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Chapter 956 Gao Yao: Almost Lost His Life

At the same time, Yi Xiaochuan followed Liu Bang's corvée team and arrived at Xianyang City.

With a "travel" mentality, Yi Xiaochuan began to wander around Xianyang City and happened to meet Gao Yao who was counting goods.

Gao Yao was naturally very happy to meet again after a long separation, and he pulled Yi Xiaochuan to talk about his experience of traveling back to the Qin Dynasty. Only then did Yi Xiaochuan know that Gao Yao was working for Qin Hao.

"Gao Yao, do you want to go back?"

"Of course I do. I want to go back even in my dreams. What if someone bullies Gao Lan without me around?"

Yi Xiaochuan's mouth twitched, and he muttered: "Given Gao Lan's personality, it's good enough that she doesn't bully others."

"What did you just say, Xiaochuan?"

"Oh, nothing. I mean, I found the clue to go home." Yi Xiaochuan said perfunctorily.

Gao Yao's eyes widened. "What clue? Can we go home?"

"There are three words on the box that was sent to us. I asked someone to look at it. It's written in Chu seal script, and it's called Tang Wushan. As long as we find Tang Wushan, we should be able to find clues to get back." Yi Xiaochuan said proudly.

Gao Yao slapped his thigh and said, "This is good news. I can finally go home."

However, Gao Yao immediately shook his head and said, "No, I have to tell Lao Qin first. If we can't go back to Tangwu Mountain, I have to come back to work."

Ever since Gao Yao became the shopkeeper of Qin's Workshop, he has been leading a pretty comfortable life. If it weren't for his younger sister Gao Lan, he wouldn't want to go back.

Yi Xiaochuan asked impatiently: "Do you want to go back?"

"Then I definitely want to go back, but I also have to leave a way out for myself. You don't know how much I suffered before I met Lao Qin. I almost died here." Gao Yao shuddered when he thought of the past days.

Yi Xiaochuan complained to Qin Hao: "Humph, he is determined to stay in the Qin Dynasty and become a local rich man. Anyway, I said he would go back no matter what."

Gao Yao changed the subject when he saw this: "We are reunited today after a long time. I will cook tonight and we can get drunk together. How about that?"

"Okay, let's get drunk." Yi Xiaochuan suddenly thought of Liu Bang, hooked his arm around Gao Yao's neck, and said proudly.

"By the way, I'll introduce you to an important person later."

"Big shot? What kind of big shot?"

"Hey, you'll know when the time comes."

When Yi Xiaochuan returned to the inn and found Liu Bang, Liu Bang was very worried. Before entering Xianyang City last night, two corvées ran away. He originally planned to buy two slaves in Xianyang City to make up the number, but after asking about the price, this idea was instantly shattered. With the money he had, let alone buying slaves, it would be difficult to buy a sheep.

Tomorrow is the day to perform corvée labor. Qin law is strict. If the number of people is not gathered, everyone will be convicted and their families will also be implicated.

Just when Liu Bang was extremely worried, Yi Xiaochuan came back and brought him a "fellow villager".

Liu Bang suddenly had an idea: Aren’t these two human heads?

Yi Xiaochuan did not notice the change in Liu Bang's eyes, and proudly introduced him to Gao Yao: "This is my good brother Liu Bang."

"Liu Bang?" Although Gao Yao had not read much, he had heard of Liu Bang, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty.

"Are you Emperor Gaozu of Han?"

Liu Bang looked puzzled, and Yi Xiaochuan quickly pulled Gao Yao away: "He is not yet."

"Yes, it's still the Qin Dynasty." Gao Yao rubbed his hands. "I actually shook hands with Emperor Gaozu of Han. If I tell Gao Lan about this when I get back, she will definitely think I'm bragging."

Seeing that Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao looked weird, Liu Bang didn't care. As long as he could make up the numbers and let him pass safely, it would be fine.

So Liu Bang invited Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao to drink. Since he didn't have enough money, he collected some from other corvée laborers.

However, Gao Yao said he would treat Liu Bang and his party, and took them to a very luxurious hotel in Xianyang City.

Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao, who were completely unprepared, were soon drunk. Liu Bang and his men carried them back to the inn where they were staying.

"They treated us to such an expensive banquet, and we still hurt them. Isn't that a bit too unkind?"

A younger corvée suddenly spoke up.

In front of everyone, Liu Bang pretended to be compassionate and sighed.

"We have no choice. You all know that Qin law is strict. If the number of corvée is not right, we will all be convicted. Even our parents, wives and children will be implicated. If we want to blame someone, we should blame the world and Qin law for exploiting us too harshly."

"That's right. We are not to blame for this. We were forced into this situation by Qin Fa."

People always subconsciously make excuses for their mistakes, and then quickly convince themselves that it is not their fault, but others and the environment.

