General Qin

Sanchuan County, the emperor's palace in Luoyang City.

It's winter now, it's freezing cold outside, but the fire is burning in the house, and the faces of those roasting are red.

The First Emperor was lying on the bed, looking straight ahead.

He had no clothes on and was shirtless.

Xia Wuji knelt beside the bed and stretched out his hands to gently massage the emperor's back.

After the massage was completed, he took the needle from the tray in the disciple's hand.

"Your Majesty, I'm going to take the needle."

"Um."

Xia Wuji took a deep breath and inserted the needles in his hand into the emperor's back one by one.

This is an acupuncture technique passed down by ancient doctors. In the past, Bian Que became famous all over the world with his acupuncture skills. As a famous doctor in the Qin State, Xia Wuqi was proficient in this technique.

It's just that the target of the injection is the Lord of the World, and the emperor's physical condition is a bit complicated. Although Xia Wuji is a brave man, he can't help but feel nervous at this moment, sweat dripping from his forehead.

Fortunately, the acupuncture was completed smoothly without any problems.

After the needle was pulled out, Xia Wuqi breathed a sigh of relief. After hesitating for a while, he still reported: "Your Majesty, I think we should have a good rest in Luoyang these two days, and we can't travel by carriage for the time being, otherwise it will affect the recovery of the injury."

The First Emperor was expressionless and just waved his hand.

Xia Wuji sighed secretly, bowed and left with his disciples.

"Zhao Gao, help me up."

"only."

Zhao Gao, the commander of the CRRC, quickly stepped forward and helped the First Emperor change from a lying position to sitting on the couch.

Feeling that the pain in his waist was greatly relieved, the First Emperor let out a breath.

Rushing back to Guanzhong from Pengcheng was a poor decision.

Although the golden root carriage the emperor rode was covered with soft mats and quilts for him to lie on and rest, it was still a carriage running all the way. The road in this era is not always smooth, and bumps are inevitable.

Along the way, the emperor found that the injury to his waist not only did not recover, but became even more unbearable.

In the past, he spent several hours a day reviewing documents.

Now I can't even sit on my knees for half an hour. As long as I sit for a little longer, I will feel sore and weak.

Even Xia Wuji's decoction was of little use for the pain in his waist and arms. Massage and acupuncture could alleviate the pain, but it could not cure it.

"Mortals are powerless, or can we only rely on immortals?"

The First Emperor sighed secretly in his heart and ordered Zhao Gao: "Call Lu Ao and Xu Shi to come."

After a while, two alchemists wearing wide robes and long sleeves with a different aura were summoned into the palace.

"My lord, Lu Ao, pays homage to your majesty. I wish your majesty a long life."

"Your Majesty, Xu Shi, pays homage to your Majesty. May your Majesty live as long as heaven."

The emperor had already changed into a loose black robe. Hearing the flattery of the two alchemists, the emperor sneered: "Don't say these false words again. I heard you talk about cultivating immortals, saying that mortals can also become immortals?"

Lu Sheng's eyes lit up and he stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the practice of cultivating immortals has actually existed since ancient times. I have heard that in ancient times there were immortals such as Chisongzi and Guangchengzi who became immortals in the form of mortals. They all had the power to The great supernatural power of reclaiming mountains and seas.”

The First Emperor immediately frowned and said sternly: "Since mortals can cultivate immortality, why didn't you tell me before, but instead said that you can seek immortality medicine overseas? Lu Ao, Xu Shi, you are deceiving me!"

Xu Shi was well prepared and immediately said: "Your Majesty, I have no intention of deceiving you. It's just that the way to cultivate immortality is a long-term effort. It requires self-cultivation and meditation, refining Qi, accumulating Qi in the body, and transforming it into magic power. Transform your mortal body into an immortal body. This cannot be achieved overnight. Your Majesty is the king of the world and is responsible for national affairs. Therefore, I did not dare to speak to Your Majesty about this before."

"We can only retreat to the next best thing and propose a way to find immortals overseas. We just want to seek immortality for your Majesty without affecting his rule of the country. But I didn't expect..."

The First Emperor's face relaxed a lot.

He is busy with government affairs and needs a lot of time every day to correct documents and deal with political affairs. He is so busy that he doesn't even have time to pamper beauties, and it is impossible to engage in some illusory cultivation of immortality.

So what Xu Shi said makes sense and makes sense.

In the past, the First Emperor would have dismissed this.

But now.

Because he could not sit for long periods of time and it was difficult to write and review documents, the First Emperor left a large number of political affairs to the two prime ministers to handle during this period, giving him a lot of free time.

"Can you live forever if you practice immortality?"

Upon questioning by the First Emperor.

