Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 548 Chu State
  "Master Ban, I've been busy with other things recently. I wonder how Miss Xue Nu and Gao Jianli are doing?" Six-fingered Black Man stopped Master Ban just to ask about the status of these two newcomers who had just joined the Mo family.

The reason why I asked Master Ban was because after Xue Nu and Gao Jianli came to Guan City, the main people they came into contact with were Master Ban and Jing Ke.

"The two of them..." Master Ban thought for a moment and then replied, "Nothing special. Xiao Gao spends most of his time practicing swordsmanship, and occasionally drinks with Jing Ke. As for Miss Xue Nu, she also spends most of her time practicing martial arts. The rest Just hide in the house and spend your time by yourself.”

"Hmm..." Six-fingered Black Man pondered for a moment and then asked, "How about emotionally?"

"Emotions?" Master Ban was stunned for a moment before he realized what the Six-fingered Black Man meant. "There's nothing wrong...it's just that both of them are a little taciturn. They are probably depressed because of what happened in Jicheng."

"Uh... nothing else special."

Master Ben originally wanted to mention that Xiao Gao seemed to be emotionally frustrated. He had tried to find the Snow Girl several times but had not received any positive reply. However, after thinking about it, it was better for old guys like them not to interfere with young people's emotional problems. They wouldn't do it anyway. There was no impact, so he shut up again.

The six-fingered black man glanced at Master Ben casually, knowing that he had something to say but he knew the old man, and since he didn't say it, it was probably a side matter that he didn't need to mention.

"Now, Master, please inform Miss Xue Nu. Mr. Gu and she are old acquaintances, and he is still the one who saved her."

"Oh...Okay, old man, I will remember it." Master Ben was stunned for a moment and nodded in agreement.

After that, there was nothing else to do. The two of them separated and went about their own business.

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The Chu State is thousands of miles across, and its territory is vast. However, in addition to the capital, it only has four counties: Huaibei, Jiangdong, Dongting, and Cangwu. Compared with the more than ten or twenty counties of the Qin State, it is very different. Far away, but the difference in total area is not big. Qin's territory is only about one and a half times that of Chu.

One of the reasons is that each of the four counties of Chu State is larger than the other. Even the smallest county among them is as big as two Koreas. But more importantly, Chu State still has a large number of noble fiefdoms, and it is larger than its four counties. They all look bigger.

The reform of the county system in Chu State, or even more generally speaking, should be the Legalist reform, which was probably the latest and the least thorough. This caused the old aristocratic power of Chu State to be the strongest among the seven countries. of.

Under such a general environment, it is naturally not very smooth to divide the border areas into counties. Jiangdong and Huaibei counties were only divided into two counties in recent years at the suggestion of Chun Shenjun. In the past, the only counties that were classified as counties were thousands of miles away from the Central Plains. , Dongting Cangwu is sparsely populated and looks like an enclave.

The rest of the places are treated as aristocratic fiefdoms just like the old system of Zhou rites. Of course, centralization of power is a general trend, and Chu State is not a complete exception. The aristocratic fiefdoms have been decreasing in recent years, but it is difficult for the Chu royal family to truly control these territories. Because the area is too large and it is too far away from the royal capital.

In addition, in recent years, the Chu State's political situation has not been very peaceful, and no one cares about it, so they simply put it aside. Anyway, in the eyes of the Chu State's ruling class, the impact seems to be... not big.

Along the way, Gu Xun found that the situation in Chu State was different from what he imagined.

The Chu State, with its vast land and thousands of miles of outstanding people, was far from as wealthy as he imagined. The country was indeed vast enough, but its population was relatively scattered. Especially one thing was different from other countries - that is, after approaching the capital Shouchun, the population was not densely populated. It has not increased in number. On the contrary, the population of Huaibei County, which is far away from the royal capital, is relatively large.

After all, Huaibei was the territory of Lu and Song in the past. Compared with Shouchun, it was closer to the Central Plains.

Of course, the situation of Chu State is not the focus of Gu Xun's concern. What bothers him is that the closer he gets to Shouchun, the more rivers and waterways become more dense, and the roads become more rugged and difficult to navigate. He is obviously on his way as soon as possible. , but it still took him a month to get from Huaibei to Shouchun. If it weren't for his obsessive-compulsive disorder and his unwillingness to check in one less time, he would have gone directly to Daliang, the capital of Wei.

However, although he still came, he did not plan to stay long. He planned to visit for a few days and then leave. After all, Shouchun had no acquaintances with him, and the situation was extremely complicated, with various forces intertwined, which was all trouble.

Another reason that urged him to leave in a hurry was the time. It was already February, and it was only one month before King Jian of Qi entered the Xianyang court. He did not intend to miss this excitement. In comparison, Shouchun was not that big. attraction.

"Are you really planning to stay for two days and then leave without doing anything else?" Yan Lingji asked curiously after learning about Gu Xun's arrangement.

Gu Xun drove the carriage, and a clear voice came into the carriage, "Yes, let's take a short rest and then we will change the route directly to Daliang."

"Alas..." Yan Lingji sighed softly, "That's it... well, I originally wanted to rest more, but I'm too tired from traveling these days."

Gu Xun comforted him gently, "Haha, let's wait until we get to Daliang and then rest."

After arriving in Daliang, the seven kings' check-in activities were completed. If necessary, he could take Yan Lingji back to Xianyang within an hour or two.

"Okay." Yan Lingji vomited her bitterness for a while, and didn't dwell too much on it. She just asked, "But in this case, won't you have no time to find out all the secrets of Canglong Qisu in the Chu Kingdom?"

"The Chu State is the most enthusiastic among the seven countries about the affairs of gods and ghosts. There may be great discoveries."

"It's not necessary." Gu Xun narrowed his eyes and responded in a calm tone, "If Shouchun really has any secrets about Canglong Qisu, I'm afraid it would have already fallen into the hands of the Yin and Yang family... No matter how hard he tried, Research, and don’t know too much about specious myths and legends. It’s hard to tell the pros and cons, so it’s better to save some effort.”

"Why do you say that?" After hearing this, Yan Lingji poked her little head out of the carriage and asked curiously.

"Have you forgotten what happened in Handan?" Gu Xun turned to look at her and asked with a smile, "At that time, the Moon God was helped by the Chu State's national mourning soldiers. They were the soldiers' troops directly belonging to the royal family. The general Chu State The powerful and powerful people can’t move.”

"Being able to invite the dead soldiers of the country shows that the Yin Yang family must have a deep-rooted power in the Chu country. There is no reason for them not to attack the Chu country's Secret of Canglong Qisu immediately."

"...That's right." After he reminded her, Yan Lingji also remembered this incident, nodded and retracted her head, "Okay, as long as you think it's okay."

Gu Xun smiled and said no more.

Of course he doesn't think there is any problem. Not to mention that there is a high probability that there will be no harvest in Shouchun. Even if there is, so what?

Canglong Qisu is just a piece of fun for him, so there is no need to worry too much, otherwise the first thing he should do now is to rush back to Xianyang and grab Donghuang Taiyi by the collar to threaten to blow his head off. To force him to confess and be lenient.

(End of this chapter)