As the news of Ziyou's marriage gradually fermented, the whole world knew about it.

Wei State, Great Liang.

In an inn, five or six men with a young boy were eating, and the merchants were talking about what they knew, including the fact that Ziyou was about to get married.

Hearing that Ziyou was about to get married, the young man who was eating in a corner suddenly flashed a touch of murderous intent in his eyes, and the chopsticks in his hand were directly pinched off by the young man.

"Calm down, young master." One of the older middle-aged men grabbed the teenager by the shoulder.

This group of people is the Xiang clan who escaped from Yingdu, the young man is the young master of the Xiang clan, Xiang Yu, and the others are Xiang Yan's personal guards, originally there were dozens of people in their group, but when they left Yingdu, they were discovered by the Qin army, and after a fight, there were only five or six of them left.

Another guard took a new pair of chopsticks and sent them to Xiang Yu.

When the city of Yingdu was broken, Xiang Yu and the others had just left Yingdu, they watched the Qin army break through Yingdu with their own eyes, and watched thick black smoke rise from the sky above the palace of King Chu.

The middle-aged man looked around vigilantly, and after finding that no one noticed them, he whispered

"Young Master, if we expose it now, how can we avenge Da Sima? Now that the great Sima is martyred, the eldest prince died in the hands of Yang Duanhe in Xiling City, the second prince is deeply trapped in Suicheng and does not know the life and death, and the third prince died in Dangyang City. When we find Mr. Zifang, we will recruit the children of the Xiang clan in Chu and unite the anti-Qin forces of various countries, and we will definitely be able to overthrow the rule of Qin! ”

"Can we really overthrow the Qin State?" Xiang Yu looked at his hand in a low voice and said, when Li Mu bombarded Yingdu with a catapult, he saw it clearly, the power that was enough to blow up Yingdu City left an indelible fear in Xiang Yu's heart.

As for why Xiang Yu hated Ziyou, in Xiang Yu's education since childhood, Ziyou and the enemy's names were equated, and the Chu State went from a big country competing with the Qin State to splitting and then being destroyed, which was all Ziyou's manipulators. The Qin State grew stronger step by step, and then gradually destroyed one country after another, all because Ziyou helped the Qin State increase its strength and pushed the Qin State to destroy all countries.

Qin is Xiang Yu's biggest enemy, and Ziyou is the second biggest enemy in Xiang Yu's heart, and the third is the king of Qin, Yingzheng.

"Of course, the Qin State is extremely powerful now, but all this is because of Yingzheng, Ziyou and others, but they are much older than the young master, even if we can't restore the country now, as long as we are alive, they will die sooner or later, as long as they die, the Qin State will be overthrown sooner or later by us if it is immersed in the peace of dominating the world.

Mr. Zifang has now secretly contacted a large number of old nobles of the Five Kingdoms, and he has already sent people to contact the people of the Qi State, and when the time comes, the Qi State will drag the Qin State, and we will definitely be able to succeed if we raise the banner of resistance everywhere. The middle-aged man patted Xiang Yu on the shoulder and stuffed a pair of chopsticks into Xiang Yu's hand.

"You're right, I'm still young, I'm going to have a chance." Xiang Yu's eyes rekindled his fighting spirit.

Seeing Xiang Yu rekindle his fighting spirit, the middle-aged man and the other guards breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. Along the way, Xiang Yu's mood was problematic, and they could see it clearly. How proud Xiang Yu was before, an ambitious young man, who was quite popular among the Chu army with his innate divine power. But after seeing the Qin army summon the heavenly thunder to bombard Yingdu, the proud young man seemed to have been knocked to the ground with a stick and fell into the cesspool, and there was no pride at all.

But these people didn't blame Xiang Yu, on the contrary, they admired Xiang Yu very much in their hearts, the scene of the Qin army's attack on Yingdu City was that even these adults were scared of the six gods, and they had extremely deep doubts about themselves, once they remembered that scene, they had nightmares at night, not to mention a child like Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu did not collapse but had a problem with his mood, which was already much stronger than them adults.

