Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Birthday Present

The next day, after a night of deliberation, Liu Bang finally made up his mind to expose Xiaochuan and Yushu. He came to the palace to see the chief eunuch. While waiting outside the door, Liu Bang watched Gao Yao approaching from a distance, seeing that he looked like the chief eunuch, Liu Bang was shocked, thinking that if Gao Yao saw him, he must be dead. Liu Bang hurriedly lowered his head to avoid it, but seeing that Gao Yao was approaching, he could not avoid it!Liu Bang turned to run away, but was grabbed by a hand.Liu Bang was covered in cold sweat, and when he looked up, the person holding him was Xiao Chuan.

Just as Xiao Chuan was about to speak to Liu Bang, Gao Yao had already arrived. Liu Bang pushed Xiao Chuan to Gao Yao and hid himself behind the soldiers.When Xiao Chuan saw Gao Yao, he immediately understood that although he didn't like Liu Bang, he was a sworn brother after all, and couldn't bear to see him hurt by Gao Yao, so he pulled Gao Yao aside and exchanged pleasantries. Liu Bang, who was hiding behind the soldiers, was trembling all the time. He thought, Xiao Chuan really has good hands and eyes, and with his lofty ambitions, he can't beat them.What kind of beauty is the best policy? It's important to save your life.

As soon as Gao Yao left, Liu Bang immediately bid farewell to Xiao Chuan, and he said to Xiao Chuan: "I never thought that Gao Yao would become the chief eunuch, and my virtuous brother also knew about his feud with Brother Wei. With him around, Brother Wei may not have good results." Eat, I can’t stay with you anymore, no, I can’t stay in Xianyang anymore! Let’s go today, so as not to have long nights and dreams!” Xiao Chuan didn't want to keep him anymore, and said politely: "Since the elder brother has decided to go, well, I don't know if there is anything else I can do to help?"

Liu Bang thought again, if he went back like this, Lu Zhi would definitely not believe him, he had to find a way to fool Lu Zhi, and immediately rolled his eyes, thinking about it.Liu Bang said to Xiao Chuan: "I'm going back to pack my things now, I don't have time to go back to the official office, so you can send someone to get back the official uniform seal from me!" Xiaochuan agreed, and Liu Bang hurried back to the official office. Back at the official office, Liu Bang hurriedly began to pack his things. Seeing Liu Bang's flustered look, Lu Zhi said angrily: "What are you doing? Didn't you go to report on Xiao Chuan? Why did you come back, you shrink your head?" turtle."

Liu Bang described today's encounter with embellishments, which sounds really thrilling.He persuaded Lu Zhi to pack up his belongings quickly, and fled back to Peixian County with him, otherwise his life would be in jeopardy. How could Lu Zhi believe his words? At this moment, two soldiers walked into Liu Bang's official office, saying that Mr. Yi sent him to retrieve Liu Bang's official uniform seal. At this time, Lu Zhi couldn't believe it. As soon as the soldiers left, Lu Zhi stomped her feet angrily. She said angrily, "I didn't expect Yi Xiaochuan to be such a ruthless character. He will come and kill him immediately!"

Seeing that his plan had succeeded, Liu Bang pretended to be anxious and said: "It's too late to worry about these things now, run for your life!" Lu Zhi also panicked and ran into the house in a hurry. Liu Bang looked at Lu Zhi's back and said triumphantly, "Fortunately, I made arrangements in advance, so I finally fooled her!" When Xiao Chuan returned to the official office, he found that Xiang Yu was waiting at the mansion holding a gift box.Unexpectedly, Xiang Yu didn't come to find Xiao Chuan today, but Xiao Yue. In order to facilitate Xiaoyue and Xiang Yu as soon as possible, Xiaochuan sent someone to invite Xiaoyue over.Xiaoyue thought that Xiaochuan wanted to see her, so she came to Xiaochuan's government excitedly.Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the door, I saw Xiang Yu instead of Xiao Chuan, and said in amazement: "Why are you here?"

When Xiang Yu saw Xiaoyue, he felt nervous immediately, handed over the gift box and said, "This one is for you." Xiaoyue was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether to answer it, she asked, "What is this, Mr. Xiang?" Seeing that Xiaoyue didn't answer, Xiang Yu opened the box anxiously, took out a bracelet and stuffed it for Xiaoyue, "Today is your birthday, since I found out about your family background last time, I rushed back to Kuaiji to use I lost all my friends and relationships, and it took me a month to finally find out the whereabouts of your family members. Unfortunately, they all died in displacement, and only one old family member still remembers your birthday. Ask me to bring you this bracelet, so that Let me tell you, this is your mother's relic."

