Lu Pheasant laid a trap and pushed Yingshi to the front desk to die.

After Lu Ze died, she had the idea of ​​retreating from the fire pit of Hanzhong, but how to return to Guandong while maintaining her strength required careful consideration.

From Nanzheng to Dongchu, there are many passes along the way. If you lead the army blatantly to the east, it will be no less than breaking into a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. If the Qin army guards guarding the place know their true identity, Lu Pheasant believes that

It won't take long before those Qin generals who are eager to make meritorious deeds, as well as those surrendered generals who betrayed Liu Bang and surrendered to Qin, will pounce on them like mad dogs.

Therefore, the best way to retreat is to sneak back unknowingly and secretly.

In the direction of Wuguan, Qin general Zhang Ping's troops were rapidly advancing westward. Lu Pheasant did not want to have anything to do with this former Qin general. However, she knew Zhang Ping's psychology very well. If the Ying clan was released at the right time,

After hearing the news, I believe Zhang Ping will be overjoyed and pounce on him desperately, and then she will have the opportunity to attack Wuguan.

Yingshi was very proud.

Although she was blind, she was surprised by Lu Zhi's generosity, but with the power in hand, her excitement made her lose her alertness at this moment.

The War in Hanzhong.

Gradually entered the pace of encirclement and suppression by the Qin army.

Li Yuan, who returned from Hedong County, now faced a test of the laws of nature in his life.

Li Si is critically ill.

This old man who was lucky enough to survive the prison of the Qin Dynasty and persisted in waiting until the day when the Qin State became strong and prosperous finally came to the end of his life in this season of cold spring and winter.

Although he did not have deep feelings for Li Si, his biological father who had abandoned him, as a son, Li Yuan still had to fulfill his filial piety in front of the world.

In the seventh year of the Qin and Xin calendar years, it is the twelfth day of the first lunar month.

Li Yuan's fleet sailed from the Weishui River to Chang'an. After a hurried conversation with Chen Ping at the dock on the river bank, he galloped to Li Zheng's house in Changlefang.

Li Si lived a very peaceful life in the last days of his life. He wrote books every day and recorded some of his experiences in governing the country and some of his ideas and concepts in Legalism so that they could be preserved in the world. This was his diligent work.

The reason for his pen farming, and in such a calm state of mind, Li Si also had a clear understanding of his past mistakes.

Among them: The killing of Han Feizi, his famous junior brother, became something Li Si often talked about in his later years. In the strong guilt, he began to sort out Han Fei's remarks and compiled them into a book, two chapters of Legalist theory.

These outstanding figures finally met in one place at the last moment of their lives.

After a year of hard work by Li Si, a book called "Han Feizi" finally came out. The title of the book directly used Han Fei's name, but Li Si did not sign his name after reading it.

After fulfilling his wish, Li Si's spirit persisted to the end. He was almost exhausted. He made one last request to his son Li Zheng: to meet Li Yuan.

For this unexpected third son, Li Si has always felt deeply guilty in his heart, but he has never been able to express this guilt.

Li Yuan's current status was so noble that he felt terrified.

At the same time, this unexpected son, this Wuhou who single-handedly built a powerful Qin army, this Qin leader who was almost invincible on the battlefield and always had the upper hand when it came to predicting events made him feel...

Extremely strange.

"Is this really my Li Si's son?" Li Si would sometimes ask himself this in his mind every time he dreamed about it, but when he thought about it, he felt a little proud in his heart.

"Why is this not my son? If I, Li Si, were not the seed, how could I have pulled Qin out of the abyss, and how could I have been so loyal to Qin?"

These were Li Si's random thoughts when he was dying. The fire of his life was about to go out. If he didn't rely on these thoughts to support him, he was afraid that he would just fall asleep.

“Ding-deng-deng!”

A burst of chaotic footsteps sounded.

Li Yuan's figure gradually became clear in Li Si's cloudy eyes. This son he had never noticed before did not want to give him the biggest surprise.

