Soon, there was a big news circulating in Xianyang City: after learning that Wang's eldest son had been attacked one after another, Qin Prime Minister Lü Buwei decided to personally greet Wang's eldest son Yingzheng outside Xianyang City.

Lü Buwei was originally a big businessman who was born in the country, and he traveled from place to place, buying at low prices and selling at high prices, accumulating a family fortune of thousands of gold. And the biggest and most successful transaction in Lü Buwei's life is "investing in strange people and strange goods".

The incident originated in 267 BC, when the mourning prince of Qin died in Wei, and later An Guojun, the second son of King Zhao of Qin, was made the crown prince of Qin. An Guojun has more than 20 sons, but An Guojun's favorite concubine, Mrs. Huayang, has no sons. At this time, An Guojun had a middle-ranked son named Yiren, and Yiren's mother was named Xia Ji, who was not favored. So Yiren was sent to Zhao as a hostage of Qin. Because of the feud between Qin and Zhao, Qin attacked Zhao many times, and Zhao did not treat strangers with courtesy. As the grandson of King Qin, Yiren was not taken seriously and was sent to Zhao as a hostage, and his carriage and horses and daily wealth were not rich, and his life was embarrassing.

Lü Buwei went to Handan to do business, and was overjoyed when he saw Yiren, saying: "Yiren is like a strange thing, you can hoard it and sell it at a high price." This is the origin of the allusion to the idiom "strange goods can live".

From the strange goods to live in, lobbying the Qin State, Handan offering concubines, and the wisdom of returning to Qin, to the final feudal marquis to worship the prime minister, Lü Buwei can be described as painstaking!

Lü Buwei's life is extremely legendary, and the world's evaluation of him has always been mixed. It is difficult to infer whether real people are good or bad, let alone ancient historical figures.

Lü Buwei is a real person, his life is far more wonderful than in the history books, he is a shrewd businessman, and at the same time has an adventurous spirit, dare to "live in strange goods", dare to "a thousand words of gold". Winning Yiren's ascension to the throne was inseparable from Lü Buwei's running, but it was more due to the needs of several political forces in the Qin State at that time. In any case, Lü Buwei was a successful kingmaker and a legendary businessman.

Facts have proved that Lü Buwei's original choice was correct, and his political adventure was not only in exchange for wealth, but also in terms of status, status, and supreme power, which were things that could not be obtained by a businessman.

Three days later, the escort army finally reached the outskirts of Xianyang.

Qin Prime Minister Lü Buwei personally greeted Wang's eldest son Yingzheng outside Xianyang City, which was an important political gesture. It can be seen that Qin Prime Minister Lü Buwei is never willing to be just a nominal Xiangguo, he longs for real power.

Xianyang was the capital of the Qin State in the twelfth year of Qin Xiaogong, that is, in 350 BC after the Shang Dynasty changed the law. At that time, Xianyang, the capital of Qin, was large in scale and included a vast area on both sides of the Wei River. With Xianyang as the center, it reaches the Yellow River in the east, and reaches the shore of the Qianhe and Wei rivers in the west; From Jiushan and Lin Guanggong in the north, to the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains in the south, 400 kilometers from east to west, and 200 kilometers from north to south, there are palace annexes. To the north of the Wei River, there are mainly Jique, Xianyang Palace, Lanchi Palace, etc., and the Wei River flows through the palaces of Xianyang City. A wooden bridge 6 zhang wide and 380 steps long connects Weibei and Weinan together. Xianyang was one of the largest and most prosperous cities in the world at that time.

Xianyang is still standing tall in the north of Weishui and south of Jiuzhi Mountain. According to the concept of yin and yang of the ancients, the south of the mountain and the north of the water are the "yang" land with a long sunshine time, and Xianyang is named "Xianyang" because of the condition of "mountains and rivers are yang". When Shang Ying first built Xianyang, Xianyang was only in the north of Weishui, and the scale was far less huge than now. During the reign of King Zhaoxiang, Xianyang began to expand southward, crossing Weishui, across the north and south banks of Weishui, and with the development of the Qin State, Xianyang gradually became the capital second only to Linzi, the capital of Qi.

