Zhao State, Handan

After the Handan people lost Ma Fujun and Pingyuan, they finally heard a rare good news. General Lian Po defeated Yan State and humiliated their monarch. This incident became the only interesting talk among the Handan people. They lost Ma Fujun, whom they admired the most, but their lives still had to continue. The dead will rest, while the living will need to continue to survive.

The busy season of farming has gone far away, and Zhao State became cold again. In this cold winter, the Zhao people had no sun to shine on them, which made them feel even colder and shivering. There were few pedestrians on the streets and often could hear crying. This was to send away a man who could not resist the cold. In the general direction, King Zhao did say that he had reduced taxes from the people and exempted some corvee labor in the past few years.

And the officials, those who have made meritorious receive corresponding rewards, and those who do evil are dealt with.

General Lian Po showed no mercy at all. In terms of judgment, few people could escape. Coupled with the previous series of policies, the situation in Zhao State began to recover. This is really hard to understand. In the past, they could not eat enough or wear warm clothes, but they lived a happy life. They often gathered together to talk about the feat of Ma Fujun and listened to the learned people telling Ma Fujun's words and deeds.

Now, they are no longer hungry, but they can no longer hear the laughter they used to be.

In a small courtyard in Handan, the elderly Pang Gong sat next to the bed, looking at Tian Dan lying on the bed, his face full of worries. Tian Dan was weaker than before, and his forehead was hot. King Zhao set up medical officials everywhere, which was a good thing. Now there are doctors treating Tian Dan. Tian Dan was not worried or worried, but he looked a little relaxed.

He looked at Pang Gong beside him, shook his head, and sighed: "Pang Gong... It seems that I can't stand you... I have to leave first."

Pang Gong also smiled, and he said, "Not many people can survive me... Everyone says that the King of Qin will live long, but this King of Qin will definitely not be able to survive me. Do you believe it?" Tian Dan smiled, then gasped violently. He nodded and said, "I believe in this. How did you maintain your longevity?"

"You want to learn?"

"No, I'm just curious."

"Get to bed early and get up early, dance swords early in the morning, don't eat greedy, don't drink too much."

“That’s all?”

“That’s all.”

Pang Gong smiled and said, "When you get better, you can move to my neighborhood..." Tian Dan shook his head and said seriously, "No need, longevity may not be a good thing. Most people in the world envy you, but they don't know that the longer you live, the more painful it will be."

"This is true... I sent away my three sons and my seven grandsons. Now even my great-grandson has died of illness..." Pang Gong said with a wry smile: "The only one drama lover left in my past is left. I am very worried that he will be killed by Lian Po..."

"Mr. Pang...I hope you can leave earlier."

"Why do you want to curse me?"

"I just don't want you to see the destruction of Zhao... Haha, Ma Fujun left, no one can stop Qin anymore..." Tian Dan narrowed his eyes and said seriously: "Just as Kong Bin said, at most twenty years, the world will be returned to Qin... I don't care. Even if Qin destroys Qi, I won't think there is anything. After all, my Qi has long been destroyed..."

"But you are different. You are dedicated to Zhao. If that day comes and you are still alive, you will be in pain even if you have not been insulted by Qin... After all, you can do something against your heart for Zhao... When Ma Fujun was about to leave Zhao, someone followed you and said: You can send warriors to pretend to be Yan people to intercept Ma Fujun. Is this person you?" Tian Dan asked with a smile.

Mr. Pang lowered his head and said nothing.

"Because you know that if Ma Fujun arrives in Qin, no one can stop Qin, and Zhao will definitely be destroyed... But, you are wrong. Even if Ma Fujun stays in Zhao, Zhao will definitely be destroyed. Zhao Dan is cunning. It is not that he does not know the benefits of reform. He just doesn't want to give the honor of reform to his ministers... As soon as Ma Fujun left, he began to fully implement Ma Fujun's policy..."

"Is this because of regret? Or is it because Ma Fujun can no longer preside over the reform?"

Pang Gong said seriously: "At least, Zhao State is on the right path, and Zhao State will become stronger and stronger in the future."

"You are wrong... I think the prince is arrogant and domineering, despising the law, and despising the ministers. Zhao Dan wanted him to follow me to learn, but he was unwilling to say: I would rather die than learn the way Qi people govern the country. Do you believe it? The current reform will be destroyed after the prince ascended the throne... and now these ministers who are wholeheartedly assisting Zhao will be expelled... Zhao Dan doesn't know how to educate his son... nor is he willing to use the law to govern Zhao."

Pang Gong said seriously: "I am a Zhao person. No matter what the price I pay, I will protect my country."

"I remember, your ancestor Pang Juan was from Wei?"

"I was born here and grew up here."

Tian Dan nodded and said, "You are right... You are right. But sometimes, the country you want to protect may not be able to appreciate. This is the sorrow of being a human being. Everything will not develop as you want. From common people to kings, no one will not suffer. Common people have no food to fill their stomachs. Merchants endure harsh taxes. Soldiers are constantly killed. Ministers are afraid and expelled. There is no chance to display their talents. The king watches his country gradually decline..."

Mr. Pang didn't say anything more. He stood up tremblingly and said, "This doesn't make me give up. I will still do my best to fulfill my responsibilities and live up to my mission... I'll come to see you again the next day."

"No need...you're busy with your own business... Dan has long been dead... Even if he died last time, it doesn't matter..."

"I have a letter to Ma Fujun. Can you send someone to him?"

"good."

Three days after Pang Xian left, Tian Dan left the world. He left very quietly and slept for a while. The next day, the retainers came in and found that he had left. The general who was abandoned by his country did not want to bury him in Qi. However, King Zhao still buried him according to the customs of the Qi people. King Zhao was very sad. His talents left one after another. Now, he has lost another top talent.

