Emperor Qin

Chen Ping was very pleasantly surprised to be able to invite Yan Zi to attend his wedding.

He had no idea that he was the one being touched.

This Yangwu County is called Yuanyang County in later generations, and there is a place in the eastern suburbs called Bolangsha Park. Later generations of Yanjiang have visited here, learning from the ancients to cherish the ancients. Passing by this time, I think that Zhang Liang will never come again. Assassinated Qin, so he came to regret that in the future, Li Bai, Ban Zhao, Wang Anshi and other poems about Bo Langsha's nostalgia for the past will probably be lost by butterflies.

There are no such things as "Shandong is not without a son, why is Zhang Liang taking revenge alone." "The ovary is not roaring, and the bankruptcy is not a home. The sea has a strong man, and the Qin Bolangsha." There are no such things.

Tsk, it's a pity, what's going on?

So he knew that when he passed by here, he came to conceive a future.

At this time, today is very different from the modern times. The future scenic park is still a swamp where the Yellow River rushed out. There are stretches of sand dunes and overgrown reeds. No one can be seen within a few steps. It is really a good place to ambush. No wonder Zhang Liang chose this place to assassinate Qin!

While gathering the wind, Yan Jiang heard gossip about Chen Ping's marriage.

Why does the county gossip about it?

Because the boy was so bold that he took a woman from Kefu.

The woman's surname was Zhang, and she was the granddaughter of the Zhang family, a big family in Huzhou Township, but she had a hard life. She was only in her early twenties, and she had already killed five husbands.

How terrible is this?

Everyone said that this beauty was too hard-nosed and ordinary people couldn't bear it. It was not because they were afraid that princes would not be able to marry her.

As a result, the position of Mrs. Beauty has been vacant for a long time.

And Chen Ping is not a fuel-efficient lamp. His family is so poor that all the houses are built against the city wall, which can save the thread of a wall. He knows etiquette, and he often presides over funerals very well. Rumor has it, and in a meat-sharing ceremony for ancestral hall sacrifices, everyone was satisfied with the fat and uneven meat, and released the wild words of "don't talk about slaughtering meat, if I can kill the world, I can do it well".

The Patriarch of the Zhang family immediately took a fancy to him.

So the marriage of these two people is the biggest gossip in this small place since Qin destroyed Wei and King Qin passed by Yangwu recently.

So Yan Jiang asked casually, where is Chen Ping now?Wanting to watch, the good-natured person immediately pointed in the direction.

Yan Jiang delivered it to the door.

Chen Ping didn't know that Yan Jiang had a hobby of watching history. After all, although he had the grace of giving books, he only met Yan Zi once, and he only mentioned it politely at that time, so he was willing to participate in his honor with Yan Zi's dignity. The white wedding almost made him feel like he was hit by a pie from the sky.

Yan Jiang was very interested in him, and "cared" about the life and study of this young man all the way.

It turned out that the ancestors of Chen Ping's family were also rich, and they were descendants of King Chen, but at the end of the Warring States period, no one with a name and surname was born noble. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were 120 vassal states, and now there are only three Qi, Chu and Qin. Chen Guo died three years ago. It was destroyed by Chu State, and now that place is called Chencheng, which is the place where Lord Changping used to be king.

Chen Ping was smart since he was a child, and his parents thought he could shine in the family. However, his parents died young, and his studies and education were all supported by his elder brother.

The woman he married this time was the daughter of Zhang's family in Huzhou Township. She was a big family in the village, and someone in the family was a Taicang order in Xianyang.

"Xianyang is an official Taicang order, is it from Zhang Cang's family?" Yan Jiang felt that the world was too small for a while.

"I heard that the Yue family has a son and nephew, Zhang Cang, who went to Lanling to study with Xunzi when he was young. Later, he entered the Qin Kingdom, and he has been in charge of the Qin Zhizhang's collection and storage of grain under the Taicang Order under the administration of millet..." Chen Ping said cautiously.

"It really is his house." Yan Zi became more interested.

So I followed Chen Ping all the way to welcome the bride back home. There are not too many cumbersome etiquettes in the wedding of the common people. The head of the Zhang family is very optimistic about Chen Ping. .

New home, new courtyard, even the desks in the courtyard are new.

