Looking at the refugees, Zhao Gao suddenly spoke: "I have a plan to get Your Majesty to pay attention to this matter,"

"What's the solution?" Meng Tian asked curiously.

"Every morning, let these refugees kneel at the gate of the city to worship Your Majesty, to show Your Majesty's benevolence, the fastest rumors in this world are rumors, and the entire Xianyang City will spread this matter, and someone in the court will mention it, and Your Majesty will have to pay attention to this matter at that time, and then you can come forward with Lao Meng." Zhao Gao slowly said to Meng Tian.

Meng Tian listened to Zhao Gao's strategy, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but praise him appreciatively: "Not bad, good strategy." ”

"What if no one in the court mentions this matter by then?" Li Jiang asked worriedly, "Could it be that Brother Meng mentioned it?" ”

"This matter can't be mentioned by Lao Meng, are there still few ministers in the court? Don't worry, there will definitely be a lot of scrambling to be the first to come later. Zhao Gao said slowly to Li Jiang, he didn't believe it, there was no such person in the court.

"Indeed." Meng Tian also agreed with Zhao Gao's statement: "I have a part in this matter, so it is not suitable for me to mention it." ”

"I don't understand your big business, but it would be great if it could be solved." Li Jiang listened to Meng Tian and Zhao Gao's words, and didn't ask much, Li Jiang knew that it was not a good thing to know too much about things, and he could be trusted with Meng Tian and Zhao Gao.

In the evening of the same day, Zhao Gao organized the refugees to walk to the city gate, watching a large number of refugees walking towards the city gate, the soldiers guarding the gate raised their weapons in a panic, thinking that there was a riot, but what they didn't expect was that the refugees stopped when they walked to the city gate, and then slowly knelt down together and shouted: "Thank you Your Majesty for your great kindness, long live my emperor, long live long live." ”

Every time the refugees shouted, they kowtowed three times, a total of three chantings, nine rings, and slowly got up and left after kowtowing, and the soldiers defending the city were confused when they saw this situation, and they were all wondering whether to report to their own adults, and those who were ready to go out of the city, and the people who were ready to enter the city also turned their heads one by one, whispering.

Soon, this matter spread all over the city, and the next morning, many ministers who got the news were discussing the matter one after another, Meng Tian stood aside and watched quietly, at this time the eunuch shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has arrived." ”

When the ministers heard this, they immediately stood up to greet His Majesty, Qin Shi Huang walked slowly, revealing a majesty on his body, Qin Shi Huang walked to the dragon chair and sat down, and the eunuch shouted loudly: "Kneel." ”

The ministers slowly knelt down.

"Mountain call."

"Long live my emperor."

"Mountain call."

"Hooray."

"Again the mountain."

"Hooray."

"Zhong Aiqing is flat." Qin Shi Huang said majestically.

"Take a seat." The eunuch shouted.

The ministers slowly retreated to their seats.

"Something happens." The eunuch said.

A few ministers, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know whether to report to Your Majesty what happened outside the city gate yesterday, and finally considered the importance of the matter in my heart, and saw that Qin Shi Huang was upset about the matter of the Huns, so no one mentioned the matter.

At the end of the early dynasty, no one had mentioned this matter to Qin Shi Huang, Meng Tian felt a loss in his heart, and after Meng Tian ended the early dynasty, he went directly to Zhao Gao and Li Jiang, and when he saw Meng Tian coming back, Zhao Gao asked, "How is it?" ”

Meng Tian looked at Zhao Gao and Li Jiang, who looked expectant, sighed, shook his head and said, "No minister mentioned this matter in the early days of the dynasty. ”

Looking at Meng Tian who sighed, Zhao Gao looked unexpected, comforted Meng Tian and said: "As expected, don't be discouraged, within three days, Your Majesty will definitely know." ”

"How can you be so sure?" Meng Tian looked at Zhao Gao, who had a look of certainty, and asked.

"Lao Meng, look at it." Zhao Gao smiled but did not answer.

Zhao Gao and Li Jiang will stop everyone from going to the city gate to bow down after the soup soup is finished every day, and the soldiers at the city gate will be on guard at the beginning of the period, but on the third day, they are already used to it, and there are even people gathered at the city gate, looking at the refugees who kneel and worship in one place, turning their heads and ears, not knowing what is happening.

At this time, a carriage slowly drove past the city gate, looking at the refugees kneeling at the city gate, the carriage stopped, and the person in the carriage asked, "What happened?" ”

The servant outside the car replied respectfully: "My lord, the city gate is full of refugees, and the vehicle cannot be driven for the time being. ”

"Huh?" After listening to the servant's words, the people in the car opened the curtains and looked curiously, only to see hundreds of refugees kneeling outside the city gate, chanting and bowing in unison.

After coming over for a while, looking at the refugees who had left after bowing down, the people in the car said, "Go and ask what happened?" ”

"Yes, sir." When the servant heard his master's command, he immediately went to the gate of the city, inquired about the soldiers, and after a while, he returned, and then reported to the people in the car: "My lord, listen to the soldiers who guard the city, since the day before yesterday, every morning and evening, this refugee will go to the gate of the city three times and bow nine times, and kneel down to thank the emperor. ”

"Is something going on?" The occupant of the car continued to ask.

"The soldiers defending the city don't know, but they suddenly came to thank the emperor, and I don't know why." The servant replied respectfully.

"Let's find out." The person in the car thought for a while and said.

