Chapter 42 Chapter 42: Three Elixirs

Meng Yi fought bravely and came to the middle of the brothers. Ye Zhi, the leader, gave Meng Yi the longevity medicine that was exchanged for the lives of countless brothers.Seeing his brothers fall to the ground one after another, Meng Yi was so angry that he grabbed the sword on the ground and started fighting. However, the enemy soldiers were numerous and they surrounded them. Meng Yi fought hard, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers around.Meng Yi saw that he couldn't get out of the body, so he handed the longevity medicine to Li You and said: "You bring the elixir back to the camp, and we will kill you."

Li You had no choice but to ride out of the encirclement on horseback. Meng Yi resisted at the pass alone. He picked up his spear and blocked the pass by himself. He tried his best to block the rushing enemy army. More and more corpses piled up in front of him, and he was stabbed by swords again and again. General Jin saw Meng Yi desperately supporting himself, he gritted his teeth, took aim at Meng Yi with his bow, and muttered in his heart: "Xiao Chuan, you are the condition in exchange for the freedom of the princess. For the sake of the princess, I can only let you down!" General Jin shot a sharp arrow, and Meng Yi's shoulder was shot, and the spear could not be raised. At the same time, several spears pierced Meng Yi's abdomen. He still stood upright, and shouted two words with difficulty. Word: "Jade...wash..."

In the big tent, Qin Huang was dying, and Hu Hai wiped his sweat for him.Zhao Gao brought Concubine Li to Emperor Qin's side. Suddenly, Emperor Qin held Concubine Li's hand and said frantically, "I want to be with the thing I love the most now! I want you to stay with me forever. Go!" At this time, Li You came to the big tent covered in blood and presented the elixir of longevity. He reported to Emperor Qin that only he returned alone, and the rest of the soldiers, including Meng Yi, were all killed.After all, Li You also passed out on the ground.After hearing this, Yu Shu was stunned there, while Zhao Gao was beaming with joy. He thought to himself, finally get rid of Meng Yi's serious trouble, and no one can stop them from forging the will!

Qin Huang didn't care about other people's life and death at this time, he just kept shouting: "Quick...quickly give me the medicine." Zhao Gao took the box and opened it, there were three longevity medicines in total. Qin Huang was about to die, but he was still suspicious, worried that the medicine was poisonous. At this time, Yu Shu was completely hopeless, and she wanted to die so that she could follow Meng Yi, and frankly asked for a trial of the medicine.Qin Huang nodded again and again: "Okay, my concubine, if this medicine is real, we can live together forever in the world, if this medicine is poisonous, we can both be buried in the Tianxing Palace!"

How did Qin Huang know that Yu Shu only thought about Meng Yi in her heart, she took a elixir of longevity, put it into her mouth silently praying, closed her eyes and swallowed it. Both Qin Huang and Zhao Gao stared at her nervously, Yu Shu began to tremble all over, emitting a faint light, and then she opened her eyes, feeling refreshed. Qin Huang laughed hard, and finally found the elixir of longevity, he asked Zhao Gao to give it to him immediately. Zhao Gao looked at the two remaining medicines in the box, told the idlers to retreat, and then took the box to Emperor Qin.Zhao Gao picked up a elixir of longevity, Qin Huang's eyes were filled with anticipation, and he stretched out his hand, Zhao Gao stretched out his hand, but put the elixir of longevity into his own mouth.

Qin Huang's face suddenly changed drastically.Zhao Gao swallowed the elixir of longevity, and after experiencing the same trembling, Zhao Gao opened his eyes and smiled, thinking to himself, this elixir really refreshes the mind. "Aiqing, quickly give me the last medicine..." Qin Huang said almost pleadingly. Zhao Gao sneered, but put the medicine box in front of Emperor Qin, and said, "It's enough to serve you, I quit! If you want to eat, go get it yourself!" Qin Huang struggled desperately, but he couldn't catch it no matter what.He looked at Yushu beside him expectantly: "My concubine, bring it for me, and I will give you whatever you want!" But Yushu said with tears in his eyes: "I want my happiness, I want Meng Yi , King Father and Queen Mother returned to me, I want those Tuan people who died innocently to come back to life, can you give me these? All accounts will finally be settled, and today is the day to settle accounts."

