After inspecting the forbidden barracks, Meng Tian had a better understanding of the forbidden barracks, and at the same time had a clearer understanding of the combat strength of the forbidden army. Aside from the 2,000 forbidden troops around Ying Zheng, the combat power of these 13,000 people cannot be said to be terrifying, but it is also a little terrifying. There are not only veterans of a hundred battles on the battlefield, but also martial arts masters recruited by the Qin State from all over the world.

There are four deputy commanders under the commander of the forbidden army, Meng Tian, namely Lin Chuan, Gao Mu, Fang Feng and Zhang Han, but these four people have different statuses. Zhang Han is the commander of the 2,000 people around King Yingzheng of Qin, and he has always been the acting commander of the forbidden army by Zhang Han before, although Meng Tian became the commander of the forbidden army this time, but due to the particularity of Zhang Han's position, he and Meng Tian are really superiors and subordinates, but they do not belong to the commander of Meng Tian, and belong to the direct jurisdiction of Yingzheng. Lin, Gao, and Fang are equal to Zhang Han, but Zhang Han has been acting in the position of commander before, so these three people are Meng Tian's real subordinates.

Meng Tian had known Zhang Han before, and his fist and foot kung fu and equestrian marksmanship were basically taught by Zhang Han, and Zhang Han was not much older than Meng Tian, so the relationship between the two has always been that of teacher and friend. After hearing that Meng Tian had come to the forbidden army, Zhang Han also asked for leave from King Yingzheng of Qin, and came to congratulate Meng Tian. Meng Tian was very happy to see Zhang Han coming, since he enlisted in the army and followed his grandfather Meng Wei to Hangu Pass to resist the attack of the Six Kingdoms against Qin, and then to the northern expedition to fight against Rong Di, he has not seen Zhang Han for more than half a year.

Zhang Han saw Meng Tian in the forbidden military camp, and the two stepped forward to hug each other and separated for a long time. Zhang Han said: "Brother Xian, you and I haven't seen each other for more than half a year, seeing you again this time, I feel that you are like a different person than the Meng Tian I saw before, it seems that the battlefield can indeed change a person." ”

Meng Tian looked at Zhang Han, who was not inferior to himself in size and figure, and said: "Big brother, you too, my eldest brother has been the commander of the forbidden army before I left, this time the younger brother robbed the eldest brother of his job as soon as he came back, and the eldest brother should not blame the younger brother." ”

"What is this saying, we brothers are all doing things for the king, so what does it matter who will be the ruler. Zhang Han patted Meng Tian on the shoulder and said.

Originally, Zhang Han thought that Meng Tian's alcohol consumption was about the same as before he joined the army, and he poured a bowl, but he didn't expect Meng Tian to go to the battlefield, not only became a general, but also practiced the amount of wine, and the five people drank nearly ten jars of wine, and Zhang Han and Meng Tian drank half of it together, which startled Lin Chuan, Gao Mu and Fang Feng, the three deputy commanders. Originally, Zhang Han's alcohol consumption was the existence of opponents who were difficult to find in the entire forbidden army, but this time there was another one who could drink like this, it was simply the reincarnation of two drunkards.

Zhang Han and Mengtian were very drunk, and they rested in the forbidden military camp. When it was almost dark in the afternoon, he woke up leisurely, and saw that Zhang Han beside him was still asleep, Meng Tian got up and shook his head, which was still a little drowsy, and then walked out of the barracks, found a place with water and washed his face, only then did he feel a little sober. Meng Tian raised his head and just saw Fang Feng leading people to prepare to leave the camp, so he asked Fang Feng where he was going with his people.

Fang Feng said to Meng Tian Shili: "General, this time should be the time to patrol the palace ban, originally at this time, you should have led the team by the general himself, the last general saw that you had drunk too much at noon, so he didn't wake you up, and the last general led the team." ”

Meng Tian remembered that there was such a thing, and he said to Fang Feng: "You wait for me here for a while, I will go to get the armor and weapons and come with you, and just let me familiarize myself with the route of patrolling the palace ban." ”

Fang Feng led people to wait in the camp for Meng Tian to put on the armor of the commander of the forbidden army, and then announced the departure, with Meng Tian taking the lead, Fang Feng leading the way and patrolling the palace. The palace of the king of Qin is very large, in addition to the bedrooms of the king of Qin, the queen mother and the princesses, as well as the palace attendants, the places where the maids live, and many palace secretaries of all sizes, the main goal of the forbidden army patrol is the defense of the main palaces, as well as to check whether there is any fornication between the chamberlain and the maids in the palace.

In fact, there are several incidents of fornication between the chamberlain and the maid in the palace every year, and it seems that everyone is accustomed to this matter for a long time, but as long as it is not caught by the forbidden army, it will be fine, after all, the chamberlain is a eunuch, and even if something happens with the maid, it will not have much serious consequences. After the forbidden army caught having an affair with a chamberlain, they often reported to the palace eunuch where the chamberlain and the maid were located, and then killed with a rod on the spot.

Meng Tian led the team from the forbidden military camp and first went to the palace of King Yingzheng and the queen of Qin and many princesses to the east of the palace of Qin to patrol. Ying Zheng is also less than sixteen this year, so he has not yet accepted the queen for the time being, and Ying Zheng will not elect a queen among all the daughters of large families in Qin after the pro-government, but it will take a few years, so now the eastern palace of the palace is empty except for the palace where Ying Zheng lives every day, but there are still forbidden troops on duty every day to prevent chamberlains and maids from stealing palace property.

