Ying Zheng decided to take Zhao Tuo to the Qin State and train him to be of great use.

Zhao Tuo has actually always wanted to go out and see the world.

Needless to say, Zhao Li always looks forward to the Zhao family being able to restore its glory, although it is a little reluctant, but it can't delay the child's future.

So the two sides hit it off.

It was supposed to be a good banquet, but it turned out to be a send-off banquet.

Every time Zhao's mother made a dish, she served a plate, and naturally heard their conversation, but the woman didn't have much right to speak, but she was reluctant to have her son, so she hid in the kitchen and secretly wiped her tears.

The people at the table, except for Ying Zheng, were all drunk, so he chatted with his aunt for a while and comforted him for a while.

Early the next morning, the whole village came to see them off.

Zhao Li and Yang Lin had been retaining, but Ying Zheng was afraid that something else would happen if he delayed for a long time, so he insisted that he had to leave immediately.

The two of them also knew that King Qin's situation was not very favorable at this time, so they were no longer reluctant.

The villagers took some melons, fruits, vegetables and fur gloves to Yingzheng, and sent them far away, and then waved goodbye.

Zhao Li and his wife looked at the team traveling far away and watched for a long time, until they disappeared and still refused to leave.

"I said cousin, when you get to Xianyang, you can't call your cousin directly." Ying Zheng said to Zhao Tuo with a smile.

"What's that called?"

"Like them, call it 'Brother Wang,' or Your Majesty." Ying Zhengdao.

Zhao Tuo now learned and said: "Brother Wang, brother Chen understands. ”

"Hehe, learn fast." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "When you arrive in Xianyang, you will see your aunt, your cousin, and several of your sisters-in-law, pay attention to the rules in the palace." ”

Immediately, Ying Zheng roughly explained the rules of the palace and the court.

Zhao Tuo listened, stuck out his tongue and said, "It sounds so cumbersome." ”

"If you don't understand anything in the future, just ask Zhao Gao." Ying Zhengdao.

"It's better not to be common." Zhao Tuo smiled, "I don't want to be like him, I still have to stay behind for the old Zhao family." ”

Ying Zheng patted him on the back of the head and said angrily: "You kid, no one let you live in the palace." ”

Zhao Tuo stuck out his tongue: "Then where do I live?" ”

Ying Zheng thought for a while and said: "I want you to train with the Tiger Ben Army, and give you a few more art of war, you can exercise your body and will while studying the art of war." ”

"That's a good idea." Zhao Tuo smiled, "But let's take the lead in saying okay, if I can't read and write, don't scold me." ”

Ying Zheng thought to himself, a child who grew up in the mountains has not eaten as much salt as the ink in his stomach, so it would be good to be literate.

"Looks like I'm going to have to give you another Mr. Reader." Ying Zheng patted his head.

Zhao Tuo said nonchalantly: "Then there is no need, since my cousin wants me to be a military general, it doesn't matter if I know a little bit of literacy." ”

"That's not going to work." Ying Zheng shook his head and said, "In my plan, you don't just want to be a military general. ”

"Plan?" Zhao Tuo asked curiously, "What is the plan, cousin?" ”

Ying Zheng said mysteriously: "This plan can't be told to you for the time being, if you grow up well enough to take on the heavy responsibility in the future, I can entrust that plan to you." ”

(Many years later, according to Ying Zheng's plan, Zhao Tuo conquered Nanyue in the south, drove the Yue people to the Mekong River, expanded the huge territory for China, and became the king of Nanyue, which is a later story)

Zhao Tuo said with a little loss: "Okay, it's all up to my cousin's arrangement." ”

Ying Zheng pointed at Suo Lin and said: "In the future, you will follow your brother Suo Lin, listen to him, I now plan to build another Tiger Ben army, composed of the Yiqu tribe and the Xiqiang tribe, and Suorin and Qiang are the leaders." ”

Zhao Tuo hugged his fists at Solin and said, "Brother Sorin, you can take care of you more in the future." ”

Thorin replied: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, they are all their own brothers, and they should take care of each other." ”

Talking and chatting along the way, walking and resting, he returned to the pass on the border of Qin and Zhao.

