Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 108 "Roots, Mislead Me"

In the third year of Emperor Tianzi's reign,
Something happened in Luoyi again.

The reason,

After being forced to acknowledge "Duke of Zhou" Ji Gen, Emperor Ji Bian became more and more unhappy. So, taking advantage of the fact that Han and Zhao believed that the matter was a foregone conclusion and relaxed their support for Ji Gen, he tried again to take back Gongcheng.

Gongcheng,

You have to accept it!

After all, the territory of the Zhou royal capital was becoming increasingly smaller. When it was passed to Ji Bian, the Zhou emperor only had Gongcheng left besides the royal city of Luoyi!

How could he lose this one and only "place"?

Moreover, Ji Bian himself has a rather absurd personality and is not a calm and sensible person.

After King Xi of Zhou Lie died, before he succeeded to the throne, he issued a notice to the princes, asking them to come and mourn for the emperor.

When other princes heard the news, they couldn't help but think:
So wild?

He is really different from the previous emperor!
Then they ignored the notice.

Ji Bian was furious and was about to select the princes to punish them.

However, since the Three Jins, Qin and Chu were too close to each other, they could really attack if they disagreed, so Ji Bian, who had a clear self-awareness, sent people to Qi and threatened the Duke of Qi, "If you don't come to mourn, I will kill you."

The look on the Duke of Qi's face at that time,
Very intriguing.

It feels like I want to laugh but I can't.

Subsequently,

The Qi State just thought that the new emperor was crazy and ignored it.

The emperor stamped his feet in anger in the palace.
Not long after, because of Ji Gen's incident, he was beaten up by Zhao Han together, and then his eyes regained their clearness.

Until now,
The memory of the beating slowly faded away,
Tian Zibian cheered himself up and felt that he was invincible again!

Duke Ji Gen of Eastern Zhou was bullied by him so much that he sent people to Wei and Han to seek help.

At this time, the princes were very interested in trampling on the dignity of the Zhou emperor.

Wei Houying and Han Hou Ruoshan waved their hands again:
send troops!

Forced Zhou!

The allied forces of the two countries pressed towards the Zhou royal capital, causing the emperor to tremble in the palace.

However, just when Emperor Bian thought that he had "lost the Mandate of Heaven" and the world was about to welcome a new Zhou king, the Qin State in the west suddenly raised its troops and crossed the river under the banner of "serving the king".

The King of Qin looked at the city wall of Luoyi in the distance and said to his ministers, "Whether we can restore the prestige of Qin depends on this time!"

After Ying Shixi ascended the throne, he abolished human sacrifice, counted the population, built markets, and implemented the county system.

Externally, the country expanded its territory, and last year, it tried to trade with the distant Western Regions and achieved some results.

The Qin State slowly returned to normal.
The national strength is gradually growing.

During the years he was in power, Ying Shixi also tried to advance eastward after the country's strength grew.

But eight years ago, they were defeated by South Korea in the Acid Water Battle.

Five years ago, we were defeated by Zhao in the Battle of Gao'an.

Not to mention the Hexi area which has always been controlled by the Wei State.

As Qin was unable to advance eastward, its reputation among the Shandong princes declined day by day, and now it is almost unable to catch up with Zhongshan State, which is good at spending money!
Ying Shixi is getting older and is already fifty-eight years old this year.

Although his crown prince Qu Liang was clever, he was only fifteen years old.

He did not dare to entrust the great cause of Qin's eastward expansion to such a young successor.

anyway,

He should also lay some groundwork for the later Qin King while he is still alive.

At the very least, the road should be made easier for those who come later, so as to reduce the pressure on the Qin State.

So when he heard that Wei and Han had sent troops to attack the emperor, the King of Qin immediately decided that this was his chance!
Although the Zhou emperor was weak,
But Luoyi has always been in his hands.

That's not Wei Han's place!
When the Qin army went there, they had to fight with the Wei-Han coalition forces in an unfamiliar land!

