Chapter 199 No Heart of Bodhisattva
Chapter 199 No Heart of Bodhisattva
As the horrifying screams gradually subsided, Lai Fu's steps became unsteady and his expression became dazed. Like a puppet that had lost its soul, he mechanically followed Wu Tianyan and slowly stepped into Izumo County, which had become a Shura field.
Everywhere you look, there are corpses lying all over the streets and alleys. The scene is like hell on earth.
Some of the bodies were beheaded and torn from their bodies, with blood still oozing from the jagged fractures of their necks.
Some had their chests and abdomens pierced by sharp blades, their internal organs spilled all over the ground, emitting a disgusting bloody smell.
Others had twisted limbs, as if they had suffered tremendous torture and struggle before death.
Lai Fu opened his eyes wide, but he only felt that the bloody scene in front of him was like a mess. He could not understand what kind of madness and evil was contained in it.
But from this mountain of corpses, one could clearly feel two words - brutality!
His feet seemed to be out of control as he dragged his heavy steps past the dilapidated earthen house.
Suddenly, he stopped abruptly.
His body trembled slightly, and he stretched out a hand. The hand paused in the air for a long time before finally touching the mottled wooden door with trembling hands.
With a "creak", the door slowly opened. Lai Fu only took a look at the scene inside the house, and the tragic scene pierced his eyes directly. His face instantly turned as pale as paper, and his stomach churned.
He didn't dare to look again, and quickly closed his eyes and used all his strength to close the door.
On the roadside, disheveled corpses were thrown casually. Some of those corpses were women, with large areas of exposed skin, which looked particularly glaring in the cold air.
Their eyes were wide open, and they died with their eyes open. The fear and despair before death frozen in their eyes silently told of the atrocities they had suffered.
Lai Fu's eyes swept over inadvertently, and a sharp pain came over his heart.
As Wu Tianyan walked, he seemed to have sensed something and looked back at Lai Fu, who was in a daze.
A complex emotion flashed in his eyes, including a bit of helplessness at Lai Fu's fragile behavior at the moment, and a hint of relief that the kindness in his heart had not yet been extinguished.
He stopped and stood quietly waiting for Lai Fu. When Lai Fu came closer, he reached out and patted Lai Fu's shoulder heavily.
"No need to show mercy to these Japanese."
Wu Tianyan's voice was deliberately firm, as if he was talking to Lai Fu, but also as if he was emphasizing it to himself.
"If one day they rise up and set foot on the land of China, they will only become more violent and do even more heinous things."
"My Great Tang has always upheld benevolence, righteousness, and morality, and has its own bottom line. But these tiny nations, how could they possibly understand awe?"
"Do you think this is cruel?"
Wu Tianyan raised his head slightly, his eyes revealing a hint of reminiscence and pain.
"I once witnessed with my own eyes the foreign races crossing the border and invading our Tang Dynasty."
"They burned, killed, looted, and committed all sorts of atrocities on the land of the Tang Dynasty. What they did to the people of the Tang Dynasty was truly brutal, a nightmare that will be etched in our hearts and will never be forgotten."
"Compared to this, what is the current dire situation in Izumo County?"
Wu Tianyan took a deep breath and tried to calm the turbulent emotions in his heart.
"Let's go, Lai Fu. If you feel uncomfortable, just burn it all down."
"Let all these sins be reduced to ashes in the blazing fire."
Lai Fu slowly raised his head, there was still pain in his eyes, but more of a determination.
He nodded and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "I know, Brother Gou, although I can't stand this kind of scene."
"But I also understand that since things have developed to this point, it's a life-and-death situation."
"Although I don't have the heart to do it, I don't have the heart of a bodhisattva to show mercy to those who may become the enemies of the Tang Dynasty."
After hearing Lai Fu's reply, Wu Tianyan looked at him approvingly.
"Well done, this is the awareness we should have now."
Then he turned around and continued walking forward. Lai Fu took a deep breath, suppressed his inner discomfort, and followed him closely.
The two figures gradually walked away in Izumo County, which was full of blood and death.
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