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Chapter 251: Destroying the Heaven (23)

Facing the peace talks among several countries, Singapore insisted on one principle: medicine can be given, but it must be exchanged for land and population.

The new country had just been established and many government offices were not yet complete. In order to receive the envoys, Shao Jin was temporarily appointed as the Minister of the Honglu Temple. He led a group of guards in a hurry to welcome the guests even before his official uniform was ready.

At present, he is the only official in the entire yamen, and in the past few days he has single-handedly overwhelmed the envoys of various countries.

When the envoys wanted to threaten him by using the interests of the world, he responded sarcastically, "Our king said, 'No matter how hard the life is, the people must not suffer.' We will save as many refugees as possible and will never stand by and watch them die! But you are the king of my new country, not the king of the world. If I extend my hand to other countries, it would be inappropriate."

Then he said, "Aren't the lives of tens of thousands of people worth a few cities? No way, no way?"

"The lives of the people are hanging by a thread, but I didn't expect you to be so unhurried. Unlike our king, who knew he would become the target of public criticism, he was still willing to go through fire and water for the people. It would be fine if other countries were unable to turn the tide, but you are unwilling to even give up some of your wealth!"

At the end, he added in a mean way: "I really feel sorry for you people!"

The moral kidnapping failed and he was kidnapped instead.

Although Singapore has made big claims, its foundation is visibly weak. It is impossible for them to "save as many refugees as possible." It's not that they haven't thought about waiting for the refugees to overwhelm Singapore, but they can't afford that!

Everyone knew that if Shao Jin's words were to spread, they would probably lose the support of the people.

At the critical moment of life and death, the people would not care which country they were from or who would be the king. They would rather give their people and land to the new country! This would save their lives and avoid displacement.

If the situation drags on for too long, some places will surely voluntarily submit to the new country.

What's more, the medicine is now in the hands of others, and the plague is spreading too fast. The entire northern part of Qu State is "dead", and the situation of Dachen State is not much better. There are already patients in the capital. If it cannot be controlled, it will eventually end up like Qu State with the capital burned down.

The Xu State and the Fuguo Army were less severely affected, but there were also patients.

In order to stop the spread of the plague, the State of Xu directly burned the patients. Knowing how serious the disease was, the people did not stand up to oppose it. Now that there is hope of a cure, will they still support the burning?

Who doesn’t worry that this fire will burn their own head?
The Restoration Army implemented benevolent policies and focused on treatment, but it obviously had no effect. Now the plague has shown signs of spreading wildly.

After several rounds of negotiations, the countries finally compromised.

The states of Qu and Dachen each gave up 800 li of land bordering the new state in exchange, the state of Xu ceded 500 li, and the Restoration Army, which did not border the new state and whose territory was not large, had to exchange its population for 100,000.

With multiple parties cutting into their own flesh, the new country's land and population expanded more than ten times.

Behind every prosperous business there must be someone carrying the heavy burden, and among them, Bai Xuexing is the first to bear the brunt.

His white hair was disheveled, with a few tufts sticking out of his head. His pale face had two big dark circles under his eyes. He was holding a stack of documents tightly with his fingers, looking a little dazed. "Delivery within three days?"

"Yes." Shi Xuanying said earnestly, "You are the pillar of the new country. You carry the heavy burden forward, and the people of the world will remember you."

Bai Xuexing was silent for a moment: "I seem to have heard that you also said something like this to Chen Xiang?"

Shi Xuanying said confidently, with an expression that said, "Listen to what nonsense you are talking about": "The sky has four corners and eight pillars!"

"..." Bai Xuexing took a deep breath and casually put the paper in his hand into his sleeve, "I understand."

He put away the storage bag containing the pure energy and spirit stones, and then walked out like a wandering soul.

"My lord, Qushan has arrived." The guard came to report.

"Let him in." Shi Xuanying thought for a moment and used her spiritual energy to seal her blood vessels.

Qu Shan walked in with his head down, and secretly glanced up, and saw a pale, weak woman half-leaning on the couch, but he did not dare to look down on her anymore, and bowed respectfully: "Greetings, my lord."

"No need to be polite." Shi Xuanying coughed twice weakly, "Please sit down."

Qu Shan was worried and his mind was in a mess.

This woman seemed to have completely despised him before, and had left him alone for so many days. Now she suddenly remembered him, and he didn't know why.

Shi Xuanying raised her eyelids and said, "I heard that you and Liu Shuji are very close friends?"

Qu Shan couldn't guess what her intention was. He turned the words over in his mind for a few times before he said vaguely, "Slightly, slightly overlapping."

Shi Xuanying stood up with the help of the handrail and walked slowly to him: "Have you communicated with him recently?"

"Absolutely not! Absolutely not!" Qu Shan denied hastily, "My Lord, I have always been observing the stars and fortune-telling honestly in Tao County, and have never contacted the outside world! There must be a misunderstanding!"

"You have it." Shi Xuanying stretched out her index finger and pushed Qu Shan's forehead, forcing him to look up and grabbing his gaze. "You once wrote a letter to Liu Shuji, telling him that I have the complete "Heaven-Destroying Technique" in my hands."

