Yunyang Xiaoyingzheng [Da Qin]

At the moment when he was captured by the forbidden army, Zheng Guo hadn't reacted yet.

He glanced at the surrounding people who were working for the canal, and then at himself who ran out without even putting on his clothes, and asked seriously the two guards who grabbed his left and right arms: "Two or two sergeants , You, you, did you arrest the wrong person?"

Seeing that Zheng Guo was so calm and composed, the Forbidden Army who came to arrest people couldn't help wondering whether they had arrested the wrong person.The leader of the imperial guard carefully looked at the words "seven feet in length, fair skin, no spots, and no beard" written on the document, and then took a closer look at the dark-skinned, bearded, disheveled man in front of him. The man couldn't help being a little skeptical.

Zheng Guo breathed a sigh of relief: "You, sure enough, caught the wrong person. Are you here to catch some fugitive? My name is Zheng Guo, and it was His Majesty the King of Qin who sent me to Guanzhong to repair the aqueduct. , Not, you, the ones to be arrested."

When the leading imperial army heard Zheng Guo's name, they suddenly became energetic: "Are you sure you were sent by the king to build a channel for Zheng Guo?"

Zheng Guo nodded, and pointed to the Qin official who came out of another tent to supervise him: "He can prove my identity."

The leading imperial guard glanced at the man, and waved to the guards behind him: "Take that man away together."

"Yes."

The man was dumbfounded, and Zheng Guo was also dumbfounded.

Seeing that Zheng Guo was taken away, the officials and laborers who were in charge of repairing the canal hurriedly chased after him and asked, "Master Zheng, this canal has not been repaired yet, why did you just take Zheng Gong away like this? What mistake did he make? Can't you give me a grace?"

The leader of the forbidden army drew out the sword hanging from his waist, and said indifferently: "I will come to arrest people under the order of the king, so don't ask more questions."

The little official dared not ask any more. The fact that these forbidden soldiers came all the way from Xianyang at such a late night must have been checked, and there must be no problem with their identities. The magistrate of this small county could only nod and bow before seeing them. follow behind.

It's just that once Mr. Zheng left, how should the canal be repaired?

The little official didn't dare to ask the leader of the imperial army, so he had to ask Zheng Guo: "Zheng Gong, how will the canal be repaired next?"

Zheng Guo was pushed away by several imperial guards, and answered the little official with a loud voice: "The first section of the project has been repaired, and the spring flood will come in a few days, just to test the water. Remember what I said before. , don't forget."

The little official responded in a hurry.

The leader of the forbidden army who came to arrest people gave Zheng Guo a strange look. It is really strange that he stopped stuttering at this time.

The onlookers were driven away by the local county magistrate and soldiers.

Zheng Guo and the Qin State official who came to supervise his work were carried on horses by this group of tall and strong imperial guards, and they lay on the horses with their waists crossed.Hearing the order from the leader of the imperial guards, these strong horses let out a long sigh and galloped across the wilderness.

Zheng Guo's stomach was overwhelmed by the constant bumping of the horse's back, and he spit out a few mouthfuls of sour water. He couldn't help but feel lucky at the moment. Fortunately, he didn't eat much tonight, otherwise he would have to vomit right away.

I don't know how long he was jostled, but Zheng Guo was finally lifted off his horse.He couldn't open his eyes in a daze, and vomited while hugging a tree by the roadside.

The leading guard ordered his subordinates: "Rest here for an hour, let the people eat some dry food, and let the horses graze."

Several imperial guards took their favorite horses to the river to drink water, took out honey cakes from the saddlebags, let themselves put a piece in their mouths, and stuffed a piece into the horse's mouth.The horses were not satisfied after eating these, so they scraped through the thick snow layer to eat the fresh yellow grass that grew under it.

Zheng Guo, who was hugging the tree over there, finally vomited out the acidic water in his stomach, and the leader of the forbidden army handed him the water bag on his body: "Drink some water."

Zheng Guo quickly thanked him, took a big sip of water from the water bag, the cold water flowed down his throat and reached the bottom of his stomach, he finally felt less uncomfortable.After drinking enough water, he handed the water bag to the Qin official beside him.

The Qin official who was sent to supervise Zheng Guo drank his saliva, and finally had the opportunity to ask the question: "Several sergeants, why did you arrest Zheng Gong?" What are you doing?He's from Qin, he didn't do anything except look at Zheng Guo every day?

The imperial army still replied in the same way: "I will arrest the hydraulic engineer Zheng Guo and his followers under the order of the king, and I have no comment on the rest."

