Chapter 39 Chapter 39 Terracotta Army

In the imperial study room, the officials who supervised the construction of the imperial tomb knelt in front of the desk. Qin Huang was furious. The construction period of the imperial tomb was delayed again. He ordered the officials to be pulled out and killed.Qin Huang was lamenting that there was no competent official, and Zhao Gao, who was serving at the side, was moved, and took the opportunity to say to Qin Huang: "Your Majesty, I do have a good candidate." Qin Shihuang said: "Tell me about it." Zhao Gao recommended Meng Yi to supervise the construction of the imperial tomb. Meng Yi commanded the battlefield well, so the quality and quantity of the imperial tomb must be guaranteed.

After hearing Zhao Gao's words, Emperor Qin was still hesitating, Zhao Gao quietly reminded: "Now that Meng Yi is famous outside, it can be said that he has made great achievements, and the Meng family army only knows Meng Yi but not the emperor, and it will become a serious trouble in the future. .Anyway, the world is peaceful now, why not cut off Meng Yi's military power and give him a job." Qin Huang nodded and agreed to Zhao Gao's suggestion, but he was hesitant about who would take over the hot potato of Meng Jiajun. Zhao Gao immediately recommended Li You. He is also a famous general and a student of Meng Tian. Presumably the Meng family army will buy him.

Meng's army assembled on the school field, and Meng Yi brought Li You to the front of the formation.Meng Yi announced that he would go to supervise the construction of the imperial tomb, and the Meng family army would be handed over to Li You.The Meng family army was in an uproar, and there were many discussions, clamoring that they did not want Meng Yi to leave. Meng Yi stared, and angrily scolded all the soldiers, "What is the soul of our Meng family army?" All the soldiers replied in unison: "Loyalty to the liver and courage, bravery to pass on the soul." Meng Yi nodded and said: "Loyalty does not refer to me, Meng Yi, but to the country. I hope everyone will always remember this, no matter whether we are called Meng Jiajun or not." Li You also clasped his fists at Meng Yi. Yi saluted and said: "Loyalty to the liver and courage, bravery to pass on the soul. I must remember this sentence."

When Meng Yi walked to the flagpole, Lieutenant General Pang gave an order, drums and horns sounded neatly, and the banner with the word "Mongolian" hanging high on the top of the flagpole in the school field slowly lowered.Meng Yi knelt down on one knee, and all the soldiers knelt down on one knee, and the flag was lowered to the ground. Deputy General He Tian led six soldiers to neatly fold the flag into squares. Deputy General Pang walked up to Meng Yi, who was kneeling on one knee, holding the folded military flag. Meng Yi took the military flag with both hands, stood up slowly, and raised his hands above his head.The drumbeat stopped suddenly, and the soldiers also shouted mournfully together.Deputy General Pang drew out his waist saber, held it flat in front of him, held the blade with his left hand, and drew out the sword with his right hand. The palm of his left hand was immediately covered with blood.

All the soldiers drew out their swords, cut their left hands like Vice-General Pang, and held them up high. Vice General Pang swears loudly to Meng Yi: "Today, I swear by the iron and blood in my hands that I will always be a member of the Meng Family Army. Until I die on the battlefield, I will become a member of the Meng Family Army's loyal soul." Meng Yi stretched out his left hand and held Vice Admiral Pang's bleeding hand tightly, saying: "No matter when and where, I, Meng Yi, are connected by blood with my brothers." Meng Yi and Vice General Pang looked at each other with tears in their eyes.Meng Yi let go of Lieutenant General Pang's hand, held the battle flag, and came in front of Chief Tian, ​​and held hands with Chief Tian's blood. He passed through the soldiers and walked to the gate of the camp. On the flag, he combined his own blood with the battle flag.

When he came to the gate of the camp, Li You was waiting for him with Hei Feng in his hand, Meng Yi jumped on the horse, Li You solemnly clasped his fists in salute, and said, "Take care!" Deputy General Pang personally came to the battle drum, picked up the drumsticks, and beat the sound of the farewell drum. The drum sounded slowly and powerfully. Meng Yi jumped on the back of the horse. The black wind carried Meng Yi reluctantly around several times before turning his head in Leaving the gate of the camp with the sound of a lonely drum.Meng Yi let out a breath slowly in his heart at this time, he felt that he was much more relaxed in an instant.

