Qin Wang Yingzheng, who was correcting the recital, raised his head when he heard it, saw that it was Meng Tian, and hurriedly said: "Meng Qing get up quickly, I haven't seen you for nearly half a year, can Meng Qing go smoothly along the way?"

Meng Tian stood up from the ground and said to Yingzheng: "Your Majesty, the minister went out this time, and the journey was quite smooth, but when the minister set off, the task that the king gave to the minister, the minister failed to complete it, and asked the king to surrender." ”

Ying Zheng listened to Meng Tian's words about the affairs of the Chu State, waved his hand and said: "This matter has been understood, and the fault of the affairs of the Chu State does not lie with Meng Qing. Who knew that the Xiang family of the Chu State was so hateful, they actually wanted to use poppies to poison the soldiers of our Qin State, and the widow also wanted to use this matter to put pressure on the Chu State and let them cede our city as compensation. Just now, Mrs. Li and your younger brother Meng Yi were discussing this matter, I don't know what your opinion is?"

Meng Tian looked at Li Si and Meng Yi who were sitting on either side of Ying Zheng's body, and both of them were also looking at him. Meng Tian said: "Your Majesty, the minister is just a military general, these negotiations are not clear to the minister, if the king needs the minister to lead troops to attack the Chu State, the minister has nothing to say." ”

Li Si opened his mouth and said to Meng Tian: "General Meng came back from Chu this time, and the king and I already know what happened along the way, and now Na Qitao, the capital of Chu State, is instigating the Chu royal family and Xiang Yan to make trouble in order to be able to climb our Qin State. The poppy matter should be a big thing in the Chu State, and it will be a small matter in the end, and in the end, it will not be over, and besides, our Qin State has also lost a future Meng general because of the Xiang family, and we need to ask the Chu State for an explanation for this matter. ”

Meng Yi said beside him: "Yes, big brother, my little nephew was killed by the Xiang family before he was born, my grandfather and father were furious when they found out, and they were going to ask the king to lead troops to attack Chu State, because the eldest brother was still in the territory of Chu State and did not get out, so he did not lead troops to the expedition, this time the eldest brother came back safely, we must avenge this revenge." ”

Ying Zheng also nodded after listening to Li Si and Meng Yi's words, "Now that our Qin State is strong and strong, and our division is famous, the meaning of the widow is also to teach the Chu State some lessons, so that they will be honest." ”

Meng Tian expressed his disagreement with the opinions of the three of them, he said: "Attacking the Chu State is not trivial, although the national strength of our Qin State has been rising day by day in recent years, but the six countries of the Central Plains regard our Qin State as the country of tigers and wolves for a day or two, if we can't divide their alliance, otherwise unless our Qin State's army can resist the attack of their six countries together, otherwise we will face the fate of the world's punishment of Qin, so we have to complete the battle in one battle, otherwise there is no point." ”

Meng Qing's words are reasonable, and Wei Yu has also told the widow about this matter, so the widow has ordered him to go

Ready, divide the six countries to resist Qin, let my Qin state unify the Central Plains and Kyushu. ”

Li Si, Meng Tian and Meng Yi bowed together: "Long live the king!"

After talking in the Zhangtai Palace for a while, Meng Tian first said goodbye and went to the forbidden military camp, and instructed Meng Yi to go to the forbidden military camp to find him when he left, and then left the Zhangtai Palace.

Meng Tian arrived at the forbidden army camp, it was almost dark at this time, the soldiers of the forbidden army were preparing to change their guards, everyone saw Meng Tian returning, and shouted in unison for the commander, and for a while, the originally deserted forbidden army camp suddenly became lively. Meng Tian walked in the barracks, looked at the familiar faces, nodded to the soldiers of the forbidden army under his command one by one, and walked to the tent in the barracks, except for Zhang Han who was not inside and outside the camp, Lin Chuan was on duty at the gate of the palace, Gao Mu went home to save his relatives, and only Fang Feng was left alone in the barracks. Fang Feng got the news from Lin Chuan early and specially came out to greet Meng Tian.

Entering the tent, Fang Feng saluted Meng Tian, and then briefly told Meng Tian about the situation in the barracks, including the transfer of some personnel, the use of materials, and the wear and tear. After listening to Fang Feng's explanation, Meng Tian didn't react much, originally when there was no him as the commander, the forbidden army was managed by Zhang Han and the four of them in an orderly manner, and now he has been out for half a year not long after he took office, and it is not necessary for him to be in the Jin military camp.

