73 Chapter 73
◎Death and life.◎
Ying Zheng and Fusu did not stay in Handan for too long. They dealt with some post-war matters and returned in just half a month.
Apart from the people who came, the only remaining members of the returning team were Li Mu's family.
Ying Zheng had no intention of summoning Li Mu, but simply took his manuscript from Fusu and read it to pass the time on the way back.
Although the cement road had been gradually completed and the carriage could travel smoothly, Fusu still reminded his father: "Father, reading like this is not good for your eyes."
Ying Zheng thought for a moment, put down the paper, and said, "You tell the story."
Fusu found a job for himself, but he really needed something to pass the time, so he methodically listed the similarities and differences between Li Mu's dealing with the Huns and the Qin army. When they returned to Xianyang, he could call the generals to discuss and integrate them.
After hearing this, Ying Zheng commented: "Not bad."
In his father's opinion, "not bad" was already a high evaluation. Fusu said, "Fortunately, Zhao Qian didn't kill him."
Ying Zheng smiled and rubbed his head: "I'll give you a reward."
Fusu chuckled and said, "Father, there's no need to record my merits. Fusu has something to ask of you."
"Oh?" Ying Zheng raised an eyebrow, "Tell me about it."
Fusu took out the homework he had just received and handed it to his father. "How about you take a look at this for me when we stop to rest tonight?"
Before leaving Xianyang, Fusu assigned a wide range of extracurricular homework to Li You and Mi Qing. The two took it very seriously, and when they returned, they each handed Fusu a homework of up to 50,000 words.
The number of words was so large that Fusu couldn't help but reflect that the invention of paper was too early.
Ying Zheng glanced at the thick stack of money in Fusu's hand and couldn't help but smile: "Regardless of whether it's useful or not, these two have a good attitude. Don't be stingy with your praise."
Fusu complained: "Father, have you ever heard the saying, 'You lift a rock and drop it on your own feet'? I think I am such a fool."
The boss asked his employees to find work for him, but in the end it only increased the boss's workload. Is there anyone in the world more unlucky than Fusu?
Ying Zheng laughed even more happily: "That's not what I said, silly boy, you have to admit that you are stupid."
Fusu made a fierce expression, then immediately calmed down: "Forget it, I'm fine. I'll just take my time and see. Besides, it's worth it if it can make my father happy."
"Hmm," Ying Zheng praised. "Your attitude is quite good. We haven't come very far this way, so I'm sure you'll be able to gain a lot more when you return."
Fusu: “…”
Before Fusu finished correcting his homework, urgent news came from Xianyang that the Queen Mother was critically ill.
There is only one queen mother left in Xianyang City, and that is Zhao Ji.
Even though Ying Zheng's face fell when he heard the word "Queen Mother", the drama of mother-son affection had already begun when he brought Zhao Ji back to Ganquan Palace. He could not give up halfway, so after hearing the urgent news, Ying Zheng immediately ordered to return to the capital.
Fusu secretly checked and confirmed that Zhao Ji was supposed to die next year, but the butterfly's wings had already blown away Hu Hai, who was supposed to be born last year, and his father's eighteenth son has not yet been born. Will this rewrite Zhao Ji's death?
Fusu got the answer the next day after returning to Xianyang.
Zhao Ji died a year earlier, but one thing remained unchanged: she still died after Qin destroyed Zhao.
Li Ying was puzzled: "Did Zhao Ji love Zhao State that much? If Zhao State was gone, would she be gone with it?"
Fusu rolled his eyes in response to this and said, "Hu Hai must have loved Zhao Ji very much. When she died, Hu Hai was born."
Yes, on the second day after Zhao Ji's death, the eighteenth son of the King of Qin finally arrived, but unfortunately, he did not bring any joy to the King of Qin.
This was not because Ying Zheng was sad about Zhao Ji's death, but simply because Hu Hai was born at the wrong time. Buddhism had not yet been introduced to the Central Plains at that time, and people had no concept of reincarnation. But this did not prevent Ying Zheng from disliking this child who was born after Zhao Ji's death.
Apart from being very partial to his eldest son, Ying Zheng treated his other children equally. It was rare that there was one that he disliked. It can only be said that Zhao Ji had to take the blame.
Li Ying said, "My Lord, you have to think about it this way. Zhao Ji did a good thing for you. If it weren't for her, Hu Hai wouldn't have been hated by his own father since he was born."
Fusu said, "So I will repay her. From now on, she will not be left out during the sacrifices during festivals."
"Then you haven't..." Li Yingtou nodded halfway, and suddenly felt something was wrong, "Wrong? Isn't it because she is your family's legitimate ancestor with a posthumous title? Of course you can't leave her out when offering sacrifices!"
Fusu smiled slightly.
Li Ying shuddered and asked cautiously, "Master, Hu Hai is born. What are you going to do now?"
Li Ying deeply understood Fusu's hatred for Hu Hai.
Fusu looked very calm: "He is only my father's eighteenth son, and it has not been confirmed that he is Hu Hai."
"Eh?" Li Ying thought for a moment and nodded. "Indeed, the birth date has changed. So... is the one who gave birth to the child still Hu Hai's mother?"
