The Counterattack of the Villains

"My dear friends, have you heard? Your Majesty has adopted a new concubine Li who is both beautiful and beautiful."

"I've also heard that this empress is truly a queen."

"Yes, I heard that she is from Donghu."

"No, they are from Yueshi."

"You are all wrong. The latest news I got is from the Huns."

In a wine shop in Xianyang City, many drinkers were chatting animatedly, and the focus of the conversation was the First Emperor's newly adopted concubine Li.

A handsome-looking young man in narrow-sleeved clothes was sixty-seven percent drunk at the moment, and he was lying on the table.

Listening to everyone's discussion, he couldn't help but said loudly: "You are all wrong, she is from Tu'an."

Hearing what the young man said, the other drinkers all looked puzzled.

"Tuan? I've never heard of it. Is there such a country?"

"No way, he drank too much."

Hearing this, the young man picked up a wine bowl, raised his hand and threw it at the person who said he drank too much, shouting: "You just drank too much."

The wine bowl didn't hit anyone, but this extremely provocative move made the person furious. He stood up and wanted to take action, but was dissuaded by his tablemates.

The young man pointed at the man arrogantly and laughed. He really hoped that someone would come to make trouble so that he could vent his anger.

At this moment, an unhurried voice suddenly sounded in the wine shop.

"Tu'an is located a hundred miles north of Guangyang County. It is a small border country with a population of less than 200,000 and an army of less than 10,000."

The drinkers in the wine shop were suddenly enlightened after hearing this.

"That's it. No wonder I haven't heard of it."

"I never thought that such a small country could raise such a stunning beauty as Concubine Li."

The young man did not pay attention to the discussions of the drinkers, but looked at the man who had just walked into the wine shop in shock.

"Lao Gao?"

Apart from Yi Xiaochuan, there is no one else in the entire Great Qin who can shout this title.

He stood up, his eyes turned red instantly, staggered towards Li Mu, grabbed his shoulders, and said excitedly: "Lao Gao, it's great that you're okay."

Regarding Yi Xiaochuan's reaction, Li Mu had no emotions in his heart. He smiled faintly, patted his arm and said, "I'm fine, but you look very worried."

Yi Xiaochuan's face was full of bitterness and he said: "It's a long story. You seem to be doing well?"

Li Mu looked around and said, "Let's go to the side room to chat."

Yi Xiaochuan originally drank in the lobby, but this restaurant has private rooms.

The wing of the wine shop is not big, less than ten square meters. There is a low table in the middle and nothing else.

Li Mu asked the waiter to get a bottle of wine and move the dishes Yi Xiaochuan ordered into the side room. Then he closed the door and sat down next to the short table.

Li Mu poured himself a bowl of wine, walked away with Yi Xiaochuan, then put down the wine bowl and said, "I've heard a little bit about you. I have a good relationship with Meng Tian, ​​and I usually get some news."

Yi Xiaochuan frowned slightly and said, "How come you have a good relationship with that guy? What is your current status?"

Li Mu smiled lightly and said: "The title is made by a young master. It is the fifteenth level of the Qin Dynasty's twenty-level military merit title system. It belongs to the rank of Shangqing and is only three levels lower than Meng Tian."

"The position is Zhan Shi of Master Fusu's Mansion, which is equivalent to Fusu's chief steward, just below Fusu."

Yi Xiaochuan stared at him dumbfounded, as if he didn't recognize him, and his mind didn't turn around for a long time.

"How did you get to this point?"

Li Mu said calmly: "I dedicated the high bridge saddle, stirrups, and horseshoes to Qin Shihuang."

"What?" Yi Xiaochuan jumped up in shock and said anxiously: "Are you crazy? These things only appeared during the Western Han Dynasty. Aren't you afraid of changing history by messing around like this?"

Li Mut said calmly: "So what if we change history?"

Yi Xiaochuan said: "If history changes, the future will be completely different, and we will most likely disappear."

Li Mu looked up at him and said: "I presented these things nearly two years ago, and they have been equipped with the entire army by now."

"The Qin army relied on this to win several great victories on the Longxi border. Have we disappeared?"

"..."

Yi Xiaochuan was dumbfounded and sat down again. They did not disappear. Could it be that the future would not change just because these things appeared earlier?

Li Mu then said calmly: "And this is nothing like changing history. I plan to change it even more thoroughly."

