Chapter 1055: East Becomes West (48)
The catkins alley in the south of Xianyang can be said to be famous in Xianyang, because this alley has an alias, also called proton street, when the Qin State was the strongest, most of the countries on the mainland had sent protons to Xianyang, and the place where they were placed was this catkins like.
With the Qin army in recent years, the army has successively destroyed those small countries, this catkins seem to have been completely deserted, and the mansions that are quite good have also been taken back by the government, and no one lives in them, so they have gradually fallen down.
For those gentlemen on the beam and the villains underground, it is easy to climb over the wall and even dig a hole into these houses.
At night, it becomes a world of fish, and no good people dare to come here after dark.
However, the long-lost catkins alley ushered in a new guest in two years, he was the former Yan Wang Jiling.
Even if the country still existed and even the country was still relatively strong, the days spent in the catkins alley were extremely unbearable, and the days were like years, not to mention that the current Jiling has lost the country and destroyed the family, and the days in the catkins alley are naturally very difficult.
When he came to Xianyang, Ji Ling naturally still carried some valuable things around him, and there were still many loyal guards to follow, but in the past two years, people have constantly come to the door to fight the autumn wind, force them to take it, extort money, and the valuable things disappear like the same, and the guards around him are unbearable, and now there are less than ten people left.
Relying only on the little silver taels that Qin Guo gave him to live, it would be good if he didn't starve to death.
Fortunately, his two former subordinates, Zhou Yu and Tan Feng, were still mixed well, in fact, if it weren't for Tan Feng's multi-faceted care, Ji Ling would have even died quietly in Liuwu Hutong, with Tan Feng's authority in the Black Ice Terrace, Ji Ling has only lived a peaceful life.
Zhou Yuyuan can't be counted on on the border of Qin and Chu, and in Xianyang, the only thing that can be counted on by Ji Ling is Tan Feng.
For Tan Feng, Ji Ling used to hate, if it wasn't for the mutiny in Quwo, they might be able to support it for a longer time, and it would be possible to usher in a turnaround, but with the passage of time, this hatred has gradually faded, the strength of the Han Kingdom, the prestige of Gao Yuan made Ji Ling completely no idea of recovering the country, and even some of the luck came to Xianyang, if he still stayed in Quwo, maybe he had been caught by Gao Yuan and cut off his head.
Now, he just wants to live in peace.
When Tan Feng walked into this mansion and saw Ji Ling happily greeted him, he really didn't know what it was like, in the past two years, the status between the two has changed unconsciously, the former king has been reduced to a civilian with nothing, and he is ascending step by step, from the very beginning he is still very respectful to Ji Ling, and now Ji Ling will first say Brother Tan as soon as he sees himself.
The vicissitudes of life are nothing more than this. Tan Feng didn't know what Ji Ling felt in his heart, he himself felt very uncomfortable anyway, but on the other hand, Ji Ling could be regarded as a character who was at ease with what he encountered, or it was because of his temperament that he was able to survive peacefully during the ten years of exile in Qi State.
"Brother Tan!" Ji Ling smiled, "You're here!"
"Your Majesty!" Tan Feng bowed and hugged his fists in return, "I haven't come here for some days, are you okay?"
Ji Ling waved his hand again and again, "What is your name Wang, now I am just a commoner. It's your brother Tan, who is in an important position in the Qin Kingdom, if it weren't for your tiger power, Brother Tan, my life would be very sad, since you taught a few blind guys last year, this year, I have been much calmer here."
Tan Feng smiled slightly and nodded, "I'm going to travel far away in the future, so before I leave, I came over to take a look. Come on, take the table to the lobby." Turned around and looked at Ji Ling, "This is the banquet made by Bicheng Building, the best restaurant in Xianyang, I asked them to send a table over, even if it is with the king, no, say goodbye to Brother Ji!"
"You're going to travel far?" Ji Ling stared at Tan Feng with wide eyes, but he thought in his heart that if Tan Feng left Xianyang, he was afraid that he would be sad again this day.
"Say it in the house!" Tan Feng stretched out his hand and asked.
The guards made tea, looking at the tea foam floating in the teacup, Tan Feng was full of emotion, even when he was in trouble, Ji Ling had never drunk such a grade of tea, it seems that his life is indeed too embarrassing. Putting down the teacup in his hand, Tan Feng said, "Brother Ji, I'm afraid I don't know the war between Great Qin and Han, right?"
"Two days ago, the waiters went to the street and heard about some, Meng Tian, Lu Chao's two armies marched forward, General Li Xin attacked Jishi City, and has surrounded the Han general He Lanxiong, and General Wang Xiao's 50,000 army attacked Dayan City, it seems that Gao Yuan can't support it for long, hahaha, this traitor is finally going to be defeated." Ji Ling looked very lively and had a smile on his face.
Tan Feng shook his head slightly, "These are all things in the past, the night before yesterday, the latest battle report had arrived in Xianyang, but it has not yet been announced, or today, or tomorrow, there will be an announcement."
"Did you lose the battle along the way?" Looking at his face, Ji Ling asked tentatively.