The official quickly defended himself: "What did Mr. Zheng do? It's definitely not my business. I didn't do anything. Can you let me go?"

The leader of the imperial army cast a glance at him: "You can go to the king to explain these words."

He asked one of his men who had already rested to watch the two of them, and he also took a walk by the river, leaning against a tree to rest for a while.Several subordinates brought the dried meat cooked in a small clay pot to the leader, and they were also a little curious: "Boss, we have been in such a hurry these two days just to catch these two people, what did they do?" Is it a matter of God's wrath?"

The leader of the imperial army ate the jerky and drank the paste, and stuffed the sugar cake on his hand into the mouths of his subordinates: "You can't stop your mouths if you eat it. Don't ask too many questions. This is an order from the king himself."

He was selected by General Wang Jian from the Forbidden Army and sent to serve the King.That day the king hurriedly ordered someone to call him to Zhangtai Palace, his face was full of anger, and he only asked him to arrest Zheng Guo, but he didn't tell him why he wanted to arrest him.

He glanced at the two people who were wolfing down dry food not far away, but he was also puzzled, but he is a soldier of the Great Qin, as long as he obeys the king's orders.Nothing else has anything to do with him.

The one-hour rest time passed quickly, and the leading imperial army asked his subordinates to tie the hands of Zheng Guo and Zheng Guo with thick ropes again, carried them to the horse, and continued to fly to Xianyang City at full speed.

On the other side, Xianyang City, Zhangtai Palace.

It has been two days since the battle report came back from the border.Ah Zheng finally came out of the anger of being fooled by Zheng Guo, and had time to chat with Lin Ju.

Lin Ju sighed: "Is Zheng Guo really a spy? Could it be a mistake?" The main reason is that she really couldn't imagine that the threshold for spies in Zai Zai world is so low, and even a cute little stammer can be a spy these days Spy again.

Ah Zheng held the battle report sent back earlier in his hand: "This is the conclusion that Wang Jian and others came to after interrogating King Han in person and reading Korean, Korean and Chinese documents. There is no mistake."

Lin Ju asked again: "Then what did King Han send Zheng Guo to Qin? What important information did he find out?"

Ah Zheng was silent for a while, then replied: "...No."

Lin Ju: "???"

Lin Ju: "Maomao's bewildering behavior, so what did Zheng Guo do when he came to Qin?"

Speaking of this, Ah Zheng didn't know where to start for a while: "Zheng Guo...he...built the canal?"

"Is this a spy?"

Ah Zheng: "The construction of the canal has consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, which has reduced the national power of the Qin State. Let's do the math."

It seems that Zai Zai can't figure it out, Lin Ju thought.

Lin Ju and Ah Zheng were discussing the matter of Zheng Guo when they heard the report from the palace that Zheng Guo had been escorted to Xianyang.

Ah Zheng immediately ordered: "Order people to bring Zheng Guo into Zhangtai Palace."

Zheng Guo was pushed in by the forbidden army in disgrace, and knelt down in front of Qin Wangzheng.

The first thing Ah Zheng said to Zheng Guo was: "South Korea has been destroyed, the King of Han was captured, and he was escorted to Xianyang along with the battle report. Zheng Guo, do you want to meet this subjugated king?"

Zheng Guo knelt down on the ground in a daze, his face full of disbelief: "Korea, Korea just disappeared?"

He couldn't help laughing out loud. It's ridiculous that Han Wang's swearing-in policy of exhausting the Qin has actually resulted in such a result.Smiling and laughing, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, South Korea is gone, he has no home.

Lin Ju couldn't help sighing: "Little stuttered crying so badly."

Ah Zheng looked at Zheng Guo: "Zheng Guo, someone sympathizes with you, and I am willing to leave you a whole body. Tell me, what method of death do you want to choose?"

Zheng Guo took a deep breath, wiped away the tears on his face with his sleeve, and said firmly, "Your Majesty, I don't want to die."

Ah Zheng laughed angrily: "As a Korean spy, why do you think I will save your life?"

Zheng Guo calmed down and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, the canal in Guanzhong has not yet been completed. At the beginning, the minister was in charge, and the canal was completed, which will benefit Qin. The king of Han is willing to use this canal to exhaust Qin and extend the life of South Korea for several years. In the state of Qin, he built the merits of all ages. Now that South Korea is destroyed, if the king insists on taking his life, I implore the king to allow his ministers to complete the Guanzhong Canal."

