Ziying left the palace and rode straight to the east of Xianyang City. He was dressed in royal robes and made the people on the roadside kowtow and kneel.

He was a little happy and a little scared.

The purpose of going to Bashu this time was to prevent the people in the pass from starving to death next year. He felt that he was worthy of this kneeling ceremony. However, the Qin soldiers who fought bloody battles came from among the people, and he was just a person giving orders.

"One general becomes famous and thousands of bones wither, one king dominates and hundreds of generals die..." Ziying thought and murmured, "Compassion does not control soldiers, and righteousness does not control wealth. Perhaps a high and wise king is one who coexists with killing and benevolence?"

With the horse whipping up, Ziying has arrived at the east city, holding the reins and looking around for the melon seller.

He probably knew what kind of melon Caiwei was talking about—Zhaoping melon. He could even guess the name of the melon seller—Zhaoping.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there were four records about Zhaoping.

He didn't know which Zhao Ping it was, or which of the four Zhao Ping records belonged to the same person.

One is the Dongling Marquis who was personally granted the title by the First Emperor, and was dedicated to guarding the tombs of Princess Zhao and King Zhuang Xiang. After the fall of Qin, Xianyang City was also destroyed by Xiang Yu, who sold melons in the east of Chang'an City in later generations.

Secondly, he was the commander of Chen Sheng. He did not do much, but he influenced the general trend of the world! He led the army to attack Guangling but failed, and Qin soldiers came to support him. Zhao Ping got wise in his desperation and granted Xiang Liang the title of Chu King Shangzhu in the name of Chen Sheng. So, Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu

Lead 8,000 soldiers to march westward...

Thirdly, after Han Xin "defeated Xiao He", Liu Bang wanted to reward Xiao He heavily. Xiao He, under the persuasion of his retainer Zhao Ping, did not ask for any reward and donated his family wealth to the army. Liu Bang was very happy.

Fourth, he was the prime minister of Qi Ai King Liu Xiang, the eldest son of Liu Bang's illegitimate son Liu Fei, and held the military power tiger talisman. Liu Xiang wanted to send troops to kill Lu. After Zhaoping learned about it, he was afraid that Liu Xiang would lead troops to surround the Qi palace. As a result, Liu Xiang was killed

Wei Bo, the central defender, deceived his military power and surrounded the Prime Minister's Mansion instead. Zhao Ping committed suicide.

If Zhaoping, the melon seller, was only the Marquis of Dongling, and Ziying wanted to re-employ him, then the loyal ministers who were not in office after the death of the Qin Dynasty should be rewarded.

However, if there is contact with Xiao He, Chen Sheng and others, things will not be so simple.

If you become Liu Xiang's prime minister again when you are old...

Ziying shook his head, still unable to connect these records together, not to mention that the Qin Dynasty has not yet been destroyed, and the person selling melons today may not be Zhaoping.

Among the people who were kneeling and worshiping, there stood a slim woman in black, holding a golden melon and munching on it, it was Caiwei.

The middle-aged melon farmer with a long beard knelt down and whispered something. Caiwei, who was concentrating on chewing melons, turned around and discovered Ziying.

"Why did the king come to the east of the city if he didn't go to train his troops? Isn't he also here for the melons?" Caiwei teased, with melon seeds still hanging from the corners of her mouth.

"Girl, stop talking and kneel down quickly." Guanong said urgently, "Throw away the sword too. The king hates knights the most."

"This girl doesn't want to."

"This...sigh."

Seeing that the dissuasion was ineffective, Guanong had no choice but to keep silent. He had already imagined the tragic situation of Caiwei being tortured.

Ziying walked to a melon stall and picked up a melon. "It's a blessing to have melons to eat in autumn and winter. How do you sell this melon?"

"Back to the king, this melon..." The melon farmer bowed slightly.

"This girl is asking the king." Caiwei said with a smile, "They all say that the king is a benevolent king. Why don't you even pay attention to the people's questions? I wonder if your reputation is in vain?"

"What a sharp tongue." Ziying rolled his eyes.

"It's better than some people. They use sweet words to convince others, but now they don't even bother to visit. It's really disappointing." Caiwei wiped the corner of her mouth and choked back.

"Hahaha..." Ziying couldn't help laughing.

"Why are you laughing? Did I say something wrong?" Caiwei frowned slightly.

Ziying kept silent and looked at Caiwei's confused look.

The melon farmer who was kneeling on the ground shook his head unconsciously and sighed, already imagining Ziying's love affair with an ignorant peasant girl in his mind.

Caiwei threw down the melon rind and looked at the melon farmer, "Old man, do you know what he means?"

"This... this... villain doesn't know." The melon farmer shrank back.

"Just tell me if you know. I will forgive you. If you don't know, you will be punished." Ziying said with a smile.

"This... this sentence of 'quick tongue' comes from "The Book of Songs. Xiaoya. Qiaoyan", and the next sentence is 'Yan Zhihouye'..."

"Ziying, how dare you laugh at me!"

Caiwei wanted to draw her sword, but the melon farmer quickly stood up and blocked Ziying's horse.

"Old man, get out of the way. He is the shameless person. I have to teach him a lesson today!" Caiwei shouted.

"Help me take him down." Ziying suddenly said with a bad smile.

"This..." Guanong was a little helpless, "I don't know how to do martial arts. Your Majesty, you should return to the palace quickly."

Caiwei smiled disdainfully, "Didn't you learn swordsmanship? You have the guts to compete."

"Madam, I misunderstood. I asked Madam to take down this melon farmer." Ziying said with a smile, "He is the sinner of the Qin Dynasty that I have been looking for for a long time!"

