Chapter 20 I want to be the prime minister!
Li Si nodded.
"The commander of the secret guards, responsible for protecting His Majesty's safety. Everyone respectfully calls him Mr. Gai, and he is said to be an excellent swordsman."
"I saw him on the balcony."
What happened to Gai Nie going to the tower? People who practice martial arts are full of vigor and vitality, so isn't it normal for them to go to the tower?
The tower was the only entertainment venue in the Qin State. It would be abnormal if an official had never been there.
Li Si didn't understand why Zhang Cang wanted to talk to him alone about Gai Nie's going to the tower.
"It's not surprising. Unless you are obsessed with it like you are, there is nothing strange about it."
The commander of the secret guards is also a human being and has needs. Qin Lu did not say that if you become the commander of the secret guards, you cannot go shopping.
After hearing Li Si's warning again, Zhang Cang didn't take it seriously and drank the cold water with slurps.
"Gai Nie appeared with Chang An Jun. At that time, Gai Nie was not yet the leader of the secret guards."
This is intelligence.
Was Gai Nie friends with that boy before he entered the palace?
If there is anything that Gai Nie needs help with in the future, he can go to Chang'an Jun Mansion to meet him first. Perhaps their friendship is still there?
After thinking for a while, Li Si asked doubtfully, "Does this have anything to do with Meng Yi's random arrests?"
Zhang Cang said, "Yes, that day, Gai Nie entered the tower as a retainer of Lord Chang'an."
"Guest!"
Li Si screamed in surprise.
"Are you sure that Gai Nie is a follower of Ying Chengjiao?!"
The relationship between a retainer and his master is different from that between friends. It is a master-servant relationship.
A retainer is a person who lives under the tutelage of his lord and serves him.
Li Si met Gai Nie.
He was a serious and imposing swordsman, definitely not an incompetent person.
Such a person, who would never lack money wherever he went, how could he become a retainer of that bastard? And obey his orders!
etc!
It is said that His Majesty's secret guards were formed by Gai Nie alone, and they are the last line of defense for His Majesty.
Doesn't that mean that Gai Nie, who is responsible for His Majesty's safety, is actually Ying Chengjiao's man?
Your Majesty's life or death depends on Ying Chengjiao's one thought?
Li Si's eyes widened.
"Who else have you told this to?"
Zhang Cang shook his fat face, and the flesh on his face trembled.
"No, I just told my senior brother."
"Walk."
Li Si grabbed Zhang Cang's hand.
"Come with me to the palace to see His Majesty! Report this matter to His Majesty immediately!"
Zhang Cang did not move and refused to get up no matter how Li Si pulled him.
He must have weighed two hundred pounds, there was no way Li Si could pull him.
Zhang Cang persuaded: "Brother Jingxin, if you think the Meng family knows about this, would His Majesty not know about it?"
After Zhang Cang said this, Li Si finally reacted.
Junior brother told me this information because of the Meng family's affairs, not for the safety of Your Majesty.
When he heard that Gai Nie was a retainer of Ying Chengjiao, his first thought was that something bad had happened and that His Majesty might be in danger.
Because once Ying Zheng died, the most qualified person to inherit the throne of Qin State would be Ying Chengjiao, in addition to Ying Fusu.
The throne of Qin had a tradition of being passed down from elder brother to younger brother.
After King Wu of Qin Yingdang died, his younger brother King Zhaoxiang of Qin Yingji succeeded to the throne.
Even though the First Emperor Ying Zheng is dead now, any discerning person can see that given the current situation in the court, the ministers will only assist the eldest prince Ying Fusu.
But in Li Si's mind, Ying Chengjiao was not a smart man, but just a ignorant boy.
How could that guy understand the situation?
Now I understand what Zhang Cang means...
"Junior brother, are you saying that the Meng family went to war because of this matter? The Meng family also knows about this matter?"
Li Si asked the question, but he did not expect Zhang Cang to answer it. He was also thinking about it.
