Suya

"From the very beginning, Fengguo's goal was to find the country. Attacking the Qin country was just a cover. First, it was to give Fengguo an excuse to send troops to find the country in a legitimate way. Second,..." Qi Yanchui After a glance: "I can take this opportunity to get rid of you. After you led the army to leave first, Fengguo began to secretly transfer a large number of troops to the border of Fengxun. Once news of your siege came out, Fengguo would send troops to invade Xunguo .”

Qi Yan raised his head and looked at Feng Chen: "Feng Guo never thought of attacking Qin State from the beginning to the end. Except for your own soldiers, the rest of the soldiers sent to Qin State were just old and weak soldiers. Due to years of drought and political chaos, the country has become so weak, what is even more unexpected is that you were able to escape the disaster in Xun country, and even led your army directly into the hinterland of Qin country."

"It's beyond everyone's expectation that Qin Kingdom was breached." Qi Yan stroked his beard and sighed, "It's really not as good as man's calculation."

"That's right..." Feng Chen was silent for a long time, then suddenly laughed, with a sarcasm beyond words: "From this point of view, Feng Guo is really destined by destiny, and even God wants to help him unify the world and achieve success." Immortal deeds."

Qi Yan: "Disciple, Laojun was forced to make such a bad plan back then..."

"Is it a last resort?" Feng Chen sneered: "You can kill the elder brother, the third brother, me, and everyone who was with me at the time when you were forced to? Then I will say the same thing today as a last resort, right? Can kill all the giants?"

Qi Yan sighed deeply: "If you didn't do something unrighteous first, why would the imperial court treat you so far?"

"What did we do? Eldest brother has been guarding Pingnan, not daring to slack off. My third brother and I have been fighting outside every year to seal the country. The three of us are almost dying to show our loyalty. What else do you want us to do?" ?”

"Then why are you talking about it? Since you are so loyal, why is King Pingnan hiding an army in his territory?"

Feng Chen was stunned, staring at Qi Yan in a daze.

Qi Yan stroked his beard, smiled helplessly and shook his head: "You little bastards, you think you can hide things from the world, but in fact, the old gentleman knows exactly what little tricks you did."

"I..." Feng Chen was speechless, and after being suffocated for a moment, he said angrily: "Brother raised that army just for self-protection, not for rebellion, the old man can't understand it." , Just dismiss the army, why bother to kill someone.”

"If you said this kind of thing ten years ago, the old man would still think you were young and ignorant, but if you still say this today, the old man really wants to beat you up."

Feng Chen retorted dissatisfiedly, "What did I say wrong?"

"Whether you have a rebellious heart or not can be counted by your mouth? King Pingnan knew that the court had a ban, and secretly raised an army of tens of thousands of people, and you and the third prince not only did not report it, but also helped He trains soldiers, you can talk about it yourself, how can you make the court believe that you have no intention of rebellion at all?"

Feng Chen himself also felt that he was wronged, so he closed his mouth consciously, listened to Qi Yan's reprimand without saying a word, and then said in a desperate struggle after a long time: "Then you can't just kill us, at least we must be called back first. Gyeonggi will be handed over to Ting Wei for trial, and will be dealt with after investigation and interrogation, and the evidence is solid."

"Calling you back? If you really intend to rebel, doesn't this mean telling you that the time has come, and it's time to do it? Do you think the court can really call you back?"

Feng Chen was completely speechless.

Qi Yan looked at him, his tense face was gradually moved: "Teacher, do you still remember what the King called you back before he died?"

Feng Chen nodded.

"Did your majesty ask you about the border?"

"Well, I asked, and I also asked about the army."

Qi Yan looked into Feng Chen's eyes for a long time, and said slowly: "If you confessed about the self-esteem of King Pingnan's soldiers, Your Majesty will spare your life."

Feng Chen was stunned for a moment, various expressions appeared on his face, including differences, surprises, doubts, and some inexplicable things.

"Disciple, disciple, human nature is like a tiger's poison, but how can the old gentleman be so cold-blooded and ruthless that he can kill you as soon as he wants to kill you? Your superior gave you a chance, but you all let him down in the end. Extremely."

Feng Chen wanted to say something, but couldn't say it, he looked out of the window silently, overlapping shadows enveloped the world, it seemed that dawn would never come, the torch burning on the Welling Gate became an eternal symbol in the endless night , and the only light.

"Teacher." Feng Chen looked at the jumping flames: "I still want to ask a question."

Qi Yan nodded.

"Why does the old man insist on choosing the second brother? Whether it is the prestige in the court or the ability to lead troops in battle, the second brother is not the most outstanding." Feng Chen looked at Qi Yan: "I have thought about it for so many years, but I have not thought about it." I understand, why on earth does the old man insist on letting him be the king?"

Qi Yan stroked his beard: "Actually, there are many things that you only know the surface and don't know the reason. The country was built with martial arts, and the country was prospered with martial arts. It has prospered for 4000 years. It seems that it is getting stronger and stronger, and it is even more prestigious now. Eight sides, unstoppable, but in fact, today's feudal country is no longer the same as before."

Qi Yan turned and looked out of the window: "At the beginning of the feudal state, the country was small with few people, and most of the country was located in a desolate and barren land. If we only rely on farming and gathering, we can't feed everyone, so we have to go everywhere to plunder. But today's The land of the feudal state is thousands of miles wide, with tens of millions of people. The land in the southwest is fertile and easy to cultivate, while the north is rich in mineral deposits. If we continue to fight year after year like in the past, it will only make the people of the feudal state feel overwhelmed by the continuous increase in corvee taxes. The materials and materials provided cannot make up for the loss during the war, and the land will be abandoned, trade will be hindered, and finally the people will suffer and complain. "

"If you think about it carefully, in the years when you were in charge of the army, every time when the army was drafted, there were complaints in the country, and there were occasional incidents of evasion of military service, but this kind of thing would never have happened 40 years ago. Yes, in the Fengguo at that time, when war was mentioned, there was a lot of response. Do you know why the situation has become like this?" Qi Yan sighed deeply, with a wry smile on his vicissitudes of face: "Because, the people of Fengguo Tired, after playing for 4000 years, everyone is tired."

Feng Chen looked at him suspiciously, thought for a while, and found that the number of evasions of military service was indeed increasing year by year, so he couldn't help but feel a little bit more convinced.

Qi Yan looked into his eyes, and asked quite meaningfully: "If the old man didn't tell me about these things, would you be able to find out by yourself?"