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Zhao Gao was speechless for a while, then calmed down and said with a smile, "It is only natural for a father and son that the prince misses your majesty. I understand, but your majesty has left."
"Teacher! Father is really not dead! Do you believe Hu Hai——!"
Before Zhao Gao finished speaking, Hu Hai interrupted him hysterically.
Zhao Gao frowned. This was the first time he saw Hu Hai acting like this. He couldn't help but feel shuddered and cast his eyes on the cabinet Hu Hai pointed to.
Everything in this dormitory was arranged by him himself, so no one knew the placement of this cabinet better than him.
I saw that the cabinet, which originally had a gap of about three inches with the wall, was now tightly attached to the wall. It was obvious that someone had tampered with the cabinet.
After a moment of silence, Zhao Gao immediately gave the order: "Wang Zhong! Inform the imperial troops outside and surround the prince's chamber. Also, inform Lord Jingyang that the prince has important matters to discuss!"
"promise!"
Wang Zhong agreed and respectfully left Hu Hai's bedroom.
At the same time, the other palace attendants and maids also wisely exited Hu Hai's bedroom.
When only Hu Hai and Zhao Gao were left in the entire dormitory, Zhao Gao asked Hu Hai solemnly, "Can the prince tell me everything that happened?"
"Teacher, what if my father does something wrong?"
Hu Hai's eyes were filled with tears of horror.
In an instant, he almost fainted again.
Zhao Gao quickly supported him in his arms and said with a stern face: "You are the prince of Qin. When Mount Tai collapsed in front of you, your face did not change. How can you act like a little girl!?"
"teacher"
Hu Haiyu moved his lower lip, suppressed the fear in his heart, calmed down, and told Zhao Gao what happened word for word.
After Zhao Gao heard this, his face was full of surprise. It was not that he believed Hu Hai, but he remembered something that he had been paying attention to before, and that was the tunnel of Chu Nan Pavilion.
When he returned to Xianyang from the South China Sea, he immediately sent Yan Le to Chunan Pavilion to search for the tunnel. However, Yan Le found nothing. At the same time, he was very annoyed and doubted his own speculation. So, the tunnel matter came to light. That was settled.
Now that he heard Hu Hai's story, he couldn't help but come up with a ridiculous idea.
That is, Zhao Hao not only dug tunnels in Chunan Pavilion, but also outside the palace, and they were right under Ganquan Mountain.
Thinking of this possibility, Zhao Gao became more and more curious about the situation under the cabinet.
However, he did not move the cabinet blindly.
Because if the tunnel under the cabinet is really dug by Zhao Hao, given Zhao Hao's nature, once his secret is exposed, it is very likely that he will die.
Therefore, for the sake of safety, he first asked people to surround Hu Hai's dormitory, and then asked Ying Ziyang to find out.
Regardless of whether Ying Ziyang is a threat or not, he can understand the real situation immediately and will not be harmed.
About a quarter of an hour later, Ying Ziyang led dozens of personal guards to Hu Hai's dormitory.
At this time, Hu Hai and Zhao Gao had arrived outside the dormitory.
I saw Ying Ziyang running to Hu Hai first, bowing his hands and saluting: "I, Ying Ziyang, have met the prince!"
"Uncle, no gift!" Hu Hai politely replied.
Ying Ziyang smiled with satisfaction.
Hu Hai calls him "uncle", which shows that Hu Hai treats him as a family member.
If Hu Hai calls him 'Jingyang Lord', or just nods with a faint expression, it means that Hu Hai doesn't take him seriously at all.
This will be very detrimental to his future power struggle.
Fortunately, Hu Hai was very polite to him, which made him feel comfortable. At the same time, he saluted Zhao Gao: "I have met Zhao Fuling!"
"You're welcome, Your Majesty."
Zhao Gao smiled and returned the salute, then went straight to the topic:
"I have no choice but to trouble you at this late hour. The prince suddenly fainted during the day. The doctor said he was frightened. I just heard from the prince that he saw the assassin, so I troubled you to come here to arrest the assassin!"
"oh?"
Ying Ziyang raised his eyebrows and said with a stern face: "An assassin is coming up the mountain again? What does Young Master Hao do for a living? Aren't he investigating the assassins?!"
"Hey, it's a troubled time now. I'm afraid Young Master Hao is too busy to do anything."
"An incompetent person is an incompetent person. He is so incompetent! Fortunately, the late emperor did not make him the crown prince!"
"Jingyang Lord, be careful!" Zhao Gao reminded Ying Ziyang, pretending to be frightened.
Ying Ziyang snorted coldly, ignored him, and then raised his hands to Hu Hai and said, "Prince, can you tell me where the assassin appeared and where he went?"
"this"
Hu Hai hesitated for a moment and turned to look at Zhao Gao.
Zhao Gao smiled and raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty is not an outsider. The Crown Prince can inform you in detail!"
Hearing this, Ying Ziyang felt instantly relieved and felt that Zhao Gao was a good person. No wonder Ying Zheng appreciated him so much.
But I heard Hu Hai say cautiously: "Uncle, this is what happened."
"What!?"
After listening to Hu Hai's story, Ying Ziyang's expression changed drastically.
However, Zhao Gao on the side seemed to have expected it, and quickly comforted him: "There are many doubts about this matter. Don't worry, Your Majesty. It is possible that a certain young master did not get the position of prince and deliberately teased the prince."
The purpose of his words was to make Hu Hai fearful of his brothers and sisters, so as to facilitate his future operations.
Sure enough, after hearing what he said, Hu Hai frowned slightly, as if he had also thought of this possibility.
After all, if Ying Zheng was really alive, how could he allow Zhao Gao and Li Si to disrupt power?
"Although there are indeed doubts about this matter, I think it's better to go in and find out what's going on!" Ying Ziyang said thoughtfully.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Zhao Gao smiled and complimented.
Hu Hai quickly agreed: "Then Uncle Lao will be there."
"Prince, don't worry, as long as I'm here, no one can hurt you!"
After saying that, Ying Ziyang waved his hand and immediately rushed into the dormitory with dozens of personal guards.
Zhao Gao and Hu Hai looked at each other and left the sleeping pavilion in tacit agreement and came to the small courtyard outside the pavilion.
At this time, Ying Ziyang also came to the cabinet according to Hu Hai's words.
He glanced at the dozens of guards who followed him and drew out their swords. Then, a strong guard strode forward and grabbed the cabinet. Pick up.
Just hearing a burst of "chirp, chirp, chirp", several invisible gophers rushed out from under the cabinet, frightening the already nervous guards to jump on the spot.
Even Ying Ziyang, who had been paying attention to the bottom of the cabinet, fell to the ground in panic and shouted: "What?! Quick! Protect me!!"
"Your Majesty, it's a gopher! There is a gopher under this cabinet!"
The guard holding the cabinet quickly reminded Ying Ziyang.
Upon hearing this, Ying Ziyang quickly got up from the ground and said with a face full of shame: "Have you all seen the gopher?"
"this"
The guards looked at each other and nodded awkwardly.
Ying Ziyang's face turned even uglier.
However, before he could speak again, the guard holding the cabinet seemed to have discovered something and reminded Ying Ziyang again: "Your Majesty, there is a hole here!"
"Um?"
Ying Ziyang was stunned, turned around subconsciously, and found a hole under the cabinet.
I saw him taking three steps and two steps at a time. He ran to the cave like a gust of wind and took a closer look.
The hole was about a foot wide, and it was pitch black inside, making it difficult to see the details.
"Come here! Hold the lamp!"
Ying Ziyang shouted, and a guard immediately brought an oil lamp.
By the light of the oil lamp, Ying Ziyang looked down and saw a dozen thumb-sized gopher babies, as well as messy hay, fluff, etc. inside.
"It's really a nest of gophers."
Ying Ziyang muttered something depressed, and then in anger, he thrust his sword deep into the gopher nest and strangled all the gopher pups inside.
Then he seemed to be still uneasy, and pushed the sword down hard again, making sure that the bottom was rammed earth and not the so-called tunnel, and then he safely pulled out the sword.
"Come here! Call Zhao Gao and Hu Hai in!"
Ying Ziyang felt as if he had been tricked, and his tone was less polite than before.
Soon, Zhao Gao and Hu Hai were brought into the dormitory by Ying Ziyang's personal guards.
I heard Ying Ziyang say in a cold voice: "If the prince has nothing to do, he can discuss state affairs with Li Tingwei or the court ministers. Why are you teasing me?"
"this"
Hu Hai was speechless and couldn't help turning his head to look at Zhao Gao.
Zhao Gao was also slightly stunned, and then he raised his hand towards Ying Ziyang: "What do you mean by your words? Is there nothing abnormal down there?"
"snort!"
Ying Ziyang snorted coldly, then drew his sword and faced him.
Hu Hai saw the blood stains on the sword at a glance, and his expression immediately changed, and he said in shock: "You, you actually killed my father!?"
"absurd!"
Ying Ziyang's face darkened and he shouted angrily: "This is gopher blood! Could it be that the prince has an eye disease and can't even distinguish gopher blood from human blood?!"
"What!?"
Hu Hai was full of surprise: "Uncle said this is gopher blood? What you just killed was a gopher!"
"snort!"
Ying Ziyang snorted and ignored him, then turned to look at Zhao Gao and said solemnly: "Zhao Gao, what's your explanation?"
"this"
Zhao Gao was also a little surprised and uncertain at this time, and quickly raised his hand to Ying Ziyang: "Can your Majesty, please allow me to personally inspect it?"
"If you want to see it, go see it, I didn't stop you!"
After saying this, Ying Ziyang immediately gave way to Zhao Gao.
Without saying much, Zhao Gao came to the cave and leaned over to check.
I saw that it was indeed a gopher nest as Ying Ziyang said, and the gopher babies inside had been strangled to pieces by Ying Ziyang, and their flesh and blood were blurred.
"How's it going? There's nothing wrong with my eyes, right?"
When Ying Ziyang saw Zhao Gao lying silently at the entrance of the cave, he couldn't help but sneered.
However, Zhao Gao remained silent.
After about a while, Zhao Gao got up from the ground, called to the guards around him, and solemnly said: "Go and bring some tanks of water!"
"Um?"
The guards were stunned and subconsciously looked at Ying Ziyang.
Ying Ziyang also frowned and said in a deep voice, "What do you want to do again?"
"Don't blame me, sir. I just want to confirm whether there is a tunnel down here."
"Why use water to confirm the tunnel? Wouldn't it be better to just let people dig it?"
"Can't you see it, Your Majesty? This place is only three feet away from the foundation of the dormitory. If we excavate hastily, it will easily cause the dormitory to collapse."
Zhao Gao explained: "But if you pour water into the gopher hole, you can quickly find out whether there is a tunnel underneath!"
"this"
Ying Ziyang reacted for a moment, and seemed to think that what Zhao Gao said was reasonable, so he waved his hand and said: "Come here, go get three tanks of water!"
"promise!"
Soon, several personal guards brought three tanks of water.
Zhao Gao immediately ordered them to pour water into the hole.
At the beginning, the water in the hole was quickly absorbed.
However, when the second tank of water was poured halfway, the absorption rate of the burrow gradually slowed down. Until the second tank of water was poured out, the burrow stopped absorbing.
"this"
When Hu Hai and Ying Ziyang saw this, they couldn't help but look at each other.
But I heard Zhao Gao sigh quietly: "If there is a tunnel down here, it is impossible to absorb such a small amount of water."
"In my opinion, teacher," Hu Hai couldn't help but ask Zhao Gao.
Zhao Gao frowned and glanced at him, then said with a straight face: "The prince may really have an eye problem and it's time to go to the hospital to have a look."
"How can it be?"
Hu Hai was suddenly startled and suspicious, and then suddenly laughed: "Are you kidding Hu Hai, teacher?"
Zhao Gao said seriously: "If you mistake the rat spirit for the late emperor, God will bring disaster. The old minister thought that the prince should live far away from Ganquan Palace, and maybe he can be fought against."
"Rat spirit?"
Hu Hai was greatly surprised and quickly said to Ying Ziyang: "Uncle, my teacher said there are rat spirits in the world?!"
"If the rat spirit hadn't deceived the prince, how could the prince see the late emperor?"
Ying Ziyang glanced at Zhao Gao and said with a smile on his face.
Hu Hai burst out laughing, and then said decisively:
"Don't fool me. There are no rat spirits in this world. I just have a recurrence of my eye disease. I'm going to see the doctor right now!"
After saying that, he turned around and left.
After watching Hu Hai leave, Ying Ziyang once again set his sights on Zhao Gao, and said solemnly: "Is there really nothing fishy about this matter?"
"The result is as seen by your superiors, but I'm not very clear with you either," Zhao Gao shook his head.
"That"
"Let the prince return to Xianyang first, and then make a decision!"
"good!"
Ying Ziyang nodded, without saying anything, and left the dormitory with the guards.
Zhao Gao, on the other hand, carefully inspected Hu Hai's dormitory, trying to find some clues, but found nothing, and finally left worriedly.
At the same time, Ying Zheng and Laifu in the tunnel breathed a long sigh of relief.
The moment Hu Hai fainted, they began to think of ways to remedy the situation.
Fortunately, there was no danger just now and Zhao Gao and others were not discovered.
However, Hu Hai was so afraid of Zhao Gao, which gave Ying Zheng a bad feeling.
I always feel like something big is about to happen.
Could it be that Zhao Gao's ambitions don't stop there?
Thinking of Zhao Gao serving him for decades, as submissive as a hound with its teeth pulled out, Ying Zheng couldn't help but feel chills running down his back.
"Your Majesty, it's fortunate that you are here. If a villain encountered this situation, he would have been discovered long ago."
Laifu wiped the gopher cub's blood dripping from his head and complimented with a smile.
Ying Zheng glanced at the earth jar he was holding, frowned and said, "You can put it down now. It's okay."
"No, I'm not tired. Just wait. If they come back to check again, all our efforts will be wasted."
"hehe."
Ying Zheng smiled dumbly, then looked around and said, "In addition to Chunan Pavilion, where else does this tunnel lead?"
"Villain no"
"If you dare to say you don't know, I will let you stay with Zhao Gao!"
"ah?"
Laifu was startled, and suddenly felt as if something was about to be lost between his legs.
It was obvious that he didn't want to be sisters with Zhao Gao, so he gritted his teeth and said:
"There are tunnels in the southeast, northwest and northwest of Chunan Pavilion for several miles."
Good guy!
Ying Zheng called him a good guy!
My Xianyang Palace was dug through by you?
Then I'm going to build a damn imperial tomb, just bury it directly under the Xianyang Palace!
"His Majesty."
"how?"
"I'm a little tired, can you put me down?"
"Put whatever you want in there and bring it to me!"
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