April 17 of the first year of Great Qin II.

The news of Hu Hai's canonization of Li Yan as the empress had been posted all over the streets and alleys of Xianyang City early in the morning. Dozens of horsemen galloped out of Xianyang and rushed to the counties of Guanzhong and Shandong to deliver the edict of the queen.

The canonization of Empress Daqin and the amnesty that came with the edict reduced the tax for another three years, so that the people of Xianyang, who had already been reduced by Huhai for one year, suddenly fell into a sea of carnival.

Countless Xianyang people spontaneously gathered on the Xianyang Palace Square to kowtow and thank Huhai's Longen.

Compared with the jubilation of the people of Xianyang, the Great Qin courtiers and nobles in Xianyang City had different reactions to Hu Hai's canonization of the empress.

East of Xianyang City, Li Mansion.

"The prime minister has only been in charge of government affairs for a short time, and now the young lady has been canonized as the queen by His Majesty, congratulations, Prime Minister."

The officials of the Li Si family who received the news gathered in the Li Si Mansion at this moment. It was Li Si's right-hand man, Ting Lieutenant Yao Jia, who spoke. The rest of the many officials, large and small, congratulated Li Si one after another.

Li Si said humbly with a red face, and beckoned many officials to sit down one by one.

"This is Your Majesty's grace, the old man has nothing to repay, and in the future, he should serve His Majesty wholeheartedly before he can repay one or two." Li Si stroked the long beard under his chin and said solemnly.

"The Prime Minister has a point." The ministers in the hall catered to it.

After three rounds of drinking, Yao Jia turned the topic to business.

"Prime Minister, if you don't know about Confucianism, Your Majesty can take back your will?"

Hearing Yao Jia's words, the noisy hall suddenly fell silent, which was a matter of concern to everyone.

"The Great Qin Royal Academy should be organized by the old man and Feng Chengxiang, with the assistance of Wen Tongjun and Tian Ren. The Confucian matter is irreversible, and you will have to mention it again in the future. It is better to arrange for the children of the clan to enter the academy as early as possible. Li Si's voice was not loud, but the meaning of his words was very clear.

There was an uproar in the lobby, and everyone didn't expect that Li Si, who was originally resolutely opposed, would make a 180-degree turn at this moment. Unknown officials, big and small, whispered secretly.

Yao Jia's heart was shocked when he heard Li Si's words, looking at Li Si with an indifferent expression, and then thinking of the edict of the queen who suddenly had it today, Yao Jia seemed to understand something.

"Xia Guan understands. Dare to ask the Prime Minister, Lord Fengchang Hu, does Your Majesty say how to deal with it? Yao Jia has always advanced and retreated with Li Si, and quickly changed the topic.

Hu Wujing did give Yao Jia a headache, on the one hand, Hu Wujing was friendly with himself and others, on the other hand, Hu Wujing was imprisoned by Hu Hai in the prison under Yao Jia's jurisdiction, which made Yao Jia very embarrassed.

"Your Majesty did not mention it. It's better to let Master Hu stay in prison first, so that he can wait. Li Si replied lightly.

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East of Xianyang City, Feng Mansion.

"Father, Your Majesty has just let Li Si govern not long ago, and now he has canonized Li Si's daughter as the queen, so that he Li Si is really above ten thousand people under one person. And the son was not only removed from the post of imperial historian by His Majesty, but the father of the queen was the prime minister at all, what did His Majesty think? If my father continues to do this, my Feng family will be in danger. ”

It was Feng Zheng who spoke, the former imperial historian, and now the empty general.

"Your Majesty is clever." Feng Quji ignored Feng Zheng and said a wordless without a head.

"Father, Your Majesty is still smart? All major national affairs are in the hands of Li Si, and now Li Si's daughter is the queen, and the national abbot Li Si is in power. Feng Zai retorted.

"The shaft knows a lot! You can only lead troops to fight. Feng Quji's eyes widened and he scolded. Without waiting for Feng Zheng to speak, he continued: "Go and order the people in the mansion to report the hidden place in full. It's all about profit. ”

At this moment, a subordinate hurriedly reported outside the hall: "Master, Your Majesty has a will. The young master immediately rushed to the camp to see the driver. ”

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In the middle of the night, when the Great Qin Yanjing Xianyang was still sleepless all night singing for the canonization of the first queen of the Great Qin, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded like a storm on the avenue outside the north gate of Jiuyuan Jiuyuan (now Baotou West, Inner Mongolia), which had been shrouded in thick darkness.

