Xiang Shaolong carefully inspected the half glass of wine that Shan Meimei brought to his lips, but could not see anything strange.
He didn't believe that the powdered medicine could dissolve in the wine without stirring, but under the dim light of the ancient oil lamp, it was difficult to see clearly what was inside the wine.
He immediately gave up using the poisonous wine to deal with Guan Zhongxie. This was not feasible, because as long as Shan Meimei was captured, he would not be afraid that she would not reveal that it was Guan Zhongxie who was behind the scenes.
The problem is that Na Zangruo and Lu Buwei openly broke up with each other and lost the subtle situation of intrigue.
Just think about how Lu Buwei still has seven or eight years of glory, and you will know how unwise this approach is.
Assuming that the matter involves Miao Du, it would be even more complicated.
At the same time, he thought that if he could pretend to drink the poisonous wine, then Guan Zhongxie and Mo Ao would not make another plot to frame him, and they would be suspicious afterwards, thinking that he was not afraid of the poisonous wine, or that Shan Meimei did not act according to his orders.
Wouldn't it be better to blindly doubt oneself?
These thoughts passed through Xiang Shaolong's mind like lightning, and he already had a plan in mind.
Xiang Shaolong took the poisoned wine with one hand and held Shan's charming waist with the other. He laughed and said, "Miss Meimei needs to take another sip before she drinks half the glass."
Carrying Gui Yan and Guan Zhongxie, who were sitting down at the table, they had to force Shan Meimei to drink a sip of wine.
Shan Meimei's beauty immediately turned pale, she leaned back to avoid it, and exclaimed: "How can Mr. Xiang be so barbaric?"
Xiang Shaolong took the opportunity to let go of his hand around her waist. Shan Meimei exerted too much force and immediately fell down on the table.
While Changping Jun and others at the opposite table were all paying attention to Shan Meimei, Xiang Shaolong moved his hand down, splashed the wine a few times, and helped the femme fatale beauty up to cover it up perfectly.
Shan Meimei sat up straight, stunned and speechless.
Xiang Shaolong laughed and said: "Miss Lei fell, it was my fault and I deserve to be punished." He raised his glass and pretended to drink it all in one gulp.
Mr. Changping on the opposite side sighed: "It turns out that Mr. Xiang is so capable. This is the first time I have seen Miss Meimei willing to lie down obediently at the table in public." The audience burst into laughter again.
Xiang Shaolong put down his wine glass and saw Shan Meimei pretending to be shy and lowering her head to prevent others from seeing through her inner panic. Her expression was extremely subtle.
Gui Yan on the left poured wine for him again.
Guan Zhong smiled evilly and said: "If Mr. Xiang can bear the pain for a while, he might be rewarded by Miss Meimei lying down again tonight."
The Changping brothers burst into laughter again, while the girls pretended to be shy and kept laughing and scolding.
Xiang Shaolong reached out and hugged Shan Meimei's soft waist tightly, brought the wine to her lips, and said softly: "I think this glass is for me."
Shan Meimei raised her fragrant lips, looked at him with a complicated expression, and drank the whole glass of wine silently.
Everyone cheered loudly.
Gui Yan on the other side said, "Master Xiang actually favors one over the other."
Seeing that Guan Zhongxie was not suspicious, Xiang Shaolong was overjoyed and said, "I am the most fair person. Please let me serve Miss Guiyan and drink."
Chang Wenjun exclaimed strangely: "What's the point of drinking? You have to feed the wine mouth to mouth."
Gui Yan squeaked and lay down on his lap, looking inviting as if he was asking you to enjoy the meal. Fortunately, she didn't press the wound on her back.
Although Xiang Shaolong's eyes were covered with jade bodies lying on his legs, he didn't have any big fluctuations in his heart. On the one hand, his mind was still on Shan Meimei and Guan Zhongxie, secretly observing their reactions; on the other hand, he always thought that Gui Yan was just here under orders.
To please himself, the chief of the capital army, and to flatter him, it is all hypocrisy.
Although Gui Yan's beauty is not as good as that of Shan Meimei, among the girls, only Yang Yu, who serves Guan Zhongxie, can compete with her in beauty, and it is a pleasure to take advantage of her. So he took a sip of wine and lowered his head to kiss Gui Yan's cheeks. On the fragrant lips, the time passed.
Gui Yan gasped softly and drank it skillfully and cooperatively. It was not easy to lean back and drink like this, but it was really a shame for her.
