Wang Ji was very polite to Zhang Lu, and Zhang Lu had white hair, a rickety figure, and looked very old, so Wang Ji asked Zhang Lu to sit in the car and drive outside. The car drove onto the avenue and headed south. The beggar, who had been around Guanyi for a few days, disappeared. Of course, no one will remember: there are not a few beggars who appear and disappear like this every day, and they, like Zhang Lu, seem to have never been to this world.

In the first few days, Wang Ji also entered the museum as scheduled. After the car passed the hidden sun, Wang Ji began to be cautious. stayed in Yinyang for a day, teamed up with a group of businessmen, and entered Nanyang together. After walking for a few days in the sparsely populated mountainous area, after passing the city, I entered the realm of Wancheng, although I have not yet come out of the mountain, but it is also regarded as Qindi. Wang Ji broke up with the merchants and went straight to Wancheng.

After checking in, Wang Ji heard bad news from the post officer: the marquis came to Nanyang to inspect, announced the establishment of Nanyang County, appointed the county guard, and inspected the defense; And the county guard town is in Wancheng.

Wang Ji did not take the Hangu Pass in the north road, but wanted to detour the south road, to a large extent, to avoid the marquis. Because as soon as Zhang Lu met him, he said bad things about the marquis, Wang Ji wanted to get the merit of recommending the virtuous, but also did not want to get involved in the court struggle with the marquis, so he wanted to secretly introduce Zhang Lu into Qin, and after introducing him to the king of Qin, life and death were up to him: Zhang Lu had made a meritorious career, and the benefits were indispensable to his own share; Zhang Lu's reputation was ruined, and the disaster could not be touched on him. Along the way, Wang Ji did not inform Zhang Lu's identity, but only acted as his entourage and asked for a meal. But he didn't want the King of Qin to establish Nanyang County, and the Marquis of Qin personally came to preside over the relevant matters.

It has been twenty years since the Qin forces entered Chu Nanyang. In the fifteenth year of King Qin, just one year after the Battle of Yique, the Qin army occupied Wancheng. In the sixteenth year, Zuo Gengcuo led the Qin army to further seize Dengcheng, and in the same year, Feng Gongzi Fu Yu Wan, Gongzi Yu Deng, Wei Ran Yu Tao. In the twenty-seventh year, Shu Shou Sima Coo led the Qin army to occupy Chu Qianzhong County, and Chu cut Shangyong to make peace. In the twenty-eighth year, Bai Qi captured Yan. Beginning in the twenty-sixth year, Qin successively moved prisoners to Nanyang to strengthen its military forces, and finally captured Yingzhou in the following year.

Interestingly, after the occupation of Ying, the king of Qin immediately set up a southern county in Yingdi and appointed a county guard. However, due to the intertwined forces of all parties, especially the surrounding mountains, the advance bases of the attack on Ying, such as Wan and Deng, could not be mastered, so they could only maintain point-like occupation. In the first battle of Huayang, Qin forced Han and Wei to give up all the counties in the mountains around Nanyang, and with the prince of Chu entering the pledge, Qin completely controlled Nanyang. The time was ripe for the establishment of Nanyang County. Different from the previous land and local counties, Nanyang had the power of the Qin State before, and although the parties have sold the county to the county, it is not easy to really eliminate the forces of all parties and establish a stable rule. The king of Qin then ordered Wei Ran to tour the east and specifically handle the establishment of the county.

Of course, Wang Ji would not know about these things. He guessed that if the marquis wanted to go out of Nanyang, he had to pass through Wuguan Road, so he decided to take a detour, go out of Dengcheng, and take a boat from Danshui into Qin. But when I arrived at Danshuikou, I met the marquis who had just gotten off the boat.

Wei Ran not only brought the Qin army, but also nearly 10,000 prisoners, who were pardoned from their punishments and dragged their families to Nanyang to guard the border for the Qin state. The Danshui estuary is very lively.

Wang Ji had no way to retreat, so he had to get out of the car and stand beside the car.

Someone went over to inquire and knew that it was the Qin envoy who returned to China and reported the marquis. Wei Ran came over, recognized Wang Ji, the confessor beside King Qin, and asked, "Where did you come from?" ”

Wang Ji said: "I was ordered by the king to make Han and Wei, and now I should return to the country and restore my life!" ”

Wei Ran said: "Has there been a change in Kanto? ”

Wang Ji said: "No change! "

Wei Ran said: "Do you have to be with the princes and guests? “

Wang Ji said: "No." ”

Wei Ran said: "It's useless, it's in vain." ”

Wang Ji said: "Don't dare! ”

Wei Ran said: "The gentleman goes to the mercenary boat, and the minister does not dare to stay!" ”

Wang Ji and Wei Ran said goodbye, pulled the car in the direction of Jindu, and soon drowned in the crowd.

Fan Ju said: "There is a change in the words of the gentleman, and I am afraid that he will be aware of it." I heard that the wise man of the Hou Hou is also, and he will ask for it later. Please abandon the car and see you in Jinguchi. "I got out of the car in a hurry, carrying a burden, like a family member of a prisoner who had just disembarked.

Sure enough, soon a bell rang, the flag flipped and all the prisoners and their families sat down. Wang Ji's carriage was revealed like a stone in the water. Several Qin soldiers came over, surrounded Wang Ji, and said, "Is there an entrainment in the car?" ”

Wang Ji was shocked and said: "How dare you! ”

The doctor at the head showed the festival charm and said, "On the orders of the Marquis, ask for the king's car." ”

Wang Ji checked the festival charm and said, "Respectfully! "Stand aside. Several Qin pawns seriously investigated, found nothing, and turned to leave. All this was naturally seen by Zhang Lu, who was not far away, and secretly said in his heart that he was lucky!

