Chapter 146 Painful Decision

When he said this sentence, Chu Tianya specially paid attention to the expressions of the people present, especially Baixu.

Everyone's reaction is roughly the same, with surprises and surprises, only Bai Wei. Although his face is as deep as water, there is a touch of machine in his eyes, as if to say: It's really not as expected!

Chu Tianya was smiling in his heart. Bai Shuming thought of this layer, but he refused to say it. But in the mouth of me, an "outer", it is obviously to avoid suspicion, for fear of offending the unhappiness of the two big village owners. Well, it's okay for me to play a double reed with him. This boy deliberately wants me to stand in the same camp with him. Why not?

"Since it is the imperial edict, how can there be fraud?" Guan Shan spoke, but his tone was peaceful. It was completely a tone of discussion and discussion to express his opinions. He said, "You have no joke. You can cheat or joke about anything, but the imperial edict can't. The criticism of Huang Yujin on this is very clear. He has pardoned the sins of Wang Yu and Chu Tianya and others, and wants to add several of you who have defended Taiyuan and the leaders of our Taihang Zhuzhai, and made a promise that we will continue to stay in Taiyuan to resist the Jin people. Isn't this perfect for both? It is true that we are not greedy for meritoriousness and profit to seek any official salary, but the current overall situation of the foreign enemy is important. In order to protect the people, we are willing to sacrifice our lives. What's the harm of temporarily letting go of the past and cooperating with the government?

"Yes!" Jiao Wentong also said, "Although Jiao has deeply hated the corruption and corruption in the officialdom and the army, and has lost his goodwill and trust in the court, at this time of national crisis, I have to put aside my personal grievances and be willing to contribute to the country and protect the people. It doesn't matter whether you are an official or not. As long as we stay in Taiyuan and resist the golden soldiers, Jiao will admit it!"

Xue Yu was silent. Xiao Linglong's eyelids were lowered and she did not squint. Tang Ang looked left and right with her eyes, and she couldn't hold a fart.

Chu Tianya smiled slightly and was about to speak. He Bo next to him suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go out to breathe. You can talk slowly."

"Master!" Jiao Wentong hurriedly got up and walked to him, "Can you also teach me to wait for the younger generation to say a few words?" In the face of such a big right and wrong, we need a virtuous old man like you to guide us.

"Ginger something." He Bo sneered, looked around the crowd with his triangular eyes, and said in a urn, "I know, my young master knows; I don't know, my young master also understand - embrace Yu Ruyi, what kind of mud bodhisattva, just ask him!"

"This..." Jiao Wentong was stunned, and his face was a little unbearable.

"Brother, don't embarrass the master's family." Xue Yu said, "Let's listen to Brother Chu's opinion!"

Uncle He's temper is naturally clear to Jiao Wentong, who is an apprentice. He nodded with a wry smile, "Then please ask Master to rest for a while and wait for the apprentice to serve later."

"I'm busy with you." The old man snorted impatiently and swaggered away.

Jiao Wentong couldn't help but be a little embarrassed and said to Xue Yu, "Brother, Master, he seems to be not very satisfied with me, and I don't know what Jiao did wrong?"

"I don't know." Xue Yu shook her head and said, "Master has such a temper. Did you see it on the first day?"

"That's all, Jiao will plead guilty later." Jiao Wentong smiled bitterly and returned to his seat and said, "Brother, why don't you ask Brother Chu to talk about his high opinion?"

"Just in time, I would like to listen to the advice of Brother Chu." Guan Shan opened his face with a smile. For Chu Tianya, he is the same at first sight, and he is more valued.

"Thank you, two village owners." Chu Tianya hugged his fist and thanked him, took a deep breath, and carefully organized his words in his heart.

He Bo's sudden exit seemed to be a nonsensical episode, but it invisibly raised the price of Chu Tianya's goal in everyone's hearts, especially for Jiao Wentong. Compared with the approachable Guanshan, Jiao Wentong is actually more difficult to be persuaded and moved. Because there are four words in his personality - arrogant!

Although he has no prejugatives about Chu Tianya and has a slight good impression on him, this does not mean that he will accept the lobbying of a young descendant and a copycat outsider. If he was really talkative, he would not have compromised with Guan Shan until today.

Chu Tianya naturally understands He Bo's good intentions, so he must cherish this important opportunity in front of him to express his opinions and influence Jiao Wentong and others.

Perhaps the current few minutes are about the fate of yourself and countless people, even to change a period of history.

"There is no joke, it's true that there is nothing wrong. That's why I saw that the imperial edict was fraudulent. Chu Tianya used such a contradictory opening sentence, which really attracted everyone's attention.

"What do you mean?" Jiao Wentong frowned deeply and stroked his long beard and said, "Brother Chu, your words are a little contradictory."

"It seems contradictory, but it is actually reasonable." Chu Tianya said in no hurry, "First, the imperial edict should have mentioned one thing, but it was not mentioned."

"What's the matter?"

"Awary for Wanyan Xiyin!"

Everyone was stunned, "Yes!"

