But even so, Qu Nian didn't want to go back to Xianyang, and stayed here at least worry-free about food, clothing, and safety. So when Xie Changhong came to him, he was still a little worried, and said, "Don't stay for two days anymore?"

Xie Changhong was indeed in a hurry, and said: "The king only gave us four days, the messenger has used nearly two days, and we only have a little more than two days left now, and if we don't rush back, we will all be beheaded." ”

Qu Nian's heart sank, and he said, "Father is so anxious to kill me?"

Xie Changhong comforted him and said, "The king shouldn't kill his son!"

Qu Nian was stunned: "Why?"

Xie Changhong whispered: "I wrote a secret letter to the king, and the letter helped the prince speak! If the king wants to kill you, it is estimated that he will not let you go back to Xianyang, after all, you are also a prince, and the public beheading will also damage the face of the royal family." ”

Qu Nian said: "What did you say in the letter?"

Although Xie Changhong was anxious, in order to appease him, he told him about how he carefully chose words and sentences. At the end, he said: "I'm all thinking about my son!"

Qu Nian was stunned and said, "Aren't you the prince's person, why do you want to help me speak?"

Xie Changhong whispered: " I am the king's person, only do things for the king and the Qin State, only do things that are beneficial to the king, and do not form a party with any prince, now that the prince has died, there is no point in killing the prince again, to tell the truth, if it is changed to before, the king may really kill you, but the son you have been reborn, and helped the Qin State bring back the scorched soul remnant sword, to put it mildly, the value of this scorched soul remnant sword is completely higher than that of the prince, and it can be regarded as a merit offset, and the king now cares about you very much, and I can see above the court that he hopes that you can return to China, not to kill you, after all, you are also his own son, blood is thicker than water！”

Qu Nian said: "But the prince is also my biological brother, and his blood is also dissolved in water, why does he still kill me?"

Xie Changhong said: "Brothers are different from father and son, the son may not have been a father, and he will not experience the father's feelings for the child, and when the son becomes a father, he will realize what a father's love is!"

Qu Nian was stunned: "You speak so nicely, won't you just try to trick me back?"

Xie Changhong said: "Childe, now the king has decreed that you will go back, no one can stop you, do you think I still need to lie to you?"

Qu Nian nodded and said, "Okay! Just for the affection of saying good things for you, I can not blame you for holding me hostage, and if I mix well in the Qin State, I will reuse you." ”

The reason why Xie Changhong helped him say good things in his heart was to atone the credit, after all, the prince is dead, and it is useless to stammer, it is better to stammer the living, and the person in front of him, as long as he does not die, the future is unlimited, and it is very likely to sit in the position of the prince. At this time, he said happily: "Thank you, Childe!"

Elder Qu sighed and said, "I hope what you said is right. Let's go, then. ”

Xie Changhong hurriedly said: "Okay, then let's leave now, everything has been arranged." ”

This time when he returned to Xianyang, Xie Changhong didn't bring too many people, but he didn't bring too little, he brought a total of 3,000 people, after all, this is on the territory of the Qin State, in order to escort a person, it can be regarded as a rejuvenation!

The 3,000 men and horses galloped all the way, day and night, and except for occasional rest on the road, they basically did not stay. Qu Nian is also more cooperative with them, after all, things have come to this point, whether it is a blessing or a curse, and a disaster cannot be avoided.

Counting from the day the king of Qin issued the order, he finally arrived in Xianyang at noon on the fourth day.

Looking at the tower of Xianyang City, Xie Changhong finally let out a long breath, his heart was like a thousand pounds in the past few days, and he didn't dare to relax for a moment, for fear that something would happen, until this moment, he knew that his task was completed! No matter what happened to him.

Qu Nian looked at the tower of Xianyang City, but he had mixed feelings, this place seemed to have always existed in his dream, as if he had been here, as if he had never been here, everything was so familiar, and so strange. Although he still has memories of the past in his mind, he has no feelings for this place, because his mother has died a long time ago, and as for his father, hehe, he has not seen him for the rest of his life, and he does not miss it at all.

As soon as they stopped at the city gate, a general seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and he drove his horse to meet him, looked at Xie Changhong and said, "General Xie, has the prince of Qu Nian come back?"

Xie Changhong pointed to Qu Nian on the side and said, "Isn't Gongzi standing here?"

After all, Qu Nian left Xianyang at the age of thirteen, and his appearance has changed greatly, not to mention that he was also the most down-and-out son in Xianyang back then, and few people recognized him, so it is reasonable that the general could not recognize him.

The general hurriedly hugged his fists at Qu Nian and said, "The last general Wan Ting has seen Gongzi!"

Qu Nian hurriedly said: "No...... You're welcome!General Wan, are you going to wait for me?"

