Shen Qing had no choice but to take back the letter and whisper: "Your Highness Jingcheng Fifth Prince: I heard that Your Highness was injured and I was frightened. I only prayed day and night to pray for Your Highness's safety..."

Qin Lei laughed and scolded: "This must be the shitty boy Xu Ge, it seems he is still alive."

Shen Qing nodded and smiled, "It was indeed written by Captain Xu." He continued to recite, "We are all good. Apart from the poor food and too many mosquitoes along the way, we didn't encounter a single hair in Qi Bing. Only Ma Kui, the unlucky guy, was wiped out, and only he led more than a hundred people to break through."

Qin Lei pretended to be angry and said, "Zhi Mom, I'm beaten up, too, I'm also unlucky, let's see how I deal with him."

Shen Qing could see that although His Highness was mumbling, he was obviously much more relaxed. He continued to recite: "When we arrived at the assembly point, you were sent back to the country by the brothers of the Hu Ben Army. You were not able to see you as old as you were. I felt so regretful."

Qin Lei was speechless and depressed. Shi Wei and Shen Qing had already told him that Tieying handed over his handwritten letter to the emperor in time. The emperor was indeed very happy and sent more than 8,000 Tiger Ben Army, the Soul of the Imperial Guard, to pick him up and ambush the Yusheng Cavalry that followed him. As a result, he was half dead and was sent back to the country and missed the good show of Tiger Ben encircling and annihilation of the Yusheng Army.

Shen Qing ignored Qin Lei's pain and continued to recite: "But we followed the Hu Ben Army to wipe out the two battalions of the Yum Army, which can be considered as avenging you."

Qin Lei stood up, 'spoiled' and said angrily: "Are you that old? I'm only seventeen."

Shen Qing finished reading the last few sentences: "Now our Majesty is left to serve in the formation. After the war is over, we will go back to serve you. Please be patient and recover from your injuries. Goodbye. Xu Ge Shiyong Hou Xin."

After hearing the letter, Qin Lei smiled at Shen Qing and said, "Do you envy me when you see them and Tie Ying are left to serve in the army?"

Shen Qing thought about it and nodded. He felt that there was no need to hide his thoughts in front of the hall.

Qin Lei patted his shoulder and said in a deep voice: "This is a war between the previous generation. I promise you that in a few years, I will give you one that belongs to us."

Shen Qing's slightly boiling heart was gently patted by Qin Lei, and calmed down again.

This year, Qin Lei was just seventeen years old and Shen Qing was only eighteen years old.

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Today, Qin occupied one of them. There were nine provinces in the Western Qin Dynasty, one hundred and eight states, among which Zhili Province, also known as Guannei Province, is the capital of the capital. The capital Zhongdu, the capital of Qin State, is located in Zhili.

After passing the Tangzhouwei in Zhili Province, even if you enter the ground of Kyoto, the originally wide official road was three points wide, and the ten-meter-wide road was coming and going, driving from the city to all directions, or gathering from all directions to Zhongdu, a continuous stream of commercial and traveling, which made the Qin Dynasty flourish.

People have long discovered that planting trees on both sides of the road can effectively prevent the invasion of wind and sand from the official road and prevent dust. In summer, it can also prevent heat and cool down. It looks beautiful and generous.

Therefore, various street trees were planted on both sides of the large and large official roads of Qin, most of which were tall, straight, easy to plant and fast-growing poplar trees. These street trees were also called official trees, and were the property of government officials at all levels and were not allowed to be cut down by private individuals.

As the most important place, there are six rows of road trees planted in the middle, which are located on the left and right of the official roads. The outermost layer is a poplar tree that is ten feet tall, and the middle layer is a sycamore tree, which is also ten feet tall.

On the inner side of the official road are two precious ginkgo trees, straight, tall, lush and lush, and can't see at a glance. These ginkgo trees were planted by Emperor Gaozong of Qin when the Qin Dynasty was founded more than 200 years ago, symbolizing that the Qin Dynasty has a long fortune and lasting for thousands of years. There is a saying among the people that "Gongsun Shurong, the Qin Dynasty flourishes."

Ginkgo has also become the favorite plant of the Qin people and is given special significance. Whenever a Qin person goes to Beijing from another place and sees the first ginkgo tree, he knows that he has entered the last part of the journey. He often gets off the horse and gets off for the last rest before entering Beijing. The top figures in the team will take out the incense burner and candlesticks, put three fruits and five foods on it to worship, praying for everything to go smoothly and safely after entering Beijing. If the ginkgo leaves fall from the tree at this time, the passengers will think it is a good sign and will surely achieve everything in their wishes.

The convoy escorting Qin Lei finally saw the first ginkgo tree a month after leaving Hangu Pass.

Qin Lei did not know the custom of worshiping ginkgo. When the Royal Guard Huangfu, who was escorting Qin Lei, asked him to preside over the memorial service, he was a little surprised. After listening to the explanation of the young officer named Huangfu Shengwen, he happily accepted this effortless task.

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The tall ginkgo tree covered the vicious noon sunlight, and the shade of the large trees was cool, as if it was another world. Qin Lei got off the carriage and came to the smokey platform under the shade. The platform was one zhang long, two feet wide, and five feet high. It was a white marble texture. The surface of the platform was embossed with exquisite patterns. Qin Lei looked closely and found that it was Qingyun, Zhuluo, Ruyi and other Zen totems.

As he often said to Shen Qing, he buried his questions in his heart and waited for the right opportunity to come out and solve them.

Shen Qing led people to place the incense burner candlesticks, desserts, fruits and other offerings on the altar, and then stepped back and stood behind Qin Lei with the Imperial Guard.

Qin Lei twisted a golden incense stick and lit it on the candlestick. He held it over his head with both hands and bowed to the old ginkgo tree behind the altar three times, muttering a word: "Hold my incense and candle, worship my Gongsun. I pray to my Gongsun and protect me from peace."

Hundreds of people behind followed and said in unison: "Pray to my Gongsun, I will be safe..." The voices were neat and exuding great piety.

Qin Lei respectfully inserted the incense into the incense burner. He raised the wine cup with his left hand, dripped the wine with his index finger with his right hand, and bounced it three times towards the sky and the earth towards the ginkgo tree. Then he slowly sprinkled the wine on the ground in front of the altar. This was the case three times before the ceremony was completed.

After doing all this, both Qin Lei and the guards felt energetic and involuntarily felt respect for Zhong ninety miles away.

Qin Lei shook his head and shook this feeling out of his head. He was promising to his predecessors who designed this kind of worship before entering the city to achieve a stable social order and increase their sense of belonging to the country.

After the worship, everyone changed their clothes and prepared to enter Beijing. It is said that there will be big figures greetings in the long pavilion ten miles outside the city.

Qin Lei wore the royal dress of Qin State for the first time under the service of Shen Qing and Shi Wei.

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