Chapter 768 There are always some people who are not as good as others (1/2)

Xie Zhan arrived at the pavilion on the high platform first. He looked down at Lv Songli who was coming slowly.

Since they parted in Qingzhou, this time they met again after three years.

After she came up, Xie Zhan said, "Lv Songli, you are here, you are really courageous."

Lv Songli smiled slightly, "You can't get a tiger cub without entering the tiger's den. If I don't come, wouldn't it be a waste of all your arrangements?" You can't lose anything but your momentum.

Xie Zhan asked with a smile, "Aren't you afraid that Fuling will become your burial place?"

"I am afraid, but people have their own ways and their own ways. Besides, we have many talents in Pingzhou, and the four brothers of the Qin family are not mediocre. There are many people who can replace me!" After saying that, Lv Songli changed the subject and asked him, "I wonder if there is anyone in the Xie family who can replace you, Xie Zhan, as the Grand Commander?"

Lv Songli always believes in a saying - when two people meet on a narrow road, the brave will win.

Xie Zhan wanted to use words to probe her inner thoughts, so she answered with both real and fake answers.

If you are fake, you should be real, and if you are real, you should be fake. It is difficult for the enemy to distinguish between the real and fake.

Xie Zhan paused.

After a verbal exchange, Lu Songli asked directly, "Where is Qin Sheng?"

Xie Zhan asked her back, "You only ask about Qin Sheng? Don't you care about the safety of 300,000 people in Fengdu, Fuling?"

"You won't do it." Lu Songli said as if he was sure, "Of course, if you are not afraid, just do it, if you are not afraid of the extinction of the Xie family."

Xie Zhan paused for a breath, and then smiled, "Do you think I care?"

Lu Songli was quickly analyzing in her heart, is Xie Zhan deceiving her, or does he really not care about the Xie family?

She shook her head and said, "It's a pity. After you, the patriarch, came to power, your Xie family suffered a lot, and in the end, your entire family might die because of you."

"Lv Songli, I have sent someone to take Qin Sheng here. As for other things, you don't need to use words to test my attitude."

In fact, Xie Zhan didn't care. Before exile, he always put his family first and wanted his family to last forever.

But after realizing that Lv Songli was plotting to rule the world, he also changed his mentality from a counselor to a monarch.

Everything he did later was to get results, prove that his path was right, and then let his spirit be passed on. Now his path is obviously blocked.

"You and I are rare smart people in the world. We all know that now the world's general trend has all returned to Pingzhou. I want to know why I lost? Where did I lose?" Xie Zhan looked at Lv Songli and asked the doubts buried in his heart.

Sometimes Xie Zhan didn't understand. He fought for his career with all his heart and soul, cut off his emotions and love, and worked so hard, why couldn't he succeed? He is not like others who want everything and want to take everything into consideration, including love, family, friendship...

Also, sometimes the policies he formulates are indeed beneficial to the country and the people, but why can't he get the desired result even though he implements them against all odds?

Lu Songli saw the gesture made by the person arranged by Qin Heng, which meant that she should try to delay the time as much as possible.

Seeing this gesture, Lu Songli planned to chat with him.

"The reason why you lose is that you don't have the word benevolence in your heart."

"The benevolence you mentioned for the people is what you deceived the people by saying that you want to build a world where 'there are no corrupt officials, no local tyrants, no gambling, no prostitutes, no forced marriages, and no beggars'?" Xie Zhan asked.

"These are just some judgments that can be standardized. Pingzhou is committed to building a civilized society, so that the weak are not afraid, the strong are not arrogant, the power is not arrogant, the society is fairer, the evil are afraid of doing evil, and the good can be safe."

"What you promised is impossible to achieve. You are just deceiving those fools."

"But the people believe it."

Xie Zhan choked at Lu Songli's words.

She thought to herself, this is the style of Yan'an. If you can't achieve it, it doesn't mean that others can't achieve it. Of course, she may not be able to achieve it either.

At this time, Lu Songli hit him again, "And the life you described to the people can be seen at a glance, and it is what the previous emperors promised. There is nothing new and unattractive."

"Do you know why you lost? You have no benevolence in your heart. You only focus on the results, but you don't notice how many people suffer and feel uncomfortable when your strategy for governing the country is implemented in a drastic manner."

Xie Zhan said, "The country of Dali has been passed down for seven or eight generations, and there are some rotten places. I think that the rotten places should be abandoned, and the intact places should be preserved, and the resources of the rotten places should be tilted to the intact places. Is there anything wrong with this?"