Ying Zheng and the others replenished the horses and went straight to Xianyang.

One day later, when I arrived outside the city, I saw Li Si and Zhao Gao waiting at the gate of the city.

Ying Zheng pointed to the man with a slightly round face, a slightly chubby body, and a special costume and said, "That is Zhao Gao, your cousin." ”

Zhao Tuo had long been looking forward to meeting this bloodline brother, so he urged the horses, ran to Zhao Gao, flew off the horse, knelt on one knee, and bowed: "Zhao Li's son Zhao Tuo, meet Brother Zhao Gao!" ”

Zhao Gao had already received the news, saying that King Qin had met his long-lost cousin, that is, his cousin, who had not heard from home for a long time, and had always felt like duckweed, rootless, and now with the news of his loved ones, he couldn't sleep happily for several nights.

Now that his cousin suddenly appeared in front of him, Zhao Gao panicked, he hurriedly helped Zhao Tuo up and said, "Brother Xian, please get up quickly." ”

The two brothers looked at each other, and that look seemed to contain a thousand words.

"If you have something to say, go back to the palace, there are many people here." Yingzheng, who was previously overshadowed by the spies, became extra cautious at this time.

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Zhao Gao pulled Zhao Tuo to walk in front, but Ying Zheng dragged Li Si over and asked softly, "Have the spies in the city found it?" ”

Li Si nodded, and also lowered his voice and replied: "I found out, it is indeed a person from the Jing family class, he is originally from Zhao State, and he was bought by the former prince of Zhao State, that is, the current King of Zhao." ”

"How did you find it?"

"Before, he delivered the news to King Zhao, using carrier pigeons." Li Si said, "A few days ago, King Zhao replied to him and asked us to arrest him. ”

"What other suspicious people besides him?"

Li Si shook his head lightly: "There must be spies in Wen Zhuju, but there is no actual evidence, but there are two Wei people whose deeds are more suspicious." ”

"Arrest and interrogate." Ying Zheng resolutely said, "It's time to clean up." ”

"I understand." Li Si then asked, "What should we do with the few captives that the king asked Qiang to send back?" ”

"Keep it for now." Ying Zheng instructed, "When we fight Zhao Guo, it will be useful." ”

After arriving at the palace not long after, Yingzheng took Zhao Tuo to meet Zhao Ji.

Although it is the year of the sixtieth year, Zhao Ji is well maintained, there is no white silk in her hair, her cheeks are still ruddy, and there are only a few subtle fine lines in the corners of her eyes.

"This is my little nephew?" Zhao Ji pulled Zhao Tuo and asked with concern, "How is your father?" Where did your grandfather take you back then? ”

This series of questions made Zhao Tuo, who was already quite nervous, even more nervous not know where to start for a while.

Fortunately, Ying Zheng helped by the side and answered them one by one.

"Auntie, my dad asked me to bring you a letter." Zhao Tuo took out the letter from his arms and respectfully handed it to Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji hurriedly opened it to see, but couldn't help but wet her eyes and sour the bridge of her nose.

Although there is no blood connection, Zhao Ji has grown up in the Zhao family since he was a child, and in his eyes, Zhao Li is no different from his own brother.

It's just fate that because of the protection of their mother and son to return to the Qin State smoothly, the Zhao family was forced to live in seclusion.

It's not that Zhao Ji hasn't looked for them over the years, but she can't inquire clearly, so she doesn't have a clue, of course she has inquired about the old couple in the old house, but the identity of the other party is unknown, and of course the old couple can't reveal the traces of the Zhao family.

After reading the letter, Zhao Ji pulled Zhao Tuo and said: "Nephew, I haven't seen your father for more than 20 years, I really miss it, when will I bring your father to the palace and let our sisters and brothers get together." ”

Before Zhao Tuo could speak, Ying Zheng said on the side: "When I was at my uncle's house, I asked him to come with me, but he said that he didn't want to expose his whereabouts and bring trouble to the whole village, especially since Zhao Guo had just sent assassins to assassinate him. ”

Zhao Ji remembered that a few days ago, Li Si mentioned the assassination of Huashan, so he hurriedly asked.