Liu Bang looked at Yi Xiaochuan and a smile appeared on his lips.

"Boy, don't blame me. If you want to blame someone, blame it on the fact that the eldest daughter of the Lu family fell in love with you. If you didn't die, how could I marry her?"

Early the next morning, Liu Bang sent Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao to the corvée camp, and tied them up to prevent them from escaping.

In addition, Liu Bang was afraid that Yi Xiaochuan would not die, so he arranged for him to build the Great Wall. It is said that the corvée laborers who built the Great Wall were in great danger of death, and almost no one came back.

Gao Yao was sent to be a government slave. When he woke up, he was already in the government slave camp.

"Where is this? Why are you locking me up? I want to go home!"

The soldiers next to him immediately gave Gao Yao a physical lesson, beating him so hard that his nose and face were swollen.

"When you get to this official slave camp, you'd better behave yourself and do whatever you are told to do, or you'll be in trouble!"

Gao Yao groaned, "I am not a government slave. I want to see your superior. I am the owner of the Qin Workshop. I know the Prime Minister Li Si."

"Could it be that this guy's brain has been damaged by our beating? If a mere official slave knows the Prime Minister, then doesn't that mean I know His Majesty?"

"Stop talking nonsense and quickly register. These official slaves are waiting to be used by the higher-ups."

On the other side, Xiang Liang and his nephew were waiting for Gao Yao to get the receipt at Qin's workshop. This was also the rule set by Qin Hao. After the caravan completed the handover, getting the receipt meant that the glass was delivered safely. If the glass was damaged afterwards, it would no longer be the caravan's business.

However, Gao Yao did not come after waiting for a whole morning. At first, Xiang Yu thought that Gao Yao was deliberately making things difficult for them. But when he went to Gao Yao's house to look for him, he learned that he had never returned since he went out with Yi Xiaochuan yesterday.

Xiang Liang immediately realized that something was wrong, so he followed the clues and found the inn where Liu Bang was staying, but it turned out to be empty.

After asking the store owner, I learned that Liu Bang and his group came to Xianyang City to perform labor service.

Xiang Liang and his nephew had no roots in Xianyang City, so they could only consult the people in the shop on how to find people.

When the people in the shop heard that the shopkeeper was missing, they quickly used their connections to look for him. The Qin Workshop had also made friends with some dignitaries over the past six months, and they quickly found out the origins of Liu Bang and his group. Two days later, they finally rescued Gao Yao, who was suffering terribly.

"Brother Xiang, thank you. By the way, where is my friend Yi Xiaochuan? Have you found him?"

The first person Gao Yao thought of was Yi Xiaochuan.

Xiang Yu said angrily: "If it weren't for him, you wouldn't have been sent to the official slave camp. Why bother with him?"

"That's not the case. Xiaochuan is also a victim. Who could have thought that Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, was so shameless." Gao Yao spoke with agitation and pulled his cheek, gritting his teeth in pain.

Xiang Yu thought that Emperor Gaozu of Han was just a nickname and didn't take it seriously.

"Your friend has been sent to build the Great Wall. I'm afraid we won't be able to get him back for a while."

Gao Yao was anxious when he heard this: "We have to chase him even if we can't. I heard that building the Great Wall was a life-threatening journey. If Xiaochuan died, my sister would definitely be very sad."

"No, no matter how much it costs, I have to rescue him."

In the end, Gao Yao gave money and used his connections to finally rescue Yi Xiaochuan.

"Xiaochuan, your big brother is nothing. He actually sent one of us to the official slave camp and the other to build the Great Wall. He wants us to die."

Yi Xiaochuan hesitated and said, "Maybe Big Brother has some difficulties?"

Xiang Yu snorted coldly: "No matter what your reasons are, you can't betray your brothers. If I see such a despicable person, I will beat him up."

Yi Xiaochuan was speechless.

Gao Yao was so angry when he heard this that he said, "Don't let me see Liu Bang again next time, or I will let him have a taste of what it feels like to be sold as a government slave."

Xiang Liang was not interested in wasting time on Gao Yao and Yi Xiaochuan, two idiots who were sold out and still helping others count money. He impatiently urged Gao Yao to sign the receipt so that they could return to Danfu County. Now that the snowstorm was coming, there would surely be disaster victims who could not survive and would occupy the mountains and become kings next year. It was a good time for them to win people's hearts.

After Gao Yao issued the receipt, he asked Xiang Liang and his nephew to help him take a letter of leave. In the afternoon, Xiang Liang and his nephew set off for Shanfu County with the guards and the caravan. Yi Xiaochuan stayed in Xianyang City and made an appointment with Gao Yao to go to Tangwu Mountain in the spring of next year to find a way to go back.

