Seven years later......

In the courtyard of the Zhu family, two eight or nine-year-old children were playing and playing, and an old woman around forty years old kept telling them to be careful.

The appearance of Zhao Qi added a little color to the life of Yingzheng, who was supposed to spend his childhood alone in the Zhao family, at this time, he did not have the gloomy expression on his face as stated in history, and some were just innocent children.

Zhao Qi has endured a lot of inhuman treatment in recent years, in order to give him the ability to protect Ying Zheng, he has been taught assassination techniques and martial arts by several top assassins of the Qin State since he was five years old, and he will spare three hours a day for special training, and there are many classmates with him, including Zhang Han, a famous figure in history.

Zhang Han is a famous general at the end of Qin, I thought he was just a general, but I didn't expect him to still shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting Ying Zheng, if there was no Zhao Qi's appearance, I believe that Zhang Han would be the first candidate for the head of the secret guard around Ying Zheng.

After three years of training, Zhao Qi and Zhang Han's martial arts and assassination skills are believed to be among the best in the Qin Kingdom, even if they are only ten years old.

Those who survived the assassin training will be assessed, and those who pass are sent to Zichu to act as secret guards, shouldering the heavy responsibility of protecting the prince, and those who do not pass are all executed.

Zhao Qi was an exception, and he was arranged to stay in Handan to accompany Yingzheng.

In the past few years, many major events have occurred, the son of Qin and Chu returned to China, and the Qin State was suppressed by the eastern countries and lost a large area of land.

Today is the day when Ying Zheng and his mother Zhao Ji return to China, and Zhao Qi naturally has to follow, along with Zhao Qi's nurse Wang, that is, the woman who came to Handan with him.

Zhao Qi doesn't like the title of nurse very much, she has always fed Zhao Qi with goat's milk, why do you let herself call her a nurse? A hundred hearts are not happy, but people do pull him up, Chinese pay attention to filial piety, even if they have not fed him, they have to treat him as their own mother.

Since he could talk, he called the Wang family A-Niang, every time he heard Zhao Qi call her, she would always be very happy, no matter what Zhao Qi asked, as long as she could do it, she would never refuse.

The Wang family is like this, and so is Zhao Ji.

originally thought that according to the evaluation of Zhao Ji in history, she should be a prodigal woman, and she even had murderous intentions against Yingzheng, and she also supported her behind when Chang Yu rebelled. Unexpectedly, at this time, she was very interested in Ying Zheng, Ying Zheng was not allowed to leave the door of the Zhao family since she was a child, whenever Zhao Qi went to train with those assassins, Zhao Ji would always accompany Ying Zheng to play, she was afraid that Ying Zheng would be lonely, afraid that he would distort his heart because of this.

She is Ying Zheng's mother, she has nothing to say to Ying Zheng, Zhao Qi can't understand why she later became what she is described in history, that's not something he should think about, he just needs to know that Zhao Ji is good enough for Ying Zheng now.

Everyone has selfish intentions, including Zhao Qi.

In the past few years with Ying Zheng, the relationship between him and Ying Zheng has become as close as a brother, the two of them have grown up together, the emotions between the children are very pure, and they are not mixed with any interests, even now let Zhao Qi block the sword for Ying He has no hesitation. I believe that this is also the ultimate goal of Zichu to make him very Yingzheng live together since childhood.

His goal was achieved, Zhao Qi and Ying Zheng became the most intimate playmates, even if Zhao Qi's psychological age was thirty years older than Ying Zheng, it didn't matter, probably because living more with children would be subtly affected, Zhao Qi's current personality is not like an adult's temperament.

Before the trip, Zhao Ji changed Yingzheng into gorgeous clothes, a black robe embroidered with python patterns, this is a dress that only the princes and princes of a big country can wear, if the commoners wear it, they will be executed immediately, and they can't afford to make such a dress with their economic level, and it would be good for the civilians to have clothes made of linen to wear.

After getting into the carriage, Ying Zheng looked like a curious baby, touch it here, and look at it somewhere. He has never been in a carriage, and he has never even seen the outside world, every day when he is alone, he will be in a daze at the wall of the Zhao family, crying and making trouble when he wants to go out, he will be spanked by Zhao Ji, and after the beating, the mother and son hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Zhao Qi knew that Zhao Ji was also for his good, since the king of Qin ordered the attack on Handan, the king of Zhao wanted to kill Zi Chu, but Zi Chu fled with the help of Lü Buwei. is about to kill Zichu's wife and children, they can only hide in the Zhao family, and they dare not let Yingzheng go out in the past few years, in case the sergeant of Zhao State recognizes it, his mother and daughter have only a dead end.

After staying in this courtyard for nine years, both mother and son are going crazy, if there is no Zhao Qi with him, Yingzheng's psychology is estimated to have been distorted, and the only way for him to understand this beautiful world is through Zhao Qi's words, in his mind, he simply thinks that Zhao Qi is the most knowledgeable person in the world.