Under the strange laughter and applause of everyone, when Xiang Shaolong was about to retreat, he tied Gui Yan's hands tightly with each other, secretly vomited the fragrant message, and gave him half a sip of wine in return.
Xiang Shaolong couldn't help but feel aroused, he let go of his embrace, and moved his tongue to greet her. After enjoying it for a while, he separated from Gui Yan, whose jade cheeks were burning.
Mr. Changping and others applauded.
Gui Yan approached him softly and weakly, and said in a charming manner: "Master Xiang, please don't leave tonight, okay? I guarantee that your leg injury will not get worse."
Since she was whispering in her ear, only Shan Meimei on the other side heard these two words. The latter's expression darkened and she lowered her head. It was obvious that Xiang Shaolong was "not going to die soon" and she was his murderer.
Xiang Shaolong kissed Gui Yan's pink neck and said with a smile: "If you don't enjoy this kind of thing, it will be a hard job." He then reached out and put his arms around Shan Meimei's slender waist, pretending to be surprised and said: "Is there anything about Miss Meimei? What's on your mind?"
Shan Meimei was taken aback and said sincerely: "Master Xiang only loves Sister Gui Yan, so of course I am unhappy."
Guan Zhongxie hurriedly covered up for Shan Meimei and said: "Master Xiang can make our blind and self-admiring Miss Meimei jealous, which shows your ability. Now it is our turn for brothers to be jealous of you."
When Xiang Shaolong secretly scolded who is your brother, Chang Wenjun smiled and said, "Master Xiang will never be able to save this other sip of wine."
Xiang Shaolong secretly thought that it would be better to tease this murderous beauty without stopping. Then he took another sip of wine, bent his head to find Shan's beautiful cherry lips, and spent the time. After that, he still didn't let her go and kissed her passionately. , Chen Cang secretly used all kinds of kissing methods in the 21st century to try his best to tease her.
Shan Meimei's originally cold body softened and gave birth to a warm reaction.
Xiang Shaolong sighed secretly in his heart, knowing that under this unusual stimulation and the thought that his life was not long, Shan Meimei felt guilty and reacted to her true feelings.
After their lips parted, Shan Meimei could see tears in the corners of her eyes. It was obvious that she had no choice but to poison him with wine.
Xiang Shaolong didn't want to leave in a hurry, fearing that others would notice the wet wine stains.
At this time, Gui Yan came to pester him again. Xiang Shaolong had an idea and used his elbow to accidentally knock down the half-full glass of wine onto the table, covering up the original wine stain.
After some commotion, Shan Meimei surprised everyone and excused herself because she felt unwell and retired first.
Without the most popular girl, the two brothers Chang Pingjun were less interested, so Xiang Shaolong took the opportunity to leave.
Gui Yan didn't know whether it was true or false, so she took him straight to the square where the carriage was parked at the gate, and told him repeatedly to come back to find her, and forced him to make a promise before letting him go on Lord Changping's carriage.
Suddenly, Xiang Shaolong fell in love with this ancient "Black Panther Wine".
When he returned to the government office, he saw Teng Yi who was on night duty. When he talked about what happened just now, the latter also wiped a cold sweat from his eyes.
Teng Yi sighed: "Our brains are really not flexible enough. We always think that Mo Ao's conspiracy was carried out during the field hunting. Who knew that he was secretly pulling a beauty trick tonight? If he could know the properties of the medicine, Shaolong could act better. It’s a little more serious.”
Xiang Shaolong affirmed: "The poison must have been made after hunting in the field." Teng Yi said in surprise: "How can the third brother be so sure?"
Xiang Shaolong said: "Tu first told me that Mo Ao made a batch of assassination tools under the water. They should be used to deal with you and Jing Jun. If I am poisoned to death again afterwards, then the Wu family will not be able to take revenge even if they want to."
People are available.”
Teng Yi said angrily: "If I teach Mo Ao to survive these three days of hunting in the field, I will take his surname."
Xiang Shaolong suddenly changed his expression and said: "We have always been thinking about our own people. Maybe Mo Ao's assassination targets include Lu Gong and Xu Xian, and that would be bad."
Teng Yi let out a sigh of relief and said, "Lu Buwei isn't that bold?"
Xiang Shaolong said: "Normally, one would not dare to be so bold, but the current situation is chaotic, and it also involves Lord Gaoling's rebellion. Afterwards, Lu Buwei can blame all the blame on Lord Gaoling. If he calculated it with his mind but not with his heart, Lu Buwei would have a chance to succeed.
