Volume 1 Chushan Bandits Chapter 66 You Take the Blame
"Who cares about this title?" Seeing Xu Huai still smiling, Liu Qiong'er gnashed her teeth in anger and said angrily, "Don't you know that what you are doing is meaningless?"
"A few days ago, you were worried that I would sit idly by and not care about the lives of Wang Bin and the others. How come it seems meaningless to you today? Women are so fickle!" Xu Huai said with a smile.
"I, I, you know what I mean, don't argue with me! If Mr. Wang has a chance to make a comeback, we will certainly compete for it, but when did I ever say that you should take such a big risk to assassinate an official of the court?"
Seeing that Xu Huai had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem, Liu Qiong'er stared at his shoulder, and was so angry that she wanted to pounce on him and bite him. She said,
"You killed Guo Caoling now, but what problem can you solve? Will those people behind him stop? Won't they come back with more force after some time? You can fool them for a while, but can you fool them forever? What can you do if they try to kill Wang Bing again next time? Can you persuade Wang Bing to leave the military camp and hide in the mountains for a while?"
"I did try to persuade Wang Bing, but it's obvious that even if he were to die, he wanted to die in the open. He would never want to disappear without a clear name. He is different from us after all," said Xu Huai.
"You already know everything, why are you still so reckless? Mr. Wang has no intention of compromising, but wants to sacrifice his life for benevolence and justice. What else can we do except to help him?" Liu Qiong'er asked angrily.
"Do you think what Liu Qiong'er said makes sense?" Xu Huai asked Xu Wuliang and Xu Wukun, who had gloomy faces.
"You are just messing around this time!" Xu Wuliang and Xu Wukun said bluntly.
"How could you tolerate Zheng Hui's bullying of me that there are no heroes in Tongbai Mountain?" Xu Huai took off his bamboo hat and sword and placed them on the steps, and asked back.
"If you want to kill Guo Caoling, just tell us and come together to kill him. Do you think we dare not do it?" Xu Wuliang said dissatisfiedly, "If we were afraid of this and that, how could we have gone through life and death with your father?"
"I didn't mean to hide it from you?" Xu Huai said with a wry smile, "Uncle Seventeen and the others must be pissed, right?"
"Wu Jiang and Di Niang are still worried about your safety, but the others are more concerned about their own situations. You shouldn't expect everyone to have a sense of justice in their hearts..." Xu Wukun has a mild temper. He thinks it is normal for the others in Xinzhai to know the inside story and be angry about the assassination.
Xu Wuliang was dissatisfied with some people, and told Xu Huai the situation at Lion Camel Ridge in more detail:
"Everything else is fine. Since we have all become bandits, we don't have to worry . I just feel a little puzzled. It's because Xu Guanshan and Su Laochang are two ignorant guys. I'm afraid they will get into trouble. Su Laochang even scolded Miss Liu, saying that it was Miss Liu who instigated you to do this stupid thing. Miss Liu was so angry that she cried..."
The reactions of many people did not surprise Xu Huai: Xu Xin'an, Xu Sihu and others were young and energetic, and had become bandits, so they would not care too much, but Xu Guanshan, Su Laochang and others as well as the other families were passively involved in this matter.
The saying "the older you are in the underworld, the less courageous you are" refers to people like Xu Guanshan and Su Laochang.
However, this cannot be said to be their fault.
Liu Qiong'er said: "Even if you become a bandit, you don't have to worry about everything, but everyone is trying to protect themselves. Not everyone wants to be a hero. You'd better think of a way to make everyone think that you deserved to bear the danger of assassinating Guo Caoling alone! Otherwise, there is no reason to let everyone worry about you!"
Xu Wukun and Xu Wuliang nodded.
Although Xu Wujiang, Su Di, Xu Xin'an, Xu Sihu and others were more concerned about Xu Huai's safety, Xu Guanshan and Su Laochang had such strong disagreements that it would be better for them to have an explanation.
Even though they looked down on Xu Guanshan and Su Laochang, thinking that they were too weak and too hesitant, after all, they were all grasshoppers tied to the same tree, right?
Su Laochang and Xu Guanshan were legitimately sitting in the second and fourth seats, and Xu Wujiang had no choice but to listen to their opinions.
"Will the excuse of helping Prime Minister Wang to make a comeback work?" Xu Huai asked.
"It doesn't matter. They all know that this can only be used to keep the people below motivated. There is little hope. At least it's not worth taking such a big risk." Liu Qiong'er said.
"Mr. Su often said that you instigated me to do this stupid thing. Did you make any excuses at that time?" Xu Huai asked.
"We don't even know whether you're dead or alive, and we don't know whether you can escape the raid. What's the big deal about me getting scolded?" Liu Qiong'er said. "Besides, it's normal for Su Laochang to have a few complaints. What else can I say to them at this critical moment?"
"Then I will say that you instigated me, otherwise it will be too troublesome to explain." Xu Huai said.
Liu Qiong'er's beautiful eyes widened and she angrily asked, "How did I offend you?"