Chu Tianya said, "It is not difficult to imagine that with the consistent style of the Jin people, they will definitely put pressure on our court and force them to return Wanyan Xiyin, an important prisoner of war. However, Wanyan Xiyin is in the hands of Qixingzhai. Since the imperial court has issued an order to recruit Qixingzhai and added officials to the leaders, why not mention the matter of submitting Wanyan Xiyin? Handing over such an important prisoner of war can be regarded as one of the great gifts given to the court by the leaders. This should have been a logical thing, shouldn't it? But why didn't the officials mention it?"

"I'll answer." Bai Shu suddenly answered, "It's not that the officials didn't mention it, but it was mentioned in another imperial edict. That is, the imperial edict to Xu Han. That is to say, the imperial edict given to Xu Han cannot be seen by us; however, the imperial edict given to us has passed through the hand of Xu Han. That also means that the officials have other instructions to Xu Han, but they want to hide it from us. Therefore, there must be something wrong with it.

"Military soldiers are wise!" Chu Tianya nodded with approval and said seriously, "We don't know what special orders the specific officials have for Xu Han. Since we don't want to know, it doesn't mean that it's very beneficial to us. Otherwise, why do the officials hide it?

"Maybe it's just a moment's negligence? Or is such a national diplomatic event not enough to discuss with us? Jiao Wentong said, "Xu Han's messenger came up the mountain and focused on the matter of Wanyan Xiyin. It can be seen that the officials don't really want to deceive us.

"Okay, it's just a momentary oversight." Chu Tianya continued with a smile, "There is still a major flaw. I don't know if you have found it?"

"What flaw?"

Xiao Linglong suddenly sneered, "In the imperial edict, I didn't say a word about me."

"Yes." Chu Tianya said, "When Wanyan Zonghan besieged the city, on the imperial edict carried by Lu Yundi, who entered the city to make Taiyuan surrender, the white and black characters said that Taiyuan should hand over the remnants of Liao and Princess Feihu. At that time, I was surprised. How did the officials and court thousands of miles away know that Princess Xiao was in Taiyuan? Later, I understood as soon as I thought about it. At the beginning, Wanyan Zonghan once chased Princess Xiao for more than a thousand miles but failed. After hearing the news of Princess Xiao, he entrusted someone to go to Tokyo and asked Wanyan Zongwang, who was besieging Princess Xiao, to arrest Princess Xiao through diplomatic means. Princess Xiao has a special status. She is not only the princess of Liao, but also the person who Wanyan Zonghan is determined to be. She is also a meritorious person in the defense of Taiyuan and one of the leaders of Qixingzhai. However, this time, the imperial edict from the court mentioned the names of the village owners one by one. Even Chu, an unknown pawn, was also mentioned, but he did not mention Princess Xiao. Is this reasonable?"

Jiao Wentong frowned, and his expression became silent and serious.

Guan Shan said, "I think it may be that the officials also feel a little embarrassed. First of all, in order to relieve the siege of Tokyo, he had no choice but to sell Taiyuan and give up Princess Xiao; now Princess Xiao is a meritorious person and should be rewarded. But she is not only a female streamer, but also the princess of the State of Liao, and also the person stared to death in the State of Jin. Officials are neither rewarded nor punished, so they have to pretend to be negligent and not mention it.

"Once may be negligence, and twice may be a coincidence, but there is a third flaw, which can only be said to be a hidden evil heart." Chu Tianya said.

"What other flaws are there?" Everyone couldn't help but be surprised.

"The third flaw is the most obvious, it's about me!" Chu Tianya smiled and said, "All the leaders are anti-gold heroes of Taihang Mountain. Wang and his son are the generals who protect the country's meritorious deeds. In order to maintain the overall stability and take care of the will of the army and the people, it is reasonable to give them a heavy reward or forgive crimes. However, what's the reason to pardon me? - I'm neither an official nor a leader of the Rebel Army. I'm a petty official, and I'm the most hated by Wanyan Zonghan - it's not my fabrication. I once turned to Lu Yundi to scold Wanyan Zonghan and sent him a ** naked provocation! What's the reason for Wanyan Zonghan to forget me? What's the reason for Song to pardon me? In the current diplomatic relations between the Song Dynasty and the State of Jin, it is definitely impossible to calm the anger of the State of Jin without handing over one or two heads - isn't a small role like Chu the most suitable candidate? If anyone had a little brain, he would never have pardoned Chu Tianya!"

"Isn't it because the official family has a close relationship with you and the father and son of the Wang family and us that they are very close to you?" Jiao Wentong said.

Hearing this, Chu Tianya wanted to laugh on the spot, but he finally couldn't help laughing.

This sentence alone exposes Guan Shan, a heroic hero, who is short-sighted and naive in politics.

"Let me say a few words." Bai Wei took over the words at the right time, which was also a relief for Guan Shan. He said, "In fact, I understand what Brother Chu means. All these three flaws point to a problem, that is, this time the official family and the court are really too generous, and it is a little abnormal. He did not ask for Wanyan Xiyin or mention Princess Xiao, but also pardoned the Chu brothers, the war criminal who should be sent to death. As Brother Chu said, occasionally it can be regarded as negligence, and again and again - if there is something abnormal, it will be a demon, and this is the only explanation.

