Two in one, seven thousand words Chapter 480: The Saint and the Devil The scorched earth order has been delivered.
In the northwestern part of the land, these days there have been horsemen in Tulip Armor galloping back and forth, passing from village to village, driving the peasants away from their homes.
And not too many people expressed dissatisfaction.
Because in this land, for everyone, the name Tulip House means that you can believe in it unconditionally and surrender to it Even a three-year-old child knows that as long as he trusts the Tulip family's decision, then the owner of the Tulip family will never let his subjects suffer This trust has been planted since 140 years ago, when the red-headed boy came to the Northwest.
Even in the most difficult war years of the Roland Empire, in the face of waves of invasion by alien orcs, the people here lived far better than people in other places in the territory of the Tulip family in the northwest.
So, when the owner of the tulip family ordered the people here to burn down their farmland, abandon their homes, and leave the countryside with the old and weak women and children to live in the city, few people questioned the order.
Everyone believes that the owner of the tulip family will definitely give everyone an explanation and give everyone full compensation, and this compensation will definitely make everyone satisfied.
One hundred and forty years ago, the red-haired young duke of the first generation said: As long as I can ensure the life of my people, then I can not care about the life and death of people all over the world.
This sentence.
It completely bought the hearts and minds of the people of this land Everyone believes that as long as they are still "my people" in the opinion of the owner of the tulip family.
Then you will definitely be able to get a good shelter As Panin rode his horse along the road, walking through the countryside, watching the originally barren land being abandoned in this way, the grain that had not had time to be transported was directly burned.
Panin's heart is like a knife He was not distressed, but fearful It wasn't until he saw the scene in front of him with his own eyes that he was really sure that the woman from the Tulip family was not just talking, she really made it She really implemented this "scorched earth strategy", she really dared to give up the tulip family's thousand-mile territory, and put on a completely defenseless posture.
Only clearly guarded a few cities, and casually gave up these thousands of miles of land, allowing those steppe people to enter and exit at will Before coming out, Panin's mind was full of thoughts: how dare she But now, Panin had a thought in her heart: she really dared The gates of Loulan City have begun to strictly enforce the night curfew.
But tonight was an exception.
Until midnight, the city gate was still not closed, of course, the distance of 100 meters inside and outside the city gate had been emptied.
Under the curfew at night, no one dared to approach the city gates.
Otherwise, they will be arrested as spies or thieves.
A team of horses rushed to the bottom of Loulan City, the number was not much, only five or six people, but the horse team brought with it was full of twenty horses.
The soldiers defending the city were not nervous, and there were no woods on the left and near the outside of Loulan City.
If there were, it would have been cut down decades ago.
On the bare wilderness, you can see more than ten miles at a glance, and you can't hide people at all.
The horses rushed under the city gates, and some people had already thrown the tulip badges.
Immediately, the horse team drove straight into Loulan City.
In the middle of the night, I entered the tulip castle in the city.
The horse team stopped at the castle gate, and the knight on one of the horses in front of him rolled over and jumped off his horse.
His robe obscured his face, and when he dismounted, he strode up the steps and approached the gate of the castle as quickly as he could.
In the hall, Du Weiwei stood by the wide staircase.
A slender hand pressed against the railing.
Behind her, on the wall was a huge oil painting, in which the young Duke Tulip smiled.
The visitor quickly ripped off his hood, and the servant of the Tulip family came quickly, holding a plate with a cup of hot soup and tea on the plate.
"It's hard to travel late at night, this late autumn is cold, if you have anything to say, drink a cup to warm up your body before talking."
Du smiled slightly against the railing. syllable The plate was lifted, and the cup of hot tea was spilled directly on the steps.
Looking at the frosty face of the man in front of him, Du smiled coldly, and his tone was mocking: "It seems that you don't need hot tea, you have enough anger in your heart." ” "I can't help but be angry" Panin angrily kicked the cup at his feet, stood in place, looked up at Du Weiwei on the steps, and shouted: "Messiah, are you really going crazy?"
"It's not me who is crazy."
