Born Saints: Starting from Liaozhai

Chapter 145 The Shocked First Emperor Ying Zheng

Hearing these strange words, Zhao Ying and other staff members, as well as many viewers and netizens, were stunned.

Although the person in front of them spoke in a very retro style and had a strange accent, they still understood him.

But it was precisely because they understood that they were shocked and dumbfounded.

What is this person saying?

he?

He claimed to be Zhao Zheng, the First Emperor of Qin?

Ying Zheng?!

"You're saying—you're Zhao Zheng, the First Emperor of Qin?"

"Zhao Zheng, the First Emperor who unified the six kingdoms?"

In the silence, Zhao Ying asked blankly.

She naturally knew that the First Emperor was referring to Qin Shi Huang, and Zhao Zheng was referring to Ying Zheng. The only difference was that one was the name people used to call him in ancient times, and the other was the name people used to call him in modern times.

Ying Zheng glanced at her strangely, a hint of displeasure in his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Under the whole heaven, only I am called the First Emperor, named Zhao Zheng. Who else dares to presume to use this name?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ying and the others were shocked and became even more dumbfounded.

Zhao Ying stared blankly and said, "But, wasn't the First Emperor Zhao Zheng dead long ago? He's been dead for over two thousand years!"

"He lived more than two thousand years ago, how could you possibly be the First Emperor?!"

Many audience members, experts, and even Kang Lao, among others, also came to their senses.

That's right, the First Emperor Zhao Zheng has been dead for over two thousand years. How could this person in front of you possibly be the First Emperor Zhao Zheng?!

Just as they were thinking this...

Upon hearing Zhao Ying's words, Ying Zheng was taken aback, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

More than two thousand years?

What is this person saying?

Suddenly, Ying Zheng noticed something was wrong.

Although the woman's words were very unfamiliar and strange, and not the language of the Great Qin, he still understood them.

Even upon careful reflection, the words he had just unconsciously uttered were of this kind.

This is?!

Just as he was wondering, Ying Zheng felt a slight dizziness as a flood of information came to mind.

It was as if someone had stuffed a bunch of information into his mind, and he was only now recalling it.

Information on the languages ​​and scripts of various countries, as well as some basic modern information.

The reason he was able to answer fluently when this woman spoke to him before was because of the information in his mind.

From the information, Ying Zheng also learned that it was now more than two thousand years later.

What Ying Zheng cared about most was naturally the Qin Dynasty, but unfortunately he didn't have much information about it.

Ying Zheng's eyes trembled slightly, and his tone became urgent as he asked, "How is my Great Qin Dynasty now?"

The air froze for a moment after he finished speaking.

Zhao Ying and the others stared at him in astonishment, exchanging glances with a mixture of hesitation and bewilderment, unsure of how to respond.

Could this person really be Zhao Zheng, the First Emperor of Qin?

Finally, Zhao Ying cautiously said, "The Qin Dynasty perished after only two generations!"

These words were like an invisible hammer, crashing down on Ying Zheng's heart.

His pupils suddenly contracted, and he froze on the spot.

"—Dead?"

"Died after only two generations?"

An incredulous feeling quickly spread through his heart.

"impossible!"

"I swept across the six kingdoms, standardized the width of carts and the written language, and established prefectures and counties throughout the land."

"I have personally laid the foundation for an everlasting dynasty."

"How can it be said that the dynasty only lasted two generations?!"

Even if living for ten thousand generations is just a pipe dream, he knows it's impossible, but he also absolutely cannot die after only two generations!

Ying Zheng's voice grew louder and louder, his imposing manner causing Zhao Ying and the others to tense up.

Zhao Ying quickly explained, "After the First Emperor died, Hu Hai, with the support of Zhao Gao and Li Si, ascended the throne and became the Second Emperor of Qin."

"At that time, a fake imperial edict was circulated—"

She immediately revealed how Huhai, Zhao Gao, Li Si, and others had seized power and used a false imperial edict to order the deaths of Fusu, Meng Tian, ​​Meng Yi, and others.

Hu Hai?

How dare he?!

Ying Zheng was startled.

