Chapter 49 Section 5 The Mohist swordsman was attacked unexpectedly

At sunrise on Dongshan Mountain, the four gates of Liyang City came in and out, and it was a busy scene. Since the beginning of the reform, especially since the implementation of the new field system, the old Qin people seem to have forgotten the festivals.In previous years, once the frost had passed and the fields were clear, it entered a long nesting winter period.In Kaesong in the morning, except for a few groups of foreign business travelers, almost no farmers came in and out.It is different now, the city has not yet opened, and there are already groups of people holding oxen and waiting to leave the city at the gate of the city.Once the time passed, there was an endless stream of women and children carrying clay pots and bamboo baskets out of the city to deliver food, or ox carts continued to pull trees felled from the fields into the city.As the sun went down, people reluctantly left the land and returned to the city one after another.Wang Shi, the order of Liyang, has changed the opening and closing time of the city gate three times, but the people of the country still complain that the opening of the city is too late and the city is closed too early.Wang Shi had no choice but to report to Zuo Shu Changfu.Wei Yang ordered that the city be opened at the fifth watch and closed at the second watch. It was only a few hours before the city was opened day and night.In the Warring States period, where swords and soldiers are constantly being fought, it is amazing that it opens early and closes late. Apart from Anyi of Wei State and Linzi of Qi State, Liyang is the third one!The people of the country were beaming, and they were busy cleaning up their land, preparing to make a big fortune next spring, but it turned out that they left the city earlier and returned to the city later.As soon as the farmers cheered up, the artisans and merchants in the city also got busy. Some people bought things, and the demand for farm tools, ironware, coarse salt, cloth, etc. increased greatly.Craftsmen want to expand their workshops, merchants want to expand their shops, foreign merchants want to come in and open stores, and Qin merchants want to go out to purchase.As a result, there were people coming and going in and out of Liyang City all day and all night, making this small castle very lively and full of life.The Zuoshu Changfu directly ordered Wang Shi to open the city day and night!

This is the only one in the world, and that country dare not do it.But Wei Yang said with a smile: "Wu Qi still said back then that the country should not take the risk of mountains and rivers. How about today? How about the world of reform?" Among the endless stream of people, a caravan rattled out of the city, and the driver was still the young man on horseback. The Weifeng Inn in the city hung a big wooden sign saying "stay in the leaky house", and the gate was tightly closed.A middle-aged man in a black cloth shirt led a horse out of the side door, got on his horse, and walked out of the city calmly.

The caravan drove to the river valley south of the city of Liyang, and then rattled into the forest to the south of the valley.Akino Hills, with sparse trees, has a wide field of vision, but it is difficult to see this rocky valley clearly.The caravan stopped in a hidden place, and the young man got off his horse and said with a smile: "Hey! It's a good place, no one can find it." There was a burst of laughter in the caravan, and a young man in a white scarf walked out and said with a smile: "Isn't it a thief, afraid of being found? The young man made a grimace, "I'm not afraid, some people are." The white scarf youth smiled and said, "Little girl! Take a look, is Brother Hou here?" He set up an awning on the rock and looked around, "Come on, brother Hou is very good at riding." The white scarf youth smiled and said, "You haven't learned the skills of brother Hou. He was a famous swordsman twenty years ago." The young man Jumping off the rock, "That's good, the three of us are fine, why bother to find someone else?" The white scarf youth said with a straight face: "What you need to do is to succeed, not to show off, understand?" The boy stuck out his tongue and said with a smile: "Understood, Brother Young Master."

But hearing the sound of horseshoes outside the forest, a knight in black had already flown from the forest path to the forest on the top of the mountain.Arriving at the back of the rock, he got off his horse and said calmly, "Young master is here." The young man in white scarf smiled and said, "Brother Hou, it's very fast. Let's settle down our chariot and horse first." The black knight said: "It's not difficult. Back then I It’s a big warehouse to build, come and see.” He tied the horse to a big tree and led the two of them to the back of the hill.Behind the mountain is the sunny side, a forest grows out of the intricate rock gaps, with branches and vines, and bushes, covering this jagged and craggy rocky mountain.

"What's here?" The boy whipped the withered yellow grass. The man in black smiled and said: "Don't worry, come with me." Then he walked around a few rocks and came to a low-lying and sheltered mountain depression. After pushing aside a shrub on the mountain, a cave was revealed. "Follow me." The man in black walked into the cave, followed by the young man in white scarf and the teenager, and found that the cave was empty and empty, only the warm dry smell and the dead grass and leaves under his feet. cave. "Brother Hou, is this the warehouse?" The boy was surprised.The man in black didn't answer, went to the bottom of the cave, dug the grass under his feet, and stomped three times on a big rock.In a moment, the big rock at the end of the cave was separated, and a wide hole suddenly appeared!

