Meng Tian followed the eunuch all the way back to Xianyang Palace without stopping, and directly entered the palace to see Qin Shi Huang without stopping.

However, Qin Shi Huang did not meet Meng Tian, but let Meng Tian temporarily live in the side hall of Xianyang Palace and was not allowed to leave the palace.

Meng Tian was taken to the side hall, and after Meng Tian entered the door, the eunuch behind him closed the door, and the room was empty, not even the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting.

Meng Tian knew that he was temporarily imprisoned for doing things, but he didn't say anything, he walked directly to the chair and sat there respectfully, motionless, quietly waiting for Qin Shi Huang's summons.

Meng Tian stayed in the room for a day, during which no one entered the room except for a palace maid who came to deliver food.

On the second day, in the morning, a eunuch opened the door and walked in to see Meng Tian still sitting on a chair in armor, as if he hadn't slept all night.

The eunuch said respectfully to Meng Tian: "General Meng, Your Majesty has a decree to announce that General Meng will go on a pilgrimage." ”

"There's an old man." When Meng Tian heard that Qin Shi Huang was going to summon him, he stood up and said to the eunuch.

"General Meng is polite, please come with me." The eunuch sat down and said respectfully.

Meng Tian followed the eunuch to meet Qin Shi Huang, and when he arrived at the gate of the main hall, the eunuch shouted loudly: "Meng Tian, General Meng has come to meet him." ”

"Hustle." It wasn't until the eunuchs in the main hall also replied loudly that Meng Tian walked in.

All the people in the main hall watched Meng Tian walk in, their eyes were strange, including Qin Shi Huang, who was sitting on the dragon chair, also stared at Meng Tian.

Meng Tian didn't care about everyone's eyes, neither humble nor arrogant, straightened up, walked to the center of the hall and knelt down, and said in a deep voice: "See Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live long live." ”

"Meng Aiqing, please get up." Qin Shi Huang opened his mouth and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Meng Tian listened to Qin Shi Huang's words, and stood up respectfully.

For a while, the hall was silent, and everyone didn't know what they were thinking, when a minister came out and said, "General Meng, it is reported that the Great Wall has collapsed, do you want to give your majesty an explanation?" ”

"I don't have anything to explain." Meng Tian glanced at the minister who spoke, it was Li Si's person, it seemed that he couldn't bear it, Meng Tian ignored the minister, and saluted directly to Qin Shi Huang and said: "Your Majesty, the Great Wall has indeed collapsed, and the specific reason has not yet been investigated." ”

"Meng Aiqing, you are responsible for supervising the construction of the Great Wall, what is the specific collapse situation?" Qin Shi Huang listened to Meng Tian's words and asked directly.

"Your Majesty's specific situation, the minister has not yet found out." Meng Tian said: "Please give your majesty some time to the minister, and the minister will definitely find out the reason." ”

Qin Shi Huang listened to Meng Tian's words and didn't speak, just looked at Meng Tian quietly, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

Seeing that the hall was quiet again, Li Si, who had not spoken on the side, turned his face slightly and glanced at the minister who had just spoken.

The minister immediately understood, then stood up and saluted Qin Shi Huang, and continued: "Your Majesty, when the minister heard that the Great Wall had collapsed, General Meng Da was not there, but left the Great Wall. ”

"Is Meng Tian serious?" Qin Shi Huang listened to the minister's words, his face changed significantly, and he asked Meng Tian.

"When the Great Wall collapsed, the minister was indeed not there." Meng Tian did not quibble, and said directly in admit.

"Meng Tian, you are so bold." Qin Shi Huang saw that Meng Tian did not quibble and directly admitted, so he angrily patted the dragon chair and said loudly: "I sent you to supervise the construction of the Great Wall, but you left your post without permission, can you be guilty?" ”

"Minister, confess." Meng Tian knelt down directly, and then said to Qin Shi Huang.

After all, Meng Tian is a general under Qin Shi Huang, who has made a lot of contributions to Qin Shihuang's conquest on the battlefield, and is upright, Qin Shi Huang looked at Meng Tian who was kneeling on the ground, although the anger in his heart did not dissipate, but it decreased a lot, and then asked Meng Tian: "Where have you been?" ”

"Minister, I received a report that there was cholera not far from the Great Wall, so the minister took someone to check it." Meng Tian didn't say anything about Zhao Gao and Li Jiang, because if the real situation was revealed, this disaster would definitely continue to Zhao Gao and Li Jiang.

"Meng Tian, Meng Tian, you ......" Qin Shi Huang heard Meng Tian's answer, pointed at Meng Tian with his finger, and said with an expression of hatred: "What should I say about you?" I commanded you to oversee the Great Wall, but you removed cholera from me? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is indeed guilty this time, but I hope that Your Majesty will give the minister a chance to investigate this matter." Meng Tian is an upright person, and he believes that those he is loyal to will definitely believe in him.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this matter is inappropriate." Li Si on the side saw that the wind direction seemed to have changed somewhat, and Qin Shi Huang didn't seem to really want to punish Meng Tian, so he spoke.

"Li Aiqing, can you see it?" Qin Shi Huang asked when he saw Li Si suddenly stand up and object.

"Your Majesty, now that the Great Wall has collapsed, General Meng has an inescapable responsibility, and now the rumors are getting stronger and stronger, all versions refer to General Meng, at this time, if Your Majesty sends General Meng to investigate this matter, I am afraid that it will cause a riot among the people and lose the hearts of the people." Li Si is worthy of being a civil official, and not a single word of what he said was aimed at Meng Tian, but it made everyone feel that this matter was caused by Meng Tian.

