Everything the queen says is right

Chapter 220 Chapter 220, true thoughts

What was different from the previous time was that the person in charge who appeared in front of Tuoba Jun once again became arrogant.

Before Tuoba Jun could even speak, he didn't even salute, and he confidently started questioning Tuoba Jun.

"My lord, I wonder why you are here again?"

Oh, your temper is not small.

It just so happened that Tuoba Jun was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he opened the skylight and spoke frankly.

"You don't have to deceive me anymore, I already know what you have done!"

"I would like to advise you. If you take it seriously now, I can still treat you leniently. If I wait until I tell you the truth of the matter, then what awaits you will be the charge of contempt for the royal family!"

"Whether your family members will still be alive at that time is up to you!"

Tuoba Jun deliberately made the matter serious in order to break the softest place in the person in charge's heart.

In fact, he also knew that those who were soldiers had to leave their hometowns, could not see their relatives for a long time, and could even face separation or death at any time. For them, their family members were the ones they had to protect even if they died in battle.

If he hadn't wanted to find out the reason for the missing wood as soon as possible and get the truth out of the person in charge, Tuoba Jun would have threatened him with his family members because he really didn't want to.

Sure enough, the person in charge's face suddenly turned pale after hearing what he said, but he still gritted his teeth and spoke firmly.

"I really don't know what the prince means by these words! Please make it clear and don't throw dirty water on me."

The following words coming out of his mouth clearly showed his lack of confidence.

Tuoba Jun was even more convinced that his judgment was correct.

Now all we need to do is use psychological warfare to guide him to slowly reveal the truth of the matter.

"ta-ta-ta-"

Tuoba Jun's fingers were placed on the table, gently clasping the tabletop, making a crisp sound in this silent room.

Every time it rang, the person in charge's heart trembled.

Not to mention that Tuoba Jun's eyes were like sharp blades. He was obviously just looking at himself, but it was like a sharp blade on his neck, ready to attack him at any time.

"You also know that my patience is limited. If you don't recruit me from the truth, then don't blame me for being ruthless."

The person in charge was a little shaken, but when he thought of the promise everyone made together, he still chose to be tough.

"My lord, next time..."

Tuoba Jun made a gesture of silence.

"Shh."

"Just listen to what I have to say before you speak."

He didn't want to be interrupted in the middle of brainwashing.

"All of you here are soldiers, and no one is afraid of death."

"But you all have families behind you. Do you think your parents and relatives are afraid of death?"

"You can indeed choose to hide the matter, but equally, you and your relatives must be prepared to bear the wrath of this king."

"You made a promise together. You can ignore your relatives, but do you think there will be anyone among the others who will tell me all this for the sake of the lives of your relatives?"

"I called you here because you are the person in charge. You have made great achievements in battle and are a deputy general. I want to give you a chance."

Tuoba Jun finished speaking, but the shock left to the person in charge was more than 01:30.

"My lord, did you promise...?"

That was the promise they made. If anyone who breaks the promise would be punished by thunder and lightning, how could the prince know about it?
Seeing his reaction, Tuoba Jun knew there was something going on, so he followed his words and continued.

"Yes, I already know. Otherwise, why would I come to ask you?"

This last rhetorical question was obviously to give him time to think and see what kind of reaction he would have.

Unexpectedly, the man seemed to have no bones, and his body slid down towards the ground.

Tuoba Jun winked at Zhu Shun, and Zhu Shun caught him before he collapsed to the ground and held him upright.

The person in charge's eyes had lost their luster. He really didn't expect that the prince already knew about their promise.

Since someone broke his promise to save the lives of his relatives, if he didn't say anything, it would be his own relatives who would be implicated.

So there was only one choice left in front of him, which was to tell the truth of the matter according to words and ask the prince to spare his relatives.

"Your Majesty, I would like to say..."

"I just ask the prince to spare my parents and relatives. They are all innocent..."

A middle-aged deputy general burst into tears in front of him, and Tuoba Jun felt very uncomfortable watching it.

It is said that men do not shed tears easily, not to mention these soldiers who are not even afraid of life and death. If they didn't really have some reason to do something, they probably wouldn't do anything about the wood.

Tuoba Jun fixed his gaze on him, looked at him from top to bottom, and made a promise.

