has a smooth communication channel with Xianyang, and can directly transmit news through the post station fast horse, and Qin Ting's lieutenant Xi Teng, who commands the Xianyang Lieutenant Army, of course, confirmed the news of the coup d'état in Xianyang one step earlier than Xiang Kang.

Knowing that Hu Hai was killed, Xi Teng, who was still loyal to the Qin court, of course turned the world around, and once wanted to immediately return to Xianyang with the lieutenant army, and kill Zhao Gao, who had always forced him to swallow his anger, to avenge Hu Hai, but after calming down, Xi Teng decisively dispelled the idea of returning to the division, and ordered the news to be strictly sealed, so as not to shake the morale of the army, affect morale, and bury the lieutenant army, the only main force of the Qin army that can still defend Xianyang.

While secretly hating Zhao Gao, Xi Teng was also quite glad that Qin Shihuang's nephew Ziying could inherit the throne, because when Hu Hai and Zhao Gao killed the Mengkuo brothers, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military did not dare to say a fair word to the Mengjia brothers, only Ziying stepped forward and tried his best to dissuade and oppose Hu Hai and Zhao Gao to kill the hard-working Mengjia brothers.

Later, when Hu Hai killed Li Si, he was also afraid of Zhao Gao's obscenity, and only Ziying stood up against it in the Qin court, so that Xi Teng and other loyal ministers of the Qin court had a better impression of him, so Xi Teng also sincerely hoped that Ziying could smoothly succeed to power and save the Great Qin court from falling in the building.

Because of this, while the news was strictly sealed, Xi Teng, who was quite politically minded, sent a reliable henchman to secretly rush back to Xianyang, trying to contact Ziying, who was about to inherit the throne, secretly showed his loyalty to Ziying, and asked to accept Ziying's orders.

Although Xi Teng's decision was decisive, he couldn't contain the fire in the paper, because of the proximity to Xianyang and some special reasons, the news of Hu Hai's killing quickly spread among the Xianyang Lieutenant Army, which soon affected the morale of the Qin army officers and soldiers, and the generals of the Qin army and Li Cai, the general of the Qin army who fled all the way from Wuguan to Lantian, also panicked, and came to Xi Teng's front to find out the truth of the news.

The rumors have leaked, and Xi Teng has no choice but to tell the truth to the generals of the Qin army and Li Cai and others, and the generals of the Qin army were shocked when they heard this, and they all said: "Zhao Gao's old thief is so bold that he dares to kill the emperor?" What do those big officials in the court do to eat, how could they let Zhao Gao do such a thing? ”

"Zhao Gao, the old thief, is he crazy? The thief army has already reached Lantian, and he still dares to kill the king in Xianyang, so he is not afraid that our lieutenant army will be in chaos, and the thief army will take the opportunity to attack? ”

"It's over, Daqin is over! Great Qin has already been in chaos to this point, Zhao Gao's old thief even killed the emperor, and Daqin just can't finish thinking about it this time. ”

"Shut up!" Xi Teng scolded the gossip of the generals of the Qin army, and said with a stern expression: "The matter of Xianyang is naturally handled by hundreds of officials of the imperial court and relatives of the emperor, and those of us who are military generals don't have to worry about it, and we are not qualified to worry about it!" For our generals, the most important thing at the moment is to lead the army well, kill and retreat Xiang Kang's rebels and keep Xianyang, and other things can only be talked about later! ”

After drinking the generals, Xi Teng said again: "I told you about Xianyang, so that you have a bottom in your heart, but when you get down, you must tell every soldier in the lieutenant army, saying that there is no accident in Xianyang, and those rumors about the imperial court are all false, you must stabilize the military heart for me, do you understand?" ”

"No." The generals of the Qin army reluctantly clenched their fists and agreed, and then another general of the Qin army said timidly: "But lieutenant, we will definitely not have much effect if we do this, Xianyang is so close to Lantian, what happens in the court will definitely be known by our soldiers soon?" ”

"It's a day to be able to hide it." Xi Teng's tone was even more helpless, and he said: "In short, our lieutenant army must not be chaotic, if our lieutenant army is also chaotic, the Great Qin Jiangshan will really be completely finished." ”

When the generals of the Qin army reluctantly agreed again, a soldier suddenly entered the report outside the tent, saying that Xiang Kang had sent the traitor Uncle Sun Tong of the Qin court as an envoy to contact Xi Teng with Xiang Kang's letter and ask Xi Teng to meet him in person. Xi Teng, who knew Shusun Tong, was furious when he heard this, and said angrily: "This traitor, who helped Zhao Gao's old thief to deceive the emperor back then, caused the group of thieves outside the gate to sit big, and today he dares to come to meet the old man?" Missing! told him to go back and tell Xiang Kang that he wanted to contact the old man if he had anything to do, and sent other messengers, but the old man didn't want to see Uncle Sun Tong, a shameless rat! ”

