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Chapter 3 Chapter Two Plotting Revenge

The following year after using the title of emperor, Shi Huangdi toured Longxi (the area from western Shaanxi to Gansu) and Beidi (the area from northeastern Gansu to Ningxia). The next year, he traveled to the east. After climbing Mount Tai, he went along the Bohai Sea to climb the mountain of Zhifu (now Yantai City) on the north coast of Shandong Peninsula, and then went south to climb the mountain of Langye (near Qingdao City). It can be seen that the first emperor seemed to like mountain climbing very much.Every time he climbed the mountain, he erected a stone tablet there, engraving his achievements in unifying the world on it.

He admired Langye the most.Therefore, he moved 30,000 families to the foot of the mountain and gave them 12 years of tax exemption. When I first came to Langya, I was so fond of the scenery here that I stayed there for three months. He was born in Handan and grew up in the land of Qin in Shaanxi. He has never seen the sea.And on Langye Mountain overlooking the sea, this is why he likes this place so much, right? He built the Langya Terrace here, and considering this together with tax-free preferential treatment for recruiting immigrants, it is not difficult to speculate that he intended to use it as a departure palace.

Another year later, he went from Zhifu Mountain to Langye again. Was the world really peaceful at that time? The reason why he went on tour for three consecutive years after completing the unification of the world, on the one hand, may be that the first emperor liked to travel, and on the other hand, he probably also had the intention of demonstrating to the world through this, right? Of course, there is a huge army accompanying the parade, which is like a large-scale parade.Beautifully decorated teams, elite troops equipped with the latest weapons... The first emperor used this to show off his wealth and military strength to the people of the world, so that people would not dare to have the idea of ​​​​resistance.

But even Gao Jianli, a musician, would attack the first emperor with a lead-filled construction vessel.Among the exterminated ministers of the six kingdoms, there will be people who are not afraid of death in order to settle accounts with Qin Shihuang, which is naturally expected. Yangzhai, the ancient capital of Han, which was the first to be destroyed by Qin among the six kingdoms, was at Linru River.A bearded man stood by the Ru River and said loudly to himself: "It is said that there are boneless fish called jellyfish in the East China Sea. If these jellyfish are ashamed, they can hide at the bottom of the water and float quietly, but they float to the surface in a big way. Come up. The fishermen in the East China Sea boasted that there were jellyfish in their sea, so I said to them: In my motherland, Korea, there are so many animals without bones! They don’t take offense at the destruction of their motherland. Youzai. This is not something a person with backbone can do. So, in my motherland, Korea, jellyfish all go to land and walk around in human skin!"

He was hoarse from repeating the same words, so he coughed a few times and fell silent. He wobbled along the river bank.His upper body is quite broad, but his legs are short and thin, and his walking shape is quite funny. A young man with a bamboo pole in his right hand chased up from behind the bearded man.The young man's movements were very agile and his steps were fast, but he made no sound of footsteps at all.Therefore, the bearded man walking in front did not notice that someone was following him. "what……" When he screamed, he had been pushed into the water.He sneezed several times as the river water entered his nasal cavity.The young man who caught up stood on the river bank with his feet spread apart.

Dropped in shallow water on the shore.The bearded man got up from the sneeze and the river was only up to his knees. "What are you doing?" The bearded man roared angrily, then sneezed twice. "Grab this!" The young man stretched out the bamboo pole. "No need, I'll go up by myself... What do you mean by pushing me into the water?" When the bearded man wobbled ashore, he cursed and spat out water.Due to the strong wind, the drool was blown back and stuck to his beard. "Damn it! It's so dirty!" He wiped the drool on his beard with the back of his hand.

"Did I spit it out?" said the young man.How carefree this voice is. "Why are you pushing me? Aren't you afraid of being beaten!" the bearded man finally stepped on the river bank with one foot, and said with raised eyebrows. "I can't understand the few words you just repeated, so I push you down." The young man said. "Is what I said wrong?" "Because it's so right, I'm even more annoyed when I hear it." "Is it more comfortable to push me into the water?" "I don't deny that." The young man replied with a smile.

