Chapter 05: Secret Friendship (Part II)



Zi Youge Ganquan Palace will never lack the laughter of women and the praise of Hu Hai, musicians play music, dancing girls accompany dances, from time to time there are lewd // laughter echoing in the hall, some dancing girls are touched by Hu Hai frivolously, from time to time there are frightened cries or moans of enjoyment,

Day and day, night and night,

Now the harem is the most favored, Deng Meiren, she will accompany Hu Hai every day, at night, Hu Hai most of the time, will also stay in Deng Meiren's dormitory, on this day, Hu Hai is with Deng Meiren to enjoy the Qin Geyan dance, happy and happy,

An attendant walked in quickly, seeing that Hu Hai was listening to the song with his eyes closed, he seemed to be enjoying it very much, the attendant was slightly embarrassed, he couldn't help but look not far away, accompanied by Zhao Gao on the side, Zhao Gao had already discovered this attendant, the attendant was personally arranged by Zhao Gao, just to help Li Si inform Hu Hai, at this time the attendant did not dare to step forward, Zhao Gao covered his mouth with his hand, and coughed dryly,

Hu Hai was woken up by Zhao Gao's dry cough, he opened his eyes and looked, and saw the hesitant waiter not far away, and asked unhappily: "Is there something wrong with you?"

The chamberlain stiffened, walked over, and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Li Cheng is here, asking to see him outside the palace,"

"Bastard, don't you see that I'm busy, tell him that I'm not empty," Hu Hai scolded the waiter with his head and face, the waiter didn't dare to talk back, sang a promise, and was about to leave, at this time, Hu Hai stopped the waiter again, as if he felt that his tone just now was too much, Hu Hai eased his tone again, and ordered: "Tell him that I am not feeling well today, let him come back another day,"

The inner attendant sang Nuo left, at this time, Zhao Gao sneered beside him, and didn't say anything, Hu Hai hugged Deng Meiren, and no longer considered Li Si's matter, and soon, the music echoed in the hall again,

In the front hall of Ganquan, Li Si waited anxiously outside the palace gate, and soon, the inner attendant walked slowly and arched his hand: "Prime Minister Li Cheng, Your Majesty // is unwell, you better go back,"

"But......" Li Sigang wanted to say that Zhao Gao asked him to come, but after thinking about it, it was better not to mention this matter, so he had to leave stupidly.

On the third day, Li Si came to Ganquan Palace again and asked to see Hu Hai, Hu Hai was furious, and ordered the chamberlain to convey and reprimand Li Si, Li Si was annoyed and left again.

Three times to see but to no avail, Li Si began to give up the idea of meeting Hu Hai, these days, he did not go to the court, but locked himself in the house, quietly thinking, what is the problem, at this time, the second son Li Hong knocked on the door and entered: "Father, Prime Minister Zhao Cheng asked to see in the guest hall,"

"Zhao Gao," Li Si couldn't help but read coldly, if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have asked to see him three times, and he was rejected three times, thinking of Zhao Gao, Li Si's anger in his heart couldn't be extinguished, and he couldn't help shouting: "No,"

Li Hong was just about to leave, Li Si called him again, and after a moment of silence, Li Si still sighed: "Tell him, I'll be there soon,"

Li Hong saw that his father had changed his mind, and couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, Li Hong didn't know why his father was so afraid of this Zhao Gao, but at this time, Li Hong was inconvenient to ask, so he had to give up his hand and leave.

