Qin Official

You mean, the Ruo Ao family started its inheritance six hundred years ago and lasted for dozens of generations. It once dominated the Chu Kingdom and almost killed the King of Chu Zhuang?

Heifu did not expect that from the time of human settlement to the rooster's crow, what would accompany him through the long night in this wilderness would be Li Xian's story about the Ruo'ao family.

Just now, after Heifu and the others captured the tomb robber, they immediately interrogated him, hoping to find out the fact that the tomb robber colluded with Chaoyang Lili Prison Gate. But the leader of the tomb robbers, the red-faced and short-bearded thief, was tough-talking and would not kill him. He was so angry that Dongmen Leopard wanted to kill him with a halberd.

But the tomb robbers are not monolithic, especially the young man from Chu State named Xing who was forced to join the tomb robber gang. He hated the beatings and abuses he received from the tomb robbers, so he told everything he knew as if he was pouring beans.

Xing also confessed that tonight, on the first day of the week, Chaoyang Lili Prison Gate will personally drive an ox cart to meet them and help move the stolen goods...

So Heifu discussed with a few people and decided to let Dongmen Bao and Xiao Tao drag the five tomb robbers to hide behind the mountain bag and seal their mouths. Heifu and Li Xian pretended to be tomb robbers, holding iron shovels, sitting on the edge of the tomb, and waiting for the rabbit for the Chaoyanglili prison door...

It was late and cold in the night, and time passed very slowly. Anyway, Hei Fu was crossing his arms and shivering when he was idle, and chatting to pass the time. He asked Li Xian about the origin of the tomb owner, Ruo Ao.

Li Xian was not surprised that Heifu didn't know Ruo Ao's family. After all, it has been more than fifty years since Chu State withdrew from Jianghan. Times have changed, and the common people only recognize who the officials are in front of them. Except for them, the little nobles of the Chu Dynasty who still talk about their old feelings, who will remember the former feudal lords?

He told Hei Fu that the Ruo Ao family was the descendant of Ruo Ao, the fourteenth generation king of the Chu Kingdom. After Chu was crowned king, the Ruo'ao family gradually grew and became the most powerful clan in Chu. Later, the Dou family and the Cheng family were divided, and there were many commanders and sima who held important military and political positions for a long time. How could they fight against Tutu (Ziwen), become Dechen, and become Daxin... It's a pity that these people, Heifu Don't know anyone.

After listening patiently for a long time, Li Xian finally talked about a person he knew: King Zhuang of Chu, who had already made a name for himself without making a sound.

Only then did Hei Fu realize that the reason why the King of Chuzhuang did not fly for three years was precisely because the Ruo'ao family had lost power and had sidelined the King of Chu. It is said that the Ruo Ao family had six private soldiers at that time, which together accounted for half of the Chu army.

In the end, the King of Chuzhuang went to war with the Ruo'ao family and finally won the victory. Only then did he go north to fight for hegemony and aspire to the top.

The Ruo'ao family perished after that? Heifu asked.

How can it be.

Li Xian waved his hand and said: The King of Chu thought that the Ruo Ao family had been loyal to the Chu State for several generations, so he left a line of descendants and sealed them in Anlu. At that time, this place was still called Yun County, and the Dou family became Yun County. male.

When the Chu State and the Wu State fought, Wu Zixu and Sun Wu led their troops to defeat the Chu army and invaded the capital of Ying, the Ruo'ao family had another opportunity.

At that time, King Zhao of Chu fled to Anlu, and Douxin, a descendant of the Ruo Ao family, followed him and made some contributions to protecting King Zhao of Chu. Therefore, when discussing the merits and rewards afterwards, King Chu Zhao promoted Dou Xin to the position of You Yin, which was below Ling Yin and Sima, but above ordinary county officials.

These deeds are all engraved on the tripod touched by the tomb robber. This large tomb is exactly the tomb of Yun Gong Douxin. No wonder the standards are so high. Not only are there horses and chariots buried with him, but there are also tomb-suppressing beasts, which can compete with The princes are shoulder to shoulder.

Hearing this, Heifu was slightly shocked: Wait a minute, if Ao is Duke Yun, what does it have to do with the family of Zuo Wei Yunman in that county?

Yun's family?

Li Xian was stunned, subconsciously spat, and said disdainfully: How is it possible? Ruo Ao is the grandson of the king of Chu State with the surname Mi, and is the Duke of Yun. Although the Yun family claims to be a noble, it is just a remnant of the ancient Yun State. Just like my Li family, he was just a high official and a minister of the Ruo Ao family. I am not bragging, but my Li family was in charge of the classics for the Ruo Ao family, but what about the Yun family? I was just in charge of the stables and gardens, and carried the Ruo Ao family's shoes. Not even worthy!

