Chapter 125 Chapter Two

Xiao Pan stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the winter scenery of the imperial garden outside at dusk, with a majestic demeanor, the servant reported that Xiang Shaolong was coming, and after retreating, he said calmly: "Teacher please Come to me!" Xiang Shaolong felt that he was becoming more and more "like" the prince.Move to his left and stand a little later, watching the winter scenery outside the garden with him. Xiao Pan turned his head to look at him, then turned back and sighed softly. Xiang Shaolong was surprised: "What's on your mind?"

Xiao Pan showed a bitter smile, and said: "What's on my mind, who can know better than Taifu!" Xiang Shaolong was slightly taken aback. It was the first time for Xiao Pan to speak to him in such a "prince" tone, and the distance between the two was further extended a little. Feeling touched, he couldn't help but sigh like him. After a period of unnatural silence, Xiao Pan said: "Yesterday Lu Xiangguo said something very strange to me, saying that there are only three people in this world who are really good to me, that is, my father, my queen, and him Lu Buwei. But among the three, But he is the only one who can help me rule the world. He taught me not to trust other people. They are just stepping stones for me to achieve the great ambition of immortal hegemony. Alas! It seems that he really regards me as his Son, I thought I knew it too."

Turning around quickly, looking at Xiang Shaolong with burning eyes, he said in a low voice: "Master! Why did he say these words? Is it aimed at you? I don't know when I will be able to ascend the throne, but he It seems that he has regarded me as the head of the Qin family, isn't this extremely strange?" Xiang Shaolong's heart beat wildly when he saw it. In the past, he would definitely blame him for not calling him a master, but now he is intimidated by his domineering demeanor, and from Lu Buwei's words, he can deduce that there is something wrong between Lu Buwei and him, which is obvious. Out of people's keenness and intelligence, he was speechless for a while.

Suddenly, Xiao Pan returned to his usual expression and said: "Looking at the expression of the Taifu, some unpleasant things must have happened between Lu Xiangguo and the Taifu?" Then he said with a dark expression: "Does the Taifu still want to hide it from me?" At this moment, Xiang Shaolong had time to think about another question raised by Xiao Pan. I know that Xiao Pan will soon ascend to the throne due to the death of King Zhuang Xiang, and all this is history, but how does Lu Buwei know?Unless my god thinks of this, my heart can't help but beat more violently.

Xiao Pan was surprised: "Why did Tai Tuo's face become so ugly?" At this time, what Xiang Shaolong thought of was: It is simply not true that King Zhuang Xiang died of illness three years after he ascended the throne in history.King Zhuang Xiang was killed by Lu Buwei, otherwise he wouldn't have said such strange words to Xiao Pan at this time. How can I let him commit murder?His heart beat more violently.I'm so stupid to blindly believe in history books and movies, but I should have thought of this possibility long ago. Suppose he entrusted everything to King Zhuang Xiang, how would he treat this great benefactor?

Based on his relationship with King Zhuang Xiang and Zhu Ji, his words must be very convincing.Can this change history? Xiang Shaolong suddenly made up his mind, decided to desperately try to save King Zhuang Xiang's life, only in this way can he live up to the conscience of heaven and earth. At this moment, a servant rushed in and cried, "Sir, the prince, the king has passed out in the imperial court." The color of the small plate changed immediately. Xiang Shaolong's hands and feet were cold, knowing that it was a step too late, and finally he couldn't change the direction of the wheel of history.At the same time, he remembered the murderous intent that flashed in Lu Buwei's eyes during the court meeting just now, and realized that it was aimed at King Zhuang Xiang.This time he lost again, but was deceived by the false history.

◇◇◇◇◇◇ Eight imperial doctors tried their best to rescue King Zhuangxiang for one night. The king of Qin had already woken up, but he lost the ability to speak. The imperial doctors thought he had a stroke.Only Xiang Shaolong could see the pain and resentment in his eyes. His pulse became weaker and weaker, and his heart stopped beating twice, but the strength he didn't know came from supported him, making him struggle for death under the claws of death.When Lu Buwei came forward to look at him, his eyes shone with anger, his lips trembled, but he couldn't say what was in his heart.

