Chapter 96: The world is one, Chen Xiang endured the pain and beheaded Xia Ji
At the beginning of the lanterns, the lights in the Huayang Palace flickered at this time, and the figures were full of people. King Qin was constantly drinking the fine wine handed by Zhao Ji. After drinking eight or nine pots of wine, King Qin suddenly threw the pot to the ground and asked painfully, "Queen, did we do something wrong to kill Wang Qian?" If General Wang was still here, the battle situation would not have ended up in the current situation. ”
Zhao Ji replied with a smile: "If you hadn't killed Wang Qian, I think the king and I would have become the souls of his sword long ago."
The King of Qin pondered for a long time, and if he had lost something, he suddenly shouted in despair: "What is the pity for me to die, it's a pity that my three thousand miles of Qinchuan are going to fall into the hands of the Southern Barbarians, and I won't be blind to death."
Zhao Ji leaned over and picked up the wine jug that King Qin had just knocked down, slowly walked to King Qin's side, and suddenly grabbed King Qin, pinched King Qin's neck and said viciously: "Since the king thinks like this, the concubine will send you to see the traitor and thief as you wish." King Qin suddenly felt that he had difficulty breathing, and was about to break free, but he was already numb and couldn't move, so he could only roar in horror: "Queen, what are you going to do to the widow?" Queen, you ...... You...... You. King Qin's voice gradually faded and finally disappeared.
Zhao Ji slowly let go of her clasped hands, slightly straightened her messy clothes, and then shouted loudly outside the palace: "Come on, the king is drunk and faint." The eunuchs and palace maids outside the palace hurriedly rushed into the palace when they heard the sound, only to see King Qin lying upright on the ground, his body stiff, his eyes wide with anger, and he knew that he had been dead for a long time.
Zhao Ji and Lü Buwei held a simple funeral for the King of Qin in the palace. At the funeral, Zhao Ji said to the ministers: "Now that the general trend of my Qin State has gone, and the king is dead at this time, I can't be the master of a woman's family.
All the ministers looked at each other, and no one dared to speak, and at this time, Lü Buwei came out and said: "Our army has run out of ammunition and food, and there is no point in resisting." The minister also heard that the king of Hua was generous and benevolent, and never killed many people in vain, and the day before yesterday, the armies of our eastern and northwest fronts surrendered, and the Chinese army did not kill another person. ”
After hearing this, everyone nodded yes again and again, so immediately before the coffin of King Qin, Lü Buwei drafted the edict of surrender, and all the ministers jointly signed it, and Zhao Ji took the seal of King Qin to cover it and quickly sent it to all departments of the Qin army.
Meng Tian and the generals received the edict, although they were unwilling, but the king's order was difficult to disobey, so they had to obey the order and sent an envoy to Chen Xiang's army to ask for surrender.
In the early morning of that day, the inner gate of the Qin Palace's palace slowly opened, and the Chinese army entered in full gear. Chen Xiang led the generals to cross the horse into the palace, only to see the crown prince Sikang kneeling down to greet him with the seal of King Qin, and the ministers also knelt behind the prince under the leadership of Lü Buwei.
Chen Xiang took the seal in Sikang's hand, gently helped Sikang up, told everyone to calm down, and continued to comfort everyone with kind words. Seeing this, the ministers gradually relieved, and they got up one after another and followed Chen Xiang into the main hall.
Chen Xiang ascended to the throne surrounded by everyone, and the cadres on the seat immediately knelt down to worship, and kept shouting long live. The shouting stopped, Chen Xiang turned to Lü Buwei and asked, "Lü Xiangguo, is the queen safe now?" Lü Buwei hurriedly replied: "The queen didn't dare to come out to greet her, and now her subordinates are hiding in the secret room in the mansion." Chen Xiang immediately dismissed everyone and asked Lü Buwei to take him to the queen alone, and Lü Buwei gladly accepted the order.
Chen Xiang clasped Lu Buwei's hands all the way, and Lu Buwei was in tears, and a thousand words were all in his words. The two soon came to Xiangguo's mansion, and Chen Xiang couldn't wait to enter the secret room. Chen Xiang finally saw the familiar back, and couldn't help crying excitedly, Zhao Ji heard the sound, hurriedly turned around, and saw Chen Xiang standing in front of him at this time, Zhao Ji was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and he was about to come over and hug Chen Xiang's body tightly, crying: "Brother Wang, I want to die Xia Ji."
