Zhao Kuo did not lie, and he went to find the second prince the next day.

Then it was the third day, the fourth day... This was mainly because it was the coldest time in winter, and it was also the time when the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty had the least contact with the empire.

According to convention, unless this period is an expedited memorial that must be resolved immediately, other memorials will be temporarily postponed and will be sent to the Imperial Capital when the weather is better or when spring begins.

Therefore, as the head of the empire, Zhao Kuo naturally had a lot of free time.

On this day, Zhao Kuo brought a young man to the second prince: "This is my adopted son, Zhao Zheng."

The young man saluted to the second prince: "Zhao Zheng met his deceased uncle."

When a boy salutes, he is neither humble nor arrogant, his expression is calm, he looks polite enough, but he is also confident enough.

The second prince looked at the teenager in front of him in surprise, and after a while, he said: "To be honest, I even think he is your Brother Zhao's son."

Zhao Kuo laughed: "If he is really my son, that might be a good thing."

Who doesn’t want to hear Qin Shihuang call him Dad in history?

Yes, this Zhao Zheng is the one who was secretly stayed by Mao Sui when he left Handan, and was eventually renamed "Zhao Zheng" by Zhao Kuo, and then adopted it in the mansion as a model.

In this time and space, Zhao Zheng obviously no longer could become the emperor of the ages, but Zhao Kuo did not mind letting his adopted son continue to make more contributions to China.

As Zhao Kuo's adopted son, Zhao Zheng certainly has some conveniences that others cannot have.

For example, at the age of enlightenment, he had already worshipped a master whom others envied, Han Fei, the academy priest.

Now that so many years have passed, Han Fei’s evaluation of Zhao Zheng is: “If this son can concentrate on his studies, his future academic achievements will be above me, and I’m afraid he will not be inferior to those of Confucius and Mencius.”

The high priest of the Academy Jiu Xunzi agreed with Han Fei's comment.

Zhao Zheng’s academic level can be imagined by the evaluations of two academic masters Xunzi and Han Feizi in history.

Zhao Kuo was naturally quite happy about this.

In the palace, everyone knew that Zhao Zheng was not Zhao Kuo's biological son, but both the queen and the two concubines were very kind to Zhao Zheng, and it can be said that he regarded him as his own.

They thought this was Zhao Kuo's illegitimate son, and even though Zhao Kuo had explained it several times, the three women still didn't believe it.

In the words of Queen Tian Wan, "I know that this child's mother's identity may not be disclosed, but please rest assured that I will take good care of this child."

After hearing this sentence, Zhao Kuo was very amused and crying.

So, on Zhao Zheng’s thirteenth birthday, Zhao Kuo asked Zhao Zheng a question: “Zheng'er, what do you want to do in the future?”

Zhao Zheng's answer was beyond Zhao Kuo's expectations: "Your father, if you can, the child wants to go to the Intelligence Department."

Intelligence Department, also known as the Nightingale System.

Zhao Kuo was naturally very surprised to this answer. After a while, he said: "You are really sure you want to go to the Intelligence Department. Do you know where that is?"

Zhao Zheng looked at Zhao Kuo and asked a question: "Is the child the father's son?"

Of course Zhao Kuo knew what Zhao Zheng meant, so Zhao Kuo replied: "You are not my flesh and blood, but I am ashamed of your parents, so I always treat you as a child."

In fact, for Zhao Kuo, the "parents" he felt guilty were not Zhao Zheng's biological parents Ying Zichu and Zhao Ji, but referring to "Huaxia".

In the history of Chinese civilization, the famous emperor of the ages was the reason why Zhao Kuo said "sassinate".

After getting this answer, the expression of the young Zhao Zheng was quite complicated, which seemed a bit regretful, but more relaxed.

Afterwards, Zhao Zheng continued to insist: "Father, my son really wants to go to the Intelligence Department."

In response, the queen immediately expressed her objection: "No, places like the Intelligence Department are too dangerous, Zheng'er must not go there."

Qiu'er, who has always been very gentle, was even more anxious: "Zheng'er is a good child, how can she go to a place like the intelligence department?"

Yiqiuwei directly picked up the knife to cut the beef: "Did Mao Sui, the unopposed guy, secretly deceive our Zheng'er?

I'll incite him now!"

Zhao Kuo was amused and crying: "Mao Sui is very loyal, please stop making trouble."

Everyone's eyes turned to Zhao Zheng, and Zhao Zheng continued to insist: "Father, the child wants to go to the intelligence department not because of anyone's temptation or deception, but because the child really wants to go."

Zhao Kuo was silent for a while and sighed: "You... in two days, you and I will meet someone."

A few days later, Zhao Kuo appeared in front of the second prince with Zhao Zheng, and the situation just now happened.

The second prince has lived in the Imperial Capital for several months. Under the guidance of the Green Willow Girl, his elegant language is basically very skilled, so he smiled and said to Zhao Kuo: "Brother Zhao Kuo, where are we going today?"

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Let's go to ice fishing."

Ice fishing is a very old pastime and is also a very suitable activity for the nobles.

Elegant enough to not make you sweat profusely, and at the same time, it can also give you a more private conversation space.

An hour later, on an ice surface outside the imperial capital, Zhao Kuo and the second prince were fishing side by side, with a very leisurely expression, chatting in a mess.

Zhao Zheng stood behind Zhao Kuo. The boy's expression was very calm and his body was straight. If he didn't look over, he would hardly feel his existence.

