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Xianyang Palace.

Yu Zishi stood at the bottom of the steps and meditated for a while, then slowly climbed up the steps.In the twilight of the morning, the maids carrying the lanterns were standing beside the steps in blue palace gowns, a few of them yawned secretly, and even the lamps in their hands fluttered slightly.Yu Zishi passed them, walked to the front of Xianyang Palace and stood still, watching the attendant walk briskly and small steps to the palace to inform King Qin.

After a while, the palace servant in black came out holding a lamp and bowed his waist, "Lord Zhao, Your Majesty is here to invite you."

Yu Zishi nodded, with a calm expression, he followed the palace man into the room.

Obviously, the industrious king didn't even use his breakfast, so he simply washed himself up and summoned someone as soon as he heard his ministers begging for an audience.Ying Zheng didn't even wear court clothes, but a long black gown with a black belt tied around his waist. He sat in front of the sapphire table, resting his hands on the table and looking at Yu Zishi.

"Join Your Majesty." Yu Zishi pulled up his sleeves and saluted.

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yu Zishi straightened up and looked up at Ying Zheng.

"What can't you say in the morning court?"

"Your Majesty, I went to pick up Lord Changping yesterday." Yu Zishi paused for a moment and then continued calmly, "Some accidents happened on the way."

Ying Zheng frowned slightly, "What accident?"

"Mr. Changping along the way..." Yu Zishi seemed hesitant to speak, and after a while, he took a deep breath and looked up at Yingzheng, "There is a pair of twins from a farmer outside Xianyang City, and they happened to meet Mr. Changping. I drank some wine and made some small troubles under my drunkenness."

Ying Zheng frowned. He naturally knew about this. He tapped the table lightly with his hand against the table, and asked Yu Zishi after a while: "You are in charge of Qin Lv, how do you think about it?"

"According to what I saw, Mr. Changping caused a turmoil while drunk, and no one was killed. Mr. Changping is also an important official of the royal family and three dynasties. This matter is related to the face of the royal family, so it is not appropriate to publicize it. I think that some money should be used to appease it. The farmer's family blocked the news and acted in a low-key manner."

Ying Zheng nodded and looked at Yu Zishi with satisfaction in his eyes, "An unintentional mistake should also be punished. Let Mr. Changping pay the innocent family with a hundred taels of gold as compensation. The farmer cannot be wronged."

"Yes." After hearing Ying Zheng's words, Yu Zishi clenched his hands in his sleeves, but his face was still calm, and he continued: "Your Majesty, last night I made my own decision and dispatched an imperial guard to guard the posthouse. I am worried that what happened on Lord Changping’s road will be accidentally disclosed by the attendants and others, and I am afraid that the city will be full of storms, and I am in a hurry, so I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

"This is a bit too much." Ying Zheng glanced at Yu Zishi, and said after a while: "Send someone to bring back the imperial guards as soon as possible, and surround the vassals who came to have an audience with heavy troops. It's a bit outrageous."

"Yes."

Ying Zheng didn't mean to blame Yu Zishi, he also knew Xiong Qi's temperament.Xiong Qi lingered outside Xianyang city for many days, deliberately embarrassing others, fearing that he had made some troubles with Zhao Gao, and the two of them were arguing with each other, pretending that Ying Zheng didn't notice it, but nothing happened.He thought that this was the end of the matter, but he didn't expect that when Zhao Gao looked up, he was still standing there, pursing his lips in silence.He was a little surprised, then turned his head slightly and asked, "Zhao Gao, do you have anything else to do?"

Yu Zishi seemed to have experienced many struggles, and slowly raised his head to look at Ying Zheng. After a while, he raised his clothes and knelt down calmly, "Your Majesty, I have a few words to say, and I hope that Your Majesty will forgive me for transgressing the rules."

It was the first time Ying Zheng saw Yu Zishi like this, and he said immediately: "Get up, if you have anything to say, just say it, why did the Great Qin Dynasty keep getting more and more disciplined?"

