The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 579 The End of Yan State

Ying Zheng gave the last bit of leniency to King Xi of Yan and other members of the royal family who were executed, which was to change the method of execution to hanging.

He left an intact body for everyone and found a place to bury them. They were not chopped into meat paste or left exposed in the wilderness. He was truly a benevolent and wise king.

In addition, Ying Zheng did bury Yan Dan's head together with King Xi of Yan, with the two facing each other and only one foot apart.

How can a father and son hold a grudge overnight? Burying them together will allow them to explain themselves in the underworld, preserving the father-son relationship.

I am so kind!
The only regret is that Yan Dan’s wife and children have not been captured yet.

But Ying Zheng was not in a hurry. When the whole country was unified, where could they hide? Ying Zheng only issued a warrant to arrest Yan Dan's wife and children. Anyone who provided clues would be rewarded with 100 yuan, if they were captured alive, 2,000 yuan, and if they were caught dead, 1,000 yuan.

You know, if the boy is under eight years old after being caught, he can still survive. If he keeps wandering around and is over eight years old when he is caught, he is doomed!
After the three clans of King Xi of Yan were killed, Jiang Qu, an old minister who had served Yan for more than 40 years and who finally led Yan to surrender, burst into tears.

After burying King Xi of Yan, he returned to Yan State and committed suicide by falling on his sword in front of King Zhao of Yan's mausoleum.

If a country has righteous men, it is a blessing for the country; if they are not used, it is a sorrow for the people.

The 800-year-old Yan State and the Yan family were completely destroyed, bringing the final and decent end to their relationship.

It would be the greatest sorrow if a great country were to fall without any loyal ministers and righteous men to die for it.

It is unfortunate for a gentleman to serve a ruler who is a villain; it is not the gentleman's fault.

Ying Zheng ordered Cai Ze to give Jiang Qu a grand burial. There is nothing to say about a loyal minister dying for his country.

His hero is my greatest worry, but when a gentleman dies, he becomes a common moral role model.

As for the assassins Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang, their three clans were also executed respectively.

In fact, Jing Ke had no family members left to kill. He had only one wife and two concubines, and only one posthumous child.

They were all sent into the palace as slaves.

It cannot be said to be a posthumous child. The child has already been born, a daughter, and was born while he was being escorted.

Bo Shuang, this tough and strong woman from Yan, is as beautiful as a summer flower but as strong as weeds. She has endured countless blows and hardships in the past year, but she has persisted.

After being captured by King Xi of Yan, she was placed under strict surveillance. Even the people of Yan despised her and her husband for his unkind and untrustworthy behavior, which brought the entire State of Yan into the abyss.

There were also a few people who sympathized with her. After all, her husband was doing something wise and courageous to repay his kindness, while she was just a gift.

Fortunately, some of Yan Dan's subordinates took care of her. King Xi of Yan wanted to give her to Ying Zheng as a gift to vent his anger, but he did not deliberately abuse her. After all, a dead person is worthless.

After being handed over to the Qin army, even though she was a pregnant woman about to give birth, she was still thrown into a prison car and enjoyed the same treatment as King Xi of Yan.

The journey was more than 2,000 miles, and she suffered a lot of hardships due to wind, rain, and bumps, but she gritted her teeth and persevered. She was not afraid of death, but she was pregnant with her husband's only child.

She knew about Qin law and knew that women and children could survive.

Live for the sake of your children.

But no matter how strong she was, she could not resist the cruel reality and she gave birth prematurely during the bumpy ride.

Fortunately, Ying Zheng has been promoting benevolence over the years, and his subordinates have followed suit. The Qin people's cruel style has also changed a lot, and no one wants a serious criminal like her to die on the road.

The escorting captain asked a doctor to deliver the baby and saved the lives of both mother and daughter. She named her daughter, who was born a month premature, Zaoyue.

Jiang Zaoyue.

Although it is not a boy, it doesn't matter if it is a girl, because she is her husband's blood after all. If it is really a boy, she will probably not escape being castrated and become a slave.

Premature babies are extremely weak, and she has suffered a lot along the way, without even breast milk. She can only feed the baby with blood from her fingertips, but she is so weak, how much blood can she have to feed the baby?
It was the captain who led the troops who felt pity for the child and ordered the doctor to take good care of her. He prepared white porridge for the child, added some meat soup to her meals, and allowed Gao Jianli and Renfeng to take care of the child as well.

The two of them tried their best to use their inner strength to warm and nourish the child, and only then did they barely save the child's life. And the two of them knew that there was no way back, so they finally passed all their inner strength to the child, spreading it throughout the acupuncture points and meridians of the child's body. With this extremely strong inner strength to warm and nourish the child, the child would not be affected by premature birth and would truly thrive.

After arriving in Xianyang, the group was thrown directly into prison, where they had to struggle to survive without seeing the sun. Fortunately, the child was still with her.

When she saw the light of day again, Bo Shuang breathed a sigh of relief. The Qin law was not wrong, and her bet was not wrong. The King of Qin would not be so narrow-minded as to embarrass women and children. Although she needed to enter the palace as a slave, it didn't matter.