Qin Huang was desperate, he continued to move his body towards the elixir with all his strength, relying on strong willpower, he finally crawled to the side of the medicine box, opened it, but it was empty.Qin Huang turned pale with shock: "Zhao Gao, you, you... deceived me." Zhao Gao squatted in front of him and said with a smile, "Because I'm bad! Hahaha..." In desperation, Qin Huang exhausted his last strength, finally, he stopped moving, and a generation of Tianjiao left this world like this. After the death of the Qin Emperor, the Great Qin regime fell into the hands of Zhao Gao and Li Si. The two returned to Xianyang. On the main hall, Li Si read out a false will: "Your Majesty's will, so that son... Hu Hai will take over the throne and become the second emperor. !"

The ministers talked a lot, Zhao Gao stared: "Who has any doubts about Qin Huang's edict?" The ministers fell silent, and no one dared to speak out. The young Hu Hai sat on the throne, full of ambition, fumbled around, and immediately wanted to throw a big banquet.Zhao Gao reminded him, "His Majesty the First Emperor just passed his funeral, so it is better for His Majesty to be sad." Then Hu Hai restrained himself a little and pretended to be sad. After Shihuang's death, Zhao Gao felt that he was the master of Xianyang Palace, and Hu Hai in front of him was just his puppet.

However, Zhao Gao's complacency made Minister Wen Kai very angry. He said to Zhao Gao who was pointing fingers at the court: "You are only an internal official, why should you show off your power in front of us? Don't think that you have worshiped Shangqing." , you can change your eunuch status!" Zhao Gao was angry in his heart, but on the surface he remained calm. He suddenly remembered the story of "pointing a deer into a horse" told by Xiao Chuan back then, so he rolled his eyes and thought about it. Zhao Gao smiled and played to the emperor: "Your Majesty, it is really rare for Master Wen to be so loyal and outspoken. I think it should be rewarded!"

Hu Hai asked what the reward was, Zhao Gao asked someone to bring a deer and put it on the court hall, and said that he would reward Master Wen for a good horse. Hu Hai, the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty who had no capital, laughed loudly and said, "This is obviously a deer!" Zhao Gao said with a treacherous smile: "Your Majesty, your eyes are dazzled, this is a horse!" As soon as this remark came out, the officials were shocked.Wen Kai couldn't take it anymore, he jumped out and said, "Zhao Gao, you are deceiving the emperor, confusing black and white, you should be beheaded!"

