The north wind was fierce and howling like a knife, the night covered the sky and the earth, and the torches illuminated the darkness. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 There were five mass graves, and the cries and cries for mercy kept ringing in the pits, but the sound became smaller and less, and when the last shovel of earth was thrown down, there were only five large graves left in front of everyone.

Heavy footsteps suddenly sounded not far away, and Li Tao and the others looked back, but saw a group of soldiers carrying a large stone and struggling to walk this way.

The boulder is rectangular in shape, with a slightly smooth façade and new marks of a knife and axe, as if it had just been processed.

The back of the boulder is rough, vaguely retaining the smoky black, and I don't know what it used for before, and the stone faintly reveals a vicissitudes.

"What is this for?" Several princes looked at each other, and their eyes were full of confusion.

Seeing that the soldiers carrying the big stone were approaching quickly, one of them gasped and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this stone is the sacrificial stone of the Shepherd Department, just now I was on guard over there, and suddenly I saw the Hou Ye rushing wildly, slashing at the sacrificial stone with a knife......

The Turks have a tradition of sacrifice, and the sacrificial objects are very strange, such as the skull of a wild wolf, the trunk of an old tree, a natural mud pit, and a strange statue.

The sacrificial object of the Shepherd Department is even more strange, and it is a big stone. Li Tao and the others were a little curious, and Lao Cheng shouted: "You continue to say, why did Jingyang Hou split the big stone with a knife? ”

The soldier scratched his head and said stupidly: "The villain doesn't know why, we only saw that the Hou Ye seemed to be in a bad mood, and he didn't talk to us at that time, but just held the treasure knife and kept slashing, and then threw the treasure knife in his hand, and ordered us to transport the stone here." ”

He cautiously glanced at everyone, and said in a low voice: "When the Hou Ye cut the stone, he used to cry loudly, and the villain faintly heard him say a word, saying that you have the blood of your compatriots, and I will erect a monument today, we are all old and rough in the army, and I don't understand what Hou Ye means by this......

All the princes were stunned, Lao Cheng suddenly pointed to the big stone, and said in a deep voice: "Look, there are many words engraved on this stone. The traces of the knife slash are especially there, and it is obvious that the new carving has not been done for a long time. ”

Li Tao's eyes flashed, and he suddenly sighed, and said with emotion: "The old man knows the reason, the Marquis of Jingyang is going to set up a monument for the Han slaves, and set up a monument made by himself!" ”

"Erect a monument? Erecting a monument to prisoners of war? Lao Cheng and the others looked sluggish, looked back at the five mass graves that had just been buried, and felt an indescribable strangeness in their hearts.

Kill all the killings, and even set up a monument, this doll's style of doing things is really incomprehensible.

Liu Hongji quietly poked Chai Shao with his hand, his face was full of curiosity, and he asked with a big grin: "Gong Guo, when you killed and surrendered in the past, did you set up a monument for others?" ”

Chai Shao subconsciously pinched his nose and said stupidly: "The old man was only worried about killing the prisoners at that time, where did he have the heart to set up a monument for the prisoners of war, and besides, it was a battlefield at that time, and he had to march and fight every day, so he didn't have time to fiddle with this." ”

"Isn't that just not standing!" Liu Hongji sneered, and said: "You can't do things, you don't have the atmosphere of Jingyang Hou." ”

Chai Shao's face turned red, and he snorted coldly: "Kill all the kills, what about erecting a monument?" These Han slaves have no humanity, all of them have done evil things like beasts, and they should be killed if the old man says so, and they are not worthy of sympathy at all......"

Lao Cheng and the others couldn't help nodding, and they actually felt a little in favor of Chai Shao in their hearts. These princes are all embryonic killers, marching and fighting all their lives, and their hands are stained with blood, and human life is like that in their eyes.

It's not that I'm cold-hearted, but I've seen too many dead people.

Only Li Tao sighed lightly, and said thoughtfully: "This may be the difference between Jingyang Hou and us, in his eyes, although these Han slaves deserve to die, but after all, they have the blood of the Han people, they are guilty in their lives, and they are dead and dead, so he set up a monument to record, this move is clearly to treat the Han slaves as ...... of the same clan."

Everyone was speechless, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

After a long time, Chai Shaocai smiled and said sullenly: "The old man came to read this inscription and see what my nephew has written." ”

"It's better for the old man to read it!" Li Tao suddenly interjected and said with a smile: "You people can only kill people and can't read, you have no ink in your stomach, and you can't understand the meaning of the inscription. ”

Chai Shao opened his mouth, and he couldn't refute it for a long time, so he had no choice but to arch his hand, and then touched his nose.

