Xianyang Palace.

Generally speaking, when anyone comes to the Xianyang Palace, all he notices is the majestic palace walls, the splendid palace, and of course, the kings and concubines who live in the palace.

But there are often few people who pay attention to the others, those who walk around the palace every day, doing all kinds of work for the king and the ladies, but who are often overlooked.

In this era, they were referred to as temple people, and in later generations, they had a more well-known title - eunuchs.

There are also many kinds of eunuchs, such as sweepers, water servants, horse breeders, cooks, and so on.

Compared with the high-ranking people who lived in the palace, these eunuchs could be said to be lowly to the dust.

But there were also those eunuchs who, although they had also lost the most important thing that was regarded as a man, were not as lowly as dust, but were able to gain the respect of the ruler.

Hou is such a eunuch.

In the palace, when the other eunuchs saw him, they would call him very respectfully: "Ancestor." ”

No one knows when Hou entered the palace, but if you ask the other eunuchs in the Xianyang Palace with this question, they will give the same answer in unison: "When I entered the palace, the ancestor was already there." ”

No one knew that this dying old steward eunuch was the famous Hou, just as few people in the current Xianyang Palace would remember the time when Great Qin was powerful ten years ago or even more ago.

That's all in the past after all.

Just like the hegemony of Daqin, the current old eunuch "Hou" has also come to the end of his life.

In a closed room with no one else, the white-haired Hou lay quietly on the couch, his face covered with folds and age spots, and his eyes were completely cloudy.

Anyone can see that his death is a matter of time.

There was a rush of footsteps, followed by an inquiring voice: "What about people, are they still alive?" ”

"Back to the king, there is still a breath."

"What are you doing in a daze, open the door quickly!"

It seems that because of hearing this voice, Hou's body shook slightly, and the light in his eyes seemed to quickly become clear again.

Soon, Qin Wang Chu appeared in front of the waiting bed.

"Thou shalt let the widow out!"

After scolding away the palace doctor and other idle people, Qin Wang Chu sat down on the edge of the caveat.

Hou's lips twitched slightly, and then he spoke, "Big ...... King. ”

Qin Wang Chu grabbed Hou Cang's right palm, sighed softly, and said, "It's too late for the widow." ”

For the old man in front of him, Qin Wang Chu actually didn't have much intersection with him, after all, Qin Wang Chu had only been on the throne for so many years.

But as early as when Qin Wang Chu's father, Qin Xiaowen and Zhao Zhu, was alive, he once told Qin Wang Chu one thing, that is, if there is still a person in this world who is really loyal to Qin State, then this person must be Hou.

So Qin Wang Chu trusted this old man.

But now, this person is leaving this world, leaving the Qin State and the Qin King Chu to whom he is loyal.

When any monarch discovers the death of a courtier who is absolutely loyal to him, his heart will be filled with the same sadness as that of Qin Wang Chu.

Hou worked hard to pull the muscles of his face, reluctantly showed a smile, and said: "The big and the king are serious, the old minister is already alive and alive enough at this average age, and the old minister now only hates that he can live a few more years, and he can continue to serve the king and serve the king." ”

Qin Wang Chu sighed: "Do you still have any unfulfilled wishes? ”

Hou thought about it for a while, and said: "Before the minister entered the palace, there was a young brother, and now the eldest grandson of the younger brother is only crowned, and he is an official in Xianyang, and his name is Zhang Han. If the king is merciful and can take care of this son, it will be a great blessing for the minister. ”

"Zhang Han?" Qin Wang Chu nodded and said, "The widow remembers." In this way, the front-line campaign is also dangerous, so let him enter the Shaofu to do things for the Wang family. ”

Hou showed a grateful look and said, "Thank you, thank you, the king." ”

Suddenly, after a violent cough, the whole person rolled his eyes violently, and almost turned his back on his breath.

Qin Wang Chu was startled, and subconsciously reached out to pat his back for Hou, and when he was about to call the palace doctor outside the room, his hand was suddenly grabbed by Hou.

"Great, great, no need. Minister, it's okay, by the way, the minister still has important things to tell the king. ”

Qin Wang Chu glanced at him and confirmed that he would not die for a while, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What's the matter?" You don't have to work so hard, just take your time. ”

Hou reluctantly smiled and said, "If you don't say this, the ministers and ministers won't be blind when they die." ”

After another violent cough, Hou finally spoke slowly: "King, the matter in Xianyang City that was investigated earlier has actually made some progress. ”

"What?" Qin Wang Chu suddenly had a spirit as soon as he heard it.

For Qin Wang Chu, Xianyang City was attacked by Li Mu twice, which was undoubtedly a great shame.

And what made Qin Wang Chu even more angry was that in the experience of Xianyang City being destroyed twice, there were people who cooperated with the people of Zhao State, which finally led to all this.

At first, Qin Wang Chu handed over this matter to his close confidant Lü Buwei to investigate, but Lü Buwei did not get any useful results after investigation, and Lü Buwei was busy as a prime minister, so it was impossible for Qin Wangchu to keep an eye on Lü Buwei this matter.

So Qin Wang Chu handed over the investigation of this matter to Hou.

Speaking of which, it has been a long time, and even Qin Wang Chu himself has almost forgotten about this matter.

It wasn't until now that Hou said this, and Qin Wang Chu recalled this incident again.

So Qin Wang Chu immediately asked, "You can find out who is behind the scenes?" ”

Hou coughed a few times, and then slowly spoke: "Great King, judging from the investigation of the ministers and ministers, the main messenger behind the two city breaches should actually be the same person. ”

"The same person?" The cold glint in Qin Wang Chu's eyes became even stronger, and he said very angrily: "I didn't expect that there would be such a scum among the widow's Great Qin, you quickly tell me who this person is, and the widow will send troops to punish his whole clan to set an example!" ”

Hou smiled bitterly and said, "King, in fact, who is this person, the minister has not found any conclusive evidence to prove it now. However, judging from the clues that the minister has now, this person must be in a high position in the Great Qin, and has a group of dead soldiers available, and can intervene in the investigation, and use the name of the investigation to eliminate all evidence against him. ”

Qin Wang Chu frowned when he heard this, and said after a while: "There don't seem to be many such people among Great Qin." ”

"Yes." Hou nodded with some difficulty, and then said word by word: "Great King, the minister thinks that Wu Chengjun Lu Buwei is the biggest suspect in this Neiying!" ”

"What?" Qin Wang Chu's whole body slammed suddenly, and he was completely stunned all of a sudden: "Wu Chengjun? ”

You must know that Wu Chengjun Lu Buwei is the great benefactor of Qin Wang Chu.

More importantly, Qin Wang Chu has always regarded Lü Buwei as his number one cronie, even if he will temporarily alienate Lü Buwei because of the emperor's power, but Qin Wang Chu has never doubted Lü Buwei's loyalty to himself and the Qin State.

But now, Hou is actually telling Qin Wang Chu that it is this Lu Buwei, and it is very likely that he is the number one traitor who cooperated with Zhao Guoli and caused Li Mu to break through Xianyang City twice?

The look of shock in Qin Wang Chu's heart can be imagined.

Hou nodded with great difficulty, and said word by word to Qin Wang Chu in front of him: "Great, great king, you must, you must pay attention to Wu Chengjun!" ”

After saying this, Hou's head suddenly slammed, and his eyes completely lost the brilliance of life.