The most powerful emperor Liu Bang

Chapter 10 Mount Mangdang Killing the Snake

The imperial court recruited a large number of migrant workers to Xianyang to perform hard labor and build the mausoleum for Qin Shihuang.Pei County pulled 120 prisoners from the prison to serve as migrant workers. Because Cao De intended to harm Liu Bang, he asked him to escort these prisoners to Xianyang.

The Qin law at that time stipulated that all officials who escorted laborers to the capital must arrive within three months according to the customs certificate issued by the local government, and there must be no less than one person.

When they set off, in order to prevent these people from escaping midway, all 120 prisoners were wearing shackles and tied with a rope to form a long snake formation.Someone was anxious and yelled, and Liu Bang and two helpers came over to untie his hands and let him solve it in the grass by the roadside.Some people took advantage of this and escaped.This is also the origin of the words shit and pee, also known as "relief" and "convenience".

On this trip, Liu Bang brought two assistants named Shi Jin and Xu Heng.With such a large team, you have to relieve yourself for a while, and they have to relieve them for a while, and some people deliberately punish them. The three of them have to keep running back and forth, and they will be exhausted within a few days.

Liu Bang also saw that someone was playing tricks on them deliberately, so he stipulated that a person can only relieve his hands twice a day, and only during the break.They had swords and sticks in their hands, and all of them had their hands in shackles and had to obey.Of course, walking like this is very boring, so Liu Bang asked everyone to tell stories.

He spoke one first. "In ancient times, all living beings were equal. Whether it was humans or other animals, at first they only lived by eating wild fruits. Later, Chen Shenxian, who was in charge of the creatures on the ground, discovered that animals killed each other, especially those who stood up. , eat everything. The gods reported the situation to the Lord of Heaven. The Lord of Heaven said: "How can this happen? I hope all living beings are happy. How can those weak beings be happy? Go and find out the reason." Chen The gods went down to the mortal world to understand that people in the world are so happy. Men all have a big breast, which can grow or shorten, and can be several feet long when stretched. If there are too many wild fruits to eat, they will eat other animals. When the Lord of Heaven heard this, he was furious and said: "Human beings are too shameless. After punishing them, they will all wear clothes. They can't show mercy everywhere naked." The god said: "The problem is that a man's penis is too long, and it's too convenient for meddlesome things." The god said: "Cut it off for them, and don't let it make trouble again." Chen Shenxian said: "After it's all cut off, human beings The species will become extinct." Master Tian pondered for a long while, and said, "Let's keep a little, one tuft is enough." Unexpectedly, Chen Shenxian was a little deaf, and Master Tian said these words in a soft voice, and he heard them all. 'Leave a move', only a stubble was left when cutting. So later on, men's penis is shorter than pigs, sheep, cows, and dogs."

After Liu Bang finished speaking, everyone laughed.

Then the prisoner named Han He said, I will tell a true story: "There was a man in our village who was arrested and left shortly after he got married. His wife was very lonely at home and did not dare to hook up with other men. , I can only play with a big black dog at home every day. One night, she was really bored, she took off her clothes and slept on the bed, pinching the dog's thing and sending it to her body. Who knows that the dog is so human, it moves It made her very uncomfortable. From then on, I would do that with the dog every night after the lights were turned on. After a few years, the man came back suddenly, and the two of them were naturally very affectionate. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, the man always listened to someone outside the door. If there is any movement, I went to open the door to have a look, but I didn't expect that the dog in his house jumped so high, bit his neck and killed him."

After Han He finished speaking, some people said he was "talking nonsense", while more people remained silent and thoughtful.

After walking like this for more than ten days, they arrived at the foot of Mount Mangdang.After eating at the post station, we hurried up the mountain.This Mangdang Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles. The mountain is steep, the road is rugged, the trees are deep, the forest is deep, and the thorns are overgrown. It is difficult for ordinary people to walk through. Difficult to walk.After a lot of effort, everyone finally climbed up a small hill.Liu Bang asked everyone to rest.The prisoners were crying for their father and mother, complaining, saying, "If we go this way, the Year of the Monkey will not be here." They strongly demanded that the rope be untied and the shackles be removed, otherwise they would not leave without being beaten to death.

Liu Bang said: "Untie the rope, what should you do if you run away?"

Everyone replied: "Don't worry, we promise not to run away."

Now that a few people have run away, Liu Bang plans to buy a few people on the way to make up the number of applicants.Although he didn't believe that these people would walk with him in a proper manner, they walked too slowly without letting go of the shackles. It took more than ten days to walk more than 200 miles. If this continues, let alone three months, three I can't reach Xianyang in the year.So the ropes and shackles of these people were all opened.

