Volume 1 Chapter 1 The Leopard Exterminator
PS: Chang'an, that city, is more magnificent than majestic, take ten to exchange for Tongwan, and Bobo will never make a deal.
He once lived in exile in Yao Qin and lived in Chang'an. If it weren't for Yao Xing, the first king of Yao Qin, he would not have had the opportunity to make a comeback and regain the land opened up by his father. Yao Xing was his benefactor and later his first enemy. Compared with the shame felt under the fence, Yao Xing's little favor is a fart. After Yao Xing's death, his weak son inherited the family business, and Bo Bo was ready to go south to take the pass, who expected to kill a Liu Yu halfway, quickly swept away Yao Qin's army, and planted the flag of the Jin Dynasty at the head of Chang'an City. This Liu Yu is very cunning, and he writes to call him a brother, but he doesn't want Bo to hit his flank. Would Bo Bo be that stupid? When a tiger is biting a sheep, can you pull its tail? Therefore, Bo Bo concocted it in the same way, also known as brother and brother, void and snake, while wishing Liu Yu to reap the immortal achievements, while pocketing those fortresses and cities at the junction of Qin and Xia. If Liu Yu has to move forward inch by inch next and wants to go west to Longshang, then Bo Bo will not be able to disappoint him, so he will hold a knife in one hand and pat him on the shoulder with the other, and continue to call him a brother. But if Liu Yuzhi is not here, if he wants to go south to become the emperor as Wang Maide said, then the ripe soft persimmon in Guanzhong will of course have to reach out and pinch it.
Helian Bobo didn't like winter.
To be precise, I don't like to be able to do anything other than women.
In particular, civil engineering had to stop.
Dominate ten thousand cities, unify the world, rule over all nations, such a unique city, should be able to be proud of the sky, but in the end it has to look at the face of the sky. God has some frost on his face. The land of the Huns froze into an iron lump. The most powerful people smash the iron drill with the strength of milk. It can only leave a white ballast mark on the ground.
On the day the suspension was announced, he asked the overseer: How did the people react? The latter said they were ecstatic.
Yes. They can sleep peacefully for the winter, without worrying about being rammed into the city walls for a while.
In fact, it's been a long time since anyone died like this.
An awl pierced an inch into the city wall, indicating that this section had cut corners and failed to meet the pre-announced hard standards, and the craftsmen who specialized in this section would have to pay the heaviest price for this slackness. Not only because they detracted from the defensive power of the walls, but also because they did not take the supreme will seriously.
After the bodies of the first batch of about fifty men were buried in the walls, the overseers were never able to penetrate their awls even an inch.
Weapon-making craftsmen were not so lucky, even in winter. Some processes can still be done in a warm room.
When the shield and the bow and arrows are finished, they are put to the test, and if the shield is pierced, the one who makes the shield dies; If it is not shot into it, the one who makes the arrow dies. After killing him a few times, the Grand Overseer knelt outside the palace gate, and said with caution that if he continued to kill like this, the best craftsmen would be killed. Besides, the shot didn't shoot through. It doesn't all depend on whether the bow and shield are compliant, but also on whether the archer's kung fu is hard or soft. There are few people in the world who can open a hard bow like His Majesty.
Without saying a word, he picked up his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow into the forehead of the great overseer. The latter is talking. Suddenly lost his voice, fell to the ground with wide eyes, and was dragged away by the guards like a dead dog.
Idiot! You're quite right. The Emperor is very good at shooting, but you don't understand that the Emperor is better at controlling people's hearts.
All the craftsmen. All have a talent for sabotage. To eliminate slacking work once and for all, it is necessary to make it so costly that no one can afford it.
No artisan has been killed since. Weapons have not even been tried. Fear has seeped into the bones of every craftsman, and every bone is no longer lazy.
But then there will be no one to kill.
It's not fun if there's no one to kill.
