Jiuxi

Chapter 310 Chapter 308 [Condensation Choking]

Qingyu Huaijin stared at Lu Chen blankly.

If others saw her look like this, they would definitely think that Princess Jingchao was stunned by Lu Chen's cold words.

After all, in the eyes of many people, Qingyu Huaijin is a veritable daughter of heaven. Qingyu Gong loves her in every possible way, and Qingyu Zhongwang is humble and petty in front of her. Even the Emperor Jingchao wants to recruit her. After entering the court as an official, not to mention that most of Jingyan's officials and dignitaries bowed before her.

An aristocratic woman like this, who has lived among flattery since she was a child, has never had the experience of being coldly scolded.

actually not.

The reason why Qingyu Huaijin was stunned was because she thought of many things at this moment.

From the failed attempt to capture Huaizhou the year before last, to the loss of troops and generals in Baotai Mountain last year, to the disastrous defeat in Leize Plain some time ago, and even today's attack and defense of Heluo, she has been losing in the past two years and has never taken advantage of Lu Chen.

Naturally, she didn't want to admit defeat, so she desperately reflected on her shortcomings and handed over military power without hesitation. She only wanted to be a good assistant, but the final result was still failure.

At that time, outside Guanghua Gate, Qingyu Huaijin was determined to die, but Lu Chen broke through her defenses with a few simple words.

She is not afraid of death, but she does not want to bring shame to the Qingyu family.

If Lu Chen was humiliated in every possible way, she would not lack the courage to commit suicide, but the other party did nothing and just let her live well.

Even so, Qingyu Huaijin still did not despair. She hoped to find an opportunity to reverse the situation.

Until this moment, Lu Chen clearly told her that this was a fantasy.

She had never heard of the hook-shen poison. According to Lu Chen, it was a poison used by another traitor in Baotai Mountain to plot against Lin Jie. It must have been developed by the Procuratorate.

In fact, this is not important. The key is that this poison prevents her from stimulating her inner strength. So what is the difference between her and ordinary weak women?

As for the title of Princess Tianhuang of Jing Dynasty, it was obviously meaningless in front of Lu Chen.

An overwhelming feeling of despair engulfed her.

Qingyu Huaijin slowly sat back and did not respond to Lu Chen's words, because at this moment, her heart was filled with a sense of powerless frustration.

It's like being in a vast and ethereal angry sea, with endless heavy and dark water covering the whole body.

She could only keep falling.

Thinking of this, Qingyu Huaijin couldn't help but take a deep breath, and clenched her slender white fingers into her palms.

Two lines of tears fell from the corners of her eyes and fell along her smooth face.

Lu Chen watched quietly.

There is no pretense of concern, nor is there ridicule in pursuit of victory.

Qingyu Huaijin sat in a daze, letting more and more tears fall to the ground like pearls and jade.

In fact, even she herself doesn't know what her inner emotions really look like.

There may be grief, there may be anger, there may be hatred.

There is also the despair and panic of reaching the end of the road and having nothing to do.

Silent tears flowed.

The room fell into a strange atmosphere.

To be fair, the Princess Jingchao in front of her has a very beautiful appearance, handsome eyes, well-shaped eyebrows, and a noble temperament. Her eyebrows are full of nobility. Her current appearance is more likely to arouse the softness in the heart of a man.

Especially at night, under the dim yellow light in the room, her face added a hazy beauty.

However, Lu Chen's eyes were calm and indifferent, as if what he saw in his eyes was not a noble beauty, but a table, a chair or a screen.

He didn't pretend to be this way deliberately, it was just because Qingyu Huaijin was not an ordinary woman.

This unusualness points to her character and has nothing to do with her identity.

Lu Chen has not forgotten that this woman who was speechless and weeping caused so many shocking tragedies in the Beiyan Procuratorate, plunged the Seven Star Gang into civil strife, and killed hundreds of people overnight. It is difficult to go into details.

If, because of her weakness in a desperate situation, he treats her like a grass that falls in the wind on the roadside in troubled times, and gives her pity and sympathy, Lu Chen is the stupidest man in the world.

Time passed quietly.

Qingyu Huaijin's tears did not stop, but it could be seen from her eyes that after this silent venting, her emotions gradually calmed down.

Seeing this, Lu Chen cleared his throat and said calmly: "Crying in front of the enemy is a very stupid behavior."

Qingyu Huaijin turned around and looked, not seeing any ripples in Lu Chen's eyes, like a pool of still water with no bottom.

She subconsciously raised her hand, but suddenly stopped, and said in a low voice: "Handker."

Lu Chen asked curiously: "Why do you think I carry something like a handkerchief with me? Wipe it with my sleeve."

The corners of Qingyu Huaijin's mouth twitched and she looked at her sleeves with some disgust. She had not changed her clothes since she went out during the day. In fact, she is not the kind of petty person. She has had the experience of sleeping outdoors in the past, but she was involved in a brutal fight before, and there were even mottled bloodstains on her sleeves painted with gold and painted moons. How could she wipe her face?

Lu Chen lied. He really had a handkerchief on his body. It was one of the several handkerchiefs specially prepared by Wang Chulong before the expedition. They were all embroidered by her own hands. Naturally, it was impossible for her to use them to wipe Qingyu Huaijin's tears.

