The next day, Zhang Yi was appointed as a guest minister by Ying Si at the court meeting. He was sent to Wei to solve the problem of Hexi.
Zhang Yi gladly accepted it and bowed to Ying Si and Li Xiang respectively. He changed into a brand new Qin uniform and prepared to start his first time in life.
After the court meeting ended, Li Xiang invited Zhang Yi into the Sunken Fish Pavilion. Facing Zhang Yi, who was full of confidence, Bai Shun said,""Zhang Yi, are you sure you don't want to learn a few sword moves from me? The King of Wei has a bad temper. You won't be able to avoid physical pain on this trip to Wei.”
"Thank you for your concern, Grand Preceptor.”When Zhang Yi heard this, he cupped his hands and bowed." However, while Zhang Yi suffered a little physical pain, the King of Wei will probably feel a heart-wrenching pain.”
"Since you're not afraid, then I won't be overthinking things. After returning, you'll be Great Qin's Prime Minister, and I'll be able to relax a lot.”Li Xiangshen stretched his back and said.
While Li Xiang and Zhang Yi were drinking and chatting, a black-armored soldier suddenly ran up to Bai Shun in a hurry. Seeing Bai Shun, he immediately got down on one knee and reported,""Grand Preceptor, the Ruler said that there is an urgent matter.”
"Oh?" Li Xiang raised his eyebrows. He recalled for a moment and roughly guessed what it was.
"Since the Grand Preceptor has something on, Zhang Yi will not disturb you. However, I would like to ask the Grand Preceptor to help settle the bill before leaving.”Zhang Yi quickly raised his wine cup and took a sip.
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Li Xiang was led by the black-armored soldier to a palace. He walked into a room and saw Ying Si kneeling beside a wooden couch, with Ying Ji standing behind him.
" Teacher, Uncle Gong…Uncle Gong, he…" Ying Si's eyes sparkled when he saw Li Xiang.
The person lying on the wooden couch was Ying Qian. After Ying Quliang's death, Ying Qian had been controlling the three hundred secret guardians to eliminate all threats to Ying Si in the dark, and had also trained Ying Ji and Ying Hua. Ying Qian had lived much longer than in the original history, but he was still old and weak, and was about to die of old age.
" Sir…you're here…" Ying Qian saw Li Xiang appear, and he immediately sat up from the wooden couch as if he had gained strength.
"Uncle Gong, be careful!" Ying Si hurriedly went forward to support him.
"It's fine, I don't have many days left…Ruler has a new talent recommended by Mister, the west of the river is close to returning to Qin, I can rest in peace.”Ying Qian said weakly.
"Uncle Gong, you must be joking. When Zhang Yi takes back the land west of the river, you will have to go there personally.”Ying Si said with tears in his eyes.
"Brat, stop saying these useless words of consolation! Ying Ji!" Ying Qian patted Ying Si's head and shouted at Ying Ji, who had been standing silently at the side.
"Yes!" Ying Ji replied.
"Take the sword!" Ying Qian picked up a golden sword from the side of the wooden bed and threw it to Ying Ji.
Ying Ji was about to decline, but when he saw the sword being thrown at him, he could only kneel on one knee and catch it.
"This is the Duke Mu's Qin Suppression Sword that the late king and Lord Shang gave me after they left.”Ying Qian leaned against the back of the wooden couch and explained.
"Also…Ying Ji, listen up!”Ying Qian suddenly shouted.
"Yes, sir!" Ying Ji hurriedly replied.
"Although those 300 secret guardians are strong, they are still just small tricks. They can only assist Qin Jian and cannot be reversed! And…"
Ying Qian mustered up all his strength and wanted to say everything.
"Also, those 300 secret guardians aren't actually the strongest. The Grand Preceptor said that in order to prevent the 300 secret guardians from causing chaos, he had chosen another 10 strongest people.”
"Yes." Li Xiang met Ying Ji's gaze and nodded indifferently.
That's right, the 300 secret guardians who had attacked like ghosts in the Battle of the West River said that only the strongest could enter, but in fact, the ten strongest people had joined another team.
"Then why have I never heard of Ying Ji?”Ying Ji asked in confusion. He didn't understand why there was no trace of those ten people in the court.
"Because those ten people only have one mission, which is to watch and monitor the three hundred secret guardians.”
Li Xiang explained to Ying Ji.
"Their duty is to kill the secret guardians once they lose control. Otherwise, they won't be able to fight for the rest of their lives. They can only live and die as ordinary people and leave behind their inheritance.”
Li Xiang didn't mention another point. The ten people's duty was to monitor the secret guardians, and the one monitoring them was Li Xiang.
All ten of them had willingly been cursed by Li Xiang. They would abide by the rules one hundred percent and would never go against them. Once they had the thought of going against them, the curse would instantly devour their bodies.
Those ten people were all in Xianyang City. They could get married and have children, they could do business and farm, but they could not leave Xianyang City before they had a mission.
"I will keep the list of those ten people. A wise ruler can look at it, but a foolish ruler cannot.”Li Xiang took out a piece of cloth with the names and identities of ten people from his sleeve and handed it to Ying Si.
"What are these ten people called? What were the names of the 300 secret guardians?”Ying Si asked after throwing the cloth into the candle and burning it.
"No, why don't you give them a name?”Ying Qian leaned against the wooden edge and smiled.
"Uncle Gong and teacher said that those 300 secret guardians aren't from the righteous path, but are Qin Jian's assistants. They are called…the net, the inescapable net.”Ying Si pondered for a moment and said.
