Hu Yu never expected that things about Lian Po would be so complicated.
"Then father...why don't you tell the truth?" Hu Yu said, "If you tell everything, my father will not get sick."
"Haha." King Zhao said with a bitter smile, "There is no place for a loyal and good general like Lian Po in the Zhao Kingdom. If you say it out, the world will laugh at you."
"As a king, he changes his commander before the battle, resulting in a disastrous defeat for the army; as a minister, he disregards the interests of the court and harms his loyal ministers."
"This is our seemingly powerful Zhao State."
On his deathbed, King Zhao had already looked down upon everything and had a more thorough understanding of the past.
"Father..." Hu Yu comforted, "It's not too late, there's still time. As long as you take good care of your body and teach the prince well, you'll..."
King Zhao waved his hand and interrupted Hu Yu: "My child, please stop comforting my father. I know my illness well. If it weren't for your pill, my father wouldn't be able to say so many words."
Hu Yu stood up, poured a glass of water for King Zhao, and then helped him drink it.
Afterwards, Hu Yu sat next to King Zhao again, held his hand again, and said, "Father, don't speak now. Just listen to me. The court now needs your instructions."
Then, Hu Yu told them one by one the war ahead, the current situation of Zhao State, and the conditions offered by King Qin.
When King Zhao listened, his expression kept changing.
Hearing the last word, he smiled instead: "Haha, what a good strategy. This uncle of King Qin does have the qualities of an emperor."
Hu Yu looked at King Zhao curiously and thought: This reaction of the father is not quite right. Why did King Qin break the alliance and capture nine cities of Zhao, but the father was not angry but smiled and praised him repeatedly? King of Qin.
Just listen to King Zhao say: "Be prepared to act first, make a decisive decision, and transfer your own fault to the other party, how clever!"
"Taking advantage of opportunities, seizing the opportunity just right, advancing and retreating freely, never greedy for success, brilliant!"
"It looks like a peace negotiation, but the advantage is within our control, and the bet can only be won but not lost. It is even smarter to leave the other party with no choice!"
"How happy that such a wise man is my son-in-law, Zhao Yan!"
Hu Yu blinked. Although he didn't quite understand his father's actions, he still felt relieved. It seemed that this battle could no longer be fought.
"What do you mean, father?"
Maybe it was because the voice was a little loud just now. King Zhao coughed twice and then said, "Just do what King Qin wants. Zhao will send troops to encircle and suppress the Xiongnu."
"I understand, father, I will tell the prince what you mean right now." Hu Yu was about to stand up, but was held back by King Zhao.
"I'm a little tired as a father, but I still want to give you a few words." King Zhao said.
Hu Yu sat back and said softly: "Father, please tell me."
King Zhao's eyes were a little confused and he said: "Our Zhao family also has the surname Ying, and we are actually from the same clan as King Qin. If Zhao is in danger of subjugation in the near future, no matter who the other party is, they must surrender to Qin. go."
"If Da Qin wants to destroy Zhao, then don't let the people suffer anymore."
King Zhao's voice faded, and it seemed that he was really tired.
"I remember." Hu Yu replied seriously, "Father is very tired. Go to bed early. I will come back tomorrow."
King Zhao nodded slightly and closed his eyes.
Hu Yu covered King Zhao with a quilt, exited the room and went straight to the prince's palace.
Seeing Zhao Qian, Hu Yu told what happened just now.
When Zhao Qian heard that King Zhao had agreed to negotiate peace, he smiled from ear to ear, so he said, "Let's go and ask."
"Father has gone to bed. Let's go again tomorrow." Hu
Yu said.
"How can I fall asleep so quickly? Let's go take a look."
Hu Yu couldn't defeat Zhao Qian, so he had to follow him to King Zhao's chamber again.
Zhao Qian called twice but saw no movement, so he stepped forward to check.
King Zhao's physical condition was quite stable and his breathing was much more even, but he was sleeping very deeply.
Zhao Qian had no choice but to retreat.
Early the next morning, Hu Yu came to King Zhao again to give him medicine, but found that he could not wake him up no matter how he woke him up. When he stepped forward to take a look, he found that King Zhao was no longer breathing.
"Father!!" Hu Yu shouted and hurried forward to rescue...
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Qin State, Lishan Military Camp.
Ou Ping carefully studied a dagger in front of him. Beside him, stood two men and two women.
The two men were from the Ou family and were the deputies who helped Ou Ping make swords.
The two women are a pair of sisters from the Mo family. The elder sister is named Mo Qi, who is Ou Ping's wife, and the younger sister is named Mo Lan.
"How about it? Can this material be used to make a sword?" Ying Zheng, who was standing on the other side, asked curiously.
Ou Ping replied: "Of course there is no problem, this material is even better than the material used by our ancestors back then."
Ying Zheng confirmed in surprise: "You mean, the material used to forge 'my weapon' is better than the metal used to make the famous sword before?"
"Yes." Ou Ping replied with certainty, "Didn't Your Majesty say that these 'my weapons' are all left behind by the Yellow Emperor's ancestors? What he personally built is definitely better than what we created by relying solely on inheritance." The ones that come out should be better, this material is a collection of all the resources of China at that time, unlike our clan, which has to be secretive to collect materials."
At some point, the original is better than the fake.
Ying Zheng asked: "Then do you have any famous swords you brought here to compare with this alloy."
