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

It was night, and Lu Buwei stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back.The moon is as cool as water, falling on the channel he dug in the courtyard to allow his young son to farm, and was smashed into silver pieces by the breeze, making his figure even more lonely.

Frogs are singing, and Xianyang City is only cool at night during the hot season.But even at this moment, Lu Buwei couldn't feel a trace of coolness, he felt that the blood in his body was boiling.

Just because of the sentence that the other person said to him-"The prime minister started from the state department".

Lu Buwei was not born as a local official. In the eyes of others, he was born as a standard nepotism.

This is also where he is widely criticized, especially in the eyes of the five eastern countries.In their eyes, Yiren also relies on women to gain power, and he, Lu Buwei, is more of a matchmaker.

But Lu Buwei never cared about this, he was very clear about his own abilities, and he also knew exactly what kind of person Yiren was.Just like the black and white chess invented by his son, he used the Qin country as the chessboard, and turned over the other people's pieces bit by bit. After several calculations and careful planning, he finally turned the dots into lines, and connected the lines into pieces. Just won this chess game.

By women?If Yiren really climbed up only relying on the Queen Mother of Huayang, would a scheming person like King Zhaoxiang allow it?It is inevitable that they underestimated King Zhaoxiang.

As for what they thought, that was just what they thought.

And now, he has reached the peak, and what he is most worried about is his son.

He and Yiren have a confidant, because of Yiren's personality, as long as he grasps the balance between each other, he believes that he will not end badly, but Lu An...he and the prince are too close.

This is not a good thing.

He knew that there was a special friendship between these two children, but if they were close, they would be obscene, and their identities had changed. If they couldn't grasp the proportion, it would be no good.

And this kid Zhao Zheng...he has a rather tough personality, and his style of doing things is not so much like a stranger, but rather like King Zhaoxiang.

In many things, the prince's overall view is stronger and stronger than that of other people.It is precisely because of this that Lu Buwei dare not bet on employing people, whether the prince is more like King Zhaoxiang or a stranger.

So Lu Buwei suggested to Yiren to choose a companion for the prince.

The prince is 15 years old this year, at the time when he is the most fickle, and he has several companions around him, who can also share Lu An's influence on Zhao Zheng.

He made a suggestion, and Yi Ren agreed.

Even if Yiren didn't think much about it at the time and just discussed the matter, he would definitely be able to recall it afterwards.

Prime Minister Qizhoubu... How can Lu Buwei not think about what the stranger said to him now?

On the one hand, he felt that this was not a promise made by the King of Qin to Lu An, and on the other hand, he felt that this might be a gentle blow from the King of Qin.

Whether it's a slap or a jujube, it all depends on how Lu Buwei understands it.

Lu Buwei's decision was to be prepared to be slapped and catch this jujube.

— Anyway, the son is still young.

When receiving the transfer order, Lu An was in a daze. He just wanted to go out to play (play) and study (play), so why did he turn into going to work? !

Seeing that his son hadn't responded for a long time, Lu Buwei raised his eyebrows and looked at him: What, are you not satisfied?

Lu An immediately shook his head. If an official wants to do something, he must go to the place. The place has a high degree of freedom and is closer to the people's livelihood. Moreover, Shu County is also the most challenging place today. He is indeed very interested.

He and Li Bing have a good relationship, and they should be able to get along harmoniously. As far as the working environment is concerned, it is probably not a big problem, but this is the feeling of being separated after just falling in love...

I don't know why, but I always feel an inexplicable familiar feeling.

Wei Liao was also stunned for a moment when he heard the news of Lu An's transfer, but he quickly adjusted his expression to express that he was fine. Compared with Lu An, he has more mobility here.

The Qin State is a system where all the people are soldiers, and the concept of professional soldiers hardly exists.Wei Liao had won the title of a civilian by virtue of his military merits, but he had not been awarded a formal position, so his time was more free than that of Lu An, and he could accompany Lu An to Shu County.

But Lu An still refused after consideration, and finally the two of them decided to accompany him for a period of time before returning to Xianyang City to develop.

The only way to get promoted in Qin State is through military exploits or farming. Lu An took the farming route, and obviously Wei Liao couldn't go this way.And on the road of conferring military merits, being able to go to the battlefield, wherever the battlefield is, such an opportunity is extremely important.

Qin's military merit is calculated according to the victory. If the number of enemies killed by an individual is extremely eye-catching and the phalanx where he is located loses the settlement or the victory of the battle loses too many people, this data will not be recorded as personal military merit.Therefore, it is useless to kill many people by yourself, and the overall situation is still to be seen.

This is also the reason why Qin's army is far stronger than other countries' armies. In an era when other countries were still talking about "ranger" and "individual", Qin already talked about "whole" and had a whole set of The method of calculating the overall meritorious service.

Although Wei Liao's personal ability is outstanding, it is difficult for him to perform without the guarantee of supplies. Relatively speaking, the army supplies and generals sent by Xianyang City are the best. Can play a little better.

