Master, why can this dead frog come back to life? Fusu asked Chunyu Yue very puzzledly: "Did Shangjun Villa really master the art of immortality?" "
Chunyu Yue stroked his beard and said: "Everything in the world has its life and death. This is the way of nature. It is against the way of nature to change the fate of Shang Jun's Courtyard."
Fusu said: "So, Master thinks they are indeed deducing the longevity technique?"
Chunyu Yue hummed: "That's probably the case. However, the road to immortality is so difficult, they may have just begun. During this period, we must pay close attention to Shangjun Courtyard."
"If their experiments cause the earth to break apart and three disasters, drought, flood and locusts, then the heaven and earth are angry, and we must try to stop it."
"Otherwise, before the longevity technique has been successfully developed, our country, Great Qin, would have been wiped out."
Fusu nodded solemnly.
He and Chunyu Yue looked at each other, both of them with serious faces, as if the rise and fall of the world had fallen on their shoulders.
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Li Shui and Li Xin are ready to return to Da Qin.
Ruling the Maurya Kingdom was easier than they thought, much easier.
The people here don't seem to care who the king is or who the officials are, as long as they have something to eat.
Later, Li Shui learned that the people of the Peacock Kingdom felt that everything in the world was just a dream and that everyone was just living in a dream.
Only after you die can you enter the real world.
Therefore, the people here are very docile and can survive as long as they can. Anyway, you can go to heaven after you die.
Therefore, Li Shui and Li Xin left some generals to guard all parties and maintain law and order.
The rest of the class returned to the court.
On the way back to Xianyang City, an interesting thing happened.
While passing through the Western Regions, the only captured Huns nobleman suddenly saw his own people.
In the Western Regions, countless Huns changed from herders to miners.
After the Xiongnu nobles saw these tribesmen, a glimmer of hope suddenly ignited deep in their hearts.
He originally thought that his tribe was extinct, but he didn't expect to find out today that there are still many Huns.
If he raises his arms and shouts, these Huns will definitely sweep the world again, and by then, the northern grasslands will belong to the Huns again.
And he will also change from an ordinary nobleman to a Chanyu of the Huns.
Regardless of success or failure, it is much better than being a prisoner and being escorted to Xianyang City.
Thinking of this, the Hun nobles became enthusiastic and escaped secretly at night.
This is his hometown, and he is familiar with every plant and tree here. When he burrowed into the lush vegetation, there was no trace at all, and he actually evaded capture.
At dawn the next day, the Qin soldiers responsible for guarding the Xiongnu nobles discovered that this guy was missing.
These Qin soldiers were frightened and came to apologize to Li Shui. Unexpectedly, Li Shui laughed loudly and comforted them and said: "It's okay, it's just one person who escaped. You must be careful in the future."
These Qin soldiers burst into tears of gratitude, prostrated themselves on the ground, and kept saluting.
Li Shui patted their shoulders and asked them to leave.
Li Xin said to Li Shui: "Brother Huai, this trick of yours is very effective in winning people's hearts. But... the Xiongnu nobles have run away. Should we send someone to arrest them immediately?"
Li Shui scratched his head: "It's not easy to catch. The grassland is vast and sparsely populated. If he hides anywhere, we won't be able to find him even if we search for decades."
"In order to find one person, tens of thousands of people need to travel. How much gold, silver, food and grass will be spent? The gain outweighs the loss."
Li Xin said: "Otherwise, if this person provokes civil strife, it will not be a matter of spending some food, grass, gold and silver."
Li Shui said with a smile: "Brother Li, don't worry, this person can't stir up civil strife. If you don't believe it, let's give it a try?"
Li Xin frowned: "If this goes wrong, it won't be as simple as losing a bet. The world is in chaos, and the price is too high. I'm afraid both of us will end up dead."
Li Shui said: "Brother Li, don't worry, I have a gold medal to avoid death. What are you afraid of?"
Li Xin: "..."
You have a death-free medal, but I damn don’t.
Li Shui saw Li Xin's sad face and said sympathetically: "Brother Li, you defeated the Xiongnu in three months, which was a great achievement. Why didn't you think of asking your majesty for a gold medal to avoid death?"
Li Xin sighed: "What's the use of saying this now? It's too late to get a gold medal to avoid death."
