Qin Shi

Chapter 56

In the evening of the next day, Baixue took advantage of the twilight to enter Dongxiangchun through the secret passage and came to her secret room.

Just finished drinking a cup of tea, Mei Gu walked in lightly and said with a mysterious smile: "Miss, that gentleman has arrived, he only drinks tea, not alcohol."

"Which gentleman?" Bai Xue said with a straight face.

"Hey, he's tall, dressed in white, and very dignified." Mei Gu smiled and gestured.

Bai Xue smiled, took out a bunch of bamboo slips and said: "Go to the office immediately, write ten copies of this roll of bamboo slips, and distribute them to the desks where the scholars gathered. Also, immediately lead Yi Qing and Miss Baili to the office Mister case."

"Miss, don't worry, there will be no delay." Mei Gu took the bamboo slips and went out excitedly.

Bai Xue didn't go to see Wei Yang immediately, but first went to the various halls to observe for a while, and then came to the quiet and elegant Mingxiang Hall.

In an elegant room covered by a screen, Wei Yang was sipping tea thoughtfully.He felt that Dong Xiangchun seemed to have a special aura tonight. In the past extremely lively debate hall, there was not a single "main battle" celebrity, not even a "helping" scholar. Walk in to have a look, then go out to drink and gamble.There are quite a few guests in the open hall for drinking, but there is no drinker who looks like a scholar, and the seats are almost all gorgeous businessmen and reserved officials.The Mingxiang Hall, which was relatively deserted in the past, is full of visitors in twos and threes tonight, and most of them are civilians.The difference between this Tea Fragrance Hall and other halls is that here are all quiet and elegant cubicles, in order to match the realm of tea tasting.Even so, high-spirited chatter and loud laughter can still be vaguely heard from time to time between the cubicles.It's so strange tonight, each cubicle is clearly gathering in threes and fives, yet they are all quiet.Are they all tasting tea carefully like him?After thinking for a while, Wei Yang actually laughed to himself, Dongxiangchun was originally a place full of wonders, what do you want it to do?So, with a thought, I remembered the news that Bai Xue conveyed to me yesterday, and I guessed how the Qin State's Order of Seeking Talents would be written?

You must know that since ancient times, seeking talents has its own truth and falsehood. Those who strive to be strong seek talents, and those who seek fame and reputation also seek talents.The true meaning of Qin's pursuit of talents can only be broken by seeing the order of seeking talents.If it is not satisfactory, how should I explain it to Bai Xue?What would Bai Xue think?Thinking about it for a while, it was so chaotic that I didn't have a clue.

At this moment, with a few knocks, the small door of the screen compartment was gently moved away.Wei Yang was restless, waved his hands without raising his head and said: "There are still people here, go elsewhere." But he heard a familiar voice and said leisurely: "Brother, drinking tea is leisurely?"

It turned out to be!Wei Yang looked up, but he was a scholar in blue, and a handsome young man stood behind him.Wei Yang was overjoyed, stood up and said, "Junior Sister, are you all right?"

Yi Qing smiled mysteriously: "Where do we not meet each other in life?"

Wei Yang said with a smile: "Junior Sister Shenlong sees the head but doesn't see the end, is it easy to meet? Sit down quickly."

Yi Qing took her seat with a smile, and the young man sat sideways to accompany her.She nodded at the young man and said: "This is Xuan Qi, my good friend I met in Qin State, she doesn't like to talk by nature, brother, don't blame me." The handsome young man saluted Wei Yang silently, and Wei Yang returned the salute with a smile.Aunt Mei, dressed as a maid, served a new cup of tea with a smile, quit lightly, and hurried to find Bai Xue.

"The winter snow has melted, the river ice has opened, and Qing'er has gone out for a walk in the clouds again."

Yi Qing replied with a smile, "Senior brother, don't you know where Qing'er is going? Where does the leisurely mood come from, wandering around the world?"

"Since Qing'er's enlightenment last time, Wei Yang has been very vigilant, but I don't know what changes will happen in the West in the next year?" Wei Yang is euphemistically testing whether Yi Qing knows about Qin's order to seek talents, so as to judge the relationship between Yi Qing and Qin. deep.

"Dare to ask senior brother, do you have a plan for not coming here?" Yi Qing asked with a smile, but was noncommittal to Wei Yang's question.

"Don't dare to hide it, Wei Yang is still not sure about where to go. After reading several volumes of Western books, after all, I don't know much about the real situation in the West, so it is really difficult to make a decision." Wei Yang actually told the truth.

Yi Qing nodded knowingly, "Qing'er did bring some news when she came here this time. The crisis of her country's destruction has been alleviated, and the government and the people are quite cheered up. The new king is determined to be strong, and has issued orders to seek talents from all countries in the world. Qing'er thought that this was a miracle of seeking talents since the Warring States Period. It's a pity that Qing'er is a woman, otherwise, she would also like to try." After finishing speaking, there was a burst of clear laughter.

