Chapter 9 Section VII

Xia Houying brought this surprisingly eloquent young man back to his mansion.He did it just out of curiosity.But when he spoke to the young man, curiosity turned to surprise, then to admiration. "How much room do you have?" "There are five uses of time, namely: cause time, inner time, reverse time, death time, and birth time." "What is cause?" "Using locals in enemy countries as spies." "What is the inner room?" "Using enemy officials as spies." "What is anti-interference?" "Using enemy spies for my advantage."

"What is the dead space?" "Through our spies to pass the information to the enemy, at the cost of life, in exchange for the enemy being deceived." "What is life?" "A person who detected the enemy's situation and came back alive to report." "How about the way to use it?" ... After talking for a full day and night.Xia Houying rubbed her hands excitedly and said, "I'm going to see the king right now! Just wait, the king will definitely use you again." After finishing speaking, he left abruptly. The king of Han is in the palace, but he is very busy.

He was busy watching cockfights. "Go up! Go up! Dead copper crown, are you plagued? Go up quickly?" The King of Han shouted and jumped. Xia Houying was an old friend of the King of Han, so he was allowed to disturb him for a while in such a busy situation. The King of Han stared at the arena, absent-mindedly listened to Xia Houying's introduction, and said, "Then just promote him to an official position. What is he doing now?" Xia Houying said, "Lian Ao." The King of Han said: "Then let him be promoted to Zhisu!" Xia Houying said: "Your Majesty, Han Xin is not an ordinary person..."

The King of Han stood up excitedly and shouted: "Quick! Quick! Peck it on the forehead! Well done, kick! Yes, be careful..." Xia Houying looked at the King of Han in astonishment, and wanted to say something, but finally retreated helplessly. When Xia Houying told Han Xin of the new appointment with regret, Han Xin just smiled. What else can he do besides laughing?Zhi Su Duwei, rank one thousand stone.With such continuous promotion, what else can he complain about? Officials who had worked with him a few days ago watched him enviously as he took up his new post.He knew his adventure would be embellished by them for a year.

He started to do what a captain of Zhisu should do, but he has no interest in all this. The only advantage of being promoted to Captain Zhijie is that he is now eligible to consult the books and documents of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Prime Minister Xiao He collected a large number of books from the Qin Palace in Xianyang, but now they are all piled up in an empty room, and no one cares about them.Han Xin found Zhang Shu Lingshi and asked him to open it and have a look. His name was Zhang Cang, who was in charge of the book. He was tall, with a fair complexion, and a shrewd and elegant appearance.It is said that he had been the censor of the Qin Dynasty and was familiar with legal documents, so Xiao He asked him to manage various documents for Xiangji.

Zhang Cang took out the key to open the door, and said, "There are not many people like you, my lord, and Prime Minister Bian is not interested in these things now." Han Dao said, "Aren't these collected by the prime minister himself?" Zhang Cang said: "Yes, but what's the use now? Trapped here..." While speaking, the door has been opened, Zhang Cang walked in, and continued: "A ghost trapped here with no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth. Place, aren’t these a pile of waste?” Han Xin followed.Standing in the room, looking at the volumes of silk books and albums piled up to the ceiling, a strange feeling suddenly arises in my heart.The most precious military and political information in the world is collected here: military fortresses from various places, the number of household registrations, the fertile land, the strength of the city defense, the wealth of the people... Standing among them, he can almost feel the beating of the powerful power pulse of the former empire.However, it is such a precious document, but now it is piled up here in a deserted place, and no one cares about it.

"What are you looking for?" Zhang Cang's question interrupted his thoughts. Han Dao: "Map." Zhang Cang said: "Well, the map... is here. Where do you want it? This floor is to the east, and this floor is to the southeast..." Han Dao said, "I want the southwest." "Southwest?" Zhang Cang turned around, "My lord, do you want something from Southwest?" Han Dao: "Yes." Zhang Cang looked at Han Xin thoughtfully, and said, "If your lord wants to find a way back to Guanzhong for the King of Han, I advise you not to bother."

