Chapter 182 Chapter 10 Thousands of Mountains and Rivers

Under the masterful hands of the Youshi sisters, Xiang Shaolong watched himself in the bronze mirror return to his original appearance.The two women were full of sadness about parting, and they were no longer in the mood of making fun of each other.Xiang Shaolong was also very worried about what happened to Xu Xian. The matter was said by Huang Hu himself. When he came back on a special trip, he was captured by Li Yuan at the gate of the city. There were more than 3,000 people when he went, and only 700 people were left when he came back. It can be seen how fierce the battle was. Under the heavy punishment, Huang Hu confessed that Lu Buwei's spies were hidden among Xu Xian's 500 entourage, so that they could accurately ambush Xu Xian in a canyon in Weijing, and Huang Hu shot him with an arrow. Under the desperate counterattack, Huang Hu also suffered heavy casualties, and fled hastily, some of them were also captured.That's why Li Yuan was so distressed, and Lord Longyang was afraid that Lu Buwei would use this as an excuse to send troops against Wei because the incident happened in Wei.

In the final analysis, the culprits are Tian Dan and Lu Buwei.What is even more hateful is Tian Dan, who deliberately stirs up wind and rain, hoping to fish out of troubled waters and enjoy the fisherman's benefits. After Xiang Shaolong knew the whole thing, his mood improved, at least whether Xu Xian is really dead or not is still unknown.However, he has decided to set off at dawn to hunt down Tian Dan. When Tian Dan left Shouchun, he had only more than a hundred followers. Since he wanted to avoid the checkpoints and fortresses of Chu State, he had to take a detour. There is still a great chance of intercepting them before Shan enters Qi territory.

When he got up and was about to leave, the two daughters of Youshi couldn't help throwing themselves into his arms, telling him to come to Dian Kingdom to visit them when he had the opportunity or passing by, and then sent him out with tears in his eyes. Mrs. Zhuang stopped him outside the door and dragged him into the room for some lingering.He said sadly: "If we leave tonight, we may never see each other again. Xiang Lang, why do you have such little affection for this concubine? It is impossible for this concubine to serve the bed!" Xiang Shaolong smiled bitterly and said: "The development of the matter is indeed unexpected, but Ma'am, there is no need to be so sad, the Kingdom of Dian is not far from Qin, maybe I will come to visit you when I have free time."

Mrs. Zhuang said happily: "A word from a gentleman!" Xiang Shaolong said: "Take a whip!" He stretched out his hand to tease her chin, and after kissing her sweet lips painfully, a thousand strands of tenderness surged in his heart, and he whispered: "No If you are crying, you should laugh, take good care of Baoyi, I believe we will meet again one day." Mrs. Zhuang said: "I'm going back to Yunnan the day after tomorrow, can you stop by to visit us when you return to Qin, then I'll show you a smile." Day and night have been through hardships together for such a long period of time, if you say that you have no feelings, you are lying to yourself. Although you can't wait to cull Tian Dan and fly back to Xianyang immediately, but in the current situation, you still have to agree.

After some more intimacy, Xiang Shaolong escaped, and everyone packed up their luggage, ready to leave at any time.Li Yuan was talking with Longyang Jun, Han Chuang, and Teng Yi. Seeing him coming, he pulled him aside and said, "I just met Yan Ran, and I felt more at ease. Only you are worthy of her. I People are too eager to pursue fame and power.” Xiang Shaolong was speechless, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's just that I'm lucky, if brother Li meets her in the morning, she will actually appreciate you very much." Li Yuan sighed: "It's just that I'm no match for you. Hey, Xiu'er wants me to tell you, I wish you a smooth journey."

Xiang Shaolong thought of Guo Xiu'er, and felt pity in his heart. At this time Teng Yi came to urge: "We are about to set off!" Everyone went out together, stepped on the horses, Ji Yanran and others covered their faces with light veils, so that no one could see their peerless appearance. Lord Longyang, Han Chuang and Li Yuan saw him off in person, and they drove towards the inner city gate with the Chu army opening the way. At this time, the sky was still not bright, and the dark sky added to the depressing taste of parting.Who can say whether there will be a day of goodbye?Especially Qin and the six countries in the southeast are in a situation where peace and war are uncertain, and the thought of going to war on the battlefield is even more melancholy.

