"Roll~roll~"

Zhao Gao was like a male baboon who had failed to compete for the right to mate with a female mate, roaring to drive away all the healers and subordinates, and then strode around the room, his nostrils smoking, but helpless.

In the Great Qin world, regardless of the government or the opposition, His Majesty will make a decision, and no one dares to go against his will.

Therefore, Zhao Gao can only be angry at home about this matter, and it can't reach His Majesty's ears.

After a full two quarters of an hour, the angry Zhao Gao slowly calmed down, touched the tightly wrapped half of his cheek and sat on the couch and began to think.

"Who the hell is going to assassinate me?"

He thought about it carefully over and over again, from Zuo Xiang Li Si to ordinary people, he thought to himself that since he was promoted from the status of a cheap slave by Qin Shi Huang, he has always been conscientious and cautious, for fear of making others suspicious, and he usually treats the Manchu Dynasty civil and military with a smile, and treats His Majesty the Emperor as loyal and humble as a dog.

It can be said that the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces are as good-tempered as him, and the officials are so big, except for himself, they can't find a second one.

Could it be that Jiang Heng was angry with himself because he rejected Zhe'er's marriage?

This can't be said, and the dissolution of the marriage contract was done by His Majesty, and he, Jiang Heng, must know it clearly.

And I don't think Jiang Heng has such courage!

Who the hell is it? Who the hell is it?

Zhao Gao almost wanted to go crazy, and he couldn't think of how someone would assassinate him inexplicably after pulling off countless roots from his beard.

And when he thought of the assassin's cold and ruthless eyes and the iron sword that pierced the air at that time, as if the sword suddenly pierced his soul, Zhao Gao instantly felt cold, and felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar.

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Jiang Heng was suddenly promoted to the third level, naturally he was a Sutai, and when he returned home in the car, he still felt light and fluttering, and he was a little sparkling when he walked.

But after he rested for a while, his face slowly returned to calm, and then his brows slowly twisted, walked to the edge of the bed, opened a dark compartment at the head of the bed, took out a bamboo tube from it, opened it and poured out a piece of cloth, and spread it out.

This is a letter written to him by the fourth brother Jiang Beiting from Nanyang Pheasant County, and it has been several days since he received it, but the content of the letter has made him a little uncomfortable.

Zhao Gao's fourth son, Zhao Zhe, colluded with mountain bandits to rob tax and grain in Pheasant County in order to avenge his personal revenge, and was cut off by someone in the melee, and Zhao Zhe was not the only one involved, and even included the nephew of Nanyang County Shou Ma Boyuan and the son of the county lieutenant Gao Yan, if this matter reached the ears of His Majesty the Emperor and Prime Minister Li Si, countless officials in the entire Nanyang County would be headed, and even Xianyang would be affected, so Jiangbei Pavilion communicated with Ma Boyuan and Gao Yan to suppress the matter, and put the blame on Liang Zizhou, the chief secretary of the Nanyang County Mansion, Make a real case.

But if this matter is to be leaky, Zhao Gao must be known in advance, otherwise once Zhao Zhe is returned to Xianyang, Zhao Gao may be furious, and after the matter is big, the matter in Nanyang will inevitably be suppressed, and even Jiangbei Pavilion will be severely punished.

And the letter mentioned a young man named Chen Xu, brave and intelligent, is a good seedling that is rare in a hundred years, Jiangbei Pavilion is ready to cultivate it, and also said that this incident is due to Zhao Zhe and Chen Xu's personal grudges, once this matter cannot be concealed, Chen Xu will inevitably be involved, and he will definitely die under the pressure of Zhao Gao.

"How could the fourth brother be so confused?" Jiang Heng's face kept twitching.

It's just a young man in the mountains, how can he use his life as a guarantee, not to mention colluding with almost the entire Nanyang County officials to make false cases, this is completely eating the bear's heart and leopard's gall, completely ignoring the laws of Daqin.

But according to the situation mentioned in the letter, this matter has been made into cooked rice, and there is no room for any turnaround, what Jiang Heng has to do is to operate secretly in Xianyang and eliminate this matter from the source, that is, Zhao Gao must be convinced.

And today he only occupies Zhao Gao's position, it may not be easy to convince him, once Zhao Gao gives up his dispensable son, and has to bite Chen Xu to death with a vicious breath, this matter will naturally not be contained, at that time, not only Nanyang County will be overheaded, but also the fourth brother and even the entire Jiang family will be implicated.

Jiang Heng frowned, tugged at his beard vigorously, sat quietly alone for half an hour, and then instructed his subordinates to prepare carriages and horses, and then went out to Zhao Gao's mansion.

