Chapter 54 Chapter Nine

In the early morning of the next day, Xiang Shaolong, who couldn't wait, sneaked into the street and made a deliberate detour before arriving at the place where the poor lived in the west of the city. Although they are poor people, their life is not too bad, but the house is a bit dilapidated, and the collapsed walls have not been repaired! Most of the people here are farmers. During the war, the farmland was destroyed, so they had to come to the city to work. According to the address, he finally came to the South Alley that Zhu Ji mentioned. At this time, he couldn't help becoming nervous, grabbing a passerby and asking, "Where is Zhang Li's home?"

Seeing his good looks, the man pointed to a house surrounded by a fence at the end of the lane and said, "That's his home!" Then there seemed to be something unspeakable, and he shook his head and sighed. Xiang Shaolong didn't care, he felt relaxed, thinking to himself that this should be the case, he walked up to the door, and called out: "Tension! Tension!" With a sound of "Yiya", an ordinary-looking woman in her forties poked her head out, looked at Xiang Shaolong suspiciously for a while, and asked, "Who is looking for tension?" Xiang Shaolong smiled and said: "You are the eldest sister-in-law of the Zhang family!" He took out the jade pendant from his arms and handed it to her.

With a bang, Mrs. Zhang slammed the door shut as if she had seen a ghost. Xiang Shaolong was stunned by her reaction, staring at the closed wooden door like an idiot. After a while, men and women argued in the room. Xiang Shaolong was relieved in his heart, and naturally he didn't want to hand over the child he had raised for ten years, so he could only compensate them well in terms of money. He reached out to pick up the door knocker and tapped twice. The back door opened in no time, and a man stood slumped beside the door, bowing his head and said, "Master, please come in."

Seeing that he looked loyal and reliable, Xiang Shaolong secretly praised Zhu Ji's subordinates for really knowing how to choose people. Stepping into the room, I saw the woman sitting in a corner, weeping unceasingly, the room was full of gloom, and there was no anger at all.Not to mention the child's voice or any child's clothing. Xiang Shaolong frowned and said, "Where's the child?" The woman cried even harder. Zhang Li's eyes were red, and he said sadly: "Dead!" These two words were like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, causing Xiang Shaolong's whole body to tremble violently, almost having a heart attack, and shouted in horror: "How did you die?"

Zhang Li said sadly: "In the old years when the Yan people came to attack Handan, all children over the age of 13 were conscripted to defend the city, and were shot and killed by the arrows of the Yan people. Although we received money from you, sir, we couldn't save the children. , you kill us! There is no point in living." Xiang Shaolong lost his voice and said: "But he was not yet ten years old last year!" Thinking of the look of the person who showed the way just now, he realized that he was sorry for the loss of their son. Zhang Li said: "It's just that he was born taller than a thirteen-year-old child. One day when he was playing outside, he was caught by a passing soldier."

Xiang Shaolong sat down slumped, buried his face in his hands.God!Qin Shihuang actually died, what should we do? No!There's no way this is possible, the couple must be lying to me.But looking at his demeanor, he knew that this was the truth, especially on one side of the wall, there was a new memorial tablet enshrined. Zhang Li took out a jade pendant from his bosom, handed it to him and said, "This is taken from his corpse, he was buried in the back garden, do you want to go and see?" Xiang Shaolong moved his palms away, his eyes fell on the jade pendant.An absurd and bold idea came to my mind uncontrollably.

◇◇◇◇◇◇ Xiang Shaolong came to the wife's mansion, as expected, Zhao Ya still did not come back. There were more strangers in the mansion, Zhao Da and others he was familiar with disappeared, and all the maidservants were transferred away except Xiao Zhao and Xiao Mei. Xiang Shaolong knew that Zhao Ya must have a good excuse to explain these arrangements, but he still wanted to hear her speak out.The more she lied to him, the more he could turn his weak love for her into hatred. Zhao Pan was practicing sword alone in the back garden, concentrating on using his spirit, but Xiang Shaolong had just stepped into the garden, and he sensed it, and ran towards him holding the sword as if seeing the only relative in the world.

