Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-05-10

The vastness is everywhere, the jade dragon dances horizontally, and the world is completely covered by the snow.However, there is not much snow on the straight road leading to Xianyang. From this point, we can see the accuracy of Qin Shihuang's order to build a straight road.

But now there are only a group of more than ten people walking on the straight road, and it is Fusu and his party.

"The prince is really pedantic, and he came up with such a practical thing. Now it will be much easier for us to gallop on horseback." Liu Wu, the guard, said loudly.

Fusu just smiled and didn't answer his words.

That day in Shanggu, when he saw the horse of the cavalry returning from the battle, he felt very awkward. He always felt that something was missing. It was not until he returned to Shangjun and thought about it carefully that he remembered that the saddle and stirrup were missing. .Of course, he didn't know that the saddle didn't appear until the Western Han Dynasty. As for the stirrup, it appeared much later than the saddle, and it wasn't widely used until the Tang Dynasty.Although Fusu didn't know the history of the appearance of these harnesses, he knew the effect of the harnesses on knights galloping and fighting on horseback, so he proposed his own ideas on saddles and stirrups to the person in charge of making weapons in Shangjun. The memory of the appearance, ordered them to make a few pairs with bronze.He doesn't dare to spread this thing widely now, because he knows that this thing is a secret weapon for himself, and he has to save it for large-scale use at an appropriate time.

This time, because he wanted to rush to Xianyang City as soon as possible, he ordered people to install the saddle and stirrups on the horse, which really speeded up everyone's journey a lot.Along the way, everyone admired Fusu even more.

After passing a bend, there was a big mountain in front of it. At this time, the mountain was covered with thick snow. Everyone controlled the horse so that it would not run too fast and cause an avalanche by using too much sound.

But these guards didn't show any restraint in their mouths, and they kept praising the two harnesses.After all, it is a wonderful thing for a knight to be able to increase his speed while sitting comfortably on the horse.Fusu saw that there was no one around, so he let them go.

While they were chatting and laughing loudly, Fusu suddenly heard a strange noise from above his head, and when he looked up, he found that the snow on the mountain was falling and hit the sound of tree branches.Before Fusu could react, the small amount of falling snow turned into a large amount of snow, which pressed down with a rumbling sound.

"No, an avalanche!" Fusu turned around and shouted hastily, "Everyone, step back!"

The faces of all the guards turned pale, they never thought that their jokes would cause an avalanche, so they hurriedly turned their horses and ran back. "Prince, what is that?" After retreating to a safe place, a guard pointed to a small black spot on the mountain that was falling down with the snow.

Fusu looked around, and saw that the black dot moved left and right to avoid the bigger and bigger snow blocks that kept falling, but it was a person. "What a skill!" Fusu sighed.He never imagined that there are still people who can resist in front of the power of nature.For a moment, he felt pity for talents, and said to the guards: "You stay here." After saying this, before they could react, he had already rushed back on his horse.

This horse was a fast horse that Meng Tian specially prepared for him and captured from the Huns. At this time, under his urging, he rushed over like lightning.Just when he reached the foot of the mountain, the black spot had already descended to the ground, Fusu hurriedly stretched out his hand and said, "Get on the horse!"

The man was not polite, he grabbed Fusu's hand and got on the horse with his strength.Although there was one more person immediately, the speed of the horse did not slow down much, and it quickly ran to the safe area.At this time, the valley had been filled with snow. If Fusu hadn't rescued him with his horse, the man would have been buried alive under the snow.

Only then did the guards cheer loudly, and at the same time they were frightened half to death.If Fusu's horse had slowed down just a little bit, it would have been buried by an avalanche instead of saving people.As his personal guards, they can only repay the Lord with death.

The man jumped off the horse and saluted quickly: "Thank you for saving my life, young master. I, Peng Hong, will never forget it." This man was very tall and strong.

"You're being serious. I think Brother Peng would save me if I changed places." Fu Su hurriedly said, "I don't know who Brother Peng is? How did this avalanche happen?"

"This..." Peng Hong said embarrassingly, "If I die here today, I will be to blame. I am a hunter in this mountain, and today I came out to look for some prey because my family has no food left. Fumbled a rock while catching a snow rabbit and started the avalanche. Shame."

"Brother Peng's skills and conversation are no ordinary hunters."

"I was originally a member of a hundred households in the Zhao Kingdom, but because I was dissatisfied with the oppression of the superiors, I abandoned my official position and took my mother, wife and children to live here in seclusion."

"So that's how it is. Now that the world belongs to the state of Qin, Brother Peng is willing to go to Xianyang with me to fight for his birth?"

"My old mother is still here, and my sons alone may not be able to support everyone. Let's talk about it when my son grows up. If the young master still wants us at that time, I will let my son vote for the young master. .” Obviously, Peng Hong has seen that Fusu’s status is unusual, so he didn’t reject it outright.

"Okay, then you can go to Shangjun to find me. It's really a pity to be buried here with your skills." Fusu said, glanced at the straight road covered by snow, frowned, "Now the official road is covered by snow. It's closed, how can we make our way?"

Peng Hong hurriedly said: "I know there is still a small road that can bypass this mountain, and then you can go to the official road again. Let me take you to detour."

"Thank you so much."

Everyone followed Peng Hong to copy the trail that was not covered by snow, bypassed the mountain, and went up the straight road again.Everyone waved with Peng Hong and embarked on the journey to Xianyang.

The snow gradually stopped, and this place is not far from Xianyang City.But it was getting late, and Xianyang had a curfew at night, and the city gates were closed, so everyone had to camp in a leeward place.The guards were busy lighting the bonfire and setting up the tent, while Fusu was looking in the direction of Xianyang and thinking about how he could meet Li Si.

It wasn't until just now that he suddenly thought of a serious question: Since Li Si didn't even see Hu Hai, what identity would he use to meet him?Will he meet himself?Even if he was [-]% sure that he could persuade Li Si to side with him without seeing him, it would be useless. Maybe he thought things too simply.

At this time, the guards had already put the food they had brought on the fire to roast, and Liu Wu handed a cup filled with wine to Fusu: "Prince, take a sip of wine first to get rid of the cold."

Fusu looked at Liu Wu and said, "Is there any way you can let me see Li Si?"

Liu Wu stared and said, "The eldest prince can see whoever he wants. Besides the emperor, who else would dare to see the prince? If he refuses to see the prince, his subordinates will rush in with him and drag him out."

"The problem is that I can't show my identity to see him, otherwise it will be troublesome if the emperor finds out if things get serious. After all, I returned to Xianyang privately."

Liu Wu said carelessly: "Then let's go in secretly, don't just say no to them."

"Sneak in?" Fu Su pondered for a moment, and said happily, "Unexpectedly, you, a rough man, came up with a better way. Yes, we can sneak into the prime minister's mansion secretly, even if he refuses to help me, he won't let me in at night." The affairs of his family spread. After all, he also has the intention of protecting himself." He patted Liu Wu on the shoulder and said, "You have done something for me."

Liu Wu chuckled, then scratched his hair with his hands again, so happy that he couldn't speak.

Fusu, who let go of his thoughts, was also amused by his stupidity: "Okay, let's go and have something to eat, and we will enter Xianyang City tomorrow."

After making do with the campfire all night, they set out on the road again.

At noon the next day, Fusu saw a tall city wall standing several miles away, more than twice as high as the city walls of Shangjun and Shanggu.Because of the snow these days, there were not many pedestrians on the road, and a few horses ran quickly into the city from time to time.At this time, Fusu had already ordered people to remove the saddle and stirrup, and they walked slowly into Xianyang City holding the reins.