The affection is gone!

Bai Qi chewed this sentence carefully, and couldn't help but shudder, he understood why at this critical juncture, why did the king send him out, from beginning to end, the king was probably most worried about Lu Chao, the general who commanded more than 100,000 troops, because Lu Chao has another identity, the recognized successor of the Li Confucian school, once Lu Chao returns to Xianyang safely, the Li Confucian school will gather under the banner of Lu Chao, and Li Ru will definitely make such an arrangement before closing his eyes.

Since this is the case, then only Lu Chao can't return to Xianyang.

"The general is wise, but I'm afraid that he won't enter Beijing openly." Bai Qi said in a low voice.

"You only have to pay attention to the bright side, and the others, there is the bright platform." Ying Ying waved her hand.

Bai Qi took a deep breath and glanced at Mingtai, Mingtai hung his head, unable to see the expression on his face, but Bai Qi knew very well in his heart that if Lu Chao secretly returned to Xianyang, he would definitely escape Mingtai's eyes and ears and the trap laid by him.

"I hope that the general can understand Lone's plight, stay in Hangu Pass well, guard the gate for Lone, and buy a few years of recovery time for my Great Qin, Gao Yuan can build the current Great Khan in ten years, Daqin's foundation is much stronger than him, and if you don't believe it, you can't catch up and surpass him." All I need is time. Go ahead, I want to be alone and be quiet. ”

When Bai Qi stepped out of the palace gate, he turned his head and looked at the core place that ruled Daqin, the lights inside gradually went out, and finally fell into darkness, the only thing that turned on the light was the place where he had just stayed, the Black Ice Platform, he seemed to see a young figure sitting cross-legged on the cold marble floor, quietly overlooking the majestic Xianyang City.

Back to it. He tightened the cloak on his body again, held the saber at his waist, and strode away.

Xianyang East, in a seemingly ordinary house, the people sitting are all powerful figures of the Great Qin Dynasty, a few burning braziers make the room warm like spring, and the people sitting cross-legged have their faces full of melancholy. On the bed against the wall not far from them, Li Ru, the founder of the former powerful Great Qin, had a pale face and closed his eyes. Lying on the bed, the breath was almost inaudible, and a doctor sat cross-legged in front of the bed, staring nervously at this great Confucian who had influenced an entire generation of Qin people.

"It seems that the king has made up his mind, and there is no way to reverse it." Cui Yuan's face was gloomy, and he looked at his colleagues, "Fan Sui even dares to assassinate his master, if he is allowed to gain power, where will we have a place to stand." ”

"It's even more worrying. The reform advocated by Fan Sui is subverting our foundation, and the teacher has long said that it is not appropriate for Daqin to make major changes now. Change can only be carried out without external threats, and it must be done slowly, so as not to cause major social unrest, but Fan Sui's set of methods. But it's like pouring a scoop of water into hot oil, which will ruin our Qin State. "Doctor Zuo Lixing is worried.

Fan Sui can't be worried, but what he is worried about is that the king is supporting him. Without the king, he can't do anything, everyone, a few days ago I presented the new batch of official appointment and dismissal list to the king, which was left by the king, and has not been approved so far, what does this mean, I think you know very well. Huang Jun, the second assistant in charge of the appointment and dismissal of officials, shook his head and said.

"The king has made a big move, and we must fight back strongly. Let the king see our power. Tingwei Tang Ying said viciously.

"How do you give the king a great look? Is it possible that you still want to rebel? Just rely on those guys under your command who can only arrest and torture people, I'm afraid that as soon as you make a move, Mingtai will come to your door. Zuo Lixing said coldly.

"Who said that I want to rebel, I just want the king to understand that we are the humerus of Great Qin, that Fan Sui will only mess up Great Qin, and will only make Great Qin on the verge of extinction." Tang Ying said angrily.

"Enough!" Cui Yuan said angrily: "The key now is that Fan Sui can't be allowed to return to Beijing, someone has already done this, killing Fan Sui will make the king understand who he should rely on!" The little junior brother is also coming back, as soon as Fan Sui dies, as soon as the little junior brother returns to Xianyang, everything will be under our control, and now the big ......"

A violent cough interrupted Cui Yuan's words, and everyone turned around suddenly, the doctor in front of the bed was in a hurry, and Li Ru, who was lying on the bed, was arched like a shrimp, and the violent cough brought out a little crimson, making gorgeous flowers bloom on the white sheets.

"Cui Shoufu, everyone Li is not good." The doctor screamed in panic.

Everyone jumped up and rushed to the side of the bed, Cui Yuan held Li Ru's hand tightly, and shouted: "Teacher, teacher, I'm here, do you have anything else to say to your disciple?" ”

Li Ru, who had been in a coma for many days, slowly opened his dim eyes in Cui Yuan's shouts, looked at the anxious Cui Yuan blankly, his mouth opened and closed, as if he wanted to explain something, but he couldn't say anything, the muscles on his face twitched, his eyes became more and more anxious, and he stared at Cui Yuan deadly.