No one came to do anything today, and even if someone came, the minister was different from the people after all, and he couldn't just kill him. People said that he killed the minister too hastily, and he didn't agree with a word, and his head had fallen to the ground; A small mistake, a long arrow pierces the heart. How can outsiders understand that those who seem to be killed for no reason have long looked unpleasant. It's just that Helian Bobo doesn't like to hand them over to some courtier who is in charge of punishment, and he likes the feeling of a dictatorship of life and death. There is no compromise, either survive and die for the emperor with trepidation; Either die now, and the right to kill chickens and monkeys. He loved the look of the damned creature when they faced a drawn bow or an unsheathed knife, and more than one of them had gone incontinence a moment before they died.
Stand at the gate of the palace and look down on the whole city.
This feeling is magnified several times, which is about the meaning of King's Landing.
The palace was built on top of a hill. In fact, the hill has been cut with a knife and axe to the point where it is unrecognizable. It was originally spired, but the upper half was bulldozed, and the rest became a god-sent foundation. The designer of this palace is from Jiangdong, and he can't tolerate mountains and rivers, and he is reluctant to choose the palace site elsewhere, wasting the good feng shui here. But the nearest river is five miles from the hill. When he timidly asked Bo Bo if he could artificially open the river, lead the water down the mountain, and take advantage of the blue water surrounding, the latter said that it was not better to go to the husband in a hurry! Now, the river, which was deliberately dug into a serpentine shape, has frozen and shimmered like a scimitar in the sun. Look away from here and look south. Nothing but the horizon. But he knew that from here to gallop south, the army would be able to reach Chang'an within ten days.
Chang'an, that city, is more magnificent than majestic, take ten to exchange for Tongwan, and Bobo will never make a deal.
He once lived in exile in Yao Qin and lived in Chang'an. If it weren't for Yao Xing, the first king of Yao Qin, he would not have had the opportunity to make a comeback and regain the land opened up by his father. Yao Xing was his benefactor and later his first enemy. Compared with the shame felt under the fence, Yao Xing's little favor is a fart. After Yao Xing's death, his weak son inherited the family business, and Bo Bo was ready to go south to take the pass, who expected to kill a Liu Yu halfway, quickly swept away Yao Qin's army, and planted the flag of the Jin Dynasty at the head of Chang'an City. This Liu Yu is very cunning, and he writes to call him a brother, but he doesn't want Bo to hit his flank. Would Bo Bo be that stupid? When a tiger is biting a sheep, can you pull its tail? So Bo Bo concocted it in the same way. It is also called a brother, a brother and a snake, while wishing Liu Yu a harvest of immortal achievements. On the one hand, he pocketed those fortresses and cities at the junction of Qin and Xia. If Liu Yu has the next step, he will go west to Longshang. So Bo Bo didn't want to spoil his interest, so he held a knife in one hand and patted him on the shoulder with the other, and continued to call him a brother. But if Liu Yuzhi is not here, if he wants to go south to become the emperor as Wang Maide said, then the ripe soft persimmon in Guanzhong will of course have to reach out and pinch it.
Two days ago, I got a report that Liu Yu had left Chang'an and went south.
Hear the news for a moment. Bo Bo shot the case:
It's really a god, Wang Maide!
As he expected, even the time was tight.
Wang Maide went to the front line of Anding to inspect, and he should be able to go to Tongwan later today. I have ordered the guards at the south gate to wait for Wang Maide to enter the city, and ask him not to go home, but to come directly to the palace, and I will drink with him all night, and praise him well. It's more important to talk about what to do next.
But now there were still hours before he drank bitterly, and the little worm in his heart crawled everywhere, tickling him to death.
That little bug is called Murderous Aura.
You have to feed it with blood.
I was struggling to find the damn man, when suddenly a wolf howl sounded in my ears. This was followed by the response of several wolves. Looking at the sound, there is a high wall faintly visible from the pines and cypresses in the northwest. That's where Helian raised beasts of prey, the Valley of Pursuit.
