As soon as I heard the report from the next person that Wang Ming came to visit, Gao Jia, the current capital of the Han army, understood that something big must have happened, because since he was responsible for contacting Zhang Zhi, the representative of the Western Chu Army, for the sake of safety, the cautious Wang Ming has never publicly interacted with Gao Jia, Jia and Ping, and now he suddenly came to visit Gao Jia's home in person, and it will definitely only be an important event of 100,000 urgent.

Things were as Gao Jia expected, and after pretending to invite Wang Ming into the house and sit down, he had just put his subordinates aside, and Wang Ming immediately said to Gao Jia with a nervous expression: "Gao Weiwei, the important news that Zhang Zhi's little vertical man just sent is that the Western Chu thief army has withdrawn from Yingchuan...... ”

"The Western Chu thief army has withdrawn from Yingchuan?" Gao Jia's surprise was not trivial, and he couldn't wait to interrupt Wang Ming and exclaimed in a low voice: "Doesn't that mean that we have no chance?" ”

"Wei Wei is panicking, please listen to the next officer's words." Wang Ming hurriedly waved his hand, lowered his voice again, and said with an extremely serious expression: "There is more important news, Xiang Kang, the traitor, was seriously ill in Ye County, and he went into battle with illness and used the strength advantage of the Han thief army to scare the Western Chu thief army out of Yingchuan!" Then after arriving in Xu County, Xiang Kang, the traitor, could no longer support it, and was already so sick that he lay down! ”

"Really?!" Gao Jia's surprise suddenly turned into great joy, and blurted out: "Heaven opened his eyes so much, so that Xiang Kang, the traitor, became seriously ill?" What disease? Isn't the message reliable?! ”

"I heard that it was typhoid fever." Wang Ming replied truthfully, and said in a low voice: "Zhang Zhi's little vertical said that he could use the first level of the item to guarantee, and the news is absolutely reliable!" It was the accurate news that the eyes of the King of Thieves of Western Chu probed around Zhou Zeng's traitor, and Zhou Zeng's traitor also issued a gag order for this matter! ”

"And!" Wang Ming hurriedly added: "Zhang Zhixiaozi, he also said that Xiang Kang is a traitor, this time it should be likely that the old disease relapsed, when he was in Jiyang, he fell ill because of a similar illness, delaying his return to the division to rescue his traitor uncle Xiang Liang, this matter is known to many traitor old people." ”

"God bless me Daqin!" Gao Jia slapped his thigh excitedly, and said with his hands dancing: "Typhoid fever is good!" It's better to have an old illness come back! As long as this traitor dies of illness, our Great Qin will definitely have hope of recovering the country! ”

"Captain Gao, don't be too happy yet." Wang Ming hurriedly poured cold water and said: "Don't forget, that traitor is only in his early twenties, and he is the strongest when he is the strongest, and he is quite self-disciplined, and he is not particularly fond of wine, so this disease may not kill him!" ”

I did hear that Xiang Kang is more self-disciplined in his private life, and he is not a person who is too greedy for alcohol and lustful, and when he heard Wang Ming say this, Gao Jia couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but after a little more calculation, Gao Jia hurriedly asked again: "Wang Yucheng, do you know this news now from the Western Chu thief army outside the gate?" Will it be because of this comeback, turn around and kill back to Yingchuan to find Xiang Kang and fight hard. ”

"It's not clear." Wang Ming replied: "However, the eyes of the Western Chu thief army lurking in the pass have already sent this news to the outside of the pass through their channels, but I don't know if they can catch up." ”

"I hope I can catch up! It's best that the Western Chu thief army outside the gate can find out the news by themselves! Gao Jia prayed heartily, and said: "As long as the Xichu thief army outside the gate can know about this situation, they will definitely take the opportunity to turn back to find Xiang Kang traitor desperately, Xiang Kang's little traitor is seriously ill and unable to lead the army, this battle will definitely be more auspicious, and then we will have hope!" ”

"Captain Gao, this time we can't wait and see what happens." Wang Ming turned Zhang Zhi's words into his own meaning, and said: "Xiang Kang's rebel thief is suddenly seriously ill, and the Western Chu thief army may turn around at any time because of this to find the main force of the Han thief to fight, this is our good opportunity, maybe it may be our last good chance!" If you miss this opportunity, it will be very difficult to have such a good time in the future. ”