"You're such a quick talker. I like people like you very much. Ha! Ha! Ha!" After landing on the shore, the bearded man shook his body and laughed loudly. The bearded man took off his shirt, hung his wet clothes on the branch of a locust tree by the river bank, then walked up to the young man sitting in the grass on the bank, and sat down boldly. "Young man, what's your name?" "You ask me, and I won't tell you." "Is that because you consider yourself a nobody?" "No, because I hate my name." "Hey...then I don't want to ask, I'll call you young man! Here, young man..."

"After you say that, I want to report my name again." "Then you should report your name! You young man is a mother-in-law. Ha! Ha! Ha!" "My surname is Zhang, my first name is Liang, and my name is Zifang." "Hey...then..." The bearded man's eyes lit up suddenly, "Could it be that you belong to the prime minister's family..." "That's right." It turned out that this young man was a descendant of two generations of prime ministers in South Korea. His father, Zhang Ping, was the prime minister of King Hanli and King Huanhui, and his grandfather Zhang Kaidi was the prime minister of Zhaohou, King Xuanhui, and King Xiang.

"What were you doing twelve years ago?" asked the bearded man. "Twelve years ago" was the year when Han was destroyed by Qin. "I was still young at the time, so I hadn't become an official yet." "Even so, you are still very unwilling?" "Does it need to be said? It is because I have not yet become an official, so I am even more unwilling." "Zhang Liang, it looks like you are quite a man of backbone!" "I'm not born physically strong, and that's one thing I regret." "Having a backbone has nothing to do with whether you are physically strong or not. I am used to scolding people for being spineless, but I am actually looking for someone with backbone. What I am looking for is a person with backbone who gets angry when he is scolded for being spineless. Not only did you get angry, you even pushed me into the river, which shows that you have a lot of backbone. I have been looking for someone like you for a long time."

