Chapter 471 The Arrogant and Domineering Lord of Chang'an
Three thousand Qingqi came from the north, passed Gaoque, crossed the Great Wall, and stopped outside the north gate of Jiuyuan City.
The formation of this team is not like an army, but like a caravan. In the middle of the team are several carriages, surrounded by cavalry on the outside.
But which caravan can afford three thousand cavalry?
Even if you really have the financial resources, you would not dare to spend the money. Raising so many cavalry is not a rebellion. What are you trying to do?
The team stopped for a short time, the sun did not move significantly, and the North City Gate, which had not been seen a few times in the past year, suddenly opened wide.
Lord Meng Tian of Jiuyuan rode out, jumped off his horse when he was still fifty steps away from the team, and trotted all the way across the final distance.
Arriving in front of the silver-armored horse, he raised his fists and lowered his head, his voice excited.
"Your Majesty Mengtian! Meet Lord Chang'an!"
"My lord? Hehe, General Meng's identity has changed very quickly."
The man in silver armor was naturally Ying Chengyu. After hearing his chuckle, he jumped off the horse and held up Meng Tian's hand.
"Jiuyuan City, what do I, Ying Chengyu, say count?"
Before the Taotie Army went on the expedition, Meng Tian transferred all the Mongolian generals and claimed that they were the lords of Jiuyuan. Not a single soldier in Jiuyuan City would accompany the Northern Expedition.
Meng Tian, who was helped up by himself and saw Ying Chengyu's return, should have been in a relaxed mood, but now he was even more nervous than before he saw Lord Chang'an.
He lowered his head and did not raise it.
"Jiuyuan County, Lord Chang'an can decide with one word."
There was no one inside the wide-open North City Gate. There were no soldiers, and there were no civilians less than the soldiers.
Ying Chengyu knew that this was Meng Tian trying to comfort him.
I, Meng Tian, will greet Lord Chang'an single-handedly. If there is any change, you can kill me directly!
"Then do you, Mengtian, count as a person from Jiuyuan County?"
"I obey the orders of Lord Chang'an."
"Then raise your head."
Meng Tian then raised his head and looked at the face that was called Shuzi a year and a half ago.
When he followed the prince to the Chang'an Palace to bid farewell, he never imagined that the disgrace of the Qin State, which he did not even bother to look at, would one day become the emperor of the Qin State and the common ruler of the world.
Ying Cheng looked up with his head raised.
On the city wall, behind the crenellations, were Jiuyuan soldiers holding long spears and looking serious.
He chuckled lightly, then lowered his head and pressed his palms on Meng Tian's shoulders with a slight force.
"My first command is that you kneel before me."
The Qin Empire did not have the etiquette of kneeling.
Meng Tian's lips moved, but no words came out.
The strength on the shoulders is not great, not even ten pounds.
He closed his mouth and lowered his head.
"only."
The autumn sun is not warm, and the windy sand outside the Great Wall is not delicious.
The greatest warrior of the Qin Dynasty, who guarded the northwest gate of the Qin Empire and defeated the Xiongnu for seven hundred miles, knelt down in front of Ying Chengyu.
The sound of his knees hitting the ground was like pushing a mountain of gold and knocking over a jade pillar!
Ying Chengyu nodded with satisfaction and got on his horse.
When he led the team past Meng Tian, he slapped the side of Meng Tian's face twice with the unsheathed Qin sword on his horse.
"It's 'No'."
On the city wall, the soldiers of Jiuyuan who regarded Meng Tian as their faith were all filled with anger, and their seriousness turned into solemnity.
This is humiliation, naked humiliation. The general is His Majesty’s playmate and the most important weapon of the country. Your Majesty has never asked the general to kneel down!
They didn't know the news of the death of the First Emperor. They only waited for a gesture or a look from the kneeling general to take action against the arrogant and domineering Zhuzi!
Meng Tian lowered his head even deeper, as if it was buried in his chest.
