Chapter 281 Black Swordsman Shengqi (Part 2)

"A carriage without tires is really uncomfortable. It's a pity that they can sit so steadily." In Li Si's envoy carriage, compared with Ying Zheng sitting on the side and Li Si sitting upright, Shen Fei sat for a while, felt uncomfortable, and walked out.

Compared with Li Si who was very reserved in front of Ying Zheng, Shen Fei was much freer and casual. Because he didn't know Shen Fei's true identity, Li Si was very polite to him, but in Li Si's hidden expression, Shen Fei still saw a trace of hostility, similar to the hostility towards Han Fei, probably considering Shen Fei as a competitor.

Unlike Han Fei, who was born aristocrat, Li Si was a commoner, so in order to climb up, he would do anything, including his life. As soon as he arrived in Xianyang, the first person he found was Lu Buwei, and you can guess his character. If he was not careful, he would be killed by Lu Buwei.

In Han, after meeting Ying Zheng, Li Si immediately threw Lu Buwei aside and completely surrendered to Ying Zheng. Lu Buwei was completely regarded as a stepping stone.

Li Si is the kind of politician that Wei Zhuang said was a stepping stone and stumbling block for others.

In this case, he was full of hostility towards Han Fei, his senior brother, not to mention Shen Fei, who suddenly appeared.

Shen Fei certainly didn't care about Li Si's hostility. He was learning to ride a horse under Gai Nie's teaching. In modern society, most people don't know how to ride a horse, just like Stark, who has several very valuable horses, but he himself doesn't know how to ride a horse. He raises horses just to follow the trend.

Even the Pegasus that Shen Fei gave him is now kept as a pet and played with occasionally.

Riding a horse is not just sitting on the saddle. Such a simple thing, let alone Shen Fei, even ordinary people can do it. Real riding requires training in riding skills. The "Yu" in the Six Arts of Confucianism is actually the learning of riding and driving skills.

This driving skill is of course driving a carriage. Driving a carriage is not easier than driving a car.

Shen Fei's inability to ride a horse made Gai Nie, Ying Zheng, and Li Si very curious. In this era, people with knowledge basically know how to ride a horse. There are no cars in this era. To travel around the world, of course you have to ride a horse, you can't walk.

Shen Fei did not explain this, leaving them to guess.

As they moved forward, Ying Zheng occasionally asked Li Si about the Qin State and the six countries in the carriage. Li Si answered fluently every time. As the future prime minister of the Qin Empire, Li Si was of course talented. He was always ready. Meeting Ying Zheng was just the opportunity for him to show his talent.

Like Han Fei, Li Si was also a firm supporter of the Legalists. What he said and said made Ying Zheng nod constantly, which was the greatest affirmation of Li Si.

Shen Fei did not talk much with Ying Zheng along the way. Li Si needed Ying Zheng to guarantee his power, but Shen Fei did not need it.

"Who is it?" As the team left the border of South Korea and entered the territory of Qin, it didn't take long before they met the Qin scout team on the border, a team of five scouts.

The border between the two countries is the place with the most disputes. The fighting between the scouts of the two sides is very common. Even if the King of Han is very timid towards Qin, there is really nothing to say about this. The brave will win when they meet on a narrow road.

If Han has to give in to Qin even in scout battles, then there is no need for Han to exist at all.

This is also because Ying Zheng and his party did not take the official road, so they encountered scouts. It is no problem for Li Si to take the official road, but it is not possible for Ying Zheng. Ba Linglong and Hei Bai Xuan Jian were killed, which is just the beginning. It was not easy for Ying Zheng to leave Qin with only Gai Nie. For some people, this can be said to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind. This time, even the most hidden behind-the-scenes mastermind also took action. Although Ying Zheng did not know the existence of the mastermind, he also knew that the way back was difficult, so he left the official road and took the small road.

Facing the five scouts, Li Si got off the carriage holding the messenger's staff. After seeing the messenger's staff, the five scouts immediately knelt down and saluted. After discovering that Li Si saluted the carriage, they immediately guessed that the person inside was the King of Qin. It must be said that these scouts were quite knowledgeable.

Then the group followed the five scouts and set off for the camp of the Pingyang Heavy Armor Army stationed in Wusui, the border of Qin. On the way, Gai Nie roughly explained to Ying Zheng the achievements of the Pingyang Heavy Armor Army, and reminded Ying Zheng that something was wrong.

Although Gai Nie's identity was only Ying Zheng's guard, in fact he was very familiar with the situation in various parts of Qin. In order to investigate Qin, Gai Nie traveled most of Qin. It was this trip that made Gai Nie choose Qin.

