Qin Shi: Sword Asks the Bright Moon

Chapter 205 Gongsun Li's Curiosity
At dusk, Gongsun Yu dragged his exhausted body back to the mansion. After all, he was already an old man over [-] years old, and with internal injuries, the public trial for several days, for him, no matter whether it was in Both mentally and physically, it was a huge drain.

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

Gongsun Yu knew very well what had happened in the barracks of Diqiu City in recent days. The former guard army was transforming towards the Qin army. When Yang Ming brought out the fields and houses that the soldiers longed for, no soldier could refuse. Such a temptation.

Yang Ming is going to search the fields and houses of the powerful families, and cultivate a force that is truly loyal to him in this Emperor Qiu City. Of course, Yang Ming did not directly give the soldiers fields and houses, but temporarily rented them. The method is put into the hands of the soldiers. If the soldiers want to really get the fields and houses, they must make enough meritorious deeds on the battlefield.

If Yang Ming directly gave the fields and houses to those selected soldiers of the original guards, the selected soldiers of the guards might be very happy, but in that case, what would happen to the soldiers of the Qin army who had shed blood and sweat in the previous wars? look?
In that case, although Yang Ming would gain the support of thousands of former guard soldiers, he would have a bad reputation among the Qin army, and he could only do everything step by step.

However, it was precisely because of this that Gongsun Yu felt a kind of unspeakable melancholy. After Yang Ming captured Diqiu City, he changed his aggressiveness when he attacked the city.

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

After all, if the Kingdom of Wei ceased to exist, there would be no hope of recovery.

The rise and fall of a family and a country, in these 500 years of troubled times, is an ordinary thing.

In this world 500 years ago, there were more than a hundred states. What remains today, even if you add a country like Wei, is just the number of hands. The history of the collapse of so many countries is in the dust. What is a defending country?

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

It's just that the truth is the truth, but when things really happen to him, how can he be so indifferent.

Right now, the state of Wei is finally dead. For 60 years, he has been a member of the state of Wei, but in the future, he will become a member of the state of Qin. But what kind of person is a person of the state of Qin?What kind of meaning is it, but Gongsun Yu can't think of it.

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

After thinking about it, Gongsun Yu let out another long sigh.

If I had died in battle at the foot of Diqiu City that day, maybe I wouldn't have the troubles I have now.

Amid Gongsun Yu's distress, the door of the study was pushed open, and Gongsun Li walked in with dinner.

"Why is grandfather always sighing and sighing recently?" Gongsun Li put the dinner on the food table next to the book table, 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 seldom goes out, but Jing Ke has a restless temper. Not only Emperor Qiu City, the entire Wei State, and even the neighboring Three Kingdoms of Han, Zhao, and Wei, Jing Ke has been there, and Jing Ke likes to show off Temperament, often showing off what she has seen and heard in front of Gongsun Li. Although Gongsun Li is not very interested in Jing Ke's experience and experience, she can't cover her ears after all. Therefore, Gongsun Yu still knows a lot of things outside.

"Is there any unjust case in the public trial? That's why grandfather sighed?" Gongsun Li asked her grandfather with concern.

"There is no unjust case. On the contrary, it can be called justice, the real justice, and the justice that people can't imagine." Gongsun Yu said.

"Then why is grandfather still sighing and looking depressed?" Hearing Gongsun Yu's explanation, Gongsun Li became more and more puzzled.

"It is because it is too fair. Since then, the hearts of the people of Wei have become the hearts of the people of Qin. The country of Wei is not only in this land, but also from the memory of every person in Wei. " Gongsun Yu sighed, even the dinner prepared by Gongsun Li in surprise, didn't feel as delicious as it used to be.

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

"Which person?" Gongsun Yu asked in surprise. She knew that her granddaughter, who seemed gentle and weak, was actually very assertive, so naturally she wouldn't feel that Gongsun Li was aiming for nothing.

"That worrying man." Gongsun Li said with a smile, it seemed that the whole study room was much brighter for a moment.

"Qiren?" Gongsun Yu couldn't help being stunned, and then he smiled wryly. All the books Gongsun Li read were in his collection. How could he not know the stories that Gongsun Li knew.

