[Qin] Qin Shi

The advantage of being a military commander is that you can never imagine how long they would carry dozens of catties of wine in order to find a remote drinking place where they would not be disturbed and would not be found alone. Far.

When Bai Shu followed the old housekeeper's guidance to find Lian Po, he was sitting a few kilometers away from Zhao State's territory outside the pass, with his back facing Zhao State's territory and looking at the grassland.Beside him are the wine jars scattered on the grass, and the old horse that has followed him for many years is not tied to the rein, and is grazing not far from his master.

Hearing the sound of horseshoes approaching, he swept his tail casually, without even raising his head, turned around and ran for a while towards a piece of ungnawed grass farther away, then fell silent again.Seeing this scene, Bai Shu clicked his tongue, he got off the horse neatly, and let his little horse go to find his own father.

Bai Shu stood on the hillside and looked at Lian Po's back: "Hey, drinking is not allowed in the army, you don't know." At this moment, Lian Po's back was facing Bai Shu, which prevented Bai Shu from seeing the expression on Lian Po's face. Look, "Leaving the barracks without permission as a general, and taking the lead in drinking in violation of regulations, isn't it good."

"Precisely as a general," Lian Po didn't turn his head. The hand that was holding the wine jar on his knee casually nodded to his side, signaling Bai Shu to sit beside him. For sure, I said that drinking tonight will not delay things, so that means no delay."

At this moment, their positions were already close to the area where the Xiongnu used to test Zhao's border, and even the beacon fire burning on the Zhao's city wall behind them was barely visible.Lian Po's undisguised, ruffian voice spread far in this quiet night, so far that Bai Shu's heart skipped a beat, subconsciously wanting to see if there were any traces of Huns' activities around him.

"Sit down," Lian Po seemed to have lost all vigilance, he didn't give Bai Shu a chance, he was almost dictatorial and made a decision for Bai Shu, "Find an unopened jar and drink with me a sunrise."

It wasn't until Lian Po said this that Bai Shu noticed that most of the dumped jars on the ground had already opened their mouths, but no liquid flowed out when they were dumped on the ground: "How much did you drink, I won't drink with you," Bai Shu said. Shu rolled his eyes, he didn't have any thoughts other than going back to the camp, "Hey, I'm going back."

"Lin Xiangru always said that you look like me. How are you like me?" Maybe it was Bai Shu who refused again and again, Lian Po slowly turned his body and looked at Bai Shu with his eyes that were so drunk, "Look at this nose." This face, tsk, I wouldn't believe it if it wasn't from that sinister old bastard."

In the past few years, Bai Shu has listened to Lian Po complain about Lin Xiangru countless times, and every time Lian Po can find a new, completely different point of view on the same thing.But no matter how disgusted and dissatisfied he was, when the bamboo slips from Handan were delivered, Lian Po was the fastest one to rush forward.

Regarding this pair of enemies, Bai Shu was too lazy to comment, he just urged again: "Go back."

"I can't go back," perhaps because of Bai Shu's urging too often, or Lian Po's drunkenness, his answer was irrelevant, "If I could choose to go back, I wouldn't be obedient to carry those broken logs on my back there. He’s pleading guilty outside the guy’s door. From then on, he kept his head down and didn’t say anything, and was laughed at by him repeatedly.”

It's probably about apologizing, Bai Shu thought.

[Oh, I know this stalk! 】The system made a cheering sound in Bai Shu's mind.

"If you think about it now, it was really good at that time." Lian Po turned around, put one hand behind his back, curled up one leg and straightened the other.The hand holding the wine jar rested on his knee, leaving Bai Shu with a blind, gray head: "Don't think about anything, just move forward."

"You drank too much." Seeing that he couldn't persuade him to go back, Bai Shu turned his head and looked behind him, and found that the old housekeeper who led the way had disappeared at some point, "What you have to do now is to follow me back. Wait We went back, sir must have already prepared everything for you, go take a hot bath, and then sleep until tomorrow morning."

He pursed his lips and paused, after all, he still understood Lian Po's mood at the moment, and comforted him: "After all, after the sun rises, it's a new day."

Hearing that the butler left early, Lian Po didn't seem to care at all.

He didn't care about why Bai Shu appeared here, he just smiled back and cursed: "You greedy old slicker who is afraid of death." There was not much anger in his tone, but it was as relaxed and comfortable as telling a story, "When you were young I also killed barbarians with Lao Tzu, why are you so stubborn when you are old, don't you know what it means to take one away and earn another?"

Compared with Lian Po's previous voice, when he said this, it was more like talking to himself, so that Bai Shu couldn't realize what Lian Po was saying for a moment: "What?" Human nature made him involuntarily He took a few steps forward, trying to catch the words behind Lian Po's low smile.