Meng Yi was sent to the Imperial Mausoleum as a supervisor.In the lobby of the Construction Supervision Department, there is a huge sand table of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum in the middle, and a model of the Emperor's Mausoleum stands on it. The officials introduced the palace, Shinto, walls and rivers of the imperial mausoleum to Meng Yi.Lifting off the square cone-shaped mound of mounds, you can even see the layout of the underground imperial mausoleum.Meng Yi saw that it was really majestic, and couldn't help admiring it repeatedly.On the east side of the imperial mausoleum, he saw several huge square potholes, and said with emotion: "This must be the famous terracotta warriors and horses!"

The construction supervisor was stunned for a moment and said, "What are terracotta warriors?" Meng Yi was shocked, grabbed the official and asked: "You don't know about the terracotta warriors that everyone on earth knows? What kind of construction supervisor are you still doing?" The official was terrified, and he said to Meng Yi: "My lord, I really don't know the terracotta warriors, let alone the earthlings." Only then did Meng Yi ask the construction supervisor suspiciously: "What is the big pit for?" "It's a burial pit."

"What sacrificial pit?" "This is for the emperor!" "what?" The construction supervisor said in a low voice: "In the future, there will be troops buried in it with weapons. There will be thousands of people as the protectors of the imperial mausoleum in another world." Meng Yi was shocked when he heard that, and asked again and again to make sure he heard correctly.Sitting alone by the sand table, Meng Yi muttered to himself, "How could this be? Could it be that the terracotta warriors and horses are fakes of later generations? Could it be that the miracles of the world that have been passed down from generation to generation do not exist? Thousands of soldiers will be buried alive like this? Will there be any brothers from the Meng family army?"

Meng Yi seemed to see that half of Vice Admiral Pang Hetian's body had been buried in the pit. Meng Yi shook his head and said to himself, absolutely not like this, he must do something.So Meng Yi asked the officials to recruit several masons and prepared a lot of clay. He took off his coat and led them to get busy. Above the main hall, Meng Yi went up to the hall to play the Qin Emperor. He had treasures to present to the emperor, and he asked the emperor to move to the imperial mausoleum.On an open space in the imperial mausoleum, there was only one thing covered by a black cloth. Meng Yi uncovered the black cloth in front of Emperor Qin and Zhao Gao. Their eyes lit up. Under the black cloth was a pottery figurine holding a long sword in both hands. It was as big as a real person, majestic and lifelike.

