Chapter 20: The Rising Sun
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From the small house halfway up the mountain, there is a slippery path, this mountain road stretches on the high ridge, high and low, extremely difficult to walk.
Zhu Yuan couldn't sit still, Mingyue didn't even let the black-clothed guards follow, so he and Zhao Kuo and Shu Qi got up early in the morning and climbed up the mountain before the rooster crowed. Among them, Zhao Kuo, who is familiar with the path of this mountain, is in the front, Mingyue is in the middle, and Shu Qi, who is agile, is behind.
At this moment, the sky has revealed a trace of fish belly white, in the early morning south wind blowing, the purple mountain is slowly waking up, the stone crevices are full of tenacious weeds, as well as dandelion small yellow flowers, primroses, covered with dewdrops, the buds of the branches of the apricot tree and peach tree, also full of pulp juice, some have cracked out of the tender and lovely red flower mouth.
However, Mingyue didn't have time to watch the mountain scenery in the early morning, because he was too tired to do it.
The purple mountain is not high, but the two-mile mountain road that climbed from the halfway up the mountain to the peak still made his fragile body at the beginning of his serious illness panting, and the mountain road was slippery, and he almost slipped several times, fortunately Zhao Kuo pulled in front and Shu Qi in the back, so he didn't lose his footing and rolled down.
Mingyue also secretly regretted why she wanted to mention it yesterday to watch the sunrise, but she had no choice but to grit her teeth and climb up under Zhao Kuo's shout in front of her.
Fortunately, in the midst of the chirping of mountain birds and birds, they finally reached the top.
"It's ...... arrived"
Mingyue held on to a pine tree, and regardless of the sap sticking to her hands, she sat down on the stone under the tree. Chang Anjun's body is really too thin, it has only been less than half an hour, his legs are trembling, he can't straighten his waist, compared to Zhao Kuo and Shu Qi, who are not sweating or breathing, Mingyue feels a little embarrassed, after going to Qi State, he has to exercise hard.
Shu Qi didn't say anything, just smiled slightly, but Zhao Kuo was laughing at Mingyue.
"It turns out that Chang'anjun is so weak, and the road to Qi is seven hundred miles away, okay?"
He also joked to Shu Qi: "It seems that you and I have to take good care of Chang'anjun." ”
Mingyue was not angry, pointed to herself and said, "I, the one who works hard." ”
He pointed at Zhao Kuo again: "You, the people who work are also." ”
Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "In this way, our laborers are going to be governed by Chang'anjun, a laboring person?" ”
Mingyue raised her head: "That's natural, you have a throne, there will be a general, this trip to Qi country, I am the king, the son is the general, and the clan brother naturally has to be subject to my orders." ”
But he secretly thought in his heart, "If you are governed by me, I may be able to save your life, but if not, you will die......
Maybe he was going to Linzi together, Zhao Kuo was a little excited, still chattering, Mingyue didn't have the strength to pay attention to this guy anymore, his breathing slowly eased, raised his head, and saw that in the sky that had gradually cleared up, the goshawk was hovering among the peaks, proudly looking down at the abundant grass and strange stones in the empty valley.
Zhao Kuo didn't interrupt anymore, he called Shu Qi, and the three young people stood or sit, settled down on the top of the purple mountain, and all faced the east.
"The sun is about to rise." Zhao Kuo suddenly quieted down and said.
The area of the Purple Mountain is not very large, but the many strange and colorful stones, most of which are purple, golden yellow and brown purple quartz, so it is named Purple Mountain.
At this moment, the fiery red sun jumped out of the east, shining on the misty mountain peaks, for a while, this piece of heaven and earth seemed to have the finishing touch, purple light flashed, thousands of glow colors, the whole purple mountain shrouded in clouds and clouds. The countless purple stones also seem to come to life, dyed into a gorgeous and beautiful golden yellow, as if wearing a golden top on the top of the hundred-zhang high Cangshan Mountain, like a fairyland on earth.
"It's magnificent."
Mingyue looked at the sun that had risen most of the time, and was so relaxed and happy for a while that she forgot about her tiredness.
"This is the famous grand scenery of Handan, the sunrise of the Purple Mountain."
Zhao Kuo also pursed his lips, put his hand on his forehead to shade the sun, and looked proud, this is the territory of his Mafu family, it is a fairyland on earth, although he has seen this beautiful scenery countless times, but it does not prevent him from showing off to outsiders.
"It's well worth the trip." Mingyue replied absentmindedly, his eyes moved away from the higher and higher sun, and when he looked back to the south, he saw that his field of vision was broad, the peaks under the mountain were embraced, and the hills in the distance were like waves.
At the foot of the mountain, the Zhu River is sparkling and golden, rushing towards the southeast, where the city of Handan is in full view.
It was the most prosperous industrial and commercial city north of the Yellow River, and the capital of the Zhao dynasty with a circumference of nearly 20 miles.
On the phoenix platform of King Zhao's palace deep in the palace, has Empress Dowager Zhao just woken up from her sleep and called her name as usual?
Is the Pingyuan Jun's mansion on the south bank of the Nagisa River full of traffic and diners?
