"Is it Daqin's army ahead?" a group of men and horses walked from the desert, stopped a stone's throw away from Meng Tian, and then asked loudly.

Meng Tian looked at the team that had stopped, and nodded to the lieutenant beside him. Du Wei drove forward and asked the other party loudly, "We are the Great Qin Meng's army, who is coming?"

"Mengjiajun, but the Mengjiajun under the command of the great general Meng Tian?" the visitor asked, it seemed that the other party knew the name of the Great Qin Mengjiajun.

"Yes, behind this general is the great general Meng Tian. ”

After hearing the other party admit that they were Meng Jiajun, these people suddenly dismounted, and then stepped forward on foot, stopping about ten steps in front of Meng Tian. "Huang Chong paid a visit to General Mengda. ”

"Huang Chong? When Meng Tian heard the other party claiming to be Huang Chong, he couldn't help but be a little familiar.

Huang Chong raised his head, he saw Meng Tian, and said: "General, the villain was fortunate to know the general in the desert back then, and was subdued by the general. ”

Meng Tian remembered that he and Mu Lituo went to Loulan Country to ask for Paradise Grass, and met Huang Chong on the way back, when Huang Chong shot at him and was subdued by him with one move.

"It turned out to be you, I remembered. But you came to my Daqin border today, but there is something wrong?" Meng Tian asked.

Huang Chong stood up, he waved back, and a large group of people behind him began to slowly walk forward. When the lieutenant saw this, he hurriedly ordered his men to prepare for defense.

"It's okay, if the other party wants to make a move on us, Huang Chong doesn't need to come and see me. Meng Tian waved his hand and asked his soldiers to put away their spears.

When the people behind him arrived behind Huang Chong, Meng Tian saw that many of them were the defeated Hu deserters he was chasing before.

"General, these are the Hu people who have passed through my territory, and the villain knows that they are here to attack the Qin State. Seeing that they seemed to be defeated and fleeing, he took action to restrain them, and today he tied them up and presented them to the general. Huang Chong pointed to the Hu deserters and said.

The Hu deserters behind Huang Chong were bound by a rope and stood neatly in two columns, looking like there were about five thousand people. And Huang Chong and his men together are less than 2,000 people, how can these 2,000 people turn these 5,000 people into prisoners?

Meng Tian looked at Huang Chong, and he said: "Huang Chong, your intentions, this general understands it, but for the rules of your Western Regions, this general still knows a little. These Hu people have become your slaves, why don't you take them for your own use, but give them to me?"

Huang Chong clenched his fists and said: "The general is suspicious of Huang Chong, right? The villain knows that it is indeed strange for a horse thief to do something that is not beneficial to himself, but the villain has absolutely no ill will towards the general, and I hope the general can understand." ”

"Tell me about it. ”

Huang Chong saw that Meng Tian was relieved, and walked in front of the Qin army by himself, even to a distance of less than a shot from the soldiers of the Meng family. "The villain was originally a Qin person, because the Hu people and the Xiongnu went south repeatedly, and the Qin State was still weak at that time, and they had to deal with the attack from the east, so the villain's parents fled to the Western Regions with the villain. Later, the villain's parents died, and the villain joined the horse thief in desperation. But the villain's parents have a last wish before their death, that is, they hope to return to their roots and let the villain return to their hometown with their ashes. The villain wanted to surrender before, but at that time, many people in the villain's cottage were unwilling to come with the villain, so it was delayed until this time. ”

"This time, the general defeated the Hu people outside the city of Beijun, so that the brothers under the villain were very in awe of the military might of Daqin. Although the villain is a horse thief, half of the looted things must be handed over to the lord of the desert where we are located, and the life of the villain and his brothers has only been a scrap for so many years. This time he attacked this group of deserters in our territory, and the villain wanted to use them as a welcome gift, and asked General Meng Da to take in the villain so that the villain could return to his hometown. After Huang Chong finished speaking, he knelt on the ground again and knocked his head on the ground.

Huang Chong's words Meng Tian didn't know if they were true or false, looking at Huang Chong's appearance and tone of voice, Meng Tian felt that this was not like acting. And looking at Huang Chong's men, none of them were ready to fight, if Meng Tian was willing, the cavalry behind him only needed one charge to cut these thousands of people off their horses.

"Get up first. Meng Tian waited for Huang Chong to stand up, and then continued: "I believe your words for the time being, and if you are so sincere, I can promise to let you and your men enter the territory of Great Qin. Let me first declare to you, on the territory of Great Qin, you must abide by the laws of Great Qin, if any of you dare to do things like horse thieves, don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless. ”

"General Chemon. Huang Chong saw that Meng Tian accepted him, and bowed to Meng Tian to thank him.

His Majesty the Emperor had been sick for a long time, but he suddenly issued a decree to go to the East China Sea, which made all the ministers a little confused. But fortunately, this trip was not like the previous few times, there were not many officials who followed them, except for the Prime Minister and Lord Meng Yi, almost all the rest stayed in Xianyang City.

