Daily life in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 105

Chapter 105

Lu House.

In a dark study room.

Lu Buwei looked at the secret letter silk silk that Goshawk had just sent back from the land of Bashu in his hand, and was silent for a long time.

After a while.

Lu Buwei put down the silk in his hand, turned to pick up a roll of bamboo slips from the desk, rubbed the five fingers of his right hand on the bamboo slips lightly, and there was an inexplicable look of nostalgia in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, you have grown up too!"

Lu Buwei sighed in a low voice, and then opened the bamboo slips.

There is no particularly important information recorded on this scroll of bamboo slips, it is just some letters that Ying Zheng occasionally chatted with Lu Buwei in the past year.

Lu Buwei has been under house arrest for two years.

Many people thought that he was not allowed to go out because he was suppressed by Yingzheng's royal power, but in fact only a few people knew that if Lu Buwei really wanted to leave, he would have been able to regain power a year ago.

Because in today's world, not only Qin, but also many forces that have nothing to do with Lu Buwei in the other six countries, do not want Lu Buwei to be suppressed by Ying Zheng forever.

the reason is simple.

Just like when Mo Jun was doing things in Korea.

Mo Jun doesn't want to see a unified and stable Korea, and the other six countries also don't want to see a unified and stable Qin.

So in the past two years, in order to allow Lu Buwei to come out of the mountain again and take charge of the government.

Not only the forces under Lu Buwei's command in Qin State often engage in petty actions with Ying Zheng, but even the other six countries often send envoys to plead for Lu Buwei and even put pressure on Ying Zheng.

Yet even so.

Lu Buwei is still under house arrest in the mansion.

There are two reasons:

First of all, these letters that Ying Zheng has been writing to Lu Buwei over the past year can be understood as Ying Zheng's emotional cards.

In the struggle for power, such "emotional cards" may sound ridiculous.

However, it is precisely because of these seemingly meaningless letters that Lu Buwei hesitates again and again.

Does Lu Buwei really have no feelings for Ying Zheng?

This is obviously impossible.

After all, although Lu Buwei has been suppressing Yingzheng for so many years, it is only because the two sides have different positions.In the vortex of power, sometimes even Lu Buwei can't help himself.

But in fact, Yingzheng returned from HD of Zhao State to Qin State to succeed at the age of 13. When he was young, Yingzheng had no ability to control the government at all, and it was basically Lu Buwei who stabilized the government on his behalf.

Having been together day and night for more than ten years, to put it bluntly, even if you have a dog, you should have feelings.

Secondly, during the period of house arrest, Lu Buwei suddenly discovered another more important thing.

That is... he is old.

Maybe it was because he was so busy with various power struggles and intrigues that Lu Buwei hadn't seriously looked at his current appearance for a long time.

And since he was placed under house arrest two years ago, Lu Buwei looked at his white temples, vicissitudes of life, and long dry hair in the water shadow...

until this time.

It was only then that Lu Buwei suddenly discovered that he, too, was about to enter the last moment of his life like the setting sun on the west mountain.

Even if he can return to the court now and regain his own rights, how many years can he continue to suppress Ying Zheng?

two years?

three years?

Or four years?

What's more, he was aging, but Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, was growing up gradually. One day, when he was too old to do what he wanted, the harder he suppressed the royal power, the more fierce the backlash would inevitably be.

When the time comes, how will he respond?

Even when he was alive, he could find a way to resist.

But once he died, would his family be able to bear the revenge from Ying Zheng?

After thinking about this.

Only then did Lu Buwei realize that there was an unprecedented fear in his heart.

He is not afraid of death.

But he couldn't bear the revenge he might bring to his family after his death.

And he recruited [-] customers, and finally wrote "Lu Shi Chunqiu" to gain a reputation, which was destroyed by others.

Lu Buwei was greedy for fame and power all his life.

Now that he has enjoyed the pinnacle of power, the only thing left is to leave a name in history.

He had been hesitating before, but now with the news of the land of Bashu, although Lu Buwei's situation was instantly pushed to the edge of the cliff, it also made him finally make a final decision.

"You came!"

Silently, a figure in black armor appeared in the study. Sensing this person's arrival, Lu Buwei casually put the bamboo slips aside, then picked up the teapot, and poured a cup of tea for each of them.

