2. Those who have lost their country
Langxie County is the easternmost county of the empire, east of the sea, a Yishui River, from west to east through the county, Langxie County is divided into two cities in the north and south, the old Wu State is the traffic artery of Wuyue and Qilu, since ancient times it is a place where soldiers must fight. After the fall www.biquge.info of the Wu State, the Yue State occupied it, and later the Chu State took it from the Yue State, and the ordinary people here became the Chu people. There has been no large-scale war here for a hundred years, because it is located in the traffic meeting, most of the merchants who come from the south to the north and travel around the world stay here, and over time, the folk customs here have also changed the fierce atmosphere of the early years of the Warring States period, and there is more oiliness in the market. However, it is precisely because of this that the agriculture and commerce here are developed, the hundred industries are prosperous, and the scene is prosperous, and ordinary people are also extremely wealthy. In recent years, Confucianism has gradually become apparent, so that the children of the slightly wealthy people here have also begun to read the history of the scriptures, and after the Qin Dynasty destroyed Chu, many of the children of the common people in the past have served as small officials everywhere.
At this time, it was the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and the farmers in the fields could be seen everywhere outside the city, but now is not the busy farming season, so most people just rest in the fields, and the sound of reading is heard from time to time under the trees, of course, young men and women can occasionally be seen burrowing into the dense forest, but people are used to it, at most they laugh and scold.
"Boy, stop for me", I saw a middle-aged man dressed as an ordinary farmer chasing a teenager with a wooden hoe. While running, the boy looked back from time to time, and let out a hearty laugh, I don't know if it was because of long-term labor, the boy was much taller than his peers, and he was much stronger, his delicate cheeks were tanned, and the corners of his mouth had a lazy smile, if it wasn't for the child's bun, how could he look at it was a heroic young man. The middle-aged man looked to be over forty years old, but his legs and feet were very fast, and the distance between the two of them was more than fifty steps, and they caught up with the young man in an instant, "Good boy, I have grown up, okay, I will try you for my father" As he spoke, he picked up the hoe and stabbed at the young man, and the young man did not panic, and immediately moved to dodge.
Not far away, a man of about twenty-seven or eighteen years of age, in a plain robe, old but spotless, with a broadsword at his waist and a splendid scabbard, was looking at everything here with a pair of deep eyes. This person is none other than Zhang Liang of South Korea, who failed to assassinate Qin but has become famous all over the world. Originally from Bolangsha's failed assassination attempt to win the government, Zhang Liang fled all the way east to avoid the imperial pursuers and came to the old land of Wuyue. Obviously, Zhang Liang was attracted by the prosperity and peace in front of him, and the countries of the Central Plains suffered from war, especially the three kingdoms of Han, Wei, and Zhao, which were close to Qin, were already devastated. Not to mention ordinary civilians, even Zhang Liang, a Korean hereditary nobleman for generations, has become a minister of the country. After the fall of Korea, Qin established three counties in Korea according to the custom, and appointed Qin people to serve as county commanders. The fiefs of the old nobles were naturally confiscated and distributed to the Qin soldiers with military merits, not only that, but because it was too close to the Qin state, the Qin state also wantonly moved the Qin people to the Korean land, and the original Han people could only be reduced to slaves. "Damn the Qin people," Zhang Liang muttered.
"Father, don't beat him, the child will admit his mistake", a teenager's voice disturbed his thoughts, and Zhang Liang looked out to see a farmer chasing and beating a naughty teenager. After watching it for a while, Zhang Liangqi sighed. It turned out that although the middle-aged farmer was holding a wooden hoe in his hand, he was quite good at attacking and defending, like a man who had been fighting for a long time, and although the young man was bare-handed, his fisting skills were also extremely powerful. Zhang Liang saw the rise without slapping his palm. Hearing someone applauding, the middle-aged man immediately stopped the wooden hoe in his hand, and the young man was annoyed by the lesson, and suddenly heard someone cheering, and he scolded angrily, "Where is the stupid man who dares to laugh at the master." When he turned his head and saw that it was Zhang Liang, he immediately pounced and raised his fist to fight. As soon as the fist was rounded, the young man suddenly caught a glimpse of the sword on Zhang Liang's waist, so he hurriedly put it away, flashed to the side, and was silent.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man walked up quickly, bowed to Zhang Liangshen and said with a smile, "My lord, the kid is rude, the villain will make amends to you." "It turns out that although it has been more than ten years since Qin unified the world, the old aristocracy has fallen, but after all, the Zhou Dynasty has raised scholars for thousands of years, except for the Son of Heaven, princes, doctors, scholars and other classes, ordinary people do not dare to match swords at will in ordinary times, and even the big businessmen on the rich side can only hire wandering warriors to guard their homes as capital to show off.
