Chapter 357: Death of Zhao Gao
His cold gaze was like ten thousand years of black ice. Facing an emperor whose martial arts were far inferior to his own, the sense of crisis that arose in Gai Nie's heart was even deeper than when he met Li Long just now.
"Uncle, uncle, save me, uncle..."
The eighteenth prince Ying Hu Hai cried loudly with his eyes closed, beating Gai Nie with his hands and feet, struggling wildly. The shrill voice of the child made him feel upset.
"Mr. Zhao, don't get excited."
Xia Wuqi frowned. As soon as Gai Nie came back, the situation that had been under control worsened again.
He moved quickly , and the silver needle penetrated deep into the skin and flesh, sealing the acupoints and relieving Zhao Gao's internal bleeding symptoms caused by his rapid heartbeat and surging blood and qi.
The First Emperor was in a very unstable mood, and Gai Nie felt a rare sense of crisis in his heart. He didn't have much time left.
The palm knife cut the back of the boy's neck in his arms, and the boy fainted immediately, and the noise stopped abruptly.
Gai Nie knocked out the Eighteenth Prince, the most favored one by the Emperor, in front of him.
"presumptuous!"
Zhang Han's eyes were filled with anger and he drew his sword and stepped forward.
The First Emperor crossed his arm to block Zhang Han. Zhang Han stepped back in confusion, still staring at Gai Nie with a fierce look in his eyes.
"Yes."
The First Emperor's voice became slightly heavier, but his anger was hidden.
"Zhao Gao is plotting to murder the Eighteenth Prince. Nie asks the imperial physician to diagnose the Eighteenth Prince's pulse!"
Gai Nie clasped his hands together and raised them in front of his chest, speaking with each word.
"A few days ago, all the experts from the Imperial Medical Bureau took Hu Hai's pulse and found him to be fine. Mr. Gai, please leave."
Afang said weakly, trying to smooth things over.
There was no hesitation in Gai Nie's eyes, and his face was full of determination.
"I ask the imperial physician to take the pulse of the Eighteenth Young Master! If the Eighteenth Young Master is fine, I will follow Your Majesty to deal with him! I will not complain even if he is beheaded or tortured to death!"
"Mr. Guy..."
Afang spoke out to persuade him.
"good!"
The First Emperor interrupted and agreed immediately, his face as gloomy as water.
"Xia Wuqie."
"I am here."
"Can Zhao Gao wait for a cup of tea?"
"Commander Zhao Chefu is a highly skilled martial artist. His internal strength has protected his meridians. Although he looks scary, his life is actually safe. It's just that his arms can't wait for long, but a cup of tea is no problem."
Xia Wuqi kept inserting needles in and out, and the tail of each needle trembled like a wasp. He answered the First Emperor's questions truthfully.
"Then check Hu Hai's pulse first!"
When the First Emperor spoke, his eyes did not look at his fainted youngest son, but were fixed on Gai Nie.
"only."
Xia Wuqi obeyed the order.
He took the unconscious boy from Gai Nie, sighed, and touched the boy's wrist.
The imperial physicians who can enter the Imperial Medical Bureau are all masters of medicine. If so many imperial physicians cannot diagnose the disease, then basically there is no disease.
"Mr. Guy is too impulsive... huh?!"
Xia Wuqie, who was doing his routine work, didn't finish his words. He opened his eyes wide, took out three golden needles with his left hand and inserted them into Ying Huhai's Baihui acupoint. He jumped to the side of Zhao Gao who was lying on the ground, and was on full alert.
"Your Majesty, there is residual internal energy in the Eighteenth Young Master's body, which has the same origin as the martial arts practiced by Zhao Chefu Ling!"
Xia Wuqie spoke quickly and urgently, as if someone was chasing him from behind.
Afang was so shocked that she couldn't help but clench the First Emperor's hand tightly.
A sudden pain came from her hand, and she was not the only one who clenched her hand in shock. She immediately reacted and slapped the back of the emperor's hand with her other hand.
There was no obvious expression on the Emperor's face, and his eyes showed even less emotion.
"What is the use of this method, and what symptoms will it cause Hu Hai?"
The Qin Shi Huangdi's speaking speed was comparable to that of Xia Wuqie.
"This vicious method is usually used on those who are not determined. It will make them remember the orders of their master. Afterwards, they will suffer from short-term headaches and memory loss. If this continues for a long time, the Eighteenth Young Master will become an idiot!"
The First Emperor tried hard to keep his facial expression unchanged; he couldn't lose his composure in front of the public!
"Father, Hu Hai has a headache."
The boy said this in pain, pounding his head.
"If the imperial court delays the conscription of corvée labor, then..."
The pale-faced young man recited the "Corvée Law" to please his father.
"Hu Hai wants his father to kill Zhao Gao."
The boy's eyes were full of hope.
The voice and expression of his young son kept repeating in the Emperor's mind.
Afang's palm began to hurt again. She didn't say anything, and her body, which had been drained of internal strength, struggled to support her husband's body.
Zhang Han cast a murderous look at Zhao Gao lying on the ground. The sword master's three-foot-long sword shone brightly, and he walked towards the ruins with murderous intent, ready to kill at any time.
