Although Zhang Fatzi couldn't refute Sun Laoer's statement, he still felt a little unbelievable.

"According to you," he couldn't help asking, "the First Emperor used all the strength of the whole country, at the most, 800,000 people, and built this magnificent underground palace for forty years, and in the end he was busy working in vain, but it was not himself who was lying in it?

Sun Lao Er didn't think it was ridiculous at all, he said very seriously: "Is it ridiculous? I believe that everything in this world cannot escape cause and effect, just like we are standing here today, and we have already been destined in the dark." ”

This was said in a foggy manner, it seemed to be very profound, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that he hadn't said anything, but Ye Feng felt a little familiar when he heard it, such an unfathomable and profound word, he had heard others say this before.

I didn't have time to think about it, so I heard Sun Lao Er ask Zhang Fatzi: "What do you know about Zhao Gao, who single-handedly pushed the prosperous and powerful Great Qin Empire into decay and destruction?"

Zhang Fatzi was stunned for a moment, Zhao Gao?

After the death of the first emperor, this person stirred up the storm, single-handedly designed a coup d'état in the dunes, forced the son Fusu to death, and established Hu Hai as the emperor. Since then, relying on Hu Hai's favor, he has become a hot figure in the Great Qin Empire, almost controlling the actual power of Great Qin and dominating the general trend of the world.

However, when the first emperor was alive, there were few accounts of him in the history books, which seemed very mysterious.

Zhang Fatzi thought carefully for a long time before replying: "There is no special biography of this person in the historical records, but it is only mentioned in other people's books, so the record of his origin is not exhaustive. ”

Sun Lao Er smiled: "That's not true. After speaking, he turned his head to look at the old man Mei beside him.

Old man Mei didn't seem to be interested in Sun Laoer's conversation, so he didn't speak, standing quietly on the side with a pair of hands in a daze.

At this time, Sun Lao Er looked at him, and he continued Sun Lao Er's words with a little helplessness on his face: "Although Tai Shi Gong did not have an independent biography for Zhao Gaodan, there are a lot of descriptions about him in Qin Shi Huang Benji, Li Silie's biography and Meng Tianlie's biography. ”

"The first emperor's surname is Ying, Zhao, Mingzheng, and the same, Zhao Gao is also Ying's surname, Zhao, so some scholars in later generations believe that Zhao Gao is actually a distant relative of the Qin royal family. His mother was disabled due to punishment for crimes and was put into the hidden palace, and Zhao Gao was also born here. ”

According to records, Zhao Gao was quite familiar with calligraphy, good at seals, diligent, and proficient in the law, so he was more popular with the First Emperor, as a personal attendant, responsible for driving the First Emperor's carriage, and was even appointed to teach his second son Hu Hai. This also laid the groundwork for him to support Hu Hai as emperor in the future. ”

Old man Mei talked eloquently, and everyone was a little surprised to hear it.

Since I first met him, these days together, this old man Mei is a little taciturn, never communicates with people, and seems to have no other hobbies except for drinking and sleeping at sky-high prices.

However, now, his records in the history books are almost side-by-side, and everyone is surprised that this old man in poor clothes and dressed up is not only a dog nose, but also has a lot of ink in his stomach. And it seems that he definitely doesn't know much more than the fat man Zhang who is famous for his well-read books and strong memory.

This Mei Deyong is not really "useless".

Old man Mei didn't seem to notice the surprise on the faces of the people around him, and just continued to talk to himself: "In the historical records, it has been mentioned many times that Zhao Gao is a eunuch and has a eunuch status, and later generations have quite debated this. Some people think that Zhao Gao is a eunuch, and some people think that the eunuch here just refers to the meaning of the eunuch. There are different opinions, and there is no consensus. ”

The other biggest controversy was Zhao Gao's origins, and some people believed that he was a distant relative of the Qin royal family based on his surname, and it was because of this that he easily gained the trust of the cruel and suspicious First Emperor. ”

However, the Tang Dynasty's "Historical Records Suoyin" mentioned that Zhao Gao was actually the son of the nobles of the Zhao State, the Zhao State was destroyed, and his mother was taken captive to Qin, and in order to avenge the Zhao State, he mutilated himself to enter the palace and came to the First Emperor, and finally successfully designed to kill the descendants of the First Emperor, destroy the powerful Great Qin Empire, and avenge his motherland. ”

Old man Mei smiled and said: "But such a statement lacks evidence to support it, it is too bizarre, it is more like a folk legend, or it is." In short, for whatever reason, he successfully planned and launched a coup d'état in the dunes after the death of the first emperor, supported Hu Hai as emperor, and forced to kill his son Fusu and the famous generals Meng Tian and Meng Yi brothers. ”

Next, he turned his spearhead and began to deal with the co-conspirator of the Dune coup, Prime Minister Li Si, because by this time Li Si had become the only opponent to restrain his power. Finally, he successfully framed Li Si for rebellion, and finally caused Li Si to be beheaded in the city. ”

Old man Mei shook his head and sighed: "Probably Li Si was also very remorseful in his heart before he was executed, he shouldn't have listened to Zhao Gao's rhetoric, coercion and temptation, and helped him launch the Dune Coup, but in the end, he was a famous minister, but he didn't want to end up like this." ”