Came to the guest hall, Li Hong told Zhao Gao the news of his father's late arrival, Zhao Gao didn't seem to care, smiled and nodded, at this time, the maid brought tea, Zhao Gao took the teacup, blew the hot air, Li Hongnai said goodbye and left, at this time, only Zhao Gao was left in the guest hall,

Zhao Gao took a sip of tea, the fragrance of tea overflowed, Zhao Gao was in a good mood, and his thinking became agile, recalling that Li Si asked to see him three times in the past few days, Hu Hai refused three times, and he couldn't bear Li Si anymore, this time, as long as he persuaded Li Si to see Hu Hai, he would inevitably anger Hu Hai, and at that time, he would have the opportunity to attack Li Si,

Thinking of this, Zhao Gao couldn't help laughing, and at this time, Li Si's voice came from the door: "What makes Lord Zhao so happy,"

Seeing Li Si coming, Zhao Gao hurriedly put down the teacup, the smug expression just now was swept away, looked at Li Si, and sighed slightly reproachfully: "Your Majesty finally agreed to meet you today, I came for this matter, and I just remembered that Your Majesty praised you, so I couldn't help laughing,"

Zhao Gao's explanation was very far-fetched, but when Li Si heard that Hu Haiken had summoned him, he praised him, and he couldn't help but be interested, and asked: "Your Majesty has always refused to see me for the past few days, why is he suddenly willing to do it again today?"

Seeing Li Si asking, Zhao Gaolang smiled and said: "Your Majesty didn't go to Deng Meiren today, I happened to take the opportunity to speak for the Prime Minister, Your Majesty praised the Prime Minister for his loyalty and patriotism, so he agreed to see you,"

After speaking, Zhao Gao looked at Li Si's face, and when he saw that he was overjoyed, he couldn't help sneering in his heart, and said again: "This opportunity, the prime minister, don't miss it, otherwise, you will regret it,"

"Don't worry, Lord Zhao, I'll enter the palace now,"

An hour later, Li Si and Zhao Gao came to Ganquan Palace in batches, worried that someone would gossip and cause unnecessary trouble, Zhao Gao entered the palace first, at this time Li Si was waiting anxiously outside the palace, the inner servant had already entered the palace to announce, and after a while, the will to announce his will would arrive, Li Si's heart, a little excited,

Soon, a chamberlain trotted over, his face was slightly anxious, Li Si recognized at a glance that he was the chamberlain who had just entered for him, why was he so flustered at this time,

The chamberlain soon came to Li Si's side, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Prime Minister Li, Your Majesty has a decree that you don't have to come to Ganquan Palace again in the future, if you disobey, you will be severely punished,"

Li Si was completely confused, he looked at the chamberlain and asked softly, "What the hell is going on,"

"Your Majesty is having dinner with Deng Meiren, and when I learned that Prime Minister Li Cheng asked to see him, he threw away all the dishes and chopsticks, and angrily beat a few palace people who spoke for the Prime Minister, at this time everyone in the palace is in danger, Prime Minister Li, you better leave early,"

Li Si, who learned the true // appearance, couldn't believe it, he seemed to vaguely feel that he was teased by Zhao Gao,

Hu Hai didn't praise himself at all, and Zhao Gao didn't say good things for himself, thinking of this, Li Si was extremely angry in his heart, he looked at the deep corridor of Ganquan Palace, his gums were about to be crushed, if Zhao Gao was in front of him at the moment, he couldn't wait to kill Zhao Gao with a sword, but it was useless to hate it, he could only blame himself for believing in Zhao Gao too much, so that there was such a bad retribution,

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Li Si snorted coldly and walked away quickly,

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In the Ganquan Palace, Deng Meiren took a few maids and left quietly, at this time Hu Hai was extremely angry, he had beaten more than ten palace people, but the anger was still difficult to calm down, on the side, Zhao Gao bent over, bowed his head and said nothing,

"These dog things, I don't know what benefits they received, they actually worked so hard for Li Si, they still don't have me as the emperor in their hearts," Hu Hai complained, and on the side, Zhao Gao sighed: "Your Majesty, people's hearts are unpredictable, you take care of the dragon body, dissipate your anger,"

Stopped, Zhao Gao took the teacup from the hand of an attendant, personally placed it on the table in front of Hu Hai, and made a look of wanting to say something, and finally, he sighed lightly,

Hu Hai saw it in his eyes and couldn't help but be surprised: "Does Lord Zhao have something to say?"

