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Three days later, the envoy of King Qin came to visit.

When the envoy in black palace uniform opened the door and came in, Yu Zishi was rolling up his sleeves and pasting vermilion window grilles.Sitting on the steps beside him was Hu Hai, holding a piece of vermilion fine silk in his palm. He stared quietly at the thin silk cut into the shape of the Chinese character "Fu" with his eyes, feeling a little strange.

The envoy of King Qin saw this scene when he opened the door and came in. The small gray courtyard, the slanted eaves, the former important minister of the Great Qin who devoted himself to pasting the window grilles, and His Highness the Young Master of the Great Qin sitting on the steps. Year.

"Master Zhao?" the messenger called softly.

The movements in Yu Zishi's hands paused, and he looked back. At the same time, the young man sitting on the steps also looked up. The messenger was holding a tray covered with a black cloth with vermilion patterns.

"Your Majesty's edict." The envoy smiled slightly at Yu Zishi.

Hu Hai stood up, stepped forward and walked in front of the messenger, stretched out his hand and directly lifted the black cloth, and then his eyes moved slightly.

A small sapphire seal lay quietly on the black-bottomed tray, exactly the same as the one Yu Zishi smashed.

……

In the room, Yu Zishi changed into a black court dress. He straightened his sleeves casually, and the dark coat of arms snaked around the cuffs. Yu Zishi looked down for a while, smiled at himself for a while, and looked up at the mirror young people.Suddenly, his gaze paused, looking at the figure behind the mirror, and he slowly turned his head to look. The boy in black was leaning against the door, his eyes were deep and dark.

The flash of emotion in the young man's eyes seemed to be Yu Zishi's illusion, he blinked lightly, and then looked at the young man's delicate features and clear eyes.

"Why did you come in?" Yu Zishi stretched his hands behind his back to straighten his belt, and asked casually.

Hu Hai saw the movement of his hands, walked behind him and stretched out his hands to cover the jade-colored button, "I'll do it."

Yu Zishi nodded, "En."

Hu Hai stood behind him, caressing the black brocade belt, without moving.

"Will you buckle it?" Yu Zishi frowned and asked when he saw that he hadn't moved for a long time.

Hu Hai withdrew his hand abruptly as if suddenly returning to his senses, Yu Zishi looked back at him subconsciously, and frowned slightly when he saw him like that, "What's wrong?"

"No."

Seeing Hu Hai's appearance, Yu Zishi buckled the buttons with his backhand suspiciously, "I'll do it myself."

Hu Hai seemed a little embarrassed and looked away. After a while, he turned around and handed the sapphire official seal to Yu Zishi, "Don't forget."

Yu Zishi picked up the jade seal from his palm, and tied it on his belt.After finishing it, he looked up at Hu Hai. Hu Hai's breath seemed strange, and he frowned again, "What's wrong with you?" He reached out and stroked the young man's forehead with the back of his hand, "Are you all right?"

"It's okay." Hu Hai glanced at him, his gaze seemed to be a little dodgy.

Yu Zishi felt that Hu Hai's body temperature was normal. After looking at him for a while, he reached out and patted his shoulder, leading him outside, "Let's go, didn't you say the palace banquet? Let's go together."

"Sir, you, will you accompany me back to the palace?" Hu Hai turned his head to look at Yu Zishi, his eyes sparkling.

"Otherwise, why should I change clothes?" Yu Zishi said as a matter of course, and then gave Hu Hai a leisurely education, "Don't worry, sir, I won't leave you alone in that palace." He did not forget today's palace banquet. Qi will also participate, and for this reason, he has to accompany Hu Hai.I took a short annual leave for myself, and it was time to go back, after all, I was already free enough to cut window grilles at home.

After hearing Yu Zishi's words, Hu Hai turned his head slightly to look at the hand on his shoulder, blinked slightly and did not speak.

……

After sending Hu Hai back to his own palace, Yu Zishi saw Zheng Bin who was smiling but not smiling as soon as he went out.

The first sentence of the low-key court official with the words "I am a traitor" engraved on his face was: "Zhao Gao, Xiong Qi has secretly transferred to Xianyang as a guard."

