Qin Official

"I know who the mastermind behind the assassination of the king is."

In the temple in Tuhe County, military doctors were bandaging Liu Ji's wounds. He managed to capture two assassins while fighting with them, but only suffered minor injuries. Old Liu didn't take it seriously, saying that he would just spit on it and be done with it. However, Fusu asked doctors to diagnose and treat Haosheng.

While Liu Ji was dressing the wound, he was not idle and said firmly:

"It must have been done by Hei Fu!"

Fusu raised his eyes: "How can you see it?"

Liu Ji gritted his teeth and said, "I know very well that Mr. Hei may seem to be a loyal man, but he is actually ruthless."

In the whole world, Liu Ji is probably the most qualified person to say this.

Heifu, this guy really ruined his life for no reason, why didn't he just glare at you at the top of Waihuang City? As for being so vindictive?

Speaking of the past, Liu Ji felt a little sad and angry: "Your Majesty, you don't know what Heifu has done. When he was the county governor of Jiaodong, he had already had a different idea. He recruited followers from all over the world and brought Xiao He, Cao Shen and others from Peixian County under his command. And Chen Ping is a man who likes to use conspiracy. He is led by three people and cultivates party members vigorously, so that Jiaodong only knows the black husband but not the emperor."

"He once ruined my family and exiled me to Haidong for a minor offense. I know very little about what happened later, but I must have transferred the same tactics from Jiaodong to the Southern Expeditionary Army, and showed his kindness to me. Let the soldiers admire him and follow him, and slowly turn the officials of the imperial court into his own private soldiers!"

Fusu listened quietly: "Public weapons are for private use... Why do you think Mr. Hei did this?"

Liu Ji waved his hand: "It's not because of his ambition!"

"I heard that Heifu raised an army in Nanjun a year ago. Now he has occupied the entire south. He attacks the north day and night and is an enemy of Hu Hai's army. Although he is still under the banner of Qin, he is just pretending to be a loyal minister. As for people’s hearts, I think Mr. Hei has already had a disobedient heart!”

"He wants to usurp the throne and become the emperor himself!"

"Heifu wants to be emperor?"

Fusu seemed to be moved. He stood up and looked at the trees in the courtyard outside, speechless for a long time.

But Liu Ji became even more enthusiastic: "Heifu now occupies more than ten counties, and has an army of more than ten or two hundred thousand under his command. All the people in the south obey him. If he hears that the king has returned, instead of welcoming him with joy, he will feel sad Fear, for fear that the king will return to the Central Plains and inherit Qin Shihuang's legacy, and he will no longer be as powerful as he is today."

"That's why Hei Fu asked Chen Ping of Jiaodong to collect all the sea ships, so as not to allow us to cross the sea back to the Central Plains. And today's assassin must be sent by Hei Fu under Chen Ping's instructions. He wants to kill the king and completely eliminate future troubles. !”

Liu Ji was right in his words, but Fusu was noncommittal. He was just waiting for the results of his subordinates' interrogation.

Soon, Sima Gaocheng came, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, one of the assassins who are still alive is relieved..."

"Who is the mastermind?" Fusu was now more concerned about the outcome.

Gao Chengdao: "They were sent by Zang Tu, the false king of Yan, and they were ordered to ambush the king here!"

"Zang Tu..." Fusu nodded, this was a roadblock ahead.

He turned to smile and said: "If you want to solve the problem through assassination, this is indeed something that Yan people are very good at..."

Prince Dan of Yan, who Fusu wanted to call "uncle" back then, had done the same thing.

Fusu looked back at Liu Ji: "It seems that this time it's not the black husband."

"Perhaps the assassin got Hei Fu's orders and deliberately said that he was sent by Zang Tu!"

Liu Ji didn't realize it himself. He had been tortured by the black husband in the past few years, and he had become a bit paranoid about being persecuted.

"And even if it doesn't happen this time, there will be a next time!"

"Your Majesty, no one knows Hei Fu better than me! He can deceive everyone in the world, but he can't deceive me, Liu Ji!"

Liu Ji was frightened when he thought of that incident. When he was serving in Xianyang and watching Qin Shihuang's driving, he had the idea of ​​​​"acting like a real man". However, more than a year later, when Liu Ji went to Jiaodong to plead guilty to Hei Fu, Hei Fu was silent. The words expressed what he was thinking at that time!

That black-faced guy is really scary. Does he really have the ability to read minds...

But when Liu Ji thought about it carefully afterwards, he suddenly realized.

"Could it be that Heifu also had the same idea in his mind? He also wants to sit in the position of the First Emperor!"

Thinking of this, Liu Ji bowed down with emotion: "Does your Majesty have to wait until everyone knows about Hei Fu's intention to usurp the throne before he is willing to believe it?"

"Get up, it's not that I don't believe you."

Fu Su helped Liu Ji up and sighed: "It's just that Hei Fu is in the southwest and I am in the northeast. They are thousands of miles apart. They are not in contact with each other. The news is months or even half a year apart. Whether he has the intention to usurp the throne, I believe If you don’t believe it, it won’t help us in today’s situation at all.”