The herald agreed, and when he was about to turn around and go back to give the order, Xi Teng's heart moved, and he hurriedly shouted: "Stop, don't give the order, the old man will go to greet Shusun Tong in person!" ”

The herald was stunned, and all the generals of the Qin army were also inexplicable, and they all said: "Lieutenant, Shusun Tong, a traitor, deceived the emperor, and betrayed the country to seek glory and helped the thief army to abuse, why do you have to go to greet him in person?" ”

"Don't ask too much, you go down first to stabilize the morale of the army." Xi Teng quietly ordered: "Wait for the old man to send his uncle and grandson away, and then find you to discuss the military situation." ”

Xi Teng, who has been in command of the lieutenant army for many years, has a lot of prestige in the army, and the generals of the Qin army did not dare to say anything, but obediently went down to temporarily stabilize the morale of the army, Xi Teng quickly sorted out his clothes, and really led his own soldiers to the front of the camp to greet Mr. Uncle Sun, but he saw that Xi Teng, an important minister of the Qin court, actually came to greet him in person, and Mr. Uncle Sun, who was forced by Xiang Kang to persuade him to surrender, was of course flattered, and hurriedly saluted Xi Teng to thank him, Xi Teng looked lost, picked up Mr. Uncle Sun with his own hands, and said in a heavy tone: "Mr. Uncle Sun does not need to be polite, The old man knows what you mean, so let's talk about it when you have something. ”

Seeing Xi Teng's depressed expression, Mr. Uncle Sun was even happier in his heart, and said secretly: "Okay, it looks like this old man must know about Xianyang, and he must be worried about Xianyang's affairs, and there is no way to persuade him to surrender." ”

After being invited by Xi Teng into the Chinese army's tent and settling down, Mr. Shusun quickly explained his intention to Xi Teng, presented Xiang Kang's handwritten letter, and agitated like a spring tongue to persuade Xi Teng, who had lost his allegiance, to surrender, and take the lieutenant army and the young marshal army to Xianyang together, and kill the rebel Zhao Gao to avenge Hu Hai. Xi Teng's attitude was obviously shaken, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "The old man is grateful for the kindness of the right general, but the old man, as a Qin minister, has received the grace of the country, and he can't do that ungrateful thing for the sake of personal glory and wealth, so the good intentions of the right general, the old man can only understand it." ”

"Old general, since ancient times, good birds have chosen woods, and virtuous ministers have chosen their lords to serve." Mr. Shusun hurriedly persuaded again: "Besides, the second emperor has been killed by Zhao Gao's rebels, even if you want to serve the Great Qin court, even if you want to be loyal to the Great Qin court, you are now no one to be loyal, but it is Yi Zhi who surrendered to our army, old general, you can have the opportunity to slash Zhao Gao's rebel thieves, avenge the second emperor's loyalty, and you can also keep the old general, your subordinates, and the father and old Sangzi, killing two birds with one stone, isn't it wonderful?" ”

Xi Teng was obviously moved by Mr. Shusun's words, and pondered for a while, Xi Teng replied: "Mr. Shusun, give the old man some time to think about it, so let's go back and tell General Right first, ask him to give him a few days to think about it, and the old man will give him a satisfactory answer as soon as possible." ”

Mr. Shusun refused to give up, and tried his best to persuade Xi Teng to make up his mind immediately, but unfortunately although Xi Teng's attitude was obviously shaken, he never decided to surrender on the spot, and repeatedly said that he needed time to think about it, and Mr. Shusun had no choice but to leave the gift that Xiang Kang gave to Xi Teng, and said goodbye and returned to the camp to report the envoy to Xiang Kang.

After personally sending Mr. Shusun out of the camp, Xi Teng wanted to immediately order the summoning of the generals of the Qin army to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss matters, but unexpectedly, the soldiers reported first, saying that the secret envoy sent back to Xianyang to contact Ziying had returned to the camp, Xi Teng heard the great news, and hurriedly rushed back to the big tent, first summoned his henchmen and family members who sent back to Xianyang, and asked his henchmen as soon as they met: "How is it?" Have you seen the child? ”

"Back to the old general, Zhao Gao sent someone to guard the mansion of the son and son, and the villain failed to meet him." The confidant replied: "But the villain bought off a subordinate in Ziyinggongzi's mansion who went out on an errand, and asked him to bring the old general's message into Ziyinggongzi's mansion, and later Ziyinggongzi sent that subordinate out and brought a message to the villain." ”

"Say what?" Xi Teng hurriedly asked.

"Ziying Gongzi said, the matter of Xianyang, the old general, you don't have to worry, just ask the old general that you must block the thief army and leave hope for the comeback of the Great Qin Imperial Court." The confidant replied truthfully.