When drinking, there are countless people who toast to Yan Jiang. Yan Jiang's alcohol test is not moved by these low-alcohol turbid wines.

It was just that when he was sitting in front of the case tasting wine and eating vegetables, he smelled that weird smell again.

So he asked Chen Ping if there was any pungent smell around him.

Chen Ping blushed slightly: "The house is newly built, the wooden furniture is newly made, and the Yue family is rich, so the wooden pillars and tables are all painted with tung oil."

Yan Jiang nodded and said with a smile: "Then your Yue family is really good to you. If you get rich in the future, you have to repay it well."

Tung oil is the oil of the tung tree tree, which is antiseptic and waterproof. It is mostly produced in Chu State. It is a must for construction, ordnance, vehicles and ships. It is expensive and mostly used by military supplies. It is impossible for ordinary people to get it.

Chen Ping naturally promised that he would, and he was also very happy - as Yan Zi, if he came to the wedding today, his road in the county would not be too difficult in the future.

So the guests and the host had a good time, and the head of the Zhang family also came to toast Yan Jiang in person, saying that Zhang Cang had written a letter saying that he had joined Yan Zi's family and had received a lot of help from him. As an elder, it was really rude for him not to come early to thank Yan Zi No way.

This is polite talk. With Yan Jiang's current status in Qin, without the power of the Sangong Jiuqing, it is basically impossible to talk to him.

Yan Jiang casually said a few words of comfort, he always felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Just as he drank the wine in one gulp, a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred.

By the way, the smell of getting off the boat is tung oil!

All large ships have tung oil, and it is normal to re-scratch it during maintenance, but how important is the Qin King's ship frame, how can it be possible to re-oil it while sailing?

Moreover, tung oil is precious, and the smoke is poisonous, so it is used to make ink.

More importantly, why didn't the attendants around King Qin stop it?

He recalled the historical records, and there was nothing relevant.

However, the history in memory is no longer the current history!

He touched his hands calmly, and then remembered that he had put His Majesty on a boat not far away today, and even Huahua had been let to play by the river.

Sure enough, after following King Qin for too long recently, his vigilance has dropped so much,

Still be careful!

Yan Jiang got up suddenly, bid farewell to Chen Ping, quickly got on his horse, and ran towards King Qin's boat.

……

King Qin's boat was still crawling slowly in the river.

The trackers were bare-chested, with thick hemp ropes rubbing against their shoulders, with thick calluses on them, dragging the huge building boats forward step by step.

When sailing a boat in a place with a gentle current, you can approach with an oar, but in a place where the current is relatively fast, pulling the fiber is a faster way to approach. This is also the reason why the Shaofu will estimate the time and ask the county captain to prepare the supplies for Dingkou in advance.

The King of Qin was still on board preparing for the battle with Zuo Shu diligently.

Meng Yi came in once, said that the tung oil was pungent, and wanted to ask King Qin to disembark for a while, or change the king's ship.

Before there was a king boat in the river, a small boat with guards was operated improperly. It hit the king boat and wiped out a piece of oily skin. ship board.

It is also very simple to deal with. When the wind and waves are weak, smooth the wound and dry it, and then apply a layer of tung oil.

Qin Wangzheng is still dealing with a lot of policies, how could he care about such a small taste, and casually refused.

Meng Yi resigned, and then went around the boat again.

A few maidservants on board the boat humbled past him with food and water, these would be given to the eunuchs first, and after they were confirmed to be non-poisonous, they were offered to the King of Qin.

Meng Yi inspected around and found nothing unusual except seeing the oiler hanging over the side of the boat to oil the boat.

He returned to the king's house and continued his duty of guard.

It was getting late, and the men who stretched the fiber were about to change people, and they were not hard stones. At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

A civilian husband suddenly shouted that there is a big bug!After alarming the peasants, several of them suddenly stood up, and their sharp knives shot out, cutting towards the three main fiber ropes.

Before he could react, the fiber rope snapped.

But this is not a big problem, the oarsmen on the tall boat have already sensed that something is wrong, and began to shake hard to keep the hull stable.

At this time, the craftsman who was oiling the oar window and the oarman in that grid looked at each other, and suddenly poured the bucket of tung oil in his hand into the bilge.

The problem is still not big, tung oil has a high ignition point, and it will not ignite without an open flame.

