After I disguised myself as a man, I became everyone's white moonlight

Chapter 155 The world has long been in chaos

Zhou Qi once believed that the person who understood him best in this world was Sun Changfan. They joined the army in the same year and had long been as close as brothers. There were some things that did not need much explanation, as the other party knew them well.

However, this person who made him feel so at ease betrayed the Great Zhou and the land and people they had always protected. For someone like Sun Changfan, he would rather... let him die on the battlefield.

At least it was with honor and pride, instead of being destined to bear eternal infamy like it is now!

"Sun Changfan, you deserve to die." What Zhou Qi could not tolerate the most were people who collaborated with the enemy and committed treason. Whether it was from Western Chu or Japan, how many people in their Great Zhou had they killed?

During the war, countless people were displaced due to their invasion. Even when he was young, his hometown was massacred by Western Chu and Dongying, and countless people fell in front of him.

Those bloody lessons made it impossible for him to agree with Sun Changfan's actions, no matter how much brotherhood he had with him!

"You should never do such a treasonous thing. And the dam, we worked so hard to maintain it, but you want to destroy it in one fell swoop!"

Zhou Qi became more and more angry as he spoke. With a warrior's temperament, he rushed forward without saying a word and grabbed Sun Changfan's collar tightly with both hands, ignoring the threat of the sword at his neck.

With red eyes, he questioned, "Sun Changfan, I just want to ask you one thing. Have you ever thought about what will happen to the hundreds of thousands of people in the city if the river dam breaks? The people may be washed away and drowned in their sleep. Is this the peaceful and prosperous times you told me before, where the people live and work in peace and contentment?"

"We worked so hard and tried our best to protect something, are you so cruel to me?"

"Do you have a heart or not? Or have all the things you've said over the years been lies?"

Of course...it's not fake.

All the promises made when we were young and full of energy, after Zhou Qi said this, all of them suddenly rang in our ears like a floodgate opened!

[Zhou Qi, I want this Great Zhou to have no more wars, and every household in the common people should be able to eat rice! ]

[If Zhou Qi can do two more meritorious deeds, I will be promoted to captain of a thousand men. Then, I can buy a few more bags of rice for the aunt's family and let her grandson go to school.]

[Zhou Qi, the fourth brother has passed away. He has three younger sisters and an old father who has been bedridden for many years. I want to send all my military pay for this month to their family!]

[Zhou Qi, I'm so tired. Why do you think we should join the army? If we still can't protect... the people who need protection, then what is the meaning of our existence?]

Sun Changfan moved his lips, his face turned pale, but in the end he said nothing.

Zhou Qi's overwhelming anger and repeated questioning were like countless sharp arrows, piercing deeply into his heart.

Yeah, when did he become so strange?

When did he become obsessed with climbing up the social ladder and pursuing wealth and glory?

The light in Sun Changfan's eyes dimmed little by little. After just a moment, when he looked up again, he looked towards Zhou Qi and Chu Xi with extremely indifferent eyes.

After a while, he suddenly laughed. His eyes turned red and tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.

Zhou Qi hated Sun Changfan for disregarding brotherhood and the lives of the people, and he hated his change even more. But he was a comrade-in-arms after all, and he couldn't bear to see Sun Changfan like this, so he gradually loosened the strength in his hands and withdrew his hands.

"Perhaps I was forcing it after all. People with different ideals cannot work together. I didn't notice your changes. I was... too stupid."

He even thought that Chu Jiang deliberately framed Sun Changfan...

"Zhou Qi, you and I are different. This world is inherently unfair. You can remain unchanged, but I can't." Sun Changfan's tone was cold and sarcastic, and his words were full of vicissitudes, as if he had experienced some ups and downs.

As he said this, he glanced at Zhou Qi and Chu Xi, one squatting in front of him, the other standing not far away...

Although the two men have completely different personalities and looks, they have one very similar trait - bright and beautiful.

A pair of eyes that were always clear and bright, unlike his, which became cloudy and unclear very early on!

When did it change?

Perhaps it is because they have witnessed the darkness of officialdom and the injustice in private time and time again, those with family backgrounds can always be promoted more easily than others, while those like them without backgrounds can only fight for their lives on the tip of a knife!

Your Majesty, who is far away in the capital, sitting high on the dragon throne, can raise the people's taxes for the sake of so-called immortality, forcing those hardworking people into desperation and starving to death!

The crops I grow cannot even feed my family, and I am eventually exploited by the government...

Countless soldiers who died in the military camp could not get the pensions they deserved, simply because their superiors had already embezzled those pensions in advance!

Even with General Jiang's deterrence, they would at most keep half of them. Would it be the "best" outcome for half of them to go to the homes of widows who died fighting for the country?

Ah.

What is fair in this world?

"Officials are not like officials. They do not eliminate harm or redress grievances for the people. They only oppress the people. Just the two sons of Magistrate Wu in the city, how many innocent people do they kill to vent their anger every year? How many decent women do they harm?"

"The people are not like the people. In our hometown, Jia County, there are so many people who were cruelly persecuted by unscrupulous officers and soldiers, and finally committed suicide by jumping into wells, or were forced to go up the mountain to become bandits... There are countless!"

"This world has long been in chaos, a complete mess. You saved them today. Will they be grateful to you?"

"No, they will only pounce on you like hungry wolves and tear your flesh apart after they recover. What is there to maintain in such a Great Zhou?"

Sun Changfan laughed heartily, tears streaming down his eyes. As his words became more and more excited, everyone in the tent fell silent.

"Tell me, with an incompetent ruler, officials protecting each other, and the people starving, is there really any chance of saving the Great Zhou Dynasty today?"

Even Zhou Qi fell to the ground without knowing when, lowered his head with a dejected look on his face, and was speechless after hearing what Sun Changfan said.

While the two of them were questioning each other, Jin An had already used a silver needle to wake Han Yaojun up.

This drug was not serious to begin with, so Chu Xi specifically asked Jin An to replace the Sanri Powder with a drug with similar effects, so that everyone could sleep and wake up tomorrow morning at the latest...

Han Yaojun woke up and sat up slowly. Before he could figure out the current situation, he heard the next two sentences of Sun Changfan. He stopped rubbing his forehead.

He was silent for a moment, then said, "Even so, this is not a reason for you to collaborate with the enemy and commit treason. If you succeed today, not only will the tens of thousands of soldiers in the camp die, but also countless uninformed civilians!"

"There may be some people who have committed heinous crimes, but most of them are ordinary people like you said. They work hard all year round just to survive."

Han Yaojun looked at Sun Changfan calmly, "Your plan has destroyed their simplest and most honest idea."