After Fang Feng reported to Meng Tian, seeing that the time had come to change guards, he left the barracks and went to the gate of the palace to exchange guards with Lin Chuan. Meng Tian had nothing to do in the camp, so he went out of the tent and took a few soldiers of the forbidden army to inspect the palace of King Qin.

Although he did not walk in the palace for half a year, Meng Tian still remembered the terrain in the palace clearly, and left the barracks and walked towards the Huayang Palace in the west, that is, the Queen Mother's dormitory. It seems that construction is being carried out in the queen mother's bedroom, and a wooden frame has been erected in the Huayang Palace, which was originally somewhat empty, and I don't know whether the palace is being renovated or a new one is being built.

Meng Tian stood outside the Huayang Palace and watched the movement in the palace, although it was not completely dark at this time, but the people in the Huayang Palace were noisy, and there seemed to be no intention of stopping the work, and the high part of the wooden frame had also been lit with a brazier, it seemed that the construction should be started all night.

Meng Tian asked the soldiers of the forbidden army beside him, "Is this a new palace being built in Huayang Palace?"

The soldiers of the forbidden army replied to Meng Tian: "Return to the Great Commander, yes. It should be about half a month ago, the queen mother told the king that the queen mother's bedroom in Huayang Palace was in disrepair and needed to build a new dormitory. It is said that the king did not agree and wanted to retire on the grounds of lack of funds, but it was the Lord Xiangguo who funded the construction of this new dormitory for the queen mother. ”

"Sangkoku-sama's money

"Meng Tian didn't expect this Lu Xiangguo to be so generous, it seems that his relationship with the Queen Mother is really not ordinary.

Meng Tian stopped outside Huayang Palace to watch for a while, and then left with the forbidden army behind him. When leaving, he happened to pass by the gate of Huayang Palace, and several attendants guarding the gate of Huayang Palace saw Meng Tian leading people past the door, and immediately a waiter ran towards the palace.

In the palace, it was said that it was not big, and it was not small, and Meng Tian led people to inspect for nearly two hours before returning to the forbidden army camp near the north gate of the palace. In the tent of the commander in the camp, Meng Tian was talking to Lin Chuan, who had come back from the change of guard, and when he saw Meng Tian coming in, the two stopped the topic and looked at Meng Tian.

Meng Tian waved his hand to the two, poured a glass of water on the table and drank it, and then said, "I haven't walked in the palace for a long time, and I almost got lost today." ”

Lin Chuan laughed and said: "Great Commander, in the past six months that you have been out, some places in the palace have undergone some changes, and the last general was not used to it at first, but then he got used to it after walking a few more times." ”

Meng Tian nodded and said to his eldest brother: "Brother Lin is right, eldest brother, since you are back, let's go home, presumably my father should also go home at this time, I haven't seen him for half a year, but he misses you very much." ”

Meng Tian put down the teacup in his hand and said to Lin Chuan: "Brother Lin, then I'll go back first, I'll come over tomorrow morning." ”

Lin Chuan said: "The Great Commander can go home, there is nothing major in the forbidden military camp, and the Great Commander can rest assured." ”

Meng Tian and Meng Yi said goodbye to Lin Chuan, and the two brothers left the forbidden army camp and rode around the palace half a circle at the north gate to return home.

On the way, Meng Tian asked Meng Yi, "Has Lu Buwei made any suspicious moves in the past six months?"

Meng Tian looked at the eldest brother and said, "Why did the eldest brother say that?"

Meng Tian said: "I think that someone around the king has reported to the Chu State, and my whereabouts have only been reported to the king, but the killers sent by the Xiang family of the Chu State have still found my whereabouts, and I have always wondered if there is someone around us who is secretly monitoring us." ”

Meng Yi's expression also became solemn, "The king also said about this matter, and I also secretly investigated, but I didn't find anything, and the people around the king are normal." ”

Meng Tian did not doubt his own brother's ability, he said: "It seems that this person is very hidden, now that I am back, let the two of us brothers catch the mouse next to this king, I want to see what he is capable of." ”

"Good. ”