The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 788: Bewitching [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

Ji Bu left, like a dog that had lost its soul.

Even Bambu, the purest Chu person, was disappointed with the Chu State, so what about others?

"Sir, please be merciful!" Ji Bu lowered his head as his trouser leg was grabbed. He saw a skinny little girl with disheveled hair and a dirty face. She held up her dirty hands and begged him expectantly.

Before Ji Bu could speak or make any move, a figure quickly rushed out, grabbed the little girl and pressed her head to the ground, and then he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Please spare my life, please spare my life..."

The refugees around were also watching this scene numbly, and only when their eyes swept over the clothes of the woman and the little girl did they show some excitement.

"Get out of here!" Before Ji Bu could speak, the guard kicked the two women into a stinking ditch on the side, and then cursed, "You can't touch my master, you don't know how to live or die!"

Ji Bu frowned but said nothing and continued walking out of the alley.

The guard breathed a sigh of relief, looked back, and then continued to catch up with the team.

"How many refugees like this are there?" Ji Bu suddenly asked.

"A lot, a lot. There are at least five or six thousand in the city, and even more outside the city." The guard said hurriedly.

"What's with General Bambu saying we need to pay fifteen coins to enter the city?"

As the general of Shouchun city defense, Ji Bu didn't even know that he had to pay money to enter the city. However, because Bambu was in a bad mood at the time, he didn't force an explanation. If Bambu dared to say it, it must be true.

"..." The guard stopped talking.

He was able to rescue the mother and daughter first because he knew a few little things and Ji Bu would not care too much about them, but he did not dare to tell those nobles about the entrance fee they charged for the city as it would offend too many people.

Ji Bu did not ask any further questions. He could guess who gave the order, but he could not stop it.

These people knew that the capital was going to be moved, so they wanted to take advantage of the last chance to make some money.

"Let's go outside the city and take a look!" Ji Bu thought for a while and walked out of the city.

The disaster relief scene that I imagined was not seen. In the past, whenever war broke out and refugees and victims flowed into the capital, the capital would open its granaries to release grain, and the nobles would open porridge shops to provide relief to the victims.

But this time, there was no such thing. Not a single porridge shop was seen, not even a single one was opened by order of the court. Everyone seemed to have acquiesced to the demise of the Chu State. No one tried to win the hearts of the people anymore or take in the refugees. All of them were left to fend for themselves.

Ji Bu walked through the group of refugees and saw the numb eyes of everyone. Just as Bambu said, the light in their eyes was gone!

They fled to Shouchun because they believed they were Chu people and Chu citizens, and they thought the court would save them.

Unfortunately, Shouchun didn't have that. Shouchun had given up on them and let the light in their eyes fade away.

"Go to the river defense!" Ji Bu did not stay any longer and rode his horse towards the Huai River defense.

On the other side of the Huai River, many porridge shops were opened to provide assistance to the refugees.

The only bridge had soldiers on high alert on one side and almost no defense on the other side.

"Cang Yun Armor, is it Li Xin or Meng Yi?" Ji Bu, who came to the Jiangfang Bridge, saw several generals wearing Cang Yun Armor on the opposite side of the Huai River and frowned slightly.

However, when the other party turned around, Ji Bu's face changed drastically.

It was not Li Xin or Meng Yi, but the nightmare face that terrified him, it was Yan Yan!
Yan Yan seemed to have noticed something as well. He turned around and looked at Ji Bu across the river with a slight smile.

"Let's go!" Ji Bu turned around and left without looking back.

Even though they were separated by the Huai River, he was terrified and afraid that Yan Yan would suddenly appear on this side of the river and take him back to the Bingzhou camp. "The Chu people have never been lowly barbarians. Your ancestors followed the King of Chu to this barren land and brought the Chinese civilization to Jingchu. You conquered the Baiyue, Wu, and Yue. You have the simplest, yet most miserable bloodline."

"These should have been your glory, but because of the King of Chu's words, I am a barbarian, your ancestors have been labeled as barbarians for generations."

"What did you do wrong?"

"Nothing. You are warriors who have overcome all obstacles and pioneers who have opened up new territories for China. The blood flowing in your veins is the most glorious and difficult."

"However, because of the King of Chu, you were forced to become barbarians, and became bastards despised by the Central Plains. Not even a great scholar was willing to teach you and your descendants."

"But this world shouldn't be like this!"

"In the name of Emperor Xuanwu and King Qin, I order you to take up arms and use your blood to take back the glory that should belong to you!"

"You are the heroes and warriors who helped China to open up the country to Chu, not the barbarians of Chu!"

Yan Yan spoke with great emotion, and the Bingzhou Blood Cavalry also pulled cartloads of weapons to the scene.

"After destroying the State of Chu, I promised the King of Qin that I would wash away your past grievances and restore your glory. Great scholars will debate for you, and scholars will enlighten and educate your descendants!"

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Yan Yan and the military supervisors of the Bingzhou army kept walking among the refugees, constantly spreading the word.

"Terrible!" Li Xin and Meng Yi looked at the refugees whose eyes had lost their light. After Yan Yan and the Bingzhou Military Supervisory Captain passed by, their eyes burst into bright light again, and they felt a chill down their spines.

Especially after receiving food, the young and strong refugees went to the military camps set up for them outside the city, and entered the camps after passing the selection.

This number is increasing and expanding every day.

"I was once a Chu person too!"

Yan Yan sighed slightly after returning to the military tent.

Li Xin and Meng Yi nodded. Yan Yan's origins had never been a secret.

Therefore, in the hearts of the Chu people, Yan Yan's status is actually very high.

Now that Yan Yan came to persuade people to surrender and recruit soldiers, the people of Chu had no resistance from the bottom of their hearts. If it were anyone else, even if they had Yan Yan's rhetoric, it would be difficult to recruit so many young and strong people in a short period of time.

"Shouchun wants to escape, they won't fight us head-on!" Yan Yan continued to talk about the information he had obtained.

Returning to Chu is like returning home.

The Yan family, the Tan Tai family, and the aristocratic families that are on good terms with the two families will all be his eyes and ears, and will provide him with all the information he wants to know.

Therefore, Shouchun's decision to move the capital was no secret to them.

"Let someone spread the word that the powerful people in Chu are going to abandon Shouchun and flee."

Meng Yi listened to Yan Yan's words and instantly understood what Yan Yan wanted to do.

Once this news spreads, the whole Shouchun will be in chaos. No matter whether the King of Chu and those court officials are willing or not, they will no longer be able to abandon the city and flee. Otherwise, they will have no chance to escape to Fuchun and will be captured by other nobles and handed over to the Qin army.

(End of this chapter)