After a while, a drum sounded, and everyone got back on their feet and went about their jobs. Zhang Lu also slowly moved to the ferry with Wang Ji's car.

In order to transport these prisoners and their families, the Qin State sent hundreds of boats, and the Danshui River estuary was densely packed with boats. But all the ships had been requisitioned by the marquis, and there were no boats available to operate at the ferry. Wang Ji found the public attendant in charge of the ship and showed his own festival symbol, indicating that he wanted to return to Qin by boat. The official told him that his ship would return to Qin in two days, and that another batch of prisoners would be transported. Please stay for two days and return with the ship. Wang Ji didn't dare to go back to the city, but he was afraid of running into the marquis, so he found a counter-brigade nearby to stay. Zhang Lu had been carefully observing the prisoners and their families, and had a very serious chat with some of them. Those Qin people had a hard time understanding the local Chu Yin, but they were still close to Zhang Lu's Wei Yin, thinking that Zhang Lu was a Wei person who lived here, and they did not shy away from chatting with him; Many people also expressed sympathy for his physical disability, and Zhang Lu only said that he fell and injured himself. During the chat, Zhang Lu had an intuitive understanding of Qin's so-called "harsh punishment and strict law", and a bold idea emerged in his heart.

Two days later, all the prisoners left Jinkou, and Wang Ji and Zhang Lu boarded the ship under the leadership of the public attendant, while their chariots and horses were scattered and transported in several boats. This transportation was a strategic act of the Qin State, and the requisitioned boatmen and ships were all selected on the merits, and although there were dangerous shoals and dangerous currents along the way, there were also no dangers. A few days later, the boat arrived at the Heilongtan ferry port in the upper reaches of Danshui, where the second shipment of acquitted prisoners and their families was already waiting.

When Wang Ji and Zhang Lu arrived in Xianyang, it was the end of September. An event that shook the political arena of the Qin State happened just two days ago: King Yiqu, the queen mother's lover, suddenly died of illness!

After Wang Ji, who knew nothing about this, arrived in Xianyang, he first found a pavilion for Zhang Lu to live in, explaining that he was a relict found from the Six Kingdoms and was ready to introduce him to the King of Qin. There are many such cases, and almost every person who goes to a foreign country will find a few sages who have been left behind, and these people are also more or less used by the Qin State. Therefore, the post officer still has some respect for Zhang Lu.

After settling Zhang Lu, Wang Ji went straight to the palace to eliminate the difference. As soon as he entered the palace, he was pulled into the palace by the servant of the confessor, and told him with a nervous face that King Yiqu had died suddenly!

Yiqu is a relatively concentrated area of Rong people, on the Loess Plateau on the north bank of Jingshui, five or six hundred miles away from Xianyang. King Huiwen of Qin had already conquered a county of Qin, but rebelled again under the lure of the princes. Later, although he was defeated and maintained peace with Qin, it was always a hidden danger.

When King Qin first ascended the throne, the young Queen Mother fell in love at first sight with the equally young King Yiqu who came to worship. At the beginning, the king of Yiqu had to return to Yiqu to deal with the internal affairs of the tribe, and as the two babies grew up, the king of Yiqu was happy to hand over the affairs of Yiqu to the two babies, and he was in the queen mother's Ganquan Palace for the elderly. I don't want to approach the New Year (Qin takes October as the New Year, the so-called Jianhai), the old man was so happy that he died suddenly without warning! King Qin ordered that the news be tightly sealed, and only the two princes of Yiqu and the two half-brothers of King Qin would be dealt with when they came back for the New Year. Therefore, the outside world did not know anything about the death of King Yiqu, and everything was normal in Xianyang City.

However, this was not the case with the upper echelons of the Qin Court, and all kinds of actions were urgently initiated. Both Jingyangjun and Gaolingjun were sent back to their fiefdoms and secretly mobilized forces to prepare for battle. In Xianyang City, the atmosphere of New Year's celebration has not diminished slightly, and the harvest is celebrated together.

Huang Xie sensed a hint of ominous people from the superficial calm: Wu Anjun, Zuo Gengcuo, Zhonggen Hu Yang, and even the young and promising Sima Jin have not appeared in the court recently; Huayang Jun Mirong stationed in the Wangyi Palace, which was originally managed by the Marquis.

The delegation of the state of Chu has now been transferred to the pavilion next to the Xianyang Palace in Weibei, while Zhang Lu lives in the pavilion next to the Zhangtai Palace in Weinan, where Huang Xie and the others used to live. So Huang Xie didn't know that Zhang Lu had entered Xianyang. Since the prince of Chu entered the quality, the prince and Huang Xie went to the court every day, and after the court, the prince studied under the guidance of the prince Fu, and the main way to learn was that the prince recited an ancient text, and the prince dictated; After writing, the prince had to copy and recite it repeatedly until he could write it down silently. In this process, the prince will explain and play this document in the present and in the present, interspersed with some principles of dealing with people, methods of helping the people through the world, principles and experiences in managing the country, deeds or lessons of predecessors, and various small words. The two companions usually sit behind the prince, and in addition to taking care of the prince's daily life, they also participate in the discussion of issues, and the main task is to express some unwise and even stupid opinions for the prince to criticize. After the lunch break, the prince has to complete his martial arts training: it is currently in its infancy, and the main content is archery and royal chariots; In the future, there will also be long and short soldiers, chariot battles and foot battles, as well as tactical coordination of multiple people. The bow and arrow used to learn archery was applied by Huang Xie to Qi Rong in the court, and at the same time, there was also a hoof, which was made of cowhide. The bow is soft, and the arrows have no arrowheads, which can be used for training, but they do not have any lethality.