Chapter 424 The fish that slipped through the net
"Is this happening in less than three months? And I haven't heard of it. At the banquet before, the sisters hadn't heard of it. They just spread among the young masters. I'm afraid..."
Yang Zi did not say what she was worried about in the end, but of course Ying Gao knew what was thinking.
"It's okay, at most, there are some lurking remnants of the anti-Qin forces. Taking advantage of my absence in Xianyang, it caused this storm. It's just a small fight. If any of your brothers and younger brothers really have the courage and courage, I would feel a little relieved for my father."
When Ying Gao mentioned his brothers, he obviously had a strong disdain in his eyes, which made Yang Zi not very happy. Although the other brothers were not as close to Ying Gao, they were their brothers after all, right? What Ying Gao said always made her feel that Ying Gao seemed not their brother.
"Did your brother ever think about whether such rumors have reached Brother Fusu's ears? Brother Fusu has been very caring about us and other brothers since childhood. If Brother Fusu learned about this, would he have any thoughts about his brother?"
After following Ying Gao and Han Xin in the past two years, Yang Zi's awareness has improved by how many levels compared to before. Because Han Xin has dealt with Fusu, he often mentions the situation of Fusu and Nanhai County when chatting with Yang Zi.
So Yang Zi knew how much power Fusu took in Nanhai County. Once such rumors were conveyed to Fusu's ears in a targeted manner, it was difficult to guarantee that Fusu would not have a gap with Ying Gao, and Fusu had more than 100,000 Qin soldiers in his hands.
"Brother Fusu is naturally different from them. I believe that even if such news reaches Brother Fusu's ears, he will have the ability to distinguish. He naturally knows what kind of emperor I am."
Yang Zi suddenly realized that Ying Gao now seemed to be more emperor-dominated than the Ying Gao she knew before. No matter what she encountered, she could not see a hint of eager expression on her brother's face. However, Yang Zi was not happy for Ying Gao, but instead had an inexplicable worry, worried that Ying Gao would become a person like the next First Emperor.
After expressing some concerns, Yang Zi had to leave Xianyang Palace for the time being and returned to her mansion. She didn't know what the fate of her brothers would end up, and she didn't know why such rumors spread among the Ying family's children.
After this banquet, almost all the young masters of the Qin Dynasty calmed down. They knew that if they expressed their dissatisfaction with Ying Gao in private, they would not only not allow Ying Gao to improve their treatment, but also give them fiefdoms to a place to live freely as they imagined. On the contrary, they would also be very likely to cause themselves to be killed.
In this way, they had no contact with each other for a long time, and the rumors seemed to have subsided for a while, but Ying Gao knew that this matter was not that simple.
Why does every young man seem to think that rumors are coming from his mouth? What's going on?
One night after the banquet, nearly half a month later, Ying Gao sat in the hall. Opposite him was a person who did not appear here often, and even the Zhu family did not appear beside Ying Gao, which was enough to show that this was a secret meeting.
"Have you found some clues in the past half month? The rumors that have been passed on among the many young masters must have been spontaneously thought of. Someone must have been threading needles. If he could find the person who threaded needles, even if this matter was solved, otherwise with the mind and nature of those young masters, it would be impossible for him to burst into greater noise in the future. I cannot always watch them in Xianyang City. If I can't solve it for a long time, I will even be taboo even when I go on a tour."
Ying Gao sighed after saying that. The enemy hiding in the darkness was really a headache for him. When you didn't notice it, they were jumping around outside, but when you reported it, they didn't know where to hide. Now such a character will not stop. They just hide just to see when you will take your attention away from them again.
"In the past half month, I used almost all the eyeliners secretly arranged by Xianyang City, but strangely, I didn't find any suspicious people. Although the life of these young men on weekdays is very monotonous, the scope of activities is quite large. Many low-level officials in the city are still very happy to communicate with these young men, but after thoroughly investigating these officials, I still didn't find it."
The person sitting opposite Ying Gao raised his head and answered that it was Cao Shen who had been working silently in the Xianyang Order's position for a long time.
In fact, Cao Shen entered Xianyang Palace alone, but no one else knew it. Moreover, it was mostly at night. As long as he entered Xianyang Palace, it was not something important about Ying Gao or something important about him.
After several years of arrangement, Cao Shen has almost purged Xianyang City, which was previously controlled by Zhao Gao and Yan Le and had done so much, and he has done so much. His efforts are actually not much less than Xiao He.
However, Xiao He's work is all about face and can be seen by the court officials, but Cao Shen has always reported to Ying Gao alone, and the shady scenes of some places that are invisible to the people and ordinary people in Xianyang City.
Of course, Ying Gao knew that what Cao Shen did was very thankless, so although Cao Shen had strongly opposed it, Ying Gao still gave Cao Shen a position that was not important, which was not important to Xianyang Ling. At that time, many people and even Xiao He himself regarded it as Ying Gao gave Cao Shen the position because of Xiao He.
In the eyes of the Qin ministers, Cao Shen was a drunkard. He was not like Xiao He who devoted himself to the internal affairs of the Qin Dynasty. He was very tired and thin. Instead, he drank in the mansion every day and ignored the affairs of the Qin Dynasty.
Of course, Ying Gao knew what the real Cao Shen was like, and there was some disguise. It was what Ying Gao asked him to do. What is secret operation? If everyone saw it, it would not be secret operation.
