Chapter 364: No, Ying Zheng, you are sick!
Still throwing the fawn onto the horse's back, Mi Sui used the rope he carried with him to secure the deer carcass to prevent it from falling.
Small deer like this can be tied directly to the horse, but large deer need to be dragged away. Pulling the reins and the black horse for two steps, Mi Sui saw the deer corpse swaying on the horse but not falling off. He nodded and turned to Ying Chengjiao and said:
"This is for our ancestors. Don't steal any of it on your way back, you glutton."
[What the hell! I'm already so old, and you're still talking about my childhood. I don't care about my reputation! ]
"Bring it yourself!"
Ying Chengjiao was naturally upset about making a fool of himself in public.
In the Qin State, where there were no various seasonings and most dishes were made with only salt, Ying Chengjiao found most of the dishes unpalatable, and the same was true for the dishes cooked by the chefs in the Xianyang Palace.
In order to improve the food, when he was a child, he often dragged Mi Sui, who was older than him, and brought a group of friends to Luming Garden to hunt.
Mi Sui, whose arms were much longer than those of ordinary people, was responsible for hunting, Ying Chengjiao was responsible for barbecuing, Mi Chu, who later became the concubine of Chu, Mi Qi, who was granted the title of Lord Changping , and Mi Dian, who was granted the title of Lord Changwen, were responsible for eating.
Mi Sui, Mi Chu, Mi Qi, Mi Dian.
At that time, these four people were the same generation as Ying Chengjiao, and they were the new generation leaders of the Qin State and Chu's foreign relatives. The oldest of the four, Mi Sui, was the new generation leader, and Mi Chu, a girl, was the most favored.
There are many ways to cook, but only barbecue does not require complicated seasonings and the taste is no worse than modern ones.
Perhaps because Qin Dynasty meat was not as advanced and raw as before, Ying Chengjiao even felt that it tasted better.
There was no shortage of meat in the Xianyang Palace, which was enough for Ying Chengjiao to grill. But in this dynasty without online games, movies and other entertainment activities, going out hunting was one of the few ways for Ying Chengjiao to have fun, and he could also have a picnic.
Once, because of the La Festival, Ying Chengjiao spoke up for Wu'an Jun Bai Qi in front of all the ministers at a court meeting, saying that his grandfather had killed the wrong person and was imprisoned for seven days by King Zhaoxiang of Qin. Ying Chengjiao was released four days early.
"If it weren't for the ancestor's dream, I would have stayed in prison for seven days! You are not allowed to talk nonsense after you get out!"
Ying Chengjiao, who had been eating food from the Xianyang Palace kitchen for three days, volunteered to carry the sacrificial offerings for Mi Sui. Mi Sui was not paying attention, and the deer he shot was grilled and eaten by Ying Chengjiao.
As long as it was not the La Festival, the prey they hunted was free to eat, and Mi Sui always hunted for this greedy little brother. But the prey hunted during the five days of the La Festival was a sacrifice to the ancestors, and eating the sacrifice was like competing with the ancestors for food.
Mi Sui was so furious when he found out about this that he still remembers this incident and often calls Ying Chengjiao "Taotie".
“I can’t go back now.”
Mi Sui smiled helplessly, and reached out to pat Ying Chengjiao's head, but Ying Chengjiao tilted his head to avoid it. Then he slid his hand down and patted Ying Chengjiao's shoulder.
"It's too big, so I can't take pictures of it anymore."
Ying Chengjiao said dissatisfiedly:
“I never let anyone take a picture of me!”
[When we were young, you were the one who beat me! I couldn't beat you! ]
There was the sound of horse hooves, and Li Si, who was the last one to come up, caught up.
Li Si, who was proficient in the six arts of Confucianism, was an all-round talent when he first entered the Qin State. However, after serving as a civil servant for so many years, his martial arts, horsemanship, and charioteering had long been neglected.
Compared with ordinary people, he is still far superior, but compared with Ying Chengjiao, Mi Sui, the First Emperor, Zhang Han and Meng Yi, four people with great martial arts skills, his horsemanship is poor and he ranks last.
Mi Sui glanced in the direction of the voice, looked at the new left prime minister, and thought of that little follower.
[Mi Qi...]
