Chapter 2 Qin Dynasty
Ying Zheng came to the throne at the age of thirteen.
In the second year of his accession to the throne, according to the ancient etiquette law, he had already begun to look for a good place to build the mausoleum.
The counselor by his side chose Mount Li for him.Lishan, with its many mountains and beautiful scenery, and the Lantian at the southern foot, has been famous for its rich jade since ancient times. It is the essence of Yang Qi, which can protect the dragon's body from invincibility. Therefore, he also began to fall in love with this place of eternal rest. .
Many years have passed, and Yingzheng has grown from a young boy to forty-one years old now, and the mausoleum has not yet been completed.Digging every day, repairing every day, a sea of people are in hard labor, and the three springs are imprisoned, and there is no cave.
Over the years, his second father, Lu Buwei, had committed suicide by drinking poison in fear and despair.The false father, Lai Ai, was defeated, and all the rebel generals of the Yi tribe took their heads together, and their corpses were dismembered for public display.His mother and his two illegitimate younger brothers died in a rush.When he first showed his talents, he eradicated dissidents, consolidated the internal affairs, and unified the six kingdoms. He was almost stabbed by Jing Ke...
After a series of dangers, the overall situation has been settled.
But he insisted on surviving on the one hand, and died on the other hand building a mausoleum.
All the people in the world serve him life and death.The huge tombstone crushed five people to death and injured more than ten people while being transported.
In the afternoon, the fire umbrella was blazing, and the big sun opened its bloody mouth to the ground.
Looking at a hill near Lishan Mountain from a distance, the earth is steaming.No wind, no sound, strange silence.
On the other side of the hill, thousands of troops are gathering.The armor and the copper shield were fighting, reflecting a dazzling light under the scorching sun, but the crowd held their breath and did not make a sound.Instead of recharging their strength to fight, they are concentrating on it.
One man and one horse, approaching from far away, the sun was covered by flying dust.
Behind the light and shadow, can't see clearly.I saw the black horse, aggressive and violent, with its head raised, its ears pricked up, its ears pricked up, its screaming and frenzied, it tried to throw the person on its back to the ground over and over again.
The one in black military uniform and the twelve white jade crowns on his head was none other than their First Emperor.
He wrestled with it.
A miss, he was thrown off, before he hit the ground, he immediately got on the horseback.The crowd dared not speak, and even exclaimed with restraint.
Neither man nor horse was convinced.He jumped forward again abruptly, pulling the mane and holding the horse's belly tightly.The dark horse jumped and kicked, and it was difficult to win for a while.
It runs wildly.
Walk all over the mountains and plains.
He finally didn't get thrown down again, a fierce and unruly beast, there was nothing he could do but tame it.
The whole field was full of applause, and the flag was raised high.
The men and horses stood proudly.
There was a long howl.He rode Dongchi and ran towards the construction site of the mausoleum.Four masters, personal guards.
Far away from the crowd, I saw a fawn fleeing in fright.With a thought in his mind, the first emperor chased away.
At this moment, the two guards behind him looked at each other, suddenly launched an attack, and joined forces to attack him.The sword was on the verge of breaking out, and a cold arrow pierced straight into his vest.The other two colleagues, before they had time to react, had already spattered blood on the spot.
It's an isolated situation—
On the top of Lishan Mountain, there are flying cavalry rushing straight up.
With a cry, a warrior tried his best to stand out from the crowd and assassinate the traitor with his sword.
The blood of the traitor splattered.
I saw him, his body was faster, before the blood spots splashed on Shihuang's robe, he was already in the air, turned around, just blocked with his back, the blood spots just splashed on his armor, dripping slowly.
Because of his escort, the first emperor never even stained his robes.
The other troops rushed forward at this time, and things had changed, and they knelt down in fear.The first emperor forgot that there was a cold arrow stuck in his back, and in a fit of rage, he drew his sword and killed the guards who were not escorting him to vent his anger, as a matter of course.
After a quick attack, he turned to the person in front of him.With bright eyes, he asked:
"Who is the escort?"
"My minister, Meng Tianfang. May Your Majesty live forever!"
"Hold any job?"
"My parents died since I was a child. Since I was thirteen years old, I have served under the command of General Meng Tian, and now I am supervising the construction of the mausoleum."
"When you were thirteen?"
The First Emperor nodded:
"Okay! Meng Tianfang was awarded the title of Lang Zhongling. There is another big reward. Come back to the palace with me!"
"The minister takes orders!"
Shi Huang casually threw his sword away, and Meng Tianfang deftly took it.It is a bronze sword with a spine and a sharp blade, long and heavy.Seeing that it was a gift, Meng Tian felt relieved and joyful, and still knelt down to thank him:
"Thank you His Majesty the First Emperor for bestowing the sword."
He loves talent, but he doesn't show it in any way. He just got on his horse and galloped back to the palace.
Meng Tianfang held the bronze sword tightly, and all the soldiers respected him.But he himself, somehow, had a complicated and contradictory feeling towards the First Emperor.
Because the scorching sun is sinking to the west, and the sky is full of rosy clouds, immature nursery rhymes are heard from afar, and even children are singing like this:
Today, the civilian husband who was crushed by a boulder and broke his limbs or breastbone saw the dead who shared weal and woe being removed one by one.In the Burrow, groans are everywhere, mixed with shrill cries and curses:
"This tyrant! He must die without a place to die!"
"Only his life is human life? None of us are human life?"
The diverse voices suddenly stopped, everyone was stunned.Because the newly sealed Lang Zhongling came to visit.The civilian husband didn't understand his kindness, but backed away in panic, as if facing a hawk.
Meng Tianfang said:
"Everyone, you've worked hard! How is your injury?"
Everyone couldn't bear the greeting, and was not moved at all. They stepped back step by step, and murmured:
"Lang Zhongling, please come back, we are fine!"
"We must be careful next time, so as not to delay the project!"
Meng Tianfang looked at them in blank dismay, feeling that it was a misunderstanding and a bit boring.Remember that nursery rhyme:
"Every day, ups and downs, the first emperor died..."
