Chapter 93 Swordsman
The water in the copper tripod began to boil before it was boiling. After the turbid and Atractylodes were smashed, they were all poured in. The water vapor and the fragrance of medicine scattered together, spreading in the Qutai Palace. Listening to the sound of the "gurgling" water boiling in the tripod, Zhao Zheng's right leg trembled unconsciously.
After the Chu doctor Yin Fengli entered Qin, he cured many people. Even Yan Wuyi, whose face was rotten, was saved, but he just didn't want Fengli to treat his injuries. Before the good doctor of Yan State arrived, he chose the most cruel method of water roasting.
Water roasting means water soaking, water scalding. Most of the treatments in this era are from the outside to the inside, and have not evolved to the era of drinking Chinese medicine. If the boiling potion is a little cool, the patient will pour into the boiling potion and torture. Zhao Zheng has been roasting water several times, and the wound will not be cured or damaged, but at least it will not be cured from the so-called "corticula and blood".
"Please enter the cauldron to heal the wounds." The medicine liquid in the cauldron was almost cold, so Xia Wuqi asked Zhao Zheng to enter the cauldron.
"No." Zhao Zheng gritted his teeth again, and grabbed Mi Qian's hand tightened. After sending his wife away, the temple man removed the gauze between his crotch and lifted it into the cauldron.
"Ah--!" Zhao Zheng screamed with hot potion. His whole body was tense. Fortunately, the hot water would paralyze the nerves, and he stopped screaming after a while, but his teeth were chewed tightly. Unfortunately, the pain had not ended, and it had not even officially begun. Xia Wuqi also entered the cauldron. He held a copper knife in his hand and started scraping Zhao Zheng's injured leg in the cauldron.
The copper knife was not sharp, and every time it was scraped, it made Zhao Zheng yell. If the temple had not prepared a piece of chock in advance, Zhao Zheng's teeth would have been bitten to pieces. Although Xia Wuqi, who was responsible for scraping the rotten meat, did not shout, he was sweating profusely. The king must treat the wound like this, and he had to bite the bullet and scrape the rotten meat for the king.
As Zhao Zheng shouted, the potion in the cauldron gradually became cooler. Xia Wujie, who noticed the temperature dropped, shouted to the bottom, and the removed charcoal fire was placed under the cauldron and burned. When the temperature was almost the same, Xia Wujie asked the temple people to remove the charcoal fire. At this time, Zhao Zheng's shouting was much weaker, and the new carrot on his thighs were basically scraped off.
"Please let the king take another two hours." Xia Wuqi stood up and bowed to the weak Zhao Zheng, and then carefully lowered the tripod.
"Report to the king..." The voice came from the Mingtang, "The envoy of Jing State asked to see the king, saying that the power of Jing State is no longer in the hands of King Jing, and the new ruling Yin Xigong Chengjie is willing to make good friends with our Qin State and break off diplomatic relations with Qi State..."
The word Jingguo looked like the copper scraper in Xia Wuqi's hand, which made Zhao Zheng, who was closed and sleeping, jumped up in excitement. He wanted to speak but was blocked by the chord in his mouth. He vomited off the chord and asked anxiously: "How about Jingguo?"
"Reported to the great king, Jing State may be in chaos, Xi County Gong Chengjie seized the king's rule, and he has become the chief minister." He knelt in the Mingtang and bowed excitedly. His mistake was understandable, and the regimes of the countries in the world had never been handed over like this.
"Good! Great Good!" Zhao Zheng was very happy when he heard this. The pain he suffered now was all given by the King of Chu of Chu. The King of Chu was seized by his ministers. This kind of thing naturally made him very happy. "Summon the envoy of Jing State."
"King." Xia Wuqi was still in the central court. It was inappropriate for the king to summon the envoys of Jing State like this.
"So quickly summon the court officials to Zhangtai Palace." Zhao Zheng also realized that he could not summon Jing to the Ding, which was a joke for the people of Jing to see him.
