Chapter 168 Ying Zheng: It’s really Afang!!
at night!
Zhao Feng's personal guards were on duty outside the military camp, while inside the camp was bustling with activity.
All the old brothers drank happily.
Apart from a batch of wine purchased from Jiuxianlou, most of the wines were ordinary liquors of that era.
After all, the wine in Jiuxianlou is not enough to supply more than 60,000 elite soldiers at one time, and there has never been a Jiuxianlou opened in Yunzhong City.
Although he has power now, Zhao Feng is still very cautious. It is better not to expose the Jiuxian Tower.
Zhao Feng sat in the center of the military camp. He had no barriers with these old brothers who had fought in the war. No matter who came to toast him, Zhao Feng accepted it calmly.
"I congratulate the general on his wedding."
"Congratulations, General."
"Hahaha, congratulations too."
One by one, the sharp warriors came towards Zhao Feng and raised their jars of wine to congratulate him.
In the military camp, wine is either drunk from large bowls or directly from wine jars, but there are no wine bottles.
"Brothers, drink up."
Zhao Feng smiled, raised the wine jar and responded loudly.
"Admiral."
"Do you still remember me? When I was in the logistics army, it was the general who stood up for me. Otherwise, I would have been crushed by the Korean soldiers."
A middle-aged man walked up to Zhao Feng and toasted him excitedly.
"Wu Kui."
When Zhao Feng saw it, he immediately laughed and shouted.
Hear this sound.
The man trembled all over, and then said excitedly: "I didn't expect the general to actually remember my name."
"Not just you, I remember many brothers in the army."
"For more than four years of bloody battles, I have fought together with my brothers."
"Old people are here, old people are gone."
"How could I not remember?"
Under the influence of alcohol, Zhao Feng also felt a little emotional.
"Wu Kui, please don't talk nonsense."
"I was also among the group of people chasing you."
At this time.
A sharp warrior said with some helplessness.
Hear the sound.
Many warriors looked over.
One look.
They couldn't help but laugh.
"Chen Quan, could you please stop ruining the view?"
"I'm just reminiscing about the past with the general." Wu Kui glared with dissatisfaction on his face.
"Ha ha."
"That Wu Kui."
"It's not just Chen Quan who's chasing us, it's me as well."
"And I..."
The warriors stood up one after another and laughed.
Obviously.
Those who were said to be chasing were naturally the former surrendered soldiers of Han, but now they had become the elite warriors of the Qin Dynasty, and their families had become the common people of the Qin Dynasty.
"You chase, we run."
"It wasn't just Wu Kui who was on the run, we were also on the run."
"You guys chased us fiercely at the beginning, otherwise, General, we would have been killed by you..."
Many sharp warriors laughed and said.
"Hahaha……"
A burst of laughter immediately broke out all around. There was no ridicule or hatred, only a kind of remembrance of the past among comrades.
See this.
A smile also appeared on Zhao Feng's face.
Naturally, he enjoyed this kind of atmosphere very much.
In the past.
The Qin State and the Han State were hostile.
I don't know how many Han soldiers died at the hands of Qin's elite soldiers, and I don't know how many Qin's elite soldiers died at the hands of the Han army.
But now.
As the surrendered Han soldiers were reorganized into the criminal army, everything naturally changed.
The former enemies have become comrades and have fought side by side for several years. Everything that once happened has disappeared.
Those former Han soldiers who were still alive and reorganized have all become the elite soldiers of the Qin Dynasty.
Every warrior under Zhao Feng's command can safely entrust their backs to any of their brothers. These are comrades-in-arms, comrades in life and death.
The noise in the barracks continued.
This is a rare opportunity for the entire army to lift the prohibition on alcohol, so naturally no one wants to miss it.
Zhao Feng also gave an order that, except for the elite soldiers on duty, the entire army would have a day off tomorrow.
…
Xianyang!
Zhangtai Palace.
"Your Majesty."
"Dead again."
"After trying it so many times, it is enough to prove that General Zhao Feng is right. The elixir is poisonous."
Zhao Gao reported respectfully.
The eunuch behind Zhao Gao was holding a box containing a dead rabbit.
Look at these dead rabbits.