Xu Shi replied decisively: "If you succeed in cultivating immortality, you will have an immortal body. You can live freely in the world. Not only can you live forever, you can also shed your mortal body and eliminate all diseases. I heard that in ancient times, the Xuanyuan family, the co-lord of the world, relied on Only by practicing the way of immortality and developing great magical powers can you defeat Chi You. Later, Huangdi Xuanyuan ascended in the daytime and became an immortal, free in the world, immortal and immortal, and he was at ease."

Hearing that cultivating immortals could cure illnesses, the First Emperor's eyes lit up and he became really interested.

"That being the case, can you please explain carefully how to cultivate immortality?"

Lu Sheng and Xu Shi looked at each other with ecstasy in their eyes.

Wealth is coming!

…

In the twenty-ninth year of Qin Shihuang, it was winter.

Just as the First Emperor's motorcade was slowly heading from Sishui County to Guanzhong.

During this long period of time, the Qin army in Liaodong also received personnel and material supplies from the Central Plains, and at the same time received a new order.

Destroy Lord Cang Haijun and the Ji clan who participated in the assassination, and avenge the First Emperor!

The heavy snow has stopped, and a general is standing on a raised hillside. The white fox cloak behind him is dancing in the wind. He is surrounded by a blanket of silver, showing off the northern scenery.

Li Xin looked in the direction of Zhongyuan, his lips pursed tightly.

It is said that in this battle to conquer Haidong, the First Emperor wanted Zhao Tuo to personally lead the troops to avenge him, and lead the army across the sea to conquer the Korean Peninsula.

But Zhao Tuo refused and recommended Li Xin.

It is not something that ordinary people can do to give up the title that is easily available and pass the credit to others.

But Zhao Tuo did it for him, Li Xin.

"Zhao Tuo, I know what you mean."

"I will make good arrangements for your old subordinates."

Li Xin let out a long breath. The winter in Liaodong was very cold, but his heart was very warm.

There were footsteps behind me.

"General, Maodun has arrived."

The speaker was Luan Bu. Because he was capable and brave in fighting, he was favored by Li Xin and became his confidant in Liaodong.

"Well, bring it here."

Soon, Mao Dun, who had already unbraided his hair and had it tied up like a Qin man, walked over.

Before he even got close, Mao Dun threw himself down in the snow, kowtowed to Li Xin and said, "Young man, Mao Dun, pay your respects to General Li."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Get up, how many barbarians are there in our army now?"

"General Li, there are about 3,000 Huns and about 7,000 barbarians from Liaodong. There are about 30,000 Donghu tribesmen who are willing to surrender to the Qin Dynasty."

Maodun was sent by Li Xin to manage the surrendered Hu people, so he knew this.

At the end, he added: "General Li, I heard that the eldest son of King Donghu has gathered almost 50,000 Donghu people deep in the grassland. They may go south at any time."

Li Xin sneered: "My defeated generals have been defeated by our Qin army a long time ago. How can I have the courage to go south?"

He said this, but Li Xin thought that he would lead his army southward and go straight to the peninsula to deal with Xunqi and Jishi Korea. If the eldest son of King Donghu really led his army southward at this time and cut off his retreat, it would really be a disaster. It's quite troublesome.

This is why he summoned Maodun.

This former Hun prince did not complain that the Qin army killed his father Touman Shanyu.

In Moton's words, Touman dotes on his younger son and has always planned to abolish the eldest son and establish a younger one. In order to please King Donghu, he actually sent his eldest son to Donghu as a hostage. It can be said that he never spared Moton's life. in my heart.

Therefore, Mao Dun’s enemy Tou Man only has hatred but no love.

He did not hate the Qin army for killing Touman, and was even grateful to Li Xin for rescuing him from King Donghu.

Regarding Mao Dun's rhetoric, Li Xin naturally knew that there were many lies in it.

But it didn't affect his appointment of Maodun.

Mao Dun was in Donghu as a hostage and knew the internal situation and geographical environment of Donghu very well.

And because he was insulted by the King of Donghu, Maodun was full of resentment towards Donghu and would not betray the Qin army, but would instead help the Donghu people.

And in Li Xin's opinion, this Maodun was very smart and could recognize the situation clearly.

"You can use it as a chess piece to contain Dong Hu's remnants for me."

Li Xin said solemnly: "After the spring begins, I will lead the army south to conquer North Korea and Xinjiang. At that time, I will leave the army to guard Xiangping to protect the inside of the fortress. You will lead the Hu people who have surrendered to our army to gather outside the fortress to guard against the East Hu. The remnant. If this is done well, your future will be indispensable."

Maodun was overjoyed, this was a big promotion.

He kowtowed hurriedly and said: "I will obey the general's order and make sure those Donghu people don't dare to go south!"

Li Xin nodded and waved for Mao Dun to go down and arrange the corresponding matters.

He turned and looked in the direction of the peninsula.

A new war to destroy the country is about to begin.