The Great Qin Dynasty: The egg of the Black Bird was revered as a national guardian beast.

"Lord Shen." Fusu stood up to greet him, and then, after Lord Shen approached, pointed to a soft couch in front of him.

"Please sit down, Lord Shen."

Shen Gong nodded and then sat down.

Looking at Fusu, he said, "Young Master, look at how Gongzi Gao has been recruiting scholars from all over the world as his retainers lately."

"His behavior is so flamboyant that anyone who didn't know better would think he was already the crown prince."

"That's right."

Fu Suqian chuckled, his expression sullen.

Then he said, "Lord Shen, there is no need to worry about him. Gao's arrogance is bound to backfire. We need not pay him any mind."

"How could you not know that the Four Lords of the Warring States supported a large number of retainers?"

Fusu said, then smiled: "But in the end, none of them escaped the suspicion of the monarch."

"Those Lord Mengchang were even more arrogant than Gao Zhangyang."

"But after King Min of Qi ascended the throne, he bluntly stated: 'I dare not accept the former king's ministers as my subjects.' He then forced the ministers to leave."

"Although he was later recalled, he could only stay at home to avoid trouble."

"Of course." Fusu paused for a moment: "Gao is the emperor's son. Although he won't be suspected by the emperor, he will probably still have some reservations."

"after all....."

Fusu's lips curled into a mocking smile: "Father Emperor merely granted him the right to observe state affairs."

"But he wasn't asked to recruit talented people from all over the world."

"What is he trying to do? Is he cultivating a clique of wealthy young men? And then what? What else does he want to do?"

"Times have changed, and the world is no longer in the Warring States period."

"The young master has no fiefdom, so keeping retainers is useless, yet he still maintains so many followers in Xianyang."

"This force may threaten the monarchy, and Father will not turn a blind eye to it, so we need not worry."

"Is that so?" Shen Gong was taken aback. He hadn't thought of this before. After hesitating for a moment, he asked.

"After all, Prince Gao is an imperial son. It's one thing for him to vie for the position of crown prince, but surely he wouldn't commit treason?"

"I trust Gao, but my father may not feel the same way."

Then, Fusu looked at Shen Gong and asked, "What if he fails to become the crown prince?"

"What will become of his retainers then?"

At this point, Fusu closed his eyes.

He raised his head: "There's no need for treasonous thoughts; the mere possibility of treason is enough!"

"At that time, Gao will be swept along."

"Even if he wanted to stop, his staff and cronies wouldn't be able to stop him at all."

"No matter what the consequences are, Gao will not escape blame."

"But I think," Fusu smiled, "Father will certainly not let Gao continue like this."

"Just wait and see, Father will make a move soon."

"I see." Shen Gong finally understood, nodded, glanced hesitantly at Fusu, and hesitated to speak.

Fusu looked at Shen Gong with a puzzled expression.

It was somewhat amusing: "Shen Gong, just say what you want to say. Why be so secretive?"

"Young master, you seem different from before?"

"What could be different?" Fusu smiled, shook his head, and remained somewhat noncommittal.

But soon, he was taken aback.

............

Just as Fusu had predicted.

When the First Emperor first learned of Prince Gao, he followed the example of the Four Lords of the Warring States and recruited talents from all over the world.

At first, the First Emperor did not take it seriously.

But soon, he could no longer laugh.

Like Fusu, it's nothing special to recruit a few retainers to serve as advisors.

However, the number of people recruited by the young master was enormous.

In just a few days, there were already hundreds, and people are still coming to join.

The First Emperor was also pondering what he was about to do.

Was this Gao's own intention, or was someone secretly instigating him to do this?

He immediately ordered the Black Dragon Guard to conduct a thorough investigation!

The First Emperor stood alone atop the palace tower, leaning on the railing, seemingly lost in thought.

Suddenly someone appeared behind him.

He bowed deeply and said, "Your Majesty."

"How is it?" The First Emperor did not look at him; he closed his eyes, as if he were lost in thought.

"Have you found out yet?"

"Your Majesty," the visitor said, his face covered by a ghost mask, before finally nodding, "we've found out."

The First Emperor slowly opened his eyes.

Turning around, the object landed on the person who had just arrived. The person took a half-step back, then quickly stepped forward again.

He lowered his head, thankfully his face was covered by a ghost mask.

She glanced at him in surprise.

Somewhat amused, the First Emperor asked, "Is this someone new?"

"Yes." The man bowed his head and replied respectfully, "I just completed a mission and was recently transferred back to Xianyang."

The First Emperor nodded, and that was the end of the conversation.

After a long silence, the First Emperor frowned and asked, "What have you found out?"

The person who came suddenly realized what was happening.

He frantically pulled a piece of cloth from his person, on which everything he had found out was written in detail.

The cloth was spread out, and the First Emperor looked at it one by one.

"Hmph!" The First Emperor snorted heavily, then clenched the cloth tightly into a ball.

They are just remnants of the six former states!

Their reach is really long.

This is because he realized he couldn't deal with me, so he took advantage of the opportunity of Gao Guang recruiting talented people from all over the world to sneak in and become a retainer.

Are you trying to interfere in the succession struggle of my Great Qin?

The First Emperor sneered, then lowered his eyes to look at the person in front of him who had his head bowed.

"Tell your commander to come see me."

After saying this, the First Emperor waved his hand and said, "You may leave."

"only."

The man nodded and prepared to leave.

"slow."

The man paused for a moment, then walked back to his original spot, bowed his head, and asked, "Is there anything else, Your Majesty?"

Looking at this person, the First Emperor thought for a moment and said.

"Go back and tell Zhang Han that it is my order that you will be in charge of infiltrating and gathering intelligence from now on."

"So stupid, you'd never suspect anyone but yourself."

"..."

.............

Zhang Han has stood in this position many times before.

He looked up and saw three large characters hanging above the heads of the guards on both sides of the palace gate.

Xianyang Palace.

This palace is named after the capital of the Qin Dynasty.

The person living inside was not only the most honored person in the world at that time, but also the monarch for whom Zhang Han was willing to die.

Composing himself, he slowly walked forward.

The guards at the palace gate already knew him, but they still dutifully removed the sword from his waist.

Then he waved his hand, signaling him to go inside.

He walked through the corridors and overpasses with practiced ease, and entered a side hall where a screen stood before him.

Behind the screen was a deserted hall.

In the deepest part, sat a blurry figure, a curtain hanging down, separating the two.

He stepped forward and said, "Your subject greets Your Majesty."

"Zhang Han." A voice came from behind the curtain, its tone still calm but leaving no room for excuses.

"This time, it will require your personal intervention again."

Zhang Han closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were filled with a chilling aura.

He silently lowered his head and said, "That is indeed my wish."