The Counterattack of the Villains

"I sincerely wish your Majesty a long life and a long life as long as the heavens."

On the birthday of the First Emperor, there was a grand banquet for all the ministers.

"Hahahaha..." Hearing the shouts of the civil and military officials, the First Emperor laughed loudly and said: "If it lasts from one year to ten thousand years, then I will live for ten thousand years according to the wishes of all your dear friends."

Li Mu, who was sitting at the eucalyptus table behind Fusu, looked at the wine bottle and dishes in front of him, then turned his head slightly and looked between the musicians.

As expected, Queen Tuan and General Tuan were in the hall at this time, mixed in with the musicians.

The poison administered by Queen Tuan will cause a person to faint for seven days and seven nights, and then bleed to death from his orifices.

Queen Tuan and General Jin will take advantage of this time to leave Xianyang and remove Tuan from this incident.

But this was obviously wishful thinking, and the blame was firmly on their hands.

"All my dear friends, drink this cup to the full."

The First Emperor raised his glass and signaled to the civil and military officials of the court. Li Mu also raised his glass with the ministers and drank the glass of wine.

The poison administered by Queen Tuan was a compound poison, which was in wine and water spinach.

Eating one of them alone will not cause any harm to the body, and it is not even considered poisonous. But if two of them are put together, they will become a highly poisonous substance that has no solution.

Li Mu himself has a physique that is invulnerable to all poisons, but he does not intend to test the poison himself, so as long as he does not eat water spinach, there will be no problem.

There were not many varieties of vegetarian dishes in this era. Water spinach, a common vegetarian dish that cost a few yuan a pound in later generations, was only eaten by the rich and powerful in the Qin Dynasty.

The First Emperor put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "My dear friends, this is just food and wine, no dancing and music. Isn't it too boring?"

The official of the CRRC on the side said quickly: "Your Majesty, the dance music has been prepared. Do you want to send them up now?"

This CRRC official was a young chamberlain, his name was Zhao Gao, but he also had another name, "White Falcon".

There is no doubt that this Zhao Gao was helped up by Li Mu, and he even gave him his name.

It only took Li Mu four years to help him ascend to the position of Zhongche Fu Ling, replacing his original dignitary.

The First Emperor waved his hands and said, "Hey, I'm tired of hearing those vulgar things. If you want to listen, just listen to the sounds of nature."

"My dear friends, I have a treasure today that I want you to see and see. Please come up with me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the chamberlain guarding the door immediately walked out of the palace door.

A moment later, a blind old man in white clothes, holding a long musical instrument in his arms, walked up to the main hall with the support of the chamberlain.

The musical instrument in the arms of the blind old man is called "Zhu". It has thirteen strings and pillars under the strings. When playing, press one end of the strings with your left hand and strike the strings with a bamboo ruler in your right hand.

The chamberlain set up a table in the palace, and the blind old man placed the table on the table, then leaned over and said, "Gao Jianli, see your majesty."

"Get flat!"

As soon as the blind old man announced his name, the officials in the hall were immediately surprised and started talking about it.

Seeing this, the First Emperor smiled and said: "My dear friends, you don't have to doubt it. He is the unparalleled Gao Jianli in the world. I found him with great difficulty and have been hiding him in the palace for myself."

"Today is my great joy, so please come and enjoy this heavenly sound, Mr. Gao, please!"

"According to the decree."

Gao Jianli responded, pressing the strings with his left hand, holding a bamboo ruler in his right hand, and struck it gently, and a string of melodious and melodious piano sounds flowed out.

Li Mu looked at the structure carefully and found some abnormalities.

This is a famous scene in history. Gao Jianli built a building to avenge his friend Jing Ke, pouring lead into one end of the building to increase its weight.

While the First Emperor was entranced by the music, he attacked it with a lead-filled structure. Unfortunately, his success failed in the end.

…

In the harem garden, Yu Shu heard the sound of the piano, which inexplicably evoked endless longing in his heart.

She couldn't help but get up and walk towards the main hall. However, before she could walk out of the garden, she felt a blur in front of her eyes and a chamberlain suddenly appeared in front of her.

Yu Shu was startled and subconsciously took two steps back.

The chamberlain bowed and said, "Concubine Li, please stop and never come near the main hall."

Yu Shu frowned and looked at the waiter and said, "Are you a human or a ghost? Why are you so elusive?"

The waiter stood up, with a charming look on his face, and said with a smile: "The queen is joking, the little one is naturally a human being, how dare a ghost appear in broad daylight?"

