Ziying is no stranger to the south, three years ago, he accompanied Qin Shi Huang on his eastern tour as a doctor, and when he returned, the emperor came to Dongting Xiangshan for sightseeing.

But unlike the original history, the wind and sun were beautiful in Dongting Lake that day, and Qin Shi Huang was in a good mood, so he did not send prisoners to cut down the trees in Xiangshan Mountain, and asked Ziying to sacrifice Xiangjun and Mrs. Xiang on his behalf......

After three years, Ziying came to the south again, but as a deputy of the prison army.

The ship docked at Xiangshan, and the next road had to rely on horse-drawn carriages. They went up the Xiangshui River and rushed to Changsha, the chief general of the southern expedition, Changnan Hou Heifu and Ziying agreed to meet there on March 15.

There is no gallop road in Changsha County, the carriage stops and goes on the muddy path, and has to be pushed by the soldiers and prisoners, so the road, it is conceivable, and the grain transportation from Nanjun is not fast, no wonder Heifu put the new army in Wuchang and did not pull it to Changsha.

Ziying was very patient, and only closed her eyes thinking about what Gongzicheng said to herself when she was in Jiangling......

As a real supervisor of the army, an old minister of the clan who was pinned on by Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the prince of the Marquis of Changwu arrived in Jiangling and did not leave.

"I have a handful of old bones, how can I go to the hot and humid land in the south to suffer again, and die of illness like Yang Duanhe, and even more misbehaved. Anyway, at least half of the grain of the southern army has to pass through Jiangling, so I will stay here to supervise the grain! ”

Saying that, the Marquis of Changwu occupied one of the former Chu State Palace, drank honey in it, and attracted Chu to advocate excellence, and he was happy.

And the poor little baby has to continue on the road and fulfill his duties.

Ten days ago, when Ziying left Jiangling, Marquis Changwu mysteriously summoned him, retreated left and right, and said some "heartfelt words" to him.

"Baby, the old man watched you grow up, you should know that thirty years ago, your father rebelled against Qin, and Lü Buwei and Chang Yu used this as an excuse to kill 736 rebels in Tunliu. According to the law, Chang'anjun's whole family should also be a clan, but His Majesty tried his best to dispel public opinion, pardoned your sins, and left your life, do you know why? ”

Ziying knelt down and said: "It was Your Majesty's generosity, and it was also your great-grandfather's strong admonition to Your Majesty that saved the baby's life." ”

"Yes, yes."

Gongzi Cheng said: "Your Majesty is wise and wise, how can you not know that Chang'an Jun went to the country, but Chang Yu was forced, and Chang Yu actually took this as a credit, sealed Changxin Hou, and took Hexi Taiyuan as the country." His Majesty was not in charge at that time, so he forbears it for a while, and after a few years, he finally exterminated this bureaucracy! ”

"Although there is a reason for the incident, but treason is treason after all, Chang'an Jun stayed in Zhao, and His Majesty sent Gan Luo to persuade him several times, but he did not return for a long time and separated from Qin. Therefore, Your Majesty can only be lukewarm to you, do not seal the prince, do not give an inch of land, you are the grandson of King Zhuangxiang, but you can only start from the common people. ”

This is the miserable life of Ziying, his father Cheng Ji is the younger brother of Qin Shi Huang, he is the nephew of the emperor, and the brother of Fusu and Hu Hai.

But throughout Ziying's childhood, his identity has been very awkward and sensitive, not so much a prince and grandson, but a prisoner.

"Baby, do you have a grudge against Your Majesty?"

As soon as these words came out, Ziying was suddenly shocked, and bowed again:

"Your Majesty is benevolent, so that you can live, for more than ten years, Your Majesty every few years, will find an excuse to give me a few ranks, let me do the five doctors, recently became the head of the left, no size of the merit and rank in the ranks, infant gratitude is too late, how dare you have a grudge?"

Gongzi Cheng said with a smile: "Sure enough, as I said to Your Majesty, you can distinguish between likes and dislikes, and you have been diligent and honest in working in the Zongzheng Department all these years, so Your Majesty gave you this opportunity to be the deputy of the prison army." ”

"The so-called supervising army is nothing more than two things, one is food, and the other is people."

While eating Nanjun's pastries, Gongzicheng instructed Ziying:

"If the army has no food, it will die, and if you hold the lifeblood of the baggage and food, and deduct the accumulation, the general will not dare to have different intentions. And keeping an eye on his people and reporting back at all times can let His Majesty in Xianyang know the front-line deployment and the progress of the military situation, so as to put an end to those who support the army and respect themselves and raise the army to wait for chaos...... If he has a different heart, he can take back the tiger talisman at any time with an edict! ”

The Qin army, who recognized the Fu but did not recognize the people, and conquered the world Wu'an Jun Baiqi, under the death edict of King Zhaoxiang, could only commit suicide alone, without any chance of counterattack.

"The old man stayed in Jiangling to supervise the grain, and you followed the Marquis of Changnan!"

Gongzi Cheng lowered his voice: "The Marquis of Changnan is young, although he is as stable as General Wang, but his heart can also be like Wang Jian and be content with the marquis?" Could it be Qin Zhichen Zhuang, Chu Zhizhuang Ji? Especially if you don't know, you can't help but take it as a warning. Therefore, you must record every move he makes, report it to me every month, and I will pass it on to Your Majesty......"

Ziying thinks about it, it is easy to supervise grain, but it is difficult to supervise people, this old prince will pick fat and thin, but after all, he is young and deputy, what Gongzicheng says, he has to do what he can do, he can only respond:

"Baby, keep it in mind!"