"From your point of view, it's right. But who is willing to be abandoned artificially?" Lu Songli asked him, "As the saying goes, good things don't go out, but bad things spread a thousand miles. You made the people suffer, so the people don't believe you."

Xie Zhan's expression froze. Blame him for not being able to speak?

"In fact, the biggest problem of the Dali court is that it is imprisoned by the imperial power."

"The truth is not discussed, so the real solution cannot be formed."

"You need to discuss openly and build consensus, face difficulties. Reveal the real situation and choose the path rationally. Solve the root cause and give fundamental impetus to people's livelihood and economy." Only in this way can the people live a good life.

"Everything you do is like putting out firewood, which will accelerate the degradation of the economy and people's livelihood in other places and aggravate the problems in Dali. But you don't know that the things lying on it and sucking blood are the root of the decay of the place."

After Lu Songli finished speaking, she remained silent.

Lu Songli's three sentences pointed directly at the problems of the Dali court, and at the same time, they also let Xie Zhan know where he had failed.

Xie Zhan lowered his head and thought deeply for a while before he said, "For the local people's livelihood and economy, you do have the ability to revive human flesh and bones, and I am not as good as you."

Lu Songli said in her heart that they have different views on local governance and governance.

She talked to him so much and was trying to delay as much time as possible. Although she was very sure that Xie Zhan would not let the explosive detonate, what if it happened? She needed to take the situation into her own hands.

Xie Zhan looked at her, as if they had been on guard against each other and plotting against each other since they planned to break off the engagement.

He knew she was stalling for time, so why wasn't he?

And he didn't care. Lu Songli solved his doubts, and he made a profit. As the saying goes, if you hear the truth in the morning, you will die in the evening.

At this time, Xie Zhan didn't know that the conversation between the two was read through a telescope by Chen Yue, who knew how to lip-read, and was recorded by the historian of Pingzhou.

At this time, Qin Heng came to report in person, "General, if you hold on for a while, we can dispose of the explosives planted by Dali."

Qin Heng asked, "How long will it take?"

"Two quarters of an hour! At least two quarters of an hour."

Qin Heng looked at Luming Terrace, unable to conceal his worry.

At this moment, from far to near, there was the sound of galloping horses.

All the soldiers looked toward the sound, and the elite soldiers holding telescopes could clearly see the face of the person coming.

"General, it's Mr. Liu!"

"Master Six is ​​here!"

"General, do you want to stop him?" Zhou Da asked from the side.

If Mr. Liu is allowed to break in like this, something big will happen.

Qin Heng just stared and thought for a moment. Looking at the two people on the Luming Stage, he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't stop him, let the archer be ready."

"yes!"

Qin Sheng drove his horse, hurriedly and slowly, and finally arrived.

At this time, his body was covered in blood.

The horse's neighing attracted the attention of Lu Songli and Xie Zhan.

As soon as he appeared, several sharp arrows shot toward his vital parts from Dali's side. At the same time, several sharp arrows were fired from the territory where the Pingzhou army was stationed, almost in response, directly colliding with Dali's arrows or breaking the opponent's arrows.

The sharp archers from Dali and Pingzhou all took action. Obviously, Pingzhou was slightly better. The result was that Qin Sheng was not injured at all.

Qin Sheng ignored everything around him, but stared intently at Lu Songli and Xie Zhan on the Luming Stage.

Xie Zhan was not surprised by his appearance.

Lu Songli looked at Qin Sheng intently.

"Lu Songli, he is not as good as me -" Qin Sheng still looks like a boy who has not grown up, very innocent.

"If there is an afterlife -" Is there an afterlife? They were engaged before.

Xie Zhan did not ask this question.

He was interrupted by Lu Songli, "There is no afterlife!"

Xie Zhan looked at her deeply, but did not ask why.

Lu Songli understood, but she didn't speak.

At this time, the arrow aimed at Qin Sheng had just been knocked down, and Xie Zhan said, "Qin Sheng, are you here?"

"Qin Sheng, if you don't want Lu Songli to die, just listen to me -" Xie Zhan stretched out his hand and pointed the quiver at Lu Songli.

"Are you sure you want to talk like this?" Lu Songli asked him.

Only then did Xie Zhan realize that Lu Songli was holding a strange-looking gadget in his right hand.