After that, Zhao Gao extended his claws to the Qin royal family, killing almost all Hu Hai's brothers and sisters, and finally Zhao Gao was named prime minister by Qin II Hu Hai, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, and no one could threaten his status anymore, plus Qin II indulged in wine pleasures, he became a real person under one person, above ten thousand people. ”

No one in the Manchu Dynasty dared to disobey his will, vying to slap his horse, and even the famous strange thing of referring to the deer as a horse appeared in later generations. However, under the rule of Qin II and Zhao Gao, the people of the world fell into dire straits, and the people were struggling to make a living. ”

At this time, Zhao Gao sensed that the Great Qin Empire was crumbling, and he felt the danger signal, so he planned a coup d'état and killed Hu Hai, the second emperor of Qin, who had always favored him and obeyed his words. Poor Hu Hai was played by Zhao Gao between applause for a lifetime, and in the end he did not escape the fate of being in a different place. ”

Zhao Gao was originally ready to usurp the throne himself, but he did not get the support of other ministers in the court, so he had no choice but to announce that he would let the young son and son inherit the throne and be one of his own puppets. ”

As for Zhao Gao's final ending, it can be regarded as confusing, Taishi Gong said in the historical records that Ziying hated Zhao Gao deeply and was unwilling to be his puppet, so he set a trap to kill Zhao Gao and exterminate his three clans. ”

However, in the "Book of Zhao Zheng" handed down in the Han Dynasty, it is recorded that it is a famous general of the Great Qin, Zhang Han, who is responsible for supervising the construction of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, after leading the troops to defeat Xiang Yu, surrendered to Xiang Yu, because he hated Zhao Gao for misleading the country, so he fought back and helped Xiang Yu's army to attack Guanzhong, and also killed Zhao Gao with his own hands. ”

A generation of traitors will not die well in the end.

Old man Mei finished

Finish.

Listening to this period of history, Old Man Mei told him this, everyone was attentive and moved, and even Zhang Fat looked at this unstunning, even sloppy old man with admiration.

You must know that there is no biography of Zhao Gaoli in the history books, and the records about him are scattered in the biographies of various historical figures at that time.

However, after Old Man Mei finished telling the story, he didn't care about everyone's expressions at all, and continued to take care of himself with a pair of hands, and stood aside in a daze.

However, what is the relationship between Zhao Gao's life and the bones in this bronze coffin?

Zhang Fatzi blinked, suddenly came to his senses, and asked in surprise: "Could it be that this person lying in the bronze coffin could be Zhao Gao?"

Sun Lao Er smiled noncommittally, and said in a deep voice: "If it is true that Zhao Gao is actually the son of the nobles of Zhao State, in order to avenge the motherland, he did not hesitate to harm himself, he was not afraid of leaving a lasting stigma, approached the side of the First Emperor, and finally succeeded in designing to get rid of almost all the heirs of the First Emperor, and single-handedly pushed the powerful Great Qin Empire to decline, and finally collapsed, isn't such a person worthy of admiration?"

Zhang Fatzi shook his head and said, "How is it possible? Doesn't it mean that he should be a distant relative of the Qin royal family?"

Sun Lao Er smiled: "Don't forget, there is a record in the historical records that Sun Yiren, the king of Qin, was rescued by the wealthy merchant Lü Buwei and fled back to the Qin State, leaving Zhao Ji's mother and son in the Zhao State. King Zhao was furious and wanted to kill the mother and son, but fortunately, Zhao Ji herself was the daughter of a noble and wealthy family of Zhao State, so she survived. ”

"The First Emperor is the son of Zhao Ji, and Zhao Gao's mother was also captured from Zhao by the Qin army when Zhao was destroyed. ”

Zhang Fatzi was speechless for a moment, dumbfounded and speechless.

Sun Lao Er looked at the bones in the bronze coffin and sighed: "If these are true, the First Emperor destroyed the Zhao State back then, and the descendants of the Zhao State not only single-handedly overthrew the Great Qin Empire that the First Emperor dreamed of being able to last forever, but also in the underground palace that the First Emperor painstakingly built for himself for forty years, lying in the bronze coffin of the First Emperor, guarding the invincible tens of millions of ironclad troops of the First Emperor, this may be a little joke made by history, it is really full of ridicule." ”

Zhang Fatzi still couldn't believe it: "How can you think that the bones in this bronze coffin are Zhao Gao? Do you have any evidence?"

Sun Lao Er shook his head: "I just guessed based on the height of this corpse, Zhao Gao's figure in the historical materials is relatively thin, but more than six feet, which coincides with this corpse." Other than that, there really is no evidence. ”

He looked at the bones and sighed: "No matter how deep the grudge is, no matter how powerful the character, in the end, there is only such a white bone left, turning into nothing." Whether I guessed right or not, I'm afraid only the owner of the skeleton knows, and this can only become a permanent mystery. ”

Zhang Fatzi shook his head: "Regardless of whether this corpse is Zhao Gao or not, since the bones in the bronze coffin are not the First Emperor, then where did the bones of the First Emperor himself go?"

Sun Lao Er looked at Zhang Fatzi, and suddenly smiled a little mysteriously: "Why, do you still think that this is the place where the First Emperor prepared for himself to bury his bones?"