Every time I wake up, I take the blame for the villain

It is really hard to imagine seeing hesitation in Ying Zheng.

Xu Fu always thought that this emperor who swept the six kingdoms would not have any humanity. He was like a ruthless machine, only knowing how to kill and fight, and restraining his subjects with his iron law. He only loved Qin, only this highly centralized country under his rule.

Even Fusu, when he wanted to punish, he did not hesitate.

Now he had already decided to kill, but at this time, he let Hu Hai go. Even Xu Fu could not figure out his mind.

For the stability of the Qin Dynasty, shouldn't the emperor just kill this future destabilizing factor decisively?

I don't understand.

The hexagram will not be wrong. So Hu Hai... He is very likely the one who destroyed the foundation of the empire. Now that the emperor has believed in the hexagram, why should he show mercy to Hu Hai?

This time, Zhao Gao was sent away, and Prince Fusu and his generals were concealed. All possible obstacles were gone. If he didn't kill him now, when would he?

Whether it was Zhao Gao or Fusu, the only result they could get in the end was the news that the young prince had died. This would not hurt your majesty's wisdom, nor would it affect Fusu and others' feelings for your majesty. Isn't it perfect?

Father-son relationship?

Does Ying Zheng really have feelings for his children?

Seeing that the crossbows might not reach Hu Hai's position, Xu Fu couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty!"

The sword beside Ying Zheng had no intention of being unsheathed. He just quietly watched Hu Hai's back gradually go away, and turned around. When will he be a father, but want to kill his son?

Hu Hai, after all, was his child. How could he know that this trip was full of murderous intent.

The one who destroyed Qin was Hu.

Ying Zheng forgot that the blood flowing in Hu Hai's body was the blood of the Hu people. But he was also his blood, Ying Zheng. I wanted to use Hu Hai to train Fusu in the past, but I don't want to do it today, so let's end it.

The premise is that Hu Hai has no evil intentions. If Zhao Gao is removed now, Fusu's position will not be shaken.

Hu Hai... leave him.

Among the more than 20 children, only Hu Hai is the closest to him. Zhang Han is fair and just, and he will not be biased towards anyone. He also has a sense of unwillingness to Hu Hai. Not to mention the father?

Now, since Hu Hai has been removed from Fusu's training list, Zhao Gao should be replaced.

Zhao Gao and Fusu have different political views, and Ying Zheng knows it. Zhao Gao is loyal to him, and he is not very loyal to Fusu.

This is the tradition of Qin.

Zhao Gao is Ying Zheng's eunuch, just like Lu He to Fusu.

They have been instilled with the idea of ​​loyalty since they were born. They can indeed never betray those they follow. But for others...

Ying Zheng can answer with certainty. Zhao Gao would not have any other feelings for Fusu.

Even if he is inclined to do so now, it is not known that he has already regarded Fusu as an enemy.

It is worth thinking about.

…

When Fusu was ordered by the emperor to go to Chu County to investigate the annexation of land by the old Chu Wanggui, he met Liu Ji from Cao Shen. He often felt cheerful because of this new acquaintance with humor. Although Liu Ji's ruffian spirit made this prince who followed etiquette feel uncomfortable, Liu Ji was indeed a talented person. Cao Shen once said that this friend was a talent of a thousand miles.

Fusu agreed.

The heads of Qin counties were usually recommended by local governments. Liu Ji met Fusu, and Fusu recommended him to his father as the governor of Chu County in accordance with the principle of selecting talents regardless of relatives. He changed his name to Liu Bang, only hoping to stabilize the country.

Liu Ji was not particular about details and did not ask his parents for the new name. He was grateful to Fusu for his kindness and expressed his great satisfaction with this magnificent new name.

After Ying Zheng had someone inspect it, he felt that it was acceptable.

So the story of the chief of Pei County becoming the governor of Chu County was widely spread in Pei County.

Who can say that luck is not a kind of strength?

However, whether Liu Bang was lucky or not, Jiang Chen said, this still needs to be questioned.

