The morning in early spring is always so warm, and the rising sun seems to have just returned from a long journey, smiling at its long-lost old friend.
The morning dew seemed to be shy under its gaze, and disappeared in an instant.
The soil seemed to be slowly relaxing after being tense for a long time, becoming softer and softer.
The layers of snow that were once there have disappeared, either because they were hiding or because they had sneaked into the north.
The trees took the opportunity to straighten their backs and finally had the opportunity to reshape their branches and buds.
Vitality has quietly arrived, and it is bound to resume its ambitions.
What is incompatible with it is the hot evil spirit and the cold iron horse on the battlefield.
Finally, he had the opportunity to go into battle again. Wang Jian's face was red and full of energy. He looked at the 100,000 troops in front of him, raised his riding whip, and his words of encouragement were deafening.
All the soldiers in the audience were in high spirits and their morale was high, and the horses under their crotches held their heads high and were eager to try.
This is the confidence of Da Qin!
After Wang Jian finished his lecture, Li Si handed the tiger talisman into his hand, and then said: "General Wang's momentum is good, but it's a pity that there is a high probability that there will be no tough battles in this expedition."
Wang Jian smiled and said: "Although there is no battle to fight, the morale cannot be weakened. Didn't Prime Minister Li say that this time the main purpose is to use this army to supplement Liangzhou's city defense? Then we can't slack off. You know there are many people there. It’s a land of tigers and wolves.”
Li Si nodded and said, "When we get there, bring the king back quickly so that we can prepare the plan to attack Zhao."
Wang Jian took two steps closer to Li Si, lowered his voice and said, "Xiang Li, can you leave the task of attacking Zhao to me?"
"This matter has to be decided by the king. How can I dare to make the decision." Li Si smiled, "But when you arrive at Jiayuguan, you can discuss it with the king. Maybe you can really grab a coach."
Now in the Qin court, military generals with similar qualifications to Wang Jian can be regarded as Mengwu. This time, Li Si asked Wang Jian to take over Ying Zheng, which was an obvious indication of his intention.
Although Wang Jian was a military commander, he was actually both civil and military, wise and open-minded. He could see Li Si's intention at a glance, so he asked this question.
Although he is not like those juniors who surround Ying Zheng all day long and know many secrets, Wang Jian is confident that once the war starts, it will not be a big problem for him to be the coach of Zhengdong.
Li Si filled a glass of wine for Wang Jian and toasted him.
Wang Jian drank it all in one gulp and said goodbye.
The army marched westward in mighty force, but Zhao Tuo, who was watching the excitement, stayed there and could not recover for a long time.
Children who grew up in the mountains have never seen such a scene!
To say that he had seen the biggest scene before, it was the time when he followed Ying Zheng to resist the assassins in Huashan. Now that a hundred thousand troops are fully mobilized, that shocking scene will leave an indelible mark on every passionate man. Impression, not to mention Zhao Tuo who is determined to help Ying Zheng establish meritorious deeds.
"Don't you think that one day, you will be like General Wang Jian and lead the army on an expedition with high spirits?" Li Si's words interrupted Zhao Tuo's thoughts.
Zhao Tuo came to his senses and nodded firmly.
"Then study hard. If you want to lead troops, you must first familiarize yourself with the art of war." Li Si said, "Only if you have such conditions can you stand in that position. As long as you work hard, the king will never be buried. you."
"Thank you, sir, for reminding me," Zhao Tuo said. "Master Sima asked me to give you a message when I came here this time. Yan Dan is acting a little strange at the moment. He asked Prime Minister Li to pay more attention."
"Okay, I will send someone to observe his movements."
In the next few days, Li Si indeed sent someone to secretly monitor the Yan embassy, but Yan Dan rarely went out. He occasionally went out at noon, that is, to go to a restaurant to eat or drink, with no other purpose.
But things were not peaceful in the palace, because Mrs. Huayang's illness suddenly worsened.
In Huayang Palace, Mrs. Huayang's complexion was sallow, her eyeballs were bloodshot, she coughed feebly for a while, and gasped for air.
