, wonderful and free of pop-ups! "But I don't understand. What does Qin want to do with the people of Zhao? When the country is broken, wouldn't it be clean to kill all those who are dissatisfied? Why go to such trouble." Some generals disagreed. After Li Si heard this, there was a dark and unclear look in his eyes, but he wisely chose to remain silent so as not to offend others.
"The art of military use is the best for the whole country, and the second is to destroy the country." Although Zhao Gao mentioned "Sun Tzu's Art of War" in front of so many generals, it was a bit unskilled, but it was the best answer at the moment. Fortunately, the general was straightforward and reasonable. Wrong was wrong. After hearing what Zhao Gao said, he realized that he was a little extreme and immediately hugged Zhao Gao with shame.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Gao immediately bowed and gave a long salute: "In the final analysis, I, a civil servant, only talk in the middle of the court and rely on the soldiers to protect the peace of Qin through life and death. If I receive the courtesy of the general again, wouldn't it be wrong?" Too ignorant."
"Okay, okay, you are both ministers of the Qin State, so there is nothing wrong with you." Meng Wu came out at the right time to smooth things over, and Zhao Gao and the general did not get entangled here. Next, everyone repeatedly reviewed the details based on Zhao Gao's strategy, and finally decided on the strategy against Zhao.
"However, this sounds nice. Who should we send to negotiate with Zhao and Guo?"
"Dun Rui, or Yao Jia?"
"No, things will change later. The two of them are currently away in another country. They don't know when they will be able to come back. They can't wait any longer."
Now that the dust is about to settle, Zhao Zheng listens and everyone is arguing with each other, what he wants to say, but before speaking, he looks at Zhao Gao to prepare him. In an instant, Zhao Gao seemed to sense something and looked at Zhao Zheng, but he seemed to suddenly remember something, his heart was a little confused, and his expression became unnatural unconsciously.
Zhao Zheng was shocked when he saw this. This was the second time he saw Zhao Gao like this. The first time was when he first proposed this plan, but at that time, both of them were focused on the discussion. Zhao Gao said a few more words to cover up the abnormal situation, but now the matter has been basically settled through collective efforts. Next, he paid more attention to it. However, before it was time to talk about these private matters, Zhao Zheng could see that he was trying his best to restrain his emotions.
In a daze, Zhao Gao found that Zhao Zheng was looking at him calmly with inquiring eyes, but he quickly looked away and looked at other ministers and asked with a smile: "The key to this plan is Guo Kai. Do you know that Guo Kai was Whose work did it take to get the title of 'Sage of Gamblers'?" There are only one person on one hand who the king can trust and who has been active in Zhao for so long - their king and his teacher Zhao Gao.
Of course, if the king did it himself, he would not boast so much. The only remaining candidate is Zhao Gao. Therefore, the king means that the only one who can get through Guo Kai's joint is Zhao Gao.
Zhao Gao was doing things for everyone to see, so no one had any objections. When Zhao Zheng mentioned this, he agreed in twos and threes. Some people even saw Zhao Gao's unresponsiveness and thought he would shirk, so they comforted him: "Don't worry, your Majesty. Bai Neishi will help you keep an eye on the salt affairs."
After finally grinding to the end of the discussion, Zhao Gao was secretly chosen as the candidate. He followed everyone out of Qutai Palace in a daze, but because he was well hidden and his expression did not change at all, many people did not notice anything unusual.
Before he had gone far, he was called by an eunuch. Everyone just thought it was normal that the king was about to be sent abroad and had something to explain to the teacher, so they said goodbye to him in twos and threes and asked him to go quickly. But before leaving, Li Si looked at him meaningfully, which made him realize that he had lost his composure. In an instant, his eyes became clear again, and he turned around to return the greeting.
Before Zhao Gao entered, Zhao Zheng dismissed all the palace people. The two of them stood in Qutai Palace and had a stalemate for a long time. In the end, it was Zhao Zheng who spoke first: "Xiao Gao, do you have something to say to me?" Zhao Zheng knew that Zhao Gao What Gao is doing today is nothing more than thinking about the layout of those years when he has free time.
From the beginning, Zhao Gao knew that there would be a day when Zhao Guo started to make plans. He thought that as a king, if Zhao Zheng suddenly felt that a person was approaching him with purpose from the beginning, could he really not care at all?
Because of this, he once again thought of what Zhao Zheng asked him: At that time, Xiao Gao would still stand by my side like this, right?
When Zhao Zheng said these words for the first time, he was still a baby. Although that baby was precocious and honest, and although that baby was so strong and sensible that it made people feel heartbroken, when he said those words and looked at Zhao Gao with such expectant eyes, Zhao Gao only thought that he had a child's mind. As an adult, how could he bear to impose the complexity of human nature on him?
Zhao Gao couldn't utter a single word of those adult considerations. The words of rejection were clearly stuck in his throat, but they turned into sharp blades and stabbed painfully in his heart. Likewise, he didn't want to lie to that doll, pat his head with a look that looked gentle and doting but was actually sanctimonious, and then irresponsibly say a promise that might not be fulfilled in the future: "Okay."
Therefore, since both left and right were wrong, Zhao Gao chose to remain silent.
Later, when the baby grew up and they met again, he brought up the past and said that his thoughts had never changed over the years and his words from back then still stood true. At that time, his eyes were full of expectation. It was an expectation that made people worry about gains and losses. It was also an expectation that made people feel soft after looking at it.
It was as if he was telling himself: Xiao Gao, I only have you now. It was as if he was about to say the word "no" next, and the look in his eyes that looked forward to gain and loss would immediately turn into endless despair.
But Zhao Gao still couldn't lie to him, so he said without confidence: Your Majesty, let me think about it.
In fact, Zhao Gao's thoughts have never changed over the years: as long as he needs him for a day, he is willing to stay and assist him for a day. Of course, this is not all for him, and even for him it is only a small factor. After all, Zhao Gao is a calm person. What he wants to live is himself, not someone's vassal.
Zhao Gao has his own ambitions and ambitions. He hopes to build a strong Qin and change the fate of the Empire II. There are countless stories about time travel, and probably half of them are protagonists who enjoy tossing around. Obviously, Zhao Gao belongs to the half written in the book who likes to toss. Now that we have such conditions, even if we overestimate our capabilities, we still want to change it through our own efforts. After all, there are some things that we have no regrets after we have done them.
The opportunity to become Zhao Zheng's teacher was something he had never expected. This was a huge change in his plan. This variable may be a shortcut for him, but conversely it may be the source of future disasters.
At first, Zhao Gao thought a lot and carefully reminded himself to be careful at all times, but when he rescued the baby and saw him looking at him in embarrassment and pitifulness, he felt that it was so natural for them to get along, so at that time he Say to yourself: Just treat this child like this, don’t think about anything, don’t change anything, just keep everything as usual. In fact, Zhao Gao did the same thing later, and since then he has been deeply wary of him.
Today, when things have come to this point, it can be said that Zhao Gao's plan passed smoothly in the small court meeting. However, because it was implicated in various arrangements in Zhao State in the past, the guard that was originally deeply buried in his heart was once again exposed. stand up.
Sometimes people are so contradictory. Zhao Gao will not live for Zhao Zheng, but from another perspective, he cares more about the friendship between them than his official career. After all, the failure of your career is due to your own lack of ability. As long as you try your best, there is nothing to regret. Zhao Gao has always been such an open-minded person, and he can afford to lose. But if the relationship between a person and the person he cherishes the most disappears, just like Zhao Zheng and Zhao Ji's mother and son, he really doesn't dare to think about it.
So the moment the guard was dug out of his heart, he was eroded by a strong uneasiness.
Zhao Gao looked up at Zhao Zheng dumbly, and asked him in a low voice in front of him in a tone he had never heard before: "Does your Majesty think that I was too deliberate back then? Do you think that I taught you that I had some premeditation..." . Do you think there may be no love between you and me? The more Zhao Gao talked, the more powerless he felt, and he couldn't ask the second half of the sentence anyway.
Sure enough, the anger and vindictive words in Zhao Zheng's eyes were the best answer: "I thought we had a tacit understanding for a long time. It turns out that the tacit understanding only exists when the fundamentals are not touched. Once the fundamentals are touched, this is how Xiao Gao thinks of me. ?”
How could someone else be allowed to snore next to the king's bed, not to mention that this person might have been plotting against him for many years. Zhao Gao has always known this. Zhao Zheng was right. The two of them had always had a tacit understanding when it came to the fundamentals, but this matter... Zhao Gao wasn't sure, and he wasn't sure from the very beginning of the layout. There had been such a situation Mental preparation.
But if he really had to do it all over again, he would choose to do the same for those who needed to calculate, and he would not regret it.
To this day, he still didn't want to hide it from Zhao Zheng, so he murmured frankly: "I don't know." After saying that, he lowered his eyes and said no more words.
Zhao Gao gave such a disappointing answer, which made Zhao Zheng furious. He grabbed the fabric on his knees and tried his best to restrain the surging emotions in his chest. After a while, he asked in a voiceless voice: "You never believed me." No matter what. How hard I try, you never thought to believe me...
He said it with absolute certainty, the kind of certainty that comes from grief. The tone was unprecedentedly cold, and just hearing it was enough to make people feel sad. In fact, it was far more than that. At that moment, even his figure became very depressed.
He was still staring at Zhao Gao, wanting to hear him say "I believe".
He even forgot the usual nickname "Xiao Gao". How desperate must this child be? After Zhao Gao listened and read, something began to change in his heart. The words that he used to warn himself that "there are differences between kings and ministers in this era" seemed to be gradually being suppressed and swallowed up bit by bit by another voice, and he had a premonition that it might be completely replaced in the near future.
When Zhao Gao thought about this in the past, he just felt a dull pain in his heart. But now, one day, I saw the child unexpectedly looking at him in such a lonely manner, and a sharp pain suddenly hit me at that moment, and spread to the entire chest.
Those thoughts are intertwined together like a tangled mess. They keep cutting, and their desires become even more confusing.
They looked at each other so silently, and every minute and every second became a torment.
There was a voice in his body that screamed for Zhao Gao to take back what he just said, but his body was contrary to this. He wanted to struggle to move, but he couldn't move at all. It was difficult to even open his mouth.
"I know, teacher, please go back and rest."
A long sigh overflowed from Zhao Zheng's throat, and then he dropped such an understatement and got into the inner hall without looking back. Zhao Gao relaxed and finally regained control of his body. He bowed in the direction Zhao Zheng was leaving, then took a deep breath and quickly left Qutai Palace. (just love network)
