"Report! Your Majesty, Prime Minister Li has gone missing!"
"What? Which Prime Minister Li? Li Si?"
The First Emperor was enjoying his dinner, having been busy for a whole day and night since the previous night.
Currently, the remaining forces of the six kingdoms within Xianyang City have been almost completely wiped out by Li Lin's scheme.
So, he took this opportunity to relax.
But at this moment.
The Imperial Guard Commandant Li Kun, who suddenly rushed in from outside the palace gates, had sweat dripping from his forehead.
Large areas around his eyes were red and swollen.
It's likely that his eyes were wet with sweat, and in his haste, he rubbed them vigorously.
"Li Kun? Why are you in such a hurry? I remember you were the Commandant of Xianyang, in charge of the security of Xianyang. What? Which Prime Minister Li has gone missing? What has caused you to panic like this?"
"Your Majesty, it is Li Lin, the Grand Tutor, concurrently serving as the Minister of the Imperial Household Department and the Vice Censor-in-Chief, Prime Minister Li!"
"What? He's missing?"
The First Emperor was originally going to reprimand him sternly, but now he was in no mood to continue reprimanding him.
He immediately pressed for an answer: "When did this happen?"
"Your Majesty, according to the guards of the Court of Justice, it seems that they heard Lord Li's cries for help after the morning court session this morning."
"Oh? After the morning court session?"
The emperor suddenly lost his appetite for the delicacies laid out on the table. His once enthusiastic appetite vanished in an instant.
"Can you trace who did it?"
"Your Majesty, this humble servant did not know!"
"snort!"
He abruptly flicked his sleeve and said to Gao Shu, the Chief of the Imperial Carriage Office beside him, "Gao Shu, you must investigate immediately and find out who is so audacious as to attack Li Lin right under my nose!"
"Yes, this old servant will go and investigate immediately!"
Gao Shu was startled and immediately rushed out of the main hall.
"Li Kun, you've been the Commandant of Xianyang for over twenty years, haven't you? Such a momentous event has occurred, why didn't you come to report to me immediately?"
"Your Majesty, it was my negligence, my negligence! Last night, I led the city guards in a search all night, and only this morning did I close my eyes for a short nap. Unexpectedly, I slept until the afternoon, and only then did I receive the news of Prime Minister Li's disappearance. So I rushed to the palace without stopping..."
"Useless trash! How could I have appointed such a coward as the Commandant of Xianyang? Guards, drag him away and tear him apart by five horses!"
"promise!"
At that moment, dozens of guards rushed in from outside the hall and quickly subdued Li Kun.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this humble servant does not deserve to die! Your Majesty!"
"Hmph, fine, I'll give you three days. Remember, if you can't bring Li Lin to me unharmed before sunset three days from now, I'll slaughter your entire family of several hundred people, young and old!"
"Your humble servant thanks Your Majesty for your mercy!"
Li Kun kept kowtowing, doing more than a dozen kowtows in a row, until he actually broke his scalp.
Some bloodstains remained on the ground.
"What are you still standing here for? Hurry up and go!"
"promise!"
He felt as if he had been granted a pardon, and upon hearing the First Emperor's urging, he immediately scrambled out of the main hall.
"call!"
The First Emperor pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling dizzy and lightheaded, as if the ailment that had disappeared from his body in recent days was about to relapse.
“Anger is indeed harmful to health, but I have no choice but to be angry. If that brat is harmed by villains, wouldn’t all the major policies he has formulated for Great Qin be in vain? I may be able to uphold his policies while I am alive, but what if I die? When a person dies, the policies cease to exist!”
After a somewhat frustrated sigh, the First Emperor immediately began issuing imperial edicts.
"Zhang Mo, immediately inform all the ministers in Xianyang, including the captains and generals in the military camps outside the city. I have important matters to discuss with them!"
"promise!"
Upon receiving the order, Zhang Mo quickly left the palace.
Then the First Emperor summoned several eunuchs and assigned them tasks.
Half an hour later.
Gao Shu ran into the main hall, panting heavily.
He hurriedly reported, "Your Majesty, this old servant has investigated and found out! It is Xiang Yu and his nephew Xiang Liang from Chu!"
"What? Weren't they imprisoned by me? How could it be them?"
"Your Majesty, this old servant does not know the specifics, but according to the joint investigation by this old servant and the Black Ice Guard, it is Xiang Yu and his nephew Xiang Liang!"
"What?"
The First Emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, somewhat incredulous.
They can't even understand it.
"If it was Xiang Liang and his nephew, then it's very likely that something happened in the imperial prison, allowing them to escape and then seek revenge, kidnapping Li Lin on his way to the Court of Justice!"
The First Emperor's thinking was very clear: "Now that I know who arrested him, let's focus on those two. Gao Shu, issue an order to impose a curfew on the entire area within a 300-mile radius of Xianyang City. Also, send a proclamation to the world that if Li Lin suffers even the slightest harm, I will slaughter hundreds of thousands of households in the entire Chu region!"
"Ah? Your Majesty, it is probably inappropriate for you to slaughter all the people of Chu. Wouldn't that make the people of Chu hate you to the bone and lose your support?"
"I can't worry about that anymore. Their people's hearts may be important to me, but compared to Li Lin's safety, they are insignificant. If we lose Chu, we can take it back, but if we lose Li Lin, we will never have another one like him!"
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