Qin Gong

Chapter 357 Emergency, Ying Zheng's Emergency Order

Chapter 357 Emergency, Ying Zheng's Emergency Order

After the rain had cleared, the sky was cloudless.

Under the night light of Zhongmou City, Bai Yan sat on his knees in the mansion, looking at the bamboo slips.

An eunuch hurriedly came to Bai Yan's room and talked to Bai Yan, then Bai Yan just put down the bamboo slips and left with the eunuch.

In Zhongmou City, due to the arrival of Ying Zheng, the entire city has entered an unprecedented martial law. Not only are there no pedestrians on the empty streets, but Qin officials can be seen patrolling past from time to time.

Bai Yan took two cronies and followed the eunuch down the street, and finally came to a heavily guarded mansion.

The gate of the mansion alone is guarded by no less than 20 Qin officials holding long spears, and there are countless Qin soldiers patrolling other places.

Bai Yan asked his cronies to wait outside the gate of the mansion, and then followed the eunuch into the mansion.

In the bright night.

Under the light of several maids holding candle lamps, Bai Yan came to a room.

The walls of the room were filled with candle lamps, and the light from dozens of candle lamps flickered slightly because the door was opened, but the candlelight gathered together still made the whole surrounding extremely bright.

However, to Bai Yan's surprise, not only Ying Zheng was in the room, but Shangqing Mao Jiao, many maids, and an imperial physician were also in the room.

"My humble minister Bai Yan, pay homage to the king!"

Bai Yan stepped forward slowly, bowing his hands to Ying Zheng who was lying on the couch.

And in the ceremony room, Bai Yan only saw at this time that the Empress Dowager Zhao was lying on the couch, her complexion was pale, giving the impression that she was dying.

see.

Bai Yan froze in place, looking at Shangqing Maojiao who was beside him in puzzlement.

When leaving Luoyang, although the Queen Mother Zhao still had a cough and discomfort, it was not so serious. Why did she suddenly become like this when she arrived in Zhongmou City, and it seemed that time was running out.

inside the room.

Shangqing Maojiao saw Bai Yan's eyes beside him, sighed slowly, and shook his head cryptically.

"My son, Bai Yan is here!"

At this moment, Bai Yan heard Empress Dowager Zhao's weak voice on the couch, and turned her head to look.

When he saw Empress Dowager Zhao's pale cheeks, looking at him weakly, showing a smile, Bai Yan's heart tightened, and he hurriedly saluted.

"Bai Yan, pay homage to the Queen Mother!"

Bai Yan lowered his head slightly.

When he first met the Empress Dowager Zhao Ji, Bai Yan remembered that in history, the lifespan of the Empress Dowager Zhao was only one year.

However, at that time, seeing that the Empress Dowager Zhao seemed to be unwell, with a somewhat unusual cough, Bai Yan had some doubts, so she asked the imperial physician to make a diagnosis.

In the end, however, nothing was diagnosed.

Now, looking at the appearance of Queen Mother Zhao, Bai Yan couldn't help thinking of the historical record that Queen Mother Zhao and Zhao Ji would pass away in this year.

It's just that Bai Yan never thought that it would come so fast and so suddenly.

Moreover, Bai Yan vaguely remembered that during this year, not only the Queen Mother Zhao died in the same year as the Queen Mother Zhao, but also the two monarchs, King Chu and King Wei.

In history, these two monarchs also died of illness one after another within this year.

"My son is king!"

Zhao Ji's words sounded again.

Only then did Bai Yan regain his senses.

When she raised her head slightly and looked at Ying Zheng beside the bed, Bai Yan noticed that there seemed to be wet spots on Ying Zheng's exposed cheeks.

Watching Queen Mother Zhao stretch out her hand weakly and put it on Ying Zheng's cheek.

Both Bai Yan and Mao Jiao lowered their heads again.

Ying Zheng is the king of Qin, the king of a country, and the two of them are ministers. When seeing Ying Zheng's most vulnerable scene, it is best to avoid it.

"Mother!"