Just, unfounded worry?

"Grandfather, in Chaoge City, we still have relatives. They used to be Wei people, but now they are Wei people. Don't they live well? The people of Yewang, they were Wei people first, then Wei people, and now they are Wei people. If you become a Qin person, don’t you live a good life? In this land, what is the difference between the former Jin people and now the Han people and Zhao people?”

"Besides, we Wei people were still Yin and Shang people 800 years ago. Is it really meaningful 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 is a very independent girl.

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

She understood the meaning of life, and it was precisely because of this that when she voluntarily chose to die for the second time, it showed the fortitude and determination of this girl named Gongsun Li under her tenderness.

How can you be afraid of death if you don't know the meaning of life? What kind of courage is it to be able to choose death while fearing death.

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

"Grandfather, eat, don't think so much, anyway, we can't change anything now." Gongsun Li comforted.

"That's right, we can't change anything anyway, we still have to think about what to do with what you have and what you don't have. As long as I can watch you grow up happily, I will feel at ease when you get married and have children. As for other things, I just don't see it." It is." Gongsun Yu smiled.

Right now, Weiguo, he can no longer protect him. What he can do now is to protect his own Gongsun Li, the only granddaughter.

Seeing her grandfather eating food, Gongsun Li couldn't help but think of the scene a few days ago, so she asked, "Who was the guest who visited my grandfather a few days ago? I heard his accent is a bit like someone from Zhao Guo. people."

"What did you ask him to do?" Gongsun Yu picked up the food chopsticks and couldn't help but pause, looking at his granddaughter with a vigilant expression.

"It's nothing, I just heard that many people died in Diqiu City recently, since he is your grandfather's descendant, don't let anything happen to you," Gongsun Li said.

"He is not my junior, I don't have that blessing yet." Gongsun Yu sneered.

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

Seeing Gongsun Yu's reaction, Gongsun Li was very surprised. It was the first time she saw her grandfather look so frustrated, so she asked very surprised: "He..."

"He's dead." Before Gongsun Li could say anything, Gongsun Yu blocked her question.

"Dead?" Gongsun Li asked in shock.

I just saw it a few days ago, and the person who talked with him is already dead?For a while, Gongsun Li couldn't help being in a trance.

Gongsun Li couldn't help but think of the boy who came in the sun at noon that day, and she even remembered the way that man greeted her with a sunny smile.

From that time on, Gongsun Li felt that that person was a little strange. He seemed to be from a high family background and well-bred, 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 nobles on him. But it doesn't have the carelessness of people in the rivers and lakes, but has a very special sense of casualness.

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

No matter how much he hated Yang Ming, Gongsun Yu had to admit that Yang Ming was indeed one of the very few outstanding young people in the world.

In terms of military strategy, he can lead an army of tens of thousands to attack a city and destroy a country, and his martial arts can face a master-level master like him. Although Gongsun Yu is a master-level master to some extent, he is by no means a first-rate master who can touch porcelain. In terms of status and power , with Yang Ming's current status, excluding people from the direct line of the royal family, he is already an extremely terrifying existence.

In addition, in terms of appearance, although he may not be very handsome, he has a heroic spirit and a domineering aura that is gradually emerging. In front of women, he is extremely careful and gentle. Gongsun Yu still remembers now that he At that time, under the threat of Yang Ming, when he couldn't 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 more or less moved because of Yang Ming's way of saving enough face for him in front of his granddaughter. There are a few women who can resist.

Because he didn't want to see what he didn't want to see happen to his granddaughter, Gongsun Yu continued: "Yes, she died, and she died very badly. You should have heard that many people in the city have been punished recently. punished by beheading."

"What's the reason for him? I've heard Senior Brother Jingke say that although the Qin army killed quite a lot, there are still legal principles to follow, and they didn't kill innocent people indiscriminately." Gongsun Li asked, her words were somewhat sad, after all , can be regarded as acquaintances, who were still alive a few days ago, but now they are no longer there.

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

"He looks fine, what crime did he commit?" Gongsun Li asked.

"Leading a group of robbers to kill people and rob goods. The places they passed were in a mess, and their lives were not counted. It can be said that they are notorious."

(End of this chapter)