Chaotic Qin

Chapter 166 Taxation

No matter how stupid Tian Jian is, now he also understands that he has been fooled by Yao Jia. He stupidly surrendered the fertile land of Qi State to Qin State without any resistance.

His face turned pale in an instant, and the blood completely faded from his face.

Tian Jian couldn't help but stepped forward and grabbed Yao Jia's sleeve, and shouted in despair: "Yao Jia, you are deceiving the widow!!! You are deceiving the widow!!!"

It is true that Yao Jia is no longer a young man, but he is much younger than Tian Jian. In addition, he has been running around for many years, although his physique is not strong, he has a lot of strength.

He pushed on Tian Jian's shoulder, with a mocking arc on his mouth, and said with a smile: "Tian Jian, you can't go back on your word, you are no longer the king of the country—didn't Daqin prepare five hundred miles for you according to the agreement?" Will your fief allow you to spend your old age in peace?"

Tian Jian was trembling with anger at Yao Jia's shamelessness.

Yao Jia, on the other hand, laughed even more wantonly.

After sweeping Tian Jian's pampered and somewhat obese body up and down, he laughed loudly: "Hahaha, Feng Jun's fat body will definitely be able to live well in the fief. Yao Jia will retire first."

After finishing speaking, Yao Jia turned around and left.

After walking out of the encirclement encircled by the Qin army besieging Tian Jian, Yao Jia let out a long "Ah~".

Then, he turned around, looked at Tian Jian who was glaring at him, and said maliciously: "After a while, the young and strong Zhao Wangdai and the ruthless Yan Wangxi will come back to join you. I don’t know what the three kings will look like when they change their sons every year.”

Tian Jian's already pale face showed a layer of bluish gray. He trembled with the fat hanging from his face, and sat down on the ground with weak legs, unable to get up no matter what.

After a long time, Tian Jian finally got up.

He was obviously old, but he was sitting on the ground and crying like a child.

Not long after, Tian Jian had crawled up to the Qin Jun who was blocking him from leaving, weeping at the top of his lungs, "I beg you to let me out, I still have loyal people in the territory of Qi State, There are countless gold, silver and jewels!!! No, I have gold, silver and jewels on me now, and I will dedicate them to you! Let me go, let me go!! Don’t starve to death in this wild forest !"

The answer to Tian Jian's crying was Qin Jun's long sword that was suddenly unsheathed. The four-foot green front was shining coldly, and the murderous aura instantly filled the entire pine forest.

Tian Jian's cry was instantly choked in the roar.

He let go of the palm that was pulling towards the Xuanjia warrior, and retreated dozens of steps away with both hands and feet.

Taking a few deep breaths, Tian Jian finally stood up, fled into the pine forest in a panic, and disappeared after a while.

Only then did Yao Jia withdraw his peeking gaze from the carriage not far away.

He shook his head, smiled and said sarcastically, "It's no wonder that you are a king of subjugation, and you really have no ambition."

Yao Jia turned around and sat down, put away the smile that was always on his face, and said coldly: "Go, go back and report this matter to the prince."

Yao Jia walked freely, but he didn't know that Tian Jian had completely lost his way since he got into the pine forest.

This is not unusual.

Tian Jian never needs to worry about the direction himself. All he has to do is to please Qin State. When Qin State expresses his intention to submit, he can avoid the suffering of war in Qi State and continue to enjoy the glory rich.

When did Tian Jian ever worry about the direction?

He didn't even walk that far on his own feet!

In front of him, Tian Jian couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north, let alone the way back to the edge of the pine forest.

The pine forest was very lush, and as time passed, the light in the forest gradually dimmed, and the originally interesting rustling sounds suddenly seemed gloomy and empty.

Tian Jian stumbled and stumbled among the forest pines, tripping himself back and forth several times.

His old body couldn't bear the heavy consumption all day long, but he didn't dare to stop, lest Qin Jun change his mind and rush into the pine forest to catch him and chop him into pieces.

The sound of "da, da, da..." reverberated in the pine forest, Tian Jian stopped suddenly, hugged the thick tree trunk with horror in his eyes, buried his head in his arms, and did not dare to look at it at all. look outside.