Chu County is the place where Xiang clan is entrenched. As a man of the empire, Liu Bang returned to Chu and must have a confrontation with Xiang clan. This time, at the border between Chu and Han, is Liu Bang better or is Xiang Yu the only one in the lead?

At the same time, he was noticed by the emperor, valued by Fusu, investigated by Gao, and targeted by Xiang clan. He was away from the bottom of life and fell into the extravagance of Chu. Jiang Chen didn't believe that Liu Bang could easily rise up.

It's hard to go from luxury to frugality. It's hard for people to give up the stability they already have and try to get chestnuts from the fire.

The prefect of Chu County in the Qin Dynasty that has been obtained, and the elusive throne of the emperor whose success or failure is unknown in the midst of the turbulent battles among the heroes.

Which is better?

Moreover, Liu Bang is now far from the vision of the later Chu-Han War.

The surging trend of the empire has undoubtedly reached a state of balance in advance because of Jiang Chen's secret intervention.

As for the murderous intention that day, it would be false to say that Jiang Chen did not notice it.

In countless strange stories in the past, it was said that when the emperor died, Hu Hai and Zhao Gao and others conspired to keep the funeral secret and at the same time sentenced his elder brother Fusu to death.

Now it seems that things are even more complicated.

Ying Zheng had long wanted to kill Hu Hai. Jiang Chen's words and deeds that day dispelled his murderous intention. However, if there was this time, how could he know that it would not happen again?

Where did the emperor's murderous intention come from?

Perhaps, it was earlier than when Zhang Han was ordered to come and test Jiang Chen. Even Zhao Gao's repeated metaphors before implied the intention of spying.

Jiang Chen thought over and over the memories of the past few months more than once, and he did not feel that he had done anything out of the ordinary since he came here. Normally, unless it was necessary, he rarely came into contact with people familiar to the original owner, such as Fusu and Ying Zheng.

That is to say, Hu Hai's fate of death was predetermined by Ying Zheng a long time ago.

He was the destined sacrifice for Fusu to ascend to the throne.

Indeed, for human beings, what else can make a person's blood cool quickly than the killing of close brothers and fathers and sons? As long as he was betrayed, Fusu's kindness would know to restrain himself.

However, in the last history, the predetermined sacrifice was pushed to the throne by Zhao Gao, and the emperor's favorite prince died in the fight.

…

Xu Fu always felt that his scalp was tingling when he was looked at by Hu Hai's eyes. There was no reason. Obviously, Hu Hai just glanced at him accidentally, and didn't even stay for a moment, but Xu Fu was still worried. Maybe it was really as the folk saying goes, a thief is guilty. Xu Fu could only smile bitterly.

Even so, he couldn't give up on killing Hu Hai. Your Majesty's execution of Lu Sheng, the unruly man, was considered to be a cleansing of the Yin-Yang School, and it was also a favor to Xu Fu. Xu Fu was willing to foresee dangers and eliminate them for Your Majesty.

Hu Hai would only be one of them.

The work of making the track uniform was almost completed. However, it encountered some hard rocks in the mountains in the middle, and it was too laborious and financial to bypass them, so it could not be completely opened.

This matter made the major engineers almost gray-haired. The method used by the internal historian Zheng Guo to crack the rocks by alternating hot and cold water when digging the Zhengguo Canal was too troublesome and slow. Therefore, the road has not been completed until now.

Fusu was also worried.

When Jiang Chen was asked about this matter, Jiang Chen was silent for a long time.

Seeing that he was really troubled by this matter, Jiang Chen finally said, "Mr. Xu should be able to solve this matter."

Fusu was slightly stunned, "Mr. Xu?" Then he thought of the mysterious alchemist. Although Xu Fu did not call himself a Taoist, but a Yin-Yang School. However, according to Fusu's understanding, the Yin-Yang School is only one of the branches of Taoism after all.

Xu Fu was shocked when he heard that Hu Hai and Fusu came to visit. A young master who had just been calculated, and an elder master who had been fed up with elixirs, actually came together to "visit".

The meaning of this really makes people think deeply.

Xu Fu's heart was in turmoil. When he stepped out of the alchemy room to greet them, he really couldn't guess the intentions of the two.