"Junior Sister," Wei Yang was not surprised, "Since ancient times, there have been many kings who have sought talents. Seeking talents from all over the world is really rare and valuable. It is rare to call it a mark, but it may not be called a trace. The trace is the truth. Whether it is possible To recruit great talents? In the end, it depends on the sincerity of seeking talents, otherwise, it will be nothing more than an empty book.”

Yi Qing was not at all displeased with Wei Yang's rebuttal.Yang Xuanqi, who was disguised as a school examiner beside her, nodded approvingly, and suddenly said, "It's very rare to be calm and realistic. I read the order of seeking talents at the gate of Liyang City before, and I can already memorize it fluently." How about listening to me with your back and your feet?"

Wei Yang hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, little brother."

The handsome young man nodded with a smile, coughed lightly and recited:

Courtship

Guests of sages and sages from all over the country: In the past, I, Duke Mu, practiced virtue and practiced martial arts in the east to quell the chaos of the Jin Dynasty. With the river as the boundary, the west dominates the Rongdi, and the vast land is thousands of miles. The emperor Zhibo and the princes Bi congratulate. .Those who will go are fierce, impatient, simple, and uneasy about giving birth to a son. The country's internal worries are not concerned about foreign affairs.Duke Xian ascended the throne, took control of the border, moved to Liyang, and wanted to conquer the east, restore Duke Mu's hometown, and revise Duke Mu's government orders.The widow misses the meaning of the first king, and it often hurts my heart.The guests, sages and ministers of the country, those who can make extraordinary plans to strengthen the Qin Dynasty, I will respect the officials and divide the land with them.

After Wei Yang heard this, he was silent for a long time, his chest throbbing.

At this time, Bai Xue walked in lightly.Wei Yang's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Junior Sister, now Miss Bai has become my close friend."

Bai Xue pretended to bow respectfully to Xuan Qi and said: "This little brother's words are so pure. It's just a pity that Bai Xue didn't have the original official seal of seeking merit." Then she sat down across Wei Yang's desk.

Yi Qing smiled and took out a green cloth bag from her bosom and opened it, "Oh, everyone, please take a look, this is the original Qin's order to seek talents!" Then she took out a scroll of bamboo slips and handed it to Wei Yang.

Wei Yang said "Thank you", and quickly opened it, a large bright red seal was stamped on the tightly connected bamboo slips, which was exceptionally clear.Wei Yang read it carefully, and couldn't help admiring: "Brother, you recite it word for word!" But he couldn't help but read it from the beginning again.After a long time, he raised his head and let out a long breath.

Yi Qing smiled and said, "Brother, what do you think of Qin's order to seek talents?"

"Good! You have a heart!" Wei Yang couldn't help admiring.

"Oh, just three words like that?" Xuan Qi, who had an unforgettable memory, asked with a smile, but a blush rose on his face.

Wei Yang took a look at Xuan Qi, and said calmly, "This order to seek talents is extraordinary. First, it sets an ancient precedent and speaks out about national humiliation. Counting the incompetence of the four generations of ancestors, through the ages, the king of every country is almost What can people do? How many people dare to do it? Second, seeking to strengthen Qin’s extraordinary strategy, rather than seeking to rule the country peacefully, shows that this ambition is dominant in the world. Being poor and weak, being despised by others, he can actually be a Kunpeng who looks far away , gave birth to the ambition of swallowing the eight wastes. From ancient times to the present, apart from Yu, Tang, Wenwu, how many people can match? Third, they are open-minded and dare to share the world with heroes. With these three, it can be said that they are sincerely seeking talents." Obviously, Wei Yang is I was really moved by the order of meritocracy.

Xuan Qi actually looked like the other party was praising him, and his face was flushed.Bai Xue stared at Wei Yang, her bright eyes were burning all the time.

Finally, Yi Qing smiled, "Senior Brother, do you think there are flaws in the Order of Seeking Talents?"

Wei Yang pondered, "Duke Qin intends to restore Duke Mu's hegemony, but his ambition is small. If there is a plan to strengthen Qin, he should have the ambition to unify the world."

Yi Qing slapped the table and laughed: "Okay! The green hills beyond the mountains are higher and farther away. But I dare to ask senior brother, if you see the order to seek merit, would you like to go to Qin to take revenge?"

Wei Yang smiled and turned to Bai Xue and asked, "What do you think?"

Bai Xue clapped her hands and laughed, "Of course it's great. I want to go too."

Wei Yang couldn't help bowing to Yi Qing: "Now that I have seen the order to seek talents, I have made up my mind and made up my mind. I will go to Qin to show my heart."