Ying Zheng's face was extremely ugly: "I have been taking the elixir for so many years, and it turned out to be poisonous. If Zhao Feng hadn't reminded me, I would have continued to take it until the poison accumulated in my body and I died suddenly."
Zhao Gao knelt down immediately, and the eunuchs behind him also knelt down immediately.
"Your Majesty is blessed with great fortune, and it is even more blessed to have the general remind you this time."
"Now, as long as Your Majesty stops taking the elixir and asks the doctor to prescribe some detoxifying medicine, the toxins in your body will be eliminated." Zhao Gao said respectfully.
"Use the elixir to harm me."
"I will never forgive you easily."
Ying Zheng's face was gloomy and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"Ren Xiong."
Ying Zheng shouted in a mighty voice.
"I am here."
Ren Xiong stood up in response.
"Bring all the alchemists in the Dan Palace here." Ying Zheng said coldly.
"I accept your order."
Ren Xiong strode out and immediately led the guards towards the Dan Palace.
The Dan Palace, which was once regarded as an important place by the King of Qin, is also located in the royal palace, not in the harem, but in the front palace.
Dan Palace!
There are many palaces inside, and each palace has several alchemy furnaces. In addition to the alchemists who are refining elixirs in front of the furnaces, there are also servants who add firewood and light the fire.
In today's world, alchemists have a high status.
Not only kings, but also those powerful people yearn for immunity to all diseases and even more for immortality.
Keeping an alchemist is also a must for many powerful people.
"How many pills have you refined today?"
Xu Lin, the deputy chief of Dan Palace asked.
He was the eldest disciple of Xu Fu, the head of the Dan Palace. When Xu Fu went out to look for medicine, he naturally accepted the responsibility of being the head and took charge of the Dan Palace.
"Return to the Deputy Chief."
"Today I refined fifty refreshing pills and fifty dragon-tiger pills." An alchemist replied respectfully.
"kindness."
"My Dan Palace is deeply trusted by the king, and there cannot be any omissions." Xu Lin nodded seriously.
Just at this moment.
There was a sound of weapons and armor, accompanied by footsteps.
"Deputy Chief, something terrible has happened."
"There are many guards outside the palace."
"They surrounded our Dan Palace."
A servant ran over in a panic.
"Royal Guards?" Xu Lin's face showed a look of surprise and confusion.
At this time!
The sound of footsteps approaching the palace door came quickly.
Ren Xiong was the leader, followed by many guards.
"Commander Ren Xiong, what do you mean by this?"
Xu Lin walked forward and asked in surprise.
"In compliance with the king's decree, seal off the Dan Palace, arrest all the alchemists and servants, and take them to the Zhangtai Palace." Ren Xiong shouted coldly.
immediately.
Ren Xiong waved his hand.
Many guards rushed forward and started arresting people.
"Why is that?"
"Did my Dan Palace do something wrong?" Xu Lin asked in horror.
"You will understand when you arrive at Zhangtai Palace."
Ren Xiao glanced at them coldly and waved his hand: "Take them all away."
"It's unfair, it's unfair."
"We don't know what crime we have committed, how can we arrest people like this?"
"We are wronged..."
Everyone in the Dan Palace, from the alchemists to the servants, cried out for justice.
It's just that none of the guards had any mercy on them. They were directly under the command of the King of Qin, so how could they listen to their excuses? Soon.
Outside Zhangtai Palace.
Hundreds of people were brought here, including the alchemists and their servants.
"My king, this is unjust."
"Your Majesty, we did nothing."
“Your Majesty…”
Outside the Zhangtai Palace, waves of wailing cries of injustice were heard.
For them.
He was suddenly captured at this moment and was completely confused.
In the palace!
Listening to the voices crying out for injustice outside the palace, Ying Zheng's face became even uglier.
immediately.
Stand up slowly.
"Your Majesty."
"They are refining elixirs in order to kill the king. There is no need to say anything to them. Just deal with them directly."
Zhao Gao, who had always found it difficult to speak, spoke at this moment.
Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Gao in surprise, and Zhao Gao felt panic in his heart when he saw this look.
"I want them to die knowingly, and I also want to ask them if they know that the elixir is poisonous." Ying Zheng said coldly.
Walk directly out of the hall.
When I saw Ying Zheng coming out.
