Emperor Qin

In April, the king of Qin arrived at Yongdu.

As the head of the Jiuqing, Fengchang is in charge of offering sacrifices to the ancestral temple of the Qin State. Lai Ai left the Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests before dawn, and went east for dozens of miles from Yongdu to meet the King of Qin fleet in person, sending the soon-to-be-government King of Qin off. To the Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests in Yongdu.

The Empress Dowager Zhao Ji and the King of Qin sat high on the table, feasting the ministers with bright lights. This was a state banquet, and Yan Jiang was not qualified to be at the table, so he sat quietly in the courtyard thinking about how to meet the King of Qin.

Suddenly, the door of his courtyard was thrown open, and a young man rushed over like a firecracker, raising his hand to punch him in the face.

There was no technical content in this move, so Yan Jiang grabbed his wrist casually, cunningly twisted around his back, and at the same time stepped on the bend of his knee, pressing the young man to the ground against his back, preventing him from moving.

"Let me go!" Li Xin struggled violently, angrily like a red-eyed rabbit, "You bastard, I want to recommend you to serve in the army, but you actually voted for the Great Yin, are you against me? ? I also treat you as a brother to the king to praise you, to..."

"Shut up!" Yan Jiang got upset when he heard that, let go of his hands, sat under the tree, and said coldly, "I didn't do that to get some food, no one can count on your grandfather and you."

"Then you can't vote for Lai Ai either," Li Xin stood up and said angrily, "He's devoted himself to male pets, how will you gain a foothold in Qin after you get involved?"

Yan Jiang poured him a glass of water with a smile, and said lightly: "I'm really sorry, I can farm as I wish, and I have no intention of serving the country."

"You, you... I regard you as a big brother," Li Xin wanted to hit someone, but couldn't, and became even more angry, "Where is your confidant? It's been a long time, can't you comfort me?"

Yan Jiang couldn't help laughing out loud: "Then brother, how do you want to comfort me, how about fighting again?"

Li Xin snorted twice, and said in a low voice, "How about selling your knife to me?"

He was referring to the Uzi knife on Yan Jiang's waist, with a little shyness on his face.

"Didn't I give you a piece of Utz steel?" Yan Jiang wondered, "I remember you used it to make a good sword."

Well, fortunately, the piece of His Majesty's treasure seemed to be forgotten by it, and it didn't quarrel with him.

It’s okay not to say it, but when Li Xin said it, he couldn’t help holding his chest, and even felt aggrieved: "That one, the king has taken a fancy to it..."

God is pitiful, he cherished the long sword like an eyeball, and lost it like this. Even Meng Yi, who was usually at odds with him, couldn't help but come to comfort him, but the king didn't go to the battlefield, and it was just a display, it was really too much. Wronged the sword - of course, if he had the guts, he wouldn't dare to say it.

"Okay, is it because of this thing that you came to me this time?" Yan Jiang looked him up and down, thinking about the possibility of meeting King Qin from him, and asked, "What is your position?"

"I have reached the rank of a doctor. I am the master of five hundred, and the food salary is 250 shi." Li Xin raised his chin proudly.

"Two hundred and five, it's quite suitable for you." Yan Jiang had recently learned about the Qin army, and he also said that Li Xin was already a low-level officer. He had five hundred soldiers under him, and his annual salary was 250 shimi. With " The low-level title of "Doctor" - fifteen ranks behind his father and grandfather's Marquis.

"It's all appreciated by the king." Li Xin forgot the previous displeasure when he mentioned the meritorious title, and urged his friend to say, "Lao Ai is not the master of the Ming Dynasty, why should you delay your career with him, I mentioned you in front of General Meng Yi earlier, He also wants to see you, how about we get together later?"

This kind of behavior of introducing people's contacts is very good for a friend. Seeing his earnest expression, Yan Jiang also wanted to meet such a famous Meng brothers, so he didn't refuse straight away: "When is that, just tell me."

"Well, we can't disclose the time of our shift change." Li Xin was a little bit embarrassed, so he said softly, "How about I bring someone to you when the time comes?"

Although the yard is far away, it is in the Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests. It took half a minute to come here, and more importantly—he coughed again: "You still have that cumin pepper, right?"

After eating barbecue last time, he has been hungry for a long time.

Yan Jiang laughed lowly: "You can bring charcoal with soy sauce and salt."

"Then it's settled." Li Xin's anger came and went quickly. Most importantly, he didn't believe that Lai Ai would be able to accept this friend. It couldn't be easier for people to come here.

Yan Jiang watched him leave, and smiled helplessly, this young man's heart is really bright, Meng Yi, as the confidant of the King of Qin, how could he come to see him, a subordinate of Lai Ai, even if he came, he might also want to find out the truth.

But it doesn't matter, since he has the opportunity to deliver it to his door, he will not refuse it.

