Chapter 361 [Otherwise, would I still be Du Wei? 】
When Alpha's secret letter arrived again, Duwei opened the letter.
This time, there was not much content in the letter, only a very simple short sentence.
"She's done."
Alpha's letter did not say "the plan was successful" or "everything went well".
Instead, the word "complete" is used, which seems a bit vague.
Alpha... he must be dissatisfied with me too.
Du Wei was silent for a while, then slowly picked up the letter and put it next to the candle on the table to burn it.
He was sitting on the desk in the study, looking out the window. He was looking northwest. The sky in the distance was gray.
That girl named Han Yue must be dead at this moment.
Yes... She is just a chess piece. I took her in and trained her just for one day like this. But why do I still feel so despicable and shameless in my heart?
At this moment, suddenly, with a bang, the study door was pushed open, and then a figure in red clothes rushed in. There was anger and disbelief on her face. After entering, she shouted at Du Wei
Said: "Me! Let me ask you, where has Hanyue gone!!"
Du Wei narrowed his eyes and looked coldly at the person who broke in, but it was the female prisoner he captured, a Daxueshan disciple named Ailu.
"Get out."
This was Du Wei's answer to her.
Ai Lu opened her mouth, her beautiful face a little distorted: "Let me ask you, where is Han Yue! Where is Han Yue! Where has she gone! Where did you send her!!"
Du Wei then looked directly at the girl, his voice was very low, even with a hint of chill: "First, I remember I said that no one is allowed to enter my study without my instructions. So, based on this,
, I can have someone drag you out immediately. Second..."
The muscles in the corners of Du Wei's eyes twitched, and he seemed to be suppressing his anger: "Poor little girl, you have forgotten your identity, why do you question me?"
"You!!" Elu seemed to be desperate.
Ever since she stayed with Du Wei, Du Wei had arranged for her to live with Han Yue and other girls, and even danced and trained with them every day. Ailu was not a fool. She came from the Snowy Mountains.
She has never learned some basic political skills. Although she has no talent in this area, she still knows a few things. She has already vaguely guessed in her heart that this devil-like young duke will probably be the best in the future if he raises these girls.
Used to...
And Hanyue. There is no doubt that among these girls, she has the best relationship with Ailu. Hanyue's beauty, her gentleness, and her attentiveness make Ailu very kind to her, and in recent days, Hanyue has become very kind to her.
The moon suddenly disappeared. Ai Lu had an uneasy suspicion in her heart. Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore and rushed to Du Wei to question him.
Du Wei pointed at the door and said calmly: "Since this is the first time you have disobeyed me, I can forgive you once. Now...get out. Then remember, you are not allowed to come in this place."
After saying that, Du Wei continued to look at the things on the table and ignored the girl.
Ai Lu seemed to want to say something more. But she felt the coldness emanating from Du Wei's body. She couldn't help but shiver, but she still left a sentence bitterly: "If... if you do something to her
Yes, I...I..."
At the end of the sentence, she stamped her feet hard and rushed out with red eyes.
After she went out, Du Wei raised his head and sighed: "It seems that I am really a shameless person."
As he said that, Du Wei looked at the door and suddenly sneered: "Come in, my respected paladin. I know you are listening outside. If you hadn't let her go on purpose, that stupid girl wouldn't have been able to get in."
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Hussein walking in from the door.
The Paladin's face seemed a little gloomy, and in his remaining eye, looking at Du Wei, there was an unprecedented strangeness in his eyes.
Then, his eyes fell on the table, which was covered with ashes left after burning secret messages.
Du Wei looked at Hussein: "You... also think I'm wrong?"
Hussein didn't say anything. He walked over slowly, walked around the desk, and then looked at Du Wei quietly for a long time...
Suddenly, the paladin raised his hand.
Snap!!
A slap hit Du Wei's face hard.
Du Wei was beaten so much that he staggered and turned sideways. Then Du Wei covered his face. Then, he was not angry at all. He was silent for a while, and then he suddenly laughed.
There was no joy in Du Wei's smile, but instead it was filled with deep bitterness. Then, he actually said to Hussein: "Thank you."
"Thank me?" Hussein snorted.
"Yes, thank you." Du Wei licked the corner of his mouth, and then spat out a mouthful of bloody spit: "Thank you for showing mercy. You are a paladin. If you hit me really hard, you will kill me with this slap."
The neck was broken."
"..." Hussein stared at Du Wei. After a while, he finally said something from his mouth: "Du Wei, I am very disappointed in you, very disappointed."