There will no longer be the danger of playing away from home like in the previous battles against Suan Shui and Gao An!
I can't beat him left and right.
It was also the territory of Emperor Zhou that was destroyed!
The emperor huddled in the palace, wanting to cry but unable to shed tears. He really didn't understand why he had attracted three princes just because he wanted to take back a small city like Gongcheng.

Although Qin was loyal to the king, his loyalty was commendable.

But if they failed to win, the State of Qin could still retreat to the other side of the river, but the Emperor of Zhou would have to face Wei and Han head on!
"Why am I doing this?"

"It's all Jigen's fault!"

The emperor was so frightened that he kept cursing Duke Dong Zhou.

……

When the ghosts and gods heard about this, they could not help but ask their cattle and horses, "Has this emperor's head been kicked by a horse?"

Ximen Bao was dealing with the new ghosts in the underworld. He didn't even raise his head and replied, "I'm not familiar with horses. Tu Bo can ask Qin Jun."

After all, when it comes to raising horses,

The Qin people are professionals.

After all, his ancestor Fei Zi was rewarded by King Xiao of Zhou for his good horse breeding. He was granted the land of Qin and resumed the worship of his ancestors with the surname "Ying", and was named "Ying Qin".

It is inferred from this that

The King of Qin could tell at a glance whether Tianzi Bian had been injured by the "Ma Jue" attack.

He Bo understood the joke and laughed along, "You've also learned to be sarcastic!"

Ximen Bao said helplessly, "I am a dead ghost. If I am not weird, how can I shine and give off heat?"

Turn around,
He added, "Wars are becoming more frequent in the world of the living, and there are more and more ghosts in the underworld."

but,

The underworld created by ghosts and gods has a lot of overlap with the world of the living.

Usually after taking control of a mountain, the powers of the mountain god and the earth god would spontaneously combine to open up an underworld city in the corresponding area.

Over the years, all the small hills surrounding Taihang Mountains have been occupied by He Bo.

But the closer you get to the middle main range of the Taihang Mountains, the stronger the resistance becomes, like a solid wall of steel that is difficult for He Bo to penetrate.

After a few years, He Bo was still firmly kept out, not even a crack was left for him to pass through.

This made the ghosts and gods, who had been doing well for many years, feel a little regretful, but because the time was long, they did not feel anxious.

But apart from the core of Taihang,
There is nothing wrong with He Bo claiming that "the mountains and rivers of Shanxi are all under control."

At this time, there were few people and many places.
It is impossible for all the people of Sanjin to die suddenly, and the wicked have to go to various small hells for reformation, so there is no problem of "too many ghosts" in the underworld.

This is not what Ximen Bao wanted to say.

He said to the ghosts and gods, "The cities in the underworld are not connected." "Before, there were few dead ghosts, so this problem was not revealed."

"But now that there are more ghosts, there is a need for visits."

"Several ghosts have come to me, hoping to ask for leniency from the ghosts and gods."

When He Bo heard this, he just nodded, "Okay, I understand."

What Ximen Bao mentioned,
This also reflected that He Bo had not been able to completely penetrate the Taihang Mountains and control the Three Jins at this time.

The cities of Hades,
Relying on "under the mountain soil",
Therefore, the mountain and the city are not connected to each other.

After all, the mountains in the world stand alone, unlike the rivers, which stretch and interweave to reach the state of "you in me and I in you".

That’s why He Bo originally commented on the underworld city, “It’s like a sandbox.”

Only ghost officials who have received blessings from ghosts and gods can walk freely in the underworld.

If they hold the staff for guiding ghosts, they can guide the ghosts from one place to another.

But in general,

It is not very convenient to need a ghost official to lead the way.

However, this is not a significant requirement.

The ghosts in the underworld can use utensils burned by their descendants in the world of the living, and they can grow the food necessary for them to maintain their thinking.

There is no need to worry about food and clothing.

It is precisely because they have no worries about food and clothing that they think about going further afield to see the world.