Ying Zheng's trembling words resounded in the room.

Whether it was Bai Yan and Mao Jiao, or other maids and imperial physicians, they all bowed their heads and remained silent.

Bai Yan knew that what happened between Lao Ai and Zhao Ji back then, as well as Lao Ai's rebellion, were all true, but some of these things, like the stories of princes in Fenghuo opera, would be tampered with.

The most problematic of these was the mutiny in Qinian. Qinian Palace was the residence of Empress Dowager Huayang at that time. Lai Ai used all her forces to rebel in Qinian Palace.

Throughout the whole process, it was the Chu family who won in the end.

Lao Ai died and Lu Buwei was exiled. After these two events, Yingzheng came to power, Lord Changping served as the prime minister of Qin State, and a group of Qin State Chu officials successively replaced the forces of Lao Ai and Lu Buwei.

The longer he stayed in Qin State, the more Bai Yan became aware that now that the gentry were in power, it was basically impossible for them to usurp power from within a generation.

Behind Tian Qi's replacement of Jiang, not only Tian Dan was in power, but also after the Jiang family of Qi State conquered Qi from the Five Kingdoms, the members of the royal family and relatives declined. Only through the efforts of generations can Tian's replacement of Jiang's be completed.

Even hundreds of years later, after someone shouted that the princes and generals Xiangning had a kindness, it was recorded that the Sima clan usurped Wei, and he did not dare to do it at once, but waited until all the veterans of the Wei state died of illness before daring to dare. Gradually control Wei Wang.

With the existence of the Qin clan's Ying clan, Lao Ai just didn't have a clear mind, and someone would remind him of the thousands of disciples under his command.

In the state of Qin, there are clansmen of the Ying family of the state of Qin.

Behind the Ying family members are all the old Qin people, as well as those old noble families in Qin, not to mention the Meng family, Yang family, Li family and many other countless big families.

Under such circumstances, unless there are people from the Ying family who kill all the royal family members of the Ying family, even if Ying Zheng is successfully killed, he will not be able to succeed to the throne. People will not agree.

If it was so easy to succeed to the throne, Zhao Guo would probably have changed more than a dozen surnames in the past hundred years.

inside the room.

Bai Yan lowered his head, hearing the conversation between Ying Zheng and Queen Mother Zhao, feeling a little emotional.

Although he didn't know the details of what happened back then, Bai Yan would not be stupid enough to ask again now. The matter of Lai Ai's rebellion was confirmed, the matter of Lai Ai's vain attempt to assassinate Ying Zheng has become a fact, and Lu Buwei has been dead for many years. Everything has been settled.

The only certainty at the moment is that the previous guess is correct.

After all, Ying Zheng and Queen Mother Zhao are mother and son who have experienced hardships together.

Compared with the former king of Qin, for Ying Zheng, the only one who took care of him and protected him was his mother Zhao Ji in this world.

If Yingzheng didn't care about Zhao Ji, he wouldn't be here until late at night, and if there were no accidents, Zhao Ji would be posthumously named Empress Dowager in the future.

"Bai Yan!"

Ying Zheng's voice sounded.

Bai Yan raised his head, looked at Ying Zheng, and raised his hands.

"Wei Chen is here!"

Bai Yan replied softly.

Inside the study.

Ying Zheng looked at his dying mother on the bed, with tears in his eyes.

Compared with complaining about his mother in the past few years, at this moment, Yingzheng's mind is full of scenes of his mother taking care of him when he was young. When he was young, the world seemed to be malicious towards him, and the safest place was his mother's place. arms.

Thinking of what my mother said just now, I want to go back to the place where I lived when I was a child.

"Immediately lead the cavalry tomorrow to escort the widow and the queen mother to Handan without delay."

Ying Zheng ordered.

Ying Zheng didn't turn his head to look at Bai Yan, but felt the hand on his face, gently stroking himself.

Ying Zheng didn't think about anything at this moment, he just wanted to enjoy himself, and his mother comforted him like she did when she was a child.