Suddenly there was a commotion outside, and it turned out that the officers and soldiers collecting the books had started their operations.
In order to unify his thinking, the first emperor ordered the burning of books.
This fire is lit everywhere.
Those who love books run away with their arms in their arms.There are two black shadows running towards the forest.The officers and soldiers chased after him.
In the forest, the old man hurriedly dug the mud with his hands in a panic, trying to bury the bamboo slips.A delicate girl, dressed in hemp clothes, with sweat on her face, was digging mud and buried the books engraved with words: Spring and Autumn, Zhuzi, Quotations... one by one, while looking back:
"Father, they are here, let's run away!"
He firmly refused to go:
"No! Books are priceless treasures, without books, there is no culture—"
Before he finished speaking, he was hit by a sword behind him and died unexpectedly.
The girl is holding a book, hiding in the grass, holding her breath.Looking back, she saw a pair of piercing eyes in the black night, as if she had been stabbed by needles, the skin of her whole body was tightened, and her heart was beating wildly.For the first time in my life, I faced death.Cold sweat began to break out on her forehead, and she herself was about to become a skinny dead person...
Meng Tianfang just used his body to cover this weak shadow and let her survive.
The officers and soldiers who collected the books retreated in a hurry after the search was fruitless.
Dong'er looked out from the gap between the grass and the grass. This is a heroic figure from the back.Faintly, unclear.But he gave her unlimited security.She had also trusted him completely.
She remembers his face.
In the depths of his soul, he had been expecting him to turn his face and take a look at her.But he didn't, he just waited for the officers and soldiers to go away, and then he left honestly.The person who met by chance was a savior, and the evening wind blew him away again.
Dong'er just squatted there, not daring to move.Until the voice of the people faded away, and he rose slowly all alone, the road ahead was boundless.
Two batches of soldiers and horses, one batch received all the weapons from all over the world, gathered and sent them to Xianyang, ready to be sold and cast for the Twelve Golden Men.According to the plan, these golden men are five feet long, six feet on foot, and each weighs a thousand catties.
For the other batch, the collected books will be transported here one by one.There are more than a dozen huge kilns, with flames and smoke, and the raging fire mixed with blue colors, burning half of the sky red.
Next to the main kiln, there are thousands of warrior and horse figurines made of clay, ready to go.
A long cry came from afar:
"His Majesty the First Emperor has arrived—"
He rode a black horse to the front of the kiln and looked coldly at the fuel being thrown into the furnace.
Prime Minister Li Si bent forward and knelt down:
"Your Majesty, for the past few months, the ministers have complied with the order and burned all the books collected by the historian and the head of Guizhou, including poems and books and quotations from hundreds of schools of thought. The affairs of the three generations are not lawful. Those who dare to comment will also Execute the violent corpse and exterminate the family."
He is satisfied:
"Well, the great cause of unification is the general trend."
The crowd witnessed the flames of burning books that devoured the ancient culture and wiped it out, so they just bowed their heads and worked silently.
The old man who was the fireman lowered his head, feeling infinite regret.He could only push the figurines into the kiln row by row, blowing wind and adding charcoal.
The person who threw the book was even more frustrated.
The First Emperor asked:
"I heard that the firing of pottery figurines did not meet the ideal. I don't know why?"
"Respect Your Majesty," the old man replied humbly, "we will do our best to ensure that the army in the mausoleum is fired perfectly. The soldiers and horses who will fight and kill must stand guarding the mausoleum. 'Death is like life. ', Your Majesty, please—”
When the first emperor heard the word "death", his expression suddenly changed.
die?
Even a mighty and arrogant monarch who dominates the world will grow old and die.Unlimited fear hit my heart.As he was getting older and preoccupied, upon hearing this, he flew into a rage, the muscles on his face trembled slightly, and he couldn't tell the difference:
"Shut up! It's pushed out of the 'pit'!"
The old fireman was taken away in shock.
"From now on, you are not allowed to mention the word 'death' in front of me! Otherwise, the owl's head will be chopped up and buried alive, and the barbarians will die!"
The innocent kiln workers trembled and fell down to accept orders.
The first emperor gave a loud shout and ordered:
"Get out of the kiln!"
The kiln workers open the kiln with copper hammers and copper brazes.When the kiln door opened, there was a loud bang from the furnace, and all the figurines were blown to pieces.
Flames and debris splashed everywhere.
The superstitious Emperor Shihuang felt ominous, and left in a rage without looking back.
Wan Lai is silent.
In Xianyang Palace, Meng Tianfang was guarding, and the imperial doctor was examining the arrow wound on Shi Huangdi's vest. The wound was a vague blood hole.While applying the medicine, he felt a sharp pain, and he didn't wrinkle his brows, but drank heavily.He knew in his heart that now, he could endure all the pain calmly, but in the future, when he was old and weak, he would be vulnerable.
The three alchemists kneeling in front of the court also told him the secret of the giant kiln: "Your Majesty, the giant kiln must be sacrificed with a woman's blood. The blood sacrificer must be calm and fearless, see death as home, put himself into the flames with a smile, and melt into one body, so that he can be moved Spirituality, the energy of all parties gathers to help His Majesty achieve full power."
"How did the blood sacrificer get it?"
"You can't ask for it."
The first emperor was a little embarrassed:
"All the men in the world are greedy for life and afraid of death, how can there be a daughter who regards death as her home?"
After a while, he turned to the alchemists and asked:
"I don't know how effective the dozens of pills you have presented? Have you tried it?"
All the alchemists replied:
"This is a elixir that has been refined for ten years. It is only for your Majesty to enjoy. How dare you try it lightly?"
One of them, still eloquently stated:
"The elixir is made from sulfur, white quartz, amethyst, stalactite, red stone fat, mercury, fire nitrate, cinnabar, realgar, salt, soap alum, arsenic, etc. After taking it, don't eat five grains, suck wind and drink dew, Riding on the clouds, riding a flying dragon, traveling around the world, and living forever!"
The First Emperor's lust:
"Immortal? Immortal!"
