Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-05-27

Today's Xianyang City is completely different from the previous days. All the shops on the street are closed, and there are no pedestrians on the road. Although the autumn sun is shining, there is no trace of life. It is extremely quiet, like an empty city. Even a dead city.

The footsteps of a group of troops broke the silence here. Hundreds of soldiers rushed to Heide Street. They were all dressed in the official mansion of the Guard's Mansion, and they seemed to be the Imperial Forest Army guarding the palace.On the orders of one of the present generals, all the soldiers started a search of the hotel on Head Street.Heide Street is the place where hotels and post stations in Xianyang City gather, and everyone is ordered to find out suspicious people in Xianyang City.

After Zhao Gao received Hu Hai's order, he approached Wei Wei and Lang Zhongling, two officials in charge of security in the Jiuqing, and ordered them to find out the person who posted the post to slander the court.They thought that the person who posted the notice in Xianyang City must have been instructed by Fusu to come to Xianyang recently, so they searched the hotel and post station.

All of a sudden the whole of Head Street became chaotic, teams of soldiers went in and out of the house, every guest room was opened and searched carefully, and everyone staying in the hotel was taken to the lobby detailed questioning.These soldiers are not all private, and most of them are even fish in troubled waters, taking advantage of the search to extort those hotels, and randomly search the things of the travelers staying in the hotels, and if they find some valuable things, they simply sell them. All kinds of reasons were put into his pockets, but those who dared to disobey and resist were even arrested on suspicion of posting notices.However, in just half a day, the entire Heide Street became a mess, and dozens of businessmen who came to Xianyang to do business were imprisoned in the prison for various reasons.

The commotion on Heide Street made the common people in Xianyang city restless. They didn't stay at home, and they didn't dare to go out. Dare to provoke, after all, no one knows whether there is a strong backer behind this person.

But although a lot of people were arrested, they just couldn't find the traitor they were looking for. The bags of the passengers had been turned upside down, but there was still nothing to prove that they were related to the posted notice.Although these soldiers had enriched their pockets, they still couldn't escape the punishment of the superior, and each of them was beaten dozens of times.This made them even more angry. In the next few days, they began to expand the search area to other streets in Xianyang City, and the harassment of the people became more serious. After a few days, there were already complaints in Xianyang City, but those people could not be found, Hu Hai And Zhao should not stop.

After several days of searching, Zhao Gao had given up any hope of finding these people, but a poisonous plan had already been brewed in his heart, and he entered the palace.

"Emperor, the old slave has sent thousands of people to search all the hotels and houses in Xianyang city these days, but they found nothing."

Hu Hai was furious when he heard the words: "A bunch of trash, so many people can't find a few rebels, what's the use of them, give me a death order, I must see those rebels within three days, otherwise We need Lang Zhongling and Wei Wei to come and see him."

Hearing that Hu Hai was angry, Zhao Gao didn't show any tension on his face. He leaned in front of Hu Hai and said, "The old slave thought of someone, maybe he is the person who posted the notice, but his status is too noble. , so the old slave dare not speak."

Hu Hai glanced sideways at Zhao Gao: "Is there anyone you Mr. Zhao dare not mention? You want to make it so mysterious."

Zhao Gao looked at the attendants on the left and right, and Hu Hai understood what he meant and waved his hand: "You all step down, and you are not allowed to enter without my permission."

After all the attendants retreated, Zhao Gao said in a low voice: "Emperor, don't forget that there is a prime minister in Xianyang City who has always been speaking for Fusu. He has something to do, but with his ability, isn't it easy to post a few notices in Xianyang City?"

After hearing his words, Hu Hai kept saying softly: "Li Si, Li Si..." He suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhao Gao, "In this case, why don't you take someone to Li Si's house to check it out?"

"The old slave just said that his status is too high. After all, he is the prime minister of the two dynasties. An eunuch like the old slave would not dare to search his house." Zhao Gao showed a look of embarrassment on his face.

"Okay, then I will issue an imperial edict ordering you to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to check it out." Hu Hai said and began to write the edict.

Hundreds of soldiers and horses surrounded the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Zhao Gao stepped down from the sedan chair and gave a wink to a personal entourage.The man hurried up, picked up the copper door knocker and knocked a few times.An old concierge opened the door and asked, "Who is it? My prime minister has been seriously ill and hasn't seen anyone for several months. Don't you know?" While speaking, he was shocked when he saw the posture outside the door. , the words also became uneasy: "Who are you... What are you? Come... What's going on here?"

The attendant obviously didn't pay attention to the old concierge, he raised his hand and opened the vermilion lacquer door heavily, almost knocking the old concierge to the ground: "I am waiting for the emperor's decree to come to Li Si's mansion to search. , you still haven't asked Li Si to come out to meet him."

