Chapter 413: Lord Chang'an, please go and ask His Majesty to take back the royal decree!
The two thousand ceremonial guards were still advancing rapidly, getting closer and closer to the four-horse royal chariot of the most noble person in the world, and the time left for Ying Chengjiao to make a decision was getting shorter and shorter.
Guiguzi was still not satisfied after saying so much, and added fuel to the fire.
"Although Your Majesty had made arrangements in Pei County early, he often lived in Xianyang and never visited Chu. No matter how detailed the intelligence was, one could know his true nature. Without meeting him face to face, he would not be able to make decisions on everything.
"I have been here for several months, and have been with this boy day and night. Your Majesty, do you think that my way of judging people is so much inferior to yours?
"You have always been very careful and cautious in your actions. Today, you dare to cook his parents as a bet, and bet on your original intention, so you are sure to win.
"From this point of view, there is only one explanation for this matter. Your Majesty has seen the matter of cooking in a cauldron in history books. I know everything, but I still want to make this bet with Your Majesty. Do you still want me to give you ten years?"
The chaotic sound of horse hooves continued. Ying Chengjiao did not think much about it. Almost as soon as Wang Xu finished speaking, he said:
"The prince is a genius, and few people in the world can guess what he is thinking and doing. Cheng Jiao is just an ordinary person, so he can neither guess nor want to guess.
"Time flies by, day and night.
"I finally won against the prince once, so I can't let him go. Has the prince decided what official position he wants to be?"
Guiguzi didn't expect Ying Chengqiu to respond so quickly. His words just now didn't seem to cause any ripples in Ying Chengqiu's heart.
He stared into Ying Chengjiao's eyes, trying to see what this former master from the future was thinking. The eyes are the windows to the soul.
Calm as a lake, with one mind and one eye.
Guiguzi was silent when the two thousand guards of honor stopped their horses and clasped their fists and bowed their heads on their horses.
The four-horse royal chariot started slowly, pulling the emperor who had created the largest territory in history, getting closer and closer, until the distance shrunk from two hundred steps to fifty steps.
"Does the Lord want to punish Xu again, or did Xu guess wrong? Could it be that the matter of Dingchuang was something the Lord discussed with Chidi in the restaurant, and not history.
"Your Majesty guessed what Xu was thinking and played along with him. He gave Pei County to the Liu family as a fiefdom to help Liu Ji get out of trouble and avoid being deserted by his friends. This was not out of your kindness, but a reward for luring Xu into his trap.
"Good, very good. This is the second time that Your Majesty has exceeded my expectations. This is interesting. But don't think that I have lost. No matter what Your Majesty chooses, I have already decided to meet the King of Qin.
"If you don't believe me, you can ask the King of Qin. My disciple Mao Sui has already met him in person."
While he was saying these words, the royal chariot drawn by four horses had already arrived in front of him.
Four tall black horses, which were obviously taller than the war horses next to them, were snorting and panting.
This was because the royal chariot with four horses was too big and too heavy.
Although it is called a royal carriage, it is actually more like a small palace. Ten people can sit in it without feeling crowded and can stand or lie down and move freely.
"Look forward to the third surprise."
Ying Chengjiao smiled but said nothing.
Guiguzi dismounted and approached.
"Your Majesty."
The First Emperor supported him with both hands.
"Sir, you don't need to be so polite. You have stirred up the world with your own strength. I have admired you for a long time. When you were not here, I was like a bird in a cage and a fish in a net. Now that you are here, the bird will fly to the sky and the fish will enter the sea. I will no longer be controlled."
Ying Chengjiao rolled his eyes at his brother.
Did you read Romance of the Three Kingdoms before going out? You are trying to win the hearts of the people by stealing the words of the emperor's uncle. Don't you have anything to say?
Guiguzi raised his head and met the emperor of all ages for the first time up close, who was only willing to act with open strategies and was unwilling to rule people with conspiracies.
"Your Majesty dares to use Xu?"
