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Chapter 260 Die for you

Chapter 260 Die for you

At the beginning of July, the city of Hangzhou was broken, and the world was in chaos. Everyone was busy running for their lives and finding a way out.At that time, the sea boat at the Qiantang River Wharf in the south of Hangzhou City was the easiest and safest escape route. Ning Yi had also thought about it at the beginning, but it was not the only choice.What's more, everyone originally thought that Wudeying was an elite teacher. Ning Yi also had confidence in Hangzhou's ability to hold it, and did not expect it to break so quickly later.

On the way to escape after breaking the city, I also heard some things, including the fact that Qian Xiwen escaped by boat at the first time.In Ning Yi's eyes, Confucian scholars are either rigid and monotonous, rotten wood is difficult to carve, or they are cunning and slippery, playing tricks. In short, they don't like it. If the city is broken, it is not surprising that the other party escapes at the first time, but he just listened and didn't take it to heart.

But in fact, after breaking the city, the old man didn't really leave with the boat.It is said that after sending some potential juniors from the Qian family onto the ship, he took a few old servants and sneaked off the ship.From the beginning to the end, even though there were teams breaking through later, he did not leave Hangzhou with anyone.

After sending away some people who could be sent away, the old man gathered some loyal servants, relatives, and some soldiers who had no time to escape, and resisted near the old house of Qian's family.There were not many people, but it is said that the resistance was strong, and they fought solidly for about one night. Later, Guo Shiguang led his troops to level down here, captured the old man, and locked him up until now.

After Ning Yi was arrested, he naturally never paid attention to the Qian family.It's just that in the academy in the past few days, some students wanted to kill him, and some students wanted to protect him, making it almost split. The relationship between students who wanted to protect him and him was naturally better.Someone probably told him about the decapitation here, and he later found out that Qian Xiwen hadn't left.I said hello to Ah Chang this morning and said he wanted to come and see, the other party agreed and came over together.

Badaoying's supervision of him is not strict on the surface. In Ning Yi's view, he also wants him to come out and see for himself.After the city was broken, it was a kind of psychological warfare for him to take the initiative to see how bleak the scene and things happened in the city, and how miserable the end would be if he refused to surrender.

Ning Yi is naturally willing to come out for a walk, mainly because he can seek opportunities to escape.But at that time, I also understood that his body had not recovered and he brought Xiaochan with him. After the other party experienced the incidents in Taiping Lane and Huzhou, he could not find many opportunities.Since you can't take the risk, why let the other party see through you too easily, and just stay near the academy to recuperate.This time he opened his mouth, the other party was a little happy, came to visit the prison, and let him see the decapitation by the way, the best thing.

"I've heard about Qian Xiwen as you mentioned. I heard that he is very knowledgeable. He didn't come out to bluff people. He is very powerful and he didn't leave on purpose. When we caught him, he didn't commit suicide. He Some people in the family were also arrested and asked him to surrender... You know, there are many messy things, one of them is said to be his own son, his hands were chopped off in front of him, and he didn't even blink... Anyway Today, their family will be killed, you have an old relationship with him, you can go and see, it would be even better if you can persuade him to survive... But I don't see it."

Of the two who followed Ning Yi, Ah Chang was relatively serious, while Ah Ming was a little more frivolous, but when it came to Qian Xiwen at this time, he was somewhat admirable.

Xiao Chan was left outside.Passing through the long cell aisle, many people were crying and shouting, some of them were Qian family members who had never escaped, and most of them had already been tortured.One or two Ning Yi even had an impression. When Ning Yi visited Qian Mansion for the first time, he met a young man who stole Qian Xiwen's coral pen. Ning Yi didn't remember the other party's name. The young man had a broken leg and fell in the middle of the cell without much breath.

Ning Yi was still thinking, and after walking a few meters, a voice suddenly came from behind: "My name is Qian Weiliang!" He frowned and turned his head, it was the young man who shouted. Yes, the young man said his name and said nothing else. After a while, he heard several people say his name: "My name is Qian Weiqi." "My name is Qian Haiting." That name is Qian Hai The one in the booth is a middle-aged man who lost his hands.

Then I heard a jailer say: "Damn, every time someone comes, say it..."

When he entered the innermost cell, Ning Yi saw Qian Xiwen. The old man didn't seem to have been abused. Except for some skin on his forehead that had been scabbed with blood, the rest of the place didn't seem to be injured. At that time, the clothes were neat, and he was arranging his clothes and hair with a basin of clear water. The light in the cell was not strong, so he squinted his eyes for a while to see Ning Yi clearly.

