After Ying Zheng's brief explanation, Xiang Yan finally understood that the young man in front of him was not an ordinary emperor. He had heard many things for the first time and was beyond his knowledge.
But Xiang Yan is a general with a big-picture view. He always sees further than others when it comes to sergeants, so he understands what Ying Zheng said and did faster.
Suddenly, Xiang Yan felt very conflicted.
Because in their own consciousness, ministers need to serve the monarch, and it is their duty to live and die for the monarch. On the surface, this is a normal phenomenon, but from a higher perspective, ministers are nothing more than tools for the monarch to seek personal gain. That’s all.
If you do this tool well, you will be rich and prosperous. If you do it poorly, you may be punished or even die.
If the monarch does not care about the people and only collects taxes to enrich his family, then the ministers will basically not do anything for the people.
How many monarchs in the world really try to completely resolve the war for the sake of the people?
Which monarch doesn't go to war just to expand his territory?
Which emperor doesn't want to let his bloodline always control the kingship after becoming famous?
At this moment, Xiang Yan felt that she was no longer in an antagonistic relationship with Ying Zheng. They were also children of China and should do something for the people of the world.
What Xiang Yan can do is to cultivate Gong Ziyu into an adult according to Ying Zheng's plan.
Seeing Xiang Yan's eyes gradually becoming firm, Ying Zheng said: "I will leave a sum of money to General Xiang for Yu'er's use, and at the same time give him a few things."
Xiang Yan waved his hand and said, "The King of Qin is interested, but the Xiang family is not short of money."
Ying Zheng insisted: "This is some compensation from me to Yu'er. General Xiang, please don't refuse."
Xiang Yan knew that it was not easy to refuse, so he said, "Okay, let me keep it for my next generation, and when Yu'er becomes an adult, I will hand it over to him."
Ying Zheng nodded, and then took out a dagger from his arms, which was exactly the one Ji Fa gave him when he first met him.
"This dagger cuts iron like clay. It is a rare sharp blade. Leave it to Yu'er." Ying Zheng said, "I also plan to give him a BMW horse and a sharp sword, but I will wait until he is older in a few years. Send it over again."
"Okay, then I'll accept it." Xiang Yan took the dagger and put it in his arms.
After talking about the important things, the two returned to Gong Ziyu's bedroom together.
I saw that Hu Yu was still holding the baby, and there was a longevity lock on his neck.
Hu Yu looked at Xiang Yan and said, "This is the longevity lock given to me by my father when I was a child. Now I leave it to Yu'er. I hope General Xiang will take good care of it and not lose it."
Xiang Yan cupped her hands and said, "Madam, don't worry."
Ying Zheng knew that if he took Hu Yu back now, she would definitely refuse, so he said to Xiang Yan, "It's not easy for mother and son to be reunited. How about I keep disturbing you at home for three more days?"
"Of course it's no problem." Xiang Yan laughed, "Xiang gets what he wants."
"Three days?" Hu Yu looked up at Ying Zheng. It seemed that the number of days was a bit short.
Ying Zheng said: "Three days are quite a few days. There are a lot of things to do when we go back."
Hu Yu said nothing more, which was regarded as acquiescence.
In the next three days, Hu Yu stayed with Gong Ziyu all day long, while Ying Zheng, accompanied by Xiang Yan, traveled around to see the customs and customs of Chu State.
Ji Fa, however, is always missing during the day and only returns to Qin camp at night.
After dinner on the third day, Ying Zheng came to Ji Fa's tent and gave Ji Fa the ornaments, calligraphy and paintings he had bought in the market these days.
"Master, we will leave Shouchun tomorrow, but I also want to go to Huangshan." Ying Zheng said.
Ji Fa didn't expect that he would make this request, but it's no wonder. He just went to Yinshan Mountain, how could he not be curious about Huangshan Mountain, which is the core of the third dragon vein and the real location of the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum.
"Forget it this time. You've been out for so long. Let's wait until we capture Chu State. It's not very safe yet." Ji Fa said.
"That's right." Ying Zheng felt a little disappointed.
Ji Fa smiled and said: "Huangshan is too far, but on the way back, we can go to another place."
"Another place?" Ying Zheng quickly imagined every place protected by mythical beasts in his mind.
"Could it be... Shennongjia?"
Ji Fa smiled and said, "That's right. If you go back to Xianyang from here, if you take a slight turn, you can go to Shennongjia."
"Haha, that's great." Ying Zheng jumped up happily, "Didn't Master say that Shennongjia is extremely mysterious? It's much more fun than Huangshan."
"The Ronin Begins with Douluo"
Ji Fa said coldly: "I hope you still find it fun when we get there."
Ying Zheng slightly stuck out the tip of his tongue, and then began to arrange the itinerary.
The Huben army was divided into two teams. One team, with 1,500 men, escorted Hu Yu back to Xianyang. The other team followed Ying Zheng and detoured to Shennongjia, and then headed north back to Xianyang.
When Hu Yu heard that Ying Zheng was going to Shennongjia, he became curious again and wanted to follow him.
But how could Ying Zheng let her follow the adventure? What's more, there was a divine beast Ba Xia guarding him there. If Ba Xia saw someone unrelated to him, the consequences could be imagined.
According to Ji Fa, the Baxia clan is the most difficult one to get along with because the dragon clan punished them and made them carry the inscription of peace with the Gods for generations, so the Baxia clan is inevitably somewhat hostile to the Gods.
However, since the Dragon Clan sent a tyrant to guard the dragon veins, after thousands of years of getting along, the tyrant guarding Shennongjia seems to be relatively close to the Tiancheng lineage.