When Lü Buwei rebelled, Mi Qi helped the First Emperor to suppress the rebellion and was awarded the title of Lord Changping and later served as the Left Prime Minister of Qin.
A few years later, Li Xin led an army of 200,000 to attack Chu, but Mi Qi rebelled and 200,000 Qin soldiers were killed in Chu. The following year, Wang Jian led an army of 600,000 to defeat Chu, and Mi Qi died in Chu.
"Mi Qi, Mi Dian, this is all your own fault, you are not to blame. I have not been associating with a glutton like you these years to avoid suspicion, not to blame you.
"Although you and I have different surnames, we have the same family. My family is your family, and the Chu family has always stood behind you. If you are interested, just say a word, and the fire of Zhurong will be ignited at any time.
"Mi Chu was emotional. She blamed you for not saving her, scolded you, and beat you. You should bear it. She is a girl, and you are older than her. When I am gone, she will only have you as a brother."
Ying Chengjiao covered his forehead and sighed.
"Brother Sui, can you please stop talking? It's a bit embarrassing..."
"Your Majesty called us out because he already knew that we were brothers. If we pretended not to know each other, this outsider would look down on us.
"After I die, His Majesty will definitely take action against my family. Please protect them. I know you have the ability to do so. Except for the two rebellious boys Mi Qi and Mi Dian, no one else in the family wants to rebel against Qin."
Pah pah pah
The First Emperor clapped his hands three times and cheered.
"What a deep brotherly love. People who don't know the truth would really think that you two are brothers, and I am an outsider. Meng Yi, how do you feel about Mi Sui's words?"
Meng Yi nodded in agreement.
“It’s very touching!”
The First Emperor dragged Zhang Han into the water again.
"Zhang Han, what do you think?"
Zhang Han’s face was as cold as iron.
"This is the first time that Han has met his half-brother. He is truly worthy of the word 'colorful'."
Mi Sui had no choice but to take off the ox horn bow he had just put on his back.
"Your Majesty, if you think Sui is talking too much, then just keep silent."
Take a one-meter-long specially made arrow feather, draw the bow, and put the arrow on it.
"When I shot that arrow, Your Majesty didn't die. I thought you would be torn into pieces by five oxen, beheaded, cut in half, or quartered. I had already prepared for death. I have lived for so many years, and it is all earned."
Bounce! Bounce!
Mi Sui pulled the bowstring towards the ground. A dull tearing sound came from the tendon extracted from the strong bull. The taut bowstring was like a full moon!
Rustle~
Bounce! Bounce!
Around the five people, the crowns of dozens of large trees swayed together, making frequent noises, green leaves fell, and birds flew around in the sky.
"Don't move!"
The First Emperor gave a loud order and pushed away Zhang Han, who was lying in front of him with a sword in hand.
Zhang Han glanced at Ying Chengjiao who seemed to be enjoying the show, but he just held his sword tightly and stared at Mi Sui, but did not flash in front of the First Emperor again.
"Your Majesty, you are too arrogant."
Mi followed the sound, grabbed the bow in one hand and the arrow in the other, and lifted it up suddenly. With a flash of cold light, the tip of the long arrow, which could kill a deer, was aimed at the First Emperor!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh
Arrows rained down from the sky, all hitting Mi Sui. This was a rain falling just for Mi Sui!
"Tell Mi Chu that it was me, Mi Sui, who wanted to kill her man, not her man who wanted to kill me, Mi Sui!"
Mi Sui roared and stood still, completely ignoring the rain of arrows.
He loosened his fingers, and a sound of breaking through the air was heard, which was much louder, sharper and louder than the sounds of hundreds of arrows breaking through the air in the sky combined!
The extremely sharp arrow brushed past the First Emperor's body. At the last moment, Mi Sui slightly changed its direction.
Mi Sui closed his eyes, waiting for the hundreds of arrows to pierce his body and for his violent death.
The moment he closed his eyes, he seemed to see a figure rising into the sky!
"Illusion, Taotie wouldn't be that stupid."
He was the first to shoot the First Emperor, and standing by his side to block the arrows for him at this time meant that he was assassinating the First Emperor together with him.
