The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 175: Prince Zheng of Qin was subjected to Ling Chi (a form of torture). This was the fate of the King of Qin!
Bai Qi’s response surprised Ying Chengjiao a little. He always felt that something was wrong, as if he had overlooked something.

Would a famous general who was feared by the world be willing to remain silent so easily? Aren't they afraid that his age would not allow him to fight another battle?

Not everyone is called Lian Po.

The young man looked at Bai Qi's drooping white hair and glanced at Bai Wuxia out of the corner of his eye.

His next question was unpleasant to the ear, and he knew it would displease the Bai family's grandparents and grandchildren.

But before leaving, the boy really didn't want to leave any hidden dangers.

So, he asked directly:

"Mr. Bai, aren't you afraid that something unexpected might happen during these ten years and you won't live long enough to fight on the battlefield again?"

Before these words even fell, Bai Wuxia's pretty face had already frozen:

"Pervert! You cursed my grandfather!"

The girl's previous anger when she heard about the engagement was somewhat of an act, but this time she was really angry.

"Wuxia!" Bai Qi stopped his granddaughter, then smiled and said, "Of course I'm not afraid, but there will be some regrets. So I plan to cultivate myself in the next ten years and strive to live to see the day I go to the battlefield again."

As Ren Tu spoke, he was thinking of Prince Chu of Qin, King Xiaowen of Qin.

[Qin Zichu promised to control the flood even though his life was coming to an end. He was not afraid of not doing anything great before his death.]
[Qin Zhu committed suicide for the Qin State.]
[Qin Ji's sons and grandsons are not afraid of him, so why should I, Bai Qi, be so scary!]
Ying Chengjiao nodded.

Although Bai Qi had already given his answer, the young man still felt something was not quite right:
"Then isn't Mr. Bai curious why he wasn't allowed to participate in the first battle?"

Bai Qi waved his hands, and the white hair on both sides of his head trembled:

“Not curious.

"National policy is the job of civil officials, and fighting wars is the job of military commanders.

"I know my own limitations and never interfere in government affairs."

Ying Chengjiao smiled bitterly.

Commander Lu Buwei said that Bai Qi was difficult to communicate with, but when he personally experienced it, he found that he was very easy to communicate with.

He grants every request and answers every question. Is this still the butcher who killed millions of people?

"Prince, Young Master, is there anything else?" Bai Qi actually took the initiative to ask, seeming very proactive.

Ying Zheng shook his head and looked at his brother.

[Why is Cheng Jiao talking so much nonsense today...]
Young Master Cheng Jiao pondered for a while, but he really couldn't think of what he had missed.

After a moment, he smiled and said:
"I have only one last unwelcome request, kid."

"You are the one who is always bothering me." Bai Wuxia snorted coldly, "As agreed, this is the last one! Grandfather will help you one last time!"

Ying Chengjiao smiled and nodded, raising a finger:
"The last one, the last one."

Bai Qi glanced at his granddaughter, smiled slightly, and saw through it without saying anything.

The granddaughter emphasized the last one, seemingly speaking up for him, but in fact she was speaking for Master Chengjiao.

Young Master Cheng Jiao asked the last question first, and his granddaughter repeated it, saying that Young Master Cheng Jiao suffered no loss at all.

And in the end, the granddaughter took the initiative to accept the offer on his behalf.

It would be inappropriate if he didn't agree after hearing it.

love?

Friendship?

Or maybe both.

The butcher was delighted and the smile on his face never left his face.

The agreement between him and the prince was all a transaction, without any emotion.

There is no transaction between the granddaughter and Master Chengjiao, only emotions.

With Young Master Chengjiao's intelligence and character, and with his care, the Bai family will surely have a good future.

"Sir, please speak." Bai Qi gestured with his hand.

"Wang Jian!" Prince Cheng Jiao shouted.

Wang Jian, who was guarding the door, took two steps at a time and walked quickly inside. He walked to the center of the hall, clasped his fists, and said in a deep voice:
"Son."

Ying Chengjiao nodded slightly, pointed at Wang Jian and introduced him to Bai Qi:

"Wang Jian attacked the Eastern Zhou Kingdom and was the first to reach the city.

“In terms of fighting, no one in the court can defeat him.

"In my opinion, the only Qin general who can shock other states again after Lord Bai is none other than Wang Jian.

