The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

Wei Liao's reason for taking his junior brother away was very upright.

The school’s dormitory itself is a single room, and the place they live in is Xianyang, a depression surrounded by mountains. It is extremely hot in summer, and the ventilation in the room is poor. Now they have to share a bed with others, and they are all seniors. How can you bully your junior?

Be a bit like a brother.

Lu An whispered that he was not afraid of the heat, and he would let his younger brother sleep on the front of the wind... But Senior Wei glanced at him mercilessly, and said that when he was a child, Lu An would always push the quilt to expose his belly every summer when he was taken to sleep How could a child not be afraid of the heat?

Lu An, who was speechless, could only obediently lie down with his brother on the cool straw mat after being wiped by cold water.He was sleeping facing the wind, and the brother didn't know where he brought a big cattail fan to blow on him, and the breeze came slowly.Lu An was still moaning dissatisfiedly just now, but his eyes narrowed quickly because he was too comfortable.

It's not that he has any opinion on the senior brother, but that Lu Xiaoan also wants to play with his peers, and he is always under control when he is with the senior brother.But having said that, senior brother treats him so well, but it hurts senior brother's heart to show that he doesn't want to be with senior brother!

Thinking of this, Lu An felt a little guilty again, he quietly turned around to look at Wei Liao, and saw his senior brother sleeping lightly with his eyes closed in the night, fanning him with his hands.

Lu An paused, he moved forward, moved forward again, gently rubbed into his senior brother's arms, and rested his forehead on his senior brother's shoulder.

The smell of the senior brother is both familiar and unfamiliar to him. When he was a baby, he was hugged by a senior brother who was also a half-year-old boy. Later, when he was studying, he was very skinny. It was fine in summer, but in winter, he was really rolling on the bed. , thanks to my brother for not giving up.

It's just that after a few years of separation, the two of them had grown up when they met again, and it was inevitable that they were a little more unfamiliar.

Senior brother is really nice, although he is a bit stricter, but, "I still like senior brother very much!" He said vaguely.

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt pushed from behind, and his whole body moved forward. His senior brother stuffed him into his arms, and muffled: "Sleep!"

"Senior brother, pretend to be asleep!" Lu An was about to burst into flames, he thought his senior brother was asleep, so what a shameful PLAY he said in front of his face!

"I was about to fall asleep, and I was woken up by you."

lie! !

"Sleep." Wei Liao pinched the little junior brother's struggling thin arms and legs to fix him, there was a faint smile in his words, seeing the child still struggling, he said, "Senior brother likes you too."

bang——

Kid Lu An's last thought that his senior brother might not have heard it completely disappeared, and he became a salted fish that had lost his dignity, and he became completely quiet.

Wei Liao adjusted the position of the limp child, patted the child's back lightly, and said in a low voice, "Go to sleep."

The temperature of Lu An in his arms continued to rise, and it was not comfortable to hold a small heater in Xia Yanyan, but Wei Liao didn't care at all. He patted the boy's back, which was full of comfort, but he could feel it in a moment. He felt that Lu An's breathing had stabilized.

Apparently Lu Xiaoan fell asleep in embarrassment.

It's still a child's personality... The long eyelashes are like crow's feathers, covering the emotions in the young man's eyes, and his slender fingers are passing through the young man's black hair little by little, gently pressing the back of his head and pulling it into his arms.

There is a sound of frogs outside the house, which is a good sleep.

In the next few months, when Xunzi and his students were sorting out the texts and comparing and correcting them one by one, a sad news came suddenly——Qin King Yingji fell ill.

When the people heard the news, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, showing blank expressions.

Ying Ji is old, and no one will believe that he can live to be a hundred years old, but for a long time, King Qin has been a high mountain and a lighthouse in the hearts of everyone. They never thought that one day King Qin What will happen after leaving them.

Ying Ji's more than 50-year ruling career is extremely rare in the entire history, not to mention the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.He has been on the throne for too long, so long that many old Qin people have been on the throne since their birth.Nowadays, many people in the state of Qin don't even know what it's like when the old and new kings change, and they don't even think about what it will be like to change the king of Qin.

But they are very clear that since the news of King Qin's illness has spread to the people, it means that their King Qin is indeed seriously ill this time. Otherwise, for the stability of the kingdom, they will definitely hide the news and spread it after he recovers. Now that the whole Xianyang city knows, there must be no fakes, otherwise the rumor spreaders would have been arrested long ago!

But soon someone whispered to refute - but this person is Yingji.

Qin Wangji, so cunning and treacherous, and so shameless, wouldn't he really pretend that he was sick, pretending to be sick and dying, and then come to seduce the hidden forces in the country?

