The Qin Palace is located in the center of Xianyang City, surrounded by high palace walls and arrow towers, like a super defensive fortress. The four palace gates are named after Xuanwu, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger and Qinglong, corresponding to the four directions of north, south, west and east respectively, and there is a wide and straight royal road in front of the gate to connect the streets and alleys in the city.

In order to strengthen the defense of the palace, there is a guard battalion on the left and right of each palace gate, a total of eight battalions, each battalion is led by the guard order, and the palace guards under his command are about 1,000 people, mainly responsible for the defense and duty work of the palace perimeter. The Eight Guards Order is under the command of the Captain.

Wu Zhan belongs to the Zuo Xuanwu Battalion, and the guard Ling is famous as Feng Xi, with profound qualifications and a transcendent background, belonging to the children of the old clan, and is born with a sense of superiority.

Under the leadership of a janissary, Wu Zhan came to the military Sima, and after a few simple questions, he went through the formalities such as making a roster and issuing a military license for Wu Zhan, and then went to the quartermaster office to receive personal clothes and armor and other items, and then went to the camp tent arranged for him.

"Tut-tut, the treatment of the guards in this palace is not ordinary, the military tent is spacious and bright, and there are four people in a room, this is many times better than the T-shaped room I lived in before......" Wu Zhan looked at the furnishings in the military tent and praised secretly.

"Brother Wu, you can sleep in this bed." The janissary helped Wu Zhan lay out the futon and said politely, he had seen Wu Zhan's skills, and he also knew that Wu Zhan had something to do with the Prime Minister's Mansion, and even those who couldn't even be provoked by their guard order, of course he had to be more polite.

"Thank you, big brother!" Wu Zhan thanked politely.

"Hehe, you can just call me Geng San in the future, I can't afford to take care of my eldest brother......" Geng San scratched his hair and laughed dryly.

"Oh, you are older than me, you won't suffer if you call Brother Geng, haha, my name is Wu Zhan, and I will ask Brother Geng to take care of me in the future." Wu Zhan put his belongings on the bed and said sincerely.

I didn't expect this person to be so humble and polite, Geng San suddenly had a good impression of Wu Zhan, so he smiled and said: "Brother Wu is too polite, if you need anything in the future, just look for me, I will definitely not refuse." ”

"Brother Geng said so, I really have a little favor that I need your help." Wu Zhan stared at Geng San Zhengse.

Hey, you're welcome! I'm really cheap, why are you saying this? Geng San blamed himself in his heart, hating to slap his two mouths.

"Brother Wu, please tell me ......" Geng San said without confidence.

Wu Zhan saw that he looked nervous, so he patted him on the shoulder vigorously and said, "I was offended by the two eldest brothers surnamed Hei just now, and I don't know where those two eldest brothers live and how they are injured, so I want to ask Brother Geng to help me condole." ”

I didn't expect this kid to have a heart. Geng San let out a sigh of relief and said, "So that's the case, hehe, no problem, I'll leave this matter to me." ”

Wu Zhan took out a few coppers from the money bag and stuffed them into Geng San's hand, and said, "Then there is Brother Lao Geng, and this money will be used by me to invite those two eldest brothers to drink and make amends." ”

Geng San shook the copper in his hand, and said with some emotion: "Okay, I will definitely help you bring the words to the ......" After that, he went out happily.

Wu Zhan smiled secretly in his heart: I will have a long time here in the future, if I can't have a good relationship with these guards, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble, and if I get close to them, it will naturally be much easier to find out some news......

After a few days of adaptation and study, Wu Zhan quickly mastered the rules and rules of work and rest in the battalion, because it was to defend the periphery of the palace, the left battalion was responsible for the daytime defense, the right battalion was responsible for the night defense, and the second battalion would be on duty once every half month, and each battalion would be on duty half every day, half of the training, and the training content and intensity were naturally much less than that of the Netherworld Guard.

Due to Wu Zhan's good physical fitness, all kinds of training are not a problem, and he intends to improve his relationship with others, he soon became a master of communication in Zuo Xuanwu's camp, and everyone is a brother and sister, and he has a harmonious relationship.

After the day shift was idle on this day, Wu Zhan and his brothers went to the city to have a few drinks, Feng Xi naturally turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, as long as they went out and didn't cause trouble.

Because of the late hour, there were only less than two tables of guests in the huge wine shop.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, a few people were already a little drunk. The second child said vaguely with a big tongue: "Do you know why the first king died suddenly? Hmph, I have a cousin who works on an errand in Zhangtai Palace, according to him, the night before yesterday, King Zhuangxiang was still banqueting civil and military guests, and he was in good spirits, but he suddenly died on the second day......"

"Slap ......" a big hand slapped the back of the second child's head, and the boss raised his index finger to block his lips and said, "Shh...... You kid drink some horse urine and talk nonsense, you are not afraid of trouble coming out of your mouth? ”

Wu Zhan was listening to it with relish, but when he saw that the eldest came forward to obstruct the second child from continuing to speak, he couldn't help but secretly scold him in his heart for being troublesome.