"...Qi Wangjian?" A young voice sounded from not far away with hesitation, without Qin Jun's fierce and murderous aura.

Tian Jian then raised his head tremblingly, and looked in the direction of the sound, his eyes were frightened and disturbed.

After confirming that the person who came was Ji Dai, the lord of the Zhao Kingdom, who had already destroyed the country, he stood up, then suddenly retracted, looked at his palm full of fleshy holes with even more fear, and then, with all sensitive movements that did not match his age, Jump up, turn around and run.

Ji Dai didn't understand, so he stared at Tian Jian and ran away. After he left, he frowned, and couldn't help but said, "Why did Qi Wangjian seem to be planning to ask me for help first, but then turned around and ran away in such a panic?"

Zhao Wangdai and Yan Wangxi did not have the honor of Tian Jian, and they were able to get Yao Jia to personally explain the current crisis situation.

Therefore, he didn't know that there was no food in the pine forest that could subsist, and naturally he didn't understand that Tian Jian was anxious to escape from the fear of any living people when he was killed and swallowed.

Zhao Wangdai had no choice but to keep wandering in the pine forest, but he was old and strong, and he was much more sensitive to hunger than the old Yan Wangxi and Qi Wangjian.

Before it was completely dark, Jidai was already so hungry that his chest was stuck to his back.

He couldn't help dragging his tired body to continue wandering in the forest looking for food, but no matter how far he walked, he still found nothing.

Ji Dai finally stopped, sat on the ground dejectedly propped up on the thick pine tree trunk, clutched his screaming stomach tightly and wailed, "Why can't I find anything edible? Could it be that Qin Prince Chu intends to starve to death...!"

Ji Dai originally just complained casually, but before he finished speaking, he sat up suddenly with his eyes widened.

Hime was breathing heavily, his nose fluttering non-stop.

There was a look of horror in his eyes.

After sitting there for a quarter of an hour, Jidai finally managed to recognize the direction, and quickly walked towards the direction when he entered the pine forest, trying to escape from this place without any food.

But Hime soon found that what he had done was futile.

Because, Yan Wangxi had already realized this life-and-death secret one step earlier, and ran back to the entrance where they entered this place.

Moreover, he had been mercilessly stabbed in the shoulder by Qin Jun, so he could only lean on a thick pine tree near the edge and gasp for dying.

Ji Dai quietly retreated, step by step along the distance not too far from the position guarded by the Qin army, carefully hiding his whereabouts.

He hoped that there would be one or two loosely guarded positions where he could find a chance of escape.

But soon, Jidai felt despair again.

Qin Jun stood in groups of two, and could clearly see each other's position with a distance of sight.

The Xuanjia fighters looked vigilant and did not relax in the slightest.

Even under the cover of night, they can easily catch people who want to sneak away from between the two groups of guards.

To make matters worse, the pine forest is located on a plain, and Jidai just wanted to find a dangerous place to climb out slowly, but there was no chance.

As time passed, Himyo still couldn't find a way to escape from the pine forest, but a small animal that kept knocking on pine nuts saved Himyo.

He learned to follow the squirrels to break open pine nuts and eat them.

In just a few days, Ji Dai has obviously lost weight, but he still has full energy.

The only change is that he feels that he will never be able to leave this pine forest in this life, and he will definitely die in it in the end.

Because of this, Jidai began to wander aimlessly in the pine forest, trying to understand his own burial place.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Afterwards, he turned around and ran, not daring to stay here at all.

The person who was left far behind by him finally raised his head, his mouth was covered with minced meat and blood.

Tian Jian wiped his mouth with his dirty sleeve nonchalantly, dropped Yan Wangxi's body which was still breathing weakly, shuffled back to the thick pine tree and sat down on the ground with a "bang".

He chuckled, and muttered to himself: "I don't want to die, I won't die. Yan Wangxi is dead, and there is still Ji Dai, hahahaha!"

"Ha, aha!!" Ji Dai kept panting, his eyes were wide open, his fingers were tightly clasped into the pine branches, and he still didn't respond to being stabbed.

