Wuguan.

On the huge and majestic gate of the pass, a soldier of the Qin State with a long ge in his hand was looking intently at the front of the Wuguan Pass, under the mountain range in the distance.

As the Xiongguan next to the Danshui, Xianyang, Chang'an, Lantian and other hinterlands lead to Nanyang County, an important pass in the place of business, once the Qin State and the Chu State fought greatly because of this place, because the Qin State got this pass, in addition to the Hangu Pass, and got a road to the Central Plains, and the Chu State got it, which was a direct threat to the hinterland of the Qin State.

Facts have proved that the back of the Qin State has Wuguan, attacking Nanyang County, Yingchuan, the road of this pass plays a vital role, and it is also the most direct threat to Chu now, from Wuguan to Chu is the closest, and along the Danshui, it is also through Nanyang County, leading to Chu.

"Where did you come from, and where are you going?"

"Stop."

Under the gate of Wuguan City, one by one the soldiers of the Qin State were inspecting the people and merchants, under the huge scorching sun, the soldiers of the Qin State who had been sneering for a long time were sweating, and they were inevitably a little irritable in their hearts.

For some of the people who rode in the carriage, the soldiers of the Qin State did not know the identity of the other party, and still asked the other party politely, and for those people who came and went, they did not have such a good face, and those people who could not be counted also directly became the objects of the soldiers' venting.

With one after another into the martial arts.

"Who? Where to go? ”

A dark-skinned soldier of the Qin State in his twenties looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, noticed that the man was leading the horse, and his tone was slightly better.

"Go to Wudu!"

The middle-aged man leading the horse is the uncle, at this moment, the appearance of the uncle and in Juyang City is completely like the two of them, although the clothes on the body are still coarse cloth clothes, but they are very new, at first glance, they haven't bought it for a long time, and their complexion is also very ruddy, and they don't look like they were so hungry that their faces are pale and their lips are dry.

"This is my test!"

Uncle said with a smile, then stretched out his hand, slowly took out a wooden card from his arms, and handed it to the Qin pawn in front of him.

Not to mention, the uncle's slightly blessed appearance, now leading a horse, plus the experience of fighting among scholars in Linzi, Qi State, whether it is talking or posture, for a while it really made the Qin pawn in front of him be shocked, and I feel that the uncle must not have a simple background.

It has been a long time since Bai Yan and Uncle were separated, and unlike Bai Yan who was in a hurry, Uncle was in a comfortable hurry along the way, after all, this was the first time there was a horse, relying on a horse, Uncle didn't worry about anything at all, he was tired and rested, his clothes were dirty and he had to change, and good food and drink were indispensable along the way.

That's why it's been so long since I arrived at Wuguan.

"Let's go!"

Qin Shu looked at the check wooden card, and determined that the person in front of him was going to Wudu, and there was also the seal of Nanyang County on it, Qin Shu returned the check card to the uncle, indicating that he could pass the customs.

The uncle smiled and put away the inspection card, and after glancing at Qin Shu, he led the horse and walked towards Wuguan.

Because Wuguan is the only road leading to Lantian in Nanyang County and Chudi, a place that has not long been around the corner in Wuguan, there are not only hawkers, tea shops, but also post stations are among them, and the people or businessmen who basically enter Wuguan like to stay and rest, after all, after passing Wuguan, they have to walk along the upper reaches of the Danjiang River, and they have been walking to Bears Ears Mountain, and there is no place to rest before arriving at Lantian.

When you come to this martial pass, you naturally have to rest, and it is still under such a scorching sun.

The same is true of the uncle, after entering the Wuguan, leading a horse, the uncle walked, the pole was straight, looking at the people around who needed to walk on foot, the uncle's sense of superiority came spontaneously in his heart.

Look at the horse he is holding in his hand, how strong and handsome!

When I came to a small shop, there were many people outside who didn't want to go in and spend money, all with sallow faces, wearing cloth clothes with many holes, and when the uncle saw these people, his eyes were full of contempt, and the uncle didn't want to see these people the most.

"Guests, Guests!!"

The little two in the shop naturally knew who would spend money and who wouldn't spend money, so when he saw the uncle coming, he hurriedly bent down and bowed his head forward, and respectfully took the horse rope from the uncle's hand.

"Show me a good look, if you lose it, you can't afford to pay for it!"

The uncle looked at Xiao Er, said softly, and walked towards the shop with his hands in his hands after speaking.