The jailer opened the cell door under the urging of Ah Ming. After Ning Yi entered, several people left. The old man tidied his hair and glanced at Ning Yi: "You... were caught too."

Ning Yi nodded.

"Voted for them?" Qian Xiwen looked at him, then nodded, "Well, those who know the current affairs are outstanding, and you are a pragmatic person, so it's fine to leave your life..."

"I don't know if I've voted for them now. I heard that Mr. Qian left by boat as soon as possible. Yesterday I heard that you stayed, so I wanted to take a look."

Only then did Qian Xiwen look a little puzzled: "Oh, what's going on?"

"I..." Ning Yi thought for a while, and finally shook his head, "I... Heh, Qian Haiping and the others escaped, and they should have arrived in Huzhou now. I know a few of them. They are... I think you Maybe want to hear about it, they survived."

"Oh." The corner of the old man's mouth smiled slightly. "In the past few days, people have come to persuade me in turn, and they have used up all their thoughts. You are the last one. This news is very good. How are you doing now?"

"I don't know, but I didn't want to persuade you, just to see you." Ning Yi nodded.

"Let's hear it, it's okay." The old man laughed, "Fang La and the others broke Hangzhou not long ago, and it's just when they are in urgent need of employment. It's not difficult if they really want to stand out. The old man has been in this world for decades. I have some experience in this way. If there is any embarrassment in Ning Heng's current situation, you might as well talk about it, maybe the old man can help out with some opinions."

His words are sincere and harmonious, and it seems that he thinks that Ning Yi has already taken refuge in Fang La, but he wants to help Ning Yi to give some advice on life-saving or superiority.Ning Yi looked at the old man for a while, and then said: "The old man wants to hear what he has experienced recently?"

"Tell me, tell me..."

"Heh, Qian Haiping, Tang Xiuxuan, Chen Xingdu and I, after breaking the city that day..."

Ning Yi's original purpose of coming here was naturally not to tell a story, but at this time, he felt that it would be okay to talk about it.After he said this, Qian Xiwen realized that something was different.The old man listened to the whole story of the fugitive team all the way north and then fell into a crisis, and the look in his eyes changed a little. After hearing Ning Yi set up a trap, he finally inspired the morale of Wu Deying to fight against the three generals of the opponent, and finally patted Patted his thigh, and said slowly: "Okay." Then he didn't speak again, and listened to Ning Yi's whole story, and then nodded again: "Okay." This time, the eyes looking at Ning Yi were completely different. I just thought that Ning Yi was rebellious, but the understandable and tolerant eyes were completely different.

"An extraordinary person can only do extraordinary things... Well, Prime Minister Qin values ​​you, and you are not mistaken. You have to leave a useful body and wait for the future... Fang La's army is not in the general trend, and it may be stopped when it arrives in Hangzhou." , it won't last long. You have to live, you have to live..."

He murmured this, and Ning Yi looked at him: "I have heard of some pedantic scribes fighting for righteousness in some stories before. Some people sound great, and some people don't look so good. Necessary. Mr. Qian, if the city of Hangzhou is destroyed and it is too late to escape, I can understand you. I just don’t quite understand why you come back after leaving. You are a pragmatic person who knows how to govern the country. If you leave, the help will be even greater of."

Qian Xiwen looked up at him: "Liheng...don't agree?"

Ning Yi took a breath: "Those people outside are not worth it."

At this moment, Qian Xiwen also paused obviously, and after a long while, nodded his head and said, "That's right... they are all good boys, it's a pity..."

"I..." Ning Yi was about to speak, when Qian Xiwen suddenly looked up again: "Liheng thinks, what is the most important thing for me to do?"

Ning Yi thought for a while: "I don't want to lie to you with big words, everyone has their own opinions, and literati have what to do, but if you want to say what you should do, I'm afraid no one can tell clearly, and... I don't count Literati."

Hearing his answer, Qian Xiwen laughed: "Yes, because of this you can do extraordinary things, you can... reverse the situation in Huzhou in one fell swoop." Speaking of this, the old man seemed a little excited, "But... I have studied Confucianism for decades, and I have come to a conclusion that the most important thing for Confucians of my generation is to...defend the Tao."

