Chapter 320: The Power of Double Pupils
The boy , who was actually only fourteen years old but had grown to be eight feet tall, had his eyes wide open. There was something extremely strange in his left and right eyes, with two pupils in each!
Xiang Liang, his uncle, traveled far and wide to prepare for the restoration of Chu. When he looked into the eyes of this pair of pupils, he felt a chill in his heart and felt uncomfortable all over.
The legend of people with double pupils has existed in China since ancient times, and historical records show that there were three people with this condition before Xiang Yu.
The first one is Shun, one of the Five Emperors among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
Shun, the leader of a tribal alliance in the late patriarchal clan society, was the first person with double pupils in history. It was precisely because of his double pupils that he was named Chonghua.
The second is Cangjie, the ancestor of writing, who invented writing, which resulted in rice falling from the sky and ghosts howling at night.
The "Huainanzi" organized and compiled by Liu An, King of Huainan in the Han Dynasty, finally recorded: In the past, when Cangjie created writing, the sky rained millet and ghosts cried at night.
The third is Duke Wen of Jin, Chong'er, one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.
According to historical records, Duke Wen of Jin, Chong'er, had double pupils and even his ribs were connected as one, unlike those of ordinary people.
In the early period, he wandered around everywhere. After 19 years of wandering, he restored the country and killed Duke Huai to the throne. After that, he served as the six ministers of the three armies, served the king in Luoyi, defeated the Chu army in Chengpu, and allied with the princes in Jiantu, creating a century-long hegemony of Jin.
The three people with double pupils in front are two kings and one saint.
Xiang Chaoxi, the eldest son of Xiang Yan, the Lord Wu'an of Chu, had just given birth to Xiang Yu. The news that Xiang Yu was born with double pupils like Shun, Cangjie and Chong'er spread instantly throughout the high-ranking officials of the Chu State, and the King of Chu went to see it in person overnight.
At that time, the Qin army was in a state of great power and the King of Chu was worried day and night. When he saw Xiang Yu's appearance, he laughed out loud, thinking that Chu would welcome a sage like Cangjie.
When Li Xin led an army of 200,000 to attack Chu and Xiang Yan defeated them, the King of Chu conferred the title of Marquis of Wu'an on Xiang Yan, and he hugged Xiang Yu and praised him with great joy, saying, "This is due to the merits of the double pupils!"
Later, Wang Jian led an army of 600,000 to attack Chu. Xiang Yan was defeated and killed. His eldest son Xiang Chao followed his father to join the army and was also slaughtered by Wang Jian. This was the time when the Chu State was destroyed.
The last order given by the King of Chu was not to surrender or to fight to the death, but to kill all the Chu people who knew about the double pupils except the Xiang family.
"You are not only the hope for the revival of my Xiang family, but also the hope for the restoration of my Great Chu!"
Xiang Liang put his hands on his nephew's shoulders and exerted great force to emphasize his seriousness.
"Anyone can die, but you cannot. You are destined by heaven. Your divine power is a gift from heaven!"
Bang!
The fourteen-year-old boy looked dissatisfied and wanted to say something when the door of the house was pushed open with great force.
Huan Chu, who had a full beard and looked much stronger than the round-faced and bulging Xiang Liang, and was obviously a fierce general, burst into the room and urged impatiently:
"Are you still going?"
The two of them went to Yingdu this time, shouldering a huge responsibility.
In less than two months, so many things happened that even Xiang Liang, who took over the power of the Chu State, felt overwhelmed.
The last time the rumor of Qin and Chu being one family spread in Yingdu, Xiang Liang was about to give up that area.
It was not a simple song that defeated him, but Xiang Liang saw the policy change of Qin State from it.
In terms of fighting strength, Xiang Liang is definitely no match.
His father Xiang Yan led the entire Chu army but failed to defeat Qin General Wang Jian and died in disgrace. Xiang Liang knew that he was far inferior to his father in the art of war and that the descendants of Chu he could rely on were far inferior to the huge Chu State, so he did not dare to confront Qin head-on.
He originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that the whole country of Qin valued military power over other things, and create trouble in Chu to divide the conflicts between the Qin and Chu people.
