The poplar trees outside the camp were desolate. Through the gaps between the dry trees, you could see that the wheat had lost its original color due to snowfall.
As soon as Meng Tian returned to the camp, his brows furrowed again.
He complained in his heart about Fusu who had no fighting spirit, and felt that Fusu should not be so cowardly at this time.
Now that the news of the emperor's death has been made clear, he should make an immediate decision to take back everything that originally belonged to him.
He believed that he was not the only one in the Xianyang court who wanted to help Su ascend the throne.
As long as he leads his troops back to Xianyang and supports Fusu as emperor, no one should oppose him.
Even if Hu Hai legitimately inherited the throne, so what?
Didn’t Great Qin never have a coup?
What treacherous ministers and traitors do I, Meng Tian, care about?
The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became. Meng Tian couldn't help but look back at Meng Hu and Wang Li behind him and said: "You have also heard the late emperor's edict. Today you are coming out with me, but you are suspected of disobeying the emperor's order. Aren't you afraid?"
Meng Hu took a step forward and said: "The general will only obey the orders of the general. What's more, the general will be outside, and the emperor will not accept your orders. The general just thought that the late emperor wanted to kill the general and the eldest son. It is very unreasonable. Given the emperor's A wise man would never do such a stupid thing that goes against human ethics and goes against the ruler and his ministers.
In this case, if there are doubts about the late emperor's edict, what's the harm in disobeying it? "
Meng Tian heard this and asked Wang Li again: "Does General Wang Bi think so too?"
"ah?"
Wang Li, who was thinking carefully about Yan Le's words just now, heard Meng Tian's inquiry unexpectedly, and quickly raised his hands and said: "What Meng Hu said was also what I saw. It's just that I don't know how your majesty died." Clearly, what should we do if His Majesty is deliberately testing us?
You know, we control half of Great Qin’s troops. If we raise our troops to go south, Great Qin will definitely be in turmoil! "
"this"
Meng Tian and Meng Hu looked at each other in confusion.
It was obvious that none of them had thought of the first layer.
However, Meng Tian quickly denied Wang Li's speculation, shook his head and said: "It is impossible for your Majesty to do this. As the saying goes, you should not trust those who employ people, and do not use those who are suspicious. When the old general led an army of 600,000 to attack Chu, Your Majesty never I have doubted the old general, not to mention that I have been friends with His Majesty for decades and we are like brothers."
"Having said that, we have to investigate, otherwise, it will affect the whole body."
"What do you think?"
Wang Li thought for a while and said: "The general feels that the most urgent task is to stabilize the eldest son first and prevent him from doing stupid things!"
"Um"
Meng Tian pondered for a moment and seemed to think Wang Li was right. He nodded and waved his hands: "Let's go see the eldest son and discuss it later!"
"Well, how about you go first and I'll come back later."
Wang Li scratched his head in embarrassment.
Meng Tian paused, frowned and said, "What else do you want?"
"It's nothing. I just broke into a cold sweat just now and wet my underwear. I want to go back and change." Wang Lizan said with a smile.
Meng Tian's eyes flashed with disdain for a brief moment, and then he returned to his usual seriousness and said in a deep voice, "If you can't handle this little thing, how can you take on big things in the future? Go and come back quickly!"
"promise!"
Wang Li agreed and watched Meng Tian and Meng Hu leave, feeling relieved in his heart.
He didn't want to see Fusu's sad and confused look.
As soon as he learned the news of the death of the First Emperor last night, Fusu cried so much that he almost fainted.
Now that I know that I have been sentenced to death by the First Emperor, I don't know how uncomfortable I feel.
If this time passes, what can be negotiated? Might as well go back and drink some wine to warm up.
Soon, Meng Tian brought Meng Hu to Fusu's military tent.
Just as Wang Li expected, Fusu was still sad and confused at this moment, crying silently.
Meng Tian sighed helplessly, wanting to say a few words of comfort, but didn't know how to speak.
"Let's go, let's go back."
