Wang Qi, who was kept in the dark, suddenly realized that he was being teased by Zhao Cheng after receiving the news of the emperor's death, but he was helpless.

Hu Hai is dead, and he is from Zhao Gao's faction, even if he abandons the darkness and stands on the side of the royal family, and no matter whether the Yulin in his hand can beat the city defense army in Zhao Cheng's hands, even if he succeeds, the new monarch who succeeds will never let him go. He has only one way out now, and that is to go to the end with Zhao Gao.

Zhao Cheng untied the jade seal on Hu Hai's corpse, and ran to offer it to Zhao Gao in ecstasy. Zhao Gao held the jade seal tightly and was silent for a long time, and suddenly two lines of tears fell.

He remembered his bitterness in the past few decades, living in the palace like a dog carefully, and he vowed to climb to the top of Great Qin step by step.

Today he finally did it, and there is no one in the world who can ride on his head anymore.

Zhao Gao held the jade seal and cried for a while and laughed for a while, and Zhao Cheng looked at him in fear, thinking that he was crazy. But Zhao Gao knew in his heart that he was so happy that he cried with joy.

Zhao Gao hung the jade seal around his neck and ordered the drumming to summon the ministers, he wanted the world to announce his noble bloodline, so that everyone knew that he was the bloodline of the winning surname Zhao, and he was the descendant of the first king, and he Zhao Gao was also qualified to inherit the throne.

Most of them heard the noise coming from the palace, but they didn't know what was going on in the palace because the palace door was closed. In order to be secretive in advance, Zhao Gao did not tell his cronies, but only discussed with Zhao Cheng and Yan Le, and almost all of them still don't know what happened in the palace.

After Zhao Gao stood on the hall and loudly announced the news of Hu Hai's suicide, all the ministers were dumbfounded, and the hall was suddenly silent. When Zhao Gao saw the expressions of the ministers, he felt a little proud in his heart, so he loudly displayed more than a dozen of Hu Hai's major crimes, such .......as mediocrity, killing siblings, killing innocents, etc., Zhao Gao said that he was impassioned, spitting everywhere, and simply said that Hu Hai was the common anger of people and gods, and everyone in the world could not help but punish him.

Everyone was silent and watched the comical performance of Zhao Gao, who was high above, and Zhao Gao's mouth was dry and he was still complacent. He regarded everyone in the world as a fool, and compared with his fiery eyes, the indifferent expressions of the ministers formed a stark contrast.

Zhao Gao was a little disappointed, so he had to interrupt his impromptu speech, and then began the topic - who should be appointed as the new king.

At this time, Zhao Cheng understood, jumped out and raised his arms and shouted; "We will support the prime minister as the emperor."

With the experience of referring to the deer as a horse last time, Zhao Gaoyuan thought that the ministers would kneel on the ground and support him as emperor, because the people who opposed him had been cleaned up by him, and now these people were his cronies and cowardly people who protected themselves. As long as someone is the first to propose that he be emperor, others will echo him.

He originally wanted to pretend to be modest and push him to ascend the throne a few times with reluctance, but when he saw it, His Highness was as silent as death.

Zhao Gao stood beside the emperor's throne and waited for a long time, waiting for his fiery heart to be cold. The ministers have been silent, no one has seconded the proposal to support him as emperor, and no one has stood up against him, everyone has lowered their heads and shattered his dream of being an emperor with silent resistance.

Zhao Gao glared at several of his cronies viciously, hoping that they would stand up and speak, but those guys who usually groveled to Zhao Gao lowered their heads in the face of Zhao Gao's angry eyes. These people do not have anyone who is really attached to Zhao Gao in their hearts, some people are in love with power, some people are greedy for money, and they gather around Zhao Gao out of various selfish interests.

But they were more afraid of death, Zhang Han's surrender had not yet relieved them, and the news that Wuguan had been captured by the rebel army made them panic, and almost everyone felt that Daqin was at the end of his rope.

Although Zhao Gao had sent 20,000 elite soldiers to garrison Kunguan, he was still full of confidence that he could retreat and sit as the king of Guannei, but his self-confidence obviously could not infect others, and the ministers began to plan for their own future.

The initial banner of the rebel army to help the Su shows that they did not mean to kill the Qin people, but just wanted to overthrow the imperial court and restore the six kingdoms. The state of Qin may still exist, but Hu Hai and Zhao Gao are mortal people, because they have done all the bad things, and not dying is not enough to calm the anger of the people of the world. At this time, if Zhao Gao is elected as the emperor, I am afraid that not only will he be infamous in history, but he will also die a miserable death.

The huge sense of loss made Zhao Gao feel dizzy, and he felt that his sins had reached the level of 'Heavenly Buddha and Ministers'. He suddenly felt that his life was destined to be a tragedy, and he finally climbed to the highest point of Daqin, and he still had to make wedding dresses for others.

But the country can't be without a king for a day, he had to grit his teeth and propose to set up Ziying as the emperor, and the ministers all had a positive attitude this time and unanimously agreed to Zhao Gao's proposal.

