It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

At Li Si's house

There was a letter on the case that had no official stamp, but it had Mo Qi's personal seal.

Because Mo Qi came forward to save him before, and because of Han Fei, Li Si was willing to go even though he didn't understand.

After Li Si explained the affairs of the house, he took the carriage.

Zhongnan Mountain is covered with snow, and a quiet path winds from the mountain.

There are miscellaneous trees in the mountains, all with dead branches, but there are also some coniferous trees with strips of ice hanging from the tips of their leaves.

There are also some other small animals in the mountains and forests that are not afraid of the cold.

Pheasants in brown clothes and some snakes are hibernating.The skins they shed last year looked especially abominable in the cracks of the rocks in the mountain col.

Xu Zhi was also puzzled, why Huaiqing wanted to meet at this place?

Half a month after returning to Xianyang, the palace in Xianyang is still the same as before. The garden in Zhilan Palace is full of plum blossoms, and they are all new, and they are full of life again.

The proud snow and red plum blossoms have the charm of the coming spring breeze.

Zhang Liang could no longer live in Yuelin Palace after he got an official position in the doctor's department and moved out of the palace.Every morning, he would walk across the street from the busy city of Xianyang to Zhilan Palace and get up an hour early.

Xu Zhi had told him earlier that this was not necessary and that the lectures could be postponed to the afternoon. Zhang Liang said that diligence is better than playfulness, so he had no choice but to give up.

The daylight was still shallow, and a few jackdaws flew from the treetops, lingering in the woods and grass. There were also some sparrows jumping around, not afraid of the harsh winter, just looking for food.

The deep cold snow that is approaching winter has not yet melted, and the climate in the mountains is colder than that in the bustling city and palace. Therefore, Xu Zhi felt a coldness coming from the soles of his feet before he even stepped onto the long steps. Everywhere in his body, even his fingertips became cold.

Pushing the door open, I found that there wasn't much else in the room. There were a few simple wooden stools lying around, and a large round table in the middle, with several threads wrapped around the table. The clear idea is that the owner of the house has not yet appeared.

Xu Zhi stood for a while, feeling bored.Then he and Azhi went to the house next door.

"Princess, maybe the Bamboo Mother is still on her way here."

"It's okay, I'll sit here for a while."

"I was able to come out without telling my father that I wanted to come to Tingwei's house."

"Don't worry, princess. I have sent someone to deliver a letter to Li Si's house, and it should be here by now. The mistress has an old relationship with Supervisor Li, and Tingwei knows what you mean and won't say anything."

"That's good."

Xu Zhi thought of what she saw Zhao Ji when she first returned to Xianyang. Her body seemed to be weaker than before she left.

"I wonder if there is anything like Ganoderma lucidum growing in this mountain?"

"There are always mountains of this size. If the princess wants to find these, can I let my personal guards look for them?"

"Forget it, it's hard to find in the ice and snow. You may not be able to find it. Let them search nearby."

After all, he suffered too many assassinations outside.Xu Zhi didn't dare to let them go too far, so she warned, "Don't go too far."

She didn't walk around randomly. If she accidentally walked into the ice cave, she would never come out again.

There were many birds chirping in the forest, and suddenly, the sound of birds chirping became louder.

All the birds in the forest seemed to be frightened by the sound, and flew away in large numbers.

Suddenly, a huge bird broke its wings and had an arrow pierced in its chest. It broke and fell in front of Xu Zhi.

what's the situation? !She was shocked!

Azhi and his bodyguard were already on the defensive.

There is rustling in the forest.

"Who is here?" A Zhi shouted loudly.

A figure suddenly emerged from the snow.

This man wore a felt hat and looked like a hunter, but he had a long sword on his waist.

The black iron sword was wrapped in cloth. He held the hilt in his hand and looked at the people who suddenly appeared on the platform with alert eyes.

Both sides looked at each other.

The young man saw the girl sitting on the wooden stool, wearing red clothes, who seemed familiar.

Xu Zhi recognized him before that person did.

"Jing Ke, why are you here?"

Jing Ke suddenly remembered that this girl was rescued by him in Korea, now called Yingchuan, so he also fought against the Mo family.

Over the years, the little girl he rescued has grown up a lot, and she is indeed a beauty.

But the next second, he suddenly became vigilant, because the personal guards she carried around her had the emblem of the Qin royal family.

"You are the princess of Qin."

After Jing Ke finished speaking, he shook his head and smiled. He bent down to pick up a rare bird and pheasant that he had just hunted, and turned to leave.

"Jing Ke, wait."

Xu Zhi stopped him and took two more steps forward.

Tian Guang, Yan Dan's counselor, has been telling him sweet things over the years.