Meng Tian waved his hand, turned around and left Fusu's military tent.
That night, Meng Tian tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
He thought over and over again that Fusu might not be able to cheer up.
It seems difficult for Fusu to go south with him.
If Fusu continues like this, even if Meng Tian wants to be a "rebellious minister and traitor", he will not be able to stand alone.
Nowadays, the emperor's life and death are unknown, and there is no news about Meng Yi, who is a close minister of the emperor. None of the three officials and ministers in the country have contacted him.
Meng Tian couldn't help but start to wonder, had he offended the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty? Why would he be excluded from the important matter of establishing peace and stability for the country? Does the emperor really not trust himself?
Is this a special order from the emperor?
is it possible?
Meng Tian thought over and over again that he had a lot of troops in his hands and could never sit back and wait for death, and he could never let treacherous villains disrupt the country.
Who is it, who is making slanderous remarks in front of the emperor? Is it Li Si? Is it Zhao Hao? Or the Feng family father and son, or...
Meng Tian thought about all the people close to the emperor. Everyone was a famous official who was loyal to the country, and no one would disrupt the country.
After all, those who disrupt the country must have their own agenda.
If these imperial ministers disrupt the country, their reputation will be ruined. It is impossible for them not to care about their reputation.
Even Zhao Hao, who is not a minister, has repeatedly expressed his unwillingness to fight for power.
For a moment, Meng Tian couldn't figure out who was the source of the trouble.
However, Meng Tian would not believe it if Ying Zheng had not issued any foolish orders.
Because Ying Zheng was instigated by the elders of the Ying Qin clan to implement the "Expulsion Order" against Lu Buwei's family. In addition, due to the incident between the Queen Mother and Lao Ai, more than 70 innocent people were killed indiscriminately, so that the corpses of the censors were piled up on the thirty-six jade steps of Xianyang Palace.
Therefore, it is possible that the emperor gave abnormal orders in anger.
"In this situation, we really need to listen to Wang Li's advice and stabilize Fusu first. As long as Fusu doesn't follow the imperial edict, everything will go well."
Finally, Meng Tian made up his mind amid the chaotic thoughts.
Fusu is already in grief and confusion and can no longer rely on him. On the contrary, he must now save Fusu's life.
As long as Fusu doesn't die, the overall situation can be reversed.
Meng Tian firmly believed in this.
After all, when Fusu was awake, he was a qualified prince.
Only then, he must write a letter of defense confirming the content of the edict.
It was used to delay the execution of the edict and prepare equipment for Fusu to fight for power.
At the fourth watch, Meng Tian walked through the cold snow and returned to the study. He picked up a big pen, his thoughts surged, and he couldn't help but shed tears all over the parchment——
The old minister Meng Tian asked for the imperial edict again.
Meng Tian didn't put down the big pen in his hand until the prairie chickens began to crow.
Originally, he wanted to write a letter to Li Si. After all, Li Si was the minister appointed by the emperor on his deathbed, but after thinking about it carefully, he gave up.
Among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Meng Tian had the best relationship with Wang Jian and Wang Ben, and had the deepest relationship with Li Si.
The Wang family, the Meng family, and the Li family were not only the first core figures to follow Ying Zheng, but they were also the three most prominent meritorious families in the empire.
Although Li Si was the last to enter the core of Ying Zheng's power because of Lu Buwei's relationship, if he is the closest to Ying Zheng, he must be Li Si.
Because many of Li Si's clever strategies coincided with Ying Zheng's.
However, as Li Si gradually became more involved in the court and Meng Tian was far away from the customs, the relationship between Meng Tian and Li Si was also changing.
Especially in the past two years, there seems to be an indescribable gap between Meng Tian and Li Si.
Compared with the Wang family and his son, Li Si lacks a kind of trustworthy sincerity.
This made Meng Tian increasingly unable to see through Li Si.
Compared to Li Si, Meng Tian prefers Han Fei, who stutters but is sincere.
