Daqin: My weak and virtuous minister

Chapter 192 Liu Ji's Heart

Outside the city of Xianyang, Liu Ji was wearing a somewhat tattered gray robe, with an unshaven face, and carrying a bundle on his back, which he held tightly in his arms.

He turned around and looked at Xianyang again, thinking of that day.

"Liu Ji, come out."

The jailer opened the cell and waved.

Liu Ji was shocked when his name was suddenly called.

Are you taking me to the execution ground?

Liu Ji stood up slowly, his body covered in stains and his original appearance could no longer be seen.

"Where are we going?"

"Let's go, the Right Prime Minister wants to see you."

Hearing this, Liu Ji felt relieved.

"Hurry up, don't dawdle and keep the Right Prime Minister waiting."

Seeing Liu Ji standing there motionless, the jailer urged him impatiently.

"well,"

Liu Ji hurried out and followed the jailer out of the cell where he had been trapped for who knows how many days and nights.

Outside, there was a well-dressed man.

"Is this Liu Ji?"

The jailer nodded.

Gao Yi looked at Liu Ji's dirty body and asked, "Is there a place to wash?"

The jailer agreed readily.

"Yes, yes, I'll arrange it right away."

Gao Yi nodded and casually took out the purse from his waist, which contained some Qin Banliang.

"Please arrange for someone to prepare clean clothes for him."

"How does this make."

The jailer refused to take it.

"Take it. He's too dirty to go see the Right Prime Minister."

After saying this, he stuffed the purse into the jailer's hand.

Not long after, Liu Ji came out wearing clean clothes.

The bright sunshine makes people feel warm.

On the way to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, Liu Ji wanted to ask several times, but in the end, no one asked.

Looking at the majestic Prime Minister's Mansion, Liu Ji followed Gao Yi more carefully.

"Master Hou."

Look at the thin man.

He looked weaker than the last time I saw him.

But yes.

He had heard the jailers occasionally talk about the assassination attempt on the Right Prime Minister last year while in prison.

Every time they mentioned that the Right Prime Minister almost lost his life, the jailers would curse and swear.

Fortunately, Zhang Liang had been torn to pieces by a chariot, otherwise he would have been furious to death after hearing these words.

"Greetings to the Marquis."

Liu Ji didn't dare to look at her any longer. He just took a glance and then lowered his head to salute.

At this moment, he no longer had any of the pride and vitality he had in Kuaiji.

"I can get you out of jail."

The gentle voice was just as it was when I first heard it.

But Liu Ji couldn't help but tremble in his hands.

"There's nothing wrong with wanting to reach higher, but you should take the right path and not take shortcuts."

"I have two options. One is to release you from prison and let you leave on your own. The other is to prepare some money for you and let you go to the land of Baiyue."

"The terrain of Xiou and Luoyue is complex and difficult to capture. If you can reach them, gain the trust of the locals, and join forces with the Qin army to capture Xiou and Luoyue, then His Majesty will reward you for your achievements."

"Which one do you choose?"

After hearing this, Liu Ji subconsciously wanted to do the first one first.

He raised his head suddenly, and the words in his heart were about to come out.

However, looking at those bright eyes, Liu Ji suppressed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

After a careful mental struggle, Liu Ji bowed and said, "My Lord, Liu Ji wants to choose the second path."

"Liu Ji is willing to lead the troops and contribute to the Qin State's ambition to expand its territory."

After saying this, Liu Ji didn't hear any response, so he looked up carefully.

This glance, those eyes filled with appreciation, affirmation, and a bit of complexity remained in Liu Ji's heart.

Thinking back now, Liu Ji still couldn't understand the complicated look in the Marquis's eyes.

"My Lord, you and Liu Jien will rebuild together. Liu Ji will definitely complete the task entrusted by my Lord when he goes."

Liu Ji bowed in the direction of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, then mounted his horse and left along the wide road.

And at this time the land of Baiyue.

Generals Wang Jian and Tu Sui led their armies to attack Nanyue from both sides.

However, several months passed without any results.

Looking at the vast mountains, Wang Jian's frown never relaxed.

Tu Sui on the other side was also furious.

The scouts sent out did not find any trace of the Yue people for a month.

Tu Sui was so angry that he almost set fire to the forest.

Fortunately, reason triumphed over rage in the end, thus avoiding a disaster.

Just then, the scout came to report.

"General, a small number of Yue people have been spotted."

"Tell me more about it."

"We found signs of hunting in the mountains and forests. I think the Yue people were out hunting because they were short of food."

"We followed the traces and finally found the temporary residence of the Yue people."

"Those Yue people were mostly men, more than 3,000 in number."

"It takes five days to get here."

After hearing this, Tu Sui quickly summoned his generals.

We finally found the Yue people, and we can't let them escape this time.

"Li Xin, I will give you 1,500 men. Travel light and capture all the Yue people."

Li Xin didn't immediately accept the order. Instead, he asked, "General, what about the women and children? Should we kill them all too?"

Tu Sui thought calmly for a moment.

"Women and children who are powerless to resist can be brought back."

"promise."

Li Xin gathered his men, took their weapons and rations, and quickly followed the scouts into the mountains and forests.

On the vast ocean, the giant ship Daqin No. 1 has been sailing on the sea for a long time.

"Xu Fu, how far is the island that the Marquis mentioned?"

As time went by, the Qin army, which had been full of high spirits, had its morale swallowed up by the boundless ocean.

If it weren't for the generals' comfort, many people would have thought they were going to die at sea and would never be able to return to their homeland.

These days, Xu Fu was asked this question several times by Wang Ben every day, but he had no choice but to answer.

"General Wang Ben, don't be impatient. We are heading in the right direction."

Xu Fu felt very upset.

The simple map given to him by the Marquis was almost worn out.

He walked around the deck all day long holding a Si Nan in his arms.

There was quite a bit of cold wind, but there was no sign of an island.

So, a few more days passed.

Wang Ben's temper became increasingly violent.

"Look, look."

“That’s an island.”

"We found it."

The soldiers on the deck vaguely saw a point in the distance, in the middle of the vast sea.

Soon, Wang Ben came over, pulling Xu Fu.

"Xu Fu, look and see if it's there."

After Wang Ben finished speaking, the surrounding soldiers all stared at Xu Fu.

Xu Fu's hands trembled and he almost couldn't hold Si Nan.

"Be careful, this is our treasure."

Wang Ben quickly supported Si Nan and looked at Xu Fu reproachfully.

"Yes, yes, I must have made sure of it."

Xu Fu did not argue with Wang Ben. He carefully opened the map and looked at the direction of Si Nan again.

Just as Wang Ben was about to get impatient, "Yes, yes,"

"It should be right here."

Wang Ben only heard the first two words "yes" and didn't want to hear the second word "should".

"Notify the other ships that we have arrived at the island and have everyone prepare."

"promise."

Soon, other ships were notified.

The soldiers looked at the island in the distance with excitement.

Finally found!