539. Chapter 538 The wind is confused and the smoke rises 18
Arnold felt as if something had hit her heart, and her vision suddenly became blurry. After a while, the focus slowly came back together. She looked at Hu Gechi: "You said you want to massacre the city?"
Hu Gechi took a deep breath, with only aloof indifference on his face, "Yes, the defenders of Changzhou City went back on their word. They first surrendered and then rebelled. Boyan believes that this kind of behavior has affected the morale of the army. Therefore, it must be severely punished."
"Do you mean to kill everyone in Changzhou City by severe punishment?" Arnold's tone was a bit sharp, and his voice trembled with anger. His heart that had just calmed down began to stir again, but deep down there was
A fear that she herself didn't want to face.
Massacre of a city is the most terrifying and cruel punishment, and it is also the most disgusting punishment in war. The people of a city may be affected by the personal thoughts of those so-called people in power. Those people died
, they will also die.
Hu Gechi knew that it was difficult for Arnold to accept it at this time, so he was not in a hurry. He stretched out his hand again and gently placed it on Arnold's shoulder, "A lot of times, it was like this. I protected you very well before, but now
I want to show you what this world is really like. However, all of this is too cruel and terrifying for you. I wonder if you can accept it?"
There was no coldness in the words, only tenderness, and the cold eyes melted into clear spring water. The irritability and disgust that had arisen again in Arnold were suppressed by these words, and she did not reject Hu Gechi's hand on her
On her shoulders, she is not a fool, she understands who is good for her and who wants to harm him.
She is a person from the future who knows what will happen many years later. Everything here has its own path. She has no ability or strength to change everything, and can only adapt to fate.
Seeing that she had calmed down, Hu Gechi raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "Let's go!" He pulled Anuo into his arms and gently rubbed her hair.
Arnold didn't dare to look at the two poor and helpless children anymore. The tears in her eyes kept rolling but she stubbornly refused to fall. She didn't know whether she was right or wrong to do this, but she just knew that she seemed to be doing this. She
She was also hesitating, she was thinking, and she was wavering.
"Madam, madam..."
There was despair in her childish voice. Arnold resisted and refused to look back, but she stopped walking as she was about to continue walking.
"Madam...if you can't save our parents, then kill us!" The childish voice has become hoarse, "It is impossible for my sister and I to survive. Since we are going to die sooner or later, it is better to die together with our parents.
better."
Arnold could no longer let her heart be as hard as iron, and she could no longer pretend to continue walking as if nothing had happened. Tears fell from her eyes. She was an orphan in her previous life and knew the difficulties of not having her parents. Fortunately
, she could be in the orphanage at that time, where although it was difficult, she could still have a bite to eat.
When she was a child, she especially wanted to have her parents take care of her and make her yearn for a warm home. This is why she has always been concerned about her parents in this life. An orphan living in this more cruel era, life is worse than death.
.
Hu Gechi looked at her and couldn't tell what he felt in his heart. There was helplessness, disappointment, and maybe joy. This was his Arnold, the kind-hearted and soft-hearted Arnold.