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On July 28, after more than four months of touring, the First Emperor finally hurriedly returned to Xianyang, Feng Quji led the officials of the three provinces and six departments and more than ten princes, as well as the royal family led by Zhao Wei out of the city for 30 miles to greet him, and the millions of people in Xianyang also spontaneously left the city, and the people on both sides of the Wei River were extremely noisy.

The grand occasion seemed to be very lively, but everyone's faces were not relaxed, but with strong anxiety and solemnity.

Qinghe Hou was ambushed by bandits and seriously injured, I heard that it had begun to improve, but a few days later, his condition took a sharp turn for the worse and he fell unconscious again, and a group of imperial doctors and imperial doctors were helpless, I am afraid that there will be more bad news in the future, which brings about a gloomy cloud and mist in the whole Xianyang, the buses inside and outside the city are still busy back and forth as always, and the newspaper kiosks on the street are also full of books and newspapers as before, but everyone is in a heavy mood and depressed, and they can no longer hear the excitement and noise of the past. Pedestrians will involuntarily lower their voices when they speak, and the most discussed topic is the three words Qinghehou.

On the south bank of the Wei River, there is a super huge building being built here, a huge foundation pit has been dug out, there are tens of thousands of people here in full swing in the past, and there is an endless stream of vehicles and horses transporting building materials, but in the past few days, this huge construction site has been temporarily stopped, because I don't know if there is still a need to continue to build, if there is no support from the Marquis of Qinghe, everyone is at a loss, Zhang Cang and Chen Ping Chen Xu's group of subordinates are already anxious and their hair is about to fall out, As for other businessmen, it is even more sleepless, once the Qinghe Marquis is lost, it is still unknown whether the new business law can continue to be implemented, so whether the easing policy and large amount of investment that have just been obtained will come to naught in a blink of an eye.

The emperor's guard of honor marched to the front of this huge construction site, looking at the scene that was still in full swing before leaving, compared with the current situation, as well as the helpless and dazed expressions of the officials who greeted him and the people kneeling on both sides, Qin Shi Huang felt a sense of breathlessness.

"Go to the Qinghe Marquis Mansion!" After meeting with Feng Quji and other civil and military officials, Qin Shi Huang ordered to visit Chen Xu directly.

When the civil and military officials were in an uproar, they all had relatives, the emperor rushed back to Xianyang from Xinye all the way to Xianyang, and almost every day on the road would receive several Xianyang urgent reports, and any topic about the Qinghe Marquis was transmitted to Xingyuan by Zhao Weitong, but the day before yesterday in Hangu Pass, he received the news that Chen Xu suddenly fell into a coma still made him feel unparalleled panic.

The emperor traveled thousands of miles in the southeast, and returned to Xianyang before returning to the palace before he drove to the Qinghe Marquis's mansion, so the sad marquis's mansion welcomed the emperor into the palace after a period of chaos.

On the bed, Chen Xu's face was gray and gloomy, his body was covered with a futon and his breathing was weak, Qin Shi Huang lifted the quilt with his own hands, looked at the thick bandage wrapped in his chest and blood pouring out, and couldn't help but slightly reddened his eyes, "Aiqing was ambushed by bandits this time, and I didn't take good care of it, but Aiqing rest assured, I will definitely wipe out all the bandits to avenge Aiqing!" ”

Qin Shi Huang held Chen Xu's cold hand for a long time, and stood up after gently covering the quilt, "Imperial Doctor Xu, go and take the potion offered by Doctor Miao, feed some every day, and at the same time call the world's famous doctors, whoever can cure the Marquis of Qinghe, seal the marquis, reward the good fields for a hundred hectares, and at the same time spread the word to the counties and counties of the world, whoever captures the bandit alive will be rewarded with ten levels, and those who behead their heads will be rewarded with eight levels......"

The emperor returned to Xianyang, and in an instant, the whole Xianyang chicken flew and the dog jumped.

Soon after returning to the palace, the emperor drove to the palace and convened hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss the edicts and lists of arresting bandits and recruiting famous doctors in the world, and these two edicts were also published in the Daqin Metropolis Daily, requiring them to be spread throughout the counties and towns of the world within a month.

On the day of the edict, the forbidden army of the Xianyang Imperial Palace came out in all directions, holding the order flag and the edict to pass through the Guanzhong places, a large number of soldiers and police officers followed, countless heroes and idlers with a prominent reputation on weekdays were arrested and imprisoned, and more than 3,000 people were arrested in just a few days, among which those who resisted and escaped were directly killed on the spot, and the neighboring counties in Guanzhong also had countless books and snowflakes every day into Xianyang, Bandits were hunted down in various places, and for a while, there was a lot of rumors among the people, and a large number of idlers and rangers fled to hide.

