Looking at the changing scenery outside the carriage, Doll had mixed feelings in his heart. From today on, he is an adult. An adult must be on his own. He can no longer rely on Xiao Gao and his mother for everything as before.
Their carriages and horses changed several times, and they galloped day and night for nearly three days and three nights. Zhao Ji couldn't bear the fatigue of traveling and traveling, and she vomited for three days and three nights. The four people escorting their mother and son didn't look very good, but no one dared to order the team to stop for a while at this time, just because they were about to enter the Qin State's border. If they were caught up by the pursuers at this time, with their current troops, When you are exhausted, you have absolutely no ability to resist.
The baby was resting in the carriage when someone handed him a skin bag: "Sir, this is clean water brought by my subordinates from the river." Zhao Zheng heard the soldier who brought the water in spoke in a hoarse voice, and did not immediately take the water bag. , the soldier initially said that he thought the water bag was one he had used. Unexpectedly, he raised his finger and pointed at the other three people and asked, "Have they all drank?" Unexpectedly, he would ask this question. After being stunned, the soldier shook his head numbly.
"You take it and drink it, then bring it in again." Zhao Zheng said and put down the curtain again, leaning back with his small body. In fact, his own voice was not clear at this moment... This young soldier looked like He was only in his early twenties, so in order to let him go out to practice this time, the family couldn't help but take over this job from the prince.
Originally, he said that he was just escorting the mother and son back to the country, which was not difficult, but he didn't want to be pursued by the Zhao soldiers all the way, and the burden on him became heavier and heavier.
This time, I saw the weak and weak mother running around day and night with the big men like them, but she never complained. She obeyed their orders in everything. She didn't put on airs or lose her temper. She even endured when she was feeling unwell and she had a pale face, and she wouldn't hold them back. hind legs. The young soldier felt that the mother and son were really pitiful, so he left the team and brought some water for them to drink, so as to moisten their throats. Unexpectedly, he received such a reply. For a moment, he couldn't tell what he felt in his heart.
"Then, the young master will reward you." Everyone was stunned, and after receiving his order, they immediately took the water bag and drank it in turn. The young soldier soon filled up some new water and put it into the carriage. Zhao Zheng took the water bag and served his mother to drink it, while asking him: "What is your name?" The young soldier was stunned again, and then replied: "Subordinate Li Xin." The baby nodded to him and said: "Remember Stay, thank you."
However, not long after that, they had to control the carriage to stop. Because the road ahead was blocked by cut branches, a dozen Zhao soldiers wearing armor and holding long swords jumped out from the surrounding area and stopped them. "The brothers caught it."
It is true that the four of them are exhausted, but in the current moment of justice, their duty is to protect the people in the carriage. Is it not true to the tradition of the old Qin people to value love and righteousness at the expense of life? Since he couldn't just watch the dolls and women he protected being slaughtered, he could only fight to the death. Li Xin made a gesture, and the other three people understood and quickly drew their swords from their waists to block the carriage.
Both sides immediately fought in a massacre. Strangely enough, a dozen Zhao soldiers were not very serious at first because of their numerical and strength advantages, but when they saw that the other party became red-eyed and fought bravely, they accidentally knocked down two of them, so they hurriedly ordered: "Everyone is fighting." Cheer me up." After all, there was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides. Soon the four of them were retreating, and they were all lightly or seriously injured. Seeing that they might die if they continued to fight, Zhao Zheng ignored his mother's stop and went straight to the scene. He opened the curtain and jumped out of the carriage.
Then he said loudly: "Wait a minute." Originally, the other party said that he was just a ten-year-old boy who couldn't make any big waves, so no one noticed that he had a dagger in his hand. At this time, he quietly pulled out the dagger and placed it on his neck calmly. Zhao Ji behind him could not persuade him to stop, and she was already paralyzed with fear. The doll repeated again: "Wait."
This time everyone really stopped and looked at him blankly. Although he was small, he stood upright and fearless in black clothes, and he also brought a bit of shocking power: "As a hostage of the Qin State, if I die in the Zhao State, you will definitely not be able to communicate with each other when I go back. If the two countries go to war over this, do you think Zhao will still spare your lives?"
"You..." Someone originally wanted to ridicule him, laughing at him for not daring to do anything, but unexpectedly, a drop of bright red liquid flowed down his neck, and his eyes did not blink. The man immediately fell silent. Then he asked again: "How... how are you doing?" It's strange to say that he is just a young kid, and now he is holding a dagger to his neck and threatening people, but he is calmer than anyone else.
Zhao Zheng raised his other finger and pointed at Li Xin and the others: "They were just following orders to send my mother and son here, and they did not hesitate to protect each other with their lives. They have done their best to benevolent and righteous. I don't want my benefactor to suffer, nor do I want my mother to suffer." , as long as you release them, I will let you go back."
Li Xin and the others never thought that the child in front of them, who was born in the State of Zhao and grew up in the State of Zhao, could actually capture 100% of the essence of the Qin people. Why is it not admirable to value justice over life? "Young Master..." Zhao Zheng glanced at him and signaled Li Xin to take his mother away quickly. Just when Li Xin clenched his fists in helplessness, a loud voice came from behind them: "Who is chasing down the dolls and women on our Mo family's territory?"
