Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 498, a matter of fire

Han Fei, Zhang Cang and Li Si looked at Lu Buwei in surprise. The reason why they came to Lu Buwei was because they failed to persuade Ying Zheng. After thinking about it, the only one in Xianyang City who could persuade Ying Zheng was Lu Buwei. .

But to the surprise of the three people, Lu Buwei not only advised Ying Zheng, but was also rejected by Ying Zheng.

"Are we just going to watch the alchemists harm the country? In the name of alchemy, these alchemists took out a lot of money from the national treasury for themselves to squander." Zhang Cang said bitterly.

Although Zhang Cang's character doesn't like to meddle in other people's business, his most basic moral and professional qualities are still there. He can't bear to see these alchemists squandering the state treasury in the name of alchemy. However, the money these people squandered belongs to a large population. Village and town taxes.

"There is only one way now, to ask Master Wang to return to the court. The King may not listen to me, but the King will definitely listen to Master Wang." Lu Buwei paused and continued, "Even if the King will not listen to Master Wang, Master Wang will There’s a way to fix this.”

Li Si and the other two looked at each other in confusion after hearing this. They also thought about Ziyou, but the campaign against Baiyue was at a critical moment. The battle reports from the front seemed promising, but precisely because of this, they did not want to alarm Ziyou. Baiyue's performance was so useless that they once suspected that Baiyue must have some back-up plan to counterattack when the Qin army relaxed its vigilance, so they did not dare to alert Ziyou.

Compared to the battles of the frontline army, these alchemists are not worth mentioning at all.

"Junior brother, let's prepare for the army with peace of mind. As for these alchemists, I will find a way to deal with them." Li Si stood up and said.

"Senior brother, what are you going to do?" Zhang Cang asked curiously.

Li Si did not speak but saluted Lu Buwei and left. Looking at Li Si's back as he left resolutely, a complicated look flashed across Han Fei's eyes, and Zhang Cang's expression also became ugly.

"In that case, you go back. Tonggu has already made his choice. The rest depends on whether he can succeed." Lu Buwei said.

Zhang Cang and Han Fei stood up, saluted Lu Buwei and left.

After the two left, Fusu, who had been hiding behind the screen, came out. Looking at the three people leaving, Fusu also had a serious expression on his face.

"Uncle Zhong, Wei Ting is an indispensable leader of our Qin State. I can't watch him take risks like this." Fusu said.

"The king has gone his own way now, what can you do?" Lu Buwei said in a deep voice.

"This" Fusu was stumped for a while. He also tried to persuade Ying Zheng, but the final result was the same.

"Okay, the political achievements you have made in the Chu Kingdom are obvious to all the world. You have just come back. Go to the harem to accompany your grandmother and queen mother. As for the affairs of the court, you should not interfere. You want to Remember, you are the future king of Qin. No matter how bad the current situation is, as long as you are still there, Qin will have hope and Qin will not be in chaos in the future." Lu Buwei said.

Anyone can risk his life to persuade Yingzheng, but Fusu cannot, because Fusu's identity is the prince, and what Yingzheng seeks is the elixir of longevity. If Fusu goes to persuade him, Yingzheng can still be regarded as his son-in-law for the first time. His father's filial piety only made Ying Zheng suspicious of Fu Su for the second time.

If you don't let me ask for the elixir of immortality, you don't want me to live forever, right? Or maybe you can’t wait to become the King of Qin. Moreover, Fusu's achievements in Chu State have won the hearts of the people all over the world. Everyone thinks that Fusu will be the unique king of Qin in the future. Moreover, the land of Chu State is said to be loyal to Qin State, but it is more like being loyal to Fusu. It occupies half of the land of Qin and has a population of 7 million. Once Ying Zheng has such thoughts, no one will break the law to keep Fusu.

Fusu clenched his fist unwillingly, but facing reality, he had no choice but to do anything.

"I understand." Fusu said.

"Go, go to the harem, we can handle this matter." Lu Buwei lovingly touched Fusu's head and said.

"Yes."

After Fusu left, the smile on Lu Buwei's face disappeared and was replaced by a cold look.

"Tonggu, Tonggu, you are still young, you should leave this kind of thing to me, an old guy." Lu Buwei murmured to himself

"Come here, please invite General Lu and Young Master Gao to come to the house." Lu Buwei shouted to the outside.

"promise!"

Han Fei and Zhang Cang looked a little ugly when they left Wenxinhou's mansion.

"Senior brother, are we really just watching?" Zhang Cang said.

