Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me for corruption

Chapter 80 It’s just playing mahjong on the surface, but it’s actually more lively under the table!

"The ferocious beasts should be eliminated, but they should also be kept for breeding, lest they become extinct in future generations and future generations can only peep from the classics and imagine."

Qin Mo carried the baby rhinoceros ashore and spoke seriously to Ying Zheng and his ministers.

Ying Zheng and the ministers were stunned for a moment, and when they thought about it carefully, they couldn't help but feel dumb.

Rhinos are not only valuable for their horns and thick rhino hides, but also a strategic resource.

Before the advent of iron armor, rhinoceros leather armor was the best individual protection!

King Wu Fu Chai had a rhinoceros army, and he was able to dominate the Spring and Autumn Period and achieve great fame. During the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan also vividly described this in his poems.

As a result, rhinos have been hunted aggressively, and their populations have declined very quickly. They are now extremely difficult to find, and may become extinct in the Qin Dynasty before too long.

If that happens, future generations will be able to look at the records in the classics, think about the rare and strange beasts that once coexisted with their ancestors, and sigh for them, as Qin Mo said.

And that is undoubtedly a great sadness!

"It may be possible to keep seeds for breeding in the Imperial Garden of Shanglin Garden. I will send an order to Xianyang later and order the Young Master to start the process."

Ying Zheng nodded solemnly, but he wanted to establish a royal zoo.

In the evening, the imperial guards set up camp and the Huotou army began to roast the hunted game.

Qin Mo also brought a rhinoceros calf weighing more than 100 kilograms to Yu Ji and Gongsun's family.

The two children were particularly excited. They begged the guards for mare's milk in a cute way, and put it in a small bucket for the little rhinoceros to sip.

"It's really a strange beast. Even if it's just a cub, it's several times bigger than the yellow dog we have at home."

Yu Ji touched the baby rhino's bare nose that had yet to grow its horns, and couldn't help but admired it.

Qin Mo saw her touching the baby rhino's nose and knew what she had in mind. He said speechlessly: "It's still early for it to grow horns, so don't make the wrong decision."

Yu Ji retracted her jade hand angrily, pursed her red lips and said, "How can a gentleman know what your servant is thinking?"

Qin Mo said: "I don't have the wings of a colorful phoenix, but I have a clear mind."

As he spoke, he took out a rhinoceros horn from the quiver behind him and put it into Yu Ji's hand.

Yu Ji was overjoyed, not only because she liked rhinoceros horns, but she also understood the meaning of Qin Mo's poem.

She is from Chu, and the one-horned water rhinoceros born in Chu is also called Lingxi. It is said that it can communicate with gods and sense all things.

In the "Xiaoyaoyou" chapter of "Zhuangzi", Lingxi is also used as a metaphor for Taoism, which is a theory that reaches the heaven and earth. It is also evident that the theory of Lingxi has spread far and wide.

"Although I don't have the wings of a colorful phoenix on my body and can't fly together, my heart is like a telepathy and we can communicate with each other... Is this what you mean, gentleman?"

Yu Ji's beautiful eyes were full of little stars, she was obviously tickled by these loving words and it was extremely helpful.

Qin Mo smiled and nodded: "That's what it means. In other words, if you stick your butt out, I will know what you are going to do."

Yu Ji: "..."

Yu Ji seemed not to have heard it and nodded: "What a beautiful poem!"

"Yes, it is really a beautiful poem. Prime Minister Qin is so talented."

A familiar female voice suddenly sounded behind her, with a hint of envy and resentment.

Qin Mo's face froze, and he knew without looking that the person coming must be the eldest princess Yuan Man.

This was considered to be something she heard. If he didn't compose a poem of the same quality, this goblin might have tortured him in many ways!

Qin Mo turned around and clasped his hands and said: "The eldest princess is making false compliments, but I am just making nonsense, which is not worthy of poetry."

"I see."

Yuan Man suddenly nodded, but then he turned around and said, "Why don't you, Prime Minister Qin, just make nonsense of Yuan Man?"

Qin Mo: "..."

Do you really think I am the Chinese Poetry Dictionary?

Most of the poems and poems that you have in your stomach have been excreted out of your body along with your bowel movements over the years. Where can you want to go all of a sudden?

"In front of the eldest princess, I don't dare to be rude." Qin Mo laughed and said.

Yuan Man was carrying Yu Ji on his back and gave him a charming look, as if to say: If you don't rude to me, I will rude to you!

Then, without waiting for Yu Ji to find out, she immediately withdrew her magical power and said with a sweet smile: "Qin Xiang is out of town."

"By the way, the Huotou Army roasted bear paws and some roasted game meat. My father ordered me to send them to the Prime Minister of Qin to taste."

As he spoke, he waved behind him.

Several maids in the distance saw it and immediately came quickly carrying trays.

Seeing that there was delicious food, Yu Ji hurriedly put away the rhinoceros horn and asked the servant woman to take the tray to the nearby tent. She also said enthusiastically to Yuan Man: "Elder Princess, let's eat some together. I have some wine from outside the country here, which is perfect to accompany it."

