Ying Zheng had expected it when he heard that Wang Ben had returned with his army, but when he heard that Meng Tian had come back with him, he was worried, and he was quite strange how Meng Tian met Wang Ben.

After having some lunch early, Ying Zheng ordered Zhao Gao to prepare the car, and took the three complete sets of porcelain to the car and came to the Lu Mansion.

Lü Buwei hurriedly came out to greet him, bowed down and said, "The old minister is about to leave for the palace and invite the king to go outside the city gate to greet General Wang Ben's triumph. But he didn't think that the king would go to the old minister's mansion first. ”

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Whoever invites is not the same, the widow brought some treasures to the middle father, so it was a little earlier." ”

Lü Buwei invited Yingzheng into the house, but when he saw Zhao Gao and the two little eunuchs in his entourage, each carrying a wooden box, his eyes couldn't help but light up. This wooden box he had seen before, it was the same box where porcelain was stored.

After sitting down, Lü Buwei asked, "Is the treasure that the king said porcelain?" ”

Ying Zheng knew that Lü Buwei had noticed the box a long time ago, so he raised his hand to beckon Zhao Gao over, Zhao Gao put the wooden box on the table, and carefully opened the box.

Lu Buwei got up and walked over quickly, took out a porcelain bowl, and observed it carefully, but couldn't help but be stunned.

The box of porcelain that Lu Buwei took back to the mansion yesterday had been regarded as a treasure by him, and now he saw that these porcelains in front of him were even more exquisite and detailed than yesterday's, and he couldn't close his mouth with joy.

"What does Father Zhong think?" Ying Zheng asked with a smile.

Lu Buwei couldn't help nodding: "Yes, yes, it seems that the skills of this Jingjia class are really good, only one day's hard work, there has been such an improvement, presumably this pattern can be carved as you like." ”

"It's nature." Ying Zheng said.

Lu Buwei's eyes widened, and he had an expression of discovering a gold mine.

Ying Zheng said quite calmly: "These three boxes of porcelain, the widow gave one box to the middle father, and the other two boxes are wanted to be rewarded to Lu Wen and Lu Wu, they built the ancient Cheng Palace for the widow, and they worked hard, so you will reward them with your own hands." ”

Ying Zheng lightly sent a favor.

Lü Wen and Lü Wudu built the Gucheng Palace, which is indeed meritorious and should be rewarded, but Yingzheng borrowed Lü Buwei's hand to reward, which not only gave Lü Buwei enough face, but also enough for Lü Buwei to highlight the value of the reward.

As for whether to reward Lu Wen and Lu Wu, that is Lu Buwei's thoughts.

Lü Buwei was overjoyed, thanked Lu Wen and Lü Wu on behalf of him, ordered the attendants to take down the three boxes of porcelain, and repeatedly told them to handle them gently.

Ying Zheng secretly rejoiced in his heart, this kind of porcelain will be inexhaustible in the future, and it can do many great things.

After placing the three boxes of porcelain, Lü Buwei looked at the time, then equipped his horse and accompanied Yingzheng to the south gate.

The two of them rode side by side, followed by Zhao Gao and Lü Buwei's attendants.

"Father Zhong, the widow heard that Meng Tian came back with Wang Ben." Ying Zheng said.

"That's true, Wang Ben sent a letter, saying that Meng Tian was in his army, but as for the reason, he didn't mention it." Lu Buwei said.

Ying Zheng had a trace of doubt, and said to himself: "The route of Meng Tian's travel should not overlap with the route of Wang Ben's return to the dynasty, could it be that there is something wrong?"

Lü Buwei was still in a good mood, so he comforted: "The king doesn't have to be suspicious, just ask clearly when you meet."

Ying Zheng nodded, and the speed of his horse sped up a bit.

When they arrived at the south city gate, the herald was already waiting at the city gate, and when they saw the two approaching, they hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Lu Xiangbang, and General Wang Ben have arrived outside the city, waiting for the king's edict."

Lu Buwei waved his hand and said, "Pass the order."

The herald received the order and rode out of the city.

Ying Zheng, Lü Buwei and the others also sped up a little and walked towards the point of the army.

When Ying Zheng ascended the high platform of the military field, more than 20,000 soldiers under the stage knelt down and bowed together.

Ying Zheng raised his hand and said loudly: "All the soldiers are flat."

The sergeants got up, and a general walked out of front of the phalanx, it was Wang Ben.

Wang Ben walked to the point of the general's stage and arched his hand: "The last general was ordered by the marshal to quell the chaos in the palace, and then led the king's will to return to the class, and hereby reinstate."