It’s really too high.”
Thinking of this, he couldn't stand it any longer and stood up and said: "I'm going to see the deer man and give him an early warning."
Teng Yi said: "I think you'd better go see Mr. Xu first. In terms of shrewdness, even Deer Gong can't compare to him. If he trusts us, he will make appropriate arrangements."
Xiang Shaolong thought that it was indeed true. Under the protection of the Eighteen Iron Guards and more than a hundred cavalry troops, he pretended to inspect the city's defenses and headed towards Xu Xian's Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion next to the palace.
Since he is now the commander of the imperial guards, except for the palace, everything inside and outside the city is within his scope of authority.
Because the banquet just ended early, it was only the first watch, but except for a few flower streets, there were very few pedestrians in other places, with only the occasional passing carriage and horse.
When they arrived at Zuo Xiang's Mansion, Xu Xian heard the news and met him in the inner hall. This Zhuo figure, one of the three famous generals of the Western Qin Dynasty, smiled and said: "I had known that Shaolong would come to see me before hunting in the field."
Xiang Shaolong was shocked and said: "Why does Mr. Xu have such an idea?"
Xu Xian sighed and said: "Our Qin Dynasty has become one of the hegemons in the world since Duke Mu. Unfortunately, the way out to the east has been blocked by the Jin people with all their strength, so they can only turn around and send troops to the west. As a result, the country has become twelve.
Thousands of miles of land was opened. When Duke Mu died, most of the land in the Wei River Basin fell into our hands. However, from that time until the establishment of the three eastern counties, we have made no progress for more than two hundred years.
Investigating the reason, rather than saying that the way out is blocked, it is better to say that there is an internal problem. If I am strong, who can stop me? So this is still a question of who is strong and who is weak."
Xiang Shaolong didn't know much about the history at that time and could only nod his head to be taught.
Xu Xian got excited about the conversation and sighed: "After the three families were divided into the Jin Dynasty, we should have taken advantage of the opportunity. Unfortunately, during those more than forty years, the government went off the rails and power fell into the hands of troubled ministers. A rough calculation means that a monarch was forced to
He committed suicide, and one prince was refused the throne, and another monarch and his mother were killed together, and their bodies were buried in the abyss. The Wei people took advantage of the civil strife in our country and invaded each other repeatedly, causing us to lose all the land west of Hexi."
Xiang Shaolong began to understand what Xu Xian meant. Now Lu Buwei is walking on this old road. No matter whether Lu Buwei succeeds in seizing power or even dethrones Xiaopan, the final result is that Qin will never be able to dominate the world. This is exactly what Xu Xian
What matters most.
Xu Xian stood up and said in a deep voice: "Shaolong, accompany me for a walk in the back garden."
Xiang Shaolong felt a knot in his heart, knowing that he must have something secret and important to discuss.
Under the bright moonlight, the two of them walked into the back garden and walked along the path.
Xu Xian sighed and said: "We Qin people are only separated from the Rong and Di by a thin line, and we are not free from barbaric winds. Although the capital of the Zhou Dynasty was built here, it was just like a tattered brocade cloth covering it. Once the Zhou Dynasty left, the tatters remained, and it is still the folk custom to this day.
Fortunately, during the reign of Duke Xiao, he used Shang Yang's reforms and used severe punishments to cultivate the habit of obeying the rules. He also emphasized military merit. Only through foreign wars can we get nobility and rewards, thus making our Qin Dynasty invincible in the world. But Lu Buwei is like this
He used private individuals arbitrarily and introduced the malaise of the Six Kingdoms into our country of Qin, making villains the leader, crowds flocking to welcome each other, and competing for favors. This is really detrimental to our country Qin. His book Lu's Spring and Autumn I
After reading it, if Shang Yang comes back to life, he will burn it with fire."
Xiang Shaolong finally heard another opinion about the xenophobic motives of Lu Gong, a great Qinist, and that was the basic ideological conflict. Lu Buwei was too arrogant and subjective, and did not understand the mentality of the Qin people at all.
Most of the Qin people he came into contact with were frank and simple, and did not like to lie. Xu Xian, Lu Gong, Wang Chi, Changping Jun brothers, An Guxi, etc. were all the same.
In comparison, Lu Buwei, Mo Ao, Guan Zhongxie, Miao Du, etc. are all aliens.
The reason why the people of Qin are invincible in the world is precisely because they are the most powerful nation, and with Shang Yang's discipline and restraint, who can compete with them?