Yu Zishi laughed when he heard this, "What? He wants to run?"

Zheng Bin said righteously: "Don't talk nonsense, it is a serious crime to slander an important official of the court. Maybe a person misses his own guards, so call him here to relieve the pain of missing him."

Yu Zishi raised his eyebrows, and nodded his head in agreement for a long time, "That's right, maybe Mr. Changping was bored and asked his personal guards to come all the way to relieve his boredom." He glanced lightly as he spoke. Zheng Bin, "But how do you know?"

"I'm originally from the Chu country. The waves of Chu people who were scattered into the city, I heard them snort, and I can even guess where their ancestral graves are buried." Zheng Bin nodded quite complacently. Facing Yu Zishi's gaze, he smiled.

"Are you from the state of Chu? I haven't heard you mention it." Yu Zishi stared at Zheng Bin, smiled for a while and said, "Then if there is a war between Chu and Qin, what will you do, Mr. Zheng?"

Zheng Bin thought for a while and asked, "Do you know Wu Zixu?"

Wu Zixu, a native of Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, fled to Wu State, and finally returned to his homeland to dig the tomb of the king of Chu.

Yu Zishi was thoughtful, and did not continue to ask. He glanced around and said casually: "Mr. Changping's personal guards, pull one out. We Xianyang natives should do our best as landlords. By the way You can also catch up with them.”

"Let me try." Zheng Bin sighed softly, and said helplessly, "There are so many people here, it may be difficult not to disturb others."

Yu Zishi thought for a while, then said, "Let me lend you someone."

"Who?"

"Li Ji died."

……

After chatting with Zheng Bin for a few words, Yu Zishi walked back to his palace.Pushing the door open and entering, Yu Zishi subconsciously frowned and waved his hand to block the dust that was covered at that moment. He walked in and looked at the dusty room, feeling a little sad at the moment.It's only been a few days since I've been here, the house looks so desolate, there's not even a palace man to tidy it up, is he so unpopular?

Mr. Zhao, who has been restored to his post, has a very complicated mood. As expected, how beautiful and prosperous it is, it can't stand the shelving of time.Sighing softly, he walked to the window and opened it for ventilation, and slowly tidied it up by himself.There was still a while before the palace banquet, so he spent time in the room as if to pass the time.

Soon Yu Zishi discovered a rather strange thing. His things had not been touched by anyone, and even the place where the pen was placed was the same as before he left. He was a little surprised. I'm afraid they will be cleaned up.Look at this situation, it seems that no one has touched it?Didn't Li Si come in?

Yu Zishi was puzzled, walked to the dusty desk, tidied it up casually, and then sat down. His eyes swept over the pile of things on the table, and he casually pulled out a stack and put it in front of him.

After flipping through the volumes, it really looks like no one has read them.Yu Zishi looked at it, feeling more and more surprised. He directly pulled out the bottom volume of documents from the stack, and spread it out on the table with a splash.

Yu Zishi glanced at it and found that it was not a document, but his essay.As a literary youth, he often feels about life when there is no one else, and writes casually, such as the "Seven Killing Monument" that was moved by Wang Ben back then, which is actually just writing casually.

Yu Zishi was idle and had nothing to do, so he spread out the essay he wrote some time ago, and looked at it seriously with his chin propped up, thinking that the person who wrote this thing must not be himself.

Could such a hypocritical thing be written by him?Can?Can?Yu Zishi looked at the phrase "build a heart for the world, build a life for the people, inherit the knowledge of the past, and create peace for all generations", and was quite embarrassed for a while.

He directly scanned to the last sentence, the slender small seal script, the correct font, is his own handwriting.

"One who is useless is a scholar."

Looking at that sentence, Yu Zishi was quite emotional for a moment, but before he finished his emotion, he suddenly narrowed his eyes.

At the end of the line of characters seemed to be followed by a line of small characters. Yu Zishi stretched out his hand and moved the slip closer, and found that the characters were not Xiaozhuan, but Dazhuan, which was much more complicated than Xiaozhuan. I wrote it aside.

After he finished translating, he bowed his head and swept away, stunned for a moment.

"Useless is deep affection."

