Fusu was a little confused.
Bowing with an empty head is to salute the king. You should use dance-like movements. First, raise your hands high to greet the king, then place your hands in front of your forehead, and bow down dignifiedly and slowly. This is called an empty head.
However, Fusu and Mengtian had just raised their hands when they were stopped by the First Emperor. At this time, they all knelt on the ground in a posture of surrender, feeling extremely embarrassed.
It seems that the First Emperor was quite uneasy!
Moreover, Fusu could still smell the strong smell of blood in the air, and just now he saw with his own eyes a little waiter running past carrying a plate with a human head on it.
Fusu's heart moved slightly. He secretly glanced at Meng Tian who was standing aside. While he continued to bow down, he spoke carefully: "As a memorial to the First Emperor, my minister Fusu and General Meng Tian left Xianyang on the 27th of the first month of the lunar month. On the 1st of March, Entering Nanjun, we arrived at Jiangling on April 4th. Later, I and the army stopped in Jiangling and searched the surrounding counties. General Tian led hundreds of troops into Yunmeng County."
"We have obtained four hundred and thirty-four alchemists in total. Kill them all!" He lowered his head deeply and spoke anxiously.
Duanyue is the first month. The Qin Dynasty used the Zhuanxu calendar, and the tenth month was Yuan Shuo, which was the beginning of the year. However, October is not called the first month, but continues to be called October, but January is changed to the end month.
Xianyang is more than a thousand miles away from Jiangling. Even if we take the Qinzhi Road, the march will take more than a month based on the infantry's speed of thirty miles per day.
In addition, the purpose of this trip was to capture alchemists. Everywhere they arrived, the army had to stay for several days, so it took more than two months to reach Jiangling.
"My son and the general have worked hard, please raise your heads." The First Emperor's voice was hoarse, his tone was calm, and his emotions could not be heard.
"It's not hard to share the worries of the First Emperor." Fusu and Meng Tian secretly glanced at each other again, then raised his head and looked at the First Emperor.
I saw the First Emperor wearing a crown, with twelve colorful jade stones hanging from silk threads hanging in front of his face, and his deep eyes could be vaguely seen.
"If we reach Jiangling, half of the Chu land will be already there, right?" The First Emperor spoke slowly, with a hoarse and low voice.
"Yes!" Fusu didn't dare to look for a long time and lowered his head again.
"In half of Chu, there are only more than 400 alchemists?" the First Emperor said leisurely.
In the past, Chu State was able to suppress the Emperor of Zhou and all the princes in the north with the power of one country. The importance of Jiuding relied on its vast territory and large population.
This was a behemoth that was three times the size of Qin. It was so huge that the king of Chu didn't even bother to count how many people there were. Anyway, the Chu region has a warm and humid climate and rich products. In later generations, the so-called land of fish and rice was all in the Chu region.
The king of Chu never sent food or money. If the kings of Chu in the past dynasties had not been a little lax in fighting wars, and summed it up as "send", the soldiers and weapons would not have been short. After the Qin Dynasty destroyed Chu, it was only a rough estimate that there were five million people in the country, that is, the people living in the city.
The Chu region is mountainous and has water networks that make travel difficult, and it is also difficult to build cities. If there are five million citizens, the savages are afraid of less than ten million!
Such a big country that can reach the Qin Dynasty instead of half of the Qin Dynasty, half of the land, only has more than 400 alchemists?
My son, you are very serious about letting yourself go.
It should be noted that just in Shijun, where Xianyang is located, 9,000 alchemists were found!
Fusu's whole body was shocked.
"It's my crime!"
He quickly bowed to the ground again: "However, I have never slacked off in Chudi. I checked day and night just to not let anyone go."
"Don't... kill someone by mistake!" He said meaningfully.
There was a clatter of jade stones, and the First Emperor was obviously so angry that the jade bars on his crown began to shake, and Fusu did not dare to raise his head.
He knew that his father was no longer a father since he abandoned all his first and last names and directly addressed him as the First Emperor!
But a talented and strategic emperor!
He only wants to create a great cause that will last forever, but the relationship between father and son has long been indifferent!
As his eldest son, if I want to meet him, I must do so honestly, twenty steps apart!
The title is also the same as that of other princes and even ministers in the country: he is called the First Emperor, not his father!
"Fortunately, I still have the status of a royal family, otherwise, I would have been called His Majesty the First Emperor." Fusu thought mockingly to himself.
No wonder he thinks so, his position is not high, because he will be the weakest.
According to the laws of Qin, when Your Majesty meets the First Emperor, you cannot talk directly to the First Emperor at all, but need to be relayed by the chamberlain.
The internal servants stood under the rank of the First Emperor, so they were called "Your Majesty".
In other words, if Fusu is not of the public family, he can only talk to the chamberlain, and the chamberlain will represent the First Emperor at this time and say, His Majesty the First Emperor!
"Good one, good to kill one person!" The First Emperor's voice sounded faintly, but Fusu could hear the overwhelming anger in it.
"So, my superior general, what about you?" The indifferent voice spoke again, but this time it was aimed at Meng Tian.
"I heard that you led a hundred troops to Yunmeng County on the seventh day, and returned to Jiangling alone on the eighth day. Why?"
Meng Tian's expression also moved slightly. He had not had time to speak since he came in, but unlike Fusu, he knelt upright and never lowered his head.
He lowered his eyes, looked at the nine steps at the feet of the First Emperor, and said respectfully: "As a reminder to the First Emperor, I will go to Yunmeng County on the 7th, search the county, and find out that there are twenty-three alchemists, and more than twenty who are called spiritual beasts. Kill them all!"
"Then, I heard from people in Chu that there were gods in Yunmeng Mountain. I led my personal guards to Yunmeng Mountain in order to capture them!"
"I don't want to," he said through gritted teeth, "I have to meet strangers in the mountains!"
A violent cough sounded, but it was Fusu beside him. He winked desperately at Meng Tian, but it was already too late.
There was a golden cry of "canglang", but the First Emperor had once again drawn the sword from his waist.
"Alien!"
He slashed the bamboo slips on the desk with his sword. There was a crash, the weft was cut off, and the bamboo pieces flew around.
"immortal!"
He slashed the bamboo slips several times with his sword, but still couldn't forgive his hatred, he kicked the book desk hard and kicked the entire book desk away, causing the bamboo slips to scatter on the floor.
"Also, Alchemist!"
Like a trapped animal, he kicked away the scattered bamboo slips, and his sword danced wildly in the air.
"Everything was deceived from me!"
"They are all roosters, dogs, and thieves. They have no king and no father!"
"How can there be room in my world for strangers, alchemists and gods?"
"I just wish I could kill all of you, pigs and dogs, with my own hands!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Seeing the First Emperor going crazy on the jade steps, several chamberlains stood up from the corner, rolling and crawling on the ground, trying to come up and support the First Emperor, risking being struck in two by a sword.
Fusu's face instantly turned white.
He glanced at Meng Tian angrily and resentfully.
I told you before that you should not talk about this matter in front of the First Emperor. You must say it.
Sure enough, it made the First Emperor furious!
However, although the First Emperor was cold and easy to kill before, he was not so crazy.
Is it possible that the First Emperor fell into disgrace?