The more extreme the person, the higher the achievement in the future, Zhao Qi doesn't know if Yingzheng, who is mentally healthy, will have the ambition to dominate the world, it doesn't matter, even if Yingzheng has no ambition, he will guide him step by step on the road to unification. will definitely not let Yingzheng be stimulated in any way.

Ying Zheng has been really bitter over the years, Zhao Qi has a very deep feeling, he understands the history of this period, he is confident that he can help Ying Zheng get all the things he deserves, and he has also made up his mind not to let the world of Great Qin collapse so easily.

The carriage was still bumpy as always, and it was rickety and unsteady on the road that looked flat.

"Ah Qi, is our hometown really as beautiful as you say?" Ying Zheng sat in Zhao Ji's arms, imagining in his mind the environment of the Qin State that Zhao Qi had told him about.

"Of course, there are the most beautiful mountains and rivers in the world, the most magnificent rivers, and the strongest warriors." Zhao Qi was very excited, and kept gesturing with his hands, trying his best to let Ying Zheng think of those beautiful paintings, even if he didn't know what Qin Guo was like now, he had to tell Ying Zheng the best picture.

"Wow, how powerful are those fighters, are they better than you?" Ying Zheng's face was full of yearning, in his eyes, Zhao Qi was the most powerful person he had ever seen, but he saw Zhao Qi punch a hole in the tree. He pointed to the guards outside, "Are you better than them?" ”

"Of course, it's much better than me." Zhao Qiqi nodded, thought for a while, glanced at the guard, and said, "It's about the same as them." ”

Ying Zheng, who said a few words, was full of longing, and he couldn't wait to return to Qin State immediately.

In fact, these guards are not necessarily better than Zhao Qi, if it is compared to strength, he will definitely not be able to compare with these people, but when it comes to killing skills, they can't catch up with Zhao Qi even if they shoot horses, he is the one who can withstand the most brutal assassin training.

Zhao Ji listened to Zhao Qi's words on the side and was a little funny, Zhao Qi was sent to Handan when he was one and a half years old, how did he know what the Qin State was like, but she didn't stop it. In his heart, Zhao Qi's position is not much lower than Ying Zheng, if there is no Zhao Qi, she really can't imagine what Ying Zheng will become in the past few years, he has long treated Zhao Qi as his own child.

In fact, the Qin State is far from being as beautiful as Zhao Qi said, and years of war have made this powerful national uniform full of holes.

During the Warring States period, the world was not peaceful at all, and it had become a luxury to expect the government to give shelter to civilians, and the war between Qin and Zhao subsided, ending in the defeat of Qin, just like the calm after a storm, everything returned to its original appearance. One of the few changes is that there is less land in Qin, and there are many more homeless people at the gate of Zhao Wangcheng in Handan. The royal families who benefited from the war celebrated their success in lavish palaces, and the refugees under the walls became the only victims.

As the victorious state, the state of Zhao is like this, let alone the state of Qin. Officials and royal families have become blood-sucking bats, frantically oppressing civilians in the territory, and in the era of war, men were arrested and conscripted into the army, crops were maintained by women and children, the yield was not high, and the government also increased taxes.

It's like killing people, this move has made the already underfed civilians even worse, the cries of the civilians are endless every day, and the children who can't eat are as thin as firewood, and it is the age of the long body that has encountered such an era.

What's more, the poor family can't open the pot, the hungry mother strangled her child, squatted under the thatch with the child who had begun to stink, crying, begging God to give her a way to live, the flies kept flying around her, the fly eggs grew quickly, the child in her arms had begun to give maggots, God did not answer her, the government did not give her a way to live, she could only tear off the linen strips from her clothes and twist them into a rope to end her life.

The officials are not all cold-blooded people, and the few officials who saw this phenomenon played the king of Qin were all dismissed. The old man scolded in front of the King of Qin, and his body is still hanging on the city wall of Xianyang for public display.

No one said that King Qin did something wrong, and the slanderers in their hearts trembled under the obscenity of the royal family, and did not dare to say a word more.

When they entered the territory of Qin, Zhao Qi and Ying Zheng were stunned by the scene in front of them.

Zhao Qi sat in the carriage and looked at the homeless people on the road, his brows furrowed very tightly, there were many old people on crutches and women holding children on the desert avenue that was originally deserted, and there were few skinny children. They stared at the passing carriage with wide, watery eyes, hoping that these nobles would give them alms.

They may only have some moisture in their eyes, their bodies are dry like firewood stalks after the autumn harvest, their mouths are cracked wide, the yellow blood is no longer effective, and their skin is tanned like black people in Africa.

Ying Zheng had never seen such a person, he felt very pitiful, so he pulled his mother's sleeve and said, "Ah Niang, I want to give these people food, they look so pitiful."

Zhao Ji touched the child's head, a little glad that her child was a royal family, and she also pitied the people in this world, but her identity did not allow her to approach these untouchables, because she was also one of the many oppressors.