As if he had seen a savior, Xu Lin immediately humbly said: "Your Majesty, why do you want to capture me? I have done nothing wrong, and I have no fault."
"Do you know that the elixir is poisonous?" Ying Zheng asked coldly.
As soon as these words fell.
Most of the alchemists looked puzzled, but a small number of them changed their expressions.
And all of this was seen by Ying Zheng.
"It seems that many of you know that the elixir is poisonous."
"For so many years, I have trusted you all, but you actually made poison pills to plot against me."
"I will never allow you to do that."
"Someone come."
"Bring all of them to the court and have Li Si torture them severely."
"He will be punished for plotting to murder the king."
Ying Zheng waved his hand and shouted coldly.
Hearing this.
Everyone knelt down in fear.
"My king, spare my life."
"Please spare my life, my king."
"I don't know. I don't know at all."
"How can the elixir be poisonous? How dare I murder the king..."
Suddenly, voices crying out for injustice arose again.
But Ying Zheng was not disturbed at all.
Just for the crime of poisoning the king, their entire clan will be exterminated.
"Your Majesty."
“Is there a hidden story behind this?”
"I have always learned according to what my teacher taught me. It is impossible for it to be poisonous." Xu Lin struggled and finally shouted to Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng waved his hand.
The monks around directly took out some dead rabbits.
Then Ying Zheng turned around and left.
"Don't argue any more."
"In order to test whether the elixir is poisonous, the king has been ordering people to test it for a while."
"These rabbits were poisoned by the elixir."
"Twenty rabbits died in total. Each rabbit died within four days after taking the elixir."
"Do you understand what I mean?" Ren Xiong looked at Xu Lin coldly.
Looking at these dead rabbits, and then looking at Ying Zheng who turned around resolutely.
Xu Lin was completely panicked and collapsed to the ground.
Then.
The Imperial Guards took immediate action and sent these alchemists directly to the Supreme Court.
This movement naturally shocked the entire Xianyang and the court was shocked.
Young Master's Mansion! "Young Master."
"Have you received the message?"
"All the alchemists in the Alchemy Palace have been imprisoned by the king."
Wang Wan rushed to the young master's mansion.
"Yes, I received the message."
"It is said that the elixirs made by these alchemists are all poisonous."
"The news from the Supreme Court is that they intend to murder the king." Fusu said seriously.
“I didn’t expect that.”
"In the past, the king treated these alchemists with great courtesy, especially Xu Fu, to whom he was extremely kind and trusted in every way. But now he has put the entire Alchemy Palace in jail." Wang Wan also felt a little emotional.
"To murder the king, all these alchemists must die for this crime."
"I just don't know what the reason for this incident is." Fusu said with some curiosity.
"I have a secret report."
"It is said."
"It was because of Zhao Feng." Wang Wan suddenly lowered his voice and spoke with a strong fear in his tone.
Fusu was stunned: "Zhao Feng?"
"Hasn't he already left Xianyang?"
"Why is he involved?"
Wang Wan shook his head and said, "I also learned about this from someone in the palace. It is said that before Zhao Feng returned to the capital, he stayed alone with the king for a while. After that, the king ordered someone to use rabbits to test the elixir."
"How did Zhao Feng know that the elixir was poisonous?" Fusu was very curious.
"Sir."
"What we should focus on is not why Zhao Feng knew this, but how much trust the king has in Zhao Feng now."
"When Zhao Feng was in the court that day, couldn't you see Zhao Feng's attitude towards us?"
"So aggressive, so merciless."
"Now it seems that he cannot be won over at all. Instead, he is our enemy."
"I am so deeply indebted to the king. This is a great worry." Wang Wan sighed.
It seemed that after what Zhao Feng had done that day when he angrily scolded Chunyu Yue in front of the entire court, he showed no mercy at all.
So everyone knows that Chunyu Yue is Fusu's teacher. He targeted Fusu in this way, which clearly showed that he did not take Fusu seriously.
From this matter.
That would be a declaration of war on the entire Fusu lineage.
"Maybe Wang Xiang is overthinking it."
"In the end."
"Zhao Feng is fighting back because his teacher went too far." Fusu said calmly.
Wang Wan shook his head: "Although Chunyu Yue was rude, he is your teacher and represents your continuity. As a subject, he is so ruthless. This is also not giving you face."