"Summons - the envoy of Jing State to the palace." In Zhangtai Palace, the voice of the gurus was heard from afar. The Qin Palace was majestic. Shouling Jun Shouyi, who was standing outside the Gaomen, and Yang Wenjun's younger brother Yang Fu heard the sound of summoning himself to the palace. Under the leadership of the Qin State's evangelist, the two began to climb up one layer after another. It took half an hour to climb up the steps and ascend to the hall, and greeted Zhao Zheng, who was sitting upright on the bed.
"I am the envoy of Jing State, Shou Yi, and I am the envoy of Jing State, Yang Qi, visited the king." The ministers looked around and bowed to Zhao Zheng in a regular manner.
"Is it so hot in Qin State that the nobles are so sweating?" Zhao Zheng could see at a glance that these two people were not the kind of eloquent lobbyists, but the real envoy of Jing State, so he planned to make fun of them.
"Report to the king, I am waiting..." Shouling Jun was originally a stupid person, and he was speechless. When the nerd Yang Fu came to Zhangtai Palace, he was as nervous as Qin Wuyang later, and he shrank timidly: "I am waiting for you."
"Hahahaha!" According to convention, any envoy from another country must first mock or argue with the court officials in the court. If it is not a lobbyist who has seen the world, it must not be dismissed. One person laughs, a hundred people laughs, and the two are even more sweaty when Qin ministers laugh.
Shouling Jun Shouyi is worthy of being a strong and simple person. He heard the laughter and said angrily: "Although Jing and Qin are fighting, we are all close to Qin. Now the king will mock the court officials and say goodbye."
Shouling Jun turned around and left. Yang Qi saw that he stayed like this, so he stayed for a while before following him. Qin ministers no longer smiled, but were full of surprise. They had never seen such a strong and simple person. Instead, the right prime minister Xiong Qiyi said, "Report to the great king, Jing envoy is not a good person, but a vassal of Jing State. His envoy had met in Yingdu, and was Shouling Jun of Jing State. He failed to win the rebellion against King Jing."
"Please come back." It was just a routine for the court officials to sneer. Zhao Zheng did not expect that Jing Zhi was so thin-skinned and left with a smile.
"The king asked the envoy Jing to return to the hall." Shouling Jun had already stepped down the stairs. When the messenger came to tell him, he still looked angry. Fortunately, Yang Qi advised him a few words before he turned around to climb the stairs. This time Qin Chen really stopped laughing, only Zhao Zheng was asking questions.
"Jing really wants to kiss our Qin State, but break up with Qi State?" Zhao Zheng asked, and hundreds of pairs of eyes looked at Shou Yi.
"That's right." Shou Yi agreed without hesitation. "The imperial court ruler is willing to renew Jing and Qin's favor and marry the princess of Qin as our country's queen."
"Oh." Zhao Zheng was a little surprised, "Who is the king of Jing Kingdom now? Is it Xiong Jing or Xiong Han?"
"Reporting to the great king, the widow is still the widow before, and the fierce prince is not the king." Shou Yi's answer surprised Zhao Zheng and Qin Chen even more. He had to explain: "The widow of the vulgar country has lost its power. The vulgar country's commander thinks that the matter of abolishing the great king is very important, so it is better not to abolish it."
"Oh—" Qin Chen woke up and they instantly understood what Shou Yi meant. This was actually the dictatorship of powerful officials, which was not uncommon.
"Who is the commander of the Jing envoy, your country's army, and who is in charge of the military talisman?" Wei Liao, who was most concerned about the situation in the Jing country, stood up.
"Of course it was the man in charge of the despise Yin Xigong." Shou Yi's original announcement was completely untrue.
"Where is the Grand Sima Mansion?" Wei Liao was not relieved. According to the intelligence, the Grand Sima Mansion of Chu was the core of the Chu military power.