Xiao Er nodded hurriedly, not daring to say back, under the scorching sun, Xiao Er looked at the people who were taking refuge under the eaves of the shop, and directly stepped forward to scold them to get out of the way, and then tied the horse to the beam and gave the horse shade to escape the heat.

As for those people, Xiao Er gave them ten guts, and they didn't dare to steal horses, even if they didn't dare to touch their hairs, the laws of the Qin State decreed that they would infringe on other people's property without authorization, even if it was the vegetable leaves in the field, they would all be held responsible.

In the shop.

"Two bowls of side dishes, one bowl of pulp!"

The uncle came to a wooden table, and shouted unceremoniously while talking, after all, spending money is a guest, and the uncle needs to be cautious when he has no money.

In the small shop, more than a dozen wooden tables have been filled, after all, Wuguan has never lacked people and businessmen.

"Hiss~! Isn't that Zihuai? How dazzled I was to see Zihuai! ”

"It's really him, didn't he steal things before and run away overnight? Strange and strange! ”

Behind a dilapidated wooden table, two middle-aged men in cloth clothes heard the movement, and felt that the sound was somewhat familiar, so they glanced over, and when they saw the uncle, they suddenly looked puzzled.

The two looked at each other in confusion.

"Let's go, go over and have a look!"

Seeing the uncle, the two got up, but before leaving, they remembered to pick up the cloth package containing the clothes.

"Zihuai?"

Uncle was kneeling behind the wooden table, looking comfortable, not being scorched by the heat, plus the bark-covered shop was well ventilated and extremely cool, but before the uncle could breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly heard movement beside him.

Hearing someone call his name, the uncle suddenly turned his head, full of surprise, and when he saw two old acquaintances, the uncle stared wide-eyed, and his heart suddenly became worried.

"Ah, Zijian, Zichao!"

The uncle got up and looked at the two people in front of him, even if the expression on his face at the moment tried to remain calm, he could still see that he was very flustered, and his eyes were extremely empty.

"The two of you are here."

The uncle bowed his hand and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word, smiling dryly, but he couldn't hide his panic.

"Long time no see, Zihuai!"

"Yes! In the past, Sanchuan County was goodbye, and I haven't seen it for a long time, but I didn't expect to be lucky enough to see Zihuai come to Wuguan today! ”

Zijian and Zichao looked at the uncle, and when they returned the salute, they spoke with deep meaning.

Uncle can't hear it, at this moment the uncle's forehead has quietly burst out of a lot of sweat, recalling that in Xianyang, messing around, getting to know others everywhere, going to Sanchuan County is the same, recalling that at that time he was proud of meeting many people, at this moment, the uncle regretted that his intestines were green.

Looking at the two people in front of him, the uncle couldn't figure out how he could meet these two people here.

"Oh, sit, sit!"

Uncle hurriedly laughed and stretched out his hand to signal to take a seat.

Zijian and Zichao glanced at each other, smiled knowingly, but did not shirk.

"I haven't seen the two brothers for a long time, and I don't know where the two are going?"

Uncle swallowed his saliva and forced himself to calm down, the most important thing at the moment is to stabilize the two people in front of him, and don't let these two people tell others what happened at the beginning.

"Hey, look at the two of us, but I'm just looking around for a way to live, unlike Zihuai, wandering around, idle clouds and wild cranes! The two of us are just shy people in our pockets, so don't mention it, don't mention it! ”

When Zichao heard the uncle's words, he hurriedly smiled and waved his hand, pretending to be ashamed and said to the uncle, and took a special look at the clothes on his body during the conversation, and then shook his head with a smile at the uncle.

When the uncle heard Zichao's obvious words, he couldn't hear what he meant, and hurriedly laughed.

"This is not a good thing to say, the three of us met once, and we drank and laughed in the past, Zihuai never forget"

When the uncle said this, the smile of the territory was also a little uncontrollable, but after hesitating, he still pretended to think of something.

"By the way, when I was in Sanchuan County before, I was taken care of by the two brothers, and I almost forgot about Zihuai's memory, didn't I borrow thirty dollars from the two brothers before, I almost forgot!"

The uncle shook his head with shame, and then hurriedly reached out and took out a small cloth from his arms to wrap it in, put it under the wooden table, and lowered his head as if counting the money.

Seeing this, Zijian and Zichao instinctively raised their heads slightly, wanting to see how much money the uncle had.

