On a winter night, the fog is misty, and the scattered firelight is like stars in the night sky.
At this time, it was quiet around the shogunate, and the guarding soldiers were yawning.
Under the banana tree about two hundred meters away from the shogunate, several black figures were slowly approaching.
One of the dark figures was Zhao Cheng, who was wearing night clothes.
"I didn't expect the shogunate's guards to be so lax, so different from the day!"
Zhao Cheng looked at the foggy night sky and couldn't help but sigh.
The companion on the side laughed in a low voice: "Such a dark and windy night is more suitable for night business. Who wouldn't hide under the quilt in such a cold weather? Most of the guards probably went to the fire pit to keep warm."
"Be careful when you go in. If you find His Majesty, evacuate immediately!"
"promise."
Everyone agreed and quickly approached the corner of the shogunate while the patrol was gone.
There was a sound of wind, and Zhao Cheng, who was more agile and dexterous than others, climbed down from the wall and quickly came to the darkness.
Looking up, the large and small stone tents in the shogunate are difficult to understand at a glance.
The place where they settled was a rockery courtyard with a row of houses next to it, which seemed to be where servants lived.
Zhao Cheng unfolded his movements, and a familiar person led him from the front. He crossed the courtyard in one breath and came to the wooden foundation of a two-story building. He whispered: "I asked people during the day. Your Majesty should live here, but... I don’t know which room it is.”
Someone carefully examined the surrounding environment and muttered: "We are here to take care of you. If the situation is not right, Qin Yi will pretend to be a bird and notify you!"
Zhao Cheng nodded in agreement, sneaked into the building, picked up a window with no light coming out, checked the situation, and entered through the window.
This is a place that looks like a small hall. I tiptoe to the wooden door leading out, put my ear to it, and only push the door open when there is no one outside.
Outside is a corridor, one end leading to the outer hall, and the other end leading to the stairs upstairs. There is no sound in the house. It seems that the servants have already fallen asleep.
Before this thought was finished, there was a sound of footsteps on the stairs. Zhao Cheng hurriedly hid inside the door, wondering why there was anyone there so late.
The footsteps stopped in front of the door. Zhao Cheng secretly thought that something was wrong. He had no time to leave through the window and door, so he hurriedly hid in a corner and squatted behind a small cabinet. Although it was not the best place to hide, it was better than meeting people face to face. relatively.
Sure enough, someone pushed the door open and there was the sound of cups and plates clinking.
Zhao Cheng knew that the other party did not know that someone was hiding in the dark, so he boldly took a look and found that they were two pretty maids.
One of the maids yawned: "The one I'm most afraid of is the young master. Every time His Majesty comes, he doesn't have to sleep. He's so tired that we have to wait on him!"
Another maid said: "Your Majesty usually doesn't talk much, but when you meet the young master, you seem to have endless things to say!"
The maid who spoke first smiled and said: "We are lucky to be able to serve His Majesty. I don't know how many people in the palace want to serve Your Majesty, and I don't know if His Majesty will take us with him when he returns to Xianyang. I have long wanted to visit the Central Plains. Saw it."
Zhao Cheng was surprised that His Majesty was actually here. Now that the servant who was waiting for him said it, it seemed that the rebellion in the South China Sea had no impact on him at all.
What the hell does this happen? Your Majesty is clearly safe and sound, why don't you return to Xianyang? And his brother betrayed him, why wasn't he angry at all?
After chattering, the two maids went away with the prepared snacks.
Knowing that someone was awake, Zhao Cheng did not dare to go up the stairs, so he left through the window. He aimed at a dimly lit window on the second floor and climbed up. Only halfway up, a group of guards patrolling the backyard arrived with lanterns.
Zhao Cheng was shocked, because if it was Ying Zheng's residence, the guards would pay special attention and would never miss his figure falling in mid-air.
Gritting his teeth suddenly, he sped up and climbed up, suddenly entering the house.
Fortunately, there was no one in the room, and Zhao Changcheng breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of whether what the two maids just said was true or false, he had to see Ying Zheng himself tonight, otherwise it would be difficult to implement his brother's plan.
"It seems that we have to wait and see again later."
He muttered something in a low voice, glanced at the big wardrobe in the corner, and hid in it softly.
On the other side, Ying Zheng's room.
When Zhao Hao learned that Ying Chengyu had appeared at Xianyang Phoenix Tower, he immediately came to find Ying Zheng.
At this time, the father and son were chatting in the room.
"Let me ask you, do you think there are really people in this world who can predict the future?"