Because of He Bo’s laziness, many of the cities in the underworld are projections of the world of the living, and the scenery is different.

In recent years, in addition to the ghosts of people, the underworld has also become more populated by wild beasts and birds, making it more lively.

Xi once asked a dead ghost, "Why do you want to go to other places in the underworld?"

The dead ghost said confidently, "When I was alive, I couldn't go out of a place ten miles in radius. Now that I'm dead, can't I go see how big the world is?"

"It's the underworld." Xi reminded him.

"Oh, yes, yes, it's the underworld!" The dead ghost also followed suit and changed his words in an instant.

For this,

He Bo could only say:
The ghosts and gods are all using the water mill to "move the mountains", so everyone just wait and see!
……

"Who do you think will win in the chaos of the three kingdoms on the other side of the river?"

He Bo had nothing to do, so he asked Ximen Bao to play chess with him and asked him questions.

of course,

Because Ximen Bao felt deeply painful every time he played Go with ghosts and gods, he has now switched to Liubo.

Ximen Bao put down his chopsticks, moved the chess piece, and said, "I don't know, I don't have time to think about it!"

"Then you are really useless!"

He Bo despised him.

Ximen Bao snorted, "If it weren't for the ghosts and gods who would secretly move the chess pieces while I was thinking, I would have time to think deeply now."

He Bo then withdrew his outstretched hand and put the chess piece he had just moved back to its original position.

But the ghost still insisted, "Your wife said that I am very good at chess!"

Ximen Bao snorted again, "It's just the same!"

After Ximen Bao's wife also became a ghost, He Bo also invited her to become his chess friend.

The other party also unceremoniously abandoned Ximen Bao and turned to the arms of ghosts and gods, and praised Tu Bo's face that was similar to Ximen Bao.

Ximen Bao stamped his feet in anger and said to his wife with a stern face, "Didn't you say that the older you get, the more attractive you become?"

obviously,

It was obviously me who came first!
But his wife said, "How can you, an old man, compare to the young Tubo?"

Ximen Bao was so choked that he couldn't speak, and then he covered his face and left.

His wife's chess skills and style are comparable to He Bo's, and they can be called the male and female demons.

During the game, the god and the ghost fully enjoyed the joy of playing chess.

Only Ximen Bao felt very painful watching from the sidelines.

Ji Wu occasionally passed by. As a ranger, he could not understand chess, but he could feel the resentment from Doctor Ximen.

So he sighed, "It's good not to get married."

……

After playing a few games of Liubo with Ximen Bao, He Bo suddenly looked up and said, "Want to gamble?"

"I bet that Qin will win the battle of the Three Kingdoms in Luoyi!"

Ximen Bao just glanced at him, then called Lao Guixi and asked him, "Is there any news from Wei and Han?"

Xi looked at the ghosts and gods beside him, then looked at the chessboard situation, and then said to Ximen Bao, "I don't know."

So Ximen Bao confirmed the result and told He Bo, "Don't bet, Wei Han has already lost!"

The attitude of ghosts and gods,

Everything has been explained.

Although the dead ghosts in the underworld cannot perceive the movements in the world of the living in time, ghosts and gods are not included.

He loves his work and has no holidays. He is always receiving and judging new ghosts. He can also get relatively timely information from the ghosts who died crossing the river after being defeated in battle.

He Bo could only sigh in disappointment and lost another meal to Ximen Bao.

In the Yang world,

The defeated Wei-Han coalition hastily crossed the river and returned to the Three Jins.

Wei Houying's expression was extremely sad, and then turned gloomy.

Because after winning this battle, Qin was destined to return to the fold of the Chinese.

The return of Qin with a great victory this time also means that there will be huge changes between Qin and Wei.

The Hexi area had been peaceful for a short time.
A new and more intense battle is about to begin.

After much thought,

Wei Houying finally threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground and said angrily:
"It's all Jigen's fault!"

(End of this chapter)