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Chapter 74 Duties

"The king returns to the rituals and music!" A few years ago, the palace was closed and the music was restored since last month. Everyone praised Yingdu for a while.

"Our Chu State is a country of rituals and music, not a country of barbarians." More people said, taking pride in this.

"What a group of sour scholars!" The honorary scholars who were standing in the car floated by, disdaining the happy scholars and the common people who followed suit.

"General, why are the king happy again?" Behind the Yushi carriage was Ruo Ao riding a horse. He was already a general, but once he entered Yingdu, he still liked to go to the previous restaurant and drink with his former drinkers and fellow comrades.

"The king is confused by the Confucian scholars." Ruo Ao, who was riding on the horse, raised his head and took a sip of wine before answering the questions from Ju and others. "If rituals and music are useful, why do you still need weapons and armor?"

"Mother, why do you play music every day when you are in your bedroom?" There were a lot of discussion outside the palace, and there were also people in the palace whispering, Xiong Han was one of them.

"The king was taught by the Grand Tutor, so he played music every day to become a gentleman." Several years later, Concubine Li no longer had house arrest. During the stable days, she seemed to have forgotten that her son almost ascended the throne and that Yang Wenjun, who had high hopes for that year.

"Has become a gentleman?" Xiong Han was a few years younger than Xiong Jing. He was twelve years old this year. Early hardships made him mature. He did not believe his mother's kind lies and asked: "The child heard that Brother Wang loved Mr. Mi, and Mr. Mi had been named a good man by the King of Qin, so Brother Wang was furious..."

"Silence!" Although his son's words were full of disrespect, Concubine Li was still worried that these words would make the Empress Dowager unhappy.

"Why should I keep silent?" Xiong Han tilted his head and felt puzzled. "What the child said was wrong?"

"Fight!" Concubine Li pretended to be angry. "How can you tell me about the king? How does the mother teach you on weekdays?"

"Then the Mother Queen's teachings and the Taifu's teachings are different." Xiong Han felt that he lived in two worlds, one was the bright world taught by Fu Bao, and the other was the powerful world taught by his mother. "The child thought that if Brother Wang loved Mi's son very much, why not go to Qin to welcome her back?"

As a once guilty person, Concubine Li certainly did not dare to say that Xiong Han's Fu Bao was wrong, she was right. She could only answer according to her son's wishes: "Mr. Mi is in Qin, and Qin is the enemy of our Chu State. How can the king greet him in person?"

Xiong Han was stunned when Concubine Li said that he didn't know much about Qin's country's evil forces with Chu. After all, Chu and Qin had been on truce for many years. Concubine Li said again: "The king is the king of my King of Chu. How can he be in danger of entering Qin?"

"Brother Wang is the king of our Chu State. We must not be in danger of entering Qin, but why don't our Chu State ministers share the worries of the king?" Xiong Han asked this question surprisingly and very naturally. His question left Concubine Li speechless.

Since the king must abide by the king's duties, what is the duty of the minister?

On the morning of this day, the same truth once again turned to Gui Jing's heart. As the cavalry guard in Chen Ying's battle with Xiong Jing, he understood the relationship between the king and the young master Mi, and also experienced the beautiful dancing posture of the young master Mi. At that moment, he felt that in this world, besides his moonlight, the young master Mi is the most beautiful.

"What are you thinking?" Every day when I get up, my wife, Qiyue, helps Gui Jing wear clothes. At this moment, the jade belt around my waist was obviously tied, but Gui Jing stood there motionless.

"I'm thinking..." Gui Jing looked at his wife. His son had already entered school, and he could find scattered white hair on his head, but his wife did not seem to grow old, just like she saw in the girl's city back then. The difference was that his wife had a cold face and was afraid and alert to everyone. Now she is the wife of Shangqing, gentle and generous.

"Why do you look at me?" The husband's gaze made Xiao Yue blush.

"I'm thinking," Gui Jing continued the previous topic. "The king cannot enter Qin to welcome Mi's princess back to Chu State. What about us? Eat the king's fortune and loyalty to the king. Why can't we enter Qin to do this?"

"You want to enter Qin?" The blushing on Qi Yue's face disappeared, and her face began to turn pale. She was a Zhao man and knew the barbarity of the Qin man. However, just as Gui Jing was stunned when she reacted to her, she turned to smile and said, "I think what the good man said. I am the minister of the king, so I should be loyal to the matter, otherwise why should I be a minister?"

"You don't have to worry about me." How could Gui Jing not understand his wife's smile? He held her hand and shook it hard.

"Why should I worry about you?" Qing Yue smiled again. This time her smile was no longer stiff, but was all gentle. "Go." She said.

The cavalry camp was in Shaopi Military Camp. Gui Jing was used to riding horses but not liked to ride a car. His mount was a castrated satin black Nissa horse, tall and strong. After leaving the city with his personal guards, he rode his horse as usual. For a moment, the wind blew across the official road with few pedestrians in the early morning of summer, and the personal guards riding on the military could not catch up with him no matter how hard they were.

"Wow..." After running for a while, Gui Jing pulled his horse and slowed down, and the barracks had arrived.

"Report to General Gui," a soldier appeared strangely at the gate of the military camp.

"What's the matter?" Gui Jing got off the horse and handed over the mount to the boy.

"General Xiang asked the general to go to the Second Division's military tent." The order of the army led the way in front. The second division he mentioned was the Second Cavalry Division, and the division commander Xiang Chao.

