[Wei Nie] Vertical and horizontal killing

The emperor sat on the high platform of Xianyang Palace as before, looking the same as before.He looked at the bamboo slips and asked casually, "Is Mrs. Qing also on the banquet list?"

This is a matter that Xiangguo is in charge of, Li Si immediately cupped his hands and said: "Return to Your Majesty, it is exactly. Mrs. Qing and Mrs. Dianke are seated together." Dianke is also one of the nine ministers. Mrs. Qing has no rank or rank, but a merchant widow. It is inappropriate to sit with other ladies.But now everyone knows that the emperor loves Mrs. Qing, and Dianke is in charge of diplomatic relations and border affairs. It is reasonable for his wife to lead Mrs. Qing into the palace.

The emperor really said: "Aiqing acted safely, this time the arrangement is proper."

Then, the emperor continued to look at the bamboo slips with his head down, and asked casually, "Zhao Gao, how is the situation in Dongjun?"

Zhao Gao respectfully replied: "The Stone of Yinghuo is already on the way of escort, and it will arrive at Chidao in a few days. It will be escorted by the imperial army at that time, and it will arrive in Xianyang just around the corner."

The emperor raised his head slightly: "I'm just asking, the rumors spread around Dongjun."

The emperor's tone did not change, but at that moment, both Xiangguo and CRRC Fuling felt a burst of tremendous pressure from above.

The order of the CRRC Mansion lowered his head: "Your Majesty, when I came back to Dongjun, I ordered people to hunt down the thugs who spread rumors and put them in prison. Now I am torturing the accomplices of the chief envoy."

The emperor paused for a long time, but there was no obvious anger, only the sound of slowly flowing water in the hall.

After a long time, the emperor waved his hands: "Go down. Zhao Gao, you have traveled a long distance, rest first, you don't need to enter the palace for a few days."

Zhao Gao lowered his head and responded obediently: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding."

Li Si also bent down: "The minister waits to leave."

This time the two didn't say anything more, they bid farewell to each other outside the Nangong Gate, and got into their own carriages separately.

In the inner palace, on the empty hall, the emperor wrote two words on the bamboo slips: [Dongjun. 】

Then, he said to himself: "East County——Puyang, the rebellion of the Six Kingdoms." At the end, his words were filled with exhausted cruelty.

"Yinghuo keeps one's heart, it's ridiculous!"

The emperor suddenly threw the bamboo slips in his hand far away: "Bewitching words to confuse the crowd! Extremely hateful! My fate is beyond my control!"

On the land of Dongjun, the battle that came with the Yinghuo Stone has not stopped.

Under the darkness of night, Gai Nie took a few steps forward, looked down at the "striked salamander" on the ground whose head was almost cut off by Wei Zhuang: "He is not a real startled salamander."

Wei Zhuang obviously expressed his dissatisfaction with killing such a thing: "There is a world of difference in the strength of the two fights."

Gai Nie: "The golden cicada's plan to get rid of its shell."

Wei Zhuang sneered: "You and I tried our best to separate each other, so naturally he would not stand still."

Gai Nie: "If Luo Wang has two minds, Zhang Han can still force Luo Wang to sneak into the darkness under such circumstances, at least it shows that Zhang Han also has doubts about Luo Wang."

Wei Zhuang looked at Gai Nie, "Wouldn't it be good for us to watch the fire from the other side as they are fighting each other?"

After hearing what Wei Zhuang said, Gai Nie also looked at him: "Xiao Zhuang, what are your plans?"

Wei Zhuang's brow bone is extremely sharp, but at this moment, his expression is very peaceful: "There is a place, I have always wanted to go."

Ge Nieruo realized something: "Isn't it far from here?"

Wei Zhuang's pupils showed a rare smile, without irony: "You, you will know soon."

In a deserted palace, the huge mottled wooden beams have been rotten, many tile roofs have collapsed, and there are only four walls that are ventilated.

Gai Nie looked around, this is where Wei Zhuang is coming.

Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, and many prosperous cities in the past were abandoned in the chaos of war.Afterwards, the empire implemented the system of prefectures and counties, forcing rich households to move their capitals to Xianyang, and merchants chasing profits, they also abandoned the former important commercial areas of the six countries.

The closer he got, the more Wei Zhuang became silent. He stared at the collapsed beams and columns with obscure eyes, as if he was watching the prosperous and decaying singing and dancing in the past through the rotten wood.

Here, before being stepped over by the imperial army, it was called Puyang.

Counting forward, this is the former capital of the Kingdom of Wei.

As the sky gradually darkened, Wei Zhuang had no intention of leaving.Ge Nie used the dry wood he found, piled it up in a leeward and open place, and started to light a fire.

A fire ignited in the darkness, like a ray of light in endless despair.

Wei Zhuang turned around and saw Ge Nie half squatting carefully adding firewood to the fire.In the light of the fire, under the blowing of the night wind, it began to jump, and the shadow of the person also swayed.

Perhaps because of the temperature of the fire, Wei Zhuang's sharp edges and corners seemed to have softened a bit.

He looked at the fire, and said slowly: "This place used to be Diqiu."

Gai Nie just finished adding the last piece of firewood in his hand. He raised his head and looked at Wei Zhuang: "The history books say that when Uncle Kang established the country, he made Chaoge his capital. When Duke Cheng moved his capital to Diqiu, he changed his name to Puyang."

Wei Zhuang walked towards Gai Nie's place, lifted his cloak and sat on the floor: "The reason for the move is because the ancestors predicted that Emperor Qiu can establish a country, and the country can prosper for 300 years."

Gai Nie said: "Since Chenggong, the capital was moved to the wild king. The Wei Kingdom has indeed prospered for 300 years."

Wei Zhuang squinted at Gai Nie: "You, believe in fate?"

Gai Nie looked at the fire: "Our existence is not just to prove what destiny is."

Wei Zhuang laughed, with a bit of indifferent ridicule: "The former Wei country was destroyed by Wei. Now the Wei royal family, who are like bereaved dogs, are still deceiving themselves and others to live in the wild king." He glanced at Gai Nie: "They, What do you want to prove?"

Gai Nie stood up: "Xiao Zhuang, not everyone is like you and me."

Wei Zhuang looked into Gai Nie's eyes, wondering if there was any other hope under that calm face: "Indeed, the weak have only two choices, either die or live."

Gai Nie didn't answer, he vaguely knew Wei Zhuang's life experience, his mood tonight was destined to need to be appeased.

Behind the broken wall in the corner, there was a short "cuckoo" sound, probably frightened by Wei Zhuang's sudden murderous aura, and instinctively wanted to escape.

Gai Nie looked over and saw a wild pheasant fluttering its wings to avoid the murderous intruders.He clenched the wooden sword in his hand, and was about to swing it over——

A more violent sword qi slashed at the broken wall first, and after a crackling sound, the broken broken wall collapsed, revealing a nest of wild pheasants beheaded by the shark-tooth sword qi behind the wall.

Gai Nie walked over, his tone a little helpless: "Xiaozhuang, one wild pheasant is enough, why bother to kill them all?"

……

Although it is a dilapidated building, there are always a few scraps of wood that can be used here, which is better than sleeping in the open.

This litter of wild animals also had the misfortune of eight lifetimes, and was beheaded by Wei Zhuang with a single sword.Fortunately, the big disciple of Guigu cleaned them up carefully. Each one was carefully strung on bamboo sticks and roasted on the fire.

It has long been a tacit understanding that one person hunts and one cooks.

Wei Zhuang sat silently, his eyes fell on Ge Nie's face through the fire.This man, he thought, did have a belief that anyone could be at home anywhere in the world.It seems that he has never attributed himself to which city, which valley, or which country he belongs to.

He is indeed different from himself.

Wei Zhuang closed his eyes.

Ge Nie felt a little fluctuation of Wei Zhuang's internal force, he raised his head from the fire, and asked with eyes: "Xiao Zhuang?"

Wei Zhuang opened his eyes, only looking at the fire: "Have you been here before?"