Meng Tian took Fang Feng and a hundred forbidden troops to the palace area east of the palace, and after going around all the palaces, he climbed the wall of the palace from the east gate of the palace and went to the palace to patrol in the south. When he arrived at the south gate, Gao Mu was on duty at the south gate, and when he saw Meng Tian coming over with Fang Feng to patrol the defense, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Seeing that there was nothing wrong at the south gate, Meng Tian led people down the city wall and went to Zhangtai Palace, where Yingzheng dealt with political affairs. Zhangtai Palace is the tallest building in the palace and the highest power center of Qin, so the importance of this place is self-evident, originally this place should be guarded by Zhang Han here today, but he asked the King of Qin for leave, and drank too much wine at noon, and was sleeping soundly in the forbidden military camp at this time, and it was Lin Chuan who was on duty instead of him.

At this time, Yingzheng had not rested, the lights in the Zhangtai Palace were bright, Lin Chuan was on duty at the door, and when he saw Meng Tian coming, he also stepped forward to salute. After learning that Ying Zheng had not rested, Meng Tian was inconvenient to go in and disturb Ying Zheng to deal with government affairs, but he was a little distressed about this good friend, after all, the two were about the same age, although they were in different positions, but it was distressing enough to work so hard every day.

Leaving Zhangtai Palace, Meng Tian took people to Huayang Palace, where the Queen Mother lived. Huayang Palace was built by Yingzheng's grandfather, Xianwang Yingzhu, for his favorite concubine Mrs. Huayang, and after Mrs. Huayang died, Yingzheng's mother Zhao Ji lived in it. Huayang Palace occupies a very large area in the west of the palace, because at that time, Yingzhu specially trimmed a palace group for Mrs. Huayang, Huayang Palace is just a general name, and there are several palaces of all sizes in it. When he arrived at the gate of Huayang Palace, Meng Tian wanted to go in to meet the Queen Mother, but was stopped by Fang Feng.

Fang Feng said to Meng Tian: "General, Huayang Palace is the exclusive dormitory of the Queen Mother, and you are not allowed to enter unless you are summoned, if the General really wants to meet the Queen Mother, you can explain to the attendants of Huayang Palace at the door, and only after the Queen Mother is allowed to go in to meet you." ”

Meng Tian looked at the Huayang Palace in front of him and asked Fang Feng beside him, "How many forbidden troops are there in Huayang Palace?"

Fang Feng thought for a moment and said, "There is not a single forbidden army inside Huayang Palace, and all the forbidden troops can only be on duty at the gate of Huayang Palace, so there are not many forbidden army brothers in Huayang Palace, there are about five hundred people. ”

There was not a single forbidden soldier in Huayang Palace? This made Meng Tian feel very strange. Meng Tian continued to ask Fang Feng: "When did this start, or did it already be like this since the time of the Empress Dowager Huayang?"

Fang Feng replied: "No, it is not long since the current Queen Mother moved into Huayang Palace, the Queen Mother said to the king that she hoped that all the forbidden troops in Huayang Palace could be withdrawn from the palace and only on duty at the palace gate, and later with the support of Lord Xiangguo, the king finally agreed to the Queen Mother's request." ”

It's Lu Buwei again, it seems that there are a lot of secrets hidden in Huayang Palace, otherwise why wouldn't a forbidden soldier be allowed to go in and be on duty. Thinking of this, Meng Tian wanted to go in and see how deep the water was in Huayang Palace, so he said to Fang Feng: "Commander Fang, you take someone to wait here first, this general is taking office on the first day today, so naturally he is going to meet the Queen Mother, I will go to the door to find the inner servant first, you are waiting for me here." ”

"The last will obey. ”

Meng Tian came to the gate of Huayang Palace, greeted the forbidden army guarding here, and then walked to the door and said to the attendant standing at the door: "The new commander of the forbidden army, Lieutenant Meng Tian pays a visit to the Queen Mother. ”

When the chamberlain heard that it was Meng Tian, he didn't dare to slack off, and said, "Master Meng is here later, and the villain will go in to pay homage to the Queen Mother." ”

The chamberlain trotted into Huayang Palace, and came back after a short time, followed by a person at the same time. After the chamberlain arrived at the door, he exposed the person behind him and said respectfully, "This is Lord Meng Tianmeng." Lord Meng, this is the eunuch next to the Queen Mother, Lord Chang Yu. The Queen Mother has allowed the adults to go in to pay their respects, and please lead the adults to go. ”

This person is Chang Yu, Meng Tian looked at Chang Yu with the light emitted by the lantern in the hand of the attendant beside him, Chang Yu is tall and taller, shorter than himself, but he is also taller in public than ordinary people, and his face is white and beardless because of his purification, but he is also a beautiful man. Meng Tian couldn't figure it out, why did such a man choose to enter the palace with a clean body?

Seeing that this famous General Meng of Xianyang City was staring at him, he didn't know what he was looking at, and his heart was a little empty. Chang Yu opened his mouth and asked: "General Meng is really a hero, the Queen Mother heard that General Meng came to visit, and she was afraid that the people below would neglect the General, so she specially ordered to come down to greet her, please take off the sword and follow me to meet the Queen Mother." ”

Meng Tian nodded, handed the sword that was fastened to his waist to Fang Feng, and then followed Chang Yu into Huayang Palace.