Ziying is not an ordinary person, he is the son of Fusu and was named Dangyang Jun.

It may be that Hu Hai felt sorry for Fusu, the generous eldest brother, or it may be that he remembered that he had a close relationship with this nephew of the same age when he was a child, so he never attacked this nephew, which allowed Ziying to escape the catastrophe.

In the Great Qin clan, Ziying was undoubtedly an outlier, he was neither as close to Confucianism as his grandfather was to Legalism or as close to Confucianism as his father Fusu. He believes in the Taoist Huang Lao's technique, the ability to practice hard and the world, he does not eat meat, does not drink, and does not approach women. After hearing that a concubine had an affair with a family member, he laughed instead, only said two words, 'providence', and let the two out of the house. This incident became a joke in the entire Xianyang City, and it also made Zhao Gao let down his vigilance against him.

With such a person, what is Zhao Gao afraid of. That's why Ziying was nominated by Zhao Gao as the new emperor, because he still wanted to hold the emperor firmly in his hands, and Ziying, who had no quarrel with the world, seemed to be the best candidate.

So Zhao Gao took a group of ministers to Ziying's mansion in person to support him as the third emperor.

Ziying didn't show any superfluous expressions after hearing that his uncle Hu Hai had committed suicide, but just calmly listened to Zhao Gaoyi's narration one by one, and didn't interject. After listening to Zhao Gao's words that he wanted to support him as the emperor, he shook his head again and again; "I'm just an ordinary man, how can I have great virtue to become the Son of Heaven, the prime minister and you should choose someone else."

The more Zhao Gao and the ministers persuaded him, the more Ziying did not agree, and Zhao Gao was relieved when he saw it, so he tried harder to persuade him to take the throne. Ziying had no choice but to agree, but put forward two conditions: first, the Qin State has lost the Kanto, and the territory is not as big as before the unification, and it may not be appropriate to call the emperor again, so it is better to change the name to the King of Qin, and it can also appease the princes' hearts to destroy Qin. The second point is that his uncle has just died, and as a nephew, he should fulfill his duties as a junior, wear filial piety and keep a spirit for him for five days, and then bathe and change clothes after five days before ascending the throne.

Zhao Gao saw that Ziying finally relented and agreed, so he naturally nodded and allowed these two small requests.

After Zhao Gao and the others left, Ziying's personal eunuch Han Tan congratulated with joy: "Congratulations to Gongzi, oh, no, congratulations to the king, who finally ascended the throne and got back what should belong to you." ”

Ziying did not see any joy on his face, but closed his eyes and looked up to the sky and sighed, and said; "Where is this joy, I clearly see that it is a murderous disaster. I endured it for a few years, and I kept a low profile everywhere, just to avoid the scourge of killing, but I didn't expect that I still couldn't escape. ”

"Who is Zhao Gao, he is a poisonous snake, a hungry wolf who eats people and does not spit out bones, how can this kind of person be trusted, just look at the final fate of my mediocre uncle. I was originally a man with no great ambitions, and I only wanted peace and security, but I was left to live, and I continued to be the heir of my father and king. But this Zhao Gao is too ambitious, he killed Hu Hai in order to usurp the throne, because no one supported him to be the emperor, so he had to move me out to calm the anger of the people, sooner or later he will kill me to claim the emperor. So this throne is not a blessing for me, but a curse. ”

Han Tan showed fear on his face, he was just a loyal eunuch, and he didn't have any political minds, and he suddenly woke up when he heard Ziying say this, and said urgently; "Son, how are we going to deal with that?"

Ziying shook his head slowly, sighed again, and said; "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided. This Zhao Gao originally killed my father and brother and caused trouble to my Great Qin, but he was the sworn enemy of my winning clan. Since he's going to kill me sooner or later, I'll have to strike first. Han Tan, you go and call Ping'er and Yi'er. ”

Han Tan hurriedly retreated, and not long after, two sword-riding young men walked in with him, and when they saw Ziying bowing, they said in unison; "See Father."

Although these two teenagers are only fifteen, sixteen or seventeen years old, they are all strong and strong, and their eyes are full of unruliness, and they are the two adopted sons secretly adopted by Ziying. Ziying nodded with satisfaction when she saw the two, and said with a twinkle in her eyes; "I summoned you here to discuss something important, a matter of life and death, I wonder if my son dares to respond?"

The young man named Ying Ping's eyes widened and said with disdain; "Why don't you dare!"

According to Qin law, the king of Qin must go to the ancestral temple to worship his ancestors before ascending the throne before he can ascend the throne as king.

After waiting patiently for five days, Zhao Gao led his ministers to the ancestral temple early in the morning of the sixth day, preparing to support Ziying to succeed him. But until the third pole of the sun, the child still did not show up. Zhao Gao was anxious, and ordered someone to invite Ziying's mansion to invite him, and after a while, the person sent came back to report that the king of Qin had contracted a wind disease and was bedridden.

