In the meeting hall, Lu Chao was standing high. He didn't even put on the full uniform of a general. He was just dressed in plain clothes, with long hair shawl, sitting there leisurely, with a teasing smile on his face. Looking at their opponents, Su Qin, the king's envoy from Xianyang, and Ying Hua, the deputy commander of the Black Ice Platform. "General Lu, you have been greatly favored by the late king. Now the king respects you and has great trust in you. Is this how you treat the king's envoy?" Su Qin held his head high, stared at his opponent angrily, and raised his hands high. "Seeing the scepter is like the king coming in person. Lu Chao, why don't you come down and pay homage?" Lu Chao stood up lazily. In full view of everyone, he actually stretched out his body and said, "Su Envoy, this is Hangu Pass. I am a general, and I am wearing armor, so naturally I cannot perform the ceremony. What royal orders have the king asked you to bring, can you just read them out? Today, the generals and above at Hangu Pass will We are all here, let¡¯s not waste time on such a small etiquette that has nothing to do with it, don¡¯t you think?¡± Su Qin¡¯s eyes were full of anger, is this a small etiquette that has nothing to do with the matter? This is the most basic respect a courtier can show to the king. He took a deep breath. It seemed that the royal order in his hand was of no use. He could only count on the second secret order in Ying Hua's arms. His eyes slowly swept across the dozens of generals gathered in the hall. They were all generals of the Qin State. Even if Lu Chao bribed a few people, how could he possibly bribe them all? As long as there were a few who were loyal to the king. A general who knows something can cause riots after the secret edict is announced, and Ying Hua brings all good players. Lu Chao is just a scholar. He has no power to restrain a chicken. He can take his life with one knife. If he kills him, the rest of the crowd will be leaderless. Naturally, it will be easier to deal with. Su Qin walked steadily towards the high-ranking Lu Chao, holding the scepter in one hand and holding the king's order high in the other, with an awe-inspiring expression on his face. Looking at Su Qin who came solemnly, Lu Chao's heart also moved slightly, such a person. Maybe you don't know that coming to Hangu Pass is a beheading business. But he still came, and his character was indeed worthy of respect. Unfortunately, the more loyal he was to Ying Ying, the more he became his biggest enemy. Lu Chao sighed slightly in his heart, in the Qin court. After all, there are still many loyal people, which is why I have to prepare the child in advance. If a descendant of the Ying family sits on the throne, even if it is a puppet, it will give many people an excuse to surrender at his feet. But if he makes a grand appearance, the wave of opposition will definitely be much greater. A bad person , the angry flames will burn themselves out. After all, this is a dynasty that has ruled for hundreds of years. Their supremacy has left a deep mark on even the hearts of the most ordinary people. Two soldiers, one on the left and one on the right, blocked Lu Chao's body so firmly that Su Qin couldn't see Lu Chao's people at all. Compared to him, these two soldiers were too tall. Some. A guard extended his hand unceremoniously. He snatched the edict held high by Su Qin and turned around to walk towards Lu Chao. The other man glared at Su Qin and growled viciously: "Go back." Su Qin was furious. He was also a dignified doctor, but he actually After being scolded by a soldier, he was about to get angry, but the hand of the soldier opposite pressed the handle of the knife. The two looked at each other for a moment. Su Qin sighed and stepped back. He didn't understand anything about this person. Competing with other soldiers, isn't this demeaning one's own identity? Lu Chao opened the edict casually and looked at the contents, his face became more and more happy: "The king ordered me to return to Xianyang?" He slapped the edict on the case. "Does your Majesty know that now that the Han army is approaching, we have lost Lu Bing, and Hangu Pass will be attacked by the Han army at any time. At this time, your Majesty actually wants to call me back?" "General, I didn't see it. The Han army, on the contrary, received information from Xianyang that the Han army was moving troops to Dai County on a large scale. They encountered trouble in the desert, so the king wanted to call the general back to Xianyang to discuss the plan. " "Call me back? But I will temporarily hand over the military power to you?" Lu Chao looked at Su Qin sarcastically. "I'm just taking care of the general for a while. When the general returns to Hangu Pass, the military power will naturally still belong to the general." Su Qin said loudly. Lu Chao laughed loudly, "Su Qin, do you think I am a three-year-old child? This time when I return to Xianyang, what is waiting for me is not the king and me discussing common issues, but the swordsman and axe." Su Qin's face turned pale, "Where? There is such a thing? How can the general be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door if he doesn't do anything wrong? Wouldn't this nonsense make people laugh out loud? " "It will indeed make people laugh out loud!" Lu Chao picked it up coldly! The king's order was slowly torn into pieces in front of Su Qin, and he tossed it casually, causing waves of paper flowers to rise throughout the hall. "Lu Chao, you are so bold that you dare to tear up the king's order. Do you want to rebel?" "Rebellion? Of course I don't dare. I, Lu Chao, am the great general of the Qin Dynasty. I was ordered