Chapter 4: The Emergence of Killing Intent

  Huhai took over the imperial edict from Zhao Gao's hand, and as he read on, his murderous intention grew stronger.

  There were only five imperial decrees. The first decree was to severely punish and execute the imprisoned Meng Yi for his great disrespect towards Hu Hai, the second was to execute General Meng Tian, the third was to execute the kings and ministers who opposed Zhao Gao, the fourth decree was to execute ten of his own brothers, and the fifth was to execute six of his own sisters.

  One is more shocking than the other, Huhai can't understand why Zhao Gao hates Qin Shi Huang so much? It's okay to have made the great Qin Empire split and disintegrate, but this is a typical case of wanting to kill all the bloodlines of Qin Shi Huang, cutting off his descendants.

  This is not the most important thing, I am not Hu Hai myself. Although I have a heart that wants to save people's lives and build seven-story pagodas, but now I can't even guarantee my own life, let alone think about saving these so-called brothers and sisters, it's just that my heart is willing but my strength is insufficient.

  What really made Hu Hai's killing intent surge was Zhao Gao's plan to kill Meng Yi, Meng Tian and many other ministers, which is a typical way to cut off one's own path.

  Take down this Meng Tian, a military god-level figure, and even if you have more than 2,000 years of vision and knowledge than these people, but leading troops to fight has never been done, let alone when the world is in chaos. The emergence of Xiang Yu, a peerless fierce general who can defeat tens of thousands of people.

  Meng Yi and other ministers were also eliminated, so where can they find so many virtuous and talented people? Although they knew that Han Xin and Zhang Liang were great talents, these people didn't mention whether they were willing to serve them, at least they didn't know where they were or how to use them.

  Zhao Gao gave a stern look, his face as serious as if he was ready to die for the cause, and Hu Hai really wanted to smash this damned eunuch's head with a copper basin.

  Hu Hai quietly put down the imperial edict in his hand, suppressing the murderous intent in his heart, and calmly said: "Has Zhao Ai already made all the preparations?"

  Zhao Gao stared intently at Huhai, seeing that Huhai did not have the joyful expression he had expected, but instead seemed somewhat displeased. A sense of unease arose in his heart, after all, the change in Huhai was too great after a month's absence. Originally, he hadn't taken it seriously, but now Huhai's calm and collected demeanor made him feel somewhat mysterious and unfathomable.

  Is this still the same Huhai he has been watching grow up since childhood? Zhao Gao's heart was really uncertain, what had Huhai done in the past month? Zhao Gao had never been as anxious about this question as he was at this moment.

  "All the ministers have been arranged for Your Majesty, and when you return to Xianyang, these treacherous officials will be eliminated. Your Majesty can then enjoy the empire at ease." Zhao Gao said with a bow, suppressing his inner unease.

  "Well, that's good. These imperial edicts will be kept here by me for now. I'm tired and can return to Xianyang today. Tomorrow, Zhao Ai Qing can come to the palace to collect these imperial edicts and the tiger tally."

  "But Your Majesty..." Zhao Gao wanted to say something more, but he was afraid of saying too much and causing trouble. Now that Hu Hai had become emperor, Zhao Gao no longer had the same level of control over everything as he used to.

  "Hmm?" Hu Hai finally couldn't bear his murderous intentions in his heart and snarled.

  Zhao Gao's back suddenly rose with a deep chill, and the rest of his words stopped abruptly. Looking at Hu Hai, whose eyes were filled with cold light and murderous intent, Zhao Gao's expression changed, staring deeply at Hu Hai.

  The deep gaze brought an unprecedented pressure to Hu Hai, who tried his best to straighten his back and stare steadily at Zhao Gao. The carriage suddenly fell into a dead silence.

  Finally, Zhao Gao did not persist, looked at Hu Hai with a profound meaning, and then lowered his eyes to bid farewell.

  As the car door closed, Hu Hai let out a long sigh and leaned back onto the soft couch, only to discover that his entire back was already soaked.

  Zhao Gao's recent stare put too much pressure on him, especially the last meaningful glance. Hu Hai knew that Zhao Gao had already discovered his murderous intention in his heart.

