Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 962 Master-disciple transfer

This time, the efficiency in Xianyang was much higher than Gu Xun expected. Within a few days, the edict was read out and the envoy summoning Fusu back to the capital came to Fushi County.

It is probably because the large number of important ministers in the court who had been eagerly waiting for Fusu to return to the capital for several years were overtly and covertly promoting the complete settlement of the matter.

This is one of the reasons why Gu Xun specifically reminded Fusu to be careful.

Now in Xianyang, there are not only a lot of enemies waiting to trick him, but also a lot of people who can't wait to push him to the throne.

No one can tell how many of these superficial teammates are sincerely supporting Fusu, and how many are Xiaoxiao who is lurking and plotting.

Moreover, even among those real teammates, there may be pig teammates who can only do harm to others - as far as Gu Xun knew, after the death of Lord Changping, there were basically few reliable people who supported Fusu.

Of course, the most important thing is that Gu Xun and the others have no intention of competing for the throne of Lao Shizi. These so-called teammates are meaningless people from the beginning.

They can hardly bring any real help to Fusu. Instead, they will most likely cause disaster, which is an out-and-out debuff.

Therefore, Fusu not only had to guard against the enemy, but also against these ‘teammates’.

Back to the topic, this time the envoy who came to Shangjun to announce the edict was none other than Gu Xun's old friend.

The former deputy commander of the Shadow Guards, now the commander of the Shadow Guards, concurrently serves as the Shaofu Prime Minister - Zhang Han.

That's right, Zhang Han has now taken off his "vice" - he took it off shortly before Fusu was sent to Shangjun.

Originally, Gu Xun only held this position temporarily, but suddenly he stayed in this position for so many years. In a sense, he was in love, although this was not out of Gu Xun's wishes.

However, although the position was relieved, the relationship between Gu Xun...or Fusu's faction and Zhang Han was not too distant.

There are many reasons, the most critical of which is that before Fusu left Xianyang and after Zhang Han took over the position of commander, Ying Zheng's order almost came into effect - handing over the Shadow Secret Guard to Fusu.

In other words, it is to make Zhang Han responsible for Fusu in the future and no longer directly take orders from the emperor Ying Zheng.

This order was almost given to Zhang Han, and even Zhang Han himself knew the exact news, but in the end it was ignored because Fusu was demoted to Lidu.

Zhang Han didn't know whether His Majesty the Emperor's decision to hand over the Shadow Guard to Fusu meant that Fusu was his favorite candidate for the throne, but one thing he was sure of was that from now on, regardless of his own wishes, he would most likely be destined to Belongs to the faction of the eldest son.

Although the order to hand over the Shadow Guards was unexpectedly suspended, His Majesty the Emperor did not make any other arrangements afterwards, and the demotion of the eldest son Fusu was also somewhat ambiguous.

In particular, for so many years before, the Shadow Guards were nominally subordinate to the teacher of the eldest son Fusu.

At that time, Zhang Han suddenly recalled the meaningful words that Gu Xun had mentioned to him several times in the past, and it was impossible not to have some thoughts in his mind.

He once thought that he could maintain absolute loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor and would not take any extra actions. However, at this time, he realized that it is not that easy not to take sides.

The emperor's own will, the wooing of various factions, and his own ambitions all drove him to make a decision.

There is no doubt that Zhang Han did make a decision, but maybe not so thoroughly.

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Fusu nodded, "General Zhang, don't worry, Fusu will be spared."

"Let me deal with the matters at hand today, and we will set off tomorrow."

A smile appeared on Zhang Han's stern face, "Young master, there is no need to be so anxious."

"It doesn't matter." Fusu waved his hands with a smile, "I don't have much to deal with at all, I can finish it soon."

Zhang Han nodded slightly, then took a few steps forward, as if standing next to Fusu, and whispered, "There is also a secret order that needs to be reported to the Young Master privately, so..."

As he spoke, Zhang Han glanced at the large circle of county officials who came to join in the fun.

What he read was an edict specially issued to Fusu. There was no need for officials like them to come to listen to the edict. They appeared here just to find an opportunity to have a relationship with Fusu. By the way, they also wanted to see if they could have a relationship with the envoys from the DPRK and China. of.

Fusu understood what Zhang Han meant and said with a gentle smile, "General Zhang must be exhausted after a long journey. I will arrange for someone to take the general down to rest, okay?"

Zhang Han clasped his hands and said thanks, "Thank you, sir. Zhang Han is rude."

Then Fusu arranged for his servants to take Zhang Han to the backyard. He stayed in the hall of the Young Master's Mansion for a while, and after sending all the officials away, he hurried to the backyard.

When he arrived at the small hall in the backyard, what he saw was Zhang Han, Han Fei, and Gu Xun each sitting at a table, drinking and chatting.

Fusu was not surprised by the scene in front of him, because this was what he had arranged - Gu Xun and Zhang Han were old friends for many years, could they do it without meeting each other? Although Han Fei didn't meet Zhang Han often, he was a person who loved to join in the fun, so naturally he couldn't be left out.

After calmly greeting the three of them one by one, Fusu walked to his seat and sat down, and then went straight to the point:

"General Zhang, you can tell me the secret order you want to tell me now."

Zhang Han couldn't help but reveal a wry smile when he looked at Gu Xun and Han Fei, who had no intention of avoiding suspicion, especially Han Fei, who almost had his ears raised waiting to hear the news. However, he also offered to let go. The two people's opinions to avoid suspicion.

This is purely a face-saving project and has no practical significance.

As a member of the bureaucracy, Zhang Han knows that face-saving projects are often indispensable, but at this time and place, staffing is obviously not needed.

So he said simply, "His Majesty the First Emperor has issued a secret order. From the moment the edict is promulgated, the general and his shadow secret guards will temporarily be at the disposal of the young master and be responsible for protecting the young master's safety."

After listening to Zhang Han's words, Gu Xun and Han Fei looked at each other and each showed a smile.

"Hey, although this order is a few years late, it has finally come down." Gu Xun sighed with a smile.

Although there is a word "temporary listening" in the words, when an espionage force is handed over to an heir to the throne, the word "temporary" is no longer necessary.

Although Fusu also knew that the Shadow Guard was almost under his control a few years ago, he was still stunned for a moment and murmured, "Father... did you temporarily hand over the Shadow Guard to me?"

(End of this chapter)