"promise."
The team entered the North City Gate, stayed in Jiuyuan for two days, and continued southward.
Shangjun, the northwest barrier of the Qin Empire.
Shangjun in the northwest is to the Qin State just like Hangu is in the east.
As long as the Great Qin Empire does not lose Shangjun, it will always have a chance to escape, and the northwest will not be in chaos.
On this day, Shangjun welcomed Lord Changan.
"Chang'an Lord is so arrogant and domineering in Jiuyuan that he wants General Meng to kneel down outside the city gate and keep kneeling for an hour before he gets up. This is obviously for the Crown Prince. How can the Crown Prince go to welcome him in person!"
Chunyu Yue stood in front of his most proud disciple, preventing him from leaving the city gate.
No one told Chunyu that Emperor Yue was dead, but he was already one of the most intelligent people in the world. Otherwise, there were so many Confucian scholars in the First Emperor's family, and the First Emperor would not have been able to choose him as his eldest son's teacher.
Through careful observation of the personnel movements and the movements of troops and horses in Shangjun, Chun Yuyue came to the conclusion that something major had happened in the Qin State.
The news that Ying Chengyu had insulted Meng Tian came from Jiuyuan the day before, which made him boldly guess: Your Majesty may be seriously ill, and the Qin State will face a transfer of power, and the Lord of Chang'an and the Crown Prince will compete for the throne!
Otherwise, why would Lord Chang'an, who has always been very measured, take action against General Meng Tian, who was already the prince's subordinate?
"Teacher, that is my uncle."
The prince left these words, asking the soldiers around him to control Chunyu Yue's freedom.
He opened the city gate wide and rode out, also riding alone.
He did not see his uncle immediately.
The leader of the team is a man named Liu Bang, who looks like a rogue.
Facing the noble prince of the Great Qin Empire, Liu Bang arrogantly buttoned his ears on his horse and made a gesture of shooting at the prince.
Looking at the prince who strictly enforced the etiquette and asked to see his uncle, he had an uncomfortable smile on his face.
"Hehe, your eldest nephew really has no eyesight. Chang'an Lord is giving birth to your younger brother and sister. What a waste of time you ask to see her."
In the past, if he heard the provocation of such obscene words in person, Ying Fusu, who behaved like a gentleman, would have drawn his sword and cut him off without mercy.
He Ying Fusu is benevolent and righteous, but he is not a stone man who spits on himself.
He is the eldest son of the First Emperor, and his face is the face of the Qin Empire.
And after more than a year of experience...
Ying Fusu narrowed his eyes, with an expression that made Liu Bang's eyes widen.
[This expression is too similar to that of Your Majesty. Is this really the Crown Prince and not His Majesty’s seed? Or is it that the Prince is His Majesty’s seed?]
Ying Fusu drew his Qin sword and struck Liu Bang with a vertical chop on his head!
Liu Bang saw sweat on his forehead, drew his sword to meet it, and blocked it.
[Bang Ke, everything is according to what your Majesty said. Your Majesty, you must protect your country, you can’t sell it!]
The two fought together, Ying Fusu only attacked but not defended, and Liu Bang only defended but not attacked.
Immediately, cavalry from Shangjun rushed out, with Chunyu Yue taking the lead.
"You dare to assassinate the prince! Kill him!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! His face was as heavy as water, but his heart was filled with joy. The opportunity that Confucianists had been waiting for finally came! Just waiting for the crown prince to succeed to the throne!
The cavalry behind Liu Bang rode slowly, their swords unsheathed, as if they were about to engage in a fight with the prince's army.
On the top of the city wall, the archers quickly ran into position. They were deployed temporarily and were very slow.
If according to what Chun Yuyue said, he had already held a bow and nocked an arrow, occupying a wide field of vision, and at this moment, thousands of arrows would have been fired.
Seeing that the battle between the two parties was about to break out, the prince suddenly struck Liu Bang away with his sword and escaped from the fighting circle.