This is a shotgun.

Lu Songli put her index finger on the trigger and pointed directly at him, "Do you think it's your gun that's faster, or the musket in my hand that's faster?"

Musket? Xie Zhan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I invited you here, but I didn't think I could survive. But I made a profit with you as my support."

madman!

The moment the two men showed their weapons, everyone around them, whether they were from Dali or Pingzhou, had their hearts in their throats.

"How much longer?" Qin Heng asked.

"General, it will take a while!"

At this time, Qin Sheng said, "Wait a minute, Xie Zhan, what do you want me to do?"

Xie Zhan: "Kill yourself!"

Lu Songli's philosophy of governing the country is better than his.

There cannot be two voices in one force.

Lu Songli, if you don’t make a choice, I have to make a choice for you.

Qin Sheng: "Okay. I'll kill myself. Don't hurt her."

Lu Songli: "No!"

"Lili, take care." Qin Sheng glanced at her with nostalgia and was about to raise his knife.

Xie Zhan estimated the distance, one, two, three!

Lu Songli gritted her teeth and directly pressed the trigger in her hand.

Bang!

At the same time, Xie Zhan also took action, shooting countless arrows at Lu Songli.

To be honest, Xie Zhan was surprised when Lu Songli took action in advance for Qin Sheng.

From the moment the explosives he had worked so hard to obtain were suppressed, he knew he was defeated.

Lu Songli's conversation with him just now made him decide to take Qin Sheng away before his death.

His whole life was spent fighting for his family and realizing his ambitions. He gave up a lot of things, and in the end he even gave up on himself. His ideal died in comparison with Lu Songli's ideal, so he made such a decision.

Xie Zhan felt that Lu Songli was essentially the same person as him. Always love yourself, and never love someone more than yourself. He didn’t expect that——

The two were very close to each other, and before Lv Songli could react, she was hugged by someone, and all the arrows penetrated Qin Sheng's back.

Lv Songli reached out her hand, hugged his waist, and supported him, "Ah Sheng, hold on!" Then, she flipped her hand and took out a hemostatic medicine and fed it to him.

At this time, the mountain torrent broke out, and the rumbling sound of water rushed towards where they were. But whether it was Lv Songli, Xie Zhan, or Qin Sheng, they all turned a deaf ear.

Qin Heng was worried that Dali would see the situation wrong and ignite the gunpowder.

And it was indeed as he thought, among the people Xie Zhan arranged to ignite the fire, there were people bribed by the Empress Dowager. Seeing the situation was wrong, the other party wanted to ignite the fire, but the fire was lit, but nothing happened.

"Ahem——" Xie Zhan was shot, and blood flowed out of his mouth and nose.

The mountain torrent had been artificially interfered with, and it was still controllable. It did not flood Lumingtai under the pouring.

And Xie Zhan and her people were rushing to Lumingtai.

While waiting for rescue, Lu Songli let Qin Sheng lean on her. She lowered her eyes to look at Qin Sheng, and then said lightly, "Xie Zhan, didn't you want to ask why just now?"

"Yeah."

Both parties knew what she meant.

"I can tell you that between you and him, I will always choose him."

Why? This is what Xie Zhan asked silently.

"Everything is just because it is suitable. With him, I can safely give my back to him, and he will not let me lose. If I lose, it must be that he is dead and gone."

She is his lover and his belief.

At this time, Xie Zhan smiled, in fact, he could do it.

Lu Songli understood, but shook his head, "Do you know what the biggest difference between you is?"

"You say." Xie Zhan said he was all ears.

Lu Songli said, "The sign of an immature man is that he is willing to die heroically for a cause and live towards death, like him."

"The sign of a mature man is that he is willing to live humbly for a cause, like you."

"And in this life, people always have to live for something invisible, always have to live for something beyond our limitations."

"Have you heard a saying? There is always one or two winds in the world to fill my 108,000 dreams."

She is too used to weighing the pros and cons, and another one like this is not okay.

Xie Zhan smiled at first, then laughed out loud, laughing to tears.

"There is always one or two winds in the world to fill my 108,000 dreams. This sentence is really well said."

When Xie Zhan stopped laughing, he smiled at the corners of his mouth and fell into the rolling mountain torrent behind him.

The Dali soldiers who were desperately rushing here were horrified when they saw this scene.

"Regent!"

Only Lu Songli, holding Qin Sheng in one hand, looked at this scene indifferently.