Zhao Gao didn't think so, and asked all the ministers casually: "Do you think this is a horse or a deer?" This question baffled all the ministers in court, and they all looked at each other in blank dismay, but they dared not answer. Zhao Gao still didn't give up, insisting on a clear answer, so that the ministers were divided into two sides, those who thought it was a deer stood on the left, and those who thought it was a horse stood on the right. The ministers had to make a choice, many of them hesitated, and in the end they all stood on the side of the "horse", and a few stood on the side of the "deer". Zhao Gao asked Hu Hai again: "Your Majesty, is this a deer or a horse?" Hu Hai replied in a flustered manner: "Maybe I think it's a flower. Since most people say it's a horse, it's up to you. It's a horse!" Zhao Gao smiled in satisfaction, but his eyes turned to the "herd of deer".He memorized their names one by one in his heart. General Jin came to visit, mentioned their deal to Zhao Gao, and asked him to return Yushu.Zhao Gao shook his head and said, "Oh, the Emperor Shi Huang once left a will for burial, general, don't worry, listen to me first... If you want to release Princess Yushu, you have to revise the edict of the first emperor. I am willing to help the general, but In the court, there are always some people who oppose me everywhere, which makes me... powerless!" General Jin didn't know the plot, so he said: "They want the princess to be buried? Let them die first! You just leave them to me." When Zhao Gao heard this, he was overjoyed, for this was exactly what he wanted. Zhao Gao handed over the silk with the list of ministers to General Jin. As long as General Jin removed these people above, no one would object. Zhao Gao said emphatically, "General, you'd better act quickly! Emperor Qin is about to be buried. If you delay, your Princess Yushu will never come back!" Seeing General Jin's thick eyebrows furrowed, he then sneered and said, "What's more, these people were all advocating attacking Tu'an at the beginning, why can't you bear it?" General Jin clenched his fists, and he accepted Zhao Gao's terms. The people on the list died one by one. However, the last person Zhao Gao asked General Jin to kill turned out to be "Li Si". That night, General Jin quietly came to Li Si's mansion.General Jin flew down from the wall of Li Si's home, and quietly sneaked outside Li Si's study room. He looked through the crack of the door and found that Li Si was reading a book with his back turned to him.General Jin gently opened the window, turned over and jumped in. He suddenly pulled out the dagger and stabbed at Li Si, but the other party turned around and avoided the stab. At the same time, several large nets fell together, and Jin The general was captured without a fight. This Li Si was actually pretended by Li You, and Li You said angrily: "General Jin, as an envoy, why did you assassinate the important minister of the Great Qin Dynasty?" General Jin bowed his head in annoyance and remained silent.At this moment, Li Si walked in from the door, took someone's hand and sighed: "Thanks to my lord for notifying me in advance, I escaped unharmed!" General Jin took a closer look and found Zhao Gao and Li Si standing together. Only then did he know that he had been fooled! In the execution room of the prison, Li You was sitting upright, while General Jin, with disheveled hair and blood all over his body, was tied to a frame.Li You walked up to General Jin and said, "Let me ask you again, did you assassinate these important court officials under Tu'an's orders?" General Jin said weakly: "I...have said it a hundred times. I was not ordered by Tuan. It was Zhao Gao who asked me to do it. He wanted to plant the blame on Tuan." Naturally, Li You would not believe this statement. At the same time, Qin Ershi had already used this to send troops to Tu'an, and the battle report was sent back today, and Tu'an had been completely wiped out. When General Jin heard the news, he roared like crazy. He struggled desperately on the shelf, scolded Zhao Gao for cheating and using him, and cried bitterly that he had harmed the country and Yu Shu!In a fit of anger, he severed all the meridians in his body, leaving only one breath left. Li Youjing respected General Jin as a man, so he unloaded him from the wooden frame with his own hands.General Jin woke up leisurely and asked Li You to listen to him. He wanted to tell Li You a secret. General Jin whispered the secret into Li You's ear, and Li You couldn't help but widen his eyes after listening. General Jin gasped and said, "Hehe, you might as well go and see for yourself! After I die, please cut off my head and put it on the top of Mount Li. I want... to see the Great Qin fall with my own eyes!" After finishing speaking, Jin The general stared and passed away. Li You came to a pharmacy called "Jinjishen" in plain clothes.He found the shopkeeper and said that he was a friend of General Jin, and he came to get a "eight-foot-big" ginseng. The shopkeeper heard the code words, and brought Li You to the back room. The inside was filled with steam, and there was a big bathtub in the room, and there seemed to be someone lying in the bathtub.Li You walked slowly to the bucket, and he saw that the person lying in the bucket turned out to be Meng Yi.Li You was so pleasantly surprised that he didn't know what to do for a while. Meng Yi's