Li Shui said sympathetically: "This time we destroyed the Peacock Kingdom and the Xiongnu Kingdom one after another. It is considered a great achievement. Remember to ask for the gold medal from His Majesty."
Li Xin said with a bitter face: "Brother Huai, are you looking for fun with me? Now that the Hun nobles have escaped, they may incite the Huns to rebel. I am about to be in disaster. Do I still want the gold medal?"
Li Shui thought for a while and said: "Since Brother Li is so worried, I will help Brother Li. The whole army will stay and repair here for ten days. Within these ten days, you can search for the Xiongnu noble. What? ?”
Li Xin frowned and said, "Is ten days too short?"
Li Shui shook his head: "It's not short, it's enough."
Li Xin sighed and went to arrange manpower.
In his opinion, ten days was definitely not enough, but it didn't matter. If he couldn't find this person, he wouldn't leave.
After Li Xin left, Li Shui simply started visiting the major mines in the Western Region.
When Bo Xiang heard that the banished immortal had arrived, he was so excited that he drove hundreds of miles overnight to visit Li Shui.
Li Shui asked Xiang Bo: "What have you gained in the Western Regions recently?"
Xiang Bo said with shame: "In the past few months, I have only found one gold mine and a few coal mines. I am very ashamed."
The guard next to Li Shui looked confused: Isn't this enough? What else do you want?
Li Shui snorted: "It seems that you have never found the rare mineral deposit in this world."
Xiang Bo sighed: "Yes, the villain has never been found. I wonder if the Exalted Immortal can give me some advice so that I can have a direction."
Li Shui thought for a while and said: "This substance should be very dark, very sticky, and pungent, but after being refined, it can be used for burning, and the effect is very good."
Xiang Bo quickly wrote it down, and then asked piously: "Then where is this thing?"
Li Shui said: "There is definitely such a thing in the Western Region. It is mostly buried deep underground. However, it is buried shallowly in some places and traces can also be found on the surface."
Uncle Xiang responded, chatted with Li Shui for a few more words, and left in a hurry.
Xiang Bo wanted to find this artifact as soon as possible. Once he found it, he could collect the last medal. After all the medals are collected, they can be exchanged for a chance to banish the immortal to intercede in court.
Xiang Bo planned to take the initiative to confess his identity as a rebel at that time.
With the banished immortal interceding for mercy, Xiang Bo believed that he could survive. And since he is an expert at finding mineral deposits, his life should not be too bad.
Even if life is not as good as it is now, it is still pretty good to be able to live a down-to-earth life.
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Li Xin led tens of thousands of people, one person standing every few dozen meters, to conduct a large-scale investigation on the grassland like a net.
The surrounding lookout posts were also alert, and many Qin soldiers were observing the surroundings with telescopes. As soon as a suspicious person shows up, the cavalry will immediately rush over to interrogate him.
The atmosphere on the grassland suddenly became tense.
Some rumors started to appear in the mine.
Some people say that the Qin Dynasty is still worried about the Huns after all, and is preparing to destroy the Huns.
Fortunately, Li Shui went on patrol these days when he had nothing to do, and was not hostile to the Huns, so the Huns felt a little more relaxed.
Some Huns boldly asked Li Shui: "Exiled Immortal, there are soldiers everywhere on the grassland today. Is this going to be a war?"
This is a question knowingly. The Xiongnu Kingdom has been destroyed and all the grassland territory belongs to Da Qin. How can we fight here? There is simply no battle to fight.
So there is only one explanation for Qin Bing's presence here, which is to eradicate the weeds.
After all, Qin Bing had a criminal record. Didn't he kill Zhao's 400,000 surrendered soldiers before?
After Li Shui learned about the Huns' doubts, he smiled, took out the photo, and said to them: "I'm just catching a rebel."
The person in the photo is the Hun noble.
Li Shui introduced: "This man followed Sha Tilie and Mao Dun and went to the west to establish a Xiongnu kingdom. He wanted to fight back our Great Qin. Unexpectedly, before we took action, they killed each other and destroyed the country in a confused way. ”
"This Hun noble was captured by us. But when he came near here, he escaped, so we are searching for him."
After hearing this, the surrounding Huns were all filled with indignation.