He raised his right arm horizontally, the three-foot Qin sword extended his arm, and the five-foot arm was like a dam blocking the flood.
The troops who received the action order stopped behind the prince's horse and stopped moving forward. No matter how much Chunyu Yue incited him, he refused to attack.
The archers on the city wall also held bows without nocking arrows.
When going to the county, the prince has the final say.
"What a courageous thief! How dare you insult me! You deserve to be killed!"
Ying Fusu's eyes were filled with murderous intent, which made Liu Bang's heart tremble.
Although Liu Bang is usually very outspoken, he dares to say anything and often brags. But before today, Liu Bang never thought that one day he would humiliate the prince in front of the prince.
Even if he doesn't want to live, he still has to consider whether his father, mother, two brothers, one younger brother, and Widow Cao want to live.
"Uncle, Fusu wants to see you!"
Ying Fusu shouted loudly, as if he was not taking Liu Bang's life for the sake of his uncle.
Not long after, a strong man carrying a huge butcher knife, who could feel the smell of blood rushing to his face just by looking at him, patted the horse's head and lazily rode from the queue to the front.
"Wait!"
Chunyu became even more angry.
"How outrageous! The prince and his ministers must be safe in the world! Are you going to rebel, Lord Chang'an!"
The prince also frowned, squinting his eyes and looking into the depths of the team, and remained silent for a moment.
"Teacher, you talked a little too much today."
"Prince, this is a blatant insult."
"Come here! Send the teacher back to the city!"
The two soldiers shouted at the same time, pulling Chunyu Yue, who was struggling continuously and shouting, "The Lord of Chang'an is ambitious and intends to rebel, the prince must not be merciful..." back to the city.
Ying Fusu looked coldly at the smiling Liu Bang and the leisurely Fan Kuai.
"Since it's my uncle's order, my nephew will do it."
Everyone could hear the anger hidden in these words. With Ying Fusu as the center, silence began to spread to both sides.
Soon, the whole place fell into silence, and even the horses seemed to feel the tense atmosphere, and their gasping sounds were lowered.
As the horses' hooves kicked, the noisy sounds of everyone talking disappeared, and the voices that were originally covered by these sounds were revealed.
"Ah...harder...young master..."
The prince was stunned, and most of the soldiers behind the prince were also stunned.
They heard the gentle moans of women, and there were more than one!
The sound of Mi Mi came from the center of the team in front of them!
Soon, they heard another thumping sound.
The woman's scream became more and more harsh as the frequency of the thump-dong-dong sound accelerated, and the high-pitched sound revealed obvious joy and satisfaction.
Ying Fusu clenched the Qin sword in his hand, and the soldiers behind him looked at each other with subtle expressions.
Is this Chang'an Jun? You're just playing around...
An hour later, a carriage drove to the front.
The carriage curtain was raised by a beautiful lady with a two-foot sword and a dashing appearance, whose heroic spirit was greater than her beauty.
Chang'an Jun came out of the carriage.
His hair was disheveled, his clothes were messy, he was covered in makeup, and he walked a little erratically, as if his legs were weak.
Yue Nu's bare hands gently supported her. Ying Chengyu put one hand on Yue Nu's hand, pinched Yue Nu's face with the other, and said with a lewd smile:
"The road back to Xianyang is still long. Next time I drive with you, let's have a taste of what it's like to be a heroine."
The Yue girl blushed with embarrassment and whispered:
"Sir, the prince has been waiting for a long time."
Ying Chengyu looked impatient and raised his head to look at his eldest nephew, who had a very bad look on his face.
"What's the matter?"
The prince suddenly swung his sword, the sound of breaking through the air was very clear, and the sword tip was pointed directly at Liu Bang.
"Who is this person? Does my uncle recognize him?"
Ying Chengyu glanced at it.
"This is my guest, his name is Liu Bang, what's wrong?"
