After Zhang Cang left, the First Emperor felt dizzy and heartache again, and his attendants helped him into the tent. That night, I felt drowsy and weak, and my eyes were in a trance. Li Si persuaded him to return to Beijing immediately to recuperate. The First Emperor lay on the couch, looked at the mountains of music, and said: "It was the duty of the previous kings to be diligent in governance, how could we waste state affairs because of my illness?" Li Si was moved: "Your Majesty is right, but now the weather is already hot, and the road is very bumpy, you must take care of the dragon body!" The First Emperor was silent for a long time, and then asked Li Sidao, "Can you tell me if Xu Fu can obtain the art of immortality?" Li Sicheng said with trepidation: "Certainly, definitely!" The First Emperor suddenly laughed and said, "You dare to deceive me!" Li Si was so frightened that he quickly knelt down: "The minister doesn't dare, he doesn't dare!" The First Emperor smiled and said, "Is there any art of immortality in the world?" It's all Xu Fu deceiving me! Li Si was shocked: "Since Your Majesty thinks that there is no art of immortality in the world, why do you still send boys and girls to the sea?" Why don't you listen to Zhang Cang's advice? The First Emperor said: "Didn't you hear Haike say that Xu Fu has become king?" Since he is king, it means that there is no one on the island to fight against him. Decades later, won't the vast waters belong to my Great Qin Kingdom? I can no longer afford to go to sea, which is in response to the dream of the sea god to win over me. But I hope that my descendants will complete the battle for supremacy at sea! Zhang Cang persuaded me to recall the boys and girls, although he could calm the current public anger, but he couldn't see anything other than Liuhe, so he drove him away! ”

After hearing this, Li Si was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground and said: "Your Majesty's far-sighted plan is not comparable to the minister!" The First Emperor continued: "I still have one more matter, and I am still uneasy in my heart. Lees asked what was the matter. The First Emperor said, "Do you remember? Ten years ago, I was trapped on the mountain for three days and three nights by a great storm and waves in Xiangshan, and I ordered the soldiers to set fire to the mountain. When I returned to Beijing last year, someone took a piece of jade and presented it to the guards, saying, 'Next year, the ancestral dragon will die', isn't this a curse of the gods? I wonder why this person actually took the piece of jade that was thrown into Dongting Lake, did he really offend the goddess? Was it the goddess who appeared and used Yubi to curse me? It seems that there are many accidents on this trip. There is nothing terrible about me in this life, I am just afraid of death! I want to send someone to Xiangshan to pray sincerely for me in the Xiangshan Shrine and ask for the goddess's forgiveness! Li Si thought for a while and said, "Doctor Meng Yi is up to the task." The First Emperor called Meng Yi to his side and told him what he thought. Meng Yi understood the emperor's meaning and immediately went to Xiangshan to pray.

A month later, the First Emperor's fleet came to Jieshi Village in Bohai Bay, where Meng Jiangnu jumped into the sea to die, and the tomb of Jiangnu who rose abruptly still stands there, which is particularly conspicuous in the turquoise sea. At this time, the story of Meng Jiangnu has also been widely praised throughout Shandong. At this time, the First Emperor saw that some of the people were still reclaiming the sea under the scorching sun, and their backs were already sunburned like burnt sweet potatoes, so he felt pity and ordered the people to be released and the reclamation stopped. The first emperor was particularly grateful for Meng Jiang's martyrdom, so he ordered the construction of the "Virgin Temple". The temple site is located in the southwest of Suizhong County 25 miles west of the former place, 13 miles east of Shanhaiguan Wangfu Stone Village North Phoenix Mountain, the temple is still there today. Because the first emperor missed this martyr, his spirit was almost broken, so he was not in the mood to continue to cruise north, so he took a boat from here and went directly south, landed at the northern end of Jibei County, and prepared to march south to Dongjun.

The First Emperor was in an extremely bad mood and groggy all the way. When the car drove to Pingyuan County, the First Emperor's condition worsened. Li Si suggested crossing Pingyuanjin, taking the four counties of Julu, Handan, Shangdang and Hedong, and passing Pubanjin back to Xianyang in a straight line, the distance was short and truncated. The First Emperor agreed, and insisted on walking to the Dune Palace, but he could no longer take the car, so he lived in the palace. That night, the First Emperor had another dream in which King Wuling of Zhao summoned him back. After the emperor woke up, he thought: King Zhao Wuling died here, and he probably can't do it. The next day, he called Prime Minister Li Si and CRRC Ling Zhao Gao to his side and said: "There are many accidents on this patrol, and I am afraid that I will die soon!" Do you know why I didn't have an heir sooner? Li Si said: "Heaven's will is unpredictable, why are you, Your Majesty?" The First Emperor said word by word: "I am worried that I will repeat the mistakes of King Wuling of Zhao, so I have no heir." Among my sons, Fusu was virtuous, but he lacked experience, so I let him go outside to accumulate experience and increase his knowledge. Now that I am dying, I am afraid that I will not be able to return to Xianyang, so you should quickly pass on my edict, let the eldest prince Fusu hand over the military power to Meng Tian, rush to Xianyang as soon as possible to preside over my funeral, and then inherit the throne! When Li Si and Zhao Gao heard this, they were very shocked, and immediately carried out the emperor's wishes. Li Si wrote the edict, and Zhao Gao stamped the seal. The emperor asked Zhao Gao to take it out and send someone to Shangjun as soon as possible. Zhao Gao walked out of the palace with the edict, stood at the gate of the palace, and hesitated in his heart. He looked at the edict, quietly put it in his sleeve, and walked towards his mansion.

