Mountains and rivers surround the city, and a cold mist fills the six cities at Mao Shi.

The sun has not yet appeared in the dim sky, but the outlines of the houses above the streets are clearly visible.

Ziying stood sideways by the window, wrapped in a quilt and looking at the scenery outside.

The place of killing in the past is now filled with peace just because of the change of monarch. Occasionally there are early risers wandering out, it seems that Wu Rui did not strictly enforce the curfew.

After the great war in Qin, he took his people on a long journey here before he had time to understand the fighting situation everywhere. The situation changed drastically in one day, and in the end the trip was worthwhile.

In the future, no matter how rashly Mei Rui and Lu Pheasant act, Wu Rui, who is willing to take action against him, will be fine.

Just wait quietly for Zhao Ping to gain something in Hengshan, and within one year the land of Qin will be as stable as Hengshan.

When Ziying thought of this, she couldn't help but chuckle to herself. She leaned her head on the window edge and put her hands under her head.

A cold wind blew outside the window. Ziying saw a few familiar figures outside the window in a daze. He quickly looked up and realized that they were just ordinary Jiujiang father and daughter...

"Yes, how could they be in Jiujiang?" Ziying realized that his idea was ridiculous.

While thinking about it, Ziying felt a twinge of fear, both for Lingfen and Wu Rui. If he had found Lingfen and Caiwei in time a few days ago, it would not have been difficult. Even if there was any misunderstanding, he could have clarified it quickly.

But he chose to go south as his priority.

In the short term, it is indeed the most correct choice. If Wu Rui separates the territory a little later, it will be too late.

In the long run, there is a large county outside Qin that has surrendered, and the king is Wu Rui, whom Baiyue wants. This is a huge advantage, and it will definitely become a great help against Xiang Yu in the future.

But... after all, I have given up on Lingfen. As time goes by, things that could have been easily explained will become difficult to explain.

When the Qin Dynasty was in the most critical situation, the only person who could be counted on and who truly tried his best to help him did not enjoy any results after all the major events subsided.

The only companion in the palace is somewhere he doesn't know, drifting away in the cold winter...

The status of these two people is definitely not comparable to that of the ministers who later defected and recruited.

Ji Han's sleeping appearance was extremely ugly. Because the quilt baby snatched the quilt yesterday, last night he deliberately shared the bed with Zhao Ping, who couldn't snatch him away. Although he deliberately asked for an extra quilt, he still unconsciously pulled it in his sleep.

"Oh, this guy's snoring is really loud. I don't know how Donglinghou can sleep soundly." Zhang Ao, who was clinical, was finally woken up. He looked at Ji Han who kept shaking his head and wrapped himself in a quilt and came to Ziying's side.

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"Haha... When I lead the troops to fight in the future, I promised Ai Qing that I would never place Commander Ji next to Ai Qing." Ziying said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Ao chuckled.

After watching for a long time, Zhang Ao said, "Your Majesty, are you thinking about the affairs of Qin?"

"That's not true." Ziying said harshly, "I'm thinking about that old man. If he could easily control the situation with just magic, he would definitely not be nameless. No one of the great men in the world could reach this level.

, he should first recognize the situation and then modify it with the words of "Yi"."

Zhang Ao agreed in his heart and nodded lightly, "The man who said his surname is 'Fu' must be lying. Commander Fu Kuan of Bashu has returned to the king. According to what he said, the Fu family never traveled south without reason, and he came to

Bashu ranks first."

Ziying secretly laughed at himself, he should have known this a long time ago. Fu Yue of the Shang Dynasty was the ancestor of the Fu surname. Fu Kuan in the Qin Dynasty was the ancestor of the Fu family in the north. The Fu family in the south would not appear until the Southern Song Dynasty a thousand years later.

"Who could that be?" Zhang Ao said softly, as if he was asking Ziying or talking to himself.

Ziying also couldn't figure it out. Because of his appearance, many of the original overall situations have been affected and changed drastically. Now, more and more rely on speculation, and less and less existing situations can be relied on.

"We can only take a chance." Zi Ying frowned and said, "This person designed me to influence the situation in Hengshan and Jiujiang. He must still be in the city at this moment. Wu Rui entered the six cities not long ago, and he also followed him not long ago.

