Chapter 120 Chapter 9 Return to Xianyang

Twenty days later, he finally returned to Korea. Not to mention that Xiang Shaolong is now indifferent to the affairs of the various countries, basically all his property and documents were lost in the battle of the red pine forest, and he lost contact with the Qin army, so he went to visit the monarchs of various countries empty-handed. joke. After setting up the camp that day, while preparing dinner, everyone was surprised to see Xiao Yuetan missing, and Li Si hurried over angrily and said, "Old Xiao is ill!" Everyone was horrified, but this matter had already been foreshadowed, Xiao Yuetan had a sick face these days, when he asked him, he said nothing, and now he can't hold on anymore.

Everyone rushed into the tent, startled. Xiao Yuetan's face was ashen, and he opened his eyes weakly, and said with a bitter smile: "I can't do it anymore!" Both Wu Tingfang and the Meng family brothers who were always friendly with him couldn't help crying. Ji Yanran said sadly, "Mr. Xiao will be fine after two days of rest!" When he wanted to feel his pulse, Xiao Yuetan refused, "Xiao is proficient in medicine, so he will know how his condition is. I want to have a few words with Shaolong alone." Everyone can only withdraw from the account sadly.

When only Xiang Shaolong was left alone, Xiao Yuetan sat up, his eyes full of energy, although his face was still that dead gray, but the feeling was completely different. When Xiang Shaolong was dumbfounded, he realized that he was pretending to be seriously ill with the Disguise Technique, so he grabbed his hand in joy and couldn't speak anymore. Xiao Yuetan said apologetically, "I'm so sorry, Ting Fang was so tired that she cried, but that's not the case, and I'm afraid I won't be able to fool Xiao Wu and Xiao Tian." Xiang Shaolong understood, and said in a low voice, "Brother Xiao is not going back to Xianyang."

Xiao Yuetan nodded and said: "I can no longer bear to face that traitor with a smile on my face. He wants to get rid of me this time, so as to weaken Master Tu's power and replace him with someone from the Lu clan. But he dare not be blatant Doing this, I'm afraid he won't miss the old relationship." He took out a sealed bamboo tube from under the pillow, stuffed it into Xiang Shaolong's hand, and said, "I cheated my death, except for Li Si, Teng Yi and Shaolong, only you Let Tu Ye alone know. Shaolong, please hand this letter to Tu Ye himself, he will understand after reading it, and at the same time ask him to dismiss my concubines, maidservants and servants for me. Fortunately, I have no children, otherwise it would be very difficult to leave Difficult to do."

Xiang Shaolong thought of the burden of not having children, and now it seems that it is a good thing and a bad thing.But hearing the bleak tone of this resourceful man, recalling the scene of the first meeting in Handan, he couldn't help being filled with emotion, sighed, and said in vain, "Where are you going, Brother Xiao?" Xiao Yuetan smiled and said: "The world is so big, where can I not fit in? I, Xiao Yuetan, still have some gadgets that can be sold. If I want to ask for a night and two meals, there should be no problem. It's better than sharing a room with a tiger."

Xiang Shaolong nodded and was speechless. Xiao Yuetan said: "Once I have a place to stay, I will tell someone to tell Shaolong. Remember to pretend that nothing happened when I go back. Although Mr. Yangquan's ambition was exaggerated by Lu Buwei, he is not a good man and a believer himself, so he took the opportunity to get rid of him." He should be a good thing, as for how many people will be involved, it is beyond our control." After a pause, he continued: "Among the people of the Lu clan, if Zhu Meng really died in the battle of Henglongling, then the Lu clan will have no one who can make a fortune for the time being. As long as he still relies heavily on Master Tu, Master Tu will take care of you. Remember Retire immediately after returning to Xianyang, don’t see Empress Ji and Prince Zheng if it’s not necessary, this is the way to save your life.”

Thinking of Xiao Pan, Xiang Shaolong felt dark in his heart, how could he completely ignore him?But he couldn't explain the reason to Xiao Pan, for fear that he wouldn't be able to afford it. Xiao Yuetan lowered his voice and said, "After you cover my secret escape tonight, you will burn the entire camp, saying it is my last order, Shaolong! Be careful. Li Si is an insignificant person in Lu Buwei's eyes, and he will not go back. There is something to do. I never imagined that this person is so brilliant in intelligence and education, and he will be your powerful help in the future."

