Chapter 550

This is what Confucius said in the past, first recorded in the "Zuo Zhuan" written by Zuo Qiuming. Its meaning is: People outside of Huaxia must not plot against the Central Plains, barbarians must not violate alliances, and force cannot be used to coerce friendship.

If we follow the meaning of this sentence.

The Qin State destroying the Zhao State can only be considered a war between descendants of Huaxia for the sake of orthodoxy, but the Xiongnu invading the land of Huaxia is an act of aggression, which is an intolerable thing.

However, even so, this is not the reason for Li Mu to agree to Ying Zheng and help the Qin State meet the Xiongnu.

Looking at Li Mu, whose expression was still indifferent, Ying Zheng knew that it was not so easy to persuade Li Mu.

But he was very patient. Most importantly, before Su Xuan went to sea, he had given Li Mu a very high evaluation, which made Ying Zheng know Li Mu's talent.

Although Meng Tian was also very good, he had never fought against the Xiongnu before, and no one knew if he would suffer a loss.

Li Mu was different. He had defeated 200,000 Xiongnu troops and had guarded the border of the Zhao State for many years. He knew the Xiongnu and other foreign tribes extremely well. If he helped, the Qin State's meeting of the Xiongnu this time would definitely be a success.

"Li Mu, I hope you can consider it clearly!" Looking at Li Mu, Ying Zheng continued: "Although the Zhao State is gone, I have treated the Zhao people equally over the years. The people of the Zhao State live better under the rule of our Qin State than they did in the past."

"I don't believe you haven't seen this!"

Ying Zheng left the residence where Li Mu lived.

He was not in a hurry to let Li Mu make a choice.

Li Mu was a person with real talent and learning after all. For such a capable person, it was only right to give him some preferential treatment. Ying Zheng didn't mind giving him some time to think it over carefully.

Of course, due to the emergency at the border, the time given to Li Mu to consider was not much.

Ying Zheng believed that Li Mu would give him an answer.

Whether it was to go and meet the Xiongnu for the descendants of Huaxia, or to take his lifelong learning and die in the residence, there would be a result. This result would also determine Ying Zheng's view of Li Mu thereafter.

After Ying Zheng left, Li Mu picked up the military book again, preparing to continue reading. It had to be said that paper was a good thing. Military books that used to require many volumes of bamboo slips to record could now be carried by a thin stack of booklets.

However, for some reason, Li Mu's heart became chaotic. He could not focus his attention on the military book.

Ying Zheng's words always echoed in his heart.

When he learned of the destruction of the Zhao State, he was very sad, and it could be said that his hair turned white overnight.

That was the saddest moment of his life.

He once thought about dying with the Zhao State, but in the end, he didn't do so.

Because he wanted to see how far the Qin State could go?

Was its ambition stopped by the other states in the east? Or did it swallow the states in the east step by step? Facts proved that the states in the east were indeed not very good. After Qin destroyed Zhao, in just a few years, they were destroyed by the Qin State one after another.

The Qin State even unified the world, doing something unprecedented.

At the same time, over the years, he had also been closely watching the situation of the people of the six states in the east whose countries were destroyed.

He thought that after destroying the six states in the east, the Qin State would treat the people of the six states as slaves and enslave them in every way. Unexpectedly, the Qin State treated the people of the six states equally. As long as they followed the laws and regulations of the Qin State, they could also enjoy all the benefits enjoyed by the people of the Qin State.

Over the years, although there were ambitious people who tried to restore the country, the lives of the lowest-level people were actually better than when they were in the six states. A large factor in this was that the Qin State reused the Mohist school, improved many agricultural tools, liberated productivity, and increased grain production.

Even Li Mu had to admit that after the destruction of the Zhao State, the people of the Zhao State lived better than before.

However, could the hatred of destroying the country be easily put down?

He once swore to serve the Zhao State and protect the Zhao State, but in the end, he could only watch the Zhao State be destroyed, unable to do anything.