Xiang Shaolong "Crack!" pulled out the famous sword Xuelang presented by Li Mu, and shouted: "Boy, look at the sword!" A bright light flashed in Zhao Pan's eyes, and he swung his sword towards him. Xiang Shaolong swung his sword in a relaxed manner, and said solemnly, "Is it for fun? Be more ruthless!" Zhao Pan yelled loudly, unfolded Mozi's swordsmanship, slashed at Xiang Shaolong horizontally, slashed sideways, and attacked with seven swords.When it came to the seventh sword, because he was small and weak, the long sword was shaken and fell to the ground.Zhao Pan was depressed, resentful for his defeat, but helpless.

Xiang Shaolong picked up the long sword for him, led him to the small bridge in the center of the garden and sat on the low fence, and said solemnly: "Xiao Pan! Are you really determined to overcome all difficulties and avenge your mother?" Zhao Pan nodded and said decisively: "No matter what, I will kill Zhao Mu and the king." Xiang Shaolong said in a deep voice, "Aren't you good friends with the prince?" Zhao Pan said disdainfully: "He has never been my friend, he only knows how to bully me based on his status. After my mother joined you, he told people all day long that my mother is a whore and a slut. If possible, I would even ask him to Kill them." Xuan said dejectedly: "But even if I am as powerful as the master, I can't kill them, otherwise the master would have killed them long ago."

Xiang Shaolong was secretly amazed at his clever reasoning, and said with a smile: "If you want to take revenge, I want to take revenge too. Why don't we make a division, I will deal with Zhao Mu, and the fool King Xiaocheng will be dealt with by you, okay? " Zhao Pan didn't expect Xiang Shaolong to think highly of him so much, so he stared blankly at this only "relative" with his eyes wide open. Xiang Shaolong said: "Now I want to tell you a very important thing, assuming you really have the determination to avenge your mother, then follow my instructions, otherwise you must not leak a word, Lianqian Princess and Ya Furen not excluded."