Ying Zheng roughly told the ins and outs of the future, which shocked Zhao Ji's heart and frightened Zhao Gao into a cold sweat.

"You kid, you're such a big person, why are you still running around." Zhao Ji complained, "Don't say it's another country's territory, even if it's your own land, it's hard to guarantee that you won't meet bad people." ”

"Doesn't I have something special?" Ying Zheng said, "Besides, if it weren't for this trip, how could I meet my cousin, how could I find my uncle." ”

Zhao Ji frowned and said: "That being said, I'm afraid." ”

"I forgot not to mention this, mine hurry up and send things to others." Yingzheng found a reason, "You talk about the old days first, and if you have something to say, you will talk about it tomorrow." ”

Zhao Ji wanted to say something, but saw Yingzheng run away.

Since Lü Buwei retired and told Zhao Ji about receiving the order of the Taigong Ancestor back then, Zhao Ji knew that his son had a special bloodline and an extraordinary mission, so he no longer interfered in anything, but it didn't mean that she didn't worry, especially when she heard that Yingzheng met an assassin.

Fortunately, he came back safe and sound. After struggling for a while, Zhao Ji began to ask Zhao Tuo questions again.

Ying Zheng left the queen mother's bedroom, found Suo Lin, took Tianmu, and went straight to Sima's mansion.

Today's Sima Jie has been appointed by Ying Zheng as Taishi, in charge of the compilation and distribution of historical records, including the collection of ancient books.

After some rectification, half of the guests left by the original Lü Buwei were driven away, and the rest were people who had no problems and had real talents, plus the group of people who had been retained by the original Wen Xuan, and the staff of the entire foreign government was probably close to two thousand.

Ying Zheng found Sima Jie, pulled him to the inner room and said: "I will explain two things to you, one is to drive away all the guests of the Wei State in the outer mansion, and the guests of the Zhao State are also closely observed. ”

"Drive all the Wei people away?" Sima Jie was taken aback.

Ying Zheng nodded seriously.

"Okay, what about the second one?"

Ying Zheng said: "This time I went to Huashan, I brought back a person, it is my mother's relative in Zhao State, that is, my cousin, named Zhao Tuo, from today on, you are responsible for teaching him to read words and words, and read poetry and books." ”

"Uh...... The king. Sima Jie smiled, "The package does not include qin, chess, calligraphy and painting?" ”

Ying Zheng glanced at him and said, "Are you cultivating a singer when I do?" ”

Sima Jie said: "A singer may not be an all-rounder, but it is always beneficial to learn more." Qiang has been recuperating with me for the past few days, and when he has nothing to do, he talks about scriptures and books with those guests, and competes in chess, calligraphy and painting, and I thought that the cousin of the king was also the same arrangement. ”

No wonder the people who didn't see the Qiang fistula turned out to be hiding here to recuperate.

Before Sima Jie's words fell, he heard a rush of footsteps from far and near, and it was Qiang Qiang.

"Brother Wang, are you back?"

Ying Zheng smiled bitterly: "Let you come back early to recuperate, you have found a comfortable place." ”

"Being idle is also idle, learning more about literature and history." Qiang said, "Don't say it, the civilization of China is not blown out, it can get rid of us tens of thousands of miles in Xiqiang." ”

"After that, it happened that you took Zhao Tuo to practice literature and martial arts." Ying Zheng said, "I'm going to the Treasure Pavilion, you guys talk first." ”

After that, Ying Zheng came to the Treasure Pavilion with a lead box containing the Heavenly Eye.

During this time, Ji Fa has been living here, and the two-story room has been transformed into a very comfortable residence.

The two of them sat down on the balcony by the lake, and Yingzheng told all the process of the trip, especially what the fox said, especially carefully.

After listening to Yingzheng's story, Ji Fa pondered for a while with his white beard, and then said: "Since this is the case, you can go to Jiuyou alone, and don't make trouble on the way." ”