Fusu shook his head. Of course he had never paid attention to his father's harem in his previous life. Later, when he learned that it was Hu Hai who destroyed the Qin Dynasty, he racked his brains but could not figure out who gave his father such a useless son.
Li Ying tentatively asked, "That depends on when he grows up, or when he's given a name. Who will name him?"
"Of course it's my father." Fusu said.
Li Ying scratched his hair and said, "I remember, Master, you said that the final situation in your previous life couldn't be resolved by just getting rid of Hu Hai, so..."
Fusu suddenly said, "It's very easy to let a child die silently."
Li Ying shuddered with fear: "Master... Young Master, we haven't confirmed whether it is Hu Hai yet. If he is innocent, then... if not, then it is just a newborn child. We should have some bottom line, right?"
Fusu said coldly: "When he destroyed the foundation of the Qin Dynasty, slaughtered his brothers and sisters, and killed ministers at will, did he have a bottom line?"
Li Ying shrank his neck. He was almost scared to death by Fusu, but he still mustered up the courage and whispered in defense: "It is because Hu Hai is not a human being, young master, that you can't be like him."
Fusu looked at him and said, "I don't accept moral kidnapping."
Li Ying wiped the sweat from his forehead, wailing inwardly. Is this moral kidnapping? It's quite similar. But it's not right to prefer killing the innocent to letting the guilty go, right?
Thinking about the work manual he had memorized, Li Ying said, "Young Master, you have the intention to kill people, which is different from the deaths in the previous battles."
Fusu paused and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Young Master, you must understand that regardless of whether this child is Hu Hai or not, he is indeed just an innocent baby. If you kill him, this sin will be remembered on your head. It will not only affect your future reincarnation, but may also affect your present life." Li Ying did his best to sound non-threatening. "Furthermore, Young Master, this resentment is illogical and unrealistic, and the underworld cannot control it."
Fusu's eyes were cold: "You never said that before."
Li Ying said weakly: "Then you never really wanted to kill anyone before."
Fusu remained silent.
This gave Li Ying some courage, and he continued, "Li Si and Zhao Gao are still alive and well. Young Master, why do you insist on...Hu Hai?"
Fusu rubbed his brows and said, "Li Si is still useful. Zhao Gao doesn't dare to rebel now. I don't need to kill them. Otherwise, my father will become suspicious, which is more trouble than gain. Besides, although they have received great kindness from my father, they have betrayed him. They are a pair of ungrateful and despicable villains. But there are always many despicable people like them in the world. It's not surprising that my father has two of them around him."
"But who is Hu Hai?" Fusu gritted his teeth. "He is a descendant of my Qin Shi Huang. He shoulders the responsibility of the foundation for which our ancestors have worked so hard. During the time he was by my father's side, he watched my father work tirelessly for the Qin Dynasty. But after he ascended the throne, what did he do? He destroyed the Qin Dynasty!"
"Hu Hai's crime deserves death!"
Strictly speaking, when Hu Hai died, the Qin Dynasty was still alive, but Li Ying felt that there was no need to remind Fusu.
Li Ying said: "Actually, my lord, Hu Hai was instigated by Zhao Gao..."
Fusu angrily said, "Doesn't he have a brain? Who is the emperor of the Qin Dynasty? He just lets Zhao Gao manipulate him. Where is his brain?"
"No, my Lord, I'm saying that Hu Hai was instigated by Zhao Gao to forge the imperial edict. Of course, he must have had the will, otherwise no one's instigation would have been of any use. However, the point is, if it weren't for Zhao Gao's instigation, Hu Hai definitely wouldn't have had the guts to forge the imperial edict. So, the focus shouldn't be on Hu Hai, but on Zhao Gao," Li Ying said hastily. "Besides, everything will be different in this life. It's absolutely impossible for you to go to Shangjun, and there will be no forging of the imperial edict. Even if Zhao Gao had the will, he didn't have the means. But if Hu Hai really gets bold and ambitious enough to compete with you for the throne, by the time he grows up, you'll be much older. Your foundation will be solid, and you won't be able to deal with a mere henchman like him?"
"So, before you're sure of the identity of this Eighteenth Young Master, I don't think you need to take any risks, Young Master." Li Ying spoke more and more smoothly. "The Qin State has already begun its journey to unify the six kingdoms. Even if the unification of the Qin State was a historical inevitability in the past life, it's better to have fewer surprises in this life, right?"
Li Ying's words sounded like he was pleading for Hu Hai, but Fusu knew that was not the case. As an ordinary person in the future, he just had an instinctive aversion to killing.
Flowers in the greenhouse.
Fusu wiped his face. Will the life or death of Zhao Gao, Hu Hai and Li Si definitely affect the future changes in the situation?
Without these three people, can the Qin Dynasty last forever?
Fusu was not a naive and impulsive person. He certainly knew that the future of the Qin Dynasty did not depend on the three of them.
Fusu murmured, "It was me who plunged the Qin Empire into the abyss."
"No..." Li Ying was confused. "What does it have to do with you?"
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