Prime Minister, don't pick up on integrity

Not at all contrary to Li Si's expectations, the next morning after he returned to Xianyang station, an envoy came to summon the Han envoy to the palace to have an audience.

Under the leadership of the envoy, Li Si arrived at the carriage and horse farm outside the Xianyang Palace in a carriage that had been prepared long ago, when he heard the loud voice of the eunuch outside the palace calling: "Xuan——South Korean special envoy!"

Li Si jumped out of the car, straightened his clothes, ordered his servants to wait outside the hall, and then stepped on the steps outside the Xianyang Palace's Yizheng Hall with his head held high.

In the last life, when he walked here, he was still a subject of Qin, but now, Qin has become his enemy.

Things are different, and that's about it.

He took off his boots and stepped into the State Council Hall of the Qin State. When he saw Li Si walking in, the noisy hall fell silent instantly. The ministers in the hall stood in two rows, with the military general on the left and the civil servants on the right, standing at the front of the civil servants. The middle-aged man in front of him is Lu Buwei, the Prime Minister of the State of Qin with great power.

When walking in the hall, countless pairs of eyes looked at Li Si, perhaps cold or curious, but all of them harbored malicious intentions.

But Li Si pretended not to notice those eyes. He went straight to the throne and saluted respectfully: "Li Si, the special envoy of South Korea, has met the King of Qin."

After a while, I heard King Qin's voice coming from the front.

"The special envoy has worked hard all the way."

Li Si continued to bow and cupped his hands and replied:

"To congratulate the new king of your country on his enthronement, South Korea presents a special sword, and I hope that the king will allow you to offer it."

In order to prevent the king from being assassinated, the laws of the Qin State stipulated that courtiers were not allowed to carry weapons in the hall, so the sword brought by Li Si was also kept by the servants waiting for the highness.

Hearing what Li Si said, Lu Buwei, who was standing at the front of the line of civil servants, was about to say something, but Ying Zheng, who was on the throne, had already spoken first: "Please ask the envoy Han to present the sword."

The servants waiting outside the hall hurried up to the hall and handed the sword to Li Si. Li was holding the sword, and Si was about to walk up the nine stone steps where the King of Qin was. The general of the army has already stood up and blocked Li Si's way.

"Emissary Han and so on."

The civil servants and military generals in the court also looked like they were watching the show, and no one said anything to stop them, but Li Si still looked calm.

"What's the matter, General?"

He casually knocked on the long sword in Li Si's hand, and the general said contemptuously, "When the new king of Qin ascended the throne, South Korea sent such a broken sword. Is this looking down on my king?"

Being put on such a big hat as soon as he came up, the servants behind Li Si had already started to tremble, and the atmosphere in the hall became tense in an instant, with all eyes staring at Li Si to see how he would answer.

I saw Li Si smiled lightly, lifted the long sword in his hand, and there was a crisp sound, the long sword was unsheathed, and the cold light overflowed. The next moment, the blade of the sword was pointed straight at the general who stopped him.

This unexpected move caused commotion in the hall. Hearing the abnormal noise, the guards outside the hall also rushed into the hall and surrounded Li Si.

Li Si didn't panic, and even the hand holding the sword didn't tremble. He continued to point the blade at the general's heart. Li Si smiled innocently: "I don't know, the general, this sword is made of fine iron. This sword can easily pass through armor like the general's, if you don't believe it, the general can try it."

The cold shining sword was right in his heart, that general didn't have the hobby of experimenting with his own life, on his forehead, bean-sized sweat slid down his cheeks. It's Pai Ruo.

The guards pointed their halberds at Li Si in the palace, but no one dared to take any action before receiving the order, and Li Si knew very well that the current state of Qin just wanted to insult South Korea, not really want to fight with South Korea. fall out.

Therefore, they will not kill themselves directly.What's more... Li Si looked far away at the people on the throne. In the dark, Li Si had the feeling that Ying Zheng would not be willing to let him die.

Sure enough, after a while, Lu Buwei opened his mouth and said:

"Whether this sword is sharp or not, my king will try it later. It's better for the Han envoy to put the sword away first."

Li Si glanced at the general in front of him lightly, put away the long sword in his hand, and under Lu Buwei's signal, the guards in the hall also retreated one after another. Facing Lu Buwei's half-smile expression, Li Si knew that he just passed the first Off, this matter is not over yet.

