Meng Tian and Zhao Li wore the military uniforms they had 'changed', swaggered back to the forbidden place, walked to the position where the two soldiers were standing just now and stood up, and then kept turning their heads around to observe the situation in the forbidden place, but this look made the two people directly dumbfounded.

It turned out that there was a cave under the slope of the hill where Meng Tian and Zhao Li were located, no, to be exact, it should be a gate that should be built, and it was the words on this door that made Meng Tian and Zhao Li look stupid directly, only to see the plaque on the top of the door carved with the words "Imperial Tomb" in the words of the Qin State.

Meng Tian and Zhao looked at each other, and they could both feel each other's shock, not to mention that it had been this year since the death of the previous King of Qin, but now the Qin King Yingzheng is less than 20 years old, and he has already started to build the imperial tomb? Isn't this a little too early.

Meng Tian walked to Zhao Li's side and whispered: "Brother Zhao, I feel a little strange about this imperial mausoleum, I have been by the king's side for many years, but I have never heard him talk about building a mausoleum for himself. ”

Zhao Li said to Meng Tian: "Actually, this matter is not surprising, since King Wu of Zhou crusaded against Shang and established the Zhou Dynasty, there is this rule, after each Son of Heaven ascends the throne, he will basically choose a piece of feng shui treasure land for himself as a mausoleum, this is also for the sake of insurance, even the Son of Heaven cannot escape birth, old age, sickness and death, so it is not strange that the king today builds a mausoleum for himself." ”

After listening to Zhao Li's words, Meng Tian understood, it turned out that there was still this kind of rule, but this Yingzheng was too not enough of a friend, and he didn't say a word about this kind of thing to himself, and he still regarded him as his best friend. Meng Tian then said to Zhao Li: "Brother Zhao, I want to go in and have a look." ”

Hearing that Meng Tian wanted to enter the imperial mausoleum to take a look, Zhao Li couldn't help but be a little worried, although the two of them came in disguise now, but some of the soldiers here had met with him, if the two of them left now, they would definitely be able to leave unharmed, if they wanted to enter the imperial mausoleum again, if they were recognized, it would be a big deal if they were trapped in the imperial mausoleum. Zhao Li told Meng Tian about his worries, hoping that he could think about it, if he was really caught, then it could not help but affect the entire Meng family's army, and even the Meng family.

Meng Tian patted his head, how could he forget about this matter, it doesn't matter if he is caught, in case he is involved with his grandfather, father and mother, Meng Yi and Yanran, and more than 50,000 brothers of the Meng family, he is really a hundred deaths and cannot atone for his sins. Meng Tian said to Zhao Li: "Brother Zhao, thanks to your reminder, I didn't think it through. Now that we know that the forbidden place is the imperial tomb, it doesn't make much sense even if we go in, let's go and go back to the barracks. ”

Zhao Li nodded, so the two of them sneaked back into the woods while no one was paying attention, took off their military uniforms, and put on their own clothes. The two unlucky eggs hadn't woken up yet, and Meng Tian and Zhao Li from this province had to work hard again, so the two took off their military uniforms, and then went to find the four people on the hillside to meet. After the rendezvous, he returned to the place where the horses were hidden, and rode back to the barracks along the same route.

It was already midnight when he returned to the barracks, Meng Tian returned to his camp tent to rest, and returned to Xianyang early tomorrow morning.

Early in the morning of the second day, Meng Tian said goodbye to Zhao Li and Du Hui, and rode back to Xianyang City on the black wind. After arriving home, he saw his father and mother, Zi Yanran, and the family had breakfast together, and then Meng Tian put on his armor and went to the forbidden military camp.

He took the forbidden army to inspect the palace, and it was not until noon that Ying Zheng retreated. After learning that Yingzheng had retired from the dynasty, Fang Feng happened to come to replace Meng Tian on duty. After handing over with Fang Feng, Meng Tian went to Changle Palace, where Yingzheng often went after retiring from the dynasty. Ying Zheng spends a lot of his day at Changle Palace, including lunch and sleep.

When he arrived at Changle Palace, Zhang Han was on duty outside, and since Zhang Han was in Changle Palace, Yingzheng must also be there. Zhang Han saw Meng Tian coming to Changle Palace alone, and walked up to Meng Tian and asked, "What's the matter, is Commander Meng going to see the king?"

