The early spring morning is always so warm, and the morning sun seems to have just returned from a long journey, smiling at its long-lost old friend.

The morning dew seemed to be shy by its gaze, and disappeared in an instant.

The soil seems to be tense for a long time, and then slowly relaxes and becomes softer and softer.

The layers of snow that used to be in the past, I don't know whether they caught and hidden, or sneaked into the north, and have disappeared.

The trees took the opportunity to straighten their backs and finally had a chance to reshape their shoots.

Vitality, which has crept in, is bound to revive its ambitions.

What is incompatible with it is the hot evil qi on the military field, and the cold Jin Ge Iron Horse.

Finally had another chance to go into battle, Wang Jian was full of red light, full of energy, looking at the 100,000 army in front of him, raising the horse whip, and the words of encouragement were deafening.

The soldiers in the audience were all in high spirits, their morale was high, and the war horses under their crotches were even more upright and eager to try.

This is Daqin's confidence!

After Wang Jian finished speaking, Li Si handed the tiger talisman to him, and then said: "General Wang's momentum is good, but it's a pity that there is a high probability that there is no hard battle to fight on this expedition." ”

Wang Jian said with a smile: "Although there is no battle to fight, the morale cannot be weakened." Didn't Li Xiang say that this time the main thing is to use this army to supplement the city defense of Liangzhou, then you can't slack off, you must know that it is a land of tigers and wolves. ”

Li Si nodded and said, "When you get there, you will quickly bring the king back so that you can prepare the plan to attack Zhao." ”

Wang Jian took two steps closer to Li Si, lowered his voice and said, "Li Xiang, can you hand over this errand to Zhao?" ”

"I have to listen to the king in this matter, how dare I call the shots." Li Si smiled, "But when you arrive at Jiayuguan, Haosheng will discuss with the king, and maybe you can really grab a boss." ”

Now in the Qin court, a military general with similar qualifications to Wang Jian can be regarded as a Mengwu, and this time Li Si asked Wang Jian to take over Yingzheng, which is already a clear indication of his intentions.

Although Wang Jian is a military general, he is actually both civil and military, wise and open-minded, and he can already see Li Si's intentions at a glance, so he asked this question.

Although he is not like those juniors, who surround Yingzheng all day long and know a lot of secrets, Wang Jian is confident that once the war starts, it will not be a big problem for him to be the commander of the expedition.

Li Si filled Wang Jian with a glass of wine and toasted.

Wang Jian drank it all and bowed goodbye.

The army marched westward, but Zhao Tuo, who was watching the excitement on the side, stayed there and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Children who grew up in the mountains, where have they ever seen such a scene!

If he wants to say that the biggest scene he saw before, it would be the time when he followed Yingzheng to resist the assassin in Huashan, and now the 100,000 army is in full gear, and the shocking scene will definitely leave an indelible impression on every hot-blooded man, not to mention Zhao Tuo, who is determined to help Yingzheng establish meritorious service.

"Don't you think that one day, you will also lead the army out with high spirits like General Wang Qian?" Li Si's words interrupted Zhao Tuo's thoughts.

Zhao Tuo came back to his senses and nodded firmly.

"Then learn by heart, if you want to lead a soldier, the first thing is to familiarize yourself with the art of war." Li Si said, "Only if you have that kind of conditions, can you stand in that position, as long as you work hard, the king will never bury you." ”

"Thank you, sir, for reminding me." Zhao Tuo said, "This time, Lord Sima asked me to give you a message, now Yan Dan is acting a little strangely, he asked Li Xiang to pay more attention." ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to watch his movements."

In the next few days, Li Si really sent people to secretly monitor the embassy of Yan Kingdom, but Yan Dan rarely went out, and occasionally came out at noon, that is, which restaurant to eat and drink, and nothing else.

But in the palace, it was not very peaceful, because Mrs. Huayang's illness suddenly worsened.

In Huayang Palace, Mrs. Huayang's face was sallow, her eyes were bloodshot, and she coughed weakly for a while, panting heavily.