She spoke with mental suggestion, and instilled the content of the letter and the process of discovering the secret into his mind.

With that death prophecy in mind, it is impossible for Qu Shan to remain calm and honest.

He had really tried to secretly collude with Liu Shuji countless times, but after a part of his memory was tampered with, he believed it to be true for a moment, and automatically concluded that the current situation was because his secret had been exposed, and he was immediately scared out of his wits.

"Do you want to live?" Shi Xuanying raised the corners of her lips, her tone slightly cold. Qu Shan shuddered and said without thinking: "Yes!"

As if he felt that he didn't have enough desire to survive, he hurriedly expressed his loyalty: "As long as my lord can give me a way out, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

"You don't have to go through fire and water." Shi Xuanying sat down, looking even weaker than before. "You stay here for the time being. If Liu Shuji contacts you, report back immediately."

"Yes!"

"Let the officer take you to see Prime Minister Chen, he will make arrangements for you." Shi Xuanying closed her eyes.

"Yes, I'll take my leave." Qu Shan turned around and took a peek at her bravely, and found that she looked increasingly weak.

The rumors that the king of the new country was seriously injured do not seem to be groundless.

After leaving the Lord's Mansion and without the pressure of survival, Qu Shan regained all his rationality and started calculating in his mind.

He will submit to the strong and be willing to be a dog, but if that person doesn't even want to give him a bone and humiliates and tramples on him in various ways, you can't blame him for biting back!
The more Qu Shan thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt.

He just wanted to live a good life and become a superior person with his own ability, why did fate have to go against him? !

Full of indignation, he followed the officers to the south of the city.

Under the collapsed city wall, countless laborers were busy carrying bricks and stones, building up the wall bit by bit.

Qu Shan couldn't help but think of watching ants carrying food when he was a child.

At that time, he had been hungry for two days and felt uncomfortable all over. Suddenly, he felt a desire to destroy. He watched them move things into the nest little by little. He unzipped his pants and urinated inside. Then he pried open the ant nest with a wooden stick. When he saw the ants struggling in the mud, he suddenly laughed very happily. When he rubbed them with his feet, he trembled with pleasure.

These untouchables in front of me are like a colony of ants!

Qu Shan rubbed his feet vigorously, trying to endure the numbness and itchiness that spread from his limbs to his body, but unfortunately it had little effect.

"Sir?" Seeing that he didn't move for a long time, the officer turned around and urged him. When he met those red eyes, the hair on his body suddenly stood up and he took two steps back in panic.

"Thinking of some unpleasant things scares you?" Qu Shan's expression eased, and he smiled harmlessly, "Let's go."

The officer heaved a sigh of relief and continued to lead the way, saying, "It was I who made a fuss and startled you. You must have suffered a great injustice if you look like that."

These words were like a soft tentacle that touched the softest part of Qu Shan's heart, causing his throat to choke and his eyes to burn.

After a while, he asked in a hoarse voice: "What's your name?"

"My name is Sun Yaomei." The officer said embarrassedly.

Qu Shan asked with great interest: "Why would you, a man, choose such a name?"

"When I was young, I was weak. My family asked someone to calculate my fortune and they said that I had to give myself a humble name so that I could be raised."

Qu Shan raised his eyebrows.

The officer reacted and laughed, "Hey, that's all in the past. I just said something wrong."

Qu Shan knew it without him saying anything.

Sun Yaomei's father did not want to disgrace his son by giving him a name like "pig and dog", but in the Kingdom of Xiaochen, men were considered noble and women were considered lowly, so he gave him this name.

Sun Yaomei stopped and pointed ahead: "The Prime Minister is over there. I will go and report to him first. Please wait for a moment."

"Ah."

Sun Yaomei ran over quickly, squeezed into the crowd, and returned after a while.

"Sir, the Prime Minister invites you over!"

As Qu Shan walked over there, the crowd gradually dispersed, revealing a table that had been surrounded just now and a middle-aged man in brown shorts.

The middle-aged man turned around, revealing a faint and distant smile on his face: "Xuan Shou, please take a seat."

Qu Shan looked at the younger face and felt jealous.

He thought that after pulling Chen Boan to block the sword, Chen Jizhi would be stern and cold to him when he saw him again, but he didn't expect that the other party could still keep smiling. He couldn't help but expose this hypocrisy and said sarcastically: "I didn't expect that Prime Minister Chen is so generous and can give me a smile when he sees me."

"I thought everyone was a respectable person." Chen Jizhi poured two cups of tea and extended his hand to "invite" him to sit down. "So Xuanshou is not?"

Qu Shan choked.

"The master wants to use you. As long as you don't give me any evidence, I will not go against his will, nor will I deliberately make things difficult for you." Chen Jizhi had no intention of chatting with him, and said calmly, "Xinguo Astronomy Department, you will be the deputy director."

"Deputy Chief? Who is the Chief?" Qu Shan was quite dissatisfied with this.