Lu Buwei appointed Guan Zhongxie and Lu Xiong, who had no achievements, and muddle along when the latter committed crimes. This was what the people of Qin hated the most.
Xiaopan dealt with Lu Xiong in a harsh and decisive manner, which was a completely correct move.
Xu Xian stopped, his burning eyes fell on Xiang Shaolong's face, and he said solemnly: "I don't reject Lu Buwei because he is not of my race. Mr. Shang is a member of the Wei people, but he has the most respect from me."
Xiang Shaolong nodded and said, "I understand what Mr. Xu means."
Xu Xian shook his head and sighed: "Lu Buwei tied himself up in a cocoon, thinking that he had harmed the king, and the Qin family would belong to him. Little did he know that God has not given up on me, the Qin Dynasty, and has become the political prince, so I, Xu Xian, must protect him even if my body is broken into pieces."
Crown Prince until he officially ascends the throne."
Xiang Shaolong was secretly surprised and said: "Listening to Xiang Xu's tone, the situation seems to be quite critical."
Xu Xian took him to sit on a stone next to a small bridge and whispered: "I was not worried at first. The problem was the civil uprising in Dongjun. Lu Buwei sent Meng Ao and Wang Chi to suppress it, and the capital was suddenly
All nearby armies have been evacuated. Now the capital only has the Imperial Guard, the Imperial Cavalry, and the Imperial Guard to support the overall situation. The situation is as dangerous as it has ever been seen in a hundred years."
Xiang Shaolong frowned and said: "As far as I know, the civil uprising in Dongjun was a conspiracy between Gao Lingjun and Zhao General Pang Yuan. Didn't Lu Buwei make this clear?"
Xu Xian's face was filled with gloom, and he groaned: "Although I say that, everyone knows how much Lord Gaoling weighs. Ten Lords of Gaoling can't beat half of Lu Buwei. How could Lu Buwei suddenly suddenly...
Surprised, hasty response?"
Xiang Shaolong felt a chill in his heart and muttered: "Xu Xiang means-"
Xu Xian said categorically: "This matter must be related to Lu Buwei. As long as Lu Buwei places spies among Lord Gaoling's advisers, he can control Lord Gaoling like a doll on a string and create such a situation."
Zai Rong said solemnly: "As long as Lu Buwei can get rid of you and the two deputy commanders during this period, both the cavalry and the guards will fall into Lu Buwei's hands. What do you think will happen then? I
The reason why I guessed that you would come to see me tonight is very simple, that is, if you are not Lu Buwei's person, with your intelligence, you will definitely find something inappropriate, Shaolong, do you understand?"
Xiang Shaolong secretly called out the danger. It was indeed not easy to gain Xu Xian's trust. Until just now, Xu Xian still suspected that he was Lu Buwei's clever chess piece, or a counter-espionage with multiple identities.
A little embarrassed and said: "Thank you Xu Xin for trusting me."
He then puzzled and said, "Even though Lu Buwei has two armies of cavalry and guards, if his goal is to be the political prince, I'm afraid no one will listen to his orders."
Xu Xian sighed: "Shaolong is still inexperienced. Unless Lu Buwei gets all the military power, he will never touch the crown prince. This is a stupid move, but as long as he can kill me and Lu Gong, he will push the matter to the next level."
Lord Gaoling, wasn't the Qin Dynasty his world at that time? Needless to say, Meng Ao, a fool like Wang Chi could not stand alone in that situation. In addition, the Queen Mother was protecting Lu Buwei, who would dare to provoke him?
"
Then his eyes flashed sharply and he said: "The first controls others, and the latter is controlled by others.
As long as Lu Buwei doesn't die, we won't be able to live a good life, and Da Qin will make the same mistake again and be trapped by powerful ministers."
Xiang Shaolong almost groaned.
From Xu Xian's point of view, the strategy is completely correct.
The problem is that Xiang Shaolong knows that no one can take Lu Buwei's life before Xiaopan ascends the throne.
If you can't save his life, you will naturally lose your own life. How can you escape this matter?
I just regret that he couldn't use this reason to persuade Xu Xian to give up his intention. Didn't he tell him that Lu Buwei wouldn't be finished so soon?
When he was having a headache, Xu Xian said again: "As long as the political prince is willing to nod his head, I guarantee that Lu Buwei will not survive these three days."
Xiang Shaolong sighed: "Has Prime Minister Xu thought about the consequences?"
