Gao Jianli stood up and was about to throw the stone in his hand at Qin Shihuang. At the same time, a loud shout rang out from behind him at the entrance of the palace door.
Gao Jianli was within five steps of the king's couch, but Hei Fu was ten steps away behind Gao Jianli. His weapons had been confiscated by the imperial guards outside, so he was now defenseless.
In desperation, Heifu could only take off the bronze armor Dong Yi, the lieutenant next to him, had on his head. Like a pitcher who had played "war ball" with his subordinates countless times, he exhausted all his strength and raised the ball high and gradually away.
Throw it away, hoping to stop him!
When the armor thrown by Hei Fu hit Gao Jianli's back hard, Gao Jianli just happened to let go of the bamboo in his hand. At almost the same moment, a figure within three steps of the emperor stood up suddenly and raised the small case in front of him.
It was lifted up and collided with Qin Shihuang's building!
It's Zhao Gao, the commander of CRRC who has been observing Gao Jianli!
Gao Jianli's building was deflected by Heifu's strike, and was blocked by Zhao Gao throwing a low case. Finally, it landed on a copper pillar a few feet away from Qin Shihuang's side. The clanging sound was deafening!
Qin Shihuang was also startled by this sudden attack. He stood up subconsciously and looked at the copper pillars that protected him from disaster. He then looked at Gao Jianli, who had been pushed to the ground by Zhao Gao, and the small steps at the entrance of the palace.
The black man who came running...
Suddenly, he seemed to have gone back to the assassin in white who was lame and armed with a sharp knife many years ago, chasing him in the hall and humiliating him! When Mrs. Xu’s dagger hit the copper pillar, was it the same sound?
Qin Shihuang could not forget Jing Ke's eyes. Although Gao Jianli's eyes are now blind, they still seem to be burning with hatred as before.
Qin Shihuang's left ear was also filled with this echo, buzzing endlessly.
The emperor sat down again. Zhao Gao had broken Gao Jianli's arm. Hei Fu also came to pay homage to His Highness, saying that the rescuer was late.
However, Qin Shihuang just stared at the smashed Zhu and smiled angrily:
"On the lips, I sing about eternal prosperity and longevity, but in my heart, I want to die!"
"What a great Gao Jianli!"
"What a bunch of relics of the Six Nations!"
…
Gao Jianli was dragged down by Dong Yi and others. The palace servants were cleaning up the mess on the ground. The broken building was quickly carried away and the low case was replaced with a brand new one. However, the emperor was sullen and silent for a long time, and all the ministers in the palace also
You can only stand and look at your nose, nose and heart.
The "Ode to Qin" that had just been eulogized became a joke in an instant, but no one could laugh.
Hei Fu was secretly looking at Zhao Gao, and just now, he saw the ruthlessness of this man again.
He took three steps and two steps at a time, and when he and his ministers ran into the palace, Gao Jianli had already been restrained by Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao was a charioteer, and his arms could control a galloping horse. He held Gao Jianli's slender legs
He twisted his arm out of shape. When Hei Fu passed by, he could even hear the crisp sound of broken bones and dislocated joints, while Zhao Gao was grinning proudly.
This was such pain, but Gao Jianli gritted his teeth, blushed, and didn't make a sound.
Although his stance is different, Heifu still admires this kind of person. Unfortunately, those hands that can play the most wonderful music in the world have been destroyed by Zhao Gao, and his fate has already been doomed the moment he threw the building.
…
When being dragged away, Gao Jianli didn't struggle at all, just closed his eyes and smiled.
When his eyes glanced over, Zhao Gao also happened to raise his eyes. Their eyes met and they quickly moved away.
Hei Fu was lamenting that Zhao Gao was ruthless and ruthless, while Zhao Gao was a little unhappy. He had always been suspicious of Gao Jianli. How could these scholars from the Six Kingdoms of Shandong succumb so easily? Sure enough, Gao Jianli decided to assassinate the king, and Zhao Gao was right.
Opportunity set off a low case and blocked the blow for the emperor.
This was a rescue effort, but the fly in the ointment was that Heifu arrived early and late, and he arrived at this moment. He also threw his armor and hit Gao Jianli in the back, causing his frame to tilt. According to the situation at that time, even if Zhao Gao
If you don't stop it, you can't hit the emperor...
"Why are you everywhere?" Zhao Gao secretly hated him.
At this time, the emperor, who had been silent for a long time, spoke.
"Heifu, Wang Li, Dong Yi said, you rushed into the palace gate and said you had something important to see me. When you went up to the palace, you took three steps at a time. When Gao Jianli got up to throw the building, you shouted a warning and struck him with your armor. Could it be that you knew it earlier?
Is this person trying to do something wrong?"
Zhao Gao pricked up his ears. He wanted to hear how Heifu would explain!
Heifu bowed down and said: "I came to Duyi last night and heard from Zhang Han that Gao Jianli was a friend of Jing Ke. Now he was pardoned by your majesty and was blinded. He worked as a musician in Yuefu and was often close to your majesty, so he had doubts in his heart..."
He considered his words and said: "Furthermore, Zhang Cang, the historian under the pillar, recently studied music with Gao Jianli in Yuefu. Gao Jianli was ordered to enter the palace this morning. Cang noticed that his words were different, so when he met me at the gate of the Shaofu, he said this
The matter is said. He always felt that Gao Jianli behaved surly and felt uneasy, so he asked me to come to the palace to remind His Majesty to be careful about this person. I came in a hurry, but it was still a step too late. I am guilty!"
"Is that so?"
Qin Shihuang glanced at Li Si, the sweaty Tingwei who came over after hearing the news, but skipped him and directly called Zhonglang General Meng Yi, asking him to immediately send Lang Wei to question Xia Wuji, Zhang Cang and others and Gao Jianli
Contact the most people.
Heifu didn't panic at all. He had already informed Zhang Cang, saying that if something happened in the palace, he should be mentally prepared to be investigated. Zhang Cang is a smart man and knows what to say in order to stay safe at such a sensitive moment.
Own.
Without Heifu's words, Zhang Cang had been too close to Gao Jianli recently and often brought him things. The suspicion was high, and he might have been directly imprisoned by Tingwei for a thorough investigation. Even if he could escape the suspicion, he might not be able to keep his official title.
Already.
"Zihu, Zihu, don't feel sorry for Gao Jianli. Think about yourself first. You have made friends you shouldn't have made. Brother, I can only help you with this..."
People were asked to investigate the matter thoroughly. Qin Shihuang's mood was still a little hard to calm down. After a while, he seemed to be talking to himself, and also seemed to say to Li Si, Zhao Gao, Hei Fu and others in the palace:
"Am I too lenient towards these remnants of the Six Nations?"
…
In the autumn and August of the twenty-seventh year of the First Emperor of Qin, as the morning glow had just broken through the clouds, heavy drums and trumpets sounded in Xianyang City, sobbing and mourning.
The execution ground next to the Wei Bridge was crowded with Qin people who were watching the excitement. One hundred and twenty prisoners wearing ocher clothes lined up in a row, with their hands tied behind their backs, kneeling on the ground, wailing and wailing, behind them were expressionless people.
Expression of executioner.
These people were all people involved with Gao Jianli: wealthy households in Songzi County, Julu County, all the families in Songzi City who had given Gao Jianli preferential treatment, and several Yuefu musicians who had close contacts with Gao Jianli, who sympathized with Gao Jianli and secretly provided him with lead weights.
The young official of the Shaofu...
In the center of the execution ground, there is the real owner of today's execution. Five horses are arranged in five directions, with ropes tied around their bodies. The ropes are tied to the neck and limbs of a man with disheveled hair and ragged clothes.
The people of Qin kept scolding Gao Jianli, who actually tried to assassinate the supreme emperor. Some Guandong scholars and merchants in the periphery had different expressions. They felt sympathy, but did not dare to show it.
Gao Jianli's death was approaching, but he kept smiling.
The person in charge of the execution was Sima Xin, the jailer of Xianyang Nan City. He coughed lightly and went over to ask Gao Jianli: "Gao Jianli, you have caused your old friends Yan and Zhao to die together. Do you ever regret it?"
"It was Zhao Zheng who killed them, not me."
Gao Jianli replied: "If you give me another chance, I will still hit it with a brick! But this time, I will hit it more accurately!"
"A clown, a moth flies into a flame!"
Sima Xin looked unhappy, but Gao Jianli laughed.
"No matter how strong the fire is, as long as there are enough moths that are not afraid of death, can't they be extinguished!?"
As soon as these words came out, Sima Xin suddenly changed his color and had Gao Jianli's tongue cut out so that he would not talk any more.
The bright eyes are blind, the dexterous hands are useless, the tongue that used to be able to sing loudly is gone, and the bloody pieces of meat are thrown to the ground. Gao Jianli is now in pieces like his beloved Zhu...
He could not see the scene at the execution ground next to him. He could only hear the sound of the executioner's ax chopping, the miserable howls of the people who had helped him, and the smell of blood, feces and urine that gradually filled the air.
Finally, when all the sounds fell silent, it was his turn.
The ropes around his limbs and neck began to shake, and Gao Jianli knew that the last moment was coming.
But he didn't care. He was listening carefully, listening to the chirping of geese high in the sky...
In mid-August, geese fly south.
He opened his bloody mouth and wanted to say something, but couldn't. He could only tell himself in his heart.
"I, the lonely goose, will finally return to the flock!"
As the whip cracked and the horses roared, the elegant musician was torn to pieces by the most severe punishment of Qin's laws!
In a corner of Xianyang City Tower, Heifu and Zhang Cang were watching all this from a distance.
Although Empress Zhang Cang was frightened, she could not hide her grief. She did not turn away and secretly wiped away her tears.
But Hei Fu only watched the heads of one hundred and twenty rich families and scholars from the Six Kingdoms rolling into the Wei River. The banks of the Wei River were dyed red, and the blood flowed into the turbid river and turned orange. A little further away, the blood color disappeared, as if
Nothing happened.
His hunch was right. The emperor had decided to strengthen control over the old lands of the Six Kingdoms. Starting from the assassination of Gao Jianli, the relationship between the Qin Dynasty officials and the relics of the Six Kingdoms might become further and further apart...
…
After the assassination of Gao Jianli, the emperor ordered Tingwei to conduct a purge in the palace. Not only were those who had close relations with Gao Jianli imprisoned for strict investigation, but from then on, musicians and painters from the six countries could no longer enter the palace.
Half a step in the ban!
Even the three Chu painters who painted the Queen Mother of the West for Qin Shihuang in the past were no exception.
Even so, the Yuefu was still able to organize hundreds of Qin music officials to perform the adapted "Song of Qin" for Qin Shihuang in Zhangtai Palace.
It's completely different from Gao Jianli's tune. The musicians rang the bells, played the yu, and played the harp, but there was no percussion. They were numerous and powerful, and the music they played was so loud that they could stand dozens of steps apart.
reached the ears of the emperor.
But Qin Shihuang was very disappointed. The same eulogy was played by a group of more than a hundred musicians, but it was not as powerful as Gao Jianli's performance. It seemed dull and boring.
"If you don't want to listen anymore, go down!"
The emperor waved his sleeves, and the hundreds of musicians bowed their heads and backed away slowly, quickly disappearing outside like the fading tide.
The palace was empty again, with no one in sight, only the howling of the wind, and the emperor sitting high up alone, with his eyes downcast, unable to distinguish his expression...
At this moment, he seemed to be a lone bird flying too high and too far, far away from the geese, and was not understood by the world.
It wasn't until Prime Minister Wang Wan and Imperial Censor Feng Quji entered the palace to pay homage that the emperor raised his head and announced:
"Zhao Gao defended me against Gao Jianli's attack. He saved me with meritorious service. He was diligent in royal affairs. He was promoted to the rank of Zuo Geng. He is still the order of Zhongche Mansion. I also gave him two hundred yi of gold!"
"Hei Fu was in a hurry and threw his armor at the assassin. He also saved the driver and made great contributions. He also recommended strategies to expand the west, cultivate the fields, use high saddles and stirrups, etc., all of which were beneficial to the country and the people, and were very much in line with my wishes. I will reward them for their merits together, and I will give them two promotions.
Level, I will be honored as the middle watch! I will also give you two hundred yi of gold!"
After speaking, Qin Shihuang asked Wang Wan again, and Feng Quji said:
"Among the thirty-six counties, where is there still a shortage of county captains?"