Gongzicheng also encouraged that if Ziying did a good job, he would be able to completely wash away the family humiliation, and later increase the official to the knighthood, and even hope to restore the position that should have been passed to him.

But after hitting the road, Ziying was more worried than expected.

Ziying's temperament, cautious and sensitive, when he was in the court, he was friendly with the Mengshi brothers, and had a relationship with Zhao Gao, drank with Li Si's sons, played Liubo with Feng Zao, was treated as a brother by Fusu, Hu Hai also liked to ask him to hunt, in short, he could talk to everyone.

This is not because Ziying has ambitions, but for self-preservation - he is always on the edge of power, but he does not take half a step, he is good at dancing with long sleeves, he is not a threat to anyone, and in everyone's hearts, he is a good old man.

This is the principle of the survival of the child, but at present, he has to serve as the eyeliner arranged by the emperor beside the Marquis of Changnan, and always make a small report to Xianyang, in case the emperor has any dissatisfaction, he must convey it to Heifu......

"It's an errand that offends people."

Ziying sighed secretly, and he also saw that as Qin Shi Huang's heart became more and more arrogant, the frontier was endless, but the major projects in Guanzhong were started one after another, and the head of the Qianqian was working on the road, and the world was already unstable.

But his identity was embarrassing, and he didn't dare to say a word to himself in front of the emperor, after all, this time, even Fusu and Mao Jiao didn't squeak, and after returning to Xianyang, Fusu took over the responsibility of managing the clan and recommended the young clan disciples as Lang Wei. Mao Jiao, the imperial historian, recruited capable officials from all over the country, saying that it was necessary to rectify the rule of officials and make profits and losses......

None of them came forward, and Ziying couldn't stand up.

thought that if he left the court, he would be able to avoid Naeryu's deception, but the front line in the army was just as complicated, so he couldn't be alone, and Ziying only felt a headache.

At this moment, the attendant shouted outside the car:

"Zuo Shuchang, Miluo River has arrived!"

……

"This is the Miluo River?"

Ziying got off the car, overlooked at the ferry, but saw a wide river, is flowing from the east, into the Hunan water, it has the beauty of the southern river, mallard ducks flock on it to float and feed, the shore has the fisherman's fishing shout, when the wind blows, there are still some waves.

Legend has it that decades ago, Qu Yuan was released and swam in Jiangtan, and learned that Yingdu, which is now Jiangling in Nanjun, was captured by the Qin army, and in despair, he threw himself into the river and died......

Ziying also heard that before Qu Yuan threw himself into the water, he had a classic conversation with a fisherman.

Qu Yuan said, the whole world is turbid, I am alone, everyone is drunk, I am sober, is to see and release.

But the fisherman is very open-minded and persuaded Qu Yuan that it is right to go with the passage of time, the world is turbid, why not mud it and raise its waves?

But who is Qu Yuan, who can be white with the brightness and the dust of the world? He would rather go to Xiangliu and be buried in the belly of the river fish than join the stream.

Like Qu Yuan, who is also a clan, and is in such a node where he needs to choose at any time, Ziying sighed for a long time, but finally smiled:

"I don't follow the three Lu doctors."

"I'm from the fisherman!"

He figured it out, and was relieved for a moment, and after laughing a few times, he took off his shoes, threw away his socks, stepped into the clean water, let them wash his feet, and took a handful of water and poured it on his head.

"The water of the waves is clear, and you can wet my hair; The water of the waves is turbid, and you can wet my feet! ”

He sang loudly, this is the philosophy of the fisherman, and it is also the way of survival of the child!

"Your Majesty is not King Chu Huai, there is no Zilan in the court, there is no Zhuang Ji on the front line, and my son will never be Qu Yuan!"

……

A few days later, Ziying arrived in Changsha City, and Heifu, the commander of the Southern Expedition, gave him a very high treatment and greeted him in the barracks.

Ziying knew that she couldn't afford her status, so she immediately took the initiative to walk over and said:

"Changnan Hou, I haven't seen him for several years, he has been named a marquis, his great wish has been fulfilled, and he is becoming more and more courageous!"

Heifu's outfit resembling a general's warrior is indeed much more majestic than the county guard's uniform, and he also bowed his hand to Ziying: "Zuo Shu has worked hard for a long time, and I am really overjoyed to hear that Jun is the deputy supervisor and is traveling with me." Zuo Shu is not only the chief of His Majesty's sons and nephews, but also very knowledgeable, there is a gentleman for me to supervise the army, this time I will be able to make contributions! ”

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Heifu introduced Ziying to several officials of the Changsha camp of the Southern Expeditionary Army, most of them were Tu Sui's old department, but there was one who was an old acquaintance of Heifu.

"This is the imperial physician Chen Wuyi, who once sought medical treatment in the south, and a year ago the army was blocked, the epidemic broke out, and there were countless casualties, and His Majesty sent him to diagnose and treat him."

Chen Wuyi is also old, a man in his forties, he stepped forward to greet Ziying, but his two eyes stared directly at the small rash on the skin of Ziying's cuffs.

Ziying noticed Chen Wuyi's gaze, but she didn't care, and said with a smile: "Or I don't know the southern climate, and when I was resting in the hall yesterday, I found some rashes, which are not in the way, and do not hinder ......."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Wuyi couldn't help but say, leaned closer, grabbed Ziying's cuffs, and pulled up!

Ziying was feeling inexplicable, and looked down, but saw that there were many rashes and red spots on the entire arm, and even enlarged into red pimples......

"This ...... What's going on? ”

Ziying also found out that she thought she had scratched it, but Chen Wuyi's face changed greatly, took a step back, and said to Heifu:

"Junhou, it won't be wrong, it's a water Gu! Zuo Shu has been infected with the disease of Water Gu! ”