Shortly after the dispersal of the court, dozens of fast horses left Xianyang City and headed straight for Pinyang County.

An hour later, the first few horses rushed into Meiyuan Town with tokens and rushed straight to the royal palace. Not long after, they heard a few roars and roars from the Marquis' Mansion. Soon, they saw Wang Ben, the Marquis of Tongwu, galloping out with an extremely angry expression on a tall, dark horse. Without wearing any coat or cloak, they waved their whip straight to Xianyang City. After a while, a large group of generals rode the horse and shouted and chased them.

The weather was cold and gloomy. The cold wind wrapped around the sky with heavy snow, covering the sky and the earth. It was almost impossible to see the figures of people more than ten feet away, but these fast horses were running wildly in the wind and snow like dragons, with horse whips whips slapping.

"Report, Your Majesty, I'll ask for a visit outside the Tongwu Hou Palace!" An imperial guard outside the Zichen Palace reported.

At this time, the First Emperor, who was sitting in front of the desk in a daze, seemed to have already expected it and raised his hand and ordered: "Come to enter the palace quickly by Marquis Tongwu!"

"Here~" The imperial guard retreated, Qin Shihuang stood up, plucked the globe with his hand, and sighed after looking at the constantly rotating sphere for a long time.

He had indeed known about the Yanmen Pass for a long time, but he had always maintained a condolence and had not even arranged for anyone to scold Wang Li. Moreover, the news brought back by Xuanwu Guard was not very detailed. He simply stated that the border guards destroyed Jingbian Temple and the people in Zhao were in conflict, killing and injured some people, but it was far less clear than Chen Xu and Jiang Pu. However, according to Yang Zhen's statement and Jiang Pu's testimony today, this matter was indeed a bit big, but he was also very depressed. He didn't know why Chen Xu had to investigate and punish this matter with great fanfare.

This incident made him feel a little confused now.

Although the north is calm now, tens of thousands of elite pawns must be controlled by trusted generals. Moreover, as a group of veterans who conquered the six kingdoms gradually become older, young generals like Wang Li need to be slowly cultivated. Once punished, they need to replace generals. In that case, the Northern Army camp of tens of thousands of people will not have too trustworthy generals to guard. Moreover, thorough investigation of this matter will inevitably make Wang feel irresistible, and the First Emperor hesitated.

But if the matter is not thoroughly investigated, the Qinghe Hou will not be able to comfort him. In the eyes of Emperor Shi, Chen Xu is always a person who cannot see through. He is mysterious and naturally uncontrollable. Once Chen Xu's request cannot be responded to effectively, there will be cracks between the monarch and his subjects in the future.

"Aiqing Chen, how should I do it..."

After a long time of silence, Qin Shihuang turned around and walked towards the entrance of the hall. At this time, there were already rapid and powerful footsteps. It was probably because of the arrival of Tongwu Hou.

Sure enough, as soon as the emperor walked to the door, he saw Wang Ben, the Duke of Tongwu, strode with his hair and a tense face following the two palace servants, with messy snowflakes on his head.

"I have seen Your Majesty!" Wang Ben saw the First Emperor who was greeting Zichen Palace, and quickly stepped forward and bowed with him in three steps.

"You are not polite, please follow me to drink tea!" Qin Shihuang smiled and reached out to hold Wang Ben's hand and walked into Zichen Hall.

"Your Majesty, I am not here to have tea!" Wang Ben spoke excitedly.

"I know my dear intention, so there is no need to worry. Let's drink tea first and then talk about it slowly. Come and have a tea with Tongwu Hou~"

Qin Shihuang took Wang Ben into his seat. After the palace maid brought incense tea and left, Wang Ben calmed down slightly in this matter. Without drinking the tea, he bowed seriously and said, "Your Majesty, today I heard the remarks from the court that Li'er instructed the generals to destroy the Li Mu temple at Yanmen Pass and kill hundreds of local civilians. Ben still didn't know about this. He specially asked His Majesty to arrange for the imperial censor to arrest Li'er and many involved soldiers back to Xianyang for interrogation!"

Qin Shihuang picked up the teacup and took a sip. After putting it down, he shook his head calmly and said, "The Marquis of Wucheng guarded the northern part of me for several years. Although this matter is a bit reckless, it is not too much fault. There is no need to arrange for the imperial guard to arrest him and ask for crimes. I would just ask the eunuchs and the censor to scold him. For the people who were killed and injured, I will ask the local government to give some compensation. The general should not be too nervous. Moreover, the Left Prime Minister did not deliberately target the Marquis of Wucheng, but was worried that this matter would arouse the anger of the people in Zhao and cause civil rebellion..."

"Your Majesty, Li Er did something wrong in this matter. Li Mu and my father were famous generals of the same period. Not to mention that the battles of the six kingdoms were their own. Their resistance to the Huns greatly increased the prestige of our Central Plains. Not only did they gain the respect of the people of Zhao, but even my father admired him very much. Moreover, Li Mu had been dead for more than ten years. Li Er was disrespectful to destroy his temple statues, and it was very unwise to anger the people of Zhao. Once a disaster occurred in Zhao, Li Er was a crime. I know that Your Majesty cherished my Wang father and son, but the national law is in place. How can I abuse the law because of Your Majesty's leniency? I also asked Your Majesty to punish Li Er's crimes to calm the anger of the people of Zhao!" Wang Peng asked anxiously.

Qin Shihuang slowly put down his teacup, looked at the slowly turning globe, and shook his head after a long time: "The General had just passed away, and I punished Wucheng Marquis because of a small mistake. He would definitely be named a rude person. Moreover, the people in Zhao were not very surrendered, and there were temples everywhere to worship former Zhao generals such as Li Mu. Local officials were struggling to implement court orders. The blood of Zhao State that I could kill at the time was flowing into rivers. Now, my wealth in Qin is more than a hundred times higher than that in the past, and I am strong in the army and strong in horses and food. If I dare to rebel, I will definitely crush these bandits into meat sauce. Those who disrupted Qin will definitely punish me!"