Zhao Gao was furious after hearing this, as soon as he heard it, he knew that Ziying was prevaricating, obviously he was fine yesterday, but today he suddenly fell ill, it must be that he regretted not wanting to be this puppet King Qin.

Zhao Gao scolded in his mouth, and decided to come to the door in person to force this soft egg to take the throne. Zhao Cheng reminded on the side; "Big brother, it's better to be careful, why don't I take the centaur with you."

Zhao Gao shook his head disappreciatively and said disdainfully; "What are you afraid of, your eldest brother and I have never looked at people in my life, Ziying this guy, he has no ambitions and is full of belly, if he has the courage to dare to disadvantage me, it is simply the biggest joke in the world."

After saying that, he threw up his sleeves and left, Zhao Cheng still didn't feel at ease in his heart, so he sent his guards to follow Zhao Gao, and immediately reported the news as soon as he had it.

Zhao Gao drove the carriage and rushed into Ziying's mansion angrily with only a few guards. From a distance, I saw Ziying standing in the courtyard all day, how could I have the slightest wind, and I was suddenly furious, pointing at Ziying's nose and about to rush over.

Seeing Zhao Gao coming alone, Ziying immediately looked up to the sky and smiled, and said sharply; "Zhao Gao, you have harmed my winning family, and today is your death." After saying that, his two righteous sons rushed up with a group of family members and chopped Zhao Gao and several guards into meat paste.

It's a pity that Zhao Gao was a traitor, but he died at the hands of the person he despised the most, which was exactly what he said; If you come out to mix, you will have to pay it back sooner or later.

Ziying cut off Zhao Gao's head and held it in his hand, boarded the frame that symbolized the Son of Heaven, and took the two sons and a group of family members to Xianyang Palace. Wang Qi, who was guarding the city, saw Zhao Gao's head from a distance, and was so shocked that his hands and feet were cold, and he immediately opened the city gate and went out of the city to support Ziying as the emperor.

Zhao Cheng, who was outside the city, heard the news of Zhao Gao's death, and was immediately frightened, he knew that as soon as Zhao Gao died, his end was coming.

Rather than die left and right, it is better to fight hard while the army is in hand now. Zhao Cheng immediately returned to Xianyang, joined forces with Yan Le, and ordered Yan Le to guard the city gate, while he himself personally led a large army to besiege Xianyang Palace, wanting to kill Ziying and establish himself as king.

Xianyang Palace suddenly became a scuffle, and the two Qin armies wearing the same armor killed on the city wall with rivers of blood. Although Yulin is the first horseman of Daqin, but since Meng Yi was convicted and sentenced, Zhao Gao has been working on reducing this army that he does not have a good impression of, and the elite Yulin of tens of thousands in the past has been compressed into more than 5,000 old and weak soldiers today.

On the other hand, Zhao Cheng's side has 50,000 elite city defenses, and most of the generals are his confidants, knowing that if the Zhao family falls, they will also follow Zhulian, so he worked hard to attack Xianyang Palace.

Yulin was defeated and retreated under the pressure of Zhao Cheng's superior forces, and the defensive ground continued to fall, so he had to retreat to the last palace gate, and the situation was precarious, and even Ziying's two righteous sons were killed in the chaos.

Ziying's face turned pale as he looked at the rebels who were pouring in under the city wall like a frenzy, and his heart was terrified to the extreme, he was discouraged, and looked up to the sky and sighed; "Could it be that Daqin is going to die at my hands today, but I have the heart to kill the thief, but I have no power to return to the sky!"

After speaking, he was about to draw his sword and kill himself, but Han Tan grabbed his hand and knelt on the ground and begged repeatedly.

Han Tan suddenly stood up, his eyes wide open and he shouted wildly as he looked into the distance; "Look, King, what is that?"

There was a sound of killing in the distance, a cavalry was galloping quickly with smoke and dust, and the current standard-bearer was holding a black water Qin flag high in his hand, with a big 'Meng' word written on it.

A sharp-eyed soldier at the head of the city was the first to notice the banner and shouted loudly; "It's the Mongolian word, General Meng is here."

"We are saved, Daqin is saved!"

PS: One point shows that about Ziying's life experience, history books and scholars have been arguing for a long time, and there is no conclusive conclusion. There are four main theories, the first is the eldest son of Fusu, which is based on the "Qin Shi Huang Benji" and the "Chronology of the Six Kingdoms", which is used from the Han Dynasty to modern times, and the "Cihai" and "Ciyuan" also include this statement. The second is the brother of Qin Shi Huang, this statement is mainly based on the "Biography of Li Silie", these two statements are the mainstream theory, and there are two non-mainstream theories, one is the brother of Hu Hai, and the other is the son of the first emperor's brother Cheng Qiao.

After all, this is a novel, as for the controversial topics in history, it is better to leave it to scholars to argue, such as Zhao Gao's background, and whether he is a eunuch, etc., Jiangnan uses to try to match the development of the plot.