The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 307: All the soldiers from the five palaces of the King of Qin are out, and the Prime Minister has issued a strict order to control Xianyang. Those who die are the rebels!
The out-of-control emotions displayed by King Zheng of Qin at this moment made Zhao Gao's fear of him dissipate a little.

The expression of one's heart reflects one's face, and Zhao Gao's respectfulness, which was not pretended, faded a little unconsciously.

Zhao Chefu Ling suddenly realized that something was wrong. If he continued to pretend to be respectful, it would be too deliberate and the king would be more likely to find out the problem. He felt a chill in his heart.

King Zheng of Qin had no time to observe Zhao Gao at this moment. After shouting something that was half a question and half a command, his expression did not recover after a while, and he still looked surprised and confused.

Take a few steps and stand still:

"Prepare the carriage! Put on your armor! Each palace will send half of its officers, and keep a tenth of them as gatekeepers! The rest of the soldiers will form their own organizations and go to the Bai family to pick up my brother! All five palaces will have them!"

The palace maids and eunuchs each carried out an order.

Seven or eight people left the Guanzheng Qinxue Hall and dispersed into the night, plunging into darkness.

Not long after, the Empress moved first.

After a long time, the four palaces of east, west, south, and north also moved.

A spark of fire spread like wildfire, sweeping across the Qin Palace and burning towards the Bai family.

King Zheng of Qin, wearing armor and holding a sword, went ahead and led more than 500 officials and guards they met on the way from the Guanzheng Qinxue Hall to the main gate of the Central Palace.

He spurred his horse into a gallop, the horse's hooves reaching the sky and leaving a trail of afterimages.

The horse's hooves were so fast, but not as fast as Qin Shi Huang's heartbeat.

Sima Wang, who was guarding the main gate, closed the door to stop the enemy from entering, saying that His Majesty could not put himself in danger.

The King of Qin stood on his horse, whipping Wang Yan from afar:
"Anyone who tries to stop me will be charged with treason! Open the door!"

Wang Yan still kept the door closed and urged the king to return to the palace. Sharp soldiers had already rushed to Bai's house through the middle gate.

When he reported just now, he had already mentioned the name of his great-grandfather, and he was very loyal to the king, so there was no need to worry about his life.

The king is in a very anxious mood at this moment and does not know his intentions. When things calm down, the king will know his good intentions.

"The king is plotting treason! Kill him and his rank will be raised by one level! A reward of a thousand gold coins will be given!" Qin Wang Zheng sat high on his horse, pulled the reins and shouted: "If anyone does not obey orders, he will be guilty of the same crime! We are all plotting treason! Shoot!"

It is easy for people on the city wall to shoot people below the city wall, but it is extremely difficult for people below the city wall to shoot people on the city wall.

A dozen arrows flew into the sky, and all of them hit the middle gate or the high wall above the middle gate and fell down.

Before the second round of arrows flew up, Wang Yan's head fell from the top of the city wall.

King Zheng of Qin shot the arrow not to kill Wang Yan, but to show his determination, the determination to kill.

Poor Wang Yan, he didn't even have time to say a word of defense before his head was chopped off by the adjutant behind him.

The middle door was wide open, and horses and people passed through.

It is just like the saying that it is swift as the wind and aggressive as fire.

The army rushed past, leaving only Wang Yan's head spinning. The eyes on his head still showed disbelief, and he died with his eyes open.

He is Wang He's grandson, and he truly cares about the king's safety.

Why does the king want to kill him? Why!
Five long dragons rushed out from the five palaces of the King of Qin, shaking Xianyang three times.

----

Nearly an hour ago.

Prime Minister's Mansion.

Lü Buwei, who had not yet gone to bed, read by lamplight, flipping through his life's work, "Lüshi Chunqiu".

During the day, he was the prime minister of Qin State. He was busy with all kinds of affairs, and his life did not belong to himself but to the country.

Only at night could he truly be himself for a short while and take a good look at the "Spring and Autumn Annals" which was written based on Confucius' "Spring and Autumn Annals", the "Spring and Autumn Annals" that belonged to him, Lü Buwei.