It was different in Shu County. The only war chance that Shu County could provide was to attack Chu State for peace and chaos. However, Shu County was governed very well by Li Bing now, and Lu An didn't think he would force the people of Shu County to rebel.

As for attacking Chu State, it is even more impossible. If attacking Chu from the Bashu army, then Qin State will have to pay a huge price first. At most, Shu County will undertake a task of outflanking and surprise attacking at the end. Frontal attack... is almost impossible.

Therefore, Lu An believed that if Wei Liao stayed in Shu County, he might miss the various opportunities provided by the next expansion of the Qin Kingdom.

Wei Liao is not alone, he has to support the entire Wei family, now the old generation of the Wei family can no longer go to the battlefield, and the new generation has not grown up yet.Although it is very sad, they all have their own responsibilities.

Wei Liao didn't discuss this issue in depth, he asked Lu An to prepare the luggage first.Originally, it was fine to go out to play, and it didn't matter when they left, but now there is a time limit for the handover of officials. Considering the difficulty of the Shu Road, the sooner they set off, the better.

However, before leaving, the two encountered a problem-Duo Duo also wanted to follow.

Duoduo belonged to that kind of prairie horse, with high shoulders and long legs, but such horses could not move well among the southern mountains.Moreover, walking on the mountain road will also damage the horse's knees, so after discussing with Lu An and Wei Liao, they decided to keep Duoduo in Xianyang City, and the two of them rode off the horse on the purchased fruit.

Duoduo originally thought that he could go out and play, but he was happy. After looking forward to it for a long time, he was especially cooperative when taking a bath.However, when it dressed itself up and waited to go on the road, it was surprised to find that there was no place for itself in the team. The two fathers dismounted on mere horses, and he was still in the stable. The consequences were very serious. up.

They went out without me! !

No!bring!I! !

You have other horses!

A lot of anger is broken.

It held its head up and let out a series of mournful sounds, the voice was high-pitched and desolate, and it spread out for several streets. The street soldiers patrolling the street thought there was a horse abuse incident and came to inspect with long sticks.

One can imagine how this group of people felt when they saw Duoduo's appearance.

Lu An hugged Duoduo and explained it for a long time, but he said it was up to him, and Duduoma just meant—I won’t listen or not, you just fell in love with the little goblin outside!

Duoduo squinted his eyes and stared fiercely at those dismounted horses with heavy loads on their bodies and proud faces. In the aesthetics of horses, all of them are ugly and short-legged. Why would Dad want them to not me?Dad can't be wrong, it must be seduced by these goblins!

While Lu An was explaining to the street soldiers, it bit its tail one after another, causing the dismounted horses to whine.

Lu An stepped forward to separate the horses with a black face, and the street soldiers also prepared to leave after seeing that the situation here was not abusing the horses.Unexpectedly, they had just taken two steps when Dodoma let out another cry.

Looking back, it turned out that it was Wei Liao who wanted to pull it back to the stable. The steed shook its head desperately with a look of reluctance, but it couldn't stop the owner from wanting him... One man and one horse staged a scene of bitterness.

Emma, ​​this... This is too miserable.

The street pawn finally couldn't help but want to intercede for the horse.Lu An was also helpless, but neither he nor Wei Liao could stop Dodoma from screaming too badly, and Wei's family also said that judging by the situation, they might not know what the horse would do after Wei Liao left.In order to avoid getting the news of Dodoma's disappearance halfway, the two had no choice but to compromise.

"You're too jealous!" Lu An Pai Pai couldn't help but want to go sideways and bump into the dismounted Duoduo horse he was riding. He stretched out his hand to push his horse's head away, and complained , "Who are you learning from? You are a boy, can you be more generous?"

Dodoma snorted from its nostrils, walked a few steps away, casually bit a flower from the ground, turned its head and handed the flower to Lu An, blinking its big eyes, very innocent.

Lu An, who was presented with flowers, accepted the small mountain flower dumbfounded. He looked around and inserted the flower into Wei Liao's hair crown.Wei Liao looked back at him, but didn't move. On the contrary, Lu An couldn't stand the hot-eyed painting style, so he reached out and took it off.

And it was this action that caused Duoduo to bite his ear when he got off the horse.

"Duoduo!" Lu An hurriedly grabbed the rein and pulled the distance between the two of them. He felt a little helpless looking at Duo Duo, who seemed as if nothing had happened. This acting skill... If it wasn't for the fruit he was riding, the ears still There was a lot of saliva, and the evidence was so strong that he would suspect that he had misunderstood the horse.

However, Duoduo's arrogance only ends when he enters the plank road.

What is the plank road?

This is a channel formed by drilling holes in steep rocks and inserting wooden beams, and then connecting pavilions.And the places where this way of road construction is used have one characteristic - high, dangerous, and no way to go.

