Qin State, Xianyang

Bai Qi lay straight on the bed. Even in such a cold winter, sweat was constantly rolling on his forehead. He stared at the wall above him, and his breathing was extremely hoarse. Bai Qi never thought that one day he would fall to this point. Every cold winter is a season of death. There are always many people who can't stand it and die in this coldness.

Bai Qi did not expect that this cold winter seemed to have become his own death talisman.

He was very sick, from his throat to his abdomen, and every part was in pain. The scars he experienced when he was young seemed to be completely detonated. He remembered the reason for the pain in every part. The pain on his arm was the first. When he attacked Qi, he was thrown into a sword by a ranger and hit his arm... The pain on his shoulder was pierced by a spear when he first attacked Chu... The pain on his left leg fell from a chariot when he attacked Wei...

When Bai Qi was lying on the sickbed and began to recall his life like a normal old man, all he saw was war and killing. He could no longer remember his parents, his childhood friends, and his first comrades and faces were very dazed. He could not remember at all... He only remembered the battlefields he participated in, the battlefields with arrows flying everywhere and bloody.

"Wu'an Jun...Wu'an Jun..." Someone pulled him from the battlefield to the sickbed. Bai Qi looked at Meng Wu, who was worried, holding a child? He was standing beside him with a smile? Meng Wu looked at the crying child in his arms and said with a smile, "Is it a boy? Called Tian." Meng Wu went to the battlefield when his wife was pregnant. When he came back, the children didn't dare to get close to him.

But Meng Wu was still very happy. This was his first son? The crying loudly? When he grew up, he would definitely be a general like his father and his eldest father! Bai Qi looked at the newborn life with a little relief in his eyes. Even a little jealous? Bai Qi also has children, and his son is called Bai Zhong (a descendant of Bai Zhong is a great poet, called Bai Juyi). Unfortunately, the relationship between father and son is not very good. Bai Qi's wife died very early? His son has always been entrusted to his retainers to raise.

Now? His son is an official in another place, even if he hears the news that his father is seriously ill, he has never come to meet him. Bai Qi doesn't blame him, because when Bai Zhong was seriously ill several times, he has never visited him? He is just busy going to war? Now that Bai Zhong is like this, Bai Qi feels a little relieved and feels inexplicable relief. Bai Qi smiled and stretched out his hand. Meng Wu also held the child and approached him. Only then did Bai Qi touch the newborn child.

"good..."

Bai Qi praised that this made Meng Wu even happier, because Bai Qi rarely praised others. In the past few years, the only four people who Bai Qi praised were probably Lian Po, Zhao She, Zhao Kuo, and Wei Wuji, and the rest were not worthy of it. Bai Qi gritted his teeth and wanted to get up. Meng Wu asked his retainers to take over the child in his hand and personally supported Bai Qi to sit up. Bai Qi sat with difficulty, then asked: "What are the actions of various countries?"

"There is... Zhao State conferred Li Mu as... lord, and he ordered him to go to the state of Yan. The King of Yan hurriedly sent people to resist. Li Mu led the cavalry in Yunzhong to defeat the Yan people. The King of Yan ceded Wuyang... Chu people expanded Shouchun City, and sent generals Jingyang and Xiang Yan to go to the state of Lu, Fei and Fei... Jingyang destroyed Lu, Xiang Yan destroyed Fei... He conferred Lu Jun in Ju. Because of Chu's actions, the King of Qi was very angry and sent a large army to station on the border of Lu..."

"The King of Wei sent someone to draft an alliance with King Zhao, and both sides stipulate that when either side is attacked, the other party must help with all their strength."

Bai Qi grinned, and shook his head and said, "Li Mu of Zhao State? The young man stationed in Wu'an City at the time? He also became a vassal king. Zhao State attacked Yan State, and Yan State would certainly not be the opponent of Zhao State... As for Chu State, Chu State had long been the intention to annex other countries, but I didn't expect that the King of Chu would dare to launch a war in such a down-and-out time. He probably thought this was a good opportunity for no one to intervene."

"Qi State dared not fight against Chu State... Qi State has a lot of soldiers and sufficient food, but Qi State has not participated in the war for too long, and his soldiers are negligent in training. If Qi State attacks Chu State, the soldiers of Qi will definitely not be the opponent of the soldiers of Chu State. The soldiers of Chu State have experienced several years of war in these days, and they are all elite veterans..."

