Looking at the Xianyang Palace in front of him, although he had experienced the poison of the Zhao people twice, but the majestic Xianyang Palace, Lu Buwei, who was sitting on the carriage, suddenly had an illusion - would this be the last time he stepped into the Xianyang Palace?

The war has been going on for a month, and it seems that Wang Jian is at least temporarily blocking Li Mu's footsteps.

It is worth mentioning that in this war, a lot of power of Lü Buwei, as a prime minister, was assigned to Cai Ze.

Lü Buwei was almost hollowed out.

You know, this is something that has never happened before.

And now that the war has stalled a little, Cai Ze seems to have gained time again and started to restart the investigation of Lü Buwei.

In fact, when things came to this point, Lu Buwei was not very worried about Cai Ze's investigation.

Because in Lu Buwei's opinion, since Cai Ze has investigated for so long and has not found anything, it is very likely that Cai Ze will also not get any evidence in the future.

The real key lies in the distrust of Lü Buwei that Qin Wang Chu showed as the investigation continued.

For a courtier, the king's distrust is a very fatal thing.

Once your monarch no longer trusts you, then all the prosperity you have today is likely to turn into autumn flowers tomorrow.

Lü Buwei knew very well that he had to win back the trust of Qin Wang Chu.

Since Lü Buwei was investigated, Cai Ze's side, which is now opposed to Lü Buwei, naturally regained momentum.

And because this matter is quite special, the results of the intercession of Lü Buwei's allies are actually not good, and even a few people are considered by Qin Wang Chu to be very likely to belong to Lü Buwei's comrades, the one suspected of treason.

If there is still a little affection in the heart of Qin Wang Chu for Lü Buwei, then for those ministers of Qin who intercede for Lü Buwei, there is no affection in Qin Wang Chu's heart.

After several ministers of the Qin State were belittled and even imprisoned by King Chu of Qin, everyone saw the situation clearly and knew the fact that Lü Buwei was about to be unlucky, and no one dared to stand up and speak for Lü Buwei anymore.

Lü Buwei must save himself, and he can only save himself.

Lü Buwei entered the palace and waited for the summons of Qin Wang Chu.

When Qin Wang Chu learned the news of Lu Buwei's arrival, he also showed a look of surprise on his face: "Why is he here?" ”

A eunuch beside Qin Wang Chu smiled and said, "Wu Chengjun came this time, saying that he wanted to congratulate the king on his birthday. ”

"Congratulations?" Qin Wang Chu was stunned at first, but quickly reacted.

Today is really Qin Wang Chu's birthday.

But as an adult, and it is not a big life like fifty or sixty, Qin Wang Chu did not make a public announcement.

But Lü Buwei knew about it.

After all, when he was in Handan, Qin Wang Chu often used various excuses to find Lü Buwei to rub food and wine, and one of them was the reason for this birthday, and then Lü Buwei clearly remembered it in his heart.

Qin Wang Chu hesitated for a while, and finally said, "No, let him go back." ”

Cai Ze is not covered after all, although his investigation has not made much progress in Lu Buwei's body, but he has made a certain breakthrough in another aspect.

This aspect is the leader of Hu Yiwei of the Xianyang branch of Zhao State.

When he learned that Lü Buwei was very likely to have some kind of connection with Zhao Guo Hu Yiwei, Qin Wang Chu's heart was extremely angry.

But fortunately, Qin Wang Chu was not an impulsive person, he listened to Cai Ze's report in a pressed manner, and then found one thing - like the previous evidence, this evidence still could not prove that Lü Buwei had an affair with Zhao Guoren.

Therefore, Qin Wang Chu once again chose to refuse Cai Ze's request to arrest Lü Buwei immediately, but further liberalized his authority, allowing Cai Ze to question any official in the Qin dynasty.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this so-called "any official" actually refers to the officials of Lü Buwei's faction, especially those officials who were not involved in the previous investigation - Lü Buwei's henchmen.

Several of Lü Buwei's important aides in Qin's political arena began to suffer.

Until today, when Xianyang Ling Zhao Teng was also taken away by Cai Ze, Lü Buwei finally couldn't be silent anymore and chose to enter the palace to ask for a meeting.

But the current Qin Wang Chu had obviously fallen into great suspicion of Lü Buwei, so after only a moment of hesitation, Qin Wang Chu did not hesitate to refuse Lü Buwei's request to see him.

The chief eunuch standing beside Qin Wang Chu hesitated very obviously after hearing the news.

Qin Wangchu's mood was originally very bad because he was pressed by the soldiers of Zhao State, and now when he saw that this personal eunuch was also like this, he was naturally quite unhappy in his heart, and immediately frowned: "What, is it not good for the widow to speak now?" ”

Qin Wang Chu's words were very heavy, and he directly frightened the chief eunuch to kneel on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "The king, the minister didn't mean this, the minister just remembered some rumors in Xianyang City in recent days, and I don't know if I should tell the king." ”

Qin Wang Chu snorted and said, "But it's okay to say it. ”

Since Hou's death, Qin Wang Chu has split the huge intelligence organization that Hou has mastered into several parts, and the eunuch in front of him is in charge of the Guanzhong part in Qin.

