Chapter 474: Breaking the Cauldron (First Update)
Yes, before Ying Gao came here, he didn't expect this matter to develop like this, and he didn't expect Hu Hai to dare to do such a crazy thing as assassinating himself halfway without any foundation, and he didn't expect that after the assassination failed, Hu Hai would directly do something like absconding.
You must know that although Hu Hai has been staying in the Xianyang Palace of Daqin before, he can be regarded as living a very good life, at least he has to eat, drink and drink, and now he is doing the position of county guard in Xiang County, although the geographical location of Xiang County is indeed a little remote, but the county guard can also enjoy the best treatment of Xiang County, right?
But now, Hu Hai gave up these for the position of the emperor who didn't know how far away it was for him, and didn't even leave himself the opportunity to kneel in front of Yinggao to quibble, and directly chose to escape.
For Hu Hai's choice this time, Yinggao miscalculated, Hu Hai completely walked out of his comfort zone, and in the future, he is likely to face a completely different life from before, until he was caught by Yinggao in front of him, and then executed, but he still did it, although Fusu called it the scum of the Ying clan, but in Yinggao's opinion, Hu Hai did this thing really hard, but he didn't get it to the right place.
But in the end, such a situation appeared, Yinggao naturally couldn't spend it with Hu Hai here, although he hadn't told Fusu about it yet, but Yinggao knew in his heart that with Hu Hai's ability, he would definitely not be able to find a helper with such a high ability as the big man who assassinated him, so Yinggao guessed that Hu Hai must have been involved with Zhao Cheng, and the reason why he escaped was probably because of his relationship with Zhao Cheng, so that he had a place to go.
"Yes, this matter has to be carried out by my brother, but according to Liu Wei's letter to me before, there should be a team of people in the southern jungle of Xiangjun, these horses seem to be South Vietnamese, but in fact, they may be commanded by several Central Plains people, according to my guess, these people are Zhao Cheng who spread rumors in my Xianyang City before!"
"Zhao Cheng? Who is this? Could it be that Zhao Gao's three clans were not completely killed? ”
At first glance, when he heard the name Zhao Cheng, Fusu was also stunned for a while, but after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly found that he still had some impressions of this name, when he was in Xianyang City, he heard that a younger brother of Zhao Gao was rampant in Xianyang City, and Fusu also told the First Emperor several times about this matter, isn't this guy named Zhao Cheng?
"It's this person, I don't know why, when I killed the three clans of Zhao Gao, I actually missed this guy, according to my previous investigation, this guy has been lurking in Xianyang City for several years, the last time I took advantage of my absence in Xianyang City to break out rumors about the sons of Great Qin, it was this guy who single-handedly planned, and now he must be near Xiangjun, if my brother can find this person, it should not be far from finding Hu Hai."
These things really made Fusu a little dumbfounded, but he had no choice but to kill Zhao Gao's three clans in the first place, and it was not done by Yinggao, but by the very angry First Emperor himself.
So the two of them can't blame anyone at this time, they can only silently think about how to do this butt wiping thing well.
"In this case, I will send some people to the south of Xiangjun tonight to take a look, maybe Hu Hai and that Zhao Cheng have not left far away, if they can be captured within these days or two, it can be regarded as a complete merit."
Fusu knows that this matter seems to be very simple, but because of Hu Hai's special identity, it is really a bit difficult to do, especially if Hu Hai can't be caught for a long time, Yinggao is not easy to say anything to the outside world, even if the truth of this matter is finally known by the people of Daqin, it is also the ugliness of the Ying family, and it will not play any role in the stability of Yinggao's position because of the capture or disposal of Hu Hai.
Therefore, Fusu also wanted to deal with this matter as quickly as possible, so as not to end up in collusion between Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng, and it became a climate on the border of Daqin.
"That's fine, but my brother must be mentally prepared, Zhao Cheng and Hu Hai are not wine bags and rice bags, since he has decided to escape, it is estimated that he will hide in a place where I can't find it as soon as possible, in order to be able to slowly try it, brother don't tell others about this move for the time being, in the three counties of Lingnan, this matter is only known to the elder brother, Liu Wei and another cronie of Guilin County, Sun Qian, you and the other three must be prepared to deal with Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng for a long time, otherwise once they become big in the future, It's hard to kill it quietly. ”
After listening to Yinggao's words, Fusu's heart also added a trace of sorrow, and the meaning of Yinggao's words could not be clearer, that is, to catch Hu Hai in secret, and then execute him in secret, and this is still the best result, if the result is not good, he is likely to become a complete enemy with his younger brother in the next short period of time.
After the two discussed for a while, Fusu sent a team of elite men under his command and rushed to the place that Liu Wei said before in Xiangjun overnight to see if he could gain something.
But the result of this matter was the same as Yinggao had predicted before, when another day later, Fusu found Yinggao alone, and said with a disappointed face that the place described by Liu Wei before was found to have become a ruin after the investigation of Fusu's subordinates, and it was impossible to see what the situation was before, one of them Pegasus came back to report, and the others were still doing exploration around there, but Fusu knew in his heart that the possibility of such an investigation being able to find out the results was already very small.
"In this way, my brother still needs to go with me to Xiang County, and now that this Xiang County has no county guard, I naturally can't ignore it!"
According to the report of the returnees, they had also gone to Linchen County, where the county magistrate was located, but the county officials informed them that Hu Hai Gongzi and his wife had already set off for Nanhai County to meet Yinggao, and it was obvious that this completely confirmed the fact that Hu Hai had run away.
