Chapter 43: The Great Escape of Uncle and Nephew
When Xiang Ji returned home, he heard that his uncle had been arrested, and he was furious in his heart: "The government is forcing people too much, and it will definitely make trouble!" "I'm going to save my two uncles. The two aunts hurriedly stopped: "Nephew must not be reckless, how can you save it alone?" Xiang Ji said disdainfully: "Those officials are useless, I will go in, and I will definitely be able to rescue my uncle!" After that, he was about to go out, and at this time, Xiang Guan also volunteered to help. Xiang Ji saw that Xiang Guan was still young, so he asked him to protect his younger siblings at home, and rushed out of the door. The two aunts complained bitterly.
Xiang Ji went straight to the yamen and asked the official who guarded the door for his uncle. The official sneered: "You kid is really stupid, you can't catch enough, how can there be any reason to put people back, you should be arrested together!" Xiang Ji was furious, and with just a push with his hand, the official immediately fell to the ground. Xiang Ji went straight into the county office to find the county order to settle the account, and the county order happened to be not in the office. Xiang Ji saw an official errand coming out at this time, so he stepped forward and grabbed him and asked where Xiang Liang was locked. The official asked, "Who are you?" Xiang Ji replied: "I am his nephew Xiang Ji, I want to save them out, don't be verbose!" The official shouted for someone. Xiang Ji stunned him with a slap. Suddenly, dozens of officials popped out of the compound, and among them were a few who were injured by Xiang Ji a few days ago. Xiang Ji's eyes widened with anger, and the anger that erupted from his eyes was like a flame, only to make the official retreat again and again. Xiang Ji went straight to the prison, came to the prison door, and found that each prison was full of strong men who had just been caught, so Xiang Ji opened the prison door one by one, and finally found the two uncles. Xiang Ji said to everyone: "You guys go out with me now and run for your lives!" The strong men responded in unison, and they all followed Xiang Ji to escape from prison.
When they came to the county government compound, the county commander had already surrounded them from all sides with torches. The county magistrate pointed his sword at Xiang Ji and said, "Bold madman, you dare to let go of the prisoner!" Come on, take him down for me! And the officials swarmed around. Xiang Ji snatched the knife of an official and was about to be slashed. Xiang Liang hurriedly shouted: "Nephew, don't commit murder!" Xiang Ji said: "Uncle! How can you get out without killing them? Xiang Liang said: "Only knock them over, don't kill them!" Xiang Ji then waved his knife to fight with the official messenger, and where the official was the opponent, they were defeated and retreated. Everyone left the county office, and more than 100 strong men also fled together. Seeing this, the county commander was annoyed and angry, so he ordered the official to shoot Xiang's uncle and nephew with an arrow. Xiang Liang saw that the official messenger was surrounded by water, thinking that it would be difficult to survive without killing and quitting, and thinking that he had been in prison for many years, if he didn't resist today, there would be only one way to die. We're fighting with you! The nephew is going to go out! With that, he swung his knife and slashed at the official. Xiang Bo also seized weapons to resist.
When Xiang Ji heard his uncle's order, he put into practice what he had usually learned. I saw him wielding a steel knife, walking as fast as flying, killing people like lightning, and in just a moment's effort, he cut down all the dozens of officials to the ground, and the speed was unimaginable. At this time, the county commander believed that Xiang Ji was really capable of fighting Wanfu, so he hurriedly fled with the county lieutenant. When they came to the backyard, the county magistrate cried: "Now that all the prisoners caught have been released by Xiang Ji, how can I explain to the county guard?" Relying on his own martial arts, the county lieutenant ran to the stable and rode a horse, and then ordered the officers and soldiers to chase and kill Xiang Ji again. At this time, Xiang Ji had already escorted the two uncles out of the county office, but the county lieutenant arrived on horseback. Xiang Ji beckoned the two uncles to go first, and he turned around to fight with the county lieutenant. One was on the horse, the other was on the ground, and after a few moves, Xiang Ji dragged the county lieutenant off the horse and stabbed him to death, and then took the opportunity to seize the horse and rode to chase his uncle.
Back home, Xiang Liang said: "We have no way out, we can only go out of the city first while it is dark!" So he packed a few bags of valuables and prepared a carriage. Xiang Liang instructed Xiang Ji to protect the two aunts and younger siblings to go first, and he broke off with Xiang Bo. Xiang Liang went out of the courtyard, took some money and dismissed the guests, and then lit a fire to burn the courtyard. The two aunts looked back and saw the fire and couldn't help but cry like rain. Xiang Liang said: "Yingzheng is brutal and unkind, I don't share the sky with him!" As long as you can avoid this catastrophe, there will always be a day of revenge! After saying that, he urged everyone to leave quickly. Xiang Ji turned over and got on his horse, went to seize the gate, killed all the guards, and cut the suspension bridge rope with a flying knife, and went out of the city.