"It's not just that it's as simple as losing the battle, General Li Xin wiped out the whole army on the grassland, the 100,000 army is gone, and even the general himself was defeated and died, and before I came here, Hei Bingtai received the latest news, Wang Xiao, who attacked Dayan County, was also defeated, Wang Xiao committed suicide, and his son Wang Jian led his troops to flee, and now his whereabouts are unknown." Tan Feng looked at Ji Ling and said word by word.
Ji Ling's smile condensed on his face, slowly turning pale, then bruising, and finally turning into a twisted hideousness, "Why, why does this traitor always win?" Even the Qin army can defeat him, he, he is a demon, why doesn't God accept him?"
"Now that the Great Qin offensive has been frustrated, several great generals have been killed, so the king is ready to use me and Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu will be promoted to the rank of general, commanding the 100,000 troops on the Qin-Chu border, and I will also go to serve as a deputy in his army." Tan Feng continued.
"Li Xin's defeat actually gave you and Zhou Yu such an opportunity, which is not bad." Listening to Tan Feng's words, Ji Ling couldn't help but be happy again, "Okay, very good, in this way, my life will be better again. Brother Tan, since you have been promoted again, then you can also speak in front of King Qin, can you tell him a word, move me out of this catkins alley, and change to another place, this more than a year, although no one has come to make trouble on the surface, but this catkins alley is too gloomy, the thieves are not an inch, last night, there were a few thieves who turned in and wanted to steal things, but the guards found out, after a beating, but they could only be released, you also know my current situation, even if they are sent to the official, Those Qin people will only favor their own people."
Tan Feng nodded, "I know, go back and ask the king to change you to a different place!"
"That's great!" Ji Ling said happily: "You have been promoted, and you are about to travel far away, the reason is that I want to celebrate and practice for you, I didn't expect you to even send the table over, today the two of us are going to drink hard, and we will not return if we are not drunk."
"Naturally, you won't get drunk or go home!" Tan Feng's face was a little stiff and nodded.
Xianyang's best Bicheng Lou made of the banquet, naturally extraordinary, Ji Ling has not eaten such a sumptuous banquet for a few days, sitting on the table, looking at the color and fragrance of the table, couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, and then looked at the wine on the table, and his eyes widened.
"Brother Tan, is this the imperial wine in the palace?" He looked at Tan Feng and asked.
"Yes, yesterday when I entered the palace, the king gave me the opportunity, and when I was leaving, he gave me two jars of imperial wine in the palace, and I brought one over and drank it with Brother Ji."
"Okay, good, in the past two years, although I have drunk a lot of wine, there is no good wine to drink from the Liaoxi Wu family, this should be the best bar of the Liaoxi Wu family?" Ji Ling looked at the wine jar with some greed.
Tan Feng lifted the wine jar and poured it full for Ji Ling, "Brother Ji likes it, then drink more!"
"Good, good." Ji Ling picked up the wine glass with a smile, drank it all, closed his eyes, and smacked his mouth unsatisfied, as if he was still reminiscing about the taste of this wine, and perhaps also recalling the glory of the beginning. When he was still the king of Yan Kingdom, he never felt how rare this Liaoxi Wu's best wine was, at that time, he wanted as much as he wanted. And now, I want to drink a glass of this best wine, but I can't ask for it.
Seeing that Tan Feng poured himself a full cup again, but did not pour it for himself, Ji Ling couldn't help but smile and said to Tan Feng: "Brother Tan, why don't you drink it?" Also, now that you are in a high position, you are not uncommon with this wine?" Picking up the wine glass, he swallowed it again and closed his eyes, but this time, tears slipped down his eyes.
"Wu's best wine is extremely rare, now that the Qin and Han dynasties are at war, the trade routes are cut off, and there is no market, it's not that I don't want to drink it, but I can't drink it!" Tan Feng put down the wine jar, sat down, and said stiffly.
"Why can't you drink it?" Ji Ling looked at Tan Feng with some strange eyes.
Tan Feng didn't say anything, just stared at the other party, looking at the look on Tan Feng's face, Ji Ling panicked, suddenly had a cramp in his abdomen, and was suddenly shocked, covering his abdomen with one hand, and pointing at Tan Feng with the other, "This wine, this wine is poisonous, Tan Feng, you, you want to kill me?"
Tan Feng sat there in a daze, looking at Ji Ling, even though Ji Ling is not the past, but after today's fact, the name of the Lord Killer will be carried on his body forever.
"Why? Why?" Ji Ling overturned the table with a thud, and the colic pain in his abdomen made him stagnate on the ground, slowly curling up into a ball.
"It's not that I'm going to kill you, it's that King Qin wants me to kill you." Tan Feng said in a low voice. Brother Ji, the way you are now, life is better than death, it is better to die early, die early and be clean!"
He stood up and walked out of the lobby, and in the courtyard outside the lobby, the attendants of Ji Ling were lying on the ground, and they had already been killed.
"Cleaned up!" Tan Feng walked out of the lobby without looking back, walking lonely on the cold street of Liuwu Hutong. (To be continued......)