At this moment, the corners of the First Emperor's eyes were raised. His eyes were like lightning as he stared at the Black Bird Jade Pendant on Ying Zhan's waist. He even stopped breathing.
As an emperor, Ying Zheng had long been able to keep his emotions to himself, even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, his expression would not change. But at this moment, the Emperor's expression turned pale!
All of this was because of the Black Bird Jade Pendant hanging on Ying Zhan's waist.
It was the same jade pendant as the one in the First Emperor's hand!
It was a gift from the First Emperor to Afang, and it was also a token of his and Afang's eldest son's relationship. The First Emperor would never mistake it for something else!
In the mouth of the Jade Mystical Bird was a carving of a gardenia flower. Because gardenia was the favorite herb of Afang, who was a herbalist, Ying Zheng had also asked someone to carve gardenia flowers on the jade pendant.
There was only one pair of jade pendants with gardenia patterns in their mouths!
Ying Zheng's eyes trembled. He had been searching for the jade pendant and his eldest son for many years but had never thought that he would actually see them on the head of the Xianyang Pavilion!
This made the First Emperor's heart surge with excitement and anxiety!
Could this young pavilion chief be his and Fang's child? Could he be his eldest son who had been wandering outside for many years?
However, the First Emperor was still the First Emperor. After a moment of excitement, he forced himself to calm down.
After all, this matter concerned his child with Fang, the eldest son of the Great Qin Empire. The First Emperor couldn't act rashly and had to confirm this child's identity first!
If this jade pendant was picked up by the young pavilion chief, then rashly acknowledging him would only confuse the prince and cause the real eldest son to remain in the dust!
Taking a deep breath, the First Emperor's gaze and temperament regained their determination and composure. He decided to beat around the bush to understand the origin of this jade pendant and the background of the young pavilion chief.
Only then would he be able to find out if the pavilion chief was that child.
On the other side, Ying Zhan had come to register. His eyes were like torches. Even in the dark, he could see the change in the expression of the middle-aged man in black.
With a clang, he drew the sword at his waist and shouted,""Your Majesty's expression is constantly changing.”
It wasn't that Ying Zhan was thinking too much, but the remnants of the six states were crafty. In the half a year since he became the chief of Xianyang, Ying Zhan had dealt with countless remnants of the six states who wanted to sneak into Xianyang to assassinate and cause destruction.
Some of them pretended to be Great Qin's officials and tried to get away with it.
"How dare you!"
Seeing Ying Zhan draw his sword, Wang Jian and Wang Ben, who were standing beside him, were excited. They also drew their swords and pointed them at Ying Hua.
Regardless of whether the pavilion leader knew the identity of the Emperor or not, it was a great treason to draw his sword in front of the First Emperor!
As long as the First Emperor gave the order, the Wang father and son would be able to kill this pavilion chief on the spot!
The atmosphere in the room instantly became tense!
"Put away your sword."
The First Emperor's voice sounded faintly. Wang Jian and his son's expressions changed, and they put away their swords.
"Pavilion Head, please don't misunderstand. I only saw the jade pendant on your waist, and it's the totem of the Great Qin Empire, the Mystic Bird. Only the Ying Clan can wear this Mystic Bird totem, so I knew that Pavilion Head was actually a disciple of the Imperial Clan.
Thus, he was surprised. A talented member of the imperial clan should be ranked in the imperial court, so why was he only a pavilion chief here?”
The First Emperor looked at Ying Zhan and spoke calmly. He was trying to find out Ying Zhan's identity, but he was also curious why a talent like Ying Zhan was buried in the small Xianyang Pavilion.
Ying Zhan nodded and put away his sword.""What's so strange about that? The Great Qin Empire has been established for hundreds of years, and the Ying Clan has been thriving for hundreds of years. There are more people surnamed Ying than the turtles in the Weishui River.
I am just a side branch. Although I have the name of the imperial clan, if I want a higher official position, I have to exchange military merits.
Now that the world was unified, how could there be any military merits?”
Wang Jian and Wang Ben couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when they heard Ying Zhan's words.
This kid was too daring!
What did he mean by there were more Ying people than turtles in Weishui River?
The First Emperor was the leader of the Ying family in the State of Qin. Kid, aren't you insulting both the Emperor and yourself?
If you anger the emperor, how many heads do you have left?
Even though Wang Jian and Wang Ben were almost killed by Ying Zhan's words, they still had to scold him,""How dare you, as a member of the royal clan, slander the royal clan? The Ying clan is the surname of the country, how could you mix it with the bastards of Weishui River?”
Unexpectedly, Ying Zhan just rolled his eyes at them and said,""The two of you are really talented in making up false accusations. It's a waste to follow General Wang Ben. Zhao Gao's net is the place you should go.
How can a casual sentence from me be called slander?
'It's a fact that there are more Ying people than Wei River bastards. When I asked my grandpa where I came from when I was young, my grandpa even said that he fished me out of Wei River with a basin!'”
Ying Zhan's words were meant to mock Wang Jian and Wang Ben. One of them had a white beard, while the other looked like a simple and honest man. He didn't expect them to be so dirty, and they would accuse people of crimes at any time.
Wang Jian and Wang Ben could sense the sarcasm in Ying Zhan's words.
Zhao Gao was the Zhongche Prefecture Magistrate and the person in charge of Great Qin's secret organization, the Network. Making up charges was Zhao Gao's forte.
Therefore, Zhao Gao was also synonymous with ruthlessness in the hearts of the world.
When Ying Zhan said that Wang Jian and the others should follow Zhao Gao, he was mocking them for being as dark as Zhao Gao.
This made the Wang father and son's faces turn red. They were important officials of Great Qin, and the Wang family was loyal and unyielding. How could they be compared to Zhao Gao and the others?
This kid is too much!
Just as the father and son of the Wang family were getting angry, the First Emperor's heart surged and his eyes lit up!
The speaker had no intention, but the listener had the intention!
This young pavilion chief had just mentioned something that struck the First Emperor's heart!
Back then, his eldest son was placed into the Wei River by Fang in a wooden basin in order to survive.
And this pavilion chief said that his origin was fished out of the Wei River by his grandfather with a basin. How could the two be coincidental?
Moreover, even if this was a coincidence, the Mystic Bird Jade Pendant on this young pavilion chief's body couldn't be a coincidence, right?
They were made from the Heshi jade and had gardenia in their mouths. There was only one pair in the world, so it was impossible for them to fake it!
Moreover, from the looks of it, the age of this pavilion chief was also the same as his eldest son!
All of this was definitely not a coincidence. It meant that this young pavilion chief was most likely the eldest son of him and Ah Fang!
"You just said that your grandfather used a basin to fish you out of the Wei River?
Is this true?"
The excited First Emperor suppressed the trembling in his voice and asked with burning eyes.
If this pavilion chief was not lying, then he had really found his child with Ah Fang today!
Unexpectedly, when the First Emperor asked this question, Ying Zhan rolled his eyes.
Ying Zhan looked at the First Emperor as if he was looking at a retard.""You believe a kid's words?
You're the one your grandfather fished out of the river with a basin…"
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