Ni Chu

The inner officer left the palace, looked left and right and trotted along the street, and ran straight to the prime minister's mansion.

The two people who had been falling behind him did not step forward to stop him, but followed him evasively.It wasn't until he knocked on the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion and walked in that the two people found a quiet place to hide in the corner of the street opposite the door, and looked at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion with their heads poking around.

The internal officer entered the prime minister's mansion, and walked straight to Li Si's study under the leadership of the servants.

"Cao Changshi, what can I teach you when I come to see the old man?" After the servant reported to Li Si that the eunuch came to visit, Li Si personally greeted him out of the room, and said to the eunuch with a smile on his face.

Seeing that Li Si was still unaware, the internal officer stamped his feet anxiously, sighed and said to Li Si: "The prime minister is facing a catastrophe, how can he be so at ease. Cao Jin is grateful for the prime minister's loyalty to the country, and came here specially , just to inform the Prime Minister that Zhao Gao has slandered the eldest son of your mansion for having an affair with thieves in front of His Majesty, and has had a close relationship with Xiang Liang's nephew Xiang Yu. His Majesty has ordered an investigation. The people who are going to investigate are probably on their way at this time. Please also The prime minister must be careful, Cao Jin bids farewell!"

Cao Jin didn't even enter Li Si's study. After saying this, she resigned and hurriedly left the prime minister's mansion.

Li Si wanted to hold Cao Jin to ask more details, but seeing Cao Jin's flustered look, he knew that if he stayed in his mansion, he might be suspected by Zhao Gao, so he didn't force him to stay, and he bowed his hands to Cao Jin. Watching him leave.

Cao Jin left the prime minister's mansion, lowered her head and walked quickly towards the palace.When he saw the gate of the imperial palace from a distance, two people suddenly jumped up behind him, holding his armpits and dragging him to the side path forcibly.

"What are you going to do?" Suddenly being hijacked, Cao Jin yelled at his people who were terrified.

"Peng!" As soon as he yelled, the back of his head was hit by a blunt object. The blow was so hard that Cao Jin felt a pain in the back of his head and passed out.

After Cao Jin left, Li Si couldn't calm down.He didn't expect that after being an official for many years, he always acted like walking on thin ice and devoted himself to assisting the king, but in the end he would be tricked by Zhao Gao and jump into the pit that Zhao Gao had dug for him.

"Come on, please invite Mr. Unknown to discuss matters!" Li Si put his hand on his forehead and thought for a long time before raising his head and shouting to the door.

Not long after, Wu You was led by the servants to Li Si's study.

"Prime Minister, why did you call Wu You here late at night?" After entering the study, Wu You first bowed and cupped his fists to salute Li Si, then stood up straight and said, "If my guess is correct, this time it must be The Prime Minister's deliberations fell into Zhao Gao's treacherous scheme! I don't know if it's true or not?"

Li Si really admires Wu You very much, but there is one thing about this Wu You that makes him very dissatisfied - he is too arrogant and unrestrained, which always makes Li Si feel difficult to control.Therefore, Li Si is often reluctant to come to Wu You to discuss difficult matters, unless the matter has reached a dead end, he will invite Wu You to solve it.

"Sir, you are really good at predicting things. The truth is that you have been tricked by Zhao Gao's thieves. Your Majesty has ordered people to go to Sanchuan County to investigate my son Li You. May I ask you what to do?" Seeing that Wu You had already guessed the details, Li Si Don't hide any more, just ask for countermeasures straight to the point.

Wu You shook his head helplessly, and said to Li Si: "Prime Minister, there is no solution to this matter. The best way now is for the Prime Minister to voluntarily resign from his official position, which may protect the Li family from worries. Although Zhao Gao is only a doctor, but But he is by His Majesty's side every day, His Majesty must believe what he said. Even if the prime minister has a high position and authority, there is nothing he can do about it!"

Li Si nodded with some disappointment and said: "The matter has come to this point, so I have no choice but to follow what Mr. said. In the morning, I will go to the school to tell the old man to return home."

"It's so good!" Wu You sighed, and said to Li Si with cupped fists, "If the prime minister has nothing else to do, Wu You will leave!"

Li Si was about to agree, when an attendant's voice came from outside the door: "I want to report to the prime minister, the young man and several ministers are asking to see you."

As soon as the servant's words fell, Wu You narrowed his eyes slightly, and said to Li Si: "Master Shaofu came to seek an audience at this time, he must have learned that the prime minister was framed by Zhao Gao and wanted to impeach Zhao Gao together with several adults. Although it is a plan for the prime minister, it is absolutely impossible, and I hope the prime minister will carefully consider it!"

Li Si nodded, responded, and said to Wu You: "Sir, come back, I have my own measure."

Wu You looked at Li Si, sighed helplessly after a while, and bowed to Li Si and said, "The Prime Minister has a plan in mind, I don't want to say more, I will leave first, and I hope the Prime Minister will take care of you!"

After coming out of Li Si's study, Wu You didn't go back to his residence, but went straight to the stable.He asked the horseman for a good horse, and he jumped on the horse. Before leaving, he said to the horseman: "The prime minister's mansion is in great trouble. If you don't want to be involved and lose your head, you'd better run away!"

After all, without further delay, he raised his whip and escaped from Xianyang City overnight.

Wu You's guess was correct, Li Si did not follow his suggestion, and made the decision to impeach Zhao Gao after discussing secretly with a group of ministers in the study.