The middle-aged man knew that Xiang Yu had only temporarily recovered his fighting spirit, and the fear of Qin Jun in his heart had not yet been dispelled, and there was no way for him to completely cure Xiang Yu's fear of Qin Jun.

I hope Mr. Zifang can have a way to cure the young master, the middle-aged man thought in his heart.

"Uncle Zhang, is Mr. Zifang really in the beam? I've heard my grandfather say before that Wei has a large number of Ziyou's guests from Qin, and if you are not careful, you may be discovered by Ziyou's guests, which is an extremely dangerous place. Xiang Yu asked.

"Let's eat first, there are so many people here that it's inconvenient to talk about. I'll tell you when it's safe. Xiang Zhang said.

"Okay." Xiang Yu began to eat quietly.

After eating, Xiang Zhang took Xiang Yu and others out of the inn after finishing the chapter, and after seeing the patrolling soldiers on the street, several people hurriedly lowered the hat on their heads and avoided these soldiers with their side faces. Portraits of several of them were posted on the notice board in front of them, and some people were watching around them.

"Come with me." Xiang Zhang lowered his hat and said.

The others followed Xiang Zhang to a pharmacy, and the shopkeeper of the pharmacy asked with a smile when he saw their arrival

"How many of you want to see a doctor? Or do you want to grab the medicine? ”

"See a doctor." Xiang Zhang said.

"What disease?"

"Heart disease."

Hearing the word heart disease, the shopkeeper's face changed, put away the smile just now, turned to look outside the pharmacy, and after finding that there was no one, he looked at Xiang Zhang with a serious face and asked

"Heart disease is not easy to treat, there are many kinds of heart disease, I don't know what kind of treatment the guest wants?"

"The wanderer is away, the homeland is hopeless, and the wanderer's homesickness must be cured!" Xiang Zhang said.

"I don't know if there's a cure?" The shopkeeper asked again.

"Yes, two taels of frost grass, three taels of unclear seeds, five taels of strychnine, and one tael of mountain ginseng." Xiang Zhang said.

"Now we need to add a pair of bear bile." The shopkeeper said, "Please come with me to the inner hall to talk." ”

Xiang Zhang nodded and then followed the shopkeeper into the inner hall, and after entering the inner hall, the shopkeeper asked the little guy to close the door and thank the guests.

"In the Lower Wei Kingdom, Zhang Bubai." The shopkeeper saluted.

"The Xiang clan of the Chu State, Xiang Zhang, this is our young master, Xiang Yu." Xiang Zhang introduced.

"The head of the family informed me before, saying that there are guests from the Chu State arriving today. I really didn't expect it to be a friend of the Xiang clan, mourning. Zhang Bubai said.

"It's nothing, the eldest husband will take revenge if he is alive, today the Qin State destroyed our country, and we will definitely be able to destroy the Qin State in the future." Xiang Zhang said: "Where is Mr. Zifang?" Before we left, the king gave me something to give to Mr. Ofan. ”

"The head of the family is in a village outside Daliang City, there are many Qin troops in Daliang City, and the head of my family has become the most wanted criminal in the Qin State, and the government, Luo Net, etc. are looking for him, and it is really inconvenient for him to show up. Now that we are together, I will send you out of the city in a moment. Zhang Bubai said.

"Thank you, Brother Zhang." Xiang Zhang said that Xiang Zhang believed in Zhang Bubai's words very much, Zhang Bubai called Zhang Liang the head of the family, which means that he is the son of the Zhang family, and the children of the Zhang family have either been officials in the Chu State over the years, or secretly contacted all those who can resist Qin on the rivers and lakes, so Xiang Zhang has a lot of trust in the children of the Zhang family.

After a while, Zhang Bubai prepared a carriage and medicinal herbs, and asked this little guy to take Xiang Zhang and others out of the city.

After leaving Daliang City, Xiang Zhang said to Xiang Yu

"The reason why Mr. Zifang is hiding in Daliang City is because the most dangerous place is the safest place. At the beginning, because the King of Wei surrendered the fastest, the whole territory was not attacked by the Qin army, so the strength retained was also the largest. In these years, the Qin State implemented Qin law and tyranny in the captured places, forcing many old nobles of the Wei State to gather secretly and prepare to oppose Qin.