The philosophers created hundreds of schools of thought, all in an attempt to explore ways to govern the country, trying to find a new path in this chaotic world where rituals and music have collapsed. All the philosophers wanted to restore this disordered world, so that the sky would remain the sky and the earth would remain the earth.
The only exception is Guiguzi.
Guiguzi's ability is only revealed in troubled times!
What he tears apart is order, what he destroys is benevolence and righteousness. He wants to release the innate animality of the world, and then label all the acquired human nature as hypocrisy.
Guiguzi's disciples killed each other, Pang Juan caused Sun Bin to lose both legs, and Zhang Yi used the strategy of vertical and horizontal alliances to break Su Qin's strategy of horizontal and vertical alliances.
The former eventually died at the hands of Sun Bin.
The latter lost his value and was expelled by the Qin State.
Guiguzi tells the world about the deeds, actions and lives of his disciples.
All the disputes in the world are nothing but for oneself and profit!
For the shitty people! For the shitty justice!
The word "righteousness" has never existed from the beginning to the end!
Do you dare to use me, Guiguzi?
The First Emperor laughed heartily and waved his hand.
"I can take any position in Qin, sir!"
Throughout Emperor Qin Shi Huang's life, there were only people he didn't want to use, not people he didn't dare to use!
Guiguzi bowed his head and thanked him, with four moles on his head.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I will do my best to help Your Majesty. My official position is all about external affairs. If Your Majesty is willing, I would like to ask for Pei County as my fiefdom and make me the Duke of Pei."
Liu Bang's face looked a little ugly. Pei County hasn't even gotten warm yet, and it's going to be lost?
Fighting with others for land, you are still a half-god? It's just eating and drinking for free for a few days, you are really unworthy of the name Guigu!
He complained in his heart and turned to look at his master's face.
He knew that he didn't have the ability to target Guiguzi. Even if all the Liu family members and their livestock were tied together, it would be difficult for Guiguzi to even take a second look at them.
Guiguzi could only target the lord who gave Pei County to the Liu family and Peigong to his father. He had long observed that the relationship between Chang'an Jun and Guiguzi was very delicate.
Ying Chengjiao yawned, looking nonchalant.
Liu Bang smiled bitterly inwardly.
Yes, Pei County, Pei Gong, for him, it was an extremely important fiefdom and title. But for Chang'an Jun, it was nothing special.
Now that Guiguzi is so highly regarded by Your Majesty, how could Lord Chang'an create trouble with Guiguzi again just for a gangster like me?
Liu Bang always had a big question mark as to whether he and his fellow villagers from Pei County had the potential to ask Guiguzi to speak for him.
He is almost thirty.
No one would be mediocre before the age of thirty, it would be shit, and then soar to the sky and shine brightly after the age of thirty.
"Pei County, Pei Gong...
"Cheng Jiao, what do you think about this?"
The First Emperor did not agree immediately as Liu Bang expected, but looked at his younger brother.
After Ying Chengjiao said there was no urgency, Liu Bang really lost his sense of urgency and showed off in Pei County for a long time before leaving the city. During this time, the First Emperor had already known all the affairs in Pei County.
"It's all up to your majesty."
Ying Chengjiao said respectfully.
Humph! This boy knows how to act in front of outsiders! He is very well behaved!
The First Emperor nodded.
"Then I will give Pei County to you, sir, and grant you the title of Duke of Pei."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Although Liu Bang had been mentally prepared for this, he still couldn't hide his frustration. He lowered his head and touched the mane of the horse under him, not wanting others to see the expression on his face.
"Your name is Liu Bang?"
This question made Liu Bang shocked both physically and mentally. The voice so close to him seemed so familiar!
Why would the King of Qin ask me, a gangster?
Liu Bang was shocked and had no time to think. He fell off his horse and knelt on the ground.
He was still sitting astride the horse, while the questioner's voice was from under the horse. Even Guiguzi didn't dare to sit comfortably on the horse, but he, a gangster, sat comfortably, which was very disrespectful.