"What Wang Yucheng said is extremely true." Gao Jia nodded vigorously and said: "If we miss this opportunity and let Xiang Kang's traitor pass this pass smoothly, after his condition improves and he recovers, even if there is the help of the Western Chu thief army, it is difficult for us to have hope of recovering the country. ”

"That's why the lower officials came to you directly." Wang Ming said: "Trouble Gao Weiwei, secretly inform our people of this news as soon as possible, discuss whether we should seize this opportunity to make a move, and also discuss how to act, and then petition the king to decide." ”

Gao Jia agreed, and immediately patted his chest and promised to report the news to Ziying and inform the party as soon as possible, and Wang Ming said again: "Captain Gao, there is one more thing, the lower official is very undecided, and wants to discuss it with you." ”

"Wang Yucheng, please speak directly." Gao Jia hurriedly replied.

"Gao Weiwei, have you noticed that just a few of us have too little appeal?" Wang Ming said: "These few of us, although they were all important ministers of the imperial court before, but their prestige is not very high, and their influence among the people is very small. ”

Gao Jia, who was only in charge of the palace gate guards and was forced to surrender before he was in charge for a few days, nodded, admitting that the prestige and appeal of himself and Wang Ming and others were indeed a little insufficient, and then asked: "Wang Yucheng, in your opinion, how should this matter be resolved?" ”

"Xia Guan has an adventurous idea." Wang Ming lowered his voice and said, "Can you ask the king to issue an edict calling on the Qin people in Guanzhong to rebel and expel the Han thieves under our command?" The king killed the traitorous eunuch Zhao Gao, the hundred officials of Xianyang and the people of Guanzhong were all clapping their hands, and then the king in order not to let the people of Guanzhong suffer from the disaster of war, resolutely surrendered to the thief, and avoided a life for Guanzhong, the people of Guanzhong are also grateful for this, and the people of Guanzhong are grateful for the love of the king, if he can issue such an edict to us, we take the edict to call on the Qin people in Guanzhong to raise troops and restore the country, it must be a hundred responses, and the servants gather! ”

Hearing this, Gao Jia hesitated a little, and thought for a while before saying: "Yes, it's a good idea, with the prestige and appeal of the king, if he sends an edict to call on the Qin people in Guanzhong to raise troops to kill thieves, the impact will definitely be a hundred times greater than that of us people, but if the king does this, we can't do anything, and he will be in danger." ”

"That's why the lower officials have to discuss with you." Wang Ming replied: "If we can't do anything, we don't have to care about the death of the clan, but if the king is implicated and gives the Han thieves an excuse to kill our king, then we will die and we will not be able to escape the crime." ”

Gao Jia, who was loyal to Ziying, nodded slowly, and after thinking for a while, Gao Jia said: "That's it, the king only went out six days ago, and it will take nine days to go out again, so we have more time." In these nine days, I first secretly informed Jia Tingwei of the news, asked for their opinions, and also confirmed the condition of Xiang Kang's traitor by the way, if the time is really ripe, Jia Tingwei and they also think that they can take risks, we will report the situation to the king before the king goes out next time, and ask the king to decide. If the king agrees with us to take the risk, ask him to give us the edict the next time he goes out!" ”

Wang Ming nodded, and then admonished: "Gao Weiwei, if you really want to report the situation to the king first, please be sure to explain to the king clearly the danger of issuing a secret edict, if the king is not willing to take the risk of issuing an edict, we must not force it." ”

"Don't worry, I won't have to say I'll do the same." Gao Jia replied: "And we don't need to explain, with the heroic posture of the king, we will also understand what the consequences will be if he personally gives the edict." ”

Out of prudence, when he arrived at the Inner Shiguan Temple on an errand the next day, Gao Jia first asked his boss the young marshal army old man about Xiang Kang's illness in Jiyang, and learned that there was indeed such a past, Gao Jia was of course secretly happy in his heart, and found an excuse to gather his comrades that afternoon, and told them the news that Xiang Kang was seriously ill on the front line, and then needless to say, the old ministers of the Qin court who were still loyal to Ziying were of course all ecstatic, All of them see this as an opportunity that can be met but not sought.