Handan's bustling market, which has made Mingyue famous for a long time, has just started a new day of trade, and countless Zhao people will continue their ordinary life as usual?
It's a pity that in five or six years, all this will be gone, half of the young adults in this city will die in Changping, and the city of Handan will also suffer a long siege, and the city will be almost destroyed.
Seeing him rise up the Zhu Building, seeing him feasting guests, seeing his building collapse, this moss and green tile pile, I once slept in the wind and sleeped, and I saw the rise and fall of fifty years......
Mingyue couldn't help but sigh, if he was allowed to come fifty years earlier, he could let Zhao Guo win at the starting line from the beginning. If he is allowed to come fifty years later, Qin Shi Huang has swept Liuhe, established the imperial dynasty, and the Zhao State has been destroyed, he can ignore its life and death, and let the scenery of Handan turn into broken bricks and rubble, and let people forget it.
But to be impartial, he came to this era of upheaval, on the eve of the disaster, and his heart was filled with sorrows unknown to others, and he could not do nothing indifferently, whether for himself or for the world.
But first, you have to hold on to power and gain fame.
Mingyue looked at Handan City in the sunshine so fixedly, and when she turned back, the sun had risen high, and the two people behind him were doing their own things......
Shu Qi, who was a little shorter, was seriously drawing his sword and dancing, swinging his tricks with extra care, sometimes subduing, sometimes leaping, like a goshawk flying among the mountains and rocks, the three-foot sword was his iron beak, and he wanted to practice swordsmanship well and become a kendo master like his master.
Zhao Kuo, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, sat cross-legged on the stone, unfolded a bamboo slip in the early morning sun, and read it aloud.
"Wu Zi said: The general of the husband is a civil and military officer, a general of the army, and a person who is both rigid and soft, and the affairs of the soldiers!"
Zhao Kuo reads naturally the art of war that loves him like his life, the sun shines on him, shining the figure, he does have a bit of Zhao Luxury's shadow, but more, it is still himself, arrogant, cheap, unforgiving, but it is not useless.
Bringing the Zhao army into the mud pit, Zhao Kuo was a big mistake, but in the face of Wu Anjun Bai Qi of the Qin State, and in the face of the national conditions that had to fight, Mingyue could only say......
Whoever was in Changping at that time was Zhao Kuo! It was mainly the decision-makers of Zhao State who caused all this.
Otherwise, give him a chance? For Mingyue, this is just a convenient thing, not to mention, although the armed forces of Zhao only listen to the tiger symbol order in the hands of King Zhao, but the prestige of Lian Po and Zhao Hao is very powerful, and the future "horse suit" Zhao Kuo is tied to himself, which is also a way for Mingyue to gain power.
Looking at these two peers who were as high-spirited as the morning sun, Mingyue had a little worry in her heart, and unconsciously went away with the wind.
"Unlike the Spring and Autumn Period, which firmly believes in ghosts and gods and the theory of fate, the mainstream ideology of the Warring States is right and wrong, and it is man-made! Nothing is predestined, nothing is unchangeable, as a modern person, I naturally have a way to turn history, change the fate of those who will die, and then change the tragic ending of the sudden unification and sudden defeat of the Qin Dynasty, and the crystallization of countless civilizations of the Warring States was destroyed in the chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty. How can you be like an old man who is about to die, and feel sorry for himself? ”
So he also walked to the edge of the cliff of Baizhang Mountain and shouted loudly to the sky!
"Tianxingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement!"
The sound spread far away, and the echo was bursting, Shu Qi stopped the sword dance, Zhao Kuo also put away the military book, and the eyes of the two of them looked at Mingyue inexplicably.
Turning around, Mingyue bowed to the two of them and said solemnly: "The trip to Qi Kingdom, please leave it to the two!" ”
Zhao Kuo and Shu Qi glanced at each other, one holding the hilt of the sword, the other holding the book of war, and also returned the salute solemnly towards Mingyue: "We are willing to go to the national disaster with Chang'anjun!" ”
On the top of the purple mountain, the figures of the three teenagers are frozen here, they are the rising sun of this era......
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Mingyue lingered on the purple mountain for another half a day, went to the Qingxi Valley to fish and play, and at dusk, he returned to the foot of the mountain and stayed at Ma Fujun's house for another night.
Although Ma Fujun still treated him lukewarmly, and the Yi family even had a little resentment and hostility from time to time, Zhao Kuo had already mingled with Chang Anjun and Shu Qi, and they were talking and laughing.
On the second day, after agreeing with Zhao Kuo to meet in the palace of King Zhao on the first day of the first month of March, Mingyue and Shu Qi took the carriage they came to and embarked on the return journey. Zhao Kuo, who was originally muttering that he was too lazy to send each other, finally sent them ten miles away on horseback, and then turned back a little lonely, and he also needed to make some preparations for the upcoming long trip.
According to the plan, the group wanted to return the same way, directly bypassing Handan City and returning to the palace of King Zhao.
However, after walking halfway, remembering the Hehexiong City she saw at the peak of the Purple Mountain yesterday, Mingyue changed her mind.
"Li Tan." He ordered the emperor: "Turn around, it's still early, I'm going to go to Handan City for a walk!" ”