That's it. Li Yue looked at Ru'er who was following her, and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, miss." Ru'er nodded respectfully and replied, "It has been hidden in the Zhao Mansion for a long time, Miss don't worry." ”

"Well done." Li Yue nodded with satisfaction when she heard Ru'er's report, and a smug smile appeared on her face.

Li Yue seemed to be able to imagine the scene of Zhao Gaogui begging for help in front of him, thinking of this, Li Yue couldn't help but feel a burst of pride in his heart.

The next day, the morning dynasty.

Qin Shi Huang sat on the dragon chair, listening to the reports of the ministers under the main hall, and when Qin Shi Huang was about to retire from the court, Li Si stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to offer to Your Majesty." ”

"Oh?" Qin Shi Huang was about to leave, but when he heard what Li Si said, he stopped and asked curiously, "I don't know what Li Aiqing offered?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister got a guest not long ago, and his skill is also very good, a few days ago, he gave the minister a thing, and the minister immediately brought it to His Majesty." Li Si said respectfully, his voice filled the entire hall, and all the ministers in the hall turned their heads to each other, and Meng Tian frowned slightly.

"Bring it up for me to see." Qin Shi Huang listened to Li Si's words and became more interested in the item that Li Si said.

Seeing this, Li Si immediately took out the box that had been prepared to be put aside and presented it to Qin Shi Huang.

Meng Tian looked at the box in Li Si's hand, and immediately remembered what Zhao Gao said, presumably this was the arrow crossbow that Zhao Gao saw in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"What is this?" Qin Shi Huang looked at the box in Li Si's hand and asked with a curious expression.

"It's a crossbow." Li Si said respectfully.

"Arrows?" Qin Shi Huang listened to Li Si's words and became even more curious, he had never seen such an arrow crossbow, so he asked: "How is this arrow crossbow box-shaped, I have never seen it." ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know." Li Si heard Qin Shi Huang's words, so he introduced: "This is the latest arrow crossbow made by Yi Hai, the guest secretary in the court's mansion, it is different from other arrow crossbows. ”

"Oh? Where is the difference, Li Aiqing is coming soon. Qin Shi Huang had obviously been aroused by Li Si's interest, looked at Li Si and asked.

"Your Majesty, please look here." Li Si saw Qin Shi Huang's expressions of interest, and introduced unhurriedly: "This box has a hole in the middle, after pressing the mechanism, it will shoot five arrows from all directions, if you press the self-destruct mechanism, it will shoot seven arrows, including the user will also die together, and finally this box will also emit a powerful explosion, which can cause heavy losses to the enemy." ”

"Is there such a miraculous crossbow in this world?" Qin Shi Huang listened to Li Si's words and asked in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, if this thing can be used in the war against the Huns, it will definitely be like a tiger." Li Si suddenly changed his words and said.

Because of Li Si's words, Qin Shi Huang suddenly thought about it in his heart, and Meng Tian on the side hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this arrow crossbow is not suitable for use on the battlefield, this is simply killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred." ”

"General Mengda's words are wrong, where is there no one who will die on the battlefield? It was their honor to die fighting for His Majesty. Li Si saw that Meng Tian had spoken, so he said again.

"Since I take them to the battlefield, I will take them back triumphantly, and my Mengjia army will never use this thing of yours." Meng Tian resolutely refused.

"The attack on the Xiongnu has not been carried out for a long time, if there is such a thing, it will be able to strengthen the wings of the tiger." Li Si said disapprerovingly.

Meng Tian saw the expression on Qin Shi Huang's face, obviously because Li Si's words couldn't control the emotions in his heart, if he didn't dispel the thoughts in His Majesty's mind, I was afraid that Li Si would eventually succeed.

Meng Tian thought for a while, and said respectfully to Qin Shi Huang: "Your Majesty, this move must not be, although it is imminent to attack the Xiongnu, but if this thing is used, the Great Qin soldiers will definitely suffer heavy losses, and if there are foreign states taking this opportunity to attack Great Qin, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses." ”

Qin Shi Huang listened to Meng Tian's words, stabilized his mind, with Qin Shi Huang's ingenuity, how could he not know the meaning of Meng Tian's words, Qin Shi Huang felt that he was almost confused by the little interests in front of him just now, so he sat up straight and said with a serious face: "What Meng Aiqing said is extremely true, the soldiers of Great Qin are also my people of Great Qin, I can't let them make such a sacrifice, Li Aiqing, you should just have this idea." ”

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, but Wei Chen is not thoughtful." Li Si listened to Qin Shi Huang's words and did not argue about anything more, but followed Qin Shi Huang's steps and did not mention the matter again.

Meng Tian saw that Li Si gave up so easily, and for some reason there was a panic in his heart, with no understanding of Li Si, it was absolutely impossible for him to give up so easily.

Sure enough, Li Si spoke quietly again: "Your Majesty, if the minister remembers well, in the camp of General Mengda, there are several carpenters sent by His Majesty, I don't know how long it has been, have they ever helped?" ”

Because of Li Si's reminder, Qin Shi Huang seemed to have such a thing before, if Li Si didn't mention it, he was afraid that he would be about to forget, so Qin Shi Huang opened his mouth and asked: "Meng Aiqing, what is the progress of this matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, they are all new to the Li Lao Sect, and the results have not been so fast." Meng Tian hurriedly replied, glancing at Li Si with his eyes, and seeing that the other party also looked at him meaningfully.

