After a while, Zhao Gao took out a very delicate box with a well-made plate with both hands and gently placed it in front of King Qin.

King Qin said: "The national seal that Great Qin uses now is still the golden seal given by Zhou Tianzi back then, since Great Qin has replaced the Zhou Dynasty, Great Qin's national seal should also be replaced." The jade workers of the widow Ling Shang Workshop carved He's bi into a jade seal! After speaking, he opened the box and took out a jade seal carved from the finest white jade, and below the upper circle, five dragons were coiled on it, carved lifelikely.

"It's beautiful!" Everyone stared at this world-famous treasure. They all admired that there was such a white and flawless jade in the world.

Montenegro knew that the historical records of later generations recorded that this seal was proposed by the King of Qin to "be ordered by the sky, that is, longevity Yongchang", and then written by Li Si into a small seal, and engraved on the jade seal by the seal carving master Sun Shou. King Qin took out the jade seal at this time in order to complete the last step, carving.

"The widow is ready to engrave the eight characters on the king's seal, 'Ordered by the sky, that is, longevity and Yongchang', as the jade seal of Daqin, which will be passed on to future generations. Among the ministers, there are many who are proficient in calligraphy and seal carving, but few people want the best. Everyone is here today, I would like to recommend it to the widow, who is the first calligraphy master in Daqin, or the seal carving master? King Qin said.

King Qin's words summoned everyone back from the beautiful jade seal. Feng Tang, the eldest concubine who had just become the Xianyang Order, immediately said: "The old prime minister's calligraphy is vigorous and strong, and seal carving is also a must. The jade seal of the country came from his hand, and no one in the world was dissatisfied. ”

The prime minister's faction of ministers expressed their approval. Qin Tianjian Li Weixu objected loudly: "Tingwei Li Si, calligraphy and seal carving double carving, Weichen recommends Li Tingwei!" ”

"We recommend Tingwei Li Si as the jade seal of national governance!" The officials of the Li Si faction did not show weakness.

The two sides argued.

King Qin waved his hand, and the hall immediately fell silent. "What does the old prime minister mean?" King Qin asked.

Wang Juan held a white beard and said with a smile: "Before I met Master Mengzi, the old minister has indeed not served anyone in calligraphy and seal carving, with Master Mengzi here, the old minister does not dare to call the first!" Li Tingwei, what do you think? ”

Wang Juan's move was very clever, that is, to avoid head-on competition with Li Si, implying that Li Si's calligraphy was not his opponent, and he also had a good reputation for being modest and virtuous.

When Li Si saw Wang Juan pulling out Meng Fuzi, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and he could only smile and said: "Meng Fuzi's calligraphy and seal carving skills, the old minister admires it very much, and it will be able to last forever if Meng Fuzi writes it." ”

When the king of Qin saw that the two important ministers recommended Master Meng at the same time, he said: "The master is talented, and he holds the sword and pen for the national seal, and the great Qin is also lucky!" What does the Master think? ”

Meng Zhao saluted everyone and said, "Thank you Prime Minister and Ting Wei for being humble!" How dare the minister refuse? If the calligraphy is consciously acceptable, the seal carving skills are slightly inferior to Sun Shou. The minister suggested that the minister should write it on behalf of the minister and carve it by Sun Shou, so that it can be completed! ”

Sun Shou is now a master of jade in Shang Gongfang, and his carving skills have become superb.

When the King of Qin heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Just according to the words of Master Meng!" ”

At this moment, the palace gate official hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, the officials and servants of the State Captain's Mansion have come to report, and the State Captain has left a letter to the King, but he is missing, I am afraid that he has abandoned the official and left!" With that, he handed over a letter.

Zhao Gao took the letter and forwarded it to the King of Qin.

King Qin quickly unfolded the letter paper, read it, his face became extremely ugly, turned his back, and thought about it.

The hall was unusually quiet, and dozens of people did not dare to come out.

King Qin suddenly took off the Qin Sword of Mugong Town from the wall, turned around, and shouted: "Black Mountain! ”

"The last general!" Black Mountain answered and strode in front of King Qin.

"Take the Qin Sword of Mugong Town, and immediately chase along the official road to Yunmeng Mountain, you must chase after Wei Yi!" King Qin said, handing the sword to Black Mountain with one hand.

Mu Gongzhen Qin Jian represents the supreme royal power in the Qin State, and he can behead the prince's relatives and ministers, and cut the soldiers and officials. It is generally given to the general who leads the army to deter the whole army. Back then, King Qin Zhaoxiang ordered the little officials to use this sword to force Wu Anjun to kill himself.

Black Mountain took the heavy Mugong Town Qin Sword with both hands, and thought to himself, could it be that the King of Qin wanted to give the death captain? Puzzled and surprised, he asked, "Your Majesty, what do you mean......?" ”

Everyone looked at King Qin in horror, their hearts were churning, could it be that King Qin really wanted to give death to the meritorious lieutenant? Wang Juan and Meng Zhao were already thinking about how to persuade King Qin.