"Ren Yun Pang Juan put his senior brother under house arrest in the cemetery, is there a way out?"

"Pang Juan only wants Wei Yang to be used by him, not because he thinks Wei Yang is worthy of a great job. Otherwise, following Sun Bin's example, how can Yang be able to get in and out of it a little bit? But if this is the case, it is not difficult to get out of trouble." Wei Yang is quite confident.

"Can you tell me why you don't want to be a military commander? This position is also very mediocre." Xuan Qi suddenly asked again.

Wei Yang sighed loudly, "Although Martingale's books and swords are wandering, he will never seek to become an official for his own life. His ambition in life is to establish a system for the country and practice for the people. How can he learn anything from a few military affairs?" out.

"If you stand alone with one step, you will become a great weapon in the future." Xuan Qi finally praised.

Yi Qing saw that the dust that had been planned for many days had finally settled, she couldn't help but feel relieved: "Senior brother, Qing'er and senior brother, you can be introduced directly in front of Duke Qin, and save a lot of trouble, after that, it's up to you Yes. Qing’er advises senior brother that the people of old Qin are simple and honest, and they hate drilling camps. Everything must be developed by oneself, and no one can help you.” After speaking, she took out a brass pipe that was not too long from her bosom and handed it to him. To Wei Yang, "Brother, please keep it safe."

Wei Yang got up and bowed deeply: "Thank you for your help, junior sister. It's just that junior sister didn't go to Qin with Yang?"

Yi Qing shook her head: "Once this matter is over, Qing'er just wants to travel around the world."

Bai Xue was taken aback when he heard the words, while Wei Yang sighed sadly and nodded silently.

Yi Qing stood up and cupped her hands: "Qing'er is leaving." After speaking, she left the seat silently with Xuan Qi.Just when he reached the entrance of Dongchunxiang, he was stopped by an old man in brocade clothes.

"Is the girl's surname Yi Mingqing?" The old man asked slowly with his back bent.

"That's right. Dare I ask what the old man is looking for?" Yi Qing asked inexplicably.

The old servant's face flashed with joy, and he stretched out his hand to grab Yi Qing's wrist: "Miss Yi, let's go to Luoyang with this old servant, the Emperor Zhou has invited you."

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☆, final chapter

Entering the dilapidated and vicissitudes of Luoyang, Yi Qing was thrown into a side hall of the palace by the old servant before Yi Qing had time to lament the decline of the former royal city, waiting to be summoned by King Zhou Xian.Up to now, I still haven't figured out how Tianzi Zhou would want to see his own Yi Qing, and he slept soundly in the side hall with the thought that he would be at peace when he came.

How long has it been since you felt this sense of relief?Now that the burden of Qin Guo has been taken over by her senior brother, she can go back to Yunmeng Mountain and accompany her teacher.However, deep down in my heart, there is still a dull pain somewhere.

Counting his fingers, it has been more than five years since the day he went down the mountain. Most of the time he spent working on the land of the Central Plains, without even noticing the passing of time like quicksand.

How long has she not seen Yingyu?Seems to be almost a year now.The pain in my heart gradually faded with the passage of time.She thought, maybe in another year, two years, three years...she would be able to completely forget about Yingyu.This woman who strayed into her life.

Yi Qing tossed and turned on the couch, unable to sleep well, now that the burden on her heart was relieved, she would recall Yingyu's expression of happiness, worry or anger from time to time.She sighed, turning over and sitting up. "Could it be that we really can't forget each other?" She muttered to herself, she raised her head and saw a bright moon outside the window by chance, and suddenly felt something in her heart.

Everything was the same as it was a few years ago, a bright moon was shining in the sky, and a man in Tsing Yi was sitting cross-legged on the roof, staring at the night sky in a daze.

"Yi Qing knows that the way of the world is all here. Tonight happens to be the night of the full moon. Yi Qing might as well go up to the roof to experience the pure and mixed energy of heaven and earth. Maybe it can untangle her heart."

Closing her eyes, she sat quietly under the night sky, and began to carefully recall everything she had experienced since she could remember.

His parents died in the war when he was a child, and he was taken in by Guiguzi.When I was young, I traveled around the world with my master and forged a deep friendship with my brothers.When I was young, I went down the mountain in high spirits, wanting to see all the scenery in the world, sitting on the Sun Moon River.Until... the things she experienced in the past five years were vividly reflected in her eyes.I don't know how long it has passed, when Yi Qing opened her eyes, her cardigan was already wet with tears, and the sky was already slightly white.

She suddenly realized.Why should she forget?Are these memories and experiences not treasures bestowed by God?

She suddenly realized.Why is she so persistent?Just like she is obsessed with the way of heaven and humanity, the sun, the moon and the stars, why should she be obsessed with right and wrong?

