Qin Official

In just half a day, Lintun was captured. Even though Canghaijun's remaining troops fought against the trapped beasts, the Qin soldiers did not suffer too many casualties. Dozens of them died and more than a hundred were injured. This little damage was not even enough. More than a year ago, the army was attrition while marching in Liaodong...

The Qin soldiers were all happily cutting off their heads. Fusu had long been accustomed to such scenes. After asking the "medical soldiers" to take care of the wounded, he ordered several captains to search Xiaoyi, determined to find Lord Canghai!

"You want to see people alive, you want to see corpses when you're dead!"

Fusu knew that only by beheading Lord Canghai could he deliver a message to Qin Shihuang. This long expedition would be considered the final victory.

Soon, the two captains reported that the captured exiles from the six countries confessed that Lord Canghai died in the deepest tower of Xiaoyi, and the soldiers had found the body suspected of Lord Canghai.

Fusu went over to see what was going on. He found that Lord Canghai was not dressed like a barbarian, but like a Chinese. He was neatly dressed, with a beard covering his chest, and there was dried blood on his neck. He committed suicide by swallowing a sword...

Fusu took action himself, beheaded him with his Qinglu sword, hung it on the flag, and told everyone:

"The culprit has been killed!"

"Cang Haijun is dead, we can finally go home!"

The soldiers cheered, but the soldiers came to report to Fusu: "General, when Lord Canghai died, there were not only a few remnants of the Six Kingdoms with him, but also a Qin man who said he was an old friend of the general and asked to see him."

"People from Qin? Do you still know me?"

Fusu frowned and wanted to let the soldiers handle the interrogation on their own, but after thinking about it, he still asked someone to bring the "Qin man".

"Meet the young master."

Fusu was wiping his Qinglu sword, and when he raised his head, he saw the soldiers escorting a gray-haired old man over.

"Are you from Qin?"

The old man saluted Fusu from a distance, which was actually the standard Qin palace etiquette!

"Although Lao Nu was born in Chu, he grew up in Xianyang. He is half a Qin citizen."

He did speak with a Xianyang accent and a palace-like tone.

Fusu put his sword across his knees and did not get up. He was always polite and would stop and give way to such a sixty-year-old man on the road. But this man was different. He was a traitor. In addition, Qin As a person, it is even more unforgivable.

"I don't remember an 'old friend' like you."

The old man smiled and said: "Young Master doesn't remember me, but I remember you. Concubine Mi took him to Ganquan Palace all the time. Empress Dowager Huayang also liked him the most. She dressed him in Chu clothes and taught him The young master talked about the Chu language and was very happy. When the Queen Mother Huayang passed away, the young master cried so much that he almost fainted. Both Changping Jun and Concubine Mi said that the young master was pure and filial... Now, after more than ten years of seeing him, the former child has grown into a great husband! "

Fusu was a little surprised that this person actually knew his mother. When he was young, he did often go to the Queen Mother Huayang Palace. In this way, this person actually used to be a member of the Qin Palace.

The old man bowed again: "I am the prisoner of Miao. I entered the Qin Dynasty to serve the Queen Mother Huayang more than sixty years ago..."

Most of the people with "jian" after their names are internal officials, Miao Jian. This name seems familiar to Fusu. Great-grandmother really liked to call a middle-aged internal official named Miao Jian back then.

Fusu was slightly moved. The Queen Mother Huayang was the queen of King Qin Xiaowen. She was extremely favored. Although she had no heirs, under the mediation of Lu Buwei, she adopted a stranger, the later King Zhuangxiang of Qin, as her son.

After the death of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, the Empress Dowager Huayang, the Empress Dowager Xia, Qin Shihuang's biological grandmother, and the Queen Mother Zhao, the three empresses took charge of the inner palace.

