The first day of the first emperor's year was January 4th, winter.
Hou Meng'ao, the champion of the Great Qin Dynasty, died of illness. The old man who fought for the Qin State all his life did not survive the harsh winter.
The funeral of the old man was held in a grand manner, and even the almighty First Emperor came forward. This was the greatest honor.
The third day after the funeral.
Meng Wu, who had lost his father, and Meng Tian, who had lost his eldest father, rode their horses to the northwest. They were going to guard the border for Da Qin.
A Confucian scholar said privately:
"It is not in accordance with the etiquette system. You should observe filial piety for three years to show your filial piety! Meng Wu and Meng Tian did not observe filial piety for the sake of military merit. Such people became generals of Qin. How is Qin a country of humans? It is a country of tigers and wolves!"
When Ying Chengyu heard the news, he was very angry and complained to the First Emperor before leaving.
The First Emperor who was fishing did not even look back and said lazily:
"Let them talk about it. There is no law in Qin that imposes sentences for excessive words. How can you be angry about this? You shouldn't have been used to it a long time ago? A bunch of rotten scholars who only know how to talk and talk can't achieve anything and teach others.
Not bad."
These words did not stop Ying Chengyu.
He found the Confucian scholar and sent him to the northwest, to Meng Tian, to join the army!
"Since you said that Meng Wu and Meng Tian should not go to guard the border, then you can go and guard the border. Go and replace them."
These are Ying Chengyu's farewell words to the Confucian scholars, as you go, you go up!
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Xinzheng.
Wang Yan, a veteran who had known the old man for decades and was "executed" for treason, was sitting in a rocking chair, chatting with several veterans who were "executed" together, talking about scandals about his old friends.
"Wu'anjun, Fan Yuqi, Lugong, Huanjue, among us, Meng Ao and Meng Ao are the least courageous! It is often said that killing too much will harm the peace of the world and be detrimental to future generations."
The six sons who have been with Wang Ye all their lives rolled their eyes and muttered, "Why didn't I see him in Xianyang?"
Da Dao Wang Wu picked up the wine bowl with his only arm and handed it to Wang Ye's mouth, slowly and attentively.
"Prince, take a sip of wine and speak slowly."
When people get older, they like to talk about old things and also like to listen to old things. If these old things are the secrets of the people around you and idols, then you like to listen to them even more!
"In the battle of Changping, Duke Meng, Wang Gong, and Lord Wu An buried 400,000 Zhao dogs. Will Duke Meng be timid? Just kidding, Duke Meng."
A veteran who lost his legs questioned that he was a soldier brought out by Meng Ao.
"You kid still doesn't believe me, let me have a drink."
Wang Ye reached out to take the wine bowl. He was not used to being served by others.
Pacha~
The wine bowl fell to the ground and shattered, and the wine splashed everywhere, but he failed to catch it.
"It's the villain, it's the villain! I'm not sure!"
Wang Wu smiled apologetically.
Wang Ye waved his hands and suppressed the strangeness in his heart.
"No more drinking.
"I don't know where he heard the word 'volunteer'. Since the Battle of Changping, he broke into the city without killing prisoners..."
A few days later, a carrier pigeon flew from Xianyang, bringing news of Meng Ao's death.
Wang Ye sat blankly for half an hour, wiping his eyes.
"If you say a few ugly things about you, you might as well die...
"You, a birdman, have won a champion. I am so envious of you. Mr. Wu An is not as powerful as you.
"You are so impatient as a bird, and you can't be as calm as a Luo when Marquis Che can't wait to show off to Lord Wu An?"
The old man was talking to himself, as if sitting in front of him was his old friend who clearly didn't like to kill prisoners, but had preceded him to give the order to kill prisoners during the Battle of Changping.
Worried that something might happen to the old man, the six guards guarded the old man outside the door all night.
When I walked in the door the next day, I saw the old man clamoring to eat meat, as if he had nothing to do, and my heart dropped.
Parting between life and death is very rare for ordinary people.
Not unusual for an old general.
It’s just that when I wake up from my dream at midnight, I will wake up, miss you, and regret...
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The news continued to fly eastward, reaching Qi Di.
The Marquis of Wucheng, Wang Jian, who was teasing his grandson Wang Li, was stunned.
"Father, play with me, play with me!"
The child in his arms pulled Wang Jian's beard hard. Wang Jian was in pain, regained consciousness, and handed over his favorite grandson to the care of others.
The God of War of the Qin Dynasty wears armor and holds a sword. He sits facing west with a jar of strong wine and two wine bowls in front of him.
Two bowls were filled with wine, one bowl was poured into the ground in front of the body, and the other bowl was held in both hands and brought into the mouth.
"Wang Jian bids farewell to the Champion!"
The stalwart body leaned forward and did not rise for a long time.
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northeast.
The Donghu people have been harassed and plundered by Wang Ben recently, and these Donghu people don't even know who is the Hu people, the Qin State or them.