Mr. Lu Xun once had a famous saying, "There are no roads in the world, but when there are many people walking, a road becomes a road."The plank road is different from this kind of road. It is a product with strong purpose and resistance. It is a completely artificial road formed by the ancestors fighting against the natural environment and cutting stones.

To get from Xianyang to Chengdu, you must first cross the Qinling Mountains to reach the Hanzhong Basin. To cross the Qinling Mountains, there are two roads to take. One is the Ziwu Road from Xianyang directly to Hanzhong, and because of the dangerous environment of this road, it cannot meet the purpose of the army's march. , So Qin State opened up the praise ramp again.

The Baoxie Road goes around the mountain to reduce the steepness by increasing the travel distance. Although it is farther than the Meridian Road, it is more convenient for large trucks to travel. Therefore, this road is also more popular and has become the road between Xianyang and Hanzhong. Lu An and the others naturally chose this road when they went south.

However... not steep is only relative.

The Baoxie Road is built along the river, with mountains on one side and deep valleys on the other. When Lu An officially entered the part of the plank road, he probed curiously, and then he found that there was no shelter in his sight, and there was a rolling waterway directly below.However, he was not afraid of heights, and he couldn't help feeling panicked when he saw this scene, so he quickly retracted his head and moved closer to the side of the cliff.

In order to ensure the stable support of the piles on the lower side of the plank road, the plank road is controlled to a width that allows a chariot and a pedestrian to walk together at the same time. This width is no problem for riding a horse.

But when entering the plank road, Lu An didn't dare to get on the horse, he and Wei Liao both led the horse forward, it was okay to get off the horse, but Duoduo had a very difficult time walking on such a road.

Because it is tall, it has become a disadvantage on the plank road.

The plank road is built against the mountain, and it is inevitable that some places on the side of the mountain require people to turn sideways or bend over. These movements can be easily done by humans, but it is difficult for horses.If the horse is short in stature, it can pass safely, but the prairie horse like Duoduo cannot.

In order to avoid being hit, Wei Liao could only pull it to the outside.

There are railings on the outside of the valley road for protection... But they are protection, but these railings are actually wooden stakes tied with ropes. Lu An feels that their psychological comfort ability is far stronger than their actual protection ability.

Coincidentally, Duoduo felt the same way.

Dodoma, who was still arrogant and domineering before entering the plank road, was as quiet as a chicken at the moment. It walked forward slowly in silence, its four thin legs were trembling slightly, and it was completely gone. of.

Seeing Duoduo's appearance, Lu An felt a little distressed again. He took out a candy and stuffed it into Doduo's mouth, and then quietly stuffed a piece of fruit that turned his head when he smelled the aroma, and got off the horse.Duoduo just glanced at them in silence, and did not express any protest once in a while, but this look was so pitiful that Lu An couldn't help but want to touch it.

It was the peak season for entering Shu, Lu An and Wei Liao followed the main force and arrived in Hanzhong smoothly.After a short rest in Hanzhong, the two set foot on the Jinniu Road again.

Starting from Jinniu Road, it officially entered the scope of Shu County.Compared with Baoxie Road, which is built along the river, Jinniu Road has more mountainous roads, mainly for mountain opening projects.The advantage of the multi-mountain road is that there are a lot of post stations and purchase points along the way, and it also means that the two can get on the horse.

The moment Duoduo set foot on the mountain road, the whole horse was revived. It held its head high and its mane danced with the rhythm of its walking. Even if it was climbing stone steps and jumping mountain streams, it was not afraid, and it went smoothly.And the mountain road is the advantage of Guoxia horse, because Guoxia horse has short legs and low chassis, which is relatively more stable.

Lu An adjusted his position, took out the board and charcoal pens and began to draw.

"For the prince?" Wei Liao moved a little closer as soon as he saw him start the pen, and what Lu An was painting was the plank road of the Baoxie Road before.

Lu An only used charcoal to draw a lonely and small plank road between the mountains and the bottomless canyon below.

In the blank space of the drawing paper, he also drew the specific principle of the plank road, accompanied by words to describe the feeling of walking, the duration, etc., with the naked eye visible intentions.

Wei Liao looked sideways at him for a moment, then said softly, "An'er likes His Highness the Crown Prince very much?"

In the past, Lu An would definitely not hesitate to answer this question, but now, he keenly sensed the subtle meaning in his senior brother's words, and immediately said: "I just treat His Highness the Crown Prince as my younger brother!"

Wei Liao was slightly taken aback, he turned his head to see his lover's serious and nervous face, and suddenly smiled.

Duo Duo, who was under him, happened to take two steps to the side, and Wei Liao stretched out his hand to gently pull the young man who was looking up at him towards him, and took advantage of his height to stick to him.

After a while, he calmed down, and said to the dull-faced Lu An, "I know."

"I'm not asking you that."

"But I'm glad."

Lu An stared at him blankly, unable to say a word.