Yu Shu saw the behavior of this chamberlain and listened to his words, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

After a chamberlain cleanses herself, her voice will become shrill, which is quite normal, but it will never be as shrill as this chamberlain's.

His voice is almost like a woman's.

And although the chamberlain is no longer a man, his behavior is not much different from that of ordinary men. Every move he makes is full of femininity.

This strange sight made Yu Shu feel a little frightened.

She forced herself to calm down and said, "Then who are you?"

The waiter looked around and took a step forward, while Yu Shu subconsciously took a step back.

The chamberlain's face was slightly embarrassed, so he could only stand where he was and said softly: "The young one belongs to Zhan Shijun."

"Zhan Shijun was entrusted by Mr. Yi to take good care of the empress, so he sent a few young people into the palace to secretly protect the empress."

When Yu Shu heard that he was Li Mu's person, the fear in her heart quickly disappeared. She took the initiative to take two steps forward and asked softly: "Do you know how Mr. Yi is doing?"

The chamberlain said: "Mr. Yi, everything is fine. Tens of thousands of elite troops have been trained now. We are just waiting for problems within Da Qin to cause trouble soon."

"According to Zhan Shijun's estimate, once Mr. Yi rises to rebellion, it will take less than two years to reach Xianyang."

Yu Shu was secretly happy when he heard this, and asked in confusion: "Why don't you let me go to the main hall?"

The chamberlain lowered his voice a little lower and said, "Because today is the day when problems arise within Da Qin."

"Someone wants to assassinate Emperor Qin, and the possibility of success is extremely high. I don't want to let the queen go because it is for the safety of the queen."

Yu Shu's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "That's it, thank you very much."

The waiter smiled and said: "I don't dare to say thank you to the empress. This is a small mission."

"The younger one is not a member of the palace and cannot follow the queen, so he resigned first."

"In the future, if the queen has any instructions, just give her two high-fives, and the children or other companions will come out to listen to the queen's instructions."

Yu Shu said: "What's your name?"

The chamberlain said: "The young one is a dead soldier under Zhan Shijun's command. He has no name, only a code name. The empress can call the young Bai He."

As the saying goes, "when night falls, all the birds disperse." Li Mu trained a total of one hundred eunuchs over the years, collectively known as the Hundred Birds, and they were codenamed after the names of birds.

Whether it is the white falcon named Zhao Gao, the commander of Zhongche Fu, or this white crane, they are both the best among birds.

The codenames starting with the character "白" are all top ten martial arts masters.

The sound of footsteps sounded, and Bai He's expression changed, and he said "I'm sorry," and then disappeared around the corner of the palace next to him.

Its speed was so fast that Yu Shu couldn't see clearly, and could only see a figure in the lake.

This is because it is daytime now. If it were night, he would be like a ghost wandering in the darkness, and no one in this world would be able to find his traces.

As soon as the white crane disappeared, two palace maids walked out from the other corner. When they saw Yu Shu, they bowed and bowed before continuing to move forward.

The appearance of Bai He made Yushu feel very relieved. In this way, even if the First Emperor was assassinated, she no longer had to worry about her own safety.

…

"Gao Jianli, why haven't I heard this song?"

In the main hall, Gao Jianli finished playing a piece of music, and the First Emperor asked Gao Jianli in confusion.

Gao Jianli said: "This is a song composed by ordinary people for many years, but it has never been completed because I didn't come up with a good ending."

"On the occasion of His Majesty's birthday, the common people finally came up with the ending and started playing."

"What I just played is only the first half of the song. There is still the second half. Please listen to it, Your Majesty."

The First Emperor said happily: "Okay, then sit closer so that I can hear you more clearly."

"promise."

Immediately, a chamberlain came forward, supported Gao Jianli, raised the eucalyptus table, approached His Majesty Dan, and sat down again.

At this time, Gao Jianli was only two feet away from the First Emperor, and could be crossed in a few steps.

"This song is called "Jue Xiang", Your Majesty, please listen to it."

Li Mu secretly admired in his heart, what a masterpiece. This was not only the masterpiece of Gao Jianli, but also the legend of the First Emperor.

It's a pity that no one in the palace understands the true meaning of this song's title except Li Mu.

The sound of the piano played again, which was more beautiful and sweet than before. The officials in the palace were intoxicated by the sound, drinking and eating vegetables, while shaking their heads.

Li Mu noticed that many people in the palace had eaten the water spinach, including the First Emperor and Fusu.

This made Li Mu couldn't help but tremble in his heart. This wave seemed to be a bit big.