When Gui Jing walked into the military tent of the Second Cavalry Division, he found that there were several officers in the First Division, and the commander of the Third Division Qi Jizeng. Although these people saluted him, they remained silent and had an indescribable expectation in their eyes.

"Please forgive me for your fault." After everyone sat down, Xiang Chao's expression changed and he spoke solemnly. "Mr. Mi, do you know Zi Jing?"

"Zhi." Gui Jing smiled. After answering, he looked around everyone, especially the stern commander of the third cavalry division, Qi Jizeng.

"Since I know, do you dare to enter Qin with us and welcome the young master Mi to the State of Chu?" Xiang Chao did not speak nonsense and asked directly whether he dared or not.

"Who are we?" Gui Jing looked again, "How do we enter Qin? How can we welcome Mr. Mi to return to Chu?"

Gui Jing's words made people ponder. Wishes are wishes, but without good strategies, no matter how good they are, they cannot be implemented. After the establishment of the Grand Sima Mansion, the Chu army's battle planning, tactical application, and logistics support have indeed become stronger, but in general, the staffing capabilities of the divisions across the country have been weakened. Especially now, hundreds of strategists and thousands of staff gathered in Yangyuntai, northwest of Yingdu.

"Do you dare to answer first?" Xiang Chao looked at Gui Jing and was not calm. Gui Jing was not only the commander of the First Cavalry Division, but also the commander of the entire cavalry. If he was not willing, no one would be able to do it.

"It's not that I dare not, but how to do it?" Gui Jing asked. "Qin State is a place with four barriers. The young master Mi Nu is in Huayang Palace in Xianyang. How can we enter Qin? How can we find Young Master Mi? How can we return to Qin safely?"

"What Zi Jing said is reasonable." Qi Jizhi said. "It's not that you dare or not, but how to do it. The military advisers are not there, how to enter Qin, how to find people, and how to leave Qin in this way, this is difficult."

Qi Ji's words make people discourage. Knights can only play the role of knights with help from counselors. Now there are only knights but no counselors. No matter how brave you are, you cannot share the worries of the king.

"I know that one person is sure to..." In the disappointment of everyone, Gui Jing ignited the hope of everyone again.

"Where is he?!" Xiang Chao grabbed Gui Jing's arm. "Last month, the young lady Mi had already reported to the temple. After next month, she will be the concubine of the King of Qin and will join the bed with the King of Qin."

"This person..." Gui Jing of course knew that there was not much time left, so he only said: "This person is not in Chu State."

"Where is the state of Chu?" Xiang Chao asked, "The state of Zhao is at the farthest far away, and he wants to find this person immediately.

"He is..." Gui Jing smiled bitterly, and the answer was desperate: "He is in Qin."

"Qin State?" The place to go is Qin State. The role of the strategist is to prepare everything before entering Qin, rather than to find this person after entering Qin. "Who is this person?" someone asked.

*

On Wuguan Road, Lu Gao, who was sitting in a carriage, returned to Chu, did not know that he had become the focus of discussion among the cavalry generals. He was just smarter than others. His wish in this life was to marry a princess as his wife to increase the reputation of the Lu family's declining reputation. Why can Xiang family be named Bo? Why can Cheng family be Zhuao? I, Lu family, do it.

Gui Jing knew him because when he and Lu Chuang chased Feng Li's car a few months ago, they were escorting Gui Jing. The reason why he returned to Chu alone was because the Grand Sima Mansion was eager to get information from Wuguandao. Lu Chuang was stupid and stayed in Xianyang to continue to be a medicine boy for Feng Li. All the information he had seen along the way was in his mind.

The summer was hot, and the carriage was traveling ninety miles a day along the wide and flat post road of Qin. Even so, it took him sixteen days to get from Xianyang to Fuyi, where Qin Chu was handed over. As soon as he entered the pass, the people from the Grand Sima Mansion appeared in front of him, and Gui Jing, who had accompanied him on a few months ago, also appeared in front of him. But after following these people for only a hundred steps, Lu Gao found that something was wrong: everyone did not escort him to the Yiling Mansion, but went to a private house west of the city.

Gui Jing is a general of the cavalry, and will the cavalry be a spy from Qin? Lu Gao suddenly felt cold when he thought of this. He tried his best to restrain his trembling. When the carriage turned, he rushed to the back door of the carriage and was about to get out of the car.

The carriage shaking loudly, and as the door shattered, Lu Gao also fell off the car. However, before he got up, he had not yet gotten up, a rope cover was put on his neck, making him unable to make a sound when he was about to shout. At the moment of life and death, Lu Gao was extremely calm. He grabbed the rope with one hand and drew the sword with the other hand, but the disaster came again. The heavy blow on the back of his head made him tremble, and he shook his whole body and then drove it down.

"You!" Gui Jing was furious as Cheng Kui was shooting arrows.

"Just faint." Cheng Kui's arrow was sent and received from the heart. When he shot, he folded the arrow and just knocked Lu Gao out.

"Oh!" Gui Jing sighed suddenly. He just wanted to invite Lu Gao to a place that was easy to speak, but he didn't expect that he was so alert. When Lu Gao broke through the carriage, he couldn't say it in his heart. He was going to be shouted and everything was over.

"How should this be?" Xiang Chao put away the mascot, and he just put Lu Gao's neck around.
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