Chapter 62: Loyalty
"Have you started?"
On a country road in the morning light, a pair of brothers are walking. Among them, the young man in Tsing Yi who followed behind turned his head to look at the black smoke rising behind him, and said in a daze.
The man in the bronze mask in front of him stopped, "From which direction?" ”
"The village in the southeast, the mercenaries who infiltrated the Qin Capital City last night also passed through that village, it seems that the information collected before is really true." Zhao Guangdao.
"Yes." Li Ji didn't look back and said quietly.
"Wasn't everything expected by my brother?" Zhao Guang squinted his eyes and looked at his sturdy back, took a deep breath and said with a smile.
"I didn't believe it at first, but this time it's your brother who won."
Although he has never won against this brother......
But he really didn't expect the former King of Qin to be so stupid. The smile on the corner of Zhao Guang's mouth faded.
"Obviously, there has been no news from Nanchu yet, and the former King of Qin actually began to recruit troops in the territory."
"To his extent, the behavior is simply unpredictable." Li Ji said lightly.
Because it's so stupid...... Zhao Guang said helplessly, being able to make his silent brother make such an evaluation is enough to prove that His Majesty is really stupid.
As the saying goes, smart people can predict their actions, but stupid people can't, because they don't act according to common sense at all.
"Coupled with those immortal officials around him, it can't be passed on what decisions he made." Li Ji said quietly.
"After all, the current former Qin Immortal Officials are not good at anything else, but they have a hand in intelligence blockade," Zhao Guang sneered, "Second brother, since the holy decree of Ying Hanri can't be transmitted, how did you expect the conscription?" ”
Because of the fear that the people would abscond and evade, the news of conscription was blocked layer by layer, and it could only be detected when it was conscripted into a village.
Zhao Guang looked at his brother's back with wide curious eyes.
Li Ji was silent for a moment, and then spoke, only saying two words.
"The price of rice."
The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first. Zhao Guang's eyes widened and he was empowered.
"Brother is really sharp, I can't wait." He sighed, but only received a speechless look from Li Ji.
"In normal times, the rise in rice prices won't reflect anything," Zhao Guang walked up to him, his eyes as sharp as a sword, "Only by connecting with the current situation in Qianqin." ”
"The disappearance of a former Qin and his own princess is enough to make the former Qin king panic to this point," the young man couldn't help but sigh, "I fell into a panic and thought that Southern Chu would come to attack Former Qin, so he began to recruit troops and cultivators on a large scale. It's no wonder that the Ying family can't hold it. ”
"Qianqin is going to be in chaos." Zhao Guang looked up at the sunset in the distance, "This is the opportunity for our six countries." ”
However, listening to the words of the brother next to him, Li Ji just looked ahead quietly, and Zhao Guang looked at him a little strangely, "Brother, why are you ......?"
"That's not right." At this moment, Li Ji suddenly spoke.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Guangdao.
"That village, is it the place where the former Qin Da Sima Guichang's wife and his children were repatriated?" Li Ji asked.
"That's ......," Zhao Guang frowned, "I haven't told you this information, how do you know this?" ”
"According to the order of the fastest conscription, today should not be the village, but the neighboring village." Li Ji said coldly, "What about the news of the spies who are monitoring Guichang?" ”
"It should be there soon...... Zhao Guang was stunned and spoke, at this time, a jet-black pigeon flew from afar, Zhao Guang's eyes lit up and he raised his arm, "It's coming!" ”
Zhao Guang took off the short note on the pigeon's feet and quickly unfolded it, and suddenly looked at Li Ji, "Guichang has returned to the Great Sima Mansion this morning with the holy decree of the Marquis of Zhongyi!" ”
"I didn't expect him to return home so quickly," Zhao Guang muttered with a smile, "It really doesn't fit the style of this great Sima to come back in a light car without putting up a guard of honor." ”
Zhao Guang smiled and said, "Well, maybe he is enjoying the praise of the concubines in the mansion now, if it were me......"
However, his joke was interrupted by Li Ji's cold voice.
"No, he shouldn't be in the mansion now, our people are chasing him."
"Huh?" Zhao Guang was stunned for a moment, but the next moment, a black shadow had already passed past him.
"Second brother! You wait for me! Zhao Guang stomped his feet, looked at his brother who had turned back with lightning speed, and quickly chased after him.
Shouting while chasing.
"What's wrong!"
"Remember when I asked you why Guichang was immoral and incompetent, why was he named a loyal and righteous marquis?" Li Ji didn't look back, but the emotionless voice came along the wind.
"Why?" Zhao Guang was stunned.
"Loyalty, of course." Li Ji said lightly.
Zhao Guang almost fell, "So what is this loyalty?" Second brother, don't play dumb riddles! ”
He knew that his brother must have sensed something, but his mind and his brother were just normal people!
"For the former Qin king, who is now conscripting troops on a large scale, what is the greatest loyalty?" Li Ji said.
"That big Sima is as good as his name."
Zhao Guang was stunned.
Return to prosperity and return to prosperity, and those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me die.
To be able to conform to and respond to what the Lord wants to do most is to be the greatest loyalty.
"Could it be that Guichang went to the countryside to help Yinghan recruit soldiers?" Zhao Guang was stunned, "Conscription to your doorstep? ”
"Conscription of soldiers from the people's families is not considered loyalty," Li Ji said coldly, "Only by sacrificing what is important to oneself can it be considered loyalty." ”
"There's a simpler approach for the Maison."
"Have you ever heard of the camp of the dead soldiers who were the most difficult to recruit in the former Qin army?"
A chill suddenly rose from Zhao Guang's back, "Second brother, do you mean ......?"
Li Ji looked at his younger brother behind him for the first time.
Tiger poison does not eat children, but it is the most ruthless emperor's family.
"Isn't that the most precious thing for the family?" Li Ji's dark eyes were cold.
"Like, son."
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Run, run.
In the endless scorching heat, Ying Baoyue is also running.
Fighting all the way.
"Where is Qingzhuang? Say! What about the Wang Dazhu registered on the roster? ”
"Official, official, his father went to the Northern Wei Dynasty to be a ......"
"Found it! Jerk out of the ball! ”
"Dad! Please, isn't there a war yet......"
"Get out! Nan Chu immediately called, you Diao people still dare to shrink here, greedy for life and afraid of death! ”
The cries, the shouts, the shouts of the soldiers, and the burning of the flames rang out in a cloud of fire, and every household was spared, and the once peaceful village was in chaos.
There are even soldiers who smash and loot in the name of conscription, looking at those things wearing soldier skins and holding blades, Ying Baoyue bit her lip, but her footsteps can't stop, because most of the villagers' homes are just smashed, and the fire is only a kicked stove in the house.
But one is different. Standing outside the door of the small courtyard with a roaring roof, Ying Baoyue gasped for breath.
There was no one outside the door, but the courtyard door that had been kicked open many times by Sima's subordinates was only an empty doorway.
Looking at the door leaf that fell to the ground covered with traces of swords, guns, swords, and halberds, Ying Baoyue clenched her wrist.
And at this moment, a woman's mournful scream came from the courtyard.
"Dad, please! Don't do that! Don't do that! ”
The sound of the forehead thumping on the ground.
"Let go of my brother! Mother! Save my brother! ”
"Brother!"