In the twenty-sixth year of Wenhe, the emperor of Qin, Li Yi, the lord of a generation of Zhongxing, suddenly fell ill, although the imperial doctor tried his best to save him, but his condition deteriorated again and again in just three days, and finally on the third day, he died suddenly in the unwilling and struggling eyes at the age of only thirty and seven, in the prime of life.

On that day, it was the middle of winter, but there was a light rain in Jiangling Mansion in Kyoto, Qin State, and the drizzle in the south should have been extremely beautiful and poetic. But when twelve death knells sounded from the palace, in an instant, the government and the opposition shook, and the world was moved.

After several generations of extravagant ingredients, the emperor who constantly squeezed the people's fat and people's ointment, causing the people to live poorly, the world finally looked forward to a wise monarch, who made the Great Qin's national strength have a glorious momentum in the more than ten years of his reign, perhaps even the heavens and the earth were jealous of his talent, so that he died of illness in his prime.

After Li Yi died, the only favorite queen in his life, Shangguan, committed suicide by drinking poison, leaving a book but begging for a joint burial.

Three days after the emperor's death, in the general's mansion, which was usually empty, there were many more generals in armor sitting around a rectangular pear wood table, no one spoke, but there was a solemn atmosphere in the air.

"General, it's been two hours, what are we all waiting for?"

A man with a scar on his face and a hideous face that looked extremely irritable looked at the man in the first place and whispered.

In the first place, his face is full of vicissitudes, although he is speechless and gloomy, he is not angry and arrogant. This person is none other than Gao Ling, the general of the Qin State who commanded the three armies

"The Holy Decree Arrives~"

"Isn't this coming?" Gao Ling stood up sharply from his seat, his frowning brow stretched.

"General Gao Ling, take my last holy decree!"

"The Qing family has been serving as a general for 20 years, and he has done his best for my Great Qin, guarding my frontier and protecting my people. Today, on the occasion of my death, I will be specially enshrined as a first-class military candidate, a first-class protector of the country, and a reward of 10,000 gold. ”

"Congratulations, Lord Protector, when the first emperor was dying, he struggled to write this last holy decree with his own hands, which is enough to see that the first emperor valued you!" Gonggong Zhang helped Gao Ling up, and his eyes flashed vaguely.

"Father-in-law's trip is probably not just about reading the holy decree! What else can I tell us? The subtle changes in Gonggong Hou's eyes did not escape Gao Ling after all

"General, please find a hidden place......

"No, these are all my cronies, absolutely reliable!" Gao Ling interrupted Hou Gonggong's words.

"Okay, then I'll talk about it, and I ask the general to consider it." Gonggong Hou's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at Gao Lingdao.

"The first emperor has died, and at this moment you are sitting on three armies, high and powerful, and your merits are invincible, and I have already established my own power in the inner palace by the favor of the first emperor, you and I are united inside and outside, this world is not at your fingertips, and you will also achieve great achievements, glorify the annals of history, and I only want one person to be above ten thousand people......"

"Brush!" A cold light, a long sword at the neck of Gonggong Hou, interrupted his "conspiracy".

Before Gao Ling could speak, Hou Gonggong's eyes were closed, and he had already cleared two lines of tears, Gao Ling was silent for a moment and understood, sighed secretly, and withdrew his long sword.

"Dangchang!" Gonggong Hou threw a sharp short sword in his cuff to the ground, and a letter was solemnly handed over to Gao Ling.

"You should kill me with a sword!"

"If you really don't covet that chair, you should kill me with a sword!"

After a couple of sentences, Father-in-law Hou trembled, and after saying that, he didn't wipe away his old tears, threw his sleeves back, and turned to leave.

The original name of Hou Gonggong has long been unknown, only know that the late Emperor Taizu liked women back then, I heard that there are many beautiful women in Jiangnan, and he once went out to patrol Jiangnan, but he did not expect to encounter a waterlogging in Jiangnan, and picked up a bamboo basket next to a broken river embankment, the baby in the bamboo basket was yellow and thin, and the emperor Taizu took it back to the palace and forgot about it. It doesn't seem to have as many means as the previous head of Da Nei, but in the thirty-eight years of Da Chu's "Red Dust Record", only one incident in the harem of the Great Qin Emperor was written, or after Li Yi died, the Shangguan family committed suicide by his coffin by drinking poison.

There was no retention, Gao Ling saw Hou Gonggong leave, looked at the letter written in his hand "General Gao Ling personally opened" thoughtfully, for a moment, tore open the letter in his hand, walked slowly while reading, and when he returned to his seat, his weather-beaten face had already burst into tears, and the first general of the Qin State today couldn't help crying because of a letter.

The generals present didn't know what to say, and they all looked at each other, at a loss.

In an instant, Gao Ling let out a sigh of relief, looked into the distance, and his eyes became extremely determined.

"The people will listen to the command! The first emperor died, the country was temporarily ownerless, and the southern Chu and northern Qi were eyeing each other, and they would definitely not let go of such an excellent opportunity, quickly return to various passes to expand their armaments, closely watch Qi Chu's every move, and never relax their vigilance, if there is any situation, report urgently for five hundred miles!"

"Yes!"

Outside the general's mansion, Xia Ba and Zhang Heng, the generals of Yancheng City, stepped out of the mansion together.

Zhang Heng said: "Xia Ba, do you know why the general summoned all the generals back to Jiangling, is it just to listen to a holy decree?!" ”

Xia Ba touched his head and couldn't figure it out, so he simply patted his thigh: "Whatever, I only listen to the eldest brother, and the eldest brother will do whatever he asks me to do." ”

Zhang Heng pursed his lips: "Stupid big man, big brother, big brother, now it is not as good as it was back then, I want to call the general." ”

Xia Ba disagreed: "Big brother will always be big brother!" "Twisted his ass and walked a long way forward.

