Ten days.

Ji Heng and the others have arrived in Yongcheng.

It's just that as soon as he settled, before he could greet the officials of Yongxian County, he received a message from Xianyang.

Wang Ben died of illness!

After receiving this summons, Fusu Huhai and the others were shocked, and they couldn't care about anything else, so they said a few words to Ji Heng, and then hurriedly rode back to Xianyang.

Wang Ben is the pillar stone of the country, which collapsed once and had a great impact on Daqin.

Ji Heng sat on the ox cart, watching Fusu and the others go away, and waited until several figures disappeared completely, then he raised his head solemnly and looked at the sky, his eyes seemed to see a twinkling purple microstar through layers of clouds and mist.

Ji Heng turned his head.

He patted the buffalo and said softly, "Cow, we can rest for a while." ”

The buffalo waged its tail as if in response.

Ji Hengda laughed and shouted to several attendants: "Go back to Xianyang." ”

Fusu and other sons were eager to go, but Ji Heng and the five attendants did not have this treatment, and they could only go back by ox cart, at this time Ji Heng also had to sigh, Daqin's sons seemed to be weak in literature and literature, but in fact, they were proficient in the six arts, archery and horseback riding.

Even Hu Hai has a hand of riding skills.

Without Fusu and others, the ox cart was much empty.

After driving out of the Yongcheng range, Ji Heng vacated the bamboo slip and said to the attendant who followed the ox cart: "You guys should also come up and sit." ”

The leader's attendant said: "We are ordered to guard Mr. Ji, how dare we ride in the same car with Mr. Ji." ”

Ji Heng didn't care and said: "The ox cart was originally used to sit, now Fusu and the others have ridden away, it doesn't hurt for you to come up and sit, wait until you get to the vicinity of Xianyang, it's not too late to go down, there is no need to care about so many rules, I, Ji Heng, am not a person who talks about rules." ”

said.

Ji Heng moved his body inside.

Vacate some space for the five attendants.

The leader's attendant still wanted to refuse, Ji Heng frowned and said: "Come on, we rushed from Pingyang today, and now we have to rush back to Xianyang, this journey, but it is quite exhausting, people have to learn to use tools, and you don't look down on me so highly, I am actually a down-and-out person." ”

"Come on."

The leader attendant looked around, then at the other attendants, hesitated, and said, "Thank you for your understanding." ”

said.

So he got up to the ox cart.

Seeing this, several other attendants also got into the car with a little trepidation, but the five of them were huddled together, and they didn't dare to occupy too much space in the ox cart, Ji Heng chuckled lightly, didn't say anything, just handed over the rope that tied the ox, and said: "The guys come up, I'll be light, and you will drive this ox." ”

There was a burst of laughter from the ox cart.

Ji Heng was almost half-lying on the ox cart, and a person occupied a large position, he looked at the leader's attendant and asked, "What is your name?" ”

The leader's attendant said, "My name is Yu Ke, and I am a soldier who lives in Fengxinli. ”

"How many people are in the family?"

"Four."

"How's the situation at home?"

"Right now, I'm just barely making ends meet."

“.”

Ji Heng asked about the family situation of these five attendants, without exception, the family status of the five people is not very good, basically full and hungry, and they are very poor, and their situation is very good among them.

How difficult the world is.

Even these attendants are so miserable, and the other people at the bottom are only afraid of it.

Ji Heng looked at the sky and said in a deep voice: "You can actually settle down, the most difficult time for Daqin may be about to pass." ”

Yu Ke smiled and didn't dare to answer.

He's just a soldier.

I don't know much about these things, and I don't even think so.

But this Mr. Ji can make the eldest son so respectful, and he is not very good at teasing himself, but he just said that the most difficult time of Daqin is about to pass, no matter how you listen to this sentence, it feels far away.

Now the pillar stone of the Great Qin has fallen.

How can this be believed?

How dare you believe it?

Ji Heng didn't say much.

He has his own basis for judgment, if a few days ago, he would never dare to say this, especially after personally understanding the situation at the bottom, no one would believe it, but at this time, he has a lot more confidence, and even is very sure about it.

The most difficult time for Great Qin is indeed coming to an end.

It started with Wang Ben's death.

Come to think of this.

Ji Heng was also quite emotional.

The Wang clan is really loyal to Great Qin.

Even if he dies, it is good for the country.

Walked for a while.

Pass by a paddy field.

Looking at the emptiness around him, Ji Heng suddenly became interested and asked: "In winter, snakes will hibernate and will not stay in the fields, so now in the fields, there are basically only loach fish, and there is no one around at the moment, and there is almost no oil and water to eat outside during this time, it's time to add food to yourself." ”

said.

Ji Heng turned over and got out of the ox cart.

Yu Ke and the other attendants also hurriedly jumped down.

Yu Ke stopped: "Sir, don't do it, let's do this kind of thing." ”

The others around chimed in: "Mr. Ji, leave this kind of dirty work to us, we grew up in a small field, and we may not be good at anything else, but we are still good at catching loach fish." ”

"Haha."