Du Wei's expression was not surprised. He listened quietly, knowing that the Paladin had not finished speaking.
"I originally thought that although you sometimes go too far, but... at least you have a bottom line!" Hussein's expression was extremely gloomy: "I remember you said something when you were chatting with me before, you said
'If that's the case, would I still be Du Wei?', so to speak. But now, what's the difference between you and... and those despicable guys who are unscrupulous?"
Du Wei didn't say anything, just "hum hum" and sneered twice.
Hussein's eyes were full of anger: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
"Hehe...hehe, hahahaha..." Du Wei still laughed, and after laughing for a long time, he suddenly stared at Hussein closely, and then Du Wei's tone was low: "Hussein... I originally thought.
You may be the only person who can understand me about this matter. But it seems that you don't understand it either. You are not even as good as Rodriguez. At least he didn't come here to question me."
"..." Hussein was silent for a while, and then gritted his teeth and said: "She is just a poor girl. If you want to sacrifice, do you have to sacrifice a woman? Du Wei, is this what you do?"
"Hahahahahaha..." Du Wei was still laughing, as if he was laughing so hard that he was about to burst into tears.
Hussein was irritated by his laughter. He suddenly slapped his palm on the desk hard. With a bang, the entire desk was broken into five or six pieces by his slap.
"Why are you laughing?! Do you think you are right?!" Hussein suddenly became angry. He went up and grabbed Du Wei's collar and threw him heavily to the ground: "You can say, but
Put away your laughter that makes me angry! Duwei!!"
Du Wei climbed up slowly, then lightly flicked the dust off his body. Then, he took a deep breath. He looked at Hussein and whispered: "Shut up, Hussein."
"What did you say?"
"I said..." Du Wei took a deep breath, and then it seemed that all his suppressed anger suddenly burst out!
"I said... Shut up!! Shut up!! Hussein! You simple-minded guy! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!!!"
Amidst Du Wei's roar, the veins on his forehead popped out.
The movement in the room alerted the Tulip guards outside, and soon the guards rushed to the door of the study. Seeing the Duke and Hussein glaring at each other angrily, everyone was a little confused.
"Everyone get out!" Du Wei frowned and yelled, raised his hand, rolled up his sleeves, and with a bang, the study door was slammed shut under a silver seal.
"You want to hear my explanation? Okay! Hussein! I'll fucking explain it to you!!!" Du Wei could no longer suppress his depression, and he kicked over the broken table in front of him.
, and then walked to Hussein.
"Yes! That's right! She is a girl. A weak girl! I asked her to die, to sacrifice! But so what! So what!!"
"If you want that Prairie King to die, I can do it! Rodriguez can do it too! We have very skilled soldiers, and they are willing to sacrifice for you!! To complete the most dangerous mission."
After hearing this, Du Wei snorted, and then looked into Hussein's eyes: "Let me ask you, if the girl Han Yue goes, it is a sacrifice. Doesn't it mean that if I send other warriors, it is not a sacrifice? They are also dead people.
Is there any difference?!" His voice suddenly rose: "Yes! She was a girl, but her death was despicable. If I sent other warriors to die, it would be noble?!!!! Could it be that others
Those warriors, those guards, their lives are no longer their lives!!!"
Du Wei's chest heaved and he looked at Hussein coldly: "Kill a prairie king! Kill a prairie king. If I send people to assassinate, do you know how difficult it will be! If I send warriors to assassinate, there is a chance.
How hopeless! Hussein, let me tell you, even if you are a paladin, it will be difficult for you to even walk to the golden tent in the royal court!! Alpha has been in the northwest for a year! But he can't even reach the golden tent in the royal court.
You can’t get closer than 500 meters away! If you send someone to assassinate you, do you know how many people will die!!”
Hussein was speechless.
"I tell you! Hussein! Philip and I have planned at least nine methods, but after calculation, the success rate of each method is not high! Moreover, even if we are lucky, it will succeed, at least
Many people are going to die! Many people!!" Du Wei shouted loudly: "Are you an idiot! Hussein!! I ask you again, are the lives of those warriors and guards not their lives!!
Yes, you are very powerful. You are a Paladin. You think you can rush into the royal court single-handedly and kill that bastard damn Prairie King! But let me tell you, you will definitely not come back alive! But your sacrifice is so important to me.
Do you know how heavy the losses are!!"