Yes, Duke Meng is a veteran of four dynasties. What could the Qin State hide? This old general must have known about it long ago.
It must be that Ying Chengjiao's attendance at the morning court today provoked this veteran general who had served in four dynasties. The old general thought that Ying Chengjiao was plotting a rebellion, so he instructed Meng Yi to conduct a strict search.
No one could have imagined that a young man like Ying Chengjiao could actually accept a retainer like Gai Nie.
Has that guy been hiding his abilities for all these years?
As soon as this thought flashed through Li Si's mind, he overturned it.
It's impossible. The boy could accept Gai Nie. It must be a coincidence that he was kind to Gai Nie.
If he really had the ability, he would have competed with Your Majesty for the throne in his early years. Who can remain indifferent to the temptation of the throne?
"Chang'an Jun has not participated in political affairs for nearly ten years. The country has just been unified, and Chang'an Jun has entered the court. It is hard not to have some thoughts."
As expected, Zhang Cang's answer was exactly the same as Li Si's idea, and the two brothers reached the same conclusion.
"That's the way it is. Cang has told Brother everything. Brother's intelligence is ten times greater than Cang's. I won't add anything to Brother's plan for what to do next."
Zhang Cang took a deep breath, said goodbye and left.
Li Si grabbed Zhang Cang's sleeve and lowered his head and asked, "Junior brother, why are you like this?"
It was obvious that Zhang Cang came here today specifically for his matter.
Because of Han Fei's death, Zhang Cang has not contacted Li Si for many years. Why did he come here today to help him solve his problems?
After Li Si implicitly admitted that he was the one who killed Han Fei, why did Zhang Cang, who was Han Fei's best friend, act as if he had not heard of it, but still told Li Si what he knew?
Why is this sentence so? It contains many questions.
Li Si was puzzled.
“Senior Brother…”
Zhang Cang looked at Li Si with complicated eyes.
Hatred, worry, closeness.
It’s hard to imagine how a person’s eyes can express so many emotions at the same time.
Zhang Cang pushed away Li Si's hand that was grabbing his sleeve and left.
Before leaving, he did not give Li Si an answer.
Just like all these years, Li Si never gave him an answer.
After Zhang Cang left, Li Si stretched out his five fingers towards the hall door and slowly gathered them together.
He seemed to want to bring Zhang Cang back, to bring his fellow apprentice back, and to bring back the brotherhood that they had maintained for so many years.
“There’s no going back.”
Li Si said self-deprecatingly.
That night, when he walked into the Xianyang Prison in the dark, he was destined to have only one path to take in his life.
He boiled another pot of tea. The boiling hot tea was steaming, and the rich and turbid soup reflected his stiff face.
His fingertips lightly touched the freshly boiled tea, and it was fleeting. A sharp pain like a burning sensation spread from his fingertips to his heart.
"Brother, don't you feel any pain?"
Li Si stared at the new redness and swelling on his fingertips, imagining how uncomfortable it would be if the pain spread from his mouth to his stomach.
He really wanted to try it.
I picked up the teapot, but couldn't make up my mind to pour it out.
A smile uglier than crying appeared on his stiff face.
"I don't dare!"
Clang~
He threw the teapot to the ground, and the scalding tea splashed everywhere. He quickly took three or four steps back to avoid it.
"Brother Han Fei, Brother Zhang Cang, I am different from you! I cannot do what is right, even if there are tens of thousands of people against me, I will still go! Hahaha, what Lu Buwei said is right, I am a businessman just like him!"
Businessmen pursue profit!
"Someone, come! Prepare the car! Xianyang Palace!"
Li Si wanted to tell Ying Zheng about Meng Yi's matter.
Tell Ying Zheng what Zhang Cang said to him.
He wanted to let the First Emperor see his loyalty and see that he, Li Si, was the most loyal one!
Is it enough to be the most powerful minister in Qin State?
No!
not enough!
Li Si had a stern face and was roaring at himself in his heart.
I want to be prime minister!