Xiang Shaolong thought of the scene of Li Si's pilgrimage to the prime minister, and at the same time, the tragic scene of the Qin people conquering the six kingdoms, thousands of troops and horses confronting each other, he couldn't help feeling proud.Xiang Shaolong!You must not be depressed, or you will never live to see those scenes. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Feeling sad, Xiang Shaolong returned to Xianyang, Lu Buwei had received the news earlier and met them outside the city. Everyone wished he had a few knives stuck in his belly, but the more than a hundred guards around him were all sturdy and not easy to get along with. It was obvious that he was guarding against them even though he didn't know the truth.

Meng Ao also came with him, he was very surprised to see everyone returning with their heads downcast, Qu Douqi, Lu Xiong, Xiao Yuetan, one thousand Qin troops and three hundred generals from the Xiangfu family disappeared, not like Lu Buwei. Fake it.Meng Wu and Meng Tian came back from trouble, they were still young, when they saw their father, they immediately jumped off the horse, rushed into Meng Ao's arms, cried and told the story, which saved Xiang Shaolong a lot of time . When it came to the battle of Henglongling, Lu Buwei was obviously relieved, thinking that the conspiracy had not yet been exposed.

When he heard Xiao Yuetan's "died due to illness", Lu Buwei sighed with a sigh of relief: "I will definitely seek justice for Yuetan." Turning to Xiang Shaolong, he said: "Shaolong! This is not your fault, I will immediately enter the palace with you to report this matter to the king." If it was before, Xiang Shaolong would definitely feel grateful, but of course it is another matter now. Everyone divided into four groups, Meng Ao expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Xiang Shaolong, and led the two sons back home. Teng Yi, Ji Yanran, Wu Tingfang and others went back to Wufu.