Han Dao: "Why?" Zhang Cang said: "It's useless. The prime minister has already looked for it, and he has already given up. Now the prime minister is considering rebuilding the plank road." Han Xin shook his head and said, "That's not the way. Give me the map, and I'll take a look." Zhang Cang sighed, took out two volumes of silk pictures from the wooden shelf, and said, "This is "The Situation in Guanzhong" and this is "The Map of Baogu". You can compare them." Han Xin spread the picture on a table and looked at it carefully.

Zhang Cang looked at him, shook his head, picked up a dust whisk, went to the side to dust the albums, and tidied them up. Han Xin looked at it for half an hour, then rolled up the picture and handed it back to Zhang Cang. Zhang Cang said: "How is it?" Han Dao said: "You are right, there is no other way." Zhang Cang said: "That's right, if there is a way, we still need to stay here? King Xiang has returned to Pengcheng, it's a good time for us to send troops to Sanqin." Han Xin couldn't help but glanced at Zhang Cang, feeling that this little clerk in the prime minister's mansion was quite knowledgeable, so he wanted to chat with him a few more words, but after thinking about it, he still kept his mouth shut, so what if he could make a name for himself?What is my status now, and am I still qualified to use others?

Thinking of this, Han Xin walked to the rows of wooden shelves, took out a few bamboo slips, looked at them, and put them back.After walking a few more steps, I saw a very high shelf filled with silk pictures from top to bottom. "What is this? Is it also a map?" Han Xin asked, took a random copy and unfolded it, only to find that it was a portrait.Zhang Cang said: "These are probably the most useless things here - they are the portraits of the Qin Dynasty arresting criminals. I suggested to the prime minister to clean up these things. The prime minister is too lazy to take care of such trivial matters and let me handle it myself. You Look, there are so many piles, how can I move them by myself? Just let it go.”