In this kind of strong oppression and restlessness, folk rumors are spreading, secretly spread that the Great Qin is cruel and brutal, the emperor destroyed the king of Zhou and the princes are not right, and now the immortal disciple Qinghe Marquis has lost the protection of Taiyi Xianzun because of the abuse of the emperor, the world should restore the division of the princes, there are riots in several counties in the east of the Sanchuan River, although they were soon forcibly suppressed by the military and police, and the heads were hung on the walls of the county seats, and the bloody hideous scenes are chilling, but the rumors and riots and panic spread more and more widely.

Chen Xu's condition is getting worse day by day, dozens of imperial doctors are stationed in the Hou Mansion of Qinghe to discuss the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, and there are countless medical practitioners who come to the list, and the merchants and carts pull all kinds of medicinal materials, and the warehouse courtyards of the Hou Mansion are piled up, and the people from all over the country are burning incense and bowing near the Hou Mansion every day to pray for the Taiyi Immortal Zun to bless the Qinghe Hou, and the entire Hou Mansion is full of endless streams of servants and monks, and the air is filled with a strong smell of dissolving potions.

But even in such a situation, Chen Xu's condition did not improve in the slightest, and he was groggy and did not see any improvement.

Chen Xu's illness would be reported to the emperor several times a day, and the news he got made the emperor more and more anxious and angry, so every time the imperial doctor reported his illness, there would always be an angry roar of the emperor in the Zichen Palace, and a large number of broken porcelain glass and jade utensils were swept out by the palace people every day.

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On the eighth day of August, a military newspaper came from the Longxi military camp.

According to the military report, at the beginning of July, the general Meng Tian adopted the strategy of Duwei Yingbu, and the troops went out of Longxi and Shuofang two large battalions to raid the Yue's royal court successfully, captured the Yue's prince and Zuoping Wang, etc., and killed more than 5,000 elite Yue's royal court, more than 10 leaders of the Yue's clan, and more than 20,000 people. Please also ask Your Majesty to punish Yunyun.

There will definitely be no punishment, this is no less than the battle of destroying the Xiongnu and Donghu, and it is another famous victory after the Great Qin Emperor ascended the throne, but the emperor did not have the slightest mood to deal with this matter at this time, and the general reported to Li Si to discuss with Feng Quji how to arrange all matters related to the Yue clan.

Since seeing Chen Xu's world map, the emperor's mind has long been out of the narrow border wasteland of the Western Regions, the conquest of the Yue clan is just a move to open the way, conquering the western countries and planting the Great Qin Dragon Flag all over the land is the emperor's real mind, but without Chen Xu's guidance, his desire to achieve the way of the emperor does not know when it will be realized, and if there is no Chen Xu, a disciple of the immortal family, to witness his success, the emperor feels that even if he pokes a hole in the sky, he will be happy.

Li Si sat alone in the government office with the military newspaper and hesitated for a long time, but he still gave up his plan to enter the palace to find the emperor.

He had secretly heard that the emperor planned to arrange a prince to guard after conquering the Yue clan, following the example of Zhou Tianzi to divide the princes, and the best candidate for this prince was the eldest prince Fusu, once Fusu was driven away from Xianyang, then he would be a little more sure of success in the future.

It's a pity that the Marquis of Qinghe was suddenly attacked and seriously ill, and going to the emperor to discuss this matter at this time will inevitably be a nose of ashes.

What's more, the power of heaven is unpredictable, once the emperor becomes suspicious, I am afraid it will backfire.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a long time, Li Si could only take the military report to Shangshu Province to discuss with Feng Qujian to see how to settle the Yue clan as soon as possible, as for the military rewards of Meng Tian and other soldiers, he could only wait until the emperor was in a better mood before making other arrangements.

Regarding Chen Xu's condition, Li Si's mood is very complicated, with surprise, excitement, excitement, entanglement, apprehension and uneasiness.

He has been in charge of the Great Qin Center for several years, and he could have been a prime minister above 10,000 people under one person, but suddenly Chen Xu, a-stirring stick, jumped out, and after two or three years, he felt that he had become increasingly marginalized in the emperor's mind.

If Chen Xu died, then he could regain the emperor's Enlong to continue to be in charge of the center, but Li Si faintly had some expectations and regrets, he wanted to know what it would be like if Daqin continued to follow Chen Xu's reforms, after all, Chen Xu did not want to abolish spells, the battle between the two could not be said to be life-and-death, but the concept of spells was different, and Chen Xu's revised new business law also made him feel like he had opened a mysterious window, allowing him to see many different landscapes at once.

Therefore, Chen Xu's life and death are full of contradictions in Li Si's heart.