Li Si went to Xiangguo Mansion under the escort of several Lu Buwei's personal guards.Lu Buwei and Xiang Shaolong rode into the palace together. Amidst the sound of hoofbeats, Xiang Shaolong really wanted to find something to calm Lu Buwei, but he couldn't utter a single word because he only had blood feud in his heart. Lu Buwei thought he was worried that King Zhuang Xiang would blame him, so he pretended to comfort him: "It's all my fault, I didn't expect Xu Yi from Yan to mess up the ambush, otherwise he wouldn't teach Shaolong to fall into such a field, and his wife died The servant girl is dead, let me select a few beauties in the mansion for you, forget about the past." Xiang Shaolong's heart was bleeding, and he said: "Mr. Lu, don't do this, yes! What happened to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty?" Lu Buwei immediately beamed with joy, and said proudly: "The Eastern Zhou Dynasty is just handy. At my suggestion, the king has merged the old places of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty into Sanchuan County. Sanchuan is the three big rivers of He, Luo and Yi. Xinhou is in charge of governing this county, and there are 100,000 households in the city." After a pause, he said excitedly: "Mr. Yangquan is of course not to be let go. It is an unforgivable crime for the Koreans to collude with him. Now that there is no obstacle from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, I will immediately ask the king to use troops against Korea. When you can't take care of yourself, try to occupy the Korean land as much as possible, and then it will be the turn of Zhao and Wei." Xiang Shaolong was secretly chilled, Xiao Yuetan was right, in terms of cruelty and conspiracy, there are not many people who are Lu Buwei's opponents. Speaking of this, the magnificent palace gate appeared in front of him. Xiang Shaolong sighed, King Zhuang Xiang trusted him so much, and he insisted on hardening his heart to lie to him, why there are always so many helpless things in life! King Zhuang Xiang met Xiang Shaolong in the harem book, after listening to it, the dragon's color changed, obviously agitated, and he fell silent. Zhu Ji, who was sitting on the right seat with Xiao Pan, cried out sadly: "Mr. Yangquan acted so boldly that Shaolong lost his wife and lost his army. Your Majesty will definitely recover this blood debt for him." Xiao Pan also spit out anger in his eyes and clenched his fists tightly, because he has a deep affection for Zhao Qian like a mother, a child, and a sister. Lu Buwei even sighed with his best acting skills: "The old minister has always followed the king's orders, and has the attitude of peace to Prime Minister Zuo. How can he know that people's hearts are unpredictable. Even though he has kindness to the king first, the king has treated him well." He is benevolent and righteous, how dare he repay kindness with grievances, alas! I really don't know what to say." Xiang Shaolong lowered his head so as not to let Lu Buwei see through the contempt in his heart. King Zhuang Xiang thought about it for a while, and said to Xiang Shaolong: "This time, all the martyrs and their family members will get ten taels of gold. Alas! People cannot be resurrected after death. The most important thing for you, Shaolong, is to express your condolences. Tingfang first. Shi died of illness, and then Princess Qian was murdered, I empathize with you, if you have any request from Shaolong, just say it, I will try to do it for you." Zhu Ji and Lu Buwei hurriedly winked at him, telling him to ask King Zhuang Xiang to uphold justice for him. Xiang Shaolong pretended not to see, knelt down and kowtowed: "Shaolong has nothing to ask for, but only hopes to temporarily retire from the mountains and forests, so that he can mourn his deceased wife." King Zhuang Xiang, Zhu Ji, Lu Buwei and Xiao Pan were all stunned, they looked at each other, speechless. A strange feeling arose in Zhu Ji's heart, and she frowned, thinking hard about the reason. She knows best that Xiang Shaolong has grievances and grievances, so how can she let Mr. Yangquan go? Lu Buwei didn't know that the conspiracy had been revealed, and seeing him disheartened, he secretly rejoiced. Xiao Pan was stunned and wondered if the master didn't talk to me anymore.Fortunately, he knew Xiang Shaolong's deep feelings for Zhao Qian best, so although he was unhappy, he didn't blame him. King Zhuang Xiang thought that Xiang Shaolong was afraid that he would be difficult to do, so he put aside his big enemy, and said in his heart: "It's good for Shaolong to take a rest first, but I will never ignore this matter. I will go to see the Queen Mother soon, and say hello to her first." Zhu Ji lost her voice and said: "Your Majesty, please don't do this. Although the Empress Dowager doesn't like Lord Yangquan, in the end she has a bond with her flesh and blood. If Lord Yangquan is disturbed, and she suddenly makes trouble, it will only hurt the people." Lu Buwei also left his seat and kowtowed: "Those who achieve great things don't care about small things. Your Majesty, please give an order immediately. Under the command of your subordinates, we will wipe out all the traitors and stand up for your majesty." King Zhuang Xiang stared at Xiang Shaolong and Lu Buwei who were kneeling in front of the seat, and snapped, "Okay! I will leave this matter to the Xiangguo, but although Prime Minister Zuo is spared, after I report to the Queen Mother, I will do it again." Make a decision." Lu Buwei endured the ecstasy in his heart, and agreed loudly. But Xiang Shaolong thought in his heart: "Okay! I'll let you run amok for a while now, but one day, I will teach you, a big traitor, to die at the hands of me, a person from the 