Wan Ting nodded and said: "Exactly! The king has an order, if the prince arrives in Xianyang, he will immediately go to the palace to meet him, and the king will wait for the prince in the palace, there must be no mistake!"

Qu Nian smiled and said, "General Wan, I want to ask you something, does my father set up a banquet and wait for me in the palace, or does he have the intention of killing me? Anyway, I can't run away, you and I have a thorough understanding with me, and I have to be mentally prepared." ”

Wan Ting said: "Childe forgives his sins, and the matter asked by Childe will not know anything in the end!"

Qu Nian sighed: "Your generals are just too upright, and they don't know how to be flexible at all. ”

Wan Ting said: "Son's forgiveness! Then the son will enter the palace with me now!"

Qu Nian said: "Okay then!"

Xie Changhong asked at this time, "Has the king passed me into the palace?"

Wan Ting said: "No! You are waiting outside the city. ”

Xie Changhong said: "Okay!"

Qu Nian drove out of the horse and followed Wan Ting towards the city. Wan Ting also brought a few hundred people, sandwiched the two of them in the middle, and walked towards the city.

After all, the Qin State is rich and strong, Xianyang is naturally very prosperous, compared with Linzi, it is not much better, the streets are wide, and the shops are numerous, because now it is spring, the weather is pleasant, the streets are full of traffic, and the rivers are endless.

Qu Nian originally thought that if he returned to Xianyang one day, the people of Xianyang would definitely throw rotten eggs and cabbage gangs at him, so that he was very nervous when he entered the city, but now he found that he was too worried! The people of Xianyang did not know that he was coming back, although he was now riding a high-headed horse, hugging him from front to back, more conspicuous, and the people would look at him twice, but no one knew him, and even if someone did, absolutely no one dared to throw rotten eggs at him.

After a while, they came to the gate of the palace of the Qin State, where there was also a father-in-law with a whisk in his hand, waiting for them!

Wan Ting said at this time: "Childe, the Ma Gong Guild took you into the palace, and I will escort you here!"

Qu Nian nodded and said, "Then you go back!"

Wan Ting said: "When the prince enters the palace, the last general will naturally go back!"

At this time, Qu Nian took two steps forward, looked at the Ma Gonggong and said, "Then let's enter the palace!"

Ma Gonggong bowed his waist and said, "Son, please dismount!"

Qu Nian jumped off the horse and said, "There are so many rules here. ”

At this time, Ma Gonggong stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture, and said, "Childe, please come with me!"

Qu Nian nodded, and walked with him to the palace gate, and a few eunuchs followed behind, just listening to their footsteps, he knew that they were all masters.

The palaces of various countries are all the same, basically the palaces of the Son of Heaven, but the scale is slightly smaller. As soon as you enter the gate, there is a square, there are royal palaces of every country, and in the distance is a magnificent palace complex.

There are no outsiders in the square except for the scattered guards on duty, and the afternoon sun shines on the square, full of lazy atmosphere.

Although he is returning to his own home, Qu Nian is still nervous, if it is replaced by an ordinary people's home, his son has not come home for seven years, and suddenly comes back, what an exciting scene, it is a pity that he was born in the emperor's house, looking at the tall palace walls around him, it is destined that their father and son will meet this time, it will not be so ordinary, and there may be tiger poison and child-eating.

Ma Gonggong he knew, when he left, he was the one who served King Qin, he hadn't seen him for a few years, he hadn't died, his body was getting stronger and stronger, but there was a lot more white hair on his head, which made Qu Nian very strange.

Qu Nian turned his head and said, "Gonggong Ma, does my father plan to kill me?"

Ma Gonggong bent down and said without humility or arrogance: "If you return to Gongzi's words, the slave does not dare to speculate on the holy will, and I ask Gongzi to forgive me." ”

Qu Nian hurriedly said: "You stay by his side all day long, don't you know at a glance whether you want to kill me or not?

Although he was in a hurry, Ma Gonggong was not in a hurry at all, like a ball of soft cotton, and then said: "The slave is dull and can't see it." ”

Qu Nian felt that these fathers-in-law were all made into human spirits, and their speech was the same as playing Tai Chi, the Gao Gonggong of Qi State, and the same was true of Gonggong Wei next to the Son of Heaven, and when he arrived in Qin State, this Ma Gonggong was still like this, as if they were all trained in a father-in-law training class, and even the tone of speech was exactly the same.

Qu Nian said: "Then what is my father doing now?

Ma Gong said fairly: "The king is waiting for the prince in the imperial study!"

Qu Nian was stunned: "The imperial study, is my father alone to see me, or is a large group of people going to interrogate me?"

Ma Gonggong said: "The imperial study will be there soon, and after the son enters, he will naturally know everything." ”

Qu Nian was so angry that he wanted to beat him, and it was not a state secret, so what was there to hide? This guy didn't have the same eyes as Xie Changhong. A man without roots is really unreliable in what he says and does.