Chapter 92: Zhao Gong Goes to the Banquet
Xiang Shaolong rode a horse first, while Huang Shaohong and Yuan Zong were mixed among the hundreds of ink scholars and walked towards Handan.
When passing through the customs, I didn't see any trace of Xiang Shaolong, and it is estimated that this goods have successfully passed through the customs to Handan.
When the guards saw hundreds of Mohists, not only did they not stop them, but they also saluted one after another, which proved that the Mohist Guild was developing very well in Zhao State, and the Mohist doctrine was also widely recognized and respected.
To tell the truth, when Huang Shaohong passed the customs defense, he was ready to do it at any time, after all, among the hundreds of ink people who had just been subdued, who knew if there were any half-hearted attempts to pit themselves, as long as they were passing through the customs defense, who shouted at the defenders of Zhao State that there was a spy in their voices, it would be lively.
Of course, it turned out that he underestimated the beliefs and discipline of the ink people, and once these ink people recognized his status as a giant, they would not easily betray it, which was explained by Yuan Zong, Huang Shaohong couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's good to have ideals!" ”
But even so, he still reminded Yuanzong that after all, people's hearts are unpredictable, and when managing the Ink Scholar Guild in the future, don't trust others too much, although trust is good, it must also have a perfect and reliable system to constrain it.
Huang Shaohong knew that even among the revolutionaries with convictions in later generations, there were also those who betrayed the revolution.
Walking more than ten miles, finally saw the spectacular scene of the ancient Handan City, the first thing that caught the eye was the two battalions of Zhao soldiers stationed outside the city, the military camp stretched, the flag was like the sea, quite intimidating.
When I got closer to the city, I saw that the city was high and the walls were thick, and the moat was deep and wide.
Huang Shaohong followed a group of ink scholars through the city gate straight into Handan, through the downtown area, to the ink guild in a corner of the city.
Because the ink people oppose the extravagant life, the layout of the ink people's guild is very simple, and Yuanzong led people to quickly subdue the ink people who stayed inside, and these people are faced with only two choices, surrender or perish.
Huang Shaohong, who was in hand, took the righteousness, and all the ink people in the world surrendered, and without Yan Ping's deterrence, these ink people all chose to swear allegiance to the new Juzi.
With the assistance of Yuanzong, Huang Shaohong quickly took over Zhao Mo's forces, hundreds of secret letters were sent, and scattered to all parts of Zhao State, in the next half a month, the people in charge of Zhao Mo's periphery will return to Handan one after another, and there are only the first two choices waiting for them.
After successfully gaining control of Zhao Mo, Huang Shaohong handed over the specific affairs to Yuanzong, who was more familiar with the Mo, and the tone he set was to build the Moji Guild into a spy agency covering the six countries, with functions including 'intelligence gathering, assassination and beheading, sabotage and rebellion' and other espionage methods.
Huang Shaohong also planned to let all the ink masters improve their strength through strict training, and he chose the instructor, which was Xiang Shaolong, who was born in the special forces, of course, this matter will have to wait for that thing to gain a firm foothold in the Wu family.
The change of the leader of the Ink Guild is not a trivial matter, and it can't hide the eyes of people with a heart at all, in just a few days, Huang Shaohong received more than a dozen banquet invitations.
From Zhao Mu, the giant deer marquis who leaned towards the government and the opposition, to the major family forces of Zhao State, and even the Wu family, where Xiang Shaolong went to defect, also sent a banquet invitation to the new Juzi.
Huang Shaohong asked Yuanzong to reply to these people, and pushed away all these invitations on the grounds that he had just taken over the Ink Guild and had to sort out the things in the guild.
Fortunately, the ink people advocate 'thrift', that is, they oppose luxury and pleasure, even the original Yan Ping rarely accepts banquet invitations, so these high-ranking officials and nobles do not care about the new Juzi pushing down their invitations, but think that Huang Shaohong is an ascetic ink cultivator like Yan Ping, and he is a lot more relieved in his heart.
In fact, Huang Shaohong has stayed at home these days, in addition to quickly taking over the affairs of the Ink Guild, he is also learning the words of this era with Yuanzong, that is, the Great Seal.
