The two brothers Ji Jia and Ji Zhang were locked in the same cell. It was dark and damp, and cockroaches and rats were rampant.
In fact, the prisons in Zhaocheng are all newly built and the environment is not bad. This is an exception. It is perfect for detaining them.
Ji Xueling walked down the stairs and appeared in front of the two brothers.
Ji Zhang's eyes lit up, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, he rushed over and grabbed the cell door and said: "Sister, sister, please save brother..."
Since Ji Jia was caught by Ji Xueling personally, the expression on his face did not change much, but he still glanced at her secretly several times. It could be seen that he still felt like he had received help from his sister.
"I really can't understand why you chose to join forces with the enemy!" Ji Xueling said with a face full of disappointment: "Even if my father looks down on Ji Jie, he is still a minister of our Zhou Dynasty and a member of the royal family. He does everything with great dignity.
Zhou's interests are the first choice! It's better for you, my father's body is still cold, but you do such a treasonous thing, are you worthy of his old man?"
Ji Zhang lowered his head. He knew that the only one who could save them now was his sister. He quickly surrendered and said: "Sister, it's my brother's fault. We also listened to the slander from the people of Qin and made a stupid decision. Please take care of yourself."
Let’s talk to our cousin and ask him to let us go!”
Ji Xueling shook her head, and their hearts sank to the bottom. Are they really going to be locked up here for the rest of their lives?
Ji Jia didn't care about her face anymore and stepped forward and said: "Sister, my brother has never asked you for anything, please help us!"
"Yes, please save us. No matter what, we are all brothers and sisters!" Ji Zhang said with a cry in his voice.
Ji Xueling thought for a while and said: "There is no way to save you, but with my current ability, there is no way at all! But, if you are smart, you may be able to save yourself, but even if you are released, you
You can’t stay in Dazhou anymore, you know?”
exile!
This word flashed through their minds at the same time. Ji Jia sat down on the ground, and he understood what the so-called self-rescue meant.
…
After reading Qin Qing's autographed letter, Ji Jie said with a smile: "Things went more smoothly than we imagined. Lu Buwei turned from the main war faction to the leader of the peace faction. With his active persuasion, King Qin agreed to peace talks."
, and let him take full responsibility.”
At that time, the Qin Dynasty discussed the attack on Zhou Dynasty. Lu Buwei was a die-hard warrior, so he appointed Meng Ao as the general. The attack on Zhou Dynasty went smoothly. He did not expect that he would start a war with Ji Jie later, and then there would be a war.
Big defeat.
Meng Ao was defeated and dismissed from the post of general. The little military power that Lu Buwei had finally obtained was lost. He was unwilling to see that little power fall into the hands of others. In addition to his personal relationship with Ji Jie, Xinling Lord Wei Wuji and
Qin Qing's face suddenly turned into the Zhuhe faction.
The Qin army has extraordinary combat power. It has almost never lost a battle since Shang Yang's reform, and thousands of people were captured at one time. If these prisoners cannot be rescued, the morale of the military will be in chaos, and the morale of the people will also be affected.
Lu Buwei kept saying good things for Ji Jie, and mentioned more than once that Qin's biggest enemy was the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, not Zhou Dynasty, let alone Ji Jie.
Then let's negotiate, it's just a compensation, Ji Jie doesn't dare to make excessive demands.
The King of Qin sent someone to deliver the letter of credence, and the words were to the point. There was also a letter from Lu Buwei, agreeing to meet in the royal city in ten days.
It's easy to deal with them if they give in. Ji Jie is not an unforgiving master, but with such a good opportunity, of course he has to kill them.
Next came the funeral of the emperor. On the day of the funeral, the two brothers Ji Jia and Ji Zhang were released, put on brand new mourning clothes, and accompanied the procession to escort the emperor's coffin to the burial.
The funeral was a lively one and cost Ji Jie a lot of money.
Then, it was announced to the people that the prince Ji Jia and the second son Ji Zhang voluntarily gave up their royal status and asked to be exiled and never return to the Zhou Dynasty.
You are smart. If you are not willing to give up your royal status, you will never want to regain your freedom in this life. Exile is better than imprisonment.
The two brothers put on the linen clothes worn by ordinary people, each carrying a bag of dry food and the gold ingots given by Ji Xueling in their pockets, and left the royal city.
…
Lu Buwei and Ji Jie exchanged a few pleasantries, and then they sat down separately.
"Mr. Lu, we are old acquaintances. If you are polite, there is no need to say anything more. Let's go directly to the topic!" Ji Jie said straight to the point: "Qin, as a vassal state, brazenly sent troops to attack the emperor's royal city and shot and killed him.
Emperor Zhou Nan, we have to settle this account carefully!"
Lu Buwei stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Then Mr. Zhaowen must give in to me!"
"Mr. Lu is kidding, no one can be your opponent when it comes to doing business!" Ji Jie still smiled, took out a piece of paper, read it and said: "The walls of the royal city are damaged in many places, repairs will cost 50,000 yuan."
20,000 taels of gold; the construction of Zhaocheng Dragon City required 20,000 taels of gold to repair the city walls; after the Qin army occupied the royal city, they burned and destroyed thousands of houses, looted food, and countless property, and had to compensate for 10,000 taels of gold; the emperor's funeral cost
Twenty thousand taels of gold!”
Lu Buwei smiled, nodded and said: "Okay, a total of one hundred thousand taels of gold. Since Zhao Wenjun has put forward the conditions, I will naturally agree. Let's sign the contract!"
Don't worry, where are you now? There's more to come.
Each of the eight thousand captured Qin troops was valued at twenty taels of gold, totaling 160,000 taels!
Lu Buwei broke out in a cold sweat and thought to himself, I am already very good at doing business, but I never thought there would be someone more profiteer than me. This is too cruel. One mouth is worth 160,000 taels. This is gold, not brass!
Lu Buwei used his innate bargaining skills and cut down to 120,000 taels of gold in one go. Ji Jie said the deal was done.
Two hundred and twenty thousand taels of gold were loaded into dozens of carts. When they were driven to the royal city, the animals were so exhausted that they gasped for air.
Then let him go. When Lu Buwei saw eight thousand Qin soldiers wearing linen pants walking towards him, he was dumbfounded.
"Well...Jun Zhaowen, why are these people so disheveled..."
"Is there any problem?" Ji Jie said with his hands behind his back: "Your 120,000 taels of gold bought eight thousand people, and you didn't mention the equipment and weapons they carried with them. I have generously given each of them a pair of pants.
, although this thing is not valuable, even if it is not valuable, it cannot support the large quantity, eight thousand pieces!"
Lu Buwei really met a master in his heart. I wonder why he was so generous and dropped the price from 160,000 to 120,000. It turns out there is a trick up his sleeve!
But you can't go back with such a group of people, it would be embarrassing!
"Well, let's talk about the equipment for these 8,000 people. Let's make it cheaper..."
"Okay, fifty thousand taels of gold, not even one tael less!"