Yi Xiaochuan said nervously: "What else do you want to do?"

Li Mu's face darkened and he said in a concentrated voice: "I want to kill Liu Bang and make the Emperor of the Han Dynasty no longer exist."

Yi Xiaochuan heard this and said categorically: "This is absolutely not possible. If it is just a few tools, the future may not change. But if something goes wrong with important historical figures, the future will definitely be changed."

Li Mu sighed and shook his head: "Xiaochuan, Xiaochuan, I only have a junior high school diploma, but you have gone to college after all, but I feel that you are worse than me in some common sense."

Yi Xiaochuan was stunned and said: "What common sense?"

Li Mudao: "Even if you haven't learned it, have you never seen it on the Internet? Don't you understand what bifurcated timelines and parallel worlds are?"

Yi Xiaochuan was shocked, and a feeling of enlightenment came to his heart.

Even many ordinary people knew what Li Mu said, but he just didn't think about it at all.

Yes, his personal experience has confirmed that time travel is real, so in the past and future, he and Gao Yao will not be the only ones who experience time travel.

But history has not changed at all, why?

That's because when a time traveler travels to ancient times and changes history, the timeline will branch from there, forming a parallel universe, and the future will also go in another unknown direction.

But in the original timeline, history still develops according to its original trajectory, and there will naturally be no changes in the future.

This conclusion made Yi Xiaochuan inexplicably excited. In this way, he did not have to worry about history at all, because he and Lao Gao would not disappear no matter what.

As for the future, what does the future have to do with them?

Maybe they can't go back to the future at all, and their lives have been rushed for decades, and they will eventually die in this ancient era.

Tang Wushan asked the two of them to go again after sixty years. Whether they can survive sixty years later is still a question.

Just listen to Li Mu continue: "Actually, from the moment we traveled to Qin Dynasty, we have been a part of history, and there is no difference from people like Qin Dynasty."

"We just have more advanced insights than them. In fact, there are many such people in history."

"If we don't talk about it far away, let's talk about Wang Mang of the Han Dynasty. People on the Internet say that he is a time traveler."

"You might have been able to say nonsense before, but now that traveling through time and space has happened to you, do you still think it's nonsense?"

"In addition to Wang Mang, there are also people like Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng. Do you really believe that they can predict the next thousand years by relying on some divination?"

Yi Xiaochuan didn't know how to refute Li Mu's words, but he suddenly realized that the high official in front of him seemed to be different from before.

He looked at Li Mu up and down in surprise and said, "Lao Gao, are you really Lao Gao? It was impossible for the old Lao Gao to know so much."

Li Mu's face turned dark and he said, "Do you really think that I am just a cook who knows nothing but only knows how to cook?"

Yi Xiaochuan smiled awkwardly and said, "So you used to hide it?"

Li Mu said angrily: "After all, I went to junior high school, studied history, and worked in the archaeological team for more than ten years. I always learn something through my ears and eyes."

"I usually surf the Internet, but I will soon forget the things I have read before. But now I am enlightened, and the things I forgot before are clearly in my mind."

Yi Xiaochuan said in surprise: "Enlightenment? What do you mean?"

Li Mulue said in a daze: "I met a strange man who not only saved me, but also taught me some magical things."

"Especially my brain, after being manipulated by him, I have a lot more memories."

"I'm not sure whether it was a memory that I had seen and heard before but had forgotten, or whether it was a foreign memory at all."

Yi Xiaochuan asked curiously: "What kind of strange man is that? What kind of person is he?"

Li Mudao: "It was an old man, a strange old man. He said his name was Zhuokeng. He took me out of the official slave camp, and then said he wanted to pass me something, so he put his hand on my head."

"I passed out at the time. When I woke up, he was gone, but I found that there were many more things in my mind."

Yi Xiaochuan was stunned when he heard this, and said with astonishment on his face: "Lao Gao, you have met a god!"

Li Mu pretended to be confused and said: "God, what kind of god? Is there a god named Zhuokeng in China?"

Yi Xiaochuan said with some excitement: "Zhuokeng is Peng Zu, you know Peng Zu, right? The originator of Chinese cooking, the originator of sex studies, and the originator of qigong."

Li Mu also looked shocked and said, "Are you talking about Peng Zu who lived for more than eight hundred years?"

Yi Xiaochuan slapped the table and said: "Yes, now it seems that he has not only lived for more than 800 years, but also for 3,000 years. This old man is definitely a god."

