[Wei Nie] Vertical and horizontal killing

Zongheng and Zongheng stayed in the dilapidated inn in the frontier fortress for only two days, and only when they brought Fusu's injuries stabilized did they set out on the road, heading south all the way.

While they were still on the road, the news of the imperial son Fusu and the great general Meng Tian's suicide spread to Jiuyuan and spread throughout the world.

On the sidewalk to Xianyang, Gai Nie was checking Fusu's injury and giving him some water.

Although the three horses ran all the way, they were not fast because they were concerned about Fusu's injury, and they were still in the Hetao area of ​​the Jiuyuan boundary.Wei Zhuang watched the two horses grazing leisurely, and said slowly: "It's not a good idea to go to Xianyang at this time."

Gai Nie retracted the water bag, he lowered his head, showing a side face in the direction of Wei Zhuang: "Indeed."

Whether Fusu is still alive or not is no longer important.

Wei Zhuang: "The two most powerful people in the empire say that he is dead, so he can only die."

Fusu, who had been weak all the time, made a violent ho-ho sound, Gai Nie quickly stretched out his hands to seal his Sanjian and Tanzhong acupoints, and said in a low voice: "Your throat is injured, don't get excited."

Wei Zhuang walked towards him, he stared at Fusu's expression for a while, and suddenly showed a strange smile: "Interesting, you want to give up just like that?"

Fu Su couldn't speak, and was extremely weak, his face was flushed at the moment, and he looked at Gai Nie pleadingly.

Gai Nie sighed and handed the water bag into his hands: "If you don't want to go back to Xianyang, there will be no Fusu in the world, and the princes of the empire will have to hide from now on. Do you know?"

Fusu calmed down, he was still panting, his chest heaving.But his gaze has returned to the familiar look of Ge Nie.

Gai Nie stood up: "In this way, Xiaozhuang and I will arrange you in a safe place as you wish."

……

Now that he has made up his mind, Zongheng is no longer on his way.It was night, Fusu fell asleep, and Gai Nie lit a bonfire to drive away the approaching beasts smelling of strangers.

In the last few years of the Qin State, the national strength was exhausted, and everyone was used for military service, and there were no survivors.Therefore, many people would rather take the risk of being eaten by wild beasts and hide in the mountains. They will die anyway, so they have to fight.There are more laborers and soldiers running into the mountains and forests, and the beasts have also tasted the sweetness. Now they often haunt and eat people.

Wei Zhuang closed his eyes, with a contemptuous and mocking arc on the corner of his mouth: "If I remember correctly, Yingzheng annexed the six kingdoms by relying on the survivors of the six Qin kings. The dream of the seven Qin kings was born in a cowardly descendant. In his hand, he was handed over."

Gai Nie put the last piece of dry wood into the fire without opening his mouth.After ten years in Xianyang Palace, he understood Fusu's personality to some extent.If he is the lord of Xianyang, there is still a glimmer of hope for the world.If it is someone else, I am afraid that it will be difficult to control the direction of the empire's chariot.

Today, there is indeed little hope.

It was expected, but it was useless to sigh.

He bowed his head.

Keeping one's heart in the shadows, the main battles are chaotic; the emperor's star is dim, and the ghosts of the Huayin Mountains present green, and the sky has already warned.Can human power overcome the will of heaven and earth?

He hasn't given up on questioning himself.

After being silent, Wei Zhuang suddenly raised his head and looked at the night sky where the black smoke drifted: "The hidden rocks at the bottom of the water have surfaced, and the undercurrent has become a torrent. This era will eventually be submerged by this flood, and everyone will become a sacrifice to ambition." Taste."

Ge Nie's eyes suddenly became firm, and he said slowly: "After the flood recedes, the land will become fertile. One day, it will be full of millet again. As long as people are alive, there will always be a day of hope."

Wei Zhuang was startled, closed his eyes and sneered, "You are still so stubborn."

But this gentle mockery is different from the tone of many years ago.

Gai Nie's eyes were warm, as if he had been roasted loosely by a bonfire.

……

In Xianyang Palace, everyone was silent like cicadas.

Hu Hai was sitting on the main seat, and his demeanor at this moment was a little different from before.Zhao Gao understood this feeling, it was the subtle comfort after first tasting the sweetness of power.

And behind this, there is this desire and desire for greater power.

And such desires will eventually become the nourishment for him to weave a net of heaven and earth.The greater the desire, the greater the ambition, this net can cover the whole world.

After reading the bamboo slips in his hand, Hu Hai raised his head and looked at Li Si: "Prime Minister, my father relied on you the most when he was alive. When my father passed away, it was like a mountain collapsed. Hai missed my father all day long, so I can only ask you what is the most important thing at the moment. ?”

Li Si arched his hands and said, "Young Master Hui, the most important thing at present is to speed up the final sealing of the Lishan Mausoleum and arrange for the late emperor to perform the etiquette."