Cao Shen said that he did not notice this, which made Ying Gao unpredictable. He thought that Cao Shen's control over Xianyang City had reached a little bit of turbulence and could not escape his palms, but now it seems that he is almost there.
"Oh, sir, don't be anxious. This person did not cause any more noise in Xianyang City. I think he was afraid to see some clues for me, but I believe that he would not hide for too long. Since he decided to use my brother's line, he would definitely have his next plan. We just need to watch coldly."
Ying Gao obviously didn't blame Cao Shen for not finding anything, because this matter was a difficult thing. What can you do if the enemy was in the dark?
"Your Majesty, don't be disappointed first. After this investigation, I discovered something extraordinary. Although I cannot be sure and I don't know if it is related to this matter, I should still tell you."
Cao Shen did not feel embarrassed because he investigated the unfavorable situation. Instead, he smiled. Ying Gao knew at a glance that Cao Shen should have discovered a very important thing this time. Otherwise, although Cao Shen had an optimistic and cheerful personality, he would never giggle foolishly in the event of his poor task completion.
"Why don't you say it quickly?" The communication with Cao Shen has always made Ying Gao very relaxed, because Cao Shen's relaxed words and optimistic temperament, but such a personality will also bring some other impacts, such as Cao Shen is more suspicious, which is something Ying Gao can't stand.
"Do you still remember Zhao Gao?"
"Zhao Gao? This guy has been given poisonous wine by me and died. I was beside him at that time. This is absolutely impossible. Don't say anything like Zhao Gao is not dead and resurrecting the soul with a corpse. I don't believe that kind of speech."
"Zhao Gao is naturally dead, and Zhao Gao and the people in Yan Yuefu were all beheaded by the First Emperor at that time. It was a major event that caused a sensation in Xianyang City at that time. However, the punishments of the three tribes of Yiqi were not imprisoned on the spot, right?"
When he said this, a trace of light flashed in Cao Shen's eyes. Obviously, he found that this problem was not very simple.
"According to the gentleman's statement, there are loopholes in the punishment for killing the three tribes of Zhao Gao. Who among the three tribes of Zhao Gao escaped?"
Ying Gao is so smart. Although Cao Shen has not finished speaking, he guessed the reason for this matter at once. Indeed, the punishment of killing the three clans in this era was that many people were arrested and killed together. When they were arrested, because there were a large number of people, the arrested people did not have a highly recognizable judgment method like the photos from more than two thousand years later, so the situation Cao Shen said was very likely to occur.
Ying Gao still clearly remembered that after seeing that Zhao Gao's psychological defense had been completely defeated by him, he did not care about anything else. He did not go to kill the three tribes of Zhao Gao because the situation on the scene was too bloody. In addition to Yan Le, although he had seen some of the three tribes of Zhao Gao, he was not very familiar with them.
After hearing Ying Gao's slightly excited question, Cao Shen gritted his teeth and nodded gently, as he agreed to this matter, and finally showed a rare solemnity on his face.
Zhao Gao's tribe ran away. How big is this matter? Anyone who knows what happened back then knows it.
Who is Zhao Gao? It is someone who can hide his identity around the Emperor and his descendants for more than 20 years to make the First Emperor pay the price. This shows how deep his hatred for the Qin Dynasty and the First Emperor is.
He hated Emperor Qin so much, and his clan members were no exception. Now, there was a blood hatred that killed the three tribes of Zhao Gao. How much hatred the escaped person would hate Ying Gao is not enough, and he couldn't describe it, because it was too deep.
"Who?" Cao Shen did not say it directly. Obviously, he was not deliberately trying to whet Ying Gao's appetite, but was making Ying Gao mentally prepared, because after this incident happened for so long, it was suddenly discovered, and the impact on Ying Gao must be very big.
"This person is mostly Zhao Gao's clan brother. He also worked in Xianyang City before, but Zhao Cheng, who is not an important official..."
"Zhao Cheng..."
After hearing this name, Ying Gao murmured and repeated it. He had an impression of this person. Not only did he have a little impression in this life, but he also had a lot of impressions in the history books he knew in his previous life. Because in the history of his previous life, Zhao Gao's clan brother Zhao Cheng was the one who followed Yan Le to kill Hu Hai.
The reason why Ying Gao did not pay attention to Zhao Cheng before was because he did not play a very important position in Zhao Gao's power group, but had always appeared as a low-level official of the Qin Dynasty who relied on his brother's position around the First Emperor.
Of course, Ying Gao was too lazy to pay attention to such a person. He just heard of him a few times, and he had never even seen him directly.
"How did you find out, how sure?"
"Originally, I have been investigating many young masters slandering the emperor these days, but I have never had any clues. It is a coincidence that a team of people I placed in the old place of Zhao State suddenly returned a few days ago, saying that in the old place of Zhao State, a man who looked like Zhao Cheng, who had been an official in Xianyang City, hadn't been able to find him this time if he had not served in the same place with Zhao Cheng."
"Then why not catch it?"
"This person is very cunning. I think it was Ye who discovered the official and disappeared that night. Later, after investigating the Zhao old place, they found that this person had just arrived at the Zhao old place for several months, and he had no household registration for my Daqin. He sneaked into the city, and most of them sneaked in from the direction of Xianyang City. Then he sent me the message back. But according to the speed of the message transmission, if that person was really Zhao Cheng, he would probably have traveled to Xianyang and Zhao old place many times..."
"In this way, there is no complete evidence, it is just a one-sided statement of the official?"
"This person should not be aimless in doing things."
Chapter completed!