Chapter 1214: Recruiting Talents, Son of Lu Sheng
After Meng Yi came to Linhe County, he took over the government affairs of the entire county.

When there are no Rongdi invaders, Su Mingzhe only needs to conduct exercises every five days as required, and he is free the rest of the time.

In the first few days, Su Mingzhe either took his subordinates out of the city to help with farm work, or stayed at home to communicate with the two princesses, Yushu and Yurong.

After a long time, I gradually felt bored.

On this day, it was just Qingming Festival and it was drizzling.

Su Mingzhe stayed in the mansion and did not go out.

At the man's request, Yurong played the erhu, and Yushu, wearing a long dress with cloud sleeves, danced the Tuan people's cloud and water dance for the man.

Looking at the soft waist like a willow, the round and plump curves, which kept twisting in front of him, Su Mingzhe's eyes began to heat up unconsciously.

Soon, Su Mingzhe pulled Yu Shu to the bed to dance.

Yurong, who was playing the erhu, listened to her sister crying on the bed. She hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed softly. She put down the erhu, slowly untied the ribbon around her waist, lifted the gauze curtain, and went to help her sister deal with the man.

In a blink of an eye, more than three months have passed since the two sisters were captured.

At the beginning, Yu Shu and Yu Rong comforted each other, hoping that their eldest brother would bring the Tuan warriors to rescue them from the fire pit.

However, three months have passed and the eldest brother Hukam still has not appeared.

However, news came from Xianyang that the Qin Dynasty and the Xiongnu had joined forces to defeat the nine Rongdi tribes and forced them to flee. The former Tuan Kingdom seemed to have disappeared in the dust of history.

Under such circumstances, the sisters Yu Shu and Yu Rong gradually stopped resisting the men's aggression and even learned to please them.

The next day, the sun was shining brightly.

The sky is blue, clear and sunny.

Su Mingzhe ordered his servants to bring out two docile Dayuan horses.

The Dayuan colt, also known as the Ferghana horse, is not only tall in size, but most importantly, it has a docile temperament and strong speed and load-bearing capacity.

Su Mingzhe watched the sisters Yu Shu and Yu Rong climb onto the Dawanju skillfully. After hesitating for a moment, he turned over and sat behind Yu Shu.

Princess Yu Shu wore a white silk dress today, and wore wrist guards, jade belts, arm rings and other accessories. In front of Su Mingzhe, she no longer concealed her slender waist, long legs, graceful curves, and exquisite figure.

Compared with her sister, Yurong was relatively young and immature. She was wearing a purple dress that tightly wrapped around her delicate skin. She rode on a docile Dawan horse and followed slowly behind the two of them.

The three men and two riders ran out of the Great Wall and took a walk. They were lucky.

At the place where the corpses were buried, the three men encountered dozens of gray wolves and hyenas digging up the corpses.

Su Mingzhe first asked the two sisters to bend their bows and arrows and shoot for a while.

When the two girls were tired of playing, he hugged Yu Shu tightly with one hand, waved the flail with the other hand, and rushed towards the gray wolf that was whimpering non-stop.

After killing more than a dozen fearless gray wolves in succession and seeing that the hyenas and gray wolves had all escaped, Su Mingzhe took the two sisters to a nearby grove to rest.

Until night falls.

Su Mingzhe calculated the time and rushed back to the county town with the two girls.

Ling An, who was in charge of guarding the city gate, reported to Su Mingzhe as soon as he saw him:

"Master, Magistrate Meng sent someone to look for you, saying that an envoy from Xianyang has arrived!"

"The envoy from Xianyang?"

Although Su Mingzhe was curious, he was not in a hurry. He asked Ling An to send someone to report to the county government, saying that he would go to see the envoy after returning home to bathe and change clothes.

When the three of them returned to the mansion, the maids had already prepared hot water.

After rolling around in the woods for an entire afternoon, the three of them were covered in weeds and dust. It would be difficult for them to go to see the messenger without a good wash and bath.

Half an hour later. When Su Mingzhe arrived at the county government office, he saw Zhou Bo and Cao Wushang, both of whom were full of joy, coming out quickly to greet him:
"Congratulations, Master. Congratulations, Master. Prince Fusu has sent you a letter of invitation to Xianyang!"