During the Lao Ai Rebellion, it was the Chu relatives represented by the Queen Mother Huayang who supported Qin Shihuang to put down the rebellion. Afterwards, the Chu relatives were highly respected, with brothers Changping Jun and Chang Wenjun as generals, and Qin Shihuang also presided over by the Queen Mother Huayang. Next, he married Fusu's mother, Ji Mi, the sister of Lord Changping, who was left in Xianyang by King Chu Kaolie, and then they had him...

It's a pity that the good times did not last long. In the 17th year of Qin Shihuang's reign, the old queen mother passed away. Without a backer, the Chu family's relatives also withered like autumn leaves.

Fusu's mother died of illness first. In the same year, Lord Changping was dismissed from his position. He later betrayed Qin and defected to Chu, becoming the last king of Chu...

The grievances and hatreds between Qin and Chu are like a knot, and Fusu is like the final fruit of these two entangled trees. Although Fusu had never worn Chu clothes or spoken Chu words since the death of Queen Mother Huayang, Qin Shihuang still scolded Fusu frequently, saying that his temperament was more like that of a prince of Chu than a prince of Qin!

Fusu almost knew the story of Miao Jian: after the death of the Empress Dowager Huayang, the trees fell and the hozens scattered. After his mother died and Lord Changping rebelled, the situation was even worse.

The status of Chu's relatives, internal officials, and maidservants, who used to be arrogant in the palace, plummeted, and many of them were punished to work in the hidden palace as coolies. But there were also people who had guarded the mausoleum for the Empress Dowager Huayang for three years and escaped, and Miao Jian was one of them.

Miao Jian laughed and said: "At that time, Lord Changping rebelled in Chen Ying, and Qin and Chu were at war. I didn't dare to go to Chu State, so I ran to Qi. But soon, Qi State was destroyed, so I could only keep running and cross the sea. When we came to this barbarian land, Lord Canghai took us in."

Fusu nodded: "You asked to see me to survive?"

"Have any of the people who betrayed the Qin Palace survived?"

Miao Jian said cheerfully: "Chang'an Jun, Fan Yuqi, Changping Jun, as long as they betray the emperor, their fate will be very miserable. The emperor's anger will bleed and float. Who shed the blood? Of course it is small people like us. ."

He seemed to be very aware of his destiny: "I am aware of the punishment from heaven, and I am moving away. This is the Qin Shihuang I know. If anyone touches the reverse scale, his emperor's wrath will be felt even if he flees to the ends of the earth. We can’t hide! Mr. Canghai is dead, and I’m afraid we won’t be able to survive either!”

Fusu Moran, Supervisor Miao was right, they really had no intention of taking the prisoners back!

Miao Jian paid his respects again: "Miao Jian is over sixty years old. He is disabled, has no children, no worries, and only cares about the kindness of Empress Dowager Huayang. There are two things that I would like to take this opportunity to tell you. Young Master..."

Fusu was very alert: "What's the matter?"

Miao Jian did not ask Fusu to shield him, and said directly: "In the past, Lu Buwei had an affair with Zhao Ji, the daughter of the Handan clan. He knew that she was pregnant, but he deliberately asked for Zi Chu's hand in marriage and arranged for her to have an affair. . Zhao Ji hid her pregnancy. When she was in her third trimester, she gave birth to Zizheng, and Zi Chu then made Ji his wife..."

"Your Majesty, the First Emperor of Qin, is not the son of King Zhuang Xiang, but the son of Lu Buwei! His name is Lu Zheng!"

"absurd!"

Fusu became angry, stood up, and cursed: "This is a slanderous statement made by people from the Six Kingdoms. It is really ridiculous!"

This incident was spread before Qin Shi Huang succeeded to the throne, and was passed down by Cheng Qi's mother. The purpose was very simple, to prove that Qin Shi Huang was not worthy of succeeding to the throne, and the person who became the king of Qin was naturally Cheng Qi, the second son of King Zhuang Xiang.

This matter was suppressed by the Empress Dowager Huayang at that time. When Cheng Qi rebelled against Qin and surrendered to Zhao, it spread among the six countries again, and was processed by political strategists and novelists to make it clear and logical.