Imperial Physician Song concentrated on feeling her pulse, and his expression also changed.
Nan Su on the side stamped his feet anxiously and said to himself: "They all blame me, they all blame me, why are they listening to music? I think Grandma Wang caught the cold again, which made her illness worse."
The two maids beside her comforted her a few words, but how could Nansu let go.
Mrs. Huayang waved her hand tremblingly and said softly: "It's none of your business. Don't blame yourself. I guess I'm getting older and all kinds of problems have appeared."
Imperial Physician Song let go of Mrs. Huayang's wrist and looked at her tongue coating and eyes.
"Imperial physician, what disease does Grandma Wang have?" Nan Su asked anxiously.
Song Taiyi said: "Judging from the symptoms, the Queen Mother seems to have signs of poisoning, but I have checked her diet in the past few days and found no traces, so it is possible that the dosage and type of medicine used in the past few days have changed. Deviated."
"What should we do now?"
"Wei Chen will detoxify the Queen Mother." Song Taiyi sighed slightly, "But if we don't know the source of the poison, we can only detoxify the symptoms, but we don't know whether it can cure the root cause."
At this time, Xu Fu walked in and said: "Song Dynasty Doctor, I checked and found that the medicine the Queen Mother and Queen Mother took these past two days was different from the usual ones. After giving it to the chicken, there were signs of poisoning. It should be this There was poisoning in two days.”
Xu Fu has been studying medicine and alchemy with Ji Fa. He is also Hu Yu's apprentice, and he also helps Ying Zheng make elixirs. Naturally, it is very convenient to enter and exit the palace. He just happened to deliver some medicinal food to Hu Yu today. He heard that something happened in Huayang Palace. Come and help.
"Poisoned?" Nan Su was shocked, "Who is so bold!?"
Imperial Physician Song looked at the maid next to him and asked sharply: "Who has been decoctioning medicine for the Queen Mother and the Queen these days?"
The maid replied: "Sir, Jinxia has always been in charge of the meals in Huayang Palace. It was she who prepared the medicine for the Queen Mother and then fed it with her own hands."
"Go and call Jinxia." Imperial Physician Song ordered.
The two maids responded, turned around and left in a hurry.
Hu Yu received the news from Xu Fu and knew something was fishy, so he rushed over with Zhao Ji.
After understanding what happened, Zhao Ji asked: "Could it be that Jinxia had hidden evil intentions for a long time and was looking for opportunities to murder the queen mother?"
Hu Yu said: "It may be that she was instigated by others. I think there is another black hand behind her."
Zhao Ji looked at Xu Fu and said, "Go and call Li Si. The king is not in the palace right now, so we should listen to his opinion."
Xu Fu responded and rushed out of the door.
At this time, the two maids rushed back in a panic and said: "Queen Mother, we searched all over Huayang Palace, but we couldn't find Jinxia."
Everyone in the room was nervous.
"When was the last time you saw her?" Zhao Ji asked.
One of the maids thought for a while and said, "We had some pastries together in the morning. After that, I didn't seem to see her at all."
Another chimed in: "Yeah, me too."
Everyone had a rough guess that Jinxia might have absconded out of fear of crime.
Zhao Gao said bitterly: "If she leaves the palace gate in the morning, she will not be able to go far. I will send people to chase her."
At this moment, Li Si arrived, and it happened that Chang Wenjun also arrived after hearing the news.
After understanding the whole process, Li Si said: "This kind of thing happened in the palace, and the low-ranking official cannot escape the blame. I will definitely get to the bottom of it. Now I will send someone to find Jinxia. Who has she been in contact with recently? Can you tell me?" Know?"
One of the maids said: "No one has been to Huayang Palace these days, except for the music banquet three days ago."
Everyone knew that Nansu invited Yan Dan and Gao Jianli that day.
"Could it be them?" Li Si said to himself.
