I don't know what the prime minister thinks should be done. Qin Shi Huang listened to Li Si's words, and suddenly became very interested in Zhao Gao, what kind of person could make his two courtiers who were both literate and martial arts argue.

"Your Majesty, although Zhao Gao did not participate in the act of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, the responsibility of the Zhao Mansion has been determined and cannot be debated, and the minister feels that Zhao Gao should be demoted to slavery and enter the palace as a slave." Li Si said slowly, Zhao Gao wanted to stay away from the court struggle, but he didn't want to be as he wanted, in Li Si's words, Zhao Gao was born to be such a person.

"Your Majesty, by all means." Meng Tian listened to Li Si's words, and was a little anxious in his heart, and hurriedly said to Qin Shi Huang: "The affairs of the Zhao Mansion may have other hidden secrets, not to mention that Zhao Gao has made great contributions to the border grain and grass this time, how can he not only not be rewarded, but also reduced to a slave." ”

"It is precisely because Zhao Gao has made a great contribution to the border grain and grass matter this time, so he has not been connected because of the affairs of the Zhao Mansion." Li Si said unhurriedly.

"Alright." Qin Shi Huang looked at Li Si and Zhao Gao, who were arguing, waved his hand, and said with some impatience in his heart: "Today is a banquet for Meng Aiqing, why ruin everything because of one Zhao Gao." ”

"Your Majesty." Meng Tian respectfully saluted Qin Shi Huang, and still said: "Zhao Gao is my friend for many years, and now he has been wronged and entered the prison, and the minister can't sit idly by. ”

"Is General Meng too emotional, if it is on the battlefield, wouldn't it give the enemy a chance." Lees continued, with a feeling that he would not give up until he had achieved his goal.

"Alright." Qin Shi Huang was really a little angry this time, and shouted loudly: "It's just Zhao Gao, who actually let one of the most important civil and military generals under me argue, but I want to see what kind of person he is." ”

Meng Tian listened to Qin Shi Huang's words and wanted to plead for something, but because of Qin Shi Huang's unhappy face, Meng Tian knew that if he argued for Zhao Gao again, it would be even more unfavorable to him, so he could only silently close his mouth.

After all, Meng Tian had just returned triumphantly, and he was a meritorious minister for Great Qin, and Qin Shi Huang couldn't completely thin Meng Tian's face, so he thought about it secretly, and then said: "The order goes down, and from now on, Zhao Gao will be demoted to slavery and enter the palace as a eunuch." ”

Meng Tian's heart cooled down after listening to Qin Shi Huang's words, but there was no way, he couldn't say anything for Zhao Gao, otherwise it might make Zhao Gao even more desperate, eunuchs are better than eunuchs, as long as one day they clear their grievances, they can still leave the palace.

Thinking of this, Meng Tian had no choice but to give up, thinking that after he left the palace, he would wash away the grievances of the Zhao Mansion.

The banquet is still going on, but the difference is that Zhao Gao was released from the prison at this time, but he has been escorted to Xianyang Palace, the eunuch's residence, and he has not even seen Meng Tian.

Zhao Gao looked at the eunuch in charge in front of him, with a snarky look on his face, and did not forget to keep staring at Zhao Gao, and the guards on the side said to the eunuch in charge: "This person was demoted to slavery because of the crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and he will be under your control from now on." ”

"Our family knows, there are Lao guards." The steward eunuch said to the guards with a smile on his face.

Seeing that the other party already knew, the guard didn't say anything more, nodded and turned to leave.

Zhao Gao was left alone to face the eunuchs in charge and the eunuchs who were pointing and pointing on the side.

"Being reduced to slavery for the crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country is not a small culpability

In the future, you will be responsible for the dirtiest and most difficult work in this palace. The eunuch in charge relied on his power, looked at Zhao Gao with contempt, and then said in his sharp voice.

Zhao Gao stood like that, silent, and the eunuch in charge saw that he didn't get a response from the other party when he spoke, so he instantly became angry, and pointed at Zhao Gao's nose and scolded: "I was talking to you, didn't you hear?" ”

Zhao Gao raised his eyes and glanced at the steward eunuch, and he was full of emotion in his heart, no matter how he escaped the strife of the court, in the end, he still entered this Xianyang City and lived the life he hated the most.

Zhao Gao was still thinking in his heart, but the other party didn't know what Zhao Gao was thinking, because Zhao Gao was ignoring him, so he was furious, pointed to the little eunuch next to him and said, "Call me." ”

Hearing the instructions of the eunuch in charge, the eunuchs immediately surrounded him, and when Zhao Gao reacted, he was already surrounded by the eunuchs with fists and feet.

The eunuchs did not show mercy to their subordinates, although the eunuchs and eunuchs were both slaves in the Xianyang Palace, but there was a big difference between the two.

Eunuchs, as the name suggests, are slaves, serving their masters, and they have to follow them all the time, and they can no longer pass on the lineage.

The eunuchs are different, although they are both slaves, but if they are pardoned, they can still leave the palace, and they can continue to descendants.

Therefore, eunuchs generally regarded eunuchs as enemies, and if the other party had no power or power, they could only be bullied.

And Zhao Gao is now demoted to a slave and a eunuch for the crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, with neither power nor power, when can he wait until he is not bullied at this time?