Gai Nie was slightly taken aback, then nodded immediately: "Yes, I was here eight years ago."

Wei Zhuang became a little interested: "I thought you have been by Ying Zheng's side of Xianyang Palace since you left Guigu."

Gai Nie was silent for a while before speaking again: "That time, it was for Li Ji."

Li Ji, the number one beauty in the Seven Kingdoms?

Wei Zhuang was a little surprised: "For a woman?"

Gai Nie: "It's because of a friend's entrustment."

Wei Zhuang snorted: "People like you and I actually have friends? You are still the same, and you have been deceiving yourself since before."

Gai Nie ignored Wei Zhuang's malicious ridicule. He recalled the whole story of that incident: "I was entrusted by Jing Ke to find his wife who was captured by the Qi army and will be dedicated to the emperor."

Wei Zhuang had already given up hope for the final appearance of the Six Kingdoms. He just laughed and said: "A man who claims to be a swordsman can't even protect his own wife. Such a man is worth your traveling thousands of miles to be called a friend?"

Gai Nie has always been very tolerant towards Wei Zhuang, perhaps because the two of them have fought against the enemy hand in hand for days, he even heard a little bit of injustice for him from Wei Zhuang's ridicule.So his gaze was always gentle and calm: "Some people are destined to live and die for this era. He is a man who has finally found his own path."

Wei Zhuang had no interest in Jing Ke, and it was too much to say, he just asked: "Then that woman?"

Gai Nie showed a slightly confused and reminiscing expression, which was extremely rare in Wei Zhuang's view.

"When I rescued her, she was already pregnant. I thought she would want to hide her name and live in seclusion. But she insisted on meeting the emperor."

"Does she want to question Ying Zheng face-to-face?" In the quicksand, there were purple girls first and then Chi Lian. Wei Zhuang asked himself that he understood some women's thoughts better than Gai Nie.

"Maybe." Gai Nie remembered that Li Ji answered him in this way.

Although he guessed it, Wei Zhuang still felt incredible: "So stupid."

It's rare that Ge Nie doesn't want to refute.

Wei Zhuang was almost sure: "The child after that?"

Gai Nie acquiesced, and he continued: "On the way to Qin State, she gave birth to that child and entrusted it to Han Shen, a swordsman who was traveling in Puyang." Speaking of this, Gai Nie still felt a little regretful: "But it's also worth it. It didn't stop her determination to question the emperor face to face."Han Shen is from the Mo family, and Jing Ke has many friends, and Han Shen is one of them.He heard that Han Shen died in the net because of this entrustment.

Wei Zhuang doesn't have any sympathy, and people who are overwhelmed are willing to die for meaningless things, which can be explained as stupidity at best.If he couldn't even save his own life, who could guarantee that the people he saved would survive in peace?

"Sometimes, the death of one person is a relief for more people." I am no longer interested in talking about this woman.

In such an era, a woman who is as powerless as rush grass plus self-righteous stupidity will only sacrifice more people.

Wei Zhuang always felt that Gai Nie was stupid, so he raised the corner of his mouth: "You left Qin because you found that child?"

Genie nodded silently.

Wei Zhuang found it interesting: "Jingke and Liji died because of Yingzheng, but you have always stayed by Yingzheng's side. Everyone in the world echoes what others say. Everyone says you killed Jingke, but you never refute it."

Serving Qin is for Zongheng, and leaving is for the sake of an old friend. Perhaps no one in the world will fully understand Gai Nie's choice.

Gai Nie lowered his head: "What does it matter what other people think and say?"

Wei Zhuang looked at Gai Nie, such calm emotions seemed to overflow from somewhere, spreading around.

In this world, what is important?

The lives of the people of the Seven Kingdoms?A promise to an old friend?

Wei Zhuang could sense that what Gai Nie had been looking for seemed to have vaguely found the answer.

Now that there is an answer, what does it matter if the ignorant people in the world understand it or not?

Gai Nie twirled the branch in his hand: "Xiaozhuang, the roast chicken is ready to eat."