Xiang Liang absconded with his family, and was separated from Xiang Bo on the way. Three months later, Xiang Liang and Xiang Ji took their family to Wu County, the county capital of Huiji County. At this time, a long time has passed, and the government is no longer investigating, and Xiang Liang's family went to live in Wu County. Xiang Ji hated the First Emperor at this time, and always wanted to find an opportunity to kill him.
Wu County was the capital of the Wu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and after the fall of the Wu State, people used to call it Wuzhong. This county is a large and wealthy county in the south of the Yangtze River, with hundreds of thousands of households, 13 million people, and 22 counties. Wu County is also a prosperous metropolis, with a population of more than 100,000, a busy city, many shops, and a prosperous economy. Because Qin Shi Huang had to recruit strong men from all over the country every year or even every month, the number of men in the city has dropped sharply in recent years, and only the elderly, women and children remain. Those who are a little sluggish or disobedient to orders will be arrested and sent to serve by the government. The local officials only acted in accordance with the edicts of the imperial court, and did not care about everyone's life or death, and the people really lived like a year. Just when the people of Wuzhong were panicking, they suddenly heard a very bad news, that is, the first emperor was coming to the east to patrol again.
It turned out that the first emperor was also a person who was anxious for quick success, and he received reports from all over the north and south in Xianyang, saying that the projects were progressing smoothly in various places, and he wanted to see with his own eyes what was going on. Because when he went out on patrol in the thirty-sixth year, the astrological officer said that there was a phenomenon of confusion and guarding, and on the way back, he saw a meteorite incident again, and he also met a treasure giver who said, 'Next year the ancestral dragon will die.' This series of events made the First Emperor worried. At the beginning of the new year, he asked the soothsayer to do the divination, and the hexagram said: 'If you wander and move, you will be auspicious.' In order to avoid the premonition of the 'catastrophe', the First Emperor also wanted to inquire about Xu Fu's situation again, and wanted to witness whether there was an immortality technique in this world, and he also started the fifth great parade in his life.
This year was October of the 37th year of the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and the emperor decided to go on another tour of the East. He asked the left prime minister Li Si to accompany him, and the right prime minister Feng went to stay behind. At this time, the emperor's youngest son Hu Hai wanted to follow the car to play, because the emperor liked him very much, so he agreed to Hu Hai's request. And all this was arranged by Zhao Gao, the commander of the CRRC government, and he seemed to have smelled something unusual, so he arranged things seamlessly. This emperor decided to go out of Wuguan and go directly to the southeast, so he first went to Yunmengze, and then climbed the Nine Doubts Mountain to the south and worshiped the King of Dashun. Then go down along the east of the river, and successively climb the Jishan and Keshan. crossed Jiangzhu again, crossed Danyang, and arrived at Yangxian. Although it is close to Wu County, the capital of Huiji County, to the east, due to serious flooding, it detoured south to Wu County.
When the chariot arrived in the city, it was already afternoon, and the First Emperor was very tired, so he sat on the chariot and fell asleep. But because Zhao Gao was very vigilant, when they entered the city, in order to prevent accidents, Zhao Gao asked the soldiers to protect the car in front and behind, and the soldiers were majestic and high-spirited to protect the road around. When the people saw the shining halberd sword and shield, they knelt down on the mountain and shouted long live. In the midst of the luan phoenix canopy and dense five-brocade colored flags, the supreme king sat in the car and took a nap, he didn't expect that a catastrophe was about to come.
It turned out that in the bustling crowd, there were men who were watching the car, and they were Xiang's uncles and nephews. When the car passed in front of the two of them, Xiang Ji's eyes suddenly widened, he pointed to the car with his hand, and said extremely angrily: "He, I can replace him!" With that, he was ready to rush forward to kill the First Emperor. Xiang Liang was shocked, hurriedly grabbed Xiang Ji, reached out to cover his mouth, and then said bitterly: "You don't want to die, this is going to destroy the door!" With that, he dragged him out of the crowded place.