She suddenly understood why Xuanji said she didn't know the fate yet.

Yi Qing burst into tears.

She is the sky, she is the earth, she is the sun, she is the moon, she is the stars, why should she be obsessed with the form and the meaning of those appearances?She is as big as her heart is.She is as wide as her heart is.

Pain, just because the capacity of the heart can't bear the memories, just because she can't accept that behind the light there is darkness, and after the circle is over, there is lack.

She should not be obsessed with giving up suffering.You should not be obsessed with forcing a marriage.One should not be obsessed with denying the past.

Every form has its meaning, whether it is passionate love, heart-wrenching suspicion, or torture between each other, it is just one of everything, and she should never deny it.

"Girl, the emperor welcomes you."

Yi Qing woke up from her contemplation, jumped off the roof, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and followed the servant calmly.

"I've met the Son of Heaven." Standing in the hall, Yi Qing gave a shallow salute to the man in front of her, not intending to kneel down.

King Zhou Xian didn't care at all, he stood up and looked Yi Qing up and down, and said cheerfully: "Little girl, I have a royal girl who has fallen in love with you for a long time. Today, the king is a matchmaker and betrothed you to my wife." Yumei, what do you think?"

Rao Yi Qing was already well-informed, and she was still shocked when she heard King Zhou Xian's words: "Son of Heaven, you, you, what are you talking about?"

King Zhou Xian laughed loudly, clapped his hands, and saw a pair of maids filing in from outside the hall, holding all kinds of things in their hands.Seeing King Zhou Xian's wink, everyone rushed forward and pulled Yi Qing's coat clean in an instant. After a short while, they were changed into a long red dress.Before Yi Qing came back to her senses, she was pushed into the room by all the girls.

Yi Qing took a closer look, and sure enough, she saw another beauty in red standing quietly in the room with her back turned to her.

"Okay, okay, let's hurry up and pay homage~" King Zhou Xian hadn't been so happy for a long time, he personally pushed Yi Qing to the woman's side with his fat hands.

Yi Qing was taken aback, this was too inexplicable, and she was pushed to marry her in such a muddle-headed way?She quickly wanted to explain to King Zhou Xian, or to hear King Zhou Xian explain, but suddenly, the woman beside her tugged at her sleeve.

Yi Qing turned her head, and when she saw the man clearly, she stood still as if struck by lightning.

"Kneel down too."

Yingyu knelt on the ground according to her words, she looked at Yi Qing who still had a look of horror on her face, and said softly: "Don't kneel down yet?"

"Oh? You don't want to marry my sister-in-law?" Zhou Xianwang asked curiously.

Yi Qing looked at Zhou Xianwang, then at Yingyu, a little hesitant.

"I don't want to. Come here and take off this person's wedding dress." King Zhou Xian shouted to the surroundings.

"Slow!" Yi Qing finally came back to her senses, and stopped, "I'll marry you."

After she finished speaking, she also knelt down on the ground and said softly: "If you dare to marry, I will."

Yingyu was stunned.

King Zhou Xian laughed loudly: "Quickly pray to heaven and earth!"

The next day, Yi Qing rode a horse and left Luoyang City.Riding to the eastern outskirts, she took off the water bag and took a full sip, and Yingyu's voice came from behind: "Are you really unwilling to say a word to me?" The words were full of loss.

Yi Qing didn't answer, and drove the horse to continue the journey.Yingyu had no choice but to follow sadly.

After riding south for several days, they finally entered the border of Chu State. The two of them never spoke a word from the beginning to the end.On this day, the disheartened Yingyu silently drove the horse to Yi Qing's side: "I'm going back to Qin."

After waiting for a while, the man remained indifferent.

Yingyu suppressed her tears: "You, take care of yourself."

"Stop." Just as Yingyu was about to ride away, Yi Qing suddenly said, "Do you really want to go back to Qin?"

Yingyu nodded.

Yi Qing sighed softly, "Then when will you accompany me back to Yunmeng Mountain?"

"You, what did you say?"

"I said, won't you follow me to meet my master? It's already at the bottom of the mountain. You are still getting married, and neither of you and I are here." Yi Qing said with a smile, and rode to the Yingyu pinched her unbelievable face by her side: "Yu'er, meet my master first, and I'll follow you to see the eldest brother and second brother, okay?"

"...you promise me one thing first."

"What's the matter?"

"I want to ride with you (ji) together."

Yi Qing smiled: "Don't you feel sorry for the horse?"

Yingyu was annoyed: "I only cared about Ma'er, but I didn't see you caring about me."

"You are my wife, how can I not feel sorry for you." After speaking, she hugged Yingyu in front of her and wrapped her in her arms. Yi Qing raised her eyebrows: "Let's go, go back to Yunmeng Mountain."

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