Xingyang is a large county in Sanchuan County, and the Chenggao natural danger in the west blocks the road to Guanzhong, so to enter the Qindi in the west of the Guannei, or in the deep Hanzhong and Ba County have to pass through here, of course, if the east out of Han Wei also have to pass through here, so the flow of people here and Chenggao is larger, but Xingyang is wide so it is more advantageous.

On this day, a team of black-clothed cavalry came to Xingyang County, a total of fifty-two people, all of them were carrying iron swords and were full of energy, and when they looked closely, there was a short dagger hidden in their waists, and the leather armor was murderous.

In the distance, I saw one of them riding while showing an iron sign and shouting: "Black Ice Terrace is on a bad day, give way quickly." ”

At this time, the pedestrians walking on the road outside the city gate saw this, and they all went to both sides of the road in horror, they had not heard of the black ice platform, but only Qin Jun had to let it.

And those soldiers, who usually made passers-by jealous like ghosts, couldn't help but give way one after another with respectful expressions at this time, and also stopped the people and merchants at the city gate to give way.

So the group of men and horses did not stop, like a whirlwind, rushed directly into the city, and when they passed by the city gate, the people around them could not help but look at them carefully.

Especially the first one, he is only ten years old, but his face is resolute and extraordinary, carrying a broadsword and wearing a black cloak, which is particularly eye-catching.

There was also a little boy riding a horse next to him, twelve or thirteen years old with a pink and lovely face, just looking at the two giant hammers hanging on his horse was a little strange, the giant hammer was taller than himself, it seems that it must have been made of wood and used as a play tool.

When they rushed into the city, a small soldier guarding the gate couldn't help muttering, "It's strange, how all the people from the Black Ice Platform have appeared in the past two days, this is the fifth team." ”

At this time, a bearded soldier next to him scolded: "You are so strange, just be your errand, this is what the adults have explained, you better not ask more." ”

When the little soldier heard this, he nodded hurriedly and said yes, so it was best to turn his head and shout to the people passing by: "Disperse, don't look here, otherwise you will be carefully punished for the crime of lying in vain." ”

The crime of false speech has been clearly stipulated in the Qin law, and anyone who dares to criticize the government and insult the court officials is guilty of false speech, and the lightest punishment is to lose, and the serious sentence is to cut off the tongue and be imprisoned.

So when the people around heard it, regardless of whether the gatekeeper had the right or not, they all scattered with fear on their faces.

And after the group of people rushed into the city just now, they rode directly to the outside of the county government.

The county magistrate of Xingyang hurriedly came out to greet him when he got the news, he was slightly obese and walked in a robe, and he was afraid to walk, and he actually sweated a little from the house to the door of the house.

However, he still hurriedly put on a smiling face and smiled at the person who was immediately in charge: "Haha, Duwei Zhao turned out to be lucky, and the lower officials have prepared wine and food in the palace to entertain you." ”

The people who came were Zhao Jun and Hu Hai, and after he made a military order with the emperor that day, he agreed with Li You and others to sneak in batches, and then assemble in Xingyang County, southeast of Sanchuan County.

Zhao Jun thought to himself that it was really the third level of the central government, and seeing that this county order knew the current affairs so well, Zhao Jun was not good at facing each other coldly, so he hugged his fists and said: "Lord Feng is polite, but I am really immaculate for this official business, so you can take me to meet my subordinates, and if you have leisure another day, you must have a drink with the adults." ”

Feng Shu saw that Zhao Jun was young but not vigorous, and immediately his evaluation of Zhao Jun was one point higher, and after hearing it, he smiled and said: "Haha, Zhao Duwei is a rising star in government affairs, and the lower officials will take you to the post house now, they have been living in the post house three days ago, and I immediately ordered someone to send the wine and food to the post house, anyway, it is dark now, and you will not be able to leave for a while." ”

"Okay, then there's work." Zhao Jun smiled, in fact, he could have come in advance, but Hu Hai was too playful and insisted on riding a horse alone, so Zhao Jun had no choice but to slow down to prevent him from falling off the horse due to poor riding skills.