Although the Pingyang Heavy Armored Army is not as famous as the Golden Fire Cavalry, the Hundred Battles Armored Soldiers, and the Tenglong Legion, it does not mean that it is weak. If a fight really breaks out, the Pingyang Heavy Armored Soldiers will definitely not belong to the Hundred Battles Armored Soldiers, because this unit was a unit under Bai Qi back then.

The reason why Gai Nie reminded Ying Zheng that something was wrong was because the Pingyang Heavy Armored Soldiers should not be stationed at the border Wusui. Now that the Qin State is not ready to use troops against the Han State, it will not rashly mobilize this Hundred Battles Unit here, because it is stationed in a strategic location like Taiyuan County, which faces the Zhao State.

Although the Battle of Changping caused Zhao to suffer heavy losses, Zhao has slowly recovered some of its vitality over the years. In addition, its famous general Li Mu is a greater threat to Qin than Han. At least Zhao dares to send troops to provoke Qin, but Han absolutely does not have the courage.

In addition, the redeployment of such troops was not known to Qin's King Ying Zheng before, which has explained a lot of problems.

"It's really shocking." Looking at the camp, hundreds of soldiers wearing heavy armor and black masks waving their long spears for unified training, Shen Fei felt very shocked. Such a scene is simply not seen in modern society.

Compared with the soldiers of Han, this army has a more solemn and murderous aura.

In Wang Xi's tent, with the flash of sword light, a scout immediately fell down with his neck in pain, and then the sword light flashed again. Not long after, the five scouts who brought Ying Zheng back all fell in a pool of blood.

After killing the five scouts, Wang Zhi knelt down in front of Ying Zheng and apologized, saying that he had to do this in order not to reveal Ying Zheng's whereabouts.

Facing such a Wang Zhi, although Ying Zheng looked very ugly, he could only accept Wang Zhi's statement and temporarily pretend to be Li Si's follower.

"Wang Zhi." After returning to the temporary tent, Ying Zheng, who was calm before, immediately said these two words with a face full of resentment, and then sat behind the table with a gloomy face, while Gai Nie and Li Si on the side remained silent.

Shen Fei did not speak either, but he did not stay aside like Gai Nie and Li Si, but walked to the shelf on the side, picked up a bamboo slip, and read it.

Gai Nie did not react to Shen Fei, but Li Si's eyes flickered.

After a while, Ying Zheng regained his composure and began to take out a scroll, preparing to write an edict according to Wang Zhi's previous suggestion, asking someone he trusted in Xianyang to pick him up and return to Xianyang. However, when writing, Ying Zheng hesitated because he found that he had no one in Xianyang City that he could really trust.

But in the end, he still wrote an edict. He couldn't be unable to write an edict in front of Wang Zhi.

In the current Qin State, although Ying Zheng has ascended the throne as the King of Qin, he does not have the power of a king. With the Queen Mother interfering in politics and Lu Buwei's power outside, Ying Zheng's current situation is only a little better than Han Fei's.

"Changping Jun?" Shen Fei couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he accidentally glanced at the name written on the edict.

"Meng Tian, ​​you are really smart. No wonder Wang Zhi didn't dare to use the Pingyang heavy armored soldiers around to kill Ying Zheng." With the appearance of Meng Tian, ​​Shen Fei immediately knew why Wang Zhi didn't dare to kill Ying Zheng directly.

The military system of the Qin Dynasty was very different from that of the six states in Shandong. This was initiated at the time of Shang Yang's reform, which abolished the position of the general who commanded all the troops in the country and established multiple generals instead.

All the armies of a country were in the hands of the general. It would be strange if there were no problems with this system. In this era, even if the rituals and music collapsed, the king's power was still respected. Just like Ji Wuye wanted to kill Han Fei, he didn't dare to let the people of Ye Mu do it at will.

This was the case in the six states in Shandong, not to mention the Qin State, where the power of the army was more concentrated than theirs. If Wang Qi dared to order the Pingyang heavy armored soldiers to attack Ying Zheng, as long as Ying Zheng revealed his identity, it would be unknown who the army would listen to.

Not to mention that Meng Tian was still here. The Meng family was a banner of the Qin military, and the Meng family had always been loyal to the king. Ying Zheng's current power was not completely hollowed out, and the support of the Meng family was crucial.

Once Ying Zheng revealed his identity, Meng Tian would definitely stand on Ying Zheng's side. As for whether Ying Zheng was true or false, Gai Nie was a banner.

"To threaten Li Si and get Cheng Jiao's jade ring, it really took a lot of effort, but it's a pity that I underestimated Li Si." All of Wang Xi's actions were under Shen Fei's surveillance.

Li Si is a person who will take risks as long as the benefits are big enough, just like the gold coin guessing game he played with Han Fei. Why did he lose even though he had such a big advantage? It was because he wanted more benefits, and Ying Zheng was the person who could give him the biggest benefits now.