"Just tell me, I will not punish your relatives."

Having already received this promise from him, the person in charge had nothing to hesitate and directly told the truth about the whole matter.

"Your Majesty, you originally sent us here to build an altar for His Majesty to pray for, but we are very dissatisfied."

"But after all, it is hard to disobey the emperor's order, so I have to follow."

"But when we came here, not only did we not participate in the construction of the altar, but we were sent by you to build that thing called the lifeboat."

"It seems that those things can only be used in the water, and in order to build these lifeboats, you sent people everywhere to cut down all the surrounding wood. We also have complaints."

"We are all ordinary soldiers. We were born and raised here. We have deep feelings for these plants and trees. We don't want to see you destroying the wood wantonly."

"In addition, you have put too much pressure on the lifeboat repair schedule. Everyone has very little time to leave here or rest, and this is where the dissatisfaction arises."

"Starting from the day before yesterday, in order to prevent more wood from being cut down and to stop building lifeboats, we all united and made a promise to destroy the wood together, thereby refusing to build any more lifeboats."

Okay, Tuoba Jun finally understood what he said.

It turned out that this incident was caused by everyone's unwillingness to participate in building lifeboats.

Before transferring them to build the lifeboat, Tuoba Jun thought about countless possibilities and was worried that someone would leak the information about building the lifeboat.

But he never thought that they were unwilling to build lifeboats from the bottom of their hearts.

He rubbed his brow tiredly.

"So this is what you really think?"

Perhaps Tuoba Jun's gaze was too hot, so the person in charge expressed his thoughts after hesitating for a while.

"……Correct."

Okay, Tuoba Jun understands.

"Then how did you destroy the lifeboat?"

Knowing the reasons and consequences of their promise, Tuoba Jun was still confused as to where they took the wood to make it disappear without a trace.

"We grind all the wood into sawdust, then quietly take it to the riverside and throw it into the river."

In this venue, there is a large area connected to the river. Although Tuoba Jun sent people to guard the riverside to keep an eye on whether any of these soldiers would escape, he never restricted them from walking along the riverside.

I never expected such an omission.

"My king, cough cough! cough cough cough -"

Tuoba Jun couldn't help but took out a handkerchief from his arms and covered his lips.

When he took the handkerchief away, there was another large stain of bright red blood.

Zhu Shun panicked when he saw it and hurried to Tuoba Jun's side.

"My lord! You'd better go back and rest -"

Tuoba Jun waved his hand to him, "You don't have to worry about me, I'm fine."

The person in charge couldn't see Tuoba Jun's appearance and shouted excitedly.

"My lord, your body..."

Zhu Shun quietly shook his head at him and made a gesture of silence.

The person in charge had to shut his mouth, but he still looked at Tuoba Jun with concern.

He raised his eyes and looked at the person in charge again, continuing to speak what he had not yet finished.

"I ask you, if the purpose of building a lifeboat is to save your lives, your relatives and the lives of the people on this side, are you still willing to build it?"

Although the man didn't understand why Tuoba Jun asked this, he still expressed his truest thoughts.

"Your Majesty, we are soldiers, and our duty is to protect our country. If we can save people's lives, we are willing to build lifeboats."

"Okay, the king knows, you go down first."

This is the end?
The man still stood there worriedly.

"My lord, you are in good health..."

"I have suffered from some cold recently. You don't need to tell others."

Tuoba Jun didn't want others to know about his body, so he deliberately made this excuse.

wind chill?

Seeing that the man's doubtful eyes were becoming more and more obvious, Tuoba Jun turned his back and stopped looking at him.

If word spread about his physical weakness, he was afraid that the fiefdom would be in chaos, so he had no choice but to take this step.

Zhu Shun also understood what he meant and left the room with the man.

Tuoba Jun was left alone to look deeply at the sky outside the room.

The sky was a little gloomy, and there was a feeling that the storm was coming, and everything seemed to be unsettled.

He knew very well that these soldiers were not bad people, they just didn't know the whole story of building lifeboats and didn't want to participate in it.

It was also his fault that he had taken this task too seriously and too covertly from the beginning, completely ignoring everyone's independence and turning building the lifeboat into an arduous task that fell on them.

Even he himself had forgotten that although he was the King of Ding'an in this land and had the highest decision-making power over all matters in the fief, he was also a guest from afar.