Yu Zishi looked down at the unfamiliar seal, and was a little dazed at the time.Who flipped through his things, and still wrote his reflections on his essays?Even after reading it, what is this?My article is full of benevolence, morality, family and country, starting with "creating a heart for the world" and ending with "a hundred uses for a scholar", an essay full of righteousness, you leave a sentence at the end "a hundred uses are a love" deep"?

Moreover, the strokes of the big seal script seem to be inexplicably familiar, as if they were written by a different hand, but still retain some charm.

Yu Zishi frowned and thought for a while, but before he could figure it out, there was a knock on the door suddenly.When he looked up, he found that it was almost the hour.

Yu Zishi paused, put down the letter and stood up.There was a thin young waiter standing at the door, smiling softly at himself.

……

When Yu Zishi arrived at the banquet, he was amazed by Ying Zheng's arrangement.It's fine if you let Li Si and Wang Wan sit together, but what's the matter if you let me sit with Xiong Qi?Is it not good to follow the official rank?

Just as Yu Zishi was sighing, the thin Changping Jun walked up to him. The two stood and looked at each other for a while, and saluted each other casually, but neither of them had the intention to sit down first.Yu Zishi looked at him for a while, smiled for a while, and sat down gracefully.As soon as he looked up, he saw Prime Minister Wang Wan sitting down with Li Si with a coffin face.

Yu Zishi immediately felt that it was not easy for Wang Wan to be an honest person, and his indifferent appearance was so short of directly saying "Come on, let's hurt each other" with Master Ting Wei. Thinking of the days Wang Wan lived under Li Si's shadow all these years, Yu Zishi I can still understand him better.

A few years ago, Wang Wan said: "Your Majesty, let's take over the three Jins and entrust a few princes and kings to sit in charge."

Li Si: "Your Majesty, counties should be set up, and prefects should be established to be directly under the jurisdiction of the court."

Wang Wan said: "Your Majesty, the big seal is really a very moving character, it is the gold and jade left by the ancestors to us."

Li Si: "Your Majesty, change to Xiaozhuan. Xiaozhuan is easy to learn and easy to write, elegant and generous."

……

Prime Minister Wang has been just a display in the court these years, he is very sensible and doesn't speak anymore, it's useless to say anyway.The people in the court have already figured out the way. Anyway, the opposite of Prime Minister Wang is Lord Tingwei's opinion, and this way is very rare. It applies to all situations, including family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs without exception.Mr. Ting Wei always had an attitude of "Mr. Prime Minister, we can discuss everything", and then silently made two stabs behind his back.

Thinking about it, Prime Minister Wang Wan has really had a hard time these years.

Yu Zishi looked at Wang Wan for a while, and finally calmed down a little. He looked around and suddenly found something, Hu Hai didn't seem to be there.He immediately frowned, and looked around carefully, and there was indeed no figure of Hu Hai among the young masters seated above.

When his eyes swept across the group of princes and princesses, Huating, who was wearing a black palace dress, just raised his head and met Yu Zishi's eyes for a moment, and the cup in her hand suddenly fell down with a soft sound.

The maid beside Huating stepped forward to help tidy up, Huating suddenly stretched out her hand and pushed the maid away, "Get out of the way." She shouted, her eyes fixed on Yu Zishi.

Yu Zishi scanned and didn't find Hu Hai, he was frowning slightly thinking, obviously he didn't notice Hu Ting's gaze.Hua Ting stared at the man in the black court uniform without turning his eyes. The outline of that face suddenly set off her memory like a wave.

Huating asked the shivering maid beside her, "Who is that person on that seat?"

The maid's face turned pale with fright, she didn't know what happened to Huating, she asked with a trembling voice: "Who, who is that?"

Huating stretched out his hand and shook his finger, then turned to look at the maid.

As soon as the maid's gaze touched Huating's gaze, cold sweat broke out, "Your Highness, that is, that is Zhao Gao, the order of the CRRC government and the supervisor of Fuxi, Mr. Zhao." Her voice was almost desperately suppressed crying at the end.

When Hua Tingchu first heard the word "Zhao Gao", he suddenly felt a little familiar, and felt that he had heard it somewhere before.

