Outside the Qin palace, armored soldiers stood in great numbers, the carriage was magnificent, and the well-equipped and well-trained Qin soldiers on both sides stood still like mountains, waiting in formation.
Lu Buwei had just left court, and he was getting ready to leave under the protection of his attendants.
"Prime Minister!" A young man rushed up. He was about 20 years old and had delicate features. He knelt on the ground and said,""Li Si has something to say!"
"Who is it?" The armored soldiers did not buy it. They waved their sabers and spears to capture Li Si and pressed him to the ground as if they were capturing a criminal.
" Who are you?" Lu Buwei frowned and walked over slowly. Stop my carriage, do you want to die?"
"Li Si is risking his life to give Prime Minister a piece of advice!”The young man was fearless and said loudly,""If the Prime Minister doesn't listen, there will be a bloody disaster within three years!”
"How dare you!" Lu Buwei shouted and glared at him coldly.
One of the soldiers punched Li Si's head, causing his head to bleed.
However, he gritted his teeth and endured it, neither humble nor arrogant.
Lu Buwei was surprised. It was rare to see such a bold young man.
With a wave of his hand, the soldiers retreated, leaving only Lu Buwei and Li Si.
"If you have anything to say, say it quickly!" Lu Buwei said lightly.
"Prime Minister, you are now in the State of Qin. You are below one person and above ten thousand people. All military and political matters are decided by you.”
Lu Buwei snorted and said proudly,""Of course! I supported two generations of Qin kings and am his second father. If he doesn't listen to me, who else will he listen to?”
"But now that the King of Qin is growing up…Has he been contradicting you recently?”
Lu Buwei's expression changed.
It would have been fine if Li Si did not remind him, but he immediately thought of it.
Previously, the King of Qin had a disagreement with him on the strategy to deal with the six countries. After a long debate, he finally suppressed him. In the morning court today, the two of them had a dispute over the drought in the north.
If this continued, it would not be a good thing!
"May I ask the Prime Minister!" " You're in power now," Li Si said softly." You're like a dragon and a tiger. Do you have any disloyal thoughts?"”
Lu Buwei's body stiffened.
His expression changed, and his gaze drifted for a long time.
He finally sighed and shook his head.""I occasionally think about it, but I don't know how to do it."
"I know the reason!" Li Si analyzed," Firstly, there are many royal families in Qin. It's not easy to deal with them. Secondly, the Prime Minister is a businessman. He doesn't have much ambition. But the Prime Minister wouldn't do it. Would the King of Qin, who was gradually growing up and becoming sensible, let the Prime Minister continue to hold power?”
Lu Buwei fell silent.
In the past dynasties, there had rarely been a king of Qin who was fatuous. This little king of Qin was also the same. He was only fifteen years old and had gradually come into contact with state affairs and ordered the royal family. In a few years, would he be able to do anything?
"Fan Sui, Shang Yang, Zhang Yi, Wei Ran…these people were all prime ministers of the Qin State. They held great power and commanded the officials. However, in their later years, some were exiled, some were torn apart, some were angry, and some fled.”Li Si continued to persuade him, causing Lu Buwei's expression to change drastically.""According to the virtue shared by the King of Qin, would the Prime Minister be better off than them in his later years?”
Lu Buwei's face alternated between pale and livid.
Since ancient times, there had been cases where one's achievements shocked the master. If one could not seize the throne or escape in advance, they could only wait to be exterminated.
Lu Buwei bowed to Li Si and said,""Teacher, please teach me! Lu Buwei is extremely grateful!"
Li Si's lips curled into a smile, but his expression did not change. Instead, he returned the bow."Li Si is from Shang Cai of Chu. He came to Qin to help the Prime Minister! If the Prime Minister trusts Li Si, Li Si is willing to die for the Prime Minister!”
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In Lu Buwei's mansion, thousands of guests were gathered.
