Under the vast grassland, the moonlight was cold, and Zhang Xilong stood there not knowing what to say.
Do you feel that Mao Dun is too smart, or do you feel that your master has no clues?
He didn't know.
After a long time, he just sighed and said: "Human, it is indeed such a creature."
"They're all cheap bones."
Zhang Xilong's words make sense. Before he came, Lord Dong'an said not to cooperate directly with Mao Dun, but with Touman Khan, the leader of the Huns.
And Mao Dun will definitely appear at this time and contact them secretly.
In fact, the purpose of Zhang Xilong's coming this time was not to Touman and the Huns, but to Modu.
The Xiongnu is too powerful. If you accidentally cooperate with the Xiongnu, you will fall into the sea of fire and swallow yourself.
Come and try it quickly. 】
But now there is no power to rely on, so they must seek cooperation from the Huns.
In this case, it is crucial to choose a person who is not very powerful, but needs their help and can provide them with some help.
For this candidate, Dong'an Jun chose Mao Dun,
He knew and understood Maodun. Maodun was born to Yu, the predecessor of the Xiongnu Khan Touman, and now the Xiongnu Khan Touman's favorite was his youngest son Harza.
This is an opportunity for Dong'anjun.
However, Mr. Dong'an knew better that if he came to your doorstep to cooperate, Maodun would not only not cherish it, but would instead take the opportunity to threaten him.
It's better to let him deliver it to your door.
Zhang Xilong glanced at the distant mountains, his expression seemed slightly downcast.
He didn't know when he would be able to return to his hometown. He didn't like the grasslands here and the ferocious peaks in the distance.
.........
On the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month, the weather is getting colder and colder.
This is already the fifth snowfall this year, and the snowflakes are getting bigger each time.
All the clan members had rushed back in the past two days, and even Lord Jingyang and Lord Hu Chuan in Penglaizhou were escorted to Xianyang City.
Xianyang City seemed to become lively all of a sudden.
Maybe the days should be so lively.
In the prison of Tingwei Mansion.
The prisons here are full of prisoners who have committed the most heinous crimes. Almost all the prisoners have several direct lives on their bodies, making them look extremely ferocious.
Only the person in the deepest part looks clean, even in this prison.
Naturally, this cannot be his own credit, and the jailer also provided him with a lot of convenience.
Of course, there must be people from Tingwei Mansion and the people above explaining this, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible to have such an effect.
A bit of moonlight shines through the wall into the room, and some shadows of the railings are reflected on the wall.
Zhang Liang sat among them, his expression unchanged.
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, who were captured here two years ago and were arrested together more than a year ago, are all dead, but he is the only one left.
Several kings who were randomly enfeoffed at that time were also dead. He did not believe that King Han was not dead.
It's just a pity for that young man.
He closed his eyes silently, and the shadow of his eyebrows hit his cheek, making him look a little gloomy.
Footsteps sounded in the distance.
Chen Ke walked in, wearing a brocade robe, and he was full of nobility.
He walked to Zhang Liang, sat down, looked at him and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, why don't you and I have a drink today?"
Zhang Liang raised his head when he heard footsteps, and what he saw was this high-spirited young man.
He narrowed his eyes and his hair looked a little messy.
Although Zhang Liang didn't recognize the person in front of him, he said his name in an instant: "Chen Ke."
He suddenly smiled hoarsely: "Has my day come?"
"But to be able to trouble Mr. Chen to see me off is really a big deal for a sinner like me."
Chen Ke shrugged his shoulders, and the jailer on the side had already wiped the stool for him.
He sat down directly, then looked at Zhang Liang and said, "I am no longer a young master."
Zhang Liang sneered: "What? Are you disgusted by your Emperor Qin?"
Chen Ke blinked, looked at Zhang Liang and said: "That's not true, but His Majesty's continuous grace has made me Fengchang, the head of the Nine Ministers, and even made me the governor of Linzi, Langya and Jiaodong counties. Governor of Penglaizhou."