Zhu Ji cried like a tearful person, thanks to the support of all the concubines, she didn't fall to the ground.Both Mrs. Xiuli and Cheng Yu cried, and the former fainted several times.Xiao Pan stood beside the couch, holding King Zhuang Xiang's hand tightly, without saying a word, his silence was astonishingly calm. Apart from Lu Buwei, only a special person like Xiang Shaolong, Xu Xian, Lu Gong, Cai Ze, Du Bi and other important ministers were allowed to enter the palace, and other civil and military officials were all waiting for news outside the palace. King Zhuang Xiang suddenly shook off Xiao Pan's hand, and painstakingly pointed at Xiang Shaolong.

A fierce light flashed in Lu Buwei's eyes, he turned his head to Xiang Shaolong and said: "Your Majesty wants to see you!" After saying that, he retreated to the side, leaving only Xiao Pan on the side of the couch. Xiang Shaolong's heart was full of remorse, if he had thought earlier that Lu Buwei's ruthlessness would kill King Zhuang Xiang, he would have exposed his treacherous plot desperately.But he couldn't fight against fate, and in the end it was a bad move. He came to the couch, knelt down, and held King Zhuang Xiang's hand tightly.King Zhuang Xiang worked hard to put his dim eyes on his face, showing an extremely complicated expression, including anger, sadness and asking for help.

Among all the people present, apart from Lu Buwei, probably only Xiang Shaolong could understand what he meant.Although he didn't know what method and poison Lu Buwei used to harm King Zhuang Xiang like this, but it was very likely that he did it himself because of his close relationship with King Zhuang Xiang.So when King Zhuang Xiang woke up, he knew that the person who killed him was Lu Buwei, but he was so poisoned that he couldn't speak. Lu Buwei's new confidant, Mo Ao, is indeed extremely clever in using poison, no imperial doctor can see the problem.Holding King Zhuang Xiang's trembling hand, Xiang Shaolong couldn't help but burst into tears.