"Yuan'er!" Li Si shouted loudly, although his voice was as weak as a mosquito's chirp. All along, when facing Li Yuan, Li Si always addressed him as Wu Hou. He did not dare or had the courage to

He shouted the two words he wanted to shout most, but today, he really said them.

Li Yuan leaned down and quietly moved his body close to the weathered old man on the couch, who had become so thin that there was only a handful of bones left. Listening to his murmuring words from the heart, Li Yuan suddenly felt...

Something hot surged into his eyes, and then surged uncontrollably out of his eyes, dripping on the back of Li Si's hand.

Cool, salty tears came out so disobediently.

"Yuan'er, don't cry. Yuan'er, you finally recognize me, right?" A faint smile appeared at the corners of Li Si's wrinkled eyes.

Although Li Yuan's expression cannot be clearly seen, the feeling on the back of his hand is real. This is a family relationship that is thicker than water. Even if Li Yuan has changed his soul, it cannot be changed.

Li Yuan nodded vigorously, leaned close to Li Si's ear, and whispered softly: "Father, have a good trip!"

farewell!

Yes, everyone's path in life is different.

Li Si is about to finish his life. Maybe in the next life, in another world, he will have a different life, but no matter what, as a son, as a descendant, and as the leader of the Qin State, he still has to thank

Everything this old man did for Qin.

It's him.

It established the Qin State’s concept of governing the country by law.

It's him.

He single-handedly assisted the First Emperor and achieved the great cause of unifying the six countries.

It's still him.

After becoming the prime minister of the Qin State, he unified weights and measures, so that the thirty-six counties in the world were on the same track and wrote the same text. It was these measures that gradually transformed China from a state of fragmented feudal feudal lords to a truly cohesive nation.

nation.

Father, he is the father!

Li Si smiled.

Different from the frightened smile in the past, this time, he is so relaxed. He does not need to pay attention to other people's eyes or worry about what others say, because he has a son that makes every Qin person proud.

I firmly believe that in the hands of Li Yuan, the Qin State will become more powerful in the future.

"Father, father! Third brother, father is gone!" Li Zheng burst into tears.

Unlike Li Yuan, who was always independent and independent-minded, Li Zheng was Li Si's most filial son and the one who looked most like Li Si among the three sons. Even Li Zheng's personality and governance style were very similar.

Based on Li Si's style, during the period when Li Zheng went from Yongqi to Chang'an City as an official, if Li Si hadn't been guiding him from behind, Li Zheng would have had to hit many obstacles before he gradually matured.

Inside the hall room.

The descendants of the Li family cried loudly.

This cry seems to announce the end of an era, yes.

The old Qin State has passed, and the great figures who represented it have come to earth one by one. The First Emperor Yingzheng, Prime Minister Li Si, Ting Wei Mengyi, Prince Fusu, General Meng Tian, ​​and even two people who single-handedly ruined the Qin State.

The notorious figures: Zhao Gao and Hu Hai also no longer exist.

Instead, there was a new and vibrant Qin State.

Li Yuan, Chen Ping, Meng Hu, Li Zheng, Luo Jia, Wang Shang, Jiang Yu, Han Xin, Li Zhongxiang, Bai Guangji, etc. These names are mentioned by the people of Qin from time to time. They are among the celebrities in the history of Qin State.

Likewise, it has become a necessary textbook for educating young children in every family.

January 17th.

Li Si's funeral.

Li Yuan supported the coffin, Li Zheng maintained integrity, the plainness of Chang'an City, the mournful Qin opera, and the sobbing Qin music all saw off the old man who had finished his life.

When sorting out Li Si's belongings, Li Yuan found some letters of trust written specifically to him by Li Si, but none of these letters of trust had been sent out.

On the letter cup, Li Yuan could still see signs of folding and folding, which showed that Li Si hesitated for a long time when handing the letter to Li Yuan. Until the end, he did not have the courage to hand it to Li Yuan himself.

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In these letters, Li Si wrote down some of his thoughts about Xin Qin, and a considerable part of them also addressed the current problems in the development of Xin Qin. Among these problems, there was a proposal that suddenly made Li Yuan excited.

(To be continued...)
Chapter completed!