Now, in addition to the Qi State, only the original Wei State has the most people in the land who want to overthrow the rule of the Qin State. Wei is located in the center of the world, the transportation is convenient, and the news is also the most place, in the Wei State, Mr. Zifang can collect all kinds of information, and at the same time command and contact the anti-Qin righteous people in various places. ”

"I see." Xiang Yu said.

"Young master, Da Sima said after letting us leave, let you follow Mr. Zifang to learn from Mr. Zifang in the future. Mr. Zifang is not only quick-witted, proficient in military affairs, but also has extraordinary swordsmanship, and can be called a master in the rivers and lakes. Xiang Zhang said.

Xiang Yu said after thinking for a while

"If Mr. Zifang doesn't dislike me, I'm willing to worship Mr. Zifang as a teacher."

Seeing Xiang Yu agree so decisively, Xiang Zhang was a little surprised. When Xiang Yan was in Yingdu before, Xiang Yan found a lot of gentlemen for Xiang Yu to teach Xiang Yu to read, but without exception, Xiang Yu was angry and left, and Xiang Yu was also not interested in various classics, and after simply recognizing words, he became addicted to martial arts.

I didn't care about this Yan, after all, the Xiang family is a soldier, it doesn't matter if Xiang Yu reads the classics after enlightenment, he can understand it if he is addicted to martial arts, and when Xiang Yu is older, he is ready to teach Xiang Yu the art of war in person, but unfortunately Xiang Yan has not had time to teach Xiang Yu, and he died.

And the reason why Xiang Yu decisively agreed was because when Zhang Liang had not left in Yingdu, Xiang Yu had heard a lot about Zhang Liang's deeds, and his grandfather also said that Zhang Liang was really a talented person, but he lacked some luck. Xiang Yu admires Zhang Liang in his heart, and knows that Zhang Liang is really capable of people, so he is also willing to worship Zhang Liang as a teacher.

Soon they came to a village, Xiang Yu looked at the villagers in the village, and found that these people were basically young and strong men, all with big shoulders and round waists, some of them looked like veterans in the army, and the others were mostly masters of the rivers and lakes.

The villagers looked at Xiang Yu and these outsiders with more vigilance in their eyes, and after the person in charge of sending them came forward and talked with a person, the villagers led by them made a look at the people around them, and these people no longer looked at Xiang Yu and his party vigilantly, and continued the things in their hands.

"In the next, Wei State, Ning Yong. Friends of the Xiang clan, please forgive me, we are all wanted by the Qin State, so we are more wary of outsiders. Ning Yong said.

"It's okay, it's okay to be vigilant, this is the territory of the Qin State after all, and it is the main beam, it's good to be more careful." Xiang Zhang said.

"Please come with me, Mr. Zifang has been waiting for you for a long time." Ning Yong said.

"Okay."

Ning Yong took Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhang and others into the village, and came to the outside of a farmhouse, through the fence Xiang Yu saw a man in a Confucian robe with a shallow scar on his face studying in the courtyard, his masculinity was extraordinary, he exuded a warm and elegant temperament, his face was delicate, and the scar on his face added a different temperament to the man.

"Mr. Zifang, a friend of the Xiang clan has arrived." Ning Yong shouted.

Zhang Liang put down the book, got up and looked at Xiang Yu, Xiang Zhang and the others, Ning Yong pushed open the door and led a few people into the courtyard.

"I've seen Mr. Ovary." Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhang and others saluted.

"I've seen you, Brother Xiang Zhang hasn't seen you for a long time, who is this?" Zhang Liang looked at Xiang Yu and asked after saluting a few people.

"This is our young master, Xiang Yu. Before the destruction of the Yingdu City, Da Sima asked me to take dozens of brothers to cover the young master and leave the Yingdu to join you. Although we were very careful, we were still discovered by the miscellaneous pieces of the Qin army, and in the end, we were the only ones left with dozens of brothers. Xiang Zhang said helplessly.