But the uncle has been guarding against the two of them, and the two can only give up.

After all, no matter how down-and-out the two of them are, they are also from scholars, and they are literate people, so they still need face.

"This is thirty dollars, thank you for the care of the two brothers before!"

Uncle stretched out his hand and put thirty coins on the table in front of Zijian and Zichao with a painful face, looking at the thirty coins, the uncle's eyes were reluctant, thirty coins!

However, thinking that he needs to stabilize these two people at the moment, as long as he goes to Wudu, the money and wealth will be inexhaustible in the future, so the uncle reluctantly retracted his gaze.

"Borrow thirty?"

Zichao saw the money in front of him, his eyes lit up, and his breathing couldn't help but become short, but after glancing at Zijian, he still pretended to be puzzled, and seemed to be a little unable to remember.

The uncle opened his mouth and felt a shock in his heart, now the uncle is really afraid that these two people will not collect money.

"Thirty bucks?"

Just when the uncle was panicking, Zijian suddenly opened his mouth and wondered.

This immediately made the uncle turn his head to look, and listening to Zijian's words, the uncle only woke up after a few breaths, and nodded hurriedly.

"Yes, yes, look at my memory, it's thirty-five dollars! I'm damned! I actually remembered wrong, and asked the two brothers to make friends in the past, don't be surprised! ”

The uncle patted his head vigorously, then hurriedly lowered his head, took out five coins again with a face full of struggle, and put them in front of Zijian and Zichao with a smile.

Looking at the uncle's entangled and reluctant appearance, Zijian and Zichao looked at the full thirty-five dollars in front of them, and they all swallowed their saliva, guessing in their hearts that the uncle should not have much money, and the two of them thought of this, and they both decided to give up, since the uncle was willing to give money, so the two of them naturally didn't bother to care, and they had never seen the uncle today.

Inside the shop.

Seeing that Zijian and Zichao were finally willing to let him go, not mentioning the original incident, the uncle suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

When eating, he was always smiling, waiting for a long time, and after the two of them had eaten, the uncle excused himself to hurry, and when he found the right time, he said goodbye to the two.

Zijian and Zichao got the money, so naturally they didn't care about the uncle, after all, the uncle was arrested, they didn't have any benefit, and they couldn't get the thirty-five money, so they let the uncle leave in advance.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, but that Zihuai has some money!"

"But no, when I was in Sanchuan County, this person only knew how to eat and drink all day long, if I didn't think of Lord Li You at that time, who would care about this person, but Lord Li You treated this person so well, this person actually stole Lord Li You's property, it's really ridiculous."

Zijian and Zichao looked at the unfinished vegetable soup, and didn't want to waste it, while laughing at Zihuai, while eating, looking at the eyes of the people around them, and from time to time they looked at the thirty-five money on the table, both of them were a little proud, and they couldn't help but get excited in their hearts.

That's a lot of money!

"The man is really strange, three steps and a turn, a panicked face and left directly on a horse, for fear that it would be late, but his horse is really called a handsome, by the way, just now he sat at that table, can you eat soup, I fed his horse, but it is all tender grass taken by the Danshui in the morning, don't eat, and leave."

"Paid, order two vegetable soups, three bowls of pulp, and then, it's the table with money on the table!"

Zijian and Zichao were about to divide the money, when suddenly there was a sound of Xiao Er and other children discussing behind them, listening to it, the two seemed to suddenly realize something, and quickly turned their heads.

Glancing at each other, Zijian hurriedly got up and walked over to ask the little two, the person who had just left on horseback, what he looked like and what his characteristics were.

Xiao Er didn't think much about it when he saw this, and directly told the uncle's appearance.

In a flash.

Whether it is Zijian or Zichao, they are all stunned in place, full of disbelief, a horse is less than tens of thousands of dollars, that is, a gold, and the handsome war horse is more expensive, and there is no market.

Thinking back to Uncle Fang Cai's behavior of bowing his head and counting the money, and then looking at the wooden table, thirty-five dollars, Fang Cai felt that the two of them were a lot of money, and they felt a sense of playing with them at the moment, and even the money was a little dazzling at the moment, as if they were humiliating the two of them.

A wave of anger appeared between the hearts of the two.

Upper reaches of the Danjiang River.

On the official road that had not yet arrived at Bears Ears Mountain, the uncle rode a horse, and saw that he was getting farther and farther away from Wuguan, and finally relieved his heart Although he felt sorry for the thirty-five money, as long as Zijian and Zichao didn't see him riding a horse, and didn't know that he had hundreds of money, there would be no problem.

