It rained during the summer solstice, and it rarely stopped at night.
There is a crescent moon like a hook in the night sky, accompanied by stars all over the sky. Even the emperor can't help but move to the front of the palace and look at the clear night sky quietly.
"The night is as cold as water. Your Majesty, you'd better go back."
Zhao Gao carefully accompanied King Qin, and more than a dozen guards followed carefully, for fear of any accident.
It was very quiet at night, and occasionally laughter could be heard coming from the deep palace.
King Qin looked at the starry sky for a while, then turned and walked towards the inner palace.
Zhao Gao waved his hand for the guards to retreat and accompanied King Qin into the palace. After the king and his ministers chatted for a while, King Qin waved his hand for Zhao Gao to leave.
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Gao backed away and asked the maid to close the heavy palace door.
In the darkness outside the hall stood the night guard of the imperial army, saluting Zhao Gao.
Zhao Gao thought for a moment and said, "Be careful and don't make any mistakes." After saying that, he yawned and turned to leave.
The huge palace suddenly became quiet, and even the maids left one after another after serving the king, leaving only a few waiting rooms outside, in case the king summoned him for anything at night.
After lying on the large dragon bed for a while, King Qin got up again. He wanted to go to the window to see the sky tonight.
Before he could reach the table by the window, he suddenly stopped and opened his mouth to call someone...
But at this moment, King Qin found that he was speechless.
Even the outstretched hand stopped in mid-air.
Time stopped at this moment.
There was dead silence in the hall. The black figure sitting at the table looked at King Qin in front of him quietly for a long time. Especially in Qin Wu's palace, he was really bold.
The corners of the black shadow's mouth moved, and he said softly: "Don't be afraid, I am not an assassin, I just want to come and talk to the king."
King Qin rolled his eyes.
The black shadow continued: "Can you please talk to me? I don't mean any harm, and you don't need to call anyone."
King Qin rolled his eyes again and agreed.
After all, he had experienced countless assassinations, making him understand that the black figure in front of him was the most terrifying person he had ever seen.
And since the other party can say such words, it means that he is not afraid of calling someone.
And the other person just sat there quietly for who knows how long.
In an instant, King Qin found that his fingers could move, so he took a step forward and sat down by the window, and finally saw the black shadow under the starlight clearly.
So he frowned even more.
Looking at the black shadow who was still younger than Gongzi Dan, he asked: "Are you here to trouble me?"
He did not ask Li Xiuyuan in front of him where he came from, because he did not feel a trace of murderous intent, so as the emperor, King Qin dared to sit down in front of unknown dangers.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the angry King Qin calmly and said, "No, I have always wanted to come and see you, but I was just afraid that the King would misunderstand me."
After saying that, I reached out to light the small stove in front of my desk, placed a pot of snow water on the stove, and then poured Tianshan Spirit Tea into the pot.
The emperor was in front, and Li Xiuyuan gave King Qin enough respect.
The King of Qin in his heart deserves such respect.
Seeing that the angry look on King Qin's face gradually became calmer, Li Xiuyuan thought to himself that the emperor's mood was indeed very strong.
Even when someone as dangerous as himself was sitting in front of him, he didn't show any cowardice.
"I'm about to leave Da Qin, so I want to have a chat with the king before I leave."
Li Xiuyuan said to King Qin very seriously and sincerely, and King Qin also noticed that even though he was wearing a fur coat, the young man in front of him was still wearing a thin black shirt.
This alone makes him, as the emperor, in awe.
Being able to wear single clothes in such a cold weather is a reflection of Ku's determination. How similar is it to his early years?
"Where are you from, sir?" King Qin finally felt relieved when he saw that his enemy was actually making tea.
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and replied truthfully: "According to the current time of the king, I should come from a certain moment in the future. I have lived in the imperial city for several years and also visited the great rivers and mountains of Da Qin."
"How is my country?" Speaking of the country, King Qin instantly regained his momentum as an emperor. This was his pride.
“Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers are picturesque, it is indeed a wonderful world.”
Li Xiuyuan paid his compliments without hesitation, and then said lightly: "It's a pity that the king has few capable ministers, or in other words, all the capable ministers were killed by the king."
Just when King Qin frowned and was about to scold him.
Suddenly, a black shadow flew over like lightning in the night sky outside the window, and landed on the table in the blink of an eye.
When King Qin was stunned, Xiao Hei, who turned into a crow, smiled: "Brother, I'm not late, am I?"
"You've come just in time." Li Xiuyuan pointed to King Qin opposite and said, "Xiao Hei has met the king. This is the great hero you have always wanted to see. I want you to see and say a few words to the king tonight."