Jing Ke was not annoyed, looked at Ying Hehua and said with a smile, "Don't you let me go, princess?"

Xu Zhi asked his bodyguard to step back and gave him a decent salute.

Everyone was surprised, and Jing Ke did not expect that she would suddenly act like this.

How could he, a commoner, accept the royal gift?

Just listen to Ying Hehua say:

"How could I stop Young Hero Jingke from being the one who really helped me save my life? He Hua had concealed his identity from Young Hero before. He Hua was young at the time and didn't know the pros and cons, so he hoped Young Hero wouldn't do it. Blame. If the young hero is in trouble, He Hua will definitely help him."

"Actually, there is no harm." Jing Ke sighed. The little princess was quite a reasonable person. He patted the snow dregs on the bird's feathers, picked it up by its neck, and put it into the basket on his back.

Xu Zhi glanced at A Zhi. She quickly realized what the princess meant and took out a cloth bag from the box and gave it to Jing Ke.

Xu Zhi said: "It's not easy being out there. The young hero is now walking in the land of Qin. This is a little bit of He Hua's kindness that will be used as young hero's fare on the road."

Jing Ke hesitated for a moment.

Xu Zhi smiled politely and said: "Young hero, don't worry, it's just some coins without the royal symbol. It will never cause you any trouble in the world."

Hearing her words, he was so familiar with the rules of the world that he didn't think anything of it. He took the cloth bag from A-Zhi's hand and smiled proudly.

"In that case, thank you very much."

Jing Ke took the cloth bag and was about to turn around when a voice suddenly came from behind.

"Why is Brother Jing here?"

"Brother Li." Jing Ke raised the bow and arrow in his hand at him, "I came here to make a living, but I didn't expect to meet an old friend. You, you didn't tell me that that girl turned out to be a princess."

Li Xian smiled, Jing Ke was still like this after walking for many years, and he never knew how to hide something in his speech and behavior.

"It's not too late for you to know now."

Jing Ke held his sword and smiled and said, "Okay, okay, it's not too late, it's not too late. I have many things to do. This newly hunted rare bird has to be handed over to a nobleman. After time, the quality of the meat will become bad." Eat. Ke will leave first."

Xu Zhi heard this and wanted to ask Jing Ke who this dignitary was.

Before she could speak, Li Xiandao said, "Which dignitary is so lucky? Why don't you spend your time hunting for him?"

Jing Ke moved to Li Xian's side and smiled, "I'm not the only one looking for these. I'm also doing it to make a living. Brother Li has a history in the court, so don't embarrass me."

When Jing Ke said this, he glanced at Ying Hehua again and said with a smile. "Tell him, considering that Li Sheng and I have known each other for many years, well, that one is related to the princess."

As soon as he finished speaking, the person was already far away. He raised his head and waved, "Meeting is fate. We come and go in a hurry. Don't send me away."

After Jing Ke left, Xu Zhi's eyes fell on Li Xian.

Li Xian, wearing a simple black robe with cuffs tied, glanced at her, and his gaze made her shiver.

The two looked at each other speechless for a moment.

Xu Zhi asked Ah Zhi to guard outside the house.

She asked, "Why are you here? Did Huaiqing ask you to come here? Did you let her stay in Xianyang?"

Li Xian stood up, and Xu Zhi couldn't help but take a step back.

The soles of the shoes crunched against the snow.

"Are you afraid of me?

Xu Zhi stopped her retreat, looked up at him and smiled, "I'm not afraid." Xu Zhi said seriously, "What I asked you just now, why didn't Huaiqing come?"

Li Xian also took two steps, loosened his sleeves, and said calmly: "Why didn't Zhang Liang come with you?"

Xu Zhi was silent, not surprised to hear his yin and yang attitude.With so many personal guards beside her, he would never dare to do anything to her.

"Zhang Liang is not in good health. I will not let him suffer in this cold place."

Li Xian's eyes dimmed. She smiled naturally as if she was deliberately irritating him.His face was clearly turning blue and white, but his expression remained unchanged. At least there was no reaction on his face, but the hands hidden in his sleeves were clenched tightly.

"You." He said with a smile on his face and gritted his teeth, "Very good."

It was a coincidence that the two met.

Li Xian didn't want to talk anymore and turned to say, "Jing Ke's coming to Zhongnan Mountain is not an accident. It seems that Lord Changping wants wild beasts and rare birds, but there is a secret pavilion of the Qin State hidden here, but he wants to avoid your father's inquiry." Eyes should be prepared."

"I'm just surprised. How could Jing Ke, a ranger, be so depressed that he relies on hunting for a living."