For now, it's better to go to Lantian earlier.

"Drive~! Driving~driving~!! ”

However, before the uncle could continue to walk far, suddenly there was a dense sound of horses' hooves behind him, and the uncle turned his head a little nervously and hurriedly dismounted and retreated to the side of the road.

Although he was very scared, but hiding, it was impossible for the uncle to hide, in the Qin State, if he was wanted, he would not even be able to enter the city, let alone a place to eat and live, and at the moment he could only pray that those who were riding horses were just passing by, and had nothing to do with him.

Thinking that he had already given thirty-five dollars to those two, the uncle kept comforting himself in his heart.

Soon.

As the uncle and the people along the way gave way, a dozen or so soldiers of the Qin State on horseback soon came to the front, and then slowly stopped under the frightened gaze of the uncle.

Seeing this scene, the uncle chuckled in his heart, and a bad premonition suddenly came to his heart.

Before the uncle came back to his senses, the soldiers of the Qin State had already surrounded the uncle and drew their swords.

"It's over!"

Uncle trembled in his heart.

Thinking of the fate of being caught, the uncle felt dizzy, his legs and feet were weak, and his crotch was suddenly wet.

"I am the old man of Tingwei Li Si! I am the old man of Tingwei Li Si, and I hope that you can report it! ”

The uncle saw that the two young Qin pawns had already turned over and dismounted, and walked towards him with the Qin sword, thinking of being caught, he suddenly sat down on the ground with a mouth full of pleading.

At present, this is the only chance for the uncle, and it is also the confidence for him to come to the Qin State before, the uncle believes that as long as he sees Li Si with his own eyes, or as long as Li Si knows about him, he will definitely remember the old feelings and let people let him go.

"Grab it!"

However, the uncle's idea is good, but the soldiers and generals led by him can ignore this.

"I really am the old man of Tingwei, I have a secret letter, I want to see the generals and other generals, see Tingwei!"

Seeing this, the desperate uncle could only hurriedly take out the most important thing from his arms, that is the purpose of this trip to Wudu, a rag, two money, in the eyes of the uncle, if the Min Mansion has betrayed the Qin State, then he can make meritorious service this time, if the Min Mansion is a person from the Qin State, then he can be said to have come to deliver the letter, Qin State's own people.

The soldiers of the Qin State who came to arrest the uncle were stunned when they heard this, and turned their heads to look at the generals.

The general couldn't help frowning at this moment, after all, looking at this person, it seemed that he really knew Tingwei, and it seemed that he really had something important.

Come to think of it.

The generals didn't dare to be sloppy, gave the soldiers a look, and motioned to see what it was.

The soldier who grabbed the uncle nodded, reached out and took the cloth from the uncle's hand, and opened it, but at the next moment, when he saw the blank cloth and two money, the soldiers were stunned and a little confused.

"Captain Wu, not a word!"

The soldier said to his general, and took the cloth in his hand and showed it to the general.

In an instant, the eyes of the leading generals looked at the uncle, and they were no longer good, and their eyes obviously became annoyed and angry.

"Beat me up!"

In an instant, with the words of the general, the uncle's screams sounded, and the soldiers of the Qin State also dismounted one after another, punching and kicking the uncle who was curled up on the ground with all their strength, until the uncle could not bear it and fainted alive.

Looking at the uncle who was unconscious, a soldier touched the uncle's arms, took out a money bag, and hurriedly handed it to the general.

The general took the money bag, opened it, and saw that there were no less than 400 coins in it, and after thinking about it with some surprise, he still asked the soldier to pick up the cloth.

Ten days later.

In the dungeon of Wancheng.

The uncle's cheeks were blue and swollen, and he was curled up in the cell, which was full of weeds and a foul smell.

Suddenly hearing footsteps, the uncle hurriedly looked up and trembled.

"My lord! Has the news been confirmed? ”

The uncle crawled forward on his knees, and when he climbed to the wooden plate of the cell, he hurriedly looked at the official outside the wooden fence and asked.

An official came to the uncle with four Qin officials.

"Confirmed! Open the cell! ”

The official said to the uncle, and then asked a Qin official to open the cell.

The uncle was overjoyed when he heard this, and his face was full of excitement when he thought that he could get out alive, but the next moment, for some reason, seeing the mocking expression of the official and the contemptuous gaze, the uncle had some bad premonitions.