Xu Xun snorted coldly: "The three biggest problems are Empress Dowager Ji, Meng Ao and Du Bi. The most difficult one is Du Bi. As soon as Lu Buwei leaves, he will take the opportunity to support Cheng Qiao. If he had not had such concerns, the late king would have passed away.
At that time, the deer man and I had already started to fight.
Of course, another reason is Wang Chi’s opposition. That’s why I hope you can convince the Crown Prince. Now the person he trusts most is you, Shaolong.”
Xiang Shaolong said: "I have another idea. First, I need to recognize my relatives through blood and formally confirm that the prince and Lu Buwei are not related in any way. The second is to kill Lu Buwei's first adviser. Once this person is gone, Lu Buwei will
He has become a tiger without claws and can't do any evil. Thirdly——"
Xu Xian waved his hand to interrupt him and said, "Are you talking about Mo Ao?"
Xiang Shaolong was surprised: "Xu Xiang has heard of this person?"
Xu Xian wrote lightly: "How can you dare to go against Lu Buwei if you don't have this ability? It would be better to kill Guan Zhongxie together, that would be even more appropriate. But the current situation is that you are guarding against me, and I am guarding against you. If not
If we attack openly, who can do anything to defeat the other party?"
Xiang Shaolong knew that this alone was not enough to impress the wise man, so he whispered: "The third is to bring Miao Du out to fight against Lu Buwei. As long as it is delayed until the day when the crown prince is crowned, Lu Buwei will lose the game.
.”
Xu Xianxiong was shocked and asked in confusion: "Isn't Miao Du one of Lu Buwei's?"
Xiang Shaolong laid out the plan and said, "I also suggest that the prince give Lu Buwei the false title of father-in-law to calm his wolfish ambitions."
After Xu Xian took a deep breath, he looked at him for a long time as if he had known him for the first time. His eyes were shining and he said: "When it comes to playing tricks and tricks, I'm afraid Mo Ao will let you do it too. No wonder you are still alive today."
So healthy and lively.”
Xiang Shaolong secretly felt ashamed and said, "Fortunately, I drank one less glass of wine tonight, otherwise I wouldn't have dared to say what Xu Xiang said."
Xu Xian asked and he told what happened tonight.
After hearing this, Xu Xian nodded and agreed: "You are right, if you don't kill Mo Ao for a day, he will be killed sooner or later. According to my estimation, this glass of poisonous wine should be made seven days later. King Xiaowen drank it that day and sent it to Lu Buwei
After taking the medicinal decoction, he suddenly had difficulty breathing and suffocated to death seven days later. Since there has never been a poison that can be administered suddenly after seven days, so although we feel that there is something fishy, it is still difficult to blame Lu Buwei for the poisonous hand. Of course, we cannot find out.
No evidence. Alas, no one dares to eat the food sent by Lu Buwei now. It’s really strange. The medicinal soup that killed King Xiaowen that day was tasted by the chamberlain as usual, but the chamberlain was not poisoned? "
Xiang Shaolong secretly thinks that Mo Ao's skill in using poison is many times better than that of the dead ghost Zhao Mushang. You must know that even if it is a chronic poison, there are always traces of it. After eating it, there will be signs of poisoning. That poison can be
How can it be poisonous only seven days after being swallowed into the abdomen? Even in the 21st century, it is probably difficult to do it, unless the poison is wrapped in a specially made sachet, falls into the abdomen and sticks to the stomach wall, and after a period of time, the surface layer
After being corroded by stomach acid, the poison escapes and can cause death.
Thinking of this, my heart moved, and I wanted to go back to Zui Feng Tower immediately to check where I poured the poisoned wine to see if there was such a poison wrapped in some kind of protective substance.
Xu Xian saw his face changing from bright to dark and asked, "What did you think of?"
Xiang Shaolong said: "I'm thinking how to ask Prime Minister Xu to postpone dealing with Lu Buwei?"
Xu Xian smiled and said: "I, Xu Xian, am not a reckless person who only shows off his bravery. Since Shaolong has this clever plan, Mr. Lu and I will wait and see what happens. But if you can't kill Mo Ao, it will be our turn to deal with it."
It’s better to kill Lu Buwei than to poison him to death.”
Xiang Shaolong patted his chest and promised: "Give me ten days, maybe I can treat him the way he did, cure his body, and make him die inexplicably." Xu Xian stared at him in astonishment, unable to say anything for a moment.