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Qin State, Xianyang Palace.

As we all know, during the Warring States Period, Qin State was always at the forefront of reform, especially under the rule of Yingzheng, the speed of renewal should not be too slow. For example, recently, Yingzheng forced the enfeoffed nobles to obey his orders. To implement the policy he announced, he also requires paying taxes every year, and those who don't obey the order are replaced directly. Anyway, he has military power in his hands.

So taking it for granted, Ying Zheng scared away all the nobles...

This kind of situation happened before. It wasn't just the opposite at that time. It was because Qi, Chu and other countries reformed one after another, so a large number of nobles ran to Qin to take refuge.

In fact, logically speaking, this is a good thing. Reform is a kind of progress, which means that the country will become stronger in the future—but it must be done step by step...

Still the same sentence, although Qin is becoming the capital of a feudal country, it is still a slave country in essence, and the operation of the whole country mainly depends on the aristocratic class. Well, the nobles alone ran away a lot, and the vacated positions were all filled by people from Qianjin Pavilion, but this is not a long-term solution, after all, these people are also nobles!

Li Si was worried about this, and his hair turned gray. Since Mo Dou was gone, Ying Zheng's way of acting has become more and more fierce. Two days ago, he even came up with the idea of ​​a personal conquest by the imperial driver, which scared Li Si to join hands with Gan Luo to give Ying Zheng's thoughts to the public. coaxed down.

Thinking of this, Li Si sighed, he suddenly missed Mo Dou a little bit, but unfortunately, the other party is probably more dangerous...

"Why is Li Qing sighing?"

Ying Zheng, who was sitting beside Li Si while handling official business, raised his head to ask when he heard the voice. Of course, Li Si would not bring up the matter of Mo Dou. "

Yingzheng paused his hand for approving the official document, and asked back, "Future troubles?"

Li Si was dumb, well, it's not a future problem, it's an 'existing problem', as long as he survives the vacant period of civil servants, Qin's future is unpredictable, but the current problem is that he can't survive it!

Li Si took a deep breath and handed over the official document in his hand: "Please look, Your Majesty, there are two more people missing."

Regarding this, Ying Zheng didn't even raise his head, and said bluntly: "The work of these two people will be done by the widow in the future."

Before Li Si could spit out what he had just said, he took another breath and said angrily, "Your Majesty!"

This kind of situation has happened once before, and the daily work has almost doubled. If this continues, will the body still need it? !

However, Ying Zheng didn't respond at all. He worked like a madman, as if he was afraid that he would be idle and thinking wildly. Li Si rubbed his forehead and sighed out the two breaths he had just taken. He said helplessly. : "The work of these two people is still left to the minister."

"It's up to you." Ying Zheng didn't care, anyway, his workload was enough, enough for him to have no time to imagine Mo Dou's current situation, then he paused, and added lightly, "Count that man's salary into the military pay , and then add troops to the front line."

Here it comes again, Li Si nodded while covering his face, his expression was nothing but despair.

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Zhao Guo, a small black house.

Mo Dou's situation was not as bad as Ying Zheng feared, nor was it as smooth as Ying Zheng expected.

At this moment, there is only one ink fountain left standing on the ground. Just now, Guo Kai wanted to make up for the injured Zhao Gao, but the ink fountain turned back instantly, picked up the movable stone slab used to smash Zhao Gao, and swung it at Guo Kai. It was a hammer that directly knocked Guo Kai out on the spot.

Forgive him, I really can't learn that kind of skill that can easily stun people with a knife...

Zhao Gao crawled weakly on the ground, his head was pierced with a big hole, just now he could feel the severe pain, now he can only feel the warm current flowing from the back of his head to the ground, and then with Guo Kai lying beside him gradually merged together.

Zhao Gao moved his head with difficulty, and looked at Mo Dou: "Is he dead?"

Mo Dou is searching Guo Kai at the moment, trying to save money for the next escape plan, when he heard that he was distracted and glanced at Zhao Gao: "No."

Although he didn't hold back his hand, he didn't hit Guo Kai's temple either. Mo Dou still hoped that Guo Kai would be fine. After all, Li Mu will rely on this man a lot later, so he was very kind to bandage Guo Kai just now. ...

Zhao Gao laughed, whether it was self-deprecating or bitter, "Am I going to die?"

Mo Dou stood up and walked towards Zhao Gao. He lowered his head and stretched his hand to the back of Zhao Gao's neck, exerting force slowly. Although he knew that the other party could not see him, Mo Dou still nodded: "Yes."

Zhao Gao's eyes turned black, and he didn't know whether it was from blood loss or lack of oxygen. He let out his last breath and said, "I don't understand."