Just about to open his mouth to swallow, but hesitated.He glanced darkly at the three of them.
"If it's poisonous, wouldn't it be fatal?"
While he was pondering, his gaze made contact with Meng Tianfang, and he fixed his eyes on him:
"Tian Fang, what do you think?"
After Meng Tianfang thought twice, he said:
"The theory of longevity and ghosts and gods is illusory, I only feel—"
"It's okay to be blunt."
"—I just feel a little absurd." He paused, not knowing whether to continue.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Shihuang reprimanded:
"Tian Fang, do you dare to say such nonsense in front of me?"
Meng Tianfang criticized him against Lin, and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty:
"Please forgive me for being rude, I am loyal."
He felt that he had sacrificed his life to escort him, and loved his skill, but he didn't show his heart, only feigned anger:
"How do you tell me to believe it?"
Meng Tian let go of his thoughts and asked Ying:
"The minister is willing to test the medicine for His Majesty."
When the doctor heard this, all the soldiers under his command looked at him.Ruo Dan is poisonous, isn't it...
Before the first emperor approached the crowd, he inspected and selected twenty people.Those who were hit had no objection, and just stood in front of them and knelt down.Meng Tianfang looked up in astonishment when he saw that he was not selected among the twenty people.
The First Emperor said:
"Heavenly release and stay with me, no need to test the medicine."
He thought he was faithful to repay the Lord, but he was not rewarded, and he was a little disappointed.
Twenty people each swallowed one elixir, the mouth was bitter and hot, and the bone rolled down.The alchemists were inexplicably nervous.The first emperor's eyes were burning, observing the effects of the medicine.
For a long time, life and death were uncertain.
Suddenly one of them screamed.
Not long after, two or three people hilariously, tossed and turned, had chills, fever, sweat profusely, and were in great pain, and passed out one by one.
The imperial doctor stepped forward to check his breath, and found that all of them were breathless.
When the first emperor was terrified, Long Yan was furious, and only ordered:
"Seal a group of soldiers with clay as figurines, stand in front of the mausoleum, and guard them for life."
The alchemists were pale.I saw the first emperor glaring, like a tiger and wolf looking back.
In the steamy alchemy room, the alchemy furnace was full of fire, and the alchemy pots sealed with salt mud remained silent in the fire. The seven alchemists gathered here, some were concentrating on putting the pot on the alchemy furnace to form a fetus, and some Grind the arsenic and nitrate finely on the milk mortar.No matter what you are doing, you are out of mind.
After a while, the harem was full of voices, mixed with the wailing of the three alchemists:
"Your Majesty, have mercy! Your Majesty, have mercy!"
Zhuo Sheng was so frightened that he was burned by the fire, and quickly withdrew his hands:
"The three of them could not escape death due to the failure of the elixir!"
Everyone started to worry, whispering:
"If you haven't refined the elixir for a day, you don't have to face the deadline!"
"If this tyrant lives forever, it will be a disaster for the people of the world."
"It's just that the elixir has not been completed yet, and I can only live for a while..."
Jiang Sheng came over and asked an old man anxiously:
"Xu Sheng, what do you think should be done?"
Xu Fu, with white hair and white beard, was staring intently at the raging fire in front of him and the cauldron above it. He poured the finely ground gold powder in his hand, and the medicine changed a bit, turning into a gaseous state and ascending.
The white eyebrows on both sides hang down at the corners of his eyes like a character horoscope.When he frowned, the white trembled.
Kim Tan is almost done.Although each department has its own law, the pill is still your own good.His ears are full of everyone's worries, it's not that he doesn't understand that he is in a predicament and is in a dilemma.He is thoughtful, like a stone monument.
"Xu Sheng—"
Xu Fu just raised his sleeve casually, signaling them not to disturb.Then continue to meditate.
When the alchemists saw this action, they rushed to dump the elixirs they had carefully refined, and they flowed away with the sewer without a trace.Destroying corpses and eradicating traces, leaving no traces, in order to survive for a while.
Xu Fu turned around and asked:
"What are you doing?"
"We have all 'enlightened'!" The alchemist replied respectfully.It's just a wrong thought.
Xu Fu had other plans in mind, so he ignored it and continued to meditate.
All kinds of elixirs that came out of the alchemy room along the sewer, colorful, bright and black, all dissolved in the water and converged in one place.
The water flows out, eastward.
It was finally dawn.
Xu Fu looked forward to a glimmer of light.
In late spring and early summer, there was a dense drizzle, with fallen flowers that were crumbly like powder.Xu Fu wiped it lightly with his sleeve, took a breath, and walked slowly past the harem stables, heading straight for the jade steps.
The groom who lads water to feed the horses, and the soldiers who wash up in the morning are all subordinates of Lang Zhongling.A young soldier, drinking a sip or two of water, suddenly saw Xu Fu, and whispered to his colleagues:
"I wonder if this alchemist can survive today?"
Xu Fu took another deep breath, puffed up his chest, took courage, and put all his eggs in one basket.
The First Emperor retreated from the left and right, leaving only Mengtian on the side, listening to Xu Fucheng's words of fear and sincerity.He offered a good strategy in a serious manner:
"The theory of immortal alchemy has existed since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It has been handed down to this day, and it must be credible. Xu Fu, a man of Qi, knew from the posthumous letters of three generations of his ancestors that there are three fairy mountains in the East China Sea, Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou. Obtaining the elixir should be better than alchemists' alchemy."
Xu Fu glanced at it secretly, and the first emperor was listening, a little fascinated, and he was so happy that he spared no expense:
"Although I am old, I still go on a long journey and am willing to serve Your Majesty. I will recruit five hundred boys and girls, bring five grains and seeds, and sail into the sea by boat to seek the medicine of immortality!" Meng Tianfang.
Meng Tianfang just said:
"Your Majesty, after the accident of the previous day, we still need to think carefully about this statement. Moreover, His Majesty's dominance of the country is also enough to be famous forever. Whether you live forever or not, you should let nature take its course, and you don't need to follow what others say."
Xu Fu spied Emperor Shi Huang walking around the palace with his hands behind his back. He hated this new favorite, and a few words could destroy his escape plan.
