Xianyang City.

From the day the Zhao army began to besiege the city, martial law from the Qin government took effect immediately.

The streets and alleys of Xianyang City are deserted, and the doors of every house are closed, and there is a feeling of becoming an empty city at a glance.

At this time, if you are caught on the street at will, you will be thrown into prison at least and beheaded directly.

The sound of wheels pressing against the road sounded, and a horse-drawn carriage slowly appeared on the street under the escort of dozens of soldiers.

The person sitting in the carriage was none other than Lu Buwei, the commander of the Qin State.

Lu Buwei's face was very serious, and the whole person was wearing the clothes and armor of a general of the Qin State, although his figure was a little thin and his waist was not straight enough, but he still looked decent, but a general who did not ride a horse and sat in a carriage was still somewhat disobedient.

The carriage drove straight into Lü Buwei's Weiwei Mansion.

Lu Buwei returned to the study, called his housekeeper, whispered a few words, and then picked up a bamboo slip as if he was nothing, and looked at it quietly.

About an hour later, the butler's voice sounded outside the door: "Master, the man has arrived." ”

A chubby-looking businessman walked into Lü Buwei's room and saluted Lü Buwei with some restraint: "Chen Bi has seen Wei Wei. ”

Lu Buwei glanced at Chen Bi up and down, and said, "Chen Bi, do you know why I summoned you here?" ”

Chen Bi shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

This Chen Bi is a merchant in Xianyang City, who does all kinds of business, but the scale of all kinds of business is not large, and he belongs to the kind of businessman who is not up or down in the entire Xianyang City.

In the Qin State, Shang Jia, sons-in-law, and prisoners all belonged to the lowly status, like at the beginning of this city defense war, the Xianyang City Order directly issued a recruitment order for these three kinds of people, ordering them to enter the army as civilian coolies and assist in the battle in the city.

However, Chen Bi is obviously a person with some background, so he is not included in this call-up.

Lu Buwei looked at Chen Bi for a while, and didn't speak, seeing that Chen Bi lowered his head and was nervous, beads of sweat kept falling from his fat face.

After a long time, Lu Buwei sneered and said, "I didn't expect that Hu Yiwei's leader in Xianyang City would be a businessman like you. ”

Chen Bi's body shook slightly, but immediately a blank look appeared on his face, and he said in horror: "Hu Yiwei? Wei Wei is afraid that he has misunderstood, Chen Bi has always been law-abiding, and he has not colluded with Zhao Guoren at all, and he also asked Lord Wei Wei to know it. ”

Lu Buwei sneered and said, "I have already investigated, and your wife and children are all in Xianyang City. In this case, if you are willing to confess, I will kill only one of you, and your wife and young will live. If not, then you will be the end of a clan! ”

When Lu Buwei said this, he slammed the table and shouted: "Chen Bi, don't recruit it quickly!" ”

Chen Bi was so frightened by Lu Buwei's shout that his body trembled, and the whole person immediately knelt on the ground, sweating profusely, and kept kowtowing to Lu Buwei: "Wei Wei Mingjian, Chen Bi and Zhao Guoren have no collusion, but are loyal to the people of Great Qin." ”

Lu Buwei smiled cruelly: "So you don't cry when you don't see the coffin?" Come! ”

A Qin officer entered in response.

"Pass on my order, and quickly send all the old and young Chen Bi family to prison!"

"Whoa!" The officer answered and walked away.

Chen Bi's body trembled even more, and the whole person kowtowed to Lu Buwei again and again to ask for mercy.

Lu Buwei stared at Chen Bi in front of him with his eyes, and it took half a quarter of an hour before he said coldly: "I'll ask you one last time, do you recruit or not?" ”

Chen Bi still kowtowed, his forehead was broken, blood flowed to the ground, he looked a little shocked, and kept asking for mercy, only saying that he had nothing to do with the people of Zhao Guo, and he was purely wronged.

……

Lu Buwei let out a sigh of relief, and suddenly said, "Get up." ”

Chen Bi stood up in fear.

Lü Buwei's tone suddenly became calmer: "Don't you want to know how I learned your identity?" ”

Chen Bi was about to speak, but was stopped by Lu Buwei: "Look at this." ”

Lu Buwei took out a jade pendant that looked quite simple from his arms and threw it at Chen Bi.

Chen Bi subconsciously took the jade pendant, and after carefully looking at the jade pendant, his body shook violently, and a pair of small eyes on his fat face suddenly shot out of the essence, and he looked at Lu Buwei with incredible eyes: "Lord Weiwei, you, you are ......."

Lu Buwei waved his hand and said, "Now you understand my identity?" ”

Chen Bi's face suddenly became extremely serious, and he put the jade pendant in front of Lu Buwei very respectfully, and then bowed respectfully to Lu Buwei.

"Hu Yiwei Qin State Branch Chen Bi, I have seen the deputy manager."

Because Lü Buwei's identity was too special, only Zhao Dan and Mi Xian knew his identity as a spy in Zhao State.

Even Chen Bi, who was the head of the Qin State Branch, did not know Lü Buwei's true identity before this, only that there was a high-ranking spy of Hu Yiwei lurking among the high-ranking members of the Qin State.

Lu Buwei stared at Chen Bi with blazing eyes, and said in a deep voice: "How many manpower do you have available in Xianyang City now?" ”

Chen Bi thought for a moment and replied, "There are about thirty or fifty people in the army. ”

"Thirty or fifty?" Lu Buwei frowned: "So little? ”

Chen Bi hurriedly said: "Back to the deputy manager, the household registration system of the Qin State is really strict, and it is actually quite rare to be able to install so many people. Moreover, these people are all dead soldiers with high martial arts, and many of them are low-level officers, and if they can be summoned, it will not be a problem to exert the strength of three or five hundred. ”

"That's too little!" Lu Buwei said impatiently: "It takes at least three or five hundred people to be able to implement my plan!" ”

Seeing that Lu Buwei was so solemn, Chen Bi did not hesitate to risk revealing his identity to meet him, knowing that what he was about to do must be very important, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Returning to Weiwei, if all the Hu Yiwei people in Xianyang City are mobilized, it will not be a problem to gather two hundred people!" ”

"Two hundred?" Lu Buwei pondered for a while before he said, "If it's two hundred soldiers, it's barely enough...... Thou shalt come with thou heard. ”

Lu Buwei explained to Chen Bi like this for a while, and then said, "You understand everything now?" ”

Chen Bi's face was completely red with excitement at this moment: "Lord Weiwei, please rest assured, Chen Bi will definitely do his best to complete this matter, and he will die!" ”

Lu Buwei nodded, took out a token from his hand and handed it to Chen Bi: "I can't do this matter myself, and my subordinates and cronies can't get involved." Whether it will be successful or not, it depends on your ability! ”

After Chen Bi left, Lu Buwei gently rang the rattle on the table and quickly called the housekeeper.

"Send someone to keep an eye on this Chen Bi, and if you find out that he is secretly communicating with the Qin State Mansion, kill him immediately!"

The butler answered, and immediately walked away quickly.

After everything was arranged, Lu Buwei breathed a sigh of relief and slowly leaned back on the couch behind him.

It was only at this time that Lü Buwei realized that his back was also soaked.

This time, I'm betting on my life.