In Meng Tian's view, Li Si's most sincere act was nothing more than the "Book of Remonstrance and Expulsion", but apart from this, there seemed to be no other admirable actions.
Therefore, after much thought, Meng Tian finally did not spend more time thinking about Li Si.
This is Meng Tian's character. He has many ideas to predict others' opportunities, but he always only seeks safety. Only in this way is he not good at guarding against rape.
After writing the defense letter, Meng Tian checked it carefully before sending it to the post house in person.
At this time, it was dawn and Li Fu and Yan Le were sleeping, but they were both woken up by Meng Tian.
But I heard Meng Tian say in an indifferent tone: "This is a memorial written by me to Your Majesty. Without any trouble, I will send it to Xianyang myself. I came here today to inform the special envoy that the trip to Jiuyuan will have to stay longer. !”
"What?!"
Li Fu, who was still a little dazed just now, was shocked when he heard Meng Tian's words, "Meng Tian! How dare you detain this special envoy!"
"Yes, Mr. Meng, we are still waiting to go back and recover!" Yan Le also showed a look of fear and uneasiness.
Meng Tian snorted coldly: "I'm in a bad mood right now. You should think more carefully before you speak!"
After saying that, he left the post house minding his own business.
"this"
Li Fu opened his mouth, but stopped talking.
Yan Le looked at Meng Tian's back, his heart beating wildly.
Meng Tian clearly knew that the emperor was dead, but he still threatened to report it to the emperor's face. Was this an open rebellion?
No, you can’t rebel now. If you rebel, Young Master Hao will die!
They will definitely kill Young Master Hao before Meng Tian rebels!
Thinking of this possibility, Yan Le couldn't help but become extremely anxious, secretly scolding Wang Li for that idiot, why hasn't he seen his secret message yet?
No, you have to strike first!
"Somebody come!"
"My subordinate is here!"
"Is there anything unusual in the eldest son's military account?"
"Reporting to the special envoy, there is nothing unusual in the eldest son's military tent. The eldest son himself is still sleeping and has not woken up!"
"Explore again!"
"promise!"
Watching Yan Le's supervisors leave, Li Fu frowned and stepped forward, saying, "What do you mean by this?"
"Whenever the monarch issues an edict, the special envoy has the power to supervise the implementation of the edict. If it is a criminal edict, the special envoy must personally supervise the edict and report all the circumstances afterwards."
Yan Le glanced at Li Fu and explained expressionlessly: "Although this special envoy has the power to supervise the edict, you have also seen the situation. It is inconvenient for me to personally supervise the edict, so I can only send people to exercise the power of supervision!"
"So, I can do it too." Li Fu rolled his eyes and smiled.
"You can go if you want, I have more than one supervisor!"
"That's a great feeling! I'll also go and take a look at the 'Sinful Minister' military tent!"
Yan Le chuckled and went back to his room without saying a word.
at the same time.
Wang Li, who drank a jar of wine last night, got up from the bed in a daze.
He rubbed his head, bared his teeth and muttered: "It's been a long time since I drank such a strong wine. This, hiss, this wine is as strong as Gongting Yuye Liquor."
"Young master can always come up with such extraordinary things."
"Come on, come on!"
"My subordinate is here!"
A soldier accompanying Wang Li heard the noise and came to Wang Li immediately.
Wang Li glanced at him vaguely and said, "What time is it now?"
"Return to General, it's quarter to nine."
"At a quarter of a second, huh?"
Wang Li muttered for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and widened his eyes: "What time did you say!?"
"Mao, Mao hour and a moment."
The guard was startled and even stuttered a bit when he spoke.
Wang Li stood up and slapped his forehead: "Oops! It was a mistake!"
He originally planned to drink some wine secretly and then go to Fusu's, but as he drank, he became addicted and drank all the jar of wine.
Now that I remembered what I had promised Meng Tian before, I was scared out of my mind. I was so frightened by the wine that I woke up. I didn't have time to hesitate and rushed towards the door.