Ying Zheng had a serious face and a low voice. After he finished speaking, his eyes were fixed on Zhao Hao and his fingers couldn't help but clenched.
Um?
Father, this question is a bit steep. Weren't we talking about Ying Chengyu and Zhao Gao just now? Why is it suddenly related to the prophet?
Zhao Hao tilted his head and didn't react for a moment.
However, after Zhao Hao came to his senses, he couldn't help but sneered, shook his head and sighed: "Father, do you think that my son can predict the enemy's opportunities in everything, right? In fact, my son just knows better, and he doesn't With this kind of ability, even if other people tell Father that they have this ability, they are basically all liars!"
After hearing this, Ying Zheng was silent for a long time, frowned at Zhao Hao, and said in a deep voice: "Why are you so sure?"
Why am I so sure? That's of course because I'm a materialist!
Not to mention now, even in the modern era more than two thousand years later, when quantum computers are rampant, it is impossible to predict the future. No one has ever really succeeded.
Occasionally a person appears who claims to be able to predict the future, and it won't be long before he is proven to be a liar and quickly disappears from the public eye.
But how to explain it to the First Emperor’s father? You can't lie to the person in your dreams every time, right?
Zhao Hao thought for a moment and gave an example to the First Emperor: "Father, please look at this tea cup!"
"Um?"
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then followed Zhao Hao's finger.
But I heard him say: "If you put this teacup here, I am 90% sure that it will still be here tomorrow. This is also equivalent to a kind of foretelling, because I knew it one day in advance, and there is a 90% chance that it will still be here." it's here."
"But now, if we put the time a little longer, such as a month, I would not dare to say that this teacup will still be here a month later, because during this month, many unexpected things will happen, and it may be taken away. Maybe there was an earthquake here and the coffee table knocked it to the ground."
"There may be many possibilities. There have been too many changes during this period. Do you dare to say that this teacup will still be here in a month?"
Ying Zheng pondered and shook his head slightly.
Zhao Hao smiled with satisfaction and continued: "Even a dead object like a teacup cannot accurately determine whether he will be there in a month, let alone the so-called prophet. He is facing a human being. I dare to ask my father again. Question, can one step into the same river twice?”
Can one step into the same river twice?
What is the problem?
Ying Zheng was stunned again when he heard this, and couldn't help but said: "Of course a person can step into a river twice. Not only can he step into it twice, but he can also step into it as many times as he wants."
Zhao Hao smiled: "Really? Is there no difference between stepping into the river for the second time and stepping into the river for the first time? Father, please don't forget that water has no shape. Do you think that the river you step into for the second time is different? Is it the same river as the first time I stepped into it?”
"this"
Ying Zheng's eyes widened and he looked at Zhao Hao blankly.
What this kid said makes sense. Although the river bank has not changed, the water has been flowing. If you look at it from this perspective, you really cannot step into the same river twice.
Zhao Hao saw that Ying Zheng's eyes were gradually clearing up, and he spread his hands and said: "Father, look, I just added a variable to it, which makes it impossible for people to do the same thing as last time, let alone people. What’s more, there are thousands of people in the world?
Every person, every action at every moment is a variable. The accumulation of so many variables is an unimaginable variable. Trying to calculate these variables and predict the future is tantamount to wishful thinking! "
The First Emperor had heard of the Prophet before, and even had an unspeakable desire for the power of the Prophet. However, at the same time, the First Emperor also had a deep fear. He was afraid that this power would be obtained by his enemies and pose a threat to him. .
But Zhao Hao now told him that there was no need to worry, this kind of power was simply nonsense.
The First Emperor carefully pondered Zhao Hao's words, his emotions of joy and disappointment were constantly mixed, and he had mixed emotions for a while.
"Father, I know that you are very curious about what happened to my son, and you also cooperate with my son to do those incredible things that can bring the Qin Dynasty on the right track. However, my son has to remind you that since ancient times, smart people will Encountered two big pits!"
"Big pit?"
"Yes, one is to seek immortality, and the other is to predict the future. Both of these are impossible to achieve in a short period of time or even forever. Anyway, that's what I told you."
Zhao Hao said: "However, throughout the ages, countless heroes have fallen into these two pits and were eventually buried by time."
He really didn't want the First Emperor to get up from the pit of immortality and fall into the pit of predicting the future again, because this pit was too deep, even deeper than the pit of immortality.
Although the First Emperor's father looks tall and majestic, once he falls in, he may never come out again.