Ah Zheng hesitated for a while. The construction of the canal was originally what Qin State planned to do, but he didn't know whether he should continue to hand over the construction of the canal to Zheng Guo.

Zheng Guo saw Ah Zheng's hesitation, and he said: "Your Majesty, the first section of the Guanzhong Canal has been completed, and the canal can be opened after the spring flood. Although I am Hanjian, in the past three years, I have never done anything to repair the canal. If you don't slack off, your majesty can order someone to go and check."

Ah Zheng couldn't make a decision for a while, he asked Lin Ju, "Ah Ju, what do you think?"

Lin Ju said: "Zai Zai, since you're asking me now, doesn't that mean you already have an idea in your mind?"

Ah Zheng was stunned for a moment, and ordered: "Come here, escort Zheng Guo down first, and then deal with it in a few days."

The imperial army stepped forward and took Zheng Guo down.

Ah Zheng asked the leader of the forbidden army: "I heard that besides Zheng Guo, you brought back another person. Who is it?"

So the unlucky Qin official who was sent to monitor Zheng was brought in.

As soon as he entered the palace, he cried out his injustice: "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowssity

Ah Zheng had a headache from his quarrel. Who on earth picked this treasure? He snapped, "Shut up—"

The man shut his mouth immediately, and knelt there like a quail.

"I ask you, how did Zheng Guo perform in the matter of building the canal?"

The man was about to cry, but when he saw the face of the king, he froze all of a sudden, and he justified himself: "That Zheng Guo is the best at disguising, and he works with the laborers all day long, measuring the earth, and calculating the height difference." Well, if this person hadn't been so diligent and cunning in his disguise, I would have known that he was a secret agent sent by South Korea. Your Majesty, I really have nothing to do with this matter!..."

Ah Zheng didn't wait for him to finish, and continued to ask: "Then how do you think Zheng Guo has built the Guanzhong Canal?"

The man froze for a moment, and said in distress: "Generally speaking, there is nothing wrong with it, but Zheng Guo is a Korean masterpiece, who knows if he will use some crooked ideas, my lord, my minister..."

"Okay, you go back first." Ah Zheng hurriedly let him go.

After understanding what Zheng Guo did when he built the canal, Ah Zheng also had a rough judgment on the matter. If the canal is smooth after the spring flood, then let Zheng Guo continue to build the canal.

He ordered Lang Guan who was following him: "Reply to General Mengwu, let them pacify Handu as soon as possible, and find Zheng Guo's family members and send them to Xianyang by the way."

"Yes."

Half a month later, Meng Wu was guarding the border town, and Wang Jian of Meng Tian returned victorious with the injured General Meng Ao.

Such a happy event as the capture of South Korea is naturally worth celebrating.

Ah Zheng had long ago ordered someone to go to Yongcheng to tell the Queen Mother the good news, and invite her back to Xianyang to attend the celebration banquet.

Unexpectedly, the palace servants sent to Yongcheng came back to report that the Queen Mother was ill these days and was not feeling well, so she might not be able to come back even if she hadn't, so she only asked people to bring back gifts.

Ah Zheng still had a feeling of admiration for Zhao Ji. Hearing that Zhao Ji was ill, he hurriedly asked the palace servants to bring a doctor who was proficient in medical skills.Originally Ah Zheng planned to visit Yongcheng in person, but the maid who followed Zhao Ji back to Xianyang said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the Empress Dowager is just a little bit uncomfortable because of the hot and cold weather these days and improper clothes and diet." Comfortable. The empress specifically asked the slave to tell you, don't let go of state affairs for her."

Since Zhao Ji was told so, she should not be seriously ill.

The celebration banquet in front of him was more serious. After thinking about it, Ah Zheng decided to let go of going to Yongcheng.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day when all the soldiers returned to Xianyang, and Ah Zheng rushed to greet him outside Xianyang city in person.

I saw the vast army in the distance, the ground trembled slightly due to the large number of people, and the road was full of yellow sand raised up.The black flag was raised high, and the army returned victorious.

The army marched across the Weishui River, and saw Gongqing standing under the temporary high platform in the distance, and a young man in black on the high platform was waiting for them to return.

Wang Jian and Meng Tian urged the team to march faster, they rode their horses at full speed, and when they got off their horses ten feet away from the high platform, Xing Ah Zheng gave a military salute: "Your Majesty, I am glad you did not disgrace your life!"

The morale of the generals behind him shouted loudly, "Han Dupo, Qin Guoxing—"

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At the beginning, the ministers were in the middle, but it will be successful, and the benefits of Qin will also be changed. ——"Historical Records"