Li Si naturally saw Meng Tian's gaze, but Li Si didn't care, but turned his head to Qin Shi Huang and said: "Your Majesty, it is imperative to attack the Huns, since they have not yet come out, can Li Lao go out of the mountain?" ”

"Old Li is old, His Majesty has seen it before, how can he ask an old man to go out of the mountain?" Meng Tian said refusingly.

"Since the apprentice hasn't been able to become a teacher yet, such a request is not too much, right? The matter of attacking the Huns, it cannot be said that if they did not leave the army for a day, we had to delay. Li Si obviously knew the knot in Qin Shi Huang's heart, and he went to Qin Shi Huang's heart every word.

Qin Shi Huang was obviously moved by Li Si's words, attacking the Xiongnu has always been a knot in Qin Shi Huang's heart, the matter of attacking the Xiongnu has not been understood for a day, and the days have passed, Qin Shi Huang's heart is becoming more and more irritable, Qin Shi Huang wants to complete the hegemony of unifying the world as soon as possible.

Qin Shi Huang thought so, so he said to Meng Tian with a serious face: "What Li Aiqing said is extremely true, since he is the best carpenter in the world, he must contribute, and I order him to complete a weapon that satisfies me as soon as possible, otherwise he will be imprisoned." ”

"Your Majesty." After Meng Tian heard Qin Shi Huang's words, he wanted to argue about something.

But how could Qin Shi Huang not know what Meng Tian wanted to say, so he interrupted and said: "Meng Aiqing doesn't need to say more, I have already made up my mind." ”

Meng Tian looked at the resolute expression on Qin Shi Huang's face, and knew that no matter what he said, it was useless, so he could only close his mouth and not speak.

"Retreat!" Qin Shi Huang looked at the hall and was already silent

The ministers flicked their sleeves and got up to leave.

The ministers saw that Qin Shi Huang had already left, and they didn't stay long, they all left one after another, and in the end, only Meng Tian and Li Si were left.

Meng Tian looked at Li Si, his heart was full of anger, and he said directly: "What do you want to do?" ”

"What do you mean by this? Has this prime minister done anything? Li Si looked at Meng Tian innocently and said.

"No matter what conspiracy you have, you won't succeed." Meng Tian saw Li Si's innocent face and knew that he was pretending, and there was nothing he could do about it.

After Meng Tian finished speaking, he turned around and left without looking back, Li Si saw the back of Meng Tian leaving, and the hypocritical smile on his face finally disappeared, as if talking to himself: "We'll see when the time comes." ”

Qin Shi Huang's holy decree soon reached the Loei Mansion, and after everyone took the decree and the eunuch left, their faces were solemn, and everyone didn't understand, why did such a holy decree suddenly appear?

Li Jiang thought for a while, and said to Qishan and Shi Ming, who had just returned: "You guys hurry up to the General's Mansion now and invite Brother Meng to come over." ”

"Okay." Qishan and Shi Ming naturally knew the seriousness of the situation, so they immediately nodded and prepared to go to the General's Mansion.

But when they arrived at the gate of Loei, Meng Tian had already arrived.

When Qishan and Shi Ming saw Meng Tian, they were stunned for a moment, and then immediately said, "General Meng, you are here, and it just so happens that we are going to look for you." ”

"I know." Meng Tian nodded, and then said to Qishan and Shi Ming: "I already know the matter, let's go first." ”

Meng Tian felt that this Loei Mansion was no longer very safe and could not discuss anything at the gate, so he urged Du Qishan and Shi Ming to go back to the mansion to discuss.

Qishan and Shi Ming immediately understood, and then entered the mansion with Meng Tian immediately, and also closed the gate of the Loei Mansion to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

"Brother Meng, you're here." When Li Jiang saw Meng Tian coming, he immediately stood up and said, "A holy decree suddenly came today. ”

"I know." Meng Tian nodded and said, "This holy decree was decided in the early dynasty. ”

"Why did you suddenly make such a decree?" Li Jiang didn't understand, and neither did the people in Loei.

"It's Lis." Meng Tian frowned and said, "He took advantage of His Majesty's eagerness to attack the Xiongnu and set us up. ”

"So what to do? Is there any way to get His Majesty to change his mind? Li Jiang listened to Meng Tian's words, and his heart became even more anxious, how could he give His Majesty a satisfactory answer in such a hurry?

"The decree cannot be changed." Meng Tian is also very helpless, once the holy decree is issued, it is impossible to change it at all.

"How's that okay?" Seeing that Meng Tian had no choice, Li Jiang was already so anxious that he was about to stomp his feet.

"Li Lao." Meng Tian suddenly saluted Li Lao respectfully, and then said: "The only solution to this matter is you, Li Lao." ”

Li Lao listened to Meng Tian's words, and his heart was already famous, no matter how unwilling he was, he couldn't take so many lives in Li Fu, so Li Lao nodded and said: "The old man will deal with this matter, and I hope that General Meng will give the old man some time." ”

"So, it's troublesome for Elder Li." After listening to Elder Li's words, Meng Tian understood that Elder Li had already paid attention, so he bowed respectfully and said.