Hearing the question, Lian Po had no intention of repeating: "I said—" His voice was drawn out very long, with an echo effect among the low-lying hills, "Sit down and drink with me—" said Then, he grabbed Bai Shu's ankle and pulled him to the ground with his backhand. He also pulled him down so that Bai Shu's short legs were parallel to his knees.

Bai Shu, who never expected that Lian Po would do this, was dragged vigorously and lay flat on the grass on the hillside, and even slid down, so that his whole body was directly parallel to Lian Po's legs: "What are you doing, Bai Shu was annoyed, "Why is it so difficult for you to speak up when you have something to say?!"

"Didn't you say it well, but you didn't listen." Lian Po glanced sideways at Bai Shu, his face full of disgust, "You are so young, your memory is so bad, you can understand what I said a second ago. Forget, tsk tsk."

"I never promised you to sit in such a dangerous place and drink with you until dawn!" Bai Shuli complained bluntly, "If those barbarians notice us, then you and I will die!"

"The problem is that I'm not an invitation at all, it's an order!" Lian Po's attitude was more rigid than Bai Shu's, "I haven't heard of respecting the old and loving the young. Haven't you heard of the subordinates unconditionally obeying the orders of the superiors?" The one who is capable is the one who gives the orders. Haven’t I heard of it? Since I have all aspects, I don’t care which school you like, anyway——I have the final say!”

Now that Bai Shu was sure that Lian Po was drinking too much, the old man who didn't like reading began to try to reason with him instead of fighting with him.

"Look up," one hand pressed on Bai Shu's abdomen, forcing him not to stand up. Driven by the drunkenness, Lian Po's temper seemed a little cloudy, "What did you see?"

Bai Shu was powerless to resist, so he could only follow Lian Po's words and raise his head: "Xinghe?"

"Fart," Lian Po swears again, "I don't want to imitate Lin Xiangru, my son, he's so literary and embarrassing!" He threw the empty wine jar away with his other hand, and pointed Going to a more distant place, "It's the Huns! It's the Yuezhi! It's the Qiang people! It's those barbarians who burned, killed and plundered the people in my pass."

Bai Shu was lying flat on the grass, unable to complain that he could only see the starry sky in his current state, and the system couldn't help laughing in his mind: "Well, if you say it's a barbarian, it's a barbarian." Bai Shu Sigh, the old general I chose, what else can he do, I can only get used to it.

"What kind of perfunctory attitude is this?" Lian Po was displeased. "Don't let me look down on you. Get up if you have the guts. Fight with them for [-] rounds. If one doesn't lose, the other will count as gain!"

"Did I bring a weapon when I came out? Even if you want me to accompany you to kill, I can't do it." Completely giving up resistance, Bai Shu put his hands behind his head and looked at the shining galaxy above his head. "So, go back, old man, don't you want to hang up the king tomorrow."

Lian Po relaxed his pressure on Bai Shu, and after realizing that Bai Shu really had no intention of resisting, he let go of his hand: "Lin Xiangru sent an urgent message." The exchange between Lin Xiangru, "The first king's order after Prince Yan came to power was to ask me to go back."

Ok?

Bai Shu turned his head slightly, looking at Lian Po's figure sitting on the hillside.The habit of serving in the army for many years made him sit upright, even when he was drunk, his body was still tense, as if he could jump up in the next second and fight the enemy to the death: "Didn't the previous king order you to stay here until you die?" Is it?"

Naturally, the original words are not like this, but in Bai Shu's view, the meaning is almost the same: "It's only been a few days since you succeeded to the throne, and you dare to ignore the king's order as soon as you come up, how much hatred is that? His wife (wife and children) are all staying in Handan, what worries him?"

"Royalty—" Lian Po sighed for a long time, and seemed to have a thousand words to say, but after the sigh, it seemed that this was his drunken soliloquy, "I haven't asked all these years, obviously such a small child, why? Hate those people so much?"

"I hate what they do?" Bai Shu blinked. After seeing Lian Po's raised hand, he realized that he wasn't talking about those kings in Handan, but the barbarians farther away outside the pass. Is there any reason? I have heard of the saying that people who are not from my clan will be punished... No, I didn't say it."

Seeing Lian Po's expression suddenly lit up, Bai Shu quickly clarified.

Lian Po curled his lips, not knowing whether he believed it or not, he just turned his head and continued to look at the rolling hills in the distance: "If you are not a member of my clan, you will be punished." He repeated this sentence repeatedly, "If you are not a member of my clan, other people will die." The heart must be punished! This sentence is well said, well said. How can people who are not from my country of Zhao feel the expectations and desires of the people of Zhao."