Han Xin took another copy casually and said, "Why is it useless? These people have committed crimes. After the world is stable, maybe we should check it out!" Zhang Cang said: "Hey! What have you committed? Small things like stealing chickens and dogs can't be included in the secret archives in the palace! Nine out of ten who can be included in this map are dignitaries from the Six Kingdoms hiding in the folk. Thirty years of feng shui turns, and now Qin After the court is over, these people have fallen to power, and the kings are kings, and the princes are the princes, making it even more lively than the Six Kingdoms back then. Do we still keep these images of arresting them, waiting to get angry?" Han Xin nodded and said, "Well, that's true." Zhang Cang said: "Besides, many of these images are just for show and are useless at all. Have you heard the joke about Zhang Er and Chen Yu?" Han Dao: "No, what's going on?" Zhang Cang said: "These two were famous men in Wei State, even the first emperor had heard of their names. After the fall of Wei State, these two men were of course on the imperial court's arrest list. Zhang Er's reward was a thousand gold, and Chen Yu's It was five hundred gold. At that time, they hid in Chen County, changed their names and surnames, and got an errand as a 'prison gate'. Later, when the imperial edict and portraits came, guess what they would do?" Han Dao said, "Should we hide first to avoid the limelight?" "Hiding?" Zhang Cang could not help but smile, "They carried the two portraits openly and went door-to-door to deliver orders, and warned everyone to pay attention to these two 'wanted criminals'!" Han Xin was taken aback: "Are they so bold?" Zhang Cang said with a smile: "Where is the boldness? The portrait is so different from the appearance of the two of them! The nose is not the nose and the eyes are not the eyes. What are they afraid of?" Han Xin laughed loudly: "Isn't it true that the court's painters are at this level?" Zhang Cang said: "It's not that the painter's level is bad, it's just that this kind of painting is too difficult to draw. Do you think that you have never seen a real person, and you only rely on hearsay from around and put together miscellaneous things? Can you get it right? Especially They are the survivors of the Six Kingdoms, who are very sympathetic among the people, and some dictators often deliberately mislead the government and talk nonsense, and of course it is even more outrageous when they are painted." Han Xin asked in surprise: "Since it's not allowed, what do you need these portraits for? Isn't it superfluous?" Zhang Cang said: "It's not every time it's not allowed. 'The princes of the clans of the Six Kingdoms are quite accurate. There are also some who are famous for their abnormal appearance, and they can also draw almost indistinguishable. Like Zhang Liang, who is famous for his male and female faces, he is looking for it all over the world. Can’t come out with the second one. Focus on this point, can’t you draw it?” Han Xin nodded.Judging people by their appearance is the lost son Yu.These words are suitable for Zhang Liang.It is hard to imagine that such a courageous, charming and intelligent man has a beautiful face like a woman's.And just because it is unimaginable, this has become Zhang Liang's symbol, forcing him to hide in Tibet after Bo Langsha's blow, and went into exile for many years.So he sighed: "Yeah, Zifang is dragged down by his appearance." Zhang Cang was taken aback, he noticed that Han Xin called Zhang Liang by his name rather than his name naturally, as if he was an acquaintance, and he couldn't help being slightly surprised .He had seen the resume of this new captain. On King Xiang's side, he was just a halberd master. On Hanwang's side, he was only Lian Ao. How could he know Zhang Liang, who is famous all over the world? Han Xin noticed the astonishment on Zhang Cang's face, and regretted his slip of the tongue.Although he was open-minded, but since he had made up his mind not to disclose the secret agreement between Zhang Liang and himself for the time being, why bother to leave traces in his words?Then he walked slowly along the row of wooden frames, deliberately changing the topic.I saw fewer and fewer picture scrolls on the shelves, but the seals were getting tighter and tighter. It must be because the identity of the person who was drawn was becoming more and more important. I reached out to take a few copies, and they were indeed all ministers of the clans of the six countries, and the rewards were frequent. Thousands of gold.Walking to the end, I saw that the wooden shelves were empty, only an old lacquered gold wooden box was placed in the corner, and he asked, "What's in here? Is it also a portrait?" As he spoke, he wanted to take the wooden box . With a "pop", Zhang Cang pressed his hand on the wooden box. "My lord," Zhang Cang's voice became a little strange, "Don't look!" Han Xin turned around in surprise, and said, "What's the matter? What's inside?" Zhang Cang said, "A...portrait." Han Xin laughed and said, "What's there to be nervous about? The Qin Dynasty has already perished. Who else wants to make such a secret portrait? Open it up and show it to me!" Zhang Cang said: "No! No! My lord, listen to my words, really don't look at it." Han Xin became more and more strange, and asked, "Why?" Zhang Cang said: "Because he...he is not a human, but a monster." Han Dao: "What did you say?" Zhang Cang looked ahead, and said in a strange voice that mixed fear and hatred: "He is a monster, a real monster. He will bring the most terrible bad luck. I...I don't want to see him again , even his portrait. I wanted to burn this portrait, but I still didn’t dare. He has real supernatural powers, and I’m afraid that even his portrait has evil powers..." Han Xin stared at Zhang Cang. This refined official who was chatting and laughing just now, now his face is pale, with a strong look of fear in his eyes, he is a completely different person from just now. Confidence moved, Han said, "What's the name of that 'him' you mentioned?" Zhang Cang said: "No, I... I don't want to mention him..." Han Dao: "What's 'his' name?" Zhang Cang said: "My lord, don't ask..." Han Dao: "Tell me, what's 'his' name?" Zhang Cang looked up in surprise.Han Xin looked at him with something firm in his eyes. "No one knows his real name," Zhang Cang swallowed, and said with difficulty, "He used an alias, calling himself... Donghai Jun." Zhi Su Duwei's inner room. The old lacquered gold wooden box was quietly placed on the table, and Han Xin sat in front of the table and looked at it. Before the box was opened, the key to open the box was in his hand.Zhang Cang gave it to him. If adults must read it, Zhang Cang said sincerely, it would be best to forget about it after watching it.My lord, believe me, that evildoer will really bring bad luck. Really?Is this mysterious warlock really that scary?Is Qin Shihuang really becoming increasingly dizzy because of him?Did the empire really come to an end because of him? He has never believed that there are really any gods and ghosts in this world.When he first heard Zhong Xiu tell that bizarre story, he believed that it was just a deceit mixed with illusion and skill.That sorcerer could have fooled Qin Shihuang, Zhongxiu, and even the eyes of his master Wei Liao, but he would definitely not be able to fool him.He believed that as long as he had enough information, he would be able to find out the flaws of this warlock and expose this deception.However, not long after, Xianyang was burned and looted by Xiang Yu, and all traces were interrupted. He thought the truth would be buried under the ruins of the palace forever. Unexpectedly, just a few months later, in this remote Nanzheng, he was close to the truth again, as if there was a divine arrangement. The opportunity came so quickly and so easily that he almost had no time to accept it.The lacquered gold wooden box is placed in front of the eyes, the cloud bird on the surface of the box is still complicated and exquisite, but the color has become a bit dim.This kind of pattern, which can be seen on many palace utensils, seems a bit weird at the moment. The truth may be in this wooden box, and the power to open it is in his hands.No matter how powerful the sorcerer is, it is impossible for the wooden box to disappear out of thin air, right?However, he was a little afraid to make a move for a while. what happened?Could it be that deep in his heart he also began to believe in the sorcery of that Lord Donghai? No!Will not!Strange things have never frightened him.He is rational and calm, has always had his own views and beliefs about the world, and firmly believes that human wisdom can eventually solve all mysteries.So what is he afraid of? he does not know. He finally inserted the key into the keyhole of the wooden box and turned it carefully. With a soft "click", the box lock was released.He lifted the lid of the box. There was a neatly folded silk painting in the box, the silk was the best at a glance, the texture and luster was obviously better than those other silk paintings seen in Xiangfu. He reached into the box, took out the silk painting, hesitated for a while, picked it up and spread it out, and spread it on several tables. It was a full-body portrait with vivid brush strokes and lifelike.The person in the painting is dressed in black, with an indifferent expression and a thin face. His cold eyes seem to have penetrated the picture, and he is facing him. His lips began to dry out, and his hands and feet felt cold. If adults must read it, Zhang Cang said sincerely, it would be best to forget about it after watching it. It was too late, too late, it was impossible for him to forget this man.Because this Lord Donghai is a Canghai Ke. Prime Minister Xiao He was very dissatisfied with the new Zhi Su. This young man doesn't know how to cherish his high position, and he looks lazy all day long.He was late for three days and two days in the court, and he was always absent-minded during court meetings, and sometimes he even closed his eyes and fell asleep. After enduring it for a few days, I finally couldn't bear it anymore, so I called the young man into the prime minister's residence, and gave him a stern admonition. Han Xin listened without saying a word, and after Xiao He finished training, he said slowly: "The prime minister made it clear, which official business did your subordinates do wrong?" "Can you make no mistakes with your attitude?" Xiao He was really angry, "Okay, I'll show you right now!" Xiao He angrily opened the official account book related to military rations.Not easy to find a mistake?He himself was born as an official, and he is the most aware of the long-standing loopholes in official affairs. I have never seen such an ignorant young man! After flipping halfway down, Xiao He looked at Han Xin in surprise. The young man stood there, still looking lazy, with his head down, peeling his nails boredly. Xiao He lowered his head, slowed down and looked down carefully. After