Chapter 956 Gao Yao: Almost Lost It

At the same time, Yi Xiaochuan followed Liu Bang's corvee delivery team and also came to Xianyang City.

With a "travel" mentality, Yi Xiaochuan began to wander around Xianyang City, and happened to meet Gao Yao who was counting the goods.

Gao Yao was naturally very happy to meet again after a long absence, so he pulled Yi Xiaochuan to talk about his experience of traveling to the Qin Dynasty. Only then did Yi Xiaochuan know that Gao Yao was working for Qin Hao.

"Gao Yao, do you want to go back?"

"Think about it, why don't you think about it? I dream about going back. What if someone bullies Gao Lan without me by my side?"

The corners of Yi Xiaochuan's mouth twitched and he muttered: "With Gao Lan's character, it's good if she doesn't bully others."

"Ogawa, what did you just say?"

"Oh, it's nothing, I mean, I found a clue to go home." Yi Xiaochuan said perfunctorily.

Gao Yao's eyes widened: "What clue? Can we go home?"

"The box that was delivered to us had three words on it. I asked someone to read it. It was written in Chu seal script, and it's called Tang Wushan. As long as we find Tang Wushan, we should be able to find clues to get back." Yi Xiaochuan said proudly.

Gao Yao slapped his thigh: "This is a good thing. I can finally go home."

However, Gao Yao then shook his head again: "No, I have to tell Lao Qin first. If we can't go back to Tang Wushan, I have to come back to work."

Since Gao Yao became the shopkeeper of Qin's workshop, his life has been quite satisfying. If it weren't for his younger sister Gao Lan, he wouldn't have wanted to go back.

Yi Xiaochuan said impatiently: "Do you want to go back or not?"

"Then I definitely want to go back, but I also have to leave a way out for myself. You don't know how much hardship I suffered before I met Lao Qin, and I almost died here." Gao Yao thought about the past days. Just a little shuddering.

Yi Xiaochuan was quite critical of Qin Hao: "Humph, he is determined to stay in the Qin Dynasty and become a rich man. Anyway, I will go back no matter what."

Seeing this, Gao Yao changed the subject: "Let's meet again today after a long separation. I'll cook tonight and we'll get drunk before we rest. How about it?"

"Okay, let's get drunk and then rest." Yi Xiaochuan suddenly thought of Liu Bang, hooked an arm around Gao Yao's neck, and said proudly.

"By the way, I will introduce you to a big shot in a moment."

"Big shot? What kind of big shot?"

"Hey, you'll know when the time comes."

When Yi Xiaochuan returned to the inn and found Liu Bang, Liu Bang was extremely worried. Before entering Xianyang City last night, two slaves ran away. He originally planned to buy two slaves in Xianyang City to replenish his balance, but after asking the price, this idea came to an end. He was shattered in an instant. With the little money he had, it was difficult to buy a sheep, let alone a slave.

Tomorrow is the day when they will be handed over to corvee. Qin's law is strict. If the number of people cannot be gathered, everyone will be punished and their families will be affected.

Just when Liu Bang was extremely worried, Yi Xiaochuan came back and brought him a "fellow countryman".

Liu Bang suddenly had an idea. Aren't these just two heads?

Yi Xiaochuan did not notice the change in Liu Bang's eyes, and proudly introduced to Gao Yao: "This is my good brother Liu Bang."

"Liu Bang?" Although Gao Yao had never read any books, he had heard of Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty.

"Are you Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty?"

Liu Bang looked puzzled, and Yi Xiaochuan quickly pulled Gao Yao away: "He is not yet."

"Yes, it's still the Qin Dynasty." Gao Yao rubbed his hands: "I actually shook hands with Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty. I guess I told Gao Lan when I went back. She must have thought I was bragging."

Seeing that Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao were talking about each other, Liu Bang didn't care, as long as he could get enough money to let him pass safely.

So Liu Bang invited Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao to have a drink. He didn't have enough money on his own, so he scraped some with other corvees.

As a result, Gao Yao said that he was here for a treat and took Liu Bang and his party to a very luxurious hotel in Xianyang City.

Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao, who were completely unprepared, were quickly drunk, and Liu Bang and his party carried them back to the inn where they were staying.

"Isn't it a bit unethical for us to hurt others when they treat us to such an expensive banquet?"

A younger corvee suddenly said.

In front of everyone, Liu Bang pretended to be compassionate and sighed.

"There is nothing we can do about it. You all know that Qin's law is strict. If the number of corvees is wrong, we will all be punished. Even our parents, wives and children at home will be implicated. If you want to blame it, blame the world and Qin's law for treating us. The people are exploited too hard.”

"That's right, we can't blame us for this. We were all forced to do this by Qin Fa."

