When I was in Qin Dynasty, I really didn't want to make progress

Chapter 316: The Swordsman from Yan

Starting from Linzi, heading south, crossing Mount Tai and the endless Nishan Mountains, you will enter the vast plain area.

A majestic city stands on the main transportation route connecting the east, west, south and north. The name of this city is Pengcheng. According to legend, in the distant past, it had another name: Zhulu. After Huangdi defeated Chiyou here, he established his capital here.

Of course, all this has become a distant past, and no one knows whether it is true or not. Today, Pengcheng is an important military town of the Chu State, and also the largest and richest city in the Huai River region of the Chu State. Merchants traveling from north to south, knights roaming the world, and all kinds of people have injected considerable popularity into this city.

This time, a man and a woman from the north came to the north gate of Pengcheng.

The man was tall and held a long sword in his hand. The woman was wearing a conical hat and her face could not be seen clearly, but judging from the outline of her well-tailored clothes, she must be a beauty.

"Let's rest here for a day first, and we will be able to reach Daze Mountain tomorrow." Yang Chong said to Xue Nu while looking at Peng Cheng in front of him.

"Yeah." The Snow Girl nodded, showing a rather taciturn attitude.

During this period of time, although she and Yang Chong have known each other very well, Xue Nu still doesn't know how to get along with Yang Chong.

When she chose Linzi over Handan, it meant that she had already made a choice in her relationship with Yang Chong. After all, she was just a dancer. In the Qi Palace, there were at least hundreds of people like her. She might be outstanding, but she was not as good as most others.

So when making the decision, Xue Nu had actually already made up her mind. In front of Yang Chong, she had no reason to be proud. Moreover, Madam Li's schemes on her made her extremely disappointed with the world. She only wanted to find a place where no one knew her, get rid of that damn fate, and live a peaceful and stable life.

In this regard, Yang Chong is the best choice.

Of course, she herself didn't hate Yang Chong. Not only did she not hate him, she even had a good impression of him.

However, after Yang Chong brought Xue Nu back to Linzi, he put her aside. Although she was always treated preferentially in life and was no different from other concubines, that was all.

During this period, although Yang Chong occasionally went to the palace where the Snow Girl lived to sit and chat, nothing else happened.

Xue Nu even once suspected that Yang Chong had no such feelings towards her. This made her feel disappointed but also somewhat relieved. After all, although she had a good impression of Yang Chong, the bigger reason why she followed Yang Chong to Qi was because there was no point for her to stay in Handan anymore. Her master and mother had cut off her last bit of attachment to Handan.

At that time, she only wanted to go to Handan, and Yang Chong just happened to be there. Faced with the helpless situation, she naturally went with the flow as she already had a good impression of Yang Chong. But she was still a girl after all, and she was somewhat afraid of such things.

Yang Chong did not take the initiative to ask for his "reward", so Xue Nu's disappointment was naturally not as great as her relief.

If things could continue like this, Xue Nu would think it was good. However, how could Yang Chong bring her back to Linzi from Handan just to let Xue Nu live her own life behind closed doors?

Xue Nu only thought that she had met Yang Chong only a few times, but she had no idea that Yang Chong had been thinking about her for a long time.

However, with Yang Chong's current status, his knowledge is no longer the same as that of the young boy who was just starting out and couldn't walk when he saw a beautiful woman. Now Yang Chong no longer pursues the extreme physical stimulation when it comes to women. Now he pursues more spiritual compatibility.

If it is just for the pursuit of sensory stimulation, Yang Chong now has too many means to satisfy his desires. Although there are not tens of thousands of women in the Qi Palace, there are still one or two thousand. These women belong to him in name and in fact.

The same goes for the Snow Girl. What Yang Chong wants is not a stunning dancer from Handan, he wants the Snow Girl in his memory.

In order to achieve this goal, Yang Chong even brought the weakest Snow Girl in the Qi Palace with him on his business trip to Daze Mountain. As for his plan, it was naturally to cultivate a good relationship along the way.

Along the way, the Snow Girl became closer to Yang Chong spiritually, just as Yang Chong had expected.