Suddenly came the spirit.
The Great Xia criminal officers all knew. Condemned prisoners cannot be beheaded with a single sword, but must be sent to the Death Valley to be raised. Prisoners have been in prison for a long time. will be like flesh and bones, and the spirit will be atrophied. After being sent to the Valley of Pursuit. The firewood and grass that had been laid out on the floor in the prison were replaced with real beds, and the moldy cakes and rice soup were turned into serious rice with meat and vegetables. The prisoners did not have to do labor, but they had to work hard every day to raise each one stronger and stronger. When Helian was in the mood, a few people would be released from the cell and put into the valley of chasing life.
The valley of chasing life is the life of the beast chasing man. The rule here is that as long as you can escape from the minions of tigers, wolves, bears, and leopards, or kill them, cross forests, cross rivers, climb hills, and finally rush to a group of heavily armed soldiers, you will be cleared of all your guilt, and you will not only be released on the spot, but you may also be drafted into the army. Compared with kneeling on the execution ground and beheading, this kind of treatment is not only fair, but also generous.
But in the past two years, six or seven hundred people have died in the womb of the beast, and only one man has come out alive. Everyone who saw him escape thought it was a myth. That time it was ten wolves that were released to chase ten people. As soon as he got out of the cell door, he threw away the knife and ran as fast as he could. Man is fed all day long, but the wolf is deliberately hungry, and his companions are torn apart one after another, and three wolves follow him, but they never pounce on him. Finally, he turned around and kowtowed desperately to the wolf. The three wolves circled around him several times, and with a long howl at the last time, they actually left him and turned to eat.
The viewing platform that is full of good performances is erected in the middle of the valley, and a corridor leads to the long wall, so that there are no dead corners anywhere. At that time, when Bo Bo saw this scene, he was very surprised and said that this person had divine help, so don't let him go home and keep him in the palace.
When this man came out, he was already insane.
The next time, several prisoners fell to their knees and begged for mercy from the beast, but the latter did not hesitate and roared and knocked them away.
Enraged, he ordered all the jailers to be killed.
The reason is simple: if it weren't for your nonsense and passing on the news to the prisoners, how would they have known what had happened before!
But this little bit didn't affect his interest in the slightest, and driving the Valley of Fortune was his favorite thing besides hunting, and in fact it was also a kind of hunting in disguise. If you are happy today, when you meet Wang Maide in the evening, the wine will be even higher.
The new lieutenant of the Pursuit Valley received an order that His Majesty the Emperor would arrive soon. Quickly let people set up braziers on the corridors and viewing platforms, spread a tiger skin on the Hu bed, and then personally selected ten sturdy prisoners for backup. The more ferocious the man and the beast fight, the more Bo likes it. If the beast is overwhelming and the man has no power to fight back, he will find it boring, and if he finds it boring, the chaser will start to cramp his legs. Therefore, it is important to make the fight between humans and beasts fierce.
Bo sat down and said that he would play with leopards today, and a few leopards would be released.
Five prisoners ran across the ground in front of the cell door with knives, and when they reached the foot of a small hill, five large hungry leopards rushed through the stingers. In the first blow, two people were knocked down, and the knives flew far away. The leopard does not drag its feet. Bites the prey's neck with one bite and drags it to a hiding place. I took my time and enjoyed it.
The leopard is not greedy in the first life, and in the second life, he is afraid that the prey will be stolen by his family. Therefore, it will not let go of the dead to chase the living.
After the remaining three prisoners dodged the first wave of attacks, two of them got together and swung their knives at the leopard back to back, and they did not run, and the leopard did not dare to attack rashly, with a fierce look in his eyes, he roared low and circled around them. The other lone man continued to run forward and was overtaken by the leopard in the woods. The moment he turned to cut the leopard, the leopard was already erect, and its front paws slapped him in the face fiercely, knocking him to the ground in a bloody blur.
Loud applause!
It is to applaud this blow of the leopard.