"Yes." The servant received the order and immediately went to carry it out.

"Go home." The man in the car commanded.

The carriage slowly entered the city, crossed the street, and came to the Prime Minister's Mansion to stop, and the entourage came to the carriage to help the people in the car, it turned out that this person was the Prime Minister Li Si who had just returned from the inspection, and Li Si had an entourage to help the head of the carriage and entered the Prime Minister's Mansion without returning.

At night, in the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Si sat at the desk, looking at the report of the person who had been sent out by himself to investigate what happened at the city gate, and the person who came said respectfully: "My lord, the villain followed the refugees to the refugee area, but there were soldiers guarding there, and the villain could not approach, but I saw Vice General Yang stationed carefully." ”

"Vice General Yang?" Li Si listened to the servant's report and asked, "Isn't Vice General Yang Meng Tian's adjutant general?" What did he do there? ”

"The villain didn't know, the villain guarded outside for a while, and saw the son of the Zhao family, who was good friends with General Meng, and a woman walking out." The servant reported truthfully.

"Zhao Gao?" Li Si listened to the servant's words, frowned, and didn't quite understand what Meng Tian and Zhao Gao wanted to do, so he waved his hand and said, "You can retreat first." ”

"Yes, sir." The servant heard the instructions and respectfully withdrew.

Seeing his entourage retreat, Li Si picked up a roll of bamboo slips and thought for a while, then said to himself: "Meng Tian, I haven't seen you for half a month, what are you paying attention to?" ”

The morning of the second day.

"If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat." The eunuch shouted as usual.

After hearing this, the ministers in the court exchanged heads and whispered, but they did not report to Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang saw the strange behavior of the ministers and asked: "What are you whispering to Aiqing?" Why don't you listen to it with me in the future. ”

Hearing Qin Shi Huang's inquiry, the minister always saluted and said: "Your Majesty, in the past few days, every morning and evening, a large number of refugees have gathered at the gate of the city to bow down and worship the Holy Grace. ”

"Is there such a thing?" After hearing this, Qin Shi Huang became interested, and then asked, "Does Aiqing know the reason?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty." The minister replied: | This happened suddenly, and it has spread all over the streets, everyone knows about it, but they don't know why. ”

"Oh? How so? Qin Shi Huang was even more curious.

At this time, Li Si stood up and said respectfully to Qin Shi Huang: "Your Majesty, the minister also encountered this incident when he returned to the city yesterday, and hundreds of refugees did gather outside the city, blocking the gate of the city, feeling that the people were passing normally, and causing panic. ”

"Oh? Is there a riot? When Qin Shi Huang heard Li Si's words, he asked.

"Not for the time being, so the minister sent someone to follow the refugees yesterday but saw a person." Lees continued.

"Who?" Qin Shi Huang asked.

"Vice General Yang." Li Si said slowly.

"Vice General Yang?" Qin Shi Huang listened to Li Si's words and felt that this person was a little familiar.

Li Si continued: "Back to Your Majesty, it is Deputy General Yang, a subordinate of General Mengda, I don't know what this matter has to do with General Mengda? ”

After Li Si finished speaking, he pointed the arrow at Meng Tian, and Meng Tian knew that Li Si would definitely target him when Li Si spoke, so he stood up and said awe-inspiringly: "Your Majesty, Vice General Yang was sent by the minister to guard the refugees, and the refugees did not have violence, but knelt at the gate of the city to thank the emperor. ”

"Oh? What did Meng Aiqing say about this? What's going on? Qin Shi Huang asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, a few days ago, two of the minister's friends were recruiting carpenters, and their competition was placed in the refugee area, the carpenters were returned to the handiwork, they built grass houses for the refugees in the refugee area a few miles outside the city, and gave porridge, and the minister was afraid that there would be some chaos in the process of soup porridge, so he sent Vice General Yang to guard the town." Meng Tian said, then looked at Qin Shi Huang, and then said: "The whole world is not the king's land, the refugees get the soup porridge, thank God for mercy, the emperor's grace is mighty, so go to the city gate to kneel and thank the emperor, not as the prime minister said, it will cause panic, the refugees will leave after kneeling three times and nine knocks, and it will not cause riots." ”

"Carpenter's contest?" Qin Shi Huang listened to Meng Tian's words and said with great interest: "I have never heard of such a competition among carpenters, it is very interesting, Meng Aiqing can talk about it in detail." ”

"Your Majesty, a good friend of mine is an old carpenter with prestige in Zhao State, and now he accepts closed disciples, so he has come up with exam questions for the carpenters who come to apprentice to compete." Meng Tian said.

"Who is the famous carpenter?" Qin Shi Huang asked.

"Li Fan, now everyone is called Li Lao." Meng Tian replied.

"Lifan?" Listening to Meng Tian's words, a minister suddenly asked, "Is it Li Fan, the first carpenter of the Zhao Kingdom?" ”

"Exactly." Meng Tian nodded and said.

"I heard that Li Fan, the first carpenter of Zhao State, made things ingenious, and it is difficult to find gold, and he is also good at the art of organs, many princes and ministers have asked Li Fan for the art of building organs for their mansions and have been rejected, but I didn't expect him to come to my Daqin Xianyang City now, it is really wonderful, wonderful." The minister happily said to Qin Shi Huang: "Your Majesty, if this person can be used by Great Qin, the affairs of the Xiongnu will be twice as effective with half the effort." ”