The First Emperor turned his back on them and said:
"Life and death are destiny. Although I am a dragon among men, it is difficult to escape, but I am prepared to go through hardships, so that the world can be unified—"
Turn around and take out a coin.This is a copper coin with a round square hole, and the word "Half Liang" is cast on one side of the surface.Even if it is as small as a penny, it is still a lot of hard work.
"Look, what I have in my hand is the 'half-two coins' that have just been minted after the unification of the chaotic currency systems of the seven countries. It will be like the saying that the sky is round and the earth will be used forever. I only hope that the country will be more prosperous and the people's livelihood will be richer. Dozens in a hurry There are not enough days."
Meng Tianfang took the copper coin and was deeply moved.
"Is there a better emperor than me in the world?"
The first emperor's eyes shone brightly:
"Tian Fang, do you understand what I mean?"
The distance between the monarch and his subjects has been shortened beyond self-evident.
"Meng Tianfang! I order you to guard and seek the medicine group until you succeed!"
For seven consecutive days, the drizzle was still shyly and indifferently flying.
Young girls recruited from the folk, wearing plain white tulle, holding a bamboo plaque engraved with their own names, lined up to enter the palace, like a long and thin ribbon, erratic in the world.
Xu Fu led to the examination room:
"All the virgins are waiting for a physical examination, order 'shougongsha'."
Every girl who is arranged to step into the screen knows that her fate is ill-fated and she cannot return home.Some people burst into tears, some panicked, some suppressed tears, but they all just quietly endured the domination of fate.
There was one, who was beautiful, but was more stubborn and arrogant than girls of the same age. No matter what, he refused to cry.Her face was pale, and her knuckles were pale—because she was holding a hairpin tightly.
The cold rain splashed lightly, wet the clothes, the hair bun hangs loosely by the ears, and the hair sticks to the neck.Dong'er suddenly went berserk, unwilling to succumb to this, and holding her hairpin, she rushed out of the encirclement.
A girl is lonely and weak, and the utensils are not sharp, just waving stabs randomly, it is difficult for the maid to stop.
She desperately wanted to escape, knowing that it was extravagant.However, there was a soldier standing in front of her, who couldn't catch her, and didn't want to use force, but let her vent - no matter how brave she was, she was just a small animal with hard hair.
A gash was drawn across the man's cheek.
He let her.
On the contrary, this little animal was short of breath, tired, and a little at a loss.Because Kong Wu is a powerful man, he refuses to hurt her.
Meng Tian put his hand lightly on her head, it didn't mean anything.He comforted:
"I chose you and entered the palace, and there is no escape. Don't be afraid!"
Dong'er felt infinitely warm, raised his eyes and looked up, just in time to meet Meng Tianfang's eyes.She recognized him, but he did not recognize her.
It's just that the two of them had an indescribable strange feeling.
Although the raindrops are still pattering, the clothes and shoes of the virgins after entering the palace are completely new.Pamper yourself here.
They wear silk satin and onyx clothes, silver clay flying cloud capes, comb the fairy three buns, and wear silk shoes.
Shen Shi, the scene after dinner.The food in the palace is good, including yellow rice, mutton in sauce, hot soup and steamed buns.The fruits are also on the stage, the persimmons are not yet ripe, pink and tender yellow-red, three or five virgins are holding a plate and sharing the fruits.
There are chime bells in the harem, a set of sixty-four, and each bell can strike music from different sides. Everyone plays a piece together, and the melody rhyme resounds inside and outside the palace.Girls who live well, temporarily forget their tomorrow.
They touched the jade arms of "Shou Gong Sha", and they moved leisurely, a bit of coolness penetrated the tulle, sometimes sticking to the skin, sometimes hiding it.
Dong'er sat on the steps in front of the eaves, alone, unwilling to join the group.She was emotionally fluctuating, and for some unexplainable reason, boredly and boredly picked up several porcelain bowls and bamboo chopsticks on the fruit plate.
The rain was dripping.
Ding—boom—
Ding—boom—
Those empty bowls were exposed to catch the water droplets, some filled with water, some contained less water, and occasionally the bamboo chopsticks were knocked, and they made crisp and exquisite sounds, restraining the slowness of the disease.
The garden outside the palace is where Meng Tianfang and his subordinates are stationed, they guard the medicine-seeking group and dare not insult their orders.
Meng Tian sat down under the tree and pulled out the half sheath of the sword that Shi Huangdi had given him.Bronze sword, with a bulge in the center of the blade, with ridges and edges, and the light of the sword reflects the rain.At the beginning of the day, Meng Tianfang jumped up.
The sword turned several flowers between the wrists and danced repeatedly.
——I don't know where, I heard the ringing of Ding Dong.Slow down and then rush.
Meng Tianfang just danced his sword along with the sound, chopping, chopping, chopping, slashing, hanging... his thoughts coincided with the sound.
Dong'er knocked on the side of the bowl, and was also drawn by an unpredictable karma.Unexpectedly, separated by pavilions, towers, halls and dense forests, there is a person whose sword and flower are like a dragon swimming at one time, and at other times they are strong and steady.It was as if she was accompanying him.Infinitely sad.
——At the point of passion, there was a sudden force, and there was a sound of cracking. It turned out that Dong'er couldn't hold back and broke the bowl.
The four fields were suddenly dead silent.
Meng Tian was put in danger, but he didn't close his sword, he staggered a few steps and came to a halt.
He listened carefully, and the fallen leaves covered him all over the sky.People stand in bewilderment.
With mutual understanding, he just felt that something was wrong.
A drop of bright red blood stumbled and landed in the remains of the broken bowl, slowly melting away.
Dong'er's hand softened, and the pieces slipped.There is a deep scar on the wrist, and my heart suddenly screams, there is nothing to love in life.
The blood spilled all over the floor, staining the silk satin red.Silk was originally a living material, but it died before man.
Meng Tianfang seemed to be dragged by a thread, hurried through the heavy door, stepped into the harem steps, and was surprised to see a girl who didn't want to live.