With that, Wang Ben took out the talisman of the former army vanguard from his bosom and held it above his head with both hands.

Zhao Gao stepped forward to take the talisman, walked up to the high platform, and handed it to Ying Zheng in the same posture.

Ying Zheng took the talisman and looked at it, then handed it to Lu Buwei.

After the handover, Lü Buwei sent his cronies to place 20,000 military horses back to the barracks and reward them.

At this time, Meng Tian also walked next to Wang Ben from the front of the formation, and arched his hand and said, "Chen Meng Tian will return to the city with General Wang Ben."

Ying Zheng just wanted to ask something, but after thinking about it, the real reason for sending Meng Tian could not be said in public, so he said: "Let's go back to the palace with the widow."

Everyone obeyed, got on their horses, and followed Yingzheng to the palace.

Ying Zheng ordered people to go to Mengfu and Wang Qian's mansion, and introduced Meng Wu and Wang Jian into the palace, and asked Zhao Gao to call Li Si.

In the back hall of the main hall, as soon as Yingzheng, Lü Buwei, Wang Ben and Meng Tian sat down, Meng Wu and Wang Jian hurried over, and Li Si also arrived.

Everyone sat down, and Ying Zheng smiled at Meng Wu and Wang Jian and said, "Your generals and tigers are returning to the court together today, so I invite you to come with you." ”

Meng Wu and Wang Jian bowed their hands together: "The last general is Xie Wang." ”

Ying Zheng nodded, looked at Wang Ben, and said, "Let's talk about important things first, how is the situation at the border pass." ”

Wang Ben arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Zhao has withdrawn its troops for many days, and the young general has received the edict to know that he has made peace with Zhao State." But the reason for it is because of the Wei State, so the Wei side has to guard, so it moved to the Wei State border pass to observe the movement, after a few days to see that the Wei State does not seem to have the intention of fighting, just to ask the king to play whether the class teacher, but to find out that at the junction of Wei and Chu, the Chu State actually hoarded 100,000 troops, presumably the Wei State must be afraid of the army of the Chu State, so there is no action. But it was difficult to distinguish whether the Chu army was an enemy or a friend, so the last general was stationed for a few more days in order to observe the Chu army. ”

"When you came back, did the Chu army retreat?" Ying Zheng asked urgently.

Everyone was also concerned about this issue, and their eyes looked at Wang Ben.

"Not really." Wang Ben shook his head lightly and said, "After the last general rescued Meng Tian and a few members of the Sima family, he received the king's decree, thinking that if the Chu State really attacked, the last general's men and horses would not be able to resist it, so he was ordered to return to the court." ”

"Rescue?" Ying Zheng was taken aback, looked at Meng Tian, and hurriedly asked, "Are you in distress on the way?" ”

Everyone was also shocked, and Meng Wu frowned even more, although Meng Tian was in front of him, he was also eager to know the situation at that time.

Meng Tian knew that it was not appropriate to say too much on this occasion, and said calmly: "It's not a big deal, the last general was ordered by his uncle to go to Badi to deliver some items, and then went down the east of the river and came to Yingcheng." But I don't want this ancient capital of Chu to be the land of Great Qin, but secretly Chu bandits are rampant. ”

Meng Wu hurriedly asked, "Chu bandits? What is a Chu bandit? ”

Meng Tian explained: "Although Great Qin captured the Chu capital Yingcheng that year, both sides suffered heavy casualties. ”

Lu Buwei frowned and said, "If the defeated army turns into a bandit, then there are a lot of them, how can we not know." ”

"These bandits are relatively scattered, and they rarely disturb the people, and they only take action when they see the rich." Meng Tian said, "It's just that there is no defense, and the people of the Sima family and I were almost caught." ”

Ying Zheng's face sank, and he said: "There is such a thing, although this place has not been given out, but there is also a Taishou guard, why is the bandit so rampant."

Meng Tian shook his head lightly and said: "This place is mostly Chu people, the previous kings were benevolent, and did not order them to be driven away, let alone allow the officials and people to bully them, but they are concerned about the Chu country, and they still regard themselves as Chu people, and they call this place in their mouths, it is still Western Chu, which means Chu land located in the west of Chu State."

