Chapter 114 Zhao Gong goes to a banquet(1/2)
Xiang Shaolong took the lead on horseback, while Huang Shaohong and Yuan Zong mingled among hundreds of inkmen and headed towards Handan on foot.
When passing the customs defense, I saw no trace of Xiang Shaolong. I guess he had successfully passed the customs defense and headed to Handan.
When the guards saw hundreds of Mohists, they not only did not stop them, but also saluted one after another. This proved that the Mohist guild was developing very well in Zhao State, and Mohist theory was generally recognized and respected.
To be honest, when Huang Shaohong passed the defense, he was ready to attack at any time. After all, among the hundreds of newly conquered Mohists, who knows if there are any who are half-heartedly trying to trick him. As long as they pass the defense, who will attack him?
If the defenders of Zhao State shout that there is a spy, it will become lively.
Of course, it turns out that he underestimated the beliefs and integrity of the Mohists. Once these Mohists recognized his status as a great prince, they would not betray him easily. After Yuan Zong explained this, Huang Shaohong couldn't help but sigh: "Those who have ideals
Such nice people!”
But even so, he still reminded Yuan Zong that people's hearts are unpredictable after all, and he should not trust others too much when managing the Mohists' Guild in the future. Although trust is good, it must be constrained by a complete and reliable system.
Huang Shaohong knew that even among the revolutionaries who held faith in later generations, there were also those who betrayed the revolution.
After walking for more than ten miles, I finally saw the spectacular scene of the ancient Handan City. The first thing that caught my eye was the two battalions of Zhao soldiers stationed outside the city. The military camps stretched out and the flags were like the sea, which was quite intimidating.
When I got closer to the city, I saw that the city walls were high and thick, and the moat was deep and wide. It was like having one man to guard the gate and ten thousand people to stop.
Huang Shaohong followed a group of Mohists through the city gate and entered Handan, passed through the busy city, and arrived at the Mohists' Guild in a remote corner of the city.
Because the Mohists were against extravagant life, the decoration in the Mohists' guild was very simple. Yuan Zong led his people to quickly subdue the Mohists who stayed inside. These people faced only two choices, surrender or perish.
Huang Shaohong, who held the Juzi Order, had great righteousness, and all the Mohists in the world surrendered. Without Yan Ping's intimidation, these Mohists all chose to swear allegiance to the new Juzi.
With the help of Yuan Zong, Huang Shaohong quickly took over Zhao Mo's forces. Hundreds of secret letters were sent out and scattered throughout the Zhao Kingdom. In the next half month, the people in charge of Zhao Mo's peripheral areas will return to Handan one after another, and there is still only one thing waiting for them.
The first two options.
After successfully gaining control of Zhao Mo, Huang Shaohong handed over all specific affairs to Yuan Zong, who was more familiar with Mo Zhe. The tone he set was to build the Mo Zhe Guild into a spy agency covering six countries, with functions
Including "gathering intelligence, assassination and beheading, sabotage and instigating rebellion" and other espionage methods.
Huang Shaohong also planned to let all the Mohists improve their strength through rigorous training, and he had chosen the instructor, Xiang Shaolong, who was born in the special forces. Of course, this matter would have to wait until the guy established himself in the Wu family.
Let’s talk about the heels.
The replacement of the leader of the Mohists' Guild is not a trivial matter, and it cannot be hidden from the eyes of interested people. In just a few days, Huang Shaohong received more than ten invitations to banquets.
From Zhao Mu, the powerful Julu Marquis, to all the major families in the Zhao Kingdom, even the Wu family, where Xiang Shaolong went to defect, also sent banquet invitations to the new Juzi.
Huang Shaohong asked Yuan Zong to reply to these people, and declined all these invitations on the grounds that he had just taken over the Mohists' Guild and needed to sort out things in the guild.
Fortunately, Mohists advocated "frugality" and opposed luxury and enjoyment. Even the original Yan Ping rarely accepted invitations to banquets. Therefore, these high-ranking officials did not take it seriously when the new emperor rejected their invitations. Instead, they thought that Huang Shaohong
He is an ascetic Buddhist practitioner like Yan Ping, and I feel quite relieved about him.
In fact, Huang Shaohong has been staying at home these days. In addition to quickly taking over the affairs of the Mohists' Guild, he is also studying the writing of this era with Yuan Zong, which is the big seal script.
The seal script is divided into big seal script and small seal script. Small seal script was created after the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms by canceling the other six kingdoms scripts and simplifying the big seal script and creating a unified script. It had not yet been born at the end of the Warring States Period where Huang Shaohong is now.