King Qin was unhurried and said slowly: "After the destruction of the Six Kingdoms, the national lieutenant asked the widow to resign several times and wanted to return to Yinyun Mengshan to repair the book. The widow was really reluctant, and he didn't expect him to say goodbye. You tell Wei Yu that he will always be the hero of Great Qin, and the widow will always trust him. He wants to be widowed, he can use this sword to enter the palace to see the widow at any time, if there is any need, he can also use this sword to order the officials and soldiers of Daqin, don't dare to disobey! ”

"No! The last will set off immediately! Montenegro breathed a sigh of relief, saluted, and turned away.

The ministers in the palace also breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

King Qin said: "General Meng Yi has made outstanding achievements, and he has been in charge of the logistics of the whole army for many years. Today's lieutenant left a letter recommending General Meng Yi to succeed the national lieutenant, and the widow thought it was very good! Let Meng Yi take over the Governor's Mansion! ”

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Montenegro returned to Fuzhong, took Zhang Jin and meatloaf, and immediately chased east along the official road.

Wei Yu only brought a family elder, a scholar and a carriage full of books, exactly the same as when he first entered Xianyang. The old family has followed Wei Yu for more than 40 years, and the old man is serious, and he is concentrating on catching the car at this time; The scholar was born Fang Seventeen, but at this time he was full of complaints: "Originally, I followed the master, but I was about to become a scholar of the Hou family, which is good, I resigned and went into hiding." My life! In the future, I can only chop firewood and plant vegetables in Yunmeng Mountain, and this is the last life! ”

Wei Yu squinted, as if he was asleep, listened to the scholar's complaints, and asked with a smile: "Xiao Yuzi, what is your ambition?" ”

"My ambition is to be a scholar in the Liehou Mansion, with hundreds of slaves and maids under my command. This was supposed to be a finger-to-finger count, and it was about to come true! I didn't expect ......, hey! It's a miserable life! The scholar replied with an unhappy face.

The old man sitting in the front of the car couldn't stand it anymore, and scolded: "Don't be content, you kid! I don't know how many young talents are waiting to be the master's scholars? You go and inquire, there are so many people that you can row from Tongguan to Xianyang. ”

"Brother, where are we!" Wei Yu asked.

"Master, Tongguan, who came out in the morning, has already entered the Wei land. Do you want to take a detour back to the girder? The elder asked.

As a son of the Wei royal family, the son of Wei Wuji, the king of Xinling, he was not only good at changing his surname, but also personally presided over the planned war of annihilation against Wei. Does he still have the face to face the people of Daliang and the ancestors of the Wei family? He had, the king of Qin, because he treated the people of Wei and the nobles of Wei well. In the war of annihilation of the country against Wei, there was no bloody battle like the destruction of Zhao, Yan, and Chu, and there was not even a small battle like the destruction of Han. He completed the great cause that several generations of Guiguzi had not completed, and ended hundreds of years of troubled times.

"Take a break in front, wait a while, the guests should be there soon!" Wei Yu said.

The old man and the scholar looked behind at the same time, there was no shop in front of the store and no village in the back, except for the business trips that came and went in a hurry, no one knew each other.

"The three of us just got here, where are the guests?" The scholar asked, confused.

"The master said that if there is a guest, there will be a guest! Wait and see! The old man flicked his whip, and the horse at once began to run briskly.

After a while, the three of them came to a village, called Snow Flower Village. Zhuangkou is close to the official road, there is a snowflake pavilion on the road, and there is a pavilion beside the pavilion for passers-by to rest. Wei Yi sits in the pavilion, looking west over the official road, and you can see the primary school and market on Xuehuazhuang in front of you. The three of them asked for a pot of tea, a few side dishes, and waited for the "guests".

The three Montenegrin horses came to Tongguan quickly, and the gatekeeper who closed the gate had been a soldier in the Montenegrin army, and when he saw the general coming, he hurriedly saluted and said: "See the general!" ”

"Can you see the carriage and horses of the national captain leaving the customs?" Montenegro asked.

"The lieutenant's chariot and horse are out of the customs?" The gatekeeper shook his head and said in affirmation, "Not seen yet!" ”

"Then is there a road to the Governor's Mansion today?" Montenegro asked again.

The gatekeeper immediately ordered someone to check today's exit record, and replied after a while: "In the morning, there is a carriage of three people ruling the customs of the Governor's Mansion, and it should enter Sanchuan County!" ”

"Tell you the general, this general commands him to take a hundred horsemen and follow us at once for a mile, and not to lean near or far away. Wait for Ben's orders at any time! Montenegro ordered.

"No!" The gatekeeper answered.

The three Montenegrin immediately beat their horses out of the customs. After asking two pavilions along the way, and finally arriving at the Snow Flower Pavilion, Montenegro said: "Lord Guowei should be in the Snow Flower Pavilion in front, let's get off the horse and walk slowly!" ”

"These few steps, we are here with a whip, why do we dismount and walk slowly here?" Meatloaf asked whiningly.

"Yes! Why do you want to get off your horse and walk slowly? Zhang Jin also asked.

"The national lieutenant will say goodbye, he will be somewhat worried about the punishment of the King of Qin, if the three of us gallop to catch up, he will think that we are here to hunt him down. This is against King Qin's intention to let us say goodbye! Black replied.

