There is almost no record in historical records about Ziying's life experience.
It only records how he ascended to the throne, how he killed Zhao Gao, and how he personally ended the Qin III of the Great Qin Empire.
For such a controversial figure, from Zhao Hao's perspective, we can only say that his family background is unfortunate.
why?
In fact, Ziying had more choices besides surrendering to Liu Bang.
Others lost the world in the Ming Dynasty and still survived for decades.
When he arrived, he surrendered directly.
To be honest, from a purely personal perspective, Zhao Hao even felt that Chongzhen was much better than Ziying.
At least Chongzhen did it so that the emperor guarded the country and the king died in the country.
But Ziying is nothing.
Of course, this may be a bit one-sided, but that's what Zhao Hao thinks in his heart.
So when facing Ziying, he seemed a little rude.
"Brother Hao, don't be rude!"
When the young master Jiang Lu heard what Zhao Hao said, his expression changed and he immediately shouted.
Gongzi Liang shook his head helplessly and introduced to him: "Zi Ying is my cousin from the Ying Qin royal family. He is rarely seen in the capital of Xianyang. It's normal that you haven't seen him!"
Zhao Hao tilted his head when he heard this: "Then...who is his father?"
"You stinky boy, why don't you ask for a beating?"
Gong Ziliang's face was stern.
Ziying laughed loudly and immediately waved his hand: "Children's words are unbridled, children's words are unbridled!"
After saying that, he changed the subject and said: "I am returning to Beijing to report on my duties under His Majesty's order. I happen to meet you here. Why don't we have a banquet together?"
"Okay! Then please ask this girl Ruyi to play the piano for us!"
Hearing Ziying's words, the young man in brocade robe named Meng De grabbed girl Ruyi's sleeve and laughed in agreement.
"don't want...."
Miss Ruyi struggled in shame and anger, but did not break free from the other party's hand. She looked at Gong Ziliang with tearful eyes.
Gong Ziliang's face darkened and he said coldly, "Cousin, what do you mean?"
"Haha, it's just a misunderstanding!"
Ziying smiled and waved her hand and explained: "Brother Meng De is a descendant of Mencius. I have known me for many years and like music. I just heard this girl playing the piano. I was very touched and wanted to compete with her!"
Having said this, he paused, looked at Meng De again, and continued, "Don't worry, it's fair, it's just for fun!"
When Meng De heard this, he let go of Ruyi girl and said mockingly: "There is also a head, a hundred yi gold."
"this……"
Young Master Liang was speechless and turned to look at Zhao Hao.
Zhao Hao raised his eyebrows and looked at Meng De: "Is this true?"
"Of course you can't fake it!" Meng De said with a smile.
"Don't compare, things are not that simple."
The young master came over and said to Zhao Hao: "I have heard about Meng De. It is said that he is the leader of Mencius's sect!"
"If you accept the challenge, it will be a competition between the various schools of thought and the royal family. Don't compete."
Wang Li also kindly reminded Zhao Hao.
The other dandy boys came over.
Zhao Hao said a little funny: "Others are competing against Miss Ruyi. What do you say to me? I can't represent anyone..."
After saying that, he turned to look at Meng De: "How to compare?"
"???"
Everyone's face was filled with questions.
Meng De and Ziying smiled at each other.
Immediately afterwards.
Several black-robed guards turned around and took out five beautifully crafted and simple boxes from the private room.
Meng De looked at the box and then at Miss Ruyi, then turned to Zhao Hao and said, "I recently got a guqin named 'Hao Zhong', I don't know whether it's true or not;
Since we are all people who love the guqin and want to know something about the guqin, how about I help you distinguish the true from the false? "
Wow!
The whole place was in an uproar.
"How is this possible! How could you get the 'Xiao Zhong' guqin that Boya once played!?"
"Yes! This is a peerless guqin!"
"I never thought I would be able to see the legendary 'Xiao Zhong' guqin in my lifetime. I didn't come here today!"
"Master Mengde is such a generous person!"
When I heard that the "Xiao Zhong" guqin appeared in the world, more and more people were talking about it.
They didn't even think about eating anymore and ran out of their private rooms to watch the fun.
"There are five guqins here, only one of which is real. I would like to ask Miss Ruyi, can you identify it?"
"this....."
Miss Ruyi hesitated and turned to look at Gong Ziliang.
Gong Ziliang frowned slightly, not knowing how to speak.