"What rumors?" Qin Shi Huang lived in Xianyang Palace all the year round and didn't know the rumors outside, so he asked.

"Your Majesty, it is rumored that the Great Wall collapsed because General Meng Da cut corners and left his post without permission, and some people even rumored that General Meng Da has killed countless people over the years, and his body is full of anger, and it was the heavens that sent down the Great Wall to bring down the Great Wall, if you continue to let General Meng Da do, I am afraid that it will bring down a greater disaster." Li Si said respectfully to Qin Shi Huang, without any emotion in his words.

"Nonsense." Qin Shi Huang listened to Li Si's words, and said angrily: "Meng Tian has been the country of Great Qin all these years, and he has been fighting bloodily, how can he be punished by God. ”

"Your Majesty, these are all folk rumors." Li Si saw Qin Shi Huang's angry face, and continued: "After all, this Great Wall has never been like this for so many years, and the Great Wall that General Meng was responsible for supervising collapsed due to thunder, so it is not surprising that there are such rumors. ”

Qin Shi Huang listened to Li Si's words, and fell silent, Qin Shi Huang has been a bit of a trick over the years, after listening to Li Si's words, and thinking of the heavenly thunder, the measurement in his heart has changed somewhat.

Meng Tian saw that Qin Shi Huang was silent, and secretly said in his heart, so he said: "Your Majesty, the minister never believes in the punishment of heaven, and the minister never cares about his life in order to protect the Great Qin River. ”

"General Meng, what you said is not right, there are countless people who have died at your hands over the years, and there are many unjust souls." A plate suddenly said in a weird way.

"I don't know how many souls I have, but how many souls do you have?" Meng Tian saw that the minister was targeting him, so he asked coldly.

The minister obviously didn't expect Meng Tian to ask himself like this, although his heart was weak, but he pretended to be calm on his face and said: "General Meng, don't wronged me, I am a civil official, I have no power to restrain the chicken, I have never harmed anyone, where is there a wronged soul?" ”

"Do you know it in your own heart?" Meng Tian listened to the minister's words, and said with a disdainful face, and looked down on him even more in his heart, he was a traitorous villain, Pan Yan was attached to the situation, and the lives of those who died in his hands were still counted.

"You ......" the minister was obviously speechless by Meng Tian's words.

"Well, how can you be allowed to quarrel so much in the main hall." Qin Shi Huang listened to their conversation and said with a burst of irritability in his heart.

At the beginning, Qin Shi Huang really didn't want to blame Meng Tian, but after listening to what Li Si said, especially the curse of heaven, Qin Shi Huang has been obsessed with the art of Qihuang in recent years, pursuing immortality, and the most taboo thing is these things like the curse, so Li Si took advantage of this concern in Qin Shi Huang's heart to make a fuss.

Qin Shi Huang is also in a dilemma now, on the one hand, he is a general who has fought on the battlefield for himself for so many years, and he has to rely on him to capture the Xiongnu, but Qin Shi Huang also cares about the curse in his heart, after all, Meng Tian has killed a mountain of people on the battlefield over the years, if it is really a curse, then what?

Just when Qin Shi Huang was in a dilemma, a voice came from outside the main hall: "Gongzi Fusu admonishes." ”

Gongzi Fusu was sent by Qin Shi Huang to relieve the disaster, but he didn't expect to come back at this time, Qin Shi Huang heard it, and immediately said happily: "Hustle." ”

So the eunuch beside Qin Shi Huang stepped forward and shouted in a loud voice: "Hustle, Gongzi Fu Su admonishes." ”

Gongzi Fusu soon walked in from outside the door of the main hall, dressed in dust, as if he came back directly to the court, Gongzi Fusu came to Qin Shihuang and knelt down and shouted: "Sons see the father, long live the father, long live the father, long live." ”

"Good, good." Qin Shi Huang said happily: "Hurry up." ”

"Thank you, Father." Gongzi Fusu stood up slowly, and then continued to say to Qin Shi Huang: "Father, the sons and daughters have fulfilled their mission, the disaster relief matters have been properly handled, and the refugees have been settled. ”

"Okay, it's not my son." Qin Shi Huang listened to Gongzi Fusu's words and smiled even more happily.

Gongzi Fusu is back now not only to bring back good news, but also to solve the dilemma for Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang naturally likes this son even more.

"Teacher." Gongzi Fusu turned around and saluted Meng Tian again, and then saluted.

"Childe, you're welcome." Meng Tian was very satisfied with Gongzi Fusu, and he felt that Gongzi Fusu was the most satisfying student he had ever taught.

"Father." Gongzi Fusu said to Qin Shi Huang again: "When the retainer came back, he heard about the collapse of the Great Wall on the way, and I don't know what my father's plan was. ”

"Childe doesn't know." The minister on the side saw that Gongzi Fusu seemed to have an opinion on this matter, and was afraid that it would cause trouble, so he said impatiently: "This matter has an inseparable relationship with General Mengda, and Your Majesty is thinking about how to deal with it just now?" ”

"Bold." Gongzi Fusu listened to the minister's words, and shouted at the minister: "A small civil official, dare to talk about my courtly general, General Meng has made great contributions to Daqin, how can you young people talk about it at will, if there is really a mistake, it can only be reprimanded by the Son of Heaven." ”

The minister obviously didn't expect that Gongzi Fusu would blame himself directly on the main hall, and he was at a loss for a while, and subconsciously looked at Li Si.