In the Imperial Palace of the Qin State.

The old man on the sickbed had a wrinkled face, his white hair was dry like frost grass that he had forgotten to burn in late autumn, his eyes were deep, his breathing was weak, and he was about to die.

The crown prince won Liang, that is, Luoyang's face could not see any sadness. Because he will be the new king of the Qin State, and because he doesn't have much affection for this old man, even if more than 20 years have consumed a lot of memories, at least he remembers this matter very clearly, and the other party is not his real biological father.

The old emperor who was dying on the sickbed was originally just a remote son of the clan, with the innate ability to receive people and things and occasionally burst out of a passion, he went to Beihai County to attack the county king, and even got too much of a real job, in the decades-long confrontation with the northern barbarians, his cowardly temperament was disguised better and better, and he accumulated extremely deep strength, and finally became the new emperor of Qin by virtue of the general trend of the world. This history can be called Zhongxing, and it can even be said that it is the founding of the country, and the old emperor should have been written more heavily in the history books, but it is a pity that he gave birth to a more dazzling son.

The young martial god back then has now become a northern killing god who can stop children from crying at night, even in the palace of the Qin Kingdom, no one dares to look him in the eyes.

"I don't like to be called a god, because I know I'm not, and I don't like to be called Taizong, or whatever, because I don't think that either you or the previous emperors are qualified to be in front of me, so I decided to call the emperor after I ascended the throne, with Bai as my surname, what do you think of the name Emperor Bai?"

Luo Yang said: "The enthronement ceremony is ready, so you will die tonight, don't waste my time." ”

After saying this, he walked towards the outside of the temple.

The old emperor stared at his back, his eyes full of resentment and remorse.

There are countless palaces in the Xianyang Imperial Palace, and in terms of quantity, only the Qi State School Palace can compare with it.

Those palaces were like countless crouching beasts in the night, ready to attack and bite their prey, and when they were illuminated by the starlight, they were even more hideous.

Luoyang walked to the deepest palace, waved away all the people, and followed the sound of the piano to find the person.

A pond is reflected in the light under the porch, where the girl plays the piano gently, and the white dress gently blows with the night, like a residual lotus in the pond. The whole picture has a feeling of loneliness and pity, which is very in line with the imagination of the princess in distress being confined in the cold palace, but in fact, her eyes are calm, and there are no such superfluous emotions at all.

"I'm going to take the throne tomorrow." Luoyang walked up to her and looked at her condescendingly, but his eyes were full of doting and loving emotions.

"Congratulations, senior brother." Li Shu raised her head, looked at him and said with a smile.

The emotions in Luoyang's eyes had long since disappeared, and he said, "There is definite news from the Qi State. ”

Hearing this, Li Shu's expression changed slightly, and it was obvious that she was more concerned about the matter of Qi than the death of Emperor Qin and the change of dynasty.

The more than twenty questioners who entered the illusion realm have died a lot now, and those who are still alive have basically confirmed their identities, only the disciples of the Haixia Academy Palace have never appeared. The scholar named Su Yi has never been discovered, and he has not left any traces in the illusion, as if he has never been here.

This was what Qin Da wanted to know the most, but until he was killed by Su Qingming and expelled from the illusion realm, he didn't understand how Su Yi did it.

Li Shu was also very concerned about this matter, and asked Qin's spy organization to investigate for many years, and finally found some clues at the beginning of spring.

"His name here is Zhang Wenyi, he used to study in Mr. Qi, and later went to the Qi State School Palace, managed the classics, and began to come out to lecture the year before last."

Luoyang said: "He has not had contact with the outside world over the years, but a disciple accepted some time ago had some contact with the scholars of Zhao Guo Wansong Academy. ”

Hearing the word "lecture", Li Shu probably understood what this disciple of the Haixia Academy wanted to do, but there were still a lot of puzzles.

"How did he hide his identity so well?"

Luoyang's expression became a little complicated, and he said, "Because ...... He didn't even know who he was. ”

Li Shu was slightly stunned and said, "You mean he completely forgot his identity?" ”

Luo Yang nodded.

Li Shu was a little surprised and said, "Are you sure?" ”

Luoyang said: "I sent seven groups of people to try, and I made sure that he really forgot his identity as a questioner, and only thought about saving the common people and walking the road." ”

Li Shu looked at the strings on the piano and was silent - he had lived in the illusion for too long, and he was confused by the red dust, and it was really possible for the questioner to forget all the past events, but Su Yi was obviously not like that, it was more like active forgetting, why did he do this?

I don't know how long it took, but she said softly, "It's really wonderful." ”

Luoyang also held the same opinion, saying: "How should it be handled? ”

"The gentlemen of the Hexia Academy Palace do not cultivate the Dao, but the Dao Heart is as solid as a rock and cannot be shaken."

Li Shu said: "Find a way to kill him now, otherwise it will be a great trouble in the future." ”

Luoyang suddenly said: "I also forgot some things, as long as I don't think about it, I will naturally forget it, but there are some things that I don't want to forget, so I can't forget it." ”

No matter how calm the gaze is, it will be felt, not to mention the heat hidden behind the calmness.

Li Shu didn't look up and said, "Senior Brother Qin is out, what do you think?" ”

Luoyang slowly retracted his gaze and looked at the reflection of the lights on the pond that were not real, and his voice was slightly cold.

"I was originally opposed to him going to the capital of Chu State, junior sister, you and he attach too much importance to Su Qingming."

