1 Chapter 1
◎233 BC.
In the silent palace, the young Fusu sat cross-legged on the couch with an expressionless face, his eyes lowered and he said nothing.
Li Ying, who was forced to temporarily live in the body of a monk, sat on the edge, glancing at Fusu from time to time with hesitation. Seeing that he remained motionless, Li Ying wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and swallowed a sigh full of sorrow.
"Mr. Li, please speak frankly." Suddenly, Fusu looked at Li Ying. The child's voice sounded childish, and his chubby cheeks made people laugh.
But Li Ying didn't dare to laugh. He said awkwardly, "Well... you don't have to be so polite. Just call me by my name... Uh, Young Master, I mean, do you know that right now, right now, we are in 233 BC?"
Fusu nodded his chubby little chin, a smile slowly spreading across his face. "Thank you for telling me, I understand." The child's eyes, distinctly black and white, shone with a gentle light when he looked at people, making people feel like they were bathed in spring breeze. He then asked with a smile, "Li Ying, are you the best intern this year?"
"That's good...eh?" Li Ying felt something was wrong, but he didn't react. He just scratched his head and answered Fusu's question, "I'm actually... the last one." The last word was so soft as a mosquito. After all, being the last one is not a glorious thing.
The smile on Fusu's face softened. He tilted his head and said with a smile, "Really? We've met many interns who ranked last in the past. They are not as good as you. After all..."
Li Ying was just about to say something modest when he heard the pretty, cute and well-behaved child open her mouth and put a big blame on him.
"...You are the first one to plot against me, Liu Ju, and Cheng Qian."
Li Ying blurted out without thinking: "Shouldn't Zhao Gao, Hu Hai, and Li Si be the first ones to plot against you?"
Fusu: “…”
Li Ying covered her mouth and slapped herself in her heart, letting you speak without thinking again.
Fusu pursed his lips and asked calmly, "Li Ying, why are we in 233 BC? What did they do?"
When Li Ying heard this, he felt that he and Fusu were in the same boat and shared the same suffering. He lowered his head and rummaged through his sleeve pocket, taking out a black rectangular object.
Fusu's eyes widened in an instant. Although he had checked himself when he first realized that he had arrived in a strange yet familiar place, he still couldn't help but touch the places on his body where things could be stored. As expected, he found nothing.
Fusu asked, "How do you have a cell phone?"
Li Ying said: "It's for work, and it's for you too, here."
As he spoke, Li Ying took out another cell phone and handed it to Fusu.
Fusu was only a four-year-old boy that year. His chubby little hands could not hold the mobile phone at all. Seeing this, Li Ying put the phone on his lap.
Fusu held the shaking phone and re-evaluated the last-ranked intern - except for his particularly unpleasant mouth, his brain was no different from the previous interns.
The phone was turned on and had no password. There was only an encyclopedia search app and a chat app on the screen. Fusu clicked on the chat app and saw only a group floating alone on the homepage.
Li Ying pointed and said, "This is our group."
The name of the group consists of five words: Countdown to Reincarnation.
Fusu: “…”
There are four people in the group. In addition to Fusu and Li Ying, the other two people in the group are Liu Ju and Li Chengqian as expected.
Liu Ju and Li Chengqian didn't seem to care about the suggestive name of the group and were chatting with great interest.
Fusu took a quick look and found that the two people seemed to be trapped in a space where they could not leave, and could only communicate in this way.
However, they should not be in any danger, because they even have the energy to guess whether Fusu has been born after being tricked into reincarnating.
Fusu typed casually: "Thank you for your concern, I haven't reincarnated yet."
The two people who were chatting and laughing responded quickly and concisely.
Liu Ju:!!!
Li Chengqian:!!!
Then a series of messages appeared, all of them were asking where Fusu was, what was going on, and whether he knew what had happened.
Fusu finally felt a little relieved, and he answered the questions of the other two people concisely: I am now in 233 BC.
The group suddenly became quiet, and Fusu typed slowly: Li Ying is here too, and he gave me the phone.
Then there was silence again.
After a while.
Liu Ju: Oh.
Li Chengqian: Haha.