However, on the matter of whether to implore Ziying to issue an edict, Jia Ping, Zhao Chang and others have different opinions, and Zhao Chang, who is more cautious, is even more resolute against it, thinking that once this fails, it will definitely involve Ziying immediately, but some people think that their own appeal is too small, and only by holding Ziying's edict to call on the Qin people in Guanzhong to raise troops against Qin can they hope to succeed. In the end, this major event could not be agreed on that day, and Gao Jia could only decide to wait for news from outside the border.

During this period, there was a little accident, and I don't know if it was the lack of virtue that had nothing to do, so he shook the news of Xiang Kang's illness on the front line into the people of Xianyang, and it soon spread all over the streets and alleys of Xianyang, making Zhou Zeng and Chao Zhi, the important ministers of the Han army who stayed in the pass, were furious and were forced to refute the rumors through official channels, saying that Xiang Kang was only occasionally infected with a minor illness outside the pass, and was not affected in any way. However, the fact that the Han army in Guanzhong suddenly increased its attack on the detailed investigation outside the Guanzhong made Wang Ming, Gao Jia and others understand that the Han army was just trying to cover up.

A few days later, there were only three days left before Ziying went out again, and on this day, Zhang Zhi sent accurate news to Wang Ming, saying that the Western Chu army had stopped in Chenjun, although it had disengaged from the Han army, but there was still the possibility of turning back and counterattacking, and once again urged Wang Ming and others to start as soon as possible, don't miss this rare opportunity that can be met but not sought.

After Wang Ming quickly secretly informed Gao Jia of the situation, Gao Jia was of course hesitant and wavering, so he could only seize the time to secretly meet again with a few die-hard friends to discuss whether he should ask Ziying to surrender the edict, but everyone's opinions still could not be unified. In the end, Gao Jia simply said: "In this way, let's report these situations to the king first, and by the way, tell the king about the edict from the king, and ask the king to decide whether to give us this edict!" ”

couldn't make up their minds, Jia Ping and the others could only nod and agree with Gao Jia's decision, and then the next day, Gao Jia and the others asked absolutely reliable people to go to the door of Ziying's mansion to arrange a code and ask to get in touch with Ziying as soon as possible. And after Ziying learned that Gao Jia and others sent a code, he immediately understood that there must be something important, and the next day he found an excuse to send the subordinate who was in charge of emergency contact with the outside world, and went to the previous medicine stall to contact Gao Jia and others, and successfully got the secret letter written by Gao Jia and others to him.

The secret letter was also presented to Ziying in the evening of the same day, and learned the news that Xiang Kang was seriously ill on the front line, not to mention that Ziying and Han Tan were overjoyed, even Pi Hui, Bi Zhuang and Yuan Zhan who were guarding the door couldn't help but cheer in a low voice, all of them were glad that the sky opened their eyes, and the ancestors of Great Qin blessed Xiang Kang, who was guilty of sin and beheaded Xiang Kang, became seriously ill!

The next thing is the key, in the face of Gao Jia and others' request for an edict, Ziying is also looking forward and backward, hesitating, and can't make up his mind, after a long time, Ziying also asked his most trusted Han Tan: "Han Aiqing, what do you think?" Did this king give Gao Aiqing this edict? ”

Han Tan was also obviously extremely hesitant, and only replied after a while: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty thinks it's best not to take risks, and don't give Lord Gao this edict, no matter what they do, they won't involve you." But if you promulgate this edict, the king, and the king, they mess things up again, and let the thieves get this edict, then the king will be in danger. ”

Ziying nodded slowly, and said: "But Gao Aiqing's words are also very reasonable, if there is no edict from the widow, just rely on a few of them, even if the opportunity really appears, it will be difficult for them to call on the Qin people in Guanzhong to raise troops to rebel and support the Jiangshan Sheji of Great Qin, only with the edict of this king, can they hope to succeed." ”

Han Tan nodded silently, admitting that this was indeed the truth, but he didn't dare to persuade Ziying to make this decision. And after thinking about it, Ziying could only say this: "Let the widow think about it carefully, the widow will only go out after tomorrow, and we will have more than one day, let the widow think clearly before making a decision." ”

It was night, Ziying had no sleep all night, and he wanted to help Gao Jia, Wang Ming and others, but he was afraid that the agency would leak it, so he gave his precious life, and he looked forward and backward to the extreme, and hesitated to the point of sorrow, and he didn't make up his mind for a whole night.

