Subsequently, the second sent an imperial historian named Qugong to gallop to Daijun with an edict. Qu Gong came to Daijun, and after seeing Meng Yi, he showed the edict and said:

How wise and wise the decision of the first emperor was, and now I inherit the throne of the mandate of heaven, this is the meaning of God. But what was the reason why you blocked the first emperor and did not allow me to be crowned the crown prince? I think you are deceived and dedicated, and you are not a loyal servant. I was going to destroy your entire clan, but I really couldn't bear it, so I only gave you one death, which is a blessing for your whole clan. If you have something to say, listen to Qu Gong, and then cut yourself.

Meng Yi listened to it, and he was also drunk, and after a long time, he defended indignantly: "If I couldn't win the favor of the first emperor before, then I have always been respectful to the first emperor, and I am happy to be happy until the first emperor dies, so it can be said that I know the first emperor's mind best." At that time, the first emperor never mentioned that he wanted to make His Majesty the crown prince, why do you suddenly say that I am obstructing the first emperor from establishing the crown prince? Someone must be trying to frame me, if this crime is imposed on my head, it will really tarnish the reputation of the first emperor! Because the first emperor knew his courtiers best, how could I let the first emperor have a bad reputation of not knowing people? What am I guilty of? Please make it clear, so that even if I can die for the truth, I will be blind! Qu Gong took out another silk book from his arms for Meng Yi to read. Meng Yi opened it and saw that this silk book was written by Zhao Gao:

Master Meng, I Zhao Gao committed a capital crime at the beginning, you want me to die, right? At that time, you were a guest, and I was a prisoner. If you don't save me, you want to harm me, why is your heart so vicious? Thanks to the wise emperor who pardoned me and restored my position, I didn't expect that I Zhao Gaofu would have a great life. Now I am a guest, you are a prisoner, but the emperor will not pardon you, and I have no choice, you can do it yourself.

Meng Yi looked at it, suddenly realized, and then understood what was going on, and scolded Zhao Gaodao: "It turned out that this shameless villain framed me!" When I condemned him to death, I did not dare to bend the law for personal gain, and I punished him according to the law by the edict of the first emperor. This traitor is now declaring a personal vendetta, the first emperor should not have pardoned him in the first place! Meng Yi said with grief and indignation. Qu Gong urged him to commit suicide immediately. Meng Yi said sadly: "I have heard the ancient adage say, 'Fulfilling one's will is what is honored by the righteous path; Torture and killing are despised by the righteous way. 'In the past, Qin Mu Gongyong Ziche's Sanliang was martyred, King Zhaoxiang killed Bai Qi, King Chuping killed Wu Hao, and King Wu killed Wu Zixu, these four kings were all spurned by later generations, so the king of Shengming should not kill innocents indiscriminately. Please go back and tell Your Majesty what I said. After Meng Yi finished speaking, he took the sword of Qu Gong with great grief, faced the west, and shouted, "First Emperor!" I'm coming! Then he killed himself.

Qugong Hui Dynasty report. When the second heard that Meng Yi was dead, he wanted to release Meng Tian. When Zhao Gao learned of this situation, he hurriedly sent his henchmen to Yangzhou County to kill Meng Tian in advance.

Meng Tian was imprisoned in the prison of Yangzhou County, crying sadly all day long, hoping that the imperial court would come to pardon him. The guard of the prison comforted: "The general has made great achievements for the Qin State, and he is a great hero of the Qin State, and after a while, the imperial court will definitely send someone to pardon you." "It didn't take long for the news of Qin Shi Huang's death to reach Yangzhou County. Meng Tian was shocked when he heard the news. A few days later, news of II's succession to the throne came. Meng Tian only understood what was going on at this time, and he kept shouting grievances for Fusu. The jailer asked: "The first emperor died, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the imperial court will definitely pardon the general, why are you not happy?" Meng Tian sighed and said, "You are wrong, if the first emperor is alive, I will definitely not die." Now that the first emperor has died and Hu Hai has ascended the throne, my death time has arrived! The jailer asked why. Meng Tian replied: "The first emperor knows my merits, and it is impossible to kill me. Hu Hai's accession to the throne must be a conspiracy of Zhao Gao, because Zhao Gao is Hu Hai's teacher, and he is a figure like Yi Ya and Ji Diao. Since ancient times, if the villain gains his will, the gentleman will suffer, which is also arranged by God. Zhao Gao is a traitor, Prime Minister Li Si is partial, maybe he is also an accomplice, and the court lacks courtiers to reprimand him with death, and my Qin State will be finished from now on! After Meng Tian finished speaking, he remembered Fusu's sad and desperate appearance when he was dying, and his heart was like a knife. Since then, I have been bored every night, and my sleep and food have been wasted. After a few days, the hair and beard were all white.

