The former emperor and the current crown prince Zhang Liang Zhang Zifang indulged in cultivation and almost went crazy, which soon became a hot topic in the streets and alleys of Luoyang City as an anecdote;

Soon after, there were three more big news about Han Xin, the king of Chu, which spread far and wide, leading a new round of material discussion.

Although the characters involved in these three anecdotes are different, they all send the same signal, that is-

The king of Chu, who returned to his hometown in fine clothes, is a good man and a true hero who repays grievances with virtue and magnanimity.

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The fiefdom of Chu under Han Xin's rule was vast, spanning Chen County, Xue County, Donghai, Huiji and other counties, covering the vast areas of the original Eastern and Western Chu, which greatly exceeded the territory of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The capital of the new Chu State is the ancient capital of Xiapi.

Xiapi is located in the lower reaches of Huaishui, close to the Yellow Sea, the soil is fertile, and there are Surabaya, Yishui and Wushui around the city, the water transportation is extremely convenient, and it has the advantages of fishing and hunting.

In addition, Xiapi is located at the junction of East and West Chu, you can go to Huaishui in the south, you can go directly to the land of Qilu in the north, and it is less than 100 miles away from Pengcheng in the west, it is an extremely important strategic place.

And Han Xin, the king of Chu who returned to his hometown, did not stay in the prosperous Xiapi City, but went to Huaiyin County, where he lived when he was young, for the first time.

Han Xin went to Huaiyin County in order to find three people;

These three people, one is a middle-aged official, the other is a young hooligan, and the third is an old woman.

became famous all over the world in one fell swoop, and the person the world-famous King of Chu was looking for, and he was found easily.

***

More than 20 years ago, Qin annihilated the Six Kingdoms, and its power was devastated, like a storm, swallowing mountains and rivers, and destroying all the noble clans of the Six Kingdoms overnight.

Since then, the hereditary nobles of the pre-Qin Dynasty and the golden branches and jade leaves of Zhong Mingding's food family have been incognito, drifting away with the wind, like rootless trees and sourceless water.

Among them, there are tenacious and unyielding people, such as the middle-aged Zhang Liang, who scattered all his family wealth and plotted to assassinate the First Emperor, trying to pull down the eternal man who was like the sun and the sky, and hated the family with the Snow Country;

And there are many people who are discouraged and go with the flow, such as Han Xin, a young man wandering in Huaiyin County.

Han Xin's background has long been unexaminable, he was born before and after the fall of Korea, given that "Han" is the surname of the Korean royal family, Liu Ji and others have always guessed that he must be a descendant of the Korean clan, but he has always kept silent and has not confided his life experience and origin to anyone.

Although he didn't say it, Han Xin's style had a full aristocratic habit, especially when he was younger.

At that time, Han Xin was the most idle teenager in Huaiyin County.

Young and handsome, his family is poor, his parents do not know where to go, and he has no brothers and sisters, and he lives alone all day long, like a lone wolf.

He is not a farmer, not a businessman, nor a official, he only wanders alone on the street every day, eats hundreds of meals, but never forgets to wear an inexplicable copper sword at his waist.

The blade of this sword is not new, but the marks are still faintly visible, the cold light is shining, the edge is still there, but the black lacquered scabbard has long been mottled and falling, full of traces of time.

An ancient sword that I don't know where it was placed in someone's temple, and a young man of unknown origin, this is a typical configuration of the children of a down-and-out nobleman, the Six Kingdoms have been destroyed, and such old princes and grandsons can be seen everywhere, and people are not surprised, allowing him to come to the house to eat and send food.

However, there is also a need for skill, for example, the people you disturb should be changed frequently, and you should not eat and drink in a certain house for too long, so as not to annoy people.

Han Xin didn't understand these truths, he went to Nanchang Pavilion Chief's house for several months, every day to eat, and finally one day, the Pavilion Chief's family carried Han Xin behind his back, opened the meal early, no longer beckoned him to dine together, and tactfully turned him away.

He sensitively and reservedly memorized this lesson, and has not been to the pavilion chief's house since, until today.

This pavilion chief is the first person Han Xin, the king of Xinchu, is looking for.

***

In Huaiyin County at that time, the pavilion chief was far more than the pavilion chief who dared to give Han Xin, a broken child.

Another day, Han Shin, who was wearing a sword, was wandering around the street market as usual, but was stopped by a reckless teenager.

The young man mockingly looked at the bronze sword he wore at his waist, and said defiantly,

"Don't look at your tall looks, and you still wear a sword and a knife all day long, you can only pretend, but you are a useless coward."

The market is bustling with people, and more and more onlookers gather, all waiting to see a good show.

Han Xin didn't want to do much, so he only turned to one side slightly, and wanted to leave the provocative young man's side quickly, but he grabbed the placket of his clothes and said loudly with a playful face,

"Cowardly, if you kid wants to have a seed, stab me. Otherwise, you'll have to get under my crotch. ”

Han Xin stopped, his ears could no longer hear the laughter of the onlookers, and he only stared at the evil young man's face deeply, as if he wanted to engrave his appearance in his mind.

No one knew what he was thinking at that moment, everyone only saw that this arrogant young man all day and night slowly bent down, prostrate on the ground, and drilled under the young man's crotch.

The scabbard of the long sword, as he crawled, slammed into the dirt with a muffled clang, like a late, helpless veteran.

Everyone laughed and dispersed, all they said was the scumbag and incompetence of a flowery young man, and Han Xin got up from the ground, patted the soil with the palms of both hands, and continued to walk his way as if nothing happened.

At that moment, he understood the power of patience, the so-called King Wen detained and played Zhou Yi, Zhong Ni'e made the Spring and Autumn Period, and his idol Sun Bin wrote the art of war that frightened countless sturdy men with a crippled body with all his legs.

After this humiliation, Han Xin felt that he was one step closer to the sages in his mind, if he also suffered the same hardships as them, could he become as powerful as them?

This evil young man who had humiliated his crotch was the second person he was looking for.

***

And this third person, in his wandering Huaiyin career, has brought him a few warm memories.

There are many streams in Huaiyin, and the teenager who has nothing to do and can never eat enough often goes to the riverside outside the city to fish and roast to eat.

He remembered that a well-known old woman with a kind face was always under the big tree where Han Xin was fishing, washing the silk cotton that had just been spun at home.

When the sun rises and the cicadas chirp, the drifting mother will stuff her own rough food into the hands of the hungry young man.

The young Han Xin always gobbled it up, his mouth was stuffed full, and he didn't forget to be grateful to his mother.

"Old man, if I get ahead one day, I will definitely repay you well."

And the old woman always said to him with a look of sorrow and anger on her face,

"The most important thing in life is to be able to support oneself.

I see that you don't know which family's ruined king and grandson, it's so pitiful, but it's not a return for anything. ”

A few years later, Han Xin, who learned to endure and wait, finally waited for the opportunity of life, Chen and Wu rose up, the world's heroes responded, the old people of the six countries heard the wind and moved, Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu led 8,000 Jiangdong children to cross the river and go north.

When Xiang Liang's army passed through Huaiyin County, the young Han Xin resolutely joined the army with his bronze sword, and never returned to his hometown again.

It was also in Xiang Liangjun that he met his friend of the same age, Zhong Lixian.

And this drifting mother, who does not want to repay her kindness, is the third person that the king of Chu is looking for.