"In the past few days, we have confirmed that you committed the crime of stealing before, and in addition, there is news from Xianyang, Lord Tingwei, I never know you!"

The official looked at the uncle with a stiff smile and spoke.

In the Qin State, if you can't steal a penny, you will be punished as a coolie for 30 days, and some in your eyes will be reduced to a slave, and like this person in front of you, you don't even have the qualifications to become a slave, according to the laws of the Qin State, not only to engrave words on your face, but from then on, you will do very heavy coolies and labor for the Qin State.

For example, once the Qin State attacked the Wei State, it would need tens of thousands at that time, and the labor in front of him was responsible for pulling the baggage, transporting grain and grass, and other laborious things.

"Impossible! No way! My lord, Tingwei and I are old friends! Friendship !! ”

The official's words made the uncle extremely cold, and the uncle shook his head in disbelief, unable to believe that Li Si in the Tingwei Mansion actually said that they were not old friends.

Thinking of this, Yu Guang saw that Qin Yan had already come up to arrest him, and the uncle came back to his senses and shook his head in fear.

"My lord, I am really a friend of the court! My lord! Yes, yes, that Wucheng, my lord, I am going to Wucheng to deliver news, my lord! ”

Uncle hurriedly spoke again.

The uncle's struggling officials didn't know anything at all, and directly asked the officials to arrest people and take them away.

"Take a piece of cloth and two coins, who am I? Er is a person wanted by the Qin State, who will let Er come to deliver the news? ”

The official asked rhetorically, with some anger in his eyes, feeling that the person in front of him was humiliating his intelligence.

"It was me who stole my nephew, no, no, no, it was my nephew, who dragged me, my lord! Please believe it."

The uncle hurriedly argued, but in a panic, he accidentally said the wrong thing, and when he woke up and changed his words, he saw the mocking eyes of the officials.

"Take it away!"

The official didn't bother to look at the uncle again, turned around directly, and walked towards the outside of the cell.

"Your Excellency."

The uncle looked at the figure of the official leaving, full of despair and horror, and watched the four Qin officials step forward to press him to the ground and tie him up with a rope.

For those who steal, the Qin people can be said to hate them very much.

Chen Cang.

"Any news?"

Kou Zhuang looked at the soldiers who came in a hurry and asked.

So much time has passed, why is there no news, if you count the time logically, you should arrive in Yixian County, but not to mention that there is no news in Yixian, all the soldiers waited all the way, and no one was seen, even the general said that the horse with a bare head and feet that was obviously a little injured was not seen.

"Doctor, there is no news from Wudu yet!"

The soldiers reported to Kou Zhuang, and the soldiers were also puzzled, obviously the general said that the man would definitely go to Wudu.

There are only two ways to go to Wudu, one is Qianzhong County, along the sparsely populated and extremely rugged Shu dense forest, walk thousands of miles to go around Wudu, and the other is from Lantian, Xianyang, Pingyang, Yixian all the way, and finally along Chencang, Jinzhu.

Among the two, the latter is not only flat, there are cities along the road to rest, there is no reason not to go behind, you must know that the south to Qianzhong, through Ba, Shu, it is difficult to walk alone, not to mention, it is also very dangerous, the terrain is dangerous, the dense forest is dangerous, the beast is dangerous, and you may also encounter thieves.

"Hiss~ strange, what about people?"

Kou Zhuang frowned, puzzled, he really couldn't figure it out.

"General, news has come from Luoyin, in a few days, the general will return to Xianyang from Luoyin, and when the time comes, the general will set off to attack Wei, now do you want to send someone to find it?"

The soldier looked at the general Kou Zhuang, his face was a little hesitant, and he suggested that he should send someone to find it and find someone as soon as possible.

After all, if it drags on any longer, they will not be able to set off with the general to attack Wei.

"Wait, this is the general's letter, let's wait a few more days! Don't be in a hurry, the general said that the man will definitely go to Wudu. ”

Kou Zhuang said.

Because it was something that Bai Yan ordered, Kou Zhuang still chose to wait patiently, although he wondered where the person was and why he hadn't come yet, but at the moment Kou Zhuang was still not in a hurry.

In the past, when patrolling the border, in the face of that desolate grassland, Kou Zhuang not only learned to investigate, patrol, and hide his whereabouts, but also gained the greatest skill in his life, which is patience!

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