Chapter 425: The Undead (Second Update)
Obviously, Cao Shen completely believed the words of the official under his command, so he came over to tell Yinggao about such a major matter, although there was no written or physical evidence to come out.
Although Yinggao expressed a little disbelief in his mouth, in fact, he was still confident in Cao Shen's judgment, of course he knew that Cao Shen would not say this at such a time if he was not sure, and he believed that Cao Shen must have some other purpose behind saying this.
"Not to mention how this Zhao Cheng escaped from the hands of my executioner in Daqin, what does Mr. mean, is the recent rumor in Xianyang City related to this person?"
Cao saw that Yinggao immediately understood what he secretly wanted to express, and knew that by this time, there was no longer any need to be guided by Yinggao because he was afraid that Yinggao would not be able to accept this speculation, so he simply let go and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Be prepared to speak your mind.
"According to my analysis, if this person is really Zhao Cheng, if the rumors in Xianyang City were spread by him, then he must have returned to Zhao Di to hide after spreading this rumor, and it happened to be discovered by my officials in Zhao Land, if this is the case, this person must have been lurking in Xianyang City after Zhao Gao was killed by the three clans, but we didn't find out, after this person was discovered in Zhao Di, most of them will also return to Xianyang City."
Cao Shen didn't have a smile on his face when he analyzed it this time, because if he really said that this Zhao Cheng had been lurking in Xianyang City for several years without being noticed by them, this was first of all Cao Shen's own mistake, but obviously the current Cao Shen did not consider the problem of mistakes.
"Since Mr. thinks so, and there are no other clues, I believe in Mr.'s judgment, but Mr. must not mention this matter to anyone, just observe it secretly in Xianyang City, I will also confirm this matter from all aspects, if it is true that Zhao Cheng used any method to escape when Zhao Gao was killed by the three clans, this person must be captured, otherwise the impact on my Great Qin in the future will not be inferior to that Zhang Liang."
Cao Shen was relieved to see that Yinggao did not disagree with his own point of view, this is indeed a difficult thing to believe, otherwise Yinggao would not let this matter only circulate between the two of them, because if this is spread, Zhao Gao's killing of the three clans will be omitted, and it will definitely be a big blow to Daqin's prestige.
When Cao Shen left from Yinggao's Xianyang Palace, it was already dark, and Xianyang City entered the curfew time, but Cao Shen still walked out of the back door of Xianyang Palace, and after walking for a while, he got into a carriage parked in a shadow and walked slowly like his own mansion.
Obviously, after returning to the mansion, Cao Shen still can't rest, and when his proposal is believed and accepted by Yinggao, he has to prove that his conclusions are correct in front of Yinggao.
Although Cao Shen is only responsible for Yinggao alone, almost all the officials in the court think that he is just an empty commander, and he has never seen him take care of things inside and outside Xianyang City, but what these officials don't know is that almost all of the people who really work under Cao Shen are from the guards in Yinggao's palace before Yinggao and some members of the secret team.
In the early morning of the next day, the Zhu family came to the Xianyang Palace as usual, and personally inspected the guards of the Xianyang Palace, which is what he has to do every day since he received the official position of lieutenant, and the guards who have been dismissed because of his inspection have been quite a lot in the past few years, so to this day, the guards guarding in the Xianyang Palace almost don't even dare to blink their eyes casually, for fear of being caught by the Zhu family.
According to the habit of the Zhu family in the past few days, Ying Gao became a little lazy after returning from Jiujiang County, and rarely asked himself to tell something, so he prepared to return to his mansion.
"Lieutenant, please." Who knew that this time, he was directly invited into his hall by Yinggao, which made the Zhu family a little surprised.
"Today, I will find the prisoners and executioners who killed Zhao Gao's three clans when my father had not left, and I have important things to ask, and after I find them, I will bring them to the court."
This time, Ying Gao rarely did not say something else, but directly gave an order to the Zhu family after the Zhu family saw the ceremony.
As soon as the Zhu family saw Yinggao's posture, they knew that this must be a big deal, and it was related to Zhao Gao, the name Zhao Gao, since Yinggao pulled him off the horse and executed him, almost no one dared to mention it in Xianyang Palace, a guy who successfully hid by the side of the First Emperor of the First Emperor for more than 20 years, and even finally almost killed the First Emperor and made the first emperor's favorite son almost become his puppet, which is undoubtedly very humiliating for the Ying family.
"I'll arrange it here!"
After finishing speaking, the Zhu family turned around and walked out of the hall without even asking why.
Obviously, this is the reason why Yinggao handed over this matter to the Zhu family, and he also thought about telling Xiao He about this matter and letting Xiao He analyze and analyze it with him, but after thinking about it, Yinggao still decided that the possible existence of this Zhao Cheng should not let more people know, even if this kind of thing really exists, he must deal with it coldly, instead of shouting and shouting to kill in the court of Daqin, although this pot is not true, but the old account of the first emperor during his reign, but in short, it is the face of your Daqin royal family.
And once Zhao Gao fooled Hu Hai was not enough, Zhao Gao's clan brother came back to retaliate and fooled almost all the sons of Daqin, then their face of the Ying clan would be too big, although it still has nothing to do with Ying Gao, but at least the face is also dull, isn't it?
Of course, Yinggao will not completely point finger at Cao Shen in this matter, although Cao Shen may also have this ability, but this is not Yinggao's style, it just so happens that Daqin has now entered a relatively stable period, and Yinggao has just wanted to engage in invention and creation, but I don't know who it is, and the enemy who doesn't know where actually ate such a fly for himself, which really annoyed Yinggao a little.