After a while, Feng Qu let the county officials drive him in front, Zhao Jun waved his hand and the people behind followed to the post house, the post house was not far from the county government and arrived for a while, the chief official of the post house heard that he hurriedly came out to greet him, and ordered someone to take care of everyone's horses and arrange the accommodation of Zhao Jun's subordinates, and finally under Feng Shu's hint, the head of the post house directly arranged a separate courtyard in the post station to Zhao Jun to take a rest, Zhao Jun did not push, and asked the director to notify Li You and a few people to come.

That Feng Qu took this time to ask: "Dare to ask Zhao Duwei, I heard that the emperor's eastern tour was not this galloping road, and we have all received orders from above, knowing that you are coming out with His Majesty to ask us to fully cooperate, but how can Zhao Duwei have time to come here?" Is there any official business here? The lower officials will fully cooperate. ”

The Chi Road to the east of Xianyang is divided into two from Hangu Pass, one is to cross Hedong County and Shangdang County in turn, and finally to reach Handan County at the junction of Shangdang County and Hanoi County, and then divide into several forks or to the east or to the north, and the other is to the south, first through Sanchuan County and finally directly to Dongjun, and then also divide several forks or to the east or to the north.

This time, the emperor took a northerly road to Handan County first, then followed the road from Handan County to the northeast to Julu County, and finally followed the road to the south to Linzi Jiaodong and other extreme northern places, and then returned to Xianyang.

And Sanchuan Xingyang is in the southerly gallop road, Zhao Jun suddenly appeared here, and it is natural for him to be strange.

Zhao Jun said lightly: "It is indeed necessary for official business, as for what official business, there is nothing to say, I hope Lord Feng will not ask more, it is not good for you." ”

After speaking, Zhao Jun seemed to glance at him casually, but it made Feng Shu stunned for a moment, and finally said in fear: "Yes, yes, it's the stupidity of the lower officials, and I hope that Zhao Duwei will not blame him." ”

At the same time, Feng Shu secretly scolded himself for talking too much, he had heard about the character of Zhao Jun through various channels in Xianyang, and it was not something he could afford to provoke at all.

However, Zhao Jun smiled again at this time: "Lord Fengqu, don't worry, this time we are just passing by here, and we will leave early tomorrow morning, and I will ask you to prepare some more ships with us in Aoshan." ”

"Please rest assured, Lord Duwei, I will have someone prepare for you in advance in Ao Mountain early tomorrow morning, but the lower official hopes that Lord Du Wei can stay for a few more days." Although Feng Shu said so, he was relieved in his heart, he also knew a little bit about what Zhao Jun and his party did, but there were so many people in the six countries in the world, including some officials in the Qin Dynasty who were from the six countries, although they were not at the level of the remnants, but how many of them were a little unclean or implicated, even if they were right, they were wrong, you must know that the first emperor would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one when he treated those remnants of the six kingdoms who had been anti-Qin.

Therefore, the people who know about this matter now, unless they are pure Qin people or officials with a harder style, the others are not afraid that Zhao Jun will suddenly come to the door.

Zhao Jun naturally knew his thoughts, and couldn't help but secretly laugh that he had now become a living Hades, but he was also happy to do so, the art of controlling people was just a combination of grace and power, he wanted to gain a foothold in the troubled times, not only to increase his strength, but also to sharpen himself in all other aspects.

"Then thank you, sir, if I have anything to do when I return to Xianyang in the future, I have to help each other, Sanchuan County is not far from Xianyang."

Feng Qu hurriedly said with a modest smile: "You don't have to thank you for your efforts, if Lord Du Wei is free in the future, I will definitely pay a special visit to your lord." ”

In the polite two sentences, Feng Qu saw that Zhao Jun was silent, so he hurriedly said goodbye, Zhao Jun politely wanted to send each other, Feng Qu hurriedly pushed and didn't dare, and finally Zhao Jun just stood up to symbolize a hand, Feng Shu repeatedly pushed him to leave the post house and go back.

"Brother Jun, why did it take so long for you to talk?" Hu Hai was playing with the roaring dog in the courtyard outside, and when he saw Feng Shu leaving, he came in and said curiously, now Hu Hai is not playing tricks on the roaring dog, and the roaring dog is not rejecting Hu Hai.

