Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-06-24

"This is the last letter from Wulin and the others. We will never receive any letters from them again." Meng Tian held a thin silk book in his hand.

Chen Ping picked up a glass of wine from the table, came to the front of the hall, raised it up to the sky and said, "All warriors, you will spare your life for my Daqin and to help Prince Su. Let Chen show his admiration. I respect you all!" A glass!" He poured the wine in the glass to the ground, "Don't worry, your sacrifice will not be in vain."

Meng Tian frowned and said, "Mr. Chen, recently I have doubted your plan. If Zhao Gao hadn't suspected that Hu Hai sent someone to assassinate him, wouldn't Wu Lin and others have died in vain?"

Chen Ping returned to the house and put the wine glasses on the table before saying: "Zhao Gao is insidious and suspicious. Before the assassination, Wu Lin and the others used various methods to spread the news that Zhao Gao wanted to kill the king. Presumably Zhao Gao also Got it. This will make him start to suspect that Hu Hai began to distrust him, and if someone suddenly assassinates him at this moment, then the first person behind the scene that comes to his mind must be Hu Hai."

"Mr. Chen has a very detailed grasp of Zhao Gao's psychology, I would have admired it." Meng Tian said with sincere admiration.

"I only hope that this time, Zhao Gao and Hu Hai will have a rift. It is best if there is a civil strife in Xianyang City, then our Shangjun will be safe for the time being." Chen Ping sighed and continued: "Now the whole army How's it going?"

Meng Tian couldn't help smiling bitterly and said: "Now the news that the prince was killed has been spread in the army, it seems that it is almost impossible to suppress it. Now I can only rely on my prestige to suppress it. I hope the prince Jiren Tianxiang can come back safely." Having said that, But Meng Tian has absolutely no confidence in his heart.Chen Ping could also see it, but he didn't point it out, so he could only drink the bitter wine in one gulp.

After Zhao Gao returned to the mansion, he immediately called his confidant Zhao Yuchu to discuss it.When Zhao Yuchu heard that Zhao Gao had been assassinated, he greeted him repeatedly in order to show his loyalty, but Zhao Gao interrupted him: "It's not too late to say these flattering words later. Today, the official came to you to let you Help me analyze who is responsible for this assassination."

When Zhao Yuchu heard this, he quickly straightened his posture and said, "Your Excellency is dedicated to Daqin for me, and there must be many people who have offended you. Not to mention those who are vying to rebel, there are also many people in Xianyang City who wish to murder Your Excellency. For example, Li Si’s remnants, Fusu’s possible spies in Xianyang City, etc.”

"Hmph! Li Si has been dead for a few months. If his people wanted to seek revenge from the official, they would have come here long ago. Would they still wait until now? As for Fusu's spies, to be honest, I really don't believe here. There are some spies from Fusu, and Fusu just died not long ago, even those spies are unlikely to know the news so quickly, so they can rule it out." Zhao Gao coldly rejected Zhao Yuchu's proposal.

"Could it be other officials in the DPRK who oppose your lord?" Zhao Yuchu asked cautiously.

"Most half of the court is now my people, and the others are people who don't have much real power in their hands. How can there be so many good hands in their house." Zhao Gao glanced at Zhao Yunchu and said, " Can't you think of anyone else?"

"This..." Zhao Yuchu's face was a little ugly. Of course he knew that there was one person who was the biggest suspect and he didn't mention it himself, but now he didn't dare to say it out, so he could only look at Zhao with embarrassment. high.

"Just say what you have, I regard you as a close friend, Yunchu." Zhao Gao stared at him and said coldly.

Although it was spring, Zhao Yuchu's body was still covered in cold sweat all of a sudden. He smacked his lips, looked around and said softly: "In my opinion, the one on the top is actually the one that is the highest." It is possible to send someone to assassinate your envoy." After saying this, Zhao Yuchu took a deep breath.

What Zhao Gao wanted was this test, he didn't say anything more, he just motioned Zhao Yuchu to continue talking.

"These days the rumors have been spread in the streets and alleys. It is impossible for him not to have suspicions, and then he launched a murderous plan on the Lord, and today the Lord was assassinated on the way back to the house after going to see him, so it can be said that he is the most sure. If your lord is going to stop, there is an [-]% chance that he will send someone to assassinate your lord on the way." After telling Zhao Gao all the words in his heart, Zhao Yuchu only felt that he was stronger than those guards who had a battle with the assassin. tired.

Zhao Gao listened to his words, and compared with what he suspected, he nodded in satisfaction and said, "Okay, you can go down."

Zhao Yuchu really breathed a sigh of relief when he heard these words, and immediately left.On the other hand, Zhao Gao was playing with a piece of jade in his hands, with a stern look in his eyes.