"Lüshi Chunqiu", also known as "Lü Lan".

It is all-encompassing and absorbs the essence of all disciplines.

Its core is Lu Buwei's philosophy of governing the country, and it is the path that Lu Buwei found for the world.

As long as this book is not destroyed, Lu Zi will not perish.

"My Lord!" Gan Luo, who was usually very polite, rushed in with a look of ecstasy on his face: "Lord Chang'an is attacking the Bai family! The Bai family has fired three flaring arrows!"

With a "crash", Lü Buwei didn't even look at the "Lü Lan" that fell to the ground. He was in a daze, as if he didn't hear anything.

"Master! Prime Minister Lu! Lu Buwei!" At the critical moment, Gan Luo only wanted to wake up his master and didn't care about anything else.

Changan Jun attacked the Bai family at night. This is an unforgivable crime, and no one can save him! This touched the bottom line of the major families.

Although the Gan family, to which Gan Luo came from, was founded by the outsider Gan Mao and was not an old Qin noble family, the principle is the same.

The Gan family didn't want to sleep well when someone came to their door and beat them up.

At this time, Gan Luo did not know that Chang'an Jun had already broken through the first, second, third and fourth courtyards, and that many of the Bai family's casualties were killed. He just thought that the two sides were in a stalemate.

If he knew the number of deaths in the Bai family, his attitude would be more intense than it is now.

"Stop making noise, stop making noise." Lu Buwei waved his hands and pinched his eyebrows hard.

This was not the first time that there were variables in his plan, such as Queen Dowager Zhao.

He has always been committed to eliminating variables, such as sending Lao Ai away. This is what all good strategists do.

Even if this change is beneficial, those who want to control everything will not like it.

This time, there are variables again.

"You brat..." Lu Buwei gritted his teeth, his face extremely ugly: "How dare you do this!"

A few moments.

All three thousand retainers of Lü Buwei came out and rushed to all directions holding bamboo slips with the seal of the Prime Minister and the seal of the King of Qin.

The text on the bamboo slips roughly means that Chang'an Jun is plotting treason, and the Xiangbang Mansion has taken over all the guards of the Neishi Mansion and the Taiwei Mansion to suppress the rebellion. Anyone who dares to go out on the street will be treated as treason and executed immediately!
Yao Jia, Dun Ruo and nine other princes were awakened late at night. They had no idea what had happened and were pulled to the Prime Minister's Mansion by fast horses in a daze.

"Rebellion!" Gan Luo, the youngest of the Nine Princes, looked excited.

The excitement infected the remaining eight gentlemen, and six of them, including Pengfei, were all excited. Wasn't this the day they had been waiting for?

A powerful minister cannot be a king. When he is old and weak, he will die without a burial place. Just look at the fate of Queen Dowager Xuan.

The two people who did not look excited were Yao Jia and Dun Ruo. In a panic, they bumped into Gan Luo and rushed into the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Too urgent!

Why are you in such a hurry!
On the long street, people were like a long dragon, and the star-like torches that could be seen everywhere lit up Xianyang.

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In the back house of the Nei Shi Mansion, Meng An, who lived here, was wearing only a piece of clothing, looking confused and uncertain.

He already knew that the flare arrow exploded above the Bai family, but he didn't know what was happening to the Bai family now, or what was happening outside.

His people were taken over by the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and none of the eighteen retainers he sent out privately returned.

He wanted to go back to the Meng family's old house to discuss things with his father, so he quickly put on his clothes and prepared the carriage, but he was stranded in front of the gate of the Nei Shi Mansion.

There was a pile of corpses in front of the main gate of the Nei Shi Mansion, and a rough glance showed that there were more than twenty of them.

Meng An walked to the door and looked closely, and found two of the Meng family's top guests, as well as a servant whom he had sent back home a moment ago to report the news.

Outside the main gate of the Neishi Mansion, thirteen retainers under Lu Buwei's command, wearing armor and holding sharp weapons, stood like door gods, with their swords stained with blood.

Ten soldiers, two sergeants and one platoon leader, this is exactly the number of ten in the army.