Bo Shuang took a deep breath and looked at the baby in the tattered swaddling clothes in her arms. Although the swaddling clothes were tattered, they were as neat and clean as possible.

Newborn babies spend most of their time sleeping. However, even in this situation, the child still has a ruddy complexion, is white and plump, and is growing very well.

Although it was due to Gao Jianli's cultivation at Renfeng, it was also due to the wholehearted care of this poor mother. Her mother was now haggard and extremely thin. Her once stunning face was now pale and withered.

She is only twenty-nine years old now.

She was already extremely weak, with little food and clothing, and had to survive a near-death experience to give birth to a child. She had to feed the child with her own blood and take care of the child with all her energy. If she didn't improve her life and take good care of herself, she would not live long. Even if she took good care of herself, she would lose at least a dozen years of life.

Bo Shuang lowered her head and gently rubbed the child's face, revealing a sad smile.

It doesn’t matter, you can always survive as a slave in the palace.

Live, raise the child, raise your husband's child, and tell her that, whether right or wrong, her father is a true warrior.

Being loyal to one's lord and willing to risk one's life to repay the kindness of one's mentor, he does things that ordinary people would never have the courage to do. Such a person is a true warrior.

To live is to live; as long as you are alive there is hope.

The sun shone on her shoulders and on the child's face, as the child was sleeping soundly.

As for Gao Jianli and Ren Feng, the two people who were originally involved and then replaced, they did not actually participate, but were aware of the situation.

Ying Zheng did not kill them, as it would be a waste to kill such people, so he exiled the entire clan to the Hexi Corridor. There was a severe shortage of people in that place, so the more people, the better.

Both of them were completely in despair and felt that they were doomed.

Gao Jianli was fine, after all he was alone, but Renfeng's family of more than a hundred people originally thought they were doomed. But they never expected that they were not killed, but only exiled. Although it was a bit far, they were lucky to be able to keep their lives.

The two men were already dissatisfied with Yan Dan for sending away his wife and children without notifying Jing Ke's widow Bo Shuang, and had already severed all ties with him.

The two of them didn't mind not notifying them, nor did they mind abandoning them and their family. After all, they were not involved in any major events, and there were too many people and too many eyes. It was understandable that Yan Dan was unable to accommodate them due to his limited ability.

However, Yan Dan sent away his own family and even completely abandoned Jing Ke's wife and posthumous child, which they absolutely could not accept.

Now seeing Ying Zheng's tolerance, they both even felt that they were wrong.

Yan Dan is not worthy of loyalty, and the King of Yan is not worthy of loyalty, but the King of Qin is truly benevolent.

These two people are reasonable people, and naturally understand that in such a case of stabbing the king and killing the king, it is reasonable to kill all the people involved, and no one can say anything. Moreover, the two of them are of low status, and if the King of Yan is killed, their two families are even less important.

But even so, the King of Qin did not go on a killing spree, and was quite restrained in dealing with the assassins. The execution of three generations of a clan was strictly in accordance with the new Qin law. You know, in principle, executing nine generations of a clan is not excessive in such matters.

The two men sat in silence, and once again sighed in their hearts that Jing Ke's loyalty to Yan Dan was not worth it.

In any case, the affairs of Yan State have come to an end.

It's time to slow down our pace of progress.

In two years, the two countries were destroyed and the land of Yan and Zhao was completely annexed. The entire north and most of the Central Plains have now been taken over. It is time to build and settle down before continuing to annex.

Ying Zheng let out a long sigh. He obviously didn't want to annex the area so quickly, but he just couldn't slow down.

Alas, it’s difficult.

At the same time, Ying Zheng was very satisfied with King Jian of Qi's understanding. King Jian of Qi was really too sensible!

Not only did he give King Qi a valuable gift but also his daughter. In addition, whenever he asked King Qi to do something, King Qi never made any concessions. It can be said that he was extremely cooperative. Ying Zheng almost felt embarrassed.

In return, he also gave back a large number of treasures and twenty beautiful Qin women.

In addition, he also secretly gave Hou Sheng a large amount of treasures and several beauties, so that Hou Sheng returned to Qi happily.

The daughter sent by Qi Wangjian was only fifteen years old, and was also beautiful and charming. Her name was Guiyun. Ying Zheng arranged her to live with her two sisters, because Chang'an Palace was big enough. She was also canonized as a beauty, but she did not have a title for the time being, and would be given a title after she had a child.

Although the two sisters Gui Xuan and Gui Wan were a little dissatisfied with the arrival of a new younger sister, they still welcomed her. There was no other way. The competition in the harem was too fierce during this period. It was always good to have more helpers, and their own sisters were always better than others.

In the new year, the fight between Ying Xin and Mi Yun continues all the time, with both sides actively trying to win over beauties and attack each other.

There is no other way. In the harem, no one dares to use ghostly tricks, so the only way is to compete for favor. Whoever occupies the king's favor longer and is more liked by the king will naturally get more.

Besides, there are too many people now. If you don’t fight for it, you don’t know how long it will take to get a turn.

Those who are not favored will not get a turn even once every two months! Who would be willing to accept this?

(End of this chapter)