Although the people of the old Qin Dynasty were martial and respected the strong.
But most of them are from the lower class.
The real upper class people still prefer to be arty.
After all, the status is there, even if it is a bet, one must be superior to others.
Zhao Hao did not look at the 'Hao Zhong' guqin, but looked at Ziying: "If I can identify it, can you give me the 'Hao Zhong' guqin?"
Meng De was stunned for a moment, thinking that this guy is so greedy.
Obviously, he didn't expect that Zhao Hao would not follow the routine.
After a moment of silence, he smiled freely and said: "If you can convince everyone, I can give you a simple guqin, so why not?"
"What about another hundred yi gold?" Zhao Hao tilted his head.
hateful!
Why is this guy so greedy? !
Meng De's expression changed, but he still said with a smile on his face: "As I said before, everyone must be convinced first!"
"no problem."
Zhao Hao held his head high, then turned to look at Miss Ruyi: "Are you okay?"
"ha?"
Miss Ruyi was startled and didn't seem to react.
Zhao Hao pouted: "If it doesn't work, I'll do it!"
"I...."
Just as Miss Ruyi was about to speak, Zhao Hao interrupted directly: "Okay, I understand, let me go!"
"Wait a minute—!"
As soon as Zhao Hao finished speaking, Zi Ying on the side suddenly raised his hand: "If Brother Hao takes the place of Miss Ruyi, he will get a lucky draw!"
"So troublesome?"
Zhao Hao raised his eyebrows and said simply: "Then I won't play anymore, you can play!"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, if you lose, I don't want anything, just hurry up and figure it out!"
Meng De was anxious.
His purpose was to make the Ying Qin royal family look embarrassed.
How could he possibly let go of Zhao Hao, a prince who was in the spotlight.
If Zhao Hao fails, he can show off his knowledge in front of everyone.
In this way, it can not only compare with the Ying Qin royal family, but also prove to the world that the cultural heritage of various schools of thought cannot be cultivated by tigers and wolves like Qin who only know how to fight.
"Okay, take it out and have a look!"
Zhao Hao smiled and nodded.
Meng De waved his hand without saying a word.
Five black-robed guards slowly opened the box, revealing the five-way guqin.
Everyone's eyes lit up and they all watched.
Zhao Hao stepped forward, took a casual glance, pointed at the middle-aged guqin, and shouted: "It's decided! That's it!"
"Um?"
Everyone was stunned.
This is too fake!
How could you be so careless?
After all, it’s a peerless guqin. Even if you can’t tell it apart, you can just pretend!
Everyone seemed a little dissatisfied with Zhao Hao's attitude, and everyone was slandering him.
When Meng De saw this, he was secretly happy.
Just when he was about to slap Zhao Hao in the face, the Ruyi girl quickly stepped forward and shouted in a low voice: "Young Master!"
"Stop talking nonsense and go back quickly!"
Zhao Hao looked at Miss Ruyi without any doubt.
Miss Ruyi bit her red lips, hesitated for a moment, and then returned to her original position with knowledge.
At this moment, Meng De stepped forward with a smile but not a smile and said to Zhao Hao: "Master, have you thought it through?"
"Think it through, that's it!"
Zhao Hao nodded solemnly.
Pfft——
Meng De couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud: "I'm sorry, sir, I apologize for being rude!"
"It's okay to be rude, just don't be incontinent..."
"Hahaha--!"
Everyone burst into laughter when they heard Zhao Hao's words.
Meng De immediately stopped his smile and said angrily: "Young Master is so vulgar for such an elegant thing, you really disgrace the Ying Qin royal family!"
"presumptuous!"
As soon as Meng De finished speaking, Gong Ziliang shouted loudly.
Young Master Jiang Lu also looked at Ziying with an embarrassed expression: "Didn't my cousin forget that he is also a member of the Ying Qin royal family?"
"It's just a misunderstanding, just a misunderstanding."
Ziying laughed and said with a smile.
Zhao Hao glanced at him, ignored him, and said impatiently: "Hurry up and solve the mystery, I don't have that much time to bother you!"
"Haha, everyone in the world has rumored that Young Master Hao has great talent. Now that I see him, I really didn't expect it..."
Meng De smiled and teased.
Zhao Hao narrowed his eyes: "What? Could it be that the square guqin I chose is fake?"
Is this guy a fool?
Absolutely a fool!
Can't you tell it's so obvious?
