Chapter 4: Liu Bang's Choice

The year 210 B.C. was a very important year.

This year, Liu Bang had an errand and sent a group of prisoners to work in Lishan, to be precise, to repair the tomb in Lishan. Lishan is located in the northern suburbs of Xianyang, the capital of the Great Qin Empire, which is very prosperous and wealthy. However, it was clear that the yearning for the capital was not particularly strong. For Liu Bang, this is definitely not a good errand. Not to mention the long distance, once something happens in the middle, you have to finish the game.

Liu Bang can receive this errand, it is considered unlucky, in the Qin State, where labor is heavy and the law is harsh, this is undoubtedly a high-risk job, it is easy to put yourself into it, maybe you will be charged with dereliction of duty, and don't want to get the honor of a martyr if you die.

Liu Bang was very depressed all the way, he used to wander around and be idle, and his life was free, but now he is a pavilion chief, and he has to put his head on the belt of his trousers.

Who hasn't been to Xianyang, who is rare? The last time I went, when I saw the invincible Qin Shi Huang, I Liu Laosan made a very famous opinion: The husband should be like this! He scolded.

Fortunately, Qin Shi Huang did not have the pervasive ability of Emperor Zhu later, otherwise this sentence would reach his ears, and Liu Laosan would have to go away without eating.

Damn it, your God's blessing Lao Tzu can smoothly send people to that damn Xianyang, and I Liu Laosan will respect you for a pot. Liu Bang looked at the starry sky and continued to play bad and scold.

Things didn't go according to Liu Bang's prayers, and they didn't want it to happen. The batch of prisoners sent by Liu Bang had already run away in large numbers before they went far, and when they arrived at the Jersey Pavilion in Feng County, Liu Bang couldn't stand it anymore, so he stopped and did one thing - drinking, and by the way, one more thing --- decided.

Everyone's life is constantly making choices, some choices are important, some choices are not important. At this moment, Liu Bang is facing a very important choice, because his choice is related to the position of his head.

What should I do, I have run away so many people, and if I send it over, the court will treat me for dereliction of duty, and if I am lucky, I may have a head. Bad luck, no dead body. How likely is it to be immortal? Almost zero (a consequence of the harshness of the Qin law). The Great Qin Empire never cared about a small pavilion chief, so it was almost certain to die. Xianyang can't go, because I don't want to die yet, and I can't go back, and if I am caught, there is still a dead end, and there is only one way, escape, it is better to die than to live. I'm going to escape, what will happen to these prisoners? Forget it, they are all hard-working people, don't embarrass them, let them run for their lives.

After a few glasses of wine, Liu Bang finally made the first difficult decision in his life. That night he released the prisoners and said, "Run for your life, all of you, and I will run for my life!" When many of them heard this, they were overjoyed and fled without saying a word, but the other dozen or so people felt that Liu Bang was a man and was willing to follow Liu Bang. Arriving at the swamp late at night, a person who was in front of him came back and reported: "There is a big snake in the way. Let's go back. When Liu Bang heard this, he was arrogant and said: "The big husband is moving forward, what is there to be afraid of." After speaking, with the strength of the wine, he stepped forward and cut the big snake in half. Everyone passed through the marshland without any problems.

Here are the myths and legends.

Everyone walked for a few miles, and Liu Bang fell asleep because he was drunk. Someone went to the place where the snake was cut and saw an old lady crying there, so he asked, "Auntie, why are you crying here?" The old lady said, "Someone killed my son!" So cry. ”

"How could your son have been killed?"

"My son is the White Emperor, incarnated as a snake and got in the way. He was killed by the son of the Red Emperor. So cry. The old lady disappeared with that. Later, they told Liu Bang about this, Liu Bang was very happy in his heart, and the people who followed Liu Bang became more and more in awe of Liu Bang, and Liu Bang became more and more conceited.

Later, Liu Bang hid in Mangdang Mountain. Mangdang Mountain is not far from Pei County, so Liu Bang still has contact with Pei County in the process of fleeing, and Lu Pheasant occasionally comes to visit him. Lu Pheasant came more often, and Liu Bang asked, "Why do you find me every time?" (The following can be called the most magical sci-fi scene) Lu Pheasant replied very calmly: "There are clouds above your head, so every time I look at the clouds in the sky, I know where you are!" ”

Seeing this, I have to admire the whimsical ideas of the ancient people of our country, and I have to admire the well-informed Empress Lu, who was a village woman at the time. I often wonder if the clouds above Liu Bang could be the prototype of communication equipment.

The paper couldn't contain the fire, and the matter of Liu Bang secretly letting the prisoners hide in Mangdang Mountain still spread in Pei County. Although Liu Bang is usually idle, but he is bold by nature, can make friends from all over the world, often greedy for small and cheap, but very generous, very righteous, this time the private release of prisoners, although it violates the criminal law, but it is still very respected by the people of Pei County.

Liu Bang, who was nervous, finally found out that his whereabouts had been revealed, because many people came to the door. But don't panic, it's not the people who come to the door, but the people who come to him. Liu Bang's team soon grew to hundreds of people.

Although it's a team, it's still a thief's job, and it's not glamorous. It is gratifying that Liu Bang has become a hero in the eyes of Peixian people, and later you will see how important it is to establish a good image for Liu Bang's development.

If there is no straw, Liu Bang may have to go around in Mangdang Mountain for the rest of his life, if there is no straw, Liu Bang will definitely be nailed to the pillar of shame of thieves by the government, if there is no straw, I don't have to spend time and effort to describe this person tonight.

Again, history has no ifs, what should come still comes.