"Your Majesty, if you are not close to each other, you should not say these things as a courtier, but as a courtier, you should put state affairs first." Yu Zishi did not stand up, and continued calmly, "Your Majesty, Lord Changping is the son of the crown prince of the Chu Kingdom. The orthodox bloodline of Guodi is closer to the king of Chu according to relatives. Decades ago, the Great Qin defeated the Chu army and forced Chu to move its capital. The people of Chu moved eastward, leaving the old capital Yingchen behind. , Qin Wang ordered Changping Jun to guard Yingchen, and the previous kings also took a fancy to Changping Jun's Chu blood.

Besides, Yingchen, Yingchen is the old capital of Chu State, and its customs and customs follow the old Chu, and there are many Chu people in the territory. Lord Changping has been under the rule of Yingchen for many years, and he has dealt with Chu people all the year round.Naturally, this is human nature, Lord Changping has made outstanding contributions to the Great Qin, and he is also conscientious in governing Ying and Chen. It is not biased to suspect him based on his Chu blood, but I think..." Yu Zishi looked up Eyeing Ying Zheng, the latter nodded.

"Go on."

Yu Zishi took a deep breath, calmly raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng, his eyes were open-minded, "Your Majesty, I dare not doubt Lord Changping, it is indeed Lord Changping's feudal kingdom, Yingchen, whose position is too important, and now the State of Qin is in Shandong. The situation of the various countries is very good. In less than three years, they will definitely attack Chu, and Yingchen is the place where they must pass. The minister is just worried. If the Qin people attack Chu, if Lord Changping sees his brothers, blood relatives, and his homeland with his own eyes. The people were killed and plundered by the Qin people, which side will he lean towards?" Yu Zishi paused for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Lord Changping occupies Yingchen, and there are more soldiers and horses in the country. , the Great Qin soldiers and horses who attacked Chu State were attacked by the enemy, and the casualties were immeasurable."

Ying Zheng glanced at Yu Zishi, and silently repeated the words "enemies from the front and back" and "immeasurable" twice. He felt that Zhao Gao was still being tactful. If that scene really happened, the only adjective can only be: the whole army overwhelmed.

"But Mr. Changping is not at fault." After thinking for a moment, Yingzheng said, "To suspect him based on his Chu bloodline will hurt the hearts of veteran officials in the court." Yingzheng paused for a moment and then continued, " When I was young, he gave me a lot of support, the royal family has little favor, and it is not uncommon for brothers to kill each other." He raised his eyes to look at Yu Zishi, "Mr. Changping is my blood relative, and he is kind to me."

"Your Majesty, the foreign ministers have become more disciplined." Yu Zishi calmly lowered his head and apologized.

Ying Zheng looked at Yu Zishi, and after a while he stood up and walked in front of him, stretched out his hand to gently help him up, "It's not that you are being more disciplined, it's that I was careless." He sighed softly, "It's really these things. In the past year, the old ministers around me have become more and more scattered, and I really feel a bit lonely."

"Your Majesty." Yu Zishi looked up at Ying Zheng.

"It's okay, you can continue to talk, based on what you see, how should we deal with this matter?" Ying Zheng smiled slightly, "Just say what you want, if it is inappropriate or unpleasant, I have the right to pretend that I have never heard of it after today .”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yu Zishi took a deep look at Yingzheng, pondered for a moment and then said, "According to what I have seen, Lord Changping is a loyal minister of the Great Qin. Being close, he still favors the Qin State in his bones. However, if he is allowed to stay in Yingchen and watch the people of Qin and Chu fight with his own eyes, it will be hard to know whether he will be shaken or not."

"You mean, leave him in Xianyang?" Ying Zheng thought for a moment and said, "He is not at fault. Leaving Xianyang in Xianyang is nothing to talk about. Daqin can't treat his national scholars like this."