He held her in his arms and sucked the blood from her wrists.With a little effort, she trembled in pain, half opened her star eyes, and looked at the man who saved her life.
Her blood gurgles away, and her predecessors come back.She reached out and gently stroked a scar on his cheek that was about to heal.
He tore her sleeve to bandage the wrist injury, the redness leaked through the heavy silk, and her face became greener and whiter.
Time stands still and stops, and the world is love.
I hope it will go on like this and turn into a figurine.
A guard is looking for Lang Zhongling everywhere:
"Reporting to Lang Zhongling, His Majesty the First Emperor ordered you to be ready to go, escorting the east to patrol the border defense of the Great Wall. The itinerary is within a day."
Meng Tianfang woke up from his dream and stood up vigorously.He put down Dong'er and hurried away.
Dong'er suddenly lost her support, feeling a little melancholy.
He suddenly turned his head, leaving behind a sentence of "nothing" before leaving:
"Don't hurt yourself any more!"
With a subtle feeling that he had never experienced before, he accompanied Shi Huangdi and patrolled the Great Wall.
The Great Wall was originally built during the Warring States Period by various countries for self-defense and to resist the mighty Huns.The first emperor destroyed the six kingdoms and launched a great project to build a Great Wall from Lintao in the west to Jieshi in Liaodong County.
General Meng Tian prepared a wooden cart and came to report the military situation:
"Your Majesty, I led the army to fight against the Xiongnu last day. Because the middle section of the Great Wall and the western section have not been completely closed, every time there is a gap, the enemy army is ready to move."
The white cloth on the wooden cart is full of bloody enemy heads.
The First Emperor nodded:
"In this case, I order you to recruit 400,000 civilians to build it quickly and consolidate the border defense."
"I obey!"
Meng Tian retreated, and the first emperor stood on the highest place in the world, looking as far as the mountains and rivers.At dusk, the splendid Great Wall is like a giant python with golden scales and armor, majestic and majestic.Meng Tianfang was also intimidated by this style.
"It's not easy!" Shihuang sighed.
Yes, to put such a chaotic world in order, the hardship and exhaustion are very human.Among people, there are those who are capable and those who are mediocre, and there must be sacrifices in peace and chaos.
The first emperor looked beyond the Great Wall, and the mountains were stacked and endless. Although it was peaceful, but——
Meng Tianfang said:
"Beyond the Great Wall, there are dangers everywhere!"
"Yes," the first emperor also had foresight, "If it is not banished, corvee, sentenced to emigrate, and sent to the people to build it day and night, the enemy will always rape and occupy it by force, and it will be impossible to defend against."
"Just hope that within the Great Wall, they can be unified forever, so don't worry about it."
"Tian Fang, this is a thousand-year achievement!"
Meng Tianfang gradually stood closer to the first emperor - he was "more than" a tyrant in the mouth of Qianshoukou.
A man's ambition lies in all directions.
It's not about the relationship between children and children.
But, in an instant, at an inappropriate moment, he suddenly thought of her.Under the bright red sunset.
That night, the rain had stopped.
In the silent night, only his subordinates were guarding outside the palace.
Dong'er was wearing light clothes, sitting under the steps in front of the eaves, maintaining her posture when listening to the rain, and never moved.
She stretched out her hand, and there was still a wound on her wrist that Meng Tianfang had bound up for her.In lovesickness and suspense, she used that hand to gently lean towards her face.Her hands were like his...Suddenly, Dong'er blushed.
No one in the world knows this secret.
Why does she always run into him?
She always saw this person, not necessarily in the forest, maybe earlier!She has seen it, earlier, thousands of years ago!Very familiar and kind—she came to the palace for him.She longs for his return.
The night grew deeper.
When the morning light was twilight, the virgins whispered innocently and smiled softly.
Xu Fu then asked:
"You don't go to retreat, what are you talking about?"
"It's Lang Zhongling who came back with His Majesty."
They childishly told the elderly:
"Dong'er said that when Lang Zhongling came back, she would thank him for saving his life."
No one is afraid of him, only Xu Fu, with a thought, understood the mystery, and said:
"No need. I'll tell her for her. You're going east, don't be wild. Now you have to pack up and follow me to the temple."
The virgins went away without knowing their sorrow.
Xu Fu shook his head, with hidden worries in his heart.
Is it a sign from God?
My heart beat wildly.
Dong'er was the same, completely out of control.
Because she looked through layers of human walls, and finally found him.
in the temple.
The eight gods are worshiped: God, Landlord, Warrior Lord, Yin Lord, Yang Lord, Moon Lord, Sun Lord, and Clover Lord.
On this day, all the people who came to the east to seek medicine had to gather in the temple and let the painters paint the grand occasion.
The painters are painting murals with reference to Xu Fu and five hundred virgins.The colors used are mainly black, with ochre, yellow, scarlet, vermilion, azurite and stone green interspersed.Xu Fu ranked first, followed by the crowd.In the painter's imagination, there is a colorful sea of clouds, surrounding the building boats crossing the east, and in the sea, there are misty fairy mountains and shadows of immortals...
A gust of wind blew everyone's robes fluttering.
The painter thought that God was helping, and put it into the painting, which is lifelike.
Boys and girls must follow the direction of Xu Fu's outstretched hand, so that their eyes can be aligned.
Although Dong'er's eyes follow Xu Fu, her heart directs her eyes to sneak a look at his place. After a glance, she realizes that he is staring intently at the girl she met before.
He was standing far away, and the guards were all lined up, all dressed in armor, wearing leather belts, with tied legs, shins, and leather boots, standing majestic and upright, fully armed with respect.
After being separated by many people and waiting for a long time, there was a secret affection between the two of them.It's just that I was disturbed in my heart, I don't know why.Very ominous.
Xu Fu watched coldly, sighed softly, and said to himself:
"One character is written as 'flying', the truth is white!"
No one understood the meaning of his words.
"Dong'er." He called out.
Dong'er hurriedly looked at him seriously.
"do you understand?"
"I don't understand!"
Xu Fu reminded her again:
"Do you remember where you stand?"