Li Ying, who was watching from the sidelines, asked in confusion, "Master, what do these two mean?"
Fusu smiled amiably and said, "It's nothing special. I was just expressing my feelings about being schemed against by the underworld. After all, this isn't the first time we've been schemed against."
Li Ying: "..." I think you are a bit vindictive.
After complaining in his heart, Li Ying chose to skip this embarrassing topic and lowered his head to type.
Fusu didn't need to read it, as Li Ying had already explained it clearly to him: "This is the latest system developed by scientists in the underworld. It can reverse time, allowing the deceased to travel to a parallel time and space, changing the future. It is used to fulfill the wishes of the deceased, eliminate dissatisfaction and resentment, and allow you to be reincarnated as soon as possible. And then, each time time is reversed, there will be an assistant. Young Master, I will be the assistant for the three of you. Let's have a happy cooperation."
As he spoke, Li Ying stretched out his hand, as if to shake hands, but Fusu didn't pay attention to his movements at the moment.
Fusu only listened halfway and immediately clenched his phone. He was silent for a moment and slowly repeated: "Reverse time, change the future..."
Li Ying withdrew his hanging hand and rubbed his sleeve awkwardly. Then he thought about how he had worked hard to get the job. If he failed the internship, he would have to run to Naihe Bridge empty-handed to drink Mengpo soup and be reborn!
He cheered up again and encouraged Fusu: "Yes, yes, eldest son, if you can do it again, you will definitely become the second emperor of Qin!"
In Li Ying's opinion, Fusu's greatest regret must be that Hu Hai, Zhao Gao and Li Si falsely conveyed Qin Shihuang's will, which led to his death and prevented him from succeeding to the throne. This time he has been prepared and will definitely not let history repeat itself.
By the time Fusu successfully ascended the throne, his resentment was gone, and he successfully returned to the underworld to be reincarnated, Li Ying's internship would have been completed by one third.
Three hundred years of experience working in the underworld would greatly enhance one's luck in future reincarnations. Li Ying thought happily, "Three hundred years of hard work, ten lifetimes of happiness, it's totally worth it! After I die, I will take the exam for the underworld civil service again!"
After hearing his words, Fusu shook his head and smiled bitterly. For him, whether or not he became the Second Emperor of Qin was not the most important thing. What mattered was...
Father and Daqin.
Fusu was about to speak when he heard the sound of greetings coming from outside. Fusu listened carefully and was stunned by the address of the people outside. He murmured, "Father..."
Li Ying said stupidly, "Your father is here."
Fusu reacted and whispered to Li Ying, "Kneel down quickly."
Li Ying was stunned: "Kneeling for what?"
Fusu said coldly: "This is not your 21st century. If you don't kneel, you will die."
The palace gate was pushed open, and the muffled sound of the heavy wooden door was heard along with the footsteps of a group of people. Li Ying touched his neck, knelt down quickly, and complained bitterly about the evil feudal society in his heart.
Fusu climbed down from the couch using his hands and feet. He regretted letting Li Ying kneel down first. He should have let Li Ying carry him down first. After all, for such a small body, getting down from the couch to the ground was a big challenge.
Before Fusu could think about it, a pair of black boots appeared in the corner of his eye.
In an instant, Fusu's body froze. He lowered his head and did not dare to look at the person who came. He did not look up until the black boots stopped beside him and the people accompanying him knelt down to salute him.
Even though more than two thousand years had passed, Fusu still remembered that the last time he saw his father, they parted on bad terms and his father was furious.
Fusu thought, it was my fault, all my fault. I couldn't sympathize with or understand my father. I was stupid and foolish. It was all my fault that the Qin Dynasty ended so hastily. I had let down my father and the previous kings of the Qin Dynasty.
Fusu pursed his lips. Perhaps it was because the child's body was too fragile. He just blinked his eyes and tears slid out of his eyes and slid from his chin to the ground.
"Fusu?" A warm big hand stroked the child's fair cheek, and then Fusu's feet lightened, and the whole person flew into the air and landed in the broad and warm arms of the visitor.
Fusu froze, his face flushed, and then his eyes reddened as he choked with sobs, "Father..."
For so many years, father and son were together in the underworld, but Fusu didn't dare to go see him, let alone call him "father"...
