Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 737: Looking Forward to a Hero's World

"Li Si, you failed to supervise the assassin properly, causing him to escape. Do you admit your guilt?"

"I plead guilty." Li Si lowered his head without making any excuses.

"Demote one level."

Then, the voice of the First Emperor sounded again.

"I pity Zhang Liang, he is a hero, so I will show mercy and not exterminate his entire clan."

"But now, since he is not a hero, let's destroy the Zhang family."

"I obey your order." Li Si withdrew.

After a while, the sound of dispatch was heard from the troops outside.

"Send an order to arrest the assassin Zhang Liang."

"Greetings, Prime Minister Li." A feminine voice sounded among the troops, bringing with it a gloomy wind.

It was the Imperial Chariot Commander, Zhao Gao.

"Prime Minister Li, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to arrest Zhang Liang," Zhao Gao whispered.

As the emperor of mankind, the First Emperor was sacred - but once the news of his assassination spread, no matter what the outcome, it would weaken the sacredness of the First Emperor.

Everyone between heaven and earth knows that the First Emperor was just a mortal and would also be assassinated.

Moreover, people were already dissatisfied with the Qin State, but under the pressure of the First Emperor, no one dared to stand out.

Therefore, those people in the world who were dissatisfied with the First Emperor considered themselves to be the "minority" and dared not say a word, let alone take any action.

But now, if the news of Zhang Liang's stabbing were to spread, it would be tantamount to telling the world that those who are dissatisfied with the First Emperor are not a minority.

There were already people who were dissatisfied with the First Emperor and turned their dissatisfaction into actual action.

The First Emperor was not that strong either - Zhang Liang not only assassinated the First Emperor, but also managed to escape unscathed.

This would not only weaken the sacredness of the First Emperor, but would also make them think that the Qin army was not as elite as rumored.

Under such circumstances, the mentality of many people will change.

This was definitely not a good thing for the Qin State, which was trying to tame the hearts of the six nations, complete the great task of standardizing writing and wheels, and completely unify the world.

As he said this, Zhao Gao looked at Li Si with a questioning look in his eyes.

Li Si was the prime minister of Qin and followed the policies of Qin. With his vision, it was impossible for him not to see this huge hidden danger.

But rather...

According to Zhao Gao's idea, Zhang Liang should be hunted down and the Zhang family should be destroyed, but the assassination could not be done under the pretext of Zhang Liang's assassination - other than that, any other excuse would do.

"Commander in Chief of Chariots, times have changed." Li Si looked at the soldiers in front of him who had become hesitant - these soldiers were not ordinary soldiers, but the guards of the First Emperor.

Compared with these guards, Zhao Gao, as the Commander of the Imperial Chariots, had a closer relationship with the First Emperor, and his orders naturally took priority over Li Si's.

What's more, Li Si had no right to rule over them.

"The Great Qin has its own laws."

"Laws and regulations are the foundation of Qin!"

"Shang Jun set up a tree and divided the five horses, only then did he have the credibility of Qin's law."

"This is the foundation of the Qin State." Li Si looked at Zhao Gao coldly.

"Now is not the time to fight for the world, but the time to protect it."

Of course he knew what Zhao Gao meant.

But so what?

What Zhao Gao wanted, what he wanted, and what the First Emperor wanted were completely different things.

Although Zhao Gao was the Minister of Chariots who was close to the First Emperor, he would never know the First Emperor's true thoughts.

He would never understand - the reason why the First Emperor was close to him was not because he could guess what he was thinking, but because the First Emperor needed Zhao Gao's existence to make people think that he was thinking this way.

"Your duty, the Commander of the Imperial Chariots, is to serve His Majesty well and not to disturb His Majesty with carriages and horses."

"This is a national issue, not your responsibility, so don't say anything more."

After speaking, Li Si turned his gaze to the soldiers in front of him.

"This matter is difficult for you to handle, so pass on my order to the Supreme Court and spread it to the world!"

"Although your majesty has stripped me of my title, I am still the Prime Minister of the Qin Empire, in charge of both internal and external affairs."

"Do you really take me as my true self and not move you under orders?"

"Yes, sir." Following Li Si's order, the guards separated several people and headed towards Xianyang.

Looking at the backs of these guards, Li Si's eyes slowly sank.

"Zhang Liang, you can be the bait and let His Majesty see if there are really no heroes in this world!"

He was the leader of the Legalist School among the Hundred Schools of Thought, and his goal was to use laws to punish the world.