Zhao Gao returned to the mansion, meditated, and guessed the emperor's condition: did the emperor really die soon as he himself said? He also summoned the imperial physician to ask the emperor what was his condition? The imperial physician replied that the emperor's pulse was very weak, and he was afraid that it would be imminent. When Zhao Gao heard this, he was very shocked, but he was invisible, and when he sent the imperial doctor away, he hid the edict and did not send it out again.

The next day, the First Emperor seemed to be well ill, and he was able to sit up on his own and eat something. In the afternoon, he said to Li Si: "The prime minister's talent is ten times stronger than Fusu, after I die, you must assist him well." Fusu is virtuous and filial, but he is too benevolent and weak, and he may be incompetent. I hope that the prime minister will give full play to the talents of Yi and Lu and do his best to assist, and I will be relieved under Jiuquan! Li Sicheng said with trepidation: "Your Majesty eats as usual, there will never be anything, why do you want to arrange the aftermath?" As he spoke, he burst into tears. The First Emperor said: "The prime minister must not forget the sentence 'Hu Ye, the deceased Qin'!" Li Si said: "Tianlu's proverb is nonsense, please don't worry too much about it, Your Majesty?" ”

After the first emperor finished speaking, he lay down in a daze, he recalled many previous events, what the queen mother, the father and the emperor, the middle father, and their difficult experience as hostages in the Zhao country, and then they ventured back to China, and his father became the king of Qin, and he took over the throne. And they got rid of Chang Yu, seized the power of the army, and killed the world in the dark for the unification of the world, the first emperor thought about it, and two lines of tears rolled down his cheeks. Li Si looked at the emperor, as if he knew what was on his mind, so he knelt in front of him and cried: "Your Majesty, don't worry! The minister thought that in the five hundred years since King Ping moved the capital to the present, it was you who rose up to the remnants of the sixth, worked hard to be strong, and unified the Liuhe; It is you who have created the great cause of dominating the world; It was you who established the new bureau of the county. You are the first true emperor since the beginning of the world! Your deeds will live forever! Immortal! The First Emperor let out a long breath, as if he understood the pertinent evaluation of his life, and he also knew that this was Li Si's heartfelt words, so he felt great relief and satisfaction. After a while, he fainted, and in the dead of night, the great king of the earth passed away forever. He was 50 years old. Li Bai wrote a poem in which he made an apt evaluation of his life:

King Qin swept Liuhe, looking at He Xiong! Swing your sword to break the clouds, and the princes will come to the west.

Clearly judged from the apocalypse, roughly driving the talents. Collect troops and cast gold, and Hangu is open to the east

Minggong will be Jiling, and Chengwang Lang evil platform. 700,000 prisoners, from the Toli Yamakuma.

Shang Cai immortal medicine, dazed to make the heart sad. Even the eagle shoots the sea fish, and the long whale is Cui Wei.

The forehead is like the five mountains, and the waves are spraying clouds and thunder. The beard covers the blue sky, why see Penglai?

Xu Fu carries Qin Nu, when will Lou Chuan return? But under the three springs, the golden coffin is buried with cold ashes.

The First Emperor died suddenly, and Li Si and Zhao Gao were very panicked. At this time, there were several eunuchs around him, and there was no one else. Li Si said to the eunuchs: "Whoever dares to leak tonight's news will be executed immediately!" Several eunuchs were sweating with fright. Li Si said to Zhao Gao again: "The emperor died outside, and the prince was not established in advance. Now Fusu is far away in Shangjun, and he can't reach Xianyang in a short time, and once His Majesty's funeral news spreads, the princes are afraid that they will have to compete for the throne, and the people of the Six Kingdoms may also rebel. Now only by keeping the secret from mourning can the country be spared from the calamity. Zhao Gao agreed: "The prime minister is right, we must keep the secret, and we must not leak tonight's events!" The two of them put the body in the palace, let a few eunuchs guard the palace gate, and all affairs went on as usual.

That night, Zhao Gao came to his residence, meditated hard, and finally hatched a shocking conspiracy, and he secretly made up his mind that he wanted to put this earth-shattering conspiracy into action.

The night is already very deep, people who have been tired all day have quietly fallen asleep, and the quiet and deep night sky is still full of stars, and occasionally some long-tailed meteors streak across the sky. The earth is also sleeping, the famous mountains of Wuyue stand silently in the cool night breeze, the winding rivers flow leisurely on the earth, everything between heaven and earth is normal, and there is no abnormality because of the banquet of Qin Shi Huang.