Great Qin Emperor

Chapter 45 The Peerless Swordsman

Si Kongying nodded in agreement with Zhou Chong's self-assessment, saying: "You behave well, sit upright, you are an upright man, and you are not inferior to chivalrous men of my generation."

Zhou Chong never expected that he would have such a high opinion of him, so he asked confusedly, "Then you still want to kill me?"

"It's easy to kill you, and I'm not afraid of where you will go, and I'm not afraid of you calling for help." Si Kongying put Zhou Chong down and said, "I'll explain it to you. You sit down first."

In this situation, Zhou Chong didn't want to sit down, he just stood still and looked straight at Si Kongying.

"It's hard for a smart person like you to face life and death. No wonder so many people in this world are afraid of death." Si Kongying sighed.

Zhou Chong asked back: "Ants are greedy for life, who is not afraid of death? You are not afraid of death, you wipe your own neck."

"Sikongying has put life and death aside from the day he picked up this Yingying sword." Sikongying said calmly: "Life and death are trivial matters to me. The reason why Sikongying did not die is because of many things. It still needs to be done, and there are many wicked people who still need to be eliminated.”

Zhou Chong also calmed down, laughed loudly, and said, "Ridiculous, ridiculous, extremely ridiculous!"

It was obvious that Si Kongying did not expect Zhou Chong to be able to talk and laugh freely in this situation, and asked strangely, "What are you laughing at?"

"I laugh at you for being thick-skinned!" Zhou Chong curled his lips contemptuously.

Si Kongying's face changed, and he asked in a deep voice, "Where did you start with that?"

"You are obviously afraid of death, but you still have to find so many reasons. I, Zhou Chong, have many things to do, and I don't want to die." Zhou Chong used his words to mock him.

Si Kongying shook his head and said: "I'm not afraid of death, no matter what you say, I have a clear conscience. I know you do have a lot of things to do and more money to earn, but I won't let you do it any longer If you continue to do this, the world will change because of you, and more people will die, so I must stop you."

Now it was Zhou Chong's turn to be confused again: "I don't understand what you said."

Si Kongying smiled and said: "The purpose of my visit this time is to prevent you from making paper and pens again."

"Promoting civilization and carrying forward Sinochem culture, what's wrong? If this is also wrong, what else is right?" Zhou Chong thought in his heart angrily, and asked in amazement: "Is this also wrong? You It's too outrageous."

Si Kongying shook his head and said: "I know that with paper and pen, scholars in the world will suffer less and suffer less. I was also a scholar in the past, and I know more about the suffering of scholars than you. You have indeed done something to make the world feel better. It is a great thing for scholars to praise. But have you ever thought that if these papers and pens are used by the government of Qin, they will do things much faster, and the strength of Qin will be greatly enhanced, which is extremely detrimental to the six kingdoms of Shandong .”

"Your words are exactly the same as Mr. Liaozi's opinion. You still have some knowledge. It's really unexpected that you can have such a vision." Zhou Chong had to look at this Sikongying differently, and said: "To me, it's just a piece of cake. I don’t care about what they do with it.” He said angrily, “Even if they use it to wipe their ass, it has nothing to do with me.” Zhou Chong was extremely angry. That's why he said such uncivilized words.

Si Kongying nodded and said: "For you, it is a business, but for Qin, it is a shortcut to improve the country's strength. I must stop you from doing so. Now that you understand why I want to kill you, you should die without complaint. "

Zhou Chong sat down, laughed again, and scolded: "Just now I thought you were a real knight who killed a person in ten steps and never kept a thousand miles away. When it's over, you just brush your clothes and leave your body and name. Now look at you. Come on, you're just a pig who doesn't know right from wrong."

Si Kongying is in the world, there are few opponents, and no one dares to insult him like this. It is the first time in his life that Zhou Chong called him a pig. His face changed, and he shouted: "Don't show off your tongue."

Unmoved, Zhou Chong continued to scold: "You are worse than a pig. Even a pig can distinguish right from wrong better than you. Let me ask you, what is the reason why Qin is strong and the six Shandong countries are weak?"

"Qin's country of tigers and wolves, made the first contribution, used severe punishments and strict laws to restrain the people, forbade the people to speak, and followed the road with eyes. If the law of the saints is not used as the law, it is not in line with the heart of heaven, and it is not in line with the feelings of the people. Such a country, even if it can It is difficult to be strong for a while, but it will not last forever." Si Kongying spoke plausibly, with a look of anger and indignation.

This is a typical Confucian voice, Zhou Chong was amused in his heart, and clapped his hands: "High, high!"