Xiang Shaolong absolutely hated war.But knowing it is the most inevitable thing in this era. When they were about to reach the palace, a group of people guarding a carriage rushed out at full speed and stopped them. It turned out that it was Li Yanyan who had come. Dugui, the head of the imperial guard, came over and said, "The Empress Dowager wants to see Lord Wan, and invites him to get in the car." Xiang Shaolong, wearing a bamboo hat, nodded, boarded Li Yanyan's carriage, and drove out of the inner city gate. Li Yanyan took off Xiang Shaolong's bamboo hat, looked at him blankly for a while, and said happily, "Xiang Shaolong is much prettier than Wan Ruiguang. No wonder Xiu'er will never forget you. Oh, I don't mean her I am greedy for your handsomeness, but your current appearance and temperament, which can better match your words and deeds and heroic spirit."

Xiang Shaolong smiled and said, "Didn't the Empress Dowager make up her mind not to see her off? Why did she suddenly change her mind?" Li Yanyan threw herself into his arms, hugged him with all her strength, panting and said: "This is the answer. As long as she thinks that she may never see each other again, Yanyan will be heartbroken. If one day, Shaolong If you realize that you can't beat Lu Buwei, the door of my Great Chu will always be open for you." The beauty is so kind, especially when thinking of her desolate and humiliating past, Xiang Shaolong's heart warmed up, he lowered his head to find her hot lips, kissed her passionately, and then said with great emotion: "I seldom have any regrets about men and women. , but I know that one day in the future, I will feel remorse for missing the opportunity to sleep with you, and not being able to enjoy the beauty of the beautiful day when silence is better than sound, and a spring night is worth a thousand dollars."

Li Yanyan was intoxicated and said: "No one can hear your love words better than you, but why regret it? With the current speed of the car, there is at least one hour to go to the pier outside the city, and there are many things to do!" Xiang Shaolong said in astonishment: "It seems... Hey!" Li Yanyan pressed his cheek and said sadly: "Who would know? Xiang Shaolong, didn't you say that a spring night is worth a thousand gold?" Xiang Shaolong hugged the youngest and most beautiful empress dowager in the Warring States period, with mixed feelings in his heart.

He had only known her for a few days, and it felt like he had spent half his life with her.I am afraid that apart from Li Yuan, I have taught myself to know her experience and inner world best. He still didn't know whether he loved her more or pitied her more.But there is no doubt that her beauty is enough to make him unable to help but love her. The most desolate and romantic part is that this is destined to be a love that cannot bear fruit, so she put aside the dignity of the queen mother, desperately came to see her off and fight for this last chance, so that her life would not be lost because of this short but eternal love. The memory of the value is overshadowed.