Imperial Physician Song concentrated on taking her pulse, and her complexion also changed for a while.

Nan Su on the side stomped his feet anxiously, and said to himself: "They all blame me, they all blame me, Zhang Luo listens to music, I think that Grandmother Wang is suffering from the wind and cold again, and she is sick and sick." ”

The two maids beside her comforted her, but how could Nan Su be relieved.

Mrs. Huayang waved her hand slightly, and said softly: "It's none of your business, don't blame yourself, I think I'm old, and all kinds of problems have been found." ”

Imperial Physician Song let go of Mrs. Huayang's wrist and looked at her tongue and eyes again.

"Doctor Tai, what kind of disease does Grandmother Wang have?" Nansu asked anxiously.

Doctor Song said: "Judging from the symptoms, the Queen Mother seems to have signs of poisoning, but I have checked the diet in the past few days and found no traces, so it is possible that the dosage and category of the medicine used a few days ago have deviated." ”

"So what now?"

"Wechen will detoxify the Queen Mother." Imperial Physician Song sighed slightly, "But if you don't know the source of the poison, you can only solve the surface, and whether it can cure the root cause is unknown." ”

At this time, Xu Fu walked in the door and said: "Imperial Doctor Song, I have checked, the medicine that the Queen Mother has taken in the past two days is not the same as usual, after pouring the chickens, there are also signs of poisoning, it should be that someone has poisoned in the past two days." ”

Xu Fu has been following Ji Fa to learn medical skills and pill arts, and he is Hu Yu's apprentice, and he also helps Yingzheng to refine the pill, so it is naturally very convenient to enter and exit the palace.

"Poisoned?" Nansu exclaimed, "Who is so bold!?" ”

Imperial Physician Song looked at the maid next to him and asked sharply, "Who is decocting medicine for the Queen Mother these days?" ”

The maid replied: "My lord, Huayang Palace has always been Jinxia in charge of the meal, and she also decocted the medicine for the Queen Mother with her own hands, and then fed it with her own hands. ”

"Go and call Jinxia." Imperial Physician Song commanded.

The two maids answered, and hurried away.

Hu Yu received the news from Xu Fu and knew that something was wrong, so he rushed over with Zhao Ji.

After understanding what happened, Zhao Ji said: "Could it be that Jinxia has long hidden evil intentions and has been looking for an opportunity to murder the queen mother?" ”

Hu Yu said: "It may also be instigated, I see that there is another black hand behind her." ”

Zhao Ji looked at Xu Fu and said, "You go and call Li Si, now that the king is not in the palace, let's listen to his opinion." ”

Xu Fu answered and rushed out of the door.

At this time, the two maids rushed back in a panic and said, "Empress Dowager, we have searched all over Huayang Palace, but we have not found Jinxia." ”

The people in the room were all nervous.

"When was the last time you saw her?" Zhao Ji asked.

One of the maids thought for a moment and said, "We ate some pastries together in the morning, and after that, it seems that we haven't seen her." ”

Another chimed in: "yes, so do I." ”

Everyone has a rough guess that this Jinxia is likely to abscond.

Zhao Gao said hatefully: "If she goes out of the palace gate in the morning, she must not be able to go far, and I will send someone to chase her." ”

At this moment, Li Si arrived, and it happened that Chang Wenjun also arrived at this time.

After understanding the whole process, Li Si said: "This kind of thing has happened in the palace, Weichen is not to escape the blame, I will definitely investigate to the end, and now I will send someone to find that Jinxia, who has she been in contact with recently, do you know?" ”

One of the maids said, "No one has been here in Huayang Palace these days, except for the music tasting banquet three days ago. ”

Everyone knew that Nansu invited Yan Dan and Gao Yanli that day.

"Could it be them?" Li Si muttered to himself.

Nan Su's heart trembled, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

She lured Yan Dan and Gao Yanli to the palace, if they really secretly harmed Mrs. Huayang, then Nan Su really led the wolf into the house, and the crime was extremely evil.

