Chapter 192 Chapter Nine

After listening to Xiang Shaolong's narration of how he narrowly escaped death in Wang Lu's mansion, Xiao Pan let out a breath of cold air and said, "It's so dangerous!" Xiang Shaolong hadn't seen his expression of genuine concern like this for a long time, and he said happily: "Everything has a reason, if Xu Xian and Lu Gong hadn't always looked up to me, Wang Lu might not even give me the chance to speak .And the military of the Qin State has always been loyal to the crown prince, so Wang Lu could rein in the precipice, otherwise Lu Buwei would have won the whole battle this time. Alas! This is actually fate."

Xiao Pan nodded and said: "Master should get started on the matter of the black dragon. If Lu Buwei uses an excuse to transfer Wang He away. It's just that Meng Ao has enough power to deal with you, alas! Is the master really going back to the pasture? I'm afraid of Lu Buwei It will make people come and invade the pasture. As long as he orders people to pretend to be horse thieves, I will have a hard time convicting him." Xiang Shaolong was stunned, and at the same time made a decision, not only to strengthen the defense, to suspend the allocation of half of the troops to support Wu Zhuo outside the Great Wall, but also to pay special attention to reconnaissance and intelligence, otherwise the family will be destroyed.

Xiaopan said distressedly: "Lv Buwei excused the lack of money to build the Zhengguo Canal, and refused to pay money to Huanju's new army. As a result, only a few thousand people have been recruited, and even the weapons and helmets are not complete. Otherwise, I can send him Stationed near the ranch, so as to have an echo with the master." Xiang Shaolong said with a smile: "Don't worry, Chu Jun, I have enough strength to protect myself. With Wang Yan restraining Lu Buwei and Meng Ao, they can only do some small tricks. In short, before the black dragon presents luck, how can I take Wang Yan back?" If you stay in Xianyang, then Lu Buwei will not be able to use his skills."

Xiao Pan sighed, with a somewhat helpless expression, and changed to a new topic: "The Empress Dowager summoned me this morning, scolded me, and accused me of keeping everything from her, which is really annoying. She herself is not righteous, how can I teach her to respect her? It would be better not to have such a mother.” Xiang Shaolong knew that the differences between him and Zhu Ji were getting bigger and bigger, and Zhu Ji was also forced to rely more and more on Lai Ai, and the subtle reason was because Xiao Pan was influenced by Mrs. Ni's impression, and could never tolerate the adultery between Zhu Ji and Lai Ai. Affection.

This state of mind is afraid that only Xiang Shaolong can understand it. Xiao Pan said again: "Master, is Master Qin planning to take Taifu Qin as his wife? Taifu Qin just came and told the queen mother and me that he will stay with you in the ranch for two months tomorrow. Hey! After hearing this, I was very happy. If Ai or Lu Buwei gets Taifu Qin, I'm afraid I'll be so angry that I'll vomit blood immediately." Xiang Shaolong understood that he had gradually transferred his admiration to Qin Qing.The death of Mrs. Ni can be said to be the biggest flaw in Xiao Pan's life.So Zhu Ji first, and then Qin Qing, are the compensations he hopes to get.

Xiao Pan said happily again: "In the past six months, Lai Ai and Lu Buwei have been looking for various excuses to get close to Mrs. Qin, but fortunately Mrs. Qin never gave them any color. Hee! Mrs. Qin is the happiest talking to me. Said When I think of you, I don’t know how touching your demeanor is! Hmph! This traitor Lu Buwei offers me beauties from all over the world from time to time, and I refuse them all, so I won’t fall into his trap.” Xiang Shaolong smiled and said: "If I openly marry Taifu Qin, not only Lu Buwei and Lao Ai will be jealous to death, but also many people in the country will be unwilling."

Xiao Pan shook his head and said, "At this time and at that time, now master has become a symbol of my Great Qin hero, as long as master can lead the army to defeat him...ha...won his mother's two victories, what kind of monarch will I make master again?" Hou, at that time, even if you marry Taifu Qin, no one would dare to say a word." Xiang Shaolong laughed and said, "The prince's foul words must have been in his heart for a long time! Let's talk about this matter later, if the black dragon is born, when we take the opportunity to change the official system, can the prince promote Li Changshi to be the doctor of the censor?"

Xiao Pan pondered for a while, and said distressedly: "I'm afraid the queen mother won't support me! The candidate in my heart is the master." Xiang Shaolong was taken aback, knowing that he was not qualified for this kind of work, he hurriedly said: "It is better for me to lead the army directly. Don't worry! The power of this black dragon is guaranteed to be unparalleled. We have sent people to Shu to invite Zou Yan back to Xianyang , At that time, he will announce that the fate is in the prince. With this power, even the queen mother will be hard to stop, ensuring that the prince can easily take power. From then on, he only needs to use Lai Ai and the queen mother to contain Lu Buwei, and everything will be fine. On the day when the crown prince is crowned, they can all be eliminated in one fell swoop."

