The next day, Guo Manor.
When Gao Yue woke up, she found that Guo Peng was gone.
Having lost someone close to her, she couldn't help but feel uneasy in an unfamiliar environment.
Boundless loneliness surrounded his heart.
There was only one maid waiting outside the door. When she saw the figure walking around in the room, the maid who had already received Guo Peng's instructions knocked on the door and walked in with a smile.
"Young Lady, Old Master has gone out and will only be back at noon. Before he left, Old Master instructed me to do anything.”
"I'm fine. You can go ahead."
When she saw the maid she had seen yesterday, Gao Yue was obviously relieved, but she didn't want to trouble others, so she politely declined.
"Then I'll wait for you outside the door.”The maid said with a smile. She had been ordered to take care of Gao Yue, so she naturally did not dare to leave her post.
In the morning, Gao Yue went out several times and finally talked to the maid.
However, the maid had received instructions from Guo Peng, so the information she received was naturally on Guo Peng's good side.
For example, Guo Peng had made paper to replace the cumbersome bamboo slips. All the scholars in the world benefited from it. For example, Guo Peng was usually very gentle to others, even to servants like them.
Moreover, Guo Peng was a very self-disciplined person and never lingered in places with fireworks…
Naturally, Gao Yue didn't know that Guo Peng had already told the maid to only speak nicely.
A more solid image of his senior brother was established in his heart.
So, this was the kind of senior brother he was.
"Do you know what your master went out to do?”
"This…Master didn't say, so this servant doesn't know.”The maid obediently followed Guo Peng's instructions.
For the time being, Guo Peng did not want Gao Yue to know that he was an official of the imperial court.
After all, she wasn't sure how much Gao Yue had lost her memory. Did she still remember the assassination of Qin Shihuang?
If she still remembered that she had once assassinated the Qin Emperor and knew that Guo Peng was an official in the Great Qin Empire, it would definitely arouse her vigilance, which would be detrimental to Guo's plan to quickly attack Gao Yue.
Of course, paper couldn't hide the truth, but that should be after Gao Yue had been conquered by him.
In the most ideal situation, a picture had already appeared in his mind. It would be best after Gao Yue gave birth to his son.
At that time, so what if he knew?
Obediently tie yourself to my chariot!
Of course, Gao Yue, who had lost her memory and was as pure as paper, naturally didn't know about Guo's dark thoughts.
Leaning alone by the window, Gao Yue was still thinking about her senior brother's arrival.
This was the only person she was familiar with now.
……
At this moment.
Inside Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng flew into a rage in the court.
As expected, Meng Tian and the others, who were in charge of hunting down the assassin yesterday, did not manage to catch him. How could Ying Zheng not be angry?
However, what comforted Ying Zheng a little was that after investigating the inns that Gao Jianli had once stayed in, he finally found something.
"Mo Family?"
"Your Majesty, at first, I only found some books related to the Mohist school in Gao Jianli's room. I can't be completely sure that it's related to the Mohist school.”
" But then, I interrogated the arrested swordsman overnight. Although he didn't want to say a word, I could see that he had obvious emotional fluctuations through the deception. From this, I could confirm that the swordsman was from the Mo family. As for the dancer who escaped, I still don't know her identity, but she is very likely to be from the Mo family.”
"From this, I dare to judge that this matter should be planned and led by the Mo family. Even if it isn't, it must be related to the Mo family!”
Meng Tian lowered her head slightly and reported truthfully.
After he finished speaking, another important official from the same aristocratic faction as him immediately came out and said,"Your Majesty, the Mo family is a vicious and evil person. They have not been disciplined for a long time!”
"Moreover, the Mohists have many rangers, and rangers are all fugitives!”
"Your Majesty, please issue a decree to destroy his book, cut off his words, search the world, and kill all the disciples of the Jet-Black Sect in order to eliminate this heresy!”
"In this way, the people of the world will definitely clap their hands in joy. They will also be able to use this opportunity to display His Majesty's thunderous methods to intimidate the villains and make the disobedient people of the world tremble in fear. In this way, no one will dare to assassinate His Majesty anymore. As for the dancer who escaped that day, she was just a mere woman.”
As if he had finally found an outlet to vent his anger, Ying Zheng slapped the dragon throne hard.
"Pass on my decree! The disciples of the Mo family are so audacious and daring to assassinate me. Today, I will remove the name of the Mo family from this world!”
The eunuch who passed the decree quickly bent down to draft the decree and wrote down the contents in formal language. Then, he asked the Qin Emperor to look over it and stamp the jade seal.
A bloody storm that targeted all the disciples of the Mo Family began.
No one cared whether or not it was really related to the Mo Family. Ying Zheng needed an outlet to vent his anger, and he also needed to let the whole world witness his swift and decisive actions, so as to intimidate the world.
As for the important officials of Meng Tian's faction, they also needed the Qin Emperor to find a target to vent his anger on so that the storm brought about by this assassination would quickly disappear. Otherwise, if they were to vent their anger on a dancer that could not be found, they would be the ones who would be the ones to suffer in the end.
Throughout the entire process, Guo Peng was just a bystander, a spectator.
……
"Minister Guo, I still remember that you were the first to react and shout. If it wasn't for that jar of wine, I would have been in danger!”
Perhaps after venting his anger, Qin Shihuang's tone suddenly became relaxed, and he even took the initiative to mention Guo Peng.
Guo once again became the focus of everyone's attention. He smiled rather honestly and cupped his hands slightly.
"This subject does not dare to claim credit. This matter is all thanks to Your Majesty's great fortune. To be honest, in terms of bravery, this subject is far inferior to a fierce general like Lord Meng. Usually, my throwing accuracy is extremely poor.”
"Haha, you, you're still so honest.”Ying Zheng laughed out loud, which was rare.
"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, so you naturally have the protection of the heavens. I think the heavens must have borrowed the hands of Minister Guo