It can be seen that the Yun family has prospered in recent years and has become the biggest local snake in Anlu. The Li family who was equal to him back then was a little jealous. Heifu smiled and did not expose it. For him, it was troublesome enough to become enemies with the Yun family. He was happy to hear that these old nobles were not monolithic.

In the more than two hundred years since King Zhao Zhao of Chu and Dou Xin, although the State of Chu has changed several times and was even reformed by Wu Qi Jin, the essence of aristocratic rule has remained unchanged. Ruled Anlu.

Time seems to have stood still, just like the stagnant classes and society in Chuland. However, the aristocratic life has become more and more luxurious, squeezing countless wealth and decorating their palaces.

But the outside world, especially the Qin Kingdom in the north, is undergoing earth-shaking changes!

Until one day, a general of the Qin State named Bai Qi led his army to sweep across the Yangtze River and Han Dynasty. He raised Yanying in one battle, burned Yiling in another battle, and the king of Chu fled in panic in the third battle. Qu Yuan sank into the river in grief and anger... Chu State is here The rule that lasted for hundreds of years collapsed overnight.

Descendants of the Ruo Ao family in Anlu also fled in a hurry. From then on, the Ruo Ao family's deeds became a thing of the past. Even Dou Xin's tomb turned into a pile of weeds because no one was eating blood.

Folks only left the legend that the Ruo Ao family had a large tomb in Anlu, but no one knew where the tomb was.

Unexpectedly, the legend turned out to be true, and by some strange combination of circumstances, they found him today.

Speaking of this, Li Xian couldn't help but sigh with emotion: Ghosts are still asking for food. How can the ghosts of the Ruo Ao family be discouraged? Unexpectedly, the words of the ancestors of the Ruo Ao family have actually become true! The Ruo Ao family After the separation, even Douxin can no longer enjoy blood food, which is really sad and lamentable!

As the saying goes, things harm their own kind. After being a noble, although he was now only a pawn, Li Xian still felt sorry for the decline of the Ruao family. The nobility that has been inherited for six hundred years is now unable to survive on a bloody diet. Is there anything more shocking than this?

But Heifu's heart was not shaken at all.

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When Li Xian sighed, Hei Fu nodded on his face, but he didn't agree in his heart.

If the Ao family declines, it will decline. What is there to regret?

Perhaps because of the influence of his previous life, or perhaps because of his status in this life, Heifu has never been interested in aristocratic rule from the beginning to the end.

Miss the aristocratic spirit of the Spring and Autumn Period? Keep your ears open and listen! In addition to the elegance of nobles boasting about themselves and eating and drinking, how do the national customs of various countries praise this kind of life?

Wei Feng said: The big rat, the big rat, has no food for me! A three-year-old girl, I don't want to care about anyone... The aristocratic feudal system from top to bottom makes the nobles of all sizes exploit the peasants in turn, and the savages are like pigs and dogs.

Bin Feng said: How can one die without brown clothes? The peasants have been busy for a year, but all the silk and fox skins have been sent to the nobles to clothe their princes, but they can't even afford brown clothes. .

Looking at the tomb of Douxin of the Ruo'ao family in front of us, it is true that the country is huge, the family is rich, and the burial is rich. Inside the coffin, there are treasures for playing, bells, tripods, pots, guios, horses, clothes and quilts, and countless burial objects. These things are not all the blood and sweat of the people under his rule. Although the Chu State also had laws, they were in name only in the feudal territory.

Unlike the aristocratic stories that Li Xian heard from his elders, Heifu also heard his mother tell stories about his eldest father and eldest mother, but from a commoner's perspective. In the eyes of the common people, compared with the Chu State, Anlu under the Qin State was still very miserable, but life was slightly better than before.

Today's Qin State is not yet under the rule of Qin II. Although the laws and regulations are strict, there is still a limit to everything.

Peasants no longer have to pay tribute to nobles of all sizes in turn. They only need to pay the grain rent and oral tax to the Qin county officials in a unified way, and serve one month of corvee every year. Although the labor is heavy, at least it will not happen in the past when a certain nobleman was too hot-headed to organize the people to build cities and hunt tigers and leopards during the busy farming period.

