Chapter 496: Discussing Success or Failure
The curtain falls.
In the remaining sunset, the lonely old horse neighed.
Weapons and flames of war blended together, and as the disputes gradually subsided, the country slowly fell into peace.
Jiang Wen was riding on a horse, holding a long sword and looking at the imperial guards who were patrolling in groups of three or four.
If it weren't for the blood flowing on the ground as a reminder, everything that happened before would seem like a dream.
Whether it is fighting or bad news.
A few hours ago, the elite White Tigers stationed south of Tianyuan City arrived and joined forces with the rest of the people in the training ground to devour all the black-armored soldiers.
Jiang Wen had once been fortunate enough to see cattle and sheep running all over the prairie. He felt that the scene was not much different from the scene of the black-armored soldiers fleeing.
It’s just that one is a human and the other is an animal.
"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Wenji came over on horseback, looking at Jiang Wen curiously and asked. She saw that he had no expression on his face all the way, as if he was hiding something in his heart.
"Nothing, just understanding life." Jiang Wen said quietly while looking at the sunset. "Whether it's a cultivator or a mortal, whether it's a person with great magical powers or a person like an ant, why do all living beings live?"
"Oh? So that's what you were thinking about."
When Jiang Wenjie heard his words, she looked at him with interest.
"And what do you think?"
"Birth and death. There are thirteen people who live and thirteen people who die. Of all people, one person will be put to death in his life. Why is that? Because he is so generous with his life. I have heard that those who are good at preserving their lives will not encounter rhinoceroses or tigers when walking on land, and will not be attacked by armor and weapons when they enter the army. Rhinoceroses have nowhere to throw their horns, tigers have nowhere to use their claws, and soldiers have nowhere to use their blades. Why is that? Because they have no place to die." Jiang Wen thought for a while and said, "The life and death of a person is no more than spring and autumn, and it is all because of greed and desire."
Jiang Wen is accustomed to life and death, and has experienced life and death.
He saw that the battlefield was full of swords and spears, and the fight was just to see who could stab faster and chop harder.
With one cut, blood flowed and limbs were scattered.
Brains and internal organs were everywhere, and if you weren't careful you'd get splattered with blood.
This scene of facing the death of life was more real and cruel than his magic, so much so that he could not help but sigh at the fragility of life.
The human race has fought with the alien race for countless years and sacrificed countless lives. What did they gain in the end? Jiang Wen didn't know, and he didn't even know why the alien race had to fight with the human race for this piece of land. The myriad races have fought with the alien race for countless years, and the hatred has already penetrated into their bones.
"Are you feeling upset because of what happened today?" Jiang Wenjie said with a chuckle.
She is always so smart and can easily guess what is in other people's minds. Whether it is her daily interactions or her calmness when doing big things, she is always different from other women.
Jiang Wen couldn't remember when he had seen her panic-stricken. The only two times were when she woke up from illness and when he was about to die.
At that time, he felt that Jiang Wenjie finally looked a bit like a woman.
Jiang Wenjie is usually as calm as she is now.
To the extent that Jiang Wen sometimes felt that he was not as good as her.
"How are you so smart?" Jiang Wen said helplessly after hearing her words. "You always guess right." "Of course I know, I've seen people who are similar to you. He always talks about the roundworm in his stomach, so why don't I be that roundworm?" Jiang Wenji joked, she covered her face and laughed softly, letting her loose long hair blow in the wind.
On this lush grassland, she seemed like a goddess descended to earth.
Jiang Wen was so absorbed in watching this that his originally melancholy mood improved a lot. He looked at Jiang Wenji and said with a smile, "If His Majesty the Heavenly King is willing to be the worm in my stomach, I would naturally be willing to do the same."
"Really? But what do you think of what happened today?" Jiang Wenji asked. "Why do you think she did this? With my body, even a saint would have a hard time assassinating me, let alone some inferior aliens."
"She may be planning to erase your authority." Jiang Wen said, looking at the setting sun. "If she wants to break Wen Ji's ten thousand years of rule, she must first destroy the golden body of the Heavenly King Wansheng. Now that the Heavenly King has been assassinated, if some people in Taicang know about this, what will they do?"
The two looked at each other and chatted for a while, then walked slowly on the grass and chatted.
"According to what you said, the ambitious people in Taicang must be unsettled. After all, if I can be defeated, they may be able to replace me." Jiang Wenji said with a smile. "Then do you think this assassination was just her plan?"
"I'm not quite sure what happened exactly, but I think it might be related to the Taicang royal family." Jiang Wen said after thinking for a while.
"You mean to say that the Taicang capital is already preparing to select a crown prince?" Jiang Wenjie nodded thoughtfully.
Besides, the crown prince of Taicang has not been decided yet, and the current emperor is already old. If they don't want the throne of the emperor to be controlled by the king of heaven, then Taicang Wangdu will definitely take action. This farce may have their traces.
"I don't want it to be done by those who are related to me by blood, but the only people who can mobilize such a large force are the people of the capital."
Jiang Wenjie sighed, and the two of them saw several tribal warriors carrying the wounded, so they got off their horses and gave them the weapons to carry the wounded.
The tribal warriors were very grateful when they saw this, and then left with the wounded.
Jiang Wen looked at their backs and thought that the wounded man might be a nobleman from some tribe.
In a battle of this scale, even the powerful and influential people who have always been high and mighty will inevitably be affected.
"I didn't expect that a mere position as an emperor could cause so many people to risk their lives for it." Jiang Wen sighed sincerely.
"A mere position of the Emperor? You are so arrogant." Jiang Wenji couldn't help but laugh when she heard him say that. Who among the Taicang clans didn't want to be the Emperor? But the man next to her seemed to care nothing about the throne, which surprised her.
"Could it be that if I asked you to be the emperor, you would be unwilling to do so?"
"Of course I don't want to. Being an emperor is so tiring." Jiang Wen shook his head and said quickly. "When I saw you as the king of heaven, you were busy until late at night every day. And you also shouldered the heavy responsibility of governing the world."
"If the governance is not good, millions of ordinary people will suffer. I don't think I can bear such a heavy responsibility."
Jiang Wenji looked at Jiang Wen's words, as if she was meeting this person for the first time. Seeing that he didn't look like he was joking, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "So what do you think about who will be the emperor?"
"What else can we do? Just look at what he does. As long as he can make the people of the world happy and healthy, he is a good emperor. If he makes the people of the world suffer, he is a tyrant. It's that simple."
Jiang Wenjie beside him looked at him quietly, with a special tenderness in her bright eyes.
"Is that what you think? If I let you be the king of the Abyss, and you don't have to work hard every day, and you just need to sit there, would you be willing?"
"Is there such a good thing in the world?" Jiang Wen was surprised. Then he realized that his words were a little inappropriate, so he changed his words. "If it were so easy, I'm afraid everyone would want to be the king."
Jiang Wenjie didn't say anything. The two of them walked quietly along the avenue towards Tianyuan City.
(End of this chapter)