People subconsciously always make excuses for themselves when they make mistakes, and then quickly convince themselves that it is not themselves who are wrong, but others and the general environment.

Liu Bang looked at Yi Xiaochuan with a smile on his lips.

"Boy, don't blame me. If not, blame the eldest lady of the Lu family for falling in love with you. If you don't die, how can I marry her?"

Early the next morning, Liu Bang sent Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao to the labor camp. In order to prevent them from escaping, they were specially tied up.

In addition, Liu Bang was afraid that Yi Xiaochuan would not die, so he arranged for him to build the Great Wall. It is said that the corvees who built the Great Wall narrowly escaped death and almost never came back.

Gao Yao was sent to be an official slave. When Gao Yao woke up, he was already in the official slave camp.

"Where is this? Why are you locking me up? I want to go home!"

The soldiers next to him immediately gave Gao Yao some physical education and beat him until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.

"When you get to this official slave camp, you'd better be honest and do whatever you're told, otherwise you'll be in trouble!"

Gao Yao groaned: "I am not an official slave. I want to see your superior. I am the shopkeeper of Qin's workshop. I know Mr. Li Si, the prime minister of the dynasty."

"Isn't this guy's brain damaged by us? A small official slave knows the Prime Minister, so don't I know His Majesty?"

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and register. These official slaves are waiting to be used."

On the other side, Xiang Liang's uncle and nephew were waiting for Gao Yao in Qin's workshop to receive the receipt. This is also the rule set by Qin Hao. After the caravan completes the handover, getting the receipt is equivalent to the safe delivery of the Liuli. If the Liuli is damaged after that, It has nothing to do with the caravan.

However, after waiting all morning, Gao Yao didn't come. At first, Xiang Yu thought Gao Yao was deliberately making things difficult for them, but when he went down to look for Gao Yao at his home, he learned that he had followed Yi Xiaochuan out yesterday and never came back.

Xiang Liang immediately realized that something was wrong, so he immediately followed the clues and found the inn where Liu Bang was staying, but it turned out that the building was empty.

After asking the store owner, I found out that Liu Bang and his group came to Xianyang City to serve as corvees.

Uncle and nephew Xiang Liang had no foundation in Xianyang City, so he could only talk to people in the shop about how to find someone.

When the people in the shop heard that the shopkeeper was missing, they quickly asked for help. Qin's workshop had also made friends with some dignitaries in the past six months, and soon found out the origins of Liu Bang and his party. Two days later, the miserable Gao Yao was finally given to him. Rescued.

"Brother Xiang, thank you. By the way, where is my friend Yi Xiaochuan? Have you found him?"

The first thing Gao Yao thought of was Yi Xiaochuan.

Xiang Yu said angrily: "If it hadn't been for him, you wouldn't have been sent to the official slave camp, no matter what he did."

"That's not what you are saying. Xiaochuan is also a victim. Who would have thought that Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was so shameless." Gao Yao spoke a little more excitedly, pulling his cheeks and gritting his teeth in pain.

Xiang Yu thought Han Gaozu was some kind of nickname and didn't care.

"That friend of yours was sent to build the Great Wall. I'm afraid he won't be able to come back for a while."

Gao Yao became anxious when he heard this: "I'll chase you even if I can't come back. I heard that building the Great Wall will lead to a narrow escape from death. If Xiaochuan dies, my sister will definitely be very sad."

"No, no matter how much it costs, I have to save him."

In the end, Gao Yao finally rescued Yi Xiaochuan by sending money and relying on relationships.

"Xiaochuan, that big brother of yours is nothing. He actually sent one of us to the official slave camp and the other to build the Great Wall. He wants us to die."

Yi Xiaochuan hesitated and said, "Maybe the elder brother has some reasons?"

Xiang Yu snorted coldly: "You can't betray your brother no matter what the reason. If I see such a despicable person, I will give him a good beating."

Yi Xiaochuan was speechless.

Gao Yao was furious when he heard this and said: "Next time, don't let me see that Liu Bang again, otherwise I will let him taste what it is like to be sold as an official slave."

Xiang Liang was not interested in wasting time on Gao Yao and Yi Xiaochuan, two idiots who had been sold and helped pay the bills. He impatiently urged Gao Yao to sign the receipt so that they could return to Shanfu County. At this moment, it was snowing. Come, in the coming year, there will inevitably be disaster victims who will not be able to survive and dominate the mountain. It is a good time for them to buy people's hearts.

After Gao Yao issued the receipt, he asked Uncle Xiang Liang to help bring a letter asking for leave. In the afternoon, Uncle Xiang Liang took his escort and caravan and set off back to Shanfu County, while Yi Xiaochuan stayed in Xianyang City. , and made an appointment with Gao Yao to go to Tangwu Mountain in the next spring to find a way back.