And seriously, according to Ying Ji's ability, he would disclose the news of his illness so easily?No matter how you look at it, it seems impossible.

As soon as this opinion came out, it immediately spread in the dark, and quickly suppressed the small flames in the hearts of the hostile forces that were about to move.

It's not that no one guessed that Yingji might have guessed what they were thinking and did the opposite.But this kind of thinking was quickly overturned-you idiot, don't you look at what time it is, if King Qin is really sick and dying, there is no need to do this.

What time is it now?It's harvest time.

This year on the Guanzhong Plain, the second phase of the construction of the canal connecting the Jing River and the Luoshui River has been completed, that is, the diversion of water from the Luoshui River has been cut off and the canal has been constructed. Connect the two together.

Although the canal has not been completed yet, except for the area in the center that cannot be irrigated, both the left and right ends have the function of water delivery, so the farmlands in these two places have been planted with food crops.

Every winter and spring when the work cannot be started, the canals here will lead the river water into the field to facilitate the irrigation and insecticide in winter and the water supply for seedlings in spring.

And once it enters the wet season, the nearby villagers will come to help open the canal during the slack season. Their reward is the lower layer of sediment dug deep for the canal, which is buried in the depths that cannot be reached by traditional Qin farm tools. The soil contains abundant humus layer, which is very nutritious, and the effect of using this soil to cultivate fields is particularly good.

Especially near the Jinghe River, since the news that Jinghe mud can fertilize the fields, not only farmers with vested interests, but even farmers a little further away will come to help dig canals and replace mud.Although it was unpleasant because of this, it helped a lot overall.

The water flow of the Jing River is fast, and it is a difficult section of the project. However, the progress of the project here is much faster than that of the easier Luoshui section. These people have a lot of credit.

The area of ​​farmland that can be covered by this section of the canal has reached more than [-] hectares. Although the soil is still barren, this area was originally a land of salt and bittern, but now it can grow food, and the harvest is more than a year. One can imagine what it will be like once the canal is officially opened.

What is the concept of [-] hectares?One hectare is [-] mu, even if it can only produce one dendrobium per mu, the amount is amazing enough. How many troops can this feed?

And when the canal is officially opened, it is conservatively estimated that there will be an additional [-] hectares. What will Qin look like then?Others dare not even think about it.

The middleman lurking in Qin State could only beat his chest and scold South Korea for being stupid. How could such a capable hydraulic engineer be cheap for Qin State?Han Wang hurried out to be beaten!

South Korea is also wronged. Didn't you all send people when Qin State recruited water workers?It's just that our hydraulic workers are more capable. If your hydraulic workers are selected, don't you send them to Qin?

Everyone is right and wrong, why bother to hurt each other.

Since you don't want to hurt each other, you have to show your attitude. Since the canal is not open, there are still infinite possibilities. See if you can think of a way to move your hands.

As soon as this South Korea was mentioned, they shrunk into a ball, because the family of Zheng Guo, a hydraulic engineer, had been quietly taken away from South Korea at some point, and South Korea had nothing to threaten Zheng Guo except for the feelings of the motherland, so at this moment he Can't do anything but giggle.

What use do you want!

The other five countries shook their sleeves angrily.

In fact, it's not that the Five Kingdoms are so stupid that they only discovered the beauty of the water conservancy project and thought of doing it now. It's that Ying Ji blocked the news too tightly before, and when the news couldn't be blocked, he took care of the whole process, and outsiders would intervene if they wanted to. no.

No matter what methods the spies from other countries used, the King of Qin was determined to keep the two water conservancy projects, and he would not be moved even if they provoked them in every possible way, even if their people said that Zheng Guo might be a middleman from South Korea.

Yingji is like an old hen spreading its wings to protect the two major domestic water conservancy projects.

What can they do?They are also desperate!

In the era of the ruler, as long as the king firmly believed in someone, no matter how much others said, it would be useless. Who knew that the always suspicious King Qin would become less suspicious when he was old, which is simply abnormal!

If you add that the king is an old fried dough stick who has been in the business for decades, it will be even more helpless. Flies don’t bite seamless eggs, there is enough trust between the monarch and his ministers, and the king himself is sensible enough to allow others to speak eloquently.

Moreover, Yingji is very tough on this matter. If anyone persuades anyone, he will be arrested and interrogated immediately. When the first intermediary can't stand the torture and confess, Yingji even uses this as an excuse, saying: Anyone who obstructs water conservancy is a Six Nations spies.

Who dares to speak?

Even real spies would not dare. They were able to lurk in Qin, and the manpower and material resources invested behind them were by no means small. If they were exposed because of a water conservancy project, it would not be worth it at all.