"Teacher, don't worry, you explain our affairs, we will definitely do it, and when the little junior brother comes back, we will only look forward to the little junior brother, keep Daqin, and keep the teacher's hard work." Seeing that Li Ru couldn't swallow his breath, Cui Yuan couldn't help crying.

A mouthful of porphyry blood spurted out, and Li Ru fell back to the bed heavily, "Stability." He finally spat out two words, and between his mouth, a large mouthful of blood spurted out, and his eyes finally dispersed.

"Teacher." Cui Yuan screamed and slowly knelt down in front of the bed, and behind him, everyone knelt down and fell to the ground crying bitterly.

The horse's hooves shattered the tranquility of Xianyang, and in the Xianyang Palace, the bell tower, which was only slightly lower than the Black Ice Terrace, rang a heavy bell, and Ying Ying stood on the terrace of the Black Ice Terrace Palace, listening to the heavy bell. Li Ru died, he didn't feel much grief, but more relieved, this mountain that had been pressing on his head was finally moved away.

Li Ru made great contributions to the rise of the Qin State, without him, there would be no rise of the Qin State from the western borderlands, there would be no Great Qin in the past few decades, and there would be no supreme great cause of his father. He has made a lot of contributions, and now that he is gone, he will naturally be given the glory he deserves, and the bell tower in the palace will only ring when something major happens in the country, and as for the funeral, it has only been enjoyed by the royal family before, and for a person with a foreign surname, this is the first time, but Li Ru deserves this honor.

He opened his arms, as if he wanted to embrace the whole of Xianyang, from now on, this city, this kingdom, is truly his.

He wants to revive Daqin, complete the great cause that his father did not complete, he wants to become the greatest king of the ages, facing the night sky, listening to the bells, Yingying shouted in his heart.

The gate of the palace was pushed open, and Mingtai hurried in.

"Your Majesty, Hangu Pass is in an emergency." Mingtai's voice was urgent.

Ying Yinghuo turned around, looking at Mingtai's somewhat panicked look, her heart couldn't help sinking, and the blush on her face gradually faded and became pale.

"General Lu, did he finally decide to come back?" He almost burst out of his throat this sentence, but what he thought about was the bits and pieces of following Lu Chao in those years, and in those years, the two of them formed a deep friendship, but now, this friendship seems to be coming to an end.

"No, it's not that the general is coming back, this is an urgent report sent back by the general, Xizhao has surrendered to the Han State and set a trap in Jinyang County, and the general Gouyi under the command of the general is ambushed in Jinyang County, and was attacked by the Han army's two-way cavalry, the whole army was destroyed, Gouyi's life and death are unknown, and the 20,000 troops can escape back to Hangu Pass, and there is no one stop in ten stops." Mingtai's voice seemed to be very urgent.

"What?" Yingying suddenly changed color, her fists were clenched, her muscles were exposed, and the army of 20,000 was gone.

"What kind of response did the general make?" Ying Ying asked.

"The general said in the military newspaper that the scouts found that the Han King Gao Yuan personally appeared in Jinyang County, and the general decided to attack the whole army, first, to recover the territory of Western Zhao, and secondly, if Gao Yuan can be besieged and killed in Jinyang County, then the Han Kingdom will be chaotic, and Daqin will sit back and relax."

Ying Ying walked around the hall, and suddenly turned around and looked at Mingtai for a while, "Mingtai, tell me, is this the general using another method to demonstrate to Lone?" ”

Mingtai was startled, thought about it, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, your subordinates think that this is impossible, the general may not agree with the king's idea of reform, but he will never threaten His Majesty with the lives of 20,000 soldiers, not to mention, as far as I know, Gou Yi is the general's most trusted subordinate, and we guessed that if the general returns to Xianyang, then the general will definitely appoint Gou Yi to manage the Hanguguan army for him." Moreover, General Lu may collude with others, but he will never collude with Gao Yuan, and this matter may really be a conspiracy planned by Western Zhao and the Han State for a long time. ”

Ying Ying nodded. "So, the general won't come back?"

"The Great General won't be coming back." Mingtai said affirmatively: "Your Majesty, it seems that the general is still very loyal to the king, but in fact, this incident happened, and the general has another response, that is, he will not be able to keep the Hangu Pass." The Han army is just two cavalry with more than 10,000 people arriving in Jinyang County, and the combat effectiveness of the army of Western Zhao, you also know. ”

Ying Ying nodded: "After you say this, I am completely relieved, the general is really still the general of the year, I can finally put my mind at ease, in his heart, the interests of the Qin State are above all else." ”

"Your Majesty, but will the general's dispatch of troops on such a large scale cause a large-scale war?" Mingtai was a little worried.

"It's possible." Ying Ying suddenly laughed, "However, there is a great general who has been staying in Hangu Pass, so I don't worry about anything." (To be continued......)