Looking at his mother, Ying Zheng was full of reluctance.

If the mother is not there, I will never have a mother in the future, and I am the only one in this world.

"promise!"

When Bai Yan heard Ying Zheng's words, he knew that Ying Zheng was going to hurry to Handan, and hurriedly assembled the ceremony without waiting for the Xianyang garrison and soldiers.

After taking the order, Bai Yan saw the look in Mao Jiao's eyes beside him, understood it, and then bid farewell to Ying Zhengji.

When Bai Yan left the room, he looked at the imperial physician full of doubts, but he also knew that it was not time to ask, so he could only leave first.

In the middle of the night.

When Bai Yan left the mansion with the maid, he just happened to meet Ying Kan who came to see him in a hurry outside the mansion gate.

Seeing Ying Kan's earnest expression, Bai Yan stopped in his tracks, and saluted Ying Kan.

"Master Ying!"

During Bai Yan's speech.

Sensing Ying Kan walking past in a hurry, Bai Yan shook his head upon seeing this, then ignored Ying Kan and left with his two cronies.

Hearing Ying Kan's voice asking to see him came from behind him.

Bai Yan is not sure whether Ying Zheng will summon Ying Kan, but Bai Yan knows very clearly how those people treated the Queen Mother in the past. bother.

But at this time the queen mother is dying, it is really the most unwise move for Ying Kan to go in front of Mao Jiao and disturb Ying Zheng and the queen mother.

Back to the mansion.

Bai Yan asked two soldiers to call Yelai's mansion, and after watching the soldiers take orders to leave, he returned to his study.

Coming to the wooden table, looking at the bamboo slips obtained from the interrogation, Bai Yan knelt down and fell into deep thought.

At dusk, Yingzheng handed over all the rights of investigation to himself, and after interrogating the living, almost everyone was struggling. Some spineless people spoke quickly, but they were all useless things .

Originally, Bai Yan was planning to find a time to take these people to Yanmen, but now the queen mother is seriously ill, Ying Zheng suddenly ordered to rush to Handan at full speed.

This hasty order disrupted Bai Yan's original deployment.

But it didn't bother Bai Yan.

He reached out his hand from the wooden table, took a roll of bamboo slips, and looked at the list of survivors on it.

After half an hour.

There were footsteps outside the door, and then Ye walked into the room.

"General!"

Ye came to the wooden table and saluted Bai Yan.

"You need to be tired tonight, so make arrangements."

Bai Yan looked up at Ye.

Under Ye Ye's puzzled eyes, Bai Yan slowly said what he was going to do tonight.

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In the cell of Zhongmu City.

A man dressed in silk was lying in the wooden room. At this moment, the man was covered in dust, and the silk was stained with a lot of blood, and his eyes felt dull.

"You said that a good gentleman would not enjoy the glory and wealth, but insisted on assassinating the king."

"No, if I was given that status, I would stay at home all day with my beautiful wife and concubine in my arms, eat wine and meat, and never go out for half a step."

"Now the family is ruined and everyone is dead. I heard that none of the male members of the family are alive!"

Two Qin officials stood at the door, watching the man discussing in a low voice, their words were full of puzzlement.

If a good gentleman does not do something, he must do something that will be beheaded.

inside the cell.

The man who was originally dead-faced, when he heard that no one in the family was alive, a look of pain appeared all over his face, and his bloodshot eyes slowly closed.

Men are masters.

In the past, after leaving the main mansion and being rescued by Qi Wuji, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he was hunted down by Qin Qi all night long.

Whether it is running to the wooden house in the alley, or to the tall building of the mansion, Qin Qi can always follow him.

Zhu Xun saw with his own eyes one after another Qi martial arts, was killed by Qin Qi in front of his eyes, or died together.

And after the Qi martial arts old man ordered to break through the wall, he was on the way to break out. After killing a few Qin cavalry, he was besieged by more than a dozen Qin knights, and then under the Qin sword of more than a dozen Qin cavalry, he was killed. Cut into countless pieces and died tragically.

