It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

As soon as Meng Ye finished speaking, a small group of plainclothes soldiers with their hair tied in a topknot on the left caught up from behind. The leader was dressed in gray and white, looking exactly like a Taoist priest.

He bowed and asked, "Your Excellency, having been ordered by the Emperor to apprehend the wanted criminal, have you made any discoveries?"

Meng Yi did not speak immediately.

Although Xiao Mengye had grown a year older, she couldn't understand her uncle at all. He should have clearly seen Aunt Hehua hiding behind that big rock... Why didn't he say anything? Why didn't he tell them that his aunt was here?

That way, Auntie can return to Xianyang sooner... back to Zhilan Palace, and her mother, Lady Shen, and Sister Ayan will be happy again.

One evening three months ago, Meng Ye's father returned to Xianyang to report on his duties. She tiptoed to his study to find him and saw a strange uncle... The man looked dignified, but he was rambling on and on, insisting that her aunt was definitely not ambitious, nor was she colluding with the forces of the six states as Xu Fu claimed... He knelt on the steps, refusing to get up, saying something like, "General Meng! That year, that year I was indeed recommended by the princess to go from Wei to Qi, all to persuade Xianye and Hou Sheng to surrender to Qin; as for the princess going to Chu, she was willing to break the alliance between Fu Chu and Lord Changping at any cost... The people in the court falsely accused me, which is a small matter... I privately believe that the talk of spirits is all nonsense... Your Highness should never be falsely accused by such malicious people..."

Meng Tian trusted Ying Hehua, but that didn't mean he trusted the officials she had recommended over the years. After all, the last one was Zhang Liang, who had attempted to assassinate Ying Zheng at Bolangsha…

"Chen Ping. I have no involvement in the inner court."

“I understand the general’s concerns. Before Her Highness the princess left Xianyang, she asked me to give this to the general.”

Chen Ping took out the items; the mechanism boxes on the 20th floor of the tower were interlocked, one after another.

This is not what Ying Hehua wanted to give him.

It was the work of that person on Zhongnan Mountain.

For many years, when my father Meng Ao was alive, that man would often come to our house to show off his "secret box". My father said he was a "remarkable person". The remarkable person pointed to me, who was still a child, and said that if we were destined, Meng Tian, ​​who was thirty years old, would know the secret in the box.

Twenty years later, he saw the same mechanism tower again.

The words "fifteen years" on it sent a jolt through his soul!

He should have chopped off Chen Ping, this bastard, with a single blow, but he felt dizzy and lightheaded. This thing had a magical power that was affecting his mind!

Mo Qi, this person, this person who was listed as taboo by King Zhaoxiang of Qin, is indeed extraordinary.

When exactly did he start planning this?!

When Meng Tian sees Xu Zhi, he will understand that no one has ever orchestrated this.

The hand that controls the affairs of the world is called 'fate'.

If Xianyang was destined to be turbulent, Meng Tian would not have done what Mo Qi suggested!

Meng Tian did not stay in Xianyang because of his warning, but instead returned to Shangjun with military orders. He thought of Li Mu and Bai Qi; stability was a thousand times more important than a vague warning.

He will never bow his head in fear.

Because he was Meng Tian, ​​a general of the Qin Dynasty.

Before leaving, he looked deeply at Chen Ping and said to him, "You must make sure Meng Yi takes A Ye with him. Also, if you see Yong An, please tell her that no matter what, things will not be chaotic here." On the day Ying Yuanman learned of her fate, she had not yet received news of Ying Hehua's accident at Lishan.

She was even quite relieved that the silk scroll in Mo Qi's box didn't describe the fate of her child and sister...

She gazed intently, looking at the child again and again, kissing the child's face repeatedly. "Go, follow your uncle to Lishan to find Aunt Hehua. She will take Ye'er back to Zhilan Palace to live together."

Meng Ye's eyes lit up. "Then Auntie will make me lots of fun toys?"

She touched her little face. "Yes."

She thought about it, but then shook her head, "But Mother, I rarely see Auntie smile at people, and she won't have the patience to tell me stories to lull me to sleep..."