She was inexplicable, with her eyes wide open:
"Remember—why remember?"
"Ah!" He shook his head in embarrassment, "Don't let the secrets out! You can't escape."
Dong'er frowned slightly.She is too young to understand the mystery of fate.
After adding a few illusions, the mural became even more brilliant. With the efforts of eight people, it took a day to complete the work.
The boys and girls were all tired, but they didn't dare to breathe, because a shout came from outside the temple:
"His Majesty the First Emperor has arrived!"
Everyone knelt down on the ground, and the first emperor was alone, admiring the murals, his eyes resting on the immortals in the fairy mountain, full of joy and longing - the medicine of longevity!The medicine of longevity!As if he could get it at his fingertips, he laughed arrogantly, and his voice shook all directions:
"Hahahahaha!"
Just ask:
"Xu Fu, are you ready?"
"The minister is waiting for orders to set off."
The First Emperor issued an order to Mengtian:
"Okay, Tian Fang, when the Fashi chooses an auspicious day for the zodiac, I will entrust you with the important task of escorting the boat to the Weihe River!"
"I obey the order!" He shouldered a heavy responsibility with a solemn expression.
Dong'er was startled when she heard the words.
Like silk shoes swaying in the wind.
A pair of silk shoes hung on the treetop.The shoe surface is plain white, with a small pointed head, upturned, it is a phoenix, colorful brocade.The crested head does not extend forward, but twists backward, as if looking back.The colored ribbons in the middle are very thin, with butterflies, tied on the branches of trees, and fluttering in the breeze.
The harem was built according to the characteristics of gardens and pavilions in various countries after the first emperor destroyed the six kingdoms.A clear spring waterfall in the south of the Yangtze River splashes across the rockery and stone forest.
A pair of girls' feet fluttered on the water.
I patted the water drops, very lonely amidst the bustle.
There are people walking around in the rockery and stone forest.
Dong'er knew.A surprise gnawed at her heart.The robe moved a little, but the person didn't move.
She didn't look back.
Just intentionally or unintentionally, I continued to wash my feet.The girl's temptation made the people behind her feel distracted.
He finally bullied him.
Dong'er insisted on not looking back, and only asked softly:
"you're back?"
She didn't look at him at all, just pursed her lips, and gently shook her feet on her lower body, feeling so undignified, she unconsciously pulled the skirt a little lower, a little lower.
Meng Tianfang said:
"came back."
Pause, I have to find something to say:
"What's your name?"
"Dong'er."
Say something more:
"Born in winter?"
"yes."
Dong'er lowered her head, her chin almost touching her chest.Her heart was a little dazed and aching slightly.
"I'm Meng Tianfang."
"I already knew."
Meng Tianfang was stunned, when did she know?He falls into a touching web.
The two were silent for a long while.
It was the first time in twenty-six years that the cautious warrior who was not good at dealing with it encountered a surprising tenderness that fell from the sky.
What can I say?ah--
"Exquisite shoes."
"It's silk shoes."
"Oh? One with an embroidered crested head - can't bear to wear it?"
"When I was young, I was poor and had no shoes to wear. Later, when I got double awns, I was reluctant to wear them. Really, I have never seen such good shoes, and I am even more reluctant."
Dong'er got up.Picking up the silk shoes, he ran away as if fleeing, as if avoiding fire.I don't know how to deal with it.
"Ai ai—"
In desperation, Meng Tianfang grabbed her hand.Suddenly saved: "Haven't you recovered yet?"
There was still a fine silk bandage around her wrist, and she was in a bit of pain.
In fact, because it was a huge man's hand with thick and hard knuckles, grabbing her, the pain from the wrist to the heart.
"It will be fine, everything will be fine."
Dong'er was so annoyed for no reason.In the unenlightened childish mind, love and troubles are groundless.His gaze made her flustered.Meng Tianfang is still worried:
"No, let me see—"
He looks at her wrist.She looked at his hands and asked quietly:
"Is Penglai far?"
He looked at her, startled:
"far away."
Full of feelings of parting, eyes full of tears, a sudden nightmare.Can't escape.It's just primitive feelings, unreasonable, out of control, completely unprepared, and burst out thrillingly.Dong'er seemed to be throwing herself into a shelter, so as to forget about tomorrow, she choked up:
"I'm going--we're all going! What shall we do?"
what to do?
Mengtian put it in a hurry, God took it, he used all his strength to hug Dong'er into his arms.
The earth was silent.
Deep and inexplicable sorrow and worry, a trapped beast going to death.Love boiled, causing a thunderstorm in Jiutian.
The intoxicated person was awakened by the shock.
Meng Tianfang, cruelly, turned around him.
what to do?
until this evening.
Both of them were tossing and turning, unable to sleep well.
The night sky was full of bloated clouds, all of a sudden, spit out the swallowed moon, suddenly, bright moon clusters.Like a silver plate, it dimly shines on a human face.White light leaked from the top of the sky tree to the ground, feeling like the magic palm of thousands of fingers.
It was a strange full moon night.
I saw a purple mist and white smoke going straight to the sky.Because there was a change in the alchemy room.
Xu Fuming repaired the plank road to escape, and secretly went to Chencang to steal the alchemy.The pill has been formed, and the illusion is colorful golden light.Immortal Qi confused.
People are also confused.
Is it the environment?weather?miss?Or is it drawn by unpredictable karma?
Dong'er could not help but move closer to the alchemy room, wrapped in her dark purple brocade quilt.
In this room, since the alchemists were killed one by one, and Xu Fu's plan to travel to the East was in full swing, the room was empty, only the alchemy furnace, tripod, iron pot, tongs, fan, and salt mud remained. , scales, milk mortar, large and small bottles and jars, silently mourning the masters who have gone without a trace.
The only thing that was still burning was Xu Fu's alchemy furnace.
There was no sound, and when she saw Meng Tianfang, she was also attracted by his legs.
It was a strange full moon night.
Like all saga openings, involuntary.
The fragrance of Fangfei is like an aphrodisiac, accompanied by purple mist and white smoke, people dressed in purple brocade.
