Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Rescue

Meng Tian, ​​who was in northern Xinjiang, received the news that the Juxian Hall had been wiped out. He rushed back to Xianyang overnight with Vice-General Pang and a few cronies. Seeing that they were about to arrive in Xianyang, when they were passing through a forest, the sky suddenly fell. A large net. Following the falling net, more than a dozen masked men jumped out. It can be seen that these more than ten masked men are well-trained killers. Their agile figures are like flying civet cats. They approached Meng Tian and his men. Meng Tian and the others were unprepared in advance, facing the sudden attack, they were a little caught off guard.Fortunately, Meng Tian has rich combat experience, and he immediately commanded his men to fight calmly in the face of sudden changes.

The Meng family army has always been well-trained, and following Meng Tian's order, they quickly divided into three groups and formed a group, and Meng Tian was at the front of the three groups. The masked men knew how powerful the Meng's army was, and they didn't dare to be careless. They surrounded Meng Tian and the others by relying on their numbers, and rushed towards the Meng's army together with the leader's order.Meng Tian was the first to bear the brunt of the attack, and he chopped down several masked men with a few strokes of the huge sword in his hand.The rest of the masked men saw how powerful Meng Tian was, so they avoided his sharp edge and launched attacks on Meng Tian's men respectively.Just when everyone was fighting in full swing, a group of people dressed as shopkeepers came over with their loads. They saw someone fighting in front of them, and hid in the woods by the roadside. Judging from their figures, they were all A nimble warrior.The shopkeeper who led the way took off his bamboo hat, and he turned out to be the number one warrior in Tuan—General Jin!

General Jin once had a relationship with Meng Tian in order to prevent Yu Shu from marrying into the Qin Dynasty. At this time, he recognized Meng Tian at a glance.General Jin said to the people around him: "The one with the best martial arts is Meng Tian, ​​the number one general in the Great Qin Dynasty, and he is also a serious threat to our Tu'an. Now he is under siege, we should take this opportunity to kill him. Everyone get ready!" All the warriors nodded together, took out their weapons from the shoulder-carrying luggage, and touched Meng Tian and the others. Just as they were about to move, there was a sound of horseshoes in the distance.As soon as General Jin waved his hand, all the warriors immediately flashed into the woods again.

Meng Tian, ​​who was fighting fiercely, looked into the distance and saw that the people who came were the Meng family army stationed in Xianyang. Meng Tian said to his subordinates: "Brothers, the Meng family army has come to meet them. Now they are turning from defense to offense. Remember to stay behind." Live!" "yes!" The morale of the Meng family army suddenly increased. The leader of the masked man saw that Meng Tian's reinforcements had arrived, and immediately took out several throwing knives as thin as willow leaves from his arms, and threw them at Meng Tian who was about to chase. Meng Tian was unable to defend and was caught A throwing knife stabbed him in the arm.Deputy General Pang was about to lead people to chase, Meng Tian said: "Don't chase, these people are just trying to prevent us from going back to Xianyang, so we can't delay."

Without further ado, Meng Tian drew out his flying knife, and quickly rushed towards Xianyang with the crowd and the reinforcements who had just arrived. The masked man fled towards the woods. General Jin, who had been standing still in the woods, knocked down a masked man who ran past him with one punch.As soon as he raised his hand, several warriors quickly pulled the masked man into the bushes. Meng Tian hurried to the palace, he flew off the horse, his feet swayed and almost fell down, Meng Tian looked at the wound that was bleeding black, took a breath, collected his mind, and then walked quickly to the palace.

When he came to the steps of the main hall, Meng Tian's body was already shaking. He gritted his teeth, sweating profusely, and walked towards the main hall step by step.At this time, Emperor Qin in the hall was inquiring about Zhao Gaoju Xiantang.Zhao Gao replied: "Your Majesty Qizuo, there are more than 460 Confucian scholars who have deceived the public with their demonic words. They have been murdered in Xianyang. At the same time, they set up a list to show the world and to imitate others!" "Aiqing is really quick and well done." Qin Huang nodded in praise. "Your Majesty, why don't you take advantage of the opportunity to kill Confucian scholars and execute the rebels in Juxian Hall, so that the remnants of the Six Kingdoms will not dare to rebel!" Li Si took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire.

Qin Huang thought for a while, and then replied: "Since this is the case, then this matter should be up to the minister." Qin Huang had just finished speaking when he heard a shout from outside the door: "Think twice, Your Majesty!" Everyone followed the sound and saw Meng Tian suddenly appearing at the entrance of the main hall. He strode into the main hall, knelt down on both knees, and said to Emperor Qin: "Your Majesty, please think twice!" Zhao Gao and Li Si looked at each other in disbelief, they didn't expect that the elite killers secretly sent could not kill him.