Tian Dan's face was full of relief, and perhaps he was completely relieved when his life ended.

There are still many people coming to see the mourning. Tian Dan is very famous and many people know him. It is just because he is too cold that everyone does not come to visit him. Tian Dan's grave is very close to Le Yi's grave. The two former opponents have become eternal neighbors after working together for many years.

When the news of Tian Dan's death reached Qi State, it finally caused a huge sensation in Qi State. The people of Qi State spontaneously sent Tian Dan away. They walked onto the streets neatly, including common people, merchants, rangers, and scholars. At this moment, these Qi people all gave up their own affairs and gathered together. They were wearing mourning clothes, walking on the streets, crying loudly, and calling out the title of Mr. Tian.

Qi people believe that after death, people must return to their hometown.

To get them to come, they need to keep calling their names and let them return to their hometown by listening to the sound.

The Qi people raised the flag of Anpingjun. This was the title that Tian Dan had when he was in Qi. He gathered under this flag. The Qi people shouted loudly: "Mr. Anpingjun!! Please come back!! Please come back!!" The King of Qi was also shocked by this attitude and hurriedly asked the ministers what had happened. A minister told him that Tian Dan had passed away.

The King of Qi asked in confusion: "I know about this, but why do the people do this?"

The minister couldn't answer.

Such mourning behavior spread throughout Qi State, and more and more people participated. The older people stood up excitedly and talked about Anping Jun's restoration in tears. They listened to the shocking slogan, as if they had returned to the past. They waved the weapons that did not exist in their hands, as if they wanted to return to Anping Jun's side. Some old men who were already confused vaguely returned to the past in the slogan, and then shouted angrily: "Restore Qi State!! Kill Yan people!!"

The people of Qi never forgot their savior, and the State of Qi never abandoned his brave general.

All those stenched borers were abandoned.

Even if the King of Qi passed away, there was no such treatment. All the people of Qi were crying for their heroes, and this ancient country whispered the name of its outstanding son.

Mr. Tian must have returned to his hometown, amid the cry of the people of Qi, and in the call that resounded through the world, he flew back to his hometown, watched everything happily, and threw himself into the arms of everyone.

This farewell mourning for Mr. Tian lasted for seven days in Qi before it ended.

In the cold winter, the new year is coming.

In the fifty-sixth year of the Qin King, Zhao Kuo received a letter from his homeland.

He thought it was sent by Xinlingjun or Li Mu, but when he opened the bamboo slips, he was surprised to find that it was a letter written by Tian Dan to him.

"Bao, I saw my former self in you. We are all the same people, people who fight to the death for our own people. But people like us are always betrayed and forced to leave our hometown. As early as when I first met you, I understood that you were destined to leave Zhao State. Because no king can tolerate a minister in his country who is followed by the people."

"At the beginning, someone once advised me to take the opportunity to kill the King of Qi and serve as the king of Qi himself... But I didn't do that. I don't want my country to fall into war again. I just let him get out of the war... I think that's probably the same for you... You are in Qin now, but don't think that if you leave your hometown, this kind of dilemma can end. Unless you don't say a word and stay in the mansion and don't go out, you will definitely be persecuted again..."

"However, the child you raised...if he came to serve as the King of Qin, he might not have such concerns."

"You are so lucky..."

Tian Dan wrote a lot, Zhao Kuo read it for a long time, and this time he finished reading his letter. There was no admonition or explanation in the letter, but just some chat, just like talking to his friends. Tian Dan wrote a lot of words he hid in his heart, and even some interesting stories, including the grudges between him and Zhao She. Tian Dan and Zhao She quarreled fiercely, and the two of them had completely different ideas. Every time they got together, they always parted in disagreement.

Tian Dan still feels that except for educating children, Zhao She is not as good as himself in other fields.

It was obviously a lot of interesting news, and it was just a chat between friends, but Zhao Kuo still read a deep sorrow, the sorrow hidden by the wit. Tian Dan and Zhao She quarreled because Tian Dan felt that the country only needed to raise an elite force, and there was no need to recruit too many soldiers. This was because when he was fighting with Le Yi, the entire Qi country's people were soldiers, which seriously damaged agriculture. The arable land of Qi was empty, no one came to take care of, and there were orphans and widows everywhere.

He had seen the biggest disaster caused by war, so he felt that he should save people's strength.

And what Tian Dan said, you are so lucky... but it is his greatest misfortune.

Zhao Kuo was a little uneasy after receiving the letter. A few days later, he received the news that Tian Dan died of illness in Handan.

Zhao Kuo was very sad and felt indescribable.

In the following days, Han Fei talked about what he knew. It is said that a funeral broke out in Qi State, and all the Qi people rushed to the streets to call Tian Dan's name and mourn him. Han Fei scolded this behavior, believing that such behavior was of no use, but only delayed farming and other normal work. However, Zhao Kuo did not feel that way. For some reason, Zhao Kuo felt a little relieved.

At least, Qi people did not forget Tian Dan.

Shortly after Zhao Kuo received the news that Tian Dan died of illness, something big happened to Qin State.

The King of Qin fell ill.

The tiger who looked extremely majestic and always energetic and dared not look directly at him, the King of Qin, who swept across the six countries and made others dare not compete with him, finally fell ill. In this cold winter, when Wu'an Jun fell down, the soldiers were a little uneasy. When Ying Hou passed away, the ministers missed him very much, and when Qin King fell ill, the entire Qin State was in chaos.

An Guojun and Zhao Yiren hurried to take care of the King of Qin.

The ministers gathered in the palace to discuss the next situation.

Even Zhao Kuo took Zhao Zheng to visit the King of Qin.
Chapter completed!