Xiaoyue picked up the bracelet and found that it was exactly the same as the one she was wearing on her wrist. Looking at the bracelet, Xiaoyue remembered her sister and her dead relatives, and she suddenly burst into tears. Xiang Yu was frightened immediately, and quickly comforted Xiaoyue: "Xiaoyue, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I made you sad." Xiaoyue choked up and said: "Xiaoyue entered the palace as a slave at a very young age, and didn't even know her birthday. Today, Xiaoyue not only knows her birthday, but also received such a precious gift. Xiaoyue... Xiaoyue really doesn't know her birthday. I know how to thank Brother Xiang."

Xiang Yu rubbed the back of his head and said foolishly: "I have no other requirements, as long as you don't be so indifferent to me in the future." Gao Yao is very busy now, all the tributes sent to the palace have to be checked one by one by him, the head of the House of Internal Affairs. On this day, Gao Yao sat on a rattan chair and listened to the officials read the list of tributes: "Fang Tian, ​​magistrate of Ye County, presented a pair of sika deer antlers; Zishan, magistrate of Huai County, presented four pairs of bear paws; High tribute to a thousand-year-old mountain ginseng, Chen County..."

Hearing the word "Zhao Gao", Gao Yao immediately opened his eyes excitedly, and said to his subordinates: "Wait a minute, read another one!" "Zhao Gao, magistrate of Xu County, paid tribute to a thousand-year-old mountain ginseng." Gao Yao snatched the catalog away, stared at the word "Zhao Gao" on the bamboo slips, and laughed maniacally: "Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao, there is nowhere to be found, and it takes no effort to get it." !" Gao Yao immediately sent someone to invite Zhao Gao.Gao Yao excitedly walked back and forth in the room, waiting for Zhao Gao's arrival.Not long after, the subordinate officials brought in a middle-aged man with a wretched face and as thin as a popsicle.

