Just like Li Xiuyuan would not ask Zhao Meng to buy Duoxing new clothes and snacks in Dongjun for three days with a group of children.
He also doesn't care about how many times Xu Fu went to the city lord's palace in the past three days, and whether those heads and Qin Fu were sent to the imperial city.
How much effort would it take for King Qin, who was high in the imperial city, to calm down after a certain minister threw out a few scapegoats.
In the rustling autumn wind, I don't know how many bottles of wine I drank with Gao Jianli on the carriage, and how many strange people and strange things happened in Zhao Yan's land.
These days, he has always been in the same carriage with Gao Jianli.
What surprised him was that after passing through Dongjun, he never encountered bandits disguised as the Forbidden Army like that night.
Occasionally, a small group of robbers blocked the road, but Zhao Meng and a group of wolf-like guards beat them until they cried for their fathers and mothers. There was no need for Li Xiuyuan to take action anymore.
The long road eventually comes to an end. After finally staying in Xue County for two days, Gao Jianli and Li Xiuyuan said goodbye hand in hand.
Carrying several jars of black bean wine, he rented a carriage and headed slowly to Dayan.
Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but murmur softly as he looked at the carriage that was gradually driving away, all the way to the pavilion outside the city.
"The wind is rustling and the water is cold. Once a strong man is gone, he will never return. The road is long. Sir, please take care of yourself..."
Even Li Xiuyuan didn't know when he would see Gao Jianli again, let alone whether the two of them would meet again.
After seeing off Dayan's piano master, he will now spend some time on Xu Fu and the children.
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Just as Xu Fu and his party were slowly heading towards the East China Sea.
However, the East County guard who was on horseback galloped into the imperial city with three carriages. After a series of reports, he finally saw the face of the emperor.
When the King of Qin, who was wearing a black robe with gold trim, held the memorial in his hand and looked at the general of Dongjun who was ten feet away from His Highness, he felt a burning anger in his heart.
But he couldn't burn the fire on the head of the general who sent the message.
Instead, he asked coldly: "Is Lord Xu Fu injured? Are there any casualties among the guards from the imperial city? Are the children injured?"
The East County guard knelt down and replied: "Back to your Majesty, Master Xu Fu is fine, and the children were not harmed. It's just that two of the guards died in the night's battle."
"Well, you go down. I have my own sense of reward regarding Dongjun. Go back and tell the Lord that Dongjun, who is optimistic about me, will not let the sewage from the imperial city dirty my rivers and mountains again."
The guard bowed again, bowed his head and retreated while shouting long live.
At the end of the day, the King of Qin sent word that his son Su had entered the palace.
In the eyes of King Qin, the assassination of the emperor's special envoy was by no means an accidental incident, but a premeditated betrayal.
It's just that the sniping from the Imperial City all the way to the outside of Dongjun City was to kill Xu Fu sent by himself.
Killing Xu Fu is a trivial matter, but if you don't get the elixir Xu Fu seeks, your foundation will be shaken.
Qin Wu cannot accept this fact no matter which angle he analyzes it from, because he is the emperor, and the world is as big as the king's land.
Now there is someone from the Imperial City who wants to ruin his plan.
"Seeking death!" King Qin muttered repeatedly before Prince Su entered the study.
"Your father is looking for me?" Young Master Su entered the study, looked at the frowning King Qin and asked softly: "What happened to make your father so angry?"
"Someone wants to destroy my great cause."
King Qin threw out Xu Fu's memorial and said coldly: "Look, what do you think?"
Young Master Su picked up the memorial and unfolded it slowly. The more he read, the more frightened he became. He couldn't help shouting angrily: "In a small way, this is an attempt to ruin my father's great cause. But in a serious way, it is treason." .”
After thinking for a while, he said, "I just don't understand. Who wants to do this? Who dares to do this?"
"Nothing is impossible in this world."
King Qin said coldly: "There are many people from the Six Kingdoms and the remnants alive, and there are also many people in the imperial city who want to see my joke. Tell me, who do you think is most likely to do this? It's my fault.
Good thing, what good are they? "
Young Master Su fell silent. He had a vague feeling that this matter might not be that simple.
He didn't even dare to think about it?
If it goes according to what his father said and according to his analysis, it is natural that the person who can get the most benefit in the end is the most suspicious. Thinking of this, he panicked.
Then, he suddenly knelt upright in front of the King of Qin and said, "My son deserves death. If I go by what my father said, I am the most suspect."
King Qin was stunned for a moment, then smiled casually and said, "Yes, if this matter is handed over to Li Si for investigation, he will definitely be the first to suspect you."
"It's just that I don't know how many people have their heads chopped off by me."
King Qin looked at his slender fingers and said coldly: "With your temper, how can you possibly deceive the king and kill your father? Get up."
King Qin knew very well that the most kind-hearted person in the entire empire was his eldest son.
This is why he didn't tell anyone, but only told Prince Su to come to see him.
Upon hearing this, Young Master Su stood up and stood in front of the desk, frowning and thinking.
He knew what his father's intention was. Although there were not many assassinations against Qin in recent years, it did not mean that there were none.
There are countless powerful families in the imperial city who have their own agenda. It is not surprising that some unwilling people will take advantage of Xu Fu's going to sea to jump out.
Perhaps in their view, as long as they break their father's path to immortality, the puppet they support can come to power as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Young Master Su was startled again and even more afraid to speak.