Xiao Pan smiled wryly, "But the master will leave me at that time." Xiang Shaolong said solemnly: "Those who achieve great things, how can they care about this kind of personal relationship? As long as the prince uses Li Si and Wang Jian, he will be able to dominate the world. The prince will also erase everything related to me, leaving no trace, then Prince Chu will be completely free from the shadows of the past." Xiao Pan's eyes turned red, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Master, why is he so kind to me? I have no selfishness at all." Xiang Shaolong said sadly: "You should know the reason best."

Xiao Pan was moved and said: "I understand! In fact, I have long regarded Master as my real father." Xiang Shaolong had the urge to cry, just thinking about how Xiao Pan became the Qin Shihuang who unified the world and established China from an unknown child of Zhao Guo, it is already a shocking thing , not to mention that I have such a close relationship with him. At this moment, the servant came to report, and the Empress Dowager summoned Xiang Shaolong. The two looked at each other, and they both guessed that the matter had something to do with Qin Qing. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Zhu Ji met him in the secluded inner hall of the Empress Dowager's Palace. After the servants were ordered to withdraw, she stood up, walked to Xiang Shaolong, looked at him with sparkling eyes for a while, and said softly: "Xiang Shaolong, you Tell Aijia frankly, is there any aspect that I, Zhu Ji, can't compare with Qin Qing?"