"I didn't expect Lü Buwei to come in person, it seems that he wanted to show his support for Wang's eldest son Yingzheng to become the crown prince of Qin." Looking at the lively welcoming procession, the young Meng Yi couldn't help but guess curiously, "Qin Wang Yiren and Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei, who is Yingzheng's biological father?" ”

"It stands to reason that King Qin Yiren is definitely not a stupid hat, so he will naturally send someone to investigate, and Qin Xiang Lu Buwei may be more skilled, so it's really hard to judge. After all, there was no means of DNA identification in ancient times! ”

The well-dressed Mrs. Zhao Ji is like a lady of this era, with her hair and sideburns, her eyebrows and eyes are lightly swept with spring, her skin is as delicate as warm jade, her soft light is greasy, her cherry mouth is red without dotting, delicate and beautiful, and the two strands of hair on her cheeks are gently brushed with the wind to add a bit of seductive style, and her eyes that rotate flexibly are turning wisely, a little naughty, a little naughty, a light green long skirt, a waist is not full of hand, so beautiful that it is so flawless, so beautiful that it does not eat the fireworks of the world.

In the surrounding crowd, the praises of countless men followed. Of course, these men were all relatives of the Qin State, and civilians could not see them up close.

And Qin Xiang Lu Buwei was also amazed by Zhao Ji, who he hadn't seen for many years, and a glimmer of light flashed imperceptibly in his eyes.

"Madame and Prince have worked hard all the way." Qin Xiang Lu Buwei saluted decently.

"I tired Lu Xiangguo to greet him personally, and Zhao Ji was grateful." Zhao Ji replied with affection in his eyes, "Zheng'er, come and see Lord Xiangguo." ”

"Zheng'er has met Sangkoku-sama." Yingzheng, the eldest son of the king, who was dressed as a prince of the royal family, looked even more heroic.

"Madame and the eldest son of the king have tormented the old man." Qin Xiang Lu Buwei hurriedly politely excused himself, "Madame's blessings have not diminished back then, and the eldest son of the king was heroic, which is a sign of the great king's blessings. ”

"Lu Xiangguo, I plan to let Zheng'er worship you as his middle father, and the king will definitely agree, when do you think this matter will be held?" Zhao Ji suddenly suggested.

"Madame is too elevating the old man, how can the old man be virtuous. This matter must never be mentioned again. Qin Xiang Lu Buwei naturally understood the truth that "Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind", and he had just sat on the throne of Qin Xiang, so he naturally didn't want to "make a big move".

"Lord Xiangguo, don't shirk, I'm waiting for the new Xianyang, helpless, if there is no Lord Xiangguo to help, I'm afraid I won't be able to save my life." The radiant Zhao Ji immediately burst into tears, looking infinitely pitying.

"Madame is too worried, the king misses his wife and children day and night, and he will definitely compensate you this time. As for the title of middle father, it is not suitable for the old man at the moment, and it can be talked about later. Qin Xiang Lu Buwei thought twice before replying to Zhao Ji.

"It's all up to Lord Xiangguo's arrangement." Zhao Ji broke into tears and laughed at this time.

Watching the performance of the two silently, the young Meng Yi felt that it would be a pity for Lu Buwei and Zhao Ji not to be elected as the "Best Actor at the Oscar this year".

As for the actual relationship between Zhao Ji and Lu Buwei, the young Meng Yi also saw something unusual. Fortunately, the perseverance and rich life experience of later generations did not show inappropriate expressions because they noticed the ambiguous relationship.

That night, Zhao Ji's mother and son stayed in the palace of King Qin. The family reunion is naturally happy.

The rank of the harem concubines of the Qin State is divided into eight grades: queen, lady, beauty, beloved, eight sons, seven sons, long envoys, and young envoys.

With the support of Qin Xiang Lü Buwei and the Ying clan, Qin Wang Yingyi named Zhao Ji as his wife and lived in Yichun Palace. And the identity of the eldest son of the young Yingzheng has also been recognized again.