【Is he alluding to you? 】The system was frightened and quickly observed Lian Po's body language and expression, 【Hold on, he's still green! 】At this moment, Lian Po has no killing intent towards Bai Shu, nor any hostility or dissatisfaction.

Bai Shu still felt that something was wrong, but not only was he observing systematically, but even he could see Lian Po's fatigue at this moment, and how he really just wanted to find someone to talk to - in the past, Lian Po had too many Opportunities can be struck, there is no reason to choose such a night and such a time.

What's more, Lian Po is not such a sinister villain. Even if he wants to eliminate dissidents, as a person, he will only do it aboveboard: "Are you talking about me?" Bai Shu stared at Lian Po closely, not letting go Any slight changes in his expression, "Is it because I'm not Zhao Ren?"

"When I met the late king, I must have been as old as you." Lian Po seemed to automatically filter Bai Shu's voice, "Such a small one stood in front of the late king who was still a son at that time, and threatened to grow up one day. An official title." He drew a height casually, but no matter how Bai Shu saw it, it was the height of a three-year-old child.

"The king just stood there and kept laughing. He touched my head when I was so angry, and asked me how I want to become the champion?" Unknowingly, the "previous king" in Lian Po's mouth changed to 'Wang', "I was so young at that time, so I said that when the son becomes king one day, he will let me be promoted to a noble."

Lian Po's drunken eyes seemed to change as the scene around him changed. He is now in the palace of that year. He is still that young child who doesn't understand anything: "At that time, the Emperor Zhou was still there, although it was useless. But it is still there. Speaking of this, it is rare for that old dog head Bai Qi to do a good thing! If it weren't for him, the unsightly thing is still alive today."

Bai Shu thought for a while, but he couldn't think of anything Bai Qi, who could make Lian Po's teeth itch with hatred, would do something that made Lian Po so emotional and even grateful: "What did Bai Qi do?"

If it was in the past, Lian Po would never have brought up the matter with Bai Shu, but after all, tonight is special, after all, tonight is special: "You were not born at that time." He shook his head to make himself more awake, "The emperor of Zhou issued an order of the emperor calling on the six countries to unite to destroy Qin, so Bai Qi destroyed Zhou—although there is only one left."

[What does it mean to destroy Zhou, but there is one left? ] The system asked blankly.

'Because in the beginning, there were two weeks.Eastern Zhou State and Western Zhou State, although the two add up, no one can add one-third of Qin State. Bai Shu thought about the information he had collected, and explained to the system, "I heard that after the King of Qin won the Nine Tripods, another Zhou directly raised his hand and surrendered. '

"Well done, well done." Lian Po murmured repeatedly, "If it wasn't for him, the puppet would still be hanging on top of the king's head." His words had no logic, and he said what he thought of, "and it's gone. Zhou's bloodline, hahaha, if there is karma, it is the cause of Qin, and the result of Qin."

Probably because he really drank too much, Lian Po raised his hand, like all loving elders, and touched the top of the junior's head: "Look, this is the world left to you by your ancestors, this is what they left to you. troubles and opportunities." His eyes were very kind, but it made Bai Shu tremble subconsciously.

Lian Po didn't care about Bai Shu's obviously frightened action: "When the king succeeded to the throne, I was already a little famous. No one in Handan is my enemy in ten strokes." The tone was proud and proud, "Don't say it's Handan. , even in the whole of Zhao, I, Lian Po, are well-known experts."

"Compared to General Li Mu?" Bai Shu interjected abruptly, and Lian Po slapped Bai Shu's face, and said angrily, "Shut up if you can't speak!"

Bai Shu, who was covered in a face, curled his lips: Well, that means he can't beat him.

"Can Li Mu have better luck than me?" Lian Po snorted, "The king is willing to hand over all the soldiers of the whole country to me. Li Mu is just the northern frontier, and Lao Tzu—that's the future of Zhao Guo! !" He paused, avoiding the sad ending of Zhao Guo's battle in Changping and the order that led to this ending.

"So you'll be planted in this pit until you die." Although it was difficult to speak, Bai Shu's words were clearly conveyed through Lian Po's palm, "Even if this pit is rotten and smelly, keep planting it." Here it is."

"Xiao Shu," Lian Po was not ashamed, but quite proud, "You are still young, and you have not experienced many things. If you can grow up safely, you will always meet such a person, no matter how young you are , even if everyone has no expectations and trust in you, even if the whole country is full of doubts about you, he still firmly and unreservedly entrusts everything he has in your hands, sitting quietly A future awaits behind us."

Lian Po's tone was very gentle, like the spring wind blowing across the lake: "When you meet such a person, give yourself all over, just like he gave everything to you, entrust yourself to him." Lian Po let go of his hand, leaned back, and lay down on the grass like Bai Shu.

