Qin Dynasty: Sword Asks the Bright Moon

In the dusk, Gongsun Yu dragged his tired body back to his house. After all, he was already an old man over sixty years old. In addition, he suffered from internal injuries. The public trial that lasted for several days was not a good thing for him, no matter in the future. It’s a huge drain on both energy and physical strength.

Gongsun Yu went straight to the study, knelt down behind the desk and let out a long breath.

Gongsun Yu was very clear about what happened in the Diqiucheng barracks in recent days. The former guards were transforming towards the Qin army. When Yang Ming offered the fields and houses that the soldiers longed for but could not get, no soldier could refuse. Such temptation.

Yang Ming wanted to inspect the fields and houses of powerful families and cultivate a force that was truly loyal to him in Diqiu City. Of course, Yang Ming did not directly give the soldiers fields and houses, but temporarily rented them. The method was put into the hands of the soldiers. If the soldiers wanted to truly obtain the fields and houses, they must make sufficient meritorious deeds on the battlefield.

If Yang Ming directly gave the land and houses to the selected original guard soldiers, the selected guard soldiers might be very happy, but what would happen to the Qin soldiers who had shed blood and sweat in the previous war? look?

In that case, although Yang Ming would gain the support of thousands of soldiers of the original guard, he would have a bad reputation among the Qin army. Everything could only be done step by step.

However, it was precisely because of this that Gongsun Yu felt an unspeakable melancholy. After Yang Ming captured Diqiu City, he changed his vigorous and resolute approach when attacking the city.

Every step that Yang Ming took after entering Diqiu City was carefully considered and made so steadily that Gongsun Yu even thought that Yang Ming was his peer.

Weiguo will eventually cease to exist, and there is no hope of its revival.

The rise and fall of a family and a country is an ordinary thing in these five hundred years of chaos.

Five hundred years ago, there were more than a hundred states in this world. What is left now, even if we include countries like Weiguo, can only be counted in two hands. The history of the destruction of so many countries is in the dust. What does one more Weiguo mean?

After all, only the way of heaven is eternal, and there is no eternal existence under the way of heaven.

However, the truth is this, but when something really happens to you, how can you really be so indifferent.

In front of him, the Kingdom of Wei was finally dead. For sixty years, he had been a member of the Kingdom of Wei, but next, he was going to become a member of the Qin Kingdom. But what kind of people were the people of the Qin Kingdom? What kind of meaning it had, Gongsun Yu couldn't think of it.

Xianyang, he had been there before when he traveled around the world. He didn't like that strange place and didn't understand it, but...

After thinking about it, Gongsun Yu sighed again.

If I had died at the foot of Diqiu City that day, I might not have the worries I have now.

In Gongsun Yu's boredom, the door of the study room was pushed open, and Gongsun Li walked in with dinner in hand.

"Why is my grandfather always sighing and sighing these days?" Gongsun Li placed the dinner table on the dining table next to the desk and asked Gongsun Yu with some concern.

"Is it because of the public trial in the city?" Gongsun Li asked.

"Li'er also knows about the public trial in the city?" Gongsun Yu stood up and asked.

"I heard from senior brother Jing Ke," Gongsun Li said.

On weekdays, Gongsun Li rarely goes out, but Jing Ke has a restless temper. He has been to not only Diqiu City, the entire Wei Kingdom, and even the neighboring three kingdoms of Han, Zhao, and Wei, and Jing Ke likes to show off. He often showed off what he saw and heard in front of Gongsun Li. Although Gongsun Li was not very interested in Jing Ke's experience, he could not cover his ears after all. Therefore, Gongsun Yu still knew many things outside.

"Is there any unjust case in the public trial? That's why my grandfather sighed so much just now?" Gongsun Li looked at her grandfather with concern.

"There is no unjust case. On the contrary, it can be called justice. It is true justice. It is justice that people dare not imagine." Gongsun Yu said.

"Then why is my grandfather still sighing and looking gloomy?" After hearing Gongsun Yu's explanation, Gongsun Li became more and more puzzled.

"It is because it is so just. From then on, the hearts of the people of Wei have become the hearts of the people of Qin. Wei, not only in this land, but also in the memory of every Wei people, has died. ." Gongsun Yu sighed, even the dinner prepared by Gongsun Li as a surprise was no longer as delicious as before.

"In my grandfather's collection of books, there is an article by Taoist Liezi. I found that my grandfather is quite similar to a person in the article there." Gongsun Li said.

"Who?" Gongsun Yu asked in surprise. She knew that her granddaughter seemed gentle and weak, but in fact she was very independent. Naturally, she would not feel that Gongsun Li was targeting her unintentionally.

"That worried person." Gongsun Li said with a smile, and the whole study seemed to be much brighter for a moment.

"Qi Ren?" Gongsun Yu couldn't help but be shocked, and then he smiled bitterly. The books Gongsun Li read were all from his collection. How could he not know the stories that Gongsun Li knew.

But, are you worried?