Hu Hai said: "Since the emperor father built the mausoleum, the prime minister has been the person who has done it himself from the beginning to the end. Naturally, it is most appropriate to rely on the prime minister for this matter."

Li Si saluted: "The old minister is willing to serve His Majesty, and I should do my best to repay the kindness of the late emperor."

Hu Hai showed a look of admiration for his father, with a slightly sad expression: "Father is No. 1 of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors who came to unify the world. There is no one before. The funeral must not refer to any monarch of the Seven Kingdoms. It must not be simple, it must be higher than any Zhou emperor. Prime Minister, I have to order you to let everyone in the world know that my father has a funeral ceremony that can match his life's achievements. Otherwise, Hai will not let the prime minister pass the test."

Li Si lowered his head, his etiquette was perfect: "My minister, I will not disgrace my life."

Hu Hai put down the bamboo slips, heaved a sigh of relief, and said again: "Prime Minister, I'm afraid that my father will be lonely. Although I have my eldest brother to accompany me, how can I not have caring people around me?"

Li Si struggled for a while, and the teachings of the Confucian teacher Xun Kuang were finally forced back by him. He bowed his head and said, "The emperor killed and martyred, hundreds of people were killed, and dozens of widows were killed. .Qin Wugong sacrificed himself to death with 66 followers; during the time of Mugong, there were 170 and [-] followers. The first emperor’s grand tour was unprecedented, so naturally it must be more grand.”

Hu Hai made a distressed look: "There are countless concubines in the palace. These women enjoyed all the honors when the father was alive. Now that the father returns to heaven and ascended to immortality, they should naturally follow and serve. It's just that I am worried that they will be noisy. Something happened in the palace. Prime Minister, what can you do?"

Li Si's eyes lowered slightly: "The beloved daughter of King Helu of Wu, the daughter of Palace Master Sheng Yu, passed away. Helu was sad, and dug the ground outside the Changmen Gate to form a pond, and piled up soil for a mountain. On the day of the funeral, Helu ordered people to perform a white crane dance. It attracted thousands of people to follow all the way. Until the tomb, He Lu made men and women enter the door together with the crane, and then put down the broken dragon stone to block it. This—"

Hu Hai clapped his palms and said several good words: "The prime minister really learned from the past and the present. This method is very good, but gods and ghosts don't know it."

After Li Si stepped back.

Hu Hai looked at Zhao Gao, with a little flamboyance and complacency unique to young people: "Master, Hai's performance just now, can he still be worthy of this position?"

Zhao Gao smiled and hid his bloodshot eyes behind his smiling face: "Your Majesty has done a good job, I have nothing to point out."

Zhao Gao's humility made Hu Hai finally let out a sigh of relief. He could hardly bear Li Si's behavior just now in front of him.He said: "Hmph, if it wasn't for the fact that the emperor's funeral requires him to preside over it in order to deceive others, Gu Zhen should have exiled him to the latrine of Shangcai in Runan."

Zhao Gao smiled slightly: "But Your Majesty didn't do this, which shows that you are already a real emperor—"

Hu Hai interrupted him and waved his hand: "Master said left, I haven't registered yet, so I can't call you Your Majesty. It would be great for the prime minister to hear."

Zhao Gao bent down in a low voice, and said in a calm and persuasive voice: "The imperial edict is in your hands, why not call you Your Majesty?"

Zhao Gao raised the corner of his mouth slightly, he knew how to let a person hear what he wanted to hear, so he said again: "Right now, there is one more urgent thing to prepare."

Hu Hai: "Oh?"

Zhao Gao: "Naturally, it is His Majesty's enthronement ceremony. You are the first person in this world to be enthroned as emperor."

"The prime minister is busy with the affairs of his father's tomb, so I have to rely on my teacher for the rituals of my ascension to the throne." Hu Hai showed a young look at him.

Hu Hai smiled and bowed his head to accept the order.

Each tacitly.

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Sacrifice is too cruel.The matter of Helu was recorded in "Wuyue Chunqiu", everyone should take a look at it as an unofficial history.That Princess Shengyu is the number one princess disease. It is recorded in "The Spring and Autumn of Wuyue" that one day King Helu of Wu ate a white fish as a tribute. He felt that it was so delicious that he was reluctant to eat it all, and sent someone to give the remaining half to his beloved daughter.

Unexpectedly, Shengyu suddenly became ill and the princess became very ill, and she was furious, saying that you only let me eat half of your fish, which is looking down on me! (The woman said angrily: Wang Shiyu insulted me!).Then, he committed suicide on the spot...

Parents and daughters are not normal...

Li Si's name was Mr. Hu Hai, but Zhao Gao changed his name to His Majesty. Against this background, it seemed that Li Si reminded the other party that you were not the emperor yet.In the eyes of Hu Hai, who is not in the right position, it is natural to rely on the old to sell the old, reminding himself that he is the one who makes himself.

This kind of subtle inner drama left a foreshadowing for Hu Hai's handling of Li Si later.

In addition, my second uncle wrote poems

You can go back to Ghost Valley and recite poems every day, right?