Si Kongying didn't hear the sarcasm in Zhou Chong's words, his face softened slightly, and he said: "A fool who gets it once is not enough to be a shopkeeper."

Zhou Chong ignored him, and continued: "What a brilliant pedantic opinion!"

The smile on Si Kongying's face froze, and he said: "That's the truth, why is it becoming pedantic again?" He was really confused by Zhou Chong's words, and determined to break the casserole and ask the end.

Zhou Chong used his words to retaliate, saying: "Sit down, and I will explain clearly to you." Si Kongying couldn't hear the sarcasm in his words, unable to stand or sit, with an embarrassing expression on his face.

Zhou Chong pointed to the chair and said, "Sit down, sit down, and I will explain it to you so that you can be convinced."

"I'd like to see how you twist your tongue. If you don't convince me, I'll cut off your tongue first, and let you suffer enough before killing you." Si Kongying sat down with a rather ferocious face, Pressing his right hand on the hilt of his sword, he stared at Zhou Chong.

Zhou Chong pushed the teacup in front of him, and asked with a smile, "I treat people with more courtesy than you. Are you from the Three Jins?" The Three Jins refer to Han, Zhao and Wei. These three countries were all separated from Jin. , so it is called Sanjin.

"How do you know?" Sikong Ying's eyes flashed sharply.

Zhou Chong chuckled and said, "The general trend of the world told me."

"The general trend of the world, do you still have the ability to predict the future?" The look in Sikong Ying's eyes was quite complicated and unbelievable.

Zhou Chong explained: "Since Qin became strong, Qi has formed an alliance with Qin and will not oppose Qin. Although Chu, a big country, has repeatedly suffered setbacks in going to Qin, it is far away from the southern border, although it has lost a lot of land. , for the state of Chu, it is just the fur. The state of Yan, which has been in the north for a long time, has been repeatedly defeated by the state of Zhao. It hates Zhao but not Qin. Only when the three Jins are on the road of Qin's eastward advance, the three Jins will become the state of Qin Can you not be in a hurry?" (Note: Yandan assassinates Qin, there is another reason.)
Sikong Ying looked at Zhou Chong for a while, nodded and said, "I never thought you would have such insight." He tightened the hilt of the sword in his hand.

Zhou Chong changed the subject and asked, "Mr. Meng Chang, what kind of person is he?"

"A man of benevolence and righteousness, he is the only person in the world who loves him the most." Si Kongying said with emotion, "Si Kongying was born decades late, and it is a pity that he did not have the chance to meet this benevolent man."

Zhou clapped his hands and said, "Well said! Well said!"

Si Kongying's face softened slightly, and he said, "You also admire Mr. Meng Chang?"

"I'm glad I was born a few decades late, and I'm lucky that I didn't see this national thief!" Zhou Chong said with extreme contempt.

At the time of the Warring States Period, the practice of raising scholars prevailed. The most famous one was the Four Young Masters of the Warring States Period. The most famous of the Four Young Masters was Lord Mengchang. He had thousands of guests, so he was the most respected one among chivalrous people. bit.

Zhou Chong actually scolded Lord Mengchang, who is deeply respected by chivalry, as a national traitor. That's okay. Si Kongying stood up all of a sudden, pointed the sword in his hand at Zhou Chong, as if defending the dignity of his ancestors, and shouted: "Bold, how dare you! How dare you insult Lord Mengchang!"

Zhou Chong was unmoved, and said with a sneer: "From this point of view, if you admire a national thief like Mr. Mengchang, you are not much better. You are just a thief, pretending to be chivalrous."

Sikongying stared at Zhou Chong fiercely, the sword in his hand was tight and tight, but Zhou Chong was indifferent.

The Four Princes of the Warring States Period refers to Lord Mengchang, Lord Xinling, Lord Chunshen, and Lord Pingyuan. Later generations have many praises for the four. In fact, except for Lord Xinling who is famous for his talents, the other three are not very good.If you study what they did, it would be really funny. Jun Shen and Jun Yuan are the most unbearable, incompetent people!
What Zhou Chong said was that Si Kongying had never heard of it, and he had never heard of it. In the end, curiosity overcame his ruthlessness, and he took the sword back, saying: "Tell me, what's wrong with Mr. Mengchang? If you can't tell why?" Come, I want your life to be worse than death!" He respected Lord Mengchang very much in his heart, and he didn't even say the word "national thief".

"I still know a little bit about the thoughts of people like you. It seems that my life has been saved." Zhou Chong thought quite proudly in his heart.

(End of this chapter)