Several bonfires were lit on the top of the mountain, the blazing flames scorched the bodies of the soldiers, the soldiers got the grace of the King of Qin, in the busy day, three or five groups sat around the bonfire roasting fresh elk meat, talking and laughing, telling each other both meat and vegetarian jokes, sighing what they saw and heard today.

The aroma is permeated by the wind, and the clear Qin wine is wanton and oceanic. Paired with roasted venison, it really gives birth to infinite heroism.

Before dark, the soldiers had collected enough firewood, and the firewood around the campfire was piled up like a hill, and the soldiers did not hesitate to throw it into the fire as if it had fallen out of thin air, one by one, so that the fire could continue to maintain its maximum vigor. Even if it is so bad, it will not be burned until dawn, and it will not be burned out.

The soldiers put the elk meat in their hands on the long sword, or directly took the deer bones and roasted them on the charcoal fire, while roasting, they sprinkled some salt particles on it, and the venison made a sizzling sound under the charcoal fire, and the deer oil that flowed out melted the coarse salt.

When the venison is cooked, the top layer is cut off with a short sword around his waist and put it directly in his mouth, and then the bloodied venison is put back on the campfire to roast.

The deliciousness of the venison, the rustic nature of the coarse salt, everything is so simple and rough! There is no aristocrat, and the arrangement of Zhong Mingding's food also has a rare truth.

The soldiers ate meat and drank wine in large bowls, and it didn't hurt that the accompanying team did not have many large bowls to use, and the soldiers took off their helmets one after another. Pour the wine directly into the helmet and warm it over the charcoal fire!

Meat, wine, and the wilderness

West wind on a winter night,

Thousands of soldiers drank together.

The field troops of the Qin State are rarely equipped with helmets, but this unit is different, this is the Imperial Forest Army of the Qin State! The main duty is to protect the safety of the royal family, from head to toe, everything that the Eastern countries have, it is the same! Otherwise, how to reflect the advantages of cultivating and fighting to build a country, and how to show the superiority of the Great Qin reform. It is a face, and of course it is necessary to dress up mainly.

It seems that everything is normal, but in fact it is not, the soldiers standing guard do not dare to relax for a moment, and after several changes of guard, the soldiers standing guard are all full. It stands to reason that these people who stand guard should eat more, why not eat more than those resting soldiers, this is also a helpless move, once people are full of wine and food, it is inevitable that there will be signs of sleepiness, standing guard is related to the safety of everyone, naturally do not dare to slack, paralyzing carelessness The consequences are unimaginable.

The Qinling Mountains in winter are extraordinarily enchanting. The white snow extended the firelight far away, and under the white snow, the darkness and cold were blocked, and the crossbowmen who were lying in ambush around were still in full battle, not daring to be careless. Barren mountains and mountains, naturally not as good as Xianyang City, there are high-walled gates that can be guarded, and now they are barren everywhere, although the Qinling Mountains at this time are said to be the hinterland of the Qin State, which is not an exaggeration. But today's incident is indeed strange, the soldiers who originally participated in the vigilant search came back to report that there was no problem, why Meng Shuo led everyone to appear, but was attacked by assassins. This is not to be feared, those sons of hundreds of schools, rangers and thieves, in order to fight against the vassal states, will always place their base camp in the depths of this mountain.

In this way, it seems that this assassin probably came out of the tunnels dug beforehand! There is no need for orders, and all the samurai are also on standby.

The soldiers who participated in the hunt were extremely happy today, and out of thin air they had an extra ten taels of gold, which was not a small amount, and they suddenly entered the wealthy class. One by one, they now have a good impression of Meng Shuo, far more than their biological parents. They all came to Meng Shuo here to toast.

Meng said, Ren Despise, Gan Mao got together. Gan Mao was the first to speak:

"General Meng is full of ambition today! I'll toast you! Do it first! As he spoke, he raised his head, and a bowl of Qin wine bottomed out. Meng said that he looked at it and quickly said:

"Prime Minister Gan! What is this saying? Come on, come on! I did it too! As he spoke, a bowl of wine bottomed out.