Hearing that the other party called the prime minister by his first name, the old concierge knew something was wrong, and hurriedly turned and ran inside: "My lord, the emperor came to search the prime minister's mansion." He yelled while running.

Zhao Gao was very satisfied with the reaction of the servants in Li Si's mansion. With a wave of his hand, several soldiers went up and completely opened the gate of the prime minister's mansion, and then he stomped slowly and walked in. A door I never wanted to enter.

As soon as he entered the gate, he saw a few servants who were tending flowers and plants staring at him blankly, and they didn't know how to use the thing in their hands. The attendant next to him scolded at the first sight: "It's okay to see Mr. Zhao!" Can't you be polite?"

Zhao Gao waved his hand very generously. Now that he entered here as a victor, how could he show his prestige to these lowly servants? The person he wants to show his prestige is the owner of this place——Li Si .

When he walked into the lobby, he saw Li Si standing in the middle wearing a prime minister's robe and holding a wine glass in his hand.

"It seems that the prime minister is not sick, so why did he not go to court many times? Do you know that lying to the emperor is a capital offense?" Zhao Gao said coldly.

Li Si looked at Zhao Gao and the large number of soldiers who came in with him, and said with a smile: "It is true that the old man is seriously ill and cannot go to the court. It is just that I just heard that the emperor is coming to search my house. I am in a hurry. I am cured. So I didn't deceive the emperor."

"Oh, so that's the case. It seems that this imperial decree can still cure diseases." Zhao Gaopi said with a nonchalant smile, "But regardless of whether the prime minister is sick or not, we will definitely copy this prime minister's residence."

"I don't know what crime Li Si committed, but the emperor sent an imperial decree to search it." Li Si was not overwhelmed by Zhao Gao's momentum.

"Could it be that the prime minister is already so seriously ill that he doesn't even know that there are rebels in Xianyang City?"

"What rebel? The old man has been recuperating in the back house, and he really doesn't know anything about the outside world. I hope Master Zhao will let you know."

"Haha, it seems that Master Li really doesn't know anything. The eldest prince, who should have been dead, rebelled against him, and he even ordered people to post words slandering my second emperor everywhere in Xianyang City. Now the emperor is furious. I want to find these people who posted the notices. But I have searched all over Xianyang City and still can’t find them. I don’t want to, but someone tells that there are some people from Shangjun hiding in the prime minister’s mansion, so I got the emperor’s order Let's do a search." Zhao Gaopi said with a smirk.

"I really don't know that such a big thing happened, but there is no outsider in my prime minister's mansion other than my family and servants."

"It doesn't count if there are outsiders, and I don't count if I say it. You can only find out after searching. Now that I have the sacred decree, the prime minister should not stop it." Zhao Gao smiled triumphantly: "Come here, give me I will search carefully, even if I dig three feet, I will find those rebels." After speaking, he began to admire the garden of the prime minister's mansion.

After hearing the order, the soldiers hurriedly divided into several teams to search the Prime Minister's Mansion. After a while, the well-organized Prime Minister's Mansion became a mess. Tossed in every room.

Li Si didn't stop them either, and let them toss. Instead, he pulled a cushion, sat on it, and slowly sipped the fine wine in his glass.Looking at his leisurely appearance, it seems that it is not his house that is being searched, but he is just a spectator.

After more than an hour, a person came to Zhao Gao and whispered something to him. Zhao Gao waved his hand and gave him another wink, and the person went to search again.All this did not go unnoticed by Li Si, who seemed to be very relaxed. There was a trace of hatred in his eyes, but then he became calm again.

After a while, someone came over with some pieces of cloth and said something to Zhao Gao.Zhao Gao took the pieces of cloth and came to Li Si: "Prime Minister, the material of these pieces of cloth is exactly the same as that of the posted notice. What's your explanation?"

Li Si looked at the pieces of cloth, shook his head and said, "The old man didn't have any explanation for the crime he wanted to impose. Mr. Zhao, please tell me how to deal with the old man."

Zhao Gao smiled, and that smile was indescribably sinister in Li Si's eyes: "Since the prime minister has nothing to say, I have no choice but to take the prime minister back to the dungeon to question slowly. Come on, my lord prime minister, please go on your way." Right. By the way, I also called other people in the prime minister's mansion by the way, maybe the prime minister didn't know about this matter, and the people in his mansion did it without telling him."

As soon as the order was given, the hundreds of soldiers began to arrest the people in the prime minister's mansion. After a while, bursts of crying came from the prime minister's mansion.Afterwards, under the watchful eye of hundreds of soldiers, more than 80 members of Li Si's family were taken to the prison.

The wind and rain in Xianyang City became tighter. . . . . .