I saw that the chief eunuch said: "Since Gang Chengjun investigated Wu Chengjun, many ministers have changed their positions and switched to Wu Chengjun's side. Moreover, after the king ordered Gang Chengjun to investigate Wu Chengjun's subordinates at will, almost most of them had already drawn a clear line with Wu Chengjun, and now Wu Chengjun is almost alone. ”

"Really?" Qin Wang Chu snorted, there was a little happiness in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Even so, it is his Lu Buwei who is to blame!" ”

The chief eunuch smiled and said, "The minister also thinks so. It's just that when I think about it, I always feel that something is wrong. ”

Qin Wang Chu glanced at the chief eunuch in front of him and said, "What's wrong?" ”

The chief eunuch said: "The minister is thinking, if this Wu Chengjun is really a spy of Zhao State, then he will definitely develop some downlines no matter what, so that they can follow Wu Chengjun to Zhao State at that time, right?" But this Gang Chengjun has been investigating for several months, and he can't even find out a spy of Zhao State under Wu Chengjun, this matter is ...... The minister always feels a little delicate. ”

Qin Wang Chu glared at the chief eunuch in front of him viciously, and said in a deep voice: "Haven't you been assisting Cai Ze in the investigation of this matter, and now you have come to say such things to the widow again?" ”

The chief eunuch sweated on his forehead, and said busily: "King Mingjian, the minister has been guarding filial piety for the ancestor in the past few months, where can I have time to go out to do these things?" All the investigations are in charge of Gang Chengjun, and the minister has only started to come into contact with these things in the past few days. ”

Qin Wang Chu then remembered that he had indeed ordered these eunuchs to be filial piety for six months as the sons of Hou.

Although there are also descendants, it is normal for the temple to keep filial piety for the temple people.

As soon as he thought of this, the anger in Qin Wang Chu's heart dissipated slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "So what do you mean, this investigation is boring?" ”

The chief eunuch said softly: "The minister doesn't dare to say. Chen just felt that if Chen went to Zhao to become a spy, then he should have run away in this situation, and he should not continue to stay in Xianyang and wait for death. ”

"The widow hasn't thought about killing him yet!" Qin Wang Chu snorted heavily, and finally said: "Since this is the case, then let Lu Buwei come in, the widow wants to see what tricks he wants to play!" ”

A moment later, Lü Buwei finally appeared in front of Qin Wang Chu.

As soon as he appeared, Lü Buwei suddenly knelt down to Qin Wang Chu: "Minister Lü Buwei see the king!" ”

Qin Wang Chu snorted, looked at Lu Buwei expressionlessly, and said, "The widow heard that you want to celebrate the widow's birthday?" ”

Lu Buwei nodded and said, "Great King, the minister is here for this. ”

As he spoke, Lü Buwei raised a small box in his hand high, obviously the items in the box were Lü Buwei's "birthday gift" this time.

"Bring it up." King Chu of Qin.

The eunuch in charge presented the box, and Qin Wang Chu opened it and found that it was a bronze sword in the box.

Qin Wang Chu picked up the bronze sword, and pulled the sword out of its sheath with a choked sound, only to see that the sword was all crystal bright, as if there was a layer of white light faintly shining in it.

Just by looking at it, it gives the impression that the hairs stand on end.

"Good sword." Qin Wang Chu couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

Lu Buwei hurriedly said: "This sword is called Long Yuan, which was cast by the sword master Ou Zhizi for Goujian, the king of Yue, and was accidentally obtained by the ministers, and it was specially dedicated to the king. I hope that the king can use this sword to break Zhao in the east, revive the prestige of Great Qin, and create an unprecedented prosperous era of Great Qin! ”

After hearing Lu Buwei's sycophancy, Qin Wang Chu's face looked a lot better.

In fact, Qin Wang Chu's favorite thing is two things, one is a sword, and the other is a woman.

So when he got this famous sword that was said to be worn by King Goujian of Yue back then, Qin Wang Chu's mood was naturally much happier, and when he saw Lu Buwei again, he didn't seem to be so disgusted.

What Qin Wang Chu didn't notice was that just when he was concentrating on admiring the sword in his hand, the chief eunuch standing behind him happened to exchange a tacit look with Lu Buwei.

Lü Buwei has insisted on befriending the eunuchs in the harem for so many years, and finally achieved results at such a critical moment.

And Gang Chengjun Cai Ze didn't know that his failure did not come from other aspects, but simply because Cai Ze had always been unapologetic to the eunuchs and completely looked down on the eunuchs.

The change in Qin Wangchu's expression was completely seen by Lu Buwei, so he naturally welcomed him even more, relying on his own magical kung fu, and pulling Qin Wangchu to recall the time when the two were in Handan, and finally stimulated the feelings of Qin Wangchu in his heart.

Later that day, a decree came out of the palace of Qin, and for the first time, Cai Ze's investigation of Lü Buwei was stopped in a very formal form.