After today, the operation of the Qin Dynasty may be paralyzed.

In the original plot, Fusu had already been sent to Shangjun to build the Great Wall with Meng Tian, ​​so it was naturally impossible to eat poisonous vegetables here.

But at this time, without Yu Shu interrupting, many ministers also ate poisonous vegetables.

In less than an hour and a half, when the poison begins to take effect, at least forty or fifty people in this hall will fall.

Queen Tu'an and General Jin, who were among the musicians, saw it with joy in their hearts.

Li Mu sighed secretly in his heart. He originally wanted to give Fusu a good ending, but it was a pity that he was unlucky and no one could blame him. He was not destined to be the emperor after all!

He glanced at the ministers in the palace calmly. Fortunately, none of the important ministers he had made friends with in the past few years had eaten poisonous vegetables.

For example, Prime Minister Li Si was in charge of discussions, praises, and memorials in the palace, Zhao Cheng, the palace guard's doctor, Dou Ling, the guard who was in charge of garrisoning the various gates of the palace, and so on.

Because they were sitting near the front, whether out of reserve or for some other reason, they just drank with the First Emperor as he toasted, and did not touch the dishes in front of them.

When Meng Tian is not in Xianyang, as long as these people are united, no one can stop whichever prince they want to succeed to the throne.

The existence of the net has been known to all officials in the court for many years. Therefore, even if Fusu is gone, no one dares to underestimate Li Mu, one of the nine minor ministers.

On the contrary, apart from the First Emperor, the person that all officials feared the most was Fusu in the past, and after Fusu's death, it was naturally Li Mu.

After all, whoever controls the snare is equivalent to controlling the sharp sword hanging over everyone's head. Unless he can kill Li Mu with thunder, no one will dare to challenge him.

Li Mu secretly counted the time. About four or five minutes later, a minister suddenly leaned on the eucalyptus table.

It didn't attract anyone's attention, they just thought he was drunk.

But not long after, the First Emperor, who was sitting on the throne, suddenly shook his head, with a hint of confusion on his face.

He seems to be wondering why he feels drunk after just drinking so much wine today.

After shaking for a while, he lay down on the eucalyptus.

There was silence in the main hall. While all the ministers were looking at each other, the ministers fell down one after another.

Some people were lying on the eucalyptus, while others were lying on the ground.

At this time, everyone finally felt that something was wrong and began to call for shaking colleagues around them.

Fusu's face changed drastically when he saw this, and he exclaimed: "Father."

He stood up and rushed towards the throne, but just after taking a few steps, he stumbled and fell to the ground.

Li Mu stood up suddenly and shouted: "No, the food and wine are poisonous."

"What?"

The ministers who had just drank and eaten were all shocked, and everyone in the hall was in danger.

Li Siji shouted: "Quickly, send the imperial doctor."

Li Mu said to the doctor, Zhao Cheng: "Mr. Zhao, please mobilize the guards and take control of Shang Shijian immediately. Shangshi and all the cooks are not allowed to leave even half a step."

Zhao Cheng said with trembling fear: "Zhan Shijun, I was drunk just now!"

Li Mu comforted him and said, "Don't worry, gentlemen. The poison should only be in a certain dish, and only those who eat that dish will be poisoned. Otherwise, everyone in the hall would have collapsed by now."

When everyone heard that Da Da was justified, they finally calmed down. Zhao Cheng immediately rushed out of the hall and mobilized the guards.

Li Mu then said to the guard Dou Ling: "Mr. Dou, please pass on the order and seal the palace gate. No one is allowed to enter or leave the palace before receiving the order."

Dou Ling also responded: "No problem."

After saying that, he ran out quickly.

Li Mu finally said to Li Si: "Prime Minister, please stabilize the situation and let everyone stay in the main hall for the time being. We will wait until the imperial doctor comes to show everyone before making any further calculations. I will try to treat your majesty and the young master."

Li Sidao: "Okay, Zhan Shijun, please go ahead and do something. Where is the Yuefu Order?"

"The official is here."

"Bring the musicians back first."

"promise."

Li Mu strode up to the throne and grabbed the First Emperor's wrist.

After a brief investigation, he couldn't help but secretly gasp, it was such a powerful poison. At this time, the First Emperor's pulse was as chaotic as a martial arts practitioner going crazy.

Under this pulse condition, qi and blood surge, breathing is disordered, and the heartbeat is fast and slow. In the end, it is the result of bleeding from the seven orifices and death.

