Since Zhao Gao's visit to Li Si, his frank treatment and his theory of the current situation have made Li Si feel the same way, at this time, Li Si seems to have forgotten Zhao Gao's various sins, and in his heart, he is thinking about how to persuade Hu Hai every day, how to bring the Qin State back to being strong,

On this day, Li Si got up as usual, freshened up, and then came to the guest hall for dinner, and one of the most favored concubines was always by Li Si's side.

Today's meal was extremely rich, but Li Si didn't have any appetite, he was still thinking about how to persuade Hu Hai, at this time, the old butler hurriedly walked over, and arched his hand beside Li Si and said: "My lord, there is a person who claims to be from the palace, and he has something important to see,"

"In the palace," Li Si silently said, suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help laughing, it seemed that it was someone sent by Zhao Gao, thinking of this, Li Si ordered and said: "Quick, bring him in,"

The housekeeper sang a promise and left in a hurry, at this time, Li Si looked at the concubine beside him intently, and said coldly: "You can also step down,"

The concubine saw Li Si speak, sang a promise, turned around and left, several subordinates hurriedly took away the meal, at this time, the person who claimed to be in the palace was also led by the housekeeper, hurriedly walked in, and came to Li Si, the man arched his hand and said: "I have seen Prime Minister Li Cheng,"

Li Si looked this person up and down, and saw that he really looked like a bit of a eunuch, and couldn't help laughing: "You said, Zhao Gao asked you to come,"

"Exactly," the man arched his hand, presented a bamboo slip with both hands, and said: "Lord Zhao said that Your Majesty will go to the back garden in a while, which is the best opportunity for Lord Li to meet him, don't miss it, remember,"

Li Si listened sincerely, looked at the bamboo slip again, nodded the same as this person, the man saluted again, turned and left,

The living room suddenly became extremely quiet, Li Si walked to the window alone, the scenery outside was beautiful, the heavy snow a few days ago had melted away, although occasionally there were water dripping down the window eaves, but the "ticking" sound made by the water dripping was non-stop,

How to convince Hu Hai has become the biggest worry in Li Si's heart, he doesn't know if he can say that Hu Hai can be moved, or it will be more effective to bring Feng Quji and Feng Zai into the palace together, but Li Si knows very well that Feng Quji and Feng Zai hate Zhao Gao deeply, I am afraid that once they learn that it was arranged by Zhao Gao, they will definitely not go.

Just when Li Si sighed and sighed with emotion, the voice of his second son Li Hong sounded behind him: "What is my father worried about?"

I don't know when, Li Hong has walked into the guest hall, at this time he saw Li Si sighing for a long time, and couldn't help asking,

"Zhao Gao sent a letter, Your Majesty is going to visit the Imperial Garden today, it is a good opportunity to meet, I am worried, can I say that His Majesty will return to the court," Li Si said the worry in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh briefly, on the side, Li Hong hesitated slightly, he seemed to have something to say, but he held back the words alive, this scene was seen by Li Si, he couldn't help but reprimand: "What do you say, but it doesn't matter, why bother to swallow ......"

Seeing his father's reprimand, Li Hong arched his hand and said: "Father, I think that Zhao Gao is treacherous and difficult to get along with.

"In the villain's opinion, why can it become a big thing, I have already made up my mind, you don't have to persuade again," Li Si scolded Li Hong with his head and face, and left unhappily,

Looking at his father's departing back, Li Hong sighed lightly, he always felt that Zhao Gao seemed to have some kind of conspiracy, but he couldn't see what was wrong.

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Xianyang Chengdong City, here is a very prosperous street market in Xianyang, last year, a time-honored craftsman shop opened here, they mainly deal in weapons, especially iron weapons are particularly conspicuous,

Once this craftsman shop opened, it welcomed a lot of famous gentlemen, and even the generals and colonels of the military camp also came to this craftsman shop to select weapons, many iron weapons are hard, sharp, and have excellent toughness, which is better than the bronze long sword issued by the Qin State I don't know how many times, but the disadvantage of this kind of sword is that the price is too expensive, ordinary officers, can't afford this kind of iron sword at all, and the famous gentleman bought the iron sword, not to go into battle to kill the enemy, just to stay at home, as the treasure of the town, so that the guests envy,

The shopkeeper of the craftsman's shop, named Huayu, was once the logistics chief under Xiang Liang, and now, he took over the intelligence agency of Xiangzhuang and started an iron shop business in Xianyang.