Xiao Pan, who had been expressionless all this time, also knelt down and began to cry bitterly. The concubines and concubines in the palace were infected and all shed tears. Xiang Shaolong couldn't bear King Zhuang Xiang to be tortured again, leaned closer, and said in a voice so small that only Xiao Pan could hear: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I, Xiang Shaolong, will definitely kill Lu Buwei and avenge you." Xiao Pan shook violently, but made no sound. King Zhuang Xiang's eyes glowed differently, revealing a look of surprise, relief, and gratitude, then turned and closed them, slowly closed his eyes, and turned his head powerlessly to the side, and passed away. Immediately there was a loud cry in the bedroom, and concubines and ministers knelt on the ground. Xiao Pan finally became the nominal monarch of Qin. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ When Xiang Shaolong returned to Wufu, it was almost midnight. He, Teng Yi and Jing Jun were all in heavy hearts. Without King Zhuang Xiang, Lu Buwei is even more difficult to control.If Xiao Pan was less than twenty-one years old, he could not be crowned king and take charge of state affairs. Lu Buwei, the right prime minister, naturally became the minister of the regent and assistant master. Zhu Ji became another most influential person.But because she has never been able to take root in Qin, she has to rely on Lu Buwei to support each other. The relationship of interests makes the only way for the two to cooperate. To a certain extent, Xiang Shaolong knew that he was actually one of the main factors that contributed to Lu Buwei's sudden murder of King Zhuang Xiang. Just as Li Si said, the disagreement between King Zhuang Xiang and Lu Buwei is getting bigger and bigger, coupled with Wu Tingwei's leak of secrets, Lu Buwei is worried that if Xiang Shaolong reveals this matter to King Zhuang Xiang, maybe all the wealth, wealth, and status will be lost. , Power, will be destroyed once.In addition, he hopes that his "son" will ascend the throne soon, and he is not a good man or a believer, so it is inevitable to take risks. Now half of the Qin Dynasty has fallen into the hands of this villain.The only thing he miscalculated was that he couldn't guess Xiao Pan's true identity even after all his speculations. The three of them sat down in the hall at this time, although they were exhausted, they didn't feel sleepy at all. Teng Yi said in a deep voice, "Did Lu Buwei do it?" Xiang Shaolong nodded and said, "It shouldn't be wrong." Jing Jun was young and energetic, jumped up and said: "Let's go and inform everyone, and see how he gets away with it." Seeing that the two elder brothers were staring blankly at him, Teng Yi sat down on the table and said, "If we leave Xianyang immediately, taking advantage of Qin Jun's new funeral and Lu Buwei is busy making arrangements, the farther away from Qin the better." Xiang Shaolong secretly sighed in his heart, if there was no Xiao Pan, maybe he would really do this.For the safety of his wife and brothers, any grudges can be temporarily put aside, but now he can't just walk away. Teng Yi said: "Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. If you miss this opportunity to escape, you will never look back. The person Lu Buwei hates most now is the third brother. As long as you find any excuse, you can clean us up." Xiang Shaolong sighed and said, "Second Brother, please take a step first? Take Fang'er and the others away by the way." Teng Yi was stunned and said, "Is there anything else in Xianyang that is worthy of my third brother's nostalgia?" Jing Jun said: "Third Brother has the support of the Empress Ji and the Crown Prince, I don't think Lu Buwei should dare to come in plainly, if he comes secretly, we will have the strength to fight no matter what." Xiang Shaolong said decisively: "Xiaojun, you go to the room to rest first, I have something to discuss with my second brother." Jing Jun thought he was going to persuade Teng Yi on his own, so he went. Xiang Shaolong pondered for a long time, but was still speechless. Teng Yi sighed and said: "Shaolong! To be honest, the relationship between us is deeper than that of brothers. What is so difficult to say? If you don't leave, I will never leave. I will die." Let's die together." Xiang Shaolong made up his mind suddenly, and said in a low voice: "Prince Zheng is indeed Madam Ni's own son." Teng Yi said in shock: "What?" Xiang Shaolong then told the whole thing in detail. Teng Yi said displeased: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Are you afraid that I will leak it?" Xiang Shaolong said sincerely: "How could I not trust my second brother, otherwise I wouldn't have revealed it now. It's just that this secret itself is a heavy burden, I only hope that one person can bear it!" Teng Yi calmed down a little, and said with emotion: "If this is the case, the whole situation will be completely different. We will stay in Xianyang and deal with Lu Buwei to the end, but we must prepare a retreat and escape when necessary. With our elite army, as long as it is not Qin People are trying their best to deal with us, so they should be sure of escaping.” Xiang Shaolong said: "Xiao Jun is right. Lu Buwei still dare not attack us with swords and guns, but it is difficult to guard against the hidden arrows. After King Xiang's funeral, we will return to the pasture immediately and wait and see what happens. Although Xiaopan still has eight