Lu Fu.

In a dimly lit study.

Lu Buwei looked at the secret letter silk silk in his hand that had just been transmitted back from the land of Bashu by the goshawk, and was silent for a long time.

A moment later.

Lu Buwei put down the silk silk in his hand, and picked up a roll of bamboo slips from the desk instead, and the five fingers of his right hand gently rubbed on the bamboo slips, and there was a little nostalgia in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, you have grown up too!"

Lu Buwei sighed in a low voice, and then opened the bamboo slip.

There is no particularly important information recorded on this bamboo slip, just some letters that Ying Zheng occasionally chatted with Lü Buwei in the past year.

Lü Buwei has been under house arrest for two years.

Many people thought that he was suppressed by Yingzheng's royal power and was not allowed to go out, but in fact, only a few people knew that if Lü Buwei really wanted to leave, he would be able to return to power a year ago.

Because today, not only within the Qin State, but also many forces in the other six countries that have nothing to do with Lü Buwei, do not want Lü Buwei to be suppressed by Yingzheng all the time.

The reason is simple.

It's like when Mo Jun was doing things in South Korea.

Mo Jun did not want to see a unified and stable Korea, and the other six countries also did not want to see a unified and stable Qin State.

So in the past two years, in order to allow Lü Buwei to come back to the mountain and take charge of the government.

Not only did the forces under Lü Buwei's command within the Qin State often make small moves with Yingzheng, but even the other six countries often sent envoys to intercede for Lü Buwei, and even put pressure on Yingzheng.

However, even so.

Lü Buwei is still under house arrest.

There are two reasons for this:

First, these letters that Ying Zheng has been writing to Lü Buwei over the past year, these letters can be understood as the emotional cards played by Ying Zheng.

In the struggle for power, such an "emotional card" may sound a little ridiculous.

However, it was precisely because of these seemingly meaningless letters that Lü Buwei repeatedly hesitated in his heart.

Does Lü Buwei really have no feelings for Yingzheng?

This is obviously impossible.

After all, although Lü Buwei has been suppressing Yingzheng for so many years, it is only because of the different positions of the two sides. In the whirlpool of power, sometimes even Lü Buwei can't help himself.

But in fact, Ying Zheng returned to Qin from Zhao at the age of thirteen to succeed to the throne, and when he was young, Ying Zheng had no ability to control the government at all, and it was basically Lü Buwei who stabilized the government on his behalf.

For more than ten years, I have been getting along day and night, and if I don't hear it, even if I have a dog, I should have feelings.

Second, during the period of house arrest, Lü Buwei suddenly discovered another more important thing.

That's ······ He's old.

Maybe it was because he was busy with all kinds of power struggles and intrigues, so that Lu Buwei hadn't seriously looked at his current appearance for a long time.

And since he was placed under house arrest two years ago, Lü Buwei looked at his white sideburns, vicissitudes of life, and long dry hair in the water shadow·····

Up to this point.

Lü Buwei suddenly discovered that he was already like the sunset in the waning mountains, and he was about to enter the last moment of his life.

Even if he can return to the court now and regain his rights, how many years can he continue to suppress Yingzheng?

Two years?

Three years?

Or four years?

What's more, he is aging, but Yingzheng, the king of Qin, is gradually growing up, and one day, when he is too old to be able to do it, the more ruthless he suppresses the royal power, the more fierce the backlash will inevitably begin.

At that point, how will he respond?

Even when he was alive, he could still find a way to resist.

But once he dies, can his family bear the revenge from Yingzheng?

After thinking of this.

Only then did Lü Buwei realize that an unprecedented fear appeared in his heart.

He is not afraid of death.

But he couldn't bear the revenge that his death might bring to his family.

and recruited 3,000 customers by himself, and finally wrote "Lu's Spring and Autumn" to gain a reputation, which was ruined.

Lü Buwei was greedy for fame and power all his life.

Now that he has enjoyed the pinnacle of power, the only thing left is to leave a name in history.

He had been hesitating before, but now with the news of the land of Bashu, although it instantly forced Lu Buwei's situation to the edge of the cliff, it also made him finally make a final choice.

"You're here!"

Silently, a figure in black armor appeared in the study, sensing the arrival of this person, Lu Buwei casually put the bamboo slip aside, then picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for each of them.