Moreover, this poison corrodes the brain and will soon cause cerebral blood vessels to burst, which is later known as cerebral hemorrhage.

The First Emperor's blood pressure was already high, which in this era was called yang hyperactivity. If he encountered this kind of poison again, he might not wait for seven days and seven nights, but he would die in two or three days at most.

Seven days and seven nights is for healthy people.

Although Gao Jianli couldn't see the commotion in the main hall, he understood what was going on and could hardly hold back the smile in his heart.

No matter who did it, he just wanted to pay deep respect to that person.

The only regret is that he could not take Emperor Qin's life with his own hands to avenge his friend.

Gao Jianli was in a happy mood and was helped away by someone sent by the Yuefu Order. At this time, Queen Tuan and General Jin were also in the same happy mood as him.

The imperial doctor's order soon arrived with a group of imperial doctors. After checking the pulse of the fainted minister, all the imperial doctors' faces turned pale.

Such a vicious and strange poison was something they had never seen before. Let alone detoxification, they couldn't even figure out what kind of poison it was.

The imperial doctor rushed to the throne in panic. At this time, the First Emperor had been laid flat on the throne, and Li Mu was giving him acupuncture.

Fusu was also placed on a couch carried by the chamberlain. Because the situation was critical, it was too late to send everyone back to their homes.

To facilitate treatment, Li Si decisively ordered the patient to be resettled on the spot.

Although there is no cure for this kind of poison, it still had to be done, so Li Mu took out the silver needle he carried with him and gave it to the First Emperor.

"Zhan Shijun, is there any way to cure this poison?" Imperial Physician Ling asked, looking at Li Mu hopefully.

Li Mu frowned and said without looking back: "You don't even know what kind of poison it is, how to treat it?"

"It's just that the poisoned person's blood is surging, his breathing is disordered, and his life is in danger."

"We must first stabilize the situation and save the lives of His Majesty the Young Master and all the ministers, and then we can find out what the poison is."

Everyone in the hall heard these two sentences clearly, and they couldn't help but nod their heads, praising Li Mu for his calmness and orderliness in the face of danger.

Just listen to Li Mu continue: "All the imperial doctors, come here, I will teach you the method of regulating qi and blood."

All the imperial doctors quickly gathered around Li Mu. Li Mu kept moving his hands, pricking the acupuncture points on the First Emperor's chest one by one with silver needles, and then twisted the silver needles with extremely familiar movements.

"Listen carefully, it starts from the Tiantu point of the Ren meridian and goes through Xuanji, Huagai, Zigong, Yutang... to the Qihu point of the Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian..."

The imperial doctors all have profound medical skills. When Li Mu said it, he basically formed a picture in his mind.

After listening to what Li Mu said, they discovered that although this acupuncture route was something they had never heard of before, the meridians and acupuncture points involved were all effective in regulating qi and blood.

"Do you remember everything?"

"Remember."

"Then take action quickly! If you move too slowly, if something goes wrong with any of the ministers, I won't be able to protect you all."

When the imperial doctors heard this, they immediately started sweating on their foreheads. Without any daring to neglect, they all rushed down to the throne, opened the clothes of the poisoned ministers and began to administer acupuncture.

The method taught by Li Mu is real and effective, but it only temporarily suppresses the surging Qi and blood, and can slightly delay the death time of the poisoned person.

But in the end, if the poison cannot be detoxified, these people will still die.

The main reason is that Li Mu also needs time to make some arrangements to ensure that Hu Hai succeeds to the throne smoothly. Otherwise, time is too hasty and something will inevitably go wrong.

Previously, he originally wanted to wait until the death of the First Emperor, assist Zuo Fusu to succeed to the throne, and use his generosity and trust in himself to plan something calmly.

However, Fusu's fortunes were not good, so he had to use more radical methods to return history to its original trajectory, and still let Hu Hai bring trouble to the Qin Dynasty and provoke civil uprisings.

More than an hour later, the imperial doctors all breathed a sigh of relief. The raging blood and energy finally calmed down, temporarily saving the lives of the ministers and their own lives.

After checking, it was found that the other ministers who were not unconscious were not poisoned. Everyone felt relieved and secretly rejoiced.

Then they started to discuss which dish they didn't eat. After a discussion, they immediately discovered that the problem was the water spinach.

After Li Mu withdrew the needle, he ordered his servants to carry the First Emperor and Fusu back to the palace, and all the poisoned ministers were placed in a palace.

Zhao Cheng and Dou Ling, who had arranged the imperial guards and palace gate guards, also returned to the main hall and gathered around Li Mu.