The other two seemed to be talking something, and then they walked back to back and moved slowly, and the two leopards followed suit. The two sides are thus at a stalemate in the movement.
Bo Bo was a little impatient, leaning on the wooden railing of the observation deck, and shouted loudly below:
"You two cowards, hurry up and fight! If you don't fight. Even if you escape, I'll throw you back! ”
One of them glanced up at the observation deck and was about to rush up to cut the leopard, but was grabbed by the other. This man is slightly shorter. Leaner and leaner, he pointed his knife at the woods and said something hurried to the big man. The big man calmed down, and the two continued to move sideways back to back.
A leopard can't survive. Tentatively pounced forward, and immediately felt that the oncoming knife was very sharp. He jumped out of the way. In this small round, the leopard did not succeed, and the man gained courage.
Bo Bo was a little impatient, and was about to pick up the bow and shoot one of them, when suddenly he saw something in the doorway, and put the bow down again.
The two men had moved into the grove, and the lean man stooped sharply. When he stood up straight, there was an extra knife in his other hand, which should have been abandoned by the prisoner who had been knocked unconscious just now.
The unexpected happened.
They no longer move forward, but backwards.
The lieutenant glanced at Bo Bo and wanted to shout to stop the prisoner, but was stopped by a gesture.
Helian was as smart as ice and snow, and after taking a look at the surrounding terrain, he immediately guessed the intention of this person, and immediately became interested. If this man succeeds, then not only must he be pardoned, but he must also be allowed to lead the army. At this kind of moment when most people are scared and stupid and crazy incontinence, they can still have a strategic mind, which is called a talent.
The two men slowly moved back to the bottom of the hill, leaned back against a large rock, and stopped.
At this time, the two leopards were in front of them, gathering four or five paces together. The sun is behind the person, shaking the leopard's eyes.
The lean prisoner seemed to say something, and both of them lowered their hands and leaned their backs against the stones, as if the whole thing was relaxed.
Leopards are also scrutinizing their opponents. They can't pounce head-on, this distance. If the opponent dodges fast, they will crash into the stone before they have time to use their ability to turn in the air. The opponent has his back against a large rock, and cannot launch a back attack in a rapid movement, so he can only occupy the entire small vantage point with the camera, and then the person will be passive.
Bo Bo watched from the air and saw where the leopard's opportunity was.
Leopards do not have the habit of hunting in packs, they are solitary hunters. A leopard glanced at its kind and walked away unhurriedly, as if tired of this fruitless confrontation. It was supposed to go around the back and jump on that big rock.
The leopard that had stayed behind turned its head to look at the brother, and at that moment, it saw a man's hand, and it wanted to turn its head and instinctively jump away, but it was too late.
A knife flew over and stuck it in its neck.
The leopard let out a creepy roar, but the knife was so powerful that it severed its large blood vessels and the power of its limbs, knocking it to the ground.
The leopard, which was trying to make a detour, heard the screams of its own kind, and looked back to see that two humans had pounced on it, swinging their knives and slashing at the unfortunate brother.
It was hesitating whether to pounce or run away, when two men with the smell of leopard blood were already shouting and waving their knives.
First, since the opening of the Pursuit Valley, it is the first time that people have chased the lives of beasts.
The frightened leopard leaped a few times and quickly fled back to the door of the animal prison. The samurai opened the cell door from the roof, and the leopard leaped in.
The two survivors were covered in blood, carrying knives, and ran all the way to the other end of the pursuit valley, and the moment they saw the phalanx of soldiers, the big man fell to his knees and was quickly lifted up by his companions.
Helian burst into applause and laughed, saying that the fight between man and beast had never been so good.