"I want to take a bath."

Qingyu Huaijin finally gave up his sleeves and just used his right hand to rub his face randomly.

Lu Chen nodded and said, "Okay."

Qingyu Huaijin was a little surprised. She didn't expect that the other party actually agreed. Then she pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Thank you very much. Lieutenant Lu, please come back."

Lu Chen rejected it without thinking: "No."

Qingyu Huaijin raised his handsome eyebrows slightly and said with a slight emphasis, "I want to take a bath!"

Lu Chen said calmly: "I'm not looking, why are you anxious?"

"Shameless!"

Qingyu Huaijin knew that Lu Chen didn't mean to make fun of her, but in front of such a man who had defeated her countless times, she really couldn't find a more suitable bad word, and it was impossible for her to scold someone as coldly as a village woman, so Over and over again, there were only these two words.

However, every time she said it again, the offensive power of the word decreased a bit.

"Don't worry about bathing now. I'll tell the princess a story."

Lu Chen didn't care about her counterattack and easily took the initiative.

tell a story?

Qingyu Huaijin didn't think he had good intentions, so he said indifferently: "You can say whatever you want. Do I still have the ability to refuse?"

Lu Chen said unhurriedly: "This is a story that I once heard told by a storyteller. The age, dynasty, and location of this story cannot be tested. You can just treat it as a fabrication. The content of the story is not complicated. , it is said that there were frequent wars between two neighboring countries, which we call the Kingdom of Jin and the Kingdom of Song. One time, the army of the Kingdom of Jin invaded the capital of the Kingdom of Song and kidnapped the emperor and nobles of the Song Dynasty. One of them Princess Roufu.”

Although Qingyu Huaijin didn't want to follow his lead, she couldn't help but feel curious, and she vaguely sensed that the other party was hinting at her.

Lu Chen continued: "Princess Roufu was only seventeen when she was kidnapped. She passed away thirteen years later at the age of thirty. During these thirteen years, although she was born into a noble family in Tianhuang, she was insulted and tortured by countless men. .From the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Jin Kingdom, to the fierce and violent generals in the army, and even to the rude and arrogant soldiers at the bottom."

"For thirteen years, she lived in a hell on earth. Life was worse than death, and she died miserably."

"I'm done."

Lu Chen obviously does not have the eloquence of a storyteller. This story tastes like wax in his mouth, and his tone is too calm, without even the slightest ripple.

But Qingyu Huaijin could hear the turbulent waves beneath the calm water.

She raised her head slightly and said: "If you want to do this to me, I will definitely bite the first man who rushes to death and then commit suicide."

"I believe."

Lu Chen nodded, and then said slowly: "But how many women in this world can be as decisive as you? Fifteen years ago, those clan girls in Heluo City, those ladies of the big family, those small family jaspers, they were not brave enough to break their wrists. With their own courage, do they deserve to experience such a tragic situation?!”

Qingyu Huaijin was stunned.

Lu Chen said: "In the short four years from the seventh year of Yuankang to the eleventh year of Yuankang, how many times did your Jingjun massacre a city clearly recorded? Twenty-nine times! An average of seven to eight times a year. That is to say, every forty days or so, Jing Jun will cause a tragedy that leaves a deserted city full of bones."

Qingyu Huaijin's lips moved. She wanted to say that in wars from ancient times to the present, massacres of cities have been commonplace. Otherwise, how could they shock people's hearts? How to occupy territory at the lowest cost?

Furthermore, if you want soldiers to be brave and fearless of death, the best reward is to not seal the sword for a few days. This has always been a magic weapon to boost military morale.

She admitted that her military ability was far inferior to that of Lu Chen, but she had been taught by Qing Yugong's words and deeds since she was a child. She was no stranger to the art of war, and she had never seen any general rely on his own money to boost morale.

The so-called massacre of a city does not necessarily mean killing all the people in the city. In many cases, it is just letting the soldiers loot for a few days.

However, facing Lu Chen's stern gaze at this moment, Qingyu Huaijin finally did not refute.

Because the twenty-nine massacres of the city by Jingjun were not just indulging the soldiers, but massacres in a literal sense.

After a moment, she lowered her head and asked, "What exactly do you want to say?"

"I am Qi Ren."

Lu Chen pressed his hands on the edge of the table and said slowly: "From a hostile standpoint, considering the hatred between Qi Jing over the years, no matter how I treat you, it will not be too much. If you spread the word back to Yongjia City, it will only make all the people applaud. But I did not do that, and I will even let you go back in the future. This has nothing to do with you personally, but I hope to use your identity to make your father and Emperor Jingchao pay a sufficient price."

Qingyu Huaijin raised his head, his eyes slightly focused.

Lu Chen continued: "The princess should be familiar with the word redemption, right?"

Of course, Qing Yu Huaijin was no stranger to it. In the 19th year of the Qing Dynasty, the army of the Jin Dynasty besieged Heluo for the first time. In the name of redemption, the former emperor of the Qi Dynasty gave up several important towns in the north.

She looked into Lu Shen's calm eyes and suddenly sighed softly.

Then nodded.

(End of this chapter)