At this time, the group of soldiers had already erected the stele in front of the grave with a trumpet, Li Tao raised his head with his hands, looked at the stele carefully, and suddenly said: "The man who is the master of heaven and earth, the reverse journey of all things; Those who have passed through time have passed by for hundreds of generations. And floating like a dream, for joy? ”

This is the inscription raising its head, which has the meaning of lamenting the passage of time and the shortness of sad life.

Lao Cheng and the others were all rough embryos, glanced at each other, and waited for Li Tao to explain the meaning, but Li Tao kept talking, and he didn't have the meaning of explaining at all, but continued to read:

"The river is small, and the sky is vast. Life is short, the years are long, and the life of the husband is all produced by the hard work of the parents, and the life and death of the deciding are only collected by the heaven and the earth. I am now a strong bully, it is difficult to hide the guilt of the killing, the dead have passed away, the long song should cry, I should erect a monument to apologize, wear the text to the descendants, and face the ...... of the thousand people"

Li Tao sighed when he read this, and couldn't help but say a good sentence, he opened his mouth to read it again, and the people next to him were impatient, Lao Cheng suddenly looked at him, and said with a displeased face: "I said that you old thing, don't take care of yourself and shake your head, okay?" Tell us also, what is written in the inscription? ”

Li Tao glanced at him, and said angrily: "These two texts are lamenting life and power, Jingyang Hou believes that every life is raised by parents, except for the heavens and the earth, no one can decide their life and death, he feels that he is a bully to kill and surrender to the weak, claiming to have committed an unforgivable sin, and is willing to record it with an inscription, so that he can warn future generations, and he is also willing to bear the infamy." ”

As soon as this explanation was explained, everyone moved, Cheng Biting Jin's brows furrowed, and he said helplessly: "The only shortcoming of this doll is that he is kind-hearted, he is like this when he kills a group of livestock, and he is completely ruthless without His Majesty's cold-bloodedness, and the old man is really worried that he will not be able to change his ...... in the future."

"If you can't change it, don't change it!" Li Tao glanced at him and snorted coldly: "Isn't it good to be kind?" The reason why His Majesty is cold-blooded and ruthless is because he wants to open up the country. If it is decided today, the old man thinks that the second generation of kings should be kind, which is the way to abide by the foundation. ”

This is right, if you want to kill and be ruthless in fighting the world, and governing the world will not be solved by killing and ruthlessness alone.

It's a pity that Lao Cheng and the others don't understand, and Li Tao doesn't seem to want to explain anymore, he looks up at the stone tablet, and continues to read the inscription again:

"On April 16 of the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty, I Han Yue stepped on the grassland, led an army of 280,000, and the Turkic sheep herding department, got 140,000 prisoners of war, and there were 80,000 Han slaves of the second generation, all of whom were young and strong. If there is a punishment in the sky, you can punish me, the world is weak and scolding, spit on their own faces, and the matter of killing 60,000 people in the pit today has nothing to do with others......"

This is the main text, which not only records the cause and reason of the incident in detail, but also carefully writes down how many people were killed in the pit.

Li Tao shook his head slowly, and sighed deeply: "The Marquis of Jingyang is taking all the blame for himself, leaving us and others out of the matter of killing prisoners, alas, he is really a good boy, far from being comparable to the crown prince and the king of Wei." ”

The princes looked at each other, and Chai Shao suddenly said: "This son is extremely intelligent, but he is kind-hearted, and the old man always looks at it carefully, and sees that he has the demeanor of my wife......"

Who is Chai Shao's wife?

is not an outsider, it is the famous eldest princess Li Xiuning of the Tang Dynasty, the people love to call her the third lady, and she is also Li Shimin's most beloved sister.

According to the generation, Han Yue wants to call Li Xiuning his aunt for life.

"It's a pity that kind people don't last long, the old man is really worried about this child, for the way of the king, he must be ruthless, he must not learn Xiuning." Chai Shao spoke again, his eyes were shining, the corners of his eyes were moist, and no one knew what he was thinking about writing.

Li Xiuning conquered the world that year, but Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng were afraid of her hard work, and finally regained her power, causing Li Xiuning to die of depression.

Lao Cheng smacked his mouth, suddenly rolled his eyes a few times, and jumped up with a big axe.

Li Tao was taken aback, and asked abruptly, "Cheng Zhijie, what are you going to do?" ”

"What else can you do?" Lao Cheng laughed and snorted: "Naturally, this inscription is erased, and then you Li Tao writes a new one, and we will secretly replace it with ......."