Chapter 5 Stranger at the Tavern

In 247 BC, in Xianyang in October, a heavy rain just fell, and the rain turned into winter, and the cold air was oppressive.In a cheap tavern, a man was holding a chopstick, dipping it into a glass of wine, writing something on the table in front of him, and muttering words.But seeing this man's body is fat, his clothes are very decent, under a pair of long eyebrows, two small eyes shine with a blurred light, and his flat nose makes the whole person look wretched and mediocre.Could it be that this person is the legendary Li Si?This image, in the Northeast dialect more than 2,000 years later, is too much to be taken advantage of.I don't believe that Li Si has this face, let me call and see if he agrees.So I shouted: "Li Si." Fortunately, the man didn't agree.However, a voice sounded from the corner near the window in the south: "Li Si is here, who called me?" I hurried towards Li Si, only to see that he was eight and a half feet tall, with wolf eyes and eagle nose, high cheekbones, and a square sky. Although it is not as handsome and elegant as Han Fei's, it is still a handsome and heroic appearance.

Li Si said to me: "Your Excellency is so beautiful, Li Si has only seen it in his life, so I don't know what advice you can give?" I said: "I'm writing your biography, I don't know if you can be free, I have a lot of questions, I'm waiting for you to clear the clouds and see the light." Li Si was furious, and said: "A man should hold a three-foot sword, and make great achievements in the world. Even if he occasionally uses a knife and pen, he should write his own biographies. Are you ashamed to write biographies for others?" I said, "If you're not ashamed, you're not ashamed."

Li Si was even more angry, raised his fist the size of a water tank at me, and said, "Get lost." When I got home, I wrote in the biography of Li Si, which had just begun: "Li Si, a man, has always clearly opposed others to write his biography for him." After Li Si got angry at me, the fat man mentioned above came to comfort him kindly.This person reported his family name, so did Zheng Guo.Ask Li Si's name again.Li Si was a little too lazy to pay attention to Zheng Guo, so he made up a name in a random way, saying: "My surname is Jiang, and my name is Shang."

Zheng Guo laughed, and said: "Jiang Shang, Jiang Taigong, the first prime minister who opened the Zhou Dynasty for 800 years. Your brother has the same name as the former pilgrim, okay, okay." Li Si felt depressed, and also secretly blamed Zheng Guo for interrupting him abruptly, so he didn't pick up the words, just drinking dull wine. Zheng Guo's eyes moved, and he said again: "Zheng is not talented, but he also knows that Jiang Shang is not his real name. Zheng has a little bit of arithmetic, and this alias that Xiongtai made up casually, according to Zheng, has also been leaked unintentionally. My heart is full of worries at the moment when I leave Xiongtai."

Li Si became interested, he wanted to see how Zheng Guo was fooling around, so he said, "Please enlighten me, brother." Zheng Guodao: "I want to moisten my throat, but I don't have wine." Li Si understood what he meant and poured a glass of wine for Zheng Guoman. Zheng Guo said again: "It is better to have nothing than to have wine without food." Li Si patted the table and said, "Boss, serve the food." After the food and wine were ready, Zheng Guo said leisurely: "On the bank of the Wei River, Jiang Shang hangs his sleeves. It is called fishing, and its intention is to prosper the Zhou Dynasty. The king is also Jiang Shang, and he is trapped in Xianyang. Although the straight hook is lowered, the fish can't get up."

Li Si was shocked when he heard this. Could it be that the person in front of him could really see through his own mind, or was he just playing it wrong?So he forced a smile and said, "Xianyang lacks water, so where can fish be caught?" Zheng Guo looked at Li Si strangely, and said, "Brother, why bother to ask? Brother, what you want to catch is not the fish swimming in the water, but the Xiangguo Lu who dominates the Qin government." Xiangguo Lu is the Qin Xiang Lu Buwei who was granted the title of Marquis Wenxin and was honored as "Father Zhong" by the newly enthroned Qin King Yingzheng.When Li Si came to Xianyang, he really wanted to join Lu Buwei.Seeing that Zheng Guo had made everything clear, Li Si knew that there was no need to hide it anymore, so he said, "Your Excellency is indeed a master. To be honest, my surname is Li Mingsi, a native of Shangcai County in Chu State. Now that I have completed my studies, I will be the king of Chu." Insufficient matters, but the six countries are all weak, and there is no one to make meritorious service, so they entered Qin from the west and wanted to speak of the king of Qin. Today, the king of Qin Yingzheng is on the throne at the beginning of Zhengzheng, and he is also young, so the affairs of the country are determined by the prime minister Lu Buwei. However, the Hou family is deeply like Hai, Li Si has been in Xianyang for more than three months, but he can't enter the door of the prime minister's house. I think Li Si is full of talents and learning, and I can't lose to Su Qin and Zhang Yi. In terms of wealth and strength, I can compare to Shang Jun Wu Qi. I am born with talent and can't do it. What can I do for it?" After speaking, he sighed deeply, his face full of depression and injustice.