Li Si's decisive departure in the end showed his attitude. If Ying Zheng still did not listen to his advice, Li Si was prepared to exchange his own life for the lives of these alchemists.

"No, I'll write to Ziyou when I get back and make sure he comes back." Han Fei said.

"But it's the war on the front line," Zhang Cang said.

"Wang Jian is still here. As long as Ziyou gives Wang Jian's orders, Wang Jian will definitely not let any problems arise in the war." After saying this, Han Fei left in a hurry.

Soon a letter flew out of Xianyang and was sent to Baiyue. By the time it was delivered to Ziyou, it was already half a month later.

After Ziyou got the letter from Han Fei, he suddenly sat up and shouted
"No, something happened!"

"What's wrong?" Concubine Yan asked nervously.

"Read it yourself." Ziyou handed the letter to Concubine Yan.

Concubine Yan said after reading it
"This alchemist should be Lord Yun Zhong. Isn't it your plan that Lord Yun Zhong colluded with the descendants of the Gods and went to Xianyang?"

"This is indeed my plan, but I didn't expect Yun Zhongjun to be too big. Senior brothers and the others didn't know about this plan, so they really thought that Yun Zhongjun was bewitching the king and making him obsessed with alchemy. The courtiers took turns to admonish him. It was all in vain. Senior brother and the others found Lu Buwei, but there was nothing Lu Buwei could do, so senior brother Li Si prepared to trade his own life for the lives of the alchemists like Yun Zhongjun," Ziyou said.

"What!? Li Si is a court lieutenant and the future prime minister. Is he crazy?" Concubine Yan said in surprise.

"Senior brother only has this world in his heart. On the one hand, the world is stable, and the king works hard to govern it. On the other hand, it is to sacrifice his own life. If he exchanges his own life for the former, senior brother will do it without hesitation." Ziyou said.

After re-establishing a goal for Li Si, Li Si's mentality has long since changed. The hamster and toilet rat he once was has long been abandoned by Li Si. Now he only thinks about establishing a future for this land.

"According to what you said, your plan might be ruined because of Senior Brother Li Si's loyalty?" Concubine Yan didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Now we must go back immediately. I'm afraid it's not just senior brothers who think so. According to my understanding of the ministers, if these alchemists really go too far, they might cause the court to attack." Ziyou said.

"But what should we do here?" Yan Lingji asked. "Dongyue, Minyue, Ouyue, and Yangyue are all within our control, leaving only Cangwu and Dianguo. As long as Wang Jian works steadily and cooperates well with Tianze, it will be enough to stabilize Baiyue." Ziyou said Let people prepare words and ink, and others can leave, but what needs to be explained must be explained well.

In order to completely pacify Baiyue, the Qin army, Tianze and the Bai family were indispensable. After Ziyou wrote three letters, he sent people to deliver the three letters to Wang Jian, Tianze and the Zhu family respectively. Take the people back to Xianyang quickly.

On the way back to Xianyang from Baiyue.

"Let's take a rest here before continuing on our way." Ziyou said as he led the three of them into a teahouse.

"it is good."

After the four people handed the horses over to the boy, they went into the teahouse to drink tea and rest. While the four people were drinking tea, the words of the businessman at the next table attracted Ziyou's attention.

"Xianyang has not been peaceful recently. First, the king was deceived by the alchemist and became addicted to elixirs. Later, the two young masters took the youngest eighteenth young master Hu Hai to set off fireworks in Xianyang, and accidentally burned down a restaurant belonging to Marquis Wenxin. Fortunately, there were no guests inside, and only a dozen alchemists were burned to death."

Concubine Yan looked at Ziyou and whispered
"It seems we are still too late. Senior Brother Li Si did not take action, but Marquis Wenxin took action first."

"It's indeed unexpected." Ziyou nodded and said.

"Two seven or eight-year-old children with an infant baby actually set off fireworks and burned down Marquis Wenxin's restaurant. Those who died were none other than the alchemists. Why did Marquis Wenxin start using such despicable means?" Yan. Ling Ji also complained.

Although Lu Buwei is currently at home, it does not mean that Lu Buwei has no way to deal with these alchemists. As long as Lu Buwei thought about it, Lu Buwei could use many methods to kill these alchemists quietly instead of using such crude methods.

"Because, Your Majesty. The reason why Lu Buwei used such brutal methods was to tell everyone that he did this on his own and had nothing to do with anyone else. Even if it did, it was through the hands of three young masters." Ziyou. said.

"It's to protect the crown prince," Yan Lingji said.