After all, the character of the Turtle Clan is to remain aloof from the world.
Shennongjia is the purest primitive forest, where there are many insect beasts that do not appear in the outside world. It is said that these insect beasts were part of the egg clan that did not follow them when they moved into Jiuyou as a whole. Later, the dragon clan was afraid of being harmed by them. Human beings gathered them together and did not allow them to leave that area.
Early that morning, Ying Zheng entered the Chu Palace and bid farewell to the King of Chu.
The King of Chu took his uncle's hand and led him outside the palace.
Hu Yu hugged Gong Ziyu and was reluctant to let go, but Ying Zheng pulled him hard and separated the mother and son.
With tears in her eyes, Hu Yu followed Ying Zheng, but her eyes never moved away from Gong Ziyu for a moment. Even when the courtyard wall blocked her sight, her gaze still stayed in that direction.
Ying Zheng gave Hu Yu a fake look and said angrily: "Didn't we make an agreement before coming here not to be too nostalgic?"
Hu Yu said a little aggrieved: "Your Majesty, don't you want to take a few more glances?"
This sentence stopped Ying Zheng from asking. He stopped, turned around with Hu Yu, and looked at the courtyard wall of Xiang Mansion.
In this farewell, seeing each other again has become unknown, and meeting by chance may not mean knowing each other.
After leaving Shouchun, the team first arrived in Nanyang and then divided into two teams.
Hu Yu pouted and followed one of the teams back to Xianyang, while Ying Zheng led the other team to Shennongjia.
The mountain road was difficult to walk, so everyone, including Ji Fa, switched to horses.
Thorin followed Ying Zheng and asked curiously: "Brother Wang, you said that the place called Shennongjia is very magical. How mysterious is it?"
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "I haven't been there either, and of course I haven't seen it, but it will become clear soon."
Qiang Yu on the side also became interested: "Then Brother Wang should know what the mystery is."
Ying Zheng explained: "It is said that there are many birds and beasts that have never been seen before, which are different from what we usually see, and most of them are mainly white."
"There's nothing strange about this." Qiang Yu said, "The fat sheep are all white. I've also seen white wolves."
Ying Zheng rolled his eyes at him and said, "In your eyes, there are only fat sheep."
Qiang Xu curled his lips: "It's not my fault, we really only have fat sheep there."
Ying Zheng: "..."
In fact, he was right. There weren't many species on the plateau.
Ji Fa, who was behind, heard the conversation of several people and said: "In Shennongjia, there are countless strange snakes with square heads, big-bellied spiders, and strange monkeys with long ears."
After saying this, not only Ying Zheng and others, but also the people behind him were stunned when they heard this, imagining the weird things Ji Fa described in their minds.
Thorin was naturally courageous, and he laughed and said: "This is amazing. When we get there, we will hunt as much as we want to see if there are toads with three eyes."
The tense atmosphere was relieved immediately.
Ying Zheng smiled and said, "If you are hunting, you can keep those things for yourself."
Thorin shook his head and said, "Who knows if the meat is poisonous? It would be nice to leave some fur on it."
A group of people chatted and walked for three or four days before an endless mountain forest appeared in front of them.
Ji Fa told everyone that entering this mountain forest officially entered the scope of Shennongjia.
In order to avoid getting separated and encountering any accidents, Ying Zheng ordered every thirty people to form a group, and the group leader was responsible for the safety of the group.
Every three groups form a team and move forward with the word "Pin".
Every three teams form a cone-shaped queue, connected front to back.
The tools and ropes I bought along the way finally came in handy.
At first, the mountain forest was the same as the outside, but the further inside, the denser it became, and the height became higher and higher. The leaves seemed to have connected into a big umbrella, blocking most of the sunlight.
After passing through this tall forest, there was a shrubbery ahead, and the soil under my feet became softer and softer.
Thorin and Qiang Yu led the way. They had lived in the Gobi and plateaus with few plants since childhood. They had never seen such a jungle. They thought it was novel and walked in the front.
Different birds and insects kept ringing from all directions, all kinds of strange things.
Thorin looked around and saw a cricket-like flying insect on a tree trunk. It was colorful and quite pretty.
He was about to reach out to catch it, but Qiang Yu grabbed his wrist.
"Brother, don't catch them randomly." Qiang Yu said, "These colorful bugs are probably poisonous."
Thorin quickly retracted his hand, and then looked up and down the trunk and branches to see if there were any other poisonous insects.
Qiang He said: "The poisonousness of these poisonous insects is nothing. Here, you must be careful of poisonous snakes, scorpions, etc., and do not pick fruits or mushrooms to eat."
"In that case, you have to tell the people behind you to make an early decision." Thorin quickly ordered people to pass the message to the back, and be sure to pay attention to poisonous insects and poisonous weeds.
Not far forward, my feet became softer and softer. I heard a cry of surprise. A sergeant next to Zhang Yong had fallen into the quagmire. In an instant, it was already up to his knees and was still sinking.
Zhang Yong had quick eyes and quick hands. He took out the rope on his body and threw it to the sergeant.
Several people came to help and quickly pulled him out.
Although the person came out, a pair of shoes got stuck in the mud.
"It seems that there is a swamp ahead." Zhang Yong said to the back while helping the sergeant clean up the mud, "Report the situation here to the king, and the others will stand by and wait for the king's decision."
Not long after, Ying Zheng arrived. He looked at the swamp in front of him and shook his head helplessly: "Let's take a detour. Walking around like this is not an option. It's better to ask Master for help."