Or do you want to humiliate yourself?
Since you are seeking death yourself, then I will help you!
After thinking about it, Meng De smiled coldly: "It's not fake, is it true?"
As he spoke, he looked around at the crowd and spoke eloquently: "Distinguishing Guqin is an extremely elegant thing. It requires keen insight, eyesight, and the ability to read ancient books. Each of them is indispensable."
Although his words did not clarify anything, the implication is that the cultural heritage of my various schools of thought is not comparable to that of your royal family.
Even if Qin unified the six countries and Qin Wangzheng suddenly became the first emperor, what would happen?
Even if you are the touted Young Master Hao, so what?
At heart, he is not a tiger, wolf or barbarian.
Anyway, this guy was tricked by him.
However, Zhao Hao looked at him with a dull expression: "What do you want to say? You might as well say it..."
I go!
Is this guy mentally retarded?
Can't understand people?
I made it so obvious!
Meng De rolled his eyes wildly in his heart and looked at Zhao Hao with more and more contempt, not even bothering to talk nonsense to him.
"Okay, since Young Master Hao doesn't understand, I won't hesitate to teach you!"
As he said that, he turned to look at Ziying, and found that Ziying was smiling all over his face. He felt calm at that moment, and continued: "The sound of the guqin's 'Hao Zhong' is as loud as the sound of a bell, and the sound of a horn is deafening. .
Its strings are rather special, made of black silk and golden ox tail, so it has the sound of horns and the beauty of singing! "
After saying that, he casually fiddled with the strings of the guqin beside him. The sound was like a horn, slightly dull, and it was obviously the sound of the "bell" guqin he mentioned.
"Do you understand now?"
Meng De looked at Zhao Hao with a smile.
He is very confident.
I felt that after he finished speaking, Zhao Hao would show an expression of sudden realization.
At the same time, I regretted why I didn't think of it.
However, Zhao Hao looked at him expressionlessly: "Do you keep your word?"
"What?"
Meng De was stunned and subconsciously looked at Ziying.
Ziying was also stunned, a little confused.
But Zhao Hao said solemnly: "What I mean is, if I identify the bell and the guqin, do you want to give it to me, along with a hundred yi gold?"
"snort!"
Meng De snorted coldly and ignored him.
The onlookers around could not stand it any longer.
"Hey, Young Master Hao, you are also a prince after all, how can you act so recklessly?"
"Yes, Young Master Hao, what Meng De said is reasonable and well-founded, you are just making trouble, it's boring!"
"No one here is an ordinary person. Everyone is watching. Don't embarrass Your Majesty!"
"If you can afford to play, you can afford to lose. This is my old Qin style!"
Hearing that everyone was "fighting the injustice" for Meng De, Zhao Hao replied in a funny way: "What? Are you here to pay for my bet? Are you here to point fingers?"
"That's right! Who do you think you dare to teach my young master how to do things?" Chang Wei echoed.
Laifu also glanced at everyone with a fierce look.
Everyone looked at each other in shock, secretly scolding Zhao Hao's servant for not knowing etiquette.
But they could only curse in their hearts and did not dare to curse in front of Zhao Hao.
At this time, Ziying took a deep look at Zhao Hao and said calmly: "As before, everyone must be convinced first!"
"no problem!"
Zhao Hao grinned, then took a few steps forward, shook his head and said: "As we all know, the 'Hao Zhong' guqin was passed down from the Zhou Dynasty, and Duke Huan of Qi once played it. So, let's speculate on how many square guqins there are. Year……"
"Um?"
Meng De frowned: "Do we still need to speculate? Duke Huan of Qi was nearly five hundred years ago!"
"No, I'm talking about how old Fang Guqin is!"
"What's the meaning?"
"hehe."
Zhao Hao smiled and said: "Any good guqin will take at least dozens or even hundreds of years to be made of catalpa wood, but your guqin only lasts about ten years... How can you lie and claim that it is made of catalpa wood?" 'Zhong' guqin?"
"You're talking nonsense!"
Meng De blurted out: "How did you know it was Ten Years of Wood?"
"Annual rings!"
Zhao Hao rolled his eyes and said: "You don't know such simple knowledge, have you read the book into the dog's belly?"
"you……"
"What are you! Don't you know that trees have growth rings?"
"I……"
"What am I! If you don't know, don't be embarrassed and conspicuous here. After Mencius, if Mencius knew that his descendants were so stupid, I'm afraid the coffin boards wouldn't even be able to cover it!"