For someone like him, the word "hero" is a natural enemy, and its existence is a natural violation of the law.

But he had to admit that the existence of heroes was necessary - because many times, the situation of the human race and the situation of the world became better little by little under the waves caused by heroes.

But while admitting this, Li Si felt even more uncomfortable.

Because the hero's responsibilities should not be borne by that hero.

Let the world run smoothly, and then get better little by little.

This is the responsibility of the Legalists!

When a hero appears, it means that something has gone wrong with the Legalists.

At this time, Li Si, the leader of the Legalists who should have been most opposed to heroes, began to think of "looking forward to heroes".

Looking forward to the emergence of a hero to stir up the Qin Empire.

If this gets out, I'm afraid no one will believe it.

But that's the reality.

If Li Si was only persuaded by the First Emperor before, now he had to admit that the situation in the Qin Dynasty had reached the point where a hero had to emerge.

——No matter how dangerous the current situation is.

But there was something wrong with the First Emperor.

Because there were no heroes, the First Emperor was somewhat disappointed with the human race and its future generations.

The immortality fruit that the alchemists were researching was just an excuse for the First Emperor to employ alchemists in order to cover up the true nature of the Nine Cauldrons.

But if the First Emperor was really disappointed with the future generations of the human race, then this cover-up might become true.

The First Emperor really wanted to seek immortality by being the Emperor of Man.

By that time, the human world will no longer be the human world, but an immortal dynasty, a heaven that has fallen on earth.

The Human Emperor lives forever.

Nobles live forever.

Officials live forever.

But mortals, cycle from generation to generation.

At that point, the human race will no longer be the human race, but a bunch of stinking and lazy dead water.

The law is no longer a law.

The Legalists are no longer the Legalists.

So at this time, Li Si also urgently needed the presence of a hero.

The existence of this hero should be told to the First Emperor - the descendants - so that they can be trusted.

There is no need to resolve all human affairs in your own time.

Sometimes, it’s not a bad idea to leave some difficult problems to time and to future generations.

Although the First Emperor believed that only those who dared to stand up like Zhang Liang could be considered heroes.

But Li Si thought that the definition of a hero could be relaxed a little - for example, someone might not dare to stand up like Zhang Liang.

However, he dared to protect Zhang Liang when he was being hunted down. So he can be considered a hero.

Or maybe he never reported Zhang Liang or betrayed Zhang Liang.

This is also considered a hero.

Although this hero may not necessarily succeed, it doesn't matter.

The real meaning of its existence is to allow the First Emperor to have expectations and confidence in the human race and future generations.

"Your Majesty, the moon and stars are sparse. When the sun is in the sky, the moon and stars are hidden."

"Your Majesty, you are the greatest hero in the world. Under your glory, there is no trace of other heroes."

Li Si was sighing and feeling emotional, and at the same time, he felt a little sad.

This is clearly a unified era where there should not be any heroes. However, because of the First Emperor's ideas, I had to try my best to cooperate with him and make new heroes appear in this world.

Even Zhang Liang, who tried to assassinate the First Emperor, was able to escape from the army.

For the Qin State, this was simply an incredible joke.

Even Jing Ke would have laughed so hard he would come alive if he heard this.

"It is said that heroes are made by the times."

"Today, I have given you the opportunity - whether you can become a hero is up to you."

……

As for the immortals and gods outside the human world, whether they are Taiyi or Daluo, they do not care about this change in the human world.

As for Zhang Liang's "escape", everyone just thought that the First Emperor was fishing, wanting to use Zhang Liang as bait to lure out all those who had ulterior motives in the world and then catch them all in one fell swoop.

After all, that was the personality of the First Emperor.

Compared to Zhang Liang's whereabouts, these immortals and gods are actually more concerned about Ao Bing's whereabouts.

They were all thinking about how the conflict between Ao Bing and the First Emperor would be resolved.

It's a case of both sides being destroyed and suffering losses.

In the end, Ao Bing chose to retreat for the sake of the overall situation and the dragon clan.

But what surprised these Daluo was that Ao Bing disappeared after he stepped into Southern Continent.

Nanshanbuzhou is the land of the demon clan, and among the demon clan, there are also those with great supernatural powers - and now, the demon clan is also implicated in Taiyi's plan.

Therefore, the situation in Southern Continent is actually quite unstable.

And in the Southern Continent, those Daluo who belong to the demon clan are also extremely wary of other Daluo.