"The matter of Xianyang, the old man doesn't have to worry, he wants the old man to block the thief army and leave the hope of a comeback for the Great Qin Imperial Court?" Xi Teng recounted Ziying's message, and he quickly had a bottom in his heart, guessing that Ziying must have a way to deal with Zhao Gao, and he could settle the affairs of Xianyang without his own help, and as long as he blocked Xiang Kang in Lantian, the Great Qin Imperial Court would definitely have hope of making a comeback.

Knowing Ziying's attitude, Xi Teng of course did not hesitate, immediately let his family go down to rest, and immediately summoned the generals of the Qin army, and told everyone that Xiang Kang sent his uncle Sun Tong to persuade him to surrender. ”

"Who said that Xiang Kang's rebel thief is daydreaming and delusional?" Xi Teng's words were shocking, and he said with a smile: "Let me tell you the truth, because of the Xianyang Chaos and the emperor was killed, the old man has already promised Uncle Sun Tong that puppet, saying that I am ready to think about it for a while and then decide whether to surrender Xiang Kang and the thief!" ”

"What?" The generals of the Qin army were all shocked, and Li Cai even screamed in surprise and said, "Old general, you promise to consider it?!" ”

Xi Teng smiled, then suddenly put away his smile and said loudly: "The generals will listen to the order!" ”

Being caught off guard by Xi Teng's shouting, the generals of the Qin army immediately subconsciously stood up straight, but Xi Teng looked solemn and said quickly: "Immediately send an order to the whole army, immediately rush to make torches, dry food and other things for night battles, and tonight the second watch will send troops, and the third watch will attack the camp of the thief army!" This battle is very important, it is related to the life and death of our Great Qin Imperial Court, I hope that all generals must take the lead, sacrifice their lives to fight, break the enemy in one battle, and protect our Great Qin Capital, but also protect the country and society of our Great Qin Imperial Court! ”

"No!" The generals of the Qin army clasped their fists together and sang loudly, Li Cai also hurriedly hugged his fists and agreed, and said with great joy: "Old general, it turns out that you deliberately pretended to be shaken, so that you wanted to paralyze Xiang Kang Xiao'er, let him take precautions, and then take the opportunity to sneak attack and break the enemy." ”

Xi Teng smiled again and said: "This is our only chance, although our Xianyang Lieutenant Army is well-equipped and the soldiers are strictly trained, but they are too lacking in actual combat experience, and they are fighting head-on with the experienced Xiang Kang thief army, and the chance of victory is very small. ”

"The last general understands!" Li Cai hurriedly clenched his fists, and said excitedly: "Please rest assured that the old general will lead the army to fight to the death tonight, and will kill the enemy camp at all costs, and will never let the old general endure humiliation in vain in front of the thief army messenger!" ”

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At the same time in Xianyang, a small eunuch suddenly ran out of the Ziying Mansion who was guarded by the five hundred Qin Gong Lang Zhong, and said in a panic to Zhao Cheng's cronie Zhong Lang, who led Lang Zhong to guard the Ziying Mansion: "General, it's not good, our son-in-law suddenly got sick and rolled on the bed in pain, please go in and take a look." ”

"Childe is suddenly ill?"

Zhonglang, who led the team, was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly followed the little eunuch into the door, and rushed directly to Ziying's bedroom to check the situation. Zhonglang, who was sent by Zhao Cheng, saw that he was in a hurry, and hurriedly asked Han Tan, a eunuch who was a close confidant of Ziying who was talking to the medical worker on the side, "Huangmen, have you found out what kind of disease is it?" ”

"Zhonglang, I haven't found out yet." Han Tan replied in a panic: "But the medical worker suspects that Childe may have been poisoned?" ”

"Childe was poisoned?" Zhonglang's surprise was not trivial, and he hurriedly asked the medical worker, "Have you confirmed it?" What kind of poison did Childe get? ”

"General Hui, I don't confirm it yet." The doctor replied, "But judging from the symptoms, it looks like it is poisoned by Heding Red (arsenic)." ”

"Crane top red?" Na Zhonglang was taken aback again, and hurriedly asked Han Tan, "Huangmen, what did he eat and drink today?" Where did all that stuff come from? ”

Before Han Tan could answer, Ziying was already rolling and shouting hoarsely, "Quick! Go and ask the prime minister! I'm going to see the Prime Minister right away! I'm going to see the Prime Minister right away! Ouch, I'm dying of pain, go and ask the prime minister, I have something to say to him, something very important to say to him! ”

Han Tan hurriedly comforted Ziying, but Ziying didn't listen at all, screaming that he just wanted to see Zhao Gao immediately, Han Tan had no choice but to say to Na Zhonglang: "General, Gongzi must see the prime minister immediately, you can only work hard for you to go on a trip in person, and ask the prime minister to come over for our son-in-law to meet. ”