Only these soldiers, those common people, those who have been living here are the real owners of this land.

"Master, you also know the reason. New wood is still being collected. Why don't we go back and rest today."

Zhu Shun was still worried about his health and wanted him to rest more.

But Tuoba Jun shook his head, "No, we still have things to do." Zhu Shun was puzzled, "Master, what should we do next?"

"Go ahead and release them all. Gather all these soldiers to the top of the altar. I have something to say to them."

He felt it was time to tell these soldiers the real reason for building the lifeboats.

The flood will appear soon, and his body can't hold on for a few days. If he doesn't take this opportunity to tell them the truth, it will be difficult for him to have another chance in the future.

At this point in time, he didn't care if someone leaked the news about building the lifeboat.

He believed that these soldiers were all patriotic and loving people. Even if they knew the secret of the lifeboat, they would no longer sit back and watch and actively participate in the construction of the lifeboat.

Until then, everyone's enthusiasm will be actively mobilized based on their own will, and that will be truly efficient.

Zhu Shun had been following him for a long time, and after a second thought, he understood his intention, and this time he did not persuade him to go back home to rest.

"Yes."

But after Zhu Shun left, Tuoba Jun also dragged his heavy body step by step towards the altar not far away, and then climbed the stairs step by step to the altar.

He was thinking that this might be his second and last time on the altar.

In fact, he felt that this place was not like an altar for the Dog Emperor to pray for good fortune, but more like a place of prayer for all people in the world.

It has nothing to do with divinity, it is a place built from the heart by everyone.

He stood quietly at the edge of the altar, admiring the villages and towns in the distance.

I don't know how long it took, but Zhu Shun walked to his side.

"Master, everyone is here."

Tuoba Jun turned around and looked deeply at the densely packed soldiers on the altar, clearly seeing anger, questioning, confusion and disdain on each of their faces.

He just raised a faint smile on his lips.

"Everyone is here."

"Then I, the King, will just say a few words."

"I already know about the loss of wood, but I don't blame you."

"In calling you all here, I just want to say a few sincere words to you, and then let you do a multiple-choice question."

I don't know whether it was the wind that had been blowing for too long or whether his body was getting weaker. In just a few words, most of his energy was gone.

Just as he was breathing heavily, no one knew who among the crowd was the first to express dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, if you want to tell the truth, say it quickly, don't waste our time!"

"Yes, the prince has specially called us here to tell the truth and to answer multiple-choice questions, so stop hesitating!"

"That's right, my lord, you already know the reason why we destroyed the wood, so why are you still delaying it?"

Facing these voices, Tuoba Jun just responded with a shallow smile.

"Don't worry, I will tell you."

"I know that the land under your feet is your hometown, the place where you have lived since childhood. In your hearts, nothing is more important than your hometown."

"Since you have chosen to join the army, you are true warriors who are not afraid of life and death. I admire you for this."

"But do you know why the king asked you to build a lifeboat?"

As soon as his words came out, the soldiers below fell silent.

A pair of confused eyes revealed a puzzlement as to why a lifeboat should be built.

Indeed, they received the order suddenly and were sent to build lifeboats. No one knew why the lifeboats were built, let alone what the lifeboats were for.

"Then I will tell you the reason."

"In fact, from the beginning, building the altar was just a cover. The king's real purpose was to build a lifeboat."

"Maybe in more than ten days, there will be a huge flood here that has never been seen in a century. If we don't take measures in advance, the people will face the pain of being caught off guard, floods and the destruction of their homes."

"We cannot intervene in floods, so we can only prepare early. Each lifeboat you build can save 30 lives at a critical moment."

"But in order to inform the people in advance and cause people to panic, I chose to hide the news after knowing it, and then in the name of building an altar for the emperor, I mobilized you soldiers here to build lifeboats on an assembly line, in order to save money. Time, build as many lifeboats as possible more efficiently to save people’s lives!”

The more Tuoba Jun spoke, the more excited he became, and there was blood welling up in his throat.

But he did not stop. Instead, he looked around at all the soldiers present and asked the multiple-choice question.

"Now I give you two choices. You can still choose not to believe it all, ignore the safety of the people, and refuse to build lifeboats. But you can also choose to believe what I say and participate in building lifeboats."