It is conceivable that these people have been in prison, and there are old and young in the family. Especially after hearing the story told by Han He, they feel like running away. Can't get out of the grass, take the opportunity to escape.

The team marched towards the top of the mountain, Shi Jin opened the way in front, Xu Hengdian was behind, and Liu Bang looked back and forth in the middle.When approaching the top of the mountain, the forest was dense and the grass was deep, there was a person running towards the side of the road, Xu Heng saw him, he followed him a few steps and caught the person back, and handed him over to Liu Bang for treatment.Liu Bang stopped the team, intending to behead the man in public to warn others not to wait for the opportunity to escape.

Liu Bang said angrily: "In order to hurry on the road quickly, I listened to everyone's advice and set your hands and feet free. I never thought that this man would dare to run away. Now he will be executed on the spot to see who dares to run away again!" He swung his sword and slashed at the man's neck.

When it was too late, a burly man named Hao Song grabbed Liu Bang's arm and said, "If you dare to kill him, we will kill you."

Everyone agreed in unison: "Yes, kill him."

"Are you going to rebel?" Liu Bang shouted loudly.

"So what about rebellion? There are leaders who will follow suit." The burly man said.

Liu Bang saw that something was wrong with today's situation, and thought that if he insisted on killing the fugitive, it would definitely arouse public anger and lead to death.If he is not killed, the gang of criminals will run away before reaching Xianyang.Even if they don't run, they won't be able to reach Xianyang in three months.No matter what happens, his situation is only one death.Instead of going to Xianyang to die, it is better to let these people go now, accumulate some virtue, and run away by themselves.

At that time, rebel armies all over the country were surging.Chen Sheng and Wu Guang took the lead in launching an uprising in Daze Township, which shocked the whole country.Liu Bang didn't want to come out this time. Lu Zhi was worried about him at home. The county magistrate wanted to force him to send him out, and he wanted to go back for revenge.In addition, Mr. Lu said that he would be extremely valuable in the future. He saw that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang could do great things, and thought to himself why he couldn't pull a team together.Today I heard someone say that as long as there is a leader, he dares to rebel, which immediately touched his nerve to do something big, and changed the subject: "Since everyone is not afraid of anything, I don't care about you. Today Leave it alone, and go about your own business.”

When everyone heard this, they immediately cheered and cheered: "I'm going home, I went to see my wife." They dispersed in a swarm.

With only two relatives left beside Liu Bang, he suddenly felt very empty and desolate.

The three of them stayed there without moving for a long time, when suddenly the group of people who dispersed just now came back again.Liu Bang asked: "Why do you come back again and don't want to go home?"

Hao Song and others replied: "Grand Liu, you let us all go because of your loyalty, what do you do next?"

"I'm going to join the rebel army, so don't ask me, why can't I be alone." Liu Bang said.

The crowd shouted: "Instead of defecting to others, why don't you take us to do it, and we will also revolt. We are all prisoners in custody, and we have to be arrested when we return home. If we don't return, we would rather follow our benefactor into the world." .”

"Are you willing to join me?" Liu Bang listened to his heart, glanced at them, and there were three or forty people, which was already a big team, and said excitedly: "Well, let's form an uprising Army, go down the mountain to recruit soldiers and buy horses, and fight it!"

At noon they ate some dry food they brought with them, and in the afternoon they continued westward along the mountain road.The early autumn sun shines through the gaps in the trees, making people a little lazy.Liu Bang drank a few drinks at noon, a little drunk, and followed the team.He said: "This mountain is very good. It can advance and retreat. We will take root here."

As they were walking, suddenly the people in front retreated with a "thud" sound, their faces sallow with fright.

Liu Bang hurriedly asked: "What's going on?"

"A big snake blocked the road ahead, and one brother's leg was bitten, and he still hasn't let go." The man who came back said tremblingly.

"We are all people who are not afraid of beheading and who dare to revolt and venture into the world. We are also afraid of big snakes. Let me go and see." Liu Bang bravely came to the front of the team relying on his alcoholism.

It's okay to see the snake, but Liu Bang was so frightened when he saw it, his hair stood on end.

The big snake was white all over, with gleaming scales under the sunlight. Its body was as thick as the mouth of a bowl, and it was swallowing a soldier's leg in its mouth. Its two eyes were as big as a bull's eye, staring fiercely at the visitor.Seeing Liu Bang coming, he left the soldiers and rushed forward.Liu Bang held the three-foot sword in his hand, and before he could dodge in time, he closed his eyes and slashed at the snake with his sword.The sword was slashing at the part where the snake supported its upper body, and with a cry of "Wow", the big snake shook its head and fell down.