Du Wei finally took a deep breath. He barely suppressed his anger and asked Hussein: "I just made the simplest choice: first, I have to send many people to die in order to complete this mission. Second
Second, I want to send a person to die to complete this task. It’s that simple! It’s so fucking simple!!! And you? Just because the person who died is a weak girl, you think I am
Despicable? Am I so fucking noble if I... I send a bunch of fucking loyal men and a bunch of subordinates to die?! Let me tell you, that's fucking stupid! That's despicable, yes
Stupid!! I just made a choice! Complete what must be done with the least loss!! It has nothing to do with whether she is a woman, whether she is beautiful, whether she is innocent!! Yes, she, she...she is to me
I am loyal, so I die without hesitation. But... are my other subordinates, other guards, and other warriors disloyal to me? Would I rather let ten or a hundred loyal subordinates die?
Is this what you call noble to leave a beautiful girl behind?!"
Hussein was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "This is not chivalry! Despicable, it is still despicable."
Du Wei was angry. His anger was suddenly stronger than anything else!
"Fuck that bullshit chivalry!!! If a bullshit spirit makes many, many people die in vain, then let this spirit die!!" Du Wei slapped the table hard, but his hand fell down.
When he arrived, he realized that the table had been broken into pieces, and he slapped his thigh hard with his palm.
"However, I would rather choose to defeat the grassland people head-on." Hussein shook his head: "I still insist that relying on women is a shame for men!"
"Defeat head-on." Du Wei groaned, and then he suddenly gave a thumbs up and said slowly to Hussein: "Hussein, you are a knight. You have your dignity and your persistence. I
I don’t want to object to this. Very good, I admire you very much. But..."
Du Wei suddenly laughed, and he laughed wildly: "We have a hundred thousand troops outside! Yes, one hundred thousand! If we go to attack the grassland head-on, how many deaths will we have? Okay! Let's not talk about these, conquer the grassland. Conquer this nail in the sky
The nail in our back. How long will it take us? One year? Not enough! Three years? Not enough! Five years!?! How many people will we die? Fifty thousand? Eighty thousand? One hundred thousand?"
"..."
"What the hell can I do!!! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!!" The muscles on Du Wei's face were twisted, and he grabbed Hussein's shoulder with all his strength. Then he struggled
shouted: "Hussein, do you really think of me as a god! I am not omnipotent!! How much time do you think we have!! Time!! Hussein!!! We only have three years! Three years
!!Three years!!! But in these damn three years, how much do we still have to do?! Ah?! Prairie people, Northwest Legion!! Each of them can kill us! And then we have to face
To a sinner who can kill the entire dragon clan!!"
"Hanyue, she is dead! Already dead! She makes me feel very guilty and makes me feel very ashamed of her. I even regret and feel sorry for her... But..." Du Wei said slowly word by word: "
I can tell you, Hussein, if, if I could do it over again, I would still do it!"
"I'm telling you, Hussein! I'm going crazy! I feel like I can't breathe! Three fucking years, three fucking years! How much planning have I made for these three years?
, how much effort I have made!! I tell you, many people will die in the future, many, many people! If you think what I did is wrong, you can kill me now! Or, I will fucking quit!
I will take the fleet, my whole family, all my people and property, and I will fucking go to Nanyang. With my ability, I can wipe out that damn Brahman Island in a month, and then become the emperor there! Even the Roland continent
After being captured by the criminals, I can still live freely in Nanyang for a hundred years!!" Du Wei clenched his fists hard: "But I won't do this! Because I know that I still have people from the Tulip family.
! There are also tens of thousands of civilians in the Dessa Province who regard me as a god, and there are hundreds of thousands and millions of people in the Luolin Plain who regard me as hope!! Do you understand how heavy my burden is?"
"Finally, are you telling me about principles? About 'bottom line'?" Du Wei sneered.
"Hanyue is my subordinate, but you and the thousands of warriors under my command are all my subordinates! I will not take special care of anyone just because they are a man and a woman, or who is weaker.
!! Hanyue knew what she would do and write from the first day she came here. She knew what she would do in the future! She knows this, I know it, and you know it too!! If I don’t let her be alone in order to take special care of her,
People go to die, but instead they send a hundred, a thousand loyal subordinates to die... Hussein, this is what you call principle? This is your bottom line? This is what you call 'noble'??"
Du Wei let go of the Paladin, then he took a few steps back and said coldly:
"This is yours. But not mine!"
Hussein was silent.
Du Wei had calmed down, and the anger in his heart had been vented... In other words, the depression and self-blame in his heart for that woman's death were vented with anger at this moment.