"As for those ten people, let teacher name them. I don't know them well.”Ying Si said with a smile after naming the three hundred secret guardians.
"The night is long, and I watch until I die. The ten of them will be called night watchers." Li Xiang thought for a moment and said.
After Ying Qian finished explaining everything, he left the world peacefully. Ying Qian handed over his responsibility to Ying Ji, who was the future elder of the three dynasties. He also received the Qin Suppressing Sword of Duke Mu and began his legendary life.
On the day that Zhang Yi left Qin for Wei, Qin held a funeral for Ying Qian, an old Qin soldier who had spent his entire life in the military.
From today onwards, all the people of Ying Quliang's generation, except for Li Xiang, had passed away. A new era had begun.
On the same day that the funeral ended, Gongsun Yan left Xianyang City without saying goodbye.
After Ying Qian's funeral, Ying Si and Li Xiang were playing chess and drinking wine in the palace, waiting for Zhang Yi to bring back the good news.
At this moment, an official rushed in and reported to Ying Si that Ying Hua had brought a few soldiers to see him.
Ying Si was currently wearing the custom-made clothes of Crimson Rose Residence. It was very comfortable and very good-looking, but it was still too advanced. Ying Si only dared to wear it in the palace.
"Change into court clothes…Wait! There's no need. Ask Ying Hua to come in alone!”
Ying Si subconsciously prepared to change his clothes to meet Ying Hua, but he suddenly guessed the purpose of Ying Hua's visit and changed his words.
"This subject, Ying Hua, greets the ruler, greets the grand tutor!”
Ying Hua was wearing a hard armor. After he came in, he bowed and immediately apologized,"I left the camp without permission, please forgive me.”
"Why are you here?" Ying Si didn't even raise his head, continuing to play chess with Bai Shun.
"I don't understand why Zhang Yi and Wei Qiu ceded Puyang!”Ying Hua asked loudly.
"What are you shouting about?" Li Xiang glanced at Ying Hua and said.
"Grand Preceptor, please forgive me! But Ying Hua was still unconvinced! Puyang, Quwo, and Jiaocheng were obtained by our Qin soldiers through bloody battles. Now, Zhang Yi is just giving them to Wei with his words!”
Ying Hua was so frightened by Li Xiang's gaze that he took a step back, but he still stood there stubbornly.
"What you obtained is called seizing, and seizing will make you look like a tiger or a wolf. Zhang Yiheng was five inches strong, two inches back, three inches still, but he had the reputation of morality and did not have to lose soldiers. This was called 'nibble'.”
While Li Xiang explained to Ying Hua, he had already eaten up all of Ying Si's black stones and won the game. He raised his head and looked at Ying Hua's young face.
"If the Great Qin Empire's great cause of unifying the world is planned for thousands of years, why would it covet a city and a pond?”
"Today we seize cities, tomorrow we lose cities, our territory doesn't increase at all, but our soldiers die time and time again for nothing. If the west of the river was completely ceded to Qin, the Yellow River would turn from a boundary river into an inland river. At that time, Qin would be the knife and Wei would be the fish!”
Li Xiang packed up the chess pieces and looked at Ying Hua."Do you think we can give up the current Pu Yang?”
"Ying Hua is guilty!"
Ying Hua wasn't a stubborn person. After listening to Li Xiang's explanation, he immediately understood what was going on and apologized in a low voice.
"The Grand Preceptor is explaining to you. What crime have you committed?”Ying Si turned around and smiled at Ying Hua.
"We shouldn't have left the camp and shouldn't have criticized the national policy.”Ying Hua cupped his fist and knelt down on one knee, apologizing.
"Haha, leaving the camp without permission and criticizing the national policy? How can you be so guilty?" Ying Si smiled kindly." You're just…forcing the abdication."”
"I dare not!"
Ying Hua had already let out a sigh of relief when he heard Ying Si's tone. However, after hearing what Ying Si said, he was stunned. He stood up and immediately knelt down on one knee. His eyes were filled with panic.
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"Do you know why I only let you in?”Ying Si's smile disappeared instantly as he looked at Ying Hua and asked.
"I don't know." Ying Hua, this young man, was no match for Ying Si. His brain was already in a daze.
"If this matter is discussed in court, whether Puyang is ceded or not is a small matter. Your generals gathered to resist the imperial edict, how should we deal with this matter?”Ying Si stared at Ying Hua and asked.
"Ying Hua has been punished.”Ying Hua didn't know what to do, so he could only say that.
"Alright, stop scaring this kid. Get up. Why do you think your brother only asked you to come in? I just don't want things to get out of hand." Li Xiang said with a smile when he saw how frightened Ying Hua was.
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"I know that the blood-soaked rhinoceros head has left, and the glib Zhang Yi has come.”
Ying Si pointed at Ying Hua and said,
"Remember this, all of you! Zhang Yi, it's me! Grand Preceptor! The two of us are guest ministers invited by the Qin country! Zhang Yi's diplomatic mission was also decided by me and the Grand Preceptor…What's decided is decided!”
"Ying Hua understands."
Ying Hua responded weakly.
Fortunately, he was Ying Si's younger brother, the number one warrior of the Qin country, Ying Hua. If it was anyone else, they would have peed their pants in fear when they saw the temperamental movements just now.
"Alright, don't be afraid. Remember, you have to help your brother. Don't cause trouble for him.”Li Xiang walked down and patted Ying Hua's shoulder.
"Ying Hua knows!"
"Alright, I'll spare you on account of the Grand Preceptor. You can deal with those generals outside yourself!”Ying Si walked up and patted Ying Hua's face with a smile.
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