Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 336 Meng Tian
  The next morning, at the right time, Meng Tian finished his daily training.

As a thousand-year-old officer, he does not need to conduct fixed drills, he only needs to train others.

Meng Tian, ​​who was still young in this fashion, looked angular, with sharp features, and raised eyebrows. He was wearing a black armor, holding a helmet in his hand, and walked to the handsome tent in a leisurely manner.

Before entering, he looked around and discovered something unusual - there were five soldiers guarding the door of another tent not far from the commander's tent.

The tent has been there for a long time, but it has been vacant before. Now there is someone guarding the door, which means there is someone inside.

But why are there so many people in the military camp for no reason?

Especially someone with an unusual status who still needs someone to guard the door...

"General, Qian Chang Meng Tian wants to see you!" Meng Tian suppressed his thoughts for the time being and called the door.

"Come in."

Wang Ye's calm voice came out, and Meng Tian responded.

At this time, Wang Ye was sitting in front of the desk, looking at a letter with unknown contents.

"General!" After Meng Tian came in, he immediately knelt on the ground and saluted.

Wang Ye raised his head and looked at Meng Tian:
  "Meng Tian, ​​why are you looking for this general at this time?"

"General, I inspected the military camp last night and found that an entire scout team was missing. I felt a little strange, so I came to report it."

"The scout team is missing... This is considered normal. What's so strange about it?" Wang Ye asked, stroking his beard.

Meng Tian stared at Wang Ye, making him speechless for a moment and not knowing what to say.

Of course it is normal for scouts to go missing. This unit is the one that suffers the most casualties in battle, but it is also a scoring situation.

At present, the Korean army has closed the city and has no enemies at all. Only a few of the scouts who went out for inspection were attacked and injured by wild beasts. The most unlucky situation was that one person was killed by a wild boar. Now five people are missing at once, which can still be considered. normal?
  Meng Tian exhaled, calmed his mind, and replied:

"General, I checked the military camp roster. The five scouts clearly returned to camp yesterday. They disappeared after returning to camp. How is this not surprising?"

"Oh?" Wang Ye said softly, as if he was surprised.

In the military camp, all entries and exits must be recorded, and the few scouts are certainly no exception.

Last night, Wang Ye's cronies had no time to forge the roster, let alone destroy it directly, which would attract more attention. In the end, they could only treat it coldly and let it go.

As expected, Meng Tian checked it.

"Then have you checked their whereabouts after returning to camp?" Wang Ye put away the slips on the desk, straightened his body, and asked Meng Tian in a calm tone.

"Of course my subordinates have checked. The only thing the five scouts did after returning to camp was to go to the commander's tent. They seemed to be accompanied by several carriages that were not from the camp."

Meng Tian stared at Wang Ye closely and answered word by word.

"Haha!" Wang Ye laughed loudly, stood up, walked to Meng Tian and patted him, seeming to say with admiration, "As expected of the Queen of the General Gate, she works conscientiously, acts decisively and neatly, and does not let go of any clues that should be pursued. .”

"The general means..."

"I have secretly sent people to investigate this matter, you don't have to worry."

"General, there are soldiers missing in the camp. This matter is not trivial. How could..." Meng Tian asked hurriedly.

"There's also that team of chariots and horses. I wonder if the general can shed some light on it?"

"...You are the Queen of the General, and you are loyal to our Great Qin. I will tell you this." Wang Ye turned back to the table, took a sip of tea, and looked helpless.

"The people in that team of carriages and horses are actually Mr. Li Si, the envoy visiting South Korea."

"Envoy Mr. Li Si? But shouldn't he return to the capital with the former envoy group?" Meng Tian asked.

Wang Ye touched his gray beard again, "That's logically true, but Mr. Li obtained some confidential information in Xinzheng and needed to send it back to Xianyang secretly, so he secretly left the envoy team and returned to the capital alone."

"His whereabouts are top secret and must not be leaked, otherwise it will cause a catastrophe. Now the spies from the other six countries want to find him. The disappearance of the scout is very likely related to it, but this matter cannot be made public and can only be investigated secretly. .”

"Do you understand?" Wang Ye finally asked in a deep voice.     …“…I understand.”

"Very good. It's good that you are diligent in the military and fulfill your duties faithfully, but there are some things that you don't need to worry about." Wang Ye showed a satisfied smile and nodded, "It's okay, you can go down."

"Subordinates retire."

"call……"

Meng Tian came out of the handsome tent and let out a long breath, his eyes full of solemnity and thinking.

Wang Ye's explanation basically made sense, but Meng Tian always felt something was wrong.

Even if spies from other countries were interested in envoy Li Si, how could they dare to attack the soldiers in the camp?
  And what kind of confidential information... Can South Korea have any secrets worth fighting for among the seven countries?
  Moreover, according to the soldiers guarding the camp, there were three large carriages in that team. Can Li Si use them by himself? How many people are needed to send a message?

At this time, his eyes unconsciously glanced at the camp nearby that was suddenly manned.

……

In the handsome tent, the corners of Wang Ye's mouth couldn't help but curl up in a proud smile.

He knew that since Meng Tian wanted to investigate this matter in depth, his words just now would not fool him, and he would definitely continue to investigate.

But it doesn't matter, all I want is for him to continue investigating.

……

Meng Tian put on the helmet he had been holding in his hand and walked to the tent with his head held high.

Another unusual thing here is that it is guarded by five nondescript soldiers.

This situation of complete asymmetry in numbers should not occur.

The soldiers on duty, actually the five scouts from yesterday, saw Meng Tian coming and hurriedly stopped him.

They are still in a state of uncertainty about life and death. Although they don't understand why Wang Ye wants to kill them and are vaguely resentful, since they are lucky enough to save their lives, they must fulfill their duties loyally.

Lest someone find an excuse to completely eradicate the root cause due to poor performance...

"Please stop!"

"I am Qian Chang Meng Tian, ​​and I have the responsibility of inspecting the military camp. Who lives in this camp?" Meng Tian's sharp eyes swept across the five people in front of him and asked domineeringly.

"Please forgive me, Lord Qianchang. We are only responsible for guarding, and we do not know the identities of the people in the tent."

"I don't know?" Meng Tian looked at the soldiers who lowered their heads and shrank their eyes. He didn't believe their words at all. "Is it that I don't know, or that I can't tell?"

"Get out of my way!"

"...Chief Zuo Shu has issued a strict order that no one is allowed to enter this tent."

"I was ordered to inspect the military camp. It was also the order of Commander Zuo." Meng Tian didn't care about this and immediately wanted to force his way in.

……

"There seems to be some excitement outside." Ying Zheng, who was sitting on the couch and reading quietly, heard the noise outside and couldn't help but said suspiciously.

"It seems that a commander in the army is trying to force his way into the camp." Gai Nie's ears worked better and he could faintly hear the content of the voice.

"Qianchang... forcefully break in, it's interesting..."

Wang Ye must have ordered that no one be allowed to explore the camp privately.

But how could a Qian Chang dare to break in against the orders of the coach? Also, why would he do this?
  "Maybe it will be an interesting variable that can add some variety to this farce in the military camp." Ying Zheng pressed the letter and said to Gai Nie, "Mr. Gai might as well go out and take a look."

"Okay." Gai Nie remained taciturn and nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)