Zhao Gao was knocked to the ground, protecting his body and unable to resist, the other party seemed to want to beat him to death, and did not show mercy to his subordinates, Zhao Gao only felt a tingling pain all over his body, but he still protected the things in his arms.

"Alright, stop." The eunuch in charge saw that Zhao Gao did not resist, and the large and small injuries on his body were already visible, and he didn't want anything to happen to Zhao Gao on the first day he entered the palace, so he said,

After listening to the words of the eunuch in charge, the eunuchs who were fists and feet each other finally kicked Zhao Gao a few times before they stopped.

At this moment, Zhao Gao was lying on the ground, shrunk into a ball, his face was blue and purple, his hands were protected in his arms, and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.

"Take him to his room, don't let him die." When the eunuch in charge saw Zhao Gao's appearance, he knew that he was a little ruthless, and he was a little worried, so he ordered.

"Yes, Lord Steward." Several clever eunuchs, hearing the words of the eunuch in charge, immediately lifted Zhao Gao up, came to the residence and threw him to the innermost, and then glanced at Zhao Gao with disdain, and then lay there alone and didn't ask.

When they all walked away, Zhao Gaocai took out the fan from his arms with difficulty, and saw that the fan was not damaged, and Zhao Gaocai breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Gao stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and wanted to sit up with his body supported, but before he moved, he felt pain all over his body, and he couldn't get up at all.

Zhao Gao had no choice but to lie there so quietly, looking at the hanging beam, and slowly stop laughing, that smile was full of sarcasm, self-deprecation, and even disappointment.

Meng Tian originally wanted to enter the palace to see Zhao Gao, but because of Qin Shi Huang, he never had the opportunity, and this delay actually dragged on for three or four days.

When Meng Tian took care of all the affairs and saw Zhao Gao again, Zhao Gao was sitting in a courtyard, cleaning the toilet, dressed in palace clothes, expressionless, his forehead was full of sweat, and his movements were like machinery.

The eunuch in charge was really surprised to see Meng Tian's arrival, and when he learned that he came to find Zhao Gao, the expression on his face was even more wonderful, he didn't know what the relationship between Meng Tian and Zhao Gao was, but if Meng Tian knew how he had treated Zhao Gao, he would be really miserable.

The steward eunuch took Meng Tian to find Zhao Gao, and at this moment, the steward eunuch's forehead was full of sweat, and he didn't dare to speak out loud with a weak face.

Meng Tian couldn't control him anymore, seeing Zhao Gao's appearance, he hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhao Gao up, and asked with a concerned face, "How are you?" ”

"Lao Meng, you're here." Zhao Gao saw Meng Tian who appeared in front of him, his heart was as light as water, and he didn't make a trace of waves, but just said lightly.

"You can blame me." When Meng Tian saw Zhao Gao's expression, his heart tingled, and his face darkened a lot.

"You let me go first, I'm going to finish the work here first." Zhao Gao broke away from Meng Tian's hand and prepared to sit down and clean the toilet again.

The steward eunuch who was standing not far away listened to Zhao Gao's words, and the Hanyi on his face was even worse, for fear that General Meng would be unhappy and he would be unlucky.

Meng Tian just stood there like that, watching Zhao Gao start to brush the toilet, and after a while, Meng Tian also squatted down, and then said, "I'll help you." ”

Seeing this, the steward eunuch had already been frightened of the six gods, if others knew that General Meng was cleaning the toilet here, his own head would not be protected.

The eunuch in charge hurriedly rushed up, took the brush in Zhao Gao's hand, and then said to Zhao Gao and Meng Tian with a flattering face: "How can this kind of thing trouble General Meng?" Will send someone over again to deal with it. ”

"Father-in-law, give me back the brush, it's my job, I have to finish it." Zhao Gao saw the eunuch in charge with a flattering face, and said lightly with an expressionless face.

"What you said, how can you let you do such a thing, you can go to the side with General Meng Da to catch up, today's work, I will send someone else to help you complete it." The steward eunuch said to Zhao Gao with a smile on his face, and then the expression on his face squeezed his eyebrows.

Zhao Gao understood what the eunuch in charge meant, and he didn't want to embarrass him, so he nodded and replied, "Thank you, father-in-law." ”

"You're welcome, let's go." When the eunuch in charge saw Zhao Gao agree, he smiled even more happily.

Seeing Zhao Gao and Meng Tian leave together, the smile on the face of the steward eunuch receded, he reached out and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and the heart he was carrying slowly put it down, the steward eunuch really didn't expect that Zhao Gao and Meng Tian knew each other, and if he knew, he would definitely not bully him like this.

Zhao Gao took Meng Tian to his place, which was the place where the lowliest eunuchs lived, in tatters, and the air was filled with a musty smell.

Zhao Gao poured a cup of tea for Meng Tian, and then said quietly: "It's simple here, there is no hot tea, you can just drink a little, if you really don't like it, forget it." ”

Meng Tian looked at the tea without temperature, and then looked at Zhao Gao with a calm face, Meng Tian picked up the tea handed over by Zhao Gao, drank it all, and the cold water flowed into his stomach along Meng Tian's mouth.

Meng Tian put the cup back on the table, then slowly calmed down, looked at Zhao Gao and asked slowly, "How have you been these days?" ”