General Qin

Three thousand people who were good at water searched for twenty miles along the Surabaya River, but they could not find the so-called sunken ship of Prince Zhou.

There is also no trace of the Yuzhou tripod that is rumored to emit precious light.

The First Emperor came all the way from Zhifu Island and waited for a long time. Now he has recruited so many people to come to Surabaya to search for the tripod. If he returns empty-handed, he will become a laughing stock in the world.

Therefore, the emperor did not give up. On the second day, he continued to order people to expand the search area. At the same time, he also sent people to search the river section that he had searched yesterday. He was afraid that the sunken ship would be covered with mud and the search warriors would miss it.

Unfortunately, the search on the second day still yielded no results. Two sunken boats were found downstream, but they were fishermen's tattered boats. They could not hold more than a few people, let alone a heavy cauldron.

No one was found in the river. Instead, the old people who knew about the matter found from the surrounding villages had a breakthrough.

After interrogation, it was found that none of these people had actually seen the shipwreck occur more than thirty years ago.

All the news about Prince Zhou sinking ships and cauldrons seemed to appear overnight. After being secretly publicized, it became a very real legend in the Si River Basin in Pengcheng.

Even the Chu State officials who ruled this place at that time maintained this caliber.

At this point, everyone with discerning eyes can see the true nature of this matter.

The so-called sinking cauldron in Surabaya is probably a rumor that was pushed out more than thirty years ago, and its purpose was to cover up Prince Zhou who escaped with the cauldron.

Of course, it is also possible that the Chu people killed the Zhou prince and engulfed the Yuzhou Ding, and then spread this rumor to cover up the rumor, so as to deceive the King of Qin who was eyeing the Jiuding.

"Prime Minister, it's up to you to investigate this matter."

The First Emperor was furious.

With great fanfare, he recruited so many people to come to fish for the tripod, but in the end it was all in vain, and he was very angry. The task of investigating the whereabouts of Yuzhou Ding and investigating the specific matters more than thirty years ago was handed over to Zuo Prime Minister Wang Wan, and the First Emperor announced that he would return north to Pengcheng early tomorrow morning.

The Sishui fishing trip ended with this result, which Zhao Tuo could not have imagined, which made him a little worried about Zhao Guanglai.

When this incident comes out, Sishui County Governor Zhang De will definitely be completely ruined, and Zhao Guang is a county lieutenant, so he doesn't know if he will be affected.

"I helped the Confucian scholars in Taishan before. Wang Wan knew it in his heart. Later, he even wanted to express goodwill to me. Zhao Guang was not deeply involved in this matter. For my sake, Wang Wan should not Involve him too much."

Zhao Tuo secretly thought that at this time he felt the importance of having friends in the court.

After it was determined that the tripod had failed, the First Emperor once again locked himself in the room alone and reviewed documents frantically to vent his frustration. Even Zhao Tuo and Hu Hai disappeared.

Compared with Zhao Tuo's worries, the emperor was depressed.

Tingwei Li Si and his son were in a very good mood.

"Although Zhonglang is a military officer, his duty is to be responsible for guarding the prison. There is no need to fight on the battlefield. There will be no danger in following the emperor, so Shuqi's words will not affect you. I actually wanted to do it for you again before. I wanted to seek a minister, but I was afraid that the emperor would not like it, so I hired a minister."

Li Si stroked his long beard under his chin, looked at his son and said with a smile: "It seems that this move is the right one. You appear in front of the emperor all day long, which finally made him feel pity for you. Now let you Starting from Zhonglang again, this is giving you a chance. If you work hard, even if you can't fight on the battlefield in the future, you can still be a Zhonglang general like the Meng brothers, and you will not lose my reputation as the Li family."

"What my father said is that the emperor made me the Zhonglang to give me a chance to make a comeback. I must work hard and not let the Emperor down! In the future, I, Li Youding, will be the Zhonglang General!"

Li You was in high spirits and spoke with great vigor. He had swept away the depression and anguish of the past half year and had a new goal. He was like a dead tree sprouting and ushering in a second spring.

Li You knew very well that all this was given to him by the emperor.

"The emperor loves me!"

"I, Li You, will swear to be loyal to the emperor to the death!"

On the second day, the First Emperor probably got up late last night because he had been reviewing documents very late last night.

After a brief morning meal, he went to the Surabaya bank and watched for a long time, not knowing what to think.

It was not until Moshi (Sishi) that he sighed and announced his official departure for Pengcheng.

When the emperor drove north to Pengcheng, not everyone here would go with him.

The three thousand water-loving people recruited by the county governor will be sent home here, but because they have worked in vain and have never seen the appearance of the tripod, the emperor is still angry, so naturally they will not get any reward.

As for the three thousand county soldiers, they had to continue escorting the emperor north to Pengcheng. They could not return home until the emperor left the area of ​​Sishui County.

In Zhao Tuo's view, Zhang De's fellow was completely harmful to others and himself.

If he wants to flatter him, he not only gets himself involved, but also allows thousands of people to be ordered around, delaying the farming time and working in vain. If this continues, the leader of Guizhou will definitely be resentful. Even if he moved all the nobles of the Six Kingdoms into Guanzhong, it would be useless. If this situation continues, Da Qin will still lose the support of the people of the Six Kingdoms.

