Chapter 1121

"So, is that why Old Gao became Zhao Gao?"

Yi Xiaochuan listened to the song and Su Xuan's words. What Su Xuan described sounded more like a future that had yet to happen, more like a story. But Yi Xiaochuan still listened patiently, and while listening to Su Xuan tell this story, he also voiced his own questions.

"Even if Old Gao's name contains the character 'Gao', that doesn't mean he will become Zhao Gao!"

Su Xuan explained, "You probably don't know that there is a practice called bestowing a surname. Gao Yao's ancestral home is in the Zhao lands. What if, after he performs a great service, His Majesty the Emperor bestows the surname Zhao upon him?"

Yi Xiaochuan suddenly realized, "Because he was bestowed the surname Zhao, he would change his name to... Zhao Gao!"

Yi Xiaochuan fell silent.

Upon arriving in this world, in order to rewrite certain events, he had been determined to eradicate Zhao Gao, the great traitor in history. As it turned out, after all the twists and turns, he discovered that his good friend, his fellow townsman, was the Zhao Gao of history.

Yi Xiaochuan recalled another matter and suddenly said, "That's not right!"

"What's not right?"

Yi Xiaochuan said, "A while ago, when I saw Old Gao, he wasn't a eunuch, and he had even gotten married. It seems His Majesty the Emperor bestowed the marriage upon him."

Speaking of this, Yi Xiaochuan couldn't help but glance at Seeing Ying Zheng, who was standing to the side.

Seeing Ying Zheng had been letting Su Xuan speak here the whole time; no one knew what this Emperor was thinking at this moment.

"Yes, Gao Yao is not a eunuch at this moment, and he has indeed gotten married."

"So, this proves one thing!"

Su Xuan's gaze fell on Yi Xiaochuan's face, "Heaven's mandate can be changed!"

"What I spoke of earlier was Gao Yao's original fate. If he had entered the official slave camp and no one had rescued him from within, he would have had no choice but to become Zhao Gao in order to save himself. But I rescued him."

"This is also something I have verified!"

"Your time-travel was a certainty; your fates were destined from the very beginning. But this so-called 'destiny' does not mean it is completely unchangeable."

"As long as you do a few small things, it is enough to change everything."

"Right now, don't you have a personal feeling of this yourself?"

"Yes!"

Yi Xiaochuan nodded. The death of his Master, the death of Brother Yu, the death of Liu Bang, and now the fact that Old Gao's fate had been changed—that he had not become a eunuch, had not become Zhao Gao, and had even taken a wife—all proved that fate could be rewritten.

"I know you have been waiting for the Emperor to pass away from illness in a few years." Su Xuan's tone shifted, and he suddenly spoke of another matter.

This sentence left Yi Xiaochuan horrified once again.

He was truly feeling numb from shock today, mainly because he didn't know exactly how much Su Xuan knew, or how many secrets he held.

"That day, you used this news as a basis to persuade Hearing Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu to leave their place of residence, which ultimately led to their deaths. After they died, you used this same news to attach yourself to Young Master Fu Su, hoping that once the Emperor passed away from illness and Young Master Fu Su ascended the throne, you could rely on Young Master Fu Su's power to be with Yushu forever."

"But have you ever thought that if you followed the normal trajectory, the successor would be Hu Hai? If you wanted to rewrite Heaven's mandate and have Young Master Fu Su ascend the throne, you should have realized one other thing."

"And that is, in a few years, His Majesty the Emperor might not necessarily die!"

"Therefore, your plan to rely on Young Master Fu Su to be with Yushu is destined to never succeed."

Yi Xiaochuan fell silent.

Today's events could be said to have completely overturned Yi Xiaochuan's past worldview.

After a long while, Yi Xiaochuan finally spoke, asking Su Xuan and Seeing Ying Zheng, "Since you have told me all these things, how do you intend to deal with me next?"

"Do you want me to die knowing the truth?"

Su Xuan did not answer this question.

Seeing Ying Zheng, who had been listening to the story for a long time on the side, spoke up and responded to Yi Xiaochuan, "I said that what I care about is you. Since I care about you so much, naturally I will not kill you."

"The reason I told you so much is just to make you understand one thing."

"My capabilities, and the things I know, are beyond your imagination."

"The reason I let the State Preceptor tell you so much this time, besides wanting you to understand these things, is that there is one more thing I want to tell you."

"If you want to be with Yushu, you don't need to wait a few years, nor do you need to wait for Fu Su to ascend the throne. I can satisfy you right now!"

Yi Xiaochuan's expression was faintly agitated, but immediately, he suppressed this excitement.

"What do I need to pay?"

To take, one must first give.

Even though Seeing Ying Zheng kept saying he didn't care about Yushu, calling her a barbarian woman, to Yi Xiaochuan, Yushu was still Seeing Ying Zheng's concubine. Even if he was a time-traveler, this was likely not the reason Seeing Ying Zheng would bestow Yushu upon him.

Seeing Ying Zheng definitely had another motive.

"You are indeed very smart!"

Seeing Ying Zheng praised, "I need information from the future!"

"Information from the future?" Yi Xiaochuan raised his eyebrows, not expecting that Seeing Ying Zheng's goal was actually this.

He could naturally understand the value of that information and those technologies from the future.

After all, they were things from two thousand years later; any small piece brought to this era would be advanced, and enough to make this era progress rapidly.

But Yi Xiaochuan also developed some concerns.

That is, if he really brought that knowledge and technology from the future to this era, would it change the course of history? And subsequently disrupt the original trajectory of history?

Although Yi Xiaochuan's history wasn't great, his science and engineering grades were very good, and he truly understood a lot of technology; otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to build a charger for his mobile phone in this era.

But immediately after, Yi Xiaochuan felt relieved.

Master Hearing Xiang Liang, Big Brother Xiang Yu, and the future Han Gaozu Liu Bang were all already dead, and Old Gao had not become Zhao Gao, and there likely wouldn't be a Zhao Gao in the future. The history of this world had long since changed and become a mess; no one knew how the future would develop.