Seeing that Ziying's condition was critical, Na Zhonglang didn't dare to slack off, so he could only hurry out to invite Zhao Gao for Ziying, fortunately, Ziying's Mansion was not very far from Zhao Gao's mansion, Na Zhonglang quickly came to the door of Zhao Gao's mansion to explain the situation, and was soon led to Zhao Gao's face, but when he heard that Ziying was highly poisoned, Zhao Gao was also taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "Who did it?" Who is so bold as to dare to poison the future king? ”

"Prime Minister, the poisoning is still under investigation, but Ziying Gongzi asks you to go over to see him immediately, saying that there is something very important to say to you in person." Zhonglang replied truthfully.

Zhao Gao rolled his eyes, and found that if he didn't hurry up to the invitation, Ziying would die of poison again, and others would definitely suspect that he was the one who poisoned Ziying. Therefore, Zhao Gao did not hesitate, and immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare carriages and horses for him, and immediately rushed to Ziying's Mansion to check the situation after changing clothes.

Things were too urgent, Zhao Gao didn't have time to send someone to call his younger brother or son-in-law to bring someone to come, and immediately got out of the car after arriving at Ziying's house, only took that Zhonglang and went directly into Ziying's house, and strode to the door of Ziying's bedroom, and the people who were guarding the door of Ziying's house hurriedly gave way to open the door, Zhao Gao also ran directly to Ziying's bed, and asked Ziying who was already dying: "Childe, how is it now?" Do you feel better? ”

"Prime Minister ......."

Ziying groaned and stretched out his hands, held Zhao Gao's hands, and then suddenly exerted his strength, tightly holding Zhao Gao's hands and wrists, Zhao Gao was startled, and subconsciously asked, "Childe, what are you going to do?" ”

This is also the last sentence of Zhao Gao's life, Han Tan, the henchman of Ziying who was waiting next to the couch, suddenly pulled out a sharp blade from under the bed, and took advantage of the opportunity of Zhao Gao's hands being seized by Ziying, and directly stabbed Zhao Gao's heart socket, Zhao Gao took a lotus in his mouth, and went to see Han Tan in disbelief, Han Tan was expressionless, and pulled out the blade with his hand, and Zhao Gao's blood was suddenly splashed on Ziying's face and quilt.

The incident happened suddenly, the only Zhonglang brought by Zhao Gao couldn't react at all, Ziying's two adult sons pulled out their swords together, pointed the sword at his throat, and at the same time snatched the weapon from his waist, Han Tan pushed down Zhao Gao's body that was still shaking, walked up to Nazhonglang with a knife, and asked expressionlessly: "Want to die?" Or do you want to live? ”

"The villain wants to live." Nakaro replied sweating profusely.

"It's easy to live." Han Tan instructed: "Go to the gate and give an order, call your people, go and invite Zhao Cheng and Yan Le immediately, and say that this is what Zhao Gao meant." ”

That Zhonglang nodded hurriedly, and then under the supervision of Ziying's henchmen, he walked to the door of Ziying's mansion, and loudly ordered his men to invite Zhao Cheng and Yan Le, and said that this was Zhao Gao's order, that Zhonglang's subordinate Lang Zhong did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly followed the order, and then soon, Zhao Cheng and Yan Le were deceived into Ziying's mansion one after another, and they were immediately killed by the people of Ziying's mansion led by Han Tan, and they couldn't make any sound until they died.

Then, Ziying immediately ordered Han Tan to act as Lang Zhongling, take Zhao Cheng's seal ribbon to take over the command of the Lang Zhongwei outside his door, and take this Lang Zhongwei into the palace to take over the palace guards, and at the same time send someone to contact the Weiwei army with Zhao Gao's head, and order the Qin Ting Weiwei to send troops to protect himself into the palace, but after seeing Zhao Gao's head, the Weiwei did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly personally brought three thousand Weiwei troops to protect Ziying into the palace to take power, and rang the bell to summon hundreds of officials to the court.

When the hundred officials of the Qin court entered the palace city of Xianyang, the sky was already dark, and Zhao Cheng's cronies in the palace city had all been arrested, and the result was also a lot of help, seeing the three people who had done a lot of evil, Zhao Gao, Zhao Cheng and Yan Le were awarded, the hundred officials of the Qin court not only cheered like thunder, but also many people cried out directly, prostrate in front of Ziying and paused, crying loudly, "The king is wise!" The king is wise! The king eradicated Zhao Gao's thieves at the snap of his fingers! Daqin is saved! Daqin is saved! ”

It was also at this time that a little smile appeared on Ziying's serious face, and he muttered to himself: "Daqin is indeed still saved, as long as Xi Teng can block the thief army and keep Guanzhong, Daqin will definitely be saved!" ”