Chapter 1361: The Han Banner (Fifty-One) Clearing the Court

In the meeting hall, Lu Chao sat high above. He didn't even wear the full set of clothes of a general. He just sat there in plain clothes with long hair draped over his shoulders. He looked at his opponent, Su Qin, the king's envoy from Xianyang, and Ying Hua, the deputy commander of the Black Ice Platform, with a mocking smile on his face.

"General Lu, you have received great favors from the previous king. Now the king also respects you and trusts you very much. Is this how you treat the king's envoy?" Su Qin raised his head, glared at his opponent, and held the staff in his hand high. "Seeing the staff is like the king's presence. Lu Chao, why don't you come down to pay homage?"

Lu Chao stood up lazily. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he stretched his waist. "Envoy Su, this is Hangu Pass. I am a general. I am wearing armor, so I can't pay full respect. What royal order did the king ask you to bring? Just read it out. Today, the general of Hangu Pass came with [Pig][Pig][Island] novel All the generals on ww.zuhm are here. Let's not waste time on such trivial etiquette, don't you think? "

Su Qin's eyes were full of anger. Is this trivial etiquette? This is the minimum respect of a minister to the king. He took a deep breath. It seems that the king's order in his hand will not play any role. He can only rely on the second secret order in Ying Hua's arms. His eyes slowly swept over 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 bribe them all? As long as there were a few generals loyal to the king, they could cause riots after the secret decree was announced. And Ying Hua brought all good players. Lu Chao was just a scholar. He had no power to tie a chicken. One knife could take his life. Kill him, and the rest of the people would be leaderless. Naturally, it would be easy to deal with.

Su Qin walked steadily towards the lofty Lu Chao, holding the staff in one hand and the king's order in the other, with a stern look on his face. Looking at Su Qin who came solemnly, Lu Chao's heart was also slightly moved. Such a person may not know that coming to Hangu Pass is a beheading business, but he still came. His character is indeed worthy of respect. It's a pity that the more loyal he is to Ying Ying, the more he is his biggest enemy. Lu Chao sighed slightly in his heart. There are still many loyal people in the court of the Qin Dynasty. This is why he had to prepare the child in advance.

A descendant of the Ying family sat on the throne, even if it was a puppet, it would give many people an excuse to surrender at his feet, but if he made his debut openly, the wave of opposition would definitely be much greater, and if it was not good, the flames of anger would burn himself.

After all, this is a dynasty that has ruled for hundreds of years. Their supremacy has left a deep imprint even in the hearts of the most ordinary people.

Two guards stood on the left and right of Lu Chao, blocking him so tightly that Su Qin couldn't see him at all. The two guards were too tall for him.

One guard reached out his hand unceremoniously, snatched the edict held high by Su Qin, turned and walked towards Lu Chao, while the other stared at Su Qin and growled viciously: "Go back."

Su Qin was furious. He was also a doctor, but he was scolded by a soldier. Just as he was about to get angry, the guard on the opposite side put his hand on the hilt of the knife. The two looked at each other for a moment, Su Qin sighed, and retreated. Wasn't it degrading his status to compete with this soldier who knew nothing?

Lu Chao opened the edict casually and looked at the content on it, but his expression became more and more joyful: "The king ordered me to return to Xianyang?"

He slapped the edict on the table with a snap. "Your Majesty, do you know that the Han army is approaching, we have lost the Lu soldiers, and Hangu Pass may face the attack of the Han army at any time. At this time, your majesty actually wants to call me back?"

"General, I didn't see the Han army. On the contrary, the intelligence obtained in Xianyang is that the Han army is transferring troops to Dai County on a large scale. They are in trouble in the desert, so your majesty wants to call the general back to Xianyang to discuss the big plan."

"Call me back? But temporarily hand over the military power to you?" Lu Chao looked at Su Qin sarcastically.

"I am just temporarily looking after the general. When the general returns to Hangu Pass, the military power will naturally still belong to the general." Su Qin said loudly.

Lu Chao laughed, "Su Qin, do you think I'm a three-year-old child? This time when I go to Xianyang, what's waiting for me is not the king to discuss and agree with me, but the swordsman."

Su Qin's face turned pale, "How can this be possible? The general has done nothing wrong, so why is he afraid of ghosts knocking on the door? Isn't this nonsense laughable?"

"It will make people laugh!" Lu Chao coldly picked up the king's order, slowly tore it into pieces in front of Su Qin, and threw it casually, and the whole hall was filled with paper flowers.

"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 dare not. I, Lu Chao, am the general of the Qin Dynasty. I was ordered to guard Hangu Pass. In the past few years, I have prevented the Han army from advancing an inch and never crossed Hangu Pass. However, the court has been suspicious of me for no reason. Since last year, the court has not allocated a penny of salary to me, nor has it sent a cart of military rations to me, nor has it sent a single sword or arrow to the front line. The soldiers are bleeding, but you are thinking about how to plot against us all day long in the court? Su Qin, are you ashamed?"

"You're 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 take control. Can't the income of these counties still satisfy you? In all the dynasties of the Great Qin Dynasty, has it ever been For such a domineering minister, 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 those county governments was definitely related to the gentle-looking man in front of him, there was not a single trace of evidence to prove that he was responsible.

"you you……"

"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 bring it out too for me to interrogate?" Give it a try!”

Su Qin's face turned from red to white instantly. 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 either.

Under the gazes of everyone in the hall, Ying Hua stepped forward, stretched out his hand to 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!”

Lu Chao looked at him coldly but said nothing.

He took his hand out of his arms and found it was not a secret letter, but a crossbow. He jumped up from the ground and rushed towards Lu Chao: "Traitor, take your life."

The range of the mounted crossbow was too short, so 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 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, then disappearing without a trace.

"The majestic king of a country actually secretly killed 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 arrogant people like you." Su Qin roared as he looked at Ying Hua who fell to the ground with Gu Gu's head still bleeding.

"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 eliminate traitors for the country. Generals, don't you think so?"

"I am willing to follow the general, punish the treacherous sycophants, clear the emperor's side, and return the great Qin Dynasty to me!" In the hall, dozens of generals roared in unison. Su Qin looked at these murderous generals, his legs went weak, and he sat down on the ground. .

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, Dr. 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 this Let everyone see how far our king has been harmed by the villain." (To be continued.)