"Your Majesty, staying in Xianyang doesn't necessarily mean being banned." Yu Zishi smiled lightly, "Maybe it's a promotion."

A flash of light flashed across Ying Zheng's eyes. He glanced at Yu Zishi, smiled after a while, nodded slightly and said, "Yes, promotion."

About half an hour later, Yu Zishi calmly walked outside the Xianyang Palace with his sleeves in his hands. He walked down the long steps step by step. A black court dress fluttered slightly with his movements, revealing a robe hanging from his waist. Qingyu official seal.His eyes were very calm, a bit permeable.

……

In the treasury of the palace, the golden sunlight in the small courtyard thinly covered the floor, and Yu Zi was sitting on the ground, gently flicking his official seal in his hand.Sitting in front of him was Zheng Bin. Looking at his gloomy and calm expression, Zheng Bin subconsciously rubbed the cup in his hand.

Zheng Bin knew that when Yu Zishi ordered the imperial guards to surround the post house, most of the courtiers basically didn't know about it.At that time, he was boiling hot water for his prodigal women who hadn't gotten up, and when he heard the news, he almost poured a pot of boiling water on himself. He found that Zhao Gao was indeed a serious official of the Qin State, because he was really Everything can be done.

So early in the morning, before most of the courtiers got up, Zheng Bin hurriedly drove away the imperial guards surrounding the post house, turned around and rushed to Yu Zishi's place.As a result, when he opened the door, he was found sitting in the courtyard wearing a neat black court uniform, touching the official seal in his hand, wondering what he was thinking.

Seeing him coming, Yu Zishi casually told Zheng Bin the conversation he had just had with Ying Zheng. Zheng Bin obviously didn't want to understand Yu Zishi's purpose for doing this.

After hearing this, Zheng Bin clicked his tongue, moved closer and said, "Master Zhao, let me sort out what you did for you. You just went to pick up someone, and then you went to Changping where Yingchen held a heavy army. Jun offended you, and if you offended someone, you didn’t hurry to invite him back, and even deliberately persuaded King Qin to keep him in Xianyang... May I ask, Master Zhao, what do you want to do?"

Yu Zishi glanced at Zheng Bin, and said calmly, "Do you know what promotion means?"

Zheng Bin thought for a while, then calmly said: "I think, I probably still know."

"Promotion means that his position is higher than his original rank or title." Yu Zishi reached out and poured himself a glass of water, "Xiong Qi has been granted the title of Lord Changping, and he didn't have any military achievements in Yingchen these years, so it can't be knighted."

"Yes, so? Mr. Zhao, Mr. Changping was originally an important minister. Now that he stayed in Xianyang and was promoted, you are his subordinate, do you know? If you are unlucky, maybe he will still be your Zhili boss. Zheng Bin was speechless, "Zhao Gao, do you know what you are doing?"

"That's right, he was originally an important minister." Yu Zishi repeated Zheng Bin's words, and then asked lightly, "Then what official position was he originally?"

"Da Qin Xiangbang...wait a minute, Da Qin Xiangbang." Zheng Bin frowned suddenly as he spoke, "No, there is no way for him to be promoted." Da Qin Xiangbang ranked first among the three princes, and his official position had already been capped.

Yu Zishi took a sip of tea lightly, "Official positions can be capped, but what about the power in your hands?" Yu Zishi looked at Zheng Bin, "So if you were King Qin, what would you do?"

Zheng Bin frowned and looked at Yu Zishi, thought for a while, and said: "Suspicion has arisen, and it is impossible to hand over power." Changping Jun and Lu Buwei controlled the government affairs back then. Both the country and Qin Wang Yingzheng have left a deep influence. It is impossible for Qin Wang to really hand over power to Lord Changping.

"Yes. So?" Yu Zishi lowered his eyes and said indifferently.

Zheng Bin looked at his colleague who was so calm that it made people feel a little scared. After thinking for a long time, he hesitated and said: "Give some authority to him, and at the same time find someone to restrain him."