"He also holds the position of county boss."
Chen Ke said dumbly: "So, now Mr. Zhang should call me Chen Fengchang, or Governor Chen."
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Liang looked at Chen Ke with something wrong. He seemed helpless and disgusted.
"Chen Fengchang can't be here to make me happy today, right?"
Chen Ke shook his head slightly: "That's not true."
"After all, coming to see you is not something I should be happy about."
He said with emotion: "As for your handling, I think it's time to come up with a charter, so I came to see if you have any ideas."
Chen Ke looked at Zhang Liang and said, "If you are willing to serve Great Qin, I may not be able to let you go."
Zhang Liang smiled inexplicably: "I am committing a serious crime of treason. Besides, three generations of my Zhang family have been in conflict with each other. How can Emperor Qin be at ease?"
Chen Ke tilted his head, looked at Zhang Liang and said, "Of course you can't rest assured, so you must not leave Xianyang City."
"You have no way to go to the local government to serve as an official. You can only stay under His Majesty's nose."
"Even so, there will be countless people from the Black Ice Platform looking at you."
After hearing this, Zhang Liang sneered: "Is this the measure of that tyrant?"
Chen Ke shook his head slightly: "No, His Majesty means to release you directly, as long as you are willing to serve Great Qin."
"But I don't agree."
Chen Ke said very seriously: "Your Majesty is naturally very generous, but I am not."
"Even if there is a one in 10,000 possibility, I will not let it go."
Looking at Chen Ke who was very serious, Zhang Liang suddenly became curious.
He looked at Chen Ke and said, "Chen Fengchang, I have a question. I don't know if I should ask it at this time."
Chen Ke looked at him: "What's the problem?"
Zhang Liang said directly: "When you were almost killed, didn't you bear any grudge against the emperor?"
"After that, you always thought about the emperor, but you once thought, what will you do if one day you are rejected by the emperor?"
Zhang Liang's question was very sharp and sounded a little scary.
But Chen Ke is not afraid of such problems.
He just looked at Zhang Liang and said: "First of all, I believe that Your Majesty will not do such a thing."
"Secondly, the world is so big, where can there be no place for me?"
Chen Ke dragged his cheeks and said with a smile: "The world is so big, there is always a place for me. If the day comes, I will just leave Daqin."
"Go west, across the endless desert, there is another world to the west."
"Go east and cross the endless ocean to reach the Yin Shang Continent."
"Go south. There is an unknown island to the south where I can spend the rest of my life."
Chen Ke spread his hands: "How much fear you have depends on how much you know."
"I know the world is vast, so I am never afraid."
Instead, Chen Ke looked at Zhang Liang and asked, "Actually, I want to know more. Is it really just for Han that you did so much?"
"Don't you know how many people Han made homeless and lost their wilderness?"
"Don't you really know how stupid and ridiculous the King of Han was back then?"
Chen Ke's face was also confused, and there was something he couldn't understand.
Zhang Liang just smiled and said, "Why bother?"
"You and I both have our own persistence."
He picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all in one gulp: "Okay, I know your purpose, you don't need to say any more."
"Just tell Emperor Qin what you want."
"I was born as a member of Han and will die as a ghost of Han. My special skills cannot be used by Great Qin."
"This will never change forever."
After saying that, he threw the wine glass directly to the ground, and the fine ceramics shattered.
Chen Ke didn't pay attention, just nodded indifferently, then turned and left.
He didn't care about this.
Chen Ke came here just to ask questions for the sake of the First Emperor and the Qin Dynasty.
Outstanding talents are of course useful, but not only outstanding talents can be used in this world.
In other words, some blue common cards may be more useful than golden legendary cards in some place or to some extent.
This is common sense.
When Chen Ke walked out of Tingwei's prison, it was snowing outside.
He raised his head and saw that it was already the early morning of the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month.
A line of footprints was imprinted under his body, and then spread far away, disappearing with his figure.
Not long after, Han Tan, wearing the clothes of the CRRC Car Command, came to the Tingwei prison with something on his side.