They all shouted, "We have finally had a good few days, and these people want to start a fight again. It's really hateful."
Huns, what kind of national concept do they have?
When they faced off against Da Qin before, they did not treat Da Qin as an outsider. Later, when the Huns were destroyed, they worked in the mines run by the Qin people and found that life was much better than before.
Therefore, they love Da Qin even more.
Now as long as you are willing to work hard, you can have three meals a day, you can be fed and clothed, and you can have children.
No need to worry about the leader recruiting troops, no need to worry that he might die in battle one day.
This...this is simply a magical day.
What's going on now? There is a Hun noble who wants everyone to go back?
Continue to go back to the grasslands, herding cattle and sheep, being oppressed by tribal leaders, and living like slaves?
Isn't that crazy?
So these Huns all expressed that they would help Banxian catch this person as soon as possible.
Li Shui nodded with satisfaction.
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Five days passed, and the Hun nobles finally lost their temper.
These days, he has been hiding here and there. While hiding, he was also observing the situation around him.
Finally, he chose a coal mine as his target.
This is because the Qin people have the fewest guards in this coal mine, only thirty people, and the rest are Xiongnu miners.
The Hun nobles saw the miners going down the well every morning and coming up at night. Everyone was dark, like ghosts crawling out of the ground.
The Xiongnu nobles couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: These Qin people are really cruel. They had no idea what a terrible place they had dug, and they actually forced me, the Huns, to do such a thing.
In fact, the Xiongnu nobles did not care whether their people lived in hell. When he drank wine and ate meat before, he never cared about whether his tribe had food.
But now...if the tribe's life is not good, then there is an opportunity.
So, on a dark and windy night, the Hun nobles lay down on the grass and crawled forward. After several hours, they finally climbed to the Huns' camp.
There is a large room here with a row of low couches made of stones, covered with straw, and the Huns lay on the straw.
The conditions are very simple, but not worse than the previous tents.
The Hun noble groped in the corner for a while, found a flint and lit the oil lamp.
The light awakened the Huns here.
They opened their eyes and looked at the Hun nobles curiously: "Who are you?"
The Xiongnu nobles cleared their throats and said with as noble an expression as possible: "The Xiongnu Chanyu is dead, and all the nobles are dead and injured. I am the purest of blood. You respect me as a Chanyu, and I will lead you to restore the prestige of the Xiongnu." .”
Huns on the low couch, you look at me, I look at you.
They whispered to each other and said one after another: "This person seems a bit similar."
"It doesn't look a bit like him, it's clearly him."
"I didn't expect it. He actually bumped into me. It's really God's foresight."
The Hun noble did not understand what these Huns said, but he probably understood that these Huns seemed to recognize his identity.
Once you recognize your identity, it's good. Once you recognize your identity, the next thing will be much easier to handle.
While the Hun nobles were thinking, a white light suddenly flashed.
He saw a Huns pick up a polished iron pick from the corner. The white light just now was caused by the iron pick reflecting the oil lamp.
The Hun noble was stunned and smiled at this man: "There is no need to be so anxious. We still need to prepare for the attack."
The Huns were stunned for a moment and let out a faint sigh, but they were not put back with the pickaxe.
The Hun nobles suddenly realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere here.
After all, he is a nobleman and has seen a lot of the market. Now he looked through the light of the oil lamp and found that many Huns were looking at him with evil intentions.
The Xiongnu nobles were shocked and thought: Could it be that these people have defected to the Qin people? Become a shameful traitor?
At the critical moment of life and death, the Hun noble's mind was spinning very fast, and he whispered: "There are two of my companions outside. Please wait a moment, and I will call them in to discuss important matters together."
When the Huns in the room heard that there were accomplices, they immediately stopped taking action.
The Hun nobles took advantage of this time to turn around and leave the room, running towards the vast grassland.
But not long after he ran, he remembered a shouting sound behind him.
The Huns realized something was wrong and alerted the guards.
The Xiongnu nobles ran out of breath. As they ran, they cursed in their hearts: I didn't expect that we, the Xiongnu, would produce so many shameless people. If it weren't for them, we, the Xiongnu, would definitely be able to restore our country.
A sense of tragedy suddenly arose in the hearts of the Xiongnu nobles.