If Yang Chong was impatient for something to happen after bringing Xue Nu back to the Qi Palace, then although Yang Chong could easily enter Xue Nu's body, it would be extremely difficult to enter her heart.

"The State of Wu also ruled this place for a short time, and later it belonged to the State of Yue. The people of Wu and Yue were also good at dancing. I heard that the State of Yue once sent two beauties to the King of Wu, who became obsessed with women. Eventually, the State of Wu was destroyed by the State of Yue. I think those two Yue women must have been both beautiful and talented." Yang Chong was walking on the streets of Pengcheng, and seeing some people with short hair and tattoos on the streets, he couldn't help but think of the State of Wu and the State of Yue back then. So he found a topic and didn't forget to tease the Snow Girl.

Thinking about the affair of Xi Shi and Zheng Dan now, it has not been that many years, only about three hundred years.

I just don’t know how Zi Nu, Yan Ling Ji and others compare to Xi Shi and Zheng Dan?

However, if Yang Chong can achieve great success in the future, Zi Nu, Yan Ling Ji and others will also leave a great reputation in the future of this world because of Yang Chong, right? After all, women also need men to achieve success.

After walking out of the palace, Yang Chong lacked the steadiness of the King of Qi and became more frivolous. In just a short moment, he had already thought about so many inappropriate things.

"After all, they are nothing but beautiful women with tragic fates. The King of Wu treated them as treasures, but after the demise of Wu, what value do such treasures have? The best outcome is that they are taken into the harem by the King of Yue, but even so what? The King of Yue gave them away, which shows that he doesn't care about them at all." Xue Nu followed Yang Chong's words.

In the struggle between countries, once women are reduced to tools, they are doomed to tragedy. This was the case with Xi Shi and Zheng Dan. Xi Shi was relatively better off. There were many rumors about her ending, some of which were good, although they might not be true. But Zheng Dan disappeared completely, and it seemed that there was not even a glimmer of hope for her.

Girls like Xue Nu, who grew up in a brothel, also knew about the story. Madam Li had used the example of Xi Shi and others countless times to tell them to face the reality that beauty was only a tool for their survival, but not their reliance for survival.

"Everyone has their own opinions on this matter. We have arrived at our destination." While Yang Chong and Xue Nu were talking, an inn appeared in front of them unknowingly.

Yang Chong had someone to pick him up on this trip to Daze Mountain. After all, Yang Chong had been doing business in Daze Mountain for many years.

Apart from other things, Tian Mi, the undercover agent, has already taken over the position of the head of the farm. She has cultivated many confidants in the farm over the years. Moreover, in addition to Tian Mi, Yang Chong has other undercover agents in the farm. Although Yang Chong trusts Tian Mi, he will not put all his hopes on Tian Mi. After all, people will change, especially people like Tian Mi.

Therefore, after receiving Tian Mi's letter for help, Yang Chong sent the two sisters Zhuanhun and Miepo to Daze Mountain to support Tian Mi. At the same time, he transformed himself into another identity and went to Daze Mountain with Xue Nu, becoming a bystander and waiting for the last chance to take action.

This inn was the meeting place agreed upon by Yang Chong and another undercover agent in the farmhouse.

As Yang Chong walked into the inn, the boss behind the counter came up to greet him.

"Are you coming from Jicheng?" The shopkeeper greeted Yang Chong with a warm smile.

The business of this inn should not be very good, simply because the innkeeper is really not good. Although he is smiling, his face full of whiskers gives people an extremely fierce feeling. If a child sees such a scene, he will definitely be scared to tears.

Although he was wearing a shopkeeper's robe, he smelled of meat, like a cook who had been in the kitchen for years.

"You are from Jicheng. Who are you?" Yang Chong looked at the person in front of him. Although he did not have the superb cultivation like the disciples of the Hundred Schools, he was also a small master. It seemed that he still practiced external martial arts. If he was in the army, he might be a fierce general.

Thinking that this person was arranged here by Liu Ji, Yang Chong had some idea of ​​his identity.

Although Liu Ji had many friends, the ones he could truly trust were probably his fellow villagers from Pei County.