When Lü Buwei heard the words of the first king, he seemed to think of something, and said: "No, the capture of Yingcheng was already forty years ago, and the defeated army of Chu at that time must be more than sixty years old now. ”

"Not bad." Meng Tian nodded, and said with a gloomy face, "Today's mountain bandits are actually the descendants of those old mountain bandits, and those who once broke the army became old mountain bandits, and they all married wives and had children, enclosed the land, and lived a tribal life. ”

When everyone heard this, they all gasped, what is the difference between such a thing and a country within a country.

"No wonder those remnants of the army will occupy the mountains and forests separately, and there must be a lot of squires and common people, secretly defending them and ensuring their supply and safety." Lu Buwei analyzed on the side.

"Exactly." Meng Tian said.

Meng Wu looked at Meng Tian, knowing that he was fine, but he couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Is the situation dangerous at that time, the people of the Sima family are fine?"

Although Meng Tian's face was peaceful, he also seemed to have palpitations: "There is a dangerous situation, I took the people of the Sima family to flee all the way, and I was in danger of being attacked by the enemy, and I went all the way north in a hurry, and then I met the team of the Wang Ben brothers and resolved the danger."

Wang Ben said on the side: "Yes, the last general saw that Meng Tian was being pursued, so he led the army to exterminate the pursuing bandits."

Ying Zheng said angrily: "Hateful, if it weren't for Wang Ben, wouldn't Meng Tian have been poisoned, what did Li Xin do, and his people and horses all ate for nothing?"

Li Xin and Meng Tian have accompanied Yingzheng to study and practice martial arts since childhood, and the relationship between the three is very good, and just last year, Li Xin just performed the crown ceremony and was sent to Yingcheng to be a taishou.

Meng Tian saw that Yingzheng was angry, and hurriedly said: "The king must not be angry, Weichen is traveling privately this time, Li Xin Taishou did not know, not to mention that the danger came suddenly, Li Xin knew the information, I am afraid that he will not be able to catch up."

Ying Zheng calmed down a little, thought of the reason for Meng Tian's trip, and said in a deep voice: "Even so, it is also the fault of conniving at the bandits."

"Li Xin did have it, but I don't know how much he knows about banditry." Lu Buwei said on the side, "Just punishing crimes, after all, it can't solve the problem of banditry." ”

Ying Zheng looked at Lu Buwei and asked, "Then according to Father Zhong, what should I do now?"

Lü Buwei thought for a moment, and said in a rather rigorous tone: "Now that the king's wedding is imminent, presumably Li Xin will also return to Xianyang, and the king can pass on his order to him, ordering him to find out the details of the mountain bandits in various places before returning to the dynasty, how many branches there are, how many men and horses each team has, and whether there is any possibility of surrendering, these must be investigated clearly, otherwise, he will really be punished for dereliction of duty."

Lu Buwei is an old man after all, and he has long known how to deal with this kind of thing.

"What the middle father said is very true." Ying Zheng nodded, looked at Meng Wu and Wang Jian again, and said, "I don't know what the two generals think." ”

Meng Wu looked at Wang Jian and said, "The last general also thinks that he should first find out the situation and then make plans."

Wang Jian followed and said: "Wang Jian is a rough man, he only understands the formation, he doesn't understand political affairs, if the king wants to clear out the bandits, send the old minister to lead the troops over."

"Your Majesty, let's figure it out and talk about it." Lü Buwei was still quite cautious.

Ying Zheng's eyes swept around and saw Li Si, who had been silent, and asked, "Mr. is now in the position of court captain, why is he not saying a word now?" ”

Li Si arched his hand and said: "Although Weichen is shallow, the king has already asked, so he has to express some foolish opinions. ”

"Sir, please." Ying Zheng raised his hand and signaled.

Li Si cleared his throat and said, "According to Weichen, using military force to solve this matter will not only not eliminate hidden dangers, but will turn it into a profit. If these people of Chu were single-mindedly fighting against Great Qin, even if they killed a batch, they would pour in another batch to join forces with the Chu army and regain the lost territory. Weichen is also a Chu person, but he is willing to go to the soup for the king, why? ”

Lu Buwei nodded slowly and said, "What Master Li said does make some sense. ”

The crowd also pondered the reason for what Lees said.

Li Si continued: "The current plan is to select a meritorious hero of Chu nationality in the court, or give him this place, or appoint him as the assassin history, and go to extend favors, subdue the mountain bandits, and win the hearts of the people, which is the long-term plan." ”

How can the territory that has been grabbed by hard be so easy to manage, not to mention that Yingcheng was once the capital of Chu State.

Ying Zheng nodded, then looked at the ministers, and the ministers also looked at each other, laughed together, and then said in unison: "Changping Jun!" ”