"What do you think is the real intention of the official family and the court?" Guan Shan asked with a solemn face.

"It's better for Brother Chu to publish a high opinion!" Bai Shu shrank up again.

Chu Tianya smiled and said slowly, "To sum up, Chu believes that the excessive geneaty and tolerance of the imperial edict just exposes the ulterior motives of the official family. Officials may really want to recruit An Taixing villages, but it is absolutely impossible to let go of Chu, Wang Yu and Zhang Xiaochun, these important war criminals. Because our seizure of military power and independent resistance against gold has touched the bottom line of Zhao and Song officials. He will never allow anyone in the world to do such a thing, no matter for any reason. Now that this has happened, if you don't set an order, officials will think that the Song Dynasty can't establish a country from now on. Besides, there are also three important lives in Taiyuan, Tong Guan, Liu Yanqing and Ye Lv Yu. Any death can be regarded as a shocking case. Do you think the court can not investigate it? Can the Jin people put pressure on the officials and the court without borrowing the topic?

"It makes sense." Guan Shan and Jiao Wentong said in the same voice.

"Too many vague words and tricks are mixed in this edict, which only illustrates one problem. That is, the official, or Xu Han, just wants to stabilize us first and not let us doubt it. After the completion of the Zhao'an event, we will settle the accounts after the autumn. Chu Tianya smiled and said, "Of course, Chu must be a dead end. I already know it. As for what secret orders the officials have given to Xu Han and which characters to solve after Zhao'an, I can't guess. Everyone thought about who touched the pain and bottom line of the official family and the court, and which people were most hated by women, most of whom had been sentenced to death by the official family and Xu Han.

"Although the young student is nameless, the battle of Huanglong Valley was planned by me, which made Wanyan Zong Han lose his face. They may not know it yet, but as long as Wanyan Xiyin goes back, Xiaosheng will definitely die. Bai Yu shook his fan and smiled, "Maybe Xiaosheng is not as famous as the Chu brothers, but Xiaosheng's ending will not be much better than you. It's just a matter of time."

Xiao Linglong sneered, "Who can guarantee that the mediocre official will not catch me like a slave and give it to Wanyan Zonghan? Without further ado, I won't surrender to Song!"

Xue Yu had been silent, and at this time he couldn't help saying, "Brother Chu is my benefactor and brother. Princess Xiao and I are like brothers and sisters. The lives of everyone here are also more important than Xue Yu - those who hurt my brother, die!"

Jiao Wentong let out a deep sigh!

Guan Shan's eyebrows were so tight that he had no words for a moment.

"Brother, what should I do now?" Tang An asked impatiently, "Don't listen to outsiders' nonsense. If you make up your mind, I'll go through fire and water with you!"

"You can't hesitate to argue like this anymore." Guan Shandou stood up and shouted with awe-inspiring eyes, "Brother Chu's words are reasonable, but Guan believes that now may be the only chance for Qixingzhai to find a real way out. Although the risk is very high, Guan is also willing to have a try - of course, Guan will not let anyone present take risks first. Guan is willing to take some of his brothers to accept the recruitment first. After the truth is found out and the facts are clear, come up the mountain and invite all the brothers down the mountain!"

Everyone was stunned!

It seems that this time, Guan Shan has really made up his mind and must take this breakthrough step.

Jiao Wentong also stood up, "Brother, what about Brother Chu and Princess Xiao? I also think that the court can let go of anyone, but it is impossible to let them go!"

"Please go to Qingyunbao where Meng De is located and take a stay for a while." Guan Shan said firmly, "When I return to the government, Guan will do his best to exonerate him. If you really can't... make another decision! Brother Chu and Princess Xiao are not mean and merciless. For the life and death of tens of thousands of people in the whole village, Guan has to come up with this strategy!"

"I understand." Chu Tianya nodded and breathed a sigh in his heart: Well, it seems that Qixingzhai is indeed not my place to stay for a long time. Guan Shan took it seriously this time... In fact, it's good. Maybe he should have made a decision long ago! It's just that this way is a little bit of personal heroism, with the smell of "the wind is small and the water is cold".

Xiao Linglong stood up and nodded, "I have already regarded Qixingzhai as my home. Although I don't want to leave my hometown again, there is really no better way now. In order to take care of the overall situation, I am willing to do as ordered by my eldest brother. For the time being, I will go to Xishan to avoid it.

Xue Yu and Bai Xu also have nothing to say. Guan Shan is so resolute today. Obviously, he is prepared and has made the greatest determination.

"Brother, I'll go with you!" Only Tang Ang jumped up.

"Stay in the cottage at ease, and no one has to follow." Guan Shan waved his one arm, "Since Guan became the owner of the village, he has never made any achievements and has not obtained any benefits for all the brothers. Today, please don't persuade me to complete it for a certain time. Just let Guan go to find a way and whistle for the brothers first. That's all!"