Qingji looked at Sun Wu's body again, and asked slowly, "Changqing, what do you think?" ”

Hearing this, Sun Wu just pondered for a moment, and then said, "Great King, the minister agrees with Dazai's opinion. The country of Fuchu, a great country, can be eaten away at its cities and lands, but not swallowed! ”

"Although the state of Chu lost 80,000 soldiers, it still has spare strength, and now the Wu army is deeply trapped in the land of Chu, and it is absolutely undesirable to turn the active into passive."

Qingji frowned, then looked at the pawn who was sitting opposite and asked, "Bo Que, what do you think?" ”

"The king, the minister thinks that he should fight!"

Bo Yan had a flattering look on his face and said: "The momentum of my Wu State to attack Chu is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat." ”

"At this time, if you negotiate peace with the State of Chu, it is tantamount to seeking peace, and the Shudi and the cities along the river that my Wu State has captured will not be guaranteed, not to mention, the bloody sacrifices paid by the soldiers before will be in vain!"

Qingji bowed slightly, but he was still noncommittal.

Bo Yan is sleek by nature, especially good at flattery, he saw that Ji Za and Sun Wu both asked for peace with the Chu State, Qingji did not make a decision, secretly speculated, he knew that Qingji was unwilling to negotiate peace with Wu Chu!

Qingji himself knew this, so he didn't make a decision at the first time.

Actually, what Bo Yan said is not unreasonable!

At this time, if Wu proposed peace with Chu, he would undoubtedly be at a disadvantage.

The Wu army of the war Chu has paid a lot of blood and sacrifices, is it wasted?

For Shudi and many cities along the river, what has been eaten in the stomach, how can Qingji be willing to spit it out and give it away?

At this moment, seeing that Qingji was still hesitating, Ji Zha, who was on the side, couldn't help but sigh and said, "King, can you go out of the palace with the old minister to take a look?" ”

"Okay."

Qingji did not refuse such a request from Ji Za.

Since Luzi returned to Wudu, Qingji has not paid a private visit to Weifu for a long time, and he has had a good understanding of the people's feelings!

Not long after, Qingji was surrounded by the three ministers of Ji Za, Sun Wu, and Bo Kuo, as well as a group of guards, and patrolled the streets and alleys of the Wu capital with great fanfare.

The bazaar in Wudu is still as prosperous as in the past, bustling, and the peddlers and pawns on the street come and go.

However, entering the residential area where the people lived, Qingji's mood couldn't help but gradually become heavy!

I saw that under the low eaves, hung with vegetarian silk, and the white curtain fluttered with the cold wind, covering the gate with a layer of sad color.

When I entered the room, there were a few people wearing filial piety clothes and white turbans crying, men, women and children, all of whom were full of sadness, and the tears in the corners of their eyes were still there!

"King!"

"The grass people see the king!"

Seeing the honor guard headed by Qingji entering, the old and weak women and children inside came over one after another and saluted Qingji.

"No need to be polite."

Qingji immediately picked up an old man who was the leader.

This old man's temples are white, the wrinkles on his face are like ruts, his eyes are cloudy, full of vicissitudes, and the most unusual thing for Qingji is that the old man is a one-eyed dragon, and his left eye has been obviously blind!

It's an eye that has been blinded by a sharp weapon!

"Old man, who are you?"

"Please forgive me, my lord."

The old man wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with a choked voice: "I'm waiting for this to mourn for the child." I don't want to disturb the king, and I ask the king to forgive you! ”

"Where."

Qingji shook his head and asked, "Old man, I don't know how Ling Lang passed away?" ”

He had already guessed in his heart, but he didn't dare to admit it.

The old man sighed and said, "Don't hide it from the king, Xiao'er passed away last night." Xiao'er was called into the army, and a few years ago he fought with the army, broke a leg, and had three arrow wounds all over his body! ”

"Fortunately, the child has a big life and survived in the hands of Chu Manzi, but the root of the disease has fallen, and the day is cold, and the child is accidentally infected with wind and cold, so he did not survive this winter......"

Before the words fell, including the old man, the whole family couldn't help but feel sad and wiped their tears.

In the conversation with the old man, Qing Ji learned that the old man was once a member of the Wu army, and that eye was blinded by an arrow when he was fighting with the Chu army!

The old man had three sons, the first two of whom died young and died for the country, leaving only one young son, who was still a minor.

is coming, and the white-haired man ends up sending the black-haired man, and the old man's mood can be imagined!

Qingji was also very sentimental, and immediately stepped forward and bowed solemnly to the coffin placed behind the spiritual position to express his condolences.

At this moment, seeing Qingji, who is the king of a country, mourning his son as a nobody, the old man couldn't help but burst into tears, and hurriedly said: "Big ...... The king, you can't do it, you can't do it. ”

"How not?"

Qingji grabbed the old man's rough hands, and said: "Old man, your son is a martyr, a martyr who sacrificed for the country, how can the widow personally mourn him and salute him?" ”

"The king is wise!"

Ji Za, Sun Wu and Bo Yi on the side immediately stood up, and after flattering Qingji, they all stepped forward to offer condolences.

After all, Qingji, who is the king of Wu, leads by example, let alone them?

"Great King, I have a king like you in Wu State, it's really amazing!"

The old man said with feelings.

However, Qingji replied earnestly: "No." Wu Guo is really remarkable because there are warriors who dare to sacrifice and do not avoid life and death! ”

At this moment, the virtuous demeanor shown by Qingji made everyone present feel admiration and admiration!

As Qingji said, Wu Guo is not great because of the king of Qingji, but because there are people like everyone, who are really amazing!

After bidding farewell to the old man's family, Qingji patrolled the streets and alleys one by one.

As he expected, many families had vegetarian food hanging in front of their doors, apparently having held a funeral not long ago!

And the one that can cause this effect is undoubtedly war.

The suffering brought to the people of Wu by the continuous war is far more than that!

Xing, the people are bitter!

Death, the people suffer!

Regardless of the rise or fall of the military state of Wu, it is the common people who are destined to suffer and suffer.

In this world of great contention, there are frequent wars, and almost every household has a man who goes to the battlefield!

Widows and orphans are everywhere, and it is not uncommon for white-haired people to send black-haired people.

Qingji knows very well that this scene of Wu Capital is just a microcosm of the entire Wu Kingdom!

In the end, Qingji, who condoled the vegetarian family one by one, was taken by Ji Zha to the shore of Xianghu Lake outside the city.

New graves have been erected there, and under them are undoubtedly the bodies of fallen soldiers, or simply clothed mounds!

The corpses of the fallen soldiers can be buried in their hometowns, and the fallen leaves are still lucky, and more people can only bury their bones in other places, or they can't even find the corpses at all, so they can only erect a clothed mound!