Ni Chu

Mengsu didn't turn her head back, she turned her long sword back and spun her body, only heard a crisp "jingle", and the long sword stabbing behind her was blocked by her.

She quickly retreated, and stopped after retreating to a position where the opponent could not reach with a sword. She said with a smile on her face: "I suddenly feel better, and you are also injured. I don't want to bully you. Between us Let’s wait for a few days to resolve the matter, but I want to tell you, you will definitely not be able to compete with me, Xiang Ye is mine!"

It was Xiang Qing who attacked Mengsu from behind. Blood was still flowing from her shoulder, and the arm holding the sword trembled slightly, but she stared at Mengsu with strong jealousy in her eyes.

"I will definitely kill you!" Xiang Qing covered his bloody shoulder with one hand, and said to Mengsu gnashing his teeth with the long sword in the other hand: "You have taken away the man I like, and I will definitely kill you!" If you die, no matter who is protecting you, I will kill you!"

Meng Su still had a smile on his face, shrugged his shoulders towards Xiang Qing and said, "I'll wait for you to come and kill me, but I won't die so easily, I want to live together with Xiang Ye and grow old together!"

Xiang Qing glared at Mengsu angrily, and after a while, perhaps knowing that he could not kill Mengsu under the condition of injury, he snorted heavily, put the long sword into the sheath, turned and left.

After fighting the Qin army outside Puyang City, the Chu army captured Baima again, and then turned south to conquer Changyuan, Pingqiu, and Linji. In June of the same year, the army arrived near Chenliu.

The Chu army pulled out the city and seized the village all the way. At the same time, Xianyang was not peaceful.

After a morning court, when all the ministers left, Zhao Gao once again stopped Li Si who was about to walk out of the hall.

"Prime Minister, stay!" Li Si's feet hadn't stepped out of the threshold of the hall, Zhao Gao followed closely behind.

"What's the matter, Mr. Zhao?" Li Si turned his head, looked at Zhao Gao who was walking towards him with a flattering smile, and asked suspiciously.

Zhao Gao walked up to Li Si, and said with a smile on his face: "The two sacred birds that the prime minister gave to His Majesty last time, His Majesty liked it very much. But it is difficult for me to be an official. I tried to persuade Your Majesty to attend court affairs in person, but Your Majesty always I only know about raising dogs and horses, appreciating sacred birds, and playing with court ladies. The officials are light-hearted, and they really can’t persuade His Majesty. I hope that the Prime Minister will personally come forward and persuade His Majesty to work hard to revitalize the Great Qin.”

Li Si pondered for a while, and then said to Zhao Gao: "You and I are both ministers. At this time, we still need Mr. Zhao's mediation to succeed. Tomorrow morning, please arrange for me to have an audience with His Majesty, and I will speak clearly to Your Majesty."

After the two said goodbye, Li Si kept frowning on the way back home.The last time he tried to persuade Hu Hai, not only was he unsuccessful, but he got frustrated.

This time, he had to think of a perfect plan, and he had to make Hu Hai realize the seriousness of the current situation, give up lust and go to court in person.

In the prime minister's mansion, there is a hut away from the main house.The hut is not very big, its length and width are only three to four feet square. In the hut, except for a low couch and a small table that only one person can sleep on their backs, two-thirds of the hut is filled with books.

Li Si took out a volume from a pile of letters, knelt down by the table, and read it carefully.

There were not many words on the letter, but he read it for a long time.Two hours later, he finally closed the letter, closed his eyelids slightly, took a long breath, put his hand on his forehead, closed his eyes and meditated.

After a long time, he opened his eyes and closed the letter, walked out of the hut with his hands behind his back, and walked straight to the back hall.

Early the next morning, Li Si ordered his servants to prepare their chariots and horses, and arrived at the Xianyang Palace before the morning court.

Zhao Gaozao stood outside the palace gate and waited.Seeing Li Si approaching, he hurried forward, bowed and stood in front of Li Si's carriage, clasped his fists and said, "Zhao Gao met the prime minister. Your Majesty was playful yesterday and slept until midnight. He is in the harem at this time. Dare I ask the prime minister to see you immediately?" Or see you later?"

Li Si pondered for a while, then waved his hand to Zhao Gao and said, "I have to go to court early later, so I am sorry to trouble you to wake up Your Majesty, and I will go to see you right now."

"Prime Minister, please stay here later, and I will report to His Majesty right away." Hearing Li Si said that he would enter the palace to meet Hu Hai soon, Zhao Gao's eyes flashed an imperceptible deceit, and he bowed and said humbly to Li Si He retreated, turned around and walked towards the palace.

Hu Hai was lying on the couch, and on his left and right sides were two naked women.He held one of the women's naked breasts with one hand, and from time to time, he squeezed it lightly like a balloon.His legs were resting on another woman's lap, perhaps because he was too tired from having fun the night before, and he was still snoring softly in his deep sleep.

When Zhao Gao entered the harem, he didn't let anyone notify him, and directly broke into Hu Hai's bedroom.

After entering the bedroom, he stood outside the door of Hu Hai's bedroom, bowed and shouted to the inside: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Li begs to see you."

Hu Hai, who was in a deep sleep, didn't hear his cry. Zhao Gao waited for a while when there was no movement in the room, and then raised his voice and shouted: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Li begs to see you!"