Li Mu frowned and said, "But why did he save me, help me gain knowledge and teach me my skills?"

Yi Xiaochuan smiled and said: "Who knows, maybe he likes you. Please tell me what's going on."

Li Mu's face gradually darkened, and he slowly said: "After we parted ways that day, I was sent to the official slave camp..."

Li Mu told Gao Yao's experience in detail. Listening to his story, Yi Xiaochuan felt full of sympathy in his heart.

I never thought that Lao Gao would suffer so much. Compared with him, I am really lucky.

If I hadn't met Master and Brother Yu when I first crossed over, I might not have been able to come back alive from the north.

"I hadn't had a sip of water for seven or eight days, and I felt like I was going to die. Then those eunuchs came in and wanted to cleanse me."

"Just when the eunuch was about to strike, I saw a white shadow suddenly flash into the room, and with three strikes, five, and two, he destroyed those eunuchs and Qin soldiers. It was an old man with white clothes and white hair, and he rescued me.

.”

"Outside the city, by the Wei River, I asked him who he was, and he said his name was Zhuokeng. Then he stopped talking. He just looked at me and said a few words 'good' and told me that he wanted to pass me something and put his hand on me.

Press it on my head."

"I passed out at that time. When I woke up, he was no longer there. I found that there were many more things in my mind."

“Some of them I’m sure I’ve seen before while surfing the Internet, some I’ve heard in the archaeological team, and some I really don’t know where they came from.”

After listening to what Li Mu said, Yi Xiaochuan was speechless for a long time. He really couldn't imagine what kind of suffering Gao Yao would have suffered if the people who were probably Peng Zu didn't show up.

If he really becomes a eunuch, will they still have the chance to sit together and talk like they do now?

Thinking of this, Yi Xiaochuan couldn't help but feel scared, and at the same time, he also thought of something.

He looked at Li Mu solemnly and asked: "Lao Gao, why do you have to kill Liu Bang?"

Li Mu's eyes turned cold and he said coldly: "Haven't you figured it out yet? The reason why we became corvees, one became an official slave, and the other went to build the Great Wall, was because he was the one who framed us."

Yi Xiaochuan also focused his eyes and said: "Are you sure? He and I are sworn brothers. This is the first time you two have met. We have no grudges. Why does he want to harm us?"

Li Mu said slowly and in a low voice: "I have thoroughly investigated the matter. Two of the corvees he led at that time ran away and were unable to communicate with the government."

"So he colluded with other corvees and pooled the money to treat us to drinks and get us drunk."

"He took the opportunity to write our names on the corvee list, and without our knowledge, he took it to the Qin soldiers who accepted the corvee."

"At that time, he originally wanted you to be an official slave and let me build the Great Wall, but he thought that you were more capable and clever. You might be able to rise as an official slave and cause trouble for him."

"So he changed us, because few people who went to build the Great Wall came back alive, so he just rushed to kill you."

After listening to Li Mu's words, Yi Xiaochuan was so angry that he trembled all over and said angrily: "This bastard, I still think of him as my brother, but he actually wants my life."

Li Muqi smiled and said: "Brother? Don't be ridiculous, you can get a rough idea of ​​what Liu Bang is from the history books."

"This is a shameless gangster. He was defeated by Xiang Yu just because he wanted to be shameless."

"Do you think he wants to torture you to death just because he is afraid that you will cause trouble for him? Just because Lu Pheasant likes you, you have long been a thorn in his side."

"Lu Zhi?" Yi Xiaochuan was stunned at first, and then suddenly realized that he did not doubt Li Mu's words at all, because jealousy can really distort a person.

Li Mu looked at him with disdain and said: "Thankfully you are still a college student, but you don't even know about the famous Empress Lu in history. You dared to provoke others before."

"If you provoke a woman like Lu Zhi and marry her, she will definitely be your strongest wife. But if she hates you, she will also be your most terrifying enemy."

Yi Xiaochuan said with a face full of shame: "I didn't realize this at all before. When I realized that Lu Pheasant was the Empress Lu, I had already provoked her, so I insisted on introducing Liu Bang to her."

Li Mu suddenly said with profound meaning: "Do you understand now?"

Yi Xiaochuan said in confusion: "What do you understand?"

Li Mudao: "What I said before has been a part of history since we traveled through time."