"Well, very good. Let's play mahjong after eating."

Yuan Man did not refuse to be polite, and the two women entered the tent together.

The two girls have gotten along a lot during this time and are now considered good sisters, very plastic kind of good sisters.

But, after all, we are compatible and we can chat!

Qin Mo looked at Yu Ji's warm greetings, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Silly girl, this is inviting a wolf into the house."

It takes four people to play mahjong, and Yuan Man always has to bring Qin Mo along with him, and then call a personal maid.

They were playing mahjong on the surface, but it was actually more lively under the table, which made Qin Mo want to die!

"cough……"

Gongsun Ye beside him suddenly coughed lightly, attracting Qin Mo's attention, and said hesitantly: "Master, we need to make a decision early on about the eldest princess, otherwise... it's not an option."

He is a bystander who sees things that Yu Ji didn't notice, like a mirror.

Qin Mo smacked his mouth out of habit, touched his short beard that had just grown out, and muttered: "Let's take it one day at a time. After all... it's quite fun."

When Gongsun Ye heard this, he immediately showed a knowing smile that every man would understand.

Qin Mo saw that he was smiling obscenely and said speechlessly: "My dear grandson, you...you..."

Gongsunye knew what he was going to say, so he smiled casually: "When you reach your age, whether you have it or not, it doesn't make much difference anymore."

"Even though it is still alive, the whole body is stiff and only that one part is soft."

Qin Mo laughed dumbly. These words sounded familiar, as if the old rich man had said it before.

"Stop standing there stupidly, let's go in and have a try."

"The Lord will use it first, and I will wait for you!"

Qin Mo didn't show any pretense. He grabbed the little rhino by the ear after it had finished drinking milk with one hand, picked up the Gongsun family's two children with the other, and entered the tent first.

…

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The next day, the patrol guard broke out of camp again, intending to go to Weishan Lake in Sishui County.

However, the imperial team was well prepared and was about to set off. Out of his past marching habits, Qin Mo carefully counted the people accompanying him, but found that the two children of the Gongsun family and the little rhinoceros were missing.

"Husband and grandson, where are your Chengheli?"

Qin Mo asked Gongsun Ye, who had already sat on the chariot's seat and held the reins of the chariot.

Gongsunye looked around, shook his head and said, "Maybe he relied on the imperial guards again to ride on the horse."

Qin Mo frowned: "I haven't seen your two children since I woke up."

After saying that, he turned to look at Yu Ji and said, "Have you ever seen Cheng Heli before?"

These days, the two children of Gongsun's family sleep with Yu Ji, and they are the most attached to her.

"After they woke up, they took the baby rhinoceros out to play and never returned..."

Yu Ji's voice in reply gradually weakened, and her eyebrows gradually furrowed.

Qin Mo took the two white horses behind the car and gave the reins of one of them to Yu Ji: "Separately look for them."

At this time, except for Ying Zheng's chariot, the three inner and outer floors were surrounded by imperial guards. The rest of the imperial guards and hundreds of officials had formed a long straight line and were ready to set off.

Yu Ji did not dare to neglect, took the reins and got on the horse, calling the names of the two children all the way, and headed towards the end of the team.

Qin Mo also got on his horse and went to the front of the team to look for them. Before leaving, he said to Gongsun Ye: "Keep the carriage still, maybe they will come back on their own."

Gongsun Ye was relatively calm, clasping his hands and saying, "Thank you, sir."

…

Qin Mo followed the team to find the imperial guard who was acting as the vanguard, but the two boys were nowhere to be seen.

Finally, I returned to my car and met Yu Ji who was also returning.

"Did you find it?"

"Did you find it?"

The two asked each other in unison, and then shook their heads in unison.

Gongsun Ye, who was guarding the driver, completely lost his position when he saw this. His grandchildren finally escaped from Sima Hui's hands. If another accident happened, he, as a grandfather, would really not be able to bear the blow!

"Don't panic, I haven't checked your Majesty's Yuyu car yet, so I'll go right away."

Qin Mole turned the horse's head around, came to Yuyu's carriage, which was only separated by Fusu's carriage, and knocked on the glass window.

Hula——

The glass window opened, Zhao Gao stuck his head out, bowed his hands to Qin Mo and said, "Does Prime Minister Qin want to see His Majesty?"

Qin Mo looked into the car and saw Ying Zheng reviewing slips, so he lowered his voice and said, "Ling Zhao, have you seen the two babies next to me?"

Zhao Gao shook his head blankly: "I only saw him in the camp yesterday..."

"Ai Qing, what happened to those two dolls?"

Ying Zheng's voice came from inside the carriage, but the conversation between the two was heard.

Zhao Gao retracted his head to make way for the car window. Qin Mo rode his horse close to the window, bowed his hands to Ying Zheng in the car and said: "Your Majesty, the two children disappeared early this morning. I searched all over the imperial team and found no trace."

If you can find it, it will kill you in a hurry."

Ying Zheng suddenly nodded: "Zhao Gao, ask the emperor to stop his journey and ask the emperor if they have seen those two babies."