Dazhuan was a font commonly used in the late Western Zhou Dynasty before Qin unified the six kingdoms, including bronze inscriptions, oracle bone inscriptions and the characters of the six kingdoms at the end of the Warring States Period.
The reason why Huang Shaohong learned Dazhuan is because he had 'deciphered' the secrets in the Juzi Order and obtained the addendum of Mozi's Art of War and Mozi's Swordsmanship.
Mozi's addendum was recorded in large seal scripts. In addition, there were a large number of bamboo slips in the Mohists' Guild. Huang Shaohong was very interested in the parts related to medical skills and mechanism manufacturing, so he wanted to study them in depth.
To do this, you still need to learn the seal script.
In the addendum to Mozi, there are the art of war and swordsmanship created by Mo Zhai in his later years. The most interesting thing is that both the art of war and swordsmanship are completely different from his previous non-offensive ideas. He even proposed the idea of using offense instead of defense. I don’t know.
Is it because Mo Zhai had some insights in his later years?
Huang Shaohong did not attach much importance to Mozi's swordsmanship and art of war. What he valued was the mysterious breathing method in the supplementary text of Mozi.
He remembered that in the original book, Xiang Shaolong used this breathing method to practice swordplay for three consecutive hours. Not only was he not tired at all, but he was energetic. This shows the magic of this breathing method.
Huang Shaohong didn't intend to keep it to himself. While learning Dazhuan with Yuan Zong, he also told him about his discovery of Mozi's addendum, and took out all the things in it to share with him.
This made the former Juzi shocked by the changes in Mo Zhai's thoughts in his later period. At the same time, he believed that Huang Shaohong was the one who could lead Mo Zhai to realize his ideals. Otherwise, why would this Juzi Order be passed down to several generations of Juzi, but only this new Juzi
Only then can we discover the secret. This is simply God’s will.
While learning Dazhuan, Huang Shaohong first learned the breathing method through Yuan Zong's dictation. According to the above method, he incorporated this breathing method into his daily walking, sitting and lying. He was surprised to find that this breathing method can really work.
Strengthen your physique, nourish your spirit, and get twice the result with half the effort when practicing martial arts.
If it is used to replace the original breathing method and is completely integrated into life, the effect may be subtle, but the benefits obtained over time are unimaginable.
In the days that followed, Huang Shaohong left all the chores to Yuan Zong to handle. He practiced martial arts in seclusion in a separate courtyard at the back of the Mohist's Guild, and by the way, he fully integrated the 'Mozi Breathing Method' into his daily life.
After a few days, Huang Shaohong has been able to incorporate the 'Mozi Breathing Method' into walking, sitting and lying. Except when he is sleeping, he has changed his original breathing method and switched to the 'Mozi Breathing Method' instead.
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The resulting effects were also extremely impressive. Not only did his fists and feet become much more flexible when practicing martial arts, but also when he took medicinal baths to practice the 'Iron Shirt', he felt that his body absorbed the medicinal properties much faster.
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This also allowed him to improve his progress in practicing the 'Iron Cloth Shirt' in the past few days. He calculated that if he continued to practice at this speed, he would be able to practice the 'Iron Cloth Shirt' for just three months, which would be equivalent to a normal year of hard work. After half a year, the 'Iron Cloth Shirt'
Small success is not a problem either.
Just when Huang Shaohong wanted to continue his hard training career, King Xiaocheng, the king of Zhao State, actually sent him an invitation to go to the palace for a banquet in three days.
It is said that among the guests at the banquet were not only the dignitaries of the Zhao Kingdom, but also Xiang Shaolong, the great hero who had recently fought against eight hundred horse thieves on his own.
King Xiaocheng's face had to be given, not to mention that Huang Shaohong had no intention of using the Zhao royal family to gain benefits.
On the night when he received the invitation from King Xiaocheng, Xiang Shaolong appeared in the Mohists' Guild with a gloomy look on his face, with sadness and anger in his eyes.
After seeing this guy, Huang Shaohong joked: "Why do you have dark circles under your eyes? Didn't you defect to the Wu family? Why do you look like you are sleeping in flowers and willows every day, as if you have been squeezed dry!"
"Damn it, you can tell when I'm so dark, what are those eyes of yours!"
Xiang Shaolong quickly looked at himself through the bronze mirror in the room and found that his skin was dark in the mirror. He couldn't help but realize that the other person was kidding him.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Don't be kidding me. I've been bullied so hard recently. Even a maid sent by the Wu family was tortured and killed!"
Although Huang Shaohong knew the whole story, he still pretended to be concerned and asked: "Who did it? Do you want me to help you kill him?"