In the middle of the arena, a sixteen-year-old youth stood there, surrounded by many bad friends. They were Wei Wei Jie, Neishi Si, Zuo Ge Jie, Ling Qi, and the others.
rustle ~
A wheelbarrow was pushed over. It was made of wood and could be used to carry thousands of kilograms of goods.
"Lao Ai, I heard that you were born with a divine weapon, and that you have incredible strength, and you can even turn a wheel, making everyone in the world blush with shame.”Lu Buwei's hanger-on, the strategist Sikong Ma, a young man dressed in fine clothes, laughed.
"That's right! Show us! Let us broaden our horizons!"
Everyone followed suit, vowing to see the youth perform the wheel spinning technique.
The young man, Lao Ai, was a handsome and beautiful young man with a face like a woman's. He swept his gaze around, stretched out his palm, laughed and said,""Then we'll do it the same way! Wei Wei Jie, Neishi Si, Zuo Ge Jie, Ling Qi, you guys are in charge of collecting the money!”
"You! Money again! It's not easy to see you perform your divine arts once!”
"You've been in the Prime Minister's Estate for so many years, but you have no other strengths besides this. I wonder why the Prime Minister asked you to stay for a meal?”
The guests laughed and laughed as they opened their money pouches and threw some silver over.
Lao Ai's underlings, Wei Wei Jie, Neishi Si, Zuo Ge Jie, Ling Qi, and the others hurried forward to collect the money, their faces beaming with joy.
Although Lao Ai was not good at war or stratagems, he was a divine weapon born by nature, and he was very good to his brothers. With him to eat, his brothers would not starve, and they were willing to follow him.
In history, these people were Lao Ai's best friends. They had accompanied him to dominate the Qin State, fighting against the King of Qin, Lu Buwei, and the others for years, until they died in battle.
Right now, Lao Ai was still one of Lu Buwei's three thousand henchmen. Apart from his divine weapon and immense strength, he had nothing else and was not eye-catching at all. Lu Buwei had probably not remembered his name even now, and he was only keeping him around to provide food for him as a facade.
After receiving the money, of course, he had to perform.
Lao Ai held his breath and focused his mind. With a loud shout, he started to spin the wheelbarrow with all his might.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Under Lao Ai's control, the wheelbarrow began to move faster and faster. It continued to move for dozens of meters, and only stopped when it neared the main gate of the Prime Minister's manor.
Although they had seen it many times, every time they saw Lao Ai's performance, they would be dumbfounded, their breathing stagnating as they watched without blinking, afraid that they would miss any exciting moment.
Lao Ai jumped down from the cart and laughed out loud.”
Pa, pa, pa ~
All the guests clapped their hands in shock.
"Lao Ai, you're so awesome! We all admire you to death!"
"Compared to you, we're all silver needles and lines, while you're a heaven-shaking divine weapon!”
"Big brother, this is the silver we received. It's a total of 20 taels.”Ling Qi nodded and bowed, smiling nonstop.
Unlike Wei Wei Jie, Neishi Si, Zuo Ge Jie and the other burly warriors, he was a scholar with delicate features, equivalent to Lao Ai's advisor.
Lao Ai waved his hand and said generously," Brothers, take this money and have fun in Spring Fragrance Brothel! Everyone, treat each other with all your heart and share your blessings. Don't stand on ceremony!”
Ever since they got to know this group of people, Lao Ai had the same stench as them. They often ate, drank, gambled, and committed all kinds of crimes together. Therefore, they had made up their minds to follow Lao Ai.
"Thank you, Big Brother! Long live Big Brother!" The brothers were overjoyed.
Lao Ai chuckled and put away the wheelbarrow.
He turned around and looked at the two stone lions in front of the gate of the Prime Minister's mansion, then sighed softly again.
He had been in this world for 16 years, and he did not have a golden finger to help him. Was he going to be so mediocre and degenerate for the rest of his life?
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