The second prince looked at the world wrapped in the snow in front of him and breathed a sigh of satisfaction, and slowly said to Zhao Kuo: "Brother Zhao, I'm going to tell you that I have lived for more than 20 years. These months in the Imperial Capital are my most comfortable and enjoyable time."

Zhao Kuo glanced at the second prince and smiled and said, "Brother, are you not doing well in the family over Seleuc?"

The second prince paused slightly and said, "Actually, it's not that it's not unsatisfactory, it's just that the competition is under great pressure.

You also know that our family...ah, it is the most eye-catching family in Seleucid, so our family's every move is stared at by many people."

Zhao Kuo immediately understood when he heard this and said, "I understand. A family like you must be careful in everything and always warn yourself not to do anything that is incompatible with your identity, right?"

The second prince slapped his thigh and smiled, "That's it, and I am the next generation who is recognized as more promising to take over my father, so I have to be more careful about what I do at home."

Speaking of this, the second prince obviously hesitated for a moment, but still said, "It was not long ago that I committed another thing that caused our family to suffer a great loss, which also made my father very angry. So I had no choice but to come to the Great Han Kingdom thousands of miles away, hoping to get some opportunities in the Great Han Kingdom and see if I could go back and make my father look at me with admiration."

When Zhao Kuo heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Then you have come to the right place.

Think about it, as long as you go back and start the silk and porcelain business, you will be the richest person in the family.

I'm not my brother, I'm boasting. Many people who work with me eventually become rich people. As long as this person is rich, he will just walk sideways in the family and no one can do anything to him!"

The second prince said suddenly: "Brother Zhao, you don't know that our family actually doesn't value money very much."

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "No, no, no, brother, you are wrong. It's not that your family doesn't value money, but before that, the amount of money you have is not enough to be valued by your family. Simply put, you don't have enough money!"

The second prince choked for a moment and suddenly felt... what Zhao Kuo said seemed to make sense.

If everything is really as Zhao Kuo described, then the second prince will easily make money and silver by doing business such as silk, porcelain, ginseng, etc., will Antioch II really be indifferent to this?

The second prince was silent for a while and said to Zhao Kuo sincerely: "Really, every time I chat with Brother Zhao, I can always gain new gains."

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "Then you will talk more in the future. I am not bragging with you. You must know that there are too many people who want to chat with me in the Han Kingdom, and I don't bother to pay attention to them!"

The second prince also laughed and said seriously: "Indeed, how can ordinary ordinary people be worthy of chatting with talents like Brother Zhao?"

Suddenly, Zhao Zheng behind Zhao Kuo reminded: "Father...My dear, the fish is caught!"

Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and quickly turned his gaze to the fish float on the ice, and indeed found that the fish float was moving.

A moment later, Zhao Kuo's surprise voice sounded: "It's hooked, what a big fish!"

A big fish fell on the ice with a slap, and the head and tail swayed desperately, jumping.

The fishing operation on this day can be said to have achieved a complete success! After eating and drinking, Zhao Kuo happily bid farewell to the second prince and returned to the palace with Zhao Zheng.

On the carriage back to the palace, Zhao Kuo smiled and said to Zhao Zheng, "Come on, tell me what you have observed today."

This was a small test for Zhao Kuo on Zhao Zheng. He wanted to see what his adopted son had learned over the years, and he wanted to see what level his observation and analysis ability had reached.

Zhao Zheng had obviously been prepared for a long time. After a moment of contemplation, he answered: "Your father, my son think that this person is probably from the Seleucid royal family, and there is a great possibility that he is the current emperor of the Seleucid Empire."

Zhao Kuo's eyes lit up slightly, and he said with a smile: "Tell me your reasons."

The young man Zhao Zheng said, "First of all, this person has a very graceful gesture and fair skin and no fingers touch the spring water. He obviously came from a very noble family.

Secondly, through his words, I learned that this person and his father have not met for the first time, which is enough to prove that his father attaches great importance to this person.

If these two points are combined, this person must be the royal family of the Seleucid Empire, and there is absolutely no other possibility."

Zhao Kuo nodded slightly and said, "You are right, he is indeed the royal family of the Seleucid Empire.

What else did you notice?"

The young Zhao Zheng thought about it for a longer time this time, and obviously he was not very sure about the judgment he would say next.

But in the end, Zhao Zheng spoke: "My son thinks, father, you are very likely to want to persuade the prince of the Seleucid Empire to surrender.

Moreover, Father, your plan should be to penetrate the Seleucid Empire and this prince step by step through business, and finally to destroy the Seleucid Empire and to subdue this prince for our great Han Kingdom.”

Zhao Kuo was really surprised now: "How did you guess it?"

Zhao Zheng said: "I believe that you can't be satisfied just because of a Western Expedition, so you should launch another Western Expedition against Seleucus in the next.

But when my mother and her two mothers talked to each other, she would not use large-scale military forces in the West in the past few years.

Under such circumstances, Father, you have been talking to this prince about business cooperation and wealth. The son-in-law thinks that the possibility is to infiltrate through business and ultimately realize the spy on the Seleucid Empire's intelligence and control of this prince."

Zhao Kuo looked at Zhao Zheng who was talking, and his expression changed again.

Sure enough, it's you.

Even if you change your identity, your intelligence and talent will be unstoppable.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "What you said is very right, and he did tell me my goal.
To be continued...