"Monster? Or..."
King Qin was frightened by Xiao Hei. A crow actually uttered human words, not afraid of the emperor at all, and even talked about home affairs with the young man in front of him.
This was really beyond his expectation.
Whether it was a monster or a god, he had experienced it all tonight.
"This is my brother Xiaohei, don't be afraid, my lord."
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly and said: "Because I was afraid that if I didn't talk to you, I would be kicked away by Fang Tiandao, so I had to recruit my brother overnight."
Xiao Hei thought for a while and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Your Majesty. Xiao Hei has also met the Emperor in another world. He is much kinder than you."
The emperor in Xiao Hei's eyes is naturally the emperor of the five regions.
It's just that the emperor of the five regions is a brother to the two of them, so how can they be afraid?
This time, King Qin finally believed that the two brothers in front of him had not deceived him. He was the only emperor in the world of Qin. If Xiao Hei said he had seen them before, it would naturally be in another world that he did not know.
"It turns out that you two really come from another world. This is so magical... I sent Xu Fu out to sea to find immortals just to find immortals like Mr."
When Xiao Hei heard this, he immediately nodded and said with a smile: "Xu Fu, I have seen him before."
Li Xiuyuan sighed, and while slowly pouring the spirit tea for King Qin, he also poured a cup for Xiao Hei and himself.
After blowing a breath, Li Xiuyuan took a shallow taste before smiling.
"Speaking of Xu Fu, he was close to death at the hands of the imperial army sent by a certain lord in the imperial city. If I hadn't been by his side all the time, he would have entered reincarnation long ago."
Li Xiuyuan said softly: "Your Majesty, please drink tea. This is a magical tea that prolongs life. I grew it with my own hands. Even Xu Fu only drank it once."
Xiao Hei ignored the two of them. He flew all the way and was thirsty for a long time. He imitated his brother and blew a breath and drank it one bite at a time.
When King Qin saw it, he had to bravely take a bite.
After just one sip, he couldn't help but drink one after another. It wasn't until he finished the glass that he laughed and said, "Sir, you are indeed a wonderful man."
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and continued: "I really have no ill intentions towards you. I have even been to the Great Wall, met His Royal Highness, the King's enemy the Huns working alone, and fought several big battles with him..."
There was a roar, like a thunder that sounded over King Qin's head.
He stood up with a roar and asked excitedly: "Sir, is this the Shanyu who killed the Huns?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and shook his head, and said softly: "Since I can't hurt you, I can't kill him either. I said that I must abide by the rules of Fang Tiandao."
When Xiao Hei heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Xiao Hei and brother will not affect your world, we are going home."
Hearing this, King Qin immediately sat back in his chair unwillingly and murmured to himself: "You just want to see that guy? See my prince?"
"No, I didn't want to see Shan Yu, but he forced me to see him."
Li Xiuyuan said calmly: "I am not interested in the king's world, let alone the depths of the desert. However, Gongzi Dan's wife was almost killed by a traitor."
After thinking about it, Li Xiuyuan said quietly: "The people who went to harm Xu Fu and the people who went to the Great Wall to harm His Royal Highness were the same people. Even so, I will not touch them. Your Majesty, may you understand?"
"Why?"
King Qin immediately regained the coolness of the emperor: "Don't you say you are doing justice for heaven?"
"That is not my way, it is the way of the king. Didn't the king say that he was ordered by heaven? Good and bad are all matters under the rule of the king. I am just a passerby."
Li Xiuyuan poured the second cup of spiritual tea for King Qin, and then said: "Let them bear their own karma. Believe me, karma will never fail."
"Are you threatening me?" King Qin suddenly became unhappy because he didn't like the idea of cause and effect.
"Let's talk about other topics, Your Majesty. To me, your ability to unify the six countries is a unique miracle."
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and said, "Even your burning of books and the entrapment of Confucian scholars are a very admirable thing to me. It can be said to be an unprecedented feat for anyone who comes after you."
When King Qin heard about these two important events, he frowned again and said coldly: "It is these two events that the ministers in the court still have objections to."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and sighed: "That's because they are short-sighted, that's why they are your ministers, and you are the king."
"well said!"
King Qin patted the dragon chair under him and said with a cheerful smile: "Based on this sentence alone, you should be my bosom friend. Even the Prime Minister Zuo and others are flattering you with their mouths but unwilling to accept these important matters."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head: "A dynasty can only have one emperor, so the same goes for measuring, measuring, and weighing. Otherwise, how can the king govern the world?"
"The six countries are unwilling to accept it. They only have the country in front of them in their hearts. They are frogs in the well and can only look at the night sky above their heads. This is their sorrow."
At this point, Xiao Hei suddenly interjected: "Xiao Hei seems to understand what my brother said. The eyes of the emperor of the five regions cannot see the sky of the wild world..."
King Qin trembled in his heart, sighed silently and said: "If the princes of the six countries could be as reasonable as sir, I wouldn't have to be so upset."
Li Xiuyuan pointed to the starry sky outside the window and said calmly: "Do you think those stars are lonely? If the king is compared to the sky, how lonely the way of heaven is. How many people can unlock the way of heaven and earth? Do saints have friends? Aren't saints lonely? ?”
"If you hear the Tao in the morning and die at night, even a saint's life will be lonely and lonely. How many saints can there be in the eternal night?"
Li Xiuyuan continued: "The master in the academy always says to everyone when we meet three people, there must be my teacher. That is just a state of humility. In fact, the master is also very lonely."
King Qin praised him again after hearing the words, and Fu Xu smiled and said: "Master is also my teacher, he should be regarded as a saint."
The three of them drank three courses of spiritual tea. King Qin asked Li Xiuyuan some principles about Confucius' scholarship, and Li Xiuyuan explained them to him one by one.
At the last moment, King Qin's eyes showed a look of loneliness, which made Li Xiuyuan unable to bear it.
So he said softly: "I heard that the Great King's Tomb Palace has been under construction, so I might as well take it from under the Silver Lake... In this way, I can enjoy a place of peace and security, and at the same time, I can guard against the villains behind me..."
King Qin's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and praised: "Sir, you are such a talented person, why can't you stay in Da Qin for a few more decades? As long as you are willing to stay, I will share the country with you."
Li Xiuyuan felt something in his heart and sighed: "No matter what you do, God will not leave you alone. If you have anything else you want to know, if I can answer it, I will tell you."
After talking about this, King Qin finally understood that he was afraid that he would not be able to keep the man in front of him.
I thought about the magic stone that day on the winter night before, so I asked reluctantly: "On the winter night, the magic stone was like a fish bone in my throat. Please explain it to me, sir."
"That thing?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled when he heard this, and while putting away the tea sets on the table, he said quietly: "If I told you that it was just a guy's prank, would you believe it?"
"Boom!" With a sound, divine thunder descended from the sky, as if to warn those who talk too much.
Even if it is a prank, the emperor is not allowed to talk too much.
Li Xiuyuan looked out the window and curled his lips: "You didn't do this, what are you afraid of... Your Majesty, you understand now, I can't talk too much, and I can't be meddlesome..."
"Brother, it's time to go!"
Xiao Hei let out a scream, and saw a starlight suddenly falling from the clear night sky, coming toward the palace, and gradually turned into a bright light.
Li Xiuyuan sighed, stood up and clasped his hands and said, "The common people are disturbing your peace tonight. Please don't worry about it. After all, I have never done anything to harm your king."
Seeing that King Qin was deeply shocked, he couldn't help but ask: "What about Yinhu?"
"That's right, Dawu can feel free to do it. This doesn't mean I'm violating the laws of heaven..." Before Li Xiuyuan could finish his words, the night stars had already fallen in front of the window.
A channel made of starlight appeared in front of King Qin. Looking at the dreamlike starlight, even the emperor was stunned and speechless.
Li Xiuyuan hugged Xiao Hei and stepped into the starlight.
He waved and smiled: "King, take care, I'm going..."
With a sound of "Buzz!", the stars in the sky emitted thousands of rays of light at this moment, quietly shining on the country of Daqin.
The passage transformed by starlight gradually disappeared, and Li Xiuyuan, who transformed into starlight, hugged Xiao Hei and disappeared in front of King Qin.
In the Qin Dynasty, the moon was as bright as last night, except that there were two less people admiring the moon.
Looking up at the bright moon in the starry sky, King Qin murmured to himself: "Today or later, I will see this beloved man..."
ps: The ending of each story is still a little hasty, because the original intention is for the protagonist to see the burning of books and the persecution of Confucianism. Xiaohu is an accident. I can write a book about Xiaohu. He has been tortured by his father since he was a child. No wonder he grows up. I want to chop off Touman's head.
Who is Xiaohu? Of course it was ridiculous, but I gave him a beautiful character, and if I continued writing it, it would ruin his current image. As for the story of his lifelong attachment to Queen Lu, that is a legend later.
