Chapter 45: Origin
After the great bustle of Qiyang City yesterday, early this morning, hundreds of soldiers of the Rui Warrior Army came out surrounded by Qin Rui and others, and went straight to the Qiyang Shuiguan Wharf to take a boat. These hundreds of people in the army, from Qin Rui onwards, everyone has a black face, and in just a short journey, they are all wearing armor and holding swords, full of murderous aura. Several huge ships with the big flags of Heyang Junjia also stopped at the dock early, loaded hundreds of people, and then sailed in the direction of Heyang without stopping, and no one even looked back at Qiyang City at the bow.
The Qin people of Qiyang, who lived near the dock and begged for a living, all watched this scene silently, and everyone knew that with Heyang Jun's scorching momentum in the Qin State now, today's affairs would never stop here, and they didn't know how many turmoil would arise in the future. And now the Qin State, can it withstand this coming turbulent wave?
Although the Shi family supports Qin Hou now, his strength is still too thin compared to Heyang Jun. But I don't know when the Marquis Yanhou presided over the rebuilding of the Tiger Guard Army, when will she be able to regain a certain strength? I don't know if Xu Le, who was the first person to rejoin the Tiger Guard and won the heart of the Qin people in Qiyang in one day, will live up to the expectations of Qiyang City?
With yesterday's events, as well as the departure of today's Rui Shi Army, the upcoming West Departure Festival seems to have no taste. The entire Qiyang City, as well as the well-intentioned people who are concerned about the situation in the Qin State, are waiting for the next wave.
I don't know if Heyang Jun continues to remain strong, or if the desperate gamble of Marquis Yan can revive the prestige of Qin Hou and allow Qin Guo to survive the crisis in front of him?
The dedication of the West Festival has become the least important thing, and under the undercurrent, I don't know how many people are running and planning, watching and thinking, and quickly passing on everything that is happening in the Qin State now.
And Xu Le, an originally unfamiliar name, at least west of Rongqi, Qin and Zhao, will inevitably become famous all over the world in one fell swoop.
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A group of carriages and horses, in the Shangcheng District of Qiyang, went straight to the lieutenant's mansion where Shi Sheng was.
On both sides of the black chariot drawn by the two soft horses, there are Sun family guards with tree-shaped family crests on leather armor.
Sitting in the middle of the carriage was none other than Sun Yang, the contemporary head of the Sun family in the Yicheng City of the Qin State.
Sun Yang is Chinese New Year's Eve three years old today, and when his father died in the Battle of Qianhaiyuan with Qin Xianghou, he was only eighteen years old, and he took up the burden of the Sun family. The responsibility on his shoulders is not only to restore the strength of the Sun family in Yicheng, but also to support his aunt as Mrs. Qinhou, who also passed away a few years later, and Sun Yang still has to protect the pair of children left by his aunt.
Sun Yang is not a person with outstanding intelligence, nor is he a sword like Shi Wuju, who is superior in martial arts, and no one dares to commit it. He can only use diligence, carefulness, meticulousness and steadfastness to try his best to do every bit of things, his own enjoyment, has been compressed to the minimum, almost every copper square, used to rebuild the Sun family's auxiliary army, only thirty-three years old, there are already dots of white hair on the sideburns, I don't know how many times, Sun Yang feels that he is about to be unable to support it.
Fortunately, the sister-in-law Qin Yan left by her aunt showed her intelligence early, and under the persecution of Mrs. Rong in the palace, she supported her younger brother Qin Zhao, and recruited the Qiyin historian as a helper, which made Sun Yang breathe a little easier over the years. Under the auspices of Qin Yan, the income within the scope of Qin Hou's direct leadership increased year by year, and the Qiyang City Guard, which was composed of auxiliary troops as the backbone, also gave Qin Hou a little bit of self-preservation.
But regardless of Qin Yan and Sun Yang, Shi Wuju is trying his best to manage the strength in his hands. As the biggest rival in the country, the strength of Heyang Jun is still in full swing, with the help of the Zhao people, and the rich fiefdom of Heyang. The Rui Shi Army became stronger and stronger, and wanted to establish Qin Rong as the prince of Qin Hou countless times.
Some time ago, the old aristocracy was in chaos, and seeing that it was coming to an end, the Zhao people would definitely come up with greater strength to oppress the Qin State. And Rouran suddenly went deep into the border of the Qin State and restrained the strength of the Shi family. However, a powerful faction like the Nangong family has always had a vague attitude and remained neutral between the two parties.
All these years of hard support and hard work seem to be just a bubble in the end. That's why Yanhou decided to make such a desperate bet, taking advantage of yesterday's turmoil in the city to stir up the morale of the people of Qiyang Qin, and suddenly announced that the world would re-establish the Tiger Guard, and that Xu Le would be the first person to re-enter the Tiger Guard.