On the other side, Qin Hao was enjoying the days when his wife and children were on the hot bed. Yes, it was the hot bed in the literal sense.

When building the Qin Mansion, Qin Hao specially designed an earthen kang for the room.

Speaking of which, the cost of an earthen kang is quite high. Most families cannot afford it. It’s not that it’s expensive to build. It’s easy to make it casually and doesn’t pay attention to its appearance. It doesn’t cost much to build an earthen kang. The key is fuel. These days The main fuel is wood.

Firewood, rice, oil and salt are the first priority. If you don’t live near the forest, you can only buy all the firewood with money. If you want to keep the earthen kang warm at night, you have to keep adding firewood to it. The consumption is not ordinary, that is, Qin Hao is so rich that he can afford it.

With the existence of the Tukang, Lu Su suffered almost no hardship during confinement. With Qin Hao's presence, he broke many unreasonable confinement traditions.

The child is also taken care of by a wet nurse and a nanny. Lu Su only needs to play with the child for a while every day when he is awake.

It is very difficult for others to give birth to a child. After giving birth, Lu Su not only maintained a good figure, but even her face became much rosier, and she looked more like a woman.

By the time Xiang Liang's uncle and nephew returned to Shanfu County, it was already the next spring, and Qin Hao's son was already three months old.

"Brother Qin is happy to have a son, congratulations." Xiang Liang became more and more pleased with the tiger-headed Qin Ming.

Qin Hao handed his son over to Lu Su. Lu Su knew that Qin Hao was going to talk about business, so he took the child back to his room to rest.

"Is the journey going smoothly this time?" Qin Hao asked.

Xiang Yu waved his hand nonchalantly: "What's the problem as long as I'm here? We have defeated all the bandits along the way."

Qin Hao still believed in Xiang Yu's combat effectiveness. This guy's attack on those bandits who fought against the Five Scum was basically a dimensionality reduction attack.

Xiang Liang handed a list to Qin Hao: "Brother Qin, these are the bandits I think are worth winning over along the way, but if you want them to return, you have to use both kindness and force."

Using kindness and force, Xiang Yu had already defeated all these bandits before, and the rest needed money and food to feed. Any relationship is not as reliable as the relationship of interest.

"Okay, I'll arrange it." Qin Hao silently accepted the list. Showing kindness is the easiest way to win people's hearts. This kind of thing must not be allowed to be done by Xiang Liang and his nephew, otherwise he would become a victim?

Xiang Liang originally wanted to fight for it, but Qin Hao directly changed the subject and asked about the situation in Xianyang.

Xiang Yu told Qin Hao about Liu Bang's tricking of Gao Yao and Yi Xiaochuan. Qin Hao frowned when he heard it. He originally thought that he had changed the trajectory of the plot, but he didn't expect Gao Yao to almost get the knife. Fortunately, he was saved by Xiang Yu.

"This Liu Bang dared to betray my people. We must teach him a lesson."

This time, Liu Bang himself handed the evidence to him. He impersonated someone else and replaced corvée labor, which was a serious crime.

Afterwards, Qin Hao read the leave letter that Gao Yao asked Xiang Liang and his nephew to give him. He knew the result of Gao Yao and Yi Xiaochuan going to Tangwu Mountain. It was destined to be a waste of time.

That night, Qin Hao entertained Xiang Liang and his nephew, as well as the guards and caravans. He also took this opportunity to introduce the guards he would recruit later to Xiang Liang and his nephew.

Fan Kuai, Xiahou Ying and Zhou Bo, three peasants, were not taken seriously by Xiang Liang and his nephew.

Xiang Yu's arrogance also caused dissatisfaction among Fan Kuai and Xiahou Ying, who challenged Xiang Yu under the influence of alcohol.

Xiang Yu naturally didn't take them seriously, so he turned the duel into a group fight. At first, he beat two people alone, and beat Fan Kuai and Xiahou Ying so hard that they screamed. Later, Zhou Bo couldn't bear to see his brother being beaten, so he stepped forward to help, and as a result, one more person was beaten.

This stunned the guards who came later. You know, Fan Kuai and the other two were the best fighters among them, but they were defeated so easily by Xiang Yu.

"How about it? I said that Captain Xiang had the courage of ten thousand men, but you didn't believe it. Do you believe it now?" Qin Hao also intended to use Xiang Yu's hand to knock Fan Kuai and the other two. These three guys were the kind that would shine with a little sunshine. If they couldn't be suppressed, the market spirit of the three of them would start to flare up, and who knows what kind of moth they might cause.

Fan Kuai patted the dirt on his body, still not convinced: "Today, I, Old Fan, drank too much wine. I will fight you again tomorrow."

"Anytime!"

Xiang Yu was a little interested in Fan Kuai and the other two. (End of this chapter)