Chapter 102 My name is Zhang Liang, and I've been reborn... 14
As Zhang Liang took out the female protagonist from the bundle and began to undress, Zhu Qing'ai realized what he was planning to do and immediately turned away. She didn't have any voyeuristic tendencies and only looked back after the commotion subsided.
Look, there's no handsome young man in front of us anymore, it's clearly a pretty young woman.
Zhu Qing'ai clicked her tongue twice, circled around the person, and looked Zhang Liang up and down, who had already changed his clothes.
It must be said that Zhang Liang had a rather gentle appearance, and when he wore women's clothing and concealed it a little, it was indeed impossible to tell that he had once been a man.
He was already carrying a basin filled with laundry and walking leisurely in the opposite direction. The clothes he was originally wearing were covered by the clothes on the bottom of the basin.
Zhang Liang was unaware that someone was following him. Instead, he calmly walked towards the small village he had chosen earlier, where his men were waiting to meet him.
On the way, he encountered Qin soldiers who came to search, but because he looked slender and didn't seem like someone who could lift a hundred-pound hammer, the soldiers only asked him if he had seen any suspicious men and then left.
Zhu Qing'ai: ...
Well, you can't say their thinking is wrong, it's just that maybe they've never seen someone cross-dress to evade detection before...
After the group of soldiers left, Zhang Liang quickly headed towards the village. He would stay with his contact for a few days until things calmed down before leaving.
The quiet village seemed to be free of danger. After finding his contact, Zhang Liang stayed at his home.
They survived two more searches during the day without incident.
But would Zhu Qing'ai, lurking in the shadows, let them live so easily? Of course not!
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As night falls
Zhu Qing'ai then fabricated a dream for Zhang Liang, in which Zhang Liang had just woken up after a nap.
He was cautious by nature. Since he had not yet escaped from here, he was still a woman, and he wore women's clothes after getting up.
Today, the First Emperor's guards returned, and this time they were still searching the village for suspicious people, but this time the search was more thorough than yesterday's.
For some reason, Zhang Liang had a bad feeling.
As expected, he was questioned again, but this time it was different from the previous two times. The Qin people, accompanied by several maids, ordered them to search him thoroughly.
Zhang Liang's male identity could not be concealed, and his attempt to disguise himself as a woman under these circumstances was highly suspicious. The leading guard simply waved his hand and said, "Take him away!"
Zhang Liang was resentful, having implicated his friend's hometown and, most importantly, betrayed the trust of many, and his assassination attempt had failed!
He didn't care about his own death; the failed assassination attempt was the thing he couldn't accept the most.
However, struggling was of no use at this point. The people surrounded him, and two of them stepped forward, subdued him, and took him away from the small village.
Zhang Liang never heard of the fate of that small village before he died in prison.
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"..."
Zhang Liang never expected that he could open his eyes again. Wasn't he dead?
He looked at his relatively clean hands, the only dirt on them being bits of grass he'd picked up while parting the reeds. Beside him squatted a burly man, and the huge bundle beside him looked familiar—it was the bundle that had contained the large iron hammer.
They are on their way to assassinate the First Emperor!
He was very familiar with this reed bed; he had returned to Bolangsha!
Zhang Liang felt a mix of joy and shock, but he quickly calmed himself down and calmly explained his plan to the strongman.
Heaven truly has eyes, giving him a second chance!
He had just secretly pinched his thigh, and the sharp pain made his mind acutely aware that this was reality, not a dream.
It seems even Heaven couldn't stand the tyrannical Qin Dynasty, giving him this opportunity to assassinate again.
He didn't say this much before the last operation, but this time he basically summarized the 'mistakes' of the last operation.
Because Zhu Qing'ai didn't use any special effects when she stopped the hammer in real life, Zhang Liang assumed it was a mistake by the strongman he had found that caused the assassination to fail. So he carefully gave her instructions.
However, being a shrewd person, he spoke skillfully without causing any resistance. The strongman simply felt cared for and immediately patted his chest, promising to do his best.
When the First Emperor's entourage arrived, Zhang Liang ordered, "Move!"
The strongman swung his iron hammer and hurled it into the convoy. With a loud thud, the target chariot shattered into pieces. Zhang Liang did not leave immediately but instead focused his attention on whether the First Emperor was inside the chariot.
After a few breaths, he saw clearly that only the driver was dead on the spot, and there was no one else in sight. Only then did Zhang Liang run into the depths of the reeds. The strongman beside him had already run away when the hammer was thrown. He didn't need to say anything and they went their separate ways. Naturally, he chose to escape in the other direction.
Unfortunately, he hadn't even had time to change his clothes before he was caught by soldiers who rushed into the reeds.
Zhang Liang lamented loudly, "Even Heaven pitied my failure and gave me a chance to start over, so why, why did it still end like this?!"
Zhu Qing'ai sensed Zhang Liang's intense resentment and, with a smile, arranged for him to go through the process of imprisonment and execution again, before he opened his eyes once more.
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My name is Zhang Liang. I have been reborn. On my way to assassinate the First Emperor at Bolangsha, this is my second chance. This time, I will definitely complete my mission and succeed in the assassination!