"Think about it, without you, Lu Gong's family would have died at the hands of bandits on the way to Pei County."

"Without you, even if Lu Gong's family was not dead, Liu Bang would not even be able to enter the gate of Lu Mansion."

"Without us, Liu Bang would have been unable to find a candidate to replace the two corvees this time. He would have either been imprisoned or had his head chopped off."

"You have been participating in history, creating history, and promoting the development of history. You are in the game but don't know it, and you always want not to change history."

Yi Xiaochuan suddenly realized, and he said in a daze: "So, it is not an accident that we traveled to the Qin Dynasty, but an inevitable one."

"Because if we didn't travel back in time, history wouldn't be the history we know."

Li Mu nodded and said: "You finally understand, so don't worry about history anymore. We can't go back to the future anyway. We can only make peace with it now that we have come. I will kill Liu Bang."

Yi Xiaochuan did not express any objection this time. After knowing what Liu Bang did to them, no matter how holy he was, it was impossible for him to have half a good impression of Liu Bang.

"Whatever you want! Don't say we can't go back to the future. Even if we can go back, I won't go back."

Li Mu pretended to be confused and said: "Why is this?"

Yi Xiaochuan said in a daze: "Because I fell in love with a girl."

Li Mu smiled and said, "You are in love again."

The word "again" made Yi Xiaochuan a little embarrassed, but he said seriously: "This time is different. This time I love you unforgettable. This feeling is something I have never experienced before."

Li Mudao: "Really? So this incident happened in the past two years. I have already told you about my experience, but you haven't told me about yours yet. Let's talk about it."

The expression on Yi Xiaochuan's face became extremely gentle, and he said slowly: "Her name is Yu Shu, she is the concubine Li who was recently adopted by Qin Shihuang. She..."

Although Li Mu knows everything, he can't show that he knows everything, so it is necessary to let Yi Xiaochuan explain it again.

After hearing what he said, Li Mu sighed repeatedly: "It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over now."

Yi Xiaochuan's heart tightened and he asked: "What's the end?"

Li Mu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Forget her! It's impossible for you to be with her, and she doesn't have a good life for a few years."

Yi Xiaochuan was shocked and said anxiously: "What do you mean? Please explain clearly."

Li Mudao: "Don't you understand? First of all, she is already Concubine Li of Qin, so it is no longer possible for you two to be together."

"Secondly, this year is the 30th year of Qin Shi Huang, which is 217 BC. Qin Shi Huang died in 210 BC."

"In other words, Qin Shihuang still has seven years to live. If Concubine Li fails to give birth to an heir before his death, she will be sent to the Qin Emperor's mausoleum to be buried with him."

"I have met Qin Shihuang. Based on the medical skills left in my mind by Peng Zu, it is impossible for him to have children again, so Yushu is dead."

After listening to Li Mu's words, Yi Xiaochuan felt that his hands and feet were cold, and his whole body was exhausted.

He fell to the ground and murmured in despair: "No, no, I can't let her die..."

Li Mu's eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly. After so much preparation, he was finally about to take the bait.

It turns out that Gao Gao hated Yi Xiaochuan so much that he did not hesitate to die with him in the end.

When Li Mu was watching the drama, he was also gnashing his teeth with hatred for Yi Xiaochuan. How could he really be so kind-hearted to settle the differences with him and treat him as if he didn't know anything?

When he came to see Yi Xiaochuan today, he had no good intentions.

Even if you can't make him miserable and miserable, you still have to make him your chess piece to help you fulfill your high-level obsession.

Yi Xiaochuan suddenly grabbed Li Mu's arm, as if grasping the last life-saving straw, and said in panic: "Lao Gao, since you have enlightened yourself, you must be smarter than me now."

"Please help me think about it, help me think about how to rescue Yu Shu."

Li Mu frowned tightly and pondered for a moment. Under Yi Xiaochuan's hopeful eyes, he solemnly said: "Xiaochuan, there is a saying that people who are not ruthless will not be able to stand firm."

"It's not that I despise you. This is an era when people's lives are at stake, but you always stick to your modern moral values. This is really stupid."

"If you want to be with Yu Shu, I have two ways, but the most basic point of these two ways is to be ruthless enough, otherwise you should just go to bed!"

When Yi Xiaochuan heard this, a ruthless expression appeared on his face, and he gritted his teeth and said: "You said, as long as I can be with Yu Shu, I dare to do anything."