No matter what you say about this matter, once you poke it out, Zhao Gao himself can't get out of it, I hope he can see the situation clearly, and now it is different from the past, he is the order of the CRRC government, but he Zhao Gao is idle at home, this time and that time, he Zhao Gao must swallow this bitter water first, otherwise it will be a situation where the fish dies and the net is broken.

What's more, yesterday's assassination incident may also be related to this incident, but I don't know if it was done by Ma Boyuan, the Shou of Nanyang County, or by Gao Yan, the county lieutenant.

As long as Zhao Gao is killed, there will definitely be no future troubles in this matter.

"It's so ruthless!" Jiang Heng sat in the carriage and couldn't help but shudder.

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At noon at this time, Qin Shi Huang returned to the inner courtyard of the palace after dispersing the dynasty, after eating some snacks, he took two pills, sat on the couch in the pavilion and picked up the white snake legend on the table and watched.

Recently, he doesn't know how many times he has read these White Snake Biography.

In addition to being surprised by the unbelievable contents inside, he also had an infinite curiosity about the woman who wrote these books and the person named Chen Lang, so he was also eager to travel to the southeast as soon as possible to meet this magical Chen Lang.

As for the idea of arranging for someone to find this person and bring him to Xianyang, there was also a moment, but it was quickly abandoned by him.

If this person is really a disciple of the immortal family, any rash move will backfire, and the immortal must show his sincerity, otherwise the bamboo basket will eventually be empty.

At the same time, he was amazed by the materials of the books in his hand.

Each one is as thin as a silk, bound together neatly and beautifully, and the cover of each volume is made in some way, and it looks exactly the same.

An empty booklet that had never been written was sent to the craftsman Shaofu for analysis for more than ten days, and the result was that it was impossible to know how to make it except for the silk, linen and turf that contained some of the things.

And this kind of thing, obviously more light and simple than the bamboo and wood slips, this thin book can write nearly 6,000 words, this story is close to 50,000 words, stacked together only a foot high, if replaced by bamboo and wood slips, there are hundreds of catties to be completely recorded, and no matter the handling and preservation and viewing are extremely laborious, far less than this book to light and easy.

If the guess is correct, this method of making books should also be done by Chen Lang.

If this kind of book can be promoted nationwide, it will save a lot of money just for the cost of storage.

So when he arranged for Zhao Qing to go to Pheasant County to find Chen Xu, he specifically told him to figure out how to make this kind of book.

Half a month has passed, although he knows that it will take at least twenty days for Pheasant County to come and go, but he can't wait.

And in addition to the disciples of the Immortal Family, there is another thing that also makes him a little sleepless at night, after reading a book of the White Snake Biography, Qin Shi Huang beckoned slightly: "It is rumored that the old general Wang Jian has entered the palace!" ”

"喏~"

Half an hour passed, and just when Qin Shi Huang finished reading the second book, the veteran Wang Jian was wearing a black cloth robe, wearing a jade crown and bast shoes, and followed a palace man in stride.

"I've seen Your Majesty!" Wang Jian stood under the sun outside the pavilion and took a deep look at it, although he was nearly sixty years old, he was still strong and healthy, and he couldn't see any old age.

"General Wang doesn't have to be so polite!" Qin Shi Huang stood up and pulled Wang Jian into the pavilion and sat down on the couch, and after the palace people served tea, Wang Jian asked: "Your Majesty, today suddenly Xuan Lao Chen doesn't know what's going on?" ”

"I have time today, so I invite the old general to drink tea and have fun, and I also want to ask the old general what he thinks of the south of the five mountains?"

"Your Majesty refers to the Yue clan, right?" Wang Jian said in a loud voice.

"Yes!" Qin Shi Huang nodded.

"Difficult!" Wang Jian shook his head, took the teacup and drank two sips before putting it down and said: "Cut and remove the armor to cultivate, occasionally boring will inquire about the south, the land of Lingnan is very different from my northwest and the Central Plains, where the four seasons are humid and rainy, the mountains are high and the forests are dense and the water network is weaving, and even the cold winter wax moon is extremely hot, especially in summer, the rainstorm is endless, mosquitoes, snakes and beasts are all over the mountains, and there is more plague and miasma, if Your Majesty wants to conquer the south, I am afraid that I will suffer heavy losses by relying on my northwest soldiers, and the weather and terrain are not understood, Once it falls into a stalemate, it drags on year after year, grain, grass, ordnance, medicine, and injuries will become a great burden and hidden danger, and the Great Qin Dingding World has just passed a year, so I think that the south of the five mountains will be conquered, and I will ask Your Majesty to delay it for three or five years. ”

As the only surviving military god in the late Warring States period, although Wang Jian did not go to the court to participate in state affairs, the genes of fighting in his bones have not diminished, and he is idle to live at home for many years, but he knows in his heart Qin Shi Huang's thoughts, that is, to conquer Baiyue in the south and the Xiongnu in the north, and lay a foundation for Daqin in his lifetime, so that future generations can control and continue the Great Qin in peace.