"Brother Hou, you have worked so hard." The white scarf youth nodded in admiration. "Miss doesn't know, when Bai Gong was alive, he required that every store opened in every vassal state must have a hidden secret warehouse, which can not only store the goods nearby, but also prevent them from being looted by the war. I learned from Bai Gong. Afterwards, the war continued and the scale of business was no longer expanded, so the warehouse was of little use.” The man in black was quite emotional. "No, it's still very useful, and now Qin has great business opportunities." The young man in white was full of interest.

"Girl is interested in business opportunities?" The man in black was quite pleasantly surprised. "I, my father said, it's not a material for business. I mean, brother Hou can do something in Qin Guoda." The man in black laughed, "Okay, let's talk about it after passing this level." "Hey, Brother Hou, have you stored water and food inside?" the boy asked urgently. "Yes. There is also fodder for the horses. When there is a war, this is our hiding place." After speaking, the man in black walked forward, and the young men and boys in white scarves also followed into the cave.I saw that the main cave is spacious, with a radius of about ten feet. In the middle of the cave is a stone table and bench, and in the corner is a horse tie post and a manger.There are six closed small holes around the main hole, which are obviously the real warehouses.The man in black pointed to the small cave and said: "There are only two small caves to store goods. Last night I cleaned up the other small caves, which can be used as resting places. This cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, but the water source is slightly insufficient. "

"Okay. Let's hide the chariots and horses here so that we can have a rest and act at night." After a while, the three of them came out of the cave, went around the mountain, and drove the caravan and horses into the cave. At night, the mountain wind roared, and three black shadows floated up the mountain, swept across the Li River, and came towards the south gate of Liyang City.In Liyang, where the city is never closed at night, the first night is the time when business travelers come in and out frequently. The three men in black were inconspicuous among the businessmen from various countries in different costumes, and they entered the city smoothly.The three came to the Weifeng Inn one after another, and quietly entered through the side door.

In the middle of the night, in the dead of night, three black shadows flew out of the inn, split up and quickly disappeared into the long and narrow alleys of Liyang City. The iron workshop in the north gate of Liyang has become lively recently.This is the only iron workshop in the Liyang government, and it is also the largest iron workshop in Qin State.The remaining six iron workshops are all privately owned, the kind of small artisan workshops where one master takes two or three apprentices.Three years ago, when Qin Xiaogong came to the throne, due to the blockade of the six countries and the shortage of pig iron, almost all private iron workshops in Liyang were closed, and the only official iron workshop was maintained by only 20 or 30 ironworkers.One year after the reform, the situation changed drastically.One is that each of the six countries is in a hurry, and they don't care about Qin.The second is that businessmen from the six countries are only looking for profit, and they have poured into Qin, where the demand has greatly increased.The iron workshop in Liyang City was the first to revive.The three basic commodities, weapons, agricultural tools, and kitchen knives, are always in short supply.The official ironworks sought ironworkers widely, and private ironworks also caught fire again, looking for ironworkers.However, ironworkers were the most valuable "top talents in a hundred craftsmen" in the Warring States Period, and all countries tried their best to recruit them. It was really not easy to recruit a large number of them.Just when Liyang made Wang Shi lose his mind, three days ago, more than a dozen ironworkers from six countries in Shandong suddenly came one after another!Trying it on the stove, it turned out to be a good job in identifying tools, forging iron, quenching, and hammering.Wang Shi was overjoyed and ordered to accept all of them, and the salary was favorable.The strange thing is that if you say that there is no one, there are all of them.Several private iron workshops have also successively accepted three or two craftsmen with good craftsmanship.Wang Shi originally wanted to take all these people captive to the government's iron workshop, but the private iron workshop is also a lot of workers from the country, and the new law encourages all the workers to make meritorious deeds.