He came to sit down in front of Lu Buwei, but he didn't pick up the teacup, but said indifferently: "It seems that you have already received the news?" ”

Lu Buwei nodded and said, "I just learned about it." ”

Then he said: "This is a fine snow-topped silver shuttle, don't you want to try it?" ”

Occult refused: "No need, you should know the rules of the net." ”

Seeing this, Lu Buwei didn't force it, he picked up a cup of tea by himself, gently blew away the white mist floating out of it, and after tasting it, he said, "What is the matter with you coming to find me?" The information of the net is so well-informed, you should understand that I have no value to the net now. ”

"Your worth is not up to you. Don't forget, if you didn't have a net, you'd be just a trader walking between the Seven Kingdoms. ”

The tone of the sun was as cold as ever.

If an outsider hears the conversation between the occult sun and Lü Buwei at this time, I am afraid that they will be surprised.

After all, in the eyes of most people in the government and the opposition, Lü Buwei is the leader of the net.

However, judging from the tone of the conversation between the sun and Lü Buwei at this moment, the attitude of the sun is even stronger. And the information revealed in the words of the two is enough to make outsiders creepy.

After listening to the words of the sun, Lu Buwei paused slightly with his right hand holding the teacup, but he didn't refute it, but there was a little more coldness in the depths of his eyes, and then he said lightly: "What do you want me to do?" ”

"We need a chance, a chance to enter the grain depot of the Qin State." ”

Lu Buwei was startled, his pupils contracted, and he exclaimed: "You want to do something to that batch of 'new grains'?" ”

Covering the sun, his eyes were flat, and he said slowly: "You should understand that what you need is a chaotic world. And an overly powerful Qin State has never been what Luo Wang wants to see. ”

Halfway through speaking, the sun swept his eyes at Lu Buwei again, and continued: "What's more, this is also a good thing for you, isn't it?" After all, if you lose that batch of "new grains", the advantage of Yingzheng will also disappear, and you can regain the opportunity to take charge of the government. ”

After hearing this, Lu Buwei's face instantly became cloudy, and he seemed to hesitate.

Good for a while.

Seeing that Lu Buwei seemed to accept his fate, he sighed and said: "The original Zhisu Neishi has been deposed by the king, and the new guy is a little troublesome, and I need three days to prepare." ”

There seemed to be a hint of mockery in his eyes, and he said, "It seems that that little ghost from a homeless person has really brought you a lot of trouble!" ”

Lu Buwei took a sip of tea and replied casually: "Isn't it the same with the net?" ”

Covering the sun snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! Three days to remember what you said. ”

That's it.

He wanted to leave the study, but the moment he just got up, suddenly, the scene in front of him suddenly flickered, and then his brain was like being hit hard by a sledgehammer, and the whole person fell to the ground uncontrollably.

"Poisoned!"

Covering the sun was shocked, and hurriedly sat cross-legged on the ground, wanting to resist.

However, this toxin is extremely fast, and even if it has internal force to protect the body, it still cannot resist the poisonous invasion of the heart.

"How so? When, exactly? ”

Covering the sun, his eyes scanned the surroundings, and soon, he saw Lu Buwei behind him holding a teacup and looking at him calmly.

"Is that you?"

"You are still as cautious as ever, but unfortunately, this time you were smart and mistaken by cleverness. This poison is called [Breaking Life], and it is extracted from an extremely rare elixir [Breaking Life Psychic Grass], and after a special technique of nine hundred and eighty-one days, it can barely get half a tael. ”

"When you use it, you only need to take out the size of your fingernail and dissolve it in water, which can release a toxic smoke. Once inhaled, there is no cure unless you can find the other half of the "white medicine" of the [Life-Breaking Psychic Grass]. ”

Faced with the questioning of the sun, Lu Buwei not only did not refute, but simply admitted it.

And after saying this, Lu Buwei added: "In addition, don't think about getting the antidote from me, because I only accidentally obtained a part of the [Death Break] at the beginning, and I didn't get the antidote." ”

"As for why you have internal strength to protect your body, you fell before me. I can also explain this to you. Because in addition to the special poisoning method, the reaction to poisoning is also very special. ”

"Unlike ordinary poisons, after [Death] is dissolved in water, people who inhale poisonous smoke will be poisoned first, while those who drink poisonous water will react a little slower."