The seal character is divided into large seal and small seal, the small seal is the Qin unified six countries after the cancellation of the other six languages, and then on the basis of the big seal, the simplified and created unified script, in Huang Shaohong is now in the end of the Warring States period has not been born.
The Great Seal was the font commonly used in the late Western Zhou Dynasty before the Qin unified the Six Kingdoms, including Jin script, oracle bone script, and the script of the Six Kingdoms at the end of the Warring States Period.
The reason why Huang Shaohong studied the Great Seal was because he had 'cracked' the secret in the Juzi Order and obtained the supplement to the Mozi Art of War and Mozi Sword Technique inside.
In addition, there are a large number of bamboo slips in the Mozi Guild, and Huang Shaohong is very interested in the part related to medical skills and organ manufacturing, so if he wants to study the above things in depth, he also needs to learn the big seal.
In Mozi's addendum, there are the art of war and swordsmanship created by Mo Zhai in his later years, and the most interesting thing is that whether it is the art of war or the swordsmanship, it is very different from his previous non-offensive proposition, and even put forward the idea of replacing defense with offense, I don't know if it is because of Mo Zhai's understanding in his later years.
Huang Shaohong didn't pay much attention to Mozi's swordsmanship and art of war, what he valued was the mysterious breathing method in the ink character supplement.
He remembered that in the original book, Xiang Shaolong used this breathing method to practice the sword for three hours in a row, but not only was he not tired at all, but he was mentally winged, which shows the magic of this breathing method.
Huang Shaohong didn't plan to cherish himself, and while learning the Great Seal with Yuanzong, he also told the other party about his discovery of Mozi's addendum, and took out everything in it to share with him.
This shocked the former Juzi at the same time as Mo Zhai's late ideological change, and even more convinced that Huang Shaohong was the one who could lead Mo Zhai to realize his ideals, otherwise why did this Juzi make it pass down for several generations, but only this new Juzi could discover the mystery, this is simply providence.
Huang Shaohong learned the big seal while through Yuanzong's dictation, first learned the set of breathing methods, and according to the above method to substitute this set of breathing into the daily walking, sitting and lying, he was surprised to find that this set of breathing methods can really enhance the physique, nourish the spirit, and practice martial arts with half the effort.
If it is used to replace the original breathing method and completely integrate it into life, although the effect is subtle, the benefits obtained in the long run are unimaginable.
In the following days, Huang Shaohong handed over all the chores to Yuanzong to deal with, and he practiced martial arts in retreat in a separate courtyard at the back of the Mozi Guild, and by the way, he completely integrated the 'Mozi Breathing Method' into his daily life.
In a few days, Huang Shaohong has been able to substitute the 'Mozi Breathing Method' into walking, sitting and lying, except for falling asleep, he has changed his original breathing method at other times, and replaced it with the 'Mozi Breathing Method'.
And the ensuing effect is also extremely remarkable, not only when he practiced martial arts, his fists and feet were much more dexterous, but when he took a medicinal bath to practice the 'iron cloth shirt', he felt that his body had also accelerated a lot of the speed of absorbing medicinal properties.
This also made his cultivation of the 'Iron Cloth Shirt' in the past few days also improved, and he calculated that if it was at this rate, as long as he cultivated for three months, he would have to work hard for a year, and it would not be a problem for the 'Iron Cloth Shirt' to become a small success after half a year.
Just when Huang Shaohong wanted to continue his hard training career, King Xiaocheng of Zhao Guojun actually sent him an invitation and invited him to go to the palace for a banquet three days later.
It is said that among the guests at the banquet were not only the dignitaries of the Zhao State, but also the great hero Xiang Shaolong, who had recently single-handedly resisted the 800 horse thieves.
King Xiaocheng's face can't be left ungiven, not to mention that Huang Shaohong does not have the intention of using the Zhao royal family to seek benefits.
On the night of receiving King Xiaocheng's invitation, Xiang Shaolong appeared in the Ink Guild with a gloomy face, with sadness and anger in his eyes.
After Huang Shaohong saw this goods, he quipped: "How do you look at your eyes, aren't you going to the Wu family, how do you look like you are sleeping every day, as if you have been squeezed dry!" ”
"Damn, you can see that I'm so dark, what kind of eyes are you!"