"He didn't want to do some business. Therefore, the ransom he received was naturally not much. I gave him money directly, but he was definitely not willing to accept it. If Tian Guang said, he agreed. Don't talk about livelihood, even if it is a hundred pieces of gold Yes."

Xu Zhi felt that Li Xian's words were no longer what they used to be, with a sense of truth that hit his face.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Xu Zhi thought it was A Zhi who was outside the door.

"I'm just talking to Inspector Li about something."

The knock on the door was gone in an instant.

Soon.

Unexpectedly, when they opened the door and found it was Li Si, they were left stunned in shock.

This is really looking at each other.

When Li Si saw his son and the princess in the same room, he inexplicably felt something was wrong, quite wrong.

Hearing her excuse to come to his house and saying in her letter that she wanted to meet Huaiqing, Li Si felt it was inconvenient, but still wanted to cover up her running around for Ying Hehua.

Unexpectedly, she came to see his son.

I specially chose a snowy mountain forest that is so secluded that it couldn't be any more secluded.

Han Fei didn't see that Mo Qi was so nagging that he never kept appointments on time, and this happened to him...

Li Xian didn't speak quickly yet.

Xu Zhi responded the fastest, "Since Lieutenant Ting and your son are sitting here watching the clouds rise and listening to the falling snow and the birds chirping, I won't disturb you if I have something else to do."

After Xu Zhi finished speaking, he led the people away.

Mo Qi, who was standing by, saw this and couldn't help laughing, "My mountain has not been so lively in many years. I am really happy today."

"Father came to this mountain because of Mr. Mo?"

When Mo Qi heard what he said, she walked down the stairs of the house in a confident manner, holding a handful of earth-yellow things in her hand.

"Oh, since you have something that you don't understand, why don't you explain it in detail together?"

As Mo Qi spoke, he held in his hand two wild ginseng plants dug from an unknown place in the mountain.

Because there was snow, everything was wet. Mo Qi grabbed the leaves, shook them hard, and then used his hands to remove the soil on the ginseng.

The attendant on the side looked at him.He respectfully took the ginseng in his hand.

After Mo Qi finished doing this, he stepped over to pull Li Si's sleeve.

Li Si couldn't help but take a step back. He had a mysophobia and didn't want Mo Qi to pull him with her muddy hands.

"No wonder you don't want Zheng Guo to be close to you. If you think of him as a canal repairer, he must be covered in mud." Mo Qi clicked his tongue a few times, raised his head and left.

Mo Qi walked a few steps, turned around and looked at Li Xian, then at Li Si, and looked up and down at their attires.

"Tonggu, after all these years, you are still like this, even with your son. You have a dead look on your face at such a young age. It's annoying to look at you."

……

Li Xian was still able to remain calm.

"Mo Yuan." Li Si said in a deep voice, "Wouldn't it be better for the king to let you stay on this mountain?"

It turned out that the Mr. Mo in the letter, the Mr. Mo who had been warning him, was the Mo Yuan he had met when he was a child. But now his name is not Mo Ran, but Mo Yuan.

Mo is a common surname, and all the male disciples of Mozi's sect can all be named Mo.

Li Xian thought, Mo Qi, Qi is probably in the rankings.

Nowadays, the State of Qin is vigorously arresting the disciples of the Mo family. The surname Mo is not considered auspicious.

"Of course it's nice in the mountains. I'm bored here now. Do you want to invite an old friend to talk to me?"

Li Xian looked at Mo Qi. He was dressed in a dark black Taoist robe, and around his neck hung two strings of intricately hollowed beads, said to be carved from dry fruits in the mountains.

He was wearing only a thin layer of clothing, including a coat and cloak, and he didn't take this deep winter seriously at all.

In the eyes of Li Xian when he was young, Mo Qi looked pretty decent.But looking at it now, his hair is all gray, his beard is pulled together, and he is unkempt. He is afraid that he will look like a savage in this mountain.

No wonder he didn't recognize him at the time.

At that time, Mo Yuan was talking like this, just like Sikong Ma.

Sikong Ma is funny, while Mo Yuan is confusing.

Li Xian in the previous life was not like this when he was a child.

When he came to Xianyang from Shangcai, he was new to everything. Mo Qi was humorous and he liked staying with him.

Using some of the trap skills he learned from Mo Men, he pulled the chain to make a wooden bird fly in the air.

This made Li Xian look at him with admiration and admired him greatly for a time.

Only last time, after Lu Buwei died, he also disappeared and was never seen again.

Until the unification of the empire and Xu Fu's eastward journey.He just saw Mo Qi, but it was already the time when he was about to be cut in half on the execution ground.

This time, Li Xian didn't expect to see him again on Zhongnan Mountain.

And, holding a huge secret.