Gan Mao saw that Meng Shuo was also bold, so he was naturally happy in his heart, and asked with a smile:

"The old man has something to say, and I hope General Meng will teach him!"

"Prime Minister What is this saying, you and I are ministers of the same court, Meng said that he will rely on the support of the prime minister in the future, what is the matter, although you say it directly, you must know everything and say everything!" These sycophants are probably all skills learned in Meng Weijun's mansion in the early years, and the Mo family will definitely not impart such knowledge.

Mohists advocate simplicity and oppose rhetoric; He advocates that we should be cautious and cautious when we speak, do what we say, do it first and then say it, and oppose saying and doing things as we want, only saying but not doing, and staying verbally.

Mozi and the Mohists paid attention to people's practical actions, especially emphasizing that people should be consistent with their words and deeds, and vigorously avoided empty talk and superficial rumors, and their hearts and mouths were inconsistent. This down-to-earth attitude and rustic spirit is something we can't give up easily.

"How did you get the deer back from the top of the mountain?" Gan Mao was also straightforward, straight to the point, and raised his own questions. Ren Contempt, who was on the side, was also extremely curious and said:

"Yes! Dude did anything to do it, huh? ”

As soon as he heard this question, Meng was stunned at first, he couldn't say that the white wolf had a favor with him, and he came to repay the favor, so that the purpose of his trip would not be completely exposed, but how to deal with it if he didn't say so, after thinking for a while, Meng Shuo said very apologetically:

"Originally, I sent soldiers to ambush the mouth of the valley on the top of the mountain, carrying sulfur, saltpeter and other fire-igniting objects, and when the elk herd appeared, I quickly burned the smoke and frightened the elk herd back. Then the soldiers on the mountain approached the valley and hurried the elk herd into the trap, but they did not think that when they crossed the river, they accidentally fell into the river, and the sulfur saltpeter and other fire-causing things could not be used again. I heard from the soldiers who came back that the wolves suddenly appeared at the mouth of the valley and blocked the way of the elk! ”

"According to you, you didn't stop this elk?" Ren said suspiciously.

"General Ren, you drank too much, come on, eat a piece of venison and press it." Gan Mao said as he handed the venison over. Ren Contempt also felt that he had no sense of proportion in his speech, if this matter spread, the soldiers in charge of the encirclement would be worried about their lives, Ren Contempt quickly took the venison and said no more.

"You mean, these wolves are taking advantage of the fire!" Gan Mao asked.

"Could it be that the prime minister wants to send them gold?" Meng asked wittily.

"Haha, come on, drink!" Gan Mao did not continue to interrogate. Meng said that he was also awkward in his heart, and thought, 'You Gan Mao is fine, why are you thinking about these questions all day long?' Either you fell into a pit three feet wide, or your child was bitten by a poisonous snake, and now you think about this wolf, it seems that this Gan Mao is indeed a strange person'.

"General Meng! Brothers want to toast you with a bowl of wine! At this time, the two of them admired Meng from the bottom of their hearts, not only the strategy and courage of Meng Shuo, but also the temperament and character of Meng Shuo, but whenever he won the battle, most of the time, it was the general who allocated all the property to his own pocket, but General Meng did not do so, but rewarded himself with the property, so who did not want to die for him.

Gan Mao said with a grin:

"Okay! Meng said, my Yue Cavalry Captain of the Great Qin Kingdom, Captain Shooting Sound is a rare brave general, even I have to be afraid of three points, and I was surrendered by you like this today? ”

"The prime minister laughed, we are all eagle dogs under the tent of King Qin! How do you say surrender? Come brothers, you and I have a robe, and it can be regarded as the fate of the previous life, so it's done! Meng said boldly.

"It's done!" All the soldiers poured the wine from the bowl and helmet into their throats.

These rugged men used drinking to express their respect for Meng Shuo, and they didn't say too much, some just turned their inner words into bowls of wine and drank them all! Everyone was happy to drink, so they naturally ignored it, bowl after bowl.