Li Shu said indifferently: "Senior brother is dead, which proves that Su Qingming is worthy of attention as I said." ”

Luoyang was silent for a while, and said, "Senior sister, you are always right. ”

Li Shu quietly looked at his side face and said, "Yes, is there anything wrong?" ”

"There's nothing wrong, everything is going according to what you and Qin Da thought, and the immortal urn will eventually fall into our hands."

Out of nowhere, a night wind passed through the palace, shattering the lights and shadows as far as the eye could see.

Luo Yang looked at the place quietly and said, "I just suddenly want to forget some more things." ”

After saying this, he turned around and went out of the temple to prepare for tomorrow's enthronement ceremony.

Li Shu looked at the water and did not speak.

She understood what he meant, and found it boring.

The shadow of the broken lights on the surface of the pond slowly came back to one place.

She thought of the news from the Chu State.

After making the edict of guilt, Su Qingming was imprisoned in the cold palace by the scholar.

The edict was definitely not written by himself, and it was of his own volition that he was imprisoned in the cold palace, just like her.

Thinking of these coincidences, Li Shuwan smiled and thought it was so interesting.

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Another five years passed.

The emperor of Qin acted tyrannically, expropriated tyranny, and forcibly ordered 3,000 wealthy households in Luoxi to enter Xianyang. Under his personal command, 30,000 iron horsemen, like the sharpest sword, swept across the entire northern part of the continent, invincible, and even those barbarian tribes retreated in fear.

The only state of Zhao that could compete with the state of Qin encountered a major event at this time, and their emperor was going to die.

His Majesty the Emperor is extremely wise, wise, and lenient and severe, but unfortunately he is congenitally deficient, his body is too weak, and he has no heirs.

In the past five years, perhaps because of these problems, there has been a strange atmosphere between the government and the opposition of Zhao State. His Majesty the Emperor issued decrees one after another, made a number of personnel appointments and dismissals, forcibly restricted the power of the Detective Factory, and vigorously supported the Hou Party. But no matter how the officials and people of Zhao State and even the merchants of Qi State waited for it, in the end, His Majesty the Emperor did not do anything to Gonggong He, and even still trusted him, and even drank the medicine only from Gonggong He himself.

The smell of medicine in the hall was much lighter than in previous years, probably because the windows were open and well ventilated.

"Scholar Zhang is fifty years older than us, no matter how much we can survive, we won't be able to survive twenty years later." After the emperor drank the medicine, his pale face did not improve, he half leaned on the couch, gasped twice, and then said: "In the future, in the world, only you can deal with the emperor of Qin." ”

Qin Da didn't speak, nor did he persuade His Majesty to rest, because everyone knew that His Majesty couldn't last a few days.

Facing the emperor's eyes full of hope and pleading, Qin Da was silent for a while, patted the back of his hand, and still did not speak.

The wind poured in from outside the palace, and with it the queen mother.

With tears on her face, she walked to the couch, squeezed Qin Da away a little roughly, sat down beside the emperor, and took his hand.

Qin Da walked outside the hall and vaguely heard a faint sigh coming from behind him.

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That night, Emperor Zhao died.

Qin Da watched him lose his breath with his own eyes, and then calmly began to arrange various affairs, until he was almost busy, he went back to his room and slept for half an hour.

During the whole process, he didn't do anything out of the ordinary, and there was no rudeness.

The queen mother asked people to know that he had not gone to the imperial garden and was silent for a long time, but she didn't know whether she should be happy or disappointed.

Before dawn, the palace was already full of ministers in plain clothes, and many ministers went out of the city to greet them according to the rules.

The prince of Hejian is ready to enter Beijing to inherit the throne.

It stands to reason that this is something that has been determined five years ago, and the prince should have been raised in the palace with the gift of the crown prince a long time ago, and it would be good to succeed to the throne directly today. But I don't know why, this proposal did not pass, and it is rumored that it is because Xiao He's father-in-law does not like the prince and secretly does something.

Time passed slowly, and the morning light gradually illuminated the eaves of the palace, but the officials who had gone out of the city to greet them had not yet returned.

The atmosphere inside and outside the Imperial City was somewhat oppressive and tense.

What's going on?

The sound of hooves sounded on the long street.

Fast horse returns.

Then escalate layer by layer.

The ministers and princes on both sides of the jade ladder in front of the hall stared at the official of the Ministry of Rites, as if they wanted to eat him alive.

The official of the Ministry of Rites turned pale and said nervously, "Shizi...... Prince...... No...... The one who refused to go to the Zhengming Gate wanted to go through the Xihua Gate. ”

Hearing this, the front of the palace was suddenly silent, and the officials looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

The crown prince ascended the throne and walked through the Zhengming Gate.

The emperor's return to the palace is Xihua Gate.

It's simple, but it's important.

At any important historical moment, there will always be no shortage of officials in the court who have the courage to "do things".

Soon the silence in front of the temple was broken.

A Hanlin stood up and began to quote scriptures to demonstrate the correctness of His Majesty's walk through Xihuamen.

Then several more officials reconciled.

Great achievements naturally have to take great risks, but the real bigwigs present have always remained silent.

The voices of the officials debating became quieter, and all eyes were on one place.

It was not the highest place, it was even a little far from the jade staircase, it was the shadow of a corner of the temple, and there was a man standing in that shadow.

"If you don't want to go to Zhengming Gate, then please go back."

During the entire process of the new emperor's ascension to the throne, Qin Da only said this sentence.

This is how the history books are written.