After he was captured, he saw with his own eyes that countless feet stepped over the old man's body.

"it's him!"

The cell door was slowly opened.

Zhu Xun opened his eyes weakly, and saw several Qin knight soldiers wearing Qin armor.

Then Zhu Xun was carried out of the cell by two Qin Qiqi.

Inside a wooden house.

The door was slowly opened, and after Master Xun was dragged into the room, there was a pungent smell of blood immediately. He looked at the blood-stained cell and various instruments of torture under the faint candle lights around him.

Zhu Xun already knew what was going to happen to him next.

The facts did not meet Zhu Xun's expectations, and Zhu Xun was quickly tied to a wooden frame, accompanied by a burly man who came forward with a thick bloody rope.

"Say, who is the mastermind? There are still those who have not been caught!"

While the man was speaking, he swung the thick rope in his hand away with all his strength, and in an instant, there was a scream in the room.

"what!"

Zhu Xun stared and opened his mouth, the veins on his forehead popped out.

The next moment, before Zhu Xun could recover, he swung again and landed on his body.

Crack~crack~!

Every time he swung it, Zhu Xun would howl in pain.

After a while, some crimson wet spots appeared on the clothes on Zhu Xun's body.

"This man's mouth is also hard!"

"Be careful, don't beat this person like that person. Just now that person didn't say anything, you almost beat him to death."

Qin Qi, who escorted Master Xun in the room, watched this scene with relish, and accidentally mentioned a "corpse" that was discarded in a corner not far away, saying that the corpse was lying motionless on the ground, and the whole body was covered with whiplashes. The traces and blood stained the clothes red.

"Don't worry, that man is already weak and coughing all the time. He was dying when he was brought here. If you didn't say that that man killed Shangqing Guo Kai, I wouldn't believe it. That man can hold a sword!"

The burly man who whipped Master Xun was naked, and retorted resentfully, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

And that is to refute.

The burly man also stopped whipping, which made Zhu Xun feel a little relieved.

But at this moment, Zhu Xun didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, his face was grim because of the pain, and he slowly turned his head to look at the blood man lying on the ground in the corner.

Kill Guo Kai?

In an instant, Zhu Xun thought of the people who had gone to Handan before.

Among them, the weak and coughing ones, combined together, Zhu Xun immediately guessed who that person was.

Pa~!

But the next moment, Zhu Xun didn't pay attention, and a thick rope swung down.

His face, which was already grim because of the pain, was flushed red again.

"Say! No! Say!"

The burly man swung his power and swung it several times. Finally, he seemed still dissatisfied. He stopped his hand out of breath, looked at the pained but stubborn Zhu Xun, and turned to pick up the iron rod in the stove.

the other side.

The two Qin knights who dragged Zhu Xun also came to the corner, kicked the blood man on the ground vigorously, and then one of them squatted down and stretched out his hand to turn the blood man over.

Zhu Xun looked at the corner with a red face, ignoring the danger in front of him.

"what!"

The next moment, accompanied by severe pain in his chest, Zhu Xun opened his mouth to the widest extent, struggling continuously, his hands and feet trying to break free from the rope, and finally slackened down slowly.

Before coma.

Zhu Xun smelled the burning smell, and also clearly saw the bloody man turned upside down in the corner not far away, and that familiar face.

"Dizzy! This man has delicate skin and tender flesh, never thought his mouth would be so tight!"

The burly man shook his head and said.

In the room, the two Qin Qimen beside the blood man saw this, looked at each other, then looked at the corpse, changed their appearance just now, stood up respectfully, went to the wooden frame, untied Zhuxun's hands and feet, and held the corpse its leaving.

inside the room.

After seeing Zhu Xun leave, the burly man quickly turned around and bowed to the bloody man.

"General, that man has left!"

The burly man's voice fell.

I saw the blood man on the ground who had already passed out, opened his eyes, and looked up at the gate.

At this time, Ye also came in from outside the door with his clothes.

Bai Yan got up, looked at the gaps on his body and the tattered clothes, and then looked at the two of them.

