books44 Chapter 378 "One Year at Most
Chapter 378 "One Year at Most
Soon, they arrived at the city gate.
The city gate was covered with wanted notices for Zhang Liang and Fei Yu, and the police on guard were holding photos and checking each person entering and leaving the city gate one by one.
Feiyu was still a little nervous when he saw this scene, even though he had changed his appearance. But Zhang Liang seemed calm and composed.
Zhang Liang walked to the city gate as if nothing had happened and queued up to leave the city.
When he came to the police, he shouted "Stop" and compared the photo with the left and right. He felt that the man looked a bit like the one in the photo, but they were obviously two different people, so he had to let him go.
Finally out of the city, Feiyu took a deep breath. The official sphere of influence outside the city was weakened, and the two did not have to worry about causing a commotion or attracting pursuit, so they changed back to their original appearance.
"Fei Yu, let's go quickly. We must get there before dark." Zhang Liang said to Fei Yu while walking quickly.
"Yeah." Feiyu responded and followed Zhang Liang's steps.
Zhang Liang and Fei Yu were not ordinary people. They walked very fast and from a distance, one could only vaguely see two figures flash by.
Soon, the two arrived at the hotel they had agreed to meet at the beginning. When they arrived, they had not seen Li Er and others yet.
The two walked into the hotel, drank some tea, waited for a while, and finally waited for Li Er and others to arrive before dark.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting." Li Er walked into the hotel and said apologetically.
"It's okay. We just arrived a while ago." Zhang Liang said.
"Then when do we set out for Langya?" Li Er asked.
"No hurry. Compared to this, I have a more important task to assign to you." Zhang Liang said in a serious tone.
"We will do our best to complete it. Just tell us." Li Er was eager to try when he saw that Zhang Liang was going to assign him the first task.
This is the first mission after following Zhang Liang, he must do it well and not let Zhang Liang down, Li Er thought to himself.
Zhang Liang roughly recounted what happened today when he pretended to be a technology expert and took over the royal project with Ying Zheng. Of course, he did not mention that he was a snow fox.
"So, I need you to supervise the construction of that underground facility, using your Mohist intelligent technology. Ostensibly, it's to build a mausoleum for Ying Zheng to ascend to heaven. But in reality, you need to reserve a passage so that I can lead my troops to attack Xianyang in the future. Can you do it?"
After listening to Zhang Liang's story, Li Er roughly understood it.
"Yes, of course. When the time comes, I will open up a route for you." Li Er said, and then he thought of something else and continued to add, "But how can I make Ying Zheng trust me and let me take on the task of building the mausoleum?"
"Don't worry about this matter. I will go to the city again and convince Ying Zheng to give this job to you. At the same time, I will help you restore your status as a member of the Mo family and complete this work as a member of the Mo family."
When Li Er heard that he could restore the name of Mohism, he was immediately excited. In order to avoid Ying Zheng's search, he had been hiding his identity for more than ten years, gave up the name of Mohism and sneaked into Xianyang, but he could not find a suitable opportunity.
"Okay!" Li Er agreed excitedly.
"But you are still under Li Si. It may be very inconvenient to preside over the construction of the mausoleum. Are you willing to give up your current identity? I will change your appearance and appear in Xianyang with a new look. Do you agree?" Zhang Liang asked.
When Li Er heard this, although he was a little hesitant, he quickly agreed, "I am willing, as long as I can help you, as long as I can restore the reputation of the Mohist School, of course I am willing!"
Zhang Liang gathered his true energy in his hands and said to Li Er, "This disguise technique is a bone remodeling technique. It may be painful. You have to bear it."
Li Er nodded, clenched his teeth and closed his eyes.
Zhang Liang used his true energy to forcibly change Li Er's skeleton. The sound of bones crackling could be heard, and Li Er's appearance changed drastically.
This kind of bone remodeling is extremely painful. Li Er just gritted his teeth throughout the whole process and did not cry out in pain even though he was sweating profusely.
What a tough guy. Zhang Liang looked at Li Er with admiration.
When Zhang Liang saw the scar on Li Er's face, he asked, "How did you get this scar?"
The scar on Li Er's face almost cut through his eye. If the knife had been a little off, Li Er's left eye might have been lost.
Li Er smiled coldly and touched the scar on his face with one hand: "This scar was given by Ying Zheng."
That year, it was still the Warring States Period, an era of contention among a hundred schools of thought. The Mohist school traveled among the seven countries with sophisticated intelligent technology. Wherever they went, they were the object of contention among various forces.
Li Er's teacher is the top representative of Mohist intelligent technology.
The teacher's masterpiece is the Mohist intelligent bird used for communication. It can travel a thousand miles a day and fly from the easternmost Qi State to the westernmost Qin State overnight. Moreover, the intelligent bird will not lose its direction... ...
In the context of modern cities, intelligence is the lifeblood of the commercial battlefield. Having high-tech communication equipment such as the mechanical bird can grasp the opponent's dynamics in an instant, which plays a decisive role in the outcome of corporate competition.
Qin Feng longed to get the mechanical bird.
The Mohists uphold the philosophy of universal love and non-aggression, and naturally reject leaders like Qin Feng who are overbearing CEOs. Qin Feng tries to seize it by force. The teacher would rather live and die with the mechanical bird than let Qin Feng succeed.
That day, the teacher was in a laboratory with a blazing fire, with the precious mechanical bird beside him. He stared at Li Er and said firmly: "You must live."
Li Er stood in front of the flames and witnessed his teacher and the laboratory reduced to ashes. At that moment, his heart seemed to break.
As the teacher's only disciple, Li Er was forcibly taken away by Qin Feng. Qin Feng used coercion and inducement to try to make Li Er reveal the technical secrets of the mechanical bird, but Li Er would never reveal it even if he knew it.
If I say it, wouldn’t it be a waste of the teacher’s sacrifice?
Facing all kinds of temptations and tortures, Li Er gritted his teeth and persevered. The image of his master's death was always imprinted in his mind: "Live on."
When Zhang Liang was doing plastic surgery on Li Er, the pain he felt was nothing compared to the torture he had gone through in the past. The scar on his face was left from the torture, and Li Er's body was full of traces of time.
Later, he escaped with the help of other Mohist members and joined the company of Qin Feng's rival Li Si as chief engineer.
Zhang Liang was aware of the story behind Li Er, but he did not expect that he carried such deep hatred.
"At that time, I swore to avenge my teacher, revive the Mohist school, and make Qin Feng pay the price." Li Er said angrily.
"Do you want to keep this scar?" Zhang Liang asked.
For Zhang Liang, it is easy to remove this scar, but the scar in Li Er's heart is difficult to heal.
"Leave it here, so it can remind me of the hatred at all times." Li Er replied.
"One year at most," Zhang Liang said, "Qin Feng won't live longer than one year."