"...... minister" Zhao Gao hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The minister has something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not,"

"If you have something to say, in front of me, why bother to swallow and vomit," Hu Hai was slightly displeased, Zhao Gao arched his hand and sang a promise, and said in a deep voice: "I got a news, when Zhou Wen entered the customs, Li You had an army of 150,000, he could completely defeat Wu Guang, and then return to Hangu Pass to protect Guanzhong, but ......"

When Zhao Gao said this, he suddenly paused, and looked at Hu Hai with a pair of squinted eyes, Hu Hai also heard at this time, Zhao Gao seemed to have some secrets to say, but he suddenly paused, is this hanging his appetite, Hu Hai drank unhappily: "Go on,"

"However, Li You allowed the bandit army to enter the pass, without hindrance, and even fought with Wu Guang in Xingyang, not advancing or retreating, among them, mainly because Li You and Chen Sheng, the king of Zhang Chu, reached a non-public agreement, as long as Chen Sheng unified Guanzhong and overthrew the Qin State, the Li family would be the most noble royal family in the Chu State, so Li You would let the bandit army go until later, Zhang Han destroyed Chu, and Chen Sheng defeated Chen County,"

Speaking of this, Zhao Gao glanced at Hu Hai, saw that he nodded slightly, obviously listened, and continued: "Then, Li You was worried that the secret of his collusion with Zhang Chujun would spread out, so he stuck to Xingyang and let Zhang Han go around to fight, until the first battle of Dong'e, Zhang Han was defeated, and the imperial court inscription stipulated that all soldiers and horses were ordered to aid Zhang Han, and Li You was willing to send troops to the west, but it was too late, the Chu army had developed momentum at this time, and Li You ate the consequences and died in Yongcheng,"

"This matter is serious," Hu Hai's eyes suddenly showed murderous intent, staring at Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao also nodded and sighed: "This matter, it's not certain, but I have received information that Li Si has reached an agreement with Zhao Jun and is willing to make an internal response to welcome Zhao Jun into the customs, and there is only one condition, let Zhao Jun help him take revenge, kill Xiang Yu, and exterminate the Chu army,"

"Bang ......" After Hu Hai heard this, he slapped the table case angrily, he couldn't believe it, is Li Si so bold?

But this matter is just a rumor, whether it is true or not, Hu Hai has no way to verify it for the time being, he couldn't help but look at Zhao Gao, and said in a deep voice: "This matter, you are responsible, don't be too loud, whether it is true or not, I am waiting for your return,"

Zhao Gao's words, arched his hand and replied: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will investigate this matter strictly and thoroughly,"

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Leaving the Ganquan front hall, it was already afternoon, Zhao Gao's carriage slowly marched on the galloping road, and after half an hour, he returned to his own mansion.

As soon as I entered the hospital, the housekeeper greeted me: "My lord, you are back,"

Zhao Gao nodded and ordered, "Go, bring me Yan Le,"

About a tea time, Yan Le hurried to Zhao Gao's mansion and went straight to the guest hall.

At this time, Zhao Gao was standing in front of the window in a daze, no one knew what he was thinking, until Yan Le's footsteps sounded, Zhao Gao woke up from his contemplation, looked back at Yan Le, and said in a deep voice: "It's coming,"

"The son-in-law meets his father-in-law,"

Yan Le married Zhao Gao's righteous daughter, Zhao Gao has a good trust in him, although in recent years, Yan Le has not been promoted, but his rights and status have been expanding, at this time, he just gave Zhao Gao a salute, Zhao Gao has already directly // inserted the subject, ordered: "Li Si, Li You colluded with the bandit army and betrayed the court, this matter is related to the country, I have made it clear to Your Majesty, strictly investigate this matter, you know what to do,"

"Collusion with the bandits," Yan Le thought for a while, and immediately understood Zhao Gao's intentions, and replied: "Father-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter,"

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