This was the greatest regret of Li Mu's life.

But immediately after, another sentence of Ying Zheng flashed in Li Mu's mind.

"Descendants do not plot against Xia, barbarians do not disrupt Hua!"

No matter how the Qin State is, the Qin State destroying Zhao is always a family matter of the descendants of Huaxia. When the Zhao State was powerful in the past, it also conquered the Qin State. But the Xiongnu are undoubtedly barbarians. How dare mere barbarians invade Huaxia? Do they really think there is no one in the Central Plains?

Li Mu thought in his mind, and at the same time, he couldn't help but despise the Qin State.

Although the Qin State is strong, it is only good at fighting among themselves. The Qin State is good at conquering the six states in the east, but it must not be very good at fighting against the Xiongnu, which is why they found him, a dead person.

Since the Qin Emperor personally came forward and found him, he would do a good deed and help the other party.

In an instant, Li Mu made a decision.

The fact that Li Mu made a decision was soon known to Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng came to Li Mu's place again.

Even if Li Mu insisted that he was fighting for the Huaxia clan and would not allow foreign barbarians to invade the Central Plains, there was still a sea of blood and deep hatred between the Qin State and the Zhao State. Ying Zheng did not care about these words. What he cared about was that Li Mu was willing to come out of the mountain.

After talking with Li Mu in Li Mu's residence for a while, a few days later, a carriage came to Li Mu's residence.

Li Mu boarded the carriage and headed to the northern land he was once extremely familiar with.

This was also the first time he had left Xianyang over the years.

On Penglai Immortal Mountain.

Su Xuan and others stayed here for a long time.

Su Xuan and others tried to bring back some living plants of the many strange flowers and fruits on the immortal mountain to see if they could be planted in the Central Plains, and for those ancient trees that could not be taken away, they also tried their best to find seeds and bring them back.

At the same time, after identifying the medicinal properties of these medicinal materials that had grown for thousands of years on the island, Su Xuan and others also picked them as much as possible without harming the mother plant, preparing to refine them into elixirs.

These medicinal materials, after being identified by Duanmu Rong and Zi Nu and others, were determined not to have the ability to make people immortal.

That is to say, the record in Liezi that there are fruits growing on Penglai Immortal Mountain that can make people immortal after eating them is just Liezi's guess.

Also, if there really were immortality medicine, why would the Huang Di of the past, the later Emperor Yu, and Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong die?

Everyone saw Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong's corpse.

After knowing the truth, some people were very disappointed.

But Duanmu Rong did not have such disappointment. On the contrary, she was very happy.

Not only because many of these strange flowers and fruits were species that the Central Plains did not have, but also because their medicinal properties exceeded Duanmu Rong's expectations.

Take the Nine Springs Green Blood Jade Leaf Flower for comparison.

Ordinary Green Blood Jade Leaf Flowers are already rare strange medicines in the world, and the Green Blood Jade Leaf Flower that has grown nine leaves is a priceless strange medicine. Even a dying person can live after borrowing it.

And the medicinal materials here have grown for thousands of years. Each of them can be compared to the Nine Springs Green Blood Jade Leaf Flower, and some are even better.

Not to mention that they also possess various strange medicinal properties.

Duanmu Rong has confidence that if she can thoroughly study them, her medical skills can reach an unprecedented realm. Surpassing her master Nian Duan seems to no longer be a delusion.

On this day, after sending the last batch of medicinal materials to the Mirage anchored in the outer sea of Penglai Immortal Mountain.

Su Xuan and others had completely explored Penglai Immortal Mountain.

It was time to leave here.

Although they had known that such a day would come sooner or later, when the moment of parting really came, everyone's mood was inevitably a bit complex.

From going to sea until now, it has taken more than a year.

This is not a short time. At the beginning of the journey, it was very boring. On the way, they also experienced desperate things, that is, the previous few immortal mountains were dead silent, but on the whole, the result was good.

They finally climbed Penglai.

And now, they are leaving!

— Author's Notes —

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