At this time, the third child said with drunken eyes: "Although the eldest brother's words are reasonable, but rumors are now spreading in the palace, why can't we say that our own brothers are together?" Who will leak what we've said? ”

The boss thought about it, Wu Zhan saw this and hurriedly poured him a bowl of wine and persuaded: "Brothers, don't worry, what we said today will never be passed on to the fifth person, and the younger brother respects a bowl of brothers." ”

Because Wu Zhan is the youngest, he ranks fourth in the account.

Only then did several people raise their wine bowls, and after touching Wu Zhan, they drank it all one after another.

"Just now, the second brother said that the matter of the first king was a little strange, but I don't know what is going on?" Wu Zhan asked in a deep voice.

The second child was obviously seven or eight points drunk, and when he heard Wu Zhan's inquiry, he said with a big tongue: "It's okay for me to tell you...... That's because Lü Buwei secretly drugged people, and the first king was poisoned and died......"

As soon as the words of "hiss......" came out, several people were stunned one by one, and they secretly sobbed.

"I heard that the first king was rescued by Lü Buwei from Zhao State, and it was because of Lü Buwei's help that he became the king of Qin, and the first king also named Lü Buwei as the Marquis of Wenxin, and the official became the prime minister, which shows that the two of them only have a harmonious relationship, why did Lü Buwei assassinate the first king?" The third child's mind is quite clear.

"Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee...... the second child pointed at the third child and sneered: "Ignorance! Lü Buwei naturally did this so that his precious son could become the king of Qin......"

"Enough!" The boss slammed the wine bowl, got up and shouted: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, believe it or not, I tied you up?" ”

No one thought that the boss had a sudden seizure, and the second child wanted to say something, but he fell asleep on the table.

The third child and Wu Zhan looked at each other, and then they got up and lifted the second child and sent him back to the camp.

On the way, Wu Zhan deliberately asked, "How can Lü Buwei's son be the king of Qin?" Why can't I understand why? ”

The second child was already drunk and unconscious at this time, and the third child answered: "I have also heard about this matter, it is said that Zhao Ji was originally Lü Buwei's concubine, Lü Buwei waited for Zhao Ji to conceive, and then transferred Zhao Ji to the first king, and when Zhao Ji gave birth to the child, he became the son-in-law of the first king......

"Isn't it?" Wu Zhan pretended to be surprised and said, in fact, he had already heard Bai Qi talk about these things before he came.

"Why not?" The third child affirmed: "Now this child is thirteen years old, and he is the crown prince Yingzheng in the East Palace......"

If this matter is true, then only Lü Buwei and Zhao Ji know that deceiving King Qin and pretending to be the royal bloodline is a capital crime, and it is too late for the two of them to conceal it, how can they spread this secret to the world, it can be seen that someone must be deliberately spreading rumors to be detrimental to Yingzheng.

At this moment, Feng Xi stood at the gate of the camp with his hands on his waist, and when he saw Wu Zhan and the others supporting another guard back to the camp, he said angrily: "Look at what you have become? A few glasses of horse urine will get you drunk, what if an enemy is attacking at this time? ”

Wu Zhan said with a smile: "This is the royal city, if there is an enemy attacking here, it means that the defenders everywhere have been defeated, and we have ...... manpower."

Seeing that Feng Xi's face was getting more and more gloomy, Wu Zhan deliberately complimented him again: "Besides, with our invincible General Feng here, what enemy dares to attack after eating the bear's heart and leopard's courage......"

As the saying goes, you don't wear a thousand sycophants, Wu Zhan's words behind him made Feng Che feel comfortable, where can he bear to blame these subordinates? So Feng Che waved his hand and said: "A group of little monkeys, hurry back to the tent and sleep, otherwise I will add some supper to you, and first give Lao Tzu a weight-bearing sprint for a hundred miles!" ”

When Wu Zhan and the third child heard this, they dared to stay anywhere, so they were busy lifting the unconscious second child one after another, and rushed towards the camp tent without looking back.

In the dead of night, Wu Zhan was lying on the bed but couldn't close his eyes.

When Lü Buwei gave Zhao Ji to the first king, did Zhao Ji get pregnant? Is Lü Buwei and Yingzheng related? Is Yingzheng the blood of the previous king? If Yingzheng is not the heir of the first prince, will my mission continue......

Countless questions kept popping up in his mind, but no one could answer him, which made Wu Zhan extremely painful.

It seems that if you want to know the truth, you have to find a way to enter the palace and find Ying Zheng and Zhao Ji. Wu Zhan secretly decided.

But how to enter the palace, how to meet Yingzheng, and how to get the information he wanted, this once again made Wu Zhan confused.

Looking at the waning moon outside the window, Wu Zhan couldn't help but think, if Qing'er was by my side at this time, he would definitely be able to help me solve these puzzles, even if he couldn't help me solve them, at least he could be used as a confiding object to listen to me confide all my thoughts to her, where do you need to be like now, all secrets can only be buried in my heart alone. Perhaps, this is the greatest hardship of the Netherguard......

Qing'er, where are you now? Are there any dangers? Are you also looking at the waning moon and thinking about me?

Gradually, the waning moon turned into Qing'er's appearance, I saw that she was nodding and smiling at herself, Wu Zhan's vision gradually blurred, and finally a residual smile hung on the corner of her mouth and fell asleep......