Ding ding ding~
His hand felt light, and the ox-horn bow was gone. The crisp sound of iron and stone kept coming into Mi Sui's ears, coming from the sky.
Mi Sui suddenly opened his eyes and saw Ying Chengjiao waving his ox horn longbow above his head, using the bow to deflect all the hundreds of arrows above his head and scatter them away.
"Idiot! Who needs your help? Get out!"
[I was led astray by that girl Mi Chu! 】
He roared, bent his knees and was about to exert force, but a thousand pounds of gravity pressed down from his shoulders.
The doctor ordered Zhang Han to wear a skull armor, put his hands on his shoulders, and sealed all the vital points on his body.
His inner strength was originally like an endlessly flowing river, but at this moment it was as if a dozen large rocks were filled in the originally empty river channel, and his inner strength was blocked and could not flow.
"Don't move!"
Zhang Han shouted orders.
The rain of arrows overhead suddenly stopped, and the figures holding daggers and with murderous eyes that had been exposed from the treetops also shrank back.
Ying Chengjiao fell from the sky, returned the ox-horn bow to Mi Sui, and complained:
"Can't you bring a sword? Didn't I give you a few?"
Ying Chengjiao only brought a pistol with him on this Laba hunting trip, and no other weapons. He did not blame himself, but was surprised that Mi Sui only brought a bow and arrow.
The longbow is a medium to long-range weapon, and is not as useful as a sword for self-defense or blocking.
The First Emperor walked up to Mi Sui with a solemn expression.
"You want to kill me?"
Mi Sui sneered.
"Ying Zheng, there's no point in pretending at this time."
"Do you think I want to kill you?"
"Isn't this obvious? Otherwise, why did you mention the incident of shooting you that year?"
"Because Zhao Gao is dead."
Mi Sui was stunned, Meng Yi was stunned, and Li Si, who was rushing over and wanted to dismount to protect the emperor, was also stunned.
Everyone in the court knew it.
The people most trusted by the First Emperor were not Meng Tian or Meng Yi, who had followed him since childhood.
The person most favored by the First Emperor was not Li Si, who advised against the destruction of the six kingdoms, wrote the "Remonstrance Against the Expulsion of Aliens", and proposed the county system.
The person whom the First Emperor trusted and favored the most was Zhao Gao, a middle-ranking official who served as the Minister of Chariots.
The First Emperor ordered Zhang Han to let go of Mi Sui and get on his horse.
"I was thinking that you should have shot harder, so that the villain Zhao Gao would have died on the spot."
After regaining his freedom, Mi Sui still did not move, standing there stupidly, saying in disbelief:
"You really don't want to kill Sui? Is that why you asked Sui to hunt with you?"
The First Emperor clicked his tongue twice and looked at Mi Sui with a pitiful look, while the black horse under him kicked its hooves restlessly, wanting to run.
"The Mi family is really losing its talent, and it is led by an unwise person like you. I advise you to let Mi Chu take over the position of head of the family. Your family is ruled by women anyway, and the men of the Mi family are as bad as ever, from the time of King Zhaoxiang to now."
Mi Sui's face turned ashen with anger.
The Chu lineage of the Qin State originated from Mi Bazi, who married King Zhaoxiang of Qin. After Mi Bazi, the most outstanding figure of the Chu lineage was the Queen Dowager Huayang.
Since the Chu lineage was an external relative of the emperor, the people with the power to speak were the queen and concubines of the King of Qin.
The Chu faction of the Qin State had its foothold in being the Qin King's bedmate, so naturally most of them were women.
The First Emperor glared at Li Si, who had just realized what was happening and was about to dismount.
"If I had asked you to protect me, I would have died long ago. Why are you still coming down? Follow me!"
Li Si, who had been the Eighteenth Prince's teacher for several days but didn't know that Zhao Gao was dead, wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve, not daring to move his aching buttocks, and said awkwardly:
"only!"
"Hunting is free, don't let me go! If I can't hunt, I still have Chengjiao. There is no shortage of offerings for the ancestors. How can you be brothers?"
The First Emperor shouted and rushed out with Zhang Han, Meng Yi and Li Si to look for the next prey.
Mi Sui stared blankly at the First Emperor's receding back, unable to react. Was he really going to ignore him?