And Qin's domestic opinions on water conservancy projects are not as strong as outsiders think.Qin State pursues the rule of law, and because it has maintained a situation where there is only one voice in the country for a long time, compared with the people of the other six countries, the old Qin people are extremely indifferent to the affairs around them, which means they are a bit on the sidelines.

incite?Incitement cannot be incited, and a bad thing will turn into a rebellion and implicate the whole family. Qin people are particularly sensitive to this aspect.Even after the secretly instigated people from the Six Kingdoms walked around and returned to the hotel, they saw their luggage was left at the door, and the shopkeeper of the hotel had a cold face and wanted to send them away, for fear of hurting them.

Qin's implicated company system "connects" not only blood relatives, but also neighbors!

Under such a system, the people of Qin are wary of everyone around them, for fear of being implicated if they are not careful.

Although it is not conducive to social development in the long run, such a system does bring many benefits during sensitive periods.At least Qin's territory is monolithic, and it is difficult for foreign spies to get involved. Even if they settle, it will take more time to develop and investigate.

In addition to the water conservancy construction in Qin State, the irrigation project in the south is too far away from Xianyang. Although Qin State also transports materials in the mainland, it is difficult to give people an intuitive feeling for the project that is not in front of us.As for the project in front of us... the despicable people of Qin made the first phase and the second phase to show that they planned well, were extremely restrained, tried not to labor the people as much as possible, and did all kinds of monsters for this to show that building water conservancy is a good thing.

Under the superimposition of various factors, the stupid old Qin people were deceived by the cunning King Qin.

Although the two projects have not yet been completed, it is not yet known how much revenue they will bring, but one or two of them can be seen from the gradual increase in the price of unsalable land in the Guanzhong Plain and the fact that there are prices but no market.The market is the best testimony to the perception of the locals.

To sum up, Qin now has soldiers, generals, and food, so what reason do they have to hide the news of Yingji's illness?And now that the news is overwhelming, it seems somewhat too deliberate.

So King Qin must be pretending!

While the six countries were brainstorming back and forth in their minds, the center of the storm, Qin Palace, was extremely quiet at the moment.

Yingji was indeed sick.One morning, when the servant entered the room, he found that the king of Qin suddenly had a high fever. The leak of his illness was also because the king of Qin was unconscious and did not order to block the news in time when the high fever did not subside.

But later, the news ran in another direction under Fan Ju's deliberate guidance. He was not happy after he stabilized the international situation in time.The Palace of the King of Qin is now in a mess, Prince An Guojun can't stand at all at this moment, he is more willing to stay by his father's side than to support the situation and the operation of a huge country.

Therefore, all the tasks of the whole country were put on the poor Daqin Xiangbang. While dealing with government affairs, Fan Ju was also responsible for controlling the domestic information situation. He was so busy that he didn't have time to think about what would happen to him after the death of King Qin.

And Prince An Guojun...does he want to be King Qin?The question is complex.

An Guojun Yingzhu was taught since he was a child that the throne belonged to his elder brother, and his mother was his father's concubine, so he was not considered favored, and his safety was the main reason for his survival.However, when he was indulging in the beauty and treasures as a happy little dude, his elder brother passed away suddenly.After that, his life took a sharp turn. He was promoted to the crown prince when he was nearly forty years old. His father was strong, the courtiers were picky, and his younger brothers were staring at him. He became terrified as long as he was the crown prince.

Of course he wanted to be the king of Qin. Only by becoming a king can he hold his destiny in his own hands, but he really didn't want his father to leave him.

He used to feel that his father was pressing on his head like a mountain, but now when this mountain was about to collapse, he didn't feel relaxed at all, but extremely panicked.When Fan Ju sent him the bamboo slips that needed to be approved, he was even more at a loss as to what to do. He only felt that after the printing was done, it would be as irreversible as a flood from a dam.

That sense of panic was horrific.

Ying Zhu had learned a lot during his years as the prince. He thought he was ready to take over the country, but only then did he realize that he was wrong.He didn't dare and didn't want to take on this burden.So these days, he has pushed the government to the prime minister, and let the heirs and other people run back and forth, but he chose to be a dutiful son and serve in front of his father's bed.

Yingji was getting old, and the witch doctor didn't dare to use heavy medicines, and his illness was tossing back and forth so that King Qin lost weight twice.When he opened his eyes again, the old man who had ruled the Qin State for more than fifty years finally showed his old age and looked depressed.

He glanced sideways at the crown prince whose eyes were full of tears and surprise, and the heir who was accompanying him beside him, his eyes twinkled.