Unexpectedly, these skilled ironworkers are the god-killing swordsmen of the Mo family! Deng Lingzi was very vigilant and smart. He led the team down the mountain this time, and he planned very carefully.In the first step, according to the fact that the state of Qin is in great need of ironworkers, it is justifiable to establish a foothold in Liyang by using the talents of the Mohist children.In the second step, on the night of entering Liyang, he issued a warning to Wei Yang and carried out the first tentative assassination.In the third step, when the people in Liyang City were in panic, they attacked from various directions and captured Wei Yang's head in one fell swoop.Deng Lingzi knew that the assassination of Wei Yang was the key to the Mohist deterring the world's tyranny and revitalizing their glory, and it was also the key to making achievements and becoming famous in the world. It must be quick and clean to reflect the Mohist's thunderbolt method.He was very contemptuous of Xuan Qi's fragility, but also very happy.This little junior sister was originally the teacher's favorite disciple, and she can be described as an outstanding rising star in the Mohist school.Who would have thought that she would violate the teacher on the most important point of "distinguishing evil and eliminating violence"?If the teacher hadn't been furious, punished Xuan Qi, and deprived her of the qualification to lead the team to kill Wei Yang, Deng Lingzi could only serve as backup, and would not be able to make it to the first team.Now, he will deal with Wei Yang, and his younger brother will capture Ying Quliang, and Xiang Liqin will lead a team of backup to support him. This is the most powerful combination of the Mo family.Everyone knows that the Mohists always regard the most dangerous assassination of powerful officials as the first achievement.This time, Deng Lingzi is undoubtedly the sword edge of the Mohist school again, and the greatest honor of the Mohist family who advocates death. How can Deng Lingzi not be excited?