Bing Ri came to sit down in front of Lu Buwei, but he didn't pick up the teacup, but said indifferently: "It seems that you have got the news?"

Lu Buwei nodded and said, "I just found out."

Then he said: "This is the best snow-top silver shuttle, don't you plan to try it?"

Yan Ri refused: "No need, you should know the rules of the net."

Seeing this, Lu Buwei didn't force himself, picked up a cup of tea by himself, gently blew away the white mist floating on it, tasted it, and said: "Why are you looking for me? Luo Wang's information is so good, you should I understand that the current me is of no value to Luo Wang."

"Your value is not determined by yourself. Don't forget, if there is no trap, you are just a traveling merchant walking among the seven countries."

Covering the sun's tone was as indifferent as ever.

If an outsider heard the conversation between Yan Ri and Lu Buwei at this time, they would probably be shocked.

After all, in the eyes of most people in the government and the opposition, Lu Buwei is the leader of the net.

However, judging from the tone of the conversation between the sun and Lu Buwei at this moment, the attitude of the sun is even stronger.And the information revealed in the words of the two is enough to make outsiders shudder.

After listening to Yan Ri's words, Lu Buwei paused slightly with his right hand holding the teacup, but he didn't refute, but there was a little coldness in the depths of his eyes, and then he said lightly: "What do you want me to do?"

Zhe Ri paused and said: "We need an opportunity, an opportunity to enter the Qin State's grain depot."

Lu Buwei was startled suddenly, his pupils contracted, and he said in surprise, "You want to do something to those 'new grains'?"

Covering the sun, his eyes were flat, and he said slowly: "You should understand that what Luo Wang needs is a chaotic world. And an overly powerful Qin State has never been what Luo Wang wants to see."

Halfway through, he glanced at Lu Buwei again, and continued: "What's more, this is a good thing for you, isn't it? After all, if you lose those "new grains", Yingzheng's advantage will also be lost." Disappear, and you can regain the chance to govern."

After Lu Buwei listened, his face became cloudy and uncertain in an instant, as if hesitating.

For a while.

Seeing that Lu Buwei seemed to accept his fate, he sighed and said: "The original Zhi Su Nei Shi has been dismissed by the king. The new guy is a bit troublesome. I need three days to prepare."

There seemed to be a hint of sarcasm in Zhe Ri's eyes, and he said, "It seems that that little brat who was born as a refugee really caused you a lot of trouble!"

Lu Buwei took a sip of tea, and casually replied: "Isn't it the same with Luowang?"

Bing Ri snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! Three days, remember what you said."

Finished.

He wanted to leave the study, but the moment he got up, the scene in front of him suddenly flickered, and then his brain felt as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer, and he fell to the ground uncontrollably.

"poisoned!"

Zhe Ri was startled, and quickly sat cross-legged on the ground, trying to use his skills to resist.

But this toxin is extremely fast, even with internal strength to protect the body, it is still unable to resist the poison from invading the heart.

"How? When exactly?"

Covering the sun with an angry expression, he glanced around, and soon, he saw Lu Buwei holding a teacup behind him and looking at him calmly.

"It's you?"

"Sure enough, you are still as cautious as ever, but it is a pity that you are clever and have been mistaken by your cleverness this time. This poison is called [Duan Ming], which is derived from an extremely rare and rare elixir [Duan Ming Tong]. Spirit Grass], and after nine nine and eighty-one days of special techniques, half taels can be barely obtained."

"When using it, you only need to take out the size of a fingernail and dissolve it in water to release a kind of poisonous smoke. Once you inhale it, unless you can find the other half of the "baiyao" of [Spiritual Destruction Grass], there is no one in the world. Medicine can solve it."

Faced with the doubts of the sun, Lu Buwei not only did not refute, but admitted it very simply.

And after saying this, Lu Buwei added another sentence: "Besides, you don't even think about getting the antidote from me, because I only got a part of [Death] by accident, and didn't get the antidote."

"As for why you have the internal strength to protect the body, but you fell before me. I can also explain this to you. Because [Death] is not only a special way of poisoning, but also a special reaction to poisoning."