Xiang Shaolong hurriedly looked at himself through the bronze mirror in the room, and found that he had dark skin in the mirror, and couldn't help but react, it turned out that the other party was joking with himself.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Don't be kidding, I've been bullied so badly lately, even a maid sent by the Wu family has been tortured and killed!" ”
Although Huang Shaohong knew the whole story, he still pretended to be concerned and asked, "Who did it, did you use me to help you kill him?" ”
Xiang Shaolong shook his head, with a look of resentment in his eyes: "You don't have to worry about this eldest brother, King Zhao will hold a banquet in three days, and that person will also go, I will take revenge with my own hands!" ”
After he finished speaking, he remembered the purpose of this trip, and hurriedly said:
"Brother Huang, the matter of your killing of Yan Ping has been leaked, and some high-ranking officials and nobles in Handan have complained about it, but because you have the status of a giant, this matter belongs to the internal affairs of the Ink Guild, so it is not easy for them to interfere, but three days later, there should be someone to challenge you at the palace banquet!"
Huang Shaohong smiled and didn't care, the masters of this era, he hasn't seen much in his eyes, the so-called martial arts and swordsmanship are too simple, and the battlefield fight is okay, compared with him, the 'former grandmaster', it is too bad, and even if there are different characters, can they still carry the bullet?
He patted Xiang Shaolong on the shoulder, revealing a hint of a playful smile:
"Don't worry about Shaolong, but I recently heard that the eldest lady of the Wu family is very interesting to you, you must seize the opportunity, this Wu family is a strong animal husbandry overlord in Zhao State, and it is extremely beneficial to our future plans, we must hold it in our hands, and this matter will be handed over to you!"
Xiang Shaolong asked in surprise, "Big brother, how do you know?" ”
Huang Shaohong naturally couldn't say that he had read the original book, so he immediately smiled: "Now there are a few people in Handan City who don't know that the eldest lady of the Wu family has moved her heart to you, a hero who resists the eight hundred horse thieves, and it has been spread all over the world!" ”
The two smoked a few cigarettes and chatted for a while, Xiang Shaolong said goodbye and left, and when he left, he said that he would go back to practice swordsmanship, and when he drank and feasted in front of the palace, he would take revenge with his own hands.
Huang Shaohong handed over the 'Mozi Addendum' transcribed by Yuanzong to Xiang Shaolong, with the three major killing moves of the Mozi Sword Technique above, and the 'Mozi Breathing Method', I believe that in these three days, the opponent's strength will definitely improve by leaps and bounds.
I think that in the original work, Xiang Shaolong was able to kill Lian Jin just by learning the swordsmanship taught by Yuanzong, but now with the 'ink word addendum' and his own guidance, it should be no problem to kill Lian Jin.
Xiang Shaolong left gratefully, the smile on Huang Shaohong's face gradually converged, and a trace of essence flashed in his eyes, after he killed Yan Ping, he had already buried the other party's body deep in the field next to the official road, and now that things have leaked, it can only show that there are spies from foreign forces among these ink people under him.
Of course, this is not surprising, in the capital of Zhao State, there is such a force as Mo Shi who is not weak, and it is strange that those big families, even the royal family and the military, can relax their hearts.
It's normal to send spies to keep track of the movements of this force.
However, what Huang Shaohong wanted was subordinates who could be trusted, so he decided that no matter which force these spies belonged to, none of them would be left.
Immediately called Yuanzong, handed over this matter to him, and instructed him to pull out these nails that were stuck in the ink guild.
Yuanzong's work efficiency was very high, and in the early morning of the next day, more than a dozen trembling ink masters were pressed to Huang Shaohong and knelt down in front of Huang Shaohong, these people were the spies who were placed in the ink guild by all aspects of the strength of Zhao State.
Huang Shaohong glanced at Yuanzong in surprise: "Okay, I thought you were going to check for a while, but I didn't think about pulling out these nails overnight, tell me how you did it?" ”
Yuan Zong smiled embarrassedly when he heard this: "The leaders of the Ink Masters have the habit of recording codexes, I found in Yan Ping's Codex that he has long known that there are spies sent by other forces in the Ink Guild, and even the names and surnames are recorded, but he has no intention of offending those forces, so he has been holding back, I guess he is going to find a suitable opportunity to clear them one by one!" ”
Only then did Huang Shaohong understand what was going on, and the codex was similar to the diary of later generations.