Suddenly, one day, Zhao Gao's envoy arrived. When the envoy saw Meng Tian, he read the edict aloud and said:

General Meng, your sins are really too many. If you don't die, you are disloyal to me, your younger brother Meng Yi has committed suicide in fear of sin, why can't the general figure it out? Do you still want to bring evil upon your people? Now I grant you to cut yourself off at once to protect your people, which is indeed a fortunate thing for the general.

Meng Tian listened to the words of the envoy and said with great grief and indignation: "From my ancestors to my generation, they have all contributed to the Qin State. I once led hundreds of thousands of armor to defeat the Huns in the north, and now although my body is imprisoned, my reputation is still powerful in the north. When I began to hear that the first emperor was going to kill me, I was very suspicious, and persuaded Fusu not to fall for the traitor's plan, and immediately made a major move, imitating Bao Shuya and Guan Yiwu, and wanted to support Fusu to ascend the throne. But Fu Su was kind and kind, and did not listen to my advice. He was nothing more than because he did not dare to forget the kindness of the first emperor, nor did he dare to insult the reputation of his ancestors. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne and the names of the monarchs and ministers have been determined, how dare I have two hearts? I heard that in ancient times, when King Cheng of Zhou was young, Zhou Gongdan wore a cloak to deal with state affairs, and he practiced and loyally planned for the country. When King Cheng was sick, he went to the river and prayed to God for the sick, and wrote a letter to hide in his house. Later, someone slandered King Cheng, saying that Zhou Gongdan wanted to usurp the throne. King Zhou Cheng listened to the slander and wanted to cure Zhou Gong's crimes, but Zhou Gong had no choice but to escape. Later, King Cheng found the golden vine collection of books in Zhou Gongdan's home, and was very moved after reading it, only to know that Zhou Gongdan was a loyal minister, so he killed the slanderer and welcomed Zhou Gong to the palace again, so that the Zhou Dynasty could be stabilized. Now I am loyal to Meng Tian and have no second heart for His Majesty. I only hate Zhao Gao, a traitor, who killed the benevolent and benevolent Fusu, and now he is here to kill me, I hate him very much. I heard that King Xia Ji killed Guan Longfeng, and King Shang killed Bigan, all of which led to the defeat of the country because they were close to the villain and away from the virtuous ministers. I am going to die, but 'a man is dying, and his words are good; The bird is dying, and its song is mourning. I am bent on giving advice to your majesty, not to beg him to pardon me, but to admire the former courtiers' habit of reprimanding me to death. Therefore, I ask the messenger to appeal to Your Majesty for my loyalty, and I will die without regrets! ”

When the envoy heard this, he was very moved, so he had to say: "I know the general's merits, and I also know that you are wronged, but I dare not report to Your Majesty, so I can only act according to Lord Zhao's orders. Seeing that he could no longer plead to the new emperor, Meng Tian looked up to the sky and sighed several times, and shouted angrily: "Heavens! Firmament! What is my sin? Then he bowed his head and pondered for a long time, and then said to himself, "I am guilty! I'm guilty, God! I used to lead hundreds of thousands of people to build the Great Wall, but it was inevitable that I would dig the mountains and dig the ground, cut off the dragon veins and be blamed on the heavens! This is my sin! I am innocent of death! Death is too good for him! After saying this, he took the messenger's sword in grief and indignation, and committed suicide in despair. There is a poem that sighs:

Prevent Hu from building civil engineering, and fight outside and inside.

If the general is here, it is better than the city of ten thousand miles.

After Meng Tian's death, Zhao Gao was very happy to get the report. He immediately entered the court and reported to the second emperor: "The official who returned from Yangzhou County said that when Meng Tian heard that His Majesty was going to pardon him, he felt remorseful and wept all night, and committed suicide the next day. When he was dying, he said that he should not speak ill of His Majesty in front of the first emperor, but he had the grace of the first emperor. When the second heard that Meng Tian was dead, he felt sorry for a long time, and sighed: "I didn't expect that the general's merits are world-renowned, but now he commits suicide in fear of sin, this is the loss of the Qin State!" ”

From then on, under the instigation of Zhao Gao, the second acted recklessly, only cared about pleasure, and the government became chaotic day by day.