Therefore, those Daluos, looking at the situation in Southern Continent, felt like they were looking at flowers in the fog, unable to see clearly - and during this period of uncertainty, Ao Bing stepped into Southern Continent.

Then, he disappeared in front of many Daluo in broad daylight.

For many Daluo, the importance of this matter far exceeds that of Zhang Liang.

Because no one knows what Ao Bing will do next and how he will do it after he is out of sight.

It was just a matter of course, he was "trapped" in the quagmire of the demon clan, and then the First Emperor died of old age.

Still quietly, he returned to the human world and planned to kill the Human Emperor.

For those Daluo, Ao Bing's "disappearance" meant that they had completely lost the initiative in this matter.

As for getting the Daluo of the demon clan to cooperate, they had naturally thought of this method.

However, the Daluo of the demon clan did not cooperate with their ideas, and they did not have the courage to step into Nanshanbuzhou at this sensitive time.

While they were considering their own options, Ao Bing stopped in the center of Southern Continent.

Then, activate the magic power and initiate the ritual.

The energy of the wood element.

The breath of life.

The air of plague.

And the energy of experiencing disasters and calamities.

At this moment, they gathered in Ao Bing's palm.

Then he turned into a plague locust.

When the plague locusts appeared, the surrounding plants and trees seemed to have consciousness, and withered in panic.

At this moment, the murderous aura swept across the Southern Continent.

In the Southern Continent, the demons and spirits among the plants and trees felt endless fear for no reason.

It feels like there is an additional "natural enemy" between heaven and earth.

Under the cover of evil spirit, the plague locusts completely appeared between heaven and earth.

“Is this the plague locust that can bury the human empire?”

"So weak." said Princess Longji.

The breath of the plague locust seemed extremely weak, and there was no difference between it and the mayfly that was born and died in a day. There was no sign of it being like a strange beast, nor any sign of ferocity.

"A single locust is naturally meaningless." Ao Bing took out a jade box, put the locust into the jade box and sealed it.

In just a moment, Princess Longji clearly saw that the plague locust was already flapping its wings, holding Ao Bing's fingers and starting to gnaw on them, as if it wanted to bite off Ao Bing's fingers.

The sound of its vibrating wings carried a strange rhythm, which made her magic power and soul feel touched.

She is the top Taiyi and yet she is like this - one can imagine what would happen if other immortals or gods saw this plague locust.

At this moment, she immediately realized how terrible the locust plague was.

"Junior brother, is there any way to contain these vicious insects?"

"If we can't stop this vicious insect, once it comes out, the evil karma it will cause will be irreversible."

Princess Longji said worriedly.

This kind of vicious creature, which had just been created and had already begun to "devour its master" before it had developed any intelligence, was something she had never seen in her life.

If such a vicious creature is released, it cannot be retrieved...

"Don't worry." Ao Bing drew patterns on the jade box, connecting the jade box with the authority of the Azure Dragon.

When Ao Bing was tracing the runes, the interior of the jade box was also slowly changing, from an ordinary jade box to one that was similar to a mustard seed cave.

The air of disaster and epidemic slowly seeped into the jade box. As the disaster seeped in, the number of locusts in the jade box slowly increased.

However, no matter how their numbers grow, the locusts in the jade box remain in a dormant state.

This is the most effective seal between heaven and earth.

A piece of frozen time and space.

Meanwhile, in the Heavenly Palace, the immortals and gods in the Plague Department and the newly-established Medical Department were all keenly aware that there was some plague energy between heaven and earth that needed to be sealed and processed, and that needed time to slowly reconcile, but it disappeared out of thin air.

"The locust plague is a punishment from heaven and a punishment from the Tao."

"The source of its existence is the aura of calamity between heaven and earth."

"If the world is peaceful, no matter how ferocious the plague locusts are, they will not be able to form swarms. And if the locusts do not form swarms, even if they are plague locusts, they are just ordinary insects. A chicken or a duck can eat them all."

“So, whether the plague locusts can be controlled has never been up to me, but up to the world itself.”

"If the world is peaceful, even if I release these plague locusts, they will not be able to grow."

When the plague of locusts was sealed, a demon god arrived with the sound of a phoenix.

It was none other than Zaoge, the demon god of the Chu State.

A general under Yunzhongjun.

He was also someone who had suffered a great loss in front of Ao Bing.

This is the person among the demon clan who is in contact with Ao Bing.

"Zaoge, I have met the Four Great Dragon Gods."

(End of this chapter)