Just as he brought the two people here, he heard a loud bang in the alchemy room.

Xu Fu was startled and rushed to the alchemy room.

In the tall stone house, there were a mess of sawdust and sparks, and some unknown stones.

Xu Fu heard Jiang Chen ask, "Sir, this is..." He smiled with his lips curved, "Did the furnace explode?"

"..." Xu Fu.

He had to cover his lips and coughed in the alchemy room where the smoke gradually dissipated, "Young Master, please forgive me."

It must be because he heard that the two came together just now, and his hands were shaking, so he put too much saltpeter.

Jiang Chen didn't care about his embarrassment, and just said that this medicine could be used to split stones.

Fusu understood, and now he really looked like he was asking for advice, "Sir, what you made just now is beneficial to Daqin, I hope you can teach me."

"Are you two referring to this furnace explosion thing?" Xu Fu said with a strange look on his face. Failure in alchemy and explosion of the furnace is undoubtedly a shame for the alchemist. What are they talking about today that is beneficial to Qin? Are they joining forces to discredit him?

Benefit.

Everything has its benefits and disadvantages.

Whether the large-scale gunpowder prepared in advance will only be used by those who are interested and become a lethal hot weapon is really unpredictable.

Just like a sword, the sword has no heart, but only follows the will of the sword master to take people's lives.

What are the pros and cons depends entirely on human will.

If people want to use gunpowder to split mountains, then it is just a thing for splitting mountains and chiseling stones. If people want to use gunpowder for war, then it is naturally a killing weapon.

People always attribute disadvantages to things themselves, and never think about what role they played in this disadvantage.

Is it ridiculous?

Jiang Chen's answer is, it is extremely ridiculous.

But in short, the Chidao Road was excavated smoothly and quickly, and he had to thank this meeting.

Fusu finally found a reason to take the alchemist seriously.

He inevitably asked Jiang Chen how he knew about elixir and fireworks. Jiang Chen only replied that he had seen it in a book.

Asked again which book? He said he didn't know.

Fusu: "..."

"I saw it when I was young, but a few years have passed and I have forgotten the name."

Fusu: "..." This seems to make sense.

The Central Plains is prosperous, but the north is completely different.

Because of drought and epidemics, a large number of cattle and sheep died, and the northern Hu had long been coveting the rich land of Qin.

When the seven countries were divided, Qin was a big country, and the troubles caused by the Hu people were relatively reduced.

The military strength of Han, Zhao and Wei was weak and extremely troubled. Now that the six kingdoms have disappeared, the troubles of the Hu people are only disturbing the Great Qin.

Fusu was ordered to go to war.

Before leaving, he gave Jiang Chen a crescent jade pendant with the word "moon" engraved on it. Probably, it was referring to Huaiyue. "Birthday gift."

When he turned around, Zhao Gao also stared at the jade in Jiang Chen's hand, with an unclear smile.

Jiang Chen also smiled.

So Zhao Gao couldn't laugh anymore. "..."

Jiang Chen still respectfully called him Zhongcheling, but Zhao Gao was no longer Hu Hai's teacher.

Ying Zheng removed his position as the external teacher of the Eighteen Princes.

Seeing the Xuanjia Army going away, the subjects and people who saw them off also dispersed little by little.

Zhao Gao said to him, "Sure enough, Zhao Gao underestimated the young master."

His voice was not loud, but just loud enough for Jiang Chen to hear. "Zhao Gao still doesn't understand a little. With the young master's intelligence, how can he bear to be second? Obviously, you and I are the most suitable to join forces. By then, everything will be under control. The young master is tired of things, Gao will solve them. The young master can do everything he likes, and he doesn't have to suppress his nature. The young master is the master, so he can do whatever he wants. Isn't this good?"

The only answer to him was an indifferent look.

Jiang Chen had no intention of answering, and turned around and walked away.

When did the chess piece that didn't distinguish right from wrong, only knew how to play to his heart's content, and treated everything around him as a child's game become so difficult to control?

It seemed that it was after he woke up from his illness...