Zhao Gao blurted out: "The terracotta army?" Meng Yi nodded and smiled and said, "That's right, this is the treasure he mentioned—the Terracotta Warriors!" Meng Yi said to Emperor Qin: "In the planning of the imperial mausoleum, thousands of soldiers are to be buried. This will definitely cause shock and unrest in the army and lead to mutiny. Moreover, if people are buried in the ground, their flesh and bones will be reduced. How can they protect the emperor underground?" Mausoleum? So I propose to use pottery terracotta warriors and horses instead of living people to be buried in the ground, so that they will not be destroyed for thousands of years and will be immortal for thousands of years, guarding the emperor forever." Emperor Qin carefully inspected the pottery figurines and nodded frequently. Meng Yi said: "The Qin army formation composed of thousands of terracotta figurines is buried underground, and it will definitely shake the world and shake the ghosts and gods, and shock the underground world." Qin Huang looked at these pottery figurines, laughed loudly, and said: "Meng Yi, you are indeed the number one leader. I am afraid that only you can dream of such an astonishing project. I sent you here for a party." Qin Huang then asked for infantry, as well as crossbowmen, cavalry, and chariots... Let the ghosts and gods in the underground fear him as the first person who created the world! Zhao Gao also lay on the edge of the pit watching, unable to believe his ears, he thought to himself: "Could it be that Meng Yi made the terracotta warriors and horses? Isn't this a big joke?" Qin Huang also had a whim and asked Meng Yi to press Make pottery figurines in the appearance of real people, and burn these pottery figurines in the appearance of his most powerful generals and soldiers. Among the generals, there must be Meng Tian, ​​Li You, and of course Meng Yi. With them, they will guard the imperial tomb for him forever. It will definitely create a great success for thousands of years! Emperor Qin was overjoyed and promoted Meng Yi again, while Zhao Gao was furious and helpless.Zhao Gao lost his temper in the official office. He thought that depriving Meng Yi of his military power would make him slump, but he didn't expect that this boy would go smoothly everywhere. Li Si sneered and said: "The previous supervisors were all beheaded by Qin Huang, and he will end up like this sooner or later. Let him be proud for a while, and we will slowly calculate him." Zhao Gao nodded and said: "Yes, we will Make a fuss about this construction period." Li Si and Zhao Gao made a detailed plan.In the mason's shed, Meng Yi led the crowd to shape pottery figurines in the shape of soldiers.Meng Yi personally made the portrait of the terracotta figurine for Meng Tian. In his imagination, Meng Tian was sitting next to him with a straight face as a model for him. He carefully observed the elder brother and modified the portrait.Meng Yi is completely immersed in the creation, forgets his troubles, and enjoys it. In the main hall, Zhao Gao read the memorial: "News came from the frontier. The king of Tu'an learned that his wife had died and his daughter was imprisoned, so he raised troops to attack Da Qin." Qin Huang was hesitating whether to call Meng Yi to the hall, Li You volunteered to go to meet the enemy Zhao Gao tried his best to recommend Li You, and Li Si also vouched for his son.So Emperor Qin asked Li You to go out immediately, and Li You said that he would live up to everyone's expectations. Zhao Gao went on to say: "Your Majesty, now that the two countries are at war, according to the ancestral rules, they should belittle each other's hostages, so now it is time to turn Yu Shu in the cold palace into a slave to show Tuan's humiliation." Qin Huang hesitated and said, "After all, Yu Shu was not directly involved in this matter." Li Si saw that Qin Huang was still reluctant and said: "Your Majesty, according to my minister's wishes, it is better to let Yushu work with slaves, but not to become a real slave without tattooing." Qin Huang nodded and said: "Let's do it this way, and leave this matter to Zhao Gao, the commander of CRRC." After coming down to court, Li Si called Zhao Gao and said to him: "You must not hurt Yushu's life. The emperor will never forget her in his heart. Maybe after the limelight, he will call her back to the palace." Zhao Gao rolled his eyes, and said to himself: "If Yu Shu is not allowed to die, she can be sent to do the hardest work. If she loses her brilliance in the hard work, she will naturally fall out of favor, and she can be severely stabbed. hurt someone's heart." Zhao Gao brought two eunuchs and a man wearing a cloak to the work shed. Rows of terracotta warriors and horses had begun to take shape. Seeing the craftsmen busily making terracotta warriors and horses, dirty and tired, he laughed.He came to Meng Yi, and Meng Yi asked him: "What is your business here?" Zhao Gao smiled and said, "Isn't it tiring to build the terracotta warriors and horses? I specially sent you a coolie to do the dirtiest and most tiring work. Don't be polite." Cloak, that person was Yu Shu, her mouth was blocked by cloth strips. Zhao Gao sneered and said: "This is the emperor's intention. In order to ensure that this slave does not slack off or run away, the emperor specially sent someone to supervise her work." Take a rest for a while, and you are not allowed to cause any trouble to Chief Meng Yi, otherwise you will use their heads to ask questions. The eunuch immediately forced Yushu to start working. Yushu gritted her teeth and endured it. She said to herself, you must pretend that nothing happened, and don't let Meng Yi worry about you.The craftsmen couldn't bear to watch the frail Yushu staggeringly carry the goods, and the eunuch drove them away when they wanted to