There were only three things on the wooden tray: poison, white silk, and sword.
The First Emperor still had a big heart and couldn't bear to let such a great talent die in such humiliation, so he was willing to give him the last dignity.
Of course, this may also be the best ending.
.............
Dong'an Jun's Mansion
At present, the few remaining clans have all gathered at Dong'an Jun's residence, but of course some people have not arrived.
Mr. Dong'an's expression remained unchanged, he just looked at the few people who arrived around him.
"Are we the only ones?"
Compared with the hustle and bustle of the past, this time it seems a bit too peaceful.
Someone on the side whispered: "Yes."
"We are the only ones left."
Once upon a time, when the Qin Dynasty was unified, these clans were very proud and even dared to force the emperor to implement the enfeoffment system.
But now, they only have so few people left.
Moreover, even among the people sitting here, how many are really willing to fully support the enfeoffment system?
But they are just people who take it one step at a time.
Mr. Dong'an didn't say anything. It's very difficult for these people to gather here now, let alone asking them to rebel?
He had no intention of taking these people with him to rebel.
I just want to see how many people will be on my side.
"The best way at the moment is, you know what it is."
"But, which one of you has the guts to do this now?"
Dong'an Jun asked back, stopping everyone present.
Suddenly, the courtyard seemed even quieter.
No one was willing to speak at this time, and now that these words were spoken, no one was willing to speak.
Lord Dong'an didn't dislike them either, but asked again: "Everyone, who of you has the courage to do this?"
This time, the response to Dong'an Jun was not silence, but noise.
"Dongan-kun, what do you mean?"
"Are you planning to rebel?"
More than one person asked this question. Mr. Dong'an was sitting there with a very magnanimous expression on his face: "I am the younger brother of the late king and the uncle of the current emperor. I am completely of the bloodline of Da Qin Ying. Why is it called treason?"
He pointed at everyone present and said: "Everyone, if I were the emperor, what would you want when I entrust you with the title?"
"If you do, wouldn't you also be treasonous people?"
Everyone present fell into silence again.
Sometimes silence is also a kind of support. Mr. Dong'an just stood up and said very politely: "Everyone think about it carefully, I will leave first."
With that said, he left.
After Mr. Dong'an left, the small courtyard became even more noisy. Countless people were arguing, but they didn't know what they were arguing about.
.............
Zhangtai Palace
Ying Zheng put down the pen he was reviewing the memorial in, smiled and said, "Dead?"
Han Tan bent down slightly and said in a low and respectful voice: "Dead."
"The slave only left after seeing him dead with her own eyes."
Ying Zheng's eyes were full of emotion and regret. After all, he felt that Zhang Liang was really a talent.
It would really be a good thing if it could be used by him.
"It's a pity that such a talent cannot be used by me."
Han Tan said softly: "Your Majesty, there are talented people everywhere in the Qin Dynasty, why do you have to find such a one?"
"My servant feels that what Chen Fengchang said is right. The most important thing in employing people is not talent, but loyalty."
"Loyal and obedient fools are often more useful than smart people, because they will follow your instructions meticulously, no matter how bad they are, they will not be any worse."
"Smart people sometimes have their own little thoughts and various problems."
Ying Zheng sneered: "Just listen to that kid's nonsense. He wishes that everyone in the world was like this, but Xi is not like that."
"He's a very smart man."
At this point, Ying Zheng said with emotion again: "Of course, he is also a very loyal person."
After being silent for a long time, he turned back, looked out of the hall and said, "Let the people in Heibingtai watch closely to see when those idiots are going to take action."
Han Tan nodded slightly, his expression still respectful.
...........
As the New Year approaches, things are happening everywhere, and many people begin to return to their hometowns from other places.
Xianyang city gate
The soldiers here have been holding on for a day, but there are still a lot of people coming in from outside the city gate, and they are still queuing up.
The leading soldier looked at the endless crowd in the distance and sighed.
"When will this end?"