Du Weiwei still had a calm smile on his face: "Paning, you are the governor of the northwest who is personally appointed by Xiluo, and your first important task in coming to the northwest is to deal with my tulip family."
However, now you have only brought two or three retinues, rode horses for eight days to my Loulan City, and come to my house late at night, if your brain is not bad, you should know that we are now enemies, and you have run to an enemy's lair, but you dare to say that others are crazy Two days ago, I heard a report from my men that you are here, and I still don't believe it.
I didn't believe it until now that you were standing in front of me.
Panin, the question on my mind now is, should I kill you now, or should I grab you and throw you into a dungeon, and slowly dig something out of your mouth, and I'm sure you know a lot of things. ” Panin seemed to hold back his anger, he clenched his fists, and stared at Du Weiwei with his head high: "I'll come, I just want to ask you if you really plan to be a traitor to the empire."
"Traitor" Du smiled slightly, she seemed to be a little tired and stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, and yawned: "Are you talking about a duke of the Tulip family betraying this empire, is there a more ridiculous joke in the world?"
"Yes" Panin's eyes were on fire He bit down and said hatefully, "I know."
Many people also know that if it weren't for your Tulip family, I'm afraid that the Roland Empire would no longer exist now, if your ancestor had a little ambition more than a hundred years ago.
It is no longer the Augustinian family that sits in the palace now But even if your tulip family is kind to the empire, no matter how deep the kindness is in the past hundred years, it should be repaid Since your ancestor did not choose to be the emperor but chose to be a courtier a hundred years ago, then you, the descendants, should honestly keep the status of a courtier, half a monarch and half a minister, you are originally a freak, you are a smart person, you should understand this unreasonable thing.
It can't last forever Messiah I came to the northwest, not Aker's people came to the northwest, you should understand that I don't want to fight a civil war, and even His Majesty Shiloh doesn't want to fight a civil war He never even thought about really eradicating the Tulip family, he just wanted to weaken you, he just wanted to take back the power that an emperor should have What really wants you to die is Aker, that guy still dreams of being the Rollin family to replace the Tulip family That's why I think he's an idiot Because even His Majesty Shiloh can reuse him.
It is possible to marry his daughter, and even conspire with him to weaken the Tulip family But His Majesty Shiloh would never want to see a half-monarch and half-minister Tulip family disappear and another half-monarch and half-minister Rollin family appear It is impossible for the Luo Lin family to become a special existence of the second half-monarch and half-minister, and the emperor will never allow them to do so Messiah, you are not stupid I even think that in this empire, you are one of the few people in my Panin's eyes You should understand, too.
Things are far from the point where everyone tears their faces.
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The first thing I did when I came to the northwest was to drive back all the guys under Aker, and I released all the captured Tulip caravans, and I withheld the goods, because that is the emperor needs a face, a face that shows his strength, I believe you should be able to understand this approach, and your family is not short of those few dollars.
This time you've gone too far, even if you're going to be angry, you're going to teach Shiloh a lesson.
But you've gone too far this time Messiah, you really want to see those foreign cavalry drinking the Lancang River, you really want to see the banner of the orc army planted on the land of the Rolands.
Will you be happy?
The Messiah answered me" Panin's tone said that he was questioning, but it was better to vent the anger in his heart.
He said so much in one breath, and in the end, his eyes showed deep regret and anger.
Du Weiwei didn't move.
She stood in place, quietly looking at Panin, listening to Panin vent such words, she didn't even have the slightest change in her eyes.
Quietly waiting for Paning to finish speaking, Du Weiwei pulled the corners of his mouth.
"That's it" "That's it," Panin sighed.
"Your Excellency the Northwest Governor, you have been driving for so many days, and you are still tired and a few horses, and you quietly notified the scout of my family that you are coming to visit, I haven't slept here in the middle of the night and waited for you This guest is coming, you just came to me to perform a scene of loyal ministers and famous generals, I'm sorry, you played very badly, and I, the audience, are very dissatisfied."