The hands in the maid's sleeves pinched each other desperately, so as not to sound flustered, "Your Highness, Mr. Zhao is the husband of His Royal Highness, and teaches His Royal Highness the laws of Qin."

Hu Ting frowned fiercely, "Hu Hai?" She turned her head and scanned around, but didn't see that person, "Hey, where is Hu Hai?"

Yu Zishi was also wondering, but since he couldn't get away, he had nothing to do. He turned his head and waved lightly to the waiter who came to pick him up just now, and said to the waiter who came trotting quickly: "Go to the little princess's womb. See what happened to Your Highness."

The waiter nodded in agreement, turned around and backed out without a sound.

"Lord Zhao is very concerned about His Royal Highness, Young Master." Suddenly, Xiong Qi, who was beside Yu Zishi, suddenly said this.

Yu Zishi turned his head to look at him, who was sipping sake, squinting his eyes with a relaxed look.After a while, Yu Zishi looked away and said indifferently: "Shouldn't it? You and I are courtiers."

"It's too late." Xiong Qi said leisurely.

Yu Zishi didn't speak, he reached out to pick up the cup and took a sip.

Even if nothing happened to Hu Hai, Xiong Qi would never stay.

The overall atmosphere of the palace banquet was good. Almost all the people from the court had arrived. On the seats were the Qin royal family, and on the top sat Qin Wang Yingzheng.Throughout the whole process, Yu Zishi had a feeling of cooperating with the performance, and he didn't lose face of King Qin, so he didn't say a single polite thing that should be said.

Everyone glanced over and felt that Changping Jun Xiong Qi and Zhao Gao had a good friendship, and the familiarity of this casual chat seemed like old friends.

The only time when Yu Zishi regained his energy throughout the whole process was when the envoys of Yan State had an audience.

When the messenger in red clothes knelt on the ground and spoke, Yu Zishi was distracted.

The King of Yan is willing to take the map of Dukang of Yan State and the head of Fan Yuqi, the rebel general of Qin, as a gift, and asks "the whole country to be his ministers" to repair with Da Qin, and sincerely fights.

Qin Wang Yingzheng rewarded the envoy of Yan State in court, and promised that he would set up nine guests in the court uniform, personally meet the envoy of Yan State in the court hall of Xianyang Palace, and cultivate the good friends of Qin and Yan.

Congratulations came and went, and the atmosphere of the palace banquet suddenly reached the most lively place, and the courtiers were all boiling.Yu Zishi lowered his head and smiled, stretched out his hand to pick up the wine glass and took a sip of the wine, but didn't say anything.I'm afraid this is the end of the Warring States Period, the last excitement.After assassinating Qin, Great Qin sent troops to expand eastward, Chu State and Yan State were successively destroyed under the Great Qin Iron Cavalry, and Qi State surrendered.

Then there is this great and prosperous Qin Dynasty, which lasted for 14 years.

14 years is just a boy's age.

Yu Zishi looked at the dazzling scene, the rich and noble princes, the exquisitely carved beams and painted pillars, and the young and picturesque maids. Suddenly, he couldn't help thinking, where will you all be in 14 years from now?No one would believe it. One or fourteen years later, the mountains and rivers will change drastically, and the lives of most of them will be completely shattered, leaving only one or two understatements in the history books.

Then there was the sound of countless iron horses treading mountains and rivers.

Yu Zishi remembered a sentence, a sentence that touched him deeply: seeing him get up from Zhulou, seeing him entertaining guests, seeing his building collapse.

He doesn't expect to change the course of history, but at that time, he can at least protect some things and some people with his own power.

Yu Zishi was distracted when he suddenly felt the table shake slightly.He woke up in an instant, and looked up at King Qin who was sitting up.Suddenly, he found a woman sitting next to the King of Qin, wearing a dark black palace dress with no decorations on her body, and no jewelry on her head except for a simple bun and a gold hairpin. .

Queen Mother Zhao?

