"Big brother, why are you calling us over in such a hurry? I haven't woken up yet. Zhao Cheng complained to his brother Zhao Gao with an unhappy face, and although Yan Le, Zhao Gao's son-in-law on the side, did not complain, he was also full of puzzlement.

Hearing Zhao Cheng's complaint, Zhao Gao scolded unhappily: "What time is this, you haven't woken up yet?" Is it a new concubine again? I can tell you, our Zhao family can point to you to pass the queen, you pay attention to my body! ”

"I know, I know, I'll pay attention to it in the future." Zhao Cheng replied impatiently, and then changed the topic and asked, "Big brother, let's tell me what the hell is going on with us?" ”

"Hu Hai already knows about the anti-thieves in Shandong!" Zhao Gao said with a calm face, almost word for word.

"What?! How is this possible? We are very tightly sealed on this matter, where did the emperor know about it? Yan Le asked puzzled.

Zhao Gao replied slowly: "It is said that a palace maid who has just entered the palace told Hu Hai, and then he summoned a few old guys to the palace to ask about this matter, and he actually sent someone to question me about this matter this morning!" ("Make the envoy blame Gao Yi for thieves", from "Historical Records - Qin Huang Benji")

"Huh?! Big brother, you are the prime minister now, unlike before, you can still push things down on Li Si, then, what can I do about this matter now? Zhao Cheng asked with a flustered face.

"It's not difficult to push things out, but the problem is that now this Hu Hai has obviously begun to doubt me, and he may not listen to me like this in the future, which is the most troublesome, so I wonder if we should take the last step?" Zhao Gao replied with a gloomy face.

Zhao Cheng naturally knew what the last step Zhao Gao was referring to, but he still didn't want to believe that things had come to this point, so he asked tentatively: "Big brother, you don't want to kill the emperor, do you?" ”

"In fact, this Hu Hai will have to be killed sooner or later, I have been hiding too many things from him over the years, rather than being known by him one by one and settling accounts with me, it is better to strike first, kill him, and then replace him with an obedient emperor!" Zhao Gao said viciously.

"Big brother, if you just kill that Hu Hai, you will be the emperor yourself!" Zhao Cheng said on a whim.

"Don't talk nonsense, I can't suppress the civil and military officials below when I am the emperor!" Zhao Gao scolded.

"Lord Yue, after killing Hu Hai, who do you plan to support to be the emperor?" Yan Le diverted the topic and asked.

Zhao Gao thought for a moment, and then replied: "Just Ziying, this guy is usually very well-behaved, and he has the experience of Hu Hai's past, I think he won't dare to disobey me again!" ”

"Then Lord Yue, what should we do?" Yan Le continued to ask.

"I've thought about this a long time ago, taking advantage of the fact that Hu Hai lives in Wangyi Palace these days, this is a great opportunity, the day after tomorrow, I will first transfer Lang Zhongling out, and then you take a thousand people to disguise themselves as anti-thieves, and directly enter Wangyi Palace to get rid of Hu Hai, and say to the outside world that he died at the hands of anti-thieves, anyway, there are so many anti-thieves now, they can't check it!" Zhao Gao said. (Lang Zhongling is the head of the palace guard regiment)

Although he knew that this was a rebellion, Yan Le still nodded and agreed, but just as he was about to walk out of the door to prepare, Zhao Gao suddenly said behind him: "Yan Le, you will definitely be very busy these days, and it is estimated that you will not have time to take care of your mother, so you can just send her to me!" ”

Hearing Zhao Gao say this, Yan Le's face suddenly changed, and he was stunned for a long time, and then he reluctantly nodded and agreed: "Okay, then there will be Master Lao Yuezhang in the next few days!" ”

After Yan Le walked out, Zhao Cheng asked Zhao Gao curiously, "Big brother, why was Yan Le's face so ugly just now?" And why did you pick up his mother? It's not good-looking. ”

Zhao Gao snorted coldly and replied, "What do you know!" I'm taking my mother hostage, so that he won't have to think about it again and ruin my big thing. ”

"Huh?! As a hostage? Big brother, you are too careful, Yan Le has been loyal to us all these years, is it too chilling for you to do this? Zhao Cheng asked unacceptably.

"The stakes are high, and there's always nothing wrong with being a little more guarded." Zhao Gao replied expressionlessly.

Hu Hai's original intention when he came to Wangyi Palace was because he had a nightmare, and then Taibu, who was in charge of divination in the palace, calculated a hexagram for him, saying that the god of Jinghe was doing trouble, so he came to Wangyi Palace to worship the god of Jinghe. But now that he knew that such a big thing had happened in Shandong, he naturally didn't have the heart to sacrifice, so he planned to leave Wangyi Palace.

But before he could leave, Yan Le rushed in with someone, and the captain of the guard who was in charge of the duty that day (I didn't find the specific name of this official position) didn't dare to make a move when he saw that it was Yan Le, the prime minister's son-in-law, so he came up and asked: "Yan County Order, you are not in the county office, why did you come here?" And who are these people in white clothes and white hats? (Yan Le's official position is the order of Xianyang County, although it is said that the evil is full of evil, and Guo Jingcheng is attached, but Yan Le has such a big backer as Zhao Gao, so he naturally does not have to worry about these.) ）

Yan Le opened his eyes and said nonsense: "The prime minister has a life, the Wangyi Palace has already been mixed with anti-thieves, and now I am ordered to lead someone to arrest the anti-thieves and protect the emperor!" ”

"How is that possible? Where did this Wangyi Palace come from? The captain of the guard asked with a frown.

"Are you questioning the Prime Minister?" Yan Le casually buttoned a big hat.

The captain of the guard said in his heart, Zhao Gao is now powerful, how dare I question him, so he hurriedly defended: "This, how dare I?" ”

"Since you don't dare, then get out of the way!" As he spoke, Yan Le pushed the captain of the guard away, and at the same time gave the people around him a look, and then just when the captain of the guard was not on a stable footing, the three people around Yan Le suddenly drew their swords and rushed up in unison and stabbed him to death.

Then Yan Le ordered a few people to guard the entrance of Wangyi Palace, and he led the others to Hu Hai's dormitory with a fierce slaughter, and saw Yan Le's gang of people breaking in with murderous faces and blood, Hu Hai was so frightened that his face turned pale and asked tremblingly: "Yan Le, you, what are you going to do?!" ”

PS: Pushing a very old and very old book "Lu Han", I almost forgot this book, but because I am writing about the Chen Shi family these days, I remembered this very distinctive Chu Han text, because Lu Hou was originally a capable, meritorious, and notoriety woman, so it is quite difficult to write, but this book is handled very well, and the psychological change process of Lu Hou from youth to old age is very delicate.