The scholar's eyes were sharp, and when he saw the three people and three horses in the distance slowly approaching, he said, "Those three should be the guests that the master is waiting for." ”

"Have you ever seen someone who chases people for a walk? , these three are certainly not! The elder argued.

"Master, you say, are those three guests the guests you are talking about? I have a hunch that they are! The boy asked again.

"Brother is right, where is there a walk to chase people, and the guests haven't arrived yet?" Wei Yu said.

The three of them got closer and closer, and the scholar had good eyes, and first recognized the leader of Montenegro, and said: "Look, it's Big Brother Montenegro!" After speaking, he shouted loudly: "Brother Montenegro! And he ran to meet him.

Wei Yi smiled bitterly and said: "The old man is a thousand calculations, and he lost to this scholar today!" ”

The scholar took the three of Montenegro to the pavilion, and Montenegro said to Zhang Jin: "You go to the pavilion and let the pavilion pawn bring all the best wine and food!" I'm going to get drunk with the Captain! ”

"No!" Zhang Jin turned and left.

"Let's talk about the will of King Qin first! Otherwise, no matter how good the wine is, it won't be fragrant! Wei Yu said with a smile, because he had already seen the Mu Gong sword on the black mountainside, and this sword was to take his own life nine times out of ten!

Montenegro immediately untied Mu Gong's sword, handed it to Wei Yu with both hands and said: "King Qin ordered Montenegro to bring Mu Gongjian to give it to Lord Guowei, there is nothing else, only to say that Guowei's merits are high and the world is over, one day I miss him, you can go to see him with the sword, if there is any difficulty, you can also use the sword to order the officials and soldiers of Great Qin, don't dare to disobey!" ”

Wei Yu excitedly took the sword of Mu Gong, looked up to the sky and sighed: "King Qin's mind is as broad as the sky, and I can't reach it." ”

After serving the wine and food, after the two drank a few glasses, Montenegro asked curiously: "Lord Wei, the world has just been unified, and King Qin is preparing to seal the hero." With your merits, it is no longer a matter of sealing a liege, and you are stable at this time, is there really no utilitarian heart? ”

Wei Yi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "When I was young, I was able to stay on Yunmeng Mountain and study for nearly twenty years, and I already looked down on the glory and wealth of the world. In the gate of our ghost valley, there are many people who can come out, and how many people can die well? Pang Juan's arrows pierced his heart, Wei Ying and Su Qin's five horses split their bodies, Zhang Yi died of depression, Bai Qi was forced to commit suicide by cutting his neck, Li Mu swallowed his sword and died, and Sun Bin retreated bravely and finally left half a life. The reason why I went down the mountain was to complete the purpose of Guigumen to end hundreds of years of war and dominate the world; The second is to practice what you have learned in your life. Now that both have been realized, it's time for me to go back to Yunmengshan and live my own life! ”

"Lord Wei regards fame and fortune as dung, and Montenegro admires it! Maybe one day in the future, Montenegro is also willing to go up the mountain to accompany Lord Wei to chop wood and fish, so that this life will be in vain! Montenegro said.

"From today on, there will be no more Wei Yu in the world, and there will be no ghost valley gate. Our Guigumen will also disappear with the unification of the world. I want to concentrate on cultivating books and cultivating on Yunmeng Mountain, if the Black Mountain brothers have the fate to meet again, they will be called the old man of Huangshi! Wei Yu smiled.

"Old Man Yellowstone!" Montenegro muttered to himself, always feeling that the name was very familiar, and he couldn't remember where it came from the history books of later generations.

Both of them knew that King Qin was acute, and they didn't dare to get together for a long time, so they hurriedly said goodbye and hurried away.

Montenegro came to follow General Tongguan behind, and at first glance it was the old subordinate Mai. After the Qin State unified the world, it demolished the passes between the countries and repaired the Chi Road, leaving only Wuguan, Tongguan (Hangu Pass), Xiao Pass, and Dasan Pass as the passes to defend Xianyang. Xiaoguan is in the north, Dasanguan is in the west, the strength of the army remains unchanged all year round, and the strength of Wuguan and Tongguan (Hangu Pass) has been reduced from 100,000 to 20,000.

"Tongguan guards General Mai Jian!" Mai led the crowd to salute Montenegro.

"General Mai, by the order of King Qin, I ordered you to personally bring a hundred horsemen to protect the captain of the country and return to his hometown. When he arrived at Yunmeng Mountain, he asked the local officials to try their best to meet the living needs of the Captain, and if there was any major incident, he would report to the Xianyang State Government in time. Montenegro ordered.

"No! Please rest assured, General! Mai bowed his farewell to Montenegro and led his team eastward.

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Back in Xianyang, Montenegro immediately entered the palace to report to King Qin what Wei Yu said.

King Qin pondered for a moment and sighed: "Dazai Wei Yu, originally the prince of Wei, for the great unification of the world, he did not hesitate to enter Qin under a pseudonym to help the widows dominate the world, not for fame or profit, just for the people of the world to get rid of the suffering of hundreds of years of war!" ”

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