When Fusu realized that he had mistakenly trusted the treacherous man, the Qin Dynasty had already been destroyed for three years. He was heartbroken and regretful. He blamed all the sins on himself and felt ashamed to see his father and the ancestors of the Qin Dynasty. So he gave up looking for people in the vast underworld and exiled himself to a corner of the underworld.
At that time, the regulations of the underworld were lax and the management was chaotic, so Fusu was able to wander around in a daze. Later, after it was gradually regulated, the underworld also introduced many new response systems for those like Fusu who refused to reincarnate, and successfully sent away many batches of stubborn undead.
However, there are always some who are the most stubborn among the stubborn. There are countless "deadbeats" in the underworld who refuse to reincarnate, such as Fusu. But you have your way to get over the wall, and I have my plan, so the underworld naturally will not give up.
In the new century, with the development of science and technology, we have the situation we have today.
The soul of more than two thousand years old felt extremely ashamed of crying in his father's arms. However, the longing for the father and son after not seeing each other for more than two thousand years made Fusu want to continue to rely on his father shamelessly.
Ying Zheng obviously had no experience in coaxing children. Being able to pick up Fusu was a rare act of kindness from him as a father. He sat down on the couch and moved his fingers, but for a moment he didn't know how to comfort his eldest son who suddenly cried.
Fusu whispered, "Father, I miss you."
The eldest son has a different meaning after all. If nothing unexpected happens, Fusu will not only be the heir of Ying Zheng, but also the heir of the Qin State, or even...
Ying Zheng paused, put aside his ambitions, and thought about how the women in the harem would coax their children, so he patted his eldest son's back awkwardly.
Before conquering the six kingdoms, he had to coax the young child in his arms.
Ying Zheng patiently explained, "I have been very busy lately and haven't been able to visit you often. From now on..."
He paused and did not rashly promise to visit Fusu often in the future. Even though he valued Fusu as his eldest son, state affairs and military affairs were the top priority, and he could not visit him often.
Fusu was just a child, but Ying Zheng didn't want to treat him perfunctorily.
Fusu was not a real child, so he naturally knew why his father hesitated. He was busy with government affairs and did not have much time to care about the women and children in the harem.
Fusu gently followed up his father's words and asked, "Father is busy, can I go see him?"
Ying Zheng thought about it and realized that Fusu cried as soon as he saw him. It must be because he missed his father too much after not seeing him for many days. It can be seen how much this child depends on him.
Ying Zheng softened his heart and agreed, "Of course, but my father is very busy. If you go there, he may not be able to see you."
"It's okay." Fusu still didn't raise his head. He pressed his wet face against his father's bearded chin. "I'll be very happy if I can see you once out of ten times."
Ying Zheng felt even more relieved when he heard this. He pulled his eldest son's little face out, looked at his wet face, pinched his nose, and said with a smile: "According to Qin law, men are not allowed to cry."
Fusu saw his father's face. At that time, he was strong, young and energetic. This year, his great achievements recorded in history began.
Infinite power surged in Fusu's heart. He wanted to ensure that his father's Qin Dynasty would last for thousands of years and be passed down forever.
Because he had just cried, Fusu's voice sounded muffled, but he promised with a serious expression: "Father, I won't cry again."
Ying Zheng boasted that he would not be a kind father in the future - the child had grown up and needed to be taught, otherwise how could he become a useful person?
However, facing the crying baby with red eyes, Ying Zheng couldn't bear to be a strict father. He was amused by his eldest son's words: "You are so young, you are not even an adult yet. It's okay if you cry a few times as long as your father sees it."
Fusu nodded obediently: "I understand, Father."
After speaking slowly to Fusu for a quarter of an hour, Ying Zheng stood up and left.
Before leaving, he ordered the eunuchs and palace maids to serve the eldest prince well, rubbed Fusu's head, and then left with his entourage.
【Author’s words】
There is no record of the year in which Fusu was born. This article assumes that it was the year in which Ying Zheng took power (238 BC), when he married and took concubines. Fusu was born the following year (237 BC). This article assumes that Fusu's mother was a princess of the State of Chu who died young.
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