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It doesn't take a quarter of an hour to send a message from the battlefield to Shouying, but it is not so easy to send a message from the battlefield to Huaixian because it spans the Wei State. Relying on the war boat rowing at full speed on the chasm, at night, the news reached Mingtang, where Zhao Zheng'an was sitting.

"Defeated?" Zhao Zheng, who was still dealing with government affairs at dusk, was a little suffocated, and he had not yet recovered from government affairs.

"The king, the words in the message, the defeat of our army......" Wei Yu resigned, the national governor's mansion was leaderless, and it was a scribe from the national governor's mansion who came to report.

"Nonsense!" Zhao Zheng shouted angrily. "King Jing only has 60,000 people, and our army is five times the enemy, how can we be defeated?!"

Zhao Zheng's face changed, and the scribe trembled with fright, and he collapsed to the ground with an angry drink, except for the Jian Mu who held it tremblingly with both hands. Zhao Gao peeked at Zhao Zheng's expression, and gave a look to the temple people behind him, and a few shafts came up to drag the scribe down.

After the suspicious Zhao Zheng waved back the shaft that was about to drag people down, Zhao Zheng quickly presented the brocade bag containing the slip. Seeing the words on the slip, Zhao Zheng's face changed sharply, and he was ashamed and angry. He tried his best to restrain the tremor before reading the whole passage: the 300,000 army he had high hopes for was routed by the Jing people, and there were countless casualties. The leading general Meng Tian was defeated and killed himself......

The true defeat of the Qin army is a big deal, and after presenting the slip, Zhao Gao has been peeking at Zhao Zheng's face. Under the light, his face was a normal flesh color, and when he saw Jian Mu, he suddenly turned white, turned black again, and finally flushed like drunkenness.

Zhao Zheng was indeed drunk, and the entire Ming Hall was spinning in front of him. His mind emptied a lot of things and stuffed a lot of things.

"The minister is willing to take on this responsibility, and with the war boat, he can die in Jing in a year." Zhao Ying's voice was sonorous and powerful, and it first echoed in his mind.

"The minister is also willing to take on this responsibility, and it will take two years to die in Jingguo......" This is Meng Tian's voice, the face of the year that has just passed.

"If there are 600,000 people, and the girder is pulled out in March, the minister is willing to give it a try, and he will die in a year." After that, it was an old voice, but unfortunately Zhao Zheng couldn't remember who this person was.

"These 300,000 people are the last elite soldiers of my Great Qin, and the rest are all weak pawns. These 300,000 people died in a battle, what if Great Qin? An aggressive voice, this person was leaning towards himself, and Zhao Zheng couldn't see his face clearly.

"However, it is indeed difficult for the Jing people to avoid relocation, why should the king care about the eldest son of Jing State? King Jing, I, Daqin, am not afraid, why should I be afraid to warn the eldest son?! "The shadow of Wei Yi emerged, and his unforgettable unbridled laughter." The king will repent! The king will repent! The king will repent......"

Wei Yi's laughter echoed in Zhao Zheng's mind, and he couldn't drive it away. The laughter gave him a splitting headache and made him faint. He struggled to his feet, but with one hand he slammed the book on the ground. Zhao Gao, who lowered his head, was shocked when he saw this, and when he stepped forward to hug Zhao Zheng, Zhao Zheng shook him off, and he pointed to the clerk who was paralyzed in front of the case and said: "The enemy is poked!" Someone ...... coming."

"The king spares his life, the king spares his life, the king spares his life!" The scribe was stunned, he didn't expect to send an urgent message to become a reputation enemy. It's a pity that the vertical behind him can't help but say that he has been quickly put out.

"This is not the work of one person! Zhao Gao ......, "Zhao Zheng's headache is getting worse, and he can't say a word."

But how could Zhao Gao not know what he meant. The Qin army was defeated, and the news must be blocked immediately, and anyone who knew the news of the defeat of the Qin army would die. "The minister is respectfully ordered, and the minister will make the Tingwei Mansion search the rest of the party."

After Zhao Gao finished speaking, he hurriedly pushed out the Ming Hall, and when he was halfway through, Zhao Zheng opened his mouth again, and he had no choice but to step forward and be ordered again. At this time, Zhao Zhengku sat on the seat, his face was like ashes, his speech was weak, and he leaned very close to hear four words: "Summoning Wang Qian, summoning Wang Jian quickly!" ”

"Respectfully obey the order!" Zhao Gao suddenly shuddered. If the previous ones are all speculations, then 'Summoning Wang Qian' completely confirms the correctness of this speculation. The Qin army was really defeated, and it must have been a big defeat, otherwise the king would not have urgently summoned Wang Jian while blocking the news of the defeat.

Zhao Gao took the summoning festival and hurriedly ran out of the Ming Hall, and when he went out, he was blown by the south wind, and the whole person felt cold. He stood still for a moment and touched the cold bronze summoning festival in his hand before he came to his senses. Deal with the insiders of the National Governor's Mansion and send someone to Guanzhong to summon Wang Jian quickly, neither of these two things can be delayed, nor can the news leak out, otherwise......

When Xiong Jing woke up again, he saw the face of his mother, Concubine Zhao. He thought he was in Shouying, but when he looked up and saw the decoration on the wooden bed, he immediately understood that he was Chen Ying.

"Mother, the child is fine......" He struggled to get up, and his left shoulder and left hand seemed to be tied when he exerted force.

"Don't move." Concubine Zhao, whose hair was graying, didn't expect her son to wake up suddenly, so she hurriedly held Xiong Jing down. "Doctor Yin said that your shoulder bones and arm bones are broken, and you will need to rest for several months to heal."

