Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Assassins

Yushu who was lying on the bed fell into a deep sleep, and the nurse covered her with a quilt.Yushu's nanny is a middle-aged woman. She watched Yushu grow up. Now Yushu is slim and her forehead is full of wrinkles. When Queen Tuan came to visit Yushu, she brought her along with her. , leaving her in Daqin to take care of Yushu when she left. When the nanny was about to turn around and leave, she suddenly found that at some point, there were already two more people wearing black cloaks in the room.The nanny didn't panic, but walked over calmly and bowed to the two of them. The two put down their cloaks, and it was Queen Tuan and General Jin. The scar on Queen Tuan's forehead was very conspicuous. She was dressed as a court lady, while General Jin was dressed as an eunuch.

Queen Tu'an looked at Yushu who was in a coma, with a loving expression on her face, and she gently held Yushu's hand.At this time, Yushu suddenly made a movement, and murmured: "Mother's queen..." Yu Shu opened his eyes slightly, and Queen Tu'an and General Jin immediately hid behind the curtain when they saw this. Yu Shu woke up, she looked at the nanny and said that she had dreamed about her mother just now, and the nanny comforted her to sleep.Queen Tuan behind the curtain couldn't help but shed tears when she heard the words. Under the candlelight, Meng Yi was writing bamboo slips. Deputy General Pang came in with tea to persuade Meng Yi to go to bed early. Meng Yi shook his head and said, "Thinking of what happened in the hunting ground today, I really can't sleep."

Vice General Pang told him not to blame himself for the concubine's surprise. Everyone knew it was an accident, and Qin Huang no longer pursued it.Meng Yi sighed: "You won't understand the many joints in the middle." Meng Yi went out to the courtyard, looking up at the night sky, suddenly a hidden weapon flew in, Meng Yi suddenly leaned back and dodged the hidden weapon, but just as he stood still, more than a dozen assassins jumped out of the courtyard, Lieutenant Pang Block in front of Meng Yi.The assassins gathered together and attacked the two of them.The two began to resist with all their strength, the opponent had a large number of people, and they were both of extraordinary skill. Although Meng Yi and Pang Lieutenant General were both brave fighters, it was difficult for them to gain the upper hand for a while.

At this moment, Dexiang, wearing a mask, led the Flying Tigers to appear like magic soldiers descending from heaven. They quickly divided and surrounded the assassins, displayed strange tactics and weapons, and captured him alive in just half a cup of tea. It's a pity that the cunning assassin leader sprinkled lime powder on everyone when he saw that the situation was not good, and took the opportunity to escape. The Flying Tigers saluted Meng Yi together, and Vice General Pang saw the tiger stripes on their chests clearly, and excitedly asked Meng Yi who these people were.When De Xiang, who took the lead, took off his mask, Vice General Pang was completely stunned.Dexiang waved his hand, and the group of masked soldiers disappeared in an instant.

Deputy General Pang looked around Dexiang carefully, and suddenly bowed to Dexiang again.This made Dexiang startled, and she dodged aside with a smile.Meng Yi asked Deputy General Pang, "Why do you bow?" Deputy General Pang said: "What Pang admires most is a hero. I was really blind before and misunderstood Miss Dexiang. The girl must be worshiped by me and let me admit this mistake. I feel better." Pang The lieutenant was still bent over, and Dexiang hurriedly returned the salute. Dexiang found the hidden weapon that Meng Yi escaped just now, and Deputy General Pang recognized that it was the same hidden weapon that poisoned Meng Tian. He thought it must be Zhao Gao again. Seeing so many witnesses caught this time, Zhao Gao must be helpless Denied.Unexpectedly, the bound assassins suddenly twitched in pain, foaming at the mouth and dying.De Xiang and Deputy General Pang stepped forward to check and found that they had taken the regular poison before coming, and no matter whether they succeeded or failed, these assassins would never return.

Meng Yi sighed and said: "Zhao Gao is scheming, everyone should be vigilant and be careful." It was night, and Vice General Pang couldn't sleep for a long time. He opened the box and took out the military uniform that Dexiang had mended. He unfolded it carefully, stroked the piece of fabric cut from Dexiang's belt, and suddenly felt that he was deeply attracted by this girl. Deputy General Pang came to the door of Dexiang House with a box, and raised his hand to knock on the door, but the door just opened.Standing in front of the graceful Dexiang in women's attire, Deputy General Pang was stunned, and Dexiang was embarrassed by the look, and asked him what he wanted.