"If Mr. Bai has some free time, please give me some pointers."

In the previous life, without Bai Qi's guidance, Wang Jian and his son Wang Ben destroyed the five kingdoms.

Both of them were granted titles of nobility for their military achievements, two nobility in one family!
This time with Bai Qi's guidance, Ying Chengjiao couldn't even imagine how far Wang Jian could grow. Wouldn't that be amazing?

Wang Jian looked excited and happy.

To be able to receive guidance from Wu'an Jun is what all Qin soldiers long for.

Bai Qi looked at Wang Jian.

Although most of his face was covered by his beard, Bai Qi could still tell that Wang Jian was not very old.

The butcher was a little surprised.

Could it be that after Zhao Kuo of Zhao State, Qin State also produced a person with such talent that even he was astonished?

"Unparalleled in debate?" The old general asked doubtfully, "Meng Ao and Wang He can't defeat you?"

"Yes, Lord Wu'an!" Wang Jian responded loudly.

Bai Qi nodded slowly and said:

"If it's true, then it can be called a gifted talent.

"As long as you don't grow up to be like Zhao Kuo, you will definitely have a place in the Qin State in the future.

"I am currently in need of a driver, do you want to come?"

Wang Jian was overjoyed:

"It is Wang Jian's honor to be the driver for Wu'an Jun!"

In front of Bai’s door, the night was filled.

Two carriages pulled by four horses started moving, and the rumbling sound rang out in Xianyang, which was under curfew.

Qin laws are sometimes unfair.

Chengjiao Palace, Huaqing Palace.

The water in the large pool is still as smooth as a mirror. It is filled with hot spring water, which is transported from the Lishan Hot Spring in the Lishan Palace every day.

The water vapor is rising, it seems like a fairyland.

Brothers Ying Zheng and Ying Chengjiao went into the pool, put their arms on the wall and lay with their heads tilted back.

Prince Zheng of Qin looked at the mist in front of him and felt as if he had just returned to Qin.

When he just returned to Qin, his brother took him to Huaqing Palace to take a bath.

At this time last year, he was still a hostage in Zhao State, being humiliated by the prince of Zhao State.

Today, he is the crown prince of the most powerful country in the world - Qin. He killed Prince Gao of Zhao, but Zhao dared not say anything.

Prince Yi of Zhao and Prince Dan of Yan, who were held hostage in Qin, always sought to see him and show their goodwill to him.

Ying Zheng turned his head to look at his brother who was resting with his eyes closed and looking tired, and felt like he was in a dream.

Prince Zheng of Qin studies literature and practices martial arts every day, and he rarely has free time.

When I’m busy, I don’t feel like there’s anything and I don’t have time to think about anything.

During this free time, my thoughts are flooding in...

He also closed his eyes and quietly enjoyed this rare leisure time.

The time belongs to Ying Zheng, not the Crown Prince of Qin.

After an unknown amount of time, Ying Chengjiao felt his fatigue had subsided a lot and he opened his eyes.

He put his arms into the water, paddled the water onto his shoulders that were not submerged in the water, and rubbed them vigorously.

He bent his arm and saw that his biceps were slightly bulging, which was quite obvious, and nodded with satisfaction.

This is the result of his continuous martial arts training over the past six months.

After looking at his own, he turned to look at his brother. Boys are also very competitive in some aspects.

The chest muscles that are half exposed are clearly outlined, and the abdominal muscles that are completely immersed in the water have six packs.

Ying Chengjiao looked down at his belly, which was slightly bulging.

When I squeezed my hands, it was all flesh.

White, plump and full of hope.

"My muscles are wrapped in fat." The young man muttered, "Wu Xia said that muscles alone are useless on the battlefield! Humph, a general should have a general's belly, reject this morbid aesthetic!"

The teenager’s morbid aesthetic standard is that anything he cannot achieve is morbid.

"Huh?" The young man turned his head suddenly.

He stared at his brother with eyes filled with surprise and joy, as if he had discovered something.

Prince Zheng heard his brother's voice and opened his eyes.

He followed his brother's gaze, looked at his own body, then looked at his brother, with an unpleasant expression.

He bent his knees, folded his arms, and said meaningfully:
"The girl named Zhang Liang that my brother brought back is really beautiful. He has good taste."

Ying Chengjiao was stunned and a little confused.