Gao Yao looked Zhao Gao up and down, but he really couldn't see the slightest courage, he couldn't help asking in his heart: "Why is this Zhao Gao born so wretched, did they make a mistake?" Gao Yao asked hesitantly, "You... are Zhao Gao?" "yes." "I have heard of Brother Zhao's name a long time ago, and today I am able to meet you... It is really extraordinary. I would like to get closer to you. Did Brother Zhao ever think of coming to Xianyang to be an official?" "Think!" Zhao Gao replied succinctly. Gao Yao said to Zhao Gao strangely: "Brother, why are you speaking so concisely? Brother Zhao might as well speak freely." "En!" At this moment, Zhao Gao took out a piece of cloth from his sleeve and held it with both hands. "what is this?" "Rite, gift list. This, this is a little, little, little man's point, point, point, point... It turns out that Zhao Gao stutters, no wonder he cherishes words like gold! Gao Yao looked at Zhao Gao foolishly, and couldn't help but ask himself: Is this the future powerful and influential man?This is the careerist who sent Hu Hai to the throne and pushed the Qin Dynasty to its demise?Not like it!But it doesn't matter if you don't believe it, whoever let someone call him Zhao Gao, it's all predestined. Gao wanted to put the cloth back into Zhao Gao's hands, and said, "Brother Zhao is too polite. Today, Brother Zhao and I really hit it off, and I admire Brother Zhao's character... I really want to cultivate Brother Zhao and help you become a success. " Zhao Gao hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Zhao, Zhao, Zhao Gao, many, many thanks..." Gao Yao took Zhao Gao to see the CRRC Fuling and told him that the CRRC Fuling was the most powerful internal official who held the emperor's jade seal. If Zhao Gao wanted to become popular, he had to get through the CRRC Fuling. The CRRC Fu Ling was an old eunuch, lying unsteadily on the reclining chair with his eyes closed, totally dismissive of such petty officials as Zhao Gao.Gao Yao kept talking nicely, and then the CRRC government official opened his eyes, and took a look at Zhao Gao, as if he didn't want to talk to him. Gao Yao signaled to Zhao Gao, and Zhao Gao presented the old mountain ginseng with both hands, and began to introduce, but stuttered helplessly, coupled with nervousness, he couldn't explain clearly at all. Gao Yao saw that he was in a hurry, so he jumped over to do it himself, and said that this old mountain ginseng grows in the freezing place, it only grows one inch every hundred years, and every inch can prolong life by one year, now this mountain ginseng is ten inches long, It has a thousand-year lifespan.If you divide it into ninety-nine and eighty-one sections, and take it for eighty-one days, you can prolong your life by ten years.It was originally a tribute to Emperor Qin, but Zhao Gao specially kept it as a gift to Lord CRRC Mansion. CRRC Fu Ling's eyes lit up, and he looked at the old mountain ginseng happily: "It can really prolong your life by ten years? If it's true, boy, you can get an official to do it tomorrow." Coming out of CRRC Mansion, Gao Yao happily told Zhao Gao that after taking the first step successfully, he is not far from victory. The key point is, don't forget to promote Gao Yao in the future. Zhao Gao repeatedly kowtowed to thank Gao Yao for his support. The next day, Gao Yao brought Zhao Gao to the official office of the CRRC Government Order again, only to find that it was a mess.They went to the officials and asked, only to find out that the CRRC government order was found bleeding to death from seven orifices this morning! Gao Yao's heart went cold when he heard it, what should he do?Zhao Gao was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, and he was so stuttered that he couldn't speak.Gao was in a hurry, so he asked his subordinates for pen, ink and cloth, and asked Zhao Gao to write it down. Zhao Gao picked up his pen and wrote: "The old wild ginseng I sent yesterday has never returned?" Gao Yao is scratching his head, you are still worried about this! When the subordinate officials saw what Zhao Gao had written, they were so shocked that they called out to the guards, and several guards came over and took Zhao Gao down.Gao Yao hastily asked the reason. The subordinate officials told them that the imperial physician had confirmed that the order of the CRRC Mansion ate half a stick of old wild ginseng, and the heat surged up, and blood spurted out from the seven orifices, and he died!It turned out that this guy killed the CRRC government order! Zhao Gao was dragged away by the guards, and stammered out one word, "Save, save, save..." Gao Yao looked at all this and jumped up and down anxiously. In order to rescue Zhao Gao, Gao Yao came to Xiao Chuan's official office to discuss countermeasures. Gao Yao hurriedly said to Xiao Chuan: "Xiao Chuan, I remember correctly in the history books, does Zhao Gao have the power to overwhelm the world?" Xiaochuan has already heard about Gao Yao's search for Zhao Gao, and he is extremely opposed to it. Zhao Gao is a sinner through the ages who has brought disaster to the country and the people. In the end, they became Zhao Gao's accomplices instead.In order to make Gao Yao give up, Xiao Chuan said: "Perhaps the historical records are really wrong, or the TV series I watched at the time were fabricated, and Zhao Gao may have died like this. I don't think you need to bother, this is God's will." !" After sending away the impatient Gao Yao, Xiao Chuan came to the Juxian Hall, found Xiang Yu, and asked him to check Zhao Gao's background quietly. The result of Xiang Yu's investigation is that this Zhao Gao took bribes and took bribes at the local level, and forcibly robbed the women of the people.What's more terrible is that this old wild ginseng was originally a tribute to Emperor Qin, but he stole it and gave it to CRRC Fuling. After discussing with Xiang Yu, Xiao Chuan believed that Zhao Gao had done a lot of evil and his crimes were unforgivable, and keeping him alive would only make more people suffer.Xiang Yu immediately presented the evidence of Zhao Gao's evil to his son Fusu, who was furious when he saw it, and ordered a strict investigation. Zhao Gao was sentenced to death!Gao Yao is in a hurry, and the big backer he finally found is going to be wiped out in the blink of an eye?Zhao Gao decided to take a gamble. He spent a lot of money to buy a prisoner on death row, and prepared to let Zhao Gao's golden cicada escape.However, when Gao Yao rushed to the prison, he was one step too late. Zhao Gao had already committed suicide in prison. After all, Gao Yao failed to change the fate of Zhao Gao's death. He was completely desperate, dragged his exhausted body, and walked slowly back to the official office, and fell ill on the bed. Xiao Chuan came to visit Gao Yao who was sick, and Gao Yao on the sick bed could only repeat one sentence: "Why is this happening? I worked so hard to find Zhao Gao, but he died in a blink of an eye?" Xiao Chuan was distressed for a while, and could only comfort him: "Old Gao, don't think about it, just look forward, life will go on, and the earth will not stop." "Could it be that you misremembered and there was no such person as Zhao Gao? Or...or maybe the TV series you watched were made up?" "There may be elements of fiction in TV dramas, but is the idiom of referring to a deer as a horse correct?" To be honest, Xiao Chuan was also very confused, and he asked Gao Yao uncertainly, "You said that if we go through all this trouble, will this idiom be correct?" Disappeared, maybe history will be completely changed?" Gao Yao was so sad that he was about to cry: "It can't change us, but where should we go in the future?" When these two confused people were worried, there was a voice outside the door: "The imperial decree has arrived!" Gao Yao and Xiao Chuan looked out the door, and saw a eunuch walking in with a few attendants, the eunuch smiled and said to Gao Yao: "My lord, Your Majesty's order has arrived!" Gao Yao and Xiao Chuan hurriedly knelt down to receive the order. The eunuch read out the imperial decree: "The chief eunuch, Gao, must be loyal and responsible. I really like him. He will be promoted to the post of CRRC Mansion Commander immediately. Because his ancestral home is Handan, which is the boundary of the former Zhao Kingdom, he is given the surname Zhao and the name 'Zhao Gao'!" Gao Yao, who was lying on the ground weakly, straightened up suddenly, and Xiao Chuan was also stunned in shock. The two looked at each other stupidly, and couldn't believe their ears at all!