  "Alas, although I have a broader vision and knowledge that is over two thousand years ahead of theirs, with the advantage of being precognitive, I am also deeply influenced by my knowledge of history, and failed to conceal myself well. In the end, Zhao Gao still discovered my intention to kill him. This is troublesome." Hu Hai sighed and muttered to himself.

  I'm still too young, discussing tactics and conspiracies is definitely not the match for Zhao Gao, a master who has been pretending since the time of Qin Shi Huang. Now that Zhao Gao has discovered my intention to get rid of him, he will absolutely not wait for his demise, but will take the initiative to strike first. From now on, I will never be as free as I was a month ago.

  For this month, Hu Hai has been going out early and returning late every day. In addition to exercising his body, he has not thought about being able to win over the more than 20 guards who have always followed him for his own use.

  However, for a month, although they were together every day, these guards only showed superficial respect to this nominal emperor, and occasionally inadvertently revealed disrespect, letting Hu Hai know that these people were looking down on this Second Emperor from the bone, so he also gave up the idea of winning them over.

  Because he always quietly got off the carriage among the guards, no one knew that he was the emperor. The soldiers in the army had never taken him seriously from the start, this young nobleman who played every day.

  So it's even more impossible to win him over. After some thought, Hu Hai made the sad discovery that he had been in this world for a month and there was no one around him who could be used. Fortunately, he knew that Zhang Han existed.

  Damn it, others who travel through time and space all have an aura of royalty, their bodies trembling with power, immediately attracting a large group of top-notch masters' confidants who can take them to the pinnacle of success. But I'm still just a lone commander, worrying about my life every day.

  What would Zhao Gao do to deal with his own student? Hu Hai leaned on the embroidered couch, lost in thought.

  It shouldn't be the case that he would kill himself now, because Meng Tian and Meng Yi brothers are not dead, a large group of loyal imperial princes and ministers are not dead, he still has a large group of brothers and sisters, if he dies there will be others to take this throne, Zhao Gao is not ready yet, it's absolutely impossible for him to control everything by himself.

  So the most likely outcome is that Zhao Gao will put himself under house arrest, control the emperor to order the vassals, and then use his own hands to eliminate all threatening people. Once all the threatening people are dead, it must be his own death sentence.

  He himself cannot capture or kill Zhao Gao in public, after all, his throne is not legitimate. Once Zhao Gao exposes everything, his own throne will not last long if Zhao Gao dies, he must strike a fatal blow and not give Zhao Gao a chance to speak.

  You use conspiracy, and he uses open strategy. Let's see who can outsmart the other. After understanding this, Hu Hai felt slightly at ease, at least for now his life seemed to have some guarantee.

  "Green Pearl, Emerald Maiden." Hu Hai shouted.

  Before long, two 15- or 16-year-old little girls wearing palace attire and small buns opened the car door and came in to kowtow on the ground: "Your Majesty."

  These two little loli are currently the only people that Hu Hai can trust, with small round faces and big eyes shining with cuteness is Lü Zhu, a melon-seed face with willow-leaf eyebrows is Cui Niang, both girls are extremely beautiful and elegant, without any vulgarity, completely the goddess-level younger sisters in the hearts of 21st-century otaku.

  After Hu Hai arrived in this world, he fell in love with the two little loli among many palace maids at first sight. He named them to serve him, and because of Hu Hai's many evil deeds, when he was named by Hu Hai, the two girls were scared out of their wits and trembled with fear.

  But soon after listening to Hu Hai's big talk about the Journey to the West, people can fly in the sky and other unbelievable stories, the two little loli had already admired this all-knowing young emperor to the extreme, becoming Hu Hai's die-hard fans.

  Huhai, in private, didn't have the slightest imperial air about him, so the two girls were no longer afraid of Huhai. After Huhai signaled for the two girls to get up and close the door, lively Lü Zhu came over with a gentle breeze and stretched out her small white hand to give Huhai a massage, knowing that he liked to enjoy a massage after his daily exercise.

  "Your Majesty, what will you tell me today? Is it still about Journey to the West?"

  Cui Niang was gentle and weak, quiet and unparalleled, but had a clever mind. As soon as she entered the door, she found that Hu Hai's eyebrows were tightly furrowed with worry. When she heard Lu Zhu's words, Cui Niang lightly swept her with a gentle glance and said softly: "Your Majesty, why are you troubled by things?"