[Wei Nie] Vertical and horizontal killing

The fire in the cave crackled slightly, Wei Zhuang counted the time, took Ge Nie's wooden sword and pushed aside the deer's stomach buried in the ashes, and waited for Ge Nie to rest for a while before eating.He was seriously injured by Gai Nie and fell into the water in Kunwu before. Gai Nie used this method when he was taking care of him at the bottom of the valley.

The chirping of insects and birds came from outside the cave, and there may be other wild animals in the distance.Wei Zhuang propped up one leg, propped up the shark's teeth and closed his eyes to exercise, opened his eyes in a moment, got up and walked out of the cave.

A blue butterfly wing rests on his fingertips, and a small bamboo tube is tied to the bird's leg.Wei Zhuang took off the bamboo tube, unfolded the parchment inside and lowered his head to see the information of Quicksand.

After the butterfly wings flew away, Wei Zhuang turned around, just in time to see Gai Nie looking at him with his eyes open.

The corners of his mouth slightly relaxed: "Are you awake?"

Gai Nie nodded slightly, and then slowly sat up while supporting himself.After Wei Zhuang walked into the cave, he asked, "But something happened to Sanghai?"

Wei Zhuang said with a sneer: "Li Si took action, with the emperor's will and the imperial army, surrounded Xiaoshengxianzhuang, forcing the head of Confucianism to hand over the bamboo books of the Six Kingdoms in Zangshu Pavilion, otherwise he will be punished as treason and disobedience. "

Gai Nie frowned, and sighed for a while: "This is a catastrophe for all schools of thought."

Wei Zhuang smiled happily and coldly: "The six kingdoms are dead, this is just following the example of King Wu of Zhou's extermination of business books." Seeing Gai Nie frowning in deep thought, he couldn't help prodding him again: " Compared with the documents from the six countries, you should be more concerned about the current situation of the two people the Mohists are negotiating with."

Gai Nie was amazed by the efficiency of the quicksand intelligence network, and he made the worst assumption: "Commander Gao and Commander Tie were captured by Tian Meng?" Did Lie Shantang use Gao Jianli and a big hammer to force the Mo family out of the matter?Or use the lives of these two people to force the Mo family to choose Lie Shantang as the hero?Such a plan can be regarded as useless.

Wei Zhuang sneered: "Two days ago, I remembered that you didn't agree with my proposal to jointly deal with Tian Hu. Now, do you still think so?" His last question had a slightly rising tone, obviously gloating.

Gai Nie looked at Wei Zhuang calmly, "Xiao Zhuang, as I said, this is a game. I thought you didn't want to be anyone's pawn."

Wei Zhuang threw the parchment scroll into the fire, watched the flames lick the scroll, and snorted coldly: "I thought you forgot your own identity." He glanced at Gai Nie who had no intention of continuing to speak, and held the parchment with his wooden sword. The stomach bag of the roasted wild deer was placed in front of Ge Nie.

He did it on purpose.

Gai Nie looked at the scorched body of the sword blackened by the fire, and the deer stomach that smelled of grass, and decided to ignore the issue of the sword for the time being.When he was in Guigu in his early years, Wei Zhuang adhered to the idea of ​​a gentleman staying away from the kitchen and never went near the kitchen.Judging from the few experiences I have had, if you accidentally show any attitude of trying to teach, the consequences are often very serious.

……

Li Si is no longer young. He has been the prime minister of the empire until now, and he has already become an extremely human minister.The world only knows that Li Si is deeply favored by the emperor, but who knows that it is not easy for him to work day and night.

For several days, he traveled back and forth between Sanghai and Xianyang Palace, and when he returned to Xianyang Palace, he was already very tired.

After freshening up and getting dressed, Li Si drove to Xianyang Palace to meet the emperor.In the past, when the emperor knew about his return, he would not let him wait for a long time, because he brought the news that the emperor wanted to know.

However, this time, Li Si did not find the emperor in Xianyang Palace, and the servant told the prime minister in a low voice that His Majesty the Emperor left for Lishan to supervise the construction of the mausoleum.

Li Si weighed things up and down, the emperor went to Lishan for a few days before returning, and Confucianism was considered the top of all schools of thought, and the matter of burning books could be big or small, so there was no delay.I had to ask my servants to drive out of the city and go straight to Mount Li.

When Li Si rushed to Lishan, it was already two hours later, and the sky was dark.

Just as the eunuch was about to inform the prime minister to see him, he saw a little yellow man running towards him as if he had been pardoned after seeing Li Si.

Li Si frowned and made a gesture: "Get up, I wonder if His Majesty has rested?"

The little yellow man looked flustered, and said to Li Si in a low voice: "Prime Minister, Your Majesty is still on Mount Li at this moment."

The voice of the little yellow gate was trembling. Li Si was not with the king for a day, so he lowered his face and shouted in a low voice: "Absurd, what time is this? It is dangerous to go to the mountains and fields, why has no one advised His Majesty to return to the palace?"

Xiao Huangmen's face was pale, trembling with fright: "Prime Minister, it's not that the slaves don't know how to advise, it's actually His Majesty, His Majesty—"

Li Si looked at him closely: "How is Your Majesty?"

Xiao Huangmen was in a dilemma again and again, stepped forward and whispered to Li Si: "Your Majesty has been suspicious lately, and he refuses to let anyone get close to him now. The Prime Minister is here, please go with your slaves to meet His Majesty. It is impossible to hear that the Prime Minister is coming, Your Majesty I am willing to listen to your words. However, the long follower by your side is..."

