Chapter 356 Gai Nie: Zhao Gao must die!
"Hehe, Hehe..."
Blood flowed from his throat, tearing pain in his elbow occurred all the time, and the severe pain all over his body kept torturing Zhao Gao.
Only his forearms did not feel any pain. Zhao Gao used his upper arms to exert a little force, trying to push out the broken and irregular stones on his body and beneath him, but he could not control his forearms.
[The meridians are blocked? ]
He gathered up his internal energy that had been shattered into pieces after being beaten, and directed it toward his forearm. The internal energy flowed unobstructed, but stagnated at his elbow.
[It turns out that both arms were broken, and Gao was hit by more than just one kick... Gao didn't know when he was hit, how could the Queen have such high martial arts skills, I have never heard of it...]
[Hmm? The aura subsided, Gao understood, it was the Lilong. How could the queen value this bitch so much that she was willing to use the Lilong for her?]
[A pearl worth a thousand gold coins must be in the abyss of the nine layers, under the chin of the black dragon. When the black dragon spits out the pearl, gods and ghosts scare away, and it scatters once.]
[All the martial arts I have cultivated for thirty years have been wasted, in exchange for these few breaths of tyranny. Instead of using it to protect His Majesty, I used it to protect the innocence of a palace maid. How ridiculous.]
[This is better. Your Majesty's last protection is gone. Lord Chang'an, Gao didn't expect the Lilong, and you didn't expect the Lilong to not fly for Your Majesty.]
[Gao thought the God of Plague was your backup, but it turns out the Queen is. Unfortunately, if this black dragon wants to take off again, it will probably have to wait another twenty years.]
["Huangdi", "Lilong", unorthodox ways. You can fight for a moment, but you can't fight for a lifetime. ]
The blood and smoke from the corners of his mouth mixed into mud, and Zhao Gao's mouth curled up. He no longer thought about getting up, lying in the ruins to adjust his breathing, waiting for the arrival of the First Emperor.
The Concubine Chu brought her palace maids to assassinate Zhao Gao. After Zhao Gao subdued her, he did not show any disrespect to her. He just wanted to vent his anger on the palace maids.
Everything he did was reasonable and he handled things properly, except for the fact that he did not obey the Queen's orders in the end, which was a bit unreasonable.
But the fact that he was lying there in this pile of sand and gravel, with his arms broken at the elbows and nearly dead, was far more than enough punishment.
The punishment is over, and the next step is compensation.
Three strong winds rose and fell.
Xia Wuqie holding a silver needle, Zhang Han wearing a skeleton armor, and Gai Nie holding a three-foot-long sword came to the field.
Seeing the queen comforting a palace maid, although her breath was decreasing rapidly, there was no blood on her body and she was full of vitality. The three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
The three men came forward and greeted each other one by one. The queen, who was busy coaxing Ping'er, waved her hand and told them to do their own thing and not to get in the way.
Xia Wuqie glanced at the collapsed ruins, which contained a faint breath of life. His hands, which had always been used to heal the sick and save lives, almost shot out silver needles. He was very scared.
As the imperial physician who treated the royal family and the harem, Xia Wuqi was well aware of the First Emperor's feelings for Afang.
If something happens to the Queen today, Xianyang will be ushered in an unprecedented bloody storm.
With a gloomy face, Xia Wuqie turned back first and ordered the doctors who followed him to return to the Imperial Medical Office. Then he stood beside the queen, holding the silver needle box in his hand.
Gai Nie looked at the queen in surprise for several times. He had only heard of such advanced martial arts in legends and had never seen it in reality.
If it wasn't the wrong occasion, he really wanted to go over and ask, "Would you like to fight swords?"
Right now, the more important thing for Bibijian is to kill the lickers!
Gai Nie raised his sword and chopped it down vertically at the pile of rubble without holding back.
When
Seeing that the queen was fine, Zhang Han, who had been keeping an eye on Gai Nie, drew his sword to block and stood in front of the ruins.
“Back off!”
He lowered his head with a gentle look and his words were like the spring breeze in March.
She raised her head with murderous eyes and her scolding sounded like an imperial decree from Hou Tu.
Afang's breath was weak, but her power was increasing instead of decreasing, as if she still had peerless martial arts skills and could frighten gods and ghosts.
She has always disliked Gai Nie, saying that he is too stubborn and not suitable to protect His Majesty!
Gai Nie frowned for the second time.
[This licker is blocking the way, the young master can't complete his request. 】
He swung his sword horizontally to force Zhang Han back, and Gai Nie leapt away, disappearing without a trace.
Zhang Han stopped and had no intention of pursuing him. He was already used to Gai Nie's brain spasms.
Gai Nie's job of issuing seals and talismans was a sinecure, but he was not one of them.
He holds the dual posts of General of the Central Army and Commander of the Secret Guards. Now that the Queen is fine, he has to direct the officers and secret guards who keep pouring in from all directions.
While Zhang Han sent people to report the latest situation here to the Emperor, he also kept asking groups of palace officials, Iron Eagle Swordsmen, and Shadow Secret Guards who were rushing here to go back.