"Grandfather, we still have relatives in Chaoge City. They were once Wei people, and now they are Wei people. Aren't they living a good life? Those people of the Ye King, they were first Wei people, then Wei people, and now they are also If you become a Qin citizen, don’t you live a good life? In this land, what’s the difference if the former Jin people are now Koreans or Zhao people?”

"Besides, we Wei people were still people of the Yin and Shang Dynasties eight hundred years ago. Does it really make sense to care about these things? Only when people are alive can they pursue the meaning of being human." Gongsun Li persuaded.

As Gongsun Yu saw, this was a very independent girl.

If not, in the original historical trajectory, when faced with the choice between life and death, she could have chosen life the first time, but chose death the second time.

She understood the meaning of life, and precisely because of this, when she took the initiative to choose death for the second time, it became even more evident that this girl named Gongsun Li was resolute and determined under her gentleness.

If you don’t know the meaning of life, how can you be afraid of death? How can you choose death when you are afraid of death? What kind of courage is that.

"I was taught a lesson by you little girl." Gongsun Yu shook his head and laughed, but the annoyance in his heart did lighten a lot.

"Grandpa, just eat. Don't think too much. Anyway, we can't change anything now." Gongsun Li comforted.

"That's right, we can't change anything anyway, so why bother thinking about what you have and what you don't have? As long as I can watch you grow up happily, get married and have children, I'll be at ease. As for the rest, I'll just pretend that I can't see you. Yes." Gongsun Yu said with a smile.

At the moment, he can no longer protect Weiguo. What he can do now is to protect his Gongsun Li and his only granddaughter.

Watching her grandfather eating food, Gongsun Li couldn't help but think of the scene a few days ago, and asked: "Who was the guest who visited my grandfather a few days ago? I heard his accent sounded a bit like that of Zhao Guo people."

"What are you asking about him for?" Gongsun Yu couldn't help but pause while picking up the food with his chopsticks, and looked at his granddaughter warily.

"It's nothing. I just heard that a lot of people have died in Diqiu City recently. Since he is a descendant of Grandfather You, don't let anything happen to him." Gongsun Li said.

"He is not my descendant, I am not that lucky yet." Gongsun Yu sneered.

Although Gongsun Yu is now very cooperative with Yang Ming's request, Gongsun Yu has never forgotten Yang Ming's threat to him, especially the use of Gongsun Li to threaten him.

Seeing Gongsun Yu's reaction, Gongsun Li was very surprised. This was the first time she saw her grandfather looking so angry, so she asked in surprise: "He..."

"He is dead." Before Gongsun Li could say anything, Gongsun Yu had already blocked her question.

"Dead?" Gongsun Li said in shock.

Is the person I met and talked with just a few days ago actually dead? For a moment, Gongsun Li couldn't help but feel in a trance.

In Gongsun Li's mind, she couldn't help but think of the young man who came walking in the sunshine at noon that day. She even remembered the way the man greeted her with a sunny smile.

From that time on, Gongsun Li felt that that man was a little strange. He seemed to be from a high background and well-educated, but he didn't like those things very much. But it was precisely because of this that he didn't have the red tape of aristocrats. But he doesn't have the carelessness of a person in the world of martial arts. Instead, he has a very special sense of spontaneity and ease.

Noticing Gongsun Li's expression, Gongsun Yu's heart sank even more.

No matter how much he hates Yang Ming, Gongsun Yu must admit that Yang Ming is indeed one of the best among the young people in the world.

In terms of military strategy and strategy, he can lead tens of thousands of troops to attack cities and destroy countries, and his martial arts can face a master-level master like him. Although Gongsun Yu, a master master, is somewhat qualified, he is by no means a first-rate master. In terms of status and power, , with Yang Ming's current status, excluding those who are direct descendants of the royal family, he is already an extremely terrifying existence.

In addition, in terms of appearance, although he is not necessarily very handsome, he has a heroic spirit and gradually becomes domineering. In front of women, he is extremely attentive and gentle. Gongsun Yu still remembers that he At that time, under the threat of Yang Ming, when he was unable to advance or retreat, because of Gongsun Li's appearance, he took the initiative to put away his coldness.

At that time, even an old man like Gongsun Yu would be somewhat moved by Yang Ming's way of leaving enough face for him in front of his granddaughter. If Yang Ming's delicacy were used on a woman, it would be There are a few women who can resist.

Because he didn't want to see something he didn't want to see happen to his granddaughter, Gongsun Yu continued: "Yes, he died. He died miserably. You should have heard that many people in the city have been sentenced to death recently. punished by beheading."

"Why did he do it? I once heard Senior Brother Jing Ke say that although the Qin army killed a lot of people, it still had legal principles to follow, and it was not an indiscriminate killing of innocent people." Gongsun Li asked, her words somewhat sad. After all, , can be regarded as an acquaintance, who was still alive a few days ago, but now he is no longer there.

"Of course it's against the law." Gongsun Yu said foolishly. At this moment, he realized how stupid his emotional words were. After telling a lie, he had to use more lies to make up for it.

"He seems to be quite good. I wonder what crime he committed?" Gongsun Li asked.

"Leading a group of bandits to kill and smuggle goods, leaving everything in shambles and losing lives, is notorious."