Unexpectedly, the situation in Liyang was not as fragile as they had imagined in the mountains, with such resentment among the people, and such a successful blow.On the first night of attack, the two disciples encountered a tough opponent.Afterwards, it was found that Ying Quliang, the king of Qin, was not in Liyang either.Kuhuo took his team of swordsmen and left Liyang in secret.Deng Lingzi didn't feel frustrated when Kuhuo left and lost his cooperative strength, but he felt a sense of pride in making great achievements on his own.He thought, there is no need to report Liyang's people's sentiments to the teacher, otherwise, the teacher will think that he is the same as Xuan Qi and can't distinguish between good and evil.He and a few key disciples had a secret plan, planning to investigate the details of Zuoshu Changfu's mansion and Wei Yang's whereabouts and whereabouts first, and then wait for an opportunity to succeed. The work in the iron workshop is hard work, and the first shift every night can end the day's forging and hammering.Afterwards, the old ironworkers whose home was in Liyang washed and went home.The guest ironworkers fell asleep in the big workshop after finishing their official meals.The three officials in the iron workshop of the government locked the gate, counted the utensils, registered the iron utensils, and then went home to sleep.At this time, there was silence in the courtyard of the iron workshop, only the long and heavy snoring of the ironworkers. Just after midnight, Deng Lingzi suddenly opened his eyes in the darkness, and whistled softly.The "iron workers" in the room sat up one after another in the dark.Strangely, all those who sat up were still snoring heavily and long. "Three people stay behind. The rest set out to investigate, and all four must come back at the end of the fourth watch." Deng Lingzi ordered softly. The snoring figure quickly got up...Suddenly, a low barking came from the courtyard! "Lie down!" Deng Lingzi felt strange, how could an ordinary dog ​​in Tiefang bark like this? The swordsman who had just got up quickly returned to the couch and lay down, and the whole room snored loudly.Deng Lingzi concluded that this was a night inspection by the officials of Tiefang, and it would pass soon. Suddenly, there was a loud "bang!" on the tightly closed window sash, and there seemed to be a slight click on the roof!Lightning flashed in Deng Lingzi's mind, and he had already determined that it was definitely not the inspection of the officials in Tiefang, but an opponent.He was sitting right next to the window, turned over and jumped up, opened the window sash, and saw a short arrow with a piece of white cloth nailed to the thick wooden window sash, more than two inches deep, the shaft was still trembling slightly!He pulled out the short arrow, closed the window, and ordered in a low voice, "Light up the lights!" Under the candlelight, you can see the eight characters written clearly on the white cloth—disturb the government and the law, and leave Qin as soon as possible! Deng Lingzi's face suddenly changed, and he ordered urgently, "Heaven and Earth Sword Formation, get rid of powerful enemies! Go out!" The disciples of the Mohists were tempered in the confrontation with the army of a powerful country, and they have always had a very high quality of group action.Each swordsman is not only an individual master of swordsmanship, but also has a military tradition of fighting in formations. "Two people travel, there must be equipment. Three people travel, there must be formations" is the Mohist discipline of action.Where there are more than three people, the Mohist disciples will fight in an formation, and never seek to fight alone like a ranger in the rivers and lakes.In the Mohist concept, any action is a battle, not a personal duel, and the opponent must be eliminated as quickly as possible.Now there are thirteen people "working" in the official iron workshop in Liyang, while private workshops are in twos and threes, in order to maintain the strongest "Heaven and Earth Sword Formation" here.The Heaven and Earth Sword Array is an infantry combat structure in which the heavenly stems and the earthly branches are matched.Even in the turbulent waves of the cavalry charge, the Mohists can rely on this small unit formation to form an isolated island and remain motionless.After Mozi got old, the heaven and earth formation was continuously perfected by Qin Huali's generation, and it became the basic formation of attack and defense for more than ten Mohists.Twelve people went out to fight and one stayed behind. Deng Lingzi had planned an emergency strategy long ago, but he didn't expect to use it suddenly so early. The door suddenly opened silently, and twelve black shadow arrows rushed out continuously, and they stood in a cone-shaped formation in the courtyard in the blink of an eye, and the swords in everyone's hands were different in length.Standing in the center of the bottom of the cone, Deng Lingzi cupped his hands towards the roof and said, "Where is your friend? Please show yourself and answer." As soon as the words fell, a human wall of black shadows suddenly stood up on the roofs on all sides like a forest! A disciple whispered: "Report to senior brother, twenty-three." Deng Lingzi sneered and said, "Who is sending you to open up your eyes for tyranny?" A hoarse voice on the roof also sneered and said: "The Mohist family cannot take care of major events in the world. It is about good and evil, right and wrong, common people's misfortune, why can't our sect take care of it?" Deng Lingzi shouted sharply: "When will there be a person in charge of major affairs in the world? Tell the truth! What do you want?" "You must go out of the city and return to the mountain immediately. Otherwise, our door will kill the law-disrupting assassin." The voice was as rough as a whetstone. "Execute?" Deng Lingzi laughed loudly, "There are indeed people in the world who can't control themselves, please." "Fire the arrows!" With the roar of the roof, rockets were fired from all sides, and the blue light roared sharply and shot towards the courtyard!Without waiting for Deng Lingzi to issue an order, the Mohist sword formation started by itself, the sword blazed loudly, and shot down the rain of blue light arrows one after another, but no one was injured.Even so, the phosphorus-burning kerosene arrows were extremely difficult to extinguish, and many of them were knocked down and nailed to the door and window sashes, actually setting the doors and windows on fire.In the middle of the night, the autumn wind was fierce, and it didn't take a moment to cause a big fire! The black shadows on the roof shouted in unison, "The Mo family murdered and set fire—! Come and see—!" Then they dispersed suddenly, and there was no one on the roof. Deng Lingzi was so angry that he stomped his feet and yelled angrily, "You despicable villain! How dare you claim to be righteous?!" But he knew very well in his heart that when there was a fire, the government would inevitably send troops to fight the fire and arrest people. Hide it?The other party obviously forced me to leave Liyang, but I couldn't think of a way to stay in Liyang in a hurry... I must withdraw!Otherwise, if the disciples of the Mohists fell into the government of Qin State and were sent to the execution ground, what would the Hehe Mohism have to face?In a flash of thought, he stomped his feet and shouted, "Get out of Liyang! I will die myself!" The Mohists have strict discipline and strictly prohibit orders.Deng Lingzi gave an order, and all the disciples of the Mohist school flew up to the roofs and dispersed in all directions.Deng Lingzi had already heard the neighing of people in the street, and knew that it was the Qin army coming. In a hurry, he cut off the index finger of his left hand with a sword, wrote a few words on the earthen wall, and flew away. The iron workshop was originally the key point. When the fire broke out, the whole city panicked.Wang Shi, the order of Liyang, led a hundred soldiers to arrive first.In the firefighting room, the officials and ironworkers of the iron workshop also rushed to the fire.A while later, Wei Yang and Jing Jian also galloped over.After the fire was extinguished and the utensils were counted, there was no damage at all, but the guest ironworkers were all gone. Suddenly, someone shouted: "There are words on the wall!" Wei Yang stepped forward quickly, and under the torch, he could see the large purple characters on the loess wall--Mohism has no faults, bad governance will be rewarded! Wei Yang pondered for a while, then smiled lightly at Wang Shi and said, "I tell the people of the country clearly, there is no need to disturb them." Wang Shi understood, so he no longer arranged for investigation and arrest, but concentrated on urging the rebuilding of the iron workshop.Fortunately, there is no loss of iron materials, ironware and a tool stove, and everything is normal after the house is built.Within three to five days, Liyang City returned to its vibrant state.