Of course, nowadays, those who are equipped with swords are not necessarily nobles, but they may also be robbers, but no matter what, once you have a sword in your hand, it means that you are not ordinary people, and those who do good things can trouble you in the name of fighting, and it is not safe for ordinary people to match swords. As a commoner, as long as you are obedient and obedient and don't provoke these adults, according to the aristocratic etiquette since Zhou, these adults generally disdain to trouble you.
However, since the late Warring States period, this etiquette has gradually collapsed, and the Qin State has all the troops and finally conquered the Six Kingdoms by force, and with the iron cavalry of the Qin State to level the countries, the only little gentleman's etiquette has also disappeared. If, at this time, you are told not to kill the wounded on the battlefield, not to chase the enemy when he flees fifty paces, or to treat the prisoners kindly, and not to capture a boy or a gray-haired person, you will surely think that this person is either a fool or an idiot, and most likely a madman. In any case, at this time, it is better for a country man not to provoke an "adult" with a sword, because whether he is a nobleman or a robber, he may kill you immediately, for honor or profit.
"It's okay, it's okay," Zhang Liang waved his hand and smiled. He is extremely interested in this father and son, since the failure of the assassination of Qin, he has been evading the pursuit of the empire, and at the same time trying to find a wrestler, so as to find another opportunity to assassinate Ying Zheng. Zhang Liang arched his hand and said, "Brother is a Qi person, I saw that you have a good skill just now, so I applauded, and I didn't mean to tease this little brother."
Since the Warring States Period, there have been three strong teams in the world, one is the Qin State warriors, the second is the Wei State warriors, and the third is the Qi State skilled fighters. Among them, the Wei military soldiers became famous the earliest, when Wu Qi fought against the princes of the world with 30,000 military soldiers, and did not lose in 74 battles, and Wei also became the overlord in the early years of the Warring States period. However, with the first battle of Qin and Wei Hexi, the sharp soldiers of Qin came out of the world, and the military soldiers of Wei also sank into history with the decline of Wei. However, whether it is the sharp warriors of the Qin State or the warriors of the Wei State are all warriors of the battle array, although the technical fighters of the Qi State are not opponents on the battlefield, but if it comes to fighting alone, fighting on the streets, or secret assassination, the technical warriors of the Qi State are unparalleled in the world, and the technical warriors need the guidance of a good teacher, plus personal long-term training and comprehension to achieve something, so those who learn the technical skills are generally the children of the nobility, which can be described as real warriors. When Zhang Liang was young, his father hired a teacher from Qi Guo to specialize in learning martial arts, but compared with the middle-aged villager in front of him, it was a thousand miles behind.
"This place is the land of Qin, and I don't know that there are Qi people." Seeing that Zhang Liang saw the technique of striking and tied a gorgeous sword around his waist, the middle-aged man immediately became alert, took two steps back, and replied coldly.
Zhang Liang didn't bother, it seems that he guessed right, this person is by no means an ordinary farmer. Zhang Liang bowed deeply and said, "It's rude, dare to ask Mr. Gao's surname." "Deliberately dragged the word Mr. very long. Seeing this, the middle-aged man hurriedly laughed dryly and said, "Where did the mountain village man come from, the adults laughed, just call me herpe, I am a cook in the city, and I also come to help people farm in my spare time." ”
As early as the Zhou Dynasty, ordinary people did not have surnames, only the aristocratic class could have names, and often only the descendants of the descendants enjoyed their own names, and the children of the concubines often had to add the title of the feudal state before the surname as a difference. Zhang Liang's ancestor was originally the archer of the Duke of Jin, and was given the surname Zhang because of his outstanding martial arts, thinking that he was good at shooting. Later, when the three families were divided, they rebelled with Han Hou and made great contributions, and were listed as the founding nobles of Korea, which was only more than 100 years. By the end of the Warring States period, although most of the wealthy merchants and the common people who made a fortune also took their own surnames and thought they were glorious. However, the ancient nobles and commoners can still be distinguished by surnames, and even now, commoners do not dare to use noble surnames at will, which may not only attract ridicule, but even exterminate the clan. Therefore, the surnames of commoners are generally based on occupations or place names, for example, the surname Qian is mostly used in business families, while most of the rich commoners in the old land of Zhou are surnamed Zhou. And most of the poor people have only names and no surnames.
"Father, aren't we surnamed Jiang," the young man muttered. Qi State Jiang Clan, Zhang Liang was secretly surprised, hadn't they been killed by the Tian Clan.