"Acting" Panin is on fire He pointed at Du Weiwei: "Do you think I'm acting, if I were acting, the thunder whip of the two divisions would have already crossed the border, if I was acting, I wouldn't need to come to see you at this time, I would wait for the grassland people to call, and then the army would press the border, and when the time came, your tulip family would be wiped out, what would be the end?"
"Oh" Du Wei smiled very indifferently: "Then, Panin, you only need to answer me one question."
If your answer satisfies me, I'll tell you the real reason why I'm doing it. ” "To answer you a question," Panin snorted.
Du Weiwei suddenly changed and walked down a few steps, narrowing the distance between the two before, but because of the height gap between the two, although Du Weiwei stood on several steps above, the two still only looked at each other.
"What is the position of you, Your Excellency Panin, the current Duke of Rhine, who came to me in the middle of the night to play the role of a loyal general?
It was killed by you and Shiloh.
My dead nephew is not a man of any generation.
But no matter how you calculate it, he is by no means a bad emperor.
During his reign, the empire was also smooth, the country and the people were safe.
Panin, if you are really a patriot, a loyal servant who cares about the country, then why did you stand opposite the emperor to whom you once served with a sword in your hand on New Year's night?
The gates of the palace were opened by you, and the rebels were put into the palace by you when Gule murdered Shawdel.
It was you who stood in front of the Emperor and blocked his rescue Panin The coup d'état in the New Year, I thought about it carefully for a long time.
Aker participated, and for good reason, he wanted the Rollin family to take the place of the Tulip family Gule participated, for a reason, he was originally a diehard loyalist of Shiloh, and Marsch mistakenly believed him.
There is also nothing to say But you, Panin, what reason do you have to get involved in the coup Marhi has always admired you during his lifetime, you have become the commander of the Guards before you are thirty years old, and it is not an army of cats and dogs.
Being able to be the commander of the Imperial Forest Army is that the emperor's attitude towards you is that he will use your signs in the future, and you don't even need to do anything, before the age of thirty-five.
You're going to be let out, and you're going to be in your forties, and you might be able to become the Minister of War, but you don't want to but thou hast rebelled You helped Shiloh usurp the throne and murder the emperor who once appreciated you.
What you get Broke an arm.
And then became a duke Tell me, Panin, why the hell are you doing this.
I believe in people like you.
Besides, I don't think Shiloh can give you more."
Panin's face sank.
He suddenly took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it.
He didn't answer Du Weiwei's question, but looked at Du Weiwei expressionlessly: "You really plan to do this, there is no room for recovery."
"Looks like you're not willing to answer my question."
Du Weiwei did not hide the shameful expression on his face: "Then let it be, Panin."
Anyway, the matter has already happened, and I am just asking now, just to satisfy my curiosity.
If you don't tell me, I won't ask you again. ” Panin closed his eyes, thought for a while, and then opened his eyes and said: "The steppe people have already raised troops, and within two months at most, their troops will reach your territory, even if you shrink your defenses, abandon those rural places, and shrink all your strength in the cities, you are not afraid that the steppe people will really attack those cities."
Everyone knows that the city of the tulip family has wealth that can make everyone blush, and I don't think that those strong walls can stop the steppe robbers. ” "They don't dare."
Du smiled faintly: "Those houses in the countryside, those livestock, are the bones I threw to these wild dogs, whatever they want."
If you dare to offend my city, I will let these wild dogs know that there are some things they are not allowed to touch.
Believe me, Panin, I'm sure of it.
No one can break down the city of the Tulip Family, not any city.
These steppe people can't do it, and they don't dare to do it. ” "Messiah, you are crazy, when the more than 100,000 cavalry of the steppe people surrounded your Loulan City, you would not say such crazy things again," Panin pointed at Du Weiwei's nose and shouted.
Du shrugged his shoulders slightly: "I'll let you see it, even if the cavalry of the steppe people comes to my Loulan City, they will just come to salute me and worship me."
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Panin, what you said couldn't have been born at all. ” "You" Panin's heart suddenly jumped He had a very crazy thought "The army of the steppe people, are you?"
