[Wei Nie] Vertical and horizontal killing

This night, in Xianyang Palace.

Zhao Gao guarded the servants outside the hall very cautiously.

At this time in the past, the emperor should have finished reviewing the 120-jin bamboo slips, and he might send someone a pill at any time.

But these days are different, because after the envoy of Huayin County brought back a message, the emperor's expression was a little strange.

With a kind of deliberately suppressed rage, even these old people who are used to serving them all the year round are frightened.

A gust of wind blew by, Zhao Gao looked up at the wind chimes hanging under the cornice.

Because the emperor's eyesight was bad, he was particularly sensitive to wind and grass, and he would be suspicious of any sound, so he ordered the palace servants to wrap the wind chime bells in silk.

As the wind passed by, Zhao Gao glanced at the closed palace door, and motioned for the little eunuch to change into hot soup.

It's starting to get cold.

Suddenly there was a slight sound in the hall, like the sound of bamboo slips falling to the ground.Zhao Gao turned his head and glanced at Duan Shui. He is a blindfolded man with the unity of eyes and realm in the center of the Six Swordsmen, and his hearing power is naturally the best.

Broken Water slowly shook his head.

Suddenly the emperor's voice came from the hall: "Zhao Gao."

Zhao Gao quickly adjusted his clothes and said, "Your Majesty, I am here."

The emperor's voice came: "There are too many people outside, and I am disturbed by the shaking. Let them all go down."

The emperor became more and more suspicious recently, Zhao Gao bowed his head and said: "Yes, Your Majesty." He waved his hand to let Liu Jiannu and several young eunuchs step back for now.

"Zhao Gao, you also step back."

Zhao Gao was taken aback, so he had to step back first, and stood under the steps outside the hall, looking at the shape of the cornices under the dark sky.

It was far enough away here, if he hadn't deliberately called, he would not have been able to hear the movement of the main hall.

A young eunuch came to flatter Zhao Gao, saying: "Master Zhao hasn't rested before Zishi since he returned to Xianyang, today it is better to go back to the mansion earlier to rest for a while. There are young people who are here to listen to the servants far away."

Zhao Gao said slowly: "Your Majesty hasn't taken any medicine today, if you suddenly think about it in the middle of the night, can you wait for me?"

The little eunuch's face turned pale immediately.

Not long ago, a beauty favored by His Majesty fell asleep when she was too tired to read the emperor's memorials and closed her eyes to rest her mind. She decided to let His Majesty sleep for half an hour longer and missed the time for taking medicine.His Majesty woke up and ordered the beauty to be hanged.

Indeed, His Majesty has been very moody these days.

Seeing that the little eunuch suddenly turned pale.

Zhao Gao suddenly sneered and said: "You are so courageous, you are not afraid of losing your life, but I am afraid that you will offend His Majesty."

The little eunuch flinched and said, "Fortunately, Lord Zhao has given some advice to the servants, this bitch can still run more errands for the Lord."

Zhao Gao didn't say any more, and only asked the little eunuch to fetch the charcoal stove here to warm the hot water needed for His Majesty to take medicine, and then he closed his eyes and began to adjust his breath.

Zhangtai Palace.

It is the main hall where Yingzheng practiced writing and ink, broke prison during the day, and studied books at night.

Ying Zheng sat on top and said slowly, "Zhao Gao has already gone down, you can also explain your reason for coming."

The swordsman with reed-white sleeves slowly stepped forward, his figure stepped out of the shadows, and was exposed to the candlelight of the Crane Eternal Light.

Ying Zheng glanced at his hand, saw clearly that it was a wooden sword, and said, "No wonder there is no movement in the magnet array in front of the palace."

Genie didn't speak.

Ying Zheng didn't feel murderous in him.

With this distance, even if Six Swordsmen were outside the hall just now, if Gai Nie really wanted to kill him, it would not be completely impossible.So at this moment, the emperor was in the mood to reminisce with his former bodyguard.

"Where is the Yuanhong that the widow bestowed on you?"

Gai Nie finally responded a little this time: "In the city of organs."

Ying Zheng looked at the people under the steps.

He is still the same person, but he is already an enemy of himself and the empire: "When you stepped out of Xianyang Palace, you have already given up the right to walk freely on the land of the empire. Did you come to kill me, or to repent to me? "

Gai Nie put down his sword and looked up at the emperor above: "Shen Nong tasted all kinds of herbs so that more people would not be afraid of pain; soldiers died on the battlefield so that their homes would not be invaded by others; some people gave up the light to walk The right is for more people to have this opportunity."

Ying Zheng's eyes suddenly sharpened, with a hint of rage: "Gai Nie, are you accusing me?"

Gai Nie looked at him calmly, and then he suddenly said, "Your Majesty, do you still remember why I came to Xianyang Palace ten years ago?"

This time the emperor was silent, and he slowly closed his eyes to cover his sharp eyes.

The emperor remembered the thrilling crisis in his life.

"You came here because of that assassin from Yan Kingdom."

silence.

No one is talking in Zhangtai Hall, there are two people sitting here and standing one by one.

They each remembered some people, some things.

After a long time, it was the emperor who spoke first: "After Prince Yan's assassin was put to death, the widow ordered Tingwei and the net to investigate everyone the assassin had contact with before entering the palace. It was at that time that you were regarded as the assassin's party and were arrested. Put in prison, and then escorted to Xianyang."