For example, they fabricated songs to exaggerate the tragedy of the implementation of Qin laws, took the lead in recalling the romance of Chu, and mobilized witches and shamans trusted by Chu to create rumors that Qin's tyranny would be punished by heaven.
The Qin State has never been too lazy to do these little tricks. The Qin State is a country that will only think of other ways when it cannot defeat the enemy.
For example, Wang Jian was unable to defeat Li Mu, so he used the weak strategist Dunwei to implement a counter-espionage strategy. The five countries were unable to defeat the united forces, so he sent the famous envoy Yao Jia to sow discord among the five countries.
As long as the problem can be solved by force, Qin will fight. In the eyes of Qin, Yingdu, which was conquered, was obviously not a place that could not be conquered.
The plan was originally being implemented well, but unexpectedly, the Qin State, which had only known how to suppress, suddenly started to play with public opinion.
Xiang Liang asked Wei Liao, whose fief was Kuaiji County, who had said that, and Wei Liao said he didn't know.
The reason why Xiang Liang was able to achieve results before was that the Qin State did not play these games. Now the Qin State is also playing these games.
Xiang Liang knew his own abilities very well, and knew that such a thing could never be done in secret, and that it would never be able to defeat the Qin State in the open. Moreover, he did not know who was giving advice to the King of Qin, so he decided to give up temporarily.
Then, less than a month later, the eight words "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers all born of different species?" reached Kuaiji County, and Xiang Liang, a descendant of a great Chu noble family, was furious.
The Chu State was full of witchcraft, and the Chu people believed in witchcraft. The witches in the Chu State were always associated with the nobility. For example, Qu Yuan, the official of Sanlu who wrote "Li Sao", was a great witch.
The popularity of aristocratic doctrine in Chu was much greater than that in Qin, which had twenty ranks of military nobility.
Although these eight words "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers all born with a special kind of blood?" seemed to have no effect on Xiang Liang for the time being, Xiang Liang believed that the outbreak was only a matter of time.
These eight words are like a seed buried in the soil, which will eventually sprout, bloom and bear fruit. Once people's hearts are scattered, it is difficult to lead the team. This saying is applicable to both ancient and modern times.
He learned from the merchants of the Lu's Chamber of Commerce that it was Zhang Liang, an old Korean nobleman, who spread the rumor. He cursed loudly, "The Zhang family's son is not a son of man. He should be punished by slow slicing!"
Xiang Liang, who hated Zhang Liang deeply, couldn't understand why he came up with these eight words, as they were all nobles. This not only ruined the revival of Chu, but also ruined the revival of South Korea.
If they were to start a rebellion to create chaos in the world, that would make sense. But the King of Qin was still alive, Wang Jian and his son were still alive, and the six kingdoms had just been conquered a year ago.
The Qin generals were all eager to fight, their eyes red, hoping to be awarded a title for military merit. What's the point of coming up with these eight words at this critical moment? Expecting to call on everyone to rebel? But who would dare to rebel if they were not forced into a desperate situation? Wouldn't rebellion mean death?
Half a month later, when Xiang Liang learned that a riot had broken out in Han, he thought he understood Zhang Liang and felt that Zhang Liang was really desperate - Han had shuffled away almost all the Korean nobles, and Han had become Qin's private territory. Anyway, there was no hope of restoring Han, so everyone would suffer together, and the more chaotic the world, the better.
Then Xiang Liang became even angrier. Isn't this pure madness? You can't restore Korea, so you turn the table over? Don't let me run into you, or I'll kill you!
Along with the incident in Han, there was another piece of news: the Three Killings Order issued by the First Emperor.
【Anyone who talks about simplified characters will be killed, anyone who teaches others knowledge will be killed, and anyone who writes non-simplified characters will be killed.】
These three orders instantly cheered up Xiang Liang, who felt that everything was going wrong. The Qin State in his mind, which was militaristic and only loved to fight but not to use its brain, seemed to have returned!
If Xiang Yu hadn't caused trouble, Xiang Liang and Huan Chu would have set out on the road to Yingdu. In response to these three orders, Xiang Liang had a hundred ways to make the people of Chu miss Chu!
"Liang is not going. You are on your own."
Seeing Xiang Yu's firm attitude, Xiang Liang weighed the matter for a long time and then spoke decisively.