When talking about Zhang Liang, instead of talking about his talent, we talk about his appearance. What's going on?
Facing his brother's slightly wary eyes, and then looking at his brother's self-defense form, the boy broke down:
"Ying Zheng! Are you an idiot?
"Naigong likes beauties! Beauties!"

The angry boy scooped up the water and splashed it on his brother's face, and he was so angry that smoke came out of his forehead.

Although in this era, being fond of male homosexuality was an extremely normal thing, many nobles in Zhao, Yan, Chu and other countries liked to raise male boys, and Ying Chengjiao had seen it with his own eyes.

But no matter how many times he saw it, Ying Chengjiao couldn't accept it.

Ying Zheng accepted it and didn't think it was a big deal.

After a moment, a palace maid with a graceful figure and beautiful appearance took the jade basin and held it in her hand.

Ying Zheng spit out the water that choked his mouth into the jade basin and complained:

"It's not, so why are you reacting so strongly?"

"I feel sick!" The boy poured another handful of water.

The water splashed over and hit Ying Zheng on the head and also on the graceful palace maid.

The water wet the palace maid's clothes and dripped down her hair and clothes.

Through the palace maid's uniform that is as light as gauze, you can vaguely see the maid's tan skin, which is very attractive.

"Stop splashing! I'll fight back if you do!" Ying Zheng wiped the water from his face from top to bottom with his palm, issuing a warning.

Ying Chengjiao looked at his brother's obvious muscles, hummed twice, and lay back down in the hot spring.

He didn't know if his brother's muscles were useful in battle, but they would certainly come in handy in beating him.

After Ying Zheng spit out the water, he saw the wet palace maids with lust in his eyes. He lifted up his light clothes very naturally, revealing that he was naked underneath.

Ying Chengjiao was paddling the water unintentionally with his hands, but he glanced at his brother and suddenly paused.

[What's going on? Why is this palace maid not wearing any clothes?]
A normal palace maid would wear a thin shirt on the outside and an undergarment on the inside.

He raised his head and carefully examined the maid's face, and found that she was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old.

And based on the medical skills he had learned, the palace maid was no longer a virgin.

"Who told you to dress like this?" The young man frowned, his eyes cold, "Seducing the prince is a capital crime! Were you chosen to enter the palace, or were you recommended by someone?"

According to common sense, all the palace maids in the Qin King's palace are the Qin King's reserve concubines.

Palace maids were forced to leave the palace when they turned twenty.

If you are not a virgin, you cannot be a palace maid.

If a maid lost her virginity in the palace, it could be a big or small matter. A big one could be beheaded, or a small one could be ignored, all depending on the king's will.

The boy highly suspected that someone was plotting against his brother.

If they are selected to enter the palace, some of them are difficult to investigate and we can only start from the maid's personal family.

If he was recommended to the palace by a noble, then it would be easy to deal with. We can start by investigating the noble who recommended him.

The beautiful palace maid was horrified, put the jade basin on the ground, and kowtowed heavily:
“The prince told me to wear it like this.

"I was originally in the Yin Palace, but was transferred to the Huaqing Palace by the Crown Prince."

Ying Zheng smiled half helplessly and half happily, with a warm feeling flowing through his heart.

His brother was still the same, extremely perceptive when it came to him.

She first stretched out her palm to ask her brother to be patient, then waved her hand for the palace maid to take the jade basin down.

The palace maids bowed to the two brothers and then retreated.

Ying Chengjiao wanted to raise his hand to call the palace maid to stop him, but Prince Zheng stopped him with a wave of his hand.

Ying Chengjiao's eyes were deep and his expression was extremely serious:

"Brother, what are you doing? This is not a small matter!"

"This is just a small matter!" Prince Zheng laughed: "Father knows her and has checked her background. There is no problem. She is just a woman. Don't be too sensitive, brother."

Young Master Chengjiao's frown finally disappeared.

He still believed in his father's methods, and there should be nothing wrong with this palace maid.

But then, his brows furrowed again:
"She just said that it was my brother who told her to wear it like this."

"That's right." Ying Zheng responded.

"...Brother, why are you like this?" Ying Chengjiao couldn't imagine it.

"Beautiful." Prince Zheng laughed and made the motion of taking off his clothes: "It's easy to take off."

"...Brother, you are so impatient, are you trying to follow in our grandfather's footsteps?"