Meng De was so angry that he couldn't speak. Zi Ying immediately snorted: "Huh! There is no evidence and no evidence. You are talking nonsense. Do you have the ability to provide evidence?"
"evidence?"
Zhao Hao raised his eyebrows, then pointed at the guqin in front of him and said, "Don't you have eyes? Count the growth rings on it. Are they ten?"
"Let me see!"
Before Ziying could check it, Gongziliang took the lead, walked to the guqin, counted it carefully, and said in surprise: "It's really ten circles!"
Then he looked at Zhao Hao: "Is it really ten years old?"
"Nonsense! It's just a coincidence!"
Mengde became angry.
"I knew you wouldn't give up!"
Zhao Hao shrugged, walked to the window, and looked down: "Chang Wei, go chop down the tree downstairs!"
"promise!"
Chang Wei agreed and walked quickly.
In less than a moment, he came to the crowd with a tree stump in his arms.
Zhao Hao looked around at the crowd and said, "This tree is in Xianyang City. The Forbidden Army in the city knows how old it is. I am not deceiving you. If you don't believe it, you can ask the Forbidden Army to ask!"
"No need to ask, I know how old it is! This tree was planted when I opened the store, and it has been three years now."
As soon as Zhao Hao finished speaking, a middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper came out loudly.
"Okay! Let's take a look!"
Young Master Jiang Lu took the tree stump from Chang Wei and counted it in front of everyone: "One circle, two circles, three circles..."
"Three circles correspond to three years! Hao Di is truly a god!"
"It's just a coincidence..."
Meng De muttered a little guilty.
Zhao Hao glanced at him and sneered: "You still don't give up? Then chop again!"
Immediately afterwards, seven or eight trees were cut down in succession, which confirmed Zhao Hao's statement.
Everyone was amazed and applauded.
"I have gained more knowledge! I have gained more knowledge!"
"Hahaha, I'm still teaching Young Master Hao, but it turns out that I have little education and no education!"
"Hey, isn't it after Mencius? I heard that Mencius is a famous person. As soon as this person makes a move, you will know whether he has it or not. What do you have? It's nothing!"
Hearing that the nobles who had just "fighted against the injustice" for him were now "rebelling" and mocking him, Meng De was so angry that his face turned red and his neck was thick. He turned around and left without saying anything.
However.
Before he could take a few steps, he heard Zhao Hao say loudly again: "Store! How do you sell this store?"
"ah?"
The shopkeeper who had testified for Zhao Hao just now couldn't help but be slightly startled when he heard Zhao Hao's words.
Zhao Hao spoke again: "Let me ask you, how do you sell this store?"
The store owner reacted and smiled awkwardly: "Master, don't make fun of me..."
"Do you think I am a joker?"
Zhao Hao frowned and said, "Or do you think I can't afford your store?"
"This...that's not true, it's just that this store is owned by the Ba Qing family, I..."
"Okay, without further ado, I'll put down a thousand gold coins, and you and everyone in the store can continue to operate..."
"but."
As Zhao Hao spoke, he suddenly changed the subject and looked at Ziying and the others: "Look for these two people and don't let them in from now on!
So as not to disgrace my royal family! No matter what culture you have, you dare to come to my restaurant to eat..."
"Hahaha!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
Ziying and Meng De turned black with anger and looked at the shopkeeper coldly.
"Sir, you..."
The store owner looked embarrassed.
Zhao Hao's face suddenly darkened and he said coldly: "What? The money I gave you is too little? If so, you can raise the price, or ask your master for instructions..."
"Young Master, please forgive me, I..."
"Sell it to him!"
Just when the store owner was hesitating, a female voice suddenly sounded.
Everyone followed the sound and found that it was a beautiful woman in palace attire.
But I saw the beautiful woman looking at Zhao Hao: "Young Master Hao wants to buy my store, I'm honored!"
Zhao Hao glanced at the beautiful woman, was stunned for a moment, then nodded, then looked around at everyone and said, "From today on, this store belongs to me!"
After saying that, he waved his sleeves: "I will pay for today's consumption, and then we will play music and dance!"
As the words fell, the whole audience cheered.
The store owner shook his head helplessly, then looked at Ziying and Meng De: "Sorry, please!"
"snort!"
Ziying snorted coldly, and without saying a word, took Meng De and left the restaurant.