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Zhang Liang was resolute. After discovering that he had returned to Bolangsha once again, he calmly lifted his skirt and looked at his thighs.
Yes, without a trace.
He pinched it again, and it hurt a lot.
Good, he's back.
When Zhang Liang looked up, he saw the strongman looking at him with a strange expression, as if he couldn't understand why his employer was doing such a strange thing, and even doubted whether following him could really lead to success.
Zhang Liang saw through it too, and immediately made up an excuse to get away with it, while diverting the other party's attention: "Look, the First Emperor's entourage is here."
After smashing open the last carriage, no one was inside. This time, Zhang Liang ruled out that carriage and looked at the remaining carriages. After some thought, he chose the one in the middle.
After making his selection, he directed the strongmen to take action. Although the strongmen were puzzled as to why he had changed his mind and chosen a different target, they did not say a word and immediately swung their hammers at the new target.
Zhang Liang stared intently at the direction of the carriage. This time, not only was the person driving the carriage killed by the broken wooden planks, but bright red blood finally flowed out of the carriage.
He felt his blood boiling; he had succeeded!
He did not let down the two extra chances that Heaven gave him!
Zhang Liang just wanted to laugh out loud, so that even if he couldn't avoid being caught by the soldiers later, he would still go to prison with a smile on his face.
He has succeeded; now those outside will be able to overthrow the tyrannical Qin dynasty.
Zhang Liang, who had successfully assassinated Zhang Liang, ended up spending an unusually long time in prison. When he was supposed to be executed, a guard came to inform him: "The new emperor has granted a general amnesty upon his ascension to the throne. Even a criminal like you can live a little longer and be sentenced to beheading in the autumn. You're really lucky."
Zhang Liang's smile vanished. He abruptly grabbed the jailer's arm, his bloodshot eyes fixed on him: "Who is the new emperor?!"
Did the uprising fail?
In fact, he already had a premonition that the new emperor must be a member of the Qin royal family with the surname Ying. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been given a suspended sentence for such an inappropriate act. If the rebels really succeeded and the new emperor ascended the throne, he should have been released on the spot, if not given an official position.
The jailer snorted and left the cell.
Zhang Liang slumped to the ground, but he wasn't completely hopeless. He hadn't been reborn back to Bolangsha, which meant the rebels outside hadn't completely failed. Besides, the man hadn't answered the second question, so there was still a possibility...
Over the course of several days, Zhang Liang would ask the jailers who patrolled or delivered meals whether the uprising outside had succeeded.
He'd already died several times, so he didn't care about dying again. Even if he died, he'd rather the jailers tell him the answer first.
Perhaps it was because of his perseverance, or perhaps it was because he was so annoyed, but one day when the jailer came to deliver his meal, he heard this question that he was tired of hearing and replied impatiently, "General Meng Tian has already suppressed the rebellions in various places. Don't even think about it, no one will come to save you."
"Now His Majesty bestows grace upon the world, and all people praise and follow him. This is all thanks to His Majesty's benevolence. Otherwise, do you think I would willingly come to bring you food? Bah!"
Zhang Liang wiped his face, showing no reaction to the jailer's humiliation, but the phrase "praised by all" kept repeating in his mind.
Therefore, the consequence of his successful assassination was that Prince Fusu of Qin ascended the throne, and the world remained under the rule of the tyrannical Qin.
In the quiet prison, Zhang Liang finally cried out in a hoarse voice, clutching the messy straw mat on the cell floor.
He couldn't help but wonder, even if he could do it all over again and kill the First Emperor again, could he also kill the eldest prince of Qin?
Even after he figured it out, he was still unwilling to give up.
Zhu Qing'ai, who was watching from the sidelines, naturally received Zhang Liang's emotions. With a cold face, she fast-forwarded through the days when he was imprisoned, fast-forwarded to the time when he was beheaded in the autumn, and then threw him back to Bolangsha.
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This was the third time Zhang Liang had opened his eyes at Bolangsha. He wanted to say something after opening his eyes, but found that his voice was hoarse, just like before he died last time...
"woke up?"
Zhang Liang turned around abruptly and discovered that where a burly man should have been squatting, vines had been woven into a futon with flowers growing on it, and a beautiful young woman was kneeling on it.
She wore a magnificent dark black robe, her long black hair simply tied back, and from the front, only the faint jade hairpins used for decoration could be seen peeking out from behind her ears.
Zhang Liang quickly understood everything and immediately bowed deeply to Zhu Qing'ai, saying, "Liang thanks you..."
Before Zhang Liang could finish speaking, Zhu Qing'ai raised her hand and helped him straight up. The two sat facing each other on the ground. She said, "How do you know I'm doing this to help you, and not to make you give up?"
Zhang Liang was startled, pursed his lips, and still held onto hope, said, "You used your magic to bring me back to this day many times, wasn't it all to help me?"
“If this is real, then that’s certainly true,” Zhu Qing’ai waved her hand, and the convoy in the distance immediately came closer, but they remained frozen in place, looking extremely eerie. “But what if this is a dream?”
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Author's Note: Zhu Qing'ai: How could anyone possibly reverse time?!
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