"Lord, what should you do with these spies?" Yuanzong is a pure ink master, and he is extremely disgusted with these spies who betray the faith of the ink master.
"Let it go, don't be embarrassed, but today our Ink Guild will set up rules, and if anyone betrays the guild, they will not be spared!" After Huang Shaohong finished speaking, he gave Yuanzong a look.
Yuanzong understood, and instructed his subordinates to let these people beat these people out with sticks, and the death penalty could be avoided, and the living crime was unforgivable.
The ink people in the guild are all ascetics, and their belief in the 'ink spirit' is extremely religious, and when they see that there are traitors among them, even those who are familiar with them grit their teeth with hatred, and when they get the order of Yuanzong, they naturally use their strength to beat these spies all over the body and blast them out of the ink guild.
Huang Shaohong waited for these people to leave the guild before saying to Yuanzong: "Find someone to follow them, and see who has reached out to the Ink Guild!" ”
Yuanzong took the order and went away, and waited until the evening to rush back.
Things are indeed as Huang Shaohong expected, after these people were beaten out of the Ink Maker Guild, they all returned to their own homes, including the Wu family, the king of animal husbandry, the Guo family, the king of iron smelting, and several military spies, and the rest were Zhao Mu, the marquis of Julu, and the eyeliner in the palace.
Yuanzong was a little worried at this time: "Lord, let's drive out these spies, I'm afraid we will offend a lot of people!" ”
Huang Shaohong showed a chuckle and said domineeringly: "Don't care, what we have to do will offend more people in the future!" ”
Zhao Palace is located in the center of Handan City, surrounded by city walls, and there is a moat outside the city, like a city within a city.
The dinner in the palace was held in the Xiangrui Hall in the palace, and the royal seat of King Zhao was shot in the north of the hall facing the main gate, and there were forty seats on both sides, all facing the center of the main hall.
At this time, the hall was already full of perfunctory Zhao nobles, and many people were inquiring about the two people who had recently moved Handan, one was Xiang Shaolong, who fought against the eight hundred horse thieves, and the other was Huang Shaohong, the new ruler of the Ink Guild who held the Juzi Order to get rid of Yan Ping.
But seeing that the banquet was about to start, King Zhao was about to appear, but there was no trace of these two people.
A strong man who was slightly shorter than a normal person, but had thick bones, snorted coldly: "This ink master is such a big shelf!" ”
Beside this person, a tall and domineering scarface man in a brocade robe chuckled and said, "Ink master, but you can manage a lot of people, what's wrong with a bigger shelf?" ”
When he spoke, he was sarcastic, obviously saying the opposite, and halfway through speaking, he suddenly sighed: "It's just a pity that Yan Ping is a big man...... Alas! ”
As soon as he said this, the tall and burly strong man before clenched his fists: "Master Hou, Zhao Ba will seek justice for his old friend in front of the king in a while!" ”
As the two were saying this, they saw a chamberlain who welcomed guests from the palace stumbling in, and the scar-faced man's face sank, and he stepped forward and scolded: "What are you flustered about!" ”
When the chamberlain saw this person, he hurriedly saluted, and hurriedly said: "Master Hou, it's not good, that ink master, he ....... He ......"
The scar-faced man shouted in a deep voice: "What's the fuss, what's wrong with the ink master, you should say it quickly!" ”
The waiter was smooth, and finally said the words completely: "Huang Shaohong, the great son of the ink master, actually rode a giant beast, and he has arrived at the gate of the palace!" ”
The scar-faced man laughed angrily: "Are you dizzy, where did you come from?" ”
Roar~!
A huge roar spread throughout the entire palace forbidden, and at this moment everyone in the hall shuddered involuntarily, and then the imperial garden of Zhao Palace became lively, all kinds of animals, chickens, flying dogs, and some horses in captivity in the palace were scared to the ground, and feces and urine flowed.