Unexpectedly, someone mentioned today that she was actually from the Huayang Queen Mother Palace.

Fusu naturally knew that this matter was not credible and could not be believed! And as a son, I can’t even listen!

"Take this thief down and cut out his tongue!"

He gave the order resolutely, but Supervisor Miao was still shouting.

"This is indeed something I heard from hearsay, or it may be false, but one thing is absolutely true!"

Inspector Miao was dragged to the door, still twisting his neck and loudly saying:

"Fusu, do you know why your mother, Concubine Mi, died? People in the palace said she died of illness, but that was not the case. Concubine Mi tried hard to persuade Qin Shihuang not to destroy Chu, but to no avail, Concubine Mi was stubborn and committed suicide... ...It could also be...a death penalty!"

"Let him go!"

The guard let go of Miao Jian. The old man wanted to say more, but Fusu's Qinglu Sword had already hit him and pierced his chest directly!

The sword penetrated his chest. Miao Jian couldn't stand it anymore. His eyes widened. He especially remembered that in the Queen Mother's Palace in Huayang, Changping Jun taught Fusu how to hunt in the hunting garden. The young boy was reluctant to kill even a deer. The young master is now a general with blood on his hands.

Inspector Mou looked at Fusu in front of him and breathed out his last breath: "The Queen Mother Huayang said you look like Mr. Chu, but in my opinion... you don't look like that at all..."

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Fu Su's sword was drawn out, and Miao Jian was breathless. Fu Su had a sullen face and asked people to drag his body out. Miao Jian's purpose was obvious. He had been running away for so many years, pretending to be full of resentment, and he had to be here. Fusu only gave up after leaving a thorn in his heart.

But in Fusu's heart, that thorn had already been there, but it was buried very, very deep.

He still remembered that groggy morning when he touched the cold body of his mother and concubine, cried bitterly, and promised that he would eat every mouthful of food, but he could not save her life...

Fusu would never forget that scene. If Supervisor Miao had uncovered this scar two years ago, it might have made him miserable.

But now, the sensitive and fragile childish boy in Fusu's heart is dead.

Died while marching thousands of miles, died in the roar of the soldiers' camp, died in Hancheng while looking at the sea...

Killed by his own hands in this pointless expedition that was not worth the gain!

Fusu's heart will no longer be hurt or affected by these outsiders' rumors!

Even if it is true!

"I was ten years old at the time, and I already knew some things about the world. Don't I know why my mother died better than a bystander like you?"

Concubine Mi is the princess of Chu. Her last hope is that Qin and Chu can be at peace, that the Eighteenth Generation Cursed Alliance can have a good ending, and that the world can be unified in another way, instead of endless hatred and sharing the same blood. The people were killing each other endlessly.

Fusu kept his mother's expectations and occasional sighs in mind, and he has been stubbornly practicing them over the years. He hoped that the world could be truly unified, and that the people of Qin, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, and Qi could be treated equally, instead of being aloof conquerors and subjugated slaves who were always thinking about reviving their country and taking revenge...

Now he knows how difficult it is to achieve this. Those who have a country and a family are not worried about scarcity but inequality. But it is almost impossible to achieve balance. Sometimes, you have to sacrifice some people.

This is the knowledge gained in exchange for thousands of lives lost on the road during this expedition.

From now on, Fusu is no longer obsessed with the flawless process, but more focused on the final result. He doesn't even want to think about why his mother died.

It’s not important, it’s all a process, it’s not important at all, what’s important is the result!

This is what Heifu practiced in two wars and taught Fusu.

"Let Qin and Chu be at peace, let the world stop fighting, and let hatred subside. Fusu will accomplish what my mother hoped for but didn't see back then!"

Standing in this foreign land far away from the Central Plains, Fusu asked himself, his wish remains the same!

"Even as the second emperor!"