"The most important thing is, my Paladin! We only have three short years! We have to accomplish too many things in these three years, so I can't use normal methods! I can only use some despicable methods.
Even a shameless trick!! If you do it with your so-called 'upright' method...I tell you, then everyone is doomed in the end!! So, I don't like my method myself, very much
Despicable, very extreme! But...
In the future, many people may go back and die. This is the biggest crisis. You may die. I..."
Du Wei pointed at his nose: "I may die too! But before I die, I will still insist on following my 'principles'!! I also want to give up, want to escape, want to escape...
But, I have no choice!!
If, in order to live for one person, I let one hundred thousand subordinates die...then I am not a qualified leader! As a leader, I will not look at my subordinates, who is a man and who is a woman! I just
Will choose, when something must be completed, how to do it with the least loss! And in this matter, Hanyue sacrificed herself, the choice with the least death, so. I did it! Hussein, you
You're not in my position, so you can't understand me! Maybe. You think it's very heroic and manly to lead tens of millions of soldiers to fight with the prairie people! But I asked you, fighting with the prairie people
Without our strength, what can we use to deal with Lu Gao of the Northwest Army? And finally, what can we use to deal with those criminals in the future?! Can you return to my question? Huh! It’s just a desperate effort... You might answer like this
, just desperate. But... what I want to consider is not 'fighting to the death', but to let as many people survive as possible!!"
Having said this, Du Wei took a deep breath:
"Now, I still have to say something to you... If I don't do this, will I still be Du Wei!"
Du Wei left Hussein in the study and strode out of the room. Everyone he passed by and saw the Duke's face understood that the Duke was extremely annoyed at the moment. No one
If you dare to go up and talk to him, you just salute him from a distance.
Duwei rushed into the garden behind the castle like a wounded lion.
Here, Vivian is standing in the garden, holding a branch in her hand, surrounded by more than a dozen Hogwarts students. Vivian is using the branches to draw some magic lines on the ground, explaining a certain method to these students.
A principle of magic circle.
In fact, after Du Wei became busier and busier, Vivian took on the task of teaching these students alone.
Seeing the dean suddenly hurried in, the students immediately stood up and saluted Du Wei in order.
Several guys with eyes immediately noticed that the dean seemed to be in a very bad mood. Soon, they exchanged glances with each other, then made excuses and left.
Du Wei didn't say anything. When everyone left, he suddenly sat down heavily on the ground like a deflated ball.
Vivian looked at her fiancé tenderly, and then she walked carefully to Du Wei. Du Wei pulled Vivian into his arms with a strong pull. Then he sniffed Vivian deeply.
The smell of your body.
"You...what's wrong with you?" Vivian looked at Du Wei tenderly.
"Vivian, little silly girl." Du Wei's voice was very tired: "I... I did something. A very bad thing. It can be said to be terrible... even despicable and shameless. But I
There is no way, I have no choice. Because this is the most effective method and the method with the fewest deaths. But..."
He sighed heavily, then leaned his head on Vivian's arms and looked at the sky: "But why, I still feel very guilty and painful."
Vivian didn't know what happened, but she didn't ask. She just let Du Wei lean into her arms. Then, like a kind mother, she gently stroked Du Wei's hair,
After a while, she said softly in her still stammering voice: "Du Wei... Du Wei... you, you have worked so hard, I know, you, you have worked so hard..."
"Do I regret it? Yes... But if I had it to do over again, I would still have no choice. One person would die, but tens of millions of people would live..." Du Wei seemed to have a weak voice: "Nobility. Conscience... I am not qualified to talk about this.
Thing, Vivian... I am everyone's leader. Do you know what a leader is? It means that the lives and deaths of millions of people are on your shoulders, and then forcing you to do things you don't want to do... Sometimes it's obvious
You know you're an asshole, but for the sake of everyone else, you have to continue to be this asshole. This... is the fucking leader."
Vivian didn't speak anymore. She just stroked Du Wei's hair gently, very lightly...
No one knows. The situation in the northwest of Roland Continent has completely changed because of a beautiful girl named Hanyue. She is like a beautiful and delicate butterfly, but her death has affected the grassland and the
The northwest even affected the future destiny of the empire.
At this time, few people think of this. Few people know this.
Behind the Governor's Palace in Loulan City, the capital of Northwest Desa Province, Du Wei fell into a deep sleep due to mental and physical exhaustion. In his dream, he murmured...