He had already decided that if this Zhao Cheng really existed, he wouldn't mind letting him taste the several kinds of torture that Great Qin still retained.
Does Zhao Cheng really still exist in this world? It's a problem that Yinggao must understand first, but there is no DNA comparison technology in this era, and if you want to understand this, Yinggao can only be determined by the people who have come into contact with him, but unfortunately, almost all the people who have been in contact with him have died in the punishment of killing Zhao Gao's three clans, so this is really a lot of difficulty.
Soon, the Zhu family found almost all the prisoners and executioners, and Yinggao secretly questioned them in the court of Daqin, and the result was that he did not find any problems.
However, there is one detail that makes Yinggao have some thoughts in his heart.
At the time of the execution, because there were a lot of people from the Zhao Gao clan involved, the First Emperor specially arranged a new execution place for them, and more than a dozen strong sergeants were specially selected from the army to execute the beheading.
Unfortunately, one of the executioners contracted the disease and died violently at home less than two months after the execution.
After further questioning by Yinggao, it is very likely that this person is the person who executed Zhao Cheng.
Is there such a coincidence in this world? Yinggao believes in coincidence, but he doesn't believe in the coincidence in this matter, he died two months after the execution, whether he found something, or what he hid, these Yinggao has no way of knowing, but the death of this seemingly insignificant sergeant made Yinggao's heart firm in a thought.
Zhao Cheng, who was once the No. 1 ruffian in Xianyang City, relied on the power of his brother Zhao Gao and his identity as an official of Daqin at that time to be considered a little famous in Xianyang City, but it was not a good reputation, many honest people had been bullied by him, but because of Zhao Gao, they chose to dare to be angry and dare not speak.
Ying Gao investigated these things clearly, and some of the things he didn't understand were that according to Zhao Gao's character, why did he trust his son-in-law Yan Le more, instead of this brother who was almost the closest to him? Following Zhao Gao's ass to do things, in fact, you don't need any strong minds, as long as you are obedient, because the ideas are all Zhao Gao's own ideas, you just need to implement them, in this context, why not use Zhao Cheng?
Yinggao knew that these questions in his heart might really have to wait for this Zhao Cheng to appear in front of him before he could ask them clearly.
This Zhao Cheng, at this time, is really as Cao Shen expected, still living in this world, and when Yinggao and Cao Shen are struggling to find clues about him, he himself is traveling in the direction of Xianyang City from the Zhao Land in Cao Shen's mouth before, but the road he walked is not a short distance from the official road.
If someone sees Zhao Cheng at this time, it is really not easy to recognize, except that his face has not changed from a few years ago, and his previous fat figure has now become very thin, and he is not a person at all when he looks away from afar. If it weren't for the official who had been an official with him in Xianyang City before, he really wouldn't have been able to recognize him if he accidentally met him in Zhao Di.
At this time, Zhao Cheng's face was already covered with a layer of dust, and he was followed by a big man who was a little bigger than him, looking around vigilantly all the way.
"Childe, do we really want to go back to Xianyang City? If Zhao Di is not stable, wouldn't it be easier to be exposed when he returns to Xianyang City? Seeing that he would pass the Hangu Pass after walking for another day or two, the big man couldn't help but step forward and ask.
"This time it turned out that the heavens did not protect my Zhao family, most of the people in Zhao Di recognized me, I thought that after the emperor's return to Xianyang City, I waited until Zhao Di to dodge, now it seems that it is really a wrong chess, but this Xianyang, it is necessary to return no matter what, that matter, it needs to be dealt with well, no matter what the result is, the Ying clan will have heavy losses, and the country of Daqin will fall apart in a few years, and those sons of Daqin will die in the hands of their own people!"
Zhao Cheng let out some cruel words, which was equivalent to expressing his determination to go to Xianyang, and then casually wiped the sweat stains on his forehead, and continued to walk step by step along the path that was not populated at all in the direction of Xianyang City.
"Childe really believed that woman? She didn't do anything, and Childe took a lot of risks for her. After walking for a while, the big man seemed to remember behind him again, and asked in front of Zhao Cheng.
"This person is the first person I have seen in Xianyang City for two or three years, if my observation is good, this woman's hatred for the Great Qin Emperor, even if it is worse than me, is not much worse, of course, and that Hu Hai. No matter what the purpose of this person is, but in dealing with the Great Qin Emperor, it is possible to take advantage of it, and it is inconvenient for her to come forward, so it doesn't hurt for me to wait and do it, after all, my Zhao clan has been killed by the three clans, although the stand-in that my brother arranged for me at the beginning is not very similar, but hasn't the person who executed him already been dealt with by you? So I'm waiting, and it's supposed to be safe. ”
"Since Childe said so, it doesn't hurt to go back to Xianyang City to stir up some trouble, but the CRRC government ordered the safety of Childe for the rest of his life to be in my hands, and I naturally want to think more about Childe's safety......"
If this conversation was heard by a random person in Xianyang City, it would be great news, but these two parties acted as if nothing had happened, and went to Xianyang City, which should be the tiger's den of Longtan for themselves.
Of course, they knew that there might be someone who wantonly searched for them in Xianyang City, but they were not afraid, because they had their own reliance in their hearts, Zhao Gao had been operating in Xianyang City for more than 20 years, and some of the things he left behind were really not something that Cao Shen could casually discover in two or three years.
When the backs of these two people gradually disappeared in the direction of Xianyang City, if Yinggao saw it, he would definitely remember a sentence that he would often hear in later generations: he knew that there were tigers in the mountains, but he preferred to go to the tiger mountains.
But of course, Zhao Cheng and the big man behind him were not sent to death, and people who dared to enter Xianyang City would certainly not be as positive as Zhang Liang.