"I have also heard that the great Sima was martyred, and the king set himself on fire in the palace. Don't worry, I'm safe here, we won't let the king and the big Sima die in vain, sooner or later we will overthrow the Qin state and re-establish our own country to comfort the king and the big Sima. Zhang Liang said.

"What Mr. Zifang said is that before leaving Yingdu, the king asked me to hand this over to you, saying that you will understand when you see this." Xiang Zhang took out a box from his bosom.

After Zhang Liang took the box and opened it, a short sword suddenly appeared inside, and Zhang Liang trembled when he looked at this short sword.

"The king is really well-intentioned, using his own way of life to increase our strength!" Zhang Liang said movingly.

"What is this?" Xiang Zhang asked curiously.

"This is the talisman of the three thousand Yue armor trained by the king. When the Qin State attacked the Chu State, the king handed over the 3,000 Yuejia to the Great Sima, but the Great Sima was worried about the safety of Yingdu, so he left the 3,000 Yuejia in Yingdu and did not take it to Dangyang. I was still curious about why when the Yingdu City was broken, the three thousand Yuejia did not appear.

If the king used 3,000 Yue armor to resist the Qin army, he would definitely be able to fight for a glimmer of life for himself, but the king sacrificed this line of life for the great cause of opposing Qin to add strength to us. Zhang Liang said with a slight trembling voice.

The person who helped Xiong Qi gather three thousand Yuejia was Zhang Liang, so Zhang Liang knew very well the strength of the three thousand Yuejia, and with them to fight against the Qin army, although it was said that the Qin army could not be defeated, it could also drag on Xiong Qi to escape from Yingdu for a long time.

The others were also moved, and some even shed tears.

"We must inherit the will of the great king and overthrow the Qin state." Zhang Liang said.

"Overthrow the Qin State!" Xiang Yu shouted.

"In addition to that, I have one more thing to discuss with Mr. Ovary alone." Xiang Zhang said.

Zhang Liang nodded and said to Ning Yong

"Ning Yong, you take everyone to the place where you live, and by the way, take them to meet the people in the village."

"Okay."

After Ning Yong left with Xiang Yu and the others, Xiang Zhang spoke

"Before leaving Yingdu, Da Sima handed me a letter to you, and asked me that you can accept the young master as a disciple and teach him the art of war."

Xiang Zhang took out a letter again and handed it to Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang opened the letter and sighed after reading it.

"Da Sima is kind to me, when I took the children of the Zhang family to Yingdu, Da Sima was very helpful to us, and I will definitely agree to what he asked me to do. I will accept Shaoyu as a disciple, I can teach kung fu, but I can't do anything about the art of war. I didn't even learn the art of war, let alone teach my students. Zhang Liang said.

"It's okay, as long as you can accept the young master's teaching." Xiang Zhang said.

"Is there anything else going on besides this?" Zhang Liang asked.

"There is a problem with the young master's state of mind." Xiang Zhang said.

"Huh? How so? Zhang Liang frowned and asked, he had also heard of Xiang Yu, knowing Xiang Yu's character and prestige in the army, how could a person who dared to go to the battlefield at the age of eight suddenly have a problem with his mood?

"The cause of the incident was because of the Battle of Yingdu." Xiang Zhang told the story of the Qin army's attack on Yingdu.

Zhang Liang's face became a little ugly after hearing this

"I also received news before that the Qin army summoned heavenly thunder to attack Dangyang, and then attacked the city with heavenly thunder when attacking Yingdu, which directly blew up the city wall of Yingdu. I thought that this was just a statement released by the Qin army to deter the people. Could it be that Qin Jun really has such a ability? ”

"I was in Yingdu at the time, I don't know the specific things, but we only saw the Qin army put out dozens of catapults, after the catapult started, dozens of fireballs suddenly appeared in the sky, and after the fireballs fell on the city wall, there was a huge explosion, and the city tower of Yingdu was directly blown down. The soldiers on the walls were wiped out in the blink of an eye, and the fortified walls were blasted into several cracks. Xiang Zhang's eyes unconsciously showed fear when he said.