Qin Huang glanced at Meng Tian, ​​and said: "Meng Aiqing, if you have anything to say, just say it!" "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I want to impeach Zhao Gao, the magistrate of CRRC, please give him death!" Meng Tian said angrily. As soon as this remark came out, all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were shocked, and Zhao Gao widened his eyes in horror, and asked Meng Tian: "Master Meng, I don't understand this Zhao, I am here to arrest and interrogate important criminals, what is the crime?" Is there?" "That's right, why did Aiqing say that?" Qin Huang also asked.

"Qizou Your Majesty, Zhao Gao is a middleman. As the official of the Zhongshu government, he is an internal official. The son Fusu once came to admonish, and eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in political affairs. Zhao Gao should have been punished. Your Majesty governed with benevolence and let Zhao Gao go. However, Zhao Gao took advantage of the fact that his ministers and the son left Xianyang, and no one in the palace dared to oppose him, so he took advantage of his power to intervene in affairs outside the palace, arresting him indiscriminately, and tortured him in prisons, causing disturbances all over the city. People in the world thought that the second Lai Ai had come again."

Qin Huang's face was gloomy, and Zhao Gao was also stunned. Meng Tian continued: "Zhao Gao's serious crimes are twofold: one, transgressing the laws of the country, eunuchs disturbing the government; two, disobeying His Majesty's order, which is the crime of deceiving the emperor. The law should be divided into five horses! " As soon as this remark came out, all the people in the hall were terrified. Zhao Gao was so frightened that he immediately knelt at Qin Huang's feet and said, "Your Majesty, Zhao Gao received the imperial edict because he was loyal to His Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Qin Huang turned to look at Li Si and said, "Prime Minister, what are the laws of the Great Qin?" Li Si lowered his head and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the law does stipulate this, but this time the situation is different, Zhao..." "It seems that the prime minister is aware of the law, and knows that Zhao Gao violated the law, but he just doesn't say anything! The prime minister turned a blind eye to this matter, and didn't he turn a blind eye to Daqin Sheji?" Meng Tian raised his head and said to Qin Huang said: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the prime minister. The prime minister knows the law, but he doesn't remind your majesty, and allows Zhao Gao to make trouble. As the head of a hundred officials, the crime will be added to the rank, and the six clans will be wiped out!" After hearing this, Li Si gasped and shivered uncontrollably. Qin Huang looked at the ministers and said, "What do you have to say?" None of the people in the court dared to speak out, Qin Huang stood up angrily, and said to the ministers: "You are usually eloquent, but why are you dumb now? When it comes to right and wrong, is there only one minister in the widow?" Is it? In the whole world, the widow can only hear the truth of one person?" Everyone was so frightened that they all knelt down, and Qin Huang was so angry that his chest heaved unceasingly: "Do you want the widow to copy you to the three clans before you are willing to speak!" Meng Tian was already deeply poisoned at this time, I saw his body shaking twice, and suddenly passed out on the ground, everyone was shocked, Qin Huang was even more panicked when he saw this, Meng Tian is the pillar of a country, if he falls, the Great Qin Society will be in danger .Qin Huang hastily issued an order: "Hurry up and call the imperial doctor to the palace!" The imperial doctor went to the hall to check and found that the wound on Meng Tian's arm had turned black. He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, General Meng was poisoned by poison, and he fell into a coma after the poison occurred." "Meng Tian is the pillar of the country. You need to do your best to treat him. If you can't cure him, be careful!" The imperial doctor carried Meng Tian away, Qin Huang was still angry, looked at the ministers and said: "You have let me down very much, starting from today, all officials from Li Si down will be fined three months of salary, reflect on yourself The case of Meng Tian's assassination will be investigated by Ting Wei with all his strength, and the case of Juxian Hall will be shelved for the time being, and will be re-tried when Meng Tian recovers from his injury!" After finishing speaking, Qin Huang left in a huff. All the ministers heaved a sigh of relief when they saw Qin Huang leave. Li Si got up and hurried to help Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao was so frightened that he couldn't stand up. sweating. On the day Meng Tian scolded Zhao Gao and Li Si, General Jin dressed up as a shopkeeper came to the palace. Seeing General Jin, Queen Tuan was overjoyed. She sent a letter to King Tuan to send someone to help, but she did not expect them to come so quickly.Queen Tu'an had already learned about Meng Tian's assassination this morning, and publicly accused Zhao Gao and Li Si in the court, so she immediately informed General Jin of the incident.General Jin was overjoyed after hearing this, and said to Queen Tu'an, "We happened to witness Meng Tian's assassination today, and we captured one of the assassins alive. After interrogation, we