Chapter 55: Is it a ruse?
After following Shi Lei and others around the city for a long time, Xiang Ye and Meng Su finally touched their foreheads with their hands, with a defeated expression.
Dare to love this black wild cat Shi Lei didn't know where to sell wine at all, he took Xiang Ye and Meng Su to run to several villages, but he didn't even find a place to sell wine.
"Do you know where to sell alcohol?" After going around a few big circles, Xiang Ye said to Shi Lei, who was walking in front, with black lines on his head: "It stands to reason that you are robbing around here, you should be very familiar with the surrounding environment, how do I feel as if you don't know the road at all." ”
Shi Lei turned his head and glared at Xiang Ye and said: "How could I not know where there is wine for sale, it is these people who sell wine who have all escaped to avoid trouble, how do I know that these people are so afraid of things that they don't even dare to sell wine." ”
Xiang Ye pursed his lips, didn't speak again, and followed Shi Lei for half an hour, Shi Lei finally stopped, sighed helplessly, and said to Xiang Ye and Meng Su: "That's it, that's it, I haven't found a place to sell wine for a long time, it seems that I have to invite you." ”
"Rub, I have wine and I still take us so far!" Xiang Ye pursed his lips towards Shi Lei's back with disdain, and secretly raised his middle finger to him.
When Xiang Ye took Meng Su to find the Xiang clan in Jiangdong, a major incident also happened in Xianyang City.
After Zhao Tong ordered someone to report to Zhao Gao that Li You had an affair with Xiang, Zhao Gao did not immediately take action against Li Si, after all, Li Si was the prime minister of Great Qin, and he had assisted the First Emperor to unify the world and establish the Great Qin Dynasty, and it was not a very simple matter to move him.
Although Zhao Gao controlled Qin II and almost controlled the entire government, Li Si still had a force in his hands, which may no longer be enough to compete with him, but if he really tore his face, he would definitely hurt his vitality.
On this day, Qin II led a group of entourages and palace maids to play in the harem, Zhao Gao did not wait on the side as before, he took a chance, left the Qin Palace and rushed straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion with a group of guards.
"Is Prime Minister Li at home?" When he arrived at the door of Li Si's house, Zhao Gao arched his hand towards the guard guarding the door and asked.
Several guards guarding the door saw that it was Zhao Gao, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to salute him, and the leading guard replied: "Lord Zhao, the prime minister is in the mansion." ”
"Please report to the general for me, and say that Zhao Gao wants to see me." Zhao Gao politely said to the guard who replied: "I have an urgent matter to discuss with the prime minister!" ”
The guard answered, stood up and ran into the house.
Li Si was looking through a bunch of books in the study, and when he heard that Zhao Gao asked to see him, he couldn't help frowning. After pondering for a moment, Li Si closed the book in his hand and said to the guard, "Please meet Lord Zhao in the main hall." ”
After the guards left, Li Si stood up, walked back and forth in the study with his head down, and finally slapped his forehead, walked out of the study proudly, and walked towards the main hall.
When Li Si arrived at the main hall, Zhao Gao was already waiting there, although Li Si knew that Zhao Gao had always wanted to kill him, but on the surface, he had to make a very intimate appearance.
"Hehe, Lord Zhao is here, Li Si has missed the distance, and I hope that Lord Zhao will forgive his sins!" Seeing Zhao Gao, Li Si had a smile on his face, stepped forward and bowed, as if he had seen a relative who had not seen him in several lifetimes, he stepped forward and took Zhao Gao's hand very affectionately and said: "Your Excellency has come this time to make the grass house shine, and please take a seat." ”
Li Si was overly enthusiastic, but it made Zhao Gao a little uncomfortable, his hands were pulled by Li Si, and he wanted to return the salute but couldn't reply, so he had to say: "The prime minister is really tormented by the lower officials, above the court, the prime minister is above ten thousand people under one person, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty must listen to the orders of the prime minister, so much courtesy to the lower officials, isn't it a torment to the lower officials?" ”
"Huh." Li Si smiled, patted Zhao Gao's back lightly and said: "Lord Zhao must have something important to do when he came to find Benxiang in a hurry, please sit down, if there is any need for Benxiang to do everything for adults, please let me know." ”
After Zhao Gao sat down, the servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion served tea to the two, and Li Si waved his hand to the servants in the main hall and said, "You all retreat." ”
After the servants retreated, Zhao Gao looked into the hall, and saw that there was no third person, so he got up and took two quick steps towards Li Si and knelt on the ground with a "poof", two lines of tears flowed down in an instant, and shouted to Li Si: "Prime Minister, please save Daqin, save Your Majesty, save Xiaguan!" ”
Li Si was taken aback when he saw Zhao Gao kneeling, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and said, "Lord Zhao has something to order, why is this?" ”
Zhao Gao wiped his tears, and when he raised his head, his face was wiped as black and white as a cat, and it looked like a harlequin in Peking Opera, which was quite funny, but it was a pity that Peking Opera was nearly two thousand years older than Li Si, so such a funny face was nothing funny in his opinion.
