He rode a fast horse from Pingyuanjin all the way to the southeast, just to quickly complete the task assigned to him by the First Emperor, and then rush back to take care of the First Emperor.
He was very worried about the condition of the First Emperor.
This Qin Dynasty can be without anyone, but it cannot be without the First Emperor!
But when he ran to Kuaiji City, his horses were almost exhausted. He found Yin Tong, the governor of Kuaiji County, but was told that the Xiang family had moved because they were implicated in the murder case.
Meng Yi anxiously asked where the Xiang family had moved, but Yin Tong shook his head and said he didn't know.
Meng Yi felt ready to kill Yin Tong.
But Meng Yi still controlled his anger. After all, Yin Tong couldn't be blamed for this. He just cursed secretly why such an unexpected thing happened at this juncture.
There is no other way, Meng Yi can only go out of the city, and now he is looking around outside the city.
However, at this time, he discovered a wonderful scene.
The machine bird in his hand knew the direction, turned his head, and looked in one direction.
Meng Yi held Zhixiang in the palm of his hand and stared blankly at Zhixiang, who was staring in one direction. He shook his hand, but found that Zhixiang's head would move in the opposite direction of his hand, always looking in the same direction.
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"Are you... showing me the way?"
Meng Yi seemed to understand something. He looked in the direction of the guide, thought for a moment, and waved his riding crop.
...
While Meng Yi was still looking for Zhixiang's owner, bad news had already arrived in the First Emperor's motorcade.
When they reached this sand dune, the Emperor of Qin, the First Dragon of the Central Plains, and the First Emperor Ying Zheng could no longer hold on.
The First Emperor lay on the dragon frame, looking quietly at the roof, feeling the tranquility around him.
He understood that he was going to die.
Next to him, two courtiers were kneeling with their heads on the ground, saying nothing.
One of them was a royal doctor, and he was kneeling there tremblingly.
The other is his Zhongche Mansion Order, who takes him around the world with six six-carriage carriages. The teacher of the young master Hu Hai is Zhao Gao.
Zhao Gao was a talented man with both civil and military skills. His calligraphy was excellent, he was proficient in the laws of the Qin Dynasty, he was strong and powerful, and he was proficient in many kinds of weapons. He could occasionally serve as his personal bodyguard.
He is his absolute confidant.
Zhao Gao just knelt there, crying without saying a word.
The First Emperor's fingers twitched slightly, as if he had been awakened.
Blinking his dry eyes, the First Emperor let out a breath of turbid air with a sigh.
"Zhao Gao, I... I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on anymore." The First Emperor's voice was hoarse, as if it was rusty. It was no longer possible to hear the aura of looking down on the world, and the arrogance of the nine states.
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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... please stop talking about Your Majesty..." Zhao Gao raised his head slightly, revealing his old face full of tears, "You will not die, you will never die.
....."
"Let me...finish what I have to say." The First Emperor turned his head and looked at the veteran who had been pulling his carriage for several years, with an eternal light shining in his eyes.
Zhao Gao was so flustered by the light that he subconsciously lowered his head again.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to return to Xianyang. In order to ensure that... my Central Plains remains unshakable after I leave, I have to do something... perhaps something that should have been done a long time ago.
."
The First Emperor moved his head back again and looked above blankly.
A glimmer of light flashed in Zhao Gao's eyes, but the First Emperor could not see the dangerous light.
"Physician, please get out."
Following the words of the First Emperor, the trembling imperial doctor knelt and retreated.
"Zhao Gao..." The First Emperor's voice became more majestic, "Write a will."
The First Emperor is about to issue the last edict in this glorious life.
That is, the edict.
The extremely weak First Emperor found strength from nowhere and sat up from the chair with an exaggerated dragon frame. He supported his body with both hands and his eyes still had a fierce light.
Zhao Gao responded, and Yi Yan came to the side, picked up a pen and paper, and lowered his head, not daring to look at the First Emperor.
The First Emperor's distant gaze did not stay on Zhao Gao, but looked through the carriage, as if looking at the entire world.
His voice was sonorous and powerful, as if he was telling a long-ago story, telling how he went step by step from a down-and-out noble under house arrest in Handan to becoming the Qin Shi Huang who ruled the world.
This is a great journey, a glorious journey, a precious journey that cannot be repeated.
This was the first real unification of the vast land of the Central Plains, and it was an unprecedented great achievement. From now on, no matter where Xiaoxiao comes from, he dares to call himself emperor, and he, Yingzheng, will be the "First Emperor".
The first emperor!
The first emperor of the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors of Virtue and Virtue!
Such great deeds, such great deeds——!!!
"puff--"
The First Emperor stared blankly at the bright red on the ground, and wiped the corners of his mouth blankly.
The blood on the palm seemed like a sharp knife piercing the heart of the First Emperor, as if it were mocking him.
The First Emperor smiled and waved his hand without any concern.
Death? Afraid of death?
How could I be afraid of death?
Nothing in this world has the right to be afraid of me. On the contrary, everything should be afraid of me!
I! I am the only one! Even if I die, I will still be the only one!
As he spoke, the First Emperor felt a sense of weakness again.
He thought calmly for a moment and looked at Zhao Gao with burning eyes.
"Northern appeal and Fusu, with soldiers belonging to Mengtian, and mourning... will be buried in Xianyang."
Zhao Gao's body trembled slightly for a moment.
"Establish Prince Fusu...as the crown prince."
He still chose Fusu.
Even if it is to maintain success, it is better than to mess around. The only one who is taller among the short ones is Fusu.
Zhao Gao did not dare to disobey, but trembling slightly, he wrote the words of the First Emperor in the edict without missing a word.
After writing these words, Zhao Gao raised his head with cold sweat on his face, and happened to meet the eyes of the First Emperor, which showed unparalleled power even when he was about to die, and he froze in fear.
The First Emperor looked at Zhao Gao quietly for a few seconds, and then slowly withdrew his gaze as he felt weak.
"Zhao Gao..."
"Your Majesty—Your Majesty!?"
Zhao Gao saw the First Emperor suddenly falling to one side, and was so frightened that he ran over and helped the First Emperor up.
There was a smile on the face of the First Emperor.
A smile that is still full of meaning.
"My time has come..."
Zhao Gao's tears were flowing fiercely, and he didn't know what to say at all.
"...Help me out."
"I... don't want to die in this carriage."
Zhao Gao wanted to exhort him, but he could feel the powerlessness in the body of the First Emperor.
Nodding slowly, Zhao Gao supported the First Emperor and stood up.
The king and his ministers got off the carriage and looked at the sand dunes, the Central Plains, and the world.
However, the First Emperor suddenly let go of Zhao Gao and used his last strength to raise one of his hands high.
He seemed to hold the distant sky in his hands, and he wanted to express his attitude even at the end of his life.
I am the overlord! I am the one who conquers the world and conquers all things!
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Bingyin, the seventh month of the thirty-seventh month of the First Emperor's reign.
The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty Yingzheng died of illness in Shaqiu.