After Lu Buwei finished speaking, another civil servant jumped out and questioned Li Sidao: "Since South Korea has fine iron weapons, why do we refuse when our country asks for support?"

The tone was very aggressive.

Li Si finally suddenly realized that Qin Guo insisted on sending Han envoys to Qin to retaliate against South Korea for not sending troops to help them attack Jinyang?

But think about it, the Qin army began to besiege Jinyang in March, and now it is June, and for three full months, the Qin State, the master of the tiger and wolf, has not taken down the small Jinyang City, and the Qin State is in court. Everyone held back a grievance, and now that Han envoys into Qin, this resentment just happened to be spilled on Han Han.

Facing aggressive questioning, Li Si shook his head and laughed:

"What's so difficult about Jinyang? With your country's great army and a strategy, Jinyang is in your bag."

Jinyang, which had been under siege for three months, turned out to be "a thing in the pocket" in Li Si's mouth. This made the courtiers and generals a little dissatisfied. Attack Jinyang?"

Li Si was already ready to answer this question, and Li Si cupped his hands to the interrogator and said, "Jinyang is in the middle and lower reaches of the Jin River, as long as the dams of the Jin River are destroyed and water is diverted into Jinyang, the city of Jinyang will naturally be destroyed. "

As soon as these words came out, the court went quiet again. No one thought that there would be such a bad move. Jinyang's terrain was originally low, and it was located in the lower reaches of the Jin River. When the water entered Jinyang, the people in the city The defenders have turned into fish and shrimps in the water. At that time, if they attack the city aggressively, trying to take Jinyang is really like picking something out of a bag.

At this moment, the gazes looking at Li Si from the court of the State of Qin became more awe-inspiring, and even Lu Buwei began to carefully examine the envoy from South Korea again.

The strategy is a good strategy... It's a pity that this strategy is too vicious. Once the Jin River breaks its embankment, not only the defenders in Jinyang City will be covered, but also the innocent people in the city and several other people in the downstream that have been occupied by the Qin army. City.

But they also have to admit that those who can come up with such a strategy must not be idle.

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was still in a daze and did not have the opportunity to find fault with him, Li Si hurriedly picked up his long sword, stepped on the nine stone steps under the throne, and walked towards King Qin Yingzheng who was sitting high on it.

One step, two steps, three steps...

Ying Zheng looked straight at the person who was walking towards him step by step, and Li Si had already seen Ying Zheng's face clearly.

But to Ying Zheng's disappointment, as if he had already guessed his identity, Li Si didn't show any surprise or panic on his face. He walked slowly in front of Ying Zheng, bent down and offered the long sword in his hand.

Looking at the indifferent face without any expression, Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment before reaching out to take the long sword in Li Si's hand.

When his fingers touched the cold blade, Ying Zheng suddenly thought of something. He grabbed the blade of the long sword with one hand, and tightly held Li Si's hand with the other.

"Kings!"

Li Si shouted in surprise, which song Ying Zheng was going to sing, even Li Si couldn't guess.

Yingzheng ignored Li Si's cry, he held Li Si's hand tightly, and announced loudly to the ministers: "The widow and Han envoy hit it off, and Han envoy is knowledgeable and talented. I want to worship Han envoy as a teacher, and I want to stay here." The Han envoy will stay in the palace for a few days, what do the ministers think?"

Although these days, falling in love at first sight is as unreliable as love at first sight, but the king has already said so, and the ministers dare not have any opinions—even if the king of Qin is not in charge, he still has the right to ask a teacher.

And Lu Buwei, who is qualified to raise objections, just silently looked at Li Si beside Ying Zheng, with deep eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

"Since you don't have any opinions, please stay in Qin for a few more days, sir."

While saying this, Ying Zheng got up and pulled Li Si affectionately.

Faced with Ying Zheng's warm invitation, Li Si, who had become Qin Wang's teacher, could only respond with a wry smile.

Even if Li Si had a stomach full of objections, could he refuse?Refuse King Qin's request to be a teacher?Isn't this tantamount to a naked provocation to Qin?

In the evening, Li Si's luggage had already been sent to Xianyang Palace, and those servants who followed Li Si into Qin still had to wait in the post house.

After all, no one knew when the King of Qin was willing to let Prime Minister Li Si leave the palace and return home.

Perhaps, he would never let Li Si go.