"Don't you think the name Chushan Yaksha Fox really suits you?" Xu Huai said.
"Have you been pushing me to be the third leader of this crappy village, expecting me to take the blame for you?" Liu Qiong'er immediately thought of the key point and asked with her beautiful eyes wide open.
"Yes," Xu Huai said frankly, "Just like you said, not everyone wants to be a hero, but there are some things I have to do. If I do everything against other people's will, it will be difficult to maintain relationships. Now you are taking the blame, and I say it was you who instigated it. Even if others blame you, at most they will think in their hearts, 'Only women and villains are difficult to raise in the world', and they will never dare to offend you, the third in command, in the future..."
"Do you believe that I will come into the room and smash the mop chair on your face?" Only then did Liu Qiong'er truly understand Xu Huai's real intention of wanting her to sit in the third seat.
"Well, it's not advisable to stay in Huaiyuan Town for a long time. Zheng Hui should have known the news. Even though Deng Gui guessed last night that I might be hiding with Wang Xiang, he didn't dare to bear the crime of forcing Wang Xiang to death, so he didn't dare to search. However, he asked Tang Tiande to search the streets, and he also intended to spread the news," Xu Huai said, "Zheng Hui may regard it as a trap, but we should leave Huaiyuan first to avoid unnecessary trouble..."
"You also know that unexpected events will arise!" Liu Qiong'er felt that after she learned about the assassination in the military camp in the morning, it would take several days for the anger in her heart to subside.
"Before you go to Lion Camel Ridge, you should think about your excuse first." Xu Huai said to Liu Qiong'er.
"Have you ever seen such a bastard in your life?" Liu Qiong'er laughed angrily and turned to ask Xu Wukun and Xu Wuliang.
"I'd like to trouble you to think about this, Miss Liu..." Xu Wukun and Xu Wuliang were still worried that Xu Wujiang, Di Niang and others would harbor grudges against Xu Huai because of this incident. After all, Xu Wujiang and others had been implicated in this matter without any reason before. So they hoped that Liu Qiong'er would take more responsibility and take the blame.
"You just think that I, a woman, am easy to bully!" Liu Qiong'er said dissatisfiedly.
"We recognize you as the third in command. At worst, we will keep an eye on Xu Huai and prevent you from getting into trouble!" said Xu Wuliang.
"You can fool a ghost with these words!" Liu Qiong'er shouted.
"I'll go hire a carriage." Xu Wuliang shouted.
Seeing that Xu Huai was still injured and unable to ride a horse, Xu Wuliang took his daughter Xiaohuan out to hire a carriage; Xu Wukun also walked to the alley entrance to observe the movements in the street market in case Zheng Hui and other assassins were unwilling to see Guo Caoling die in such an unclear manner.
" Where are injured?" Liu Qiong'er could see Xu Huai sitting on the steps with a somewhat stiff body. She was worried that he was seriously injured.
"Fortunately, the next three to five days may only be enough to kill some small thieves," Xu Huai played with his sword across his knees and asked Liu Qiong'er, "Do you really not want to bear this evil?"
"Xu Wujiang and his men became bandits only because they were forced to do so. They were more concerned about self-preservation. Perhaps their greatest ambition was to wait for amnesty one day. And when it comes to amnesty, it doesn't have to be Wang Bing. They can surrender to whoever comes to fight against the bandits. It's normal that they don't care about Wang Bing's life or death. But I always feel that you seem to enjoy this thrilling feeling. The danger in the eyes of others is a great temptation to you."
Liu Qiong'er smiled bitterly and sighed,
"I don't know why you give people such a weird feeling at such a young age, but you and Xu Wujiang are not the same kind of people after all. Even if you are offered amnesty in the future, you will probably disdain it, right? Whether it is to avoid disagreements with Xu Wujiang, or if one day you can just leave, you need me to be your puppet, right?"
"Don't make yourself sound so miserable. I think you're enjoying it!" Xu Huai said, "But you're not wrong. I'm not interested in the village!"
"What is your ambition?" Liu Qiong'er asked with her beautiful eyes open.
"I don't know either," Xu Huai said truthfully, "It is precisely because I don't know that I act this way..."
To be rational, there is no problem with Xu Wujiang and his colleagues' position.
They should wait until the situation is completely over; at this point they are not even small fry and have no ability to get involved in such a deep and complex political struggle.
His successful assassination of Guo Caoling only alleviated the immediate crisis, but the waves surging underground became more and more sinister.
For Tongbai Mountain, the situation has become more serious - Zheng Hui and his men will not give up.
However, there was always an emotion in his heart that prevented him from standing idly by, just as strong as the day he stood on the shore of Yingzizui.
Since he regained consciousness, the occasional flashes of memory gave him great warnings and reminders, but they were still too little.
However, he always felt that these emotions could not be without reason. Xu Huai deeply suspected that this might be related to those memories .
Therefore, he had no way to exclude these strong emotions when weighing the pros and cons.
But there was no way to explain this to Xu Wujiang and the others.
The baby is feeling so miserable!