"I hope that after the overturn of Sishui County this time, the Qin officials in all counties and counties in the world can learn a lesson and be less flattering and do more practical things. When I get to Pengcheng, I have to make some suggestions to the emperor to avoid it happening again in the future. This is the case.”

Zhao Tuo sat in his carriage, lifting the curtain and looking at the scenery outside the carriage, while thinking about how to rectify the Qin officialdom through this matter.

The team was walking on the road to Pengcheng, still in the same configuration as before.

The cavalry opened the way in front and dispersed the pedestrians. Behind them were the emperor's chariots escorted by Lang Weijun, and behind them were three thousand listless county soldiers.

The emperor's chariots were six identical gold-rooted chariots.

One of them is the main car, and the other five are auxiliary cars.

This is not actually done to prevent assassins.

In this era disrupted by Zhao Tuo, Jing Ke's assassination did not really happen, and another assassin, Gao Jianli, was also sent to the prison team in advance by Zhao Tuo.

Strictly speaking, the First Emperor had not been assassinated before, and he could not understand the danger of the assassination, so naturally he would not take any precautions.

Moreover, in the eyes of the First Emperor, he was the supreme being in the world, the son of God, and everyone in the world was his servant. No one dared to assassinate him.

There are three thousand officers around and three thousand county soldiers guarding the rear.

In this situation, who can kill through the heavy guards and force him in front of him?

Impossible, completely impossible!

The reason why there are six cars driving is probably to get a lucky number.

Because we had to take into account the three thousand county soldiers who were following us, and there was no urgent matter, and it was not far from Pengcheng, the emperor's motorcade did not move very fast.

Around the end of the city (Shenshi), the emperor's motorcade came to the Yunlong Mountain area south of Pengcheng.

This point was around four o'clock in the afternoon in later generations. The sun was setting in the west, and the late autumn sunshine was shining warmly on people. Everyone in the convoy had been traveling for more than twenty miles, and everyone was a little tired.

Even Zhao Tuo closed his eyes and rested in the carriage after the bumpy journey.

The Yunlong Mountain they passed was not far from Pengcheng. It was not a big mountain, only fifty or sixty feet high and seven or eight miles long. However, the mountain on the side near the road was quite steep, and the trees on it were dense. Due to the pressure of the mountain, the people at the foot of the mountain were The road is not very wide and can only accommodate two cars.

Therefore, the emperor's motorcade no longer had the two auxiliary cars on the left and right, sandwiching the main car in the middle, but fell behind the emperor's carriage.

Instead, Zhonglang's cavalry escorted both sides of the emperor's main carriage.

Li You was very happy and excited to be able to ride a horse and ride a chariot to protect the emperor.

On Li You's head, the crown representing the rank of the fifth doctor stood out among the other doctors.

The Qin State is a country that respects nobility, and the gorgeous and colorful He Guan is the symbol of high-ranking military attachés.

Even because Li You's title was high enough, after he was reassigned to the Zhonglang troops, Meng Yi did not dare to be scornful and directly made Li You the junior commander in charge of fifty Zhonglang, responsible for the emperor's security work. This made Li You Very satisfied.

"Sure enough, Zhonglang is where I, Li You, belong."

Li You sighed in his heart, while riding forward, he cast a grateful look at the gorgeous golden car in the middle.

In front of the chariot, Zhao Gao, the commander of the Central Chariot Mansion, was holding the bridle rope and carefully driving six horses forward.

Or maybe he noticed that Li You was riding a horse beside him, Zhao Gao's brows frowned unconsciously, and he felt a little trembling inexplicably.

As the emperor's car was about to leave the range of Yunlong Mountain and get closer and closer to Pengcheng, everyone in the convoy became more and more relaxed.

After driving for a long time, we finally arrived at the place, and the tight strings of many guards relaxed unconsciously.

"When I get to Pengcheng, I will..."

As soon as Li You thought of this, his intuition, which he had honed for many years on the battlefield, started to react.

He suddenly turned his head and saw the end of Yunlong Mountain, a small hill about ten feet away from the road.

Among the dense vegetation, a person suddenly stood up from the vegetation with a "swish".

This man was tall and tall. He waved his hands and spun around a few times. Then he threw an object violently and threw it directly towards the emperor's golden car.

"assassin!"

Li You let out a piercing scream.

The entire convoy instantly became a mess. The guards who had not yet reacted looked around in shock. By the time they saw the thrown object clearly, it was already too late. The speed of the thing was so fast that there was no time to stop it.

Fortunately, a figure suddenly jumped out from the horse, trying to use his body to block the heavy object that came through the sky like a meteor.

"His Majesty!"

Li You's eyes turned red.

At this moment, Li You didn't have any distracting thoughts. The only thought in his mind was to block the blow for the emperor.

Just like Li You laughed at himself before, maybe his ability is not as good as Zhao Tuo, but his loyalty to the emperor will never be less than Zhao Tuo!

boom!

The big iron vertebra was like a meteor, hitting Li You's shoulder with unparalleled power, and then with a terrible impact, it hit the golden root chariot that the emperor was riding on...