Before he returns to Xianyang City, he must rearrange Xiangjun, otherwise something will not happen.
In the face of such a proposal, Fusu could only agree, after all, he was the pioneer of the three counties in Lingnan, and he had the most soldiers in his hands, and if something happened to the other two counties, he was duty-bound.
Just when Yinggao and Fusu were frowning because of Hu Hai's incident, Hu Hai's situation was not as good as he imagined.
On the night of making a decision a few days ago, Hu Hai was really entangled at the beginning, he actually wanted to gamble in his heart, in case his own arrangement had really killed Yinggao, then the road in the future would be a large broad road, let himself gallop.
But after calming down, he found that Yinggao might not be assassinated so easily, Liu Wei was in control of all his affairs, once Yinggao knew about these things, then even if they had no evidence, Yinggao's temperament would never let him survive in this world again, judging by this, Hu Hai still has it.
So, after Qi Yi said the sentence that left Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood, Hu Hai and Qi Yi decided to flee.
In fact, before escaping, Hu Hai had told Qi Yi that almost everything they could enjoy before would leave them in an instant, and the days they would live after that might be much more bitter than the days before Qi Yi.
Even Hu Hai once proposed to leave Qi Yi in Xiangjun to create the illusion that he had escaped, so that a woman like Qi Yi would not only not be promoted to the top, but might even be able to give Hu Hai and them as an internal response.
But this seemingly good proposal was categorically rejected by Qi Yi, as soon as she thought of Yinggao's condescending eyes, there was a chill in her heart, she didn't want to see Yinggao's eyes again, so she would rather follow Hu Hai, after all, Hu Hai also has the blood of the First Emperor, and he is only twenty years old, as long as he doesn't die, everything is still possible.
So, according to the previous investigation of the big man, the two of them fled directly to the south of Xiang County at night, in fact, they didn't know where the big man's lair was hidden, but Hu Hai had a way.
As they marched deeper, they were captured in a place full of towering trees by someone who came out of nowhere.
After the two were captured, they were taken to a dimly lit treehouse, and Hu Hai, regardless of what kind of person was in front of him, directly reported to his home, claiming that he was Hu Hai, the son of the First Emperor, and specially came to meet the leader here.
The person who captured him was, of course, Zhao Cheng's subordinates, Zhao Cheng never expected that Hu Hai would run away directly without knowing whether the assassination was successful, and the target of his escape turned out to be himself, which Zhao Cheng did not expect.
When Hu Hai took the initiative to come into his hands, Zhao Cheng naturally had two ways to choose, one was to kill him directly, and the other was to accept him.
After getting to know Hu Hai with the injured Han, Zhao Cheng finally decided to meet this apprentice who was once his brother, and the person who was the most promising person to become the emperor in Daqin, after all, his brother spent a lot of time and energy on Hu Hai before, although Hu Hai was just a tool for Zhao Gao to overthrow Daqin, but in such a long time together, the two still had a very strong relationship.
In the end, Hu Hai finally met Zhao Cheng, who had been hidden in the dark for almost these years, and when he saw Zhao Cheng for the first time, Hu Hai had a sense of déjà vu, but he finally didn't remember who the person in front of him was, because Hu Hai still had the impression that his teacher had already been killed by the three clans, and it was impossible for anyone related to Zhao Gao to live in this world.
It wasn't until Zhao Cheng said a word to Hu Hai that Hu Hai's eyes widened in surprise, and he also knew why he kept sending that big man to contact him without telling him his identity.
"If my brother is still alive, I will applaud you because of your actions, you are not a person who has followed your brother all the way since he was a child!"
After Zhao Cheng exclaimed, Hu Hai finally remembered where he had seen this person.
"You...... Could it be the teacher's brother, Zhao Cheng, who was in Xianyang City before? ”
Zhao Cheng actually had a lot of contact with Hu Hai, whenever Hu Hai wanted to go out of Xianyang Palace to play, Zhao Gao naturally couldn't take him to swagger through the city in Xianyang City, so when Hu Hai was young, such tasks were almost always handed over by Zhao Gao to his younger brother Zhao Cheng.
Zhao Cheng didn't take Hu Hai to wander around in Xianyang City, and he didn't buy Hu Hai some things he liked, the reason why Hu Hai didn't recognize Zhao Cheng before was because he didn't expect it, but the most important reason was that Zhao Cheng's figure and appearance were really different from Hu Hai's impression before.
"Why do you dare to flee, although the assassination of the emperor of Great Qin this time failed, but they do not have any evidence of your anti-Qin, as long as you behave as usual, the emperor of Great Qin will not be able to directly execute you under pressure, at most he will take you back to Xianyang City and put him under house arrest, and he will live this life of exile after all."
Because he has been on the run, Zhao Cheng still has more say in this fugitive life, and now Hu Hai has become a person who sympathizes with him, Zhao Cheng still admires his courage very much.
"This Great Qin should have been mine, how can I always live in the shadow of others, since I have begun to plan for this matter, as long as I don't die, I will fight for the position of the emperor of this Great Qin, I think what you think in your heart is the same as me, if you don't want to show up, it doesn't matter, you can strategize, I am the son of the first emperor, when I need to show up, I will naturally show up, I want to believe that in the land of Daqin, there will still be many people who support me." If you don't need me, then put me to death, both left and right, it's better than dying under the emperor's butcher's knife as a traitor to Great Qin, isn't it? ”
After Hu Hai said this seriously, he laughed self-deprecatingly, obviously at this time, his heart was already light, and he didn't care about what the result was in the end.