Chen Xiang also stretched out his hand and hugged Xia Ji tightly, and the two hugged each other for a long time, both of them burst into tears. Chen Xiang let go and gently wiped away the tears on Xia Ji's face, and said softly: "Sister Xia Ji, I have wronged you for so many years." Xia Ji shook her head, and then plunged her head deep into Chen Xiang's chest. He kept muttering: "The mountain has Fusu, and Xi has Hehua." I don't see the son, but I see madness. There are bridge pines in the mountains, and there are swimming dragons in the mountains. I don't see Zichong, but I see a cunning child. ”
Chen Xiang's heart was agitated when he heard this, and he couldn't help but kiss Xia Ji deeply on the forehead, and Xia Ji pierced her head deeper.
After a while, Chen Xiang gently pushed Xia Ji away, and suddenly asked with a straight face, "Does Sister Wang know why King Wu of Zhou killed Daji back then?" Xia Ji was at a loss when she heard this, and she was stunned in place.
Seeing this, Chen Xiang replied to himself: "Back then, when the Martial King faced Daji with such a fragrant country, he would definitely have a trace of pity and cherishing the jade, but at that time, Daji was already angry with the people and gods, if the Martial King dared to risk the world's disapproval to take it for his own use, the world would definitely fall apart immediately, so the Martial King must have beheaded Daji in the end."
Xia Ji was shocked when she heard this, and she collapsed to the ground. Chen Xiang walked over and gently helped Xia Ji up, and whimpered with tears: "My sister's affection, my brother can only repay it in the next life." Now everyone in the world is scolding Wang Mei as the demon queen of the dead country, if I don't kill Wang Mei, the world will be in chaos, and then it will be a lot of life, which you and I don't want to see. ”
Xia Ji gradually held back her tears after hearing this, knelt down and cried: "Since Brother Wang saved Xia Ji outside Xinzheng City, Xia Ji has handed over all her life to Brother Wang, and at this moment, she can do her last bit for Brother Wang's great cause, Xia Ji can't ask for it."
Chen Xiang couldn't stop crying when he heard this, hugged Xia Ji tightly and choked up: "Sister Xia Ji, you can go with peace of mind, I will make you famous for eternity, and I will also treat your Kang'er well, and let him inherit the throne in the future."
At noon the next day, a team of soldiers escorted Xia Ji to the execution ground, Chen Xiang personally supervised the beheading, as soon as three o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Xiang gave an order, the executioner raised the knife and fell, Xia Ji's head immediately fell to the ground, and the crowd suddenly broke out into a burst of cheers.
After the beheading was completed, Chen Xiang immediately ordered someone to bury the King of Qin with the rites of a king, and buried the King of Qin in the tombs of the kings of the past dynasties. The people of Qin were all grateful and applauded.
In the Xianyang Palace, Chen Xiang held a grand ceremony, and ascended the throne as the emperor under the support of the ministers, called Hua Shi Huang, and set the year name as Xia, and since then all the people in the world have returned to the Chinese family.
Chen Xiang accepted Sikang as his righteous son, and named him the new king of Qin, gave him the name Fusu, and protected the temple of the Ying clan. Lü Buwei was still the prime minister of the state, fully assisted Fusu in governing Qin, and named Mengtian as the general of the protector of the country, and led the troops of Qin to still garrison all parts of Qinchuan. Others, such as Zhao Gao, Chang Yu and others, also had rewards.
After dealing with the affairs of the Qin State, Chen Xiang returned to Huacheng on the same day, ordered people to sort out the merits of the generals, and prepared to reward the meritorious people one by one.
At this time, Fan Li's family suddenly came to report, saying that Fan Li had disappeared without a trace since the day he returned to China, leaving only a letter to hand over to the king. Chen Xiang opened the letter and wrote: The great cause of the king has been accomplished, and the minister Fan Li has retired after his success. If you want to go boating on the West Lake and be free in the world, please don't worry about the king, and see you again in the future.
Chen Xiang smiled miserably after reading the letter, and couldn't help muttering: "Yes, the person who should leave still has to go."