The sky outside Hangu Pass was covered with dark clouds and thunder. The sky seemed to have been torn open by countless openings, and the torrential rain poured mercilessly down on the earth like a waterfall.

On the official road, there are three horsemen galloping towards Hangu Pass.

"Driving"

"Driving"

Ying Zheng whipped the horse's buttocks hard. It's been three days since they left Xinzheng, and the three of them have never stopped day and night, and Yingzheng hasn't entered a drop of water for three days.

His whole body was already soaked, the swishing cold wind blew on him, the cold spread all over his body, he didn't feel much, and his heart was extremely anxious. And time seemed to play a joke on him, and the more anxious he was, the slower he felt the horse run. Irritability and anxiety all came to his heart.

The horse neighed, the front hooves were weak, and it was about to fall to the ground, Ying Zheng flew up from the horse's back and landed on the official road on the side, and his horse fell several meters away.

"Phew"

Zheng He and Mo Crow in the back immediately grabbed the reins of the horse, and the horses of the two of them knelt on their legs and could no longer run, while Yingzheng's horse was exhausted to death.

This is the second horse they have run and died, and now in the wilderness, there is nowhere to find a horse.

Ying Zheng saw that Zheng He's horses could not continue to run, so he used light skills to gallop along the official road to find the post station.

Seeing that Yingzheng was so crazy, Zheng He was worried, but he couldn't persuade him, and when he saw that Yingzheng had left for a few feet, he hurriedly followed. The realm of the ink crow is the lowest, but what he is best at is light skills, so he can also keep up with Yingzheng and the two.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the three of them rushed forward without stopping.

Xianyang City, outside the east side gate of the palace!

There were more than a dozen chamberlains standing in two rows, and Zhao Gao was in front, blocking the entrance to the side entrance of the palace.

It has also rained heavily for three consecutive days in Xianyang City, and there is no intention to stop until now. Zhao Gao and more than a dozen attendants did not have umbrellas, and they were drenched by the heavy rain, as if they had just been splashed down from their heads by a large basin of water, soaking their whole bodies, and their clothes were clinging to their bodies.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves and wheels rolling was heard from afar, and a carriage, escorted by more than thirty escorts, slowly approached the side door.

Zhao Gao and others raised their spirits and waited for them.

The car finally drove to the side gate of the palace, and saw Zhao Gao and others blocking the road, so he had to stop.

At this time, the leader of the guards, riding on his horse, rode forward and shouted: "Who dares to stop the queen mother's car." ”

Zhao Gao snorted coldly, shook off the Buddha dust, and said, "Why, I don't even know the head manager." ”

Immediately, the man seemed to have just discovered Zhao Gao, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Manager Zhao, Manager Zhao stopped the Queen Mother's car, what do you want to do?"

Zhao Gao's eyes were cold, and he said: "As the head of the palace, I have the responsibility to check on anyone or anything that enters the palace, and this head naturally wants to check who is sitting in the car. ”

The man snorted coldly: "Mr. Zhao is so majestic, this is the queen mother's car." How, you have to check too. ”

Zhao Gao replied: "If the Queen Mother is in the car, Zhao Gao naturally does not dare to be presumptuous, but now that the Queen Mother is in Ganquan Palace, this car will naturally have to be checked." ”

"How daring. He didn't take the Queen Mother in his eyes so much. The man scolded.

Zhao Gao said resolutely: "You have to check." ”

"Take it. The man ordered.

The guards behind the man all stepped forward to surround Zhao Gao and others, and Zhao Gao sneered: "Except for the king, who of you dares to touch the head of this book, if you are not afraid of the nine clans, take a step forward and try." ”

The guards immediately looked at each other, Zhao Gao was the chief manager of the palace, although he did not directly manage them. But that identity is also very scary, and they don't dare to move Zhao Gao if they have a hundred guts.

Seeing this, the man was furious and said, "Why, if you want to disobey the order, it is he Zhao Gaoda, or the Queen Mother." ”

When the guards heard this, they were a little shaken, and at this moment, a sharp reprimand came from behind Zhao Gao and others: "I see who dares!"