found out that he was sent by Zhao Gao." The queen was overjoyed when she heard this. Now that the officials of the Great Qin Dynasty are in conflict and the country is in turmoil, this is the best opportunity for the Qin Dynasty to split and decline.She asked Yushu to go to the palace to meet Emperor Qin while the iron was hot, and told Emperor Qin about the assassin, and asked Emperor Qin to get rid of Li Si and Zhao Gao, while General Jin took the opportunity to assassinate Meng Tian. Yushu obeyed her mother's orders and went back to the palace, but she didn't go to see Emperor Qin, but went straight to the official office of the CRRC government order. When Zhao Gao heard that Concubine Li had arrived, he immediately came out and knelt down to meet her. Yu Shu, contrary to his usual kindness, turned back coldly.Zhao Gao felt that the visitor was not kind, so he smiled. Yu Shu asked Zhao Gao that Yi Xiaochuan, the benefactor who had saved her life, was arrested by Zhao Gao, could he release Xiaochuan for the sake of the imperial concubine. Zhao Gao was startled, he didn't expect that this would alarm Yushu, but he was willing to let Xiao Chuan go like this, so he gritted his teeth and brought out the emperor, saying that the emperor had spoken about this matter, and he was going to postpone the retrial, he was determined not to dare Then favoritism. Yu Shu smiled and said, "Her subordinates happened to catch an assassin, and this assassin happened to participate in the assassination of Meng Tian. What's more interesting, he happened to be your subordinate, Mr. Zhao, the order of the CRRC." When Zhao Gao heard this, he trembled with fright, and hurriedly said: "Madam, I have been wronged! That thief must be trying to plant blame on me!" "I thought so too. How could a loyal minister like Mr. Zhao do such a thing? I just don't know what His Majesty will think when he hears it." Yu Shu stood up slowly, "It's getting late, I should go see His Majesty too gone." After Yushu finished speaking, he went out. Zhao Gao was so frightened that his face paled. He lay down at Yushu's feet and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you must trust me, and I beg your Majesty to see it for the sake of my past achievements." , say a few fair words for my minister!" Yu Shu looked at Zhao Gao with a smile, and said, "Since I'm here, I want to help you, but you have to help me too. When Master Yi walks out of the cell, that assassin will return to Master Zhao." After Yushu finished speaking, he floated away. Zhao Gaogong sent Yu Shu out, turned around and leaned against the door rail, wiped the sweat off his forehead with his sleeve, and thought to himself: "I never thought that the seemingly gentle Concubine Li would be such a difficult opponent! It seems that Meng Tian must be removed, Li Concubine is a roadblock that cannot be avoided." In the drizzle, the cell door slowly opened, and Xiao Chuan, covered in blood, walked out of the cell. He closed his eyes, raised his head, and let the sporadic raindrops hit his face.Xiao Chuan licked the drops of water that fell on his lips, feeling extremely refreshed, and he finally experienced the taste of freedom again.He took a deep breath of air, and said silently in his heart, Yi Xiaochuan, you have finally become a grassroots person again, you don't have to bear those shit responsibilities, and you don't have to face the kindness and resentment in the court.The rain splashed on Xiao Chuan's face, wet his hair and eyebrows, Xiao Chuan didn't realize it, and continued to walk forward. At this time, an umbrella gently stretched out to block the rain for him.Xiao Chuan turned around and saw that it was Xiao Yue who was holding the umbrella for her. Xiao Yue held the umbrella and looked at him with tears in her eyes. Suddenly she hugged Xiao Chuan, fell on Xiao Chuan's chest and cried bitterly , the umbrella fell to the ground... The moon had already set to the west, and the watchman outside the palace knocked the wooden stick three times. At this time, in the secret room of the palace, Xiao Chuan was silently waiting for Yushu. The door opened, Yu Shu pushed the door and walked in, Xiao Chuan stood up slowly, and looked at Yu Shu quietly, the eyes of the two were condensed together, and they were silent to each other.Yushu walked to Xiao Chuan's side, rolled up his sleeves, looked at the scars on Xiao Chuan's arm and body, couldn't help his eyes wet, tears dripped down in strings, dripped on Xiao Chuan's arm, and immediately slid down the wound . Xiaochuan held Yushu's face in his hands, wiped away the tears on her face, and said, "Yushu, don't cry. Didn't I come back alive?" When I think of your appearance, my body doesn't hurt anymore, do you think it's strange?" "You're hurt like this, do you still want to make me happy?" Yu Shu smiled through tears. Xiao Chuan admired Yu Shu's smile, and said: "It's this smile. When the whip hit me, I remembered your smile. Because of this smile, I have been persisting, persisting. Yu Shu, what I did It's all about making you smile, so please don't cry." "I can face everything with a smile, as long as your heart is with me, please never leave me!" Yu Shu said and grabbed Xiao Chuan's hand, "If your heart is gone, how can I still smile ;if your people are gone, how can I live?" "Stop talking nonsense! I want you to swear that no matter what happens in the future, you will live strong!" "For you, I will live strong." The two hugged each other tightly, enjoying this rare moment of peace.