Robbery of cattle and sheep, and plundering of girls, is this something that a country of etiquette in the Central Plains can do?
The reason is that a Qin soldier was lost on your Donghu territory, and if you Donghu won't look for it for me, then I, Wang Ben, can only look for him myself.
The Donghu leader was filled with grief and anger.
Your Qin army is not the most disciplined and enforces orders and prohibitions, so why do you keep getting lost?! People get lost every day, can't you keep an eye on them!
In order to guard against Wang Ben, who had a sudden attack and conquered the world, Donghu sent heavy troops to defend the border with the Qin army, and there would be small-scale frictions with the Qin army every day.
Suddenly, for a few days, the Qin army stopped.
Dong Hu didn't know why, but his heart was beating wildly, for fear that Wang Ben was holding back a big one.
They sent people to Liaodong County to inquire about information, and saw that all the soldiers in the city had their right arms tied with black belts!
The champion of the Qin Dynasty, Hou Meng'ao, passed away. The general of the Qin Dynasty, Wang Ben, wore mourning for three days and ordered all the Qin troops to tie black belts on their right arms and refrain from fighting in order to bid farewell to the old general!
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Pei County.
Guiguzi smiled happily. The more he saw the person in front of him showing off his posture, the happier he became.
"What you say is baseless, what evidence do you have?"
The visitor reached into his arms, took out a piece of jade, and carefully showed it to Guiguzi.
"This is the token!"
Guiguzi took a closer look and saw that the jade was two fingers wide and three inches long. It was green in color with white in it. There were small black dots inside and it was not transparent.
"The royal token is just such a piece of inferior jade? Is it too cheap?"
"I don't know what I know, but there are beautiful jade. As the saying goes, a man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade. The boy is living among the people. If he really had a piece of He's jade, his life would have been long gone."
"In other words, the Ying family deliberately left you among the people? Why is this?"
"The king is so high that it is easy for those ministers to blind the king. I am different. I am among the people. No one can blind me. Every year I go to Xianyang to meet with your majesty and tell me everything about this year.
What I have seen and heard. Your Majesty and I discussed the government decrees of the court together. My father-in-law, you invited me to drink and eat meat today. You are a good man. Next year, I will ask your Majesty to make you the Marquis of Che, and give you countless gold and silver treasures!
"
"Oh, up and down, I can distinguish thousands of miles. It turns out that it is really the prince who is in charge. Thank you very much, prince!"
The waiter came up with three kilograms of freshly cut dog meat. When he heard the last person coming said that he wanted to make Guiguzi a Chehou, he smiled and said:
"Don't listen to these rogue words. A few days ago, he was a disciple of Wang Jian, the Marquis of Wucheng. He said that Wucheng Marquis was able to defeat Xiang Yan because of his advice."
The visitor laughed loudly, piled the three kilograms of newly brought dog meat in front of him, and said to the waiter first:
"I want you to talk more!"
Then he picked up a big bone, put it in his mouth and gnawed it, eating the meat and saying:
"There is a lot of meat, enough for me and my two husbands to eat together. If my husband doesn't want me to eat, I will spit on the plate. I will think carefully about whether I should invite you to eat with me."
Guiguzi knocked on the plate and said with a smile:
"If you spit, only you can eat it, and we can't eat it. If you don't spit, we can eat it. This should be whether you want it to be eaten by me, and I can't decide."
The visitor's eyes widened.
"Old man, you are even more rogue than me!"
"How can you call this a rogue? This is the truth. Think about it carefully, is it the truth? I see your behavior, if I spit on this plate, you will still eat it, right?
"
The visitor cheered and said nonchalantly:
"Even if my father-in-law vomits ten times, I can still eat it. My life is low, but I am not as noble as the two father-in-laws."
Guiguzi laughed.
"That's it, you are shorter than the two of us, so you take the initiative and you are the winner. Being a scoundrel is not necessarily a bad thing sometimes. It doesn't matter if other people laugh at you. Can it fill your stomach? You can eat it until your stomach is full.
Only meat can fill your stomach!"
The visitor's eyes immediately became serious. After thinking for a moment, he said sincerely:
"You've learned a lesson, boy. Thank you for your teaching, father-in-law."
In just such a chat, the visitor had already chewed two bones. Even when he was thinking about talking, the teeth in his mouth did not stop chewing.
The old apprentice was very angry. If the master hadn't been there, he would have driven away the visitor. Why would such a scoundrel eat with him?
In fact, the old apprentice had already eaten enough before, but when he saw that all the dog meat on the table was eaten by the visitor, he took away the largest bone and gnawed it with a look of resentment.
No room for this scoundrel!
"Old man, would you like some more wine?"
The visitor swallowed hard, with some difficulty, and discussed it with Guiguzi with a smile.
"If you ask that, I definitely won't want it. I've already eaten and drank enough. Why would I spend my money to treat you to a drink? You just injured my companion."
