Da Qin: Confucianism, Dharma and Taoism

More than 100 kilometers outside Xianyang, caravans can be seen passing by on the official road.

There are dense jungles on both sides of the official road. A man wearing a bamboo hat and simple clothes is standing on a tall tree.

He stared at the official road for an unknown period of time before he jumped and disappeared into the jungle.

Not long after, the figure came to a flat area in the jungle.

On a flat area in the jungle, a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy in ragged clothes was sitting cross-legged on the muddy ground.

The boy held his cheek with one hand, looking at the bonfire in front of him boredly, and occasionally picking up branches and throwing them into the bonfire.

Swoosh————

A sound of breaking through the air came.

Hearing the noise, he turned around and saw the figure in the bamboo hat. He stood up and greeted him impatiently: "Uncle, you are back!"

The boy's tone was excited. He licked his lips. Although he was calling uncle, his eyes were all on the other's hands.

Gai Nie was holding a pheasant at this time. Seeing the boy's eyes shining, he was also a little amused.

"Tianming, are you hungry?"

Gai Nie walked to Tianming and sat down. He began to pluck the pheasant's feathers with his hands and feet. Soon, he cleaned the pheasant.

Tianming swallowed hard and nodded repeatedly: "Hungry, I am almost starving to death. Uncle, if you don't come back, you may see my corpse."

Gai Nie just smiled at Tianming's exaggerated words.

He was dignified at this time, and there was a great deal of uneasiness in his heart.

Two days ago, he took Tianming away from Xianyang Palace while he was sleeping.

Gai Nie was still thinking about how to explain to Tianming, especially what to do if he cried and asked where his mother was.

For more than ten years, Tianming had been living in Xianyang Palace, and he was not familiar with the other children of Ying Zheng in Xianyang Palace.

It can be said that in the lonely life of more than ten years in Xianyang Palace, Tianming only had his mother in his life.

Although he had met Ying Zheng several times, Ying Zheng was a person who didn't even care about his own children, so naturally he couldn't give Tianming much care.

The only thing Ying Zheng could do was to give Tianming an extremely comfortable life.

It was precisely because of this that Gai Nie was worried that if he forcibly took Tianming away, would he make him resent him, and how would he explain this to him.

But the development of things always exceeded Gai Nie's expectations.

When Tianming woke up, he was not excited at all. Instead, he asked who he was and where he was.

This made Gai Nie nervous all of a sudden.

As the personal bodyguard of the First Emperor, Tianming had seen Gai Nie before, especially his mother, Concubine Li, who often gave Tianming the impression that Gai Nie was a good person.

But after Tianming woke up, he completely forgotHe forgot who he was. In addition to his name, he even forgot his parents and his past life in the Xianyang Palace.

This made Gai Nie immediately guess the effect of the magic used by the Moon God of the Yin-Yang School, which was to make Tianming forget his memory.

As for what other effects this magic has, Gai Nie doesn't know for the time being.

But it is precisely because of this that Gai Nie feels nervous. He is not nervous about Tianming's amnesia, but why the First Emperor does this.

This is completely unnecessary. If the First Emperor doesn't want Tianming to live, he can just execute him. As the supreme First Emperor, no one can survive if Ying Zheng wants to kill him.

Oh, of course, if the First Emperor wants to kill King Yong, that may be another matter.

As one of the vertical and horizontal masters, although Gai Nie didn't learn the vertical and horizontal skills, he only practiced swordsmanship.

But he still has enough wisdom, otherwise Guiguzi would not have accepted him as a disciple.

Gai Nie naturally sensed the existence of conspiracy in this matter.

He had a hunch that the First Emperor did it on purpose, and he did it on purpose, as if he wanted him to take Tianming away.

When this thought came up, Gai Nie's mind was complicated, but more of it was fear, the fear of always walking on the road designed by others.

In the past few days, he left Xianyang with Tianming, and Gai Nie had been paying attention to the situation on the official road.

But strangely, the First Emperor did not send heavy troops to hunt him down, as if Gai Nie had never betrayed, which was quite unusual.

'Your Majesty, do you think this matter should not be publicized? My betrayal is a shameful thing for the Qin State after all. '

This is how Gai Nie explained himself.

But he felt that this explanation did not match his understanding of Ying Zheng.

With Ying Zheng's arrogance, how could he care about what others think of Qin or him? He was an emperor who did what he wanted and should never tolerate traitors.

But Gai Nie was not hunted down by heavy troops, which made Gai Nie a little uncomfortable. He was clearly ready to escape.

"Uncle... Uncle, what are you thinking about? The chicken is almost burnt."

Tian Ming pushed Gai Nie's shoulder hard at this time, which made Gai Nie come back to his senses.

He smiled apologetically, quickly lifted the roasted chicken from the fire, took out the seasoning and sprinkled it on it.

"Eat it, Tian Ming."

Gai Nie handed over the roasted chicken, and Tian Ming couldn't wait to grab the roasted chicken and ate it in big mouthfuls.

"Huh... it's so hot... it's burning me to death!"

After taking a bite, Tianming felt that it was too hot, but he still smiled foolishly and ate the roasted chicken in small bites.

After eating half of it, he thought for a while, pulled out a chicken leg and handed it to Gai Nie: "Uncle, you eat too."

Gai Nie shook his head: "I'm not hungry, you eat it."

Now GaiAt Nie's level, he couldn't do a complete fasting, but as long as he didn't experience a big battle, it wouldn't be a big deal to not eat for a few days.

He just took a sip from the kettle, looked at the condiments in his arms, and said: "We will arrive in Nanyang soon. After arriving in Nanyang, we will go to Xinzheng County to replenish the materials."

With Gai Nie's martial arts, in this era when most areas have not been developed and there are countless wild animals, it is still no problem to just fill his stomach.

But as a civilized person, the life of eating raw meat and drinking blood is unbearable for ordinary people, so condiments have become a necessity.

Now the condiments are almost used up and need to be replenished.

"Xinzheng..."

Thinking of this city, the memories of more than ten years ago came to Gai Nie's mind again.

He also clearly remembered that he accompanied King Yong to Xinzheng as a guard.

There he met Xiaozhuang, encountered Zi Nu and Han Fei, and protected King Yong, and fought with Ji Wuye and Bai Yifei, the former generals of Han.

More than a decade had passed. Thinking carefully, he had protected the First Emperor for more than 20 years, and now he was no different from a pure Qin citizen.

But who could have thought that in the end, he, who should have been the most loyal guardian of Qin, would become a traitor.

Gai Nie touched the beard at the corner of his mouth. Unconsciously, he was already forty years old. According to Confucianism, he was also forty years old and had no doubts.

……

"Your Highness, we are already near Xinzheng."

"Well, there is no need to enter the city. Entering the city will cause a commotion. Just wait here. Since the emperor did not send troops to hunt him down, he will definitely take this road."

In the carriage, Ying Wei said calmly.