A knife in love

The gray-clothed old man paused for a while when he said this, and then he continued: "Shang Jun has seen through the plan of the new king, and watched the new king keep replacing the important officials of the court and the officials who promoted Shang Jun in a calm manner. Deposed one by one, knowing that the new king was going to attack him, but he was unwilling to stand still, so he had to escape from the capital and planned to escape back to his fief to defend himself. At that time, the new king had already placed all his cronies in the court Therefore, after hearing that Shang Jun escaped, the new king immediately sent troops to chase him, and ordered the local governments to arrest Shang Jun, and he must not be allowed to escape to Qichu and other countries. After receiving the king's order, the government dared not Without the slightest negligence, he sent people to search for the whereabouts of Shang Jun, and at the same time posted official documents telling the people not to hide Shang Jun, otherwise they would be severely punished.

"After Shang Jun escaped from the capital, he didn't dare to stay in an inn at first, so he could only hide in an abandoned house or in the woods for the night. Until he fled to his fief not far away, Shang Jun thought that this place was far away from the capital of Qin, and the inn He may not have known about his escape from the capital, so he had the courage to stay at the inn. But because he didn't carry a guide, the innkeeper didn't dare to let him stay overnight. Shang Jun was quite annoyed, and asked the innkeeper why he was so unreasonable. Sighing, he said to Shang Jun that the guest officer didn't know something, and the little old man was not a ruthless person in the first place. The guest officer missed the accommodation. If he didn't stay overnight in the small shop, he could only spend the night outside the house, but God It's freezing cold, I'm afraid my body will freeze if I don't last two or three hours. The little old man intends to keep the guest officials in the small shop overnight, but the imperial court has a clear edict. If there is no way to guide, even if the king comes, Don't stay in the store, otherwise it will be a capital crime. Not only the youngest will be executed, but parents, wives, children and the neighbors around will be sent to the government for punishment. This is the rule set by Lord Shang, and those who disobey will be killed without mercy Over the past few years, in our small place alone, twenty or thirty people were convicted and killed for not carrying guides, and there were quite a few people who were physically tortured with mutilated limbs.

"When the shopkeeper said this, he peeked out of the store with a look of horror, and then continued, not to mention that according to the rules set by Lord Shang, the informer is meritorious. After the criminal is convicted, the informer can get the prisoner Money in the family. Right now, everyone is in danger, but their eyes are wide open and their ears are pricked up, hoping to spy on the neighbor's family for something wrong, so they will go to the government to report it, so that the neighbor's family property can be appropriated I also invite the guest officer to take pity on the little old man who is not easy to make a living, so find another place to spend the night.

"Mr. Shang heard what the shopkeeper said, and it can be said that he regretted it. He thought to himself that I thought that harsh punishments and strict laws could enrich the country and strengthen the army. I didn't expect to let the people suffer such a disaster, and finally hurt myself. I am really unhappy with retribution. As he was thinking , the shopkeeper looked around and there was no one around, so he said in a low voice, there are often officials and other people in the inn who come to investigate, and the guest officials did not bring guides, if they were interrogated by the officials or noticed by the villains, they would definitely be arrested and tortured by the government , ranging from damage to limbs, or loss of life, so the guest room is requested to leave here as soon as possible and find a place where there is no one to rest.

"Mr. Shang has no choice but to leave the inn, planning to find another place to rest. But just after he walked not far away, a group of wolves and tigers chased him up, tied him up with ropes, and took him into the government. It turned out that when Shang Jun was leaving, he was spotted by a family next to the inn. The head of the household saw that Shang Jun looked unfamiliar and left the inn in a hurry in spite of the curfew. Going to arrest him, he took Shang Jun to the Yamen. Shang Jun originally wanted to fool him, but the officials were extremely cruel, so he couldn't help but beat Shang Jun dozens of boards first. However, only then did he confess that he was Shang Jun.

"After Mr. Shang was escorted back to the capital, the new king sentenced him to be tortured by a chariot. To put it bluntly, he was tortured by five horses. Poor Shang Jun spent a lot of effort to make Qin strong, but ended up in such a miserable end. Really. It is a pity. Xu Fu thought that Lord Shang set up the system of continuous sitting, but in the end he harmed himself, and ended up with a five-horse corpse. Such a smart person as Lord Shang still cannot escape the pursuit of the Qin government in the end. Even if he can He escaped from the capital, but whether he hides in the downtown area or in the ends of the earth, he is afraid that he will still be captured by Qin Shihuang and taken into the palace in the end. Thinking of the tragic conditions of the captured alchemists when they were killed, Xu Fu shuddered. He had no intention of murdering Qin Shihuang. Thinking of escaping from the capital and avoiding Qin Shihuang's murderous hands."

The gray-clothed old man paused for a moment when he said this, and then continued: "Xu Fu tried his best, and finally he came up with a way to escape. It turns out that there was an alchemist who went out to sea by boat before, and wanted to go to the island in the sea. Looking for rare herbs, he had many adventures at sea, and he returned to the palace to add oil and vinegar and told his accomplices to know. Most of the alchemists had heard about it, but Xu Fu kept it in his heart. He heard it from the alchemists. According to the legend of fishermen on the seashore, thousands of miles There is a big island overseas. There are wild people living on the island. A fisherman encounters a big storm while fishing at sea. After drifting for dozens of days, he unexpectedly arrives at the shore of the big island. There are towering mountains on the island, and there are faint lights flickering , Just like the hell in the legend. These fishermen escaped back to Middle-earth by chance, and when they talked about what happened at sea, they were terrified.

"Xu Fu thought to himself that the whole world, could it be that the land of the king, the middle land has been occupied by the Qin State, and everywhere is under the jurisdiction of the government. No matter where he hides, he will either be caught by the tolerance or denounced by the people, and he will die in the end. It's better to go out to sea by boat, find the legendary big island, and live on the island from then on. Qin Shihuang can't reach him and can't catch himself. Although the land on the big island is barren and there are wild men and beasts infested, it is better than being caught by Qin Shihuang He was tortured, and finally the whole family was killed by Qin Shihuang.

"Thinking of this, Xu Fu made up his mind. He found a few trusted alchemists and discussed together for several days, thinking about how to deceive Qin Shihuang. This group of people knew that this matter was extremely dangerous, and if they showed their flaws, they would be destroyed. The disaster was caused by repeated weighing until it was confirmed that there were no flaws before deciding to take the risk. Not long after, when Qin Shihuang came to inspect the alchemist's refining of golden elixir, an alchemist deliberately mentioned in front of Qin Shihuang that there were fairy mountains on the sea. Qin Shihuang was really interested and asked what kind of place the so-called fairy mountain was. The alchemist saw that Qin Shihuang had been fooled by him, so he followed Xu Fu's instructions and said nonsense that there were three fairy islands in the sea, namely Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou. There is a fairy mountain on the island, which is the residence of the gods. If you can go to the fairy mountain, ask the gods, and get the fairy medicine from the gods, after taking it, you will surely live forever, and your life will be as long as the sky!"