"Yes, find someone to restrain him, so who is this person?" Yu Zishi reminded: "Mr. Changping used to be the Prime Minister of the Great Qin State, and his political methods and court strategies were truly first-rate. How shocking is his experience in the manufacture of weapons in the Great Qin Dynasty. In today's court, who is as famous as he was back then?"

Zheng Bin frowned, thinking about it, he suddenly couldn't help chuckling, "Li Si?"

Yu Zishi finally looked up at Zheng Bin, and said softly, "Yes."

Zheng Bin thought of Li Si's meekness, and the cannibalism of the big Qin Tingwei, and suddenly felt that this was really a big show at the end of this year.If Changping Lord Xiong Qi wanted to gain power, he must have taken it from Li Si.For politicians, money, beauties, and even parents and children are negotiable, but when they come across the word "quan", if they touch it, it will be bloody enmity, family and country hatred, not to mention all the way up from the small officials, with power in their hands. It was Ting Wei Li Si who stomped on other people's corpses and snatched his hands. This person even dislikes the good old man Wang Wan who is always "negotiable on everything", let alone Lord Changping who wants to divide his power.

How many civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty still remember Han Fei, the grandson of the Korean king who was in prison?This is what happened to all the brothers and sisters who vowed to establish a new world order together, and the ending of Mr. Changping is already predictable.

And by chance, Zheng Bin remembered one more thing. When Li Si was still a small official in the past, Lord Changping had already entered the Great Qin Dynasty Hall by virtue of his birth. When Li Si climbed up step by step, Changping Jun has already pointed the country by blood.If these two people meet, it will simply set off another bloody storm between the nobles and the poor families of the Great Qin Dynasty after several years.

Zheng Bin, who was terrified of thinking carefully, looked up at Yu Zishi deeply. He was a little frightened and said, "Zhao Gao, let me ask, why did Xiong Qi offend you? Are you so mean to him?" This was the first time he saw Yu Zishi. It's almost like killing people like this.

The sharpness in Yu Zishi's eyes flashed with murderous intent, "He deserves to die." Touching the sapphire seal in his hand, his emotions fluctuated for a moment, and then he calmed down again. He lowered his head and took a sip of water, "Didn't Xiong Qi want to Going back to Yingchen? If you are lucky, it should be no problem to leave a whole body back."

After hearing Yu Zishi's words, Zheng Bin frowned very lightly, and after a long time he considered, "Zhao Gao, I feel something is wrong."

Yu Zishi didn't speak, it was the first time in his life that he wanted to kill someone so much.

When Yu Zishi calmed down a little, he calmly said to Zheng Bin: "Nothing will happen, I only talked about "promotion" at King Qin's place, the rest of the matter, what His Majesty does, thinks and thinks has nothing to do with me. "

"No, I'm not talking about that, I'm saying that something is wrong with you." Zheng Bin frowned and said, "What happened to you?"

"It's okay." Yu Zishi lowered his head to suppress the emotions in his eyes, and when he looked up again, his eyes were already indifferent, "Since you are here, let me tell you something. Someone hired Gao Jianli to assassinate me a few days ago. Something is wrong, you should find a way to check."

"Gao Jianli?" Zheng Bin read the name once, and it was strangely familiar.

"Also, I called Li Jisheng over."

"Yeah." Zheng Bin nodded, "By the way, you were assassinated, are you okay?"

"What do you say?"

"...It shouldn't be a big deal." Zheng Bin glanced at Yu Zishi who was sitting in front of the case and was playing with his official seal, and nodded to confirm.

Yu Zishi ignored him, he looked up at the sky, and thought that Hu Hai should wake up at this time, so he put down the cup casually, he got up and planned to leave, "I'm going first."

"Where are you going?" Zheng Bin reached out and grabbed his sleeve, frowned, "Zhao Gao, are you alright?"

"It's okay." Yu Zishi glanced at Zheng Bin and pulled his hand, signaling him to let go.