Deputy General Pang was so ashamed that he turned his head and left without saying a word. Dexiang is very disappointed.Just as he was about to close the door and go back to the house, Lieutenant Pang's horse boy ran back and handed Dexiang a box, saying that Lieutenant Pang forgot to take it out just now.Dexiang opened it with a smile on his face, and inside was a pair of earrings. On the training ground the next day, Vice Admiral Pang saw Dexiang in a well-dressed outfit. The difference was that the slave tattoo on Dexiang's face was carefully painted into a painted peony flower, which set off Dexiang even brighter. moving.

Lieutenant Pang and De Xiang passed by as if nothing had happened.The moment Vice General Pang walked past Dexiang, he saw the pair of earrings on her ears.Vice General Pang couldn't hold back the joy in his heart, he could not help clenching his fists. Queen Tu'an sneaked back to Xianyang this time to complete a major event: to use Qin Huang's birthday banquet to assassinate Qin Huang.She took out two small pills, one red and one white, and handed them to the nanny, and said: "These two pills are two rare poisons, and they are not poisonous if taken alone. If you faint, you will bleed to death from seven orifices in seven days. You put it away and act according to the plan!"

On the day of the banquet, the nanny sneaked into the imperial dining room. Taking advantage of the rush, she threw small red pills into the jug, crushed small white pills and sprinkled them on one of the dishes, and then quickly turned and left. Queen Tuan and General Jin pretended to be luthiers, sneaked into the hall, and hid in the farthest corner. The eunuch who tasted the dishes for Emperor Qin and the eunuch who tasted the wine found nothing unusual after tasting them, and both were served on Emperor Qin's table.Queen Tuan and General Jin glanced at each other, feeling very uneasy.

Meng Yi and Vice-General Pang walked into the hall together. Meng Yi's table was on the right side of Emperor Qin. He and Vice-General Pang had just entered the table, and before they sat down, Zhao Gao, who was full of smiles, came over and greeted him as if nothing had happened. : "I heard that the general's mansion is not peaceful recently, have you recruited thieves?" Deputy General Pang was so angry that his eyes widened, but Meng Yi smiled back and said: "Our mansion is innocent, and those thieves came for nothing. But CRRC made the circles under your eyes black, did you do something wrong, you can’t sleep well at night?"

