As Meng Yi and Prince Su worried, the King of Qin did not kill Zhao Gao, nor did he continue to investigate.
Maybe he already knew who this matter would involve.
As the emperor, perhaps what he wants is not the final result, but to use iron-blooded means to intimidate the ministers of the court and the imperial army in the process of tracking down the mastermind behind the scenes.
After meeting the left prime minister, Prince Su also gave up the idea of arguing.
The world is as big as the king's land, everything depends on the emperor's thoughts, even Young Master Su is no exception.
So the King of Qin who was deep in the palace chopped off the heads of a group of forbidden soldiers, gave Zhao Gaoting 30 sticks, fined him half a year's salary, and hurriedly closed the case.
He didn't tell the emperor and his ministers the reason for this, but under the beating of the imperial staff, Zhao Gao's skin was torn and his flesh was torn, and he almost couldn't catch his breath.
Later, it was the eunuch who secretly stuffed a piece of Liao ginseng into his mouth and he survived.
Even so, he lay in the house for three months before regaining his breath.
On the other hand, Gongzi Hai is like a man who has nothing to do, sitting in his house all day long, and I don't say anything about the noise of wind and rain.
According to what Yue Gao taught him, he started hibernating early. Even the King of Qin told him twice that he had contracted the cold and did not dare to enter the palace for fear of infecting his father.
The King of Qin seems to want this effect, to kill a chicken and show it to a bunch of monkeys, this world is still my world.
Who dares to have different intentions? Zhao Gao of the Forbidden Army is a precedent. Even Pang Chen, whom King Qin likes, will still beat you to a point where your life is worse than death.
Rather than hitting Zhao Gao's body, the sound of the imperial staff hit the hearts of a group of ministers one by one.
It is said that only three people did not go to court that day, Gongzi Hai was one of them, and the others were Gongzi Su and General Meng Yi.
The King of Qin did not even mention the three of them, as if his two sons went hunting in the countryside accompanied by the general.
Only Prime Minister Zuo looked at Zhao Gao lying on the ground and King Qin in the golden palace from a distance. The corners of his mouth moved, but in the end he said nothing.
Perhaps in his opinion, being wise and protecting yourself is the way to go.
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The Mid-Autumn Festival has passed and the weather has turned cooler.
Xu Fu, who had no time to make a boat, rented a large boat with the people in the fishing village on the East China Sea. He took Zhao Meng, Li Xiuyuan, and a few guards and couldn't wait to go to sea.
The day after the children arrived at the beach, Li Xiuyuan cooked dozens of barrels of medicinal spirit to temper the children's bodies, completing the biggest change in their lives.
A mortal from the future washed their marrow and cut their bones, and gathered energy overnight to become little monks.
Li Xiuyuan left half of the guards to take the children to practice in the fishing village.
At the same time, the transformation of the weapon is completed.
It turned out that Qin Shi's bronze sword was too long, and it was almost difficult to pull it out quickly.
This was the result of discussions between Li Xiuyuan, Xu Fu, and Zhao Meng.
Finally, the long knives were changed to four feet and the swords were changed to three feet and five inches. All the long knives and copper swords were returned to the furnace and a group of blacksmiths were hired to make them again.
The one who felt happy was Zhao Meng, who kept nagging in the ears of Li Xiuyuan and Xu Fu these days: "Only with this kind of sword can you feel like drawing a sword like the wind."
Xu Fu was also deeply touched because no matter how long he practiced before, he could not find the feeling of drawing a sword.
It wasn't until Li Xiuyuan cut off a section of the bronze sword in his hand and asked him to try again that he finally found the feeling.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the two of them and said seriously: "Although it is said that one inch is long and one inch is strong, what will happen if my sword has already pierced your chest before your sword is drawn out?"
While he was talking, the man on the boat suddenly exclaimed: "No, we encountered bandits."
Before Li Xiuyuan could turn around, he heard a "whoosh!" and an arrow flew from the sea, flying towards Xu Fu next to Li Xiuyuan in an instant.
Before Li Xiuyuan could take action, Zhao Meng knocked down the flying arrow with a wave of his scabbard.
The three of them looked up and saw another sea ship coming only fifty feet away. Standing on the ship were bandits wielding swords and shooting arrows. They should be said to be pirates.
When Zhao Meng saw it, he shouted angrily at the guards behind him: "Why are you still standing there, shoot arrows!"
So a group of guards took out their bows and arrows one after another. In the midst of exclamations, dozens of iron arrows shot through the air in the blink of an eye. They only heard a scream from the other side's ship.
The current cultivation level of these guards is not low, many of them are at the fifth level of Qi Gathering.
Not to mention that just a few days ago, Zhao Meng and Xu Fu had successfully built the foundation and became true practitioners.
So the two sides started shooting at each other instantly, and countless arrows flew toward the ship.
Similarly, Lian Zhao suddenly took out his bow and arrows and followed the guards to shoot at the approaching ship.
However, the two sides did not fire a few arrows before they were in a close fight, because in the call of the man and the vibration, Li Xiuyuan knew that the big ship had finally docked.
Unexpectedly, his legendary Penglai Island had no gods, but instead was occupied by a group of sea bandits.
So a group of guards threw down their bows and arrows, drew their swords, jumped off the ship, and rushed to the shore in waist-deep water. After a while, the two sides started fighting.
Li Xiuyuan did not rush off the boat, but held the iron bow and silently watched the current melee. He would only shoot an arrow when any of his guards were in danger.
Regardless of whether it was Xu Fu or Zhao Meng, he would give these guys more opportunities to fight. After all, there was no telling how many dangers like this they would encounter in the years to come.