What a temptation.
She stared at him for a while.The corner of his clothes was on fire, and he stamped out the fire immediately.However, sanity burned out.
The smog was locked, and it happened that the other party's blushing face could not be seen clearly.It's too tempting, Meng Tianfang can't help himself.
Dong'er undid the three buns on her head at once, one bun and one bun were shaken off one after another, she shook back vigorously, and her long hair flew up steeply in the mist.He raised his head, closed his eyes, and went all out...
She lay slowly on the brocade quilt, and Meng Tianfang covered her whole body, like a protector.
Dong'er under him is a frightened bird.
But there is no time.If not today, there is no tomorrow.Three thousand worlds apart, burdened with sins, they merged into one, hungry and thirsty, wanting to die, all turned into deep sighs.Like a soaring elixir, it trembled restlessly.
Black hair tangled.
The "shougong sand" on her arm, I don't know when, silently retreating...
The fire was reflected on Dong'er's snow-white skin.She used a grate to re-coil her black hair into a bun.Matching black and white is the charm after a tryst.
He never realized how enchanting she was, and she looked a little demented.
冬儿羞赧地，把蒙天放的身子扳转，开始也为他梳头——先将头顶长发束一单台圆丘双鬟小髻，然后用篦将额前和两鬓长发梳向脑后，由脑后分作六股，编成板状发辫，中间卡一发结，辫的上端打一“×”形的绳结。
梳好了，把他扳过来，二人一直对望了很久，在对方眼睛中看到自己，深不可测。
Can't believe it's true.
冬儿把蒙天放一根长发拈起来，与自己的一根长发连在一起，就炉火烧成灰末，放在一勺水中。
她盟誓：
“喝，这就可以白头到老，矢志不渝！”
蒙天放不假思索，便仰首喝了半勺。
冬儿温柔地笑：
“你不是一直认为方士之术都是荒唐么？”
情到浓时，人竟便迷信了。他笑看她喝了那半勺。她在水中见到一个阴影——
冬儿惊呼，推他快走。
他心下依依，还是矫捷地闪身走了。
冬儿慌忙中，把瓶罐都碰撞倒地。身后一声暴喝：
"what are you doing?"
冬儿神色仓皇地道：
“——给丹炉鼓风。”
一直暗察徐福的反应，心惊胆跳。
徐福来至鼎前，珍重地拈起一颗金丹。大功告成了，喜出望外：
“唉，竟然炼成了！真是阴差阳错！”
他带着秘密的喜悦，把惊魂甫定的冬儿招来。丹药拢在袖中。
“冬儿你看，迎着炉火，金光闪烁；拢在袖中，自发五彩。这'九转金丹'，好了，好了！”
“你把金丹献给陛下，我们便不用走了？”
“你真傻！此事别让任何人知悉。”
冬儿不明所以：
“为什么？这可是个大喜讯。”
“嘿，丹成了，我们还走得成么？”徐福正色地道，“别误事，从今天起，你不准离开我半步。不得再胡来！”
他把宝贝置于小锦盒中，揣在怀里。冬儿若有所思，苦无良计。
诏书已经颁就：
“朕，今令齐人方士徐福，率五百童男女，于七月初七日午时，东渡求仙。楼船五十，停于河边。全数须于初六晚齐集上船候命，待得黄道吉日吉时，作法启航入海，不得有误。奉天承运，始皇帝即位第廿八年夏，于咸阳宫。”
整日地奔波，一切才被安顿。
徐福与五百童男女，携备五谷粮种，人车列成一望无际的队伍，如长龙蟠缠半山，风吹白衣，飘飘乱举。童女们都戴着一顶细草织成的帽儿，垂下一重轻纱，掩映着音容。每人一个香囊，散着去国的余韵。
楼船五十，由数千民夫拉纤至浅滩，它们高耸着，巨大的身躯，异兽一般吞噬着远渡蓬莱、方丈、瀛洲三座仙山的懵懂的雏儿。
孩子们都有点好奇，有点兴奋，也有点茫然——但都乖乖地服从皇帝的命令，谁都没想过前景。
各在自己的方寸之地安寝，一个挨一个，等待次日启航。人人都一样。
但，冬儿已不一样了。
隔了重重险阻，又届生死离别，凭着楼船的雕栏，远望河边。
驻扎在河边的蒙天放，镇夜护船。部属都敬佩他的尽忠职守。
他们怎会想到，始皇帝宠信有加、委以重任的郎中令，是世上最不忠的叛臣？——他并没有把自己的分内做好。
思潮起伏。
明日一至，二人将是天涯海角，相会无期。还没有走，已经思念。只是一想到自己的身份，又摇摇头，用力把她的影子抖去，摔在水中，任由东流而逝。
仗剑挺坐，脸上不肯再有表情。只余一股忠勇。就让一切过去吧。
冬儿在楼船上，看不见他，但觉每一个影绰的黑点，都是他。
真的要走么？
夜色四合了，河水深不可测。她一步一步地，偷偷走到栏旁，像踩在每一个人的睡梦上，一下不小心，都碎裂了。
她脱了丝履，珍重地系在腰间。夜更浓了，无人发觉，她把心一横，企图跳进水里去。
正准备逃走，蓦地有一只手把她抓住。掩着她的嘴，强拖进楼船中。
挣扎间，一只丝履丢了。
它没沉，只随水漂至河边。
蒙天放蓦见，四看一片死寂，那丝履，凄婉如一声呜咽。他也珍重地纳入怀里收好。
徐福把冬儿拖至睡榻旁，晓以大义：
“怕死么？”
冬儿摇头，泪盈于睫。
但她无法把这秘密告诉任何人呀。童男女五百，是奉了君命东渡的，自己一逃，数目不对，犯了欺君之罪——且自己已不是童女了。冬儿警觉地，用手遮掩臂上“守宫砂”的位置。她的收获就是失去。
徐福把一切都看在眼内。他一早就洞悉人间有这样的一些债项了，只语重心长：
“我什么都不管，只要放棹东洋，逃离魔掌，觅地安居，繁衍一支后裔，才是偷生上策。”
见她不语，又劝道：
“冬儿，不要自私，要为大局着想。”
大局？
她一夜之间成长了，成为大人以来，始发觉是这样地凄怆。为大局着想，她就得放手，然后与一群没有血缘的人，到陌生地土，落地生根？她明白了。
但她要一个“大局”干么？
一个小女孩吧，任他苦口婆心，她困扰得如何听得进去？
只好佯睡。也许真睡了，就能把昨天睡死。
徐福见她安然睡好，便欷歔离去。
也太难为有情儿女。
冬儿在步声远去之后，微微张目，打开一条缝，他走了。她手中捏紧一个小锦盒。
七月，渭河的水凄清但丰满，谁知这河水由多少支流汇聚？谁知一直东航，前面有多急险？冬儿远远望向岸边的营火，她只知有个人在那儿守候。
如果一直待下去，天亮了，楼船随大水而去，失去夹岸的约束，不知多么地飘摇。人也一样，回头需要莫大的勇气，只有爱情可以推动她。
她被推动跳下水中。
“扑通”一声，静夜中分外惊心。
蒙天放见到一个纤弱的黑影子，挣扎扑近浅滩，水没胫，然后她整个地浮现出来。在闪动的火光中，他认出来了。
奋不顾身，马上相迎。
牵扯上岸。
侍卫一见，以为是跳水的贪生怕死者，不愿随团去国，一一都在吆喝：
"What's up?"