Li Mudao: "Don't be so full of words yet. The first method is more conservative and easier to do, but the sacrifice is too high."

Yi Xiaochuan said solemnly: "As long as I can save one life, I am not afraid of any sacrifice."

Li Mudao: "The way is, you can cut yourself off and become a eunuch in the palace, and then I will help you with the operation and arrange you to be with Yu Shu, so that you can be together every day."

Yi Xiaochuan's face darkened, and he said without even thinking about it: "Just tell me the second way!"

Li Mu grinned and said: "Just kidding, let's liven up the atmosphere. Tell me this method first, and you will be more likely to accept the second method."

"The second way is to get angry and turn your beauty into a beauty."

Yi Xiaochuan's eyes flashed and he said: "You mean...rebellion?"

Li Mu nodded and said: "Yes, you raise a rebel army, and I will find a way to help you get money and food, secretly support you, and at the same time help you with internal affairs."

"As long as you overthrow the Qin Dynasty, won't you be able to rush into the palace and snatch Yu Shu away?"

"And you can even replace Liu Bang and establish the Han Dynasty. Although the people who established the Han Dynasty have changed, at least the dynasty still exists, so that the original history can be maintained to the greatest extent."

"I have an idea. Since there is an immortal immortal like Peng Zu in this world, and he has also taught me the art of Qi refining and guidance, maybe we can also practice immortality in the future?"

"I really want to see Gao Lan again. If history is drastically changed, although we will not disappear, it is very likely that Gao Lan and Dachuan will not appear again."

"If we can maintain historical development as much as possible, maybe they will still be born in the future, and maybe I can see Gao Lan again."

After listening to Li Mu's words, Yi Xiaochuan fell silent. He started to rebel against Da Qin and broke into the palace to snatch Yu Shu away. This seemed to be the only way.

As for the establishment of the Han Dynasty, if the Qin Dynasty could be overthrown, it would be just a matter of convenience. If Yu Shu could be made the queen, it would also be a good thing.

But rebellion...how many people will die because of me?

Yes, Yi Xiaochuan's mother's heart started to attack again.

He was silent for a long time before speaking: "As long as Qin Shihuang lives, Da Qin will be monolithic. It is impossible for me to defeat Da Qin."

Li Muhen said with irony: "How come we can't win? Don't forget that we come from modern times. We can't make other things, so why can't we make gunpowder?"

"The Qin Dynasty has many soldiers, generals, and advanced weapons, so what? No matter how advanced it is, can it surpass firearms?"

Yi Xiaochuan smiled bitterly and said: "It's impossible. The level of craftsmanship in this era cannot make muskets and artillery at all."

Li Mudao: "Who said we have to build muskets and artillery? Even if it is a musket and artillery, its range is not as good as the Qin Nu, so there is no advantage."

"Can't you combine ancient and modern times? Can you tie a tube of gunpowder to the arrow and make it an exploding arrow?"

"You can't build artillery. Have you ever heard of the term 'heartless cannon'?"

"Just a gasoline barrel with a layer of iron will do. Can we make the iron a little thicker and turn it into a cannon barrel to launch explosive packets?"

"Use your brain! As long as you can figure out many things, millions of Qin troops will not be a problem at all. Ours is a dimensionality reduction strike."

"After conquering the country, destroy those things, destroy all relevant documents, and prevent historians from writing those things into history books. History will not be significantly changed."

Yi Xiaochuan put his hands on his face and wiped it, and said: "Lao Gao, give me some time, let me think about it, let me think about it."

Li Mu shrugged and said: "I don't care, I'm just giving you advice, it's not that I want to save the woman I love."

"Anyway, with what I have now, I can live a good life in Great Qin or any other country."

"You are the only person I care about in this era. Anyway, if you need it, I will try my best to help you. If you don't need it, we can just get by."

After listening to Li Mu's words, Yi Xiaochuan put down his hand and looked at him movedly and said: "Thank you, Lao Gao. Fortunately, in this era, I still have a brother like you, otherwise I really don't know how to survive."

Li Mu sighed, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Thank you for telling me, you should think about it for yourself! Come to the Young Master's Mansion to see me after you have made up your mind. No matter what decision you make, I will support you."

After speaking, he stood up, opened the door, and left the wine shop. After walking out of the wine shop, a sneer appeared on his face.