He could help once, but he couldn't keep watching behind the two people and a bunch of children.
If he hadn't wanted to take a look at the island, he should have rented a carriage at this time and headed to the imperial city in a leisurely way.
He has his own way to go.
On a large ship, at a glance, one could see that there were only about thirty guards on one's side, but nearly a hundred bandits on the other side.
It's just that these bandits don't put much pressure on Zhao Meng and a group of guards. Most of these bandits are guys with no cultivation. How can they compare with a group of guards who have been baptized by bloody battles?
Zhao Meng rushed to the beach and shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill all these bandits."
Therefore, although the number of guards was much smaller than that of the bandits, they could not withstand their ferocity. One of them would be knocked down with every slash.
Hundreds of bandits could not withstand the overwhelming attack of Zhao Meng and his gang. After a hard fight, they found that they were no match for them, so they roared all the way to the island to break out.
This is their base camp, and half of the bandits are still on the island.
"Kill them all!"
The fighting on the beach finally alerted the bandits on the island. Under Li Xiuyuan's gaze, two Foundation Establishment bandits rushed toward Zhao Meng and others.
A giant man, six feet tall, rushed up and struck Zhao Meng hard with a giant axe.
Zhao Meng did not retreat, but instead struck back with the long knife in his hand.
A powerful force came, and Zhao Meng was knocked away by the giant man. Xu Fu got off the ship and rushed to the beach, with shock in his eyes.
"Whoosh!" sounded!
By the time Zhao Meng came to his senses, an iron arrow had already passed through the giant man's neck. The cultivation level in the middle stage of foundation building was beyond the ability of Zhao Meng in front of him.
Li Xiuyuan on the big ship said coldly: "There is another guy with a similar level of cultivation to you, deal with it yourself."
Zhao Meng tightened his grip on the long knife in his hand, decapitated the giant man with an arrow in his neck, and then continued to chase the bandits.
Along the way, he encountered bandits and killers countless times.
Therefore, when he met these bandits again at sea, he would not say anything more, let alone show mercy.
"Clang clang clang!"
The long knife in Zhao Meng's hand struck the sword of the charging bandit. The powerful impact made Zhao Meng unable to hold the long knife in his hand for a moment, and he was knocked to the ground by the bandit.
Just as the bandit in the Foundation Establishment Realm was holding a long sword and roaring, he stabbed Zhao Meng with his sword.
At this time, the long knife in Zhao Meng's hand had already flown out, and he was about to be injured by the opponent's hand.
"Dang, Dang, Dang!" sounded!
The long sword in the bandit's hand did not hit Zhao Meng's body, but it collided with the long sword in Xu Fu's hand, sparking a series of sparks of different sizes.
At this moment, Zhao Meng picked up the long knife on the ground and slashed the bandit's neck with his backhand.
Because his speed is too fast, it is not like the speed of the second level of foundation building. This is because he has been practicing the sword drawing technique along the way.
This time the bandit reacted too late. In an instant, another "click!" sound sounded on the beach.
The bandit who had just rushed over and had already established his third level of cultivation, with the cooperation of Zhao Meng and Xu Fu, his neck was chopped off by Zhao Meng and he died an untimely death.
"Master Xu, are you okay?!"
Zhao Meng did not expect Xu Fu to be so brave and dare to confront the bandits, so he was startled, and then he suddenly burst out with murderous intent like a wild beast.
He shouted to Li Xiuyuan on the ship from a distance: "Shopkeeper Li, do we want to lead our brothers into the bandit's lair?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and shouted coldly: "Clean the battlefield and stay here."
After saying that, he flew down from the ship like a big bird and flew towards the beach.
In his opinion, rushing forward hastily before knowing the details of the bandits will only cause unnecessary casualties to the guards here, which is completely unnecessary.
When Zhao Meng heard this, he immediately stopped the guards who continued to rush forward. A group of people turned around and while cleaning the battlefield, they sent out guards to climb aboard the bandits' large ship.
"Burn it with fire!"
From a distance, Li Xiuyuan shouted: "We can't let them drive their boats to rob other fishermen anymore."
Xu Fu was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said: "It makes sense when you think about it. These bandits are entrenched on this island. It is estimated that the coastal governments can't do anything to them."
Li Xiuyuan nodded and waved to the guys who were still standing on the beach in the distance: "Come here, we are going to make a fire to cook."
The guys then walked over on the sea water, looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked: "We don't dare to mess with these guys. In the past, we turned around when we saw them from a distance. I didn't expect to meet them here today."
Li Xiuyuan sighed and smiled lightly: "Don't be afraid, you can go back to the boat to sleep at night. I guess they will touch it in the middle of the night."
"Don't adults understand bandits?" The guys were frightened. After all, they reported this matter to the government, but even the government had nothing to do with these bandits.
Because the bandits on the sea come and go without a trace, no one knows where their lair is.
Li Xiuyuan called the guards to throw the dead bandits into the sea, and walked forward until he came to the edge of a short forest.
Looking at Xu Fu, he said, "Let the guards light the fire. We will camp here tonight."
He looked back at the guys and smiled and said: "When they come down from the mountain, we will catch them all. At least there will be no more bandits in this sea area for the time being."
While Xu Fu was asking the guards to do their work, he looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile: "This modified long sword is really easy to use, and Shopkeeper Li is the best."
Just here, the large ship abandoned by the bandits on the seaside started to burn, and soon a raging fire shot into the sky.
Zhao Meng, who was not far away, laughed and said: "Now the bandits on the island are afraid that they will fight to the death with the shopkeeper."