"Here."

Zhao Gao got out of the car, got on the royal horse, and went to ask questions.

About half a quarter of an hour later, Zhao Gao turned back out of breath and reported: "Your Majesty, at dawn the Huotou Army went out to fetch water. The two boys also went to play at the waterside with the baby rhinoceros adopted by Prime Minister Qin yesterday."

"However, after the Huotou Army came back, it seems that the two children did not return..."

"I have ordered the Huotou Army to lead the army's fine dogs to search for water!"

Qin Mo was impatient, and without waiting for Ying Zheng to ask, he took over and said, "Where is the water fetching place?"

"One mile upstream of the camp."

"Drive~!"

Qin Mo clamped his horse's belly tightly and galloped upstream along the river next to the camp.

When Yu Ji and Gong Sunye saw it, they also hurriedly urged their horses and chariots to follow.

…

One mile passed in a blink of an eye, and when the three of them arrived, the Huotou Army and the Dog Riding Guards were looking for and calling out by the river.

Obviously, no one has been found yet!

Qin Mo took out two clothes belonging to the Gongsun family's children from the car and let the fine dogs smell them to search for them.

"Woof woof woof~"

Several thin dogs were running around in circles, just barking.

The dog-riding guard observed for a moment and said helplessly: "Prime Minister Qin, the smell of the two children can only be found here."

Qin Mo frowned and looked at the small river, which was not very deep. It was the dry season in autumn and winter, and the deepest point was only his knees.

Moreover, the river water is crystal clear and there are no aquatic plants.

Even if the two dolls barely slipped into the water, they could still climb ashore safely.

If you were attacked by a crocodile in the water, you should be looking downstream with bloodstains on it, such as stumps.

Downstream is the imperial camp. In order to prevent people with ulterior motives from raiding the camp from the water, the imperial guards are stationed on the shore, with posts at three steps and one post at five steps.

If there was anything strange in the river, the guards should have been alert and reported it!

"He must have been kidnapped..."

Qin Mo's brain was working rapidly and he blurted out a guess.

At the same time, Gongsun Ye beside him almost said in unison: "My two grandchildren must have been kidnapped!"

After the monarch and his minister finished speaking, they couldn't help but look at each other and became more and more sure of their suspicions.

Only by artificially abducting the two children and evacuating them upstream along the river could they not leave any traces.

Although I don’t know who the other party is, why they kidnapped two unwanted dolls, and even the little rhino accompanying them, but... this is the most reasonable guess!

Qin Mo took out his armor from his car and quickly put it on with the help of Yu Ji and Gongsun Ye.

Then he put on his bow, sword and halberd, mounted his white horse and shouted: "Gentlemen, follow me to pursue the bad guys."

"Here."

The Huotou Army and the Dog Controlling Guard picked up the thin dog, climbed onto their horses, and galloped upstream following Qin Mo.

"You go back and report to His Majesty, and my servants will go and help you."

Yu Ji also took out her sword from the chariot, told Gongsun Ye, then mounted her white horse and followed the others.

Gongsun Ye stamped his feet anxiously, but there was nothing he could do.

He may have rich experience, be able to panic but not panic when things happen, and he may be able to think about things together with Qin Mo.

However, he was a layman when it came to fighting in battle, otherwise he would not have escaped the war and moved his family to Nanyang County.

Moreover, he is disabled and old, so even if he is driving to catch up, he is still a burden.

"Hey, you are so damn old~!"

Gongsunye cursed himself as a waste, quickly climbed into the car again, and went back downstream to report to Yingzheng.

When he returned to the imperial team and reported the conjecture by the river and Qin Mo's army to chase the criminals to Ying Zheng, Ying Zheng's expression changed.

"If there are less than a hundred people, chase them. If you fall into a trap, what can you do?"

"Pass on my edict and order the Duke of Wu, Wang Bi, to immediately lead five thousand imperial guards and rush to the aid of Qin Qing. If anything goes wrong, come and see him!"

Ying Zheng was really anxious and sent out half of the imperial guards.

Zhao Gao was shocked: "Your Majesty, the safety of your Majesty is very important. You cannot..."

Ying Zheng Danfeng's eyes widened, and he showed his fierceness. He threw the tiger talisman on him and shouted: "Go and deliver the order quickly. If you dare to talk again, you will be killed!"

"Here."

Zhao Gao didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, so he picked up the tiger talisman in embarrassment and went to Wang Ben to pass the order.

There was such a big commotion here, and the neighboring cars of Fusu and Yuanman all heard and knew about it, and got out of their cars one after another to appease Ying Zheng.

"Father, Prime Minister Qin has the courage that no man can match, and he has the blood and blood of a horse beside him. Even if something goes wrong, he can safely avoid the danger for the time being and don't have to worry too much."

"Yes, when it comes to fighting in battle, Prime Minister Qin has never been defeated. Even if the bad guys fight him ten times, they will probably not get any favors."

Fusu and Yuanman encouraged each other with their words.

Thanks to the emperor who changed his name for no reason for the 500-point reward!

(End of chapter)