Ren Cong saw that King Qin had not appeared, and was worried that he would have to drink with Meng for a while, if Meng said that he was drunk at this time, wouldn't it be rude for King Qin to come out later, Ren Contempt quickly stood up and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen! This trip is to protect the King of Qin, do you still have to get drunk? ”

"The last will be damned! The last will be damned! I almost missed a big thing! I almost missed a big thing! Brethren, our hearts and minds, the generals, already know! Let's stop messing around here, let's go down and stand guard! Captain Shot, Captain Yue said.

"No! Subordinates retire! Subordinates retire! All the samurai resigned one after another.

Meng said! Okay, you're an eagle dog, huh? The pillar stone of the country, the eagle dog of the court. Guardian eagle dog! Gan Mao joked, for Meng Shuo After a day of contact, he felt that he was not an extremely difficult person to get along with, but he was witty and very interesting, not like a general at all, but had some taste of mountains and forests, no wonder Gan Mao had such a feeling, Meng said that he was originally a deacon of the Mo family.

After years of practice in the Mo family, they have long rooted their behavior in a subtle way, and once they have developed a habit, they cannot be changed in the short term.

The word eagle dog is now mostly a derogatory metaphor for the person who drives the run, mostly referring to the minions of the powerful and wealthy, and the eagle dog is also called a lackey. In fact, it is recorded in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Chen Turtle" as follows: "The tortoise has been blessed for many generations, galloping and hanging down, although it is used as an eagle and a dog, and it is killed in the court of Hulu." ”

The same is true for the discussion of 'eagle dogs' in the "Biography of Yuan Shao" of the same period: "Yichen has a lot of sections, and he can be blamed for the merits of eagle dogs."

During the Tang Zhenguan period, the imperial court initially built six departments. In order to completely solve the remnants of the peasant uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the strong and powerful green forests in various places, the Criminal Department established the "Six Doors" secret training base to train cutting-edge teenagers named "Eagle Dogs".

During the Song Dynasty, the founding general Pan Mei repeatedly made military exploits, Pan Mei and Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin were thick, and after the Song Dynasty Zhou, they were reused, participated in the pacification of Li Chongjin's rebellion, guarded Yangzhou and Tanzhou, and relocated the defense envoys. In the third year of Kaibao (970), he deployed the soldiers and horses for the camp and led the army to destroy the Southern Han Dynasty. Later, he participated in important battles such as the Pingnan Tang Dynasty, the Battle of the Northern Han Dynasty, and the Battle of Yanmen, and was named the Duke of Korea.

It is such a well-known national pillar that is qualified to be called an 'eagle dog'.

In the third year of Yongxi (986), due to the failure of the attack on the Liao State, Yang Ye's entire army was annihilated, and Pan Mei was cut by three terms and demoted to the Taibao of the inspection school. It is estimated that it is precisely because of the failure of this military struggle that later generations of literati and writers grasped it, and Pan Mei's responsibility for Yang Ye's death was the result of infinite artistic exaggeration and expansion.

The novel and opera of "Yang Jiajiang" changed Pan Mei's name to Pan Renmei (or fictitious Pan Hong, the word Renmei), which was scandalized and became a generation of power traitors, who opposed the Yang family everywhere, and colluded with the Liao people in an attempt to seize the Song Dynasty.

That is, since the Song Dynasty, the 'eagle dog' has completely degenerated, and the supreme glory originally used to describe the military generals has become a vulgar word used to scold people.

There are so many things like this, like what is called Miss now. When Miss was in the previous dynasty, it was the standard title of everyone's ladies, not something that ordinary people could call casually, it was a symbol of status and status.

If you shout again today and give it a try, eighty percent of the dogs will be scolded for blood, and it is very likely that you will be beaten if you don't do it. If the other party doesn't scold you, it is estimated that there will be a drama, you can choose a place where no one is around, and continue to explore the true meaning of life, but don't forget to give money, so as not to cause some unnecessary trouble.

