Qin Official

In Chen County, Qin soldiers were asked not to act alone, no doubt for safety reasons.

Although this city is the hometown of Chen State, it was transformed by Chu as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. After King Qingxiang moved eastward, it served as the capital for more than thirty years, and it was deeply imprinted with the imprint of Chu.

It is said that when Lord Changping rebelled the year before last, he entered Chen City with hundreds of people and raised his arms. Thousands of Chu people bared their left arms and followed him, driving the Qin army out of the city.

Even now, walking with his soldiers in the streets, Heifu can still feel some unkind eyes directed at him from all directions...

This is a city that is not friendly to the Qin people and the Qin army at all, but it is worth pondering that although it is unfriendly, there are not many incidents of resistance. Perhaps the power of the Qin King's eastward tour suppressed the arrogance of the resisters, or maybe the day before yesterday, King Chu's groveling surrender made them despair?

But when Heifu was ordered to clear the way for King Qin to leave the city, he did not dare to be careless at all. You must know that assassinations of Qin Shihuang were successive in history. From Jing Ke's assassination of Qin when he first came to this era, to Zhang Liang's assassination of Bolangsha that has not yet happened, perhaps this person is also hiding in Chen County now. Somewhere under the densely packed lilu roofs, the restorers were gathering to plan an assassination against the King of Qin.

The assassination of County Governor Teng that happened in Jiangling City a year ago was still fresh in Heifu's memory, and he would not let something like this happen again.

However, even though Heifu asked his men to search carefully, no suspicious points were found on the only way King Qin left the city.

Every time they pushed aside the houses on the street, they did not find the heavily armed thugs.

They only saw a man and a woman hugging each other, clumsily untying each other's clothes with hungry hands, but they were interrupted by Qin Zou who pushed in the door. The man stood up with a dark face, while the woman yelled.

All I saw was that in a certain hut, a hungry baby was crying for milk, but its mother was sallow and skinny and could not squeeze out her milk. When Qin soldiers pushed the door open, the mother stood up tremblingly and said with shame but urgency He asked in a tone of voice, could he exchange his body for some food or money?

In the next house, an unattended old man lay dying on a mat. Flies were buzzing around his head, as if they had smelled the breath of death in advance. Everyone covered their mouths and noses, shook their heads and left...

The adults are busy making a living and struggling on the line of life and death. Only the careless children, wearing tattered clothes, are still playing on the dirty road. When Heifu and the others came over, the children all stopped and looked at this group of Qin people wearing black armor in trance. Some children's eyes were filled with fear, but others were empty and indifferent.

They were about the same age as Hei Fu's nephews and nieces. Hei Fu felt pity for them. He took out the last small bag of brown sugar he brought from his home in Nan County. When he was in the camp, he took a whole piece of brown sugar. Cut the brown sugar into small pieces and eat one piece to replenish blood sugar after a quick march. At this moment, he took it out, poured a dozen of them into his hand, and smiled at the children in Chen County.

"Want to try it?"

A few little girls with dirty faces were learning to cook with mud and grass leaves on the ground. They came over cautiously. Each of them took one and then ran away and stuffed it into their mouths. Their originally gray eyes suddenly shone with light. , everyone laughed happily.

It was a great blessing to be able to eat sweets during the war years.

However, the boys who were playing horseback riding and fighting were different. They just watched this scene from a distance with angry eyes. There was even a boy about ten years old who strode over and picked up the brown sugar in his sister's hand. Thrown back to Hei Fu's feet! When he raised his head, his eyes were full of pride.

"These little bastards." Ji Ying was a little angry and wanted to go over and beat these children, but Hei Fu stopped him.

"Why bother with a bunch of brats?"

He shook his head helplessly. Most of the Chen people were hard-nosed. They were vulgar and easy to get angry. Historically, in more than ten years, this place will still be the stronghold of anti-Qin. Maybe these boys will also become anti-Qin. A member of the army...

Asking people to drive these children elsewhere, Heifu led the soldiers to continue patrolling the next street and alley.

Years of wars have caused huge damage to Chen County. The fields outside the city are in decline, and the people in the city are also living in dire straits. Although due to the arrival of King Qin, to show the king's generosity, several porridge sheds were opened inside and outside the city to provide relief. Refugees who have been displaced by the war and have lost their food and clothing, but they still have a drop in the bucket.

The war has not yet ended, and it is impossible for the Qin State to use all the military rations for relief. The people of Chen County may have to go hungry until the autumn harvest. However, the King of Qin exempted Xue County, Sishui, and Donghai County from taxes next year, but Only Chen County is not included in this list...