They stared at Meng An's feet coldly.

The leading sergeant did not say anything either. He just wiped the blood off the sword with his sleeve, and occasionally raised his eyes and smiled provocatively.

Meng An was furious. How dare a lowly person like him do this!
In the past, he would have ordered his guards to hack this daring pariah to death in front of him.

He also narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking whether to exercise the power of the Internal History.

The prime minister was indeed higher in rank than him, but there was no subordinate relationship between the Nei Shi and the prime minister, so it was completely understandable that he did not obey the prime minister's orders.

As for the royal seal on the bamboo slips, it can indeed restrict him as the internal historian, but who doesn't know that the seal of the King of Qin is now in the hands of the Prime Minister?

If Meng An exercises power, he cannot trust Lu Buwei. If he cannot trust Lu Buwei, then how can the royal seal be credible?

"Chang'an Jun is plotting a rebellion! Anyone who takes to the streets will be treated as a Chang'an traitor! Kill them all!"

"Chang'an Jun is plotting a rebellion! Anyone who takes to the streets will be treated as a Chang'an traitor! Kill them all!"

"Chang'an Jun is plotting a rebellion! Anyone who takes to the streets will be treated as a Chang'an traitor! Kill them all!" "..."

The shouts came from far and near, and entered Meng An's ears one after another.

The night was already cold, and Meng An's hands and feet were cold because he had put on less clothing in a hurry.

Nei Shi Meng rubbed his palms together, blew on them, stomped his feet heavily, and returned to the mansion.

What can he gain by participating?

The Meng family is already one of the three great Qin noble families, with a prominent status and at the top of the Qin aristocratic families.

Even if he stood on the right side tonight, he would only get one more position as one of the Nine Ministers, or at most a chancellor.

The Nine Ministers and the Prime Minister, those lowly outsiders who fought to the death, fought for them, and even sacrificed their lives for them, were not that important to the Meng family.

In the current court, there is a prime minister, a censor and nine ministers, and none of them has the surname Meng, Xi or Bai. What does it matter?

There is a relationship, but not a big one.

The old Qin nobles never set their sights on these eleven highest official positions, because the first bird to stick its head out will be shot down.

From Shang Yang to Zhang Yi to Gan Mao to Fan Ju and now to Lü Buwei, which one of them did not dominate the court during his reign? What about now? Where have they gone?

Except for Gan Mao, who is the only one left in the Gan family, what about the others?
These eleven official positions are like delicious mutton roasting on the fire, which may be torn off at any time by the mean and ungrateful king and fed to others.

Shang Yang fed it to the angry old Qin nobles, Zhang Yi fed it to the deceived six states of Shandong, and Fan Ju let the increasingly aging King Zhaoxiang of Qin, who had no qualified heirs, eat it himself.

Meng An asked his servants to lead the horse back to the stable, and then asked a beautiful maid to get a basin of hot water for washing feet to drive away the cold.

The beautiful maid's young and tender white hands were soaked in the water, rubbing Meng An's cold and rough big feet.

Perhaps it was too cold outside, Meng An coughed twice, with clear phlegm sounds coming from his throat.

Standing on the side, a maid who looked to be in her twenties and had a very delicate appearance was kneeling beside Meng An's legs.

Lift up your beautiful neck and open your beautiful mouth.

Meng An spat into it, behaving calmly.

The concubine swallowed with her mouth closed, looking natural.

Soon, Meng An lay down.

Two maids held up Meng An's feet, one on the left and one on the right, stuffed them into the opening of her clothes, and held her tightly.

They were foot-warming maids, and had to sit there all night.

Meng An, who was deep in the mansion, listened to the unclear scolding. Thinking of the bloody storm outside and how he was sleeping soundly, a smile appeared on his lips.

Whether it was Chang'an Jun's rebellion or Lu Xiang's rebellion, whoever sat on the throne could not do without the old Qin nobles, they could not do without Meng Xibai.

While feeling relieved, Meng An also thought about whether he should go to rescue the Bai family. Then he thought of the help that the Bai family had extended to him a few days ago, and asked the brat Bai Ma to receive him and the head of the Xi family.