Zhao Jun turned his head and smiled and said: "This is what the superior must do, these can only be done more smoothly when official duties are done, you have to do this every day like the emperor summons the ministers to talk." ”

Hu Hai rolled his eyes and thought for a while: "That's too tired, it's better not to be an emperor or an official, just like my father is busy with court affairs every day, and he doesn't have time to do other fun things." ”

"Hehe, what is your dream?" Zhao Jun pulled Hu Hai to sit down, leaving the whistling dog to scurry around the house, putting it in the horse bag along the way, and it was almost suffocating.

Hu Hai's little face was stunned: "Dream? What is a dream? ”

"Uh." Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, there was no such word at this time, and finally explained: "Dream, dream is what you want to do when you grow up in the future." ”

After hearing this, Hu Hai nodded his head to show that he understood, and after pondering for a while, he said seriously: "I want to be a fierce general when I grow up in the future, and I can smash whoever I want with a sledgehammer, because my father said that I am the emperor's son, and the civil and military should at least be prominent, but I don't like to learn to write, and I don't like to look at those officials, if I can become a fierce general, my father won't be forcing me." ”

Zhao Jun was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Hu Hai's dream to be this, and then looked at his little face full of joy at all times, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional in combination with the history of Qin II, maybe he could try to change him.

"Okay, I can make you a fierce general in the future, but you have to promise me two conditions." Zhao Jun said.

Hu Hai said with joy on his face: "Really? You said. ”

Zhao Jun nodded and said: "When did I lie to you, but first, you must learn martial arts from me seriously, so that you can become an invincible general, and second, you can't say that you can smash whoever you want, because this is immoral." ”

"Well, I must learn martial arts from you seriously, learning martial arts is much more interesting than practicing Chinese characters." Hu Hai nodded seriously, but then asked: "You can't just smash people, so what kind of people should be smashed, and what is moral?" ”

Zhao Jun looked at Hu Hai and said: "Morality is too broad to explain, in short, you are right to listen to me, the emperor asked me to protect you, I will not harm you, and in the future, you will smash whoever I ask you to smash." ”

"Okay, after I learn martial arts, in addition to playing, I will smash people, and I will smash whoever you say." Hu Hai didn't hesitate at all after hearing this, nodded and said.

Zhao Jun smiled when he heard this, the taste of training the second ancestor is still good.

Not long after that, Li You and a few people came, Zhao Jun beckoned them to eat the food sent by the county order, after using the good food, the moon had climbed up the treetops, Hu Hai is child fell asleep on the table before he finished eating, Zhao Jun saw this and carried him to the bed and covered the quilt, and finally Zhao Jun called them to another room.

"You guys are ready to prepare, and we'll leave by boat in Aoshan early tomorrow morning." Zhao Jun said.

A few people were stunned, and Gongzi Gao first asked, "By boat, where are we going next?" ”

"Like a headless fly, when will you catch those remnants, if you don't want to make meritorious contributions, don't delay us all." The five big and three thick people of the Lu people are good, and the martial arts are not bad, but the heart is too small.

"If you question my plan, you can withdraw at any time, don't think that if you are the prince, I will not dare to teach you a lesson." Zhao Jun glanced at him coldly, and finally looked at Gongzi Gao and said: "For the sake of secrecy, I will not announce the next plan for the time being, in short, everything will be done according to orders." ”

Gongzi Gao's expression moved after hearing this, and finally said, "No." ”

Jiang Lu still turned his head aside as usual, and barely endured his breath.

Li You and Bai Ying nodded, but they didn't say anything, but when the few people dispersed, the two deliberately fell behind.

Zhao Jun saw that the two of them were left behind and didn't leave, so he naturally knew what he meant, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you two, I won't joke with my future, I did get reliable news, believe me, this time we will definitely be able to wipe out Han, Wei, and Zhao." ”

The two of them were stunned for a moment, and finally thought about Zhao Jun's personality and believed it, so they couldn't help but feel a little happy, it seemed that their first battle to eliminate the remnants of the Six Kingdoms would not fail.

However, at this time, Li You said with a heavy face: "I don't know if you have found out, anyway, I was followed when I came, but I came to Xingyang in a hurry, and their own strength is not weak, so I have not been able to get rid of them." ”

Bai Ying also nodded at this time and said: "I also encountered the same situation, these people's whereabouts are secretive, and it seems that they have a lot of connections, and there have been several waves of people along the way, and I can't get rid of them." ”

Zhao Jun frowned when he heard this, he thought that he had encountered this situation, it seemed that the other party was stronger than he imagined.