"Look, I told you to stop talking, but you didn't listen."
Ying Chengjiao imitated the way Mi Sui patted his shoulder just now, patted him back, and said seriously:
"It's okay. Although it's a bit embarrassing for you, Brother Sui, I'm very touched. We are half-brothers!"
Being reminded by Ying Chengjiao and thinking about the many sentimental "last words" he had just said, Mi Sui, who failed to die, had a thought flash through his mind - it would be better to just die like this!
“Get lost!”
He angrily pushed away the hand on his shoulder, jumped on his horse, and went to pick up the special long arrow he had just shot.
Ying Chengjiao rode his horse to catch up.
The two horses carried the two men to the place where the arrow fell, only to see that it was a rock with the arrowhead embedded in it.
After piercing such hard stone, the arrow's tip was obviously not sharp anymore.
"Waste an arrow!"
Mi Sui became angry and rode away on his horse to chase the First Emperor.
Ying Chengjiao followed with a smile.
Before he had walked fifty steps, Mi Sui became more and more angry. He could not help but turn around and yell to Ying Chengjiao:
"No, he is sick!"
Ying Chengjiao smiled.
"Who knows?"
Who stipulated that the emperor must be moody and anyone who dares to violate this rule must be executed immediately? Can't the emperor joke around?
After the five men left, a sharpshooter climbed down from the tree and came to the rock.
Seeing the long arrow penetrated into the body, he reached out to pull it out, but it was difficult to do so. He used all his strength, gritted his teeth, and finally got it out.
The spectators were all amazed.
The First Emperor drew his bow and arrow, but before he could aim, there was another sharp sound of breaking through the air. The specially made one-meter-long arrow pinned the big deer that the First Emperor had favored to the ground, killing it with another arrow.
"Your Majesty's arrows are too slow."
Mi Sui said lightly.
[Today I will make sure you can’t shoot any prey! 】
The First Emperor put away his bow, applauded and praised him for his "excellent archery skills", and then said:
"Qin is too small to accommodate two kings. Jianglu won a great victory in Xiongnu territory. Shooting a deer is nothing. If you want to shoot, shoot the Xiongnu!"
Meng Yi probed:
"Your Majesty, for my brother's military achievements, can he be made a marquis this time?"
The First Emperor laughed and scolded:
"What are you thinking about? Is it that easy to be crowned Marquis Che?"
Meng Yi rode his horse closer to the First Emperor and nudged him lightly with his arm.
"If you can't make him Marquis Che, then Marquis Guannei will be fine."
The First Emperor snorted.
"It's no use trying to get close to him. If you want to be crowned Guannei Hou, then destroy the Xiongnu.
"Since I became king, I have always fought against other countries, but I have never been fought by other countries!"
He pulled out the arrow, told the Qin army that appeared from nowhere to take the sacrifice away, and then Mi Sui mounted his horse.
"Those Xiongnu run faster than rabbits. Jianglu is a lone army, and is ultimately like a rootless stream. We can kill the enemy but cannot occupy land. We can win temporarily but not forever. I only hope that when Jianglu can no longer hold on, Your Majesty will remember today's joy and not punish me."
The First Emperor snorted coldly.
"You speak as if Jianglu is your own son."
He turned around and looked at Ying Chengjiao who was silent.
"You bastard, you paid for Jianglu to go to the Xiongnu land. You are not really giving the Hu people saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes, right? I am waiting to see how you fight and win the world."
[I have taught them all the methods, but they are so overwhelmed by their military achievements that they only know how to kill. What’s the point of not listening? Or is it that my methods are not actually applicable…]
Ying Chengjiao said helplessly:
"You'll see."
Ying Chengjiao has always believed that professional matters should be left to professionals.
When it comes to fighting a war, he doesn't think he is better than Meng Tian, who has led the army for more than ten years and is a leader of the new generation.
One day passed.
At night, Mi Sui dreamed that he was beheaded by Zhang Han's sword. He woke up in the middle of the night with his back teeth almost broken from biting them.
"No, Ying Zheng, you are sick!"
Unable to sleep, he simply took out the battle report sent back from the northwest.
"How did Jianglu win a great victory in the heart of the Xiongnu?"