The Rui Shijun left in a bad mood, and Heyangjun would never swallow his anger about it. Sun Yang really didn't know if he was doing it right or wrong. And if the Marquis of Yan didn't make a desperate gamble to do this, what way would she have to deal with the forced palace of Heyang Jun who came to the Zhao people?
At this time, I can only hope that everything will go well. God bless the Qin Hou lineage, God bless the Sun family who has faithfully assisted the Qin Hou family for generations!
The carriage and horses were sparkling, and they had already come to the mansion where Shi Sheng lived.
When the Qin State was strong, the central officials in the country such as lieutenants, such as Si Li, such as Si Kou, such as Sikong, such as Sima, etc., naturally had a court meeting system, and discussed national affairs every day, but to mobilize the soldiers and property of each family, after the center made a decision, an edict was issued to the later feudal major clans, and naturally acted according to orders. Moreover, the family of the sub-feudal family has to pay 30% of the income of the fief into the center every year.
But now that the center of the Qin State is weakened, the central officials have almost become decorations, not only is there no court meeting, but also the ability to dominate the major families has basically been lost. For a highly respected figure like Shi Sheng, even if Qin Hou encountered an accident, he didn't dare to let him enter the palace with an order to ask the right question, but if there was anything, it was either the Marquis Yan's daughter, or Sun Yang and other juniors who came to greet him respectfully.
However, Sun Yang did not come today to greet the old lieutenant, but to discuss with Shi Wuju, who lived in Shi Sheng's mansion.
Although the matter of re-establishing the Tiger Guard Army has aroused the morale of the people in Qiyang, when it comes down to the specifics, I don't know how many things we have to do! How much support the historian can provide, how to guard against Heyangjun's next means, and how to arrange personnel, all of them must be carefully arranged. Last night, Sun Yang had been talking with Qin Yan for almost the whole night, and then today he hurried to the door with a pair of red eyes.
At this moment, it is crucial to ensure the absolute support of the historians for the Marquis of Qin. What worries Marquis Yan is that in the matter of Xu Le, although Shi Wuju agreed to take Xu Le out of the Shi family and attach himself to the direct leader of the Marquis of Qin, he still has to take this Xu Le back to Qiyin first - the matter of leaving the country can be done with a piece of paper, why bother to make such a trip?
Xu Le, by mistake, became one of the symbols of the new Tiger Guard in order to re-enter the Tiger Guard. For this young man who came to Qiyang and summoned the whole city of Qin people to fight side by side with him against the Rui Shi Army, Qin Yan really had high hopes for him.
This kind of talent who can resist the two heroes of the sharp warriors must have been carefully cultivated by the historians. Yanhou Nu suddenly asked him to come over and belong to the direct leader of Qin Hou, presumably Shi Wuju also had some opinions, so he made such a delayed move.
Last night, Sun Yang and Qin Yan discussed, at least half of them were talking about how to consolidate Shi Wuju's support and appease the resentment of the head of the Shi family. Now the Marquis of Qin really has the support of the historians!
Today, Sun Yang is already ready to be extremely respectful, even if he is a little groveling in front of Shi Wuju, it doesn't matter, how to dispel Shi Wuju's last bit of resentment. Make sure that Xu Le will definitely come to Qiyang.
The current historian is too important to Qin Hou, and it is not too much to use any means to entrap him.
Could it be that the Marquis really plans to marry Shi Wuju at the right time? Anyway, Shi Wuju is the ghost species that Shi Sheng picked up from the banks of the Wuju River!
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And last night, when Xu Le experienced the Sumeru Illusion and saw the elf-like figure under the moon, Shi Wuju and Nangong An did not fall asleep. also discussed all night, and Shi Yao also showed up outside the door and was on duty for them all night.
After discussing last night, Shi Wuju and Nangong An didn't mention anything about Xu Le. And it's basically Shi Wuju counting with his fingers. In addition to resisting the threat of Rouran's approach, the Zhao people may violate the realm. How many soldiers can the historian come up with, how much money, food, and ordnance can be taken out to support the rebuilding of the Tiger Guard.
These numbers are extremely cumbersome, but Shi Wuju, who has always been a bit big and dissolved, is extremely serious, listening to the numbers reported by Nangong An, and then deciding how much to take. Sometimes Nangong An felt that there was too much to take out, and he argued with Shi Wuju, but Shi Wuju bowed his head for a while, and finally gritted his teeth: "Just take so much out, as long as I am in Qiyin, I can withstand anything!"
After a night of calculations and arguments, Shi Wuju finally decided that in addition to Xu Le and a few of his personal subordinates, he would temporarily lend Shi Yao and one hundred Yi'er soldiers, five hundred armor, two thousand various ordnance, four craftsmen and four oxen, eight boats, 30,000 stones of grain and grass, 5,000 gold coins, and 600 pieces of Tiandao Sect rune paper used in the army. In addition, a thousand Rouran slaves are given.