"Choose one of the two, it's time for you to make your choice."

After hearing his words, all the soldiers, including the person in charge, fell silent.

In their hearts, they didn't want to completely believe Tuoba Jun's words, and they still held a trace of luck, but they had to consider how true Tuoba Jun's words were.

The scene fell into dead silence for a while.

Tuoba Jun did not rush them, but turned his back and looked at the village and the river in the distance again.

"Look at how beautiful the city in the distance is. The people are living a good life. I would also like to thank you for protecting my family and the country before I have the peace I have now."

There is no one here who was killed on the battlefield.

There were tears in their eyes.

It was Wang Da who stood up first.

"Your Majesty, the common people are willing to continue building lifeboats."

"I would rather believe that something exists than something that doesn't exist. The purpose of building lifeboats now is to be prepared."

"Even if there is no flood in the end, ordinary people are still willing to spend their time building lifeboats!"

This was the first time that Wang Da bravely spoke out his true inner thoughts, and they were all spoken from the bottom of his heart.

There is no doubt that more people were swayed by his words.

They originally had a different kind of feeling for their home and country, but now that there are so many more factors, they should make a decision.

The person in charge also stood up.

"My lord, I am also willing to continue to participate in building lifeboats!"

His response undoubtedly convinced more people.

The rest of the people also stood up and expressed their choices.

"Me too!"

"Count me in!"

"I want to build a lifeboat too!"

……

With every response, Tuoba Jun's smile grew wider.

Because he knew very well that unlike before when he was forced to order these people to build lifeboats, after today, everyone's enthusiasm for building lifeboats would be unusually enhanced.

Time passed like this little by little, and the soldiers present also stood up one by one.

In the end, all the soldiers chose the option of continuing to build lifeboats.

"Okay, now that everyone has made their choice, I hope that you can build as many lifeboats as possible in the coming days. You must ensure that the more lifeboats you have, the better."

"Yes Yes Yes--"

The roars of the soldiers were louder and louder, their voices full of fighting spirit and commitment.

Tuoba Jun was also very moved after hearing this, but there was not much time left today, and his body was about to be unable to hold on.

"In that case, you should go down and recharge your batteries today, and then start building lifeboats when new wood arrives tomorrow."

what?
This stunned the soldiers who were already prepared to accept Tuoba Jun's punishment.

It was the person in charge who had the courage to raise doubts.

"Your Majesty, don't you blame us for losing the wood?"

Tuoba Jun shook his head and said calmly.

"You are also trying to protect your hometown. Why should I blame you?"

"Not only will I not blame you, but on the contrary, I will reward you after the flood is over."

With his promise, everyone was finally relieved.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the gift!"

"You guys should go back and rest quickly. I want to stay here and take a look."

Look at the scenery of mountains and rivers again, and look at this tranquility.

But he said that the lunch at Ah Cha in the capital was not smooth at all.

She just arrived a little late, and the moment she stepped into the palace, she received the Queen Mother's sharp gaze.

But she didn't care and walked towards her position with big steps.

The Queen Mother didn't do anything, but she turned around and started to complain to Jin Lan in a loud voice.

"Chen Zhaoyi, you see, the goddess has an extraordinary status. Even such a happy day today has come too late."

"But fortunately, the goddess is still willing to give the Ai family some thin noodles. It is a great honor for the Ai family to come to this lunch."

Every word the Queen Mother spoke sounded strange, completely forgetting that not long ago she had wanted to ask Ah Cha about her inability to move.

Jin Lan was just cueed, and had no way to escape. She could only hold up the wine glass and half-cover her face, pretending to agree with the Queen Mother with a fake smile.

As for the queen on the other side, she couldn't restrain her speechlessness, and the corners of her lips twitched again and again.

Even the eldest princess rolled her eyes in the direction of the Queen Mother and leaned close to Ah Cha's ear.

"Comrade Ah Cha, don't argue with someone like the Queen Mother. She is just a bitch."

Of course Ah Cha couldn't stand the Queen Mother's behavior of pretending to be the weak one and attacking her in front of everyone.

So she already had an idea just now.

"Of course I won't argue with her, but I still prepared a big surprise for her."

"Oh? What kind of surprise?"

(End of this chapter)