The carriage galloped down the road, leaving Xianyang City far behind.

There were only me and Xingzhong in the car, and in addition to Meng He, there were more than a dozen guards.

It wasn't until this moment that I had time to ask about Yingzheng's situation.

He replied truthfully: "The emperor basically did not rest along the way, and arrived at Chengshan at the beginning of summer, and even the sacrifice of Jiuyi Mountain was done by Tingwei Meng Yi. After a long journey, the emperor was already extremely weak, and the prince of Hu Hai also had a serious illness when he passed through Danyang County.

After arriving at Chengshan, after a few days of rest, the emperor's health improved.

However, in the face of the vast sea, he never waited for Xu Fu's news. The emperor was very anxious, and in the following half a month, he took ten pills left by Xu Fu in succession, but this time the pill was not as effective as before, and after taking it, the emperor's body became weaker and weaker, and he couldn't even eat.

Seeing that the emperor's health was deteriorating, Li Xiang and Meng Yi made a proposal to the emperor together, asking the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat, but the emperor ......

The ministers who advised were almost all dismissed, and no one dared to speak out about the matter since.

However, just four days earlier, the emperor had suddenly coughed up blood, was confused, and sometimes could not even speak clearly. Li Xiang immediately blocked the news, did not allow anyone to enter the emperor's palace, and all the people who were with the emperor that day were also detained in the palace, and sent someone to find the imperial physician order, and at the risk of killing his head, the imperial physician ordered to make a diagnosis. But the Imperial Physician said......"

At this point, he paused and looked at me. I opened my mouth and comforted: "In the middle of the sentence, you can say that there is no third person here. ”

The sentence continued: "The imperial physician decree said that the emperor was already terminally ill, and he took so many elixirs one after another a few days ago, and some of his weaknesses could not be replenished. Now it is too late to use medical methods, and the only way to do this is to prescribe some medicine for the emperor to take, and then make a decision after the emperor wakes up.

Everyone in the palace was concerned about the emperor's condition. In addition to assisting the emperor in handling documents and sealing, Ranchen is also the emperor's guard. On the night of the emperor's illness, a clean room came to report that two edicts had been sent from the palace. At this time, the emperor was still unconscious, and it was impossible to issue any edict. However, the palace guards and ministers did not know who sent it.

When he found that there was only one person in the clean room of the edict, he immediately came to report it, and the minister realized that something was wrong, and immediately sent someone to chase after Li Xiang, but there was no trace of the person who carried the edict. Then the minister and Li reviewed the palace in turn, but found nothing. ”

Hearing this, I wondered, "Two edicts? As far as I know, three edicts were issued, one to Feng Xiang in Xianyang, and the other two to Shangjun and Nanyue. ”

The sentence explained: "What His Highness said is good, there are indeed three edicts, but they are not issued together. Just after the review was fruitless, Li Xiang and his ministers immediately monitored everyone in the palace, except for two maidservants serving the emperor, no one was allowed to step out of the door. However, what made the ministers embarrassed was that the next day, another edict was sent from the palace, which was intercepted by the clean room in the north of Jiaodong. ”

I felt incredible: "There is someone who can still carry the edict to the palace under such a tight defense, and this person has the ability to fly?" ”

He smiled bitterly and said, "The minister is incompetent, I really don't know how the edict left the palace." Fortunately, after failing to intercept the first two edicts, the ministers arranged a clean room to secretly inspect the surroundings, and only then did they stop the edict to His Highness in time. The minister brought the edict back to the palace, and it happened that the emperor woke up at this time and was more conscious.

After the minister made a statement to the emperor, the emperor was furious and immediately wanted to kill all the people in the palace. Fortunately, Li Xiangjin said that this thief has such a ability, there must be someone in the palace and everywhere to respond, killing everyone in the palace may be able to get rid of the thief, but I don't know if the thief has other backs, it is better to act according to the false edict, and there will be a chance to find out the people behind the scenes.

The emperor adopted Li Xiang's words, and still sent the false edict to Feng Xiang according to the plan, and wrote another edict, together with the transfer of troops from the northern and southern armies of Xianyang, and handed it over to the Jiaodong clean room starry night to send to His Royal Highness, and at the same time worried that the thief would be alert, he ordered the minister to find an opportunity to leave the palace and rush to Xianyang, and escort His Royal Highness to Chengshan, just to see what the traitor did. ”

I said helplessly: "It seems that I am being used as fishing bait, but when you leave, won't there be no guards around my father?" ”

Xing Zhong replied: "Your Highness, rest assured, all the emperor's side has been replaced by ministers into clean rooms, this move is secret, and even Li Xiang doesn't know." The change of defense is ordinary, but it used to be a swap of soldiers, but this time it was replaced with a clean room. His Royal Highness has no doubts about the Pure Room's loyalty to the Emperor.

By the time the minister set out, the emperor's situation had gradually improved, and if the emperor had been sober, it was expected that no one would dare to murder the emperor.

In addition, the emperor is also helpless, if the false edict to His Royal Highness is not delivered, there will be no movement in Xianyang City, if the thieves know, they must suspect that the matter is exposed, and it will not be so easy to catch them.

The emperor was also worried about His Highness, and the special ministers came to protect His Highness. ”

I nodded: "Since this person has such great skills, if he doesn't put heavy bait, I'm afraid he won't take the bait." ”

During the execution, he arched his hand and said: "Your Highness is wise! ”

I asked again: "When you were examining, did you notice the Li Mansion and the ......" I thought for a while, and changed the Li Si who was about to exit to a close attendant: "Is there a problem with the close attendants around my father?" ”

Xing Zhong shook his head and said: "No abnormality was found, Li Fuling was taken care of with everyone, and the maid was also replaced by the minister." ”

'Well, hopefully it will go well. I sighed in my heart. Many wild histories portray Ying Zheng's death as being murdered to death, and if no one dares to kill Ying Zheng, I think I am too confident.

At this time, it is no longer the time for the world to be unified, Ying Zheng is getting old, he has lost his deterrent power, and the harsh government has led to resentment among the people in the world, and the old clans of the Six Kingdoms hiding in the shadows are ready to move, Daqin seems to be in the middle of the day, but in fact, he is already as sick and crumbling as Ying Zheng.

At this time, I can only wait for the person in the dark to take the initiative to appear.

Looking at the execution, I was curious: "During the execution, have you been following your father?" ”

Xing Zhong replied: "Back to His Royal Highness, the minister began to follow the emperor after Li Fuling took over from the Zhongche Fuling. ”

"And what did you do before?"

"The minister was originally a clean room order, because the emperor was dutiful in guarding Bolangsha when he was assassinated, the emperor gave his ministers to accompany him, not only to serve as a clerk, but also to lead the army of the clean room."

"Bolangsha assassinated?" I asked, "Then have you ever seen Zhang Liang?" ”

He replied: "At that time, the minister only cared about protecting the emperor, and did not arrest the assassin, and this thief has not been caught so far, so he has never seen the appearance of a thief." ”

I nodded. Liu Bang praised him for "strategizing and winning thousands of miles away", which is really a rare talent, and I will slowly look for it in the future to see if it can be used by me.