It is not entirely accurate to say that it was captured.

Gai Nie did not resist at that time, he just calmly was arrested, was arrested and sent to prison, and then came all the way from Yuci to Xianyang.

The emperor squinted his eyes, and his expression suddenly began to relax a little: "At that time, you were just a young man with no weak crown, but you were already a well-known swordsman in the world."

Jing Ke traveled around before the assassination of the Qin Dynasty and competed with others to prove the way of swordsmanship. He created his own shocking eighteen swords to win in the dangers, and it was almost difficult to meet opponents.It was only when Yuci came to find Gai Nie, who was still a teenager, to challenge him.

It was Gai Nie who had already accomplished swordsmanship at a young age, and had a calm temperament, so he did not respond to Jing Ke's challenge.

When Jing Ke finally forced Gai Nie to compete with him, Gai Nie didn't even show the sword, and just relying on his eyes and momentum made Jing Ke withdraw the sword and admit defeat in the sword competition.

These things were heard by the emperor's ambush post in the private sector after Jing Ke was put to death, and they were reported layer by layer.

A swordsman who was more dangerous than Jing Ke was a threat that the emperor could never tolerate. In addition, he had contact with the rebellious assassin. Before meeting Gai Nie in person, Ying Zheng planned to kill this man.

But Wang Jian said that Gai Nie was the number one swordsman in the Six Kingdoms. He once slayed demons on Wujin Mountain, and his swordsmanship has reached perfection, which is rare in the world.

But because of Wang Jian's praise for Gai Nie, he became interested in this man, so he planned to make an exception to meet this legendary swordsman in person.

It's just that the emperor's accidental idea made him change the other party's fate.

The emperor was still remembering, his eyes were slightly squinted, as if he was uncomfortably smoked by the fireworks of the Crane Palace Lantern.

Gai Nie said slowly: "Your Majesty seems to be the same as before."

Ying Zheng's train of thought was interrupted, but Gai Nie's words gave him a short-lived pleasure, as if he had just taken an elixir for a moment.The emperor then spoke again, his tone was the same as that of the old emperors and ministers when they were talking casually: "At that time, I hadn't become emperor yet. The first time I saw you, I seemed to see a sword."

Yes, at that time, the young man who had not reached the weak crown was standing under the shackles under the stage. Although he traveled a long distance and was full of dust, he could not hide his sharp eyes.

It's like a famous sword about to be unsheathed.

Ying Zheng immediately developed a heart of love.

Ying Zheng was born in Handan, and he followed Zhao Ji as a hostage in Zhao State since he was a child.Proton's life is usually not very easy, and things happened from time to time to be bullied by Zhao Guo's clan children.Regardless of food and clothing, being provoked and bullied is the life protons should live.

He was just a young man from Zhao Zheng, who had longed for a life of swordsman, ranger, and love.During the years of being a proton, he protected himself and his mother by seeking teachers from all over the world and practicing swordsmanship hard.

Now that he is the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, he still wears the No. 1 sword in the world, Tianwen, just because he does not forget the meaning of the past.

Gai Nie was slightly moved: "Your Majesty has the only vision in the world, and at that time he tried his best to undo my shackles."

The emperor also recalled the situation in Zhangtai in the past: "Not only did he remove the shackles of Aiqing, but he also gave him a seat and wine, and talked about swords with Erchang."

That discussion changed the fate of many people.

Ying Zheng suddenly felt a little interest that he hadn't seen for a long time, and said to Gai Nie, "Gai Nie, why don't you have a drink with me again. You are still a traitor to the empire, but you are indeed the only confidant I appreciate in terms of swordsmanship."

Gai Nie remained silent for a while at the bottom of the steps.

The emperor smiled coldly: "Why, you are still the same, you don't drink at all?"

This may be the last time they talked about swords.Ge Nie nodded slowly: "Let Your Majesty decide."

The emperor looked down at him from above, and after a long time, the corners of his mouth curled up: "Very good."

The author has something to say:

"Jing Ke tried to swim in Yuci, and discussed swords with Gai Nie, and Gai Nie looked at him angrily." ("Historical Records: Biography of Assassins")

For him, Sima Qian's "Historical Records" is only attached to Jing Ke's chapter, with only a few words.So how he died is hard to figure out.

The plot I quoted is an allusion recorded in history that Gai Nie saw Ying Zheng.He did not participate in the assassination, but he was implicated because of Jing Ke's sword fight with him before the assassination, and was almost executed on the spot.Just happened to meet Wang Jian and told King Qin that Gai Nie is the world's number one swordsman.Ying Zheng loves talents, and when he knew that Gai Nie was still in prison, he immediately said, "The famous sword of a generation was almost destroyed by that mediocre Jing Ke." Then he ordered Gai Nie to be escorted to Xianyang to see him.

The two talked loudly in the hall because of their confidantes, and even exchanged ideas on the spot.It can be seen that Ying Zheng's swordsmanship is also one of the best.

According to history, Gai Nie has two endings. One is that if China is so big that it is torn apart, it should really belong to one regime.Only in this way can we show the strength of a nation.Qin Shihuang completed the great cause of reunification, and his contribution is indelible.So willing to die under Ying Zheng's sword.

The two statements are naturally much more ideal. Yingzheng released Gai Nie, and since then he has retired and never appeared in the world.