All the eunuchs knelt on the ground, and the officials and secret guards who kept pouring in were ordered by Zhang Han to return and stay at their posts.
Ping'er, who had been crying for a long time, stopped crying. Concubine Chu, who looked a little embarrassed, stood beside her, looking around, no one knew what she was looking at.
The eunuchs brought by the queen surrounded the queen, eunuchs, and the ruins in a circle, and stood with long spears in their hands, holding the handles tightly with both hands, ready to swing the spears and kill people at any time.
Da da da~
The royal carriage with four horses has arrived.
As the driver pulled the reins, everyone's mind was lifted to a higher level.
The curtain was opened, and the First Emperor stepped down from the carriage with a gloomy face, neither hurried nor slow.
"Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty."
“…”
The voices were chaotic, but all were shouting the same words, and the sound waves rose and fell as the First Emperor moved forward.
"Where is Gai Nie?"
This was the first question asked by the First Emperor.
"I will send someone to search for it immediately."
Zhang Han spoke quickly, as if he had been electrocuted, with cold sweat all over his forehead.
He didn't expect that after getting off the car, the First Emperor just glanced at the Queen and asked about Gai Nie, as if his previous anxious mood towards the Queen was fake.
"No need."
The First Emperor spoke as he walked towards the Queen.
"only."
Zhang Han responded quickly.
"Everyone here will be killed."
The First Emperor issued orders again.
With so many people present, his queen was forced to use Lilong. The eunuchs, palace servants, palace maids, all of them deserved to die!
Zhang Han suddenly raised his head and his expression changed drastically.
The eunuchs were kneeling, the palace servants were standing on guard, the eunuchs were trembling and dared not say a word, and the palace maids were all like this.
The First Emperor continued to move towards Afang, and Zhang Han, whose legs and feet were weak, closed his eyes and gritted his teeth.
"only!"
He forced himself to agree.
"Shadow Guards, kill!"
He shouted this order with his eyes closed.
"only!"
Ghostly figures rushed out from all directions. They were dressed in black with only their eye pupils exposed. They held long swords and killed silently.
Clang clang clang
The eunuchs were either killed and fell down, or let go of their own accord. They, who had just swung their swords to chop the eunuchs, became the eunuchs who were chopped off, and just like the eunuch who committed suicide, they offered their necks to be killed. Few of the eunuchs resisted, as they did not dare to.
The monks who were kneeling on the ground never got up again. They just tilted their bodies and lay on the ground with their eyes wide open. Before they died, they never thought that things would come to this.
"Your Majesty, spare my life..."
"Your Majesty, this matter is with me..."
“…It’s irrelevant.”
"Queen, help me..."
Temple servants and palace officials would die in silence, or at most a muffled sound.
The eunuchs and palace maids shouted in despair. Those who were chopped down to the ground tried to crawl forward and stretched out their hands to grab their own lives, but were stepped on by the Shadow Guards and returned to dust.
"His Majesty……"
Xia Wuqie, with an expression of reluctance, had just said two words when he met the First Emperor's eyes that were devoid of human emotions, and he dared not utter the following words.
In despair, Xia Wuqi lowered his head and closed his eyes, unable to bear to watch this tragedy.
But human perception is more than just the eyes .
The bloody wind and the bloody rain were reminding this true doctor that the people here were dying and would all die.
He hurried and hurried, and when he saw that the queen was fine, he thought that everything was fine. However, he still failed to bring back those lives.
Afang couldn't bear to look away, but she didn't say anything in opposition. She had hardly ever opposed any decision of her husband, and never said much in front of outsiders.
She handed Ping'er to Concubine Chu, stepped forward, and told the First Emperor the whole story from beginning to end - from Concubine Chu breaking into the palace and robbing Ping'er to the First Emperor's arrival in a royal carriage with four horses.
When the First Emperor heard that the Lilong was actually being used for the palace maid in front of him, he looked at Ping'er with murderous eyes, and was so scared that Ping'er shrank into a circle like a quail, not even daring to cry.
The queen held the Emperor's hand and looked at her husband pleadingly.
The First Emperor then looked away and resisted the urge to issue orders to Yiping'er and his three clans.
"I have not killed Zhao Gao yet. Your Majesty, please ask Xia Wuqie to treat him and win his heart."
"I will cut him into five pieces!"
The First Emperor growled, and Afang could feel her husband's hands trembling with fear.
Regardless of whether Zhao Gao was right or wrong, he was the culprit who made Afang use the Lilong. In this matter, the First Emperor did not want to be fair.
"He has done nothing wrong. He has always been loyal to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please don't let me distract you. Afang's trivial matter should not be on Your Majesty's mind."
The screams and groans gradually stopped, as if taking away the fear in the Emperor's heart.
The First Emperor, who only showed his true feelings for a moment in front of Afang, looked back and still had the majesty of a god.
"Dig out Zhao Gao."
"only."
Zhang Han led a group of secret guards to move the rubble. When Zhao Gao appeared, his whole body was gray and red, and covered in blood. If it weren't for his chest that was still rising and falling, he would have looked like a dead person.