"stop."
The First Emperor stopped Gai Nie, pushed Afang's hand away , and walked towards Prince Gao of Zhao, who had been with him for more than twenty years, at a slower pace than usual.
If he walked any faster, he would lose his balance.
"His Majesty."
Zhang Han stepped forward to stop him.
The First Emperor tilted his head back, and Zhang Han followed closely behind him with gritted teeth.
Gai Nie took his position early, right next to Zhao Gao, who was breathing out more than inhaling, with his toes less than an inch away from Zhao Gao.
At such a close distance, he was able to protect the First Emperor, but Zhao Gao was seriously injured.
Xia Wuqie was standing on the other side of Zhao Gao. The descendant of a family of doctors whose mission was to cure illnesses and save lives was trembling all over. He wanted to kill someone, to kill the ambitious Zhao Gao!
He entered the Xianyang Palace and was employed by the First Emperor, not because of the high position and generous salary, but because he saw that the First Emperor could suppress the world and prevent the people from falling into war.
What doctors protect is not the First Emperor, but a stable world.
"Why do you want to do this?"
The First Emperor squatted down and asked casually, as if asking what he had eaten yesterday.
Gai Nie, Xia Wuqie and Zhang Han all squatted down. The First Emperor could not afford to make any mistakes!
Zhao Gao closed his eyes and did not respond, his eyelids kept twitching.
"Can't you hear me? It's my fault. I'll go over there and tell you."
The First Emperor said this while touching the hole on the side of Zhao Gao's head, his hands covered in blood - the ear that should have been there was shot off by Ying Chengjiao.
He stood up and walked to the side where Zhao Gao had his ear, squatted down, and whispered:
"Why do you want to do this?"
Zhao Gao still did not respond, and his trembling eyelids calmed down.
"Do you want to restore your country? Do you want to give up Zhao? Then why did you save me? I died at the hands of those assassins, so you had the chance. I can't figure it out, I really can't figure it out. Master Gao, can you help Zheng solve this puzzle?"
Zhao Gao on the ground was like a dead man. He said nothing and did not move. The blood all over his body blurred his appearance and concealed his original appearance.
"Your Majesty, I can make this beast tell the truth!"
Xia Wuqie said with hatred.
The more a doctor can save lives, the more he knows about the human body. When it comes to this secret method, Xia Wuqi, the descendant of the medical family, knows more, but Xia Wuqi uses it to save people.
"Mr. Gao, did you hear that?"
The First Emperor questioned Zhao Gao for the fourth time, but he still did not respond.
The First Emperor nodded his chin, and Xia Wuqie got permission and accepted the order with his hands clasped.
He searched all the gold and silver needles on Zhao Gao's body. The internal force that had been sealed in Zhao Gao's body surged, and the bright blood covered the dark red blood.
Eighteen silver needles and nine gold needles were inserted into the major acupoints on Zhao Gao's head.
Sun, Baihui, Shenting, Touwei...
After giving the acupuncture, Xia Wuqi was panting, which was a far cry from the ease he had felt when he had just treated Zhao Gao.
Gold and silver were all trembling, and wisps of hot air rose from Zhao Gao's head and dissipated. Fine blood beads wet the dried blood soil again, turning it into blood mud.
Xia Wuqie sat cross-legged on the ground, holding his knees with both hands, panting and saying:
"Your Majesty, you may ask now."
The First Emperor nodded.
"Thank you, sir."
He placed his hand on Xia Wuqie's back to help him breathe, and said in a gentle voice:
"Zhao Gao, do you hate me?"
Zhao Gao remained motionless, as if Xia Wuqie's secret method had not worked.
Xia Wuqie took a breath for a moment and was about to stand up.
"hatred."
Zhao Gao's voice was somewhat distorted and lacked any emotion.
"Then why did you save me?"
"Gao must gain your trust in order to accomplish his great plan."
"What is your grand plan? To restore Zhao?"
"No, Gao does not want to restore Zhao. Gao wants revenge. Gao wants Qin to be destroyed. If you destroy Gao's country, Gao will also destroy your country."
“I see…”
A trace of understanding appeared on the First Emperor's face, and a hole appeared in the confusion surrounding him.
There were many assassins who tried to kill him. The remnants of the six kingdoms behind these assassins wanted to kill him in order to restore their country, not just to take his life.
None of the remnants of the six kingdoms simply wanted revenge; they just wanted their former wealth, glory, power and status.
Zhao Gao was Prince Gao of the State of Zhao and was born into the royal family of Zhao.
The First Emperor had a stereotype about the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, and he applied this stereotype to Zhao Gao, thinking that if Zhao Gao rebelled, he would definitely want to restore his country.
He never thought that Zhao Gao simply wanted revenge for the destruction of his country.
The starting point is wrong, so no matter which way you go, the subsequent path will be wrong.
"You have long wanted to destroy Qin... Then why didn't you act earlier? You have already gained my trust."
"Chang'an Jun has been keeping an eye on me in Xianyang."
"That guy's worry was actually correct, huh."