Du Wei touched his forehead: "You are not too slow to react after all." ” "You woman is really crazy" Panin suddenly changed color: "You are treason, leading foreign invasions of you, this is "chio" naked treason" "Treason" Du laughed slightly: "Don't say such a noble accomplice who usurped the throne, accusing others of treason, when did you become a comedian."
Treason, no, no, no, I didn't collude with the King of the Prairie King.
I only provoked them a few times at the right moments.
Moreover, I never wanted to use the steppe people against you believe me, the Tulip family people are not so stingy.
The plan to deal with the steppe people was made very early.
Long before you didn't have a coup d'état.
The tulip family has begun to stimulate the nerves of the steppe people step by step.
As for why, it should be understandable with your cleverness: these hundred and forty years.
The steppe man is our sheepdog, and now this sheepdog is getting stronger and more disobedient, and it is time to slaughter it.
Our tulip family has been playing with this sheepdog for generations, playing this game, fattening up, killing it, and raising another batch.
Kill it again.
It's just that in the past, when my parents and grandparents played this game, the movement was relatively small.
And now that I'm in power, I'm a big person, I want to play bigger, and after playing this time, it is estimated that there will be thirty or fifty years of quiet time.
There is no need to think about the threat of steppe people anymore.
I don't want to be like my parents and grandparents, and spend the rest of my life staring at the grassland, I want to make the grassland people quiet once and for all, and then I will free up my energy to do other more important things. ” "You admit it" Panin looked at Du Weiwei in horror: "You admit that the invasion of the grassland people is your lead" "Not my complicity.
I'm just admitting that I played a role in that.
Du snorted slightly disdainfully: "Yes, I admit it, so what, even if you know now, can you still make all the hundreds of thousands of red-eyed cavalry on the grassland disappear."
Panin, don't be so naïve.
On martial arts talent.
Military strategic talent, you are indeed first-class.
But when it comes to politics.
You're just a child.
The steppe people are getting stronger and stronger, and they can already gather hundreds of thousands of troops, and this threat must be eliminated as soon as possible.
I don't want the labor army to go on an expedition to the grasslands, which would have to walk through the northwest corridor of Mount Kilimano and the desert, which is too tiring and too expensive, and I would rather let hundreds of thousands of steppe people take the initiative to run over and run in front of us and let us kill.
We're far from the steppe, and if they fail, they'll have nowhere to run.
I just need to block that northwest corridor, no, I don't even have to block that corridor, do you think a group of remnants of the defeated army can easily cross that desert?
Do you think a group of guys who have lost a battle will still carry food and water with them?
That desert may be the place where the steppe people are buried.
I don't like to be charged as a slaughterer or an executioner, I prefer to be a hero.
Panin, what do you think?
If I take the initiative to march into the grassland, I will be said that I am a sinner who slaughtered the people of the steppe and a butcher who exterminated the population.
Let them in, and I am the hero of the resistance to foreign enemies.
If it were you, which title would you prefer?"
Looking at Du Weiwei's bright and moving smiling face, Paning suddenly felt that his heart was full of coldness This woman is crazy No, she's not crazy She's a devil at all "You're not afraid I'll get these words out," Panin narrowed his eyes.
"Of course not."
Du Wei looked at Panin, as if looking at an idiot: "If you say it, no one will believe it, now the whole world thinks that the Tulip family is a victim, ours is suspected by the new emperor, our Northwest Independent Division is almost reversed, the emperor also sent you to the northwest with two divisions of the Thunder God's Whip, oppressing us all the time, even if you run to the street and say, the Tulip family will not believe the invasion of the grassland people, everyone will only think that you are on the orders of that guy from Shiloh, Deliberately slandering the reputation of the Tulip family.
Panin, don't you understand that this is a conspiracy, not a conspiracy, because the hundreds of thousands of troops of the steppe people are placed there, and they will definitely fight.
Whether you say it or not, this fact will not change Once they call, as long as it's the Tulip family who saves the world in the end, then no one will investigate what the reason is in the first place.
