"The prince broke the law, and he was guilty of the same crime as the common people, and the law of the Qin State ......" Mi Xuan held the cup of hot water in his hand, and the whole person was warm. If it weren't for Chen Ao's matter, Xiong Jing might have been helping her check her body.

"Don't mention the laws of the Qin Kingdom to me!" Xiong Jing said in disgust. The central government of Chu State cannot control the localities, only the armaments and the county Yin candidates can be managed, and other things such as finance, justice, and even diplomacy are also difficult to ask, the county is nominally a county, but in fact it is a country within a country. Because of this, he could not directly order a pardon for Chen Ao, nor could he interfere with local judicial trials.

"Oh......" Mi Xuan, who was originally warm in her heart, suddenly felt extremely aggrieved because of this sentence. I stepped back. ”

Xiong Jing saw the grievances on her face and had to say, "Don't go." ”

"What does Brother Wang mean?" The grievances on Qi Xuan's face could not be seen when he looked up again, and was replaced by an aristocratic courtesy.

"I just want to say that the Qin law is the Qin law, which is completely different from the Chu law, especially the prince who broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people." It was useless to check the body, Xiong Jing could only argue with Mi Xuan, and by the way, eradicate the deep-rooted Qin people's thoughts in her brain.

"Qi Xuan is puzzled." The king didn't let him go, and Mi Xuan naturally couldn't go. Seeing Xiong Jing personally helping herself into the mat, the girl's heart began to warm again. "There is no hierarchy of punishment. From the prime minister's general to the doctors, there are those who do not obey the king's orders, violate the national ban, and disorder the system, and their crimes will not be forgiven. Although Qin and Chu are different, those who are not allowed to die are not exempt from death. ”

"There is no level of punishment, but what is the king of Qin?" Xiong Jing asked rhetorically. "If this incident happens in the Qin State, can the King of Qin pardon Chen Ao's crimes?"

"King Qin?" Mi Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Xiong Jing was referring to: Qin Law's punishment has no rank is that there is no rank below the king, but the king is above the legal system and is not subject to the law.

"If this incident happened in the Qin State, the King of Qin could pardon Chen Ao with a word, but this incident happened in Chen County, and I, the King of Chu, had no right to interfere with the punishment of the county court. There is a difference between Qin and Chu, and the difference is here. Xiong Jing's unhappiness all comes from this: he, the king, is sometimes really fake.

"The murderer dies, and all countries do, why does the king not die? Is this person a brave general in the army? Qi Xuan still didn't understand the difference between Qin and Chu, but she began to sympathize with Xiong Jing's situation.

"Definitely. He was just an ordinary pawn who killed a few Qin people. Xiong Jing shook his head.

"Then this person is the queen of the nobles, the royal family's office?" Mi Xuan asked again.

"Not really." Xiong Jing shook his head again. "This person seems to be from Lu Zuo, and because he was ridiculed by the rich people's servants, he killed people."

"That Brother Wang......" Mi Xuan was suddenly puzzled, she was just an ordinary pawn, she didn't understand why Brother Wang wanted to save her.

"He was a man of honor, he died of an insult on the execution ground, and he should die on the battlefield." Xiong Jing sighed. After saying that, he laughed again: "The more you read history books, the more disgusted you will be with the world in front of you." A samurai is a samurai, and a samurai can only kill and be killed, and must not be punished to death. But today, the samurai have been reduced to lambs, degenerated to the point of surrendering themselves and being killed! This ......"

It's so infuriating! Xiong Jing took a few deep breaths to relieve his heart, which was beginning to ache.

"Brother Wang is saying that a samurai is a samurai, and a commoner is a commoner?" Mi Xuan stepped forward to stroke his left chest, this is the location of the heart, Xiong Jing told her the last time she rubbed the oil, saying that the human heart is all on the left side.

"The samurai are the rulers, and the common people are the ruled. For example, if you have a group of slaves, will you be put to death for killing one of them? Xiong Jing asked. Naturally not. Slaves are slaves, and the only purpose of their lives is to serve their masters with all their might, so how can they sue the county court because of the death of a slave and ask the samurai to pay for their lives? Do they deserve it? ”

Qi Xuan had never heard such an exaggerated paradox, but such a paradox came from Xiong Jing's mouth. "Yes...... Is that fair? ”

"What's unfair?" Xiong Jing asked rhetorically. "Isn't it fair that when a samurai shed blood at the time of conquest, he naturally had the right to rule? How can the word justice confuse the difference between the ruler and the ruled? When the samurai shed blood, where are the common people? ”

"Don't the common people need to go on the march?" Mi Xuan asked weakly, the murderer is a meritorious person, and when the meritorious soldier goes out, the common people must also go on the expedition.

"It's a trip. But where did they stand at the time of the great war? The front row of the military formation? Are they determined to die? Do you have the consciousness to die for honor? Xiong Jing asked. Even if Chen Ao killed another honorary person, he should not be executed. He should have died on the battlefield, not on the execution ground. I must intervene in this matter. ”

Thinking that Chen Ao would be executed tomorrow, Xiong Jing couldn't help but get excited. The answer with Qi Xuan made him feel that his logic was correct. There are two levels of the country in his mind: one is the warrior, and the other is the common people, and the death of the common people has no impact on the country, it is nothing more than a little less tax and a piece of wasteland; But the death of any soldier is a loss for the entire country, because the army has one less warrior.

People should indeed be fair, for example, there must be equality between warriors and warriors, but it is by no means equality between warriors and commoners, and the country of a republic is not a republic of the common people, but a republic of warriors. The common people are afraid of death and war, but they are wise, and they are naturally more golden, they often confuse concepts, constantly fool, constantly advocate that they are equal to the status of the soldiers, and the lie becomes the truth after a thousand times, and the result is that people and the common people are equal everywhere, and killing a common people actually requires people to resist their lives.