"So old man, you are a fugitive?!" Caiwei's face turned cold, she twisted the sword and put it on Guanong's neck, "Tell me, what exactly did you commit?"

"Ah? This..." The melon farmer quickly raised his hands, and suddenly felt unprepared. This girl was actually Da Qin's wife, and she came to arrest him with Ziying.

"Your Majesty has a clear vision, Madam has a clear vision, this villain has been wronged!" the melon farmer cried in mourning.

"Unjustly? You didn't guard the tomb of King Zhuang Xiang, but went back to Xianyang to sell melons. Isn't this dereliction of duty? It was in vain that the First Emperor granted you the title of marquis!" Ziying scolded.

Even if ordinary people knew the context of "Qiao Ruhuhuang", it would be impossible for them to understand the source so clearly. The identity of the melon farmer was definitely unusual, and with this strange melon, Ziying was certain that he was Zhao Ping.

"The king knows about the villain?" Zhao Ping was surprised.

"Old man, if you are guilty, admit it immediately and stop beating around the bush," Caiwei advised.

"The villain is really unjust. Last time after Xiang Yu threatened the king with the Lishan Mausoleum, Commander Li Xin sent Qin soldiers to guard the place instead of the villain." Zhao Ping explained quickly, "This villain can come back and sell melons."

"Oh? That's it." Ziying sneered, "In less than a month, Marquis Dongling was able to grow melons when the weather was freezing. I really admire him."

"These melons were grown by the son of a villain. They were stored from this summer to this time. They were not grown by a villain." The melon farmer said anxiously.

Caiwei reached out and picked up the melon and handed it to Ziying.

Ziying took it and looked at it carefully. It was not stored well and there were faint traces of frostbite on the melon.

"What's abnormal about this melon?" Ziying asked. He had never seen the normal melons or aventurine melons from the Qin Dynasty.

"Other than being a bit sweeter, there's nothing special about it." Caiwei thought.

"This is an ordinary melon, girl... Madam hasn't eaten melon for a long time, so it feels extra sweet." Zhao Ping explained.

"In that case, I have wrongly blamed Marquis Dongling, and I can't apologize here." Ziying cupped his hands and said.

"It's the villain's fault. I didn't inform the king of my return." Zhao Ping smiled in relief, "If the king is fine, I will give all the melons to my wife and then return home."

Zhaoping slowly moved away from Caiwei's sword, turned around and was about to leave.

"Stop!" Ziying shouted fiercely, "I only said that the wrong melon was grown by the Marquis of Dongling. There are still some things I haven't finished asking. The majestic Marquis of Dongling of Qin Dynasty should have a lot of food, and now he is braving the cold

Do you have to ask me one by one about the reasons for selling melons?"

Caiwei blocked Zhao Ping's path with her sword.

"This... the world is in rebellion, and Hu Hai took back the villain's food in order to fund his crusade, so he is reduced to this." Zhao Ping knelt on the ground again.

"Hu Hai? Hu Hai accepted your title, so you were jealous and followed Chen Sheng when he was rebelling. In order to attack Qin, you also made Xiang Liang the Shangzhu Kingdom, right?!" Ziying shouted coldly,

"After Chen Shengshen's death, you didn't think much of Xiang Yu and others, so you secretly returned to the pass, right?!"

Zhao Ping was at a loss and had no way to call for help, "This villain can't understand what the king said!"

"Where is Marquis Dongling from?"

"Chu Di... Guangling." Zhao Ping carefully replied.

"That's right." Ziying said with a smile, "Chen Sheng's commander is also from Guangling. What a Dongling Marquis, he is so courageous!"

Caiwei was slightly puzzled when she heard Ziying's words.

"Maybe it's someone with the same name?" Caiwei asked.

Ziying didn't answer, he was constantly speculating in his mind.

When the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang only knew that Zhaoping was a tombkeeper and did not recruit him. Xiao He was well-informed and heard the name of Zhaoping's uprising, so he recruited him for his own use, also to gain a few more eyes.

Beware of Liu Bang's murderous intention.

Xiao He would die thirteen or four years later, and in the same year Liu Fei also died, and his son Liu Xiang became the new King of Qi. Zhao Ping rushed from Chang'an to Linzi. Because Zhao Ping had helped Xiao He, he also

He was favored by Liu Xiang and became prime minister...

Zhaoping's melon planting had a Taoist flavor, and Liu Xiang's prime minister, Zhaoping, also said when he died, "Wow! The Taoist saying is that 'you should continue to cut off, and you will suffer from chaos', that's right."

Ziying thought that his guess was feasible, and these four "Zhaopings" were not ordinary people, but Guanong Zhaoping refused to admit it, so he couldn't give in.

"Your Majesty has really wronged this villain. When Chen Sheng rebelled, he was still guarding the tomb of King Zhuang Xiang." Zhao Ping said anxiously, about to kowtow and beg for mercy, but was stopped by Cai Wei.

Caiwei looked at Zhao Ping and couldn't see that he looked like he could rebel.

"Ziying, you may have really wronged him," Caiwei said in sympathy.

Ziying did not dare to jump to conclusions. Zhao Ping selling melons might be appreciated by Xiao He. As for the subsequent incident of Prime Minister Liu Xiang, it had not happened yet and was of no importance.

The key lies in whether Zhaoping ever participated in Chen Sheng's rebellion.

This is the difference between loyal ministers and rebellious ministers.

The person who can use Chen Ping's name to seal Xiang Liang as the Shangzhu Kingdom should not only have a faint brushstroke, but also have a clear record of life or death...
Chapter completed!