Ji Heng glanced at it a few times, nodded his head, and said: "Okay, then I'll be in charge of watching the ox cart, but you have to catch a little more, in recent years, there have been few men in various places, and there are many fewer people catching loach, and the loach in the field should be much fatter and bigger than usual." ”

Yu Ke smiled and said, "Sir, don't worry." ”

"Loach fish, easy to catch, we didn't catch less when we were young, and there are skills in catching this thing, one is to find the hole, the other is to see if there is new mud nearby, the loach will spit out the mud in the hole outside the cave, so pay a little attention, basically catch a quasi."

said.

He even demonstrated it himself.

He found a loach hole in the field, dug the mud on the outside a little, stretched his hand into the hole, and then stared at the water around him, and the other hand hurriedly blocked it, and after a while, a loach fish about four or five taels was caught.

The others followed suit.

One person directly took off the clothes on his body, tied the corners of the clothes in a knot, and then grabbed them to make a simple baggage, leaving only a small slit for the loach to drill into the hole by itself.

This process is very skillful.

Apparently there has been no shortage of things in the past.

With the help of the Emperor, the other attendants were also interested, and they went into the field one after another to catch the loach.

Ji Heng didn't urge, just watched from the sidelines, and every time he caught a loach fish, he silently took out a Qin Banliang from his sleeve.

The four of them in the field caught almost half an hour, and there were as many as thirteen of them, and the 'baggage' of the attendant was even fuller, and in the end it was really impossible to fit in the package, so they and their group reluctantly stopped, and their expressions were quite unsatisfied.

While Yi Ke and the others were cleaning the mud on their feet, Ji Heng quietly placed thirteen Qin and a half taels under the weeds in the field.

This scene fell into the eyes of the eye.

Yu Ke walked over and said uneasily, "Sir."

Ji Heng said lightly: "It's just a sale, everything is clearly priced, if you damage other people's fields, and catch the loach fish in other people's fields, you should make a certain compensation, a loach is a penny, overall, I still earned." ”

"Sir is at a loss." Yi Ke whispered: "This loach fish is not worth so much money." ”

Ji Heng said with a smile: "Money is something outside the body, for me, it is worth spending a dozen dollars to buy a happy one, and it won't be long before I can get some new money, and now I am extravagant, what is it?" ”

"It's getting late, it's time to hurry."

Ji Heng turned over and got into the car.

Yu Ke also followed into the car, and the group was comparing in the car, and the atmosphere was very lively.

At nightfall.

Ji Heng and his entourage returned to Xianyang.

Yi Ke and the others got off the ox cart a few miles outside the city.

In the city of Xianyang, there is a piece of vegetarian.

The whole country is saddened.

Every household fluttered the long white cloth flags that were connected to each other, the people in the city were greatly saddened, there were not many road sacrifices for Wang Ben on the road, and the sorrow of the Qin wind was spread endlessly in the city, and the solemn sorrow spread throughout the city, and continued to spread to the whole country.

When approaching the city.

Ji Heng got off the ox cart with a solemn expression.

The group looked solemn, walked towards the city, and when they entered the city, the sound of mourning was even more obvious.

Ji Heng let out a long sigh.

In the end, he did not stop, but went straight back to the house.

He was responsible for returning the ox cart.

When Ji Heng returned to the house, there was a lot of dust in the house.

He poured the loach fish into a wooden barrel, boiled a little hot water in the house, and began to process the loach fish.

Not much.

The fragrant loach fish soup is out of the pot.

Ji Heng was very appetizing and had a full meal, in the past ten days, he accompanied Fusu and others, visiting various places, tired is second, mainly because the food is really poor, he is just a 'raiser' person, the treatment is similar to that of ordinary officials, there is no hope for big fish and meat, and even leeks are pitiful.

The water came out of my mouth.

Now when I return home, I will not treat myself badly.

Plenty of oil and salt.

While eating, Ji Heng took out a pot of refrigerated wine from the well, and then poured a glass towards the position of the palace, and said angrily: "Tongwu Hou is good." ”

He had never met Wang Ben.

But for Wang Ben, he still respects him very much.

If it weren't for the outstanding martial arts of the Wang family and his son, it would not be so easy for the Great Qin to sweep away the world, and those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements, this evaluation is most suitable for the Wang father and son.

The dead are gone, and the living are like this.

Wang Ben died at this time, and his death was very valuable.

Although this idea is undoubtedly a bit inappropriate, it is true.

Ji Heng poured himself a bronze jue, drank it all in one gulp, and then stopped thinking about Wang's affairs, and began to feast in large pieces, he would not be hurt by Wang Ben's death, for such a person, it is enough to have respect in his heart, and any more is a little pretentious.

Ji Heng ate very happily.

After some eating and drinking, there is still a lot of loach left in the pot.

He took out a few bamboo tubes from the back kitchen and divided the loach fish into five portions.

Then he handed it to Yu Ke and the others who were standing guard outside the hospital.

Yi Ke and the others were stunned.