Lü Buwei's reaction when he said this was very calm, hiding that Japan didn't want to believe what he said, but at this time, the black smoke gradually rising from the limbs of his body made him have to believe the other party.

As a rare medicine recorded in ancient books, [Life-Breaking Psychic Grass] has long been extinct in the world, and even if it is a sun covering, it has only been described in ancient books.

"Why?"

While struggling to resist the poisonous invasion of [Breaking Life], the sun mask sent out the doubts in his heart.

He didn't understand, why did Lü Buwei attack him?

Facing the doubts of covering the sun, Lu Buwei obviously expected it, only to see him take a sip of tea gently, and then said calmly: "Actually, from the moment you appeared, I had already guessed the purpose of the net. ”

"As you said before, the net never needs a stable world, so now that I have lost my value, there is basically no second possibility for you to be willing to find the purpose of the door."

He still couldn't understand it, and couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything wrong with this?" Obviously, you don't want Yingzheng to hold the throne, our goals should be the same, right? ”

Lu Buwei looked at the sun with pity, shook his head and said, "You still don't understand!" Occultation. The old man was indeed greedy for power, and he once suppressed the King of Qin. But the old man never said that I would betray the Qin State. ”

"Luo Wang wants to stir up the world, I, Lu Buwei, can not care. But if someone wants to prevent the Qin State from becoming strong, even if it is a net, the old man will not agree! ”

"Poof~~"

The poisonous onset of [Death] was extremely rapid, and in the blink of an eye, more than eighty percent of the body that covered the sun was already covered with black smoke.

Covering the sun and spitting out a mouthful of black blood, he looked at Lu Buwei unwillingly and said: "Even if you kill me, it will be useless, you should know very well the horror of the net, you and I are just a 'spider' in the net." You can't stop the net. ”

"Hehe~~"

Lu Buwei smiled, looked at the rapidly dissipating vitality and said, "I, Lu Buwei, have been in charge of the net for decades, do you really think that I don't know anything about the structure of the net?" ”

"In the past days, they have all served as 'messengers'."

"An ordinary killer dies when he dies, but if the 'messenger' dies at the same time as the current 'leader', even if it is a net, it will take a period of recuperation before it can re-cultivate a new trustworthy "leader" and "messenger". ”

"The old man really can't stop the action of the net, but it is still no problem to delay the task for a few years a little······

Speaking of this, Lü Buwei's words came to an abrupt end.

Because the sun that fell to the ground had already taken his last breath.

Look at the corpses on the ground.

Lü Buwei was silent for a moment, then dragged his feet, which had begun to emit black smoke, slowly walked back to the desk, took out bamboo slips and brushes, thought for a few breaths, and began to write.

This is his last letter to Ying Zheng.

He believed that as long as Ying Zheng saw this letter, he would be able to understand what he meant, and at the same time, he would treat the people of the Lu clan well after his death.

And when he finished writing this suicide letter.

Suddenly.

In Lu Buwei's mind, the face of another person inexplicably appeared.

It was a very young and immature face, and it was true that there was a saying before the sun was hidden, in Lü Buwei's life, I am afraid that there was only one person who could bring him so much trouble in just a few years.

I thought about it for a while.

Lü Buwei took out a new blank bamboo slip and wrote another suicide letter again.

After these two suicide letters were written, Lü Buwei left another suicide note for the people of the Lu family, and then took the last cup of tea, paced to the window, and looked up at the full moon outside the window.

Reminiscing about the past.

A picture gradually reappeared in my mind, perhaps a person was about to die, and many memories that had long been forgotten by Lu Buwei in the past suddenly became extremely clear.

He saw himself as a businessman······

I also saw the scene when I later entered the Qin Dynasty······

After that, the marquis worshiped the prime minister······

The power leans towards the opposition······

······

Until the end.

The memory is frozen on Ying Zheng and another young face that should not have appeared.

"This kid is really haunted!"

Seeing this face, the corners of Lu Buwei's mouth couldn't help but smile, and then he looked at Yingzheng who seemed to be looming above the full moon, and muttered: "This time, I hope the king didn't choose the wrong person." ”

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(End of chapter)