The incident involving this person involves three others. Could he be trying to frame and implicate these three before the king?
How dare he? Is he not afraid of death?
The Meng clan is deeply trusted by the King, and they are not even dared to implicate all three of them at the same time.
Mont Yi is well aware of the significance of these three in the King's eyes and their power. Offending one is one thing, but offending three at the same time means death without even leaving a single bone fragment.
But Mont Yi couldn't help but wonder what great matter this person must have to report to the King to go to such extremes. Moreover, he was also puzzled as to why this person would choose him to deliver this bamboo scroll.
Under the gaze of Mont Yi, Li Nian finished writing and handed over the bamboo strips: "Please deliver this to the King on my behalf!"
Mont Yi nodded solemnly, holding the bamboo strips firmly in his hand, and stepped towards Ying Zheng step by step. What he held was not like bamboo strips but a stone that decided the fate of the great Qin Dynasty.
The bamboo slips were presented to Ying Zheng. When Ying Zheng opened them, his face, which had been calm until now, showed for the first time signs of agitation. He looked at Li Nian and then continued to read the bamboo slips.
After reading the bamboo slips, Ying Zheng rolled them up without speaking and closed his eyes in deep thought.
At this moment, Li Nian felt the entire hall was so quiet it was eerie. His heart was filled with unease, but there was nothing he could do; he could only wait silently for the judgment of fate.
After a while, Ying Zheng opened his eyes again and looked at Li Nian, then issued an order.
Upon hearing this order, Li Nian felt somewhat relieved. Ying Zheng had followed what was written on the bamboo slips and trusted him, which meant he would not face immediate danger for now.
This is a very dangerous step!
The person he wrote on the bamboo slips was Ying Zheng's son and close advisor, and by implicating these people, he was clearly revealing matters related to them. It was highly likely that what he was disclosing was not good news.
This could be seen as an attempt to frame and incriminate Ying Zheng's son and favorite advisor, which could easily lead Ying Zheng to order his execution. However, fortunately, Ying Zheng was curious about Li Nian's background and wanted to know what he intended to reveal.
This step also deeply impressed Li Nian with the terrifying nature of the feudal dynasty. Serving a ruler is like accompanying a tiger; life and death lie in the other person's thoughts alone!
"The feudal dynasty is indeed annoying. Some people even dream of traveling back in time to be part of the ruling class, but they should be careful not to identify themselves with it."
Li Nian didn't want to stay in this era, but he had already traveled back in time. He could only try his best to live well.
After sending some people away, Ying Zheng said, "I have done as you requested. Now, you can speak. Who are you? What is your background? And what was the meaning of writing this bamboo slip?"
Li Nian took a deep breath and organized his words before speaking, "Your Majesty, the common people are not from this era, but from the future."
"Not from this era, but from the future?"
Ying Zheng pondered over this sentence for a moment, understanding its meaning but still asking, "What do you mean by that?"
Li Nian said, "When the common people come to the Qin Dynasty, it feels like the Qin people arriving at the time of Xia Qi and Shang Tang. Just as the Qin people were considered the descendants of Xia and Shang, so too are the common people considered descendants of the Qin Dynasty."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall was profoundly shocked. This person is actually from an era after the Qin Dynasty?
Ying Zheng quickly picked up on the hidden implication in Li Nian's words, and his expression became rather unpleasant. He stared at Li Nian, "Do you mean that you come from a dynasty after the Qin? Is my Qin Dynasty no more?"
Upon hearing that the career he had worked on his whole life was collapsing, and the Qin Dynasty did not exist as he had imagined it would, even though it was founded by the Emperor, he couldn't help but show some emotion. However, given that he managed to restrain himself from branding Li Nian as a seducer and ordering him to be beheaded, he demonstrated remarkable composure.
Li Nian didn't immediately answer Ying Zheng's question directly. Instead, he recited the historical dynasty chant: "Xia, Shang, and the Western Zhou; East Zhou in two parts; Spring and Autumn, and Warring States; United under the Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasties; Divided into three states of Wei, Shu, and Wu; Two Jin dynasties before and after; Northern and Southern Dynasties stood side by side; A total of nine dynasties of Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties period; Song Dynasty followed by Yuan Dynasty and then Ming and Qing dynasties. That's when all dynasties were completed."
After reciting the entire chant, Li Nian formally replied, "Your Majesty, indeed, the Qin Dynasty no longer exists in the era from which the common people come. And it has been gone for over two thousand years."
"Have the Qin Dynasty fallen? Have you already seen it collapse for two thousand years in the eyes of this person?"
Two thousand and more years, what an extended period of time. The era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the Qin Dynasty should only be that many years, right?
He had worked tirelessly, following the ambitions of his ancestors, and spent decades of effort to conquer the six states and unite the land. He had always believed that the Qin Dynasty would endure for thousands of years. However, this person told him that his Qin Dynasty had already fallen and had been gone for two thousand years. Of course, Ying Zheng didn't want to believe it.
"Seduction by evil words, you are deceiving the king!"
Ying Zheng looked towards the source of the voice, it was Mont Yi, who was pointing at Li Nian and shouting, "The prophecy you recited said 'After Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing, dynasties come to an end,' meaning there were no more dynasties after 'Ming and Qing.' Then where do you come from?"
Exactly, if after the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were no more dynasties, then where does this person come from?
Ying Zheng's gaze fell on Li Nian, deciding to carve him into a thousand pieces if he cannot explain himself.
To dare to deceive him, to dare to curse the destruction of his Qin Dynasty, that is unforgivable!
Li Nian said, "To the Mongol General, the common people did not lie. I come from a time when the dynasty has indeed ended, at least in the land of China. The country I come from is not the one known to Your Majesty and General, it is called the People's Republic of China. It is very different from a dynasty!"
Ying Zheng and Mont Yi noticed a sense of pride and self-assurance in the way this person talked about the country he came from.
The People's Republic of China? A name never heard before. This country is not a dynasty, so what kind of country could it be? Compared to the Qin Dynasty, how many differences are there?
This person's words contain other information, "I come from a time when the dynasty has indeed ended, at least in the land of China," means that there are dynasties outside of the land of China.
The "land of China" refers to the realm that the Qin Dynasty currently occupies. Outside of China, could it be referring to those barbaric regions in the west and north?
However, it's not the time to think about this now. Ying Zheng said, "But a prophecy is not enough to prove that you come from a country in the future. This is just your word, how can I know if it's true or not?"
Exactly, all of this is Li Nian himself claiming that he comes from the future, from a country that is not a dynasty. Who can prove it?
Li Nian had anticipated this point and said, "The common people can provide proof. The items that came with the common people, like themselves, come from the future and are not of this era. Some of these items could not be made in the Qin Dynasty. Your Majesty only needs to let the common people demonstrate, and they will prove it."
Li Nian's method of proof is to show the Emperor the era of the future through videos stored in his phone. He has many videos on his phone, which he wants to show the Emperor how the future is like, in order to gain his trust.
If the Emperor doesn't believe after watching the videos, Li Nian has another plan: to showcase some technologies that can be made in this era but do not belong to this era, such as papermaking and cement production.
These technologies have low production difficulty, and the methods can be found in the search engine stored in his mind.