Because of Qin's emphasis on farming, Liju was organized into production brigades. People could borrow cattle and iron farm tools from officials to cultivate their own land. There is no need to worry about the king and grandson riding horses, chasing foxes and rabbits, and running rampant on their own fields, but they don't have to pay any price. Although merchants are lowly, there will not be any young master who reins in the horse, eats for free, buys and sells by force.

While Qin's laws restricted the freedom of the common people, they also restricted the wanton behavior of the old nobles.

Qin's laws prevented the nobility from controlling local places, and at the same time opened the door to class mobility for the common people.

The appointment of officials by the government is no longer based on family lineage, but on the mastery of laws and regulations, and on true talent and learning. Coupled with the military merit system, people who were destined to be farmers and common people forever in the past seem to have a hope...

After decades, the people of Anlu County still speak the pronunciation of Chu, but they no longer think of themselves as Chu people, but as Qin people.

They began to forget the Ruo'ao family who had ruled this place for hundreds of years, but began to remember the Qin laws and regulations that related to life.

This patriarchal aristocratic era, which lasted for more than a thousand years, experienced the collapse of rites and music in the Spring and Autumn Period, the baptism of fighting in the Warring States Period, and was crushed by the all-pervasive laws of Qin. Together with the tripod gui, the symbol of the nobility, it became shaky...

Times like this are an opportunity for little people like Heifu to come to the fore.

Heif knew this very well.

The time traveler is the sharpest awl of this era. It only needs to be put in your pocket to stand out...

But now, he is in the system, looking for any opportunity to rise.

Just as Heifu and Lixian were having many thoughts about Ruo'ao's story, roosters crowed from Liju's house in the distance.

The rooster's crow has passed and Ping Dan has arrived.

The sky is still dark, but there is a faint firelight on the painted road in the direction of the sun...

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A gust of cold wind blew. Sitting on the bullock cart, the prison guard boy shivered in the morning sun and suddenly became more awake.

After he separated from Chang last night, he didn't sleep all night, tossing and turning, always worried that the matter would be exposed.

There have been too many accidents in the past few days.

The grave digging should have gone smoothly, but we encountered a rare heavy snowfall.

On the first day he took office, the director of the pavilion, Heifu, came to inspect Chaoyangli, which was quiet inside and outside...

Without any warning, Quji, the quarrelsome public servant in Lidong, was suddenly arrested by Huyangting. The crime was that he had lost money in the county?

All kinds of things were intertwined in the past two days, making Bo Wu very nervous.

He also knew that because he was greedy for money, he colluded with the tomb robbers to rob the tomb, bought tools for them, and transferred the stolen goods. He had violated the law and must be severely punished!

Therefore, it must not be exposed!

It's a pity that he failed to persuade Chang. Now that the deal is done, he can only bite the bullet and drive the bullock cart to meet the tomb robbers as promised.

What else can he do now? I can only pray that the black man doesn't find anything wrong and quickly transfer the last batch of stolen goods tonight and send those tomb robbers away.

The share he got was enough to sell for tens of thousands of dollars, and he became rich overnight. This was the reason why the prison gate would rather take the risk of cooperating with Chang than take the initiative to report him to the government. The reward is much richer.

So Bo Wu sped up and hurried on. When he arrived at the agreed place, he saw torches burning in front of the mound and two figures waiting for him behind the cemetery.

Boyu stopped the oxcart and took a closer look. He saw a lot of lacquerware and bronze wares piled beside the cemetery...

It seems that the tomb has finally been opened. It's not bad. It was opened on time.

He felt relieved and walked towards the two figures, smiling and saying: Chang, I have gained so much tonight. I'm really ashamed. I really shouldn't be so embarrassed just because the pavilion chief, Hei Fu, walked around in the morning sun. Let you stop...

At this time, the two figures also came over, and one of them swung his torch forward. The hot flames and the smell of smoke made Bo Wu close his eyes, and he couldn't help but curse: What are you doing?

What to do? Of course it's to see who the criminal is. There was a hint of playfulness in the voice, but it wasn't open!

Bo Wu was frightened and wanted to escape, but his retreat was blocked by another person. He was caught in the middle and had to avoid the approaching torch while trying to open his eyes and look at the person in front of him.

But he saw this man wearing red and crimson clothes, looking at Bo Wu with a smile, as if he was looking at the ladder of promotion and wealth.

Chief of Huyang Pavilion...how...could it be you... Bo Wu's face suddenly turned pale and he couldn't believe his eyes.

The person who came was none other than Hei Fu. He stood in front of Bo Wu, dangled the rope in his hand and said with a smile:

In the prison gate, we meet again everywhere in life! We meet again!