"Don't worry, brother. I will consult the imperial physician every seven days. If there is any problem, the imperial physician will let me know."

Ying Chengjiao: “…”

[Li Yue has such advanced medical skills, are you using them to assist you in sex?]
Qin Prince Zheng saw that his brother was very disgusted, smiled bitterly, put his arm around Ying Chengjiao's neck and said:

“Brother, you have attended classes.

“You also stayed in the Guanzheng Qinxue Hall for a few days.

"You couldn't stand it after just a few days, but I've been going through it for more than half a year.

"Brother is also a human being and needs to relieve stress."

Ying Chengjiao chuckled twice, not knowing what to say.

Since his father didn't say anything, and the imperial physician ordered Li Yue to ensure that his brother was in good health, what else could he say?

Although it is hard to accept, this is the way of the times.

"I understand, I understand." Ying Chengjiao nodded reluctantly: "Brother...as long as you are happy."

Prince Zheng laughed and winked:
"Brother, don't you want to try it? It tastes better than the delicacies in the dining palace."

Young Master Chengjiao smiled dryly and said perfunctorily:

"Try later, try later."

Prince Zheng of Qin felt a little regretful. The taste was indeed wonderful.

He wanted to persuade his brother a little more, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he suddenly associated female beauty with male beauty.

My younger brother just looked at me strangely.

He pushed his brother away and leaned back:

"Brother, you don't really like men, do you?"

Ying Chengjiao's pronunciation is clear and melodious:
"roll."

Prince Zheng of Qin spread his hands:

"Then why were you looking at me just now?"

Ying Chengjiao then remembered what he wanted to ask, and looked at his brother again, and said:
"Where are the scars on your body? I remember you were covered with scars."

The scars left by the Prince of Zhao on his brother's body were densely packed, with new wounds covering old scars.

"Oh, this is what you are wondering about." Ying Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand nonchalantly, and said with a smile: "The imperial physician cured me."

"Li Yue can cure this???" Ying Chengjiao couldn't believe it: "How did he cure it?"

Even in modern times, it is difficult to heal the scars on my brother's body. Surgery and skin grafting are required.

In this age where we only take herbal medicine and boil it into decoctions and there is no surgery, how can a body full of scars be cured?
Qin Prince Zheng gently stroked his arm with his right index finger:

“Just like that, take the knife and drop it here, scrape off the original scar, and then wrap it with a bandage wrapped in herbs.

“That’s all I know, I didn’t ask anything else.

"If you want to know what herbs are available, you have to ask the Imperial Physician."

Ying Chengjiao's hair stood on end when he heard this.

He imitated his brother's movements with his right hand, and ran his index finger across his left arm, saying in disbelief:

"A knife cut? Did Li Yue get the Ma Fei San out?"

"What is Ma Fei San? Tell me what its efficacy is. I can't remember its name."

"After applying it, your body becomes numb and you can't feel any pain or the pain is very weak."

"Where in the world is there such an object?! Brother, are you talking in your sleep? If there is such an object for my Great Qin warriors to use, they will not feel pain, and they can sweep across the Central Plains, right?"

"Ma Fei San will make you lose the sense of pain and lose control of your body. What the hell!" Ying Chengjiao was annoyed and suddenly woke up: "Wait, brother, how did you survive the knife cut without using Ma Fei San?"

Ying Zheng didn't take it seriously:
"Hard-fought."

Ying Chengjiao was stunned, his eyes fixed on his brother.

If he remembered correctly, his brother's entire body was covered with scars...

Scraping off all the scars with a knife is equivalent to stabbing the whole body. Isn't this kind of pain Lingchi?

His heart was shaking.

He thought traveling around the world was already difficult and tiring for him.

But if he were asked to cut his entire body with a knife, he would rather travel through ten nations. Is this the kind of pain a human can endure?
"It was actually okay when the knife cut me." Ying Zheng recalled, a trace of fear on his face: "When the medicine was wrapped around my body, it was really painful. Every time I changed the medicine, it was even more painful! Every time, I felt like a layer of my skin was peeled off."

"Brother, you are really trying hard for beauty." Ying Chengjiao recovered from his shock and smiled bitterly: "You can actually endure the pain of slow slicing."

"Beautiful?" Qin Taizi Zheng raised his eyebrows: "Brother, do you think that I am suffering such inhuman torture and pain for the sake of beauty?"