Do you know that my great ancestor once said, he said: The human heart is used to be played, so the most unreliable thing in this world is the human heart Panin, remember this sentence If you don't die too early, remember this sentence will be good for you in the rest of your life. ” Panin suddenly felt cold in his fingers Suddenly, a feeling of absurdity arose in his heart The world turned out to be completely different from what I thought "So" forcibly suppressed the urge to go up and stab this woman to death with a sword, Panin said slowly: "Then what kind of way do you have to deal with those hundreds of thousands of steppe cavalry, that is hundreds of thousands of cavalry."
It's not hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, since all this has been planned by you a long time ago, then I believe that you don't want things to change, don't you say.
Was this planned before the coup d'état?"
"If the coup doesn't happen."
Du said lightly: "Of course, I will discuss with His Majesty Marhi how to dig this big pit now, and then clap my hands and smile and watch the grassland people jump in."
But now, since Marhi is dead, and Shiloh wishes I was dead, then why should I tell you?
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Panin, I'm not that great, someone stabbed me in the back, and I still have to smile to help you I'm a woman, and women are very stingy and vindictive.
The army of these hundreds of thousands of steppe people.
You solve it, Shiloh solves it.
Of course, I know that most of you can't solve it.
So I'll be patient.
When you fail, I'll save the world.
You see, what a beautiful story it is when the world is in danger.
When everyone is finally helpless, the hero will shine and save the world, and our tulip family has always played this role for a hundred and forty years, hasn't it?"
Looking at Panin's pale face, Du smiled slightly disdainfully: "I admit it."
The coup d'état did disrupt some of my steps.
But the left and right are already like this, and I won't care too much, one sheep is also killed, and ten sheep are also killed.
Didn't Shiloh always want to be a great and good emperor?
All right.
I gave him this chance.
Behind my back, the Northwest Independent Division rebelled, this is not a good emperor. can only be regarded as a conspirator, not to mention that he has failed.
And these hundreds of thousands of steppe cavalry are my gift to him.
An emperor naturally wants to lead the country to resist foreign enemies.
If he can do a good job, then he doesn't need me to come forward in the end, that's fine. ” Panin stared at Du Weiwei: "You are the most vicious woman I have ever seen" "Thanks for the compliment."
Du said lightly: "In fact, the tulip family has never produced saints, only devils.
We have always been people who stand with the devil.
Besides, why should I feel guilty that I am doing this to completely eliminate the external danger of the steppe for the empire, and in thirty or fifty years, everyone can not worry about the growth of the steppe people.
After shearing the wool this time, we can easily go decades.
Panin, this is the real service for the country and the people.
As for you, you think that you co-murdered the first emperor, and then ran to the northwest and put on a posture of serving the country and the people, you can really whitewash yourself Go back, Panin I can kill you, I know, you must have made a breakthrough after the battle with Marhi, maybe you have become a saint, maybe you are not.
But believe me, none of this matters to me, whether you are a saint or not now, I have at least a hundred ways to kill you in Loulan City.
For the Tulip family, there is nothing unusual about such a thing as the Holy Order.
I won't kill you, Panin, I'll let you go back.
On the one hand, because you are the chief of the northwest, the invasion of the steppe people, there is always a need for someone to stand up and carry this matter first.
On the other hand, after driving for you for a few days, a few horses died of exhaustion to see me, and finally you still have a little bit of a concern for the country, and I will let you leave alive.
Go back, Panin, and don't come back to see me.
This is me, if you were another force or leader, you would have killed you a long time ago if you dared to come alone to see you.
Your romantic heroic feelings will kill you sooner or later. ” After Du Weiwei said this, he suddenly seemed to lose interest, glanced at Panin boringly, turned around, walked up the steps instead, and then disappeared at the end of the stairs Panin stood on the spot, staring blankly at the staircase Overhead, in the huge oil painting, the red-haired young duke is smiling at the world I know this chapter may surprise a lot of people, well, everyone will find out after reading slowly S: Kindly recommend a book Sword Dynasty, Author: Not Guilty.
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