The Great Qin Empire

On the morning of Renxu ([-]th) in July, after Qin Yang bid farewell to the First Emperor, in order not to attract attention, he replaced the Qin army armor with a blue shirt, and galloped northwest with Taxue.

In Qin Yang's memory, at the end of the Qin Empire, there were two better ways to travel from Qinghe to Jiuyuan. County, Taiyuan County, Yanmen County, and Yunzhong County arrived at Jiuyuan. This road was severely damaged by the war. Only part of it was classified as "Qin Chi Road", and most of it should be a bad road with many ravines. However, the straight-line distance to Jiuyuan It will not exceed [-] miles. Considering the twists and turns of the road, it is only [-] miles; the other is going westward, passing through Handan, crossing Wu'an, crossing the Taihang Mountains, crossing Shangdang County, Hedong County, and entering Hangu. Pass through Xianyang, go straight to Jiuyuan.Most of this road is the old official road and Qin Chi road. Xianyang to Jiuyuan is still a "straight road", and the road conditions are relatively better, but it is a "bowback" route, and the journey is a full two thousand miles away.So Qin Yang, who was in a hurry, did not choose the latter path, but chose the former path without hesitation and went straight to Jiuyuan.

The people of Qinyang never left their saddles, and galloped non-stop from morning to sunset. Seeing the tower of Jinyang (now Taiyuan) in the distance, they slowed down.Although the snow-walking horse is abnormal, he only drank a few sips of water in the middle of five hours of continuous running, and the old injury has not healed, and the vitality has not recovered, and now he is so tired that he is panting heavily. .When Qin Yang saw Ta Xue's appearance, he couldn't help feeling distressed. He patted Ta Xue's neck and said softly, "Good friend, are you tired? I haven't eaten all day, so I'm a little hungry. How about we Just stay in Jinyang for one night, and leave tomorrow."

The spiritually extraordinary Taxue seemed to understand it. With a neigh, he managed to stand up alone again, and his joy was fully revealed.It didn't matter that Taxue was happy, but it almost knocked Qin Yang off his horse.

Qin Yang was in a hurry to stabilize his balance, so he laughed and scolded: "I see you are happy, you want to throw me to death?" But in his heart, he regretted that he didn't learn how to ride well.I thought to myself: "It seems that I am not a cavalry soldier after all. It seems that I have to find a chance to learn this riding skill, otherwise how will I go to the battlefield in the future?"

Seeing that Qin Yang was actually talking to the horse, the passers-by looked at him with countless pairs of eyes.Qin Yang blushed, and no longer dared to do this "grotesque" thing, and hurriedly rode his horse straight to Jinyang.

This Jinyang is the county seat of Taiyuan County. It faces Taihang in the east, Luliang in the west, Wutai in the north, and Fenshui in the south. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack.Before the unification of the Qin Empire, more than half of the wars with the six kingdoms of Shandong came from fighting against Zhao. Taiyuan County became a place where Qin and Zhao saw each other, and Jinyang, as a military center, bore the brunt .So a good city of Jinyang became more and more depressed because of successive years of wars. It took ten years for Jinyang to slowly recover some vitality until the Qin Empire ruled the world. The number of houses, residences, etc. gradually increased, but in Qin Yang's view, its prosperity was far less than that of Wu'an City.

Qin Yang led Taxue into the city from the east gate of Jinyang, and walked all the way. What he wanted most now was to find a clean and elegant place to rest and eat, and to settle down for Taxue.Qin Yang is a person who can enjoy himself, because the ten years of war has made him see too much life and death. He knows the value of life, so he cherishes himself very much. To enjoy it hesitantly, of course enjoying it does not mean that Qin Yang is greedy for it, it has been fully proved in another time and space.

It's just that Qin Yang didn't see a satisfactory inn after walking half of the main street. It was either extremely noisy or mixed with fish and dragons, which was far from what Qin Yang wanted.So Qin Yang walked all the way to the west of the city, only to find a separate courtyard in front of him.Qin Yang's eyesight was excellent, and he could see the four characters "Qin Feng Gu Yu" written on a plaque above the main entrance from a distance.Qin Yang's heart moved, and he thought: "Could it be that the proprietor of this apartment is from the old Qin in Guannei? Then I really want to see it."

Qin Yang was about to move forward when he suddenly heard a burst of chaotic footsteps coming from behind. Qin Yang turned around instinctively, only to see a flustered, skinny boy about sixteen or seventeen years old with a dusty face running towards him. The boy stumbled and ran, looking back from time to time.But the young man was so busy looking back that he forgot to look at his feet. In his haste, he stepped on a piece of gravel, and then his body crooked and fell to the ground.The young man didn't care about the pain, he got up and wanted to run forward, maybe because of a sprained ankle, he stumbled but couldn't run fast.

Qin Yang wanted to help the young man when he saw that he was about to fall, but he was helpless. Seeing that the young man was injured, Qin Yang suddenly became chivalrous, so he rushed forward a few steps to help the young man, and asked: "Little brother ,Are you OK."

"Yes, there are people chasing me, a lot of people..." The boy replied out of breath.

"Over there, quickly, catch him quickly! Don't let him escape!" The boy's voice had just finished, and a roar came from behind in an instant.

The young man was shocked when he heard this, and struggled to hide behind Qin Yang, looking at the person who was chasing him in horror.