Everyone was stunned. If it wasn't for Liu Bang's sharp eyesight and quick hands, they would have been swallowed by the big snake's bloody mouth.He didn't know where he got such strength, such a thick snake, in a hurry, made him split his sword into two pieces.Everyone shouted: "Duke Liu's supernatural power is really the leader sent by heaven to us."

Liu Bang swung his sword and slashed at the snake's body again. No matter how hard he tried, he could only make a blood mark.He thought to himself, there must have been a secret divine help just now.

Killing the snake was delayed for a while, and the sun was setting, so Liu Bang arranged for everyone to build a grass hut or rest under a big tree with dense branches and leaves.It was early autumn, and there were still many mosquitoes in the mountains.It may be due to Liu Bang's natural noble spirit, where there are no mosquitoes in the small area where he goes, so many people come to surround him.He discussed with Shi Jin, Xu Heng, Hao Song and others: "Rebellion is not a trivial matter. Letting the government know is a crime of beheading. We are few people now, and we can't make things happen for a while. We might as well live in the mountains first. , Send people down to recruit soldiers and buy horses, and when they are almost recruited, they will attack the government nearby."

Everyone thinks that this method is very good, no matter what you do, you must have a place to stay.Shi Jin and others were worried: "What I'm afraid of is that it's not easy to recruit people now."

Liu Bang said: "Now the people are cornered by the government, and they wish to rise up and rebel. As long as they hear that there is food to eat, there will be crowds of people responding."

"This is the best way, we will grow stronger soon." Everyone eagerly echoed.

After breakfast the next day, according to the opinions discussed the night before, they went down the mountain separately to recruit soldiers and horses and raise food.Not long after a team set off, someone ran back and told Liu Bang: "I met an old woman crying there. We went to ask her what happened and went to the deep forest to feel sad. She said, 'Her son is the son of Baidi, and he is about to go down to earth. Said the emperor, was killed by the son of the Red Emperor yesterday, so we cried here, I want to settle the score with the son of the Red Emperor'. We asked her: "How did your son be killed?" The old woman said: "The son of the Red Emperor also To become emperor, yesterday my son turned into a white snake blocking the way, I didn't want to be killed by his sword."

Liu Bang said: "Is there such a thing? Take me to see it."

The old woman was crying there all the time. When she looked up and saw Liu Bang coming, she stood up abruptly, raised her quinoa stick in her hand and hit him.Liu Bang turned around and ran away, the old woman gave chase.Everyone shouted to protect Liu Bang, but they couldn't catch up with them.In a deserted place, the old woman ran up to Liu Bang, stopped her and shouted, "Where are you going, return my son!"

Liu Bang asked anxiously, "When did I meet your son?"

"The white snake you killed yesterday is my son, pay for your life!" said the old woman, raising her stick to hit Liu Bang again.

Liu Bang hurriedly used his sword to stop him, and said nonsense: "How can you return your son in this mountain, and return it to you when you reach the flat ground."

"Hmph, that's fine too." The old woman said angrily.

The two were in a stalemate, and everyone rushed over to protect Liu Bang, and when they looked at the old woman again, she was gone.Everyone is strange.

Liu Bang was sweating profusely from running, and when he calmed down, he felt that this matter was amazing.Afterwards, everyone started talking about it, and everyone knew that Liu Bang was the son of the Red Emperor, not a mortal.He took the opportunity to say to everyone: "Whenever the emperor appears, there is a vision. Everyone saw it just now. The old woman ran faster than me. She disappeared as soon as she said she couldn't see it. It must be some god. She said I was red. Sons of the emperor, it seems that what we are going to do is ordered by the heavens, and it will definitely be accomplished. Brothers, if you work hard, you will be rich and powerful in the future."

Everyone shouted in unison: "We are determined to follow Mr. Liu, you will be rich in the future, don't forget us."

"No, don't worry, everyone." Liu Bang shouted loudly.

Liu Bang never imagined at this time that he would become emperor in the future, and his words were golden words.One word he said in passing,

"Return to the old woman's son when I reach the plains", and indeed when it came to his descendant, Emperor Han Ping, Wang Mang killed Emperor Ping and usurped the Han, fulfilling what he said 200 years ago. "Pingdi" has the sound of "Pingdi".It is said that Wang Mang is the reincarnation of the son of Baidi who was killed by Liu Bang
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