Yuanman thought of Ying Hehua from many years ago. How could she not like to laugh? ... She could be proud for days after making a strange-looking thing, or she could be happy for half a day just by embroidering a fish in her purse.

"She will, she definitely will."

As Yuanman spoke, she painfully handed her daughter to Meng Yi. Only after watching the car drive away did Yuanman rush into her husband's arms, tears streaming down her face.

Actually, no.

Xu Zhi's brain was damaged; she didn't recognize Meng Ye, and she had even forgotten who she was.

She felt that the surname 'Meng' was extraordinary in her mind, but she felt empty inside, and many voices echoed in her head. The discomfort made her raise her hand to hit her head.

The rock in front of them wasn't very big to begin with, and Wu Guang was already drenched in sweat. When he turned around and saw her about to raise her hand, he quickly shushed her.

Unexpectedly, the rabbit he had caught broke free and leaped forward in a flash!

"What is that?" The sorcerer glanced at the large rabbit that had suddenly appeared on the ground, found it strange, and continued forward on his own.

If he takes just ten more steps forward and goes around to the side of that rock, they will be exposed!

Wu Guang gripped the chisel tightly in his hand, large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, his breathing rapid.

Once the sorcerer comes up, he will definitely fight him with whatever he has to buy the young woman some time to live. After all, the young woman saved his life last night! She looks frail, but she is surprisingly quick-witted and accurate. Using a crossbow she picked up from the ground, she shot through the Qin soldier who was about to kill him with his sword.

The soles of my shoes seemed capable of easily breaking the grass as they stepped on it.

The reeds swayed and rustled.

Breathing stops.

Wu Guang was about to charge forward!

Suddenly, someone said, "Now that Ah Ye's rabbit has been found, and we are at the perfect time to capture the wanted criminal, there is no need to make such a fuss."

Meng Yi didn't actually see Ying Hehua at all.

But he knew she was there.

The fat rabbit named Fugui had never been so well-behaved. It lingered in one spot, then quietly took him in its hand...

"Yes, yes. His Majesty the Emperor ordered the sealing off of the city and instructed Lord Meng to investigate the meteorite matter thoroughly. Those bandits were incredibly audacious to replace the meteorite with a fake one, but fortunately Lord Xu Fu discovered it in time."

The reeds swayed in the wind after Meng Yi left.

Old Wu noticed her acting strangely and began to recite to himself how decisive she had been the night before.

After listening for only a couple of sentences, she felt a headache, fear, and terror.

How could she kill someone? How could she possibly kill someone?!

A short while later, Zhang Liang returned.

His body was also unclean, but the bloodstains did not make him terrifying; instead, they made him look like a white crane from another world.

They didn't say much, but they tacitly agreed to leave the reed marshland temporarily.

On the way, Xu Zhi endured her headache without making a sound. She hadn't rested well to begin with, and after walking for an hour or so, she began to feel exhausted.

She waved her hand and said she was fine, but her face was much paler.

Zhang Liang panicked.

He said he would carry her on his back.

She wouldn't allow it.

He said he was supporting her.

She refused. She would rather take the rotten bamboo stick that Old Wu found for her from the water than let him touch her even a little bit.

In fact, when she was running away to save her life, Xu Zhi didn't want to hold anyone back and didn't think about the strict separation between men and women.

She didn't initially resist carrying him, but when she placed her hand on his shoulder, a flash of white light crossed her mind—snow, and the verdant river of Chengfu. A strong sense of oppression and soreness welled up inside her.

Of course, she forgot that she used to love looking at him, smiling at him, and leaning into his arms.

Now, she flinched as if electrocuted, like a startled fawn, frantically dodging.

"I'm sorry... Thank you for your kindness, sir. Perhaps it's because I've been afraid of contact with strangers since I was a child, and I'm not used to it."

Was it like this since childhood?

Of course not.

Zhang Liang never imagined this day would come; it was a mistake, a series of mistakes that led to this outcome...

His heart ached terribly, but there was nothing he could do.