Come on, there will be many arrangements in a short period of time, enough to arouse others' suspicion."

"The king's intention is... I am carrying a heavy sum of money to offer a reward to anyone who knows about the strange things happening recently?" Zhang Ao said, "But if that person discovers it, it will be fruitless."

"There is no need to search all over the city. That person should be eager to know the results of last night. He should be not far away from the main hall." Ziying pointed to the place where they met yesterday, "That...not far away."

...

The weak sun hit the side of Zhang Liang's face, and the back of his waist was blocked by the unsheathed sword. The middle-aged man only needed to make a slight move, and Zhang Liang's blood would be splattered on the spot.

"Mr. Ni, as your commander, is it inappropriate to personally draw the sword?" Zhang Liang said with a smile.

"Mr. Zifang is also the Prime Minister of Han. Since they have the same official position, it is most appropriate for me to kill Mr. Zifang." Ren Ni said with a gloomy face.

"The land of Han has been destroyed, and Han Cheng is missing or captured by Han Xin. If Mr. Zifang follows this king, he will attack Henan to save the king of Han one day." The old man advised, but he had already reached the critical point of his patience.

"Help me..."

"Hahaha..." Zhang Liang chuckled and interrupted the old man, "Does the King of Chu know why I helped Duke Pei back then?"

"Why?!" the old man almost shouted.

"The King of Chu, I think too much. A disciple of Huang Shigong, after the Prime Minister of Han, in the final analysis, he is just a counselor." Zhang Liang said lightly, "As a counselor, I have three goals: serving the people and serving the king.

As a favor, Pei Gong helped the people of Han Dynasty and treated the people of Qin kindly along the way. This is a favor to the people. As for the king, it is Pei Gong who can easily understand what I mean. Only by helping such a king can the counselors have a place to display their strategies."

"Oh? The only thing King Han has done is be kind to the people?" Ren Ni answered, cooperating with Zhang Liang to delay, lest the old man could not wait any longer and issue a killing order in a hurry.

"Wrong." Zhang Liang sighed, "Indulging in women's sex, chasing and killing me, the people and kindness are gone..."

The old man frowned and thought to himself, "Mr. Zifang, does he think that this king is only kind to the people? Is he indeed a king who does not understand the meaning of strategies?!"

"Wrong! None of the three!" Zhang Liang looked at the old man and suddenly shouted.

"Zhang Liang!" Ren Ni raised his sword high and was about to chop it down.

"Don't be anxious! I really want to hear his detailed explanation!" The old man waved his hand to stop Ren Ni, and Ren Ni stopped in anger.

"Yu Min, the King of Chu did not rebel against Xiang Yu for the sake of the Chu people, but for the sake of his former superior position. Yu En, although he saved me and made many plans on the next step, the King of Chu said that the next step failed, which was too much.

That’s mean. Besides, it was a time of life and death that day, and the King of Chu was trying to impose some credit on me.”

"Where is Yu Jun?!" the old man shouted, "I have been planning for nearly twenty years and it is about to be completed. How can I not understand the meaning?!"

"Yesterday." Zhang Liang smiled and said, "In the past, when the King of Chu wanted to seize the world, he could send Jing Ju to take the lead. How could he act according to my plan yesterday, but he had to tell Ziying the word 'negative'? The King of Chu must have thought that great things could be accomplished.

, there is no need to be cautious anymore. Great things can be accomplished... I am of no use to you. If you don't obey, I will kill you."

"So what?" The old man smiled cruelly, "I have already planned to kill you today, and deliberately asked you to tell me about your plan to unite with Zhao Tuo before you died. Now you are useless."

Zhang Liang shook his head helplessly, "Oh, my reputation is not very great. It's only because King Qin worked so hard to keep me that King Chu took my fancy too seriously. I suffered a lot from him."

"Hmph! Now it seems that Ziying's vision is really bad!" The old man's patience ran out, "Ren Ni, kill him."

"It seems that the King of Chu still doesn't understand how serious the consequences of the word 'negative' yesterday were!"

"Making fun of the mystery!" Ren Ni yelled. Through the gap in the door, he faintly caught a glimpse of a burly man standing outside.

"Bring them in and kill them all!" the old man said urgently.

"Haha... Do you want to kill hundreds of people with just two people?"

