"You mean, this Ruo Ao clan has been inherited since six hundred years ago, lasted for dozens of generations, and once had power in the Chu Kingdom, and almost killed the King of Chu Zhuang?"

Heifu didn't expect that from the human setting to the rooster's crow, in this wilderness, to accompany him through the long night, it was actually the story of Ruo Ao told by Lixian.

Just now, after the black man and the others captured the tomb robbers, they immediately questioned them, wanting to find out the fact that the tomb robbers colluded with the prison gate in Chaoyangli. But the leader of the tomb robbers, the bare-faced and short-bearded thief, had a hard mouth, and he didn't say anything about killing him, so angry that Dongmen Leopard wanted to kill him with a halberd.

But the tomb robbers are not monolithic, especially the young man "Xing" of Chu who was forced to join the tomb robber gang, because he hated the grave robbers' beating and abuse of him, he told everything he knew like pouring beans.

Xing also confessed that tonight, on weekdays, the prison gate in Chaoyang will personally drive the ox cart to meet them and help transfer the stolen goods......

So Heifu discussed with a few people, and decided to let Dongmen Leopard and Xiao Tao drag the five tomb robbers behind the mountain bag to hide them and seal their mouths. Heifu and Leham pretended to be tomb robbers, and sat on the edge of the tomb with shovels in their arms, and gave the prison door in the morning sun a "waiting for the rabbit......

The night was cold, and the time passed very slowly, anyway, Heifu was holding his arms and shivering when he was idle, so he chatted to pass the time, and he asked about Lixian, the origin of the tomb owner "Ruo Ao".

Leham was not surprised that Heifu did not know about Ruo Ao. After all, it has been more than 50 years since the Chu State withdrew from Jianghan, and time has passed, and the commoners only recognize who the official government in front of them is.

He told Heifu that Ruo Ao was the descendant of the fourteenth monarch of Chu State, "Ruo Ao". After the state of Chu became the queen, the Ruo Ao clan gradually grew and became the most powerful prince of the state of Chu. Later, the Dou clan and the Cheng clan were divided, and there were many Ling Yin and Sima, who held important military and political positions for a long time...... It's a pity that Heifu doesn't know any of these people.

After listening patiently for a long time, Li Xian finally talked about a person he knew: King Chuzhuang, who had become a blockbuster if he didn't make a sound.

Heifu only then knew that the reason why King Chu Zhuang did not fly for three years and did not sing for three years was precisely because Ruo Ao's power leaned towards the government and the opposition and set up the King of Chu. It is said that at that time, Ruo Ao had six private soldiers, which together accounted for half of the Chu army.

In the end, King Chuzhuang and Ruo Ao started a war, and it was not easy to win, which was the aftermath of his going north to fight for hegemony and winning the championship.

"If the Ao clan perishes after that?" Heifu asked.

"How is that possible?"

Li Xian waved his hand and said: "The king of Chu has been loyal to the Chu country for several generations of Ruo Ao's family, so he left a lineage of descendants, and he was sealed in Anlu, at that time this place was still called Yun County, and the Dou family became the county prince of Yun County. ”

When the battle between Chu and Wu was over, when Wu Zixu and Sun Wu led the army to break the Chu army and attack Yingdu, Ruo Ao ushered in another opportunity.

At that time, King Chu Zhao fled to Anlu, and Dou Xin, a descendant of the Ruo Ao clan, followed him and made some contributions to the protection of King Chu Zhao. Therefore, when discussing the reward of meritorious deeds afterwards, King Chu Zhao promoted Dou Xin to be the right Yin, the position was below Ling Yin and Sima, but above the ordinary county duke.

These deeds are engraved on the tripod touched by the tomb thief, this tomb is precisely the tomb of Yun Gong Douxin, no wonder the specifications are so high, not only with chariots and horses to accompany the burial, but also with the tomb beasts, which can be compared with the princes.

Hearing this, Heifu was slightly surprised: "Wait, if this Ao clan is Yun Gong, what does it have to do with the family of Yun Man, the left lieutenant of that county?" ”

"Yun's?"