Meng Tian greeted Zhang Han and said, "Brother Zhang, don't laugh at me, I am your student and your good brother in front of you." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Han laughed: "Tease you, since you came to see the king, there must be something important to tell the king." But let me tell you first, the king is not in a good mood today, and even your brother has been reprimanded by the king, so you should also pay special attention. ”

Meng Tian nodded, signaling that he had already taken it to heart, and then Meng Tian entered the Changle Palace, in addition to the few people standing at the door in the Changle Palace, there were only Yingzheng and Meng Yi in the palace.

"Chen Mengtian see the king. Meng Tian knelt on the ground and said.

When Ying Zheng saw Meng Tian coming, he said: "Meng Qing is calm, there are no outsiders here, so there is no need to kneel." ”

Meng Tian stood up and asked, "When the last general came in just now, he met Zhang Han at the door, and I heard him say that the king was a little unhappy today, so I want to ask the king if anything happened to the king in the court today." ”

"The eldest brother didn't know that this morning, the time of Korea met the king, and presented a great plan to the king for the benefit of the people. Lord Sangkook thinks that this is a conspiracy of the Koreans to consume the treasury and manpower of our Qin State. The king thinks that this plan has succeeded, and our Qin State can collect nearly one-third more grain and grass every year, and in the future, my Qin State men will fight on the battlefield, and this grain and grass will definitely not be a problem. Meng Yi said for Yingzheng.

"And such a good thing? If you can collect so much more food, then it's worth the fight. It's just that Lord Xiangguo didn't agree?" Meng Tian continued to ask.

Meng Yi shook his head, "Lord Xiangguo thinks that the construction of this canal will cost half of the financial resources of my Great Qin Treasury, and it will also cost so many people and financial resources, if there is a six-nation alliance to attack my Qin State at this time, my Great Qin will have no military salaries and food and grass to supply the soldiers who are fighting in front." ”

This is also true, it seems that this matter is not so simple, if you want to get more food, you must invest some financial and material resources in the early stage. Meng Tian said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, now that my Great Qin is strong, three or four out of ten soldiers and horses in the world are in the hands of my Great Qin, in fact, don't worry too much, if the rest of the vassal states dare to attack my Qin State, I will definitely lead the Meng family army to the border to guard my Great Qin's land." ”

"Well, since you all said yes, the widow has decided. Meng Tian and Meng Yi both thought this method was good. It's just that maybe Lu Buwei didn't agree with his own considerations, and he would wait until tomorrow to go to court, and then discuss it with him.

The matter of the canal was thus determined, and Meng Tian remembered what he was looking for Ying Zheng for, so he opened his mouth and asked Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, there is something that the minister does not know whether to ask or not. ”

"Meng Qing can just say it directly. Ying Zheng said.

Meng Tian told Te Yingzheng about the construction of the imperial mausoleum that he saw in Lishan, and then quietly watched Yingzheng's reaction. Ying Zheng heard Meng Tian say that he had already started to build the imperial mausoleum for himself again, and felt incredible, he felt that Meng Tian was joking with him, after all, he was so young, and it was not time to build a mausoleum for himself.

Ying Zheng shook his head and said, "The widow built the imperial mausoleum for himself? Impossible, the widow is only sixteen years old this year, how could he think of building a mausoleum for himself." Meng Qing, did you read it wrong at night?"

"Yes, big brother, besides, if the king wants to build a mausoleum for himself, then our two brothers will definitely be the first to know. Meng Yi also said on the side.

Meng Tian recalled in his mind the scene he saw last night, and then swore to Ying Zheng and Meng Yi: "I can be sure that the word Imperial Tomb is indeed carved on the stone on that door, although I saw it at night, but I can still be sure." ”

Meng Yi looked at Ying Zheng and said: "Your Majesty, my eldest brother is so insistent, presumably this matter is true, if this matter is true, then it seems that someone is beating the name of the king to collect money." ”

Ying Zheng thought for a while, and said to the two brothers: "In this case, why don't you and the widow go to Lishan, take a look at this place, and find out who did it, what do you think?"

"Do as the king commands. Meng Tian and Meng Yi said together.