Warring States Call

Chapter 78 Xin Qiji

The carefree Xin Qiji originally wanted to go to South Korea to take the imperial examination, but unfortunately he went late, and the imperial examination had already ended, and he didn’t know when it would start. The poor are open.

He has nowhere to go, and now he is not in the mood to do other things, so he can only focus on the mountains and rivers, wandering to Qi County, looking at the busy people at this time, he is very curious: "Old man, what are you doing?"

The old man is lean and capable, his skin is slightly dark, it is obvious that he is often engaged in labor, and he looks very happy with a smile on his face. Looking at Xin Qiji, he said, "I have nothing to do but just work."

Xin Qiji was surprised. You must know that in the Warring States period, the common people were free to perform military service and military service. It was a kind of obligation. In this way, it is now the farming season, and the people here not only did not resist, but relished it,

Xin Qiji was curious: "Old man, don't you delay the farming time like this? That is your livelihood."

The old man smiled and said: "No delay, no delay; we only do half-day work here every day, get up early in the morning and come here to work, do half-day work every day, get paid a penny, and can go to farm work in the afternoon, if you have money, don't delay Why not do it during the farming season?"

"Then why are you harvesting grain now? Is it too early to harvest now?" Xin Qiji was puzzled

"We don't want to either! It's a pity that Master Wu Qi said that maybe Chu State is about to attack Qi County, so now we are getting up early and working late, first harvesting the grain, and then strengthening the city wall. After all, there are not many such good officials," the old man sighed.

When Xin Qiji heard what the old man said, he knew that the people of Qi County now belonged to the people and the politics were clear, but when he heard Wu Qi's face, he quickly said: "Wu Qi you are talking about is Wu Qi, one of the two dragons in the imperial examination."

The old man thought for a while and said: "I heard from others that it is true. Mr. Wu participated in the imperial examination and won the first place in the martial arts examination, but I have to sigh that the king has a good eye."

Xin Qiji glanced at it and said, "Thank you, old man." After saying that, Xin Qiji left.

The scene in the city was prosperous, and Wu Qi also led his soldiers to check around. Sometimes, he could see some children sitting on the ground with knives in their hands, constantly sharpening arrow shafts. Although they were not very flexible, they could still cut arrows. A big cover, and the rest are handed over to the woman next to him.

Wu Qi looked at the child, stroked his head and said, "How old is the child?"

"I'm eight years old." The child has a natural expression on his face. He doesn't know what he's doing and only knows that this is his parents who can help him.

Wu Qi looked at the children and said, "Be careful not to hurt your hands." He looked at the soldiers behind him and said, "Go on, if there are children under the age of 12 working, each person will be paid one penny and two steamed buns."

"My lord, there are 10 people in the city, 3 households, and there are more than [-] children alone. If that's the case, the financial pressure will be too great," the little official beside him worried.

Xin Qiji was also watching Wu Qi nearby, and he also wanted to meet this top-ranking adult.

Wu Qi glanced at it and said: "Food is the most important thing for the people. The people work hard and use it for our country. When the general took office, the king emphasized three times that the people should be the main priority. If you don't do it, you can do it in the future." What are you doing here?"

"Yes" the little official also looked helpless,
"Master Xie" the people around quickly knelt down and bowed, the army and the people of Qi County are now integrated, and Gunshi and Leimu are piled up everywhere.

Wu Qi looked at the aspirations of the people and began to feel relieved, after all, his efforts had paid off.

A dark figure on the avenue walked slowly, at a leisurely pace, looking at Wu Qi who was busy everywhere, he lit up the sword in his hand.

"My lord, be careful." The grateful people around saw someone sneaking up on Wu Qi, and hurriedly reminded him.

Wu Qi turned around and saw dozens of people, led by Hei Ying, followed behind him. The guards behind Wu Qi swung their knives forward to block the assassins. However, these guards were very ordinary. All the soldiers went to drill and defend the city.

Wu Qi didn't even need to think about these assassins, except for those sent by the state of Chu, who else could it be?As long as he dies, Chu State will take down Qi County without any effort, and thus drive straight into South Korea. At that time, the Eastern Song State will never let go. If he is cut off here, then Han Xin and Han Qinhu will be alone and helpless , the conservative forces in the country will definitely make a big fuss, the imperial examination system may end, and the poor families in the world will have no way out.

Seeing the assassin coming, he saw Xin Qiji swiftly slashing with his sword, looking at the assassin and said, "The dignified state of Chu is actually so unpopular, and they used such small tricks?"

"Since your Excellency knows that I am working in Nanchu, you will not step down," the leader said contemptuously. Obviously Xin Qiji knew his identity, but he didn't care at all.

"Come who is not afraid of death." Xin Qiji is also a bold person with high skills, after all, he has a basic force value of 90.

The assassin glanced at Xin Qiji and said, "I think you are impatient, come on!"

Several assassins joined forces to kill, Xin Qiji saw it, his eyes were quick and he had picked up and killed the person with three quick moves, one person was just about to leave, Xin Qiji backhanded the sword, seeing the blood sealing his throat, he couldn't stand his eyes.

The assassin looked at Xin Qiji with fear in his eyes, and everyone knew that Xin Qiji was a master from the attack just now, so he waved his right hand and began to retreat.

Xin Qiji also breathed a sigh of relief, after all, the opponent still had five or six big men, so it might be no problem to kill himself, but protecting Wu Qi was more than enough.

Wu Qi looked at Xin Qiji and said hastily, "Thank you, strong man, for saving me."

"It's okay, if you see injustice on the road, you will draw your sword to help," Xin Qiji said with a righteous face.

"I see that your Excellency is very powerful in military force, I wonder if you have any plans to join the army?" Wu Qi asked probingly
"To tell you the truth, my lord, I originally planned to take the imperial examination, but because of the long journey and the delay, I am now in vain." Xin Qiji is also a bold person, looking at Wu Qi and said happily.

Wu Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Can such a strong man be a centurion in our army? I will meet the king someday, that would be great."

Upon hearing this, Xin Qiji said, "No problem, but can you tell me what's going on?"

"It's like this. Shan Xiongxin has been stationed here for a year. The first three county magistrates were all killed by him. It turns out that this place is already the territory of Chu State, but General Yuwen Chengdu saw that this is a gateway, so he took the order When Xiongxin was empty and returned to the court, he took it all at once, and sent me to guard it. In the past few days, I have fought against him a few times, but their strength is twice mine, and I can only rely on defense. Master." Wu Qi also had a face full of pain, but there was nothing he could do.

"Now that the Chu State sent people to assassinate the general, I'm afraid it's a small trick," Xin Qiji analyzed.

"That's right, in another half a month, Xiang Yan, the tiger of Western Chu, will lead troops to kill him. These days, I have also sent people to send a message to Yangdi at high speed. I believe that the king will send troops in a short time," Wu Qi said seriously.

Xin Qiji looked ahead and said, "I'm afraid there will be a tough battle coming up."

(End of this chapter)