"The Grand Sima Prefecture was formerly the Marquis of Yi, and now he is the general of the country Xiang Bo." Shou Yi replied again.
"Xiang Yan?" Wei Liao was still puzzled, "King Jing treats Xiang Yan well and grants Xiang Yan the title of uncle. Why did he rebel?"
"Xiang Yan has not participated in the rebellion, so his younger brother Xiang Que has done it." Shou Yi told the truth, "Donald Xi has already taken over the power of the widow and appointed Xiang Bo as the prefect of the Grand Sima Mansion. Seeing that Duke Xi has not killed the monarch, Xiang Bo accepted it calmly."
"If my Qin army invades the border..." Wei Liao continued to ask.
"If the Qin army invades the territory, the county duke can only order the army of the country to block it." Shou Yi's expression tightened, and he couldn't help but warn: "If the Qin army attacks the country again, the situation in the middle of the country will inevitably change again, and the country may no longer be able to kiss Qin."
"Is this a entourage threatening me with Qin?" Chu was indeed here to seek peace, not surrender, and Wei Liao understood at this time.
"I dare not, I just argue according to the facts." Shou Yi defended himself. "The reason why Xigong was able to hold great power was to be harmonious with the Qin Dynasty. However, if your country attacked the vulgar country again, those who were watching in the court would turn to King Jing, become alliances with Zhao Qi, and become enemies with Qin."
"If Duke Xi wants to help me, Qin, it's okay." Zhao Zheng, who also understood the situation in Chu, waved his sleeves and wanted to ask Wei Liao again and began to speak. "However, what kind of benefits can Duke Xi give me?"
"Report to the King: Xi Gong said," Shou Yi was prepared for this. "One of them, he would break off diplomatic relations with Qi and marry the Qin State; two, if Qin State attacked Zhao State, he would never save him; three, Chen Ying, west of the Great Gate, could be offered the King as a fief; four, he could be offered the art of great iron."
Shou Yi said something real. Not only Qin Chen nodded slowly, but Zhao Zheng also narrowed his eyes. These things he wanted were basically the same.
"Of course..." Shou Yi said unexpectedly, "Qin is a big country, and the despise is a small country. Both the first three countries can be practiced after the alliance. There are many opponents in the court, and the alliance will be presented the following year."
"The next year?" Zhao Zheng glared and noticed some conspiracy and asked. "Why is this?"
"The ministers in the court do not want to do so, for fear that the king will attack the vulgar country after obtaining the great iron technique." Shou Yi said, "Therefore, Duke Xi asked the king to be graceful for some time, and allow him to secretly win over the craftsmen, and then he would send it to Qin State after the matter was completed."
"What if Duke Xi uses this to delay?" Zhao Zheng's leg hurts when he talks about the art of the genital, but he insists on the art of the genital.
"If Duke Xi delays, please attack me." Shouyi also took his leave, and he was also unsure of Qin.
"I know. If there is nothing else, please go to the inn first." Zhao Zheng moved his butt and signaled Shou Yi to retreat.
"I'm leaving." Shouyi and Yang Fu looked at each other. Seeing that they had finished speaking, they stepped back after bowing. Before they could go down, they heard the arguments of Qin Chen in the court. "I'm here at the inn, you should go to Huayang Palace to see the Queen Mother Zu."
Yang Fu entered Qin not to meet the King of Qin, but to meet Mi Ji. He heard this and said, "What should I say?"
"What do you think of it?" Shouyi blew his beard, "If you know what you want, say what you want, like me."
"Oh." Yang Qi was still in a daze, and Shou Yi looked at him with no choice. This time, Qin was extremely hasty. When discussing who went to Qin that day, most of the Duke Yin did not dare to come, but he was not afraid and came in a panting. He was not afraid of standing in the Zhangtai Palace. He said whatever he knew. The King of Qin would be willing to be at peace, but he would not be willing to be at worst. At most, he would fight with the Qin army again.
Chapter completed!