The Great Qin Empire

Seeing Zhao Gao get up, Emperor Yingzheng just snorted, stopped talking, and walked to the table beside the bed.

Zhao Gao, who was behind him, came to the case a few steps earlier, cleaned up the case in an instant, put a large brush and cinnabar on it, and spread out a roll of bamboo slips, saying: "Your Majesty, this is the one you didn't read last time. That memorial..."

It can be said exactly that Zhao Gao can understand every movement and every look of Emperor Yingzheng. In front of Zhao Gao, Yingzheng has no secrets at all.Zhao Gao also overheard about Qin Yang and the edict in the early morning of this day.

Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Gao, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

This is Zhao Gao, and this is the reason why Zhao Gao committed death crimes countless times and allowed Ying Zheng to show mercy outside the law.It can be said that over the past decades, Yingzheng has not only trusted Zhao Gao, but also relied on him. I believe that no one in the world is willing to lose a person who he trusts and relies on, and the first emperor Yingzheng is also the same. in this way.Facts have proved that there are too many emperors in later generations who are even worse than Yingzheng.However, those emperors can only be compared with Emperor Yingzheng in this regard. When it comes to meritorious contributions, they can only use Yinghuo and Haoyue as metaphors.

When the first emperor sat down safely, Zhao Gao immediately bowed and left the tent.Before long, Zhao Gao presented a bowl of velvet antler soup and some delicate snacks to Ying Zheng.

"Your Majesty, please serve earlier." Zhao Gao said respectfully.

Ying Zheng raised his head and saw that there were a few of his favorite snacks. In addition, he was still in good spirits today and hadn't eaten for two days, so he couldn't help but twitch his index finger.I praised it: "Good!", and then started eating.

While helping Emperor Yingzheng gently caress his back, Zhao Gao said, "Your Majesty, please slow down." What a caring person!Yingzheng has been taken care of by Zhao Gao for decades, of course he doesn't mind at this time, and he feels it is so natural.

Maybe Qin Yang's story is too shocking, maybe Qin Yang's heartfelt words are too unforgettable, maybe it's the heroic spirits of the ancestors of the Great Qin Empire reminding Ying Zheng, who was eating, suddenly felt a throbbing in his heart. The voice suddenly exploded in his ears: "There is a knife hidden in the smile, a sword in the mouth, and a sinister heart, Zhao Gao can't match it."

Suddenly, Yingzheng lost his appetite.He waved his hand, and Zhao Gao immediately withdrew the food table knowingly.Then he stood beside the first emperor with a solemn and respectful face.He knew that Emperor Shihuang must have something to say, and the time had come to decide his life and death.

Ying Zheng closed his eyes for a moment, then suddenly opened them and said, "Zhao Gao, is there anyone outside the tent?"

Zhao Gao listened intently for a while, then replied with trepidation: "Your Majesty, there is no one. There are only two people within ten feet, Your Majesty and Xiao Gaozi."

"Zhao Gao, are you a loyal minister of Great Qin?" Emperor Yingzheng's voice was obviously chilling.

"Your Majesty! Little Gaozi has served His Majesty for forty years. He is used by His Majesty like a hound. How can he be unfaithful? In the New Deal of the Qin Dynasty, Xiao Gaozi also made some contributions and condensed some blood and sweat of Xiao Gaozi. How could he not Loyalty? Little Gaozi died a few times because of His Majesty’s kindness to survive in the world. In order to repay Your Majesty’s great kindness, how can Xiao Gaozi be unfaithful? Your Majesty, if Xiao Gaozi has two hearts, he will be destroyed in the same day!" Zhao Gao knelt down on the ground On the ground, his face was pale and dripping with sweat, but his words were exceptionally sharp.

"Well, you go out. I want to have a quiet time!"

Ying Zheng hesitated again, and after hearing a few words from Zhao Gao, the softest pity in his heart was completely aroused by Zhao Gao, slowly influencing his thoughts.Just like the balance after 2000, the balance was maintained by the same weight on both sides. Suddenly, a small weight was added to one side, and the balance was instantly broken. gain absolute advantage.If "killing" and "not killing" are the two big weights in Ying Zheng's heart, then the pity in Ying Zheng's heart aroused by Zhao Gao's few words at this time is this small weight. It was added by Ying Zheng to "do not kill".Maybe, Zhao Gao hesitated a little in his answer, maybe, Zhao Gao's eyes flickered a little, and Ying Zheng would make up his mind to kill Zhao Gao.But Zhao Gao didn't, not at all, he seemed so calm.

Since then, Ying Zheng lost his last chance to kill Zhao Gao!

"Yes." Zhao Gao replied, and walked out of the emperor's tent cautiously, with his head bowed and his waist bowed.

After leaving the tent, Zhao Gao's face was pale, and his underwear was already soaked in cold sweat. The fear of being forcibly suppressed in the tent burst out instantly, and his heart was beating wildly in his chest.In two or three hours this morning, Zhao Gao passed through the gate of hell three times, and Zhao Gao felt that his whole body was about to collapse.

With a blank mind, Zhao Gao wandered aimlessly, turning a blind eye to the soldiers coming and going, and did not hear their advice not to go far.In a daze, Zhao Gao walked under a thick poplar tree, and then slowly settled down.Zhao Gao was leaning against the big tree dripping with sweat, his old tears flowed out uncontrollably for the first time, the thunder rumbled in his heart, and the thoughts that had been suppressed for a long time burst out completely.