When the man on the horse heard this familiar voice and saw Li Zhong coming out of the side door passage with more than a dozen guards, he hurriedly dismounted, stepped forward and said, "Subordinates, see the Grand Commander." ”

A man can rely on the Queen Mother not to be afraid of Zhao Gao, but Li Zhong is the commander of the three thousand guards in the palace, and his immediate boss, if he dares to be rude and disobedient, he will take his head in minutes, or he will take the blame for himself.

Li Zhong saw more than thirty guards and leading men, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and his tone was cold: "Without the order of this commander, you dare to leave the palace without permission, and punish the whole clan according to the law." ”

The faces of the thirty guards suddenly changed greatly, and they all looked at the leading man, who was also shocked, and hurriedly said: "Commander, the subordinates were ordered to leave the palace by the order of the Empress Dowager." ”

Li Zhong quickly pulled out the long sword at his waist, and was beheaded the moment the man could react, the man fell unwillingly, and the rest of the thirty soldiers were also shocked.

Li Zhong held the long sword, and the blood on the long sword was washed down by the rain. He looked at the thirty soldiers murderously, and said in a cold tone: "Put down your arms, this commander pleads with you for the king, otherwise not only will you die, but your parents, wives and children will also be affected." ”

When the thirty guards heard the king, they couldn't help but think of the mighty man in the king's robe, and their last bit of luck disappeared, they knew too well the horror of that one.

Thirty soldiers knelt down and said, "Lord Commander, we are also obeying the orders of the Queen Mother." The Queen Mother's orders, even you must not disobey them. ”

Li Zhong said lightly: "It seems that you still don't understand, I only obey the king's orders, and the three thousand guards in the palace can only obey the king's orders." The rest, whoever they may be, have no right to command me. ”

After speaking, he commanded the guards behind him: "Escort down, wait for the king's release." ”

At this time, the guards, who were kneeling on the ground, found that another hundred people had come out of the palace gate, and that there were three hundred crossbowmen on the walls of the palace, and two hundred men appeared on the road they had walked when they came.

Thirty people are all numb scalps, if they dare to make a move just now, they will definitely become a sieve at this time.

Thirty guards were escorted down, and Li Zhong looked at the lonely frame, his eyes were murderous, and he ordered, "Shoot." ”

The three hundred guards on the city wall all pulled the triggers, and all three hundred crossbow arrows were fired into the car, and several screams were heard from inside.

The car was full of arrows, Li Zhong stepped forward and lifted the curtain to see that there were three palace maids and one person, and at a glance, he knew that it was a man dressed as a woman. Seeing this person, Li Zhong was furious.

"Smack"

Li Zhong threw down the curtain and ordered: "Push it down, burn it." Whoever dares to peek will die. ”

"No. Ten soldiers marched out.

Zhao Gao gestured to one of the attendants beside him, who nodded and followed.

Three days later, in the dark.

In the past six days, Xianyang City has still been pouring rain, as if it is heralding something.

In three days, the three of Yingzheng finally arrived outside the north gate of Xianyang City, and they could see the outline of Xianyang City in the dark.

At this time, Yingzheng was already bloodless, and when he arrived in Xianyang City, he finally relented, hoping that everything was still in time. He did everything he could, and even the Empress Dowager Huayang had a back hand, but he didn't expect those people to hit his mother Zhao Ji with their ideas, which he couldn't tolerate.

Ying Zheng untied the jade pendant hanging on his waist, Zheng He took out a sealed bamboo tube from his sleeve, and respectfully handed it to Ying Zheng, Ying Zheng took it, and handed it to the ink crow together with the jade pendant: "This jade pendant is a token of loneliness, and inside the bamboo tube is the edict of troop transfer." You take it, go to the Xianyang Three Guards Army, and hand it over to the generals of the Three Guards, so that they can quickly take over Xianyang City tonight. ”

Although Mo Crow had already guessed, when he heard Ying Zheng say it himself, he was still shocked, and he also knew that it was an extraordinary time, so he bowed down and said, "Mo Crow takes the order." ”

took the jade pendant and the bamboo tube and disappeared into the darkness, Ying Zheng said softly: "Follow him, if you have a different intention, kill." ”

"Yes, Lord. ”

A voice rang out in the darkness.

