Chapter 309 Holding Hands

Qinian Palace.

King Qin and Han Fei sat opposite each other, holding the black piece in their hands and slowly falling down. As this piece fell, the situation on the chessboard was decided.

"The king's chess skills are sophisticated, I admire him."

Han Fei abandoned his son and admitted defeat, but the King of Qin smiled.

"Sir, it seems that you have something on your mind. Today's chess moves have been erratic."

"I just smelled blood in the air and was a little uneasy."

The two sides gathered their chess pieces together. King Qin seemed to be in high spirits and started a new game with Han Fei.

"Sir, as a Legalist, you naturally know that Legalists don't look at the good and evil of people's hearts, only their deeds. Whether loyal ministers or traitorous ministers, what they think in their hearts is not important. If you don't catch the opportunity, how can you see the good and evil of loyalty and treachery?"

King Qin dropped a piece, and the sound of collision on the jade chessboard became louder and clearer.

Han Fei felt a little uneasy. You know, Yongcheng is only a few dozen miles away from here. If something happens, the enemy may be able to get here in an hour.

"Kings!"

At this moment, Li Si hurriedly walked in, glanced at Han Fei, and said with a cup of his hands.

"What's the matter?"

"Wei Chen just went to Xiangbang to discuss the ceremony with him, but found that Xiangbang was not there. I searched the palace but couldn't find any trace of Xiangbang. Not only that, the royal seal was also missing."

At the ceremony, Lu Buwei, as the prime minister, personally presented the royal seal to the King of Qin, symbolizing the transfer of the highest power of the Qin Dynasty and the end of Lu Buwei's auxiliary period since the death of King Zhuangxiang of Qin. From then on, the King of Qin would personally take control of the power and preside over the state affairs.

Therefore, before the ceremony is about to begin, the Prime Minister of Great Qin will wait in the palace with Wang Xi.

"I am worried about something unexpected happening, so I came here to report it."

Li Si's worried words did not attract the attention of King Qin. Then, the sound of horns sounded outside Qinian Palace, causing this originally orderly palace to become a little panicked.

The horn sound that represented an enemy attack sounded at this time, and everyone was aware of the danger.

"Kings!"

The chess game in King Qin's hands did not stop. Han Fei was a little impressed. In such a dangerous situation, King Qin's chess game became more and more stable.

King Qin didn't need to do anything. Wang Jian had already walked in in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the outpost camp that Lao Ai has conspired to rebel and is taking the imperial guards from the palace, less than ten miles away from Qinian Palace. The rebel forward officers and cavalry have already started fighting with the guards at the outpost camp."

"How many rebels are there?"

"It is estimated that there are ten thousand people, and there are even county soldiers from several nearby counties. But in my opinion, since the traitor Lao Ai dares to plot rebellion, I am afraid there will be a steady stream of troops coming."

"In the general's opinion, what should we do?"

"There are still five thousand guards in the Qinian Palace. If we leave here, I'm afraid they will be surrounded by rebels. It's better to shrink our troops and defend the palace, and then order the generals from various places to King Qin. The fiefdoms of Lord Changping and Lord Changwen are not far from here. , so that they can quickly return to the fiefdom and bring troops to help."

"Just follow the general's advice and go down and organize a defense!"

"The last general respects the king's orders!"

At this time, Lord Changping and Lord Changwen were already waiting outside the palace. After receiving King Qin's order, they hurriedly left the palace under the cover of the guards.

Zhao Gao led people into the palace, saw King Qin, and bowed slightly.

"Your Majesty, at such a critical moment, why don't you see Master Gai Nie?"

There was something wrong with Zhao Gao's tone, and Li Si, who was standing aside, frowned slightly. At this time, there were not many people in the palace. Li Si turned his head and glanced at the chamberlain who was following Zhao Gao. He saw a fierce look in his eyes and secretly said something bad.

"My lord, be careful!"

"Ying Zheng, suffer death!"

A dozen chamberlains behind Zhao Gao pulled out hidden daggers, intending to assassinate him.

Facing the immediate danger, Han Fei raised his eyebrows, but King Qin in front of him was still playing chess as if he was unknown.

Out of intuition, Han Fei did not dodge and continued to play chess with King Qin.

Li Si was about to save him and stop the assassins, but in an instant, the dozen assassins had fallen down.

And it was Zhao Gao and his men who took action.

Their methods were so clean that they didn't even stain the palace floor.

"Zhao Gao, are you betraying us?"

The only remaining assassin looked at Zhao Gao with resentful eyes.

"Zhao Gao is the king's slave, and the snare is also a murderous weapon in the king's hands. I am just cleaning up the rebels!"

As a large number of guards rushed over, Li Si breathed a sigh of relief. The thrilling scene just now really frightened Li Si.

Zhao Gao faced King Qin and bowed slowly.

"Unexpectedly, the rebels caused chaos in the palace. The servants dared to gather them together and get rid of them all. I have disturbed the king. Please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter!"

Zhao Gao glanced at Han Fei, and after leading his men to clean up the corpses in the palace, he stood guard in front of the palace gate.

"Sir, you are so determined!"

King Qin looked at Han Fei. Not everyone could maintain such a dangerous situation just now.

"I was just betting that the king would win. Fortunately, I didn't lose."

King Qin laughed loudly, as if because of Han Fei's calm demeanor in dangerous situations. Li Si looked at this scene and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Forget it! I'm tired, you go down and rest first!"

"promise!"

Li Si and Han Fei retreated, and the door slowly closed. King Qin was the only one left in the empty palace.

"Xiangbang is old after all!"

Youyou said something with a bit of sadness.

The station at the foot of the mountain is where Zhao Shuang is temporarily stationed.

"My lord, Lao Ai has rebelled."

When Bai Feng returned with the information, Zhao Shuang was preparing to eat.

"So fast?"

The timing of Lao Ai's rebellion came one day earlier than Zhao Shuang expected. It seemed that he must have some bargaining chip in his hand to be so impatient.

"When I came, I found that thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of the Central Doctor had already been heading here."

"This post is not conducive to holding on. Since they are already here, it is better to ambush and disrupt the enemy's formation."

Zhao Shuang had already prepared. The reason why he was stationed at this inn was because of its convenient transportation. And he had already chosen the location for the ambush.

Zhao Shuang smiled, and Moon Goddess and Concubine Yan walked out and stood beside him.

"Bai Feng, go and clear out all the snare spies nearby."

"promise!"

Zhao Shuang's guards, who were originally stationed in this inn, evacuated one after another after receiving the order. Under the leadership of hundreds of generals, they sneaked into the forest along the path and soon disappeared without a trace.

Zhao Shuang sat there, still eating slowly, until he finished the last mouthful of soup, then slowly stood up, which made Concubine Yan and Moon God very dissatisfied.

"Have you finally had enough, Your Majesty?"

Zhao Shuang patted his belly, took the two sisters' hands, and said something.

"Walk!"

Moon God and Concubine Yan wanted to refuse, but when Zhao Shuang took his hand, they could have easily avoided it, but they chose to stop where they were, letting Zhao Shuang pull him and walked out.