Zhao Gao couldn't help touching his eye circles subconsciously, and laughed dryly: "There's nothing wrong with it..." Meng Yi sneered: "That's right, if you lose your heart, why should you be guilty?" Zhao Gao had no words to refute, and could only curl his lips. At this moment, Qin Huang came slowly, and the hall fell silent instantly, and everyone stood up and saluted Qin Huang.After taking his seat, Emperor Qin clapped his hands, and a blind luthier was helped up the hall with a Zhuqin in his arms. Qin Huang told everyone that this is the famous music sage Gao Jianli, and he finally found him from the people. Today, I will let you all enjoy the feast. Gao Jianli sat cross-legged, playing the building for fun, and it really was a good news for three days of circling the beam.Everyone was fascinated by it, and Meng Yi felt very sad when he heard it. Yushu was sitting by the lotus pond, when he suddenly heard the sound of music, he couldn't help yearning for it, got up and walked towards the direction of the sound... Yushu came to the main hall following the music, Qin Huang was very happy to see Yushu, he helped her to sit beside him, and asked: "Didn't my concubine say that she is unwell and unwilling to attend, why is she here again?" Yushu replied: "This music is really intoxicating, I can't help it." Qin Huang was more happy to hear Yushu's words, and asked Gao Jianli to play at their table so that Yushu could hear more clearly. The appearance of Yushu surprised Queen Tuan and General Jin in disguise.They watched Qin Huang pour wine for Yu Shu.Yu Shu glanced at Meng Yi, Meng Yi lowered his head to drink, Yu Shu raised his head and drank the wine in depression, Qin Huang also drank a cup happily. Seeing Emperor Qin's chopsticks wandering among the dishes in front of him, Queen Tu'an and General Jin were extremely nervous.It's a pity that Qin Huang picked up another dish and put it in his mouth.Queen Tu'an and General Jin continued to observe in great disappointment, only to see Qin Huang picked up another non-toxic dish and fed it to Yushu.Queen Tuan and General Jin breathed a sigh of relief. Gao Jianli moved the qin to the opposite side of Emperor Qin, began to play the qin, and reported the name of the song as "The Absolute Sound".Qin Huang shook his head when he heard this, and Meng Yi couldn't help raising his head. In the audience, only Queen Tuan and General Jin didn't listen to any music, and they kept staring at the two pairs of chopsticks.At this moment, Yu Shu and Qin Huang picked up their chopsticks again, and this time they both picked up the poisonous dish and sent it to their own mouths. General Jin was sweating, and he asked Queen Tuan anxiously: " what to do?" Queen Tuan closed her eyes and ordered: "My daughter, I don't feel bad, but this time I must do it!" General Jin looked at Queen Tuan, then at Yushu's chopsticks, and picked up a chopstick on the table. Queen Tuan pressed his hand and ordered, "Are you going to rebel?" At this time, the dish was about to enter the mouths of Yushu and Emperor Qin, and General Jin pushed Queen Tuan away, ready to rescue Yushu regardless of the consequences.Just as he swung out his chopsticks, Qin Huang's chopsticks hit the wine bowl and made a crisp sound. Gao Jianli, who was playing the construction at the side, listened carefully and confirmed Qin Huang's position. Gao Jianli suddenly stood up, raised the Zhuqin in his hand and threw it at Qin Huang! The music suddenly stopped, and everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them. Meng Yi, who was beside him, also subconsciously threw the chopsticks in his hand. The chopsticks smashed the wooden shell of the guqin, and the huge silver ingot hidden inside fell out, smashing it into pieces. On the table, the dishes were overturned, the wine spilled on the dishes, and then flowed onto the silver ingots that fell on the ground, and the silver ingots suddenly turned black. But everyone didn't notice this, the guards swarmed up to fight Gao Jianli, the hall was in chaos, Yu Shu fell to the ground, his face full of panic.Seeing that Yu Shu was fine, General Jin was finally relieved, while Queen Tuan glared at General Jin.Gao Jianli was blind and weak, and was immediately held down by the guards.Instead of being angry, Gao Jianli laughed and scolded Qin Huang loudly.Qin Huang scolded angrily: "Gao Jianli, I have treated you well and pardoned your capital crime, why do you want to assassinate me!" Gao Jianli laughed and said: "Haha, Jing Ke and I were life and death friends, Jing Ke died at your hands, how can I not avenge this revenge. I stabbed myself blind just to reassure you so that I can get close to you, but unexpectedly, Like Jing Ke, all achievements fall short! Hahaha, although I have failed, you, a tyrant, will surely die!" Qin Huang was furious after hearing this, drew out his sword, and stabbed Gao Jianli to death himself. Meng Yi picked up the broken building and found that there were three chopsticks stuck in it. He was very puzzled: where did the extra chopstick come from?Meng Yi raised his head and looked around looking for traces. At this time, Queen Tuan and General Jin had disappeared. Yushu came, went to Meng Yi for the broken Zhuqin, and sadly left the hall alone with Zhuqin in his arms. Meng Yi watched Yushu leave with a sad look. After the crowd dispersed, Zhao Gao directed the crowd to clean up the mess. He picked up the silver ingot and found the black marks on it. Following the traces of the liquid, he found that it came from an overturned jug.He tried his best to recall: the eunuch was fine in the wine test, Qin Huang and Yu Shu both drank the wine, and there was no problem, what's going on? In the nanny's room, Queen Tuan reprimanded General Jin for disobeying orders, but General Jin retorted that he could not just watch the princess die.Queen Tuan said: "In order to achieve the goal, there must be sacrifices. You should be ready to