Xiang Shaolong shook his head, with a look of resentment in his eyes: "Brother, don't worry about this. King Zhao will hold a banquet in three days, and that person will also go. I will avenge this with my own hands!"
After he finished speaking, he remembered the purpose of his trip and said quickly:
"Brother Huang, the fact that you killed Yan Ping has been leaked. Some high-ranking officials and nobles in Handan have complained about it. However, because of your status as a wealthy man, this matter is an internal matter within the Mohist Guild, so they are not happy with it.
Intervene, but there should be someone challenging you at the palace banquet in three days!"
Huang Shaohong smiled and didn't care. He hadn't seen much of the masters of this era. The so-called martial arts and swordsmanship were too simple. Fighting on the battlefield was okay. Compared with his 'former master', they were far behind.
Many, and even if there are different awesome characters, can they still withstand the bullet?
He patted Xiang Shaolong on the shoulder and showed a joking smile:
"Don't worry, Shaolong, but I recently heard that the eldest daughter of the Wu family is very interested in you. You must seize the opportunity. The Wu family is the powerful animal husbandry overlord in the Zhao country. It is extremely beneficial to our future plans. We must seize it."
In my hands, I leave this matter to you!"
Xiang Shaolong asked in surprise: "Brother, how did you know?"
Naturally, Huang Shaohong couldn't say that he had read the original work, and immediately laughed: "How many people in Handan City don't know that the eldest daughter of the Wu family is attracted to you, a hero who can resist eight hundred horse thieves? It will spread all over the place, okay?"
The two smoked a few cigarettes and chatted for a while, then Xiang Shaolong said goodbye and left. Before leaving, he said that he would go back and practice swordsmanship hard so that he could take revenge with his own hands while having a banquet in front of the palace.
Huang Shaohong handed Xiang Shaolong a copy of the "Mozi Supplement" copied by Yuan Zong. With the three killing moves of Mozi's swordsmanship and the "Mozi Breathing Technique", I believe that in these three days, the opponent's strength will definitely be
Can make rapid progress.
I think in the original work, Xiang Shaolong was able to kill Lian Jin just by learning the swordsmanship taught by Yuan Zong. Now with the 'Mo Zi Supplement' and his own guidance, it should be easy to kill Lian Jin.
Xiang Shaolong left with great gratitude. The smile on Huang Shaohong's face gradually faded, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes. After killing Yan Ping, he had already buried his body deep in the field beside the official road. Now that the matter has been leaked, it can only mean that
Among these Mohists, there are spies from outside forces.
Of course, this is not surprising. In the capital of Zhao State, with Mo Zhe being such a not-so-weak force, it would be surprising that the aristocratic families, even the royal family and the military, could feel relieved.
It is normal to send out spies to understand the movements of this force.
However, what Huang Shaohong wanted was completely trustworthy subordinates, so he decided not to keep any of these spies, no matter which force they belonged to.
He immediately called Yuan Zong, handed over the matter to him, and told him to pull out the nails that were stuck in the Mohists' Guild.
Yuan Zong was very efficient in his work. In the early morning of the next day, a dozen trembling Mohists were tied up and knelt down in front of Huang Shaohong. These people were the spies of the Zhao State who had been placed in the Mohists' Guild by various forces.
Huang Shaohong glanced at Yuan Zong in surprise: "Okay, I thought you were going to check for a while, but I didn't expect you to pull out these nails overnight. Tell me how you did it?"
Yuan Zong smiled sheepishly when he heard this: "The Mohist leaders all have the habit of recording notes. I found in Yan Ping's notes that he had long known that there were spies sent by other forces in the Mohist guild, and even named them
His surnames are all recorded, but he didn’t intend to offend those forces, so he kept silent. I guess he wanted to find a suitable opportunity to eliminate them one by one!"
Only then did Huang Shaohong understand what was going on. The notes seemed to be similar to the diaries of later generations.
"Lord, what should we do with these spies?" Yuan Zong was a pure Mohist, and he was extremely disgusted with these spies who betrayed Mohist beliefs.
"Let them all go, there is no need to embarrass them, but today our Mohists' Guild has set a rule. Anyone who betrays the guild will be killed without mercy!" Huang Shaohong said and gave Yuan Zong a look.
Emperor Yuanzong understood this and ordered his subordinate Mo Zhi to have these people beaten out with sticks. The death penalty could be avoided, but the living penalty would not be spared.
The Mohists in the guild are all ascetics and are extremely devout in their belief in the "Moist Spirit". When they see a traitor among them, even those who are familiar with them will gnash their teeth with hatred. After getting Yuanzong's order, they will naturally act.
They all used their strength to beat these spies with bruises all over their bodies and blasted them out of the Mohist's Guild.
To be continued...