After giving the order, Ying Zheng said to Zheng He: "Let's go, let's go into the city." ”

"No. Zheng He responded.

The reason why Yingzheng rushed back in a hurry was that he received the news that Yao Gou, the imperial historian, had entered the palace several times. attracted Zhao Gao's attention, sent someone to investigate, only to know that Yao Gou had the audacity to find a male pet for the Empress Dowager Zhao Ji, and this news almost scared Zhao Gao's soul away.

He knew that this matter was not trivial, and hurriedly sent someone to deliver a message to Yingzheng, and this was the scene where Zhao Gao took more than a dozen attendants to block the side door of the palace.

This matter is not within Yingzheng's calculations, and many of his policies over the years have naturally touched the interests of some people. Naturally, those people in Xianyang did not dare to act rashly, and he could not arbitrarily arrange murder on charges, in that case, wouldn't everyone in the court and the central government be in danger, frightened, and afraid of him like a tiger, and how could the monarch and the ministers work together to strengthen Qin.

And those people want to succeed naturally because he is not in Xianyang City, so they dare to show the fox's tail. So he also left a bait in Xianyang City - Cheng Jiao.

Everything went well, I didn't expect that the ginger was still old and spicy. These people actually hit Zhao Ji with the idea, if Zhao Ji and the Empress Dowager Huayang agreed to abolish the throne of Yingzheng and support Cheng Jiao as the king. Even if the 600,000 troops are loyal to him, if he wants to recapture Xianyang City, if he doesn't say it rightly, it will also cause turmoil in the Qin State.

Empress Dowager Zhao Ji originally disagreed, Cheng Jiao entered the palace several times, and Empress Dowager Zhao Ji was relieved. On the contrary, it was the Empress Dowager Huayang, whom he had always been wary of, who was resolutely opposed.

Yingzheng has a feeling of betrayal and separation.

Ying Zheng and Zheng He entered Xianyang City by means and headed towards the palace.

When they came to the gate of the palace, Li Zhong and Zhao Gao personally guarded and waited here, and when they saw Ying Zheng, they were overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted: "See the king, the king is ten thousand years." ”

Ying Zheng saw them like this, and knew that they had been staying here for a long time, Ying Zheng asked the two of them to get up, and Zhao Gao saw that Ying Zheng was soaking wet and his hair was scattered, as if he was called a flower child. Is this still the confident and powerful king he knows?

His tears flowed uncontrollably, and Li Zhong's eyes were also a little red.

Zhao Gao took off his clothes, stepped forward, and said in a trembling tone: "Wang ...... Hurry up, your king, and don't get caught in the cold. ”

Zhao Gao and others were all standing in the passage of the city gate, so their clothes were dry.

Ying Zheng smiled, did not refuse his kindness, when Zhao Gao got closer, with the help of the light of the lantern carried by the chamberlain behind Zhao Gao, he found that Zhao Gao actually had a crimson slap print on the left side of his face.

Ying Zheng was shocked to see it, the handprint must have been beaten by a martial arts practitioner, and it was three points into the flesh, and if one finger was placed on it to coincide, it could drown one-third.

Even if Ying Zheng was hard-hearted, he knew how much Zhao Gao had suffered and how much he had suffered, and his tone was a little choked: "Xiao Gaozi, I have worked hard for you." ”

Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Zhao Gao's tears could no longer be contained, and the uproar flowed, with Ying Zheng's words, everything he did was worth it. Now let him die, he is willing.

Zhao Gao wiped away his tears and said: "The slave has the trust of the king, and the queen mother was confused by the old puppet of the imperial history, and personally went out of the palace to pick up the person into the palace. The slaves did not dare to stop the Queen Mother, so they could only send someone to assassinate the thief secretly, and did not want the Queen Mother to take care of it tightly, but seriously injured her, and the five people sent in all committed suicide by poisoning. ”

When Ying Zheng heard this, his face changed greatly, and he said coldly: "In other words, the thief is in the Queen Mother's Ganquan Palace." ”

Zhao Gao and low nodded and said: "The slaves are incompetent. ”。

Ying Zheng's face was frosty, and he said: "Li Zhong, take five hundred guards, and go to Ganquan Palace with Gu. ”

"No. ”