He suddenly realized that whatever he said now would be wrong.
With a sigh, King Qin broke the silence, with an indifferent expression on his face, and said quietly: "Don't make this matter public, investigate slowly."
Young Master Su sighed.
In his opinion, after all, this matter was a secret that was not a secret before his father put it on the table and had a showdown with a group of ministers.
Although the people involved were uneasy, they didn't know whether the king had received Xu Fu's memorial.
The two carts of human heads and one cart of Qin slaves were taken away somewhere by the King of Qin, waiting for the mastermind behind the scenes to be found at a certain moment and questioned together.
For committing such a serious crime, it would be a light punishment to punish the three clans.
Young Master Su said uneasily: "When I returned to my father, I found that the ministers are usually indifferent to each other. Maybe they only have you in their hearts, or maybe they have been making their own little plans."
King Qin hummed and said calmly: "Is it possible that you want them to unite as one? As long as you and my son don't doubt each other."
"Remembering Prime Minister Lu's lesson, I did not want to kill him and sent him to the fiefdom to retire. However, he did not hide his talents and bide his time in the fiefdom. He continued to make friends with guests. There was an endless stream of envoys from various countries to visit him."
"Does he want to rebel? A deposed minister is so bold, let alone the ministers of the court? You must remember not to let the ministers get too close..."
"My son, please remember your father's teachings." Young Master Su Jia replied in a tone of voice: "Is it possible that the ministers in the court will join forces to deceive my father?"
Thinking of this, Young Master Su missed his wife who was traveling abroad.
In his opinion, if the master was still in the academy, he should be able to answer his questions, and he could also ask the master some questions that he did not dare to ask his father.
Although he and King Qin are father and son, they are also monarchs and ministers.
He could keep some words in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything out loud, because the master repeatedly warned him that as the eldest son of King Qin, it was likely that trouble would come out of his mouth.
He had to think twice before saying anything, which made him very depressed.
After a while, King Qin laughed and said calmly: "For ministers, they don't need to hug each other, they just need to be close to me. Remember this truth."
Young Master Su also laughed when he heard this, clasped his hands and replied: "My son, I understand. If they all hug together, they will make father feel uncomfortable from time to time..."
It was not until this moment that Prince Su understood why his father disliked Prime Minister Lu. It turned out that he had made too many ministers.
Even the nobles of the six countries were not spared, which would be something that no king would be able to tolerate.
Thinking of this, Young Master Su once again thought of that poor guy, Lao Ai who was suppressed by his first father.
Relying on the favor of the Queen Mother, she also wants to compete with her father. Now that I think about it, it is really ridiculous, sad and deplorable.
After all, the king of a country cannot be the prime minister, let alone a sinister villain like Lao Ai.
King Qin gently patted the table in front of him and asked calmly: "I plan to leave this matter to you. How do you plan to handle it?"
"Let me do it for you? Is this appropriate?"
After being silent for a while, Young Master Su said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid I won't be able to find anything useful. After all, the other party has put so much thought into it, and must have thought of who to take the blame for if something goes wrong."
King Qin said coldly: "I'm not very worried about whether they can be found out. Since they dare to move even my imperial army, why don't you let me find out a few people who are taking the blame?"
"As long as you pay attention, you can naturally find some clues."
Young Master Su took a deep breath, thought for a moment and said, "After all, even ants crawling over will leave some traces on the ground, not to mention the use of Qin Tao and the Imperial Army."
King Qin looked at his son and knew that his thoughtfulness was far beyond the comparison of others. He was not carried away by his words, and he couldn't help but feel relieved.
He laughed and said, "Every one of those Qin slaves is numbered, so they can't hide too much."
"That's very good." A smile appeared on Young Master Su's lips, and he continued: "As long as I find out who these Qin slaves belong to, I can naturally find out whether they were stolen or lent out by someone."
In Young Master Su's view, whether it was stolen or lent by someone, this should not be a reason.
Firstly, to mobilize the imperial army, one must obtain the consent of his father. Secondly, who can lend so many Qin slaves to? Lend it to the remnants of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms?
As long as you put some thought into it, you will definitely be able to find out the mastermind behind this.
However, until the moment, he still couldn't figure out how a Xu Fu and less than a hundred guards could fight against the waves of forbidden troops sent from the imperial city?
And in the end, hundreds of imperial guards armed with Qin slaves were killed in the mountains... Is this reasonable?
"How can Xu Fu kill these forbidden soldiers?"
Young Master Su frowned and asked in confusion: "These are hundreds of forbidden troops holding Qin's slaves. Placed anywhere, they are a force that cannot be underestimated?"
"Of course I know there's something fishy about this."
King Qin said quietly: "Although I don't give Xu Fu many guards, it doesn't prevent him from meeting capable people who are willing to help him on the road."
"What I need is his loyalty." King Qin continued: "At least for now, he has done nothing wrong. He is heading to the East China Sea according to my plan. He has his own value."
Young Master Su sighed and said with a wry smile: "It seems that Lord Xu Fu is really a lucky guy. Someone in the imperial city cornered him, and he had no choice but to ask his father for help."
King Qin picked up Xu Fu's memorial from the table and lit it on the small stove that was boiling water.
Looking at the quietly burning flames, he sneered and said, "He is my subject. If you don't ask for help from me, who else can you turn to?"