Bai Qi suddenly talked about the current situation. Meng Wu felt that this should be something that Ying Hou was thinking about, rather than their random thoughts here. Bai Qi suddenly said, "The King is going to send someone to attack Wei!" Meng Wu was stunned and asked, "But, Zhao has just made an alliance with Wei..." Bai Qi shook his head and said seriously: "No, the King must send someone to attack Wei, and it will be very quick."

Bai Qi was talking, and suddenly a warrior walked into the mansion and said seriously: "The king asked Wu'an to go to the banquet."

Meng Wu widened his eyes, then looked at the warrior beside him and asked, "Does the king want to discuss with Wu'anjun about attacking Wei?"

The warrior was startled, and he shook his head quickly and said, "I don't know."

From his frightened face, Meng Wu already knew the truth. He looked at Bai Qi, his eyes full of admiration, but Bai Qi was different. He grabbed the bed with both hands and wanted to get up, but he couldn't stand up. This made Bai Qi a little embarrassed. Meng Wu felt a little embarrassed, so he said to the warrior: "Wu Anjun is not feeling well. Can you go back and tell the king that he can't get up?"

Bai Qi sat on the bed panting, bursts of pain coming from his heart. He breathed hard, lowered his head, and remained silent.

The warrior had to leave. When the warrior returned to report, of course, Fan Ju was also in the palace.

"He can't get up?" Fan Ju asked in confusion. The warrior nodded and told him in detail about what he encountered Meng Wu. Fan Ju narrowed his eyes and nodded, and then let the warrior leave. He looked at the King of Qin and said seriously: "Master, it seems that he is going to find someone to attack Wei State." The King of Qin closed his eyes and said nothing. He pondered for a moment before asking: "What did the Imperial Physician Order say?"

"The Imperial Physician said: He lacks talent and cannot tell what disease Wu'an Jun has. Although Wu'an Jun's appetite has not decreased, he can still draw a strong bow. However, he said that he was not in good health and was unwilling to leave the courtyard all day long." Fan Ju said seriously.

The King of Qin grinned and asked, "Wuan Jun must have a heart disease?"

Fan Ju said with confusion, "Wuan Jun is indeed a little different from the past. Since he and Ma Fujun repelled, he has been unwilling to kill the prisoners, and even willing to divide the military merits to other soldiers, as if he no longer desires military merits. In the past, he fought with Wei Wuji to destroy the entire army led by Wei Wuji, but now, he cannot defeat the coalition forces. Can't or do you want to?"

"Uncle Fan..."

"King?"

"I executed the Imperial Physician Order today."

"this..."

"He seemed to have accepted a bribe, intending to frame Wu Anjun, who was plotting against me... You said, for such a person, can I still keep him by my side and cure me?" The King of Qin asked with a smile. Fan Ju's hands trembled slightly, and sweat appeared on his forehead. He took a deep breath and felt his whole body was hot. He said: "The king... minister... minister just wants to reduce some worries for the king... minister..."

"If Wu'an Jun does not respect me and intends to ignore my orders! I will make him slander! No one can stop me! No one in the Qin State dares to follow him to make trouble, and while he is sick, he will falsely accuse him and plot him to murder him. Is this what the king can do? I don't need to cover up my work, and I don't care about how the people of the world view me... Therefore, I will not use villain's actions to murder my ministers."

The King of Qin stood up and looked proudly in the distance. He said, "I am the monarch of Qin. Can't I still give the rewards my ministers deserve?"

"Will I be afraid of Wu'anjun causing trouble?"

"Send more doctors to treat Wu'anjun, and you must not lose any reward for him. If he really has a different intention and really intends to disobey my orders, I will kill him! No one can disobey my orders! But he does not, and no one can frame me!"

"Vei." Fan Ju hurriedly lowered his head.

............

"Sir, I wanted to visit Wu'anjun before, but you advised me not to make friends with him. Now Wu'anjun is seriously ill, but you asked me to visit him. What is this?" In a courtyard in Xianyang, Ying Yiren teased his newly born son in his arms and looked at Lu Buwei in confusion. Lu Buwei smiled and shook his head. He said seriously: "Wu'anjun was strong before and could order the soldiers of Qin to follow him, and the king was also very afraid of him."

"So I dissuaded you, and I don't want you to pay homage to him, and I don't want the king to misunderstand your intentions... But now it's different. Wu'an Jun is seriously ill on the bed. The king personally summoned a famous doctor to treat him and rewarded him with a new fief. This shows that the king no longer fears him, and he is no longer regarded as a threat by the king. At this time, when you visit him, you will not misunderstand your intentions."