Su Mingzhe's pace, which had been slow and steady, suddenly became disordered again:

"You said that the envoy from Xianyang was Prince Fusu's man?"

In the Qin State, ministers were not allowed to form factions. If discovered, they would be considered to be "forming a faction for personal gain", a serious crime that would involve the punishment of three generations of the clan.

However, Qin law allowed the prince to recruit retainers, and the identity of these retainers was not limited to ordinary people.

At present, the First Emperor had more than a dozen princes. The other princes knew that they were not as good as Prince Fusu, so they just waited for the First Emperor to confer titles of duke or marquis on them so that they could enjoy a life of wealth and honor.

Only Prince Fusu, as the eldest son, was not only favored by the First Emperor and supported by court officials, but he also particularly liked to recruit retainers, and his number exceeded a hundred.

Generals like Meng Tian were once Fusu's followers, and now they also consider themselves to be Fusu's followers.

"Exactly!"

Zhou Bo and Cao Wushang naturally knew how wise Prince Fusu was. After learning that Fusu had sent a "letter to recruit talents" to their master, the two had been excited for most of the day.

Su Mingzhe walked into the county government office with a confused mind, and saw Meng Yi chatting with a handsome man with fair skin and no beard.

When the two saw Su Mingzhe coming, they did not dare to neglect him and bowed quickly and said:

"Greetings to Chief Zuo!"

Zuo Shuchang was already a high-ranking official in the army.

Before Shang Yang's reforms, only the royal family members could hold this position. After Shang Yang's reforms, the status of Zuo Shuchang became the same as that of a "Qing".

If the court assigned a position to a Zuo Shuzhang, if he was a local official, he could only be a county governor, county chancellor, or county lieutenant. If he was in the court, he would at least be a "ling". If he was assigned to the army, he would at least be a captain commanding 10,000 people.

Meng Yi was just a county magistrate, and the handsome young man was a commoner. When facing Su Mingzhe, neither of them dared to be rude.

Seeing this, Su Mingzhe returned a half-salute to Meng Yi and a full salute to the handsome guy.

Although this handsome guy is a commoner, he represents Prince Fusu after all. It is impossible for Su Mingzhe to look down on him just because he is a commoner.

After the three of them sat down, Meng Yi introduced Su Mingzhe:
"Zuo Shuzhang, this is Lu Hai, the envoy of Prince Fusu. Prince Lu's father is Lu Sheng, a doctor of the Five Classics. Both Prince Lu and his son are deeply trusted by Prince Fusu. This is Prince Lu who brought Prince Fusu's 'Book of Recruiting Talents'!"

After Meng Yi finished introducing himself, Lu Hai took out a silk book from the wooden box in front of him, presented it to Su Mingzhe, and bowed respectfully:
"Please ask Zuo Shuchang to follow me to the capital!"

Su Mingzhe also responded politely:

"I have long heard that Master Fusu is wise. It is an honor for Su Song to be valued by you. Master Lu, please allow me to wait for a few days to hand over the military affairs, and then I will follow you to the capital!"

Looking at Lu Hai in front of him, Su Mingzhe suddenly remembered the incident of "burning books and burying scholars".

Historically, the cause of the burning of books and burying of scholars was Lu Hai's father Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng, Hou Sheng, Xu Fu and others tricked the First Emperor into going out to sea to seek elixirs, but they all ended up never returning.

In a rage, the First Emperor killed forty or fifty alchemists who accompanied Lu Sheng, Hou Sheng and Xu Fu to the audience with him.

This incident was spread around and turned into "burning books and burying scholars."

In the "Myth", Lu Cheng became a retainer of Prince Fusu and helped Prince Fusu. He wanted to use a "heavenly motto" to drive Hu Hai out of Xianyang.

Unfortunately, Li Si and Zhao Gao had already joined forces and easily blocked this plan.

Thinking of this, Su Mingzhe made up his mind that he could hug Prince Fusu's thigh.

After all, Fusu was a wise man living abroad, and becoming his retainer would help improve his own reputation.

However, there is no need for me to make friends with alchemists like Lu Sheng, or at least not close friends with them. Otherwise, my name might be on the list when books are burned and scholars are buried.

(End of this chapter)