Zhao Ying continued her story, recounting the series of things Hu Hai did after ascending the throne, based on Zhao Gao's advice.

Finally, she said weakly, "In the end, the world was in chaos, and uprisings broke out in various places. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang raised their banners in rebellion, the old forces of the six states rose up again, and the Qin army suffered defeat after defeat. In just a few years, the Qin Dynasty collapsed."

The scene was deathly silent.

Ying Zheng remained motionless, standing rooted to the spot.

"My Great Qin Dynasty perished after only two generations —"

He seemed to be asking someone else, yet also asking himself, when he uttered those words.

"Hu Hai————"

Ying Zheng murmured the name, his eyes swirling with emotion.

The young boy who once played and laughed in the palace is now associated with the words "the fall of a kingdom."

Ying Zheng remembered something.

"The one who destroyed Qin was Hu; so that's how it is—"

"I see!!"

Ying Zheng was in a daze, unable to believe it.

He was lost in memories, and scenes from long ago seemed to replay in his mind.

At this moment, he felt as if he had returned to the past, back to Wushan, to the time when he asked the Wushan God about the fate of the Great Qin Dynasty.

At that time, the God of Mist Mountain said that if he died, the Great Qin Dynasty would perish after only two generations. He found it unbelievable and thought it was impossible.

The God of Wushan once said, "When the First Emperor died, the land was divided, and the one who destroyed Qin was Hu."

At that time, he thought the nonsense was about the Xiongnu, and he even sent Meng Tian to attack the Xiongnu in the north, and he also issued an edict to build the Great Wall, just to eliminate future troubles.

"So, the one who destroyed Qin, as the Divine Lord spoke of, was referring to—Hu Hai?"

Ying Zheng muttered to himself.

His expression changed countless times in a very short period of time.

Surprise, anger, and resentment —

In the end, it all turned into self-deprecation.

"So that's how it is—"

"So that's how it is—"

Not far away.

Zhao Ying and the others naturally heard everything clearly.

An absurd and irrepressible thought arose in their minds.

Could this person really be Qin Shi Huang?!

The moment this thought crossed their minds, their hearts skipped a beat.

What caught their attention even more was the title used by this man who was suspected to be Qin Shi Huang.

God?

Zhao Ying asked instinctively, "What deity?"

These words were spoken.

Ying Zheng snapped out of his reverie and glanced at Zhao Ying and the others with a strange and odd look in his eyes.

"You people of later generations don't even know about Lord Wushan? Have you forgotten him?"

Lord of Mist Mountain?

Zhao Ying and the others were all taken aback, their emotions churning.

Countless viewers were also shocked.

It seems they are uncovering a secret, a secret that has been sealed away for more than two thousand years.

At this time.

Expert Kang asked the question on their behalf, pressing further, "Could you elaborate on the God of Mist Mountain?"

Ying Zheng glanced at him indifferently, remained silent for a moment, and then sank into distant memories. His tone was slow and somewhat melancholy as he slowly recounted the events of that year: "In the twenty-seventh year of my reign, I made an eastern tour and arrived at Wushan. This mountain is spiritually beautiful and has a legend that a god dwells there. So I set up an altar and fasted, and personally visited the God of Wushan to inquire about the fate of the Great Qin for ten thousand generations."

"On that very day, the Divine Lord revealed to me a prophecy, saying that once I returned to Heaven, the Great Qin would perish after only two generations, and that the First Emperor would die and the land would be divided, and that the one who would destroy Qin would be Hu."

Ying Zheng sighed, his brows furrowed with regret and lament. "Back then, I was so stubborn and didn't believe it. I thought that the 'Hu' mentioned by the Divine Lord was the Xiongnu and Hu Di of the northern border. So I sent Meng Tian to attack the Hu barbarians in the north and build the Great Wall to eliminate future troubles. I never expected that this 'Hu' was not that 'Hu', but actually my son Hu Hai."

He looked up and seemed to see the misty, foggy mountains ahead.

"Only now do we realize that the Mist Mountain God-King's divine power is boundless, and his prophecies are absolutely accurate, without a single word being false."

Listening to these words.

The female host Zhao Ying, expert Kang Lao, and many audience members were stunned.