"Maybe it's a punishment for them supporting Lord Changping to rebel against Qin. I heard from Li You that the King of Qin hates people who betray him the most."

Hei Fu thought to himself that King Qin's thoughts were always unpredictable. Sometimes he was incredibly tolerant and generous, and sometimes he was very vindictive.

He could forget about Wei Liao who wanted to escape from him and still use him again. Foreign traitors like Ye Teng, who are criticized for having moral issues, can be accepted.

But he showed no mercy to the Handan nobles who had insulted his mother's family when he was a child, and killed hundreds of them.

Therefore, Heifu was very cautious and did not take advantage of the opportunity to make any bold suggestions. He was now just a peripheral minister. He had to find out his identity before opening his mouth.

Heifu is not the governor of Chen County, so looking at everything in front of him, he can only hope that the method of improving productivity in Nan County can be used in the newly conquered counties of Huaibei next year. Once the Chasm Trade is restored and prosperous, Chen County will also prosper as before, right?

"It's really not easy to get in and out. Fortunately, the king is leaving Chen County today."

After searching another street, Li Xian came out and breathed a sigh of relief. Although this job was glorious, it was also scary. If anything went wrong, they would be responsible.

"Will the leader follow the king to Xianyang?"

Ji Ying asked with concern from the side. In An Lubing's eyes, Heifu had already received the king's favor, and might go directly to the king's side to become a high official!

But Hei Fu shook his head and said: "I was in the king's tent that day, but I pretended to be a general of the king, a person who fought against rebellion and made meritorious deeds. Now the remnants of Chu are still there, and the second and third sons are still on the front line. How can I go to Xianyang?"

Hei Fu's attitude moved everyone very much, and while he was talking, everyone also inspected the market in the north of the city...

Heifu looked around. Today was market day, and Chen Market was very busy. There were many people in front of each stall, which was the focus of their inspection.

"I heard that this is the place where Xiong Qi raised his arms and shouted, and thousands of people responded to him with their left arms exposed."

"Why did the king choose to take this path?" Li Xian sighed.

However, the King of Qin's itinerary was decided by the CRRC Mansion and would be announced temporarily in the morning. Lang Zhongling and garrison troops would be arranged to clear the road. He would not change the planned route in order to show his closeness to the people.

So Heifu asked someone to call the market official over and ask him to stop the market immediately! He also sent Dongmen Bao, Li Xian and others to drive away all those selling silk ribbons, weaving straw sandals, and butchering dogs in the market!

For a moment, it was like a city guard crossing the street in later generations, and the whole Chen City was in a panic. Although there were some voices of dissatisfaction, no one resisted desperately. After all, Qin Zu only asked people to evacuate the stall and did not confiscate their food.

However, Heifu didn't know that while Chen City was in chaos, beside a butcher shop where many people were gathered, several pairs of unkind eyes were staring at him coldly...

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Chen Yu has stayed in Chen County for more than a year and is very familiar with every street and alley here. There are also many people who have been favored by Zhang Er and can be used by him, so after learning that Hei Fu led people from the Chu Palace in the city, , kept checking the clear road to the north, and guessed the route of King Qin today.

However, after Shusun Tong's quarrel, Chen Yu also felt that the King of Qin was heavily guarded and that they were short of manpower and could not achieve success, so he gave up the plan to assassinate the King of Qin and instead targeted Heifu...

At this moment, I saw that Hei Fu had indeed come to Chen City in person, and sent his men to drive away the vendors in the market. He himself, with only a few personal guards armed with crossbows and daggers, stood at the city flag and talked with the city officials. During the conversation, Chen Yu felt that his opportunity had come...

He looked at the meat stall with oily hands, the big and thick dog butcher, and the three or five people scattered among the protesting crowd. According to Chen Yu's plan, relying on the extraordinary skills of these people, a sudden outburst will definitely catch Hei Fu off guard. He may be able to kill him at close range, and then take advantage of the chaos of thousands of people in the market, and he can also Get away intact.

This is a good time to avenge the past!

"At that time, I will be able to hold the black husband's head to apologize to my brother and comfort the spirits of the deceased in heaven!"

Chen Yu stared at Hei Fu who had his back turned to him, pinched the dagger in his sleeve, stood up suddenly, and wanted to take action!

However, at this moment, a broad and powerful hand suddenly stretched out and pinched his arm that was about to draw the sword!

"do not move."

His voice was low, but he could not speak. He turned his head, and Chen Yu could see his soap clothes, the wind-blown red skirt, and the copper pipe yuè tied to his belt...

The person who restrained him was a middle-aged Qin official, an ordinary prison keeper who looked honest and responsible...

It's his brother Zhang Er who's here!