The visitor rolled his eyes, his eyes lit up again, and he said in a low tone:
"You two old people don't want to suffer physical pain, so just give me another jar of wine!"
"The boy is teachable!"
Guiguzi nodded happily and shouted loudly.
"Bring another bottle of wine!"
The visitors happily concentrated on drinking and eating meat, leaving bones all over the table.
He didn't speak, and Guiguzi didn't speak either. He looked at the person carefully.
I could see that his forehead was high and bulging, his sideburns were so long that they reached the base of his ears, and his beard was divided into two sides. He was very beautiful. His face looked a bit majestic, but it was covered up by the stronger aura.
Wearing a gray coarse linen garment that is most commonly worn by people in Peixian County, the shoes on his feet are also very common cloth shoes.
There are a lot of people wearing this look in Peixian County.
The visitor finished eating three kilograms of dog meat and breathed out comfortably.
The old apprentice only ate two of the bones, and Guiguzi did not eat a bite. Together with the previous pound of dog meat, the visitor had eaten at least three and a half pounds of dog meat.
"Have you had enough of looking at me? Are you trying to see if this boy is your Majesty's brother?"
The visitor asked with a smile.
"Have you had enough to eat and drink?"
Guiguzi asked back.
Someone come and pat your round belly.
"Half full!"
"Oh, how much more meat and wine do you want?"
"Three pounds is never too little, five pounds is never too much, ten pounds is almost enough, and twenty pounds is enough to fill you up."
Zhiqua~
The old apprentice suddenly stood up, and the stool under him made an unpleasant noise as it rubbed hard against the floor.
He has never seen such a scoundrel! Can he eat enough for twenty pounds? Do you think you are a glutton? I can’t support you to death!
"You scoundrel..."
"Hey! Sit down!"
Guiguzi glared sternly.
"only."
The old apprentice responded with a low eyebrow and sat down.
This scene was caught in the eyes of the visitors, who looked back and forth at Guiguzi and his disciples in surprise.
"Twenty pounds of meat and five pounds of wine."
After Guiguzi finished calling, he looked at the visitor with a smile.
"My father-in-law is very generous! I know that the boy can't eat meat without wine, so he even ordered wine for the boy."
Visitors praised him again.
"I've lived for such a long time, and it's rare that someone can eat so much. You should open my eyes because you are so generous."
"...My father-in-law is so polite to me, which makes me a little frightened. If my father-in-law doesn't give up, I would like to become my teacher, what do you think?"
Guiguzi shook his head.
"No, no, you are His Majesty's biological brother. Brother Qin will eventually become your brother, and you will be the king in the future. I am not so blessed."
"Hahaha, I'm so funny!"
It is unusual for a big eater to order twenty pounds of meat and five pounds of wine at this small restaurant.
The other diners in the restaurant all looked in this direction, and when they saw the face of the visitor, they all had strange expressions on their faces.
"This guy cheated me out of wine and meat again. I don't know what identity he is talking about this time."
"Haha, this guy makes up stories with ease and is very serious and confident. It's really easy to deceive people from out of town."
"Old Madam Liu is going to get angry again now. Twenty pounds of dog meat and five pounds of wine will make it easier for me to have this guy."
"What do these things mean to Old Madam Liu? It's just a meal for the second son of the Liu family. This guy wouldn't be in this situation if he and Old Madam Liu had lowered their heads."
"..."
Gui Guzi asked for a lot of food this time, and one waiter couldn't deliver it. Even the shopkeeper personally brought five kilograms of wine to it.
When he arrived at the table, the waiter put down the twenty kilograms of dog meat in his hand and was about to speak when he was hit hard by the shopkeeper.
"Use slowly, use slowly."
The shopkeeper smiled apologetically and dragged the waiter away.
Who cares if he was deceived? As long as it can be sold, someone will pay the bill in the end, so why talk!
The old apprentice heard the sounds around him and knew that the boy in front of him was a habitual criminal, and his expression became even more unkind.
Guiguzi turned a deaf ear to the surrounding comments, as if he couldn't hear them at all, and moved forward alone.
"please."
The visitor smiled and said:
"Old man, are these all for the boy?"
Guiguzi smiled and nodded.
"That's good."
Before the word "good" could be pronounced, the person quickly stretched out his hands, picked up twenty kilograms of dog meat in one hand and five kilograms of wine in the other, and ran away, covering more than ten meters with a puff of smoke!
There was no meat or wine spilled in these ten meters. The person who came here was either born with extraordinary physical strength or had great martial arts skills.
"My father-in-law went to see Liu Ang and said that he was deceived by Liu Ji. He wanted Liu Ang to settle the bill together with the meat and wine in front of him! This meal was not treated by me, but by me!"
Guiguzi looked at Liu Ji's back and smiled.
"Liu Ang, he should be the Red Emperor's father. It's interesting and interesting to call my father by his name for the sake of his son."