The First Emperor followed Afang's opinion and asked Xia Wuqie to treat Zhao Gao. He then took Afang's hand and wanted to leave. He didn't want to take care of too many things today.
"His Majesty."
The Concubine Chu, dressed in bright red, stood before the First Emperor and the Empress, with sadness in her eyes.
After the First Emperor arrived here, he never looked at him directly.
“Get lost!”
The First Emperor waved his hand and pushed Concubine Chu aside.
Concubine Chu staggered two steps. Her martial arts skills were obviously better than those of the First Emperor, but she seemed unable to fight back.
The dazed Concubine Chu was supported by Ping'er, who then held back the Concubine Chu who still wanted to stand in front of the First Emperor.
"Send the letter, young master."
Ping'er advised in a low voice.
Concubine Chu's gaze passed from the side of the First Emperor to Zhao Gao, who was being cleaned of dust. His broken forearm revealed the white bones, his right foot was turned outward and his flesh was bloody, and his face was covered in blood and dust, making it unrecognizable. He looked so miserable.
"I can't wait..."
Concubine Chu laughed bitterly.
From Xianyang to Xinzheng, it is not far, but not close either.
By the time the carrier pigeon arrives, Ying Chengjiao will read the letter and then ride back to Xianyang as fast as he can, which would take at least seven days.
Concubine Chu, who had already determined that Zhao Gao was going to harm the First Emperor, had no idea when Zhao Gao would take action. What if he killed her when the First Emperor visited her?
A centipede is still alive even after death.
Concubine Chu judged others by herself. If she was beaten like this, she would still be able to kill the Emperor as long as he got close to her.
She had it, and so did Zhao Gao, who was better at martial arts than her.
She didn't know that killing the First Emperor was not Zhao Gao's plan, but overthrowing the Qin Empire was.
"Your Majesty has made up your mind."
Concubine Chu shook off Ping'er's hand and ran to the front of the First Emperor in a few steps. Her face was as cold as that of the First Emperor.
"Ping'er is my brother's unmarried wife. Zhao Gao must die today."
The First Emperor did not stop walking, suppressing his anger, and was about to use the same trick to drive away the Chu concubine who had caused trouble without realizing it.
Afang stopped the First Emperor, squinted at Concubine Chu and said:
"Zhao Gao deserves death."
The Queen of Chu made the matter known to the world and placed Zhao Gao and Ying Chengjiao on opposing sides. Protecting Zhao Gao would mean offending Ying Chengjiao.
Before, Afang could pretend to be deaf and dumb, make secret arrangements, and tacitly allow Zhao Gao to drive Ying Chengjiao's forces out of the Xianyang Palace. But now it is no longer possible.
When you see the light, you must make a choice.
Afang had no children, so she treated Ping'er as her own daughter. She used Lilong to save Ping'er, but did not kill Zhao Gao. This was to make the First Emperor behave like a good person and win his heart, so that Zhao Gao would protect the First Emperor wholeheartedly and safeguard the interests of the First Emperor .
The reason why she wanted Zhao Gao to die now was that it was not worth offending her powerful uncle for the sake of Zhao Gao. The brotherly relationship between the First Emperor and Ying Chengjiao was more valuable, and this was also to protect the First Emperor.
Queen Afang did most of what she did for the sake of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
"roll!"
The First Emperor was extremely angry and he was never threatened.
After slapping Concubine Chu to the ground, the First Emperor pulled the Empress and passed by her.
The First Emperor would weigh the pros and cons, judge the situation, listen to advice, and respect the wise and humble. But all this was based on the premise that he was not threatened.
At that time, the aristocratic families sent 28 officials to make remonstrances to him. He knew clearly that killing them all would affect the Qin State's work, but he did it anyway. He even chopped off the limbs of the 28 people's corpses and exposed them to the sun outside the Xianyang Hall where court meetings were held!
From then on, no one dared to threaten him.
His name was Ying Zheng, also known as the First Emperor, and he was not threatened.
"His Majesty……"
The Queen gently pulled the Emperor's sleeve and called out worriedly.
"Nothing."
The First Emperor patted Afang's hand, forced a smile and comforted her.
Afang sighed in her heart and said no more. She would not oppose her husband, even if she thought that what her husband did was wrong. It had been like this since they were in Handan.
How can a maid go against the young master?
Zhao Gao, lying in the ruins, closed his eyes and let others clean his face. He could not see anything, but he could hear.
Although Chu Fei's voice was very soft, he, who was a great martial arts master, could still hear it clearly.
[The rift between your majesty and Chang'an Jun is getting bigger! ]
He laughed heartily, but immediately forced himself to forget the joy and groaned softly with a look of pain on his face.
If you want to deceive others, you must first deceive yourself.
Phew~
A white shadow fell from the sky, and with it came the cry of a child.
"Zhao Gao must die."
Gai Nie held the Eighteenth Prince Ying Hu Hai in one hand, his white robe fluttering, and landed in front of the First Emperor, speaking with a cold and stern face.