Soon after, the identities of those assassins were clearly investigated by Zhao Gao's people, and their information was sent to his residence.Seeing these people with different identities but living in the same place, Zhao Gao became even more suspicious, and then he discovered the uniqueness of a person's identity.After investigation, this person is just a small businessman now, but a month ago he was a guard in Xianyang Palace.Holding the identities of these people in his hands, Zhao Gao gritted his teeth and said, "You want to hide it! Can't you be more concealed? Or do you only have these people in your hands?" After speaking, a sneer came out of his mouth.

After that, Zhao Gao didn't have the chance to think about this matter carefully, because when the officials who were close to Zhao Gao heard that he had been assassinated, they brought gifts to visit him one after another. This was a rare opportunity to show their loyalty to Lord Zhao , While expressing their deep condolences to Mr. Zhao's assassination, they strongly condemned the person who sent the assassin, but Zhao Gao just sat there and listened to their spitting and sighing, without saying anything.

It was not until these people left that Zhao Gao finally thought of how to deal with Hu Hai, a possible enemy.Of course, as a courtier, he didn't dare to fall out with the emperor directly, so he had to confirm again how many officials in the court were still on the side of Hu Hai or the Qin royal family.

This day was the day of the Great Court Meeting, and officials of all sizes in Xianyang City had to go to the palace to participate, so several carriages and sedan chairs rushed to Xianyang Palace early in the morning.When all the officials stood on the main hall and waited for Hu Hai to meet with them, Zhao Gao came late.Of course, now Zhao Gao is fully qualified to make Baiguan wait for him like the emperor, so Baiguan didn't feel strange when he came late.

But when they saw such things brought by Zhao Gao, everyone began to whisper to each other.Because the entourage following Zhao Gao was holding a brown deer, five feet long and three feet high, with two big horns on its forehead.Seeing that Zhao Gao brought such a big guy to court, everyone felt very strange, but because he was Zhao Gao, everyone could only discuss in private, and they dared not question him face to face.Not to mention these officials, even the soldiers in charge of guarding the palace turned a blind eye to Zhao Gao leading such a thing in.

Suddenly there was a shout from the servant: "Emperor Qin II is here!" Then the buzzing hall became quiet, and after Hu Hai took his seat, everyone sat down in order after paying their respects.

Hu Hai looked at the Manchu officials, and was about to speak when he was attracted by the deer brought by Zhao Gao. He said angrily, "Who brought this animal to the palace?"

Zhao Gao hurriedly cupped his hands at the table and said: "I know that the emperor is looking for some good horses, so I specially sent people to look for them in various places, and now I finally got this good horse, so I specially brought it to the emperor today."

Upon hearing Zhao Gao's words, there was another whisper among the ministers, and Hu Hai also laughed and said, "Master Zhao must have been deceived. This is clearly a deer. How can you say he is a horse?" Although I don’t say I know everything, the deer and the horse can still be distinguished, and I have raised several of them in my imperial garden.”

After hearing Hu Hai's words, several ministers also nodded and said: "This is indeed a deer. It seems that Mr. Zhao was indeed deceived."

Zhao Gao didn't argue, just looked at them with a smile, and when they were silent, he said loudly: "Since the minister said he was a deer, and the emperor said he was a horse, then the minister will not argue with the emperor, I just want to ask all the adults present here, do you think this is a deer or a horse?" He said and glanced at all the ministers present.

After hearing Zhao Gao's words, the discussion of the crowd suddenly fell silent. They had already heard the smell, so no one dared to come out and say what it was.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhao Gao turned around to look at an official and said, "Master Wu, you have a lot of knowledge, so you must know what he is."

Master Wu turned pale when he heard Zhao Gao calling him. He squeaked for a long time before he said: "In my opinion, this, this is indeed a... a horse." After saying this Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhao Gao nodded in satisfaction, and asked the next one: "Master Kong, what do you think?"

The man also said it was a horse.So the courtiers in the palace began to express their opinions one after another. Some said it belonged to a deer, and some said it belonged to a horse, but more than [-]% said it belonged to a horse.Zhao Gao was very satisfied with the performance of these officials, nodded and turned to Hu Hai and said, "Emperor, it seems that I did nothing wrong this time, so I ask the emperor to accept this horse."

Hu Hai knew that he had completely fallen into Zhao Gao's game since Zhao Gao asked the officials what it was. Now it seems that most of the officials in the Manchu Dynasty are Zhao Gao's people, and his face is getting more and more ugly. He finally heard Zhao Gao's obviously mocking words, he gritted his teeth and endured it for a long time before saying: "Come here, bring this horse back to the stable for me to raise, don't let Master Zhao's hard work live up to you." After saying that, he hated it. He flicked his sleeves and said: "I feel a little uncomfortable, let's stop here for today's court meeting." Without waiting for all the officials to send him off, he got up and left.

Zhao Gao looked at the back of Hu Hai leaving, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth.