Western Zhou Kingdom, Imperial City.

At this moment, Young Master Ji Chao was sitting behind a few cases, looking at the battle report he had just received not long ago in his hands, his brows filled with excitement.

Originally, Ji Chao only thought that he could rely on the power of the Qin army to barely resist the powerful offensive of the three Jin coalition forces, so that he would not completely lose the battle with his younger brother Ji Gen.

He did not expect that Qin general Zhang Yu and his soldiers were so brave that they were able to defeat the three Jin coalition forces in a face-to-face confrontation.

The Qin State deserves to be the Fang Bo that the ancestors named it, and the Qin Army deserves to be the Qin Army that was able to defeat Xirong. Its combat power should not be underestimated.

As his thoughts turned over and over again, Ji Chao felt that the haze of losing the battle in the past few days could be said to have been completely swept away with this victory.

If the war hadn't been completely over yet, he would have wanted to hold a banquet to celebrate this victory over the three Jin coalition forces.

In the Ji Dynasty, if the Qin army could always win, then the three Jin Dynasties would definitely give up supporting their younger brother Ji Gen when they saw that the situation was unfavorable.

At that time, he can truly take the position of Duke of Western Zhou.

However, just as Ji Chao was thinking about the wonderful future with a smile on his face, a burst of rapid footsteps appeared outside the hall.

Another Qin Army battle report from the front line was handed to him.

"What?"

A few breaths later, looking at another battle report held in his hand, the smile on Ji Chao's face had completely disappeared, replaced by a wave of anger rising from his heart.

As the seal characters on the battle report came into Ji Chao's eyes one after another, the angry expression on his face became more and more obvious, and the anger in his heart burned even more intensely.

What this battle report brought to Ji Chao was not the news that the Qin army had launched another attack on the three Jin coalition forces, but the bad news that Qin general Zhang Xi had decided to withdraw his troops and return.

"Qin Guo, how could you deceive me like this?"

Huge anger gradually occupied his entire heart. Ji Chao tore the battle report into pieces and used all his strength to let out the craziest roar in his heart.

At this moment, Ji Chao felt that he had been greatly deceived, and that the Western Zhou Kingdom had been completely abandoned by the Qin Kingdom.

Thinking back to the scene when the two sides met outside the city gate that day, how could Ji Chao not know that what the Qin army's commander Zhang Yu said was just some high-sounding words.

Perhaps from the beginning to the end, the Qin State had no intention of ensuring that it ascended to the position of Duke of Western Zhou. It was all just to test the details of the three Jin coalition forces.

After thinking about this clearly, Ji Chao felt that all his previous hospitality was so ridiculous. Even his own Western Zhou Kingdom was just a bargaining chip in the game between Qin and the Three Jins.

"Hahaha……"

Perhaps the anger reached its peak, and a bitter laughter sounded in the hall.

The laughter gradually disappeared in the hall, and Ji Chao felt that all the strength in his body had been completely drained, and he could not even support the weight of his body.

Following a dull sound, Ji Chao sat down helplessly after a few cases, with only that thing called despair remaining in his eyes.

From a heaven full of beauty to a hell full of pain, in just a short period of time, Ji Chao felt that his situation had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Just when Ji Chao had lost hope for the future, and even cursed Qin less often, a figure suddenly appeared in his mind.

The next moment, he seemed to have grasped the last straw and stood up from his seat with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"Someone, someone, come!"

"Son."

Looking at the palace man standing in front of him, Ji Chao looked so excited at this moment. He only heard him say a little eagerly: "Go and invite Mr. Zheng Sheng into the palace, and tell him that I have something to ask him for advice.

Go quickly."

"Here."

Seeing the palace servants leaving the hall quickly, Ji Chao's eyes flashed with a hint of expectation.

If anyone else could point out the way forward for him at this time, it would probably be Zheng Sheng, his teacher.

However, Ji Chao's hard expectation did not get the reward he deserved. The palace official did not invite Zheng Sheng for him, but brought back a bamboo slip written by Zheng Sheng himself.

With some caution, the palace man handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Ji Chao and whispered: "Master Qi, Mr. Zheng Sheng has left the royal city, but he left you this letter.

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Ji Chao took the letter from the palace attendant in front of him with a gloomy face, unfolded it with both hands, and slowly moved his eyes on the bamboo slips.

As time went by, the expression on Ji Chao's face changed from gloomy to calm, and finally there was only despair in his eyes.

With a loud "bang", the scroll of bamboo slips fell heavily to the ground, along with Ji Chao who was once again slumped after a few cases.

At this moment, Ji Chao's mind was completely blank, and the only thing left was a sentence in Zheng Sheng's letter.

Zheng Sheng, the teacher of Prince Ji Chao, also chose to leave him at this time.

When he knew that the people closest to him had chosen to leave him, Ji Chao felt only despair, and the bitterness of betrayal and separation appeared in his heart.

This world seems to have abandoned him.

Time passed by minute by second, and no one knew how long it had passed. Ji Chao gradually stood up with calmness on his face and tried his best to support himself.

Then, I heard Ji Chao shouting towards the outside of the hall, "Come here, bring some wine, I want to drink it!"

In the main hall of the royal city, when Ji Chao was trying to use wine to relieve the sorrow in his heart, a carriage slowly appeared on the road leaving the royal city.

"Zheng San, stop the car."

"Yes, my lord."

When the sound coming from the carriage fell, the carriage that was moving forward slowly stopped beside the road accompanied by the driver's sound of urging the horse.

After a while, a middle-aged man slowly opened the curtain of the carriage and stepped out of the carriage.

If Ji Chao were here, he would find that this person is none other than his teacher Zheng Sheng.

Standing on the same spot, Zheng Sheng looked back along the road he came from, and the figure of the Western Zhou Dynasty in the distance fell into Zheng Sheng's field of vision.

Thinking back on all the things he had experienced here over the past few years, Zheng Sheng couldn't help but feel melancholy in his heart, and it was time for him to leave.

It’s just that the mother country of Zheng has become the territory of South Korea. If I choose to leave the Western Zhou Dynasty this time, where should I go?

Just when Zheng Sheng was hesitant about where to go, he seemed to have thought of something, and a bright light appeared in his eyes.

Zheng Sheng withdrew his gaze from the distant royal city and turned to the west, to the Qin Kingdom that was quietly rising.

After sitting back on the carriage, a voice appeared in the driver's ears, "Go, west, to Qin."

"Here."
Chapter completed!