They walked a long way until they came to a city.

"If we go this way, we can leave Lingcheng. Young lady, why don't you come with us?"

She was exhausted and, suppressing her breath, coughed several times before she could speak.

"You can go, but I'm not leaving. I'm waiting for someone."

"My wife, you saved me last night, but you accidentally killed someone. If the Qin army catches you... Alas! It's all my fault! My wife, you go first. I will definitely find your beloved and explain this to him!"

"No. I don't want to leave the city. I have to wait for him; I can't leave first. We promised to go together, cough cough, cough..."

In the end, Zhang Liang compromised and they agreed to send her back to her 'home' on the outskirts of the city.

While they were discussing how to return to Lingcheng, she turned her back and carefully opened her hand. This time she finally saw clearly what the coolness falling on her palm was, and the glaring color made her pause for a moment.

Actually, it had been like this for many days.

That night, the candlelight was dim, and she couldn't see clearly. Because it didn't hurt, she didn't pay much attention.

Will he die?

A strong sense of fear welled up inside me.

She thought, she can't just die like this, without knowing why... She still has an old friend she hasn't seen, and there are still so many things she hasn't figured out...

She felt incredibly wronged. She was inexplicably tricked into 'murdering and robbing' after going out, then framed for manslaughter, and inexplicably called 'auntie' by a child…

Why hasn't her own aunt come back yet?

And that idiot Li Xian, it's been two days, why haven't they found her yet?

She thought, all this running around is exhausting. He deserves to open the pharmacy alone and deal with that Yan family kid all by himself...

However, she was truly unwilling to let him go to the State of Zheng alone with the money they had saved together.

So in the end, she thought, it's better not to think about these unlucky ideas.

The journey was far too smooth.

The courtyard is still the same courtyard, the magnolia tree is still there, and even the little pig in the pigsty is still grunting.

Then, she saw Li Xian.

His hair was tied up with a hairpin, and he wore a black robe that was different from his usual attire.

He turned around, saw her, his eyes wide with surprise, his voice trembling, "...You, A-Zhi, how could you come back?"

She cried out, panting, but still stubbornly insisting on speaking.

"What do you mean? You don't want me to come back?!"

“It wasn’t A-Zhi.” He choked up, his gaze falling back down. “I was going crazy the day you disappeared.”

She sobbed, "I've been missing for two days, and you're only now thinking about looking for me. You didn't even ask what happened."

He knew what had happened and that it had been taken care of that morning.

Meng Yi cursed him a second time, saying he was heartless and cruel, and that he would even harm his own people in order to cover up his whereabouts.

Going back would mean being exposed and becoming a sitting duck.

He was already standing in hell, and he had no way out, absolutely no way out.

As long as she lives, lives happily and joyfully.

He asks for nothing more.

She couldn't stand his mournful gaze, so she tugged at his clothes. "Dressed so neatly, anyone who didn't know better would think you're going to take up a new post," Xu Zhi frowned and joked, "What, trying to pull that 'get promoted, get rich, and have your wife die' act?"

If Mo Qi were still alive, Li Xian might understand the modern meaning of the word "wife," and he would be smug to death. Then, he would tirelessly ask again and again, like a dog coaxing and pestering Xu Zhi to repeat it a couple more times.

But now, his misunderstanding has been distorted, and it feels like his deepest pain from a past life has been touched. In his pursuit of promotion and wealth, he has caused the deaths of many people.

He was already abnormal to begin with. After thinking for a moment, he withdrew some of his resentment and said with a smile, "I should have realized sooner that if you are well, I don't care whether others live or die."

Wu Guang hadn't paid much attention to what they were saying until he saw the sachet on Li Xian's waist that was exactly the same as the one on Xu Zhi's body, and then he saw those eyes and that face. In a flash, he remembered a massacre against the Wu clan, and the person in charge was Li Xian.

He suddenly burst into laughter and snorted angrily.

"I thought he was some kind of chivalrous hero. I never imagined that the 'Li' this young lady spoke of was actually the Inspector General. Your 'Li'?"