"This is the last letter sent by Wu Lin and others. We will never receive letters from them again." Meng Tian held a thin silk book in his hand.

Chen Ping picked up a glass of wine from the table, came to the front of the lobby, raised it to the sky and said: "You warriors, you have sacrificed your life for our Great Qin and to support Prince Su. Let Chen show my respect. I respect you."

One glass!" He poured the wine in the glass on the ground, "Don't worry, your sacrifice will not be in vain."

Meng Tian frowned and said: "Mr. Chen, recently I have become somewhat suspicious of your plan. If Zhao Gao had not suspected that Hu Hai sent people to assassinate him, wouldn't Wu Lin and others' deaths have been in vain?"

Chen Ping returned to the house and put the wine glass on the table before saying: "Zhao Gao is insidious and suspicious. Before the assassination, Wu Lin and others used various methods to spread the news that Zhao Gao wanted to kill the king. Zhao Gao must have also

Got it. This will make him start to suspect Hu Hai and start to distrust him. Once someone suddenly assassinates him at this moment, the first person behind the scenes that comes to his mind will definitely be Hu Hai."

"Mr. Chen has a very detailed grasp of Zhao Gao's psychology. I admire him." Meng Tian expressed his sincere admiration.

"I just hope that this time it will make Zhao Gao and Hu Hai feel bad. It is best to have a civil strife in Xianyang City. Then we will be safe in the county for the time being." Chen Ping sighed and then continued: "Now the whole army is

How's it going?"

Meng Tian couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Now that the news of the prince's murder has spread in the army, it seems that it is almost unstoppable. Now I can only rely on my prestige to suppress it. I hope that the prince Jiren Tianxiang can come back safely." Having said that,

But Meng Tian had absolutely no confidence in his heart. Chen Ping could also see it, but he didn't give in. He could only drink the bitter wine in one gulp.

After Zhao Gao returned to his house, he immediately summoned his confidant Zhao Yunchu for discussion. When Zhao Gao heard that Zhao Gao had been assassinated, he sent greetings repeatedly to show his loyalty, but Zhao Gao interrupted him:

"I'll save these flattery words for later. I came to you today to ask you to help me analyze who was behind this assassination."

When Zhao Yunchu heard this, he straightened his posture and said: "Your Excellency, you are devoted to our Great Qin, and you must have offended many people. Not to mention those who are vying to rebel, there are many people in Xianyang City who want to murder you.

For example, Li Si’s remnants, Fusu’s spies who may be in Xianyang City, etc.”

"Hmph! Li Si has been dead for several months. If his people wanted to seek revenge from me, they would have come a long time ago. Why would they wait until now? As for Fusu's spies, to be honest, I really don't believe this.

Are there any spies from Fusu, and Fusu died not long ago, even those spies couldn't have known the news so quickly, so they can rule it out." Zhao Gao coldly rejected Zhao Yunchu's proposal.

"Could it be other officials in the DPRK who oppose your lord?" Zhao Yunchu asked carefully.

"Now most of the people in the DPRK are my people. The others are all people with little real power in their hands. How can they have so many good people in their houses." Zhao Gao glanced at Zhao Yunchu and said, "

Don’t you think of anyone else?”

"This..." Zhao Yunchu's face looked a little ugly. Of course he knew that there was a person who was the biggest suspect but he didn't mention it, but now he didn't dare to say it. He could only look at Zhao with embarrassment.

high.

"If you have anything to say, just say it. I regard you as a confidant, Yun Chu." Zhao Gao stared at him and said coldly.

Although it was spring, Zhao Yunchu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He smacked his lips, looked around and then said softly: "In my opinion, the one at the top is actually the best."

It is possible to send someone to assassinate your leader." After saying this, Zhao Yunchu took a deep breath.

What Zhao Gao wanted was this speculation. He didn't say anything more, but just motioned for Zhao Yunchu to continue.

"These days, the rumor has been spread in the streets. It is impossible for him not to be suspicious, and he has made murderous intentions towards you. Moreover, today, you were assassinated on your way back to your home after going to see him, so it can be said that he is the best to grasp it.

The chance that the Lord will send someone to assassinate the Lord on the way is 80%." After telling Zhao Gao everything in his mind, Zhao Yunchu only felt that he was better than the guards who fought with the assassins.

tired.

After Zhao Gao heard what he said and compared it with what he suspected, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "Okay, you can go down."

Zhao Yunchu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this and immediately left. Zhao Gao, on the other hand, was playing with a piece of jade in his hand, with a fierce look in his eyes.