Shi Wuju is a person who is not good at running an industry, and Qiyin is not rich, so he has taken out so many things, it is really a family fund.
Seeing Nangong An still muttering these numbers freely, Shi Wuju was very generous, patted Nangong An on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I am a ghost species, and I was abandoned on the bank of the Wuju River and I don't know when I was taken away by the wolf." At that time, Daddy sent troops with Xianghou to go deep into the Western Wilderness, and only then did he pick me back, and Xianghou also took off his robe to me to keep out the cold. No one thought that I would be able to be the head of the Shi family now, if the things are gone, I can earn them again, what is there to be heartbroken?"
Nangong An smiled faintly: "You don't care about your own housework, you let me take care of it." If you don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, of course you don't know that your heart hurts. ”
Shi Wuju smiled weakly.
Nangong An sighed: "I'll add you another two thousand gold squares, five hundred pieces of Heavenly Dao Sect rune paper, and three hundred slaves." It's all my own personal savings, and it's not about the Nangong family. If Tiger Guard really stands firm, you will have a lot less pressure. ”
Shi Wuju wanted to shake his head and refuse, looking at Nangong An's calm eyes, and finally just shook his head: "That's it." ”
At this time, Shi Yao's figure appeared at the door and said softly, "Sun Chengwei is here." ”
Nangong An and Shi Wuju glanced at each other, and Nangong An said softly: "Yanhou still wants to make the matter of the deputy lieutenant promising to support the re-establishment of Huwei more conclusive...... Until now, Yanhou still doesn't know your lieutenant well. ”
Shi Wuju smiled: "Yanhou is a poor girl, and her mind is naturally focused...... Presumably, I inevitably have some thoughts in my heart about the matter of bringing Xu Le back, thinking that I still have resentment in my heart, and I am reluctant to let such a brilliant private family ......"
Nangong An smiled: "Then just leave that Xu Le behind." ”
Shi Wuju shook his head: "It's just that it's by my side, and I don't bother to care about Xu Le's origins." However, Huwei is the foundation of the Qin State, and Xianghou and Daddy picked me back and gave me my current status, how can I let this rare re-establishment be shaken by the roots! I went back to check his details, and if I don't know, I will not hesitate to kill this talent!"
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In Ran Houling, Luo Huqi was still sitting on the Shinto monument, spreading a burden on his lap and rummaging through it.
The baggage is full of food brought by Xu Le and a few people from there, half a box of truffle chocolate, a bag of potato chips, and a self-heating ration bought on Taobao - shredded pork noodles with cabbage. This is all from the room when the Sumeru illusion was set up last night, and Rahuqi touched it from the room by the way.
Luo Huqi cherished and took out a piece of truffle chocolate, Qiyang has been very hot these days, and the chocolate that needs to be preserved at low temperature has melted a little, sticking to her fingers. Rahuqi ate the chocolate, looked left and right at no one, and began to lick his fingers again.
As she was stretching out her little pink tongue to lick happily, she only felt a smoke mirror charm hidden in her cuff suddenly jump. Luo Huqi was startled, and only took out half of the smoke mirror talisman, and the rune paper suddenly turned into flying ash.
A cloud of smoke suddenly condensed in mid-air, and there seemed to be water waves in the center of the circle. The hooded figure of the national teacher loomed in the waves.
Luo Hu bowed down seven times and bowed: "National teacher." ”
The national teacher's voice sounded in the smoke mirror: "You did a good job yesterday...... Since yesterday, Xu Le has naturally moved the Qin Kingdom, and he has naturally encountered more dangers, and there are more things to ask us for...... One day, he will enter Rahu and run for the great cause of restoring the country......"
Luo Huqi said softly: "That Xu Le's background ......"
The national teacher said lightly: "I have already made arrangements, and when the time comes, I will still listen to your orders...... You still don't show too much. If the alarming meter is all aimed at Xu Le, it will be troublesome at that time...... But no matter what, keep him safe!"
Rahu bowed seven times to receive the order.
The national teacher raised his hand and was about to put away the cigarette mirror, when he suddenly paused again and said softly: "Something on your mouth, wipe it clean." ”
After saying this, the smoke mirror suddenly disappeared out of thin air. Rahu Qiyi wiped the corners of his mouth, and it was the residual truffle chocolate. She looked at the chocolate scrap in her hand, and finally held her finger in her mouth.
No way, it's a little tasty. Follow this guy who always makes things big and grabs everyone's attention. It's probably the only perk to always see something new around this guy......
Maybe there's also the warmth you can feel from time to time on this guy's smiling face.
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Finally came back from Taiwan, my ribs were bruised, and I almost caught a cold from hot and cold. Exhausted and scarred...... The most important thing is that I haven't had a hand for a few days, and it's so difficult to find a state.
I owe you three chapters, and I will definitely make up for it this month.