“有人逃跑了！”
“郎中令逮住他了！”
岸上人声鼎沸，一片混乱。
楼船上的人，都被吵醒了。徐福一看，事已至此，惟有孤注一掷。
当下，他擅作主张，大声下令：
“楼船启航！”
楼船东窗事发，急急驶向东方。
一去不回，在彼邦繁衍——这是他们的意愿。
火把燃亮，水面一片通红。大家目送着逃遁的五百人。
冬儿一身水淋淋，衣湿体寒，薄纱黏贴着肌肤，像是刚脱胎的新生。
她飞奔至蒙天放身畔，紧握他的手，苦寒而抖颤。
Walk?
not to go?
蒙天放回头一望自己的部属，驻扎在河边。他们一直敬佩他……
只迟疑了一下，敏感脆弱的少女的心便仿佛受伤了。
她咬牙，不理他，自行奔逃。
侍卫马上便追上了，用绳子把她捆起来，带到蒙天放跟前。
他望定她，手中的青铜宝剑一举。
她呆住了，眼中尽是惊疑闪烁。
他的剑“嚓、嚓”几声。
大家愕然地望向被剑锋所断的绳子，撒在地上。
团团围住的两个人，一个是长官，一个是逃犯。全部噤声不语。
蒙天放豁出去了。
在所有人的注视下，灼灼的目光中，他把始皇帝恩赐的青铜宝剑，竖插在浅滩的石子间，他背叛了他，只好把权位荣禄都牺牲了，为了她，和她先发制人的牺牲。不计后果。
他一手把她扯过来，紧紧拥抱着她，在他强壮的怀抱中，她有点羞怯，却有更多的骄傲。充塞其中密不透风。
她满足了，一切都是值得的。
心中只觉亮堂堂，暖洋洋，闪着鲜艳夺目的万度霞光，海阔天空。
他从没这样地温柔和坚毅过。到底他敌不过冥冥中的情牵。四下是他部属惊愕而感动的低呼，交织成一个网罗，身陷囹圄，但笼罩在一片大局已定的安谧中。
对于他，敢于为她做任何事，保护她，呵护她，爱护她，这才是大局。
二人放心地，随着他们，随着数不尽的猛烈地叹气的火把，去了。
火越来越兴盛，烈焰自窑炉向上狂吐，舐向四野和夜空。
炉边搭了法台，法案摆满祭品。
始皇帝从未如此暴怒过，因为他“被骗”了，火光中，面貌狰狞：
“蒙天放！朕因爱才，对你悉心栽培，恩宠有加，你这畜生竟敢背叛于朕，是为不忠；求仙取药，乃万世大业，竟因儿女私情，坏了大计，目光如豆，是为不义。朕——要你们死！”
一身红衣的冬儿被带出来了。
经过沐浴、熏香、更衣，也明知难逃一死。但听得“你们”二字，马上扑倒叩首：
“陛下，此事与郎中令无关，冬儿知罪，愿一力承担，请放过他！请放过他！”
"kill!"
“陛下陛下！”泪流披面的冬儿，一生都没讲过这么多的话，“冬儿死不足惜，但郎中令，万中无一，求陛下留他一命！”
始皇帝当然知道，虎狼亦有不忍之心，但盛怒中，万难食言。心念一动，自怀中拎出他那天下第一枚之“半两钱”。
“生死有命，于此关头，看你造化。”
他把钱币扔到蒙天放脚前。
“见'半两'二字即生，负面即死！”
蒙天放却决绝：
“不，大丈夫一人做事一人当，臣知罪，当以死报君！”
始皇帝恼恨他之愚忠，想留活命，怒叱：“掷！”——他给他一半的机会。
百官和将士，都紧张万分地等待蒙天放自决命运，非生即死，冬儿闭目向天祷告，口中低喃。
蒙天放无奈，钱币一掷，于半空中打个滚儿，他一手覆之于另一手掌心上。
生死关头，手缓缓地移动……
How is the result?一壁揭露，一壁汗透重甲。
渐见“半两”二字——是正面。众人都吁一口气。
始皇帝遂下令：
“好，天意如此，留你一命！朕令冬儿自投炉火，血祭俑窑！”
蒙天放望向冬儿。
只一眼，他想也不想，把心一横，咬牙下跪：
“臣蒙天放乃一顶天立地男子汉，不愿偷生，决同归于尽！”
冬儿的心灵震撼了，他明明得到“生”，依然要一起“死”。有一种神秘的动力在她心中翻腾，热乎乎地，滔滔滚滚，汹汹涌涌，她有话要说。
“陛下，冬儿自知难逃一死，只求临死之际，跟他讲