Yu Zishi was slightly taken aback, this was almost the first time he had actually seen Zhao Ji in the Qin Palace in all these years.Empress Dowager Zhao is a very low-key woman. Maybe she had too many romantic experiences when she was young, but she became cold-hearted in middle age. She hasn't stepped out of the deep palace for more than ten years.Yu Zishi didn't expect to attend the palace banquet this time, and he attended it halfway, which is really strange.

Think about the men who have had relationships with this woman, ranging from Qin Gongzi Yiren, down to the legendary real man Lai Ai, and a great Qin Xiangbang Lu Buwei was added during the period. This woman's story is written in a book. ah.

Thinking about it, Yu Zishi couldn't help but look at the Queen Mother Zhao a few more times. The strange woman needs to look at it from the eyes of ordinary people.He was watching, and suddenly felt something was wrong, and squinted at Xiong Qi.The latter had a calm demeanor, holding a wine glass and chatting and laughing happily with the ministers at the next table, as if thinking about the good times in the past, it was really normal no matter how you looked at it.It was so normal that it made people feel abnormal. Yu Zishi remembered that Lu Buwei had mentioned that Mr. Changping was an old acquaintance with Zhao Ji just like him.

The reunion of old friends who haven't seen for many years can't be so indifferent, Xiong Qi's eyes are so indifferent as if the two are ordinary monarchs and ministers.

Yu Zishi narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze swiveled secretly between Xiong Qi and Queen Mother Zhao.This palace banquet seems to be a lot of things.

At this moment, the waiter who had been away for a long time finally came back with a small step, his expression was a little flustered, he leaned over and whispered in Yu Zishi's ear: "Master Zhao, the young master is injured."

Yu Zishi suddenly looked up at the waiter, "What's going on?"

……

Yu Zishi found an excuse to withdraw from the palace banquet in advance, turned around and walked towards Hu Hai.When he walked into the palace, Hu Hai was sitting on the couch looking down at his left hand. The wound had been bandaged, and blood oozing could still be seen vaguely.Sitting in front of him was the imperial doctor Xia Wuyan, who was packing the medicine box.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Hu Hai suddenly turned his head to look at Yu Zishi, his eyes lit up, "Sir?"

"What's going on?" Yu Zishi stepped forward and pushed back the boy who was about to sit up, turned around and sat opposite him. "You are hurt?"

"I was planning to go out, but something happened." Hu Hai glanced lightly at Xiao Luo, who was standing beside him with a pale face, and then said to Yu Zishi, "It was dark, and I accidentally fell when I went out."

"Why are you so careless?" Yu Zishi looked at his wound and frowned, "How is the injury?"

"It's nothing serious." Hu Hai stretched out his other hand and carefully pulled down Yu Zishi's sleeve, and whispered softly, "Be careful next time."

In front of Xia Wuyan and a group of palace attendants, Yu Zishi didn't say anything to Hu Hai, but just looked up at him quietly.After a while, he turned back and asked Xia Wuyan, "How is the young master's injury?"

The rather old Xia Wuyan said slowly: "Fortunately, I didn't hurt my muscles and bones, and I can do it in two days of cultivation."

Only then did Yu Zishi settle down a little, and looked at Hu Hai.Hu Hai immediately turned his head and said calmly: "All of you go down first."

After the palace people even took Xia Wuyan to leave, Hu Hai silently tugged Yu Zishi's sleeves and said nothing. Originally, he didn't want to explain, so he just looked at Yu Zishi with an aggrieved look. When Yu Zishi saw him like that I couldn't help but frowned, "You fell when you went out, where did you fall? Tell me."

Hu Hai was taken aback, as if he didn't expect Yu Zishi to ask such a question, and then he calmly said: "The steps of the gate of the palace are falling."

"Stamped? Or tripped?" Yu Zishi stared at Hu Hai sharply and asked indifferently.

Hu Hai thought for a while, "Step on air."

Yu Zishi nodded, looked at Hu Hai and said, "Then go and step on it for me again. I really want to know how you can break the wound like this by stepping on the air. I'm really curious, sir."

Hu Hai's eyes widened in a daze, and he looked at Yu Zishi in disbelief.

Yu Zishi just sat quietly opposite him and looked at him, with an indifferent expression and slightly cold eyes.