However, the next moment he sprinted, there was a sudden 'click' sound behind him.
I saw another jar of 'Palace Yuye Wine' that was originally placed under the bed, but now it was broken into pieces, and the aroma of wine overflowed.
"Fuck!"
Wang Li couldn't help but uttered a curse word, and rushed forward in three steps at a time, trying to scoop up the spilled wine on the ground with his hands.
However, he was still a step too late. The originally full bottle of wine had been spilled, leaving only a little at the bottom of the jar.
"Quick! Go get a bowl, a bigger one, and fill it up for me!"
"Oh oh oh, my subordinate, go get it now! Go get it now!"
The guards reacted for a moment and rushed out of the military tent.
"It's too wasteful, uh uh, it can't be wasted, uh uh uh."
Wang Li kept licking the wine on his hand, his heart bleeding.
"Damn it! What the hell is this!"
Wang Li found that he couldn't lick it fast enough and was about to cry without tears. He was about to see how much wine was left at the bottom of the altar. Suddenly he saw a cloth bag on the altar. He was slightly startled, then picked up the cloth bag and looked at it carefully, muttering. Said: "Could it be that he gave it to me?"
Thinking of Yan Le's previous abnormal behavior, Wang Li reacted instantly, drank down the wine at the bottom of the jar, picked up the cloth bag and rushed out.
"General! The bowl is here."
The guards who had just run over with a big bowl saw Wang Li rushing out like crazy and couldn't help shouting loudly.
However, Wang Li didn't seem to hear it and rushed toward Fusu's tent.
He knew that the cloth bag in his hand was absolutely important, so he did not dare to delay for a moment.
"Eldest Young Master——!"
As soon as he rushed into Fusu's military tent, Wang Li shouted loudly.
Fusu had already gotten up from the bed, but his expression was still sad and confused.
I saw him staring at the snowy scene outside the window, muttering dully: "It's not a pity for Fusu to die, it's not a pity to die."
"Eldest Young Master! Look what this is!"
Wang Li excitedly handed the cloth bag to Fusu.
Fusu glanced at it lightly, as if he was not interested, and asked calmly: "What?"
"To be honest, I don't know what it is, but it must be important. The eldest son might as well open it and take a look."
"Forget it, you can see for yourself, I'm not interested."
"Oh! This thing is very unusual, yes."
Wang Li gestured wildly, wanting to say it was Zhao Hao's secret message, but he couldn't be sure, so he sighed helplessly: "Forget it, if you don't want to read it, I'll read it for you!"
After saying this, he opened the cloth bag directly in front of Fusu.
Inside the cloth bag, I saw that it was indeed a secret letter.
"this"
Wang Li opened the secret letter and his eyes widened instantly.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Fusu was obviously shocked by Wang Li's expression. He couldn't help but cheer up, frowned and asked, "What's written on it?"
"Eldest Young Master, you should see for yourself."
Wang Li suppressed the emotions in his heart, took a deep breath, and spoke word by word.
Fusu suddenly took the letter from Wang Li and saw two lines of words scrawled on it;
Brother, save me!
I don't want to die, woo woo.
"Brother Hao!?"
The moment Fusu saw the contents of the letter, that weak and helpless figure suddenly appeared in his mind.
The sad and confused expression on his face was instantly wiped away, replaced by calmness and determination.
"Where did you get this letter?" Fusu asked with an ugly face.
Wang Li subconsciously replied: "From the wine jar."
"Um?"
"Oh, no, it's Yan Le. I found it in the wine Yan Le gave me."
"Yan Le?"
Fusu squinted his eyes, then raised his head to look at the door, and said in a deep voice: "Here comes! Please help me wash up, I want to go to the post house!"
"Eldest Young Master!"
Wang Li was startled and wanted to stop Fusu because he thought Fusu was going to be summoned.
However, Fusu smiled coldly: "It is not a pity for me to die. If you want to kill my brother Hao, even my father will not do it!"
"This" (End of Chapter)