If you don’t follow the rules, you’re no use!

He, Meng An, is the most law-abiding one.

Upon receiving the order stamped with the seals of King Qin and Prime Minister, he immediately obeyed it.

[Thirteen untouchables! I will kill you tomorrow!] Meng thought to himself, stepping on the soft ground and sleeping soundly.

When the sun rises tomorrow morning, no matter who wins, no one will be at odds with him because of the thirteen untouchables, including that crazy woman.

Taiwei Mansion.

Xishan, whose own sister had died, handed over power more happily than Meng An.

"This bastard deserves to die! He deserves to die!" The Western General, who should be regarded as a military general, yelled in the mansion.

Everyone knows who the "boy" he is calling out is, and no one knows who the "boy" he is calling out is.

The Wang family is one of the old Qin nobles, second only to the Meng, Xi and Bai families.

The royal residence.

Wang Wan knelt before his father, kowtowed and cried out:
"Father, Chang'an Jun would not rebel! This must be the thief Lu Buwei's rebellion! We should serve the king!"

The night candle burned too weakly to illuminate the face of the head of the Wang family.

In the darkness, a deep and powerful male voice sounded:

"Palm mouth."

A figure walked out from where the voice came from. He was a tall and strong man.

Wang Wan looked up at the warrior and pleaded:

"Mr. Shan, please give some advice."

The warrior slapped Wang Wan in the face.

Wang Wan, who had no martial arts skills, was knocked to the ground, his head buzzing and his mind in a trance.

In confusion, he heard Mr. Shan's soft voice:
"How can you address Prime Minister Lu by his name? That's too rude. Someone, take the young lady back to her room and keep her under strict watch."

Wang Wan was carried away by two strong servants.

The warrior he called Mr. Sugi returned to darkness.

A lamp is as small as a bean, a small piece of light, and the night whispers flow through the darkness.

"The fan was too light, not even a tooth came off."

"Half of my lady's face will be swollen in less than a minute. If Lu Xiang loses and the king wins, my lady will ask to see you immediately. The king will see the injury."

"Alas, sir, you still dote on Wan'er too much. The king will suspect that this is a trick of Wan'er and she did it on purpose."

"That was intentional, wasn't it?"

"Sir, what you mean is..."

"My young lady and the king studied and grew up together. There are a few people around the king who are more trusted than the young lady, and the king has to use them. The young lady received this slap, which is our family's attitude. As long as we have the attitude, it's fine. Even if we beat the young lady half to death, the King of Qin will still be suspicious of her with his mean and ungrateful character."

"...That's true. Alas, I don't know whether what I did was right or not."

"People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. If our family wants to be on par with or even surpass Meng Xibai, we can't do it smoothly. Only by getting the phase can it be possible."

"Your Majesty, I will step down and Wan'er will be the head of the family. Prime Minister Lu, just treat it as if I have never had a son like Wan'er and expel Wan'er from the family tree."

The Wang family closed their doors and windows, waiting for the result.

All the old Qin nobles closed their doors and windows, waiting for the rebels to be successfully killed outside.

Those who died were traitors.

Meng family.

The door suddenly opened.

The veteran general Meng Ao mounted his horse, followed by his grandsons Meng Tian and Meng Yi.

The grandfather, his two grandsons and all the male members of the Meng family headed towards the central palace.

Be loyal to the king!

There are more than a thousand people in their group.

Although they were mostly filled with slaves, they were hard to see clearly in the dark, and the crowds were quite scary.

As soon as we set out on the road, we encountered a team of guards numbering about a hundred men.

The guards, who had received orders to kill anyone they saw, marched forward in formation.

Upon seeing Meng Ao, the leading generals were shocked and cried out:

"Mong Gong?!"

"Whose soldier are you?" Meng Ao asked casually and immediately came back to his senses.

It's already this hour, why are you asking this kind of nonsense? They are all my soldiers!

"We are," Bai Jiangzheng answered respectfully.

"Follow!"

"only!"

(End of this chapter)