But this is very difficult, only those who have fought in the war know that whether it is the Xiongnu or the land of Baiyue, it is extremely difficult to conquer, and even more troublesome than sweeping the six countries, because these two places are not in the territory of China since ancient times, and the two places are also two extremes, the south is hot and rainy, the mountains and forests are dense and easy to defend and difficult to attack, the north is dry and lonely, and there is no danger to defend the flat river, and the soldiers are not suitable for the terrain and weather, if you want to conquer these two places, there are no ten or twenty years, I am afraid there will not be much results.

"I can afford to wait for three or five years, but there are still Xiongnu in the north, this is a thorn in my heart, the Xiongnu can afford to wait, I'm afraid I can't afford to wait!" The expression on Qin Shi Huang's face slowly cooled.

"Your Majesty is now prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and there is no danger, not to mention that my Great Qin will be like a cloud and a forest, as long as Xian'an rejects Hou and continues to spy on the situation of the two sides, and then the north and south troops are slowly advancing, even if it is a cannibalization strategy, these two places will always fall into the hands of my Great Qin, this is a safe move, the world is established, only by cultivating students and raising the people to accumulate strength, and finally be able to fight and achieve full success!" Wang Jian reluctantly continued to persuade.

Only generals who have fought wars know the hardships of war.

Wang Jian clearly remembered that when he attacked Zhao, 300,000 Qin troops were blocked by Li Mu in Jingcheng, and the repeated invincibility lasted for a whole year, not to mention the heavy losses of the Qin army, and the follow-up grain and grass began to be unable to supply, resulting in the army's heart also began to waver, and finally had to use a counter-strategy, buy off the Zhao Wang's close minister Guo Kai, and spread rumors that Li Mu wanted mercenaries to rebel against themselves, otherwise why not drive the Qin army out of Zhao, so Li Mu was suspected by the king of Zhao, and was killed after stripping off the military power, Wang Jian decided to take Handan in a battle and capture Zhao Wangqian.

But the so-called heroic sympathy, Li Mu's death is a shadow that has always lingered in his heart for Wang Qian.

Although Li Mu is the general of Zhao State, but in fact, the main blow is the Xiongnu in the north, and in the process of the Seven Kingdoms for hegemony, in fact, Zhao State is under the greatest pressure, the south has to face Qin and Wei, and the north has to resist the constantly harassing Xiongnu, so the existence of Zhao has always been the cornerstone of the stability of the Central Plains, and Li Mu is a sharp blade of the Central Plains countries against the Xiongnu, often beating the Xiongnu to cry dad and call mother, and in the earlier period, Qin and Zhao also joined forces to deal with the Xiongnu at the same time, so for Wang Qian, it is not necessary to defeat Li Mu with upright soldiers, It was a stain on his life.

And the evaluation of Li Mu by later generations is much higher than that of Wang Jian of him.

For example, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty Liu Heng said: "Whew! I can't be honest and honest, Li Mushi is my general, how can I worry about the Huns! ”

Feng Tang, a Han man, also said: "The generals in the world are only Lian Po and Li Muer." ”

Therefore, although Wang Jian helped Qin Shi Huang sweep away the Six Kingdoms and unify China, he also knew that he would not be treated well by killing a national hero like Li Mu who resisted foreign races with despicable tricks.

Moreover, if Qin Shi Huang wants to conquer the land of Lingnan Baiyue as soon as possible, the manpower and material resources needed to sweep away the hidden dangers of the Xiongnu in the northwest are simply incalculable, and the three armies will enter a state of war readiness as soon as the three armies move, and the people will serve millions of soldiers at every turn, and almost all the production, cultivation and weaving will be stopped, and once it drags on for ten or eight years, Daqin will definitely not be able to bear it, and it may shake the foundation of the society.

Although Wang Jian is not in a hurry, but Qin Shi Huang is very anxious, he is anxious to build Daqin into an iron wall of eternal rivers and mountains, but now there are too many things to do, not only to encourage fertility farming, but also to build a gallop road, but also to build the Great Wall to temporarily resist the Xiongnu to accumulate strength, but also to recover Lingnan Baiyue, plus the old and young of the Six Kingdoms secretly sharpened their knives, so Qin Shi Huang felt that he could not wait, and could only continue to speed up.