The opportunity can come again if it is lost, but Xiang Yu must not make any mistakes.
"I go alone? No, no."
Huan Chu, who was fully armed, shook his head.
"Liang has to stay here to watch over Yu'er. Yu'er's safety is more important than anything else. Liang is worried about others."
Huan Chu glanced at Xiang Liang with a look that said, "Are you sick?"
"Yu'er is only fourteen years old, does she need you to watch over her? Just find two loyal warriors to accompany her day and night."
【What is there to worry about for a half-grown child? 】
Xiang Yu frowned, turned around and looked at Huan Chu, with obvious dissatisfaction in his eyes.
"Uncle Huan looks down on Yu."
"Hahaha, what are you talking about?"
Huan Chu hugged Xiang Yu, who was half a foot taller than him, and laughed loudly, saying:
"You are still young. When I was your age, I was far behind you. When you grow up, no one will be able to stop you. You can go anywhere you want."
"Yu can go anywhere now."
Xiang Yu clenched his fists, twisted his neck twice, and looked serious.
"Uncle Huan, do you want to compete with Yu?"
Huan Chu waved his hands repeatedly, speaking in a tone like he was coaxing a child.
"Don't come, don't come. Uncle Huan can't compare to Yu'er. Yu'er is brave and unstoppable. Uncle Huan is old."
"Uncle Huan!"
Xiang Yu emphasized his tone.
"Yu is serious. If Yu agrees to Uncle Huan, Uncle Huan will persuade my uncle to take me to Ying."
Uncle Huan suppressed three points of his smile, but still had seven points of smile on his face as he said:
"Then if Uncle Huan wins, you should stay in Kuaiji and not make any trouble, okay?"
Xiang Yu looked excited and stretched out one arm and raised it in the air.
"Can!"
Huan Chu slapped Xiang Yu's hand hard.
The promise was established.
Uncle Huan turned his head towards the door and smiled casually.
"Let's go, Yu'er. Let Uncle Huan see how much progress you have made in martial arts in the past few months."
Xiang Yu reminded:
"Uncle Huan, please be serious. Yu is already strong."
The two walked out the door, and Round Face Necklace said behind them:
"Use only 70% of your strength, and don't hurt anyone."
Bang!
Huan Chu slammed the door open, and very dissatisfied voices came into the room from outside.
"I know, I know. How can I hurt Yu'er? I will only use 50% of my strength at most."
Xiang Liang smiled slightly and sat on a mahogany chair, waiting for the result of the competition.
Outside the door, Xiang Yu corrected:
"Uncle Huan, uncle is talking to Yu."
"What bullshit are you talking about? How can a little kid like you hurt me?"
The yard was not big, but it was more than enough for two people to fight. The two men stood twenty steps apart.
Xiang Yu began to adjust his breathing, and Huan Chu yawned.
Xiang Yu bent slightly, and put one foot in front and the other behind, with his steps slightly staggered.
"Uncle Huan, Yu is about to go up."
Uncle Huan raised his right hand horizontally, palm facing up, and quickly hooked his index finger.
"Come on, come on... huh? So fast!"
As soon as the third word "come" was uttered, the distance between the two of them had been shortened by half by Xiang Yu!
With a loud bang, a three-inch deep footprint appeared on the hard-packed ground where Xiang Yu had just stood.
Xiang Yu was like a Tyrannosaurus Rex. He appeared in front of Huan Chu at a speed that Huan Chu had never expected, and punched him with an ordinary punch!
Although Huan Chu was extremely surprised at Xiang Yu's speed, the stereotype of Xiang Yu not making him wary did not make him wary because Xiang Yu was only fourteen years old.
He was half surprised and half delighted. He put his palm across his chest, using only 50% of his strength, wanting to test how much his nephew had improved.
Huan Chu had just fought , and at that time Huan Chu only needed to use 40% of his strength to suppress Xiang Yu.
In a bare-handed fight without weapons, the palm usually beats the fist, the fist beats the finger, and the finger beats the palm. Huan Chu used his palm against his fist, and felt that he was being cautious enough when facing a fourteen-year-old kid.
However, the next moment, an overwhelming force was transmitted from the palm of Huan Chu's hand to his entire body.
With a dull thud of flesh hitting flesh, Huan Chu was launched out like a huge cannonball.