"No, they're not like that." Nansu explained.

Chang Wenjun said on the side: "Now is not the time to be jealous, only by holding that Jinxia can we know the truth, I have always regarded the Queen Mother as a biological mother, and then Jinxia will be handed over to me." ”

With that, Chang Wenjun turned around and went out.

Li Si said to Zhao Gao: "You guard the palace, I will take people to the embassy of Yan Kingdom to see if they are still there." ”

Zhao Gao answered and sent Li Si out of the palace gate.

Looking at Mrs. Huayang's haggard face, Nan Su's heart was in turmoil, and after a trance, he was helped back to his bedroom by the maid.

Zhao Ji took Hu Yu to guard Mrs. Huayang and helped Imperial Doctor Song detoxify her.

Nansu, who returned to the dormitory, became more upset the more he thought about it, and he couldn't calm down.

"No, I'm going to go to Gao Yuanli and ask him if he has anything to do with it." With this in mind, I stepped out of the door.

"Mother, where are you going?" Fusu in the back stopped her.

"Mother wants to go out of the palace to do some things, stay in the palace by yourself, don't run around."

The maids in the dormitory were all sent by her to take care of Mrs. Huayang, and it was obvious that Fusu didn't want to stay here by herself.

"I'll go with my mother, too."

Nan Su couldn't bear to leave him alone in the dormitory, so he said, "Then you follow me closely, don't run around." ”

Fusu answered, and the mother and son went out of the palace gate, letting the two forbidden army guards drive the carriage to the Yan State Embassy.

Far away, I saw that the embassy had been surrounded by soldiers, and it seemed that it had been placed under martial law.

Nan Su asked a guard to inquire about the situation, and the guard reported that it was Li Si's people who surrounded the embassy, but Yan Dan and Gao Yuanli were not found inside.

Did they really escape?

Nansu's heart was even more flustered, seeing that things were developing in a bad direction.

No, they must be found.

Nansu did not come near the embassy again, and ordered the guards to turn their horses' heads and go towards a restaurant in the southeast direction.

This restaurant is called Zuixian Building, it is the place where Yan Dan invited Xianyang magnates before, and later Gao gradually left here often to meet friends with the piano, and Nansu often came here to ask him to ask him to ask for piano skills.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the Drunken Immortal Tower, he saw Chang Wenjun striding out of it.

"Why did the princess come here?" Chang Wenjun asked with a little surprise.

Nan Su replied: "I have never been able to settle down in the palace, I just want to find Gao Yanli to ask what is going on, I just went to the embassy, they are not there, so I want to come here to have a look." ”

"Looks like we're thinking of going together." Chang Wenjun said, "I just went up to see it, and they weren't here." ”

"Not here?" Nansuton was disappointed, "What did the store say?" ”

"The shopkeeper said they hadn't been here today." Chang Wenjun said, "If they really leave Xianyang, it will really have nothing to do with Jinxia's affairs." If you can't find them now, you have to think of a separate way to save the Queen Mother. ”

Nan Su was a little flustered and asked urgently, "Then do you have any good ideas?" ”

Chang Wenjun thought for a while and said: "I know a strange man, a master of using drugs, and a native of Chu, who lives twenty miles outside the city, why don't I invite him to come, maybe there will be a way." ”

The matter is urgent, and Nansu is not deeply involved in the world, so how can he tell the truth from the false, so he said: "Then it will be hard for Chang Wenjun to invite this stranger, and there will be heavy thanks." ”

How do you know that Chang Wenjun said in embarrassment: "But although this strange man has clever means, but his temper is very strange, I am afraid that in my name, it will be difficult to invite him, it is better for the princess to go with me, and plead with him as the princess of your Chu country, and he will definitely agree." ”

Nan Su didn't think about it and responded directly: "Okay, I'll go with you." ”

So, Chang Wenjun led the way with his subordinates, and two guards of the forbidden army followed behind in a carriage and went out of the east gate together.

Look at the salvation of the Qin Emperor.