Chapter 20—Parting
Xie Weichen has been with Fusu these days, and in a trance, it seems to have returned to the time when he was with his master. Xie Weichen is very satisfied with his current life, simple and happy.
"To be able to complete the great cause of reunification for His Royal Highness, and to see the prosperity of Great Qin together!" Xie Weichen has completely surrendered to Fusu, and his feelings for Fusu are more of close friends than monarchs and ministers, and they are close friends who can sleep in the same bed and eat a bowl of rice together.
In the cold winter of 210 B.C., with heavy snowfall, such a bleak scene seemed to foreshadow the bleak end that followed.
The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the biting cold wind was cold on the wilderness, and Zhao Gao's strange eyes pierced people's hearts like a sharp sword. A large group of men and horses boldly broke into the camp, the soldiers at the door stopped and did not let them enter, Zhao Gao took the lead in raising the false holy decree, cut off the soldier's head with a sword in one hand, blood splashed on his face, he greedily sucked and licked the blood on the side of his mouth, and spat on the soldier's corpse: "Untouchables, block the way of the master." He raised his sword and prepared to attack the next soldier lying on the ground.
"Stop! Lord Zhao came late at night, and he didn't come to my camp to drink and keep warm, but he was here to kill, Lord Zhao was so Yaxing...... "Fusu was wearing a sheepskin cloak and cloak, because the cold weather a few days ago had a wind chill recently, and his body was very weak. But today's situation is that I can't stay in bed, and I can't show a trace of pathology.
"Your Royal Highness, the slave family is here to bring you good news. Zhao Gao put away his sword, holding the holy decree in one hand and pointing at the holy decree with the other, with a hypocritical look on his face.
Fusu's face was like ice, and his miserable white and heavy face showed even more vicissitudes in the moonlight. He didn't look at Zhao Gao's sycophant face at all, and there was no trace of surprise, but he just summoned a soldier and whispered in his ear: "Strictly handle Xie Weichen's camp, no matter what happens, you are not allowed to let him out." ”
Xiao Bing complied, and took strict precautions with an army, Xie Weichen didn't know what was going on outside, and he was still concentrating on studying the medicine primer, and he had only one belief in his heart: no matter what, as long as the elixir of life was refined, Fusu would be in no danger. So, he didn't pay much attention to the riots outside.
Fusu and Zhao Gao pushed each other into Fusu's camp, and Fusu sent the guards inside, and there were only three people here: Fusu, Zhao Gao, and Meng Tian.
Zhao Gao pretended to cry, crying so much that he couldn't breathe, lying on the table and refusing to get up.
Fusu was very calm, looking at the wick fluttering under the lonely shadow, but he couldn't see Zhao Gao's insidiousness clearly, and pretended to comfort him: "Why is Taifu so heartbroken?"
"Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty, he's dead!"
When Fusu heard the news, his heart was shocked. The blood in his mouth flared up at once, causing Fusu to cough violently. Fusu stood up anxiously, staggered to the center of the tent, knelt down with a plop, kowtowed three times to the sky, and fell to the ground and cried.
"Father, the child is not filial, he can't accompany you, he can't be loyal, his father is going to this day, he doesn't care about the country, the society, the children's private feelings!
Zhao Gao saw that the time was almost up, so he coughed heavily, stood up, walked in front of Fusu, and spread out the holy decree: "Fusu, Meng Tian listen to the decree!"
Meng Tian picked up Fusu, who was paralyzed on the ground, and the two knelt down to listen to the order.
"I inherit the way of heaven and obey the hearts of the people. The eldest prince Fusu, false benevolence and false righteousness, reckless of human morality, cowardly and inactive, timid and fearful, enveloping people's hearts, wanting to compete for the position of the prince, ill-intentioned, not the emperor's choice, remembering his filial piety is commendable, and he is specially given a sword to accompany the burial of himself, and the filial piety of his father is buried. The general Meng Tian seized his military power and went with Fusu. ”
When Fusu heard this, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and he fainted to the ground.
After a while, Fusu woke up, his face was pale, his eyes were solemn, looking at the heavy snow outside the window, he laughed wildly, the laughter shook the heavens and the earth, and suddenly he cried again.
"General Meng Tian, I helped Su I to be famous, but I was buried in the name of disloyalty and filial piety?" After that, he slowly walked to the sword, stroking the sword, cold and stinging, Fusu cried and held the sword: "Father, the son is disloyal, there are countless crimes, he is not worthy of being the prince of Great Qin, thank the father for his benevolence and morality, the son is here to ask you for the guilt!"
Meng Tian ignored the thirty-seven twenty-one, and kicked away the sword, but was reprimanded by Zhao Gao, who was stealing music on the side: "Bold! General Meng Tian wants to resist the order! No wonder Your Majesty is suspicious of Fusu Gongzi and General Meng! You are going to rebel!"
Meng Tian knelt down, hugged Fusu's legs and explained: "Your Majesty is now outside, and you have not yet set up a prince, so you have sent me to lead an army of 300,000 to guard the frontier, and let Gongzi supervise it, this is a major task related to the safety of the world! Now just because an envoy arrives, you want to commit suicide, how do you know that this is not a treacherous trick? The minister asks the eldest prince to ask for instructions again, and it is not too late to die after the instructions!"
Zhao Gao was anxious, and seeing that this trick did not work for Meng Tian, he began to instigate Fusu: "Since this is Your Majesty's will, Fusu Gongzi, you have always been respectful to the emperor, father and son are filial, once you resist the decree, then Your Highness has gone to the Yellow Spring, how to explain it to His Majesty the Emperor?"
Fusu was already decadent, his hair was scattered, and his hand holding the sword was trembling, but he finally made a decision, smiled at General Meng Tian, and said: "If the father orders his son to commit suicide, then what more instructions do you have to ask? Lord Zhao, there are only two things that Fusu can die without regrets, please fulfill it." ”
Zhao Gao saw that Fusu was in a plan and agreed to Fusu's request.
"First, after the death of the guilty minister, please treat my son and baby well, and second, may His Majesty the Emperor spare Xie Weichen, he ...... In the clear. ”
Zhao Gao ignored Fusu, waved his hand to let him go, and walked out of the tent.
"Xie Weichen, our wish can no longer be fulfilled...... I'm sorry. With that, Fusu committed suicide and died.
Zhao Gao saw that Fusu was dead, and said to his own people: "If there is no one left here, it will be said that Meng Tian rebelled, and all of them will be killed!"