"Then he betrayed you." Bai Shu knew who Lian Po was talking about, "It is true that he entrusted Zhao Guo's all-powerful soldiers to you, but he also transferred you away at the most critical moment."

"Xiao Shu, that's what he gave me." Lian Po smiled, "Although it's despicable to say that, what I want is never power and military power, but the trust that he is willing to trust and entrust everything with sincerity. The rest It’s just something outside of me, I’ve done my best to keep it, so why should I care about it.”

"That's three full years, Xiaoshu, how many three years are there in life?" He didn't hold any resentment, not even the slightest regret or dissatisfaction, "He is willing to wait for me for three years, three years after three years If you are willing to give me another chance to live a life like this, what else can I complain about?"

"He was my show off when I was young, and the glory of my youth. Although there are still dust and scars, but after so many things, he is still willing to give me flowers in my old age and decorate my tombstone. What else do I have? What about those who are dissatisfied?" Lian Po looked at the distant sky, "Xiao Shu, look at this world—how big it is."

"He is so big that a person's troubles are nothing more than a grain of sand in this world, but he is also so small that that grain of sand is all I have." Lian Po watched Bai Shu sit up and raised his hand to stroke his head again , "Xiao Shu, now I also hand them over to you."

Bai Shu's pupils constricted suddenly: "Where are you going?"

"It's going to be dawn," Lian Po didn't answer, "I should go back to Handan when the sun is fully up."

"Hey, answer my words!"

Lian Po put his hand to his lips and blew the whistle.The horse resting on one side snored when it heard the sound, and trotted closer to Lian Po.

The pony who was following Da Ma also ran over, Lian Po just looked at the father and son approaching, and said with a soft smile: "Guess what is waiting for me in Handan?"

"He will let you back," Bai Shu said eagerly, "There are not many generals in Zhao now, so he will definitely let you back. You can die on the battlefield, so don't—"

"Then it's an endless wait," he said, "How many three years will it be? Or maybe there isn't even one, just the plain mourning hall and a simple tombstone." Lian Po stood Standing up, seeing Bai Shu wanting to get up, he knocked him out with a backhand.

Lian Po picked up Bai Shu and put him on the pony's back. After tying him up, he looked at the funny boy at the moment, "Go," he patted Xiao Zaoma's horse. Buttocks, "Take him back, he still has a bright future, there is no need to lose his reputation and future for a bad old man like me."

Big Zaoma snorted at his side, as if responding, Little Zaoma rubbed against his father, looked at Da Ma reluctantly, and trotted away towards the border city of Zhao State.

And Lian Po stood where he was until the little horse disappeared from sight, then turned around and hugged the big jujube horse's neck: "Old man, are you reluctant?" He paused, and then smiled, "Now, We only have each other. But maybe things are not so bad, maybe we can come back tomorrow."

As he said this, there was a bitter smile on his face.

When Bai Shu woke up again, what he got was the news that Lian Po had betrayed Zhao overnight and the old housekeeper committed suicide in the early morning.

And he, looking at the plain white cloth, didn't know for a moment whether the white silk was offering sacrifices to the former king, the old housekeeper, or the glorious years of the general who has gone away since then and will never see him again.

The author has something to say:

One, two or three things that the author didn't write:

1) The border gates of the State of Zhao often had Xiongnu activities in winter, and Lian Po chose to drink outside the gates, which also meant gambling his life inside.He hadn't made a decision yet, so he decided to let the Xiongnu help him make a decision. If he happened to meet the Hunnu, it would be destiny. After he died, he would no longer have to worry about his future, let alone how he would deal with Bai Shu before he left. .This is what he meant by being weak for the last time, and this is why Lian Po is still green in the system.

2) Lian Po kept Bai Shu by his side in the first place because he cherished his talent and wanted to tame Bai Shu.After all, he boasted that he could work for more than ten years, which was enough time for him and Lin Xiangru to work together to subdue a growing kid.In fact, they also succeeded. Bai Shu began to care about Lian Po and Lin Xiangru, and even began to care about Zhao people at the border.It's a pity that King Zhao died at an inappropriate time, otherwise Bai Shu would have a sense of belonging to 'Zhao' in time.

3) Bai Shu sensed Lian Po's frustration, and vaguely guessed that he wanted to leave Zhao, so he repeatedly mentioned 'go back'.But Bai Shu didn't know that Lian Po was betting on the lives of the two of them, and the old housekeeper guessed it, so he waited in the pass after he left.If Bai Shu didn't come back, it meant that both of them died outside the pass, and someone had to collect the body.But the next day, when he heard that Bai Shu had returned safely, he knew that Lian Po was still alive, and chose to leave Zhao, so he committed suicide.