When Zhao Zheng heard that it was the Mohist family, his eyes lit up, the corner of his mouth curled up, and he immediately raised his voice: "Zhao Zheng once heard from his teacher that Mohists are mostly chivalrous people who believe in the principle of universal love and non-aggression. Are you lucky enough to meet me?" A clear voice echoed above everyone's heads and lingered for a long time.
When the other party heard his compliments, he couldn't help but marveled: "Young gentleman, you actually know the essentials of Mohism?" Zhao Zheng said frankly: "When the teacher was studying "Mozi", he mentioned it to Zhao Zheng." The other party smiled heartily: "That's the case. , then we have to save him."
Although the two sides have not met, these questions and answers completely ignore the dozen or so Zhao soldiers. Seeing that the Mo family sent out a large number of people this time, compared with the two, they had already lost the battle. The Zhao State was very unwilling and wanted to send someone to deliver the message, but was unexpectedly stopped by others.
The Mo family was always straightforward in doing things. They quickly surrounded and forced a dozen Zhao soldiers to retreat. They also took the initiative to clear away the chopped branches on the roadside and asked Li Xin and others to take the others and leave first. Zhao Zheng put the dagger into the sheath and carefully put it in his arms, and bowed to the leader: "Can you tell me the name of the benefactor?" The man waved his hand indifferently: "I just happened to save you, and a dozen grown men bullied me. You guys are so dishonest, as Mohists, you can’t go back on the instructions of our ancestors, so you can just leave in peace.”
Zhao Zheng raised his head, looked at him steadily for a moment, and smiled relievedly and said: "Thank you." Just now, when he was holding the dagger and threatening the enemy with a straight face, he still had some masculinity of green pines and cypresses, but now Turning around and climbing onto the carriage, I felt a little immature and clumsy as a child, and it took me several attempts to climb up. Li Xin and the others looked in their eyes and felt in a daze. But they did not dare to waste any more time, and hurriedly bowed their hands to the group of Mohists, then rushed away in a horse carriage.
The next day, before dawn, they finally crossed the border between Qin and Zhao and entered the land of Qin. At this time, a team of people was waiting not far away. Zhao Ji, who was originally in low spirits, suddenly burst into tears when she opened the curtain and saw someone, and she regained some of her energy.
The person who came was a spirited man in his fifties, wearing ink clothes and a high crown. As soon as Zhao Ji saw him, she struggled to get out of the carriage. Seeing this, the man also walked forward in two or two steps. He was only three steps away from Zhao Ji. Stopping at a distant place, the two looked at each other and were silent for a long time.
Zhao Zheng intuitively knew that this was not his Aweng, but he did not know his identity. Seeing him and his mother looking at each other like this, he felt a little unhappy. However, before he could figure out the situation, he forced himself to put the feelings in his heart away. The displeasure was suppressed.
"Buwei." Zhao Ji spoke first. Lu Buwei looked at Zhao Ji, who used to be the most beautiful person in Handan, but now she was emaciated and weathered, and felt indescribable bitterness in her heart: "You have suffered so much these years." After saying that, he turned his eyes to Zhao Zheng who was standing aside and said nothing. On his body, Zhao Zheng clearly saw that he breathed a sigh of relief the moment he saw him, and then said to Zhao Ji incoherently: "This child is... so, so, so similar!"
Before meeting the person, Lu Buwei was worried that the child didn't look like a stranger. He was afraid that if he made other plans later, it would become very difficult. After all, the husband and wife have been separated for so long, and in the middle... But looking at it now, the eyes of the father and the son, the nose and the nose... are similar everywhere, and the big stone in my heart finally fell, so that I was so arrogant.
When he came back to his senses, Lu Buwei puffed up his sleeves and saluted Zhao Zheng respectfully: "Your Majesty, Lu Buwei, has met the young master." Zhao Zheng was not very happy from the moment he saw this man, but his face was impeccable. , nodded and said: "I understand." Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Lu Buwei looked solemn and corrected him seriously: "I salute you, the young master should be called 'free of ceremony'."
Although he didn't like this person, he knew that he was helping him, so Zhao Zheng nodded along with his words and changed his words: "No courtesy." Lu Buwei looked at him with satisfaction, and praised Zhao Ji: "Young Master is very sensible." Then Lu Buwei took the initiative to hold Zhao Zheng's hand. Zhao Zheng subconsciously wanted to pull his hand out of his rough palm, but he held it tightly and could not let go for a while.
Lu Buwei's hands were dry, cold, and very rough. This made Zhao Zheng think of another person for a moment, and he forgot to resist again. The man in his memory always had a soft smile on his lips, his hands were smooth and slender, and his palms were always warm. When he held them, he would feel at ease. Now that he was thousands of miles away from Zhao Gao, Zhao Zheng felt very sad when he thought of him.
At this time, there were two identical carriages in front of them. Lu Buwei led them to get on one of them. Then, following his order, the soldiers here separated into a group to guard the other empty carriage and drove towards it first. They arrived at Xianyang, but their car chose to take the initiative to go far away and took a different route to Xianyang.
It turned out that there were people in Qin who didn't want to see their mother and son. The small Zhao Zheng looked at the unfamiliar scenery outside the carriage, his thoughts drifting away...