Zhao Pan jumped up, knelt down on the ground, knocked his head three times, and said with red eyes: "As long as I can avenge my mother, I, Zhao Pan, will do anything." Xiang Shaolong shouted in a low voice: "Stand up!" Zhao Pan hurriedly stood up, his eyes full of eagerness to know. Xiang Shaolong smiled slightly and said, "I want to make you Qin Shihuang who unifies the six kingdoms!" Zhao Pan was stunned for a moment, then murmured, "What is Qin Shihuang?" ◇◇◇◇◇◇ When Zhao Ya entered the garden, Xiang Shaolong had just hung the jade pendant on Zhao Pan's neck.From this moment on, he is Ying Zheng, the heir to the Qin throne. Zhao Pan's expression was both surprised and happy, but his eyes were firm and full of determination to move forward.No one understands how rare this opportunity is than him, a child who has lived in the palace for a long time.Only by becoming the monarch of the most powerful country in the world can he have the ability to kill King Zhao and clear the hatred for his mother, Mrs. Ni.He not only hated Zhao Wang, but also hated every Zhao person who stood by and looked at him coldly.Now only Xiang Shaolong can make him fully trust. Zhao Ya came to the side of their master and apprentice with a smile, and praised: "I have never seen Xiao Pan so diligent." Xiang Shaolong winked at Zhao Pan, who obediently slipped away. Although Zhao Ya tried to put on a happy face, her face was pale and tired, obviously last night was not easy. Xiang Shaolong deliberately asked, "Is Ya'er feeling unwell?" Zhao Ya trembled and said, "No! There's nothing wrong. I've been looking for news for you these days, and I'm almost exhausted." Xiang Shaolong frowned and said, "Why are there so many strangers here? Where did Zhao Da and the others go?" Zhao Ya prepared the answer early, and said nonchalantly: "I transferred them to another courtyard in the palace. Without their help, it would be very inconvenient for me to do things in the palace." Fearing that he would continue to ask, he changed the subject and said, "How is the plan going? Have you contacted Ying Zheng?" Xiang Shaolong said dejectedly: "It seems that there is no other way except for a strong attack, but the soldiers of the Wu family can fight ten with one, my plan will surely succeed, Zhao Mu and King Xiaocheng can't live past the Farming and Animal Husbandry Festival. " Zhao Ya lowered her pretty face, showing pain and contradiction undisguisedly. Xiang Shaolong thought to himself: Let me give you another chance, and said in surprise: "Ya'er, you seem to be full of worries these days, what is bothering you, why don't you tell me and let me share it, there is nothing that cannot be resolved of." Zhao Ya was startled and said: "There's nothing on my mind, I'm just a little scared!" He smiled and cheered up and said: "Shaolong better tell me the details of what happened that day, and let the third princess and I cooperate with you, so that we There will be no mistakes when the time comes.” Xiang Shaolong smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, I will tell you the details of the arrangements in a few days, because some of them have not yet been finalized." He sighed secretly, knowing that Zhao Ya was going to betray him to the end. Zhao Ya suddenly said: "Shaolong! Have you heard any gossip about him these days?" Xiang Shaolong said indifferently: "You're talking about Qi Yu, right? How could it be? I absolutely trust my good Ya'er, and I understand that you're just pretending to be a snake, so as to hide Zhao Wang's suspicion of us." Zhao Ya's expression became unnatural, as if she was afraid of facing Xiang Shaolong alone, and said, "Aren't you going to see your beautiful princess?" Xiang Shaolong stood up gracefully. Zhao Ya stared blankly at his heroic demeanor, her beautiful eyes were blank. Xiang Shaolong snorted coldly in his heart, thinking of the future when she would realize that he was also deceiving her, he would feel extremely happy. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ In the next few days, the Wu family went all out to prepare for the battle, and a steady stream of soldiers and material resources were secretly transported into the castle through the tunnel. Xiang Shaolong personally trained the seventy-seven Wujia special forces, and the method he used made Teng Yi, who is proficient in the art of war, even fascinated by it. He could not imagine that it was a training method from the 21st century. He also went to see Xiao Pan from time to time, and taught him how to pretend to be Ying Zheng, who had lived in a poor family for ten years, but in the end, Xiao Pan told him what he had come up with.Seeing that he was so smart and well behaved, Xiang Shaolong felt relieved. Before you know it, there are only three days until the Farming and Animal Husbandry Festival.The situation suddenly became tense. Now Xiang Shaolong is most worried about Zhu Ji, if she can't get out, they will really storm the Proton Mansion.Without her, Xiao Pan would not be able to become Ying Zheng, so they had another contingency plan. In the afternoon of this day, Xiao Yuetan, who had been away for seven days, finally came back. After entering the secret room, Xiao Yuetan's demeanor was very different, and he said apologetically to Wu Yingyuan and Xiang Shaolong, "First of all, Mr. Tu apologized to you for writing Xiao, because there were selfish intentions in the past, and there were incomplete and untrue words. But we guarantee that from this moment on, we will sincerely cooperate with you.” Wu Yingyuan was like in a dream, he didn't know what method Xiang Shaolong used to make this person's attitude change drastically. But Xiang Shaolong was stunned in his heart, knowing that this picture was first of all a brave and wise person, only in this way could things be possible. Xiao Yuetan said: "Fortunately Shaolong reminded me, otherwise Mr. Tu might be caught by Zhao." Xiang Shaolong asked, "How many