eyes were tightly closed at this time, soaked in the potion, his naked body was covered with scars. Li You asked the shopkeeper what was going on, and the shopkeeper told him what he saw and heard that day: On that day, Meng Yi had been stabbed in the abdomen by several spears, and although he was seriously injured, he still did not fall, and the rebels were all killed by him. The momentum was shocked, and he retreated.Meng Yi didn't die at that time, General Jin and General Meng were close friends, and the ambush was really a last resort, so General Meng was sent to this pharmacy day and night.This pharmacy was opened by people from Tu'an. Tu'an has a strange recipe, which uses Korean ginseng to prepare potions, and people who are seriously ill can prolong their lives by soaking in it... Li You grabbed Meng Yi's arm and wanted to wake him up. The shopkeeper said to him: "This is useless. Meng Yi is now like a dead wood that does not respond. He is just breathing more than a dead person. He is an authentic man." The living dead. He must be stimulated by something special before he can wake up." Li You asked what special thing it was, but the shopkeeper shook his head and said, "The situation of every living dead is different, and no one can predict it." There are lights and festoons in Zhao's mansion, Xiaoyue is going to get married today.When Li Si came to propose marriage in person, Xiaoyue unexpectedly agreed to marry Li You, and only asked Zhao Gao to hold the wedding ceremony grandly.Zhao Gaoxi was overjoyed and stepped up to organize the wedding. Xiaoyue was wearing a red wedding dress, she took out the key that Meng Yi gave her, and hung it around her neck. Zhao Gao walked in holding a box.Seeing the extraordinarily beautiful Xiaoyue in the red wedding dress, Zhao Gao suddenly thought of Gao Lan. Zhao Gao said with tears in his eyes: "Xiaoyue, I... I regret marrying you, and from now on I will live alone again, such a big yard is empty, I am afraid when I think about it. You have to promise brother, come back often to see." Xiaoyue also had tears in her eyes, after all Zhao Gao was her only relative, and she didn't want to leave Zhao Gao either. Zhao Gao sighed, "I hope you can understand that everything I do is for your happiness." Xiaoyue nodded, she understood what her brother meant. Zhao Gao's generous wedding gift was actually the last elixir of longevity.He wants Xiaoyue to take the elixir of longevity, so that he will not grow old together, and the two brothers and sisters can rely on each other forever. Xiaoyue took the box, knelt down slowly to her elder brother who loved her, and kowtowed... The wedding is over.At night, in the bridal chamber, with candlelight flickering, Li You confides his heart to his long-admired bride, Xiaoyue.Unexpectedly, when he lifted the bride's hijab, the bride was not Xiaoyue, but Xiaoyue's maid.Li You was about to explode in anger, Xiaoyue's maid hurriedly explained the whole story to Li You, Xiaoyue asked her maid to replace her, and she ran to Meng Mansion alone, wanting to follow Meng Yi, she couldn't do without Meng Yi . Li You couldn't accept this blow, and immediately rushed out of the bridal chamber, the burning red wedding candle fell to the ground, broke into two pieces, and continued to burn... Xiaoyue came to the locked room of Meng Mansion, took the key from her neck, unlocked the door, pushed the door and walked in. The room was already covered with dust, and Xiaoyue came to the wall with two large flags hanging on it.On the altar, in front of Meng Tian's tablet, was the set of armor and sword.She took out the other two tablets she brought and placed them next to Meng Tian's tablet, with "Meng Yi" written on one side and "Mrs. Meng Yi Xiaoyue" written on the other. Xiaoyue took off her cloak and spread it on the ground in front of the altar, revealing her red wedding dress.She took out the jacket she had made for Meng Yi, spread it on one side of the cloak, knelt down on the other side, and said: "Brother Mengtian, the ancestors of the Meng family, Xiaoyue took the liberty to come to see you. When Meng Yi was alive , I failed to marry him, and now he has gone to you, I will follow him. The ancestors of the Meng family, today is my wedding day, I want to marry him here! I pray to you, please You accept me and let me become a member of the Meng family." After finishing speaking, Xiaoyue drew out the dagger, closed her eyes, and stabbed herself in the chest! However, this knife failed to stab. One hand grabbed the dagger, and the dagger sank deep into the skin of the hand.Xiaoyue opened her eyes, saw Li You kneeling beside her, and said with tears in her eyes, "Why can't I get your heart?" Xiaoyue smiled wryly, this question was also what she wanted to ask Meng Yi, she wanted to know the answer very much, but she had no chance to live, so she had to go to that world to ask. Li You snatched the dagger, no matter what, he would not allow Xiaoyue to give up her life. Xiaoyue took off the silk scarf and wrapped it around the wound on Li You's hand, and said to him: "General Li, please forget about me, some things are irreplaceable, Xiaoyue can't forget Meng Yi...forever..." Li You laughed wryly loudly, the world is ruthless, good fortune tricks people! Li You took Xiaoyue to the inner room of the pharmacy, next to the bathtub, the shopkeeper was sprinkling medicinal materials into it. Xiaoyue saw the