reading it over and over again, Xiao He was stunned.It seemed that he couldn't believe his eyes, and started to look at it from the beginning. This time he saw more slowly. Slowly, I finished watching it the second time. Xiao He raised his head and looked at Han Xin in surprise. He had never seen anyone who could do business so beautifully!The ration management of the Han army has always been chaotic, and even experienced people have not done it well.The young man with a lazy face in front of him has only been in office for more than ten days, and he has cleaned up this mess. All the data are extremely accurate and impeccable.How did he do that? Seeing that Xiao He was silent, Han Xin said to the director: "If the prime minister has nothing else to do, the subordinate will leave first." "Wait a minute," Xiao He hesitated, and said, "Sit down first, I... have something to talk to you." Han Xin smiled lightly and sat down as promised. Xiao He looked Han Xin up and down suspiciously, and after a long while, he said, "I heard from Xia Houying that you can memorize the art of war upside down, is it true?" Han Xin smiled again.That day, Xia Houying took all the military books in the study to test him in order to get a feel for him. It was not difficult to collapse, so I was so excited that I hurried into the palace to recommend a virtuous person.However, such a test is ridiculous, and he has never been proud of it. "The most important way to be a general is not to be familiar with military books," he said, "but to flexibly apply the principles of military art to actual combat in order to win." Xiao He was refreshed when he heard the words, and said solemnly: "Hey, please be more specific." Han Dao said: "Today's generals, there are not a few who can recite the "Thirteen Chapters of Sun Wuzi", but how many people have the achievements of Sun Tzu? After all, they just stay in the art of war in words When fighting on the battlefield, you still just rely on fighting hard, and you don't understand the use of odds and falsehoods at all." Xiao He nodded and said: "Yes, I also discovered this. But why is it like this? If the art of war is effective, why is it not used by anyone?" Han Dao: "There are two reasons why I don't use it. One is that I didn't understand it at all. Some people memorized "Sun Tzu" just for the sake of fashion and to appear to have depth, but in fact they didn't even understand the meaning of the words, so what? Talk about using it? The other is to understand it, but only understand half of it. The superior art of war is the way, and the way is often the simplest. So the superficial people think it is just empty talk with no practical value, and just try it , I don’t want to delve into it. Like Xiang Yu.” Xiao He frowned, and said: "I agree with everything else you say, but if you say that Xiang Yu is superficial, I can't agree with him. Since the beginning of the incident, he has been invincible and invincible. This is common knowledge. Especially It was the battle of the giant deer, where the few won the many and shocked the world. With the strength of Qin, he led the princes to destroy it in only three years. How powerful is it! If such a person is not good at war, who else can do it? " Han Xin smiled lightly.There are too many people who have such a misunderstanding of Xiang Yu. Since he abandoned Chu and returned to Han, some people have asked him about this legendary figure with admiration on his face every three days.He sighed, and patiently explained: "It was not Xiang Yu who destroyed Qin, but the ruler of Qin. The first emperor was tyrannical, the second emperor was fatuous, the criminal law was harsh, and taxes and duties were heavy. At this time, the people had long-standing grievances , just like dry firewood everywhere, it only takes one spark to ignite into a prairie fire. In addition, the Chen Sheng uprising swept across the Kanto, although it failed, it has already shaken the rule of the Qin Dynasty. It doesn’t take skill to defeat Qin. That’s why even Xiang Yu’s superficiality can accomplish things. What is there to praise for such a victory? He defeated a giant, but the giant is already terminally ill.” Having said that, Han's confidence moved. Why did the once-prominent Qin Dynasty begin to rot from the inside so quickly?Is this normal?Which previous dynasty had such a short cycle of rise and fall?Could it be that the mysterious Lord Donghai—or Canghai Ke... really played a key role in it?So what is he drawing?What good is chaos in the world to him?Is there a connection between these things... Xiao He didn't notice what Han Xin was thinking, he was completely fascinated by it.It was the first time he had heard such a unique analysis of the current situation, and it was both novelty and admiration, and he urged Han Xin to continue talking. After talking about the current situation, let's talk about running the army, and then talking about running the country... Talking about the darkness, Xiao He said overjoyedly: "Having a talent like you in the Han Kingdom, why worry about it? I want to enter the palace! I want to see the king immediately!" Xiao He left happily.Han Xin looked at his back, shook his head, and sighed.useless. Xiao He's reaction now was the same as after Xia Houying had that long conversation with him.But he knew it was useless. The king of Han had no hope of returning to the east, and he was too lazy to continue playing the role of a wise and virtuous corporal.Now even if Guan and Le are reborn, he will not be interested.