21st century." ◇◇◇◇◇◇ When they returned to Wufu, everyone's faces were sad, and the clouds were clouded. Tao Fang stopped him at the gate, dragged him into the garden, sighed, but was speechless. Xiang Shaolong felt that something was wrong, and said in a trembling voice, "What's the matter?" Tao Fang shook his head and said, "Many things have happened between Zhao and Wei, Madam Ya may not come here." Xiang Shaolong was startled and said, "Isn't she dead?" Tao Fang smiled wryly and said: "Death is not dead, but the old relationship with Mr. Xinling is rekindled. For such a flirtatious woman, just forget about her." Xiang Shaolong felt relieved, as long as she was voluntary, he would not blame her. Ever since he knew her, she had always had such a dissolute and sentimental personality. Mr. Xinling is undoubtedly a very attractive man, but Unexpectedly, after so many things happened between them, they could still walk together. Tao Fang's voice sounded next to his ears again: "Han Jing became the empress dowager and took control of Zhao's power. He actually sent someone to inform King Wei and asked him to execute Zhao Ya. Fortunately, Lord Longyang notified Zhao Ya to escape. So she hid in Lord Xinling's mansion, and was protected by him to escape this difficulty. Zhao Ya repayed her gratitude and would not leave Lord Xinling for the time being. But she sent someone to tell you that the only person she really loves is you. You can understand her." Xiang Shaolong didn't expect so many twists and turns in it, Lord Longyang really kept his word, he was much better than many people, and he didn't take care of Zhao Ya just because Dong Mazhi "died".Shen Sheng said: "What about Zhao Zhi?" Tao Fang said: "Don't worry! She has returned long ago and is now in the mansion." Xiang Shaolong breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I thought it was something, Mr. Tao, your look just now almost frightened me. Eh! Why is your face still so ugly?" Tao Fang said dejectedly: "Cui Lu and Cui Tong heard that the third princess was killed, and secretly hanged themselves to death together. When we found out, they had just passed away, but their bodies were still warm." These few words were like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, shaking Xiang Shaolong's whole body, tears welled up in his eyes, and he couldn't see clearly this cruel and ruthless reality. In the side hall of the inner house, the expressionless Xiang Shaolong handed the letter of entrustment from Xiao Yuetan to Tuxian who came to pay homage to Zhao Qian and the maidservants. Without saying a word, Tuxian pulled out the piston, took out the silk scroll, and stirred silently, his expression surprisingly unchanged. After reading it, he immediately burned the silk book, and when it was turned into ashes, he said calmly: "In the past ten years, I have never regarded Xiao Yuetan as a subordinate, even better than my brother. It's just that everyone knows it, there is no If I say it, I will only feel relieved when he does something. At this time, he is still willing to give me this letter, and I finally did not miss this good brother. " Xiang Shaolong sighed, shook his head and was speechless. Tuli shrugged his shoulders coolly, and said as if nothing had happened: "The bird's bow is hidden, this is the most ancient and modern truth. It is easy to share adversity, but it is difficult to share wealth and wealth. The mistake of us old courtiers is that we know too much about Lord Lu." matters, especially those related to him and Empress Ji. Actually, before I read this letter, I had already asked Li Si about everything, so I was not surprised at all." Xiang Shaolong suddenly understood why Tu Xian was so calm in the first place. Tuxian said coldly: "Although Lu Buwei is powerful, I, Tuxian, are not easy to provoke. Zhumeng has not come back so far, it should be a bad luck, but Lu Xiong just came back. Be careful, Meng Ao, if Let him know the truth, because of his upright character, he can't hide his heart, and he was taught to be killed by Lu Buwei. Now Yangquan Jun is imprisoned, and the number of people involved is tens of thousands. Most of the Qin military has surrendered to Lu Buwei. If With a clear sword and a clear gun, I can't fight you with half a finger." Xiang Shaolong nodded and said, "Brother Tu, what are you going to do?" A icy smile appeared on the corner of Tuli's mouth, and he said in a low voice, "Just like you, I'm waiting for the best opportunity." He laughed, relieved the indignation in his heart, and got up to go. Xiang Shaolong sat there blankly until Wu Yingyuan came next to him, and then he regained consciousness. Wu Yingyuan sighed and said: "Lü Xiang taught me to persuade you. When he is employing people, General Meng Ao is about to go to Korea. Will Shaolong be his deputy?" Xiang Shaolong said sincerely: "Does Father-in-law trust me?" Wu Yingyuan was slightly astonished, nodded and said: "Does this need to be said? I trust you more than my own son." Xiang Shaolong said in a low voice: "Everything I do is for the Wu family's sake, including this retreat to the mountains. One day, Yue Zhang will understand why my son-in-law did this, but please don't ask why now." Wu Yingyuan was shaken, and his face changed: "What are you hiding from me?" Tears welled up in Xiang Shaolong's eyes, and he said slowly: "Didn't Yuezhang want to build a beautiful tomb for Grandpa Wu in Xianyang? If I, Xiang Shaolong, are still alive ten years later, I will surely fulfill Yuezhang's wish. " After Wu Yingyuan was stunned for a long time, he let out a long breath and nodded, "I understand! We will move out of Xianyang immediately tomorrow. No matter what, our relationship with son-in-law will never change."