of you are here?" Xiao Yuetan said: "There are thirty people who sneaked into the city with me, all of them are first-class fighters." After a pause, he said: "Master Tu has one hundred and twenty people around him, and they are also the most elite fighters under his command." Xiang Shaolong said: "Mr. Xiao had better order everyone who entered the city to come to Wufu." Xiao Yuetan was stunned and said, "Does Shaolong want to fight a tough battle with the Zhao people?" Xiang Shaolong smiled and said: "You can say that, but you can't say that. Sir, please forgive me for making a fool of myself. I will present the overall plan the day after tomorrow. The matter is very important. Please forgive me, sir." Xiao Yuetan said with a smile: "Shaolong is so confident, I feel more at ease. Right now Tu Ye is hiding in a dense forest on a hill outside the city, waiting for us to send the Prince Zheng and his wife out of the city." Wu Yingyuan said with a smile: "Mr. is really good. Those singers who have served him don't know how much they miss him. As long as Mr. speaks, we will send them to Xianyang Mansion—" Xiao Yuetan was overjoyed and said: "Everyone in the world says that the Wu family's arrogance is overwhelming, and it's true, Xiao has made good friends like you." Xiang Shaolong bid farewell and left, on the way he met Jing Jun who was looking for him, it turned out that Teng Yi had something to look for him. Arriving at a small building near the city wall that served as a temporary headquarters, Teng Wu and the others were studying the detailed plans of the Proton Mansion. Xiang Shaolong wondered, "Where did you get the good stuff?" Jing Jun proudly said: "I drew it, as long as I have seen it once, I can write it silently." Xiang Shaolong was very surprised, he didn't expect Jing Jun to have such an amazing memory, and his painting skills are so good, after a few words of praise, he said: "I hope I don't use this backup plan to storm the Proton Mansion, otherwise, even if I can succeed, Our side will also suffer heavy casualties." Both Teng and Wu nodded together, which showed that they were both timid about attacking the Proton Mansion. Jing Jun said: "If you want to break the Proton Mansion, it is really difficult and difficult, but if you only need to rescue Zhu Ji, the situation is completely different, as long as I lead the 'elite army'." Then he said He came up with a plan, and it turned out to be clear and logical. The three were astonished, and at the same time looked at him even more with admiration. Xiang Shaolong secretly thought that this kid was a natural born special force, better than himself, and said solemnly: "From now on, you will be the leader of the elite regiment, you'd better work together with them, and in the future, we will cooperate It’s like a fish in water.” Jing Jun was overjoyed, others were too busy to breathe, but he was idle and bored, and could only be Teng Yi's errand runner, and now he suddenly became the commander of the elite regiment, how could he not be overjoyed. With a roar, he went to find his subordinates. Wu Zhuo smiled wryly and shook his head, and chased after him. Without his order, who would listen to such a young boy. After Teng Yi closed his eyes for a while, he opened his eyes and said, "I'm still worried about Qian'er." Xiang Shaolong said: "It is reasonable that before the Farming and Animal Husbandry Festival, they should not manipulate Qian'er, so as not to arouse our suspicion." Teng Yi said: "In Zhao Wang's eyes, Qian'er has committed an unforgivable crime. I'm worried that he will give her death that day, and we will regret it forever." Xiang Shaolong told him that Xiao Pan was more worried, and with Zhao Wang's cruelty and ruthlessness, maybe children would not let him go, he asked in surprise, "Then what should we do?" Zhao Mu forced Zhao Ya to transfer all his people away. On the one hand, his people would monitor Mrs. Ya and teach her not to betray him. At the same time, they could also control Zhao Qian, so that she would live as long as she wanted, and die as she died. Xiang Shaolong was concerned but confused, his mind went blank, and he couldn't think of any way to reverse this bad situation.The biggest problem is that they can only save Zhao Qian until the last moment. Teng Yi said: "If Zhao Wang had summoned Zhao Qian to the palace one day earlier, we would be unable to do anything." Even though it was this cold winter, Xiang Shaolong was still sweating profusely, and he said in horror: "I never thought of such a move!" Teng Yi said calmly: "This matter is on my shoulders. Zhao Mu still doesn't know that we have seen through his tricks, so he will not send a large army to garrison the Madam's residence. Keep an eye on Furen's mansion for twelve hours, and adapt to the situation when the time comes, so you won't be afraid of making mistakes." Xiang Shaolong knew that the problem was with Xiao Pan. He made up his mind not to tell anyone about Xiao Pan pretending to be Ying Zheng. In the future, there will be no one except him, Zhao Qian, and Wu Tingfang. Know Xiao Pan's true identity. Teng Yi said: "I'm afraid that King Zhao will be so cruel that he will let his daughter die on the spot. This matter is really troublesome." Xiang Shaolong broke his heart and said: "This matter may be forced, I will pressure Zhao Ya to let me bring Qian'er here, the only way for her is to ask Zhao Wang for instructions, if he really intends to execute her daughter, he will not If you don't mind if your daughter comes to Wu's house, you can accuse us of robbing the princess, so they can justify themselves." Teng Yi said: "Theoretically, you should take Zhao Ya away together, wouldn't she be suspicious?" Xiang Shaolong also felt that this method would not work, and when he felt sad, Mrs. Ya sent someone to invite him to Mrs. Furen's residence. Xiang Shaolong hurried on the road, knowing that it was time to show Zhao Ya a fake card.