In the silence of the night, the sound of horses' hooves, which suddenly appeared outside the city, was particularly piercing. The guards on the city wall set up their bows and arrows, and watched nervously under the city wall. Everyone could tell that at least dozens of war horses were heading straight for Jiuyuan City.

"What are you doing to wake up Lao Tzu in the middle of the night?" A low-ranking officer of the Qin Army in the costume of a hundred generals was untidy, rubbing his eyes and shouting dissatisfiedly. Apparently upset that the night watchmen had woken him up from his bed.

"Qian Baijiang, there is a horse team outside the city that is coming to this north gate." The night watchman who woke him up whispered.

Qian Baijiang also heard the sound of horses' hooves becoming clearer and clearer at this time, and it was obvious that this team of knights was already very close to Jiuyuan City. Qian Baijiang, who was originally impatient and still sleepy-eyed, immediately perked up, took two steps and leaned out half of his body from the battlements to listen.

"Less than forty horsemen. My Nine Plains Scout Team is usually only ten people. Who could it be? After listening to Qian Baijiang talking to himself for a while, he then turned around and said loudly to the dozens of soldiers on the city wall: "All cheer up, prepare the beacon fire, and listen to Lao Tzu's orders!" ”

"Whoa!"

The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and the heavy panting of horses could even be faintly heard on the ramparts.

"Ang", a war horse galloping on the outskirts of the horse team, suddenly let out a terrible long neigh, and "boom" foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground to die.

Before the knight could react, he rolled out of his horse with a short exclamation and fell to the ground with a thud.

"Iron Head!"

"Iron Bull!" ……

Seeing the knight fall from his fallen horse, the rest of the knights were stunned and shouted.

This group of knights was none other than the Zhang Mu scout team who galloped back to Jiuyuan from the depths of the grassland for two days and two nights.

"Huh" Zhang Mu and the others hurriedly pulled the reins. Zhang Mu didn't wait for the war horse to stop, he had already turned over and jumped off the horse, and after landing, his legs suddenly staggered, and he fell to the ground unsteadily.

After two consecutive days and two nights of sleepless horseback galloping, plus the scout team of ten people after fighting with the Hun scout cavalry, except for Xiao Wu, everyone was injured, and even two of them were seriously injured, Zhang Mu and others have reached the limit, not only mentally, but even more so.

At this time, there were no saddles or stirrups, and the scout team rode on bare horses, except for the occasional meal and rest, and the rest of the time they continued to gallop on horseback. Everyone's thighs and legs were blurred with flesh and blood.

Although there are more than 30 war horses of the Hun scout cavalry that have been snatched up for ten people to take turns, but now the war horses are also at the limit.

The war horse that had just fallen to the ground and died was one of the four war horses of the strong soldier Shi Tietou. Shi Tietou was very strong, and although the four horses rotated, he still killed a war horse when he was about to reach the foot of Jiuyuan City.

The four horses were all killed in rotation, although it is said that it is because the stone iron head is too strong, which shows what kind of situation people should be. If it weren't for the fact that everyone in the scout team understood that the military situation was urgent, and relied on a belief to support them, it is estimated that they would have all been lying halfway at this moment.

Zhang Mu threw himself to the ground, struggled with his hands and feet, and rushed to the side of Shi Tietou who fell to the ground with a pounce belt, hugged him, and shouted anxiously: "Tietou!" Iron Head! Wake up! Wake up! ”

At this time, the remaining eight scout soldiers also dismounted with difficulty, and rushed to Shi Tietou's side.

"Iron head, you didn't fucking die fighting with the Huns, if you fall to death at this time, Fu Ye will look down on you."

Fu Chuan's eyes were full of tears, and the white cloth that was originally bandaged at the wound on his thigh was now completely black and red, leaving a long red trail of blood on the loess under him where he crawled over.

ps: A new volume, I want to try my best to code better, so it's just now. Everyone's forgiveness! Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I wish all book friends a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a healthy family.