"Hey, I found a helper, but it's useless! Where are you going now? Come on, get that kid out and drag him back to the shopkeeper." The big man who was the leader of the crowd ordered.Everyone responded and immediately surrounded him.

The young man hiding behind Qin Yang was even more frightened, his whole body seemed to tremble, and he kept pleading to Qin Yang in a low voice: "Brother, help me..."

Qin Yang took a closer look, and found that there were seven people chasing him, four of them were holding sticks, two of them were empty-handed, the big guy in the lead was a fat man, and he was holding a pair of ropes, presumably to be used to tie the juvenile.

When the six people surrounded Qin Yang aggressively, the fat man who was commanding at the side said: "Brother, this matter has nothing to do with you. Get out of the way, and we won't make things difficult for you." The fat man didn't know where Qin Yang came from. Seeing Qin Yang's imposing manner, he dare not underestimate him.

Seeing the young man's appearance, Qin Yang kept begging for help, but he couldn't bear to let go, so he cupped his hands and said, "This brother, I don't know what this little brother has committed, and he even labored seven people to arrest him?" Qin Yang I deliberately increased my voice when I said the word "seven people", implying that it would be too shameful for you seven big men to bully a skinny boy.

That fat man was also shrewd, when he heard Qin Yang's words, a trace of embarrassment flashed in his eyes.

"This brother doesn't know something. That little guy just came to our store to eat and drink for free and pretend to be a gentleman. After eating, he wanted to slip away. He was also very slippery. No, it took him almost two miles to catch up to him! I advise brother to get out of the way, and don't try to stand up for a guy who eats for free." The fat man is also a person who knows etiquette, and he speaks quite politely.

Qin Yang was taken aback for a moment, thinking that if this was the case, there was really nothing he could do.He thought for a while, then turned around and asked the boy: "Little brother, tell me that what the big brother said is the truth?"

"I didn't eat and drink for free, but I forgot to bring money when I left home. I told them that I would send them over tomorrow, but they didn't believe me and beat me. No way, of course I ran away..." the boy He spoke uprightly, without shame.

"Look, look, is he reasonable? Come on, brothers!" Seeing that the young man had no shame at all, the fat man couldn't help being furious.The other six people immediately gathered closer, ready to pounce.

"Wait! Brother, why don't you go home with this young man to get back the food and drink money, why use such methods?" Qin Yang finally understood the reason of the matter after hearing the words of the two.It was the fault of the young man eating for free, and the fault of the shopkeeper beating up people later, so it was difficult to tell who was right and who was wrong.However, Qin Yang never likes people to bully the weak. Although he didn't want to make troubles on the way to Jiuyuan, he couldn't bear to see the store beating and tying up for a meal, so he asked the fat man suggested.

"Can't you see with your eyes? That kid is in rags, does he look like a rich man? If you want money, you can give it to him, and I won't make things difficult for him anymore! If you don't give it, get out of here Come on, why don't you blame me for being rude!" Seeing Qin Yang's repeated obstruction, the fat man became angry and his words were no longer polite.

The aggressive method of the fat man did not have any effect on Qin Yang. In terms of calmness, there are few people in the world who can compare with him.However, when he saw the helpless and panicked eyes of the young man, he somehow remembered his childhood in the orphanage. He seemed to see some shadow of himself in this young man, and Qin Yang couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart. Ruan, blurted out immediately: "How much is this young man's food and drink?"

"Not much, just half a tael of gold." The fat man replied.

"What? Half a tael of gold?" Qin Yang was taken aback.

"Hey, why don't you say that this kid has no money to be a master?"

In that era, half taels of gold was more than 600 Qin half taels, enough to buy [-] shi of corn and two good horses. For example, when Qin Yang bought Taxue, the old man who sold the horses was only called [-] Qin. Half price.The young man spent half a tael of gold for a meal, which surprised Qin Yang for a long time before he looked at the young man and asked, "Is this true?"

"Hmm." The young man muttered in a low voice, tears seemed to glisten in the corners of his eyes.

Qin Yang didn't speak any more, just silently took out a piece of two taels of Lu Jin from the bag on Ta Xue's back. After a few marks were broken off with both hands, this piece of Lu Jin was actually broken.He picked up one of the smaller pieces and handed it to the fat man, saying, "Is that enough?"

"Enough, enough, much, thank you brother." The fat man had never seen such a method before, and he was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat, and seeing that the gold was more than half a tael, he immediately took the gold, yelled, and everyone went away in an instant up.

Qin Yang didn't want to show his skills here, but it would take time and effort to change the gold. He didn't want to delay any longer, but he couldn't bear to give all the two taels of gold to the fat man, after all, where the money would be used in the future There are still many, and he has to reserve a way out.

"Thank you big brother, I will definitely repay you double in the future." The young man's expression of gratitude seemed to contain some admiration.

"No need. Go home quickly. Remember to bring money with you when you come out!" After saying that, Qin Yang just smiled, ignored the boy, and led Taxue towards the "Qin Fenggu" Apartment" to go.Qin Yang, who hadn't closed his eyes for two days, was too tired, he just wanted to have a good rest.

Seeing Qin Yang leaving just like that, the young man who was standing there suddenly became complicated in his eyes. After thinking for a while, a sly look flashed in his eyes, and then he followed Qin Yang far away...

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