On the second day, Li Si heard that Hu Hai was enjoying singing and dancing in Ganquan Palace, so he led a group of ministers to seek an audience.

Knowing that the matter had been exposed, Zhao Gao dared not go to see Li Si, and hid in the mansion behind closed doors.Li Si and others did not go directly to him, but waited outside Ganquan Palace for half a day, but they never saw Hu Hai summoning him.Li Si had no choice but to put a case on the table in the street, and wrote a memorial to impeach Zhao Gao.

In the memorial, Li Si not only lamented Zhao Gao’s domineering and domineering deeds, but also compared Zhao Gao to Zihan who usurped the throne of the Song Dynasty in ancient times, and Tian Chang who usurped the state of Qi with Jiang’s surname and established himself with the surname of Qi. He reminded Huhai, Zhao Gao is a wolf with ambition, so he has to guard against it.

The memorial was handed over to Hu Hai through the servant. Hu Hai was having a good time when he heard that the servant said that the prime minister was absent. He frowned. Summon the prime minister, I want to see him."

Li Si waited outside Ganquan Palace for half a day, so that Hu Hai could summon him. When the servant said that His Majesty had summoned him, he quickly adjusted his clothes and followed the servant into Ganquan Palace.

When he came to the palace, the singing and dancing had already stopped, and only Hu Hai and a group of servants were left in the hall, but the unique fragrance of singers still lingered in the huge hall.

"Your Majesty Li Si kowtowed and worshiped, may your majesty have a long life and a long life!" After seeing Hu Hai, Li Si first knelt on the ground, kowtowed a few times, and sat aside after Hu Hai asked him to get up.

As soon as Li Si sat down, before he could open his mouth, Hu Hai said to him: "The prime minister wrote bloody and tearful words, which are deeply touching, but I secretly think that this must be a misunderstanding between the prime minister and Zhao Lang Zhongling. Langzhong Ling is talented and knowledgeable, and in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, there is no one else besides the prime minister; and Lang Zhongling works for me on weekdays. He works hard on government affairs, gets up early and sleeps late every day, is very diligent, and has never neglected his duties. Loyalty to me is a testament to the sun and the moon, and the prime minister must not be suspicious of him in the future."

Hu Hai's meaning could not be more obvious, that is, to tell Li Si not to trouble Zhao Gao again in the future, but Li Si came here today to bring down Zhao Gao, how could he go back home so easily.He quickly leaned forward and prostrated himself on the ground and said to Hu Hai: "Your Majesty thinks that Zhao Gao is loyal, and I secretly think that Zhao Gao deceived His Majesty in order to usurp power. I hope Your Majesty must be careful!"

Hu Hai had no doubts about Zhao Gao, seeing that Li Si still refused to give up impeaching Zhao Gao, he twisted his chin, bowed his head and remained silent.

"Zhao Gao prevented His Majesty from going to court, in fact, it is to usurp His Majesty's power and finally seek the throne. If His Majesty does not come to the court in person, he will still hand over the court affairs to Zhao Gao. Once he becomes popular in the future, even if the Great Qin Iron Cavalry calms down the world. It is inevitable that the great Qin country will not become his possession!" Seeing that Hu Hai was silent, Li Si knew that he believed in Zhao Gao, so he quickly continued: "Your Majesty, the late emperor established the great Qin, and only hope that the great Qin will last forever. Don't cause the late emperor's wish to come to naught because of Zhao Gao!"

After speaking, Li Si's words became more and more serious, Hu Hai's face changed, but he did not explode on the spot, but waved his hand to Li Si and said: "Prime Minister, you go back, I will think carefully about what you said today. "

Hu Hai issued an order to evict the guests, and Li Si had no choice but to retreat.

After Li Si left, Hu Hai drove back to the palace immediately. Before returning to the palace, he said to a servant: "Go, call Zhao Gao, I have something to say to him."

Hu Hai summoned Zhao Gao. During this sensitive period, Zhao Gao naturally did not dare not go.As soon as Hu Hai returned to the harem, Zhao Gao was already there.

"Zhao Gao, Li Si came to attend you, saying that you manipulated the government to plot rebellion." Hu Hai got out of the chariot, and said to Zhao Gao who was following behind him as he walked towards the palace.

"Your Majesty!" Zhao Gao heard Hu Hai say this, fell to his knees on the ground with a "puff", and said bitterly, "I am loyal to Your Majesty, and the world can show it. The prime minister said this to trap the minister in disloyalty." Injustice!"

Hu Hai turned his head, glanced at Zhao Gao and said, "Get up, of course I believe you. If you don't believe you, I'm afraid you will have died today. I want you to come here, just to remind you, don't provoke Li Si again. lest he murder you secretly."

Zhao Gao didn't get up, but fell on the ground and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty knows that the prime minister has rebelled now, and there are both physical and personal evidence. Instead, he bit the humble minister with the intention of murdering the humble minister. Nowadays, most of the court affairs are handled by the humble minister. Li Si The person he fears is only one minister. His purpose of impeaching me today is to bring me down. Once I lose power, there will be no one else who can control Li Si. At that time, I am afraid that he will start to rebel! He has such a stake in me, how can he tolerate it? I?"

"There is such a thing?" When Li Si went to the meeting, Hu Hai only thought it was a conflict between the ministers, and never thought about usurping power. After Zhao Gao said this, he was immediately furious, and after a moment of hesitation, he responded Zhao Gao said: "Li Si intends to rebel, there are indeed signs, this matter is handed over to Lang Zhongling Zhao Gao, and it is necessary to investigate and find out!"