Nansu's heart trembled, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
She lured Yan Dan and Gao Jianli to the palace. If they really murdered Mrs. Huayang secretly, then Nan Su would have led a wolf into the house, which was a heinous crime.
"No, they are not that kind of people." Nansu explained.
Chang Wenjun said from the side: "Now is not the time to be suspicious. Only by holding that Jinxia can we know the truth. I have always regarded the Queen Mother as my biological mother, so leave that Jinxia to me."
After saying that, Chang Wenjun turned around and walked out the door.
Li Si said to Zhao Gao: "You guard the palace, I will take people to the Yan State embassy to see if they are still there."
Zhao Gao responded and sent Li Si out of the palace gate.
Looking at Mrs. Huayang's haggard face, Nansu was in a state of confusion. After being in a daze for a while, the maid helped her back to her bedroom.
Zhao Ji took Hu Yu to guard Mrs. Huayang and helped Dr. Song detoxify her.
After returning to the bedroom, Nan Su became more and more upset the more she thought about it, and she couldn't calm down.
"No, I'm going to find Gao Jianli and ask him if he has anything to do with this matter." With this thought in his mind, he stepped out.
"Mom, where are you going?" Fusu called her from behind.
"Mom has to go out of the palace to do some things. Stay in the palace by yourself and don't run around."
She had sent all the maids in the palace to take care of Mrs. Huayang. It was obvious that Fusu didn't want to stay here by herself.
"I'll go with my mother too."
Nansu couldn't bear to leave him alone in the bedroom, so he said, "Then follow me closely and don't run around."
Fusu responded, and the mother and son left the palace gate and asked the two imperial guards to drive the carriage to the Yan State Embassy.
Far away, I saw that the embassy had been surrounded by soldiers and seemed to be under martial law.
Nansu asked a guard to inquire about the situation. The guard reported that people sent by Li Si surrounded the embassy, but Yan Dan and Gao Jianli were not found inside.
Did they really escape?
Nan Su felt even more panicked, seeing that things were developing in a bad direction.
No, we must find out their whereabouts.
Nan Su did not approach the embassy anymore and ordered the guards to turn their horses and head towards a restaurant in the southeast direction.
This restaurant was called Zuixian Tower, and it was the place where Yan Dan entertained dignitaries in Xianyang. Later, Gao Jianli often came here to play the piano to meet friends, and Nan Su also often came here to ask him for piano lessons.
As soon as he arrived at the door of Zuixian Tower, he saw Lord Chang Wen walking out of it with long strides.
"Why are you here, Princess?" Chang Wenjun asked slightly surprised.
Nansu replied: "I couldn't settle down in the palace, so I wanted to find Gao Jianli to find out. I just went to the embassy, but they were not there, so I thought of coming here to have a look."
"It seems that we thought of going together." Chang Wenjun said, "I just went up to take a look, and they are not here."
"Not here?" Nansu was disappointed, "What did the store say?"
"The store said that they have not been here today." Chang Wenjun said, "If they really left Xianyang, it is really inseparable from Jinxia's incident. If we can't find them now, we have to think of someone else." The best way is to save the Queen Mother."
Nan Su was a little panicked and asked urgently: "Then do you have any good ideas?"
Chang Wenjun thought for a while and said, "I know a foreigner who is a master of poison and a native of Chu. He lives twenty miles outside the city. Why don't I invite him to come? Maybe there will be a way. .”
The matter was urgent, and Nan Su was not very experienced in the world, so he could not tell the truth from the lies, so he said, "Then please go to Lord Chang Wen to invite this stranger here. I will definitely thank you greatly."
Unexpectedly, Chang Wenjun said in embarrassment: "Although this stranger has clever methods, he has a very weird temper. I'm afraid it's hard to win over him because of my name. Why don't you, Princess, go with me and show your kindness?" I beg him as the princess of the country, and he will definitely agree."
Nan Su responded directly without thinking: "Okay, I'll go with you."
So, Chang Wenjun led his men to lead the way, and two imperial guards followed behind in a carriage, and together they went out of the east city gate.
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