Hearing the parties say this, Zhang Liang's face became even more ugly.

"Although I don't know what Qin Jun's method is, I can be sure that this is not a heavenly thunder, let alone a heavenly help. It should be a new siege weapon developed by the Gongsun family or the Mo family. Zhang Liang said.

Zhang Liang didn't believe that Qin Jun really had the ability to summon heavenly thunder, otherwise why didn't Qin Jun use it before.

"But we have to guard against it, if the Qin State uses this weapon against us, it will be useless how many of us are." Xiang Zhang said.

"I will send someone to investigate this matter, since the Qin State allowed the Qin army to use this weapon so openly during the siege of the city, it shows that they didn't think about hiding it at all, as long as we know what this thing is, we will definitely be able to find a way to crack it." Zhang Liang said.

"Okay, but how are you going to solve the young master's state of mind problem?" Xiang Zhang asked, Xiang Zhang didn't care about the matter of Tianlei, what he cared about most was Xiang Yu's state of mind, and the Xiang clan was left with Xiang Yu in addition to Xiang Liang. And Xiang Liang is still surrounded by the Qin army, and he is dead, so it can be said that Xiang Yu is the last hope of the Xiang clan now.

"I'm going to take my time in this matter, and I'll definitely be able to help Shao Yu solve it." Zhang Liang said.

"Then there's Mr. Lao Zifang." Xiang Zhang continued: "When I came again, I heard the news that the king of Qin, Shiyou, was about to get married, I don't know if it's true or not? ”

"I've heard about it, and it's been rumored all over the world. Before the news came from the Qi State, Master Xun of the Little Sage Village went to Xianyang with a group of Confucian disciples such as Fu Nian Zhangmen, and now the hundred schools and factions are now heading towards Xianyang. So it's true. Zhang Liang said.

After hearing Zhang Liang's confirmation of this matter, a fine light flashed in Xiang Zhang's eyes.

"Mr. Zifang, Xianyang has gathered so many people now, I believe that Xianyang will definitely be mixed with dragons at that time, and we may have some opportunities." Xiang Zhang said.

"Do you mean to send someone to Xianyang to make trouble in the dark while Ziyou is married?" Zhang Liang asked rhetorically.

"That's right. At that time, there would definitely be a lot of people in Xianyang, and at that time, hundreds of schools were mixed, and no matter how many people there were in Xianyang, they couldn't control the situation. Ziyou was the teacher of the king of Qin and the lieutenant of the Qin state. At that time, the high-ranking officials of the Qin State will gather, and even Yingzheng will come forward in person, if we send someone to take the opportunity to infiltrate Xianyang and take the opportunity to assassinate Ziyou or Yingzheng, even if we can't assassinate the two, the assassination of the high-ranking officials of the Qin State is enough to make Qin's internal turmoil for a while, what do you think? Xiang Zhang proposed.

After hearing the news of Ziyou's wedding, Xiang Zhang had this idea in his heart, and he couldn't bear the fact that Qin used the demise of Chu to congratulate Ziyou's wedding.

Zhang Liang looked at the hatred in Xiang Zhang's eyes, and understood Xiang Zhang's thoughts in his heart, he had thought about it before, but in the end he gave up.

"It's not going to work. Ziyou's big wedding, the Qin State will inevitably send a large number of people to maintain order. Ziyou himself is a master at the level of a great grandmaster, and there are only a handful of people in the whole world who can hurt him, or hurt people under his eyelids, and none of us can do the Tao. As for Ying Zheng, as the guard around King Qin, there are countless guards, and he can't assassinate him.

As for the other high-ranking officials, only Jiuqing and Sangong can make the Qin State hurt, but these people are all important figures in the Qin State and will definitely be strictly protected. On that day, the Qin State would inevitably let Luo Net, Shadow Secret Guard, and Black Ice Platform secretly monitor everything, and our people might not be discovered by them just after sneaking into Xianyang.

What's more, the people present that day were all at the level of the heads of hundreds of schools, and the killer under their eyelids was tantamount to slapping them in the face. Zhang Liang shook his head and said.

