15 And he said, I want to die. ”
As he spoke, the people behind him immediately went to the top of the slope. When Xianbei looked at it, he saw that it was Haili and his driver riding a horse without a saddle.
As soon as he reached the top of the slope, Haili saw two carriages at the bottom of the slope and several people waiting for him. Helry grabbed the horse's reins and tried to turn the horse's head and go back. The brothers Xianbei and Xianxi on the ramp walked out with horses and knives.
Haili looked even more panicked, and turned the horse's head with force. However, the horse carried two people, and ate and drank improperly, and was already exhausted, where to listen to Haili's command, like the Qin people, committed stubbornness, kicked on the spot, and refused to turn his head.
Xianbei said, "What's the chief, don't go, go down with me, and scones, you have two bites?" ”
Haili lost his color, and let the horse under his crotch go down. The other man on horseback, the driver of the chaser, saw this, rolled, jumped off the horse, fell to the ground, he climbed from the ground, climbed up, got up, and ran back. Xianxi saw it, turned over and got on the horse, clamped his legs, and chased after him, and after a while, he chased the man back.
The man was trembling.
Xianbei walked towards Shi Chang, held a knife, and asked him, "Chase us, what do you want to do?" ”
"I want to die." ”
"Want to die?" Xianbei said, "I have a knife here, if you pounce on it, won't you just do what you want?" ”
"Lift the tip of your knife a little more." ”
Xianbei thought he was teasing the shell, so he really raised the tip of the knife, who knew that Haili was really playing, he threw himself on the tip of the knife on the horse, just piercing his heart, and suddenly, blood flowed out along the blood line of the knife.
Xianbei didn't understand, he looked at the gradually weakening Shi Chang and said, "Why are you like this?" ”
Shi Chang smiled bitterly and closed his eyes.
Xianxi jumped off the horse and got closer to know what was happening.
Xianbei defended himself, "I thought he was joking, he was really like this, why?" ”
The rider next to him said, "He doesn't die here, and if he goes back, he won't have a way to live." ”
Xianbei said, "Is he really here to seek death?" ”
The driver said, "According to the law of Great Qin, if he loses three horses and a cart, he should be guilty of death." He tried to steal back the three horses and the chaser. ”
Xianbei stomped his feet and said, "Say it early!" , I said I would have returned the carriage and horses to him, and a life is worth three horses and a cart? ”
Xianxi said to the driver, "What about you? Are you going back too? ”
The driver said, "I am not, it is the chariot and horse that the commander told me to hand over, and I am not guilty." ”
Xianbei said, "Then you can go." ”
The rider said, "Let me go?" ”
Xianbei said, "Really, you can go." ”
The driver glanced at Xianxi, hesitantly turned his head, took a step, stopped again, and said to Xianbei, "Can I eat something?" I haven't eaten for several meals, and I can't walk at all......"
Xianbei said, "Ah, that's right." Okay, let's go ahead. Walk to the bottom of the slope, can you walk? ”
The rider nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I can go on." ”
Xianbei said to his second brother Xianxi, "Second brother, you are here, I will go down and call two people, and you command them to pout a tomb by the side of the road and bury Shi Chang - tell them that the whole sign is also marked, and we will pass by in the future, so that we can pay respects." ”
Xianxi responded, and Xianbei walked to the bottom of the slope with his driver.
On the way, Xianbei asked for the driver's personal information. The driver said that his surname was Rong, his name was Rong Zi, he was from the suburbs of Xianyang, he was 16 years old this year, his parents died early, and he had a sister at home, and he came to work for three years, and his family could be exempted from paying taxes for three years.
This Rong Zi's situation is different from Xianxi's, Xianxi's four brothers only came out to work for three months, one of them is exempt from paying taxes for half a year, and the four brothers together can be exempted from paying for two years.
Later, during the reign of Qin Xiaogong, the Shang Dynasty changed the law, and the tax deduction for labor was basically based on the law at this time.
Xianbei and Rong Zi went down, asked Mu Tong to find him two scones to eat, and asked Gao Feng and a few of them to go up and use their old waist knives to dig a grave for Haili.
Gao Feng called out to the leader of Xianbei, and Feng Ji and they walked up.
Rong Zi was really hungry, so he devoured the scones in his hand. Mu Tong said, "Slow down, this scone is hard, you chew it and swallow it, but don't stick to your stomach (stomach)." ”
Rong Zi smiled at Mu Tong and said, "It's okay." ”
Xianbei watched him eat and asked him, "Where did you get the horse?" ”
Rong Zi said, "Stole." ”
Xianbei said, "Why doesn't this horse have a saddle?" ”
Rong Zi didn't seem to hear clearly, and asked Xianbei, "What did you say?" ”
Seeing that he was chewing with gills and a mouthful, Xianbei didn't ask about this anymore. After a pause he added, "I say, if that's the case, you nod your head, or not, you shake your head." ”
Rong Zi responded.
Xianbei asked, "Were you in the woods last night?" ”
Rong Zi nodded.
"Are you trying to use a suspicious tactic to trick us away, so that you can steal the carriage and horses?"
Rong Zi nodded again.
"Do you want to kill us?"
Rong Zi shook his head.
Xianbei sighed and said, "Shi Chang, I'm really not an open person. You said you told us that this carriage and horse are at stake for your life, and we can't give it to you? Besides, we have another car? ”
Rong Zi's eyes rolled and stared at Xianbei.
Xianbei said, "Why are you looking at me like this? Really, in the world, there is no one's life precious, and he came out - not last night, when we seized the car, he said that if the chariot and horse were lost, he would be executed by the government, then we would not take his chariot - besides, this man is also dead-eyed, what reason do you find to report to your superior, just say that the loss of the chariot and horse is purely an accident, then his superiors can still punish him? ”
Rong Zi listened to thunder like a duck, and he didn't know where Xianbei had gone.
Gao Feng They buried Haili and walked back.
Rong Zi ate all the remaining scones, and wanted to ask for more than enough, Mu Tong said, "No, let you eat it." Let's go. ”
Xianbei thought for a moment and said, "This time you and Shi Chang are not close, you rode that horse back?" ”
Rong Zi's eyes were a little damp, and he suddenly made up his mind to say to Xianbei, "Chief, am I with you?" ”
"And us?" Xianbei was so strange, he said, "Do you know where we're going?" ”
Rong Zi said, "Wherever you go, I'll follow you!" ”
Xianbei looked at the people around him, everyone had no objections, Xianbei said to Rong Zi, "We may have to suffer in the future." ”
Rong Zi straightened up and said, "Where don't you suffer?" Is there a place in this world that does not endure hardship? ”
"Well," Xianbei said, "you can still catch your peak chaser." ”
Rong Zi said, "Okay, familiar with the road." ”
Mu Tong gave the whip to Rong Zi, and he himself came to Gao Feng's car, and he drove the car of Wei that Gao Feng had originally driven, and tied the two horses to the back of Wei's car, so he hit the road on the road.