This time Li Si won the bet, but he lost the bet in the future and lost everything he had.

"But describing me as relying on strange and clever skills to attract Ying Zheng's attention, this guy, he doesn't really think so in his heart." When Wang Xi asked Li Si about Shen Fei's identity, Li Si gave Shen Fei such an identity.

Although it is very likely to prevent Wang Zhi from focusing on him, it may not be Li Si's voice, but we have to admit that Li Si's words worked. Wang Zhi knew about the glass sold by Shen Fei, but of course he didn't know about Shen Fei's killing of Ji Wuye.

Even Li Si didn't know this.

As time passed, Wang Zhi finally couldn't help but take action. He wanted to implement the strategy of dividing troops to separate Gai Nie and Ying Zheng, but this strategy failed. Later, the group met on the stage.

Wang Zhi began to use words to trap Meng Tian. In this era, assassinating the king was the most serious crime. Once Meng Tian was charged with this crime, the entire Meng family would not be able to escape.

"Go." With Wang Xi's signal of breaking the cup, Wang Xi's personal soldiers who were hiding around immediately launched an attack. The well-prepared personal soldiers immediately restrained Gai Nie with iron chains. At the same time, more than a dozen people immediately emerged from the watchtowers around the general's platform, and dozens of crossbows shot at Ying Zheng from four directions.

At the same time, more than a dozen personal soldiers on both sides of the general's platform turned over and rushed towards Ying Zheng and the other two desperately.

"Be careful." When Wang Xi's personal soldiers took action, Meng Tian also started to take action. First, he rescued the trapped Gai Nie and gave him the sword. Then he rushed to Ying Zheng, trying to use his body to block the incoming crossbows.

Shen Fei did not take action against Meng Tian's actions. This was an opportunity to show off in front of Ying Zheng. He did not need it, but Meng Tian needed it, and so did Li Si.

Meng Tian's martial arts skills were pretty good. With the wielding of his spear, he immediately swept away all the crossbow arrows that were shot at Ying Zheng. However, he was only concerned about Ying Zheng and had no time to protect himself, so he was hit by three crossbow arrows. Fortunately, his armor and face shield were of good quality, so he was only slightly injured.

"Annoying." When the archers on the surrounding sentry towers were preparing to fire the second wave of crossbow arrows, before Gai Nie came back to help, Shen Fei had a dozen copper coins in his hand and shot them at the guards of Wang Xi on the sentry towers. The next moment, a hole the size of a copper coin appeared on the foreheads of all the guards, and they fell on the sentry towers.

After that, Shen Fei did not make any move. Li Si held a dagger in his hand and guarded in front of Ying Zheng. Gai Nie fought the remaining guards of Wang Xi, and Meng Tian fought with Wang Xi.

Although Wang Zhi looked very old, his martial arts skills were even better than Meng Tian's. Meng Tian was no match for him. When Wang Zhi's axe was about to strike Meng Tian, ​​Shen Fei flicked his finger and a copper coin was ejected. With a ding, the axe in Wang Zhi's hand was deflected by the force of the copper coin. Taking this opportunity, Meng Tian stabbed Wang Zhi's heart with his spear.

At this time, Gai Nie also showed his power and killed all of Wang Zhi's soldiers without any injury, including the captain of Wang Zhi's soldiers who was not weak in martial arts.

After the war, the situation was simple. With Meng Tian in charge, the envoy Li Si, and Gai Nie, Ying Zheng instantly controlled the entire Pingyang heavy armored soldiers.

"In order to avenge Bai Qi, he is really loyal. But how did Bai Qi die? Is it because the farmers are flattering themselves, or does Qin not want the real situation to be leaked out?" The assassination of a general is a very big deal and it is impossible to leak out. Just like Ji Wuye, who was killed by Shen Fei, but the real cause of death spread by South Korea was that he died of overwork and illness.

Will anyone believe it? Of course, some people will believe it. Even in modern society, in the era of knowledge explosion, there are people who are mentally retarded, let alone this era.

The reason why Wang Zhi wanted to kill Ying Zheng was because he was Bai Qi's deputy general.

The assassination failed, and Wang Zhi paid a painful price. It didn't matter if he died himself, but the key was that his three clans were also implicated. The law of implicate was very inhumane in Shen Fei's view, but it was very normal in this era. Even Han Fei's Quicksand did not veto this law.

In addition to these three clans, Wang Xi's recommenders, recommenders, and reviewers were also implicated. It can be imagined that this must be a bloody storm, but unfortunately, Shen Fei had no room to speak in this regard. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. This behavior is called brutal in modern society. Now the whole era is like this, and he alone cannot change it.

These are only three clans, and there will be nine or ten clans in the future.