Mo Dou lowered his eyes and said nothing, Zhao Gao wouldn't understand, and he didn't need to understand, he watched the vitality in Zhao Gao's eyes gradually disappear between his hands, until the last moment.

The feeling of killing was not as hopeless as imagined, but it definitely made Mo Dou feel uncomfortable, especially at the end, as if an invisible hand was strangling his throat, making him forget to breathe.

Mo Dou sat on the ground and exhaled for a while, then quickly seized the time, and then tidied up the scene with the faint firelight, carried Guo on his back and drove to the secret passage, and then met a black shadow below, and it could be seen that the other party was already waiting underneath He has been a long time...

Seriously, Mo Dou is about to collapse, isn't he just running away?Why do you have to go through the same nine-nine-eight-one difficulty as taking the Western Classics!

However, there was no way, Mo Dou could only look at each other vigilantly, ready to fight wits and courage at any time.

But this time, he didn't seem to be an enemy. Under Mo Dou's nervous eyes, the other party asked hesitantly and anxiously: "Is it... Ah Dou...?"

There are not many people who call him Adou in Zhao Guoli, or just one...

Mo Dou was silent for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Is it wood? I told you not to call me A Dou."

Mu Mu was Mo Dou's only "playmate" when he was still in Zhao State, and Mo Dou had the opportunity to become a carpenter after the other party's father handed over Mu Mu's craftsmanship.

Hearing Mo Dou's reply, Mu Mu took two steps up unconsciously, with a vaguely childish look on his face: "It's really Ah Dou! I thought I misheard the name!"

But Mo Dou took two steps back vigilantly, not because he was ruthless, but because his environment was really besieged from all sides.

Mu Mu was startled when he saw Mo Dou's reaction, he stopped in his tracks, then as if he had made up his mind, he looked at Mo Dou and asked, "A Dou, is what you just said true?"

Mo Dou frowned and asked, "What?"

Mu Mu hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "It's what you said 'Wu Zhan', which is what my father said 'Non-Gong'."

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Mo Dou once guessed that his father was from the Mo family, but he didn't expect Mu Mu's father to be too. It's no wonder that he can learn craftsmanship from Mu Mu, after all, the skills of this era are not passed on to outsiders.

Knowing this, Mo Dou had already thrown Guo Kai in front of the medical clinic, and then hid in Mu Mu's house. He had already showered and changed his clothes, and was shaving his face with a wooden knife at the moment, and Mu Mu was talking about them intermittently beside him. Father's business.

"Father had to join the army a few months ago. He said it was an unjust war, and I couldn't stop it."

Mo Dou's hand stopped, and the sharp blade separated a bloodstain on his face. He wiped away the blood casually, and asked calmly, "Then he died in those [-] Zhao troops?"

Wood nodded: "Yes."

Mo Dou put down the knife and looked at Mu Mu. He didn't know what to say for a moment, but Mu Mu stared into Mo Dou's eyes and continued to speak calmly: "My father said that I am not smart enough, so he only taught me craftsmanship, but I know 'Fei Gong', knowing that my father wants 'Fei Gong', I also want..."

Mo Dou interrupted the wood and asked back, "Why are you doing that secretly?"

Mu Mu scratched his head, thought for a while and said, "Xiangguo asked me to secretly repair the secret passage, so I was there."

Mo Dou continued, "Then you heard what I said in that secret passage?"

Mu Mu nodded, hesitated for a while, and finally asked: "Yes, so is what Adou said true? Do you really have a way to make the world without war?"

Mo Dou glanced at Mu Mu, noncommittal: "So what if it's true?"

Mu Mu said seriously: "Then Mu Mu will help Adou do this?"

Mo Dou asked: "Even if I devote myself to Qin State? You have to understand that I can only do 'non-offensive', but I can't do 'fight without injustice'."

"Chunqiu Wuyi War", in fact, there is no "righteous war" at all, just like Mo Dou just chose to save the traitors and kill the patriots, some only have interests and positions, and Mu Mu's position is his father's His death was already doomed for him.

However, unexpectedly, Mu Mu didn't hesitate at all: "Qin will be Qin, Mu Mu will follow Ding Adou."

Mo Dou swallowed back what he was about to say just now, he frowned and said, "You have thought clearly, that is Qin."

Mo Dou has no memory of his father at all, and naturally he can't talk about bloody feuds, but Mu Mu is different. From his persistent wish to help his father complete the "non-attack", we can see the deep love between the father and son...

"But, doesn't 'no war' mean 'no unrighteous war'?" Mu Mu asked strangely, Mo Dou suddenly looked up at Mu, Mu Mu smiled innocently, and miraculously swept away the haze in Mo Dou's heart, "As long as there is no war That's good."

The flow of blood, the loss of life, the betrayal of compatriots, everything is caused by war, so as long as there is no war...