There was a chuckle from outside the door. Ren Ni raised his leg and kicked open the door. He was stunned. Two men dressed as northerners, followed by hundreds of Hengshan soldiers with disheveled hair, had surrounded the house.

The old man's blood surged, "Well, Zhang Liang, you still betrayed me to Wu Rui! You villain, you want to become the Queen of Han Dynasty!"

"That's not the case~" Zhang Ao said with a smile, "Your Excellency has done all the precautions. I have asked dozens of streets, but no one knows. But there are two idlers not far away who don't know what they mean, and they talk loudly.

The incident of "Yan Zi sending Jin to the Jin Dynasty to bear thorns to plead guilty" started."

"As expected of the Lord of Chengdu." Zhang Liang nodded with a smile towards Zhang Ao and walked out of the house, "The King of Chu wanted to kill me, but I had known this for a long time, but I didn't want to outright betray him, so I bought the two of them like this, life and death. Today I will deliberately elaborate

When we talked about it in the Jiujiang Palace, he claimed that he didn't need to pay attention to the reason, so as to arouse the suspicion of King Chu. Unfortunately... King Chu was still too impatient and never noticed."

"This... you can know this just based on two old things?!" Ren Ni couldn't understand that both of them had held great power.

"Of course." Zhang Ao said with a smile, "when things go out of control, there must be something weird, let alone talking about old things. Yanzi made Chu should be more popular among people, but he changed it to 'Shi Jin', using the fake barbarism to show the meaning of 'Chu'

, plus Commander Lian Po carried a bush to plead guilty, I will know that there is something hidden in the 'envoy to Jin'."

Zhang Ao paused deliberately, "'Yanzi's Jin Dynasty, when he arrived at Zhongmou, he saw the wrong crown, turned against the fur, carried the cud, and rested on the side of the road, he was considered a gentleman.' And this 'bearing thorns to plead guilty' is also carrying firewood, that is,

'Carry the cud'! You will know the identity of the father-in-law in the next moment... That's right, right? The king of Chu who was demoted to a commoner by the First Emperor back then?!"

After finishing the conversation, the old man and Ren Ni were speechless. Compared with the intelligence of the two people in front of them, their strategies were nothing to mention...

"Chengdu Lord? Zhang Er's son? He is really powerful." Xiang Chu smiled in relief, "I wonder if Chengdu Lord knows our identities, what is his plan? I came to fight against Chu, and my plan for the Baiyue Land failed, and I no longer pose a threat to all parties.

.The Lord of Chengdu is already a minister of Qin, so he won’t go to such trouble to help Xiang Yu, right?”

"The king and the King of Qin are blood relatives. If the King of Qin were here, he would not kill the king!" Ren Ni said anxiously.

"This... is the truth." Zhang Ao nodded lightly.

In the late period of the Chu Kingdom, kings changed frequently. Decades ago, Mi Wan, King Kaolie of Chu, was held hostage in Qin. With the help of Chun Shenjun, one of the four gentlemen, he left Qin and returned to Chu. During the Qin Dynasty, he had a son with a princess of Qin.

, who was named "Changping Lord", was the grandson of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. And the First Emperor was the great-grandson of King Zhaoxiang of Qin.

Rumor has it that the first emperor's wife was also a princess of Chu, so Qin and Chu were connected by blood.

After King Kaolie of Chu returned to Chu, Lord Chun Shen presented his concubine Li Yuan's sister Li Yan, who was already pregnant. After King Kaolie of Chu died, Lord Chun Shen's son Mi Han became king and became the "King of Chu You".

Li Yuan planned to kill Lord Chun Shen and thereby gain power in Chu State.

After the death of King Chu You, Mi You, the biological son of King Chu Kaolie and Li Yan, succeeded to the throne and became the "King Ai of Chu".

The old man in front of Zhang Ao was just the concubine son of King Kaolie of Chu.

In order to seize the throne, Fu Chu spread the rumor that King Ai was also the son of someone else. Two months after King Ai succeeded to the throne, Fu Chu took the opportunity to kill his half-brother and establish himself. He was known as "King Chu Fu Chu."

Xiang Liang fought with Li Xin, and Wang Jian fought with his great encouragement. In the end, he failed and the country was destroyed and he was turned into a commoner again.
To be continued...