……

The banquet in the Qin Palace lasted until night, and the entire Palace of Prayer for Harvests was brightly lit, just like the supreme power of the Great Qin, which ended at night, but for some reason, King Qin did not enter the main hall when he returned to bed, but arranged it to be only two walls away from him. The side hall next to him said that he would enter the main hall after he was in charge.

So there were sergeants who blocked the surrounding area, and Yan Jiang had to make three or five reports if he wanted to leave the hospital.

Yan Jiang thought that King Qin was really cautious. Could it be that he was afraid that the main hall would be tampered with by Lai Ai?

But what happened tonight, His Majesty slept so deeply, there was no sign of waking up at all.

He carefully checked His Majesty's heartbeat and body temperature, and found nothing abnormal, so he could only assume that it had fallen asleep again, and this kind of thing happened two years ago.

At this moment, Li Xin walked in happily, carrying a slaughtered young lamb, his eyes sparkled the moment he saw him: "Brother Yan, come, I brought sauce and charcoal fire, and come to eat. "

Yan Jiang smiled helplessly, carried the table to the courtyard, lit a piece of meat, put it on the charcoal fire, and after a while, the meat smelled fragrant, and the addition of cumin pepper whetted the appetite.

In the side hall, King Qin, who had been running around for a day, looked a little tired. He was listening to Meng Yi's report, and when he heard "there is a alchemist in the outer courtyard, he has sent people to watch", he slightly clenched the bamboo slip in his hand, his expression remained unchanged. , until a faint fragrance wafted over, then he frowned slightly and interrupted Meng Yi's report: "Where is Li Xin?"

Meng Yi was stunned for a moment, then bowed his head and said: "He said he was familiar with the alchemist of the partial academy, so he asked himself to inquire about the news."

"Acquaintance?" King Qin Qinglie's alto voice was slightly low, and it was difficult to distinguish between emotions and anger.

Meng Yi didn't dare to hide it, Li Xin had entered the circle of Xianyang generals with his strength in the past few months, and he didn't hesitate to share many things, so he talked about Li Xin's bragging about his friend in detail. False hair, killing fiercely and fiercely, making dishes unmatched by Daqin, knowing how to smelt iron to make paper-anyway, he is Wushuang, a national scholar, and must not be let go.

"Earlier, Li Xin asked me to go with him to visit, but I had important business to do, so I refused." After speaking, Meng Yi also commented: "Although I feel that he is exaggerating, but since Governor Li Chong appreciates it, , presumably the difference."

Qin Wang slowly put down the letter, tapped the table lightly with his fingertips, and suddenly said: "Since that's the case, let's see it."

Meng Yi bowed his head: "I'm going to invite him here."

"No," Qin Wang's lips slowly evoked a faint smile, "you and I can go and see."

Meng Yi: "???"

The king of Qin didn't answer, he knew very well in his heart that if Yan Jiang had all kinds of precautions against ordinary people, he would also have all kinds of precautions against the king, and he must not take it by ordinary methods.

You have to find another way.

……

In the side courtyard, the carbon fire is booming.

Li Xin and Yan Jiang sat opposite each other, and one roasted and the other ate, and the cooperation was seamless.

But there is no barbecue grill, very few sticks, and he moves very slowly. After eating for almost an hour, the moon is in the sky, and he is a little full. With the wine, the moon, and the peach blossoms under the tree, he insists on protruding the barbecue into a fairytale mood.

Li Xin was eating happily, when he heard a weak and familiar voice coming from the courtyard door behind him: "Li Xin, you said that you want to take me to taste the peerless delicacy, how can I enjoy it alone."

"What did you go to do today? Why is your voice weak?" Li Xin turned his head while eating the mutton skewers, "Didn't you say something happened next time..."

Seeing that Meng Yi didn't come in outside the courtyard, his expression was a little unnatural for a moment, he went out with the mutton: "Why, was the king punished?"

In the next second, he froze suddenly, was grabbed by Meng Yi, muttered a lot in a low voice, and then exclaimed: "What?"

Yan Jiang watched them whispering with great interest, but saw Li Xin's expression was terrified and aggrieved, but also a little confident, so he walked in and said weakly to Yan Jiang: "Yan, brother Yan, the king heard that I pushed you away. , Highly respected, so I sent my subordinates to come to inquire, if, if there is no problem, I can go to see him in person."

That's a good feeling, it's delivered to your door.

Yan Jiang got up and said, "Where is that man, let me entertain him."

Meng Yi looked to the side, but saw a pause for a moment or two, and then he heard someone slowly approaching in the light ringing of the ring, and in the flickering candlelight, he was dressed in black and had a handsome appearance and extraordinary heroic spirit. , as far away as the independence of a high mountain, as towering as a jade mountain that is about to collapse.

There is such a character in the world, Yan Jiang was poked for a while, it really came according to his aesthetics!Immediately stepped forward to greet each other hand in hand, pushed Li Xin's seat to one side, remade the mat, and exchanged names.

On the one hand, Li Xin's face did not retreat with fear, and he poked Meng Yi quietly: "What did you do, why did the king shave his beard?"

How could the king act like this with his body and skin?