A little surprised Ziying and others, and on the morning of the next day, the imperial physician of the Han army suddenly sent someone to Ziying's mansion, saying that it was Shu Wen, the waiter who had official business with Ziying, to pass it to the Tai Hospital, Ziying and others were of course a little vigilant about this, and even if Shu Wen was an old man who followed Ziying when he was a son, Ziying and others did not dare to take it lightly, for fear that the Han army would find out that he was pretending to study medicine but he was just Taoguang and pretending to protect himself.

Because of this, in the afternoon, when Shu Wen returned to Ziying's house, Ziying of course casually asked about Shu Wen's trip to the Tai Hospital, and Shu Wen replied very honestly: "Returning to Yonghou, it's not a big deal, that is, the Taiyi Ling knew that the villain had a lot of experience in treating typhoid fever, and passed the villain to see the pulse case of a typhoid patient, as well as the prescription prescribed to him, and asked the villain's opinion on the pulse case and prescription." ”

"Typhoid fever? Pulse case? Prescription? Ziying's eyebrows raised slightly, and suspicion immediately arose in her heart, and she hurriedly pretended to be very casual and asked, "What patient?" So honorable? A imperial physician order that can alarm the imperial court? ”

"I don't know, the villain didn't see the patient, and he didn't dare to ask more." Shu Wen replied more honestly: "But the identity of this patient is certain, because today it is not only the villain and a medical worker who went to see the pulse case and prescription, but also several famous doctors from Xianyang folk." ”

"Is that case serious?" Ziying asked casually again.

"Back to Yonghou, it's quite serious." Shu Wen replied truthfully: "Even if it is a villain, I am afraid that there is no guarantee that this patient will be cured." ”

Anyway, because he knew that Ziying liked the medical Tao, Shu Wen also took the initiative to introduce the patient's pulse case and prescription to Ziying, and proudly showed off his own improvement to the prescription. ”

"Back to Yonghou, it is said that it has just passed the year of the weak crown." Shu Wen said: "Fortunately, he is at a strong age, otherwise, with his pulse case, even if Bian Que is resurrected, he may not be sure that he will be able to save him." ”

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Ziying's mouth, first sent Shu Wen back to the room to rest, and then slowly returned to the room with his hands behind his back, and when he returned to his study, Ziying finally made up his mind, let Han Tan personally guard the door of the study, and personally took a white silk, bit his fingertips, and used his own blood to write an edict on the white silk calling on the Qin people in Guanzhong to follow Gao Jia and others to return to the country, and personally stamped his own seal on the edict.

In the end, after Ziying carefully hid the blood edict in his arms, Han Tancai, who returned to him, asked in a low voice, "King, have you made up your mind?" ”

Ziying nodded solemnly, and whispered with a hideous expression: "The widow has already thought twice, if the widow doesn't give Gao Aiqing this edict, it will be difficult for them to succeed even if they do something." And once they fail, they don't have to involve the widow, just by virtue of their status as an old minister of Great Qin, the Han thieves will definitely suspect the widow! At that time, even if the thief has no excuse to kill the widow, he will definitely look at the widow more closely and imprison the widow to death! ”

"Instead of taking the plunge! Do your best to help Gao Aiqing and them! Ziying gritted his teeth and said: "If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent!" ”

Han Tan nodded, and said: "I hope that the opportunity can appear as soon as possible, the Han thieves govern properly, and they continue to buy the hearts of the people in Guanzhong with false benevolence and false righteousness, if it is delayed any longer, our plan to restore the country will only be more difficult." ”

"The opportunity has appeared!" Ziying smiled even more and said in a low voice, "You didn't hear it just now? The typhoid fever patient who had just passed the year of the weak crown alarmed the imperial physician to recruit famous doctors for him everywhere, this patient, except for Xiang Kang, who else could there be? He is so sick, and the Western Chu thief army may return to the division to counterattack at any time, can Gao Aiqing still have a chance to take the opportunity to do something? ”