tub but didn't dare to go forward, Li You pulled Xiaoyue to the side of the tub, and when she saw Meng Yi, Xiaoyue was so shocked that she didn't dare to breathe.She knelt down, slowly touched Meng Yi's arm, felt his breath, and muttered: "He's still alive, he's still alive!" Li You sighed: "It's a pity that he is a living dead and can't hear your voice." Xiaoyue didn't believe it, calling and shaking Meng Yi, but he didn't respond.Xiaoyue lay beside the bucket, falling into despair.Li You helped Xiaoyue to take her away, but Xiaoyue refused, she wanted to stay and take care of Meng Yi, and asked Li You not to reveal her whereabouts to anyone, even to her brother, to keep the secret of her disappearance. Li You had no choice but to leave. Xiaoyue asked the shopkeeper how to wake up Meng Yi, and the shopkeeper said: "Unless...unless there is a magic medicine to bring the dead back to life in this world." Xiaoyue suddenly remembered the box Zhao Gao gave her, and she believed that her brother would not deceive her.Xiaoyue took out the longevity medicine and put it into Meng Yi's mouth. Xiaoyue looked at Meng Yi expectantly, and suddenly ripples appeared on the water surface due to the vibration, and they became more and more intense, but Meng Yi didn't move!When the ripples disappeared, Meng Yi who was in a coma let out a breath. The shopkeeper's eyes widened in surprise, and Xiaoyue shouted happily: "He's moved! He's about to wake up!" The shopkeeper hurriedly took out the silver needle, stuck it into Meng Yi's acupuncture point, twisted it slightly, and the corner of Meng Yi's mouth twitched, seemingly in pain.The shopkeeper said pleasantly: "He has responded, he is no longer a wooden man." Xiaoyue knelt by the tub, holding Meng Yi's hand and weeping with joy. Since then, Xiaoyue has never left this room, and has been wearing a red wedding dress to take care of Meng Yi.During the day, when she was awake, she would keep talking to Meng Yi and massage his arms and head; at night, Xiaoyue would lay a bed on the table next to the barrel and watch Meng Yi, slowly falling asleep .But she didn't notice that Meng Yi's hand would move suddenly sometimes. In the Loyalty Hall, Zhao Gao asked angrily why Longxi Sansha couldn't find Xiaoyue's whereabouts. Longxi Sansha was worried that Xiaoyue was dead, and Zhao Gao was furious. He absolutely did not accept this kind of argument, his Xiaoyue must be alive!All this was caused by Meng Yi. Now that Meng Yi is gone, the Juxian Hall is still there. He hates the Juxian Hall and decided to wipe out all the people in the Juxian Hall. Notices began to be posted in Xianyang City, and members of the Juxian Hall were wanted, and if caught, they would be executed on the spot. The city gate of Wuzhong County in Kuaiji County also posted such a notice.Xiang Liang was shocked when he saw the notice in the crowd, and asked his subordinates to come back to discuss with Xiang Yu immediately. Xiang Yu didn't know what was going on, so he came galloping on his horse. Xiang Liang quickly pulled Xiang Yu into the house and handed him the notice.Xiang Yu was furious when he saw it. He knew that this must be a trick of Zhao Gao and Zhongyiguan. It seems that Zhao Gao wants to kill them all, and they must not sit idly by. Xiang Liang nodded and said, "Master Fu Su was killed, and Zhao Gao supported Hu Hai to ascend the throne. I knew that such a day would come sooner or later! Therefore, I have already contacted the heroes in Jiangdong and made preparations in secret. Yu'er, what are you doing?" want?" Xiang Yu replied: "Back then, our uncle and nephew swore allegiance to Fusu and protected the Great Qin Dynasty, but now that Emperor Qin is dead, Meng Tian and Fusu were also killed by Zhao Gao, and Huhai and Zhao Gao are in power. Daqin is no longer Daqin that we swore to protect." Xiang Liang agreed deeply. There are 8,000 children of Juxian Hall in Chu, how can they just sit and wait for death!They should rise together against Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, and avenge Fu Su, Meng Tian, ​​and Meng Yi! At this time, a group of soldiers rushed in, surrounded Xiang Yu and Xiang Liang, and wanted to arrest them and bring them to justice.Xiang Yu sneered and said: "Come and get it if you have the ability!" The soldiers rushed forward, but they were far from the opponent of Xiang Yu's uncle and nephew, and they were killed by them in a blink of an eye and fled in embarrassment.Xiang Yu chased him to the street, and shouted in the street: "Avenge for the son Fusu, for the wronged soul of the state of Chu, today Juxiantang and Xiang Yu turned against each other!" Many youths on the street also waved their sticks and shouted in unison. In the pharmacy, Xiaoyue combed Meng Yi's hair and massaged his fingers. While massaging, Xiaoyue said to Meng Yi: "Your hair has grown a bit and needs to be combed every day. May I comb your hair every day from now on? Meng Yi, do you know why I always wear this red dress?" Wedding dress?...Because, I hope that when you open your eyes, you will see me in my wedding dress, and I want to marry you immediately and become your bride. Can you hear me?" Speaking of the emotional part, Xiaoyue couldn't help herself, she approached Meng Yi affectionately, and kissed him lightly on the lips.After the kiss fell, Meng Yi's eyes suddenly opened, and Xiaoyue let out an "ah" and fell to the ground screaming.