"I want to see my uncle. His filthy words have insulted Fusu here. He should be killed!"
Ying Chengyu's face darkened.
"Eldest nephew, don't say this nonsense. If you touch your red mouth and white teeth like this, someone else's three clans will die."
"What does uncle mean, is Fusu talking nonsense?"
"Yes, Liu Bang is just a commoner, how dare he insult a prince like you."
"I have no enmity with him in the past and have no enmity with him recently. Today is the first time I have met him. Why did you frame him?"
"Maybe it's to give my uncle a kick in the ass? To fight against Mengtian's injustice?"
Ying Chengxiao sneered.
"Don't talk nonsense. I, the Qin Dynasty, govern the country according to the law, and everything depends on evidence. You said he insulted you, do you have any evidence?"
When Liu Bang was talking to the prince, the prince came alone and there was not a single soldier behind him.
Unless the soldiers standing on the six-foot-tall city wall had ears for the wind, they would not be able to hear what Liu Bang said.
The prince glanced behind Liu Bang and saw the cavalry standing in the front row of Ying Chengyu's team.
Liu Bang did not deliberately lower his voice when he spoke, and these front row cavalry could hear him.
Ying Fusu waved his arm slightly, and the sword tip shifted from pointing at Liu Bang to a cavalryman.
"Liu Bang insulted me, the crown prince, did you hear it?"
The cavalryman glanced at Ying Chengyu, saw Ying Chengyu shook his head slightly, laughed, and said simply:
"No."
Ying Fusu's voice was as cold as ice.
"Think clearly before you speak. The law of Qin protects those who are guilty of other crimes. If you lie, I, the prince, will also despise your clan!"
The cavalryman shuddered and looked at Ying Chengyu again. Seeing that his master had no expression, he gritted his teeth.
"The villain is telling the truth."
Ying Fusu looked around the front row of cavalry twice, and then his eyes returned to his uncle.
"Why are you looking at your uncle with such fierce eyes? What? Do you want to kill your uncle?"
Ying Chengyu yawned and moved his arms around the front row of cavalry.
"There are so many people, if you keep asking, maybe someone will hear you? Don't give up after asking just one question."
The prince returned his sword to its sheath, reined in his horse, and straightened his body.
After training in the northwest, he completely lost his immaturity, maturity, calmness, bravery and courage.
"Uncle, is it necessary to do this? You and I both share the same surname and share the same blood. If you insult me, you will insult you. Kill this man and Fusu will welcome you to Shangjun."
Ying Chengqiao's face turned cold,
"Don't make it sound like I'm bullying you. It's your eldest nephew who uses the prince's power to suppress your uncle. You haven't found a witness, and you still want to kill my disciples without evidence. What you want to kill is not Liu Bang, but my face."
Ying Chengyu turned around and wanted to go back to the carriage. On the way, he turned his back and said:
"Send me some fine wine and beautiful women, even if your eldest nephew still has some filial piety. My uncle will not enter the city."
Chang'an Jun's troops passed through Shangjun but did not enter and continued southward.
Yongdi, the ancestral land of the Qin State, a palace.
Queen Mother Zhao Ji was lying on a thick white tiger skin with her eyes closed, as if she was resting her mind. There were ten earth dragons laid out in the room.
There is eternal burning charcoal, the earth dragon underground has turned into a warm dragon, the temperature of the entire palace is not much different from that of summer, and the severe cold outside has nothing to do with the indoor temperature.
"Chang'an Jun passed by Jiuyuan and asked General Meng Tian to kneel down outside the city for an hour. When he arrived outside Shangjun City, the prince personally greeted Chang'an Jun. He was insulted by his retainers, so he drew his sword and killed him in anger. He fought with him outside Shangjun City. Liu Bang, a guest of the Chang'an dynasty, fights on horseback..."
A maid was reading softly the news from the northwest.
Before the Lord of Chang'an arrived at Guanzhong, the news had already spread.