Zhao Gao said to Li Si with a handful of snot and tears: "Don't hide it from the prime minister, a few days ago, the lower official received a letter from the superior, saying that the prime minister colluded with the Jiangdong Xiang family. How could the lower officials believe this kind of nonsense, and they have already deducted the upper and lower levels. In fact, His Majesty is immersed in the sound of dogs and horses all day long, raising useless things for deer and dogs, and the lower officials are always persuaded, but they will be scolded, and today His Majesty is fighting with the palace maids and internal officials in the harem, and the lower officials really can't stand it, so they came to the prime minister to discuss, hoping that the prime minister can take the national society as the priority, and persuade His Majesty to come to the government in person! ”
Li Si frowned and pondered for a moment before raising his head to look at Zhao Gao and asked, "Since Lord Zhao knows very well that His Majesty ignores the dangers of the government, why don't you admonish him with death?" ”
Zhao Gao heard Li Si's question, bowed down, and said bitterly: "The lower officials also tried to persuade Your Majesty, but after all, the lower officials were soft-spoken, although they tried hard to persuade each other, but Your Majesty didn't care at all, so I came to ask the prime minister to go and admonish, hoping that Your Majesty can reform and revive the majesty of Great Qin!" ”
Li Si looked at Zhao Gao suspiciously, he really couldn't see any clues, he hesitated for a while, and finally nodded and said: "Okay, I'll listen to Lord Zhao once, and I will go to meet Your Majesty early tomorrow morning, and Chen invites Your Majesty to come to the government in person!" ”
Seeing Li Si's promise, Zhao Gao was very pleased, and hurriedly knelt down, bowed to Li Si and said: "Prime Minister Gaoyi, the world is very fortunate!" Great Qin is very lucky! The lower officials will go back to prepare, and arrange for the prime minister to meet His Majesty early tomorrow morning. ”
Li Si nodded, returned the salute, and got up to send Zhao Gao to the door.
After Zhao Gao left, Li Si returned to the house and said to an attendant: "You go and invite Mr. Wu, just say that I am waiting for him in the main hall, and I have important matters to discuss." ”
After the attendants left, Li Si went straight back to the main hall and retreated, just waiting for Mr. Wu to arrive.
After a while, a young man in a snow-white robe hurried to the main hall under the leadership of the attendants, and after the young man entered the main hall, he bowed to Li Si and said, "Wu Wei greets the Prime Minister!" ”
"I don't know if Mr. doesn't have to be polite!" When the young man came in, Lees stood up and made a gesture of invitation to him, saying, "Sir, please be seated!" ”
After Wu Wei sat down, Li Si waved his hand to the attendant who led him, and the attendant bowed and walked backwards.
After only Li Si and Wu Wei were left in the main hall, Li Si said: "I don't know sir, today Zhao Gao came to look for me and asked me to go to persuade His Majesty to come to the court, and his words were so sincere that the prime minister had to nod his head in agreement. Now, I would like to ask him what he means. ”
As soon as he heard that Zhao Gao had come to ask Li Si to advise Qin II, Wu Wei couldn't help frowning, he groaned for a while, and immediately raised his head and said to Li Si: "Prime Minister, this time it must be Zhao Gao's treacherous scheme, don't be fooled!" ”
"Oh?" Li Si tilted his head to look at Wu Wei with some confusion, and asked, "How does Mr. know that Zhao Gao is not really advising His Majesty this time?" ”
Wu Wei bowed very humbly and said to Li Si: "Hasn't the prime minister forgotten that Zhao Gao faked the edict to give Fusu Gongzi and General Meng Tian to death?" Zhao Gao has been committed to persecuting the ministers of the DPRK and China since the change of the sand dunes, and now His Majesty is mediocre, and the government is controlled by Zhao Gao alone. ”
When Wu Wei said the words of Dune Change and Second Immortality, Li Si's face changed, revealing a trace of displeasure.
Wu Wei didn't see it, and still said to Li Si: "Zhao Gao is insidious and treacherous, since ancient times, all the eunuchs who serve the king in the palace, whether they are castrated or not, their psychology must be dark, what they are pursuing is nothing more than wealth and power, Jiangshan Sheji is worthless in their eyes, how can he hand over the power already in his hands for the sake of Daqin?" ”
Li Si's eyes narrowed slightly, although what Wu Wei said was very straightforward and difficult to hear, it was to the point, which made him a little more suspicious of Zhao Gao's crying before.
"What does the gentleman think this should do?" Li Si was silent for a moment, and said to Wu Wei: "The prime minister has promised Zhao Gao to meet His Majesty early tomorrow morning, if you don't go, I am afraid that you will be ridiculed." ”
"Prime Minister!" Wu Wei hugged his fist at Li Si and said, "Is the prime minister's net worth and life important, or will he be laughed at by the world?" ”
"This ......" Li Si was stunned by Wu Wei's question, and didn't say anything for a while.
Wu Wei saw that Li Si didn't speak, and then said: "This time, Zhao Gaoding has set up the game in advance, just waiting for the prime minister to jump into the game. If the prime minister goes, he can push the boat down the river and defeat the prime minister in one fell swoop; If the prime minister doesn't go, Zhao Gao will definitely spread the prime minister's no, now the only way to find some strange things in the house, tomorrow morning to go to the palace to meet His Majesty, after offering treasures, and then implore His Majesty to come to the government in person, to correct the court! ”
Li Si nodded, and said thoughtfully: "What Mr. said is true, there are just two peacocks sent from Lingnan in my house, this bird has a gorgeous feather color, quite like a phoenix, but this bird likes to be warm, quite difficult to raise, presumably given to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will be very happy." ”
Seeing that Li Si agreed with his point of view, Wu Wei smiled slightly and said: "This is very good, tomorrow in the court, the prime minister only needs to show his loyalty to His Majesty and invite him to come to the court in person, and he must not speak too much, I am afraid that he will be calculated by Zhao Gao!" ”