"It's Zhao Gao." Suddenly, Zhao Jun spoke.

"Zhao Gao?" The two were stunned for a moment, and they glanced at each other and found the surprise in each other's eyes.

Zhao Jun nodded and said: "Since Xianyang has been following us, it means that the other party has known that we have broken away from the emperor's convoy since Xianyang, so this person should be in Xianyang, and since he is following us, it must be hostile, and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms can't get the news so quickly, then there is only personal enmity, and personal enmity is the biggest enmity between me and Zhao Gao."

If my guess is correct, Zhao Gao must want to follow us first, and then wait for an opportunity to sabotage our plan, so I will let you sneak into Xingyang in batches, one is to prevent the remnant assassins of the Six Kingdoms from getting the news, and the other is to get rid of them. ”

After hearing this, Li You also felt that Zhao Jun's analysis was reasonable, but he still questioned: "But how can Zhao Gao have such great energy in a CRRC government order." ”

Bai Ying also said, "Yes, based on the people I have observed along the way, I am sure that they must have an extremely large organization, even comparable to the Black Ice Terrace. ”

"I don't understand this either, but no matter what, we must get rid of them tomorrow, otherwise it will be extremely detrimental to our subsequent actions." Zhao Jun finally spoke.

After hearing this, the two also nodded, and agreed with Zhao Jun's decision, but Bai Ying asked again: "But their strength is not weak, and there are their people everywhere, I'm afraid it's not easy to get rid of them." ”

Li You also nodded after hearing this, they all tried on the way to Xingyang, but they never got rid of each other's tracking.

I saw Zhao Jun smile at this time: "Don't worry about this, in fact, I have already thought about it on the way I came, since I can't get rid of them by walking in batches, then I will take the water route from Ao Cang tomorrow, so that their advantage on land is gone, and it is easy to get rid of them, which is why I want you to come to Xingyang instead of other counties." ”

"I see." The two nodded, and couldn't help but admire Zhao Jun's foresight.

The next morning, Feng Qu came to the post house early in the morning, and then personally took Zhao Jun and others to the Aoshan ferry.

Aoshan is located in the north of Xingyang twenty or thirty miles, after the first emperor unified the world in order to deal with possible wars at any time, he built a large granary in the northwest corner of this mountain, relying on its location in the Yellow River and Jishui water flow to transport the grain of the Central Plains to Guanzhong and the northern region. Because the grain from the Central Plains transported by water is often stranded due to the weak water transportation capacity of the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, after unloading the grain in Aocang, it can be stored, and then if necessary, it can quickly reach the Qindi of Guanzhong and the northwest region by land.

This granary is also known as Ao Cang, until ten years later, nearly thirty percent of the world's grain was stored here, so in the history of the Chu and Han dynasties in later generations, it played an extremely important role with Xingyang and Chenggao, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang launched the battle of Chu and Han around here, and finally because Liu Bang finally occupied this place, Xiang Yu lost his strategic and logistical advantages, and was finally defeated by Liu Bang.

Of course, because of the advantages of Cao Yun, in addition to the ferry used by the Ao Cang government, Ao Shan has also developed two or three other ferries, which are for private business.

Zhao Jun and others came to a ferry port due south, there are two or three wine shops outside the ferry here, but looking at the traces around it should be more lively at usual, but it still seems a little cold early in the morning, only three or five guys are busy in the wine shop, and there are only three or five merchant ships unloading at the ferry, and there are more than a dozen traders coming and going at the ferry.

It's just that after Zhao Jun's more than 200 black-clothed cavalry rushed over, the people around were so frightened that they hurriedly gave way, hiding aside and not daring to come out, including the people on several boats at the ferry, couldn't help but stop their men and looked at Zhao Jun and the others in horror.

"The government does business, and the merchant ships get out of the way." Feng Qu ran to the ferry in advance and shouted loudly, and at the same time greeted the five long-sized building boats that stopped not far from the ferry, and there were also twenty flat and wide ferries.

Zhao Jun rode a horse and stood on the ferry and nodded with satisfaction, the building boat is carrying people, the ferry boat is carrying horses, so many ships are indeed needed, and Feng Shu was able to mobilize so many ships overnight, which shows that he is attentive.