"Your Majesty, why did you force Xiao Gaozi to come here? Xiao Gaozi has followed you for more than forty years. The Queen Mother Zhao Ji chose Xiao Gaozi to be a eunuch and cut off Xiao Gaozi's roots. Xiao Gaozi accepted his fate. Xiao Gaozi Zizi has been your Majesty's dog and horse honestly for decades, and his beard and hair are all white. Little Gaozi just wants to live, but now, Your Majesty, you don't want me to live anymore, just because of that Qin Yang who sneaked in late at night Telling a so-called story, you want Xiao Gaozi’s life. Well, Xiao Gaozi will tell you now, yes, I think so, I am the servant in that story, and you don’t What I know is that I have already started to make arrangements. The left and right are dead, and Xiao Gaozi can’t die so uselessly. Xiao Gaozi is willing to fight with his life, maybe he can really get what I want, that is, like you—to have The highest power. Only then will Xiao Gaozi have a chance to survive!"

"Your Majesty, do you know that even if you don't kill me now, after you die, Xiao Gaozi will still be dead. Fusu, Meng Yi, Yao Jia, who can let me go? Do you know that Xiao Gaozi is still young?" In his forties, Xiao Gaozi is strong and strong. Xiao Gaozi can live for at least 30 to [-] years. I don’t want to die. Now you have given me a chance to let Xiao Gaozi change my destiny. You said Xiao Gaozi can not grasp it Maybe your Majesty never knew that Xiao Gaozi lost his humanity when he lost his human roots. Xiao Gaozi lost all the pleasures of humanity all his life, and his good thoughts disappeared. Old Xunzi said that human nature is inherently evil. At least, Xiao Gaozi is Such."

"Maybe you don't know, Your Majesty. After thinking about it for the past few days, Xiao Gaozi has already planned everything, just waiting for you to die. I have secretly replaced the soldiers around your camp with the direct subordinates of my nephew Zhao Cheng. There are several hundreds of people, all dead men who only recognize Zhao Cheng but not the king. Who makes you feel ashamed of me, and has been promoting my nephew step by step to the position of deputy general of the battalion? Your Majesty, you don’t You know that Xiao Gaozi can imitate your handwriting and no one can tell the authenticity. I have been with you for decades, if Xiao Gaozi doesn't even have this ability, is he still Xiao Gaozi? If you go, Xiao Gaozi can do it Write an imperial edict in your name. Seal? Didn’t you leave the seal to me? Your Majesty, you still left the biggest "profit" for Xiao Gaozi, that is, your Majesty left for Xiao Gaozi A prince, a white and incompetent Hu Hai, and let Xiao Gaozi be Hu Hai's teacher. It should be said that His Majesty despises Hu Hai the most. However, this incompetent son of Your Majesty is a rare treasure to Xiao Gaozi! Today, God Given such a good opportunity for Xiao Gaozi, how can Xiao Gaozi remain indifferent?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't blame Xiao Gaozi, it's because you have too many mistakes in your own family. Your Majesty has been up and down for many years and has not established a crown prince. He has obviously been seriously ill several times, but he has not settled the affairs behind him early; even if you sent that Qin Yang now, but Can Meng Tian believe it? Does Fu Su dare to do it? Your Majesty, Your Majesty, do you think that God will always give you a chance? You are wrong! God’s chances are endlessly given to His Majesty alone. Is there anything else in the world? No matter how holy your Majesty is Emperor Huanghuang, God can’t exist for His Majesty alone. What do you think, Your Majesty? Your Majesty, Xiao Gaozi can only say that you know people in the light, but you don’t know people in the dark! As the supreme emperor, you are good at making achievements but short Yu scouting for traitors. Your majesty is born to have made great achievements in expanding civilization and deserts into an ancient oasis. Your majesty’s deeds are comparable to the sun and the moon. If you are cruel enough, you should have nodded when Meng Yi wanted to kill Xiao Gaozi a few times earlier; if you were cruel enough, you would not have saved me when Qin Yang wanted to kill me today; if you were cruel enough, you should have listened to that Qin Yang and killed me just now But your majesty, your heart is too soft, you miss the chance to kill Xiao Gaozi many times in vain, and you miss the chance that God gave you to kill Xiao Gaozi! , even if Xiao Gaozi is saved by His Majesty's grace, he can't do good, because Xiao Gaozi wants to survive, Xiao Gaozi wants the entire empire, and even more, he wants all the people in the world to tremble under the feet of Xiao Gaozi who has no roots!  … "

Zhao Gao vented himself here alone, and then he felt a little more comfortable all over his body.He was going to plan the last and most critical part of his plan, which was to win over Li Si.Because once the first emperor died, the prime minister Li Si would be the most powerful person in the entire camp and even the entire empire before the new emperor ascended the throne.He has the right to take over the entire business affairs, including of course the secret management of the emperor's seal. He also has the right to propose the immediate reading of the emperor's will or, in the absence of the emperor's will, to propose a court meeting to elect the second emperor according to law.So without Li Si's assistance, no matter how perfect the plan is, it would be intangible.

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