"Then why did you attack Lord Changping? It's just a lost frontier vassal, and he hasn't caused any major troubles except playing with children." Zheng Bin was still puzzled, "You forced him to die, and you tried to kill him. what?"

Yu Zishi was silent for a while, and calmly said: "A border vassal who has lost power, has some obsessions that are not on the stage, indulges in pleasure and masculinity, and relies on his own qualifications to run amok, yes, it is indeed a very ordinary old official with power .”

"He just went to Xianyang to pay New Year's greetings and give gifts during the Chinese New Year. He is quite wronged about this matter. Why did you follow him?"

Yu Zishi smiled slightly, looked down at Zheng Bin, and said slowly, "Who said he was wronged?" The five words ranged from calm to murderous.

Zheng Bin's face changed slightly, "What do you mean?"

Yu Zishi looked at Zheng Bin, "Haven't you ever thought about what would happen if Ying and Chen really turned their backs during the battle against Chu?"

"No... no way?" Zheng Bin frowned fiercely, but his eyes darkened as he spoke.

Yu Zishi reached out and patted Zheng Bin's shoulder lightly, "After the dignified prince of Chu, the son of the king of Chu can only serve as an accompanying minister in Qin for more than 40 years, and no matter how outstanding his achievements are, Qin people will always remember him His Chu State blood, I remember that he has the surname of Xiong, suspicion and fear will always go hand in hand." Yu Zishi asked very puzzled: "Zheng Bin, why don't you have the slightest doubt that Xiong Qi will really rebel?"

"he……"

"Because he is a powerless official who relies on the old to sell the old? Because he is a stupid old official who plays with children? Or because he went to Xianyang to give gifts to reminisce about the old days when he was the most suspicious?" Yu Zishi said slowly, the smile in his eyes became bigger and bigger. cold.

Then, he withdrew his hand on Zheng Bin's shoulder, turned around and walked out.

Zheng Bin, who stayed where he was, held the cup in his hand and increased his strength a little bit.

When Yu Zishi walked out of the gate, a figure suddenly rushed towards him, and he avoided it lightly. The man slammed on the door with a bang. Yu Zishi looked sideways and found that it was Xu Fu.He turned and left.

The latter suddenly got up from the ground and grabbed Yu Zishi's sleeve, "Zhao Gao! You want to save me! Li Si is threatening me! He wants to drown me!"

"What's the matter with you?" Yu Zishi frowned and asked.

"A few days ago, didn't you ask me to persuade King Qin not to tour the east? I told King Qin that there is a miasma covering the sun in the east, and the ominous astrology that seizes the palace. It is really not suitable to go on tour."

"really have?"

Xu Fu chuckled, but didn't speak.

Yu Zishi glanced at Xu Fu's hopeless look, turned around and walked out.

"No, Zhao Gao, don't go away! Before I finished speaking, Li Si came to me just as King Qin gave up the idea of ​​going on a tour to the East. He said that there is Penglai Island in the East China Sea, and asked me if I was interested in going out to sea to seek immortal medicine and meet immortals. , He said that being a minister should be a shame for His Majesty, and he also said that recently craftsmen are lazy in building ships, and the boats tend to leak halfway! Leak! Damn, Zhao Gao said that the boat will leak halfway! He also wants me to be dazed! Zhao Gao! You You want to save me, I'm working for you! Zhao Gao!"

Yu Zishi waved his hand without turning his head.

Seeing Xu Fu's yelling getting louder, Zheng Bin came up from the yard and patted him on the shoulder, "Calm down, don't panic."

"The boat is going to leak! I'm going to lose my mind!" Xu Fu roared.

"Don't panic." Zheng Bin touched Xu Fu's blasted temple hair, "Master Ting Wei has important matters recently, and he will definitely not be able to take care of you these two days." He stroked his chin and said to Xu Fu: "At least for this half a month, the boat should not leak."

Xu Fu had a frightened expression of "you are playing with me".