"The prime minister praised it!" Meng said modestly:

"Prime Minister, I don't know why King Qin didn't come out for a long time today!?"

"This?" Gan Mao's expression was slightly embarrassed, but after thinking about it, Meng said that he would become his ally against the disease in the future, if he was too secretive, it was estimated that it would cause Meng Shuo's dissatisfaction, since he knew something, he might as well take it out, and everyone would discuss countermeasures.

"King Qin was injured by a wild bull yesterday, and today he resisted the snowball rolling down from the mountain, and eighty percent of him was injured!"

"Snowballs rolling down from the mountains?" Meng Shuo looked at Gan Mao very suspiciously.

"That is, when you were on guard in the mountains to explore the way, a huge snowball rolled down from the mountain, three feet wide!" Gan Mao said.

"And that kind of thing?" Meng Shuo asked curiously.

"What's even more strange is that the snowball was resisted by King Qin, and after it broke, there was actually a person inside?" Gan Mao observed the changes in Meng Shuo while speaking, hoping to discover the changes in Meng Shuo through his own description, but it backfired, and he couldn't see at all what Meng Shuo had to do with this matter! Speaking of this, Gan Mao deliberately paused, wanting to see Meng Shuo's reaction, Meng Shuo of course knew what he meant, but continued to pretend, knowing nothing, let you say that the sky is broken, I just look like I don't know, see how you can help me.

"Who is it?" Meng Shuo asked curiously. For deceiving people just ignorant of the appearance, it will also arouse the suspicion of others, such a big thing, if there is no reaction, it is estimated that it is unreasonable, if you want to deceive people, the best way is to use the way that the other party wants to see, to confuse the other party. Since I don't know anything about this, I'm naturally extremely curious!

Seeing Meng say this, Gan Mao was also helpless, thinking, 'Look, this guy really doesn't know!' ’

"Uo!" Gan Mao whispered.

As soon as Wu Yu's name appeared, it immediately confirmed his initial judgment, it seems that King Qin Wu Yingdang really doesn't trust himself, everything is a premeditated temptation, Meng Shuo hurriedly said in surprise:

"No wonder he hasn't been found! I thought I was back in town! Meng said that he looked around, pretending to be looking for Wu Yu, and it was also this subconscious action, which completely dispelled Gan Mao's doubts, if Meng said that it was related to this matter, it is estimated that it would not be so, but judging from the current situation, Meng said that he did not know, if this is the case, who injured Wu Shu and threw him off the cliff, Gan Mao reasoned about this question again.

"How's the people?" Meng said.

Seeing that Gan Mao was still pondering and did not speak, Ren Yan opened his mouth and said:

"There is still breath, it has been sent back to Xianyang by the imperial doctor for rescue, as for life and death, there is no news yet!"

"It seems that this mountain is not very peaceful! We were also attacked by unknown bandits! That's how Vice Admiral Sun died! Ay! Meng Shuo sighed:

"That's it! Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to check the post! ”

"Three fires for the new official?" Gan Mao teased.

"Hehe, Prime Minister, it's not safe in this mountain, I don't dare to drink here anymore, I'm going to inspect the sentry post, and when I return to Xianyang, let's drink again." Saying that, Meng Shuo picked up the bowl, drank it all, and then got up to go to inspect.

Gan Mao couldn't stop nodding in approval, Ren Yan is also admiring the five-body throw, today with such a contribution, and not forgetting his original duty, it is indeed worth learning from everyone.

Here is the brilliant lights, gluttonous feast, in the valley, also began a different kind of dinner, after everyone released some of the elk, only the injured elk in the trap were taken away, as for the rest of the elk, all left to the wolves.

At this moment, the wolves are feasting below, the white wolf king is standing on the hill, waiting for Meng Shuo to appear, the white wolf king knows in his heart that the burly man will not be without news, he will definitely appear!

The wind in the mountains and fields was extremely cold, and a bright moon quietly hung on the branches, and a figure appeared in the snow. (To be continued.) )