Immediately ordered to reward the captain of the Chase Valley with 30 oxen, 100 sheep, 2 bows, and 200 long feathered arrows. The lieutenant knelt down and thanked him again and again, and said that with your hard work in serving me, I would not be guilty of giving you such a generous reward. Reward you for being crooked, and choose a talent for me. Do you know the details of this person? The captain said that this person's name is Yao Ji, a distant relative of the Yao Qin royal family, who was a captain in the Anding Army, and after Anding surrendered to our Great Xia, he followed the chief officer to Tongwan and was incorporated into our army. It is said that his new boss was drunk and humiliated him as a prisoner, a seedless Qiang dog, and he killed his boss in a fit of rage, which was a capital crime.
Helian Bobo himself has experienced the confusion of the death of the country, and he has not been less under the white eyes of the sensitives, and at this moment he snorted angrily and said that such a person deserves to be killed, if I knew, I would never blame Yao Ji.
When the prison officials learned that the emperor was going to summon Yao Ji, they hurriedly asked him to wash his face and change his clothes, and sent him in with his companion.
After seeing Helian Bobo, he found that Yao Ji was actually not short, but the big man next to him was too big, which made him seem short. Helian Bobo was over eight feet tall, and this Yao Ji was taller than him when he stood up, obviously a nine-foot figure. The Big Mac was over nine feet old.
Helian Bobo punched Yao Ji in the chest:
"Let you fight with the leopard, do you hate me?"
Yao Ji arched his hand:
"Don't hate! Yao Ji can't die with Daqin, he is already a walking corpse, plus killing Shangguan, even if he lets the leopard eat it, he deserves it! ”
Bo Bo said that you don't deserve it, it's your top peak that has no one in his eyes, if you don't kill him, you are not a man!
Yao Ji was startled, and raised his eyes to look at Bobo. Although it is considered pardon to come out alive from the valley of chasing life, the emperor's words like this are equivalent to defining from the root that he was not guilty from the beginning, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten when he thought of the humiliation he had suffered in these days and the dangers he had experienced.
Bo Bo picked up his hand and squeezed it:
"The leopard is famous for its fast legs and feet, you can kill it with a flying knife, where did you learn this skill?"
Yao Ji said that my father's generation has been guarding in Anding since the beginning, and there are several shepherds in the soldiers, and I learned from them to fly stones and fight sheep since I was a child, and later I practiced to fight sparrows. When I was a teenager, my father said that it was okay to fight sheep with flying stones, but not at war, so I tried throwing knives and flying axes.
Helian Bobo nodded with satisfaction, and said that you are a captain class in the Qin army?
Yao Ji said yes.
Bo Bo nodded and said that I will appoint you as my general of Zuotun Guard right now, responsible for guarding the palace ban. It's winter now, and there's nothing to fight, so you can train me in the palace first. When the spring goes south to Guanzhong, there is an opportunity for you to kill the enemy well. As for this big guy, what's your name?
The big guy said my name was Xian Yu Tonghou.
Helian Bo said how to choose such a name.
Xian Yu Tonghou said that my father heard stories from others, saying that the capable people of the Han Dynasty were rich and noble, and they were all divided into Tonghou, hoping that I would also be able to be a marquis in the future, so he took this name.
Helian looked up to the sky and laughed, saying that if you work hard for me and do a good job, what is the title of marquis, it will not be a problem to be crowned king. Since you and Yao Ji killed the leopard and survived, then you should be his entourage. Both of you have changed your name, Yao Ji's name is Yao Killing Leopard, and your name is Xian Yu Killing Leopard. The soldiers assigned to the direct command of the extermination of the leopard will build a banner and call the extermination of the leopard camp, and you will take them to Chang'an first in the coming year.
Yao Shengbao knelt down and thanked him, slowly got up, and said Is His Majesty really going to enter Chang'an?
Helian Bobo said this, it is needless to say, how can Nanban be entrenched at my gate all the time.
Yao Shengbao said that this is the case, His Majesty Jinkou Yuyan, I must be the pioneer of the Southern Expedition, I will kill all the Southern Barbarians, wash Chang'an with blood, avenge the homeland, and open up the territory for His Majesty! (To be continued......)