Zhang Heng watched Xia Ba walk away, and glanced back at the plaque of the General's Mansion, that year, they also walked out from this gate, all the way to the bottom of Wangshan in the Great Chu Imperial City, Xia Ba must not remember how many big dings sounded in Wangshan that day, he only knew that it was enough to follow the eldest brother, Zhang Heng turned his mind to think about Gaoling's order.

"Big brother, I will listen to you no matter what you decide." Zhang Heng secretly followed Xia Badao.

Three days later, on the pavilion of the General's Mansion, Gao Ling looked at the drizzle outside the pavilion, and tightly clenched the previous secret letter in his hand.

"Master, don't catch a cold in such a cold weather!"

A woman who still has charm is holding a cotton coat and dressing Gao Ling with concern.

"Ma'am."

Leave no trace and put away the letter in your hand.

"The first emperor died, the new emperor is young, I am afraid that there will be a bloody storm soon after this capital, the first emperor I am the hero! When Xing'er was young, the first emperor praised him! ”

"Master, you also have to pay attention to your body!" Mrs. Gao shook her head in concern.

Gao Ling seemed to think of something, and asked anxiously, "What about Xing'er?" ”

At this time, the fragrance is still permeated in a hidden side building of Kyoto's "Hundred Flowers Building", and the warbler song is gorgeous.

Money can make ghosts grind, and during the national mourning, there will always be people who take risks.

"Lady, let's have another pot of wine."

The boy did not raise his head, but lay on the table, took out a bag of silver from his bosom and threw it to the old bustard.

The old bustard looked at the silver bag in his hand, then at the young man in white, and shook his head helplessly.

The warbler in the Baihua Building is gorgeous, but the Prime Minister's Mansion is dead.

The prime minister is playing with the flowers and plants that are still green in winter.

It's been three days, and there is still no movement in Gaoling? Yan Mou stopped the scissors in his hand and asked.

"According to reports, Gaoling has been closed for several days and seems to be keeping a close eye on the border guards."

It seems that this "loyal minister" will be reversed. Yan Mou didn't show any expression, it seemed that everything was expected.

"What's the news from the people from the north?"

"They urged the prime minister to force you to rebel against Gaoling, so that the Qin State was in turmoil, so as to take advantage of the situation to attack."

A handsome-looking man in black behind Yan Mou bowed his head and replied.

"Newspaper~" Just when Yan Mou was angry, he came outside the door to report.

"Prime Minister, the son of Gao Ling is drinking and having fun in the Hundred Flowers Building."

"That disciple, which day is less than eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling? Useless minions, what's the use of reporting this?! ”

Yan Mou scolded.

"Isn't it a national funeral now... I'll think—" the man trembled.

Yan Mou heard this, twisted his fingers lightly, thoughtfully, and stood up.

"Inform Liu Tong of the Imperial Forest Army, go to the "Baihualou" to get people, put them in prison, and drink and have fun during the national funeral, this is not a misdemeanor! Didn't he love his only son, and it was always okay to cause him some trouble. ”

At this moment, in the Baihua Building, the musk burns and smokes, the wine is fragrant, and there is a flamboyant atmosphere, outside the Baihua Building, Liu Tong led a large number of Imperial Forest Army has gathered and surrounded this place.

"Boss lady, come out for Lao Tzu!"

"Master Jun, you are not allowed to pick up guests during the national funeral, you know, what are you doing here!?"

"Hehe, you still know?! We received a report that during the national funeral, you also violated the law by singing and dancing to pick up guests, come on! Take it down for me and keep searching! No one is allowed to fall! ”

Boom! The door was kicked open, and a crowd of officers and soldiers poured in.

The dancers in the hall were frightened and fled, Gao Jixing was unmoved, and drank on the desk by himself.

"It turns out that here, during the state funeral, singing, dancing and drinking are prohibited, and all entertainment venues are closed, what is the purpose of despising the emperor's authority so much? Take them all with me! Liu Tong shouted.

"Do you know who I am? Dare to catch me! ”

The young man in white blushed and spoke inarticulately.

"Of course you know, the son of General Gaoling! Kyoto's most famous young master, how can I not know. ”

"In that case, you still dare to arrest me?" The young man in white said without raising his head.

"Hehe, Gaoling Yingming I, how can there be such a scourge son as you! It's you who caught it today! Someone else, I'm still happy to let him go, come on! Take it with me! ”

Inside the General's Palace.

"Sir! The young master was taken away by the Imperial Forest Army while drinking in Baihualou! "I was ordered to go out to find Gao Jixing's nursing home, and when I saw the scene in Baihualou, I hurriedly ran back to report.

"Where did Xing'er go by them?"

Gao Ling rubbed his head in pain and was about to get up.

"Report! ~Yancheng 500 miles expedited express! The 200,000 troops of the Northern Qi Dynasty pressed the border, Yancheng was besieged, and the general was quickly asked to rescue. ”

Suddenly, there was a frontier urgent report outside the door.

The cold wind blew, Gao Ling looked at the bloodstained envelope in front of him, that year he relieved the siege of Yangcheng, he commanded the three armies to fight outside, and rarely asked about private affairs at home for 20 years, which caused his son Gao Jixing to become a brutal son who lacked discipline, he felt guilty for his son, the first emperor died, the whole country was in turmoil, and he didn't know when he could go back, but Gao Jixing's crime was not small.