Daqin: My weak and virtuous minister

Chapter 113 Death of King Zhao

"This is what the king asked me to bring to the general."

Meng Tian clapped his hands, and a soldier came in carrying a wooden box. Meng Tian took it and handed it to Li Mu.

Li Mu put away the letter and opened the box, inside which was the fur coat mentioned in the king's letter.

Li Mu took a deep breath, and the white mist blocked his vision.

After closing the box, Li Mu turned around and carefully placed the box on the table.

"General, this time the king has ordered me to bring a large amount of meat and food. This meat is newly raised pigs. Pig farming technology has improved, and the meat is not only fresh and tender, but also has less of a fishy smell, making it very delicious. The king, thinking of the hard work you and your soldiers have endured defending the northern border, has ordered me to bring most of the pig meat as a snack for them."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Mu bowed in the direction of Xianyang City.

Upon learning that the king had sent something specifically for them, the northern soldiers were all happy to thank the king.

Especially those soldiers who were originally from the State of Zhao, they were so emotional that tears were streaming down their faces.

This was a treatment they had never received before.

When he was in the northern border with General Li Mu, King Zhao rarely sent food and wages on time. Many times, even if they were delivered, they were far from enough for the soldiers.

If General Li Mu had not led them to raid the Huns and confiscate the Huns' cattle and sheep, they would probably not have died on the battlefield with the Huns, but would have starved to death in the northern border.

Now that Zhao was destroyed, these people also belonged to Qin and became part of the Qin army.

At the beginning, I was helpless and had no choice. I just wanted to say that I was loyal to the King of Qin, but that was not the case.

After all, there have been too many wars between Qin and Zhao over the years, and too many people have died.

There was no Zhao family whose father or brother had not died at the hands of the Qin people.

If it weren't for General Li Mu, they would never have surrendered to the Qin army.

Unexpectedly, the King of Qin was so magnanimous that he did not bear any grudge against them at all, and even treated them the same as the Qin army.

Now, even the pork in Xianyang City is wanted to be sent to them for them to taste.

In the future, they will follow General Li Mu to kill more Huns, seize more cattle and sheep, and send them to the king in Xianyang.

The northern army was peaceful. Li Mu brought Meng Tian to a military tent.

As soon as he walked in, Meng Tian saw the disheveled King Zhao.

This was the first time Meng Tian met King Zhao.

He doesn't have any of the majesty and domineering power of the king.

Not even as strong as the king.

Even his height is not as high as the king's.

How could such a person become the king of a country?

No wonder he trusted Guo Kai so easily.

"King Zhao, I am here to see you off for the last time."

After saying that, Li Mu did not give Zhao Qian a chance to speak. In front of Zhao Qian's terrified eyes, he cut Zhao Qian's neck with a sword.

Blood flowed out, and soon Zhao Qian was dead.

Afterwards, Li Mu asked Tian Wei to personally find a place to bury Zhao Qian.

Meng Tian rested for a few days in the northern border. Li Mu led his troops to raid the Xiongnu tribe, and Meng Tian excitedly participated.

This was Meng Tian's first battle against the Huns.

In the past, I had only heard from my grandfather and father about the cruelty of the battlefield, but it was far less shocking than experiencing it myself.

The teenage Meng Tian was almost blood-thirsty, with blood splattered on his face and body, and there was only excitement in Meng Tian's eyes.

After a battle, Li Mu looked at this brave younger generation and nodded in appreciation.

He is worthy of being the grandson of General Meng Ao. If he is given the opportunity to gain experience, I am afraid that his future achievements may not be inferior to those of the old General Meng Ao.

A few days passed quickly, and even though he was reluctant, Meng Tian had to leave.

"Thank you, General Li Mu, for your guidance these past few days. Meng Tian has benefited greatly from it."

Li Mu patted Meng Tian's shoulder cheerfully and said, "Why thank me? I'm waiting for the doctor to come to the northern border to fight the enemy together with me."

Hearing this, Meng Tian's eyes lit up and he nodded heavily.

"must."

"Take care of yourself."

"Take care of yourself."

The horse headed south and soon disappeared from Li Mu's sight.

"General, why do you think so highly of this boy?"

Lian Jue asked after Meng Tian left.

The general has been praising Meng Tian in private these days. Even the general's children may not have received the general's praise.

If it were not impossible, he would have suspected that Meng Tian was the general's son.

"He deserves it."

Li Mu didn't explain much, just said three words and turned away.

Is he worth it?

Silver Carp Jue recited it doubtfully, then followed Li Mu's footsteps.

In the next few days, King Qian of Zhao was killed by the Xiongnu. General Li Mu found King Qian of Zhao's body in the Xiongnu and the news that he had been buried spread like wildfire.

At the same time, it reached the ears of the Zhao nobles at the fastest speed.

Many people were so heartbroken that they fell ill and could not afford to recover.

However, none of this affected Xianyang.

At this time, the first winter snow had fallen in Xianyang City.

"Suddenly like a spring breeze overnight, thousands of pear trees bloom."

Zhang Yuanqing was wearing a thick fur coat and standing in front of the door. Looking at the thick snow on the ground outside, he was inspired to write poetry.

"How wonderful it would be if there were a plum grove at this time. Walking on the white snow in winter, brewing wine and appreciating the plum blossoms would be an elegant thing."

Qingque didn't know whether it was a noble matter or not. She only knew that if the Marquis didn't come into the house, he would have to drink the bitter medicine again.

Qingque was standing not far away. Seeing that Zhang Yuanqing was reluctant to come into the house, he was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead even in the middle of winter.

However, the real owner was particularly willful today. He refused to listen after being persuaded several times and kept saying that he was much better and it was not a problem, so let him just watch the snow scene.

Qingque looked at Er several times.

You should go and try to persuade him.

How can I persuade the Marquis?

Qingque glared at him angrily and asked, "What use do I have to you?"

Ah Er looked back and said, "Go ahead."

The two of them exchanged glances countless times, but they were unable to persuade Zhang Yuanqing to go back to the house.

"Er, go get a snow shovel. We're going to build a snowman today."

Ah Er didn't know what making a snowman was, but he knew that the Marquis certainly couldn't do it.

He gave Qingque a reassuring look and then left.

Soon, A'er brought A'da and Mosheng over with a tool each.

"My Lord, whatever you say, I will do it."

"That's right, my Lord, how can you do such rough work? Let me do it."

Zhang Yuanqing looked at the three people calmly with his handsome face, making them lower their heads.

However, the three men did not give the tools to Zhang Yuanqing.

"Oh, okay, I say you guys do it."

"it is good."

……

There's no need to agree so quickly.

"Let's make a snowball first, a bigger one, about this size," Zhang Yuanqing said, gesturing with his hands to show the size: "It has to be round."

"Then make a smaller one."

"promise."

A Da and the other two acted quickly.

Qingque watched Zhang Yuanqing from the side, then hurried away. After a while, he brought a hand warmer and placed it in Zhang Yuanqing's arms.

"Qingque is attentive and knows that my hands are cold."

Zhang Yuanqing found it funny to see Qingque's handsome face wrinkled.

Why are the people around me becoming more and more worried?

In the snow, Ada and the other two soon made two snowballs and placed the smaller one on top of the larger one.

Then he found some small black stones to make eyes, and a small red cloth strip that Qingque found for the mouth. It looked silly from a distance, but also cute.

"teacher."