Ying Zheng heard the tone of Zhao Hao's words with a hint of preaching, and couldn't help but snorted with dissatisfaction: "I still need your teaching. Ever since I knew that the elixir was poisonous, I have taken the matter of immortality lightly. From now on, I A decree will be promulgated, and anyone who dares to seek immortality will be dealt with according to the law of the country."
As he spoke, he pondered for a while and looked at Zhao Hao meaningfully: "But this is a prophet of uncertainty."
He let out a long sigh: "Originally I didn't believe it, but the feeling you gave me was so strange that I had to believe it."
Zhao Hao shook his head after hearing this. From the look of the Emperor's father, it was obvious that he had been deceived by him, and it seemed that he was not deceived clearly.
With a smile on his face, Zhao Hao asked unhurriedly: "Father, do you think that my son has seen the undercurrents of Zhao Gao, Li Si, Ying Chenglong, and even Xianyang too accurately? It's as if he knew them in advance Can you do those things?"
"Isn't it true? I have been with them for more than thirty years, and I can't even see through them. You have only been in contact with them for a long time. Why do you know everything so well?" Ying Zheng asked with a frown.
Zhao Hao smiled noncommittally and said: "I have said before that I learned some of our history from the people in the dream. It is not surprising to infer people's behavior from what happened in history. However, as Er Chen said, Er Chen cannot spy on the variables, that is, the original history may not necessarily be the current history."
"Since history has changed, why did it still happen?"
"Because of humanity!"
Zhao Haoyan replied concisely and comprehensively: "The reason why a person becomes bad is not that he is a bad person originally, but that the environment changes him!"
Ying Zheng stood up suddenly, his face extremely serious, walked back and forth in front of Zhao Hao for a few steps, and suddenly said: "Then I will tell you something. Listen and see if there are any variables in this?"
Zhao Hao nodded: "Father, please tell me."
Ying Zheng paused, as if recalling something, and then slowly said after a moment: "More than thirty years ago, not long after I succeeded to the throne, when Lu Buwei was in power, I needed a confidant to contact the Meng and Wang families. , it happened that Zhao Gao appeared in my sight. Seeing that he was extremely alert and familiar with the laws of Qin, I intended to reuse him;
But your grandmother refused to let me reuse him because he was a sinner in the Hermit Palace. Later..."
"What happened next?"
"Later, your grandmother sent people to kill all his relatives and castrate him."
"this"
Zhao Hao was stunned and didn't know how to respond.
Damn it, no wonder Zhao Gao hates the Ying Qin royal family so much. It turns out there is such a blood feud.
"When I knew this, it was already too late, but I made a mistake and reused Zhao Gao. After all, without the ties of his family, he can do things better for me!"
"Then does he know who killed his relatives?"
"Shouldn't know!"
Ying Zheng shook his head and said: "If he knew that his relatives were sent to be killed by your grandmother, he would not have risked his life to kill those who bullied her on your grandmother's behalf when they conquered Handan!"
"So, my father thinks that this matter may be Zhao Gao's change?"
Zhao Hao frowned.
Ying Zheng muttered: "Since predicting the future cannot come true, and you did foresee that Zhao Gao would betray me, then I have to consider this variable."
"Originally, the reason why I left Zhao Gao alone was to use him to disrupt the imperial court and remove some of the obstacles to reform! You also know that the structure of "Three Gongs and Nine Ministers" and the structure of "Three Provinces and Six Ministries" will affect the interests of too many people, isn't it? I can reform it immediately with just one word!"
"Now that Zhao Gao is a variable, I am worried that he will be detrimental to my children."
"hiss"
Zhao Hao couldn't help but take a breath when he heard this, and said to himself, Dad Shihuang, you are so awesome, no wonder they say you are invincible alive!
Zhao Gao not only destroyed the foundation you worked so hard to build, but also killed all your children!
This is a big traitor who must have a big plan!
"What's wrong? Am I worrying too much?"
Seeing that Zhao Hao's expression was wrong, Ying Zheng frowned and asked again.
"hehe."
Zhao Hao laughed twice and did not answer Ying Zheng's question, because he had already done too many things that were unpredictable. Regarding Zhao Gao, it was better to let Ying Zheng confirm it himself.
"Father, I have come up with a strategy today that will allow you to return to Xianyang quietly and witness their 'style'." Zhao Hao changed the subject nonchalantly.
"What strategy?"
"Build the plank road openly and visit the warehouse secretly."
"Um?"
Ying Zheng was a little confused after hearing Zhao Hao's words. He was about to continue questioning him, but suddenly he heard a cry from outside the door; "Assassin! There is an assassin! Catch him quickly!"
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