Coming out of the palace, Meng Tian did not choose to go forward with his younger brother Meng Yi, but found Zhang Kui, who was on duty outside the palace. Zhang Kui has been the commander of the palace since he was injured in the battle with Chu Fei in the palace, and at the same time, half of the iron guards of the Mengjia army are under his jurisdiction, all to protect the safety of His Majesty the Emperor.

"General, I don't know what the general is looking for?" Zhang Kui saw Meng Tian, and his subordinates bowed to Meng Tian.

Meng Tian stretched out his hands to help Zhang Kui up, patted the dust on his shoulders for him, and said, "Zhang Kui, since you have been the commander of this forbidden army, how have you ever felt?"

Zhang Kui didn't understand what the general meant, so he asked: "The last general doesn't understand what the general means by what he said? Since the last general left the Mengjia army and became the commander of this forbidden army, what he said is not as tired as in the Mengjia army, but he is really worried every day, and he does not dare to relax at the moment of His Majesty's safety. As for the feelings of the general, the last general is just a martial artist, who only knows how to protect his family and country, and where else dare to hope for it. ”

"I've sat in this seat before, but that was a long time ago, when I wasn't as old as you, and by the grace of Your Majesty, I became the commander of the forbidden army. Do you know what I really thought?" asked Meng Tian.

Zhang Kui lowered his head and asked, "The last general is willing to listen to the general's advice." ”

"Haha, I don't dare to advise me. The commander of the forbidden army is the most important person around His Majesty the Emperor, because the existence of this position can make His Majesty avoid the harm of Xiaoxiao, so it is not an exaggeration to say that this position of the commander of the forbidden army is related to the world of my Great Qin. Meng Tian said. "Tomorrow I will leave for Dongjun to investigate the fall of Mars, so on the way back to Xianyang from Linzi, your majesty's safety will be entirely in your charge, do you understand what I mean?"

"This ......" Zhang Kui was a little surprised after hearing Meng Tian's words, he didn't know the news that Meng Tian was leaving, and the news came a little suddenly.

Zhang Kui then said: "General, please rest assured, the last general will definitely protect Your Majesty, and the last general is willing to swear with his own life that he will definitely protect His Majesty." ”

After Zhang Kui finished speaking, he flicked the cloak behind his back and knelt down on one knee in front of Meng Tian.

"General Zhang, please get up, today you and I are ministers in the same hall, and you are no longer my subordinates, so there is no need to bow down to me. The reason why I came back to you today, hearing your words, I am relieved, tomorrow I will go to Dongjun, with you I have no worries. Meng Tian helped Zhang Kui up again and said to him.

"The general is going to Dongjun, is it because of the meteor that day?" Zhang Kui asked Meng Tian.

Meng Tian nodded and said: "Yes, in addition to the Mars falling from the sky in Dongjun, there is also Brother Meng Li leading the army to quell the rebellion. Although it is a disease of scabies, it should not be underestimated. ”

"That being the case, then the general is here to wish the general success and early triumph!"

Speaking of the location of Dongjun, it is still on the road of Yingzheng's eastern tour, but on the way back, because there are rebels in Dongjun, Meng Tian will take the route to the first line of Bolangsha, but he didn't expect that Bolangsha is not far from Dongjun, and he was still targeted by the people of the Xiang clan of Chu State.

From Linzi City to the boundary of Dongjun, it takes nearly two days to ride a fast horse along the way. Meng Tian didn't bring many people on this trip, but he only brought ten soldiers of the Meng family, Meng Tianci had to follow his father, and was reprimanded by Meng Tian, so he had to stay in Linzi.

"General, after another fifty miles ahead, we will reach the boundary of Dongjun, it is already dark, shall we continue to hurry?"

At this time, the sun has set down the mountain, and the night is approaching in a flash, although fifty miles is not very far, but if you ride a horse, it will take about an hour, not to mention that the gallop on this road, the war horse is already exhausted. Meng Tian saw a dilapidated courtyard on the road in the distance, and he didn't know which rich family left behind when he left, which happened to be their safe place.

"Well, there's a yard ahead, and we'll rest there tonight, and we'll continue our journey tomorrow. ”

The horse galloped to the gate of the courtyard, although the courtyard has long been abandoned, but it is still well preserved, except for the courtyard is overgrown with weeds, several houses in the courtyard can still be inhabited. Meng Tian took his soldiers to the courtyard, and after dismounting, his own soldiers led all the horses to feed the water and feed, and the rest also had their own jobs, some to clean the house, and some to prepare a fire for cooking.