The coronation ceremony took place only a year ago, but now it is the King of Qin, and his words are the king's orders, and I dare not ignore him completely if I dare to dare God Lu Buwei." Teng Yi said: "Don't underestimate Lu Buwei, this man is both bold and risky, but he killed two generations of Qin Jun with such a hand covering the sky, you can know how powerful he is. In addition, there are countless strange people in his hands, Even if we don’t dare to know it, we are hard to guard against.” Xiang Shaolong said after being taught: "Second brother taught you well, I am indeed a little carried away. After all, Xiao Pan is still a child, I hope Empress Ji will not rely on Lu Buwei." Teng Yi sighed, "This is exactly what I'm most worried about." Rapid footsteps, from far to near.The two looked at each other with a very ominous feeling. Wu Jie, a member of the elite regiment who was supposed to be staying in the ranch, rushed in angrily, fell to the ground and cried bitterly: "The old man has passed away!" This sentence was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, shaking the two of them out of their wits.Xiang Shaolong only felt that his whole body was drifting and wandering, and he forgot even his grief for a while. Suddenly, they understood that when Lu Buwei invited them to the banquet in Xianyang, it was actually out of uneasiness and good intentions, and it was a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so that the Wu family's traitor could seize control of the ranch while they were away. Fortunately, Tao Fang hit him by mistake, and Tao Fang rushed back at full speed.Otherwise, the news of Wu Yingyuan's death would never have come so quickly. Jing Jun rushed in, and after asking what happened, tears welled up, and he rushed towards the gate with an expression of indignation. Teng Yi yelled violently: "Stand!" After Jing Jun rushed forward a few more steps, he fell to the ground crying. Teng Yi grabbed Wu Jie, shook him and said, "Master Tao, what do you want to say?" Wu Jie said: "Master Tao ordered Mr. Guo and Mr. Bu to lead the brothers to tie up the third master, fourth master and young master Tingwei, and ask the three masters to rush back to the pasture immediately." Teng Yi let go of his hand, and let Wu Jie, who was exhausted from the rush, fall limply to the ground.Then he came to the distraught Xiang Shaolong, grabbed his shoulder and said: "This is a critical moment of life and death, if you don't make a quick decision, third brother, the entire Wuzu will be ruined." Xiang Shaolong said blankly: "What can I do? Do you want me to kill them?" Teng Yi said: "That's exactly the case. If you don't kill people, others will come to kill you. These stupid people actually believe in Lu Buwei, and they don't even think about how Lu Buwei would let people know that he killed Uncle Wu. If my guess is right, Lu Buwei's people will kill you." They are going to the ranch, using the Wu family as a cover, and want to kill all the people of the Wu family in one fell swoop." He shouted to Jing Jun again: "Xiao Jun! If we don't die, you still have a lot of chances to cry. Go out and watch out for me right now, and prepare your horses at the same time." Jing Jun jumped up and led the eighteen iron guards who rushed in like a whirlwind. Xiang Shaolong came to his senses, suppressed his grief, and asked Wu Jie who reported the news: "Did you come in through the city gate?" Wu Jie replied: "Master Tao ordered me to enter the city to avoid people's eyes and ears." Teng Xiang and Teng Xiang glanced at each other, both of them were amazed at Tao Fang's unruffled sophistication, Tao Fang was so powerful. Wu Jie said again: "We have more than a hundred people waiting for the three gentlemen outside the city, and we have the fastest horses with the best footsteps. The three gentlemen, please set off immediately." At this time, Wu Yan rushed in in a hurry and said: "The situation does not look good! There are more than a hundred people sneaking in from the southwest and northeast corners in the dark." Teng Yi said decisively: "Immediately set fire to the house, and when people come to put out the fire, their people will not dare to force it. This can also save the lives of the servants in the house." Wu Yan took the order and went. Teng Yi said to Xiang Shaolong again: "Third brother, have you made up your mind?" Xiang Shaolong smiled sadly and said: "I have no other choice. Starting today, whoever wants to deal with me, Xiang Shaolong, as long as they can't kill me, they will have to pay with blood." In an age when everything is resolved by force, this is the only way to deal with it.Xiang Shaolong finally realized this truth thoroughly. Teng Yi nodded and said: "This is pretty good, can we start?" With the sound of hunting, the warehouse in the back garden was the first to catch fire. The Wufu house in Xianyang is independent and far away from the house. In the middle of winter, although the north wind is strong, the fire should not spread to the residents. The sound of shouting for firefighting resounded in the sky.Of course, the residents will not be alarmed so quickly, and the one who called the firefighter was the one who set the fire. Xiang Shaolong cheered up and said, "Let's rush back immediately." At this moment, he knew that the struggle with Lu Buwei had turned from darkness to light. And until now, Lu Buwei still has an overwhelming advantage. When will his nightmare come to an end?