Ning Yi frowned, and Qian Xiwen smiled for a while: "Since I met Li Heng, you and I haven't talked much, but in the past few months, I already know what kind of person Li Heng is. I also heard some things, the Liqiu Poetry Club at the beginning, this time the Liqiu Poetry Club, including all kinds of official circles, power tricks, Li Heng also said just now, the old man is a pragmatic person, yes, pragmatic..."

He sighed, and seemed to be quite moved by this word: "But, Li Heng, think about it, if it weren't for the current officialdom, if it wasn't for the military, if not everyone chose this smart and pragmatic way. They called , As soon as we felt that something could not be done, everyone turned around and ran away. How could Hangzhou sink so quickly? If we were talking about the words of sages and sages all day long, saying that a man should die in righteousness, and when the city was destroyed, there would be no one People are willing to do stupid things, but who is willing to believe the words of the sages?"

"Speaking of patriotism and death festival, when death is imminent, but no one wants to go, don't Confucians become invisible and intangible? Liheng, it may be too pragmatic to say this, but Confucianists of my generation, how many people should die every year, how many... people with names, died under the butcher's knife, died in the golden temple, died in front of tens of thousands of people, and they couldn't retreat when they really deserved to die. Remind the world that this Confucian way is true. To die for injustice is to be regarded as a sage and to continue learning. I died in Hangzhou City, and I also want to remind everyone that there are indeed some people who resisted, lest they think When I want to talk about it, when the blood is hot, I can't find a name to say..."

He spoke a little excitedly, his arms trembling, and he fumbled to put on his hat: "I'm old, and I deserve to die, Liheng, you don't deserve to die, and neither do the children outside, but there is no other way, among them , There are also those who have been taught by me to believe in these things, and they can be regarded as...deadly."

There is a faint light shining in from the gap, and the dust is floating in the air.When the old man said this, he smiled slightly: "So it may not sound good to say it this way, but the so-called Weidao is actually... to die for you at the right time. A lot of people have died. I am more famous. , on the contrary, being in the back of others made those children suffer for a few more days... Tired of fame..."

Ning Yi was slightly silent. He respected and disdain Confucianism. What he admired was nothing more than the huge and self-consistent ruling system created by the system named after Confucianism and the rules of the family world, like a spider web The dense art of domination.What they disdain is that most of the Confucian scholars are dumbfounded by reading and can't think about anything or think about everything. But the old man in front of him really makes the word Confucianism seem a bit great.

Practical and practical on weekdays, when the time is right... I will show you to death.

Just like many Confucian scholars died by touching the pillars in front of the palace, like later Lu Xiufu threw himself into the sea, Fang Xiaoru was cut in half and Judah scolded Zhu Di endlessly.In the eyes of later generations, many people may seem a little stupid, thinking that they have not accomplished anything, but if Confucianism is regarded as a cause, after all, these talents have really done things, and they have truly continued to learn for the sake of the past.If you say it, it is really "die for others to see".

Ning Yi didn't do this, but it was hard not to admire him. After thinking about it, he had been killed outside for a few days. After all, he was afraid that many people would die like this. He remembered the few people who called his name outside when he came in, and asked Said: "When I came in just now... there were a few people saying their names, what on earth did they..."

The old man laughed: "They just want people to remember that there are a few people like this, let me show you to death... They are all good boys, those who yelled, and those who didn't..."

He thought for a while, then patted Ning Yi's shoulder again: "If you can live, you should live. You can only do things if you are alive. You are still young, so don't think too much. In the future, you will treat this as a story and tell others... "

After that, the old man didn't talk about Confucianism, but thought of the safety of Su Tan'er and the Su family, and asked, and then he seemed to talk about some names, and asked if there were any of these people in the fleeing team.Ning Yi didn't remember much. After chatting with him for a while, the last thing he kept thinking about was the coral pen in the old man's house.The old man ran the family very strictly, and none of the children in the family had much money to spend. When they were in need of money, they would steal the old man's brushwork, and the old man would reward the old man with ten pennies at home. Give ten strings of money, so the children in the family often steal once, return once, steal once, return once, and get money every time, and one of the young people is the named Qian Weiliang outside...

Haha, that guy who stole things can be so stubborn...

Ning Yi thought about this, his heart was almost old, he hadn't heard such an interesting story for a long time, slightly moved...

When noon came, the jailer came in and opened the door of the cell.Not long after, under the scorching sun, a row of heads were cut off on the khaki-colored square outside. In the crowd, some people cheered and cheered loudly, while some were silent and solemn. Ning Yi stood in the crowd and finished beheading. the whole process of...

(End of this chapter)