With his eyes, he summoned the attendant who had served him all his life, he moved his lips, and said in a breathy voice: "Clan elders please come."

Ying Zhu, who also heard the movement at the side, let out a weeping sound.

The fact that the elders of the Ying family will be used means that Ying Ji wants to choose an heir.

In the pre-Qin period, the family was the world, and the ruler of the country was the patriarch, and Yingji was the patriarch of the winner's clan.The appointment of the next patriarch naturally requires the presence of the elders of the clan as witnesses.

Yingji didn't speak. He glanced around and looked at Zhao Zheng, who was behind the stranger. He moved his mouth, and Chang Shi read his lips in time, and turned around and called, "Mr. Zheng, the king is calling you!" .”

"Great-grandfather!" Zhao Zheng, who had been raising his head, immediately ran out from behind his father when he heard the words, and threw himself on the side of Yingji's couch. He held Yingji's cold hands, and Yingji couldn't help but hook his face when he saw the crying face. Curling the corner of his mouth, he said, "Don't cry!"

"Great-grandfather, you must get better." Zhao Zheng tried to open his eyes that were swollen from crying to see the old man clearly, "Zheng'er's fish is well raised now, great-grandfather, you haven't eaten yet! They all said this The fish in the pond were blessed by immortals, and my great-grandfather will live a long, long life after eating them."

Ying Ji smiled and moved his fingers. He poked the child's hand to signal him to look at him, and said word by word: "There is a limit to the number of human lives, and there is no cure for heaven and man."

"But that's a fairy!" Zhao Zheng didn't believe these things at first, but everyone said that the fish in the pond was a bit mysterious, and he was inevitably affected. "Great-grandfather, why don't you try it? Just try it!"

But no matter what he said, Ying Ji just looked at him with a smile and said nothing, so Zhao Zheng understood, he choked up, and couldn't control his tears anymore.

But he was reluctant to look away at this moment, and was even more afraid of missing the last teaching of his great-grandfather, so he tried to look at the old man with his crying face, "Zheng'er, Zheng'er will grow up well, and will take care of my father and my father." Yeah, I will also raise fish well, Zheng'er understands."

Ying Ji's fingers moved, and the smile on his face seemed to deepen. He turned his head slightly, looked at the stranger, and the stranger hurriedly knelt down and said, "The grandson will be filial to his father in the future, and he will love his heirs. Grandpa, please rest assured."

Ying Zhu also knelt down: "Son, son..."

Ying Ji opened his mouth, and Ying Zhu rushed over to listen, only to hear the old father say three words in a breathy voice: good.

Ying Zhu's tears fell uncontrollably, and he knelt down beside the father whom he had respected and feared all his life, crying loudly: "Father, father, please don't leave, okay? My son is not good enough, You said last month that your son is not good enough, have you forgotten?"

Several clan elders arrived at this time, and the leader of the elders glanced at Ying Ji with a very serious expression.Ying Ji struggled to open his mouth and said, "Second son Ying Zhu, please do me a favor."

The old man nodded to indicate that he had heard it. He quickly stepped forward and knelt down beside Ying Ji, and said, "Don't worry, Uncle will watch for you."

Ying Ji nodded slightly when he heard the words, he glanced around with nostalgia, and said to Ying Zhu, "Be kind..."

"My son knows!" Ying Zhu was crying so hard that his voice was about to break, "My son will treat his clan relatives kindly, his courtiers well, and the common people well. Father, father, please don't go—"

However, just after Ying Zhu finished speaking, Zhao Zheng could feel the strength of the old man's hand loosen a little bit. He could feel something gradually pulling away from his great-grandfather. He had a bad intuition and tried to hold the old man's fingers Tried to stay, but this time, the old man who loved him very much did not respond to him again.

In 260 BC, the king of Qin, who had succeeded to the throne for 56 years, passed away.

He is a legend all his life, scheming and scheming. He is a mean, shameless and unscrupulous old fox in the eyes of countless kings and ministers;

It is also in the eyes of the people of Daqin that they are willing to stop under such a good situation, restrain their desire to attack, turn around to stabilize the people's livelihood, and suppress all opposition voices and try their best to promote the construction of two water conservancy facilities. their merciful king.

No matter what kind of person he is, and what words later generations will use to evaluate him, this capricious and cunning king of Qin quietly closed his eyes on this day, and left the Qin country where he had devoted his whole life to planning.

He lived a vigorous life, but he was quiet when he left.

He had selected the successor of the Qin State, selected the ruler of the auxiliary state, tried his best to train the next generation of heirs, and made a plan for the future national policy and development, and then closed his eyes quietly and calmly.