Han Dao world

Chapter 1132 Old and Spicy

Liu Xie didn't answer immediately, but turned to look at Yuan Heng.

It seemed that Yuan Heng couldn't hold back after all, and wanted to intercede for Yuan Tan and others.

He can understand this feeling. After all, he is a member of the clan, and his blood is still very close, so there is no reason to refuse to save him.If it was really so cold-blooded, he would find it strange.

The law is nothing more than human feelings.

"I don't want to kill people." Liu Xie said, paused for two breaths, and added another sentence. "But those who should be killed must be killed, otherwise more people will die."

Yuan Heng said "Oh" and didn't ask any more questions, just lowered his head and walked forward silently.

Liu Xie was a little surprised.He originally thought that Yuan Heng would insist on admonishing, at least not so simple.

This little girl looks docile, but she is actually very strong.

But he didn't ask again.

There are some words, just point to the end, there is no need to speak too directly.

As soon as he was about to return to his residence, Yuan Heng suddenly said another sentence. "Your Majesty, can I pass this good news to Ling Shi?"

"Of course." Liu Xie said, then raised his hand. "I'll go tell her myself and lead the way."

The gunpowder test was successful. Although he was not surprised, he was still very happy.Thinking that I haven't seen Cai Yan for several days, I might as well take this opportunity to go.

Yuan Heng smiled, turned around and took Liu Xie to Lantai.

Cai Yan was writing a sacrificial oration, and was somewhat surprised to hear the news of Liu Xie's arrival.She put down her pen, went out to greet him, and first took a look at Yuan Heng.

Yuan Heng squeezed his eyes, turned around to arrange tea and order water.

Liu Xie went to the hall and walked straight into Cai Yan's study room. Seeing that there were pens, ink and paper in front of the desk, and there were still unfinished articles, he asked a casual question.

"What else do you write?"

Cai Yan was a little flustered, took the paper, and wanted to cover the sacrificial text.

Liu Xie glanced at her in surprise.This is not like Cai Yan, every time he comes to see her, if she has a good article, he will take the initiative to show it to her.

"Book from home?"

The last time he asked Cai Yan to recommend some of the clan's children to become officials, he has yet to hear back.

"No." Cai Yan thought for a while, changed his mind, and handed over the article. "funeral oration."

"Sacrifice?" Liu Xie took it and asked, "Sacrifice to your father?"

"Sacrifice to all those who have died since Zhongping."

Liu Xie frowned, didn't say anything, and read the draft again.

The article hasn't been finished yet, but he already understands the purpose.This is to arouse his compassionate heart, let him raise his hands high, and let those who have fled back live.

He put down the article, crossed his hands in front of his stomach, leaned on the bed, and looked at Cai Yan quietly.

Cai Yan was a little embarrassed, wringing his hands together, hesitant to speak several times.

"Is this your own idea, or was it entrusted by others?"

"It is not only entrusted by others, but also voluntary by the minister."

"Who is so capable that he entrusted favors to you?"

"Captain Jia, Mrs. Tang."

Liu Xie was taken aback for a moment, and then slowly said: "It's them, I'm a little surprised. It seems that Sikong is really in a hurry." He waved his hand, motioning Cai Yan to sit closer. "Tell me what you think."

"The minister's thoughts..."

Just as Cai Yan was about to speak, Yuan Heng came in with tea and snacks.After setting them up one by one, she was about to get up and leave when Liu Xie stopped her.

Obviously, Yuan Heng deliberately lured him to meet Cai Yan today, and he was considered an accomplice.

Yuan Heng bowed and saluted. "The minister is waiting for the crime in the corridor."

Liu Xie narrowed his eyes and nodded.

Yuan Heng stood up and left, closing the door behind him.

Cai Yan turned around, took out a neatly folded piece of paper from a side drawer, and placed it in front of Liu Xie.Liu Xie took it, unfolded it, only took a look, and couldn't help laughing.

"This old fox is really old and spicy, and he must hit a shot."

"Your Majesty...has it?"

Liu Xie didn't speak, just folded the paper again and put it in his sleeve.

Strictly speaking, these two sentences written by Jia Xu are not for Cai Yan, but for him.

Because he strictly controlled the spread of Buddhism, the saying "Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda" has not yet spread, but Confucianism also has a Confucian saying that saving lives and accumulating virtue for future generations has always been worthy of praise Great act of kindness.

The most typical example is Yuan An's trial of the King of Chu case, which many people think is the root of Yuan's four generations and three princes.

Cai Yan's father, Cai Yong, was rich in education, unparalleled in loyalty and filial piety, but in the end he had no heirs.If you don't adopt from a side branch, you can only count on her.She chose him and gave up her name, but it also brought a convenience, that is, the child she gave birth to could be named Cai, which could be regarded as a continuation of the bloodline.

Future generations became her only hope.

Similar to her, Mrs. Tang's psychology is actually very similar, and the blessings of future generations are extremely attractive to them.

Jia Xu, an old fox, knows people's hearts well. He used this reason to ask Mrs. Tang and Cai Yan to intercede, so that they could not refuse.

In addition, Jia Xu may also be hinting that if Cai Yan enters the palace in the future, he will support him.

The only thing he can't figure out is what good does this matter do to Jia Xu?
Atonement?
"You continue to write the sacrificial oration. I have to think about how to deal with it in the end." Liu Xie scratched the center of his eyebrows with his little finger, showing a look of embarrassment.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Cai Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

She knew that letting Liu Xie say this was already the biggest concession.Although Liu Xie never said it, his intention to cleanse the Kanto gentry—especially the Ruying gentry has not changed.This time is a good opportunity, so Zhou Zhong and the others dare not open their mouths to intercede.

This can be regarded as giving face to her and Mrs. Tang, and also to Jia Xu.

"I came today to tell you good news." Liu Xie changed the subject and talked about the successful gunpowder test.

Cai Yan was also surprised.She is no stranger to Taoist alchemy. Cai Yong has a lot of knowledge, and alchemy is one of them. When he was living in the rivers and lakes, he met Yu Ji and Wei Ao and discussed related matters.

"I met Wei Ao when I was a child, and his father, Wei Lang, was a famous party member."

"Really?" Liu Xie was a little surprised.

He only knew that Wei Ao was a son of a wealthy family in Kuaiji, but he didn't know that his father Wei Lang was a member of the party.

But he didn't care, he didn't have the idea of ​​exterminating the party members, and there was no need to ignore Wei Ao because he was the son of the party members.

Now there are many party members in power.

"Unexpectedly, the elixir that the immortal family seeks to seek longevity has become a murderous weapon in the hands of His Majesty." Cai Yan was a little emotional. "I think Wei Ao might regret it at this moment."

Hearing similar words again, Liu Xie was a little emotional.He thought for a while and said, "Zhaoji, there are nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in this world. There are very few things that are completely ideal and moral. How to grasp the middle scale is indeed a difficult problem. But at any time, you should Remember one sentence, survival is the first need of civilization. This sentence may be cruel, but it is an unavoidable fact."

Cai Yan rolled his eyes. "According to His Majesty, people should do whatever they can to survive?"

Liu Xie reached out and pulled Cai Yan over, caressing her cheek. "If you can only survive by using unscrupulous means, then use unscrupulous means. And all I have to do today is to avoid that step. When you have great strength, you are qualified to decide whether to stick to morality and give mercy to the enemy. When you When you have no strength and can only beg for the mercy of your enemies, morality means nothing to you."

(End of this chapter)