Suddenly, he melted.Everything in the compartment became unreal, like a deep dream.At a loss, I don't know where I am, only the most ardent passion and love flames are permeating. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ The setting sun is setting. The three big ships were released to the east and left along the Huai River to watch another big city of Chu. Xiang Shaolong found Shanrou who was alone at the stern, and wondered, "What is big sister Rou doing here?" Shanrou said angrily: "Is it okay to be alone if you want to be alone?" Xiang Shaolong went over and put his arms around her fragrant shoulders tentatively, seeing that she only cast a glance at him, and there was no other movement of resistance, he kissed her cheek with confidence, and said softly: "If you can kill Tian Dan today, Rou Will sister be willing to go back to Xianyang with us?" Shan Shan leaned into his arms softly and softly, and said softly: "I'm used to living a life of wandering around as a home, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stay in one place again. How boring it is to see the same people every day Well. Home life is not for me." Xiang Shaolong nodded and said: "I understand this, wandering the world is indeed a charming way of life." Shan Rou wondered: "I'm so stubborn, aren't you angry?" Xiang Shaolong said with a chic smile: "Why are you angry? What you are saying is the unchangeable truth. If you keep doing something or eating the same thing repeatedly, the delicacies of mountains and seas will become tasteless, but you also It's time to go to Xianyang to see Shanlan and her child, your sister misses you very much!" Shanju said: "I will go to Xianyang. But I promised a person, I will go with him for a while after the matter is over, let's talk about it then!" Xiang Shaolong smiled wryly, "Is it your new lover?" Shanrou said in a low voice: "I shouldn't have told you, but I didn't want to lie to you. After leaving you, I don't know if I have stirred up love buds for you. I have had several men, but none of them can replace you. This The man I want to be with him for a while has risked his life to save my life and healed my serious injuries, and most of my gratitude to him is due to him." Xiang Shaolong's heart was filled with sourness, but when he thought about it, since he could be in love with different women, that Shanrou naturally had the right to enjoy love with different men, he smiled and said with a smile: "I will follow the elder sister's wishes." Well, even if you get married and have children, don’t forget to visit us in Xianyang. You must visit us before Crown Prince Qin ascends the throne, otherwise we may not be found again.” Shanrou turned her head away, looked at him intently for a while, and said in surprise: "You are so special. After other men know that I have another person in my heart, they are all jealous. Only you don't mind at all. Whether you Don't worry about me at all!" Xiang Shaolong laughed and said: "This is not right, that is not right, what do you think of me?" Shanrou had a strange look on her face, and sighed, "Because you are an out-and-out weirdo, I am so tired that Shanrou can't forget you. It's a very painful feeling. But I can't give up." My ideal of traveling all over the world, or one day when I am tired, I will come to you, will you despise me at that time?" Xiang Shaolong let go of his arms around her, stretched his waist towards Jiang, and said lightly, "Don't worry about it, as long as you are willing to come to Xianyang within seven years, you will definitely see us." Shanrou stomped her feet and said, "I don't obey!" It was rare for Xiang Shaolong to see her daughter's coquettish demeanor, so he asked in surprise, "Why don't you follow me?" Shan Rou complained on the side: "Why don't you have the reaction of other men at all, it seems that you don't take it seriously at all whether I come or not." Xiang Shaolong laughed loudly and said, "Don't you want to be free? Now I don't interfere with your way of life at all, but you want to blame me, what's the point?" Shanrou thought for a while, "Puchi" smiled coquettishly, jumped up to hug him, raised her pretty face, and said with a charming smile: "You are different from everyone else. No wonder I want to care about you." Xiang Shaolong said softly: "Big Sister Rou, enjoy your life! That is the most basic right of everyone. If I say I am not jealous, I am just lying to you. It's just that I don't think I have the right to control you. Be able to suppress selfishness and respect your freedom." Shanrou was moved and said: "This is the first time I have heard decent words from a man, but will you not love him as much as before because of this?" Xiang Shaolong said frankly: "My love for you will never change, but I will force myself not to think about you so much. Because I will naturally think that you may be hugging another man, which will make you feel uncomfortable. I was very uncomfortable. People are always selfish." Shanrou kissed him, and said tenderly: "You are very frank. In fact, I am also afraid of thinking of you for the same reason. I really regret telling you this fact. People don't know until after breaking up with you. I can't forget you at all." Xiang Shaolong kissed her sweet lips, and said softly: "Since it's the truth, you and I have no choice but to accept it. It's time for dinner, shall we go back to the cabin?" Shan Rou stubbornly shook her head and said: "No, I'm a little afraid that one day I will lose your love for me." Xiang Shaolong laughed and said, "Sister, don't laugh at me anymore, how can you be this kind of person. You are just not angry that I didn't react as you expected to the matter between you and another man, so force me to surrender !" Shanrou stomped her feet and said, "I hate you so much, tell me you're so jealous." Xiang Shaolong bent over with a smile and said, "Okay, I'm almost dying of jealousy." Shanrou said happily: "This is decent, oh, what I said just now is all lying to you. There is no other man that this girl can look up to, but don't be too happy, because that includes you , come on!" Holding Xiang Shaolong's hand tightly, he went back to the cabin. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Under the light of the wind lantern, Xiang Shaolong, Teng Yi, Ji Yanran, Zhao Zhi and Shanrou sat around the mat, studying the silk map of the border between Chu and Qi that was drawn on the small table. Teng Yi said: "After careful consideration, I can come up with three possible routes for Tian Dan to return to Qi. The first one is that he abandons his boat and lands, flies to Fulisai, and then buys a boat at Zhongli to return to Qi by water. The second route is to pick up horses in Fulisai, and then follow the official road via Pengcheng, Miaoling, and Kaiyang to reach Qijing by land. The third route is more circuitous, and it is to take the east road and return to the country through Mingshan. Different color lines are drawn on the picture, so everyone can understand it at a glance.” When Xiang Shaolong and the others were pondering over the three routes, Shanrou asserted: "Don't worry about it, Tian Dan is the most comfortable person, and he must choose the water route. Also, Xia Ruzhang, the city guard of Zhongli, has always been close to him. Tian Dan didn't even know that we would chase after him biting his tail, how could he choose the easy and the difficult." Ji Yanran said: "If that's the case, maybe when we arrived at Zhongli, he hadn't boarded the boat yet?" Everyone nodded in agreement. Because that day, Tian Dan pretended to take a boat to Chengyang, headed west against the current, and after more than ten miles away from Shouchun, he abandoned the boat and landed. Fu Lisai and Zhong Li left, such a turning point would naturally take more time. This man was indeed very cunning and despicable. After tricking Chunshen Jun into assassinating Xu Xian, he immediately slipped away, leaving Chu people to deal with all the consequences by themselves, but he could stay out of the matter safely. Zhao Zhidao: "I still don't understand why Tian Dan rushed back in such a hurry?" Ji Yanran's expression changed suddenly: "Not good! I think Tian Dan is going to deal with Yan Guo!" Teng Yi was also shocked and said: "Prince Pill is in danger!" Xiang Shaolong also understood. The collusion between Lu Buwei and Tian Dan is based entirely on interests.What Lu Buwei was most afraid of was the alliance of the six eastern countries, so he kept showing his favor to Tian Dan, hoping that Qi would not only stay out of the alliance, but also destroy the alliance of the other five countries.The recent five-nation coalition came under pressure, and the Qin army was almost powerless to resist, which further strengthened his strategy. At the same time, he also knew that Chu would not allow the three Jins to be eaten away by Qin because of the painful experience, so he gave up Chu and took Qi as an ally. Tian Danfei is not aware of Lu Buwei's ambitions, but he also knows the truth that relying on others is worse than relying on oneself. Only when Qi is strong is the only way out. In this age of war, the formula for becoming a powerful country is to encroach on other countries and expand its territory.The fat meat in front of him is the Yan State, whose strength has been greatly weakened due to the war with Zhao State. Tian Dan was also uneasy and kind to Lu Buwei, like this time he wanted to assassinate Xu Xian, which would intensify the internal struggle in Qin State, which was actually beneficial to Qi. Of course, Lu Buwei should have something in return. One of them is to kill Prince Dan in the territory of Qin. Yan Guo loses this mainstay figure. The blow to both morale and strength is hard to estimate, and Tian Dan can be invaded more easily. The land of the Yan people. Suddenly, they became more aware of Tian Dan and Lu Buwei's conspiracy. Ji Yanran said solemnly: "If we can't kill Tian Dan this time, Yan Kingdom will be finished." Shan Rou gritted her teeth and said, "He will never escape this time!" Ji Yanran said: "Since Zhongli's Xia Ruzhang has a close relationship with Tian Dan, maybe after finding out our whereabouts, he will inform him and let him escape by land. It will be difficult to chase him then." Xiang Shaolong's heart moved and he said, "Since that's the case, why don't we use our tricks and intentionally scare Xia Ruzhang, after finding out where Tian Dan is, he will never return to Qi Kingdom alive." ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Two days later, in the early afternoon, three large ships sailed into Zhongli's large pier. Xia Ruzhang came after hearing the news. The General Chu who was in charge of this army was called Li Guang, he was Li Yuan's confidant, he was extremely shrewd, he got instructions from Xiang Shaolong to get off the ship and meet him at the pier. After letting Xia Ruzhang read the military orders and documents issued by Li Yanyan, Li Guang said in a low voice: "This time we are coming from the east, and we really have a secret mission." Xia Ruzhang was startled and said, "What is it?" Li Guang pulled him aside and said, "The general should have heard about Shouchun." Xia Ruzhang smiled bitterly and said, "Not only the rumors, but also the official notice yesterday, I never thought Chunshen Jun would end up like this, he is really old and confused." Li Guangdao: "It's not that he is old and foolish, but he misbelieves the traitor's words. He not only sent people to assassinate the envoys of the Qin people to pay homage to the late emperor, but also intended to rebel. The Queen Mother and Li Xiang were very angry about this, so they ordered me to lead the army. Hunt down this person. General Xia should know who I'm referring to!" Xia Ruzhang's expression changed several times, and he said in a deep voice, "General Li, can you explain clearly?" Li Guangdao: "Apart from Tian Dan, who else is there? Does General Xia have any news about him?" Xia Ruzhang's hands and feet trembled, and he said in a hoarse voice with difficulty: "No?" Li Guang knew what was going on, but he didn't reveal it, and said in a low voice, "Tian Dan must have escaped by water. General Xia, please immediately order someone to prepare all the supplies we need for the three ships. time to sail." Of course Xia Ruzhang didn't agree in time, so Li Guang ignored him and went back to the boat.After Xia Ruzhang ordered his men, he hurried back to the city. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ At this time Xiang Shaolong had sneaked into the city early, accompanied by Ji Yanran, Shan Rou, and Zhao Zhi in men's clothing, Teng Yi, Jing Shan, Wu Guang, Wu Yanzhu, Wu Shu and other eighteen iron guards, and Li Guang's lieutenant, Cai Yong, had no problem entering and exiting the city gates because they all had official passes. After Xia Ruzhang returned to the city, he rushed back to the mansion without stopping. broad daylight.The General's Mansion was also heavily guarded, so Xiang Shaolong and others could only look at the high wall and sigh, guarding various exits scatteredly, waiting for the night to come. Fortunately, less than half an hour later, Xia Ruzhang and the two generals, who had changed into plain clothes, slipped out from the back door and drove towards the south gate. Everyone was overjoyed and followed from a distance. Xia Ruzhang went straight out of the south gate, crossed the forest and crossed the country, and at dusk, he came to a manor house in a secret forest. Outside the forest, there is a river coming from the northwest, which drains into the Huai River five miles downstream, and flows eastward.There is still a small pier where four large fishing boats are moored. Everyone was overjoyed. Teng Yi said: "I'm in charge of cleaning up the pier and the people on the boat. The third brother will go to the manor to deal with Tian Dan, be careful, Tian Dan has a lot of people who are not easy to mess with." He took half of the iron guards and went to the pier up. Xiang Shaolong instructed Ji Yanran: "Yanran leads Zhizhi to stay outside the village, intercepts or shoots those who escape with crossbow arrows, while I sneak into the villa with Elder Sister Rou to see if Tian Dan is inside." Ji Yanran agreed and dispersed with the others. Xiang Shaolong greeted Shanrou, and quickly sneaked into the forest like a ghost, and soon came to the grass outside the east wall of the villa without any surprise or danger. The manor was surrounded by high walls, so the situation inside could not be seen from a close distance. At this time, the night fell to the earth early, the sky was full of stars, the moon was dim, and there were only dim lights in the courtyard. The two climbed over the high wall with the help of climbing ropes, and fell silently into the square open-air yard behind the wall. Xiang Shaolong and Shanrou climbed up to the roof of the nearest house, only to see a lot of houses, and for a moment they didn't know where to start. Shanrou leaned close to his ear and whispered: "Tian Dan likes to live in the house facing south, let's go and have a look at that one." Xiang Shaolong followed her instructions and saw a garden in the south of the manor, with flowers and trees, ponds, rockery pavilions, quite beautiful, a small stream flowed through the garden, there was a stone bridge across the small stream, and on the other side there was a There are many terraced houses.Looking at this manor house, one can tell that it is a manor house for the rich and powerful to escape the summer. It is very likely that it is Xia Ruzhang's property, and it is borrowed for Tian Dan to live temporarily. The two of them didn't talk, they passed several houses in one breath, and then landed in the garden, only to see the shadows and voices of people on the other side of the small bridge, the two dared not be careless, went around to the distance, relying on the flying rope, from the tree The top crossed to another tall tree on the other side of the creek, fell back to the ground, avoided the guards, and climbed to the top of a brightly lit house. Voices came from below. He only heard Tian Dan's voice saying: "Whether this matter is serious or not, Li Yuan should not be able to beat Chunshen Jun." The other should be Xia Ruzhang's voice: "It's absolutely true. Yesterday I officially received an order from the Queen Mother to strictly guard the pass. It was also announced that Li Quan, Li Ling, Dou Jie and Cheng Suning were all beheaded for public display." The two were overjoyed and couldn't help but kiss each other.After untold hardships, he finally caught up with the old thief Tian Dan. Tian Dan was silent for a while, then snorted coldly: "Li Yuan is so brave, he dared to send people to chase and kill me, Ru Zhang, why don't you come back with me!" Xia Ruzhang sighed: "My relatives and family business are all here, how can I just leave. Let's talk about this later. The most important thing now is how to arrange for Xiang Tian to return to the country safely." After a pause, he continued: "They guessed that you would return by water. If Xiang Tian left by land, they would be in vain. I don't think Xiang Tian should wait for General Dan Chu anymore. As long as Xiang Tian returns safely, Forgive Li Yuan for having the guts to dare not hurt Danchu and the others." Xiang Shaolong was no longer interested in listening, so he kissed Shanrou again, and said, "Second brother should clean up the people at the pier, we are going to create some chaos now, are you ready?" With deep emotion in Shanrou's eyes, she whispered: "Of course I'm ready, I've been waiting for more than ten years!" Xiang Shaolong raised his hand to send out a signal rocket.The ignited fireworks soared into the sky, and a blood-red light flower burst out in the sky.