At this time, the oarsman by the window took a small tung oil lamp from the window, smiled at everyone sitting there, and threw the lamp to the bottom of the cabin!

The flames ignited instantly, and the choking smoke filled the entire cabin in an instant.

Instinctively, people quickly escaped from cabin [-], and the huge building boat lost power and drifted slowly down the river.

But the problem is not too big, the ship is huge, and the fire will not spread for a while. Ancient Chinese ships are divided into cabins. If there is a problem in the first cabin, you can close the door and escape in time, and go to the lower cabin to find a way. There are smaller ones around. The big ship supports them, and they will soon find out that something is wrong and come to rescue them.

Next, groups of water ghosts suddenly appeared from the surrounding water. They are very good at swimming, and they swim under the boat to breathe through reed tubes. When it was dark, it was difficult to see clearly. The tung oil was poured into the cabin from the window and lit on fire.

While taking advantage of the chaos, a palace maid threw the sail rope down the ship's strings, and immediately some water ghosts took advantage of the rope to go up and dropped more ropes.

For a time, the fire exploded from under the cabin.

On the boat, King Qin and the attendants also heard the call.

Meng Yi was shocked, and immediately ordered people to guard the king of Qin, and commanded the guards to fight against these water ghosts.

"Your Majesty, the boat is on fire, please get back into the small boat with me and go ashore..." Meng Yi knew that the big boat had small boats on guard just in case.

Qin Wangzheng's expression was gloomy, but he didn't show any anger, he just said: "Chu people are good at water, if they get on a small boat, they will seek death."

The person who set the fire, cut the fiber, and attacked the ship must have a very clear understanding of Qin's military system and water attack, and also have the ability to infiltrate one or two hands from his side.

He was finally careless.

These days, the love scene and the battlefield are smooth, Huayang is seriously ill, and he exiled Lord Changping Yu Ying, so he relaxes his attention to Xianyang's affairs.

At this time, the water boats surrounding the guards had already noticed that something was wrong, and quickly approached the king boat.

But the undercurrent of the Yellow River was turbulent, and even if the boat approached for a while, they couldn't get on the boat, so they had to send people on the boat to fight with the previous people.

The fire was growing, and the smoke was billowing.

In many fires, most people were killed by poisonous smoke, but not many people were burned to death.

The battle situation became more and more fierce. The water ghosts on the boat were all carefully selected, fearless of death, and more water ghosts swam from the low reeds and gathered quickly. They brought Han crossbows with good bows and arrows, In order to protect the safety of King Qin, there were no archers on the king's boat, and the Qin army suffered heavy losses for a while.

Seeing this, King Qin also drew his long sword and joined the battle group.

He is from Qin, never afraid of war.

"Your Majesty, get out of the ship quickly!" Meng Yi, who was fighting several people alone, shouted.

King Qin's face was gloomy, but he didn't leave the boat.

At this moment, the hull made a slight creaking sound, which was the sound of water entering the bilge and the ship sinking.

This great change came too fast, and most of the surrounding Qin troops were near the boat or on the shore, and it was too late to save them.

There are fewer and fewer guards, but there are still more than a dozen elite water ghosts on the opposite side. Meng Yi led his men to fight desperately, and has been injured in many places. No matter what, they only know that if they take King Qin, they will protect their family and country Yongan!

The front of the big ship was blocked by thick smoke, and the Qin army was unable to save it. The higher the surrounding temperature, the crew members who were on fire screamed and rolled into the water from time to time.

The only way to survive is to jump into the water from the string of the boat as high as ten feet, get on the boat and walk away.

At this moment, a guard beside King Qin fell down, revealing a gap, and a water ghost seized the opportunity and stabbed forward with a wooden spear.

In the next second, blood spattered everywhere.

The sharp edge of a hook rope tore off half of his neck, and pulled the water ghost to the ground. A Jiang who was beside the string twitched his eyebrows slightly, and said with a light smile, "Let's jump, Your Majesty, my swimming ring is fully inflated. I told you earlier." You don’t believe that swimming is a survival skill.”

Look, now you know the benefits of being able to swim, right?

Look at Huahua, that is the big cat that loves water, without its destiny water nature, Yan Jiang will not be able to swim for a while.