When they came to the hiding place, Xiang Liang said angrily: "Do you want to cause the disaster of destroying the door? Thanks to the voices of the people masking your words, otherwise we would be finished! Xiang Ji said arrogantly: "Why don't you learn Jing Ke?" Kill him! Let me! Xiang Liang said: "Don't let the courage of the puppet become a hatred for the ages!" I heard that ten years ago, there was a warrior named Zhang Liang, and his companion also blocked Yingzheng in Bolangsha, but his companion was killed on the spot, and Zhang Liang's whereabouts are still unknown. You don't have to worry about temporary success or failure, this matter still needs to be considered. As the saying goes: everything is foreseen, and if it is not prepared, it is wasted. Xiang Ji asked puzzledly: "Uncle, in the past few months, we have been hiding all day long, isn't it forced by Yingzheng Lao'er?" Now that he's sent to the door himself, why don't you kill him? In this way, the hatred of the family and the country can be cleared up! "Anyway, I'm going to kill the First Emperor.
Xiang Liang grabbed Xiang Ji and said angrily: "Faint boy! You see that he is surrounded by armor soldiers, how can he get close? Xiang Ji said fearlessly: "Uncle, my nephew regards his armor soldiers as grass, if I go up, they will be vulnerable." Hurry up and let me go, don't miss the opportunity? Xiang Liang was anxious, he hugged Xiang Ji and said very angrily: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan!" You kid didn't listen to me, and you want to break through the disaster today. Instead of dying senselessly, you might as well kill me first! After that, he put Xiang Ji's hands on his neck and asked Xiang Ji to strangle him first. Xiang Ji retracted his hand at this time, but he still said unconvinced: "I regard Yingzheng's thousands of troops and horses as mustard!" Xiang Liang forcibly pulled him out of the downtown area, Xiang Liang escaped a catastrophe, and the first emperor also escaped a catastrophe.
The First Emperor lived in the county, so he wanted to take a good rest, but he still remembered the matter of Yunqi, and the next day he summoned the doctors here and asked, "How are you usually surveying and inspecting?" I'm here to solve the cloud qi matter. The doctors replied: "The ministers have been surveying the dragon veins here for a long time, and they have seen that Moling, Jiangcheng, Zhufang, Yunyang, Changshui and other places have royal energy, especially between Moling and Jiangcheng, the qi veins are very vigorous. The First Emperor said: "What method will the Qing and others use to cut off the vigor here?" The wise men replied, "Your Majesty, you can dig up the leylines at the vital points to vent them." The First Emperor said, "Can this method work?" The doctor said: "Please rest assured, if your majesty is vented, even if there are bold and reckless people who claim hegemony here in the future generations, it can only be for a while, not for a lifetime, and the fortune will eventually be dissipated." The First Emperor pondered for a moment, and then said: "Qing and the others will investigate carefully, and I will order the county guard to help you call Xing disciples, if you can dig out all the earth's veins and vigor, I will be very relieved." The doctors said in unison: "Ministers." The first emperor also said to the county guard Yintong: "Qing can immediately mobilize the disciples of the whole county to Zhufang, Moling, Jiangcheng, Yunyang, and Changshui counties to listen to the dispatch of the doctors. To the outside world, it is only said that it is building roads and ditches, and nothing else can be publicized. Yin Tong said yes again and again.
In the days that followed, the First Emperor sat in Wu County, and he personally supervised the Doctors to cut off the leylines. In accordance with the instructions of the doctors, Yin Tong sent 3,000 Xing disciples in Zhufang County to cut the Jingxian Nan Pit, and renamed Zhu Fang as Dantu, which means the hometown of Xing disciples wearing red prison uniforms; changed the straight avenue from Yunyang to Huiji County into a crooked path, and changed Yunyang to Qu'a; He also sent tens of thousands of Xing disciples in Changshui County to dig deep into the spiritual land and change the name of the county to Prison Fist; He also dug up the mountain in Shengxian County to make it a mountain in the pit of the mountain. Finally, the Fangshan in the southeast of Jinling also dug a big hole, cut the long wall into two sections, and renamed it Moling, which means horse ranch, and depreciates the beauty of Jinling from the word. Although this pattern of Jinling was praised by Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms as 'Zhongshan is like a dragon plate, and Shicheng is like a tiger', the feng shui has been destroyed, and even the great sage (the true dragon Tianzi) cannot suppress it, because it has broken the dragon vein of Zuo Qinglong in feng shui. Later historical facts also confirm this point: since 229 A.D., there have been Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin Dynasty, Southern Dynasties Song, Qi, Liang, Chen, Southern Tang, Ming, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Republic of China and other capitals here, but the time is not long.