Li Si squinted his eyes and looked at this little yellow gate. At this moment, he had already wondered in his mind whether the trappers would use the pretext of being suspicious of the emperor to lure him into the mountain alone, and then it would be bad for him.But no, when he met Zhao Gao a few days ago, Zhao Gao obviously showed his favor to him.

With his hands behind his back, Li Si rubbed his thumb and index finger vigorously, which was his usual thinking action.

——At this time, no matter whether the emperor is suspicious or not, he can only be frank.In terms of interests, Zhao Gao needs to form an alliance with him more than Shadow Secret Guard.

What's more, they also have a common enemy - son Fusu.

……

On the sidewalk outside the Lishan Palace, the emperor's black robe was almost integrated with the night, his expression was a little tense, a little depressed, and a little irritable.

After the emperor personally beheaded the personal eunuch who tried to persuade the emperor to return to the palace, the eunuchs and guards had already turned pale. Just when they were helpless and dared not approach, Li Si finally arrived.

When the emperor saw Li Si, he was kind to him: "Li Si, come here."

Li Si stepped forward to approach the emperor, just bent down to salute, and then called out: "Your Majesty." The emperor grabbed his wrist: "Li Si, Li Si, tell them all to back down."

Li Si was taken aback. He noticed that the emperor was unusual, but he still calmly comforted the emperor with his usual elegant attitude: "Your Majesty, don't be afraid, the humble minister is here." After speaking, he waved to the guards behind him, letting the They each took another fifty steps back.

The emperor dragged the prime minister and said in a low voice: "Li Si, when you came, was there anything unusual in Xianyang Palace?"

Li Si only felt that the emperor's hand was trembling, could it really be that there has been a change in Xianyang?He quickly recalled many details of Xianyang Palace, and finally said: "No."

The emperor was silent for a moment, and then said: "Li Si, someone wants to harm me secretly. Someone takes advantage of my eye disease and uses witchcraft to kill me!"

Li Si was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Why did your majesty say that? But the shadow guard—"

However, the emperor made an expression that surprised Li Si. With a worried and vigilant expression, the emperor pulled Li Si to a place with lush trees in the forest: "The wall has ears, and there are people watching around. Li Si, the only one I can trust now is you. "

Li Si suddenly realized that it might not be the Xianyang Palace that was unusual, but the emperor himself.

Before leaving Xianyang Palace to go to Sanghai, the emperor often had eye problems, and the bamboo slips could not be more than [-] catties.Later, it was heard that the emperor suffered from abdominal pain and fainted, and all the cooks in the dining palace were slaughtered and replaced with newcomers.When I came back this time, the Xiaohuangmen I saw outside Xianyang Palace were indeed cowardly Xingong people.

So, those personal guards and palace servants were all cleaned up under the suspicion of the emperor?

Li Si didn't feel sorry for those slaves who were in the trap but passed on news to him, he just suddenly felt worried, and there was a fear of hurting others.

The emperor still seems to trust him now, but is this trust as real as he thought?

Li Si felt that the emperor grabbed his hand like a shackle and pliers, strangling his blood, so that he could only see the wealth, power, and emperor's favor in front of him, but he couldn't see whether his legs were about to fall into the rolling under the heavy pliers. in the soup.

……

Three days later, the prime minister was still recuperating.

Zhao Gao's unexpected invitation was within his expectation.This time, Li Si did not shirk as usual, he decided to go to the appointment.

Zhao Gao is in charge of Luowang, an assassination organization that is not inferior to the Shadow Secret Guards. The meeting place he chose is very interesting, on the gate tower of Xianyang City.

Here, you can overlook the grand project of Lishan Mountain, and it is also secret enough.They stood on a high place, as long as someone guarded the entrance of the tower, they could see everyone who tried to spy.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, but the prime minister still has the same demeanor." Zhao Gao squinted his eyes and complimented, his voice was a bit feminine and slow, always unhurried.

Li Si didn't like Zhao Gao, and if the situation didn't force him, he wouldn't bow down: "Master CRRC Mansion, you and I can also meet in court, there is no rush to chat, but I don't know that CRRC Mansion is here, What is there to teach you?"

Zhao Gao looked in the direction of Mount Li: "Except for Xianyang Palace, this is the highest point of Xianyang City."

Li Si stood with his hands behind his back: "People in the world know how to climb high and look far away, but they don't know that looking over here is just another palace of imperial power."

Zhao Gao tilted his head to look at Li Si with a smile: "Why, the prime minister also often looks into the distance?"

Li Si smiled and said, "When I was young, I used to look far away in Songhai. Now that I am old, I feel that the ordinary courtyard has its own scenery. It is good to cook tea and read books."

Zhao Gao smiled, as if feeling emotional because of Li Si's humble words: "Your Excellency is the mainstay of the empire, the head of all the officials in the Great Qin Dynasty, but it is unexpected that he has no desires and desires. It's only my lord, and the world also says that hearing can make eyesight clear." , There are some things, I think it's better for the adults to know."

Li Si was noncommittal: "Oh?"

"Lishan Palace, after your lord left that day, His Majesty asked the servants a word."

Li Si: "It seems that this sentence, the CRRC Mansion Commander thinks it has something to do with me?"

Zhao Gao restrained his smile and said, "Your Majesty, ask the left and right, who told the Prime Minister the whereabouts of the emperor."

Li Si's pupils shrank.