The Qin State already occupied the advantage of land and population, and Zhang Liang and the others had no one else except for some people who secretly wanted to oppose Qin, and if they wanted to overthrow a behemoth like the Qin State, they had to get the support of a hundred schools. Although the Qin State promised a lot of benefits to the Hundred Schools, and established the Great Qin School Palace to win over the Hundred Schools, and the large and small sects of the Hundred Schools also settled in the Hundred Schools of Learning, this does not mean that all the Hundred Schools are willing to support the Qin State, and among the hundreds of sects that support the Qin State, not all of them are willing to support the Qin State.

Zhang Liang has been secretly exploring, wooing and infiltrating hundreds of schools of thought over the years, wanting to get the support of hundreds of schools, Zhang Liang's efforts have also attracted the support of many people from hundreds of families, but these people support him in the name of individuals, and none of them support him with sects. If he slaps the hundred schools in the face at this time, it is a fool's dream to get the support of the hundred schools, and he will even anger the hundred schools, so that he will be surrounded and suppressed by the hundred schools, and at that time, the anti-Qin elites and clans in various places he has won over will also abandon him.

The magnates and the clans and the hundred schools of thought were complicated before, and who the magnates supported, the hundred schools of thought may not necessarily support them, but whoever the hundred schools of thought support, the powerful families will definitely support.

"What a rare opportunity!" Xiang Zhang said excitedly.

"No, this thing can't be done, the involvement in it is too deep, and we finally hid it, if it touches the Qin State, let the Qin State find out about us, and arrest us on a large scale, all the previous efforts will be in vain. This marriage is Ziyou's, in addition to being the Taiwei and Wang Shi of Qin, he is also a disciple of Xun Fuzi, one of the recognized faces of Confucianism. Confucianism can have today's harmonious and unified situation because of him, and we will inevitably offend Confucianism if we make trouble here! That's when we're really struggling. Zhang Liang said.

Zhang Liang was more jealous of Confucianism than other sects, because if they wanted to overthrow the Qin state, they must have their own army, and the people of the army must be recruited from among the common people. If they offend Confucianism, and Confucianism directly propagandizes and belittles them everywhere, how can they recruit people to join their army?

But at this moment, Xiang Zhang is no longer willing to think deeply about the truth inside, before he wanted to protect Xiang Yu to find Zhang Liang, so he has been suppressing the hatred and anger in his heart, now that Xiang Yu is safe, Zhang Liang also promised to accept Xiang Yu, so at this moment he wants to take revenge.

Xiang Zhang glanced at Zhang Liang and knew that Zhang Liang would not help him.

"I see, I was abrupt. I also asked Mr. Zifang to do me a favor. Xiang Zhang saluted Zhang Liang and said.

Seeing that Xiang Zhang no longer mentioned this matter, although Zhang Liang didn't know if Xiang Zhang really didn't think about it, he felt that Xiang Zhang would focus on the overall situation.

"What's the matter? If it is within my ability, I will help with all my might! Zhang Liang said.

"I want to ask Mr. Zifang to send someone to cover my departure from Dongjun, and I want to go back to Chu to gather the clansmen of the Xiang clan from all over the country and gather them." Xiang Zhang said.

"I can help you with this matter, will the Xiang clan from all over the Chu Kingdom follow you?" Zhang Liang asked, "I don't suspect the Xiang clan, Da Sima entrusted you to me, I must ensure your safety, Shaoyu is still young, you can't be missing by your side." ”

"Mr. Zifang, don't worry, I have the talisman that Da Sima gave me at the beginning. The Xiang clan was scattered at the beginning, and there was an agreement that those who held the talisman could order the entire Xiang clan to be ordered, and those who violated the order were removed from their clan membership. Even if the branch is unwilling to help us, the clan that escaped from Shouchun in the first place will help us. Xiang Zhang said.

Zhang Liang said after thinking for a while

"Okay, I will send someone to cover your departure from Dongjun, and at the same time, I will also let the people in Chu first search for the whereabouts of the Xiang clan and find out their thoughts for you."

"Thank you, Mr. Zifang." Xiang Zhang said.

(End of chapter)