Wang Ben was stunned for a moment and knelt down and bowed to his feet, "Your Majesty treats me Wang's kindness as heavy as a mountain, but Your Majesty must not raise small troubles in this matter and do not attack the enemy. If Your Majesty tolerate the mistakes of Li Er and the generals, the people in the six countries will be dissatisfied. If this makes the Qin Dynasty fall into turmoil, the Wang family will not be redeemed for death. I beg Your Majesty to issue an order to capture Li Er and punish him severely!"

"The Duke of Tongwu is rare to enter the palace. Yesterday, Shiman sent some flower cakes, which were very delicious. Today I happened to share with me. Let's go and accompany me to the back garden!" Qin Shihuang walked to Wang Ben and bent down to help Wang Ben up.

"Your Majesty~" Wang Ben became even more anxious. Not only did he not get up, he kowtowed, "I ask Your Majesty to arrest and punish Li'er!"

Qin Shihuang slowly stood up, walked to the center of the hall with his hands behind his back and watched the vast snow that was dancing outside the window, and breathed a sigh of relief: "I know that Marquis Tongwu is worried about what, but I am not a kind person, how can I punish Marquis Wucheng for a trivial matter? I originally thought that this matter would be eliminated after delaying it for a while, but I didn't expect that Yang Tong would have a branch. Alas..."

"Your Majesty, the laws of the Qin Dynasty are very strict, and there is no other king, prince, general, and minister. My father repeatedly taught Ben to be respectful. Therefore, Ben was appreciated by His Majesty to conquer Lingnan and attacked Baiyue. He did not dare to make any mistakes in order to avoid ruining His Majesty's major affairs. Li Er was young, energetic and ignorant, and made such a big mistake. I thought I must not tolerate it. Otherwise, I would develop a more arrogant and domineering spirit in the long run, which was very unfavorable for governing the army. Your Majesty cherishes Li Er and is unwilling to arrange for the censor to question him. I am willing to go to Yanmen in person, at least severely scold him, otherwise I am afraid that all civil and military officials and the people of the world will be resentful..." Wang Ben continued to ask.

Qin Shihuang held his beard and was silent for a long time, and finally sighed and nodded slightly: "Since the Marquis of Tongwu insisted on this, I will arrange for Tongwu to go to the northern military camp in person for this matter. Remember to reprimand it. It must not be too strict. In addition, the magistrate of Yanmen Pass and Guangwu County must arrest the capital Xianyang to punish the people's anger!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wang Ben got up from the ground, his face relaxed in an instant.

After Wang Jian and Wang Ben conquered the six kingdoms, the father and son went home to retire together. At that time, Wang Ben was only over forty years old and was in his prime. Many generals who participated in the conquering the six kingdoms all served in the court. Only the father and son retreated bravely without caring about military and political affairs. The mastermind of this matter was Wang Jian. Dundun often taught Wang Ben to have a sense of awe and not to be arrogant in his merits and avoid being suspicious by the emperor.

The Wang family and son retired, and the emperor appointed Wang Li. At the age of 20, he was transferred to his palace as a military officer. During this period, he rewarded him with titles. After that, he used cheating methods to forcibly promote him to become a marquis of Che, and appointed a general who was in charge of tens of thousands of elite bars in the Northern Army.

The emperor's grace to the Wang family's three generations can be said to be unmatched by the entire Qin Dynasty.

But even so, Wang Jian still did not dare to be careless and kept reminding Wang Ben to be cautious and not to be proud of himself. However, he was already helpless to be his grandson.

Now that Wang Jian died, no one can restrain Wang Li except Wang Ben. Wang Ben was extremely worried that his son would continue like this, which would bring disaster to Wang. After hearing this today, after hearing this, he came to the palace to apologize and punish his son despite the heavy snow.

Wang Ben knew very well that the purpose of punishment was not because of Wang Li's mistake, but because of Chen Xu, the Marquis of Qinghe.

The relationship between Wang and the Hou of Qinghe has always been good, and Chen Xu even saved Wang Jian's life. If Chen Xu had not taken the rescue, Wang Jian would have passed away five years ago.

In the world, except for the emperor, Chen Xu is the only one who can make Wang awe, because Chen Xu's identity really makes ordinary people unable to compete with each other head-on. The title of immortal disciple is enough to shine on the entire Qin Dynasty, making people dare not feel resentful.

Moreover, the Queen of Qinghe directly revealed the matter in the court without informing the emperor in advance, and must have planned to make the matter public. Whether he wanted to kill the chicken and the monkey to establish his authority, or whether he, as the left prime minister, thoroughly investigated the matter and appeased the people of Zhao, since the curtain had been torn open, there must be a very clear result.

At the moment, the emperor was unwilling to punish Wang Li, and wanted to use Yanmen Pass and Guangwu County Magistrate to take the blame. However, in Wang Ben's opinion, this was far from enough. Chen Xu was definitely not the purpose. He remembered the instructions of his father Wang Jian. Wang needed to be low-key and low-key, and he would never have any conflicts with Qinghe Hou, because Wang Jian could see the First Emperor clearly, but he could not see Chen Xu clearly. He was still thinking about this question before his death, but Chen Xu did not answer him positively, and ended up in a state of dying.

If Wang Li is not dealt with well, it may lead to confrontation and conflicts between the Wang family and the Qinghe Marquis. Wang Ben cannot guarantee that Qinghe Marquis will use any further moves.
Chapter completed!