On the other hand, Qin Hao was enjoying the days of having a wife, children and a warm bed. Yes, a warm bed in the literal sense.

When building the Qin Mansion, Qin Hao specially designed an earthen kang for the room.

To be honest, the cost of building an earthen kang is quite high, and most families cannot afford it at all. It's not because the cost is too high. If you make it casually and don't pay attention to the appearance, it won't cost much to build an earthen kang. The key is the fuel, and the main fuel these days is wood.

Among the necessities of life, firewood comes first. If you don't live near the forest, you have to buy all the firewood with money. If you want to keep the earthen kang warm at night, you have to keep adding firewood into it. The consumption is extremely high, and only people as wealthy as Qin Hao can afford it.

With the existence of the earthen kang, Lu Su hardly suffered any hardship during her confinement. With Qin Hao around, many unreasonable confinement traditions were changed by him.

The child was taken care of by a wet nurse and a nanny, and Lu Su only needed to play with him for a while during the few moments when the child was awake every day.

Giving birth is extremely difficult for others, but after giving birth, Lu Su not only maintained a good figure, but her complexion also became rosier and she became more charming like a married woman.

By the time Xiang Liang and his nephew returned to Shanfu County, it was already spring of the following year, and Qin Hao's son was already three months old.

"Brother Qin, congratulations on the birth of your baby boy." Xiang Liang liked the chubby Qin Ming more and more.

Qin Hao handed his son to Lu Su. Lu Su knew that Qin Hao was going to talk about serious business, so she took the child back to her room to rest.

"Did the journey go smoothly this time?" Qin Hao asked.

Xiang Yu waved his hand nonchalantly: "With me here, there won't be any problems. We have defeated all the bandits along the way."

Qin Hao still believed in Xiang Yu's fighting ability. This guy was simply using a dimensionality reduction attack to deal with those weak bandits.

Xiang Liang handed a list to Qin Hao and said, "Brother Qin, these are the bandits I think are worth winning over along the way. However, if you want to win them over, you have to use both kindness and force."

Xiang Yu had already defeated all these bandits by using both kindness and force. The remaining ones needed money and food to feed. No relationship was as solid as a relationship based on interests.

"Okay, I'll arrange it." Qin Hao silently accepted the list. Showing kindness is the easiest way to win people's hearts. This kind of thing definitely cannot be let Xiang Liang and his nephew do it, otherwise wouldn't he become a scapegoat?

Xiang Liang originally wanted to fight for it, but Qin Hao directly changed the subject and asked about the situation in Xianyang.

Xiang Yu then told Qin Hao about how Liu Bang had betrayed Gao Yao and Yi Xiaochuan. Qin Hao frowned when he heard this. He originally thought that he had changed the trajectory of the plot, but he didn't expect that Gao Yao almost got stabbed. Fortunately, he was saved by Xiang Yu.

"This Liu Bang even dared to betray my people. He must be taught a lesson."

This time it was Liu Bang himself who handed the evidence to him. Impersonating someone else and replacing corvée labor was a serious crime.

Afterwards, Qin Hao read the leave letter that Gao Yao asked Xiang Liang and his nephew to give him. He knew very well the result of Gao Yao and Yi Xiaochuan going to Tangwu Mountain. It was doomed to be a waste of time.

That night, Qin Hao hosted a banquet for Xiang Liang's uncle and nephew, as well as the guards and the caravan. He also took this opportunity to introduce the guards he would recruit later to Xiang Liang's uncle and nephew.

Fan Kuai, Xiahou Ying and Zhou Bo, three peasants, were not taken seriously by Xiang Liang and his nephew.

Xiang Yu's arrogance also aroused the dissatisfaction of Fan Kuai and Xiahou Ying, who took advantage of their drunkenness to challenge Xiang Yu.

Naturally, Xiang Yu would not take them seriously, so he turned the duel into a group fight. At the beginning, he was fighting two alone, and beat Fan Kuai and Xiahou Ying until they cried in pain. Later, Zhou Bo couldn't bear to see his brothers getting beaten, so he stepped forward to help, and as a result, one more person was beaten.

This stunned all the guards who came later. You have to know that Fan Kuai and the other two were the best fighters among them, but they were defeated so easily by Xiang Yu.

"What do you think? I told you that Captain Xiang is braver than ten thousand men, but you didn't believe me. Do you believe it now?" Qin Hao also intended to use Xiang Yu to warn Fan Kuai and the other two. These three guys would radiate love if given a little sunshine. If they couldn't be suppressed, their vulgarity would start to flare up, and who knows what kind of trouble they might cause.

Fan Kuai patted the dirt off his body, still unwilling to accept the defeat: "I drank too much wine today, I will fight you another day."

"Anytime!"

Xiang Yu was actually interested in Fan Kuai and the other two. (End of this chapter)