sacrifice yourself at any time. Even Yushu should be prepared for this." Hearing what Queen Tuan said, General Jin insisted: "At the end You will be ready to sacrifice your life at any time, but no matter what, you will give up all your life to protect the princess." Queen Tu'an became even more angry when she heard this, and said, "Yu Shu betrayed Tu'an for Meng Yi, and now you also betray Tu'an for Yu Shu, why?" General Kim said firmly: "Even if I had to choose again, I would still make the same decision." Queen Tuan said angrily: "You are clearly a traitor, you should go and think about your mistakes behind closed doors now, and reflect on yourself!" Yushu tidied up the dilapidated Zhuqin carefully in the room, repairing it bit by bit. In the imperial study room, Emperor Qin drew up an imperial decree to reward Meng Yi for his meritorious service in saving his family.Zhao Gao, who was waiting for the pen and ink, rolled his eyes and said to Emperor Qin: "Meng Yi's chopsticks are so sharp that they can break the guqin. If he has a different heart and is a little bit off, wouldn't it be easy to assassinate the emperor?" Hearing what Zhao Gao said, Emperor Qin felt fear and wariness in his heart. Gao Jianli's assassination this time was because he was too close, so he ordered all the officials to stay at least three feet away from him, and Meng Yi had to leave ten feet.But at this time, a report came: the Huns went south, and the frontier was in a hurry.Qin Huang immediately decided to send Meng Yi to the expedition, and let Meng Yi go far. Hearing the news, Zhao Gao happily came to discuss with Li Si. After Meng Tian's death, the case of Juxiantang was temporarily shelved. This time, as soon as Meng Yi left Xianyang, they were going to take action immediately to solve all the members of Juxiantang in the prison. , Uproot the foundation of Fusu.So Zhao Gao called Sanbao and Longxi Sansha to make secret arrangements. Meng Yi called Vice General Pang and told him that he was about to go to the Xiongnu. The two discussed how to arrange troops. De Xiang, who was on the side, heard their discussion and left the room with a sad expression. Meng Yi and Deputy General Pang were worrying about the lack of troops when they suddenly heard something fall outside the door.Meng Yi and Deputy General Pang went out to see that there was a letter tied to a tile.Meng Yi opened it quickly, and there were only a few words in the letter: Juxian Hall is in trouble! Outside the Meng Mansion, Sambo in black slipped away along the wall. Deputy General Pang doubted whether the news was credible. It is possible that the enemy deliberately disturbed Meng Yi with smoke.Meng Yi said: "I'd rather believe this matter. We have to leave for such a long time. It's hard to guarantee that nothing will happen to the brothers in Juxian Hall." Meng Yi thought calmly, and suddenly clapped his hands, thinking of a way. On the main hall, Meng Yi reported to Emperor Qin: "There are many places in the frontier that need to be garrisoned, and the source of troops for the Huns is quite insufficient. It is better to recruit a group of prisoners to organize a death squad according to the practice of our ancestors. There are many Juxiantang members in prison. He is a hero, and he has committed a capital crime, so it is perfect for exile." Li Si and Zhao Gao immediately jumped out to object, claiming that the case of Juxiantang has not yet been concluded. If these people have the heart of rebellion, wouldn't it be like letting the tiger go back to the mountain if they were released from prison. Qin Huang mused, he had promised Meng Tian that he would retry the case of Juxiantang after he recovered from his injury, now that Meng Tian is dead, and it is time for employing people, it is better to leave it to God to judge right and wrong.He immediately agreed to confiscate all the prisoners of Juxiantang in various places into the army, and issued an edict that those fugitive Juxiantang members would be exonerated if they participated in this expedition. Zhao Gao and Li Si secretly stomped their feet when they heard the result, this is terrible, the Meng family army and the Juxian Hall are integrated, making it even more difficult to deal with. The Meng family army was marching in the field. Under the military flag, Meng Yi and Vice General Pang rode at the forefront on horseback.The Meng family army came outside a city, only to see five-color flags floating above it.It was a city occupied by the Huns. Meng Yi ordered: "Order the whole army to set up camp, and the war will start soon, everyone be careful!" In the evening, Meng Yi studied military art alone in the big tent.Dexiang, dressed as a Hun, quietly walked behind him with a dagger in his hand.Lieutenant General Pang, who was about to enter the big tent, saw this scene and was shocked. These days, they even forgot that Dexiang was a Huns woman. What a negligence. Deputy General Pang quietly took out the bow and arrow, drew the bow and aimed at De Xiang's head, but his hands began to tremble.Lieutenant General Pang had tears in his eyes, and he silently prayed in his heart that Dexiang would never do anything, never.At this moment, Dexiang slowly drew out the dagger—and Lieutenant Pang's bow was also slowly tightened, and his face twitched slightly. Meng Yi, who was studying military art, noticed Dexiang's arrival, and without turning his head, he habitually opened the lid of the tea bowl while reading, telling Dexiang to go back to rest early after pouring tea.Dexiang behind him raised his dagger, Lieutenant Pang's tears flowed down, he let go of the fingers holding the bowstring, and the arrow flew away - Dexiang fell to his knees behind Meng Yi, and the flying arrow passed her arm in an instant , cut a bloodstain. Lieutenant General Pang finally breathed a sigh of relief, holding on to the door frame to barely stop, the flying arrow hit a side pillar and sank deeply into it.