Li Xian was stunned for a moment, subconsciously took a sip, and said disdainfully: "How is it possible, if Ao is the grandson of the king of Chu Guomi, he is the Duke of Yun." Although the Yun family claims to be a nobleman, it is only the dead country of the ancient Yun country, and like my family Li, he is just a doctor, just a courtier of the Ruo Ao family. It's not me who is bragging, I'm in charge of the classics for Ruo Ao's at that time, but what about Yun's? It's just that the one who manages the stable, and he doesn't deserve to carry shoes for Ruo Ao's family! ”

It can be seen that the Yun family has been thriving in recent years and has become the biggest snake in Anlu, and the Li family, who was on an equal footing with him back then, was a little jealous. Heifu smiled, he didn't debunk it, for him, it was troublesome enough to make a feud with the Yun family, and he heard that these old nobles were not monolithic, but they were worth rejoicing.

For more than 200 years after King Zhao of Chu and Dou Xin, although the state of Chu has undergone several changes, and has even been reformed by Wu Qi, the essence of aristocratic rule remains unchanged.

Time seems to stand still, just like the stagnant class and society in Chudi, but the aristocratic life is becoming more and more luxurious, squeezing countless riches and decorating their palaces.

But the outside world, especially the Qin State in the north, is undergoing earth-shaking upheaval!

Until one day, a general of the Qin State named Bai Qi led the army to sweep through the Jianghan Dynasty, raised Yan Ying in one battle, burned Yiling in another battle, and rushed east in three battles, Qu Yuan was sad and angry and sank the river...... The state of Chu ruled here for hundreds of years before collapsing overnight.

The descendants of the Ruo Ao clan of An Lu also fled in a hurry, and since then, the deeds of the Ruo Ao clan have become a thing of the past. Even Douxin's tomb has become a pile of grass because there is no blood to eat.

The folk only left a legend about the tomb of Ruo Ao in Anlu, but no one knows where the tomb is.

Unexpectedly, the legend is actually true, and today it was found by mistake.

Speaking of this, Li Xian couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Ghosts still beg for food, if the ghosts of the Ao clan, don't they be discouraged?" Unexpectedly, this sentence of Ruo Ao's ancestors back then turned out to be true! If the Ao clan is separated, even Dou Xin can't enjoy blood food, it's really sad, it's a pity! ”

The so-called things hurt their kind, after being a nobleman, although he is now only reduced to a pavilion pawn, Lixian still regrets the decline of the Ruo Ao clan. The aristocracy that has been inherited for 600 years, but now it is difficult to continue with blood and food, is there anything more shocking than this?

But Heifu's heart did not fluctuate.

……

When Leham sighed, Heifu nodded his head, but he didn't think so.

"If the Ao clan declines, what is there to regret?"

Maybe it's because of the edification of the previous life, or maybe it's because of the identity of this life, Heifu has never been interested in aristocratic rule.

Nostalgia for the "aristocratic spirit" of the Spring and Autumn Period? Prick up your ears and listen! In addition to the aristocrats' boasting and the elegance of the bells and food, how do the national customs of various countries praise this kind of life?

"Wei Feng" said: Shuo rat Shuo rat, no food for me! Three-year-old girl, don't I care...... The aristocratic feudal system from top to bottom made the large and small nobles take turns to exploit the peasants, and the savages were like pigs and dogs.

"Feng Feng" said: No clothes and no brown, why do you die...... The peasants were busy for a year, but the silk and fox skins were sent to the nobles to "dress for the son", but they couldn't even afford brown clothes.

Look at the tomb of Ruo Ao's Douxin in front of you, it is really a big country, a rich family, and a rich burial. In the coffin, playing with good treasures, bells and pots, horses and quilts, and countless funeral goods, these things are not all the blood and sweat of the common people under his rule. Although the state of Chu also has laws, it is useless in the territory of the feudal monarch.

Unlike the aristocratic old stories that Leham had heard from his elders, Heifu had also heard his mother talk about his "eldest father" and "eldest mother", but from the perspective of a commoner. In the eyes of the small people of Shengdou, compared with the time of the Chu State, An Lu under the rule of the Qin State, although it is still very hard, is a little better than before.

Today's Qin State is not the period of Qin II's reign, and although the laws and regulations are strict, there is still a limit to everything.

The peasants no longer had to pay tribute to the nobles of all sizes, but only needed to pay off the rent and oral taxes to the county officials of the Qin State in a unified manner, and serve one month of conscription every year. Although the labor is heavy, at least there will not be a hot-headed nobleman in the past who organized the people to build cities and hunt tigers and leopards during the busy agricultural period.