Soon after, the identities of those assassins were clearly investigated by Zhao Gao's people, and their information was sent to his house. Looking at these people with different identities, but living in the same place, Zhao Gao added a few more

There was a trace of suspicion, and then he discovered the particularity of a person's identity. After investigation, it was found that this person was just a small businessman now, but a month ago he was a guard in Xianyang Palace. Zhao Gao held the names of these people in his hands

He gritted his teeth and said: "You want to hide it! Can't you be more concealed? Or is this the only manpower you have?" After saying this, a sneer came from his mouth.

After that, Zhao Gao had no chance to think about this matter carefully, because as soon as officials who were close to Zhao Gao heard that he had been assassinated, they all brought gifts to visit him. This was a rare opportunity to show their loyalty to Mr. Zhao.

, while they expressed their deep condolences for Master Zhao's assassination, they also strongly condemned the people who sent the assassins, while Zhao Gao just sat there and listened to them sighing with emotion, without saying anything else.

It was not until these people left that Zhao Gao finally thought of how to deal with Hu Hai, a possible enemy. Of course, as a minister, he did not dare to fall out with the emperor directly, so he had to confirm again how many officials in the court still sided with Hu Hai.

In other words, they are on the side of the Qin royal family.

This day is the day of the Great Court Meeting, and all the officials in Xianyang City, big and small, have to go to the palace to attend, so there are countless carriages and sedan chairs rushing to Xianyang Palace early in the morning. When all the officials are standing in the main hall, waiting for Hu Hai to meet everyone

, Zhao Gaocai arrived belatedly. Of course, now Zhao Gao is fully qualified to make all officials wait for him like they are waiting for the emperor, so the officials did not behave strangely when they saw that he was late.

But when they saw such a thing brought by Zhao Gao, everyone began to whisper to each other. Because the entourage following Zhao Gao was holding a brown animal with a body length of five feet and a height of three feet, with two thorns on its forehead.

A deer with big antlers. Seeing Zhao Gao bring such a big guy to the court, everyone naturally felt very strange, but because he was Zhao Gao, everyone could only discuss it in private, but did not dare to question him face to face.

Not to mention these officials, even the soldiers responsible for guarding the palace turned a blind eye to Zhao Gao leading such a thing in.

Suddenly, a chamberlain shouted: "Emperor Qin II has arrived!" The buzzing hall became quiet. After Hu Hai took his seat, everyone bowed and took their seats in order.

Hu Hai looked at the Manchu officials and was about to speak when his eyes were attracted by the deer brought by Zhao Gao. He said with anger on his face: "Who brought this animal to the palace?"

When Zhao Gao heard this, he cupped his hands at the table and said, "I learned that the emperor was looking for some good horses, so I specially sent people to look for them in various places. Now I finally got this good horse, so I brought it to the emperor today."

Upon hearing Zhao Gao's words, there was another whisper among the ministers. Hu Hai also laughed and said: "I'm afraid Mr. Zhao has been deceived. This is obviously a deer. How can you say it is a horse? I

Although I don’t say that I know everything, I can still tell the difference between a deer and a horse, and I even keep several of them in my imperial garden.”

After listening to Hu Hai's words, several ministers nodded and said: "This is indeed a deer. It seems that Mr. Zhao has indeed been deceived."

Zhao Gao did not argue, but looked at them with a smile. After they became silent, he said loudly: "Since I said he was a deer and the emperor said he was a horse, I will not argue with the emperor.

I just want to ask all the adults here, do you think this is a deer or a horse?" He said and glanced at all the ministers present.

Upon hearing Zhao Gao's words, everyone's discussion suddenly became silent. They had already heard the smell, so no one dared to come out and say what it was.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhao Gao turned around and looked at an official and said: "Master Wu, you are knowledgeable, you must know what he is."

Master Wu turned pale when he heard Zhao Gao call him. He squeaked and whined for a long time before saying: "In my opinion, this, this is indeed a...a horse." After saying this

Then he breathed a sigh of relief.

After hearing this, Zhao Gao nodded with satisfaction and asked the next person: "Master Kong, what do you think?"

The man also said it was a horse. So the courtiers in the palace began to express their opinions. Some said it was a deer, and some said it was a horse. However, more than 80% of the people said it was a horse. Zhao Gao was very surprised.

Satisfied with the performance of these officials, he nodded and turned to Hu Hai and said: "Emperor, it seems that I was not wrong this time, so please accept the horse."

Hu Hai knew that he had completely fallen into the trap set by Zhao Gao from the moment he asked the officials what it was. Now it seemed that most of the officials in the court were Zhao Gao's people. His face became increasingly ugly.

Finally hearing Zhao Gao's obviously mocking words, he gritted his teeth and endured it for a long time before saying: "Come here, please bring this horse back to the stable for me to raise. Don't let Master Zhao's hard work go down." After saying this, he said with regret.

He waved his sleeves and said, "I'm feeling a little unwell. Let's end the meeting here today." Without waiting for the officials to send him off, he stood up and left.
Chapter completed!