Xiang Shaolong groaned in his heart, women became jealous, the most unreasonable.The calmer Zhu Ji behaved, the stronger the anger in her heart became.He had no choice but to say in a low voice: "The queen mother must not misunderstand, Mrs. Qin came to live in the ranch because she wanted to have Yanran as a company, and she didn't mean what the queen mother said at all." After Zhu Ji stared at him for a while, she turned her back and sighed, "Does Shaolong still want to lie to me? Women know women's thoughts best, just look at Qin Qing's happy expression of spring on her brows, What's the matter with a discerning person. You and Xiaopan both regard me as a stranger now, don't you?" Xiang Shaolong had a strong urge to hug Zhu Ji's plump and alluring body, and after struggling to restrain himself, he said softly: "The Queen Mother, please don't worry, the humble minister and the Crown Prince are still the same as before. Then I love you." Zhu Ji shook her head sadly and said: "It's different! Sigh! What did I, Zhu Ji, do wrong? God wants to punish me like this. All men will leave me. Now even my son doesn't care about me." Xiang Shaolong thought to himself that what she said was not without reason, first Lu Buwei sent her to King Zhuang Xiang, then King Zhuang Xiang killed someone, and in a certain situation, he seemed to send her to Lai Ai Xiaopan was so tired that Xiaopan no longer regarded her as a mother, so even though she was the queen mother in power now, she was not in a happy mood. What else could he say? Zhu Ji turned around abruptly, her face was as cold as ice, and she said, "Xiang Shaolong! I have completely despaired of you, so don't expect me to support you like before." Xiang Shaolong secretly sighed that this is called love becomes hate.But if Zhu Ji hadn't had Lao Ai, she would never have become so powerful.And I am sure that although Lai Ai has a good relationship with him on the surface, in fact, he keeps separating him and Zhu Ji secretly.After all, Lao Ai is just a despicable villain. Couldn't help feeling angry in his heart, he said coldly: "The empress dowager speaks seriously. Since I came from Handan, I, Xiang Shaolong, have done something that is not for the empress dowager and the prince. Today, I got these words of reproach from the empress dowager." Zhu Ji was furious and said, "How dare you! How dare you accuse me of kindness!" Xiang Shaolong also got angry for no reason, and said angrily: "When did I, Xiang Shaolong, ask the Queen Mother for something? The Queen Mother can tell me something!" Zhu Ji was at a loss for words immediately, and then changed her face and said: "What is your identity, how dare you talk to Aijia like this?" Xiang Shaolong said angrily: "You are the Empress Dowager, I am a subject, I have no status, but the Empress Dowager knows exactly how I feel about you in my heart, but because of the situation, and thinking of the kindness of the previous king, she dare not make transgressive actions I just want to, but you still want to blame me for being ungrateful, so what is this?" Zhu Ji glared at him angrily, her towering chest rose and fell violently, obviously she was very excited. Xiang Shaolong looked back at her steadfastly, feeling even more angry in his heart. After a while, Zhu Ji calmed down, lowered her head, and said quietly: "I'm sorry! I lost my temper with you like this, but my heart is full of resentment." Xiang Shaolong also felt guilty, and said embarrassedly: "I was wrong and rude! Alas! I really don't understand why I can't control myself at all." Zhu Ji moved forward three steps, and when she was within audible distance from him, she raised her pretty face, looked at him with shining eyes, and said, "Shaolong! Can we start over again? You should know what he thinks of you. No matter No matter how you contradict me, I will never be hard on you." Xiang Shaolong was stunned and said, "Then what should my lord do?" Zhu Ji's delicate body trembled violently, her jade face changed color, and she fell back from the dream and fantasy to the cold reality. Xiang Shaolong knew that she was deeply infatuated with Lai Ai, even more infatuated with Guan Zhongxie than Ying Ying was, so although he felt a sense of relief in his heart, there was still a feeling of bewilderment and helplessness. Zhu Ji's expression changed several times, and finally she returned to her previous cold and arrogant look, nodded and said: "Aijia has indeed lost his composure. I heard that you are going to fight Guan Zhongxie again. If you win, do you plan to marry Lu Niangrong as your wife?" Where's the wife?" Xiang Shaolong said indifferently: "Will Lu Buwei marry my precious daughter to me?" Zhu Ji sighed, and said slowly: "Aijia is tired, Shaolong, you can step back." ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Xiang Shaolong left the palace and rushed back to Wufu without stopping. After changing clothes with the Eighteen Iron Guards, he disguised himself as a commoner. Meet at that house. Tu Xian happily said: "You are so powerful, Shaolong, even Mo Ao got you killed, now Lu Buwei is forced to rely heavily on Tu for everything, so I understand more about this traitor's arrangement." Then he said solemnly: "But Shaolong's biggest mistake was to talk to Meng Ao. This morning Lu Buwei called Wang Yan, Wang Wan and Cai Ze to discuss it. It seems that something will be done soon. I am really worried. You worry." Xiang Shaolong admitted his mistake first, and then told about Wang Lu. Tu froze for a while, and then said: "It seems that Shaolong is still a blessing, and this is also a loss. But be careful, Lu Buwei's character is arrogant and impulsive. If one plan fails, there must be another one." It will follow." Xiang Shaolong sneered and said, "As long as he doesn't dare to raise troops openly, why should I be afraid of him? Butler, don't worry." In fact, Tu Xian had great confidence in him, so he changed the subject: "Since you defeated Guan Zhongxie in the hunting ground that day, Lu Niangrong has become much colder towards Guan Zhongxie, making Lu Thief and Guan Zhongxie much colder. Zhong Xiejun is very distressed, afraid that she will fall in love with you, this girl is used to being arrogant, like Yingying, she never cares about the overall situation, Shaolong can try to use her, maybe it will have a miraculous effect." Xiang Shaolong sighed: "Guan Zhongxie can do whatever it takes, but how can I have his skills?" Tu Xian said solemnly: "I'm sorry! I forgot that Shaolong is an upright gentleman." After a pause, he continued: "Shaolong went to chase and kill Tian Dan today, but it was in vain. It's really a pity." Xiang Shaolong shook his head and said, "Who said that? I caught up with him in Chu State and killed him. The process went very smoothly." Tuxian said in amazement: "How can this be? Yesterday Tian Dan sent someone to send a message to Lu Thief, saying that he and Dan Chu had returned to Qi State safely, and agreed with Lu Thief that when he attacked Yan, Lu Thief would attack South Korea." , making it difficult for Zhao and Wei to help Yan." Immediately, Xiang Shaolong felt cold all over his body, thinking about it, he made Tian Dan count again. Tian Danbuhuai is old and cunning. In fact, when he left Shouchun, he had already lost his bag with the double.And this is why Tian Dan suddenly left Shouchun. This double not only looks like Tian Dan, but also has perfect voice, and is willing to sacrifice his life for Tian Dan, turning himself into a big fool who wants to reverse his name. Tu saw that his expression was not right, and only after questioning did he find out what happened, and comforted him, saying: "Everything can't be as you wish, Shaolong, you have broken Qi Chu's alliance, and you have done it for Tian Dan and Lu Buwei It was a very heavy blow. If Li Yuan had insight, he would restrain Tian Dan and teach him not to attack Yan." What Xiang Shaolong was worried about was Shan Rou, if one was bad, she might really fall into Tian Dan's clutches. Thinking of this, the mood that had just calmed down was completely destroyed, and Xiao Pan and others should be notified immediately to let them know that the mission of chasing and killing Tian Dan had finally failed completely. After comforting him for a few words, Tu continued: "Guan Zhongxie has spent the whole time practicing sword every morning and evening for the past six months, preparing himself for the shame of being forced by you. I see, if Shaolong is not sure, simply excuses that he does not want to marry Lu Niangrong as his wife, and gives up fighting with him, no one will dare to say anything against you." Xiang Shaolong smiled wryly in his heart, Tu Xian and Ying Ying spoke in exactly the same caliber, it was obvious that Guan Zhongxie had made great progress in swordsmanship, making Tu Xian and Ying Ying afraid that he would not only lose the contest, but also lose his life. Although Xiang Shaolong knew that the advice of the two of them was not unreasonable, but he knew even more clearly that if he did not dare to fight because he was afraid of losing, then he would never want to hold his head up in front of Lu Buwei and Guan Zhongxie in the future. Thinking of this, a strong fighting spirit surged in my heart, and I smiled and said: "No! I will definitely win!"