to garrison Hangu Pass. Over the past few years, the Han army has been unable to advance even one step beyond Hangu Pass. However, the court has unreasonable suspicions. For me, since last year, the court has not allocated a penny of salary to me, has not brought a cart of military rations, and has not transported a knife or an arrow to the front line. The soldiers are bleeding, but you are above the court. Have you been thinking about plotting against us all day? "Su Qin, are you ashamed?" "You are talking nonsense! Lu Chao, you sent troops privately, drove away the governors of the three counties around Hangu Pass, and appointed your own cronies to control these. Isn't the income of the county enough to satisfy you? There has never been such a domineering minister in the history of the Qin Dynasty. Do you have any way of being a minister?" Su Qin blushed and retorted loudly. Lu Chao smiled casually: "Doctor Su, you don't need to tell me what Da Qin is like now, right? If I don't control these counties, will there still be military pay and food? They will be like the rest of Da Qin. , riots continue, and wars are everywhere, let alone food and salary, I am afraid that I will have to send troops to suppress it. Do you think I am right? Count with me, there are still a few counties in the Qin Dynasty that are peaceful. ?¡± Su Qin opened his mouth, but was speechless. Although he knew that Lu Chao was quibbling, and that the rebellion of the county government was definitely related to the gentle-looking man in front of him, there was not a single piece of evidence to prove that he was responsible. "Youyou" "You have nothing to say?" Lu Chao sneered: "So Dr. Su, I think it's better to stop talking nonsense. Isn't Ying Hua still carrying another secret order? Why don't you just say it?" "Bring it out together and let me interrogate you!" Su Qin's face turned from red to white in an instant. Why did Lu Chao know that Ying Hua had another secret order on his body? A big traitor appeared in the court, and Su Qin, who was astute, immediately grasped the key to the matter. Ying Hua, who was standing behind Su Qin, had no color on his face. Under the gazes of everyone in the hall, Ying Hua stepped forward, stretched his hands into his arms, and sneered: "Since the general knows that there is another secret order in my arms, I wonder what the content of this secret order is. Look. There¡¯s no need for me to read it out!¡± Lu Chao looked at him coldly but didn¡¯t say a word. He took out his hand from his arms. It was not a secret message, but a riding crossbow. He jumped up from the ground and rushed towards Lu Chao: "Traitor, take your life." The range of the riding crossbow is too short. , Ying Hua had to run forward several steps before he could be sure to kill his opponent in one fell swoop. Many generals in the hall were empty-handed and did not carry weapons. The only ones who could block him were the two soldiers. But with these two small soldiers, Ying Hua felt that they were no match for him. Seeing Ying Hua's movements, Lu Chao raised his head and laughed. Two soldiers quickly moved closer to each other, one on the left and one on the right, blocking Lu Chao tightly. But above Ying Hua's head, there was a whooshing sound. Howling. Ying Hua fell to the ground. Above his head, only the tail of a crossbow arrow remained, still trembling slightly. Just now, Ying Hua suddenly committed an assassination, and the generals in the hall were in an uproar. No one expected that the dignified royal envoy would actually use such methods, but before they could fully react, Ying Hua fell to the ground and died, and everyone's heads were They all lifted up and saw a black figure flashing slightly on the high roof beams, and then disappeared without a trace. "The majestic king of a country actually murdered a minister, Doctor Su, there is a villain around the king!" Lu Chao stretched out his hand to push away the two personal guards, walked down, and stared at Su Qin, "It seems that I am really going to arrive. After leaving Xianyang, if we don¡¯t eliminate all the villains around the king, how can we, the Qin Dynasty, regain its strength and strengthen the country? " "Lu Chao, you want to rebel? Heaven and earth will punish you, an arrogant person." Su Qin looked at Ying Hua, who was lying on the ground with Gu Gu still bleeding from his head, and roared angrily. "That's wrong, Doctor Su. I don't want to rebel. I want to punish traitors and slander the emperor. Fan Sui, a villain, has brought our Great Qin to the verge of collapse in the past few years. The Great Qin is in danger. As a great Qin man, I General, an important minister entrusted by the late king with state affairs, how can he allow traitorous ministers like Fan Sui to act against his will? Naturally, he must be loyal to the king and eradicate traitors for the country. Generals, do you think you are willing to follow the general and punish traitors? Lord Qing, give me back the great land of Qin!" In the hall, dozens of generals roared in unison. Su Qin's legs weakened and he fell to the ground when he saw these murderous generals. He understood that the sky of Da Qin was about to collapse. Xu Yahua strode out, turned Ying Hua's body over, groped in his arms for a while, took out the royal order, and presented it to Lu Chao with both hands. Unfolding the edict, Lu Chao sneered and said: "You really want to take my life, Doctor Su. Today Lu has gathered some of the soldiers stationed at Hangu Pass and is on standby at Hangu Pass. I will lend you and these soldiers Confess the king??, let everyone see how far our king has been harmed by the little **, right? "(To be continued.)