"I've seen the prime minister. At the gate of the palace, Meng Yi saw Li Si who was waiting here.

Although Meng Yi and himself have a master-apprentice relationship, the two of them have belonged to different camps in the court over the years, except for some major matters related to the national system, the two of them have been able to reach an agreement on major matters, and most of the time they have quarreled.

Therefore, Li Si was a little surprised when he saw Meng Yi taking the initiative to salute him, and hurriedly returned the salute.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister is really early enough today, Your Majesty's car has not yet left the palace, and your Excellency is waiting here. Meng Yi said.

Li Si smiled slightly, he said: "The prime minister is not as good as Lord Meng Yi, the prime minister is old, and his actions are a little slow, today is a big day for His Majesty to travel, how dare the prime minister be lazy, so he came over early." ”

"Haha, the Prime Minister is in the prime of life, and His Majesty still has to rely on the Lord to govern Daqin. Meng Yi also said with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty's body has been dragged down by state affairs, and it seems that those of us who are courtiers have not shared some of it for Your Majesty. ”

As soon as Li Si's words were finished, Ying Zheng's car slowly drove out of the palace, and Li Si and Meng Yi hurriedly knelt down to salute. Ying Zheng sat in the middle of the car, just asked Zhao Gao to ask the two adults to get up, and then the car drove on the road quickly.

Maybe he heard the news of the immortal medicine, Ying Zheng's spirit has been good these days, and Li Si originally thought that he wanted to take care of Ying Zheng's condition, and the carriage and horses should not travel too fast. As a result, after a day's journey, instead of being happy, Yingzheng blamed Li Si for slowing down the trip, so the next day Li Si ordered the carriage and horses to speed up.

About half a year after leaving Xianyang City, Ying Zheng's convoy arrived at Ludi, and after two days of walking east, it was almost possible to reach the East China Sea.

"Zhao Gao, how long is there to the East China Sea?" Ying Zheng asked Zhao Gao, who was guarding outside the car, lying in the car.

Hearing His Majesty's inquiry, Zhao Gao replied: "Back to Your Majesty, there is the land of sand dunes in front, and after passing the sand dunes, we will be in the East China Sea." Moreover, the minister has received the news that Xu Fu's fleet has reached the East China Sea, and His Majesty will be able to see the elixir of life the day after tomorrow. ”

"Really? ahem...... Go, tell Lees, and ...... again Hurry up, I'm ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to make it that time. Ying Zheng's words were intermittent and weak.

Zhao Gao said: "No, the minister will go and inform the prime minister." ”

Li Si sat in his car and closed his eyes to recuperate, and suddenly the car stopped, and then Zhao Gao entered the car.

"Lord Zhao is not serving by His Majesty's side, why do you come to my car?" Li Si opened his eyes and asked.

Zhao Gao lifted the sedan curtain and looked outside, and the forbidden army closest to the carriage and horse was also ten steps away. "Prime Minister, I'm afraid our chances are coming forward. ”

Li Si's expression tightened, and he asked, "Why? Didn't you say that you would wait until Your Majesty took the elixir before you did it?"

Zhao Gao shook his head, and he said: "Your Majesty's body suddenly deteriorated today, I have already asked the Imperial Doctor, I am afraid that it will be a miracle that Your Majesty can hold out tonight, and he will not be able to reach the East China Sea." ”

"What? Does Meng Yi know about this?" In addition to Li Si on this trip, the only one who has rights is Meng Yi.

"I only told the Prime Minister about this, Meng Yi wanted to see His Majesty, but I stopped him, I think he will probably be suspicious, but he doesn't know what His Majesty's condition is. ”

Li Si said: "Your Majesty is critically ill, he must summon Meng Yi, if Your Majesty sees Meng Yi, then wouldn't we have no chance?"

The corner of Zhao Gao's mouth sneered, and he said: "Don't worry, this lord, the forbidden army around Your Majesty is all my people, and with my orders, no one wants to see Your Majesty except for adults and me." ”

"That's good, that's good. Seeing that Zhao Gao arranged it so properly, Li Si was relieved. After all, what he and Zhao Gao planned was a big deal, and once the matter was revealed, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Okay, I'm just here to inform you that we'll stop at the dunes tonight, and then your eyes will look at me. Alright, I'm going to go back to Your Majesty. ”

Zhao Gao got out of Li Si's car and returned to Ying Zheng's side. Li Si sat alone in the car, holding the jade seal from his hand in his hand, this thing seemed to have a thousand catties, Li Si's eyes looked at it for a long time, as if it was the first time to see the jade seal. The red mark under the jade seal is as red as blood, and I don't know how many people will die if my seal is covered.

Li Si closed his eyes again, exhaled slowly, and then said, "Pass the order and camp in the sand dunes tonight." ”