With another dull thud, his back hit the wall heavily, and he felt severe pain all over his body.
Smoke and dust rose up, and Huan Chu's first reaction was not to cry out in pain, but to vigorously wave his sore and swollen arms to disperse the smoke and dust, and endured the severe pain all over his body and stood up with difficulty.
"This guy is a 14-year-old child? Xiang Liang! Are you deliberately framing me?"
Squeak
Xiang Liang pushed the door open and walked out. Looking at his best friend who was covered in dust, he had a gentle smile on his face that made Huan Chu want to break it, and he slowly scolded Xiang Yu.
"Yu'er, didn't your uncle tell you to only use 70% of your strength? How did you beat your uncle Huan like this?"
Xiang Yu spread his hands helplessly.
"Yu Que only used 70% of his strength. When he realized that Uncle Huan was about to fly, he used 30% of his strength to the maximum extent possible..."
“Nonsense!”
Huan Chu was furious, but due to his physical condition, he could only show veins on his forehead throbbing, while he did not dare to jump around with his body.
"I have used 50% of my strength, and you have only used 40%? If you had used 100% of your strength, I would not be able to survive a single move from you!"
Xiang Liang was also puzzled.
【Huan Chu shouldn't be so useless, wait! 】
"Huan Chu, you didn't use your inner strength, did you?"
"This kid has only been practicing martial arts for a short time. You used internal force to compete with him? Huh?"
Huan Chu pointed at Xiang Yu and said with a dark face:
"Kid, tell me the truth, did you use your internal strength?"
Xiang Yu stepped forward to brush off the dust for Huan Chu, and said in the smoke and dust:
"I didn't notice the internal force when fighting with Uncle Huan, so I also put it away."
Huan Chu was depressed for a moment, then suddenly slapped Xiang Yu on the face and praised him loudly.
"Good boy, this is how Kua E was born!"
Kua'e: A Hercules in mythology and legend.
"Uncle Huan, can I go to Ying?"
"You can go, you can go. With your strength, why can't you go? Your uncle may not be stronger than you now! Is that right, Xiang Liang? Take Yu'er with you this time."
Huan Chu looked at Xiang Liang with a big laugh, but when he saw that Xiang Liang had no expression on his face, his smile froze and slowly faded away.
Xiang Liang turned around and went back to the house, leaving behind the word "cold".
“No!”
"Uncle, I..."
Xiang Yu was about to chase after him, but Huan Chu, who was in great pain, hugged him and stopped him with a grimace.
"Your uncle likes to get stuck in a rut. There's nothing to do. Let Uncle Huan go and convince your uncle. You go back and wait."
Xiang Yu felt relieved when he thought that he had failed to change his uncle's mind for such a long time.
"Yes, thank you, Uncle Huan."
"Although you are not my biological nephew, you are better than my biological nephew. You are so polite."
Seeing Xiang Yu leaving the courtyard, Huan Chu gently pushed the door open and walked in. As soon as he entered the room, he said:
"I will go to Ying alone, you keep an eye on Yu'er. If anything goes wrong, you and I will both be sinners of the Great Chu!"
That night, Xiang Liang sent more soldiers to guard his nephew. The roar of the 14-year-old boy shook the house and threatened to collapse. Of the 70 guards under Xiang Liang's command, 32 were injured.
"You promised me that you could go to Ying!"
Xiang Liang wrote the strategy on the paper sold to him by Lu's Chamber of Commerce, and Huan Chu kept it in his pocket.
A day later, Huan Chu led fifty people, disguised as a merchant group, and went to Ying.
If it weren't for this light and easy-to-write paper, Xiang Liang really wouldn't dare to let his reckless friend go alone.
Xinzheng.
At noon, the sky was bright.
"Your Majesty, a blue dragon is flying in the east, with a phoenix attached to it. The blue dragon is water, and it is Gonggong. The phoenix is fire, and it is Zhurong. Water and fire are fused together, and the eyes have double pupils. This boy is a brave warrior through the ages, so you can send someone to the east to kill him!"
Guiguzi pointed his finger at Qi on the map and spoke in a deep voice to Ying Chengjiao, who was wearing loose silk pajamas and had just crawled out of Qingmei and Dingxiang's bed.