"That's right. The king claims that the purpose of making alchemy is to seek immortality, and what is the goal of immortality? To control power forever. So who in the world is most worried that the king will control the throne forever? Only the king's successor. And the relationship between Lu Buwei and the prince Closely, Lu Buwei killed these alchemists, which would easily lead to suspicion and implicate Fusu, so he used such a clumsy method." Ziyou said.

"This matter is over, do we still want to go back?" Concubine Yan asked.

"Go back. If I don't go back, I'm afraid this matter will not end. Yun Zhongjun cannot die yet." Ziyou said.

After learning about this, Ziyou's original plan to rest for a half day turned into a meal, and then the four of them continued on their way.

Xianyang.

Ying Zheng looked at Jiang Lu and Gao who were kneeling in front of him. Hu Hai, who was also one of the arsonists, cried loudly because he was hungry and had already been carried down to the wet nurse to feed him milk.

"Tell me about it." Ying Zheng said as he looked at his two sons with a headache.

Ying Zheng didn't have many sons, but he also had quite a few. The only ones whose names Ying Zheng could remember were Fu Su, Jiang Lu, Gao and Hu Hai. Fusu was the eldest son, so he could remember Jianglu and Gao because they were so capable of causing trouble. As for Hu Hai, Ying Zheng still remembered him because he was his youngest son who was just born half a year ago.

"I know I was wrong. We really didn't do it on purpose. My eighteenth brother has never seen fireworks when he was young, so we thought of taking him to watch the fireworks," Jiang Lu said.

Hearing Jiang Lu's words, Ying Zheng's head was filled with dark thoughts. Hu Hai had just passed his 100th day. He could understand what fireworks were, and they were set off at night. Why are you setting off fireworks during the day? When he thought that his two troubled sons had come up with such stupid reasons, Ying Zheng didn't want to speak anymore.

Jiang Lu and Gao looked at Ying Zheng with black lines on his head, and both of them were extremely frightened. When Lu Buwei came to find the two of them, Lu Buwei coaxed them into confusion with a few words, and then went to do it. Only after seeing the fire did he realize that he might have been deceived.

"Two idiots, you should read more if you have nothing to do. At least find some legitimate reasons next time instead of using this excuse." Ying Zheng said, rubbing his head.

"Did Father have a headache again? Those alchemists must have deceived Father, and they deserve to be burned to death. Those who deceived the King deserved to die," Jiang Lu said hurriedly.

Gao Ye on the side followed and said
"Yes, that's right. By deceiving their father, they committed the crime of deceiving the king. Let them be burned to death. It can only be said that they were lucky."

"You two, get out of here!" Ying Zheng looked at the two of them and said.

"Thank you, father." Jiang Lu pulled Gao and knelt down to Ying Zheng before running away.

Looking at the two people escaping, Ying Zheng had a helpless smile on his face.

"Although these two little guys are not as clever as Fusu, they are still reasonable," Ying Zheng said.

"Both young masters are smart people." Zhao Gao echoed from the side.

"You are smart. Let these people die. Send people to deal with the aftermath. As for these two little guys, lock them in the inner court first as a punishment." Ying Zheng said.

"No!" Zhao Gao said, "Your Majesty, Master Wang is back."

"Teacher? He's back?" Ying Zheng said in surprise.

"Yes, the memorial sent back by Master Wang said that many matters in Baiyue have been settled, and the remaining matters can be left to General Wang Jian, so he came back early." Zhao Gao said,

"I didn't expect this incident to alarm the teacher. When the teacher comes back, let him come to see me." Ying Zheng said.

"promise!"

The next day, there was news in Xianyang that the young master Jiang Lu and the young master Gao were sent to the inner court and locked up. Then Li Si proposed to investigate and deal with it. Soon the Tingwei Mansion began to investigate the cause of the fire. However, Tingwei investigated clearly in two days.

The cause of the fire was that the alchemists were drunk. One of the survivors said that they drank too much and compared the art of alchemy. They used the jug as an alchemy furnace and then lit the candle. One of them accidentally dropped the candle. , and then a fire broke out, and the two gentlemen were simply wronged.

With the testimony of the parties concerned, the public opinion about the young master Jianglu and the young master Gao quickly subsided, and the matter of the same alchemist was also diverted.

Although the ministers in the court were not willing to let the alchemist's matter end like this, a fire burned only two of the dozen or so alchemists, and the fire also reminded the two alchemists, and the ministers also I won’t hold on to this matter for the time being.

(End of this chapter)