lcionline Chapter 277 Gift of Sword
Chapter 277 Gift of Sword
Chapter 277 Gift of a Sword
Let's keep going!
Wang Yi's incident surprised many people, but fortunately, it did not have a major impact in the end.
At least in terms of the annexation of South Korea, nothing has changed.
However, Bai Yifei's three thousand white-armored soldiers could only follow him to Wusui. The rest of the journey would be protected by the Luo Wang and the troops sent by the Qin state.
After passing Wusui, we were already within the territory of Qin, and the rest of the journey was peaceful and uneventful.
All the way to Xianyang, no further accidents occurred.
"As my brother has instructed, you may rest today. Tomorrow he will convene a grand court assembly to personally receive you and discuss the procedures for surrendering the kingdom and the imperial seal."
After arriving in Xianyang, Ying Jing lost interest in continuing to spend time with Han Fei and Wei Zhuang, those two grown men.
A woman had been waiting for him for a long time and was getting impatient.
"Please wait, Lord Changxin."
Han Fei suddenly called out to Ying Jing at this moment.
"Is there anything else, Your Majesty?"
Han Fei had barely warmed his seat on the throne before he was about to lose it, and Ying Jing's tone was somewhat sarcastic.
"Lord Changxin, please don't joke. I will soon no longer be king."
Han Fei smiled wryly, but instead of offering the sword box wrapped in coarse cloth, he handed it to Ying Jing.
"This is?"
Ying Jing already knew what it was, but his tone was still somewhat surprised.
"My old friend's greatest hope is to see a peaceful and prosperous world where the ruler and his ministers live in harmony and the people live in peace."
Han Fei's tone suddenly became very soft: "He sought to achieve his goals through killing and war, but ultimately failed. However, he was attracted by my ideals: to govern the world with laws. If the laws of heaven and earth are strictly enforced, then peace can be maintained."
"Now, I have failed too."
"But if it were Lord Changxin, perhaps he could succeed."
Ying Jing frowned, did not take the sword box from Han Fei's hand, and said calmly, "You have not failed yet, and your ideals are not only that one can succeed as a king."
Han Fei shook his head: "But only as a king can you ensure the fairness of the law. What use is a law that only applies to the people?"
Punishment should not be spared even for high-ranking officials, and rewards should not be overlooked even for ordinary people.
What Han Fei hoped to see was a just law that applied regardless of social status.
Even without the title of king, he can still pursue his goals, but he can no longer ensure the fair implementation of the law.
"Then Brother Han Fei should be looking for Brother Wang. I am just a free man."
Ying Jing's brows furrowed even deeper; Han Fei's words were loaded with meaning.
Han Fei smiled faintly: "The King of Qin is indeed a man of great talent and strategy. In just a few years, he has consolidated power and his influence is growing stronger every day."
"But precisely because of this, he was unable to achieve the goal that Han Fei had hoped to achieve."
Ying Jing understood what he wanted to say, but still asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"I have carefully studied the changes in the Qin court situation in recent years."
Han Fei's smile remained, but his eyes were much more serious: "With his power consolidated, the King of Qin has truly become the one who has the final say, and there are no longer any dissenting voices."
Ying Jing's attitude was ambiguous: "As a king, this is how it should be."
If it were like other countries, where everyone is restricted by powerful ministers, that would be a joke.
Han Fei sighed softly: "The King of Qin's tyrannical heart is growing stronger every day. His will is the will of the entire Qin state. But the King of Qin is still human after all, and he will make mistakes sooner or later."
"Lord Changxin, what should we do if one day the King of Qin's will goes against the law?"
Han Fei's ideas were actually somewhat contradictory. He highly advocated monarchical autocracy, but at the same time hoped to govern the country by law, and that the law should not favor the powerful.
Therefore, his highest ideal was "the ruler should be inactive, and the law should be all-encompassing."
When a monarch governs by doing nothing, the laws can be fully implemented.
With laws in effect, the monarch need not worry, the ministers need not to toil, and the people only need to abide by the law.
A monarch like Ying Zheng, whose personal will overrides everything, is clearly incapable of governing by doing nothing.
Ying Jing said indifferently, "If it were me, or anyone else, the outcome would be the same."
"Nothing in this world is absolute, and the absolute fairness you seek does not exist."
This is a matter of where you sit determines what you think.
Even if it were Han Fei himself, could he guarantee impartiality if Honglian committed a crime?
Since it was an era of monarchical autocracy, the king's will was necessarily above the law.
The saying "Princes are subject to the same laws as commoners" is just empty talk!
Unless the people are truly liberated and become masters of their own destiny.
But Ying Jing was born to be a beneficiary in this life, and he would never do something so thankless.
……
The young master's residence.
Ying Jing returned to his residence in Xianyang City, now carrying a sword box wrapped in coarse cloth.
After a heated exchange, Han Fei did realize that there seemed to be something wrong with his thinking, but in the end he still handed over his secret to Ying Jing.
The smarter a person is, the more proud they are, and the more steadfast they become in their beliefs.
Han Fei believed he had not misjudged the man.
Given Lord Changxin's personality, if he were to one day assume that position, he certainly wouldn't do everything personally.
At that time.
If the ruler does nothing, the law will not refrain from doing anything.
His idea then became a possibility!
"Even Han Fei saw it... Brother, do you really have no doubts or concerns at all?"
In the study, Ying Jing gently stroked the sword box in his hand, his eyes deep and thoughtful.
The name "Reverse Scale" is indeed correct.
Han Fei's path has changed, but this new sword master is about to touch a raw nerve!
a long time.
Ying Jing finally opened the sword box slowly, and a series of strange rustling sounds echoed in the room.
A gloomy and gloomy atmosphere immediately filled the entire room.
An invisible field descended, and in a daze, Ying Jing seemed to hear singing...
Every sword with a story is like a song, which fades away with the passage of time.
But the stories told in the songs continue to resonate.
Golden armor, dark and pale skin, eyes covered by black cloth.
The sword spirit floated quietly in the void, its entire body filled with dense yin energy, very still.
Ying Jing smiled and said, "The dead, who should not exist in the first place, must pay a heavy price to remain in this world."
"Han Fei can no longer afford such a price, nor does he need your strength anymore."
As he spoke, Ying Jing slowly raised one hand.
"Then let me bear the consequences."
The price that Blade Spirit must pay to remain in the world is life, and each use will accelerate the passing of life.
For others, this would undoubtedly come at a great cost.
But Ying Jing... has already achieved immortality.
The cost of sacrificing one's life is utterly insignificant to Ying Jing.
silence.
The strange sounds had ceased, leaving only endless yin energy shrouding the area. The sword spirit hovered silently in the void for a long time.
Ying Jing did not urge him, and his expression remained calm.
I don't know how much time passed.
He finally stepped forward and clasped Ying Jing's hand with his cold one.
The contract has been made without our knowledge.