The bearded man became more and more excited as he talked. "What is your purpose in looking for someone with backbone?" "Comrades! I'm looking for fellows who can do great things together!" "What's the big deal you're talking about?" "Revenge!" "Is it the first emperor as the object of revenge?" "You don't want to call him the first emperor. He wants to be the second and third emperors from his descendants, and this will last forever, so he calls himself the first character. I just want him to have no second generation. It is enough to call him the king of Qin. " "Speaking so loudly, aren't you afraid of being heard?" "On the river bank, there is only you besides me. What am I afraid of? Have you never thought about revenge?" "Of course! However, even Jing Ke failed. This is not easy. Now it is even more difficult to get close to the First Emperor." The first emperor had connected the Xianyang Palace and 270 pavilions with wooden fences and corridors, making his whereabouts an absolute secret. Anyone who revealed his whereabouts would be sentenced to death immediately. Once, the first emperor traveled to Liangshan Palace, and when he looked out, he happened to see the ranks of prime ministers. - Too much riding. The first emperor was unhappy about this. The eunuch beside him quietly told the prime minister about it.Since then, the prime minister has reduced the number of chariots. —Someone leaked what I said.This is a serious violation of the rules. The first emperor was immediately furious.But after repeated interrogation, no one confessed, so he executed all the people around him at that time. Since it is the future, Mo knows where to do it. "Historical Records" records this matter in this language. In an attempt to assassinate the First Emperor, it was extremely difficult to even find out where he was, let alone approach him. "Don't give up so easily." The bearded man said in a low voice, "In recent years, there have been a lot of parades. We can use the parade opportunity to start." "The cruise route must be top secret, right?" "No matter how secretive it is, the rest and lodging places must be prepared in advance. In other words, there are many people involved in this matter. We can investigate from this direction!" "That's true... But even if the parade route is found out, the surrounding security must be extremely strict, and it is probably impossible to get close?" "Jing Ke uses a dagger, so it is necessary to get close to the King of Qin. However, there are also weapons that can be used at a certain distance to achieve the goal, do you know?" The bearded man grinned mysteriously while wiping his wet beard. "I know, it's the bow..." Zhang Liang whispered. The bearded man shook his head slowly, and said, "It's not a bow. When the King of Qin was on a parade, he took a chariot made of multi-layered thick wood, and even the most powerful bow and arrow could not pass through it." Zhang Liang traveled eastward with the bearded man. Before setting off, Zhang Liang sold all his belongings in exchange for gold. "Let's go to Mr. Canghai!" said the bearded man. In the Qin Dynasty, there was no place named "Canghai". "Hanshu" has a record that "(in the first year of Shuo Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty) Dongyi Yijun, Nanlu and others descended and became Canghai County". The so-called "Canghai" here refers to the north of Chenhan. , South of Goguryeo, that is, the central part of the Korean peninsula. Place names that did not exist in the Qin Dynasty appeared in the era of Sima Qian, the author of "Historical Records".Therefore, it is possible to use the place name "Canghai" to refer to the Korean Peninsula in general.In fact, most historians believe that Zhang Liang had been to North Korea. But it's a long way to go.Therefore, some people think that "Canghai" is not a place name, but a person's name. Although it is not a compromise, the author believes that this is the mountain top of the Korean place that lives at the tip of the Shandong Peninsula.It can be clearly seen on the map that the Shandong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula are only separated by water, and people have been traveling since ancient times.After the Han Dynasty, sending troops to Korea often used the waterway from Shandong. It is very possible that Koreans live on the Shandong Peninsula. "There are all kinds of talents in that place. After going there, we will definitely find people with special skills we need." The bearded man said in a confident tone. What are the "special skills" they need? This of course refers to the skill of killing people in vehicles that bows and arrows cannot penetrate.And you can't get too close to the vehicle, you have to make moves at a distance. Cang Haijun is a man of few words.With his white beard stroking and lips pursed, he seldom spoke. In the past, he provided many talents for princes from all over the world.Since the vassals compete with each other, from his standpoint, it is appropriate not to disclose information casually.This is the duty to do this kind of thing. "I want a strong man." After meeting Mr. Canghai, the bearded man said. "I don't have anyone who can only use brute force." Cang Haijun replied indifferently. What he provides are people with special abilities, so the goods in hand do not include those who are purely physical. "I'm looking for someone with great throwing power, with enough arm strength to throw heavy objects," said the bearded man. "How far do you want this person to throw? What level of destructive power do you want?" Cang Haijun asked. "The distance has not yet been determined. The purpose is to smash the box made of two-inch wood and crush the people inside." Knowing that the other party was a tight-lipped person, the bearded man revealed part of the important secret.And Cang Haijun's expression didn't change at all.This is because he has experienced countless special requirements, right? People with special abilities are needed, of course, to do special things. "Then I can give you Fan Fa. How capable this person is, you will know after trying it." A man named Fan Fa was called over. Zhang Liang was a little disappointed when he saw this person in front of him. What I want is a strong man, and I have made it very clear, so the one who was called should be a giant man.And this person's figure is no different from that of ordinary people, not as tall as a bearded man!When Fan Fa took off his shirt, Zhang Liang couldn't help but widen his eyes. Sure enough, he is a man of supernatural powers... Fan Fa, who is topless, has thick arms and thick breasts, which are really breathtaking.He was covered in raised muscles, and his copper-colored skin looked like invulnerable leather. Fan Fa performed his special skills on the grass behind the house. Holding one end of the iron chain tied with an iron ball, it spins above the head for a while, and after the body turns a few times, the iron ball is thrown far away by centrifugal force—this is no different from the current hammer throw. "Fly so far!" Zhang Liang unconsciously let out a sound of admiration.The distance was about 50 meters, and the iron ball hit the trunk of a young cypress tree that was pointed out in advance, and broke it.
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