Zheng Bin comforted: "Isn't there still half a month left? If you prepare early, you may still have a way out."

"What to prepare?"

"Well, can you float? Practice more, and if you really sink in the sea, you can swim back, and maybe you can be angry with Li Si."

Xu Fu: "..."

……

Yu Zishi returned to his mansion, and when he opened the door and entered, Hu Hai was still asleep, his face buried in the quilt and his brows were frowning, as if he was sleeping extremely restlessly.Yu Zishi reached out and stroked his hair, looking at the young man's fair face, he felt his hands start to tremble, and even his face turned pale.

He could kill Xiong Qi, but what about Hu Hai?He is still so young, he has always been very docile, even if there is a quarrel, he will silently come over and bow his head, remembering the way Hu Hai looked at him carefully, Yu Zishi's hand holding the edge of the bed became tighter and tighter, Hu Hai was still a child at all.

How to do?

Yu Zishi was thinking absentmindedly, when he suddenly heard a soft voice in his ear, "Sir."

He immediately looked down, Hu Hai opened his eyes at some point, and looked at him quietly, his dark eyes were clear and clean, and Yu Zishi felt that a certain place in his heart was tightly tightened. Qi's death really made him so happy.

"Sir." Hu Hai supported the edge of the bed and slowly sat up, stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, as if he hadn't woken up and was a little confused, "What time is it?"

"It's still early." Yu Zishi tidied up his emotions and smiled softly, "Go to sleep for a while, it's fine."

"But today's Qin Lv has not finished copying." Hu Hai stretched out his hand and tugged on Yu Zishi's sleeve as if subconsciously, his eyes were hazy with sleep.

Yu Zishi felt sour, and lightly touched his head, "It's okay, I won't copy today, you can sleep a little longer."

"Where did you go, sir?" Hu Hai still tugged on Yu Zishi's sleeve.

"I'm going to take care of some things." Worried that he would catch a cold, Yu Zishi stretched out his hand to help him back, and covered the quilt tightly again, "If you want to sleep, sleep for a while."

"Can't sleep." Hu Hai blinked, sleepy but unwilling to go back to sleep, "Sir, can I hug you to sleep?" When he asked this, he blinked as if he still hadn't fully regained consciousness Eye.

Yu Zishi looked at him for a while, but he didn't refuse after all. He stretched out his hand to untie his belt, took off his coat, opened a corner and lay down. Hu Hai wrapped his arms around him, buried his whole head in his arms, and hugged him tightly. Tight.Yu Zishi reached out and stroked his hair, "Go to sleep."

Soon, he heard the boy's even breathing, and his hand stroking his hair stopped. Yu Zishi looked at the boy's peaceful sleeping face, and stretched out his hand to pull the quilt up for him.He originally wanted to get up from the bed, but because he was hugged too tightly, he didn't let go of Hu Hai's hand on his waist. After thinking about it, he finally gave up because he was worried about waking Hu Hai.

"I'm sorry." He stared at the boy's face and said softly.At the beginning, if he could have thought a little more, perhaps the matter would not have come to this point. He lightly stroked the young man's face, and after a while he couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and looked away.

He lay on the bed with his eyes open, staring at the roof for a while, saying that he hadn't slept almost all night, and gradually fell asleep after lying down for a long time.

Thoughts drift away.

The quilt was very warm in winter, Hu Hai hugged him, Yu Zishi gradually closed his eyes unconsciously, and slowly fell asleep.

As soon as Yu Zishi fell asleep, Hu Hai suddenly opened his eyes. He stood up slightly and stared at the man under the quilt for a while, then carefully stretched out his hand for a long time. He looked at his face, with his hand hanging half an inch above his face He was worried that he would suddenly open his eyes. After an unknown amount of time, Hu Hai sighed softly and moved his hand away.

Hu Hai reached out and pulled the quilt up, just covering the man's shoulders.Then he calmly embraced it again, and slowly closed his eyes.

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