come to help.Zhao Gao was delighted to see it, and even hummed a little tune, "The sun comes out and beams with joy". Meng Yi grabbed Zhao Gao and asked angrily, "Yu Shu has become so ill, why don't you let her go?" Zhao Gao laughed loudly and said, "We are enemies now, haven't you heard that 'Be ruthless to the enemy like the autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves'?" Seeing Meng Yi's distraught look, Zhao Gao laughed and turned to leave. In the work shed, the candlelight was extinguished, and in the darkness, the eunuchs also fell asleep. Yu Shu got up quietly, took a prototype of a clay head, and slowly began to sculpt the head in the dark.She closed her eyes, pinching and rubbing her fingers on the outline-only portrait.She kneaded tirelessly, as if seeing Meng Yi kneeling in front of her, her hand stroking Meng Yi's head... Outside the window, the sky was already bright, and the eunuch woke up Yu Shu to start a new day of work. Yushu stood up, looked at the head covered by the linen cloth, but smiled in exhaustion. Meng Yi frowned, sitting in the shed, secretly watching Yushu who was working not far away.Xiaoyue came to visit Meng Yi, and she was very surprised to see such a scene. She went to stop Yushu to let her rest for a while. In the face of Xiaoyue's concern, Yushu showed tenacity and optimism, and said to Xiaoyue: "It is the greatest happiness for me to see Meng Yi every day, and doing hard work here is the happiest time since I came to Daqin. I don’t want to go back to the palace to be a concubine anymore. Xiaoyue, no matter whether you regard me as a rival in love or not, I already regard you as my best friend.” After speaking, Yu Shu lifted the sackcloth covering the clay head, I saw that Meng Yi's head had come to life.Looking at this picture, Yushu smiled, this is her best soup. Yushu grabbed Xiaoyue's hand, dipped her fingertips in the water bowl, and then gently touched and slid on the clay head.Xiaoyue trembled violently all over, she seemed to see Meng Yi smiling and looking at her, letting her touch her face.Xiaoyue looked at the little bit of mud on her fingertips and burst into tears. She said to Yu Shu: "I was pitying you just now, but now I am pitying myself. No matter what, Meng Yi always has you in his heart. But without me." Xiaoyue turned her head and left, Yu Shu looked at Xiaoyue's back and sighed endlessly. This night, Yu Shu still wanted to get up quietly, but before she got up, the two eunuchs got up quietly and went out.Yushu followed them quietly and saw what they had thrown into the well.Yushu sensed something was wrong and wanted to sneak away and tell Meng Yi.Just as she was about to approach Meng Yi's room, the two eunuchs chased her, covered her mouth and dragged her away. From the second day onwards, all the craftsmen and craftsmen in the construction site began to fall ill, and they fell on the bed and moaned weakly. The imperial doctor came to check the symptoms, but they couldn't find out the reason.The construction supervisor inspected together with Meng Yi, and saw that the construction site was deserted. The official said anxiously: "It has been more than ten days. If this continues, the construction period will be delayed, and our heads will be as bad as the previous ones!" The two eunuchs were reporting the situation to Zhao Gao, and Zhao Gao laughed out loud. He asked about Yu Shu's situation, and the eunuch said, "Yu Shu also contracted a disease this time. Gao was even more delighted, and rewarded the eunuchs to continue poisoning. In the work shed, Yu Shu was also lying on the bed too sick to move. Meng Yi looked anxious and wanted to go to care about her, but was stopped by the eunuch.Meng Yi was in a hurry, when suddenly there was a scent of wine in the air, Meng Yi sniffed it, the scent was so familiar!While talking, Cui Wenzi walked into the shed drunkenly carrying a wine gourd.Meng Yi was overjoyed, as soon as Cui Wenzi came in a critical moment, he was relieved, Meng Yi asked: "Who told you to come here?" Cui Wenzi smiled and pointed to the sky. Meng Yi asked Cui Wenzi to rescue Yu Shu first, Cui Wenzi took a look, sighed and said: "One day you are as rich as the sky, but overnight you are as cheap as dirt. Life is really impermanent." Cui Wenzi staggered towards Yushu, but was also stopped by the eunuch. Cui Wenzi took a sip of wine and burped the eunuch, who immediately passed out.Cui Wenzi laughed and said, "You can't drink too much." When Cui Wenzi saw Yushu, Yushu told what she saw the eunuch did, Cui Wenzi nodded with a smile and said: "Your original illness was caused by worry, I will give you a can of medicine, you have to take it quietly After that, Cui Wenzi went to the well to fill a bucket of water, smelled it, sniffed it, nodded, took out a pack of medicine, poured it into a flagon, shook it vigorously, and then poured it into the well. Cui Wenzi said: "As long as everyone continues to drink the water from this well, the disease can be cured." Meng Yi immediately took everyone to fetch water, divided the water, and gave it to the patient. He also brought a bowl to Yushu himself. Just as he helped Yushu to drink it, the two eunuchs woke up and rushed over to take Cui Wenzi And Meng Yi drove away. At night, the two figures sneaked up to the well again and threw things into the well. Meng Yi and Cui Wenzi, who were ambushing in the dark, saw it.Meng Yi wanted to go out to catch them and ask them about their crimes.Cui Wenzi stopped Meng Yi and said: "It's useless, Zhao Gao still can't be found, but I have a way to prevent them from poisoning again!" After the two eunuchs were poisoned, they walked back secretly. When they passed the mud pool where the pottery figurines were made, they were suddenly hit on the head by a flying wine gourd, fainted, and fell down in the mud pool.