General Qin

In mid-spring, the spring scenery is just right.

Xutai County in Donghai County is located in an area where lakes and rivers intersect. There are many reedy swamps near the city.

In a pool, several people were gathering together.

"Liu Quan sent a letter saying that Ji'er has received a letter from Luo Yue. The matter described in the letter is too important to be discussed in detail. He invited us to gather at the Dashi Society outside Xutai City to discuss the matter face to face."

The speaker was a middle-aged man with a sallow complexion and a short beard.

He is a distant descendant of the Liu family in Xutai, named Liu Lang.

But this is just a false identity on his face.

His real background is that he was a descendant of Qu Jingzhao, one of the top nobles in the Chu Kingdom in the past. He also served as the deputy general of Xiang Yan, his father and his son, and Zuo Sima Zhaoping.

This person is General Jing Tong, who is called "the last hope of Chu" by the survivors of the Six Kingdoms.

Standing in front of Jing Tong were the core members of their group.

Jing Tong's younger brother, Jing Ju.

The last bloodline of the Xiang family, Xiang Sheng, Xiang Zhuang, and Xiang Tuo.

In the past, there were actually quite a few Chu people who hid together in the reed swamps.

But as the situation changes, and everyone needs to eat, it’s impossible to hide in the reed swamps and fish for fish and shrimp all day long.

Jingtong and others then walked out, and his original subordinates dispersed to various places to fend for themselves.

Of course, if Jing Tong raises his arms and calls out, he can still summon one or two thousand people based on his popularity.

In addition to them, there are also some minor nobles and even the children of the Qu family who are secretly operating in the Chu Kingdom. However, these people are not based in the East China Sea, but in Sishui, Jiujiang and other counties, and they do not have much contact with them.

Therefore, there are only a few of them in the core group gathered together at this moment.

After hearing Jing Tong's explanation of his purpose, the youngest Xiang Tuo immediately exclaimed: "It's a letter from my uncle. Could it be that he has already assassinated the dog thief Zhao Tuo?"

Although their names were both Tuo, Xiang Tuo had no good impressions of Zhao Tuo, who slaughtered their Xiang clan, and wanted to chop off his head while sleeping.

Jing Ju sneered when he heard this: "If he really assassinated Zhao Tuo, wouldn't he have been killed by the Qin people long ago? How could there be any letters sent over? In my opinion, it is impossible to say that Xiang Ji listened to your advice and really I have surrendered to the people of Qin, and now that I have made great achievements, I am afraid that I will be promoted to a higher rank again, so I am writing a letter to inform you."

There was ridicule in the words, but also a hint of sourness.

Ten years have passed since the Qin State unified the world, and twelve years have passed since the Chu State was destroyed.

After the fall of the motherland, the aristocratic son who determined to fight against Qin all his life has had most of his edges smoothed away by life.

If Qin is in decline, Jing Ju may still have confidence.

However, as the Qin people moved the nobles of the Six Kingdoms into Guanzhong for custody, they also expanded the number of students in the school for nearly ten years. After completing their studies, they were sent to the hometown of the Six Kingdoms one after another.

With these two major measures, Qin's rule in the hometown of the princes became more and more stable, making it difficult for them, the rebellious remnants of the Six Kingdoms, to stretch their hands and feet.

Coupled with the fact that Zhao Tuo is the God of Killing and the Xiang family rebelled and their entire clan was wiped out, the possibility of rebelling against Qin is almost impossible to realize.

Jing Ju now no longer thinks about fighting against Qin, but wants to climb up the ranks under the rule of Qin and become an official. It would be great if he could live the life of a nobleman again. Therefore, he was very envious of Xiang Ji's rapid rise in the battle of Yue, and his words were inevitably a little more explosive.

Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Tuo glared at Jing Ju.

"It would be great if that were the case. Ji'er gave up on assassinating Zhao Tuo and instead performed meritorious service and was promoted. In the future, he would climb to a high position in the Qin Kingdom. He could also protect us and revive our Xiang clan." Xiang Sheng sighed.

