After Meng Jia listened to Meng Liang's words, he hurried to Meng Wu's office in the east of the city.
Although Meng Jia and Meng Wu have an uncle-nephew relationship, because one is a favorite and the other is a general, they have different interests and positions, so the two families no longer have much contact... The favorite must belittle the general out of his own interests, otherwise how can he win the trust of the general? The emperor has a place in the temple!
However, military generals licked blood on the battlefield and fought for life and death. Their achievements were not only belittled by their favorites, but also often criticized by them.
If we were ordinary people, it would be easy to say that if we didn't do it for ourselves, heaven and earth would destroy us.
But the two parties are related by blood but do not care about family affection, which makes people even more indignant.
That's why the Mengwu family had a quarrel with the Mengjia family.
Meng Wu was feeling uneasy in his mansion at this time. On the one hand, he did not believe in Shen Bing and Fu Su would rebel against Qin. On the other hand, he was worried about Meng Tian and the Meng family:
It would be fine if Meng Tian defeated Shen Bing. If he were defeated by Shen Bing, the Meng family would inevitably be implicated.
But Meng Wu knew the power of Shen Bing, and knew that although Meng Tian was a natural general, it was still difficult to match him.
As a result, Meng Wu had to consider the future of the Meng family!
At this time, a servant came to report that it was Meng Jia who came to see me.
Meng Wu replied without thinking: "No!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw that Meng Jia had already barged in. No matter how his servants tried to stop him, it was of no avail.
Meng Wu stepped forward and asked coldly: "Why is Father Ji so panicked that he wants to force his way into Meng's house!"
Meng Jia sneered: "But you came here for the lives of hundreds of Meng's people. If you don't want to talk about it, just don't talk about it!"
Meng Wu was startled. He had already had an ominous premonition. When he saw Meng Jia saying this again, he believed it and hurriedly invited Meng Jia to the study.
Meng Jia came up and said: "I haven't seen the emperor for several months. The emperor may have been coerced by Zhao Gao and Li Si, which is why today's chaos is happening!"
Meng Wu couldn't help being shocked when he heard this. Although there were reports of such claims from the outside world, he only thought they were rumors.
Now that it comes from Meng Jia, it must be true.
When I thought about it more carefully, I immediately understood the stakes:
Meng Yi, the second son of Meng Wu, once sentenced Zhao Gao to death, but in the end Ying Zheng spared Zhao Gao's crime out of consideration for his personal feelings.
Mengshi also offended Zhao Gao.
If Zhao Gao and his party gain power this time, how can Mengshi survive?
In fact, if we talk about it truthfully, it is not just for this reason.
Since Wang Jian's great achievements, Ying Zheng had intended to cultivate the Meng family to compete with Wang Jian. After Wang Jian retired and returned to his hometown, Ying Zheng wanted to use the Meng family to compete with Shen Bing, so he favored the Meng family.
Yingzheng favored Mengshi, so he was naturally tabooed by Zhao Gao's party, so they regarded him as a thorn in their side and wanted to get rid of him quickly.
Of course Meng Wu knew the truth. When Meng Jia reminded him, he guessed that Meng Tian would be sent to the Western Regions to conquer Shen Bing or Zhao Gao would kill two birds with one stone:
If Meng Tian wins, Shen Bing and Fusu will be eliminated.
Meng Tian was defeated, and he took the opportunity to punish Meng Clan.
Meng Wu hurriedly asked: "Father Ji, what should we do now?"
Meng Jia talked to Meng Wu like this, and the two of them made a big plan.
That night, "rumors" spread throughout Xianyang City, saying that the emperor was coerced by Zhao Gao and Li Si to frame Fusu. They also said that Fusu and Shen Bing could destroy the Qin Dynasty by themselves, so why did they need to poison the emperor?
Because the "rumors" are very convincing, especially the latter, Shen Bing led the army to defeat the Qin army outside the Great Wall, and he has great potential to take over the Central Plains. If the young master has such ability, he can just wait and wait to inherit the throne. , isn’t it unnecessary to poison the emperor?