"The minister respectfully told the king that our army was victorious, and the boat division also burned the Wei people's warehouse, and the fireworks north of the girder soared into the sky." On the morning of the next day, a large-wing warship that had returned overnight brought the news of victory, and Xiang Yan reported the news with joy.

"The Qin people are like chickens and dogs, and our army will naturally win a big victory." Yesterday Xiong Jing was looking forward to this news, but today he didn't care.

Xiong Jing's indifferent appearance made Xiang Yan a little surprised, until someone whispered about Chen Ao's murder, Xiang Yan understood, he muttered: "If it is manslaughter, why die?" ”

"The custom of Chen County, the murderer dies." The Chief of Operations explained, his tone of complete regret. "The war is about to start, but the execution of a good soldier in the army is extremely detrimental to the morale of the army."

"What does Uncle Xiang think?" Xiong Jing suddenly looked at Xiang Yan. He felt that this matter was a litmus test, and anyone who thought that Chen Ao should die would be regarded as an alternative by him.

"The minister thinks that Chen Ao does not deserve to die." Xiang Yan said, "The minister asks the king for permission to redeem his death." ”

"Ransom? The county court has sentenced, this case cannot be redeemed, what can I do? Xiong Jing shook his head, he didn't talk about it anymore, but said, "When will the Qin-Wei coalition attack me?" Why is there still no immigration report? ”

"I don't know." Xiang Yan looked at Bei Ji, who knew the other side, and he also felt a little strange, could it be that the Qin army entered Wei not to attack the Chu State? "How's the Western Front? Is there any change in the Qin army? ”

Qi is the eastern front, Wei is the northern route, and Qin is the western front. This is the name of Xiong Jing, Xiong Jing called Xiang Yan and others like this. The foreign intelligence of the Chu State has gradually been concentrated in the hands of Zhibisi. Don't let me hear this: "The Qin army of Wanjun has not seen any changes, and Ma Gu and Xie Yi have not seen Qin detectives. The minister thought that the Qin people were waiting for the order of the king of Xianyang. ”

"Waiting for the order of the king of Xianyang?" Xiong Jing and Xiang Yan were a little puzzled, but Xiong Jing thought of the Empress Dowager Zu, and she was the only one who could stop King Qin from attacking Chu, was she the one who asked King Qin to stand still?

"Is there any news from Xianyang?" Xiong Jing also asked.

"Tell the king: there is no news in Xianyang." Don't hesitate to reply. "The Qin army is like this, it must be that Xianyang has changed, but unfortunately Xianyang is thousands of miles away, Chu Wei is at war, Chu Qi is at war, and the news is ......"

The three kingdoms of Qin, Wei, and Qi were horizontal, which was equivalent to a complete blockade of the Chu State. The news from behind the enemy line simply came, and the goods from Chu could not be transported. Smart people such as Bai Yi, Yizan and others hoarded a batch of Chu goods in Daliang last month and waited for the price to rise. Most of the things in the Chu State can be self-sufficient, only horses need to be purchased from the north of the Zhao State, but fortunately, the Zhao State has delivered 6,000 horses in the last few months, which is enough for the Chu State to survive this war.

In the battle of Lianheng, Da Sima Fu thought that the battle of Daliang was about to begin, but unexpectedly, there was no movement on the western front and the northern front, and only the eastern front really started. On the day that Chen Ying received the Zhoushi to defeat the Qin Wei Zhoushi, the first fight under Juxian County officially began.

"Chu Jun——! It's Chu Jun! "Juxian City Tower, looking at the slowly approaching Chu army king, the drum of warning sounded quickly, although the Qi soldiers were chaotic, but they were not panicked. The country of Qi is rich and has many skilled fighters, as long as the number of recruits is not large, they are all elite soldiers.

"Who's drumming?" The defender Tian Ying climbed the tower, and he still did not know the enemy's situation.

"Report to the general, the Chu army is coming." A company commander reported that the establishment of the Qi army was easy for the Chu State, and the military system and the political system were closely integrated. Five families are on the track, so five people are in the team, and the track length is rated; Ten tracks are the inside, so fifty people are Xiaorong, and there is a division in the lead; Four miles is a company, so 200 people are pawns, and the company commander is rated; Ten miles is the township, so 2,000 people are the brigade, and the township is good; Five towns and one commander, so 10,000 people are an army, and the commander of the five townships is the leader.

The company commander is equal to the pawn commander of the Chu army. Tian Ying looked at the place he pointed, and saw the Chu army armor soldiers who were marching slowly on the shore of Mushui two miles away, these armor soldiers didn't know what kind of armor they were wearing, and the sun shone with a sharp white light.

"How many people are in the Chu army?" Tian Ying asked left and right, but he couldn't see it.

"The Chu army is about 10,000 people." The array lined up by the Chu army was about four hundred paces wide, five hundred columns horizontally, and about twenty people vertically. There are also some rider guards on either side, but there are not many riders.

"10,000 people?" Tian Ying couldn't help laughing, "The Chu people want to pull out Ju Cheng with 10,000 people? Isn't it a dream? ”

"General, please look at ......" Another strategist pointed to Mu Shui, and above Mu Shui, a group of Chu boats were heading against the water. The water is narrow, and in early summer, the width of the river is only more than 100 meters. At this time, two new wings were tracing up the water, followed by some small boats, and then a little incomprehensible: a tall triangular wooden frame stood on a wide boat like a building boat, with large wheels on either side of the wooden frame and a long wooden pole on top of it.

"The vessel of fire, this is the vessel of fire." A strategist seemed to have been stung by a bee, and the Chu State paper fan in his hand pointed at the wooden frame in vain.