The First Emperor chuckled, but there was not much smile on his face.
"After Cheng Jiao left, you wanted to destroy Qin, why didn't you kill me?"
"If I kill you, Chang'an Jun and the eldest son will still be here. The Qin State may be in chaos for a while, but it will not be destroyed."
"You are going to attack Hu Hai, and if he can recite the laws to please me, then the country will be destroyed. What is your plan?"
This time, Zhao Gao spoke at an especially long length.
"I have conspired with Concubine Hu to kill her so that the Eighteenth Young Master will come into your sight and make you feel extremely guilty towards him. I will use secret techniques to make the Eighteenth Young Master remember the laws and make you think he is a genius. In a few days, you will be on tour. You promised me a few days ago that you would take the Eighteenth Young Master with you. I will kill you on the way, return to Xianyang without announcing the death, and forge an imperial edict to pass the throne to the Eighteenth Young Master. Under the influence of the secret technique, the Eighteenth Young Master is extremely stupid and has no one to rely on. He can only rely on Gao, I will immediately promulgate policies that are beneficial to those aristocratic families - restore the towers, cancel the unified writing system, the unified track system, cancel the parallel system of counties and prefectures and restart the division of fiefdoms... The aristocratic families will stand on the side of interests, and I will get their support. If you die, they will not care about the authenticity of the imperial edict, but will only care about which young master will succeed to the throne and benefit them more. Chang'an Jun, the eldest young master succeeds to the throne, and will not give them such preferential treatment. The eldest young master, when Chang'an Jun heard the news, I had already controlled Guanzhong. They might attack, or they might... Entering Xianyang secretly is not important. If we fight over here, as I wish, the Qin army will kill each other, and it will consume the national destiny of Qin. No matter who the winner is, they can't suppress the fire of the restoration of the six countries. The angry six countries will burn down the palace of Qin, kill every Qin person in front of them, and let the white bones of Chu, Han, Wei, Zhao, Yan, and Qi reappear in Guanzhong. Chang'an Jun will definitely see this scene, and he will definitely enter Xianyang secretly, but it's useless. This is not ten years ago. I will clean up Xianyang thoroughly before Chang'an Jun enters Xianyang. All the members of the Ying family will be killed, and the Meng family will be killed. Anyone who is loyal to Chang'an Jun will die. Those who stay will not stand with Chang'an Jun. What I give them is what you and Chang'an Jun took from them. In the end, we still have to fight. If Chang'an Jun, the eldest son, wins, I will die, and the six countries will annex the winner. If I win, I will re-enact the law so that no one in the world can live. If I die early, Qin will die early. "
Gai Nie felt it was very noisy. Why not just kill him with a sword and end the matter instead of listening to this bootlicker talking endlessly?
Afang was terrified when she heard this. Although there were many places that were not detailed enough, Zhao Gao would lose if he missed even one mistake.
For example, her Lilong, Gai Nie beside the First Emperor, and the First Emperor's bulletproof vest and pistol. With these protections, Zhao Gao would most likely not be able to kill the First Emperor.
But, what if?
Apart from these details, there were almost no major loopholes in Zhao Gao's rehearsal.
The series of policies implemented by the First Emperor after he conquered the world, as well as the series of things done by Ying Chengjiao, had already offended the aristocratic families to the extreme.
Without the suppression of the First Emperor, these aristocratic families that had been suppressed to the bottom would rebound. They would not recognize Chang'an Jun Ying Chengjiao, nor would they recognize the eldest prince Ying Fusu.
In the Qin Dynasty, rule of law was everything utilitarian.
The Qin State conquered the world with its power and bribed its officials with benefits. There was no loyalty in the Qin State.
"color."
The First Emperor's thoughts followed Zhao Gao's words. He thought for a moment, then smiled and praised him.
"You asked me to take Hu Hai with you on patrol. I thought Hu Hai could not ascend the throne, and you two should have a deep relationship as master and disciple. So you actually had this idea in mind and forged the imperial edict. How bold."
This sentence did not ask a question, so Zhao Gao lay on the ground, motionless and without making a sound.
"Does that bitch Hu Ji trust you so much?"
"She didn't believe me, but she had wanted to die a long time ago. I just pushed her."
"I see. She wanted to die. A normal death would be in vain. If she cooperates with you and dies, there is a possibility of destroying Qin. If I were you, I would also cooperate with you. So, she is framing Cheng Jiao? Did you instruct her to do that?"
"yes."
"The glass bead that Zhang Han found was also placed there by you in advance?"
"yes."
"Why do you do this? Cheng Jiao is not in Xianyang. What does this have to do with your revenge?"
"I may not be able to kill you, but if my assassination fails, this will be useful. You and Chang'an Jun will have a rift, and you two will be incompatible. When two tigers fight, one will be injured, and the Qin State will perish."
"color!"
The First Emperor praised him highly and put his hand into his arms.
The sound of clothes fluttering was heard, and Zhao Gao muttered something.
"Brother Yan, Gao has done his best."
Bang!
Fire snakes appeared, thunder roared, and Zhao Gao's head exploded.