Ou Ping shook his head and said: "Over the past many years, the famous swords in the world have been snatched away by the kings of various countries. Many of them have disappeared. Our clan is afraid of being exposed, so of course we dare not hide any famous swords."
Seeing the slight regret on Ying Zheng's expression, Mo Qi took over the words and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. There are no so-called famous swords, but we still have the mother swords of those famous swords."
"Mother sword?" Ying Zheng remembered that Li Si once said that it was a unique way of making swords. It was poured with a mold to create a weapon with a specific shape. The principle was the same as making "my weapon".
The process and heat-resistant temperature required by the mold are much higher than the weapons being forged, so the process is extremely complicated and is the most difficult to master in the forging process.
If this technology is used in making swords, the outer mold will be called the "mother sword" and the resulting sword will be called the "child sword". This combination is called the "child mother sword" by the sword maker. ".
But this kind of craftsmanship is only understood by the sword-making family. It is this secret that they guard, so outsiders don't know that those famous swords also have the so-called "mother sword".
However, Jingjue people understand this kind of technology immediately, because they also use the same principle to make dense stones, but the raw materials are different.
Ou Ping cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to talk about the mother sword, we will bring out one, which is the mother sword of the Fish Intestine Sword."
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up and he said anxiously: "Hurry and take a look."
Ou Ping went out with two deputies, and not long after, he brought back a large wooden box.
Opening the wooden box, there was something similar to a scabbard lying flat inside, but it was more than twice as wide as an ordinary scabbard, and its edges were extremely sharp. The overall feeling was like a wide heavy sword.
Ou Ping picked up the mother sword with both hands and handed it to Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng grabbed the hilt of the sword at the back, held it in one hand, and waved it to the side a few times.
Seeing the relaxed look on King Qin's face, several people looked a little stunned.
You must know that the weight of this mother sword is really heavy. An ordinary woman can hardly lift it. Even if a man uses both arms, he will never be able to swing it so freely.
"Haha, if this mother sword can be used as a weapon, it's not a bad idea." Ying Zheng said with a smile.
Ou Ping cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, you are joking. This mother sword is quite heavy and not the best choice for close combat."
"Yeah, that's right." Ying Zheng said, "It seems to be a little heavier than that 'my weapon'. It seems that it's really because of the different materials."
Ou Ping said: "The king asked us to make a Chixiao, but if the materials are different from before, it may take more effort."
"We have plenty of time," Ying Zheng said, "You can just leave it to me before I build the royal tomb."
"It won't take that long to arrive." Ou Ping smiled.
"By the way, there is one thing. Master, he should have told you, right?" Ying Zheng suddenly asked.
Ou Ping understood immediately that what Ying Zheng was referring to was about completely hiding the sword-making craftsmanship, so he nodded and said with a slightly solemn expression: "I told you before I left last time, and I will follow you when I go to the clan. The older generation discussed it.”
"There are many objections among the elders. After all, how can we let go of this inheritance that has been maintained for more than two thousand years?"
"However, some people are very open-minded and say that this inheritance was originally given by the Yellow Emperor. Now it is natural for the descendants of the Yellow Emperor to take back this inheritance."
"Finally, after a long discussion within the clan, we finally came to a conclusion. I wonder if the king can agree with it."
Ying Zheng signaled: "Let's talk and listen."
Ou Ping cupped his hands and said: "Excuse me, Your Majesty, you want to hide the sword-making inheritance forever, not destroy it, right?"
"right."
Ji Fa did say that he wanted to destroy it before, but Ying Zheng always felt it was a pity, so the two of them discussed it and finally decided to hide it in the Qin King's Tomb in the future, which is equivalent to eternal separation.
"The hidden location is the Qin King's Mausoleum that is being renovated here?" Ou Ping then asked.
"That's right." Ying Zheng said, "After this place is built, many secrets will be hidden, and then the royal tomb will be sealed forever. No ordinary people will be able to enter it, so the things inside are equivalent to being separated from the world forever. "
A smile appeared on Ou Ping's face: "In that case, that's the best. The last request of our sword-making family is that we all move here to help the king protect the king's tomb, which is equivalent to continuing I wonder if your Majesty will agree to protect the inheritance of sword-making?"
It turns out that the request of the sword-making clan was that the whole clan should stay in the royal tomb forever!
Ying Zheng thought for a while and said, "I can promise you, but I also have two requests."
"Your Majesty, please speak." Ou Ping said.
"First of all, the original plan to cast the Scarlet Sky Sword remains unchanged." Ying Zheng said, "Then I will give the Scarlet Sky Sword to a successor who will inherit the country. If one day he comes here with the Scarlet Sky Sword, it will be Anyone who comes closer to bury the royal tomb, you must obey his orders."
"Also, since those mother swords are here, you can use those alloys to make the famous swords again. I have other uses."
"These two conditions are no problem, right?"
Ou Ping thought for a while and said: "In my opinion, there is no problem, but it is best to wait until the whole clan comes over and let the king tell them personally."
"Well, you can always take them all over."
Before Ying Zheng finished speaking, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.
[Historical records record that after Liu Bang obtained the Chixiao Sword in Nanshan, he furiously killed the White Snake, and then began his imperial journey. Later generations regarded Chixiao as the "Sword of the Emperor"]
