Since it is a celebration banquet, the protagonist is naturally Meng Tian, who has just made great contributions, and Yingzheng asked Zhao Gao to read out the exploits of Meng Tian's northern expedition in public.

In this battle, Meng Tian defeated a total of 200,000 Xiongnu coalition troops, annihilated 80,000 enemies, and the remnants of the Xiongnu cavalry fled all the way to Mobei, Meng Tian led the army to pursue, and the Huns did not dare to resist, leaving only corpses everywhere.

After listening to Meng Tian's achievements, everyone present all changed, Daqin and the Xiongnu is not the first confrontation, as early as the period of King Qin Huiwen, the Qin army and the Huns came into contact with the Huns, speaking of which the old Qin people and the Huns are also considered to have some origins, the ancestors of the old Qin people were the horse wranglers of the Zhou royal family, and the Huns are the horse wranglers of the grassland, the two sides are of the same origin, since the Qin Huiwen King period, the Huns entered the Hetao for the first time, the Qin army and the Huns fought many times, and they failed to take advantage, This is also why the Qin State has always been keen to build the Great Wall, because the Qin State sees the threat in the grasslands.

Li Qing only knew the Xiongnu race from history, and did not understand the strength of the Xiongnu as much as Meng Tian and others, Li Qing just remembered that after the fall of the Qin State, the Huns would invade the Central Plains on a large scale, and the newly established Western Han Dynasty was defeated by the Xiongnu soldiers, and finally chose a humiliating peace policy, until later Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty was born, with Wei Qing and Huo Qubing as generals, and smashed the Xiongnu royal court, which was considered to have completely pacified the Xiongnu trouble.

Meng Tian got up and said: "This time to be able to defeat the Huns, in addition to the lives of the soldiers, there is also a magic weapon for victory, here, Meng Tian wants to thank one person, that is Li Qing, the master of the craftsman's house." ”

Li Qing finally escaped from prison, and was gobbling up the dim sum made by the palace chef, when he suddenly heard Meng Tian mention himself, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Baiguan also looked at Li Qing with Meng Tian's gaze, Li Qing saw this, came back to his senses, quickly stood up, wiped his face, and wiped the food residue from his mouth.

Ying Zheng looked at Li Qing with interest, and was about to speak, when an old man beside Li Si suddenly stood up, bowed to Ying Zheng, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister and the imperial historian Yang Song have something to do, this young government ordered Li Qing to use power for personal gain, resell utensils, and collect people's wealth, which is a great crime, please Your Majesty Mingjian." ”

Hearing this person's words, Meng Tian couldn't help frowning, Imperial Doctor, has the right to supervise hundreds of officials, Yang Song stood up at this time to make trouble, for Li Qing, it was a big mistake.

Sure enough, as soon as Yang Song's words fell, the officials who were also the imperial historians also stood up one after another, telling Li Qing about his crimes, as if Li Qing was a heinous villain who had to be executed.

Ying Zheng showed a trace of coldness on his face, looked at Li Qing, and said, "Li Qing, what Doctor Yu Shi said, is it true?" ”

A drop of cold sweat broke out of Li Qing's head, what Yang Song said was indeed true, but Li Qing definitely did not have the idea of using power for personal gain, he just improved the stools and chairs of later generations slightly, although he did use a few craftsmen to help, but those people were all willing to help Li Qing, Li Qing did not use his power to force the craftsmen to help.

Li Qing's mind was spinning wildly, thinking about how to answer in order to avoid punishment and satisfy Qin Shi Huang, but no matter how he thought about it, Li Qing couldn't think of how to explain his sale of stools and chairs.

"I didn't expect it to be so troublesome to sell some inventions and make two money."

Li Qing secretly complained in his heart, but Qin Shi Huang was still waiting for a reply, where could Li Qing think more, for fear of making Ying Zheng wait for a long time, Li Qing had to speak: "Your Majesty, the minister just developed a new kind of stool and chair, and did not mean to collect the people's wealth, all the stools and chairs sold are just to bring some fresh things to the people in Xianyang City, each stool and chair is only charged at the cost price, and the minister has never earned a penny, please Your Majesty." ”

Ying Zheng touched his beard and said, "What are the stools and chairs you are talking about?" ”

Li Qing hurriedly said: "These things were all taken away by General Yan Ying that day, if Your Majesty wants to see them, you can ask General Yan to present those two items to Your Majesty." ”

Ying Zheng looked at Yan Ying, Yan Ying saw this, Yan Ying showed a nervous look on his face, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the strange-shaped utensils collected that day have all been destroyed, and now they ...... There are no more. ”

"Nope."

Ying Zheng frowned, and Fusu on the side saw this and said, "Since that thing was created by Li Qing, if there is no more, let Li Qing make another one." ”

"Your Majesty, this is General Meng Tian's celebration banquet, Li Qing's matter can be revealed for the time being, and an investigation will be conducted another day."

Li Si on the side saw that Qin Shi Huang did not mean to punish Li Qing, and took the initiative to give Qin Shi Huang a step.

"Li Qing, come with me."

Halfway through the banquet, some people had already begun to leave, and Li Qing was also about to leave the hall and go back to his house after eating and drinking.

Li Qing looked back and saw that it was Meng Tian, Meng Tian didn't explain much, and after finishing speaking, he continued to walk forward.

Li Qing thought about it and followed behind Meng Tian.

The two walked for about a stick of incense one after the other, Meng Tian stopped, Li Qing was about to ask Meng Tian why he was like this, and suddenly found that there were two people in front of Meng Tian, and these two people, Li Qing was very familiar with, it was Qin Shihuang Yingzheng and Gongzi Fusu.

Ying Zheng looked at Li Qing, who was a little nervous, with a smile on his face, and said: "Li Aiqing, I have suffered, I originally thought that you offered horse harness and helped my army defeat the Huns, that is, you should be promoted to the third level, but you resell the things of the craftsman, this is a big taboo, so let's offset the two, and you will be considered guilty of your merits." ”

When Li Qing saw Ying Zheng say this, he knew that Ying Zheng was not angry, and he was about to explain something, but Ying Zheng suddenly wanted to take Meng Tian and Li Qing to inspect the beautiful scenery of Xianyang City.

"I swept away the Eight Desolations, leveled the Liuhe, and established my Great Qin Prosperous Era, and sooner or later, I will take all the beautiful scenery of the world into the palm of my hand."

In this way, Qin Shi Huang took Fusu, Li Qing and Meng Tian out of the palace together.

"Your Majesty, why haven't you arranged some guards?"

Meng Tian frowned suddenly, thinking that Ying Zheng had already arranged guards in the city, but after leaving the palace, Meng Yi obviously felt that something was wrong.

Ying Zheng smiled and said: "My Lord Guowei, the first warrior of Great Qin, with you to protect me, where do you need any guards." ”

When Meng Tian heard this, he could only smile helplessly, fortunately, it is not far from the palace here, once something happens, the palace guards will be able to arrive soon, thinking of this, Meng Tian is slightly sure in his heart.