He encouraged Liu Ji and said: "Liu Ji, I know that you have always been loyal and loyal. I know your worries. Just go down and recuperate."

Liu Ji bowed again: "Liu Ji is only slightly injured and can still fight. Please be the vanguard for the king to fight against Zang Tu and vent his anger for the king!"

Fusu shook his head: "Since there are Yan people blocking the front and building a pass to block the coastal corridor, a big battle is inevitable. However, the troops and horses have not moved, and the grain and fodder have gone first. Eastern Liaoning and western Liaoning are bitter, cold and barren, and they were invaded by Donghu, which delayed it. Spring plowing. There is a shortage of food everywhere, let alone what is needed to sustain our army. The Western Expedition may have to wait until the wheat is ripe in June or July..."

…

When Liu Ji left the county temple, Lu Wan, a township party member, was already waiting outside. Lu Wan and Liu Bang lived in the same house. They were born on the same day, so they were children. Even when they got older, they always loved each other, and their relationship was so good that they often slept together.

When Lu Pheasant went to Jiaodong a few years ago, even Liu Ji's two brothers had no one to see him off, and Lu Wan accompanied him all the way.

It's just that it's easy to go to Haidong and hard to get back. Lu Wan was not accustomed to the climate and the climate in those few years, contracted diseases, and found it difficult to travel far, so he has been stranded to this day.

Now Liu Ji's fortune finally came, and Lu Wan became Liu Ji's only right-hand man.

Seeing Liu Ji coming out, Lu Wan immediately stepped forward to greet him, and said with some amusement: "Brother is really loyal to the king. I sacrificed my life to repel the assassin today. I was dumbfounded. I just felt that this was not like my elder brother... "

Liu Ji, however, was noncommittal and looked back at the county temple. The loyal and honest person he had shown in front of Fusu was gone, and instead he showed a sneer.

"loyalty?"

"Liu Ji is always loyal to himself!"

But to Lu Wan, who kept his mouth shut, Old Liu just laughed and said: "Yes, I, Liu Jizhi, have the ambition to become King Zhao's most trusted subordinate and climb to the position of one person below ten thousand people."

"So good!"

Lu Wan began to daydream: "In the future, Zhao Wang will return to Xianyang and become the emperor. With my brother's merits, he will be the three princes? Jiuqing? He will also be a prince, general and minister. I would rather have the guts..."

Liu Ji's face darkened: It's another famous quote from Mr. Hei. How come this sentence is so widely circulated?

Because he had been cheated so many times, Liu Ji had a physical reaction to the words or things related to the black husband. He only felt a tightness in his back and spat: "Don't mention this to me!"

Can Fusu return to the Central Plains? Liu Ji didn't believe it at all.

Even if Yan and Zhao break through all the obstacles, what will happen if thousands of exhausted soldiers go back? Can tigers really conquer the world? Meeting the black husband is just a matter of striking an egg against a stone.

Based on Liu Ji's understanding of Heifu, once Heifu learned that Fusu was alive, he would probably not hesitate to mourn Fusu, and then declare that Fusu from Liaodong was a fake, and send troops to attack him, killing his corpse and destroying his traces, right?

Liu Ji did not hesitate to use the utmost malice to speculate on this person!

Although he, Liu Ji, was almost fifty and considered an old man, he felt that he could still live for many years. He did not want to follow Fusu and end up like this!

"I will work harder to gain Fusu's trust, surpass Gao Cheng, and become second only to the king in the army..."

Liu Ji held the sword at his waist and lowered his head in thought.

"Then, when something happens to Fusu again, I won't have to save him..."

Regardless of whether he was really killed by Hei Fu, died in the war with the heroes of Yan and Zhao, or even died inexplicably.

If Fusu dies and his heirs are not around, if Liu Ji can get into the second rank in the army, he is bold, brave in battle, friendly to the garrison, and very popular, then it is natural that he can inherit Fusu's legacy of nearly 10,000 soldiers, as well as Liaodong, The land and people’s hearts in western Liaoning!

"Although the two Liao dynasties are barren, their combined population is more than 300,000. They are burdened by dangerous mountains and blocked by Shaohai. They are two thousand miles from east to west. They are quite supplemented by Chinese people. They are also the masters of a state. Moreover, Donghu has been disabled and Korea is weak. In Liu Ji's opinion, there is much to be done and he can build a country..."

That's right, although he never wanted to leave that ghost place when he was in Haidong, Liu Ji no longer wanted to go back. The world was in chaos. Even if he returned to the Central Plains, Peixian County had already changed. What can he do?

go home? For Liu Ji, who once worked as a knight-errant, although his hometown is good, home is where he established his career.

"A real man should be like this... A real man should be like this..." In Liu Ji's heart, he silently thought about this ambition he had made many years ago, but he felt lost.

"I am nameless and powerless, and I have no confidence to return to the Central Plains to fight with the black husband, let alone continue the legacy of Qin Shi Huang."

He smiled, stroking his thick beard that had grown back, and his mood suddenly brightened:

"But I can continue Fusu's legacy in this northeastern land!"

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ps: Good night...m.