"Fan Kuai, Brother Liu asked me to wait for you here." Fan Kuai said with a smile.

He had been working very hard recently to wait for people. The delicate work of being a shopkeeper was not something that someone like him could do. The robe he was wearing was also extremely uncomfortable. It was even more inconvenient than killing a dog. He hadn't smelled dog blood for quite a while.

Killing dogs and eating pork is his hobby. As for his current job, he would not stay here if his elder brother Liu Ji had not insisted on letting him do it. This is a very helpless thing, but loyalty comes first and he really can't refuse.

Fortunately, the real boss Yang Chong has finally arrived, and he can be relieved after completing his mission.

So when Fan Kuai saw Yang Chong, he was quite enthusiastic. In his opinion, Yang Chong was not only his guest, but also his savior.

"So you are Fan Kuai!" Yang Chong said suddenly. He had some guesses before, but now he is sure.

"Have you heard of me?" Fan Kuai asked in surprise. He had never seen Yang Chong before, so why did Yang Chong look like he was very familiar with him?

Fan Kuai was very sure that he did not know anyone from Yan State. He had never been out of Chu State in his entire life. If it were not for Liu Ji this time, he would not even have left Pei County. How could he know someone from Yan State?

But Yang Chong seemed to be very familiar with him, which made Fan Kuai feel confused.

"I heard Liu Ji talk about you." Yang Chong explained.

This is also one of Yang Chong’s pleasures. It is quite interesting to look at the appearance of people who have left their names in history before they became famous. It is a kind of pleasure that only Yang Chong himself can understand.

"So that's how it is." After hearing Yang Chong say this, Fan Kuai finally reacted. He thought that since the other party could make his elder brother Liu Ji wait for him here for so long, he must be a true close friend. In this case, it is only natural that Liu Ji told him about him.

"I haven't seen Liu Ji for several years. How is he doing now? I heard he is doing well?" Yang Chong asked.

"More than good, he is now doing very well in the farming family. We, his childhood friends, have to rely on him for care." Fan Kuai said with some envy.

Now Liu Ji is in Pei County, and he has made a name for himself. If it were twenty years earlier, he would have been a child of another family.

"It seems that I have to rely on Liu Ji's care this time. Is there anything to eat here? We have been rushing all the way and are starving." Yang Chong said.

Fan Kuai's craftsmanship was so great that his name was recorded in history books. It would have been fine if he hadn't seen it, but now that he had encountered it this time, Yang Chong naturally had no reason to miss it.

"Of course there is food. I just stewed a pot of dog meat this morning. You came at the right time. I'm not bragging, but when it comes to cooking dog meat, no one in Pei County dares to disagree with me, Fan Kuai. That is a unique skill that my grandfather learned from the master of Mohist school, Cook Ding." Fan Kuai said proudly.

He didn't have any friends in Pengcheng, and he was feeling suffocated these days. Now he finally met a friend of a friend, who was also his friend. He could finally find someone to talk to about the words he had been accumulating for many days, and he felt very happy.

"Then my husband and I are really satisfied this time." Yang Chong complimented.

"That's right, that's right. So this is my sister-in-law. I'm so sorry. I was wondering about it just now." Fan Kuai's gaze fell on Xue Nu as Yang Chong spoke. Although Xue Nu's appearance could not be seen through her hat, judging from her temperament and clothes, she must be a great beauty. Especially her temperament, which even the eldest daughter of the Pei county magistrate's family could not match. Such a woman?
Fan Kuai thought about it and looked up to Yang Chong. A woman is a man's greatest asset. No matter how a man brags about his strength, his woman can prove everything about him.

"I forgot to introduce her just now. This is the Snow Girl." Yang Chong said.

As Yang Chong's voice fell, the Snow Girl also took off her hat, and a delicate face that was far beyond Fan Kuai's expectations appeared in Fan Kuai's eyes, which made the butcher from Pei County gasp.

In his life, he had never seen someone like the Snow Girl. Even the county magistrate's wife, whom he had spied on and amazed him for a long time, seemed nothing special to him after seeing the Snow Girl.

(End of this chapter)