"And the Qin people respect Wu'anjun very much. Can you visit him and serve him at this time? Isn't this a good opportunity to get the respect of the Qin people?"

"You have been a hostage in Zhao State for a long time. The Qin people did not know about you or your virtues. This is an opportunity that cannot be missed." Ying Yiren understood a little. He smiled and nodded, saying, "I will visit Wu'anjun now. I will bring some gifts and serve him." Lu Buwei had already prepared the gift to Bai Qi, and Ying Yiren left the courtyard with the gift.

When he arrived at Wu'anjun's mansion, it was true that the inside and outside of the mansion were empty. There were not many retainers around Bai Qi, and he had no guests. The retainers respectfully welcomed the young master to the courtyard. Ying Yiren respectfully paid homage to Bai Qi. Bai Qi was still lying on the sickbed, and his breathing became increasingly difficult. During this period, only Meng Wu, King Qin, and Fan Ju had visited him.

Bai Qi looked at the young master beside him in a daze. Ying Yiren showed a kind of fanatical respect for Bai Qi. He presented his gift and helped Bai Qi taste medicine and fed him the medicine. Bai Qi narrowed his eyes, as if he understood something, and just smiled. Ying Yiren tried to find some topics to talk to Bai Qi, but Bai Qi was too tired and spent most of his time sleeping every day.

Even when he was sleeping, his breathing was so difficult, as if something was rubbing, making an unpleasant sound. At other times, he coughed very hard and almost coughed up blood. Later, he really coughed up blood, smelly blood, and he quickly lost weight at a strange speed. However, in a month, he was not as thin as himself.

He could not eat anything, he could only drink some broth, or needed to crush the rice into powder to let him drink it. Even so, he would vomit it out. The new imperial physician order came more and more frequently, and the imperial physician order was always surprised and desperate. He had never seen such a person. Bai Qi's injuries were so serious that it was irreversible. It can even be said that the diseases on him had already been buried in any person.

But Bai Qi was still alive, so he would ask his retainers to feed him and take medicine. Occasionally, he would ask his retainers to carry him to the courtyard.

He never complained or moaned, nor did he tell others how much pain he was. Only when the Imperial Physician Ling asked about the condition would he explain it, as if he was talking about someone else's face, and the Imperial Physician Ling had never seen such a patient. There was no despair or pain in Bai Qi's eyes, but only a terrible calm. It was as if he had experienced something even more painful and terrible than these.

As soon as the spring came, the King of Qin sent a general named Fu to lead his army to attack Wei and captured Wucheng. The King of Qin submitted a letter to the King of Wei, asking Wei to obey his orders and become an affiliated person. The King of Wei was extremely angry and immediately ordered to fight against the Qin people. However, the State of Wei obviously did not have such strength and no general who could be appointed. The King of Wei could only reply to the King of Qin in shame, and did not talk about the affiliated matters, but only asked both sides to negotiate peace.

At the same time, the King of Wei asked Zhao for help, but Zhao was unable to send troops due to the busy farming season, so he ordered Lejian to lead his army to intimidate Qin near Shangdang again.

Bai Qi sat in the courtyard, and the young master Yiren stood aside and was tasting medicine for him. Bai Qi calmly watched the big trees in the courtyard grow new buds.

Suddenly, Bai Qi found that he could no longer breathe.

He had experienced this feeling of suffocation. When he was in Nanjun, he fell from a chariot and was stepped on by a war horse. At that time, he suffocated for a long time.

Bai Qi looked at Ying Yiren calmly on the side, and Ying Yiren hurriedly brought the potion to him.

Bai Qi shook his head and said to Ying Yiren seriously: "No need, I'm going to die."

"It's a pity... I didn't meet Zhao Kuo, I have a lot of things I want to ask him."

Ying Yiren was stunned. He smiled and said, "Please don't say that...you will definitely..."

Before Ying Yiren finished speaking, Bai Qi fell backwards, and the retainers screamed and rushed up.

He is really dead.

The mountains pressing against the six kingdoms and the fear in the hearts of the princes of the six kingdoms collapsed on this day.

He could no longer hear any abuse like the "butcher" or the praise like the "god of war".

ps: Some people previously suggested that the plot progressed too slowly, and some people said they could not see ideological conflicts, so some changes were made during this period and slightly modified. I wonder what Ersanzi thinks?
Chapter completed!