strangely. "Yi Xiaoqiao, is your heart always so soft?"

She also found it strange. Logically speaking, this was within a book. The people she faced were all from the books, just like the NPCs in the game. Not really, but why couldn't she accept it?

No matter how she thought about it, it was probably because Cui Chen and the rest were the Green Forest bandits that she liked. They were loyal and heroic; even if they were not that great now, sooner or later they would become great people.

Yi Xiaoqiao bit her lips. "Yes, I'm always so soft-hearted. Can you promise me to give them a chance?"

Mu Yi'an lowered his eyes and sized her up. After a long while, he asked, "Yi Xiao Qiao, can you promise me that you won't run anymore?"