Ying Zheng stood up from the pool, his body almost flawless, and said in a deep voice:
“Brother.

"As a king, you cannot be disabled, don't you know that?

“If I want to continue to sit on the throne of the crown prince, I must endure this pain.

"Father said that this is the fate of the King of Qin."

The rippling water was caused by the trembling of Ying Chengjiao underwater.

He looked at his brother's somewhat crazy and extreme eyes, and suddenly felt powerless.

The curse of the King of Qin had come true at this time.

Only those who can endure what ordinary people cannot endure can become the King of Qin.

Ying Chengjiao was very sure that "not being disabled" meant not being disabled, not that not having any scars.

Prince Chu of Qin was not only cruel to his father and himself, but also cruel to his son.

If the Qin State's successor is selected in this way, there will be tyrants, but no incompetent rulers.

There were no mediocre kings for seven consecutive generations of Qin. It was not because Qin was lucky, but because Qin was ruthless!

Prince Zheng of Qin let out a sigh of relief. He didn't want to recall the incident, so he sat down and the water rippled again.

"Are you going this time, brother?" Qin Taizi Zheng said sincerely, "I hear your name every day in Xianyang, and your fame has spread throughout the countries. But I always feel that you don't like these."

He looked at his brother sincerely:

“Brother, if you are tired, just stay in Qin.

“Eat what you want, play what you want, do what you want.

"When I first came to Qin, you took care of me. Now it's my turn to take care of you."

Ji Yaoyao taught him several lessons.

His biological mother Ji Yaotiao also told him that Cheng Jiao had no ambition to move forward.

Combined with what the late king had said to him, he now finally believed that his brother did not want to do these things.

Then don't do it, leave everything to him.

"I don't have the courage like my brother to operate on my whole body." Ying Chengqiu smiled, his face slightly pale.

One is a little scared, and the other is a little heartbroken.

The throne of the King of Qin was only occupied by his elder brother. Why did his father let his elder brother be tortured to death? Was it because of the so-called "enduring hardships will make one a superior person"?

He took a deep breath and continued:

"It's still possible to just talk a few words and walk a few steps. We will be leaving for Qi in two days.

"Didn't I talk to my brother about my future plans at Bai Qi's house?

"If I want to accomplish my future plans, I must go to the Jixia Academy."

He rubbed his head and said with a headache:

“It’s just that the thought of a Gongsun Long waiting for me there gives me a headache.

"I have read the book Gongsun Longzi more than 20 times, but I still can't find a way to defeat Gongsun Long."

Qin Prince Zheng frowned, with murderous intent in his eyes:
“If you can’t solve the problem, solve the person with the problem.

"Kill Gongsun Long and the problem will be solved.

“Brother, you are not omniscient and know everything.

"The world is so vast, and there are countless talented people. How can you be better than others in everything? There will always be areas where you are inferior.

"You must learn to use our strengths to attack others' weaknesses."

Ying Chengjiao was silent for a moment.

From this sentence, he seemed to hear the words of Qin Shihuang in history.

He looked at his brother's face and could no longer find the cautious figure of Zhao Qizi from nearly a year ago.

During the past six months, not only he has grown up, but his brother has also grown up.

[Yes, it is such a perverted course.]
[How can I survive without growing up...]
[Oh, it is true that we cannot live without madness, this is our fate.]
A sarcastic smile appeared on his lips, laughing at the torture that fate had inflicted on his brother, and at the suffering that he had brought upon himself:
“I originally thought so, but I always felt something was wrong, and now I finally figured it out.

"Gongsun Long may be waiting for me to kill him."

Prince Qin narrowed his eyes:

"how do I say this?"

Ying Chengjiao expressed his guess:
"There are many scholars in Jixia Academy. If Gongsun Long, who wanted to expose me as not a gentleman, died at my hands, wouldn't that tell all the scholars that I am indeed not a gentleman?"

"Stupid! I'm not asking you to kill him yourself!"

Ying Chengjiao shook his head vigorously. He didn't dare to underestimate his disciples at all.

"the same.

"As long as Gongsun Long dies, I will be the biggest suspect.

“He will definitely know all the philosophers, and if he dies, I will be the murderer.

"Once I lose the support of my disciples, even if my grand plan can be accomplished, it will be a hundred times more difficult."

(End of this chapter)