He turned to look at Jing Tong: "But General Jing, if it is really a letter from Ji'er to report his victory, there is no need for Mrs. Liu to hide it in the letter. She can just say it openly and ask us to go to Dashi Society for a meeting. I will always I think there is something wrong with this matter.”

Jing Tong nodded solemnly: "However, based on my understanding of Ji'er, there is another possibility that he did not listen to the dissuasion in our letter and continued to choose to assassinate Zhao Tuo. In this way, no matter whether he succeeded or not, , his identity will be exposed, and the Qin people will follow the Liu family to find him, and this letter is a bait."

Everyone's expressions changed suddenly when they heard this.

Jing Tong added: "Of course, this is only a possibility. I have been friends with Liu Quan for many years, and he, the Liu family, risked his life to help us. The possibility of betrayal is unlikely."

Xiang Sheng hummed and said: "What General Jing said is true, maybe we are paranoid. Ji'er's matter is of great importance. Liu Quan was afraid of leaking it, so he did not dare to say more in the letter. It was also very difficult to invite us for a face-to-face meeting. It’s normal. I should go see him in person, but just in case, General Jing better not come forward.”

Jing Tong understood what Xiang Sheng meant. They wanted to survive in Xutai County and did not dare to offend the Liu family. They also wanted to know the news about Xiang Ji, so someone had to go.

But he was afraid that the matter was fraudulent, so Xiang Sheng wanted to take the risk alone, which was also a test.

If something really happened, he, Jing Tong, would be able to respond in time, protect Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Tuo, and leave a trace of his Xiang family blood.

It's just that the Liu clan has always been in contact with their Jing brothers, and has no friendship with Xiang Sheng, and they don't know each other. Jing Tong was worried that Xiang Sheng would not be able to deal with it if he went there and would need a middleman.

Even if there is real danger, he, the Jing family, cannot survive alone, someone must go there.

He thought for a moment, then turned to look at his brother next to him.

"Aju, please accompany Brother Xiang."

…

Dasha Society.

It is a temple near Xutai County that worships local gods. It is a large wooden house with a long history.

It is said that many years ago, King Wujiang of Yue went north to the Central Plains to fight for hegemony and fought with the State of Chu. The Yue people were very powerful and defeated the defending Chu army. They attacked near Xutai and wanted to massacre the local residents.

At that moment, a giant dragon tens of meters long crawled out of the water outside Xutai City. It was extremely powerful and invulnerable and launched an attack on the Yue people.

The Yue people had never seen such a big dragon, and they were so frightened that they peeed and fled in a hurry, so that the Xutai people escaped.

Afterwards, the local people regarded the giant dragon as their god and set up a shrine to offer sacrifices at the place where the dragon crawled out. This is still the case today.

This is just a legend, and no one knows whether it is true or false.

As the Qin State unified the world, it interfered with the worship of gods in various places. The local custom of worshiping the giant dragon in Xutai gradually declined. Because of its remoteness, few people came here.

Liu Quan asked Jing and others to meet again for a meeting. It was indeed a good place.

On this day, two figures came from afar and headed towards the Dasha Society.

In a swamp not far from the temple, countless figures are lurking among the dense reeds.

A young man opened the reeds in front of him and looked carefully into the distance.

After confirming that it was correct, he turned to General Qin behind him and said, "General Li, one of them is Jing Tong's younger brother Jing Ju. As for the other one, I have never seen him. Judging from his age and appearance, he may be the Xiang family's Xiang." Sound. Jingtong didn't come."

"Um."

Li Xin responded lightly.

A cold light flashed in his eyes.

This Jingtong was quite cunning and didn't come.

But it doesn't matter, it's enough that Liu's trap can catch some core people.

Three thousand county soldiers transferred from Jiujiang County and Sishui County, plus 2,000 people from Donghai County, have been deployed.

Including Jingtong, no one can escape.

"If you dare to assassinate Zhao Tuo, I, Li Xin, will never forgive you!"