The cry was quite loud, and Hu Hai, who was sleeping, rubbed his eyes, sat up, and shouted impatiently to the door: "Zhao Gao, it's not yet dawn, what are you screaming? Don't you know I'm sleeping?" ?”

"Report to Your Majesty!" Hearing Hu Hai's shout, a tricky smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Gao's mouth, and he still bowed and said to the room: "My minister has informed Prime Minister Li that His Majesty is going to bed, but the prime minister forced Wei The minister came to wake up His Majesty, saying that he wanted to beg His Majesty to come to the court in person. I dare not disobey, so I have to come here to report!"

When Hu Hai heard that it was Li Si who forced Zhao Gao to wake him up to discuss state affairs, he was furious, slapped the bed and shouted at the door: "Go and tell Li Si not to bother me, I don't want to see him!"

The maids sleeping on both sides of Hu Hai were also awakened at this time. They curled up like two frightened birds, looking at the furious Hu Hai with fear in their eyes.

Zhao Gao didn't quit because of Hu Hai's fury. He hoped that Hu Hai couldn't contain his anger. Only in this way could he achieve his goal of bringing down Li Si.

"Your Majesty, I don't dare!" In order to further arouse Hu Hai's anger, Zhao Gao stood outside the door, bowed his body and said, "Li Cheng has a high status and a humble status, how dare you speak to him like this!"

"I told you to talk, so you can talk quickly! Could it be that you want to disobey my will?" Seeing that Zhao Gao was unwilling to go out and drive Li Si away, Hu Hai jumped off the bed. He ran over from the door, and a mass of drooping weight on his naked lower body swayed from side to side as he ran.

"You tell Li Si right now, let him not bother me in the future! Tell him that the father can make him a prime minister, and I can turn him into a commoner! Go!" Hu Hai opened his eyes wide as he ran to the door He stared at Zhao Gao and roared loudly.

Zhao Gao bowed his body, trembling slightly, bearing Hu Hai's fury. After Hu Hai finished his yelling, he mumbled and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know. The prime minister always thinks that the great Qin can unify the world is entirely due to him. When the emperor was alive, he expected to be crowned king. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he felt dissatisfied when he saw that there was no hope of being crowned king. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang who instigated labor and riots a few days ago were from his hometown. Recently there was news from Xingyang that his The fierce fight between your son Li You and Xiang Yan's grandson Xiang Yu may be detrimental to Great Qin. Besides, the government is now in the hands of the prime minister, and among the ministers and the army, the prime minister has more authority than your majesty, how dare a humble minister offend him?"

Zhao Gao's words made Hu Hai silent. He frowned slightly, and after pondering for a moment, he looked at Zhao Gao and asked, "Li You and Xiang Yu had a close relationship, is there any real evidence?"

"Yes!" Zhao Gao bowed his body, looked around as if he was afraid of being heard, and saw that there was no one else around except a few servants, so he said in a low voice: "A few days ago, there was news from Xingyang that it was Li There was a young man surnamed Xiang in You Mansion. That young man was outstanding in swordsmanship and was a rare young talent. Later, the young man took Meng Tian’s granddaughter Meng Su from Li You’s mansion. Living in Li You's residence for a few days, wouldn't it mean that he has had an affair with the old Chu? Moreover, he dared to cover up the imperial criminals, if he hadn't been backed by the Prime Minister, he would not have been so bold as a small Sanchuan county guard!"

When Zhao Gao said these words, Hu Hai frowned into a "Chuan" shape. He lowered his head, as if he was thinking about something, and remained silent for a long time before looking up at Zhao Gao and saying, "Li Sinai is Important minister in the court, although I intend to examine him, there is no evidence. You immediately send people to Sanchuan to investigate Li You. Once you find out that Li You is connected with bandits, report to me immediately. You go, send Li Si away, I will I don't want to see him today!"

Zhao Gao, who got Hu Hai's will, hurriedly bowed and left, and went straight to the main gate of the palace.

Li Si waited outside the palace for a long time, seeing Zhao Gao's return for a long time, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.Just as he was fidgeting and pacing back and forth outside the palace, Zhao Gao trotted towards him.

"Prime Minister, please forgive me for being incompetent. Although I woke up Your Majesty, I had no choice but to irritate Your Majesty. Now I am furious in the palace and do not want to see the Prime Minister. According to what I see, the Prime Minister should go back first. Your Majesty will be in a good mood in a few days. It's not too late to meet again!" Zhao Gao came to Li Si, bowed deeply to him, and said helplessly.

After receiving Zhao Gao's reward, Li Si was shocked all over, and suddenly an ominous feeling surged in his heart.He had an intuition, and this time he fell for Zhao Gao's intuition.

Although his intuition told him that he had fallen into Zhao Gao's trap, but because there was no evidence, he couldn't get angry for a while, so he had to return a gift to Zhao Gao, turned around, got on the carriage and rushed back to the prime minister's mansion.

After Hu Hai returned to the bedroom, an internal official quietly left the harem and walked all the way along the corner to the outside of the palace.

When the inner officer walked out of the palace, he didn't notice that there were always two figures falling behind him inseparable.

He looked back several times furtively along the way, and every time he looked back, the two figures would quickly flash to a quiet place behind him, avoiding his sight.