"Yes, I am Liu Bang."
He lowered his head, not daring to look up, his voice trembling and sweat all over his body.
All he could see was the questioner's figure below the knees - a black crown and robes with gold trim on the trouser legs.
"Xiangxian is for you, and Xianggong is for your father."
Liu Bang's mind went blank.
Pei County was a very ordinary county town in Sishui County, while Xiang County was the county seat of Sishui County. The lord of Pei County could only barely catch up with the lord of Xiang County.
The fief was changed from Pei County to Xiang County.
The title changed from Pei Gong to Xiang Gong.
This time, the Liu family not only did not suffer any loss, but made a huge profit!
If it wasn't for the fact that the person who said this was the First Emperor, Liu Bang wouldn't have believed it. He was so surprised that he forgot to speak and knelt there without saying a word, as if he had been petrified.
By the time he reacted and kowtowed to express his gratitude, the crown with gold-rimmed trouser legs was no longer in sight.
He looked up boldly and saw that the figure was returning to the unimaginably huge royal carriage, lifting the curtain and leading Guiguzi into the carriage.
Liu Bang sat down on the ground, feeling as if he had been fished out of the water.
He still dared to smile and joke with his master, but facing the King of Qin who swept across the six kingdoms, he dared not say a word. He felt that the person in front of him was not a human, but a god.
"Alas! A real man should be like this!"
He sighed softly, so quietly that even he couldn't hear it clearly.
I caught a glimpse of Xinling Jun when I was young, and twenty years later, I still think he is the most proud person in the world.
Today, after meeting the First Emperor, I realized the fallacies of my thinking over the past twenty years.
I am just like a frog in a well, short-sighted, thinking that the round well mouth is the sky.
At this moment, Liu Bang finally understood what the opportunity was that Zhang Er wanted him to return home to wait for - the news of the King of Qin's death.
As long as King Ying Zheng of Qin is alive, no one in the world dares to rebel. No one dares to start a rebellion while this man is alive.
The six kingdoms were no match for that , so how could the crippled six kingdoms win? They were already timid before they even started fighting.
With the power of one man, he suppressed the six kingdoms. This was the First Emperor.
"I got up."
Ying Chengjiao took a long bronze spear and hit Liu Bang's raised butt with the spear head.
"Tell me how you felt after meeting His Majesty."
Liu Bang got up, wiped his forehead and shook it hard, and dozens of drops of sweat fell.
"Your Majesty is truly a god!"
Ying Chengjiao smiled and said:
"That's all?"
Liu Bang's eyes rolled, he looked up and said with admiration:
"Your Majesty is a god! I know my own worth. If it weren't for Your Majesty's face, Your Majesty would never have granted me the title of Prime Minister."
"Hahahahahahaha, I'll go ask Zhang Han later to see if Zhou Qingchen is coming along. If he comes too, I'll introduce him to you. You two should have a lot in common."
Liu Bang didn't understand and didn't dare to ask, he just smiled foolishly.
Ying Chengjiao laughed enough and leaned over to wave.
Liu Bang quickly understood and immediately leaned over to listen.
"I thought you would say: 'Alas! A real man should be like this!'"
Liu Bang's smile froze, and he suddenly turned his head, a look of horror . He couldn't tell whether the master in front of him was a human or a ghost!
If one were to say that the First Emperor gave him the feeling of the midday sun in midsummer, shining brightly and awe-inspiring.
Ying Chengjiao gave him the feeling of a monster from the deepest part of the endless abyss, bewitching and terrifying!
Ying Chengjiao straightened his head.
He knew he should control his expression, but he couldn't. He couldn't even hear his own voice, so how could Chang'an Jun hear it? !
Reading minds?!
This kind of magical power should not belong to humans! Liu Bang had only heard that witches who could communicate with gods could master it!
“Be natural.
"I am not afraid of your lofty ambitions, I am only afraid of your short-sightedness.
"I gave you the name 'Bang' through Zhang Er's mouth because I want you to stabilize the country, not to act stupid and foolish all day long.
"You are a son of Qin State. I am enough for you."
Ying Chengjiao leisurely followed the main force and slowly entered the city, leaving behind the distraught Liu Bang. Liu Bang slowly came to his senses under the concerned questioning of his two good brothers Fan Kuai and Lu Wan.
When Fan Kuai saw Liu Bang's appearance, he became extremely furious. He had been thrown to the ground harshly before and was already pent up in anger.
"Brother, what did Chang'an Jun say to you? Did he threaten you again? I'll kill him."
Bang~
Fan Kuai was slapped hard in the face. He turned his head and looked at his furious elder brother with a confused look on his face.
"Your Majesty has been so kind to us! How dare you, a fool, rebel against us without even thinking of repaying us! If you have such thoughts again, I will kill you!"
Lu Wan glanced at Ying Chengjiao who was a hundred steps away.
"Liu Ji, stop pretending, he's gone, I can't hear you"
Bang~
Lu Wan was also slapped in the face, and he became furious and punched back.
"Your father spoke for you, and you hit him!"
Liu Bang took Lu Wan's fist, pulled and pulled, destroying Lu Wan's center of gravity. He grabbed Lu Wan's arm and put it on his shoulder, and suddenly threw him down!
Smoke and dust were flying everywhere.
Liu Bang pressed on Lu Wan, grabbing Lu Wan's collar with both hands, almost face to face, and growled ferociously under the cover of yellow sand.
"Don't you understand what you just said? How dare you be rude to your Majesty?"
Changan Jun's ability! You don't understand! You all don't understand!
Lu Wan, who was knocked unconscious, became even more furious and was about to break up with Fang Yan and his good brother.
When he opened his eyes, he was frightened.
What frightened him was not Liu Bang’s ferocious expression, but Liu Bang’s eyes full of fear and disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost.
Chang'an Jun, what did you say to this guy...
Lu Wan couldn't understand what could have frightened his good brother to such an extent after learning that his biological parents had been cooked to death and who could have said, "I came here in person."
Ying Chengjiao did not interfere too much in Liu Bang's growth. To be more precise, Ying Chengjiao did not interfere in the growth of the seven people.
In his heart, Ying Chengjiao had always believed that history could be changed. Otherwise, he would have been drunk and sleeping on the lap of a beautiful woman, and there would be no need to make any plans or plots.
So in order to prevent the seven talented people from becoming seven useless people, Ying Chengjiao provided them with the most natural environment for growth.
In the current environment, Ying Chengjiao didn't know whether Liu Bang could grow into the Han Taizu in history, whose country's name was defined as a national title. He also didn't know whether Xiao He, Fan Kuai, Cao Shen, Lu Wan, Zhou Bo, and Xiahou Ying could become the mainstays supporting the Han Empire.
But compared to other ordinary people who are not recorded in history, Ying Chengjiao believes that these seven historical celebrities who have left their names in history are more likely to rise.
At least these seven people have succeeded once. After tempering themselves, they are more likely to transform from cocoons into butterflies.
On that day, five thousand troops rested in Xiang County and planned to set out again the next day.
Ying Chengjiao returned to the house prepared for him. He just drank two sips of water and was about to sort out the follow-up plans. Zhao Gongming, who had settled Heihu, knocked on the door and hurriedly pushed the door open without waiting for Ying Chengjiao's response.
"Although Mr. Zhao is a foreigner, he has to learn some customs and etiquette when he enters the secular world. It is not the behavior of a great man to enter without asking."
Ying Chengqiu sipped the hot water and joked.
"You still care about etiquette. I regret riding that black tiger! Guiguzi asked for Pei County and Pei Gong. He was definitely not angry with Chang'an Jun! Chang'an Jun doesn't know the art of Yin and Yang and doesn't understand this. Pei County and Pei Gong, neither of them can be given! Chang'an Jun, please ask His Majesty to take back the royal decree!"
Zhao Gongming said in a deep voice.