He suddenly let go of his hand, and kept chopping off the thick pine branches vigorously, peeling off the pine needles on them little by little, and saw the heads of the thick pine branches rubbing sharply on the ground.

Ji Dai stared at the terrified eyes, and comforted himself in a low voice: "As long as I kill him, I will be safe, as long as I kill him!"

Tian Jian knew nothing about all this.

He has long passed the age at which he can rely on his physical strength to obtain food. If Qin Jun hadn't stabbed him seriously because of Yan Wangxi's nonsense early in the morning, Tian Jian would have been dizzy and dizzy with Yan Wangxi long ago, without moving a step Strength can only be slaughtered by others.

Therefore, he was completely unprepared for Ji Dai coming to kill him at night.

Jidai pressed his steps carefully, not letting himself make too many noises, and finally reached Tian Jianjian's side.

But the elderly felt light, Tian Jian woke up unexpectedly!

"Do you want to eat too? Don't kill me, I'll give you half of Ji Xi, no, I'll give you all!" Tian Jian looked at Ji Dai holding a pine branch with a sharp head in his hand, and shouted, with his arms resting on the The ground kept crawling backwards.

But Ji Dai didn't bother Tian Jian in the slightest, he took turns beating Tian Jian's head with pine branches, and countless blood sprayed out mixed with brains, splashing Ji Dai's head and face.

He didn't stop until he lost any strength in his hands.

Ji Dai waited for his strength to recover, and then, with red eyes, he walked in front of Ji Xi, who was not dead but not as good as dead long ago, and sent the sharp head of pine branch into Yan Wangxi's almost no longer beating heart.

When everything was over, Jidai tore his hair fiercely, walked quickly, and smashed his head hard on the tree trunk, completely ending his life.

Sitting in the Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng led his confidant ministers to discuss what Qin should do next, but his expression seemed less focused than before.

Zhang Li couldn't help asking: "Is the prince unwell today?"

Ying Zheng shook his head, and suddenly said: "I sent Yao Jia to send Tian Jian, the leader of the Qi Kingdom, into the pine forest without any food. The pine forest covers an area of ​​more than five hundred miles."

The ministers at the core of Qin's power have already heard about Yao Jia's convincing the king of Qi to surrender with five hundred li.

They have been doubting whether the prince is willing to divide the land for Tian Jian, because the prince is not a lenient and easy-going person at all, and they can't help but feel surprised when they hear him mention this matter in front of them.

Ying Zheng frowned slightly, and said a little irritably, "Gu asked Yao Jia to imprison Tian Jian, Zhao Wangdai, and Yan Wangxi together in the pine forest. There is no food to eat in the [-]-mile pine forest. In the morning, The soldiers reported that all three of them were dead."

"Did the crown prince starve them to death?" Zhang Li asked casually, obviously not paying attention to the group of subjugated kings.

Unexpectedly, Ying Zheng shook his head and told the whole story of what happened in the pine forest.

The hall suddenly fell silent, and the silence spread awkwardly, as if it would never end.

The ministers in the main hall were completely frightened by the surprising turn of the news.

After looking around between them, Yingzheng suddenly said, "I hope that in the land under my Great Qin's rule, there will be no such thing as cannibalism. No matter what happens, there should be no such thing."

All the ministers hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, even claiming yes.

Ying Zheng still frowned, and suddenly said: "Did cannibalism happen often in the past?"

No matter how difficult Ying Zheng's childhood was in his previous life, he never considered that cannibalism is very common.

The tragedy that happened between the three subjugated kings made Ying Zheng, who thought he had experienced many battles, realize once again that his vision was still not broad enough.

Zhangli smiled wryly, nodded, and said softly: "The ruler of the country is benevolent, light on taxes, light on corvee, and related to the fact that the middle water canal runs through the east, west, north and south, and the people's lives are very prosperous. A few years ago, there was a severe drought in Zhao, and the people who died Not only were they killed in battle, but many children have become other people's meals. Therefore, it is only natural that the prince has never heard of such a thing."

Ying Zheng pursed his lips, and finally said: "Purge the law, and reduce taxes in disaster years."

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