Because of Qin's emphasis on farming, Liju was organized into a production brigade, and the common people could borrow oxen and iron farming tools from officials to cultivate their land as best they could. There is no need to worry about Wang Sun riding a horse, chasing a fox rabbit, and running rampant on his own fields, but he does not need to pay any price. Although the businessman is lowly, there will not be a certain son who will stop the horse, eat for nothing, buy and sell.

While the Qin law restrained the freedom of the common people, it also restrained the reckless behavior of the old aristocracy.

While the Qin law put an end to the aristocracy's control of the place, it also opened the door to class mobility for the common people.

The government no longer appoints officials based on family lineage, but has to test the mastery of laws and regulations, and examine real talents and learning, coupled with the military merit system, people who were destined to be farmers and commoners forever in the past seem to have a hope......

After decades, the people of Anlu County still speak Chu, but they no longer think that they are Chu people, but Qin people.

They began to forget the Ruo Ao clan, which had ruled the land for hundreds of years, but began to remember the Qin law decree that related to life.

This patriarchal aristocratic era, which has lasted for more than a thousand years, has become crumbling together with the symbol of nobility, after the collapse of etiquette in the Spring and Autumn Period, after the baptism of fighting in the Warring States, and then being run over by the pervasive Qin Law......

In such an era, it is an opportunity for a small person like Heifu to come to the fore.

Hefu is well aware of this.

The Traveler is the sharpest awl of our time, and it only needs to be put in a pocket to stand out......

Now, he's in the middle of it, looking for any chance to rise to the top.

Just as Heifu and Lexian each had many ideas because of the story of Ruo Ao, the house in the distance rang out with a rooster croaking.

The rooster has crowed, and Pingdan has arrived.

The sky was still dark, but there was a little bit of fire on the road in the direction of Chaoyangli......

……

A cold wind blew, and sitting on the ox cart, the prison keeper in the morning sun shivered, and suddenly sobered up a lot.

After he was separated from Chang last night, he didn't sleep all night, tossing and turning, and he was worried about the revelation of the matter.

In the past few days, there have been too many accidents.

The excavation should have been smooth, but it encountered a rare heavy snowfall.

On the first day of his tenure, Pavilion Chief Heifu came to inspect the sunrise where there was nothing to do inside and outside......

Without warning, Lidong's indisputable public servant was suddenly arrested by Huyang Pavilion on charges of picking up money in the county?

All kinds of things are intertwined in these two days, which makes Bo Wu nervous.

He also knew that because he was greedy for money, he colluded with tomb robbers to rob tombs, buy tools for them, and transfer stolen goods, which was already a violation of the law and would be severely punished!

So, don't be exposed!

It's a pity that he couldn't persuade Chang, and now that the wood is complete, he can only bite the bullet and drive the ox cart to meet the tomb robbers according to his promise.

What else could he do now? I can only pray that the black man will not find any problems, and quickly transfer the last batch of stolen goods tonight, and send the tomb robbers away.

The share he got was enough to sell for tens of thousands of dollars and get rich overnight, which is why the prison gate would rather take the risk and cooperate with Chang than take the initiative to go to the government to report the reason for him, and the money from the crime is much more rewarding than reporting.

So he hastened his journey, and when he reached the agreed place, he saw two figures waiting for him behind the graveyard with torches lit in front of the mound.

Bo Wu stopped the ox cart and took a closer look, but saw that there were many lacquerware and bronze ware piled up on the edge of the cemetery......

"It seems that the tomb has finally been opened, not bad, open and punctual."

He put his mind at ease, and said with a smile as he walked towards the two figures: "Chang, it's a shame to have such a rich harvest tonight, I really shouldn't have let you stop just because the pavilion chief Heifu walked around in the morning sun......"

At this moment, the two figures also walked over, and one of them shook his torch forward, and the scorching flame and smoke made Bo Wu close his eyes, and couldn't help but curse: "What is this? ”

"What to do? Of course, to see who the culprit is. There was a hint of playfulness in his voice, not open!

He was caught in the middle, avoiding the closer and closer torches, while trying to keep his eyes open and look at the man in front of him.

But I saw that this person was wearing a red silk robe, and he was looking at Bo Wu with a smile, as if he was looking at the ladder of his promotion to wealth.

"Huyang Pavilion Chief...... How...... It's going to be you......" Bo Wu's face turned pale, and he couldn't believe his eyes.

It was Heifu who came, and he stood in front of Bo Wu, shaking the rope in his hand and laughing:

"Inner prison gate, where don't we meet in life! We meet again! ”