Ji Heng said calmly: "This loach fish was bought with my money, and the bamboo tube was also brought by me, I took the initiative to give it to you, it is not a bad rule, you can take it back with confidence, Qin Zheng is law-abiding, even if someone finds out, I can say it clearly." ”

The complexion may change slightly.

Ji Heng laughed and said, "You just need to be clean." ”

"Your family background is not good, and it is difficult to monitor me, so you don't have to admit this in the future, you can do whatever you want."

"If you are really worried."

"I'll show you the way."

"When spring begins, let's go to the army, and the situation in the army is better."

"Daqin's environment is about to change!"

Yi Ke and the others glanced at each other, with a solemnity in their eyes.

After hesitating for a while, he arched his hand and said, "Thank you Mr. Ji for your advice." ”

Ji Heng waved his hand and turned back to the house.

Yi Ke and the others held the bamboo slips tightly in their hands, there was still residual heat on the bamboo tube, and the air exuded bursts of fragrant aroma, which made people can't help but move their taste buds, and Yu Ke said solemnly to the four people around: "Mr. Ji is kind-hearted and is a person that the eldest son must respect, but I am a great Qin soldier, but I must not cling to it, and I must abide by the law in the future." ”

The attendants around nodded and said, "I'll wait clearly." ”

A gust of wind blew.

Yi Ke and the others are gone.

Yu Ke stood in a no-man's corner, looking at the bamboo tube in his arms, with a touch of contemplation in his eyes.

It's spring, go to the army?

He didn't actually want to go to the army in the past.

In the past, he served only near Xianyang, and he went to Beiyuan, which was really a bit far, but Ji Heng was a person who the eldest son had to respect, and he said more than once today that Daqin was going to change, which made him hesitate a little in his heart.

He looked up and looked into the city.

The whole city is vegetarian.

His heart sank.

He doesn't know the situation in the world, but as far as he perceives on a daily basis, the world seems to be in chaos again, if the world is really in chaos, maybe entering the army is indeed a good choice, but once he goes to the army, life and death are unpredictable.

He still has a wife and children at home.

Time.

It's a bit hard to choose.

People are timed.

Yi Ke and the others changed shifts with the other attendants.

Carrying the bamboo tube, he walked quickly towards the house, and when he returned home, he knocked on the door loudly and shouted: "Son, open the door." ”

Soon.

There was a sound of thoughtful footsteps in the room.

After some temptation, the closed house opened a crack, and the house was dark.

"The beloved is back."

Yi Ke said with a smile: "I have something to do today, and I came back early." ”

Then.

A little candle was lit in the house.

Yu Ke handed over the slightly warm bamboo tube in his arms.

The woman wiped her hands, took the bamboo slip, smelled the fragrant fragrance, and showed a look of surprise in her eyes: "Beloved, who are you?" ”

"This is a master" Yu Ke said for a while, he wanted to call the superior, but he felt that the words were inappropriate, and changed his words: "This is a big man's reward, it is filled with good loach fish, there is a lot of oil and salt, you call those two little cubs, didn't they say that they haven't eaten oil and water for a long time, let them eat it this time." ”

"Love, why don't I leave it to you." Woman.

Yi Ke waved his hand, and said with a hint of cunning in his eyes: "I have eaten, these loach fish are caught by us in the field, there are more than a dozen, during this time, the family has eaten very poorly, and it is time to make up for the two little cubs, it is the time to grow their bodies." ”

The woman hesitated for a moment, but when she saw that she could insist, she had to reply with a 'eh'.

However, she did not directly eat the loach fish in the bamboo tube, but rinsed it back and forth with cold water several times, and washed down the oil and salt as much as possible.

Not much.

The two horned children, who had been asleep, had already gotten out of bed.

Seeing the loach fish in the bowl, his eyes were full of joy, and he touched the heads of the two children, and said with a smile: "Eat it." ”

The two children hesitated, did not dare to eat, but looked at the woman, who nodded kindly.

Eating the loach, the two children said excitedly that it was delicious.

After eating, clean up.

She rinsed herself with cold water and went back to bed.

He stretched out his hand to hug the woman's waist, and whispered in his ears: "I want to go to the army in the spring next year, before I come back today, the big man said that the situation in Daqin may change, and now that the Marquis of Tongwu has died of illness, and the life at home is becoming more and more difficult, when the two little cubs are growing up, they have been full and hungry, after all, it is not a way, and when the two cubs are older, it will be more and more difficult for the family to make a living." ”

"In recent years, it has been difficult for the imperial court to recruit soldiers."

"There aren't many young people in the place."

"If I take the initiative to go after the beginning of spring, I should be able to get permission."

"If there is really a change in the world, in the army, you may be able to find a good future, and then your family will be able to live better."

"This big guy is extraordinary."

"The eldest son has a lot of respect for him, and I don't think he will lie to us."

said.

The strength in his hand was a little stronger.

It's just that after listening to the words, the woman's body was obviously tense, and she didn't say anything for a long time, as if she was asleep.

It's been a long time.

There was no sound all around.

The woman spoke in a slightly sobbing voice.

"Well, good."

The words fell.

The room fell into deathly silence again.

(End of chapter)