"Get on the boat, drive the horses first, the boat behind, the ferry in front, and all stand in the stern before getting my order and are not allowed to enter the cabin." Zhao Jun opened his mouth and shouted loudly.

When the two hundred and fifty men heard this, they all drove their horses onto the ferry, and finally they got into a boat in groups of fifty people.

"Farewell, Lord Feng, you are a favor Zhao Jun remember." Zhao Jun stood on the boat and said loudly to Feng Qu.

Feng Shu respectfully replied with a smile and said: "The commander is polite, the lower official is afraid, hehe, I hope that in the future, when Lord Commander passes through Sanchuan County, he must notify the lower official, and the lower official will be ready to sweep the bed." ”

"Definitely" Zhao Jun smiled, and finally turned around and shouted: "Start the boat." ”

When the boatmen heard Zhao Jun's order, they immediately drove the boats one after another, slowly sailed away from the Aoshan Ferry, and then went all the way east along the Jishui.

However, as soon as he walked not far away, his men who remained at the bow of the ship hurriedly entered the cabin and said, "Lord Lieutenant, there is an unknown ship following behind. ”

Zhao Jun was closing his eyes in the cabin to recuperate, and when he heard this, a sneer suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, as expected, and finally Zhao Jun said without replying: "Order, let all the people on the five ships of the building bow at the stern, and once the other ship is close to the firing range, immediately release the arrows." ”

"No." When his subordinates heard this, they immediately went out to give orders.

After Zhao Jun waited for a while, he also got up and walked to the stern, and when he came, the people on the five boats were really already waiting with their bows, and looking at the ships following behind, Zhao Jun was stunned, isn't this the merchant ship he saw at the ferry just now? Then, he laughed again, this was obviously the other party's haste, and sure enough, they didn't expect that he would suddenly have to go by land and water.

At this time, the ship that followed behind seemed to be frightened, and a big man who looked like a boatman stood on the deck and shouted: "Don't get me wrong, my lord, we are a merchant ship, and we are also heading east. ”

"Misunderstanding?" Zhao Jun smiled coldly, and finally shouted loudly: "Go back and tell your master, if he wants to deal with me, then he has to pay the price, I will give you a quarter of an hour, if you stay in my sight, you will be killed." ”

The boatman on the ship was stunned for a moment, and at last turned back into the cabin, until a moment later the boat turned its head and went back the way.

Zhao Jun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, he really didn't expect Zhao Gao's power to be so big, but if he couldn't catch the evidence and handle, he couldn't let the emperor punish him, this matter had to be discussed in the long run, at this time Zhao Jun thought of the map that got Zhao Cheng, but he didn't understand the terrain of the Qin Dynasty, and when he returned to Pei County in the future, he could let Tang Li take a look, he should know.

The emperor's convoy left Xianyang for ten days, and walked into Hedong County, on this day the emperor ordered a break halfway, and Zhao Gao took advantage of his free time to sneak into a nearby uninhabited field.

At this time, the man in black who was still last time suddenly appeared, and he said in a low voice: "Hou Ye, there is news from the people below, Zhao Jun left in batches after leaving Xianyang, but our people followed them separately, and finally saw that they met again in Xingyang, but the next day they suddenly changed to go east by the Ao Cang waterway, and our people were not ready to be discovered by him, and then he retreated, and he seemed to know that Hou Ye, you, let us bring the word back." ”

Zhao Gao was stunned: "What words?" ”

"He said we're going to have to pay for him."

"Damn!" As soon as the words were spoken, Zhao Gao clenched his fists angrily, until he regained his composure and then lowered his head in contemplation, and finally Zhao Gao spoke: "No matter what his purpose is, I think that since those assassins are in the old land of Wei, then Zhao Jun will definitely go, you immediately send an order, let our people cast a net near the gallop road in the hometown of Wei and wait, once they find the traces of Zhao Jun and others, they will report immediately." ”

"Yes." When the man in black heard this, he was about to leave.

"Wait." It's just that Zhao Gao waved his hand again at this time, and finally took out a piece of cloth and said: "If you find the traces of Zhao Jun and others, and it is difficult to deal with, you will give this letter to that person." ”

(To be continued)