Meng Tian found a place to sit down, and took out a piece of information about the Dongjun region from his arms, which he received on the road at noon today, and it was Meng Li who learned of his coming, and specially sent the iron guard to send this information to him to read. There was not much written on this information, only a few words or less, only the reason for the rebellion here in Dongjun, and a few leading figures in the rebel party that Meng Li knew.

Seeing that there was a somewhat familiar name on the intelligence, Meng Tian smiled, "It turned out to be him!"

A soldier went out and hunted two or three pheasants and a hare, washed and peeled them, roasted them on the fire, and then handed half a hare to Meng Tian to taste. Although it is not good to eat in the wild, it is much better than starving, but fortunately, Meng Tian, as a general, is not a very particular person, so he ate wild game with all the soldiers alive, and then fell asleep on the laid straw mat.

I don't know how long I slept, but Meng Tian was woken up by his soldiers. "General, wake up, there are people around, and the other party doesn't know whether they are friends or foes. ”

When Meng Tian heard this, he picked up the Zhengang sword that was placed beside him and said, "Well, tell the brothers to be careful. ”

"No. ”

Except for the two who were sentry in the shadows, the remaining eight soldiers of the Mengjia Army took their weapons and hid in the dark very tacitly. Meng Tian cheered up, took the sword and came to the courtyard alone, sat by the fire, and waited for the arrival of uninvited guests in the middle of the night.

The sound of "rustling ......" footsteps on the ground was getting closer and closer, and Meng Tian seemed to be able to hear the sound of talking from outside the courtyard in the courtyard.

"It's really fucking bad luck tonight, what kind of bullshit are you stepping on, although the yard is a little bigger, but in the end I found three baht coins, which is cleaner than our house. Next time you kid do such a stupid thing for me again, Lao Tzu will use you to open meat for my brothers!" a somewhat rough voice came.

Immediately after that voice, a slightly shrill voice said: "Big brother, how do I know that the people in that house have run out, and the two subordinates are left, you said that the chaos of this East County and the Qin army have nothing to do with the common people, what are they running?"

"You ask me, who do I ask? Lao Tzu was a good robber in the mountains, and he was driven out by those damn rebels, so that our brothers could only settle down in this wasteland, and I still feel wronged. ”

As he spoke, the footsteps outside the courtyard were getting closer and closer, and suddenly the footsteps disappeared.

Meng Tian sat by the fire in the courtyard with his eyes closed, the sword in his hand stuck on the ground beside him. Suddenly, Meng Tian suddenly opened his eyes, the moment he opened his eyes, the original dilapidated gate of the courtyard was kicked open in an instant, and then from the gate and the walls on both sides of the gate into the courtyard several people, through the firelight, it can be seen that all of them are all big men, and everyone has long and short weapons in their hands, but the clothes on their bodies are all tattered, barely able to cover their bodies.

There were eight people who entered the courtyard, and one of them, the tallest and strongest man, was surrounded by the others, with a spear in his hand, a beard on his face, and a long hair that was slightly disheveled, restrained by a strip of cloth at will, and his face was full of ferocity.

The eldest of these people looked at Meng Tian vigilantly, and he felt a very dangerous aura in front of him from the man sitting on his own turf, which was even more powerful than the rebel master who had killed nearly half of his men when he had been driven out of his cottage.

"This friend, I don't know what to call it?" the boss asked as he looked at Meng Tian.

As soon as these people came in, Meng Tian kept looking at them, these people looked like they were just a group of ordinary bandits from the weapons and outfits on their bodies, and their strength was probably not as good as those Mengjia soldiers under their command. Since this is the case, Meng Tian has nothing to worry about, he took advantage of the effort to get up and made a gesture, telling the soldiers of the Meng family army hidden in the dark not to come out first, he was very interested in what the eight people just said about being driven out of the cottage by the rebels.

Standing up, Meng Tian walked to a distance of five or six steps in front of the eight people and stopped, but the seven people except the boss all picked up the weapons in their hands, signaling Meng Tian not to take another step.

"Hehe, don't get me wrong, I'm just passing by here, it's getting late, and I'm resting here for the night. Meng Tian said.

The boss also took a step forward and said to Meng Tian fiercely: "Lao Tzu doesn't care who you are, since you have entered Lao Tzu's house, then you have to listen to Lao Tzu's rules, don't talk nonsense, first give Lao Tzu the money on your body, otherwise don't blame Lao Tzu for being unkind to you." ”

Meng Tian turned a deaf ear to the words of the robber boss, and said slowly: "There are rules, there can be rules, but you seem to be mistaken, the person who sets the rules is not you, but me." ”

After Meng Tian finished saying this, his body moved, and the eight people who entered the courtyard only felt that their eyes were slight, and the person who was standing not far in front of him disappeared, and when he saw him, he was already standing in front of the boss, and one of his hands was grabbing his boss's throat.