"I ......" The bones were broken, Xiong Jing knew it, but he didn't expect it to be broken. The word seemed to pull him back to the battlefield, to the moment when the spear stabbed him. In the face of the mortal blow of the Chou Cavalry, he completely relied on the armor on both sides to block this blow.

"Da Ao..."Mi was also in front of the couch, but she did not sit on the side of the bed like Concubine Zhao, but knelt under the bed.

"Son!" Xiong Jing couldn't help but struggle again, this time Concubine Zhao gave up a position, and the pear blossom appeared in front of him with rain.

Seeing the man looking at him, Mi hurriedly wiped his tears and said with a smile: "Da Ao defeated the Qin people again, and the world is already boiling." ”

Mi's praise made Xiong Jing laugh embarrassedly, no matter how much praise he had, it didn't sound as good as his wife's praise. He didn't get up after all, and lay down again. Concubine Zhao said to Mi 'take care of the king' and went out, so that the little couple could talk. However, neither of them spoke, just held hands and rubbed eagerly.

"How did you get here?" After a long time, Xiong Jing asked. At this time, his eyes were completely closed, and he was immersed in the scent of a woman. He used to hate perfume, and suddenly realized how important it is for a woman to have her own unique scent.

"I ......" how did Mi come to Chen Ying, it was difficult to explain. As soon as the news drafted by Zhuang Wudi without authorization reached Shouying, it caused great confusion, and under the preconceived idea, although there was a flying news later, Concubine Zhao and Mi still rushed from Shouying.

"Queen mother?" Xiong Jing saw the haste in Mi's eyes and asked softly.

Mi's eyes darkened, and then she shook her head again and again, "The queen mother is concerned that Da Ao is seriously injured, so she hurried here." ”

"Where's Sheng'er?" Xiong Jing sensed something and asked about his son.

"Yes, still on the king's boat." Mi said again, his head lowered. She didn't dare to hug her son into Chen Ying, in case her husband really died, she would definitely not be able to keep her son because of her shallow foundation.

"Alas!" Xiong Jing sighed. Originally, he just wanted Mi to take his son and a small number of people to quietly avoid the three islands of Penglai, but now it is known to the world that he has taken refuge in Penglai, and if time permits, the people of the entire Chu country may migrate to the island, and at that time, Mi and his son will definitely be swallowed up by the old minister.

After all, they, like the Lords of Zhuyue, were accustomed to a superior hierarchical life, and were unwilling to rely on their own hands to obtain food and gain respect for their prowess like true tribal elders. At the beginning, when he laughed at the incorrigible Yue people and had to have a Yue king, he didn't expect that the Chu people were actually incorrigible, once he died, once the Chu army was wiped out, the ministers who migrated to the three islands would inevitably restore the Zhou rites and live a pampered life.

Doing Chu Li is not something to be said, power and property are really the touchstones. Before the gods, or under the giant sword, there was no difference between Xiong Jing and the ordinary armor of the Chu army. A soldier can also become an Ao, as long as his bravery makes all the armor soldiers submit to him. In other words, if the old ministers do not have brave heirs and enough dexterity, they are likely to lose the power in their hands.

The state of Chu has land tax, household tax, mouth tax, salt tax, and relevant municipal tax ......, and after the Chu ceremony, the Jiashi no longer pays any customized taxes. A terrible result of the absence of taxes is that any independent clan can only rely on plundering foreign clans to support itself and its own vassals.

After hundreds of years of pampering, few nobles surnamed Mi can really give up their power and property and retreat to the reckless years when the Chu State was first founded.

"Don't worry about Da Ao, the queen mother treats me and Sheng'er very kindly." Husband and wife are connected, and Mi knows what men are worried about.

"Yes." Xiong Jing said absent-mindedly. "...... Mini," he said of Mini, "Mini hasn't been married yet?" ”

"Yes." Mi didn't know why her husband was talking about his sister. "She's young, she's ......"

Qi Ni is a stubborn woman, and Xiong Jing likes her stubbornness. After a pause, he said, "How is Zhuang going to get sick?" ”

"Zhuang goes to the disease......" Mi immediately appeared with the appearance of Zhuang going to the disease with one eye. His frightened eyes were not concealed, they were so naked that no one dared to look at them again.

"Zhuang is the sanitation of the Chu country, perseverance and bravery." Xiong Jing said, "There are many dead people in sanitation, and their lives are on the verge of death, so no one is willing to marry." If you ......, marry him. I will order him to go to Xinying with the four guards. ”

"No, the guards are personal guards, how can they go to Penglai with me?" Mi immediately shook his head. There are only eight guards of the guards, and when the husband gave birth the year before last, he was transferred to guard in Xiaoyi, and at that time he was very worried that the husband would be unlucky if he lacked these four pawns.

"Why not!" Xiong Jing said unhappily. "Without force, how can you convince the people? You don't ask Mini, I ask Mini. ”

After saying that, Xiong Jing was about to get up again, but Mi hurriedly stopped him and praised him again and again. Xiong Jing took a breath and said, "The society is heavy, and the Chu people are even heavier." The importance of the Chu people is not in knowledge, not in land and goods, but in faith. Only with faith can there be bravery, and only with courage can there be land. Avoid moving to Xinying, don't pamper ...... again"

In the big room, Xiong Jing told his wife about the truth he had only recently realized; Outside, leaning on a copper pipe, Concubine Zhao listened to her son's words. She suddenly felt that there were some things that could never be returned.