As the saying goes, forty is not confused, Qin Shi Huang is forty years old this year, and he clearly knows what he should do! You know exactly what you're doing!

If the north and the south are uncertain, China will be unstable.

Sweeping the north and south in his lifetime is his lifelong wish and ambition.

For the sake of Daqin's inheritance, he needs to find a way to prolong his life and try to make himself live as long as possible.

"Lingnan affairs, please ask the old general to bother more, I also know that it is too urgent, let's postpone this matter for two years, but I have already ordered the generals of Wuling to start in-depth investigation of the situation in Lingnan, and after two years, I will conquer Lingnan!" Qin Shi Huang made the final decision.

"Your Majesty, although the minister is old, he can still put on armor and go into battle, and when he conquers Lingnan, the old minister is willing to lead the army to the battle!" Wang Jian bowed to the ground.

"Old general, please get up, you are the mainstay of my Great Qin, how can you risk your life for the sake of a mere barbarian, today I invite the old general to come, there is one more thing to please!" Qin Shi Huang lifted Wang Jian with both hands.

"Please instruct Your Majesty, the old minister's liver and brain will naturally be done!"

"There is no need for the old general's liver and brain, it is an easy errand, and it can be regarded as a tour of the mountains and rivers!" Qin Shi Huang smiled and handed a white snake on the desk to Wang Qian, "Old general, please take a look at this thing, and I will talk to you in detail after reading it!" ”

Wang Jian had already seen these books when he first came, and naturally took them out of curiosity, and then, like Qin Shi Huang, he first flipped through them and read them outside, then opened them, and then ...... There was no more, Qin Shi Huang drank a cup of tea, and Wang Jian had already seen his eyebrows fluttering and was completely immersed in the bizarre story of the White Snake.

Qin Shi Huang didn't bother Wang Jian either, and slowly continued to taste tea, and then picked up a book and opened it to continue reading.

Suddenly, half an hour passed, Wang Jian finished reading one, couldn't wait to put it down and went to get another one, and saw Qin Shi Huang's expression that seemed to be smiling, so he suddenly woke up, and hurriedly confessed: "Your Majesty forgives me, and the old minister is fascinated!" ”

"It's okay, I'm fascinated by it for the first time, I have to read and review these books every day, the stories are bizarre and incredible, every time I look at it, I forget the time, it's really a wonderful pastime, it's much better than the words of the house!" Qin Shi Huang smiled and put down the book in his hand.

"Not only the content, this writing thing is also very strange, not bamboo not wood, not cloth and non-silk, but it is tight and smooth and light like catkins, if this thing is promoted, bamboo and wood can be discarded!"

"What the old general said is very true, this is also what I want to entrust today, the old general has drunk Ziyunxian tea, and has read this bizarre story and these books, and knows that these things are different, so I want to invite the old general to Nanyang!"

"Your Majesty is saying that these things come from Nanyang like Ziyunxian tea?" Wang Jian asked suspiciously.

"However, I guess that these things are all done by the immortal disciple who is rumored in Nanyang, so I want to ask the old general to find this immortal disciple, by the way, to understand the method of making this thing, and at the same time to seek a good strategy for me to conquer the land of Lingnan!"

Wang Jian was stunned for a long time and shook his head again and again: "Your Majesty, it's not that the old minister is unwilling, but it is too illusory at this time, even if there is really a disciple of the immortal family who appears in the Funiu Mountain, but how can the old minister of the vast mountain find it, not to mention that the matter of the military family is the foundation of the country, how can you ask outsiders, Your Majesty should decide with one word!" ”

"No, I have a feeling, if you find a disciple of the immortal family, many things can be simplified, just like the old general said, Lingnan Mountain is high and dense with snakes and insects, I don't know the time and place, rash attack is more unpopular, the consequences are unpredictable, and more than a month ago, Qin Chuchi Road broke out of the summer epidemic, hundreds of people died, I heard that someone secretly made pills to make the summer epidemic chaos quickly subsided, this pile is all from Nanyang County, and even said that it is from the Pheasant County in the Funiu Mountain, so the immortal disciple lives in Pheasant County, I have sent someone to inquire first, but there has been no news yet, but I am anxious, so I want to ask the old general to go and seek a good plan for me. Qin Shi Huang sighed.

"Since Your Majesty is so sure, the old minister should share his worries for His Majesty, so he will go to Pheasant County, hoping to find that immortal disciple!" Although Wang Jian was helpless, he still quickly agreed.

"The old general is not without a purpose, there is a Qinghe town in Pheasant County, just look for a young man surnamed Chen, if I guess well, there is a chance that it will be!"

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