Today, an angry guest came to the craftsman's shop, he roared and cursed, because the iron sword he bought was cut off in the fight, which was a shame for him, and it was rare for the strongest iron sword in the legend to be cut off, and at this time, he was chattering with a fellow: "There is a problem with your sword, you must change it for me,"

"Guest officer, although the iron sword is strong and has excellent toughness, this kind of sword also has wear and tear, if you use it for a long time to kill the enemy or conduct slashing training, this iron sword will also wear out during training and eventually break, this is inevitable, we can't replace you with a new one," the guy was a little anxious, and his voice was much too high,

Seeing that the iron sword could not be purchased or replaced, the guest changed his tone again, and sighed: "If you can't replace it with a new one, forget it, you give me back to the furnace, I want to reforge it,"

"This can't be done, this kind of iron sword, once broken, will become a scrap, it's not me boasting, this sword, you get any craftsman's shop, he can't cast a new one for you, guest officer, you better buy a new one," the guy handed the iron sword back to the guest, at this time, the guest was completely furious, he roared angrily: "You are blackmailing, if you don't give me a new one, I will bring someone to seal your shop tomorrow, believe it or not,"

Seeing that the other party was wearing a military robe, the guy knew that this kind of person was not easy to mess with, so he had to change his tone and sighed: "Okay, I'll go find the owner, you wait a minute,"

The guy ran into the back hall with a smoke, this kind of guest wearing military uniforms, holding spears and sticks to scare children, he couldn't deal with it, and soon, the guy came to the back hall, and arched his hand outside the door of a secret room: "The owner, there is a guest who wants to change his sword, I explained to him for a long time, he didn't listen, and he wanted to close our shop, you go out and have a look,"

At this time, Hua Yu was chatting with an insider who had just arrived from Pengcheng, and was interrupted by the guy, Hua Yu was slightly displeased, so he had to order outside the door: "You tell him to wait, I'll come right away,"

The man answered, turned and left,

There was a brief silence in the room, and after confirming that the guy was leaving, Hua Yu looked at the insider who had rushed from Pengcheng, and continued the topic just now: "You mean, General Xiang Zhuang wants me to pay attention to the movements of Li Si and the others, why is this?"

Huayu was slightly puzzled, although the time-honored brand is an iron shop on the surface, but behind the scenes, the time-honored brand is the intelligence network established by Xiang Zhuang in various places, and it is also an important platform for the Chu army to attract funds.

Seeing Hua Yu asking himself, the man shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed: "A lot of things, we just need to implement them, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't ask more, I don't know about this matter, you just have to do it,"

After listening to the other party's answer, Hua Yu couldn't help but smile dumbly: "Okay, I'll try to pay attention to it,"

The inside line was quietly sent away through the back door, at this time Hua Yu walked quickly to the front hall of the craftsman's shop, the guy was talking to the officer, seeing Hua Yu coming out, he greeted him with great joy, pointed to the officer and said: "The owner, he is the one who wants to change the sword,"

The officer saw that Hua Yu was dressed like a man, not like a person who traveled from south to north, so he arched his hand and said, "There is a problem with your sword, I want to change the sword,"

"Where did you know that there is a problem with our sword," Hua Yu stared at the officer, and asked rhetorically, the officer threw the broken sword to the ground, and said hatefully: "The physical evidence is here, do you want to deny it?"

Hua Yu glanced at the broken sword on the ground, turned back to the guy and said, "Go pick an identical sword,"

The guy walked quickly to the counter, found a new sword that came out of the oven with this sword, and handed it to Hua Yu, Hua Yu looked at the sword, and asked the officer with a smile: "Look, this sword is the same as your broken sword?"

The officer took his hand, looked at it, and nodded, "It's the same,"

Seeing the other party nodding, Hua Yu couldn't help but sneer: "Since you said that our sword has a problem, then, you use your bronze sword to cut my iron sword, if you can cut it, I won't take a penny, and in the future, your weapons will be built for free by our time-honored brand,"

Hua Yu's words attracted a round of applause from the surrounding onlookers, and many people echoed and asked the officer to cut it off, at this time the officer's face was flushed, he knew in his heart that he used a copper sword to cut an iron sword, and he didn't cut it at all, he came this time, and he just had the idea of trying, if he really couldn't change it, he would accept his fate, and, I heard that the backstage of the time-honored brand was very hard, at least, they had an official cover, and they didn't want to make a big deal about it, at this time, he looked at the iron sword on the ground, and sighed: "It's just a sword, I think, forget it,"

The other party is an officer, and he is willing to give in at this time, Hua Yu doesn't want to do things in a desperate way, but smiles: "Since you are willing to give in, I am also willing to show sincerity, this new sword on the ground, I gave it to you, as a gift for our first acquaintance, what do you think,"

The officer couldn't believe that this proprietor was willing to take the initiative to change himself to a new sword, thinking of such an expensive sword, if he couldn't buy a new one, he would lose a lot, and now the other party gave him a step, and he didn't know each other, but he arched his hand and said: "Okay, I owe you a personal favor, in the next lotte, if the proprietor needs anything in the future, just look for me, I am in the Northern Army as a lieutenant general,"

Seeing that the other party was a general of the Northern Army, Hua Yu was secretly happy in his heart, right now, he was in need of making friends with a middle-level officer like Lotte, and he had obtained information, so he smiled and returned the salute: "Since General Le is so refreshing, we might as well make a friend, let's talk about it, how about it,"

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey," Lotte also smiled, and walked towards the store with Huayu,

A farce of changing swords, in the end, it turned into two people sympathizing with each other, entering the house to drink, and the people watching the excitement couldn't help but "shhh", complaining that the two were not funny, and soon, everyone dispersed,

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