"This matter must not be spread!"

Bai Yan instructed softly.

Ye and the burly man nodded together.

"General, I'm leaving tomorrow. Will this person arrange for someone to be released?"

Karma asked.

Bai Yan shook his head.

"No, I will hand it over to Ying Kan tomorrow, and Ying Kan will decide to deal with these people. Whether these people live or die depends entirely on God's will."

Bai Yan said, and then came to a huge wooden barrel, took off his clothes, revealing his body with several wounds, filled the water with a wooden spoon and poured it over his head.

"what?"

Ye Ye was surprised when he heard Bai Yan's words, and then exchanged a glance with the burly man beside him, that is, the cavalry general in disguise.

Both of them are a bit incomprehensible.

"General, what if this person is killed?"

Ye thought about it, and asked with some concern.

Looking at the several old wounds on the general's body, it's hard to imagine that this is what a son of a noble family would have, let alone wash his body with cold water in the middle of this cold winter night.

But for these, the industry has become accustomed to it, even the whole army will not find it strange.

But right now, what Ye wants to know is that he wasted so much energy just now to deceive the master, if he doesn't let go, he will be killed by Ying Kan later, wouldn't he suffer for nothing tonight, and also waste such a crucial moment piece.

In the words of the general, it is a chess piece.

"You underestimate the gentry! This is Zhao!"

Bai Yan washed his body, feeling that his body was getting hot after being washed by the cold water, and explained softly.

Seeing Ye's puzzled expression, Bai Yan laughed.

"Compared to other people's saving, let those gentry save people at their own expense, and they will be convinced."

After Bai Yan finished speaking, seeing Ye's comprehension, after rinsing, he went up to Yee and took the clothes from Yee's hands and put them on.

"Both of you go back and rest!"

Bai Yan said.

Ye and the general nodded, bowed to Bai Yan, and then watched Bai Yan leave, and the two followed behind.

Day two.

The sky was bright.

Bai Yan got up early and led the cavalry army to gather outside the city gate.

When Bai Yan was about to bring a small army of cavalry under his command into the city to escort Ying Zheng and Queen Mother Zhao to leave Zhongmou City.

At the city gate of Luoyang.

More than a dozen carriages were slowly driving into Luoyang after being inspected by Qin officials.

Inside the carriage, Bai Yan brought his wife and daughter, feeling the shaking of the carriage and listening to the noise from outside the carriage.

When he heard Zheng's rebellion, Bai Yan shook his head.

Bai Yan watched the two daughters looking out of the window curiously, and told the two daughters about Zheng's family.

the other side.

A mansion in Luoyang city.

Zhan You was lying happily on a bed, and beside him were two disheveled women who were nestling in Zhan You's arms.

Hearing the servant's report and Zheng's fate, Zhan You laughed uncontrollably.

"Then Bai Yan, you've done another meritorious service!"

Zhan You shook his head triumphantly, as if Bai Yan had done meritorious deeds, just as he had done deeds.

In Zhan You's eyes at this moment, there is no fear at all when he thought of Bai Yan in the past, instead he is calm and unhurried.

At this time, a maid came over with a jug of fine wine.

A woman flattered Zhan You and exchanged glances with the maid.

Zhan You didn't notice this scene.

Watching the maid leave, Zhan You didn't care, only the two beauties he got in the past two days, with a smirk on the corner of his mouth, Zhan You reached out to pick up the wine and drank it. After a while, Zhan You When he was about to reach out to touch the woman in his arms, Zhan You suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and his head was a little dizzy.

Zhan You looked puzzled, why was he so easy to get drunk today, thinking of this, Zhan You looked at the door where the maid had left not long ago, and thought of the maid just now.

suddenly.

Zhan You's eyes were full of dizziness, and he felt that the whole room was shaking.

Seeing in a coma, a woman's voice faintly came from Zhan You's ear.

"Go get the knife!"

　Ladies and gentlemen, there is a real emergency with a knife, sorry, my dears!I've been busy for two days

(End of this chapter)