"Different from ordinary poisons, after [Dead Life] dissolves in water, people who inhale the poisonous smoke will be poisoned first, while those who drink the poisonous water will react a little slower."

Lu Buwei's reaction when he said this was very calm, hiding Japan's unwillingness to believe what he said, but at this time the black smoke gradually rising from his limbs made him have to believe the other party.

[Desperate Psychic Grass], as a rare medicine recorded in ancient books, has long since disappeared in the world, even if it is hidden in the sun, it has only been described in ancient books.

"why?"

Concealing the sun worked hard to resist the poison of [Death] from invading the heart, while expressing the doubts in his heart.

He didn't understand why Lu Buwei would attack him?

Facing the doubts that concealed the sun, Lu Buwei obviously had expected it long ago. He took a sip of tea lightly, and then said calmly: "Actually, from the moment you showed up, I have already guessed the purpose of the trap."

"As you said before, Luowang never needs a stable world, so now that I have lost my value, you are still willing to come to me, and there is basically no second possibility."

Zhe Ri still couldn't understand, and couldn't help asking: "Is there any problem with this? Obviously you don't want Ying Zheng to take over the royal power, so our goals should be the same?"

Lu Buwei looked at Zheri with pity, shook his head and said: "You still don't understand! Zheri. This old man is indeed greedy for power, and he once suppressed the king of Qin. But the old man never said that I would betray Qin."

"Luo Wang wants to disturb the world, and I, Lu Buwei, don't need to care about it. But if someone wants to prevent Qin from becoming stronger, even if it is Luo Wang, I will not agree!"

"Pfft~~"

[Death of Life]'s poisonous attack was extremely rapid, and in a blink of an eye, more than [-]% of the body covered by the sun was already covered by black smoke.

Covering the sun with a mouthful of black blood, he looked at Lu Buwei unwillingly and said: "Even if you kill me, it will be of no use. You should be very clear about the horror of the net. You and I are just a 'spider' in the net. You can't stop it." The operation of the net."

"Hehe~~"

Lu Buwei smiled, and looked at the fast dissipating vitality and said: "I, Lu Buwei, have been in charge of the net for decades, do you really think I don't know anything about the structure of the net?"

"Everyone who has ever been caught in the net has always acted as a 'messenger'."

"Ordinary killers die as soon as they die, but if the 'messenger' and the current 'leader' die at the same time, even the net will need a period of recuperation before they can re-cultivate a trustworthy new 'leader' and 'speaker'." people"."

"The old man really can't stop Luo Wang's actions, but it's okay to delay the task for a few years..."

Speaking of this, Lu Buwei's voice stopped abruptly.

Because Zheri, who fell to the ground, had swallowed his last breath.

Looking at the corpse on the ground.

Lu Buwei was silent for a moment, then dragged his feet that had started to smoke, and walked slowly back to the desk, took out the bamboo slips and brush, thought for a while, and began to write.

This is his last letter to Ying Zheng.

He believed that as long as Ying Zheng read this last letter, he would understand what he meant, and at the same time, he would treat the members of the Lu family well after his death.

And when he finished writing this last letter.

Suddenly.

In Lu Buwei's mind, another face appeared inexplicably.

It was a very young and immature face. It was true that there was a saying before hiding the sun. In Lu Buwei's life, he was probably the only person who could bring him so much trouble in just a few years. Alone.

thought for a while.

Lu Buwei took out a new blank bamboo slip and wrote another last letter.

When the two suicide letters were finished, Lu Buwei left another suicide note to the members of the Lu family. Then, holding the last cup of tea, he walked to the window and looked up at the full moon outside the window.

Remember the past.

A picture after another gradually reappeared in my mind, maybe it was the death of a person, and many memories that had been forgotten by Lu Buwei in the past suddenly became very clear.

He saw himself as a businessman...

I also saw the scene when I entered the Qin Dynasty as a minister...

Afterwards, he will be appointed as a Marquis and pay homage to his prime minister...

Power over the government and the public...

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until the end.

The memory was frozen on Ying Zheng and another young face that should not have appeared.

"This kid is really haunted!"

Seeing this face, Lu Buwei couldn't help but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then looked at Ying Zheng, who seemed to be looming above the full moon, and murmured: "This time, I hope the king did not choose the wrong person."

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(End of this chapter)