"Because of this."
"Many of the court officials who originally supported the young master have also changed their minds and turned to support the Eighteenth Young Master."
"From this point of view, it is very possible that Zhao Feng has a connection with the Eighteenth Young Master." Wang Wan said very seriously.
Fusu frowned and didn't know what to say.
but.
There was nothing wrong with Wang Wan's idea, because it was based on his own standpoint.
Because in his opinion, even if Zhao Feng wanted to take revenge, he could not do so in front of the whole court. As a subject, he should have the thoughts of a subject. If he did not give Fusu face, it would be disrespectful to the future king.
and.
Wang Wan invested all his fortune in Fusu. If he lost, his family would inevitably perish.
The struggle for royal power and party power is so cruel.
Once you make the wrong choice, your whole family will be ruined.
"Let's take it one step at a time."
"Don't go too far for now, otherwise Zhao Feng will really be forced to become an enemy, which will be bad." Fusu still persuaded.
For Zhao Feng.
He didn't have much resentment towards her, on the contrary he admired her very much.
However, Fusu naturally could not change the thoughts of his supporters and could only ease the situation.
The other side.
Inside Zhangtai Palace!
Ying Zheng has recovered from his rage.
Seeing that those alchemists had been taken away, his anger eased a little.
"The elixir is actually poisonous."
"If it weren't for Zhao Feng, I wouldn't have lived past fifty."
"I didn't expect that I owed him my life."
There was an emotional smile on Ying Zheng's face.
Although this incident made him angry, at least he took advantage of the fact that he knew the elixir was poisonous. As long as he stopped taking it and took drugs to remove the toxicity as an aid, his body would naturally recover.
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng still felt a little scared.
Perhaps because of this move.
The historical record of Qin Shihuang's death in Shaqiu is about to be rewritten.
"Your Majesty."
"I will go and tell the chief physician to come and take the king's pulse personally." Zhao Gao said respectfully.
"Go." Ying Zheng waved his hand.
"I obey your command." Zhao Gao turned around and was about to leave.
At this moment, Ying Zheng suddenly thought of something: "Is Zhao Feng's sister in the Great Medical Hall?"
"yes."
"Before leaving, the general arranged for my sister to study medicine in the Grand Medical Palace." Zhao Gao replied immediately.
"Let Master Chen bring his sister with him." Ying Zheng said.
"I obey your order." Zhao Gao withdrew immediately.
After he stepped down.
Ying Zheng just changed his mind and withdrew his gaze.
Looking at the mountain of memorials on the table, Ying Zheng got a headache again, and there was a look of fatigue on his face.
"Without the elixir to help refresh my mind, reviewing the memorials has become quite tiring."
"well."
Ying Zheng sighed.
With the conquest of Han, Zhao was destroyed.
Especially since Zhao State was still in its early stages of rule, the number of memorials sent back were innumerable.
This also meant that Ying Zheng had to review countless memorials every day, because anything that could be presented to him had to be approved by him and would affect millions of people.
If he slacks off for a moment, thousands of people will suffer.
Ying Zheng naturally couldn't do that.
after all.
Today, Great Qin is governed by laws, and all matters are handled according to the laws. To use the words of later generations, the current Qin laws are still too harsh, but facing a newly established country, it can only be governed by severe laws.
"Your Majesty."
At this time.
From the back hall.
Dun Ruo walked out slowly.
"how?"
Seeing Dun Ruo coming, Ying Zheng immediately perked up.
Obviously.
The task previously assigned to Dun Ruo has been completed.
Dun Ruo walked forward respectfully and took out a piece of white cloth from his arms.
Then he handed it to Ying Zheng respectfully.
Ying Zheng couldn't wait to open it.
Comes into view.
It is a portrait.
When I saw this portrait.
Ying Zheng's whole body was shocked and his eyes were stunned.
This continued for quite a while.
Endless waves emerged in Ying Zheng's eyes.
"Really...it's really her."
"It's really Afang."
Even though it's just a portrait.
Although the portrait did not depict Zhao's full appearance, Ying Zheng recognized her instantly just by looking at her outline.
How could Ying Zheng not recognize the person he had missed for so many years?
No matter what it looks like, it can undoubtedly be recognized from this outline.
…
(End of this chapter)
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