This is an old surname like Ji, Win, Yao, and Zi. Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor's surname was Ji, the Yan Emperor's surname was Jiang, Dayu's surname was Yao, and Zi was the name of a Shang Dynasty nobleman. And Jiang Shang, the founder of the Zhou Dynasty, that is, Jiang Ziya, was the first monarch of Qi State, an old nobleman, and now the winner of the Qin Dynasty Emperor was also listed as a nobleman when King Ping moved eastward, hundreds of years later than the Jiang family. Among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, except for the Lao Ji family of Yan State, the winner of the Qin State is considered an old nobleman, of course, he has to count the Mi family of Chu State, but the nobles of his family are sealed by themselves, which is not orthodox. Later, Han, Wei, Zhao, and Tian Qi all usurped the Ji family of the Jin State and the Jiang family of the Qi State respectively and stood on their own, all of which have a history of more than 100 years. As a descendant of the aristocracy, Zhang Liang is very familiar with the genealogy of these nobles, and even the family affairs of the low-level nobles of various countries are also like a number of family treasures, which is a compulsory course for him from childhood, otherwise entering and leaving the court in the future will not only make jokes and be ridiculed, but also very likely to cause chaos, different levels of nobles have different etiquette, wrong is rude, and rudeness is a fatal thing for nobles.
Hearing this, Zhang Liang hurriedly straightened his plain robe, bowed deeply three times to the middle-aged man, and said respectfully, "Below, South Korea Zhang Liang, I am fortunate to meet the seniors of Qi State, please advise." "Senior of the Qi Kingdom." The middle-aged man said leisurely. Suddenly, he asked sharply, "South Korea Zhang Liang, what a Zhang Liang, aren't you afraid that I will send you to the government to exchange for wine and drink?" Zhang Liang replied with a smile: "Since I know that my predecessor's surname is Jiang, why not exchange me for wine." ”
After speaking, the two looked at each other for a long time, and suddenly laughed out loud at the same time. "Hahaha, Zhang Liang, who is famous all over the world, Jiang Bai, the person who died in the country, is polite," the middle-aged man arched his hand. Zhang Liang muttered: "Who is not a person who has lost the country." ”
"You are Zhang Liang, the Zhang Liang who assassinated the emperor." The boy shouted excitedly, "You are the big hero in my heart."
Zhang Liang smiled and said, "If it is fake, I am afraid that no one is willing to pretend to be me Zhang Liang at this moment."
My name is Jiang Wu, but basically no one in Lang Evil City knows that my name is Jiang Wu, but I have a nickname "Little Lion" in the city, but everyone knows it, everyone calls me "Little Lion of Ku Ding" The young man said proudly.
They also call you "crazy little stone," Jiang Bai scolded. The young man glanced at him and said, "Have you ever seen such a big stone, even if it is a stone, it is a boulder, not a small stone", after speaking, he immediately hid behind Zhang Liang, afraid that his father would discipline him again. Although it was the first time they met, he already liked Zhang Liang, haha, Zhang Liang, I met Zhang Liang, I will have something to talk about in the future, and I want to be a big hero like Zhang Liang.
Jiang Bai Zhengse said, "The child doesn't know etiquette, which makes Zhang Zijian smile." Then he sighed and fell silent. Zhang Liang understood his thoughts and said slowly, "Brother Jiang, don't sigh, now I, Zhang Liang, am also a person who has lost the country, Brother Jiang is a good martial artist, and after he is a nobleman, why not help me fight against Qin and restore the Qi country." ”
Zhang Liang suddenly realized that he was wrong, Qi State, even if the Qi State is restored, it is also the Qi State of the Tian family, in the eyes of the world, the monarch of the Qi State is surnamed Tian Bu Jiang. Jiang Bai seemed to be thoughtful, but then came back to his senses and said, "Jiang's country has been dead for a hundred years, I can be a Chu person, I can be a Qin person, but I don't want to be a Qi person." ”
Then he bowed his hand to Zhang Liang and said, "I have to meet Zhang Zi here today, it is a good thing, if it is fate, Mr. will live in the city, Jiang invites you to drink and say goodbye." After saying that, he drifted away alone.
Jiang Wu also learned his father's tone and said, "Today I am fortunate to meet Mr., he will come to Huixianju on his day, and the little lion will invite you to eat meat." After speaking, he grimaced at Zhang Liang and ran away with a smile.
Seeing that the father and son were drifting apart, Zhang Liang couldn't help touching the long sword on his waist, and sighed, "Qingming Sword, Qingying Sword, Korea has been extinct for 20 years, and after a hundred years, who will remember me Zhang Liang of South Korea, who will remember you." But in a blink of an eye, he raised his breath and said, "The eldest husband should live in the present, and what will happen in a hundred years will be commented on by future generations." Thinking of this, I didn't feel that my heart was greatly lifted, and my depression was swept away. At this moment, suddenly his stomach growled, Zhang Liang thought to himself, it seems that the eldest husband also needs to eat, thinking of eating, he took out a few copper coins from his waist and said with a smile, "Brother Kong Fang, I don't know what you are capable of, what you eat at night depends on you." After speaking, the long sword swung and strode straight towards the gate of Langxie City.
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