So the civil and military officials became even more suspicious, and under the leadership of veteran minister Feng Quji, they begged the emperor to go to court to save the country from danger.
This was of course promoted by Meng Wu and Meng Jia behind the scenes.
The ministers were called "I beseech the Emperor to come to court", but in fact they wanted to see the Emperor to prove the truth of the "rumors".
The ministers were so powerful that even Li Si could not stop them.
The panicked Zhao Gao had no choice but to take the risk and let Ying Zheng's stand-in come to court... The stand-in was always there, but Zhao Gao didn't dare to use it.
The reason is that the stand-in only looks similar, but is far from the charm and aura of Ying Zheng. It can deceive assassins, but it is absolutely impossible to deceive the ministers.
At this time, it was only out of desperation that the substitute was sacrificed.
Zhao Gao also discussed with Li Si, and the two of them used the excuse that the emperor had not recovered from his illness in the temple to try their best to cover up the situation as stand-ins.
But Meng Wu and Meng Jia were well prepared and revealed the identity of the stand-in in just a few words.
The ministers were furious for a moment, which almost proved that the "rumor" was not a rumor, but actually happened!
Meng Wu, who had been well prepared, took this opportunity to lead his troops into the palace and captured Zhao Gao in the name of rescuing him.
The truth is revealed.
Only then did the ministers wake up from a dream. It turned out that the emperor had been killed by Zhao Gao and Li Si, and it was Zhao Gao who had always issued the decree.
There is no need to say more next.
Meng Jia and Meng Wu discussed with the ministers and decided to welcome Fu Su back to the court and succeed him.
When the news reached his aunt, Fusu hid his face and cried bitterly. He had been holding on to a glimmer of hope that his father was still alive, but now he had to accept this fact.
Princess Ziyang breathed a sigh of relief and said to Shen Bing: "The general took action at the right time. Zhao Gao and Li Si were caught off guard and revealed their true colors!"
Princess Ziyang is right.
All this sounds simple, but in fact there are many details.
Shen Bing seemed to have been able to contact Meng Liang before, and later used Meng Liang to persuade Meng Jia, Meng general Zhao Gao and Li Si's army.
But the most important point is that Shen Bing was able to counterattack Da Qin, and used this to argue that Fusu had no reason to poison the emperor.
Otherwise, how can Meng Liang persuade Meng Jia, who is wise enough to protect himself, if he speaks softly?
How could Meng Jia put aside the past grudges and join forces with Meng Wu?
How could Meng Wu, who had always been loyal, dare to raise troops and enter the palace?
Without further delay, Shen Bing immediately led his troops to escort Fusu into the pass.
Along the way, when the Qin army saw the banner with the word "Chen", they lined up to greet it.
When they arrived at the sandbank, they even saw the heads of Xing Chi and Kuang Tu hanging on the top of the city... After Meng Tian received Meng Wu's letter, he immediately beheaded the two supervisors.
Meng Tian personally led his troops to greet Shen Bing and Fusu outside the city.
Shen Bing just asked: "Is Yang Ting at Shazhou?"
Meng Tian replied: "Yang Ting protected Xing Chi and fought out of the sandbank. His subordinates only captured Xing Chi, but Yang Ting and others escaped in chaos. Please punish the general!"
Shen Bing's expression changed and he secretly thought something was wrong. Why was Yang Ting so confused? She still wanted to fight out of the city even though she didn't know the truth at this time!
It turned out that Yang Ting overturned everything Shen Bing said after her father was killed.
When Meng Tian told the truth, Yang Ting no longer believed him. Instead, she believed Xing Chi and insisted on protecting him and fighting out of the city.
As a result, Xing Chi died, and Yang Ting and Li Yan disappeared.
With this move, Yang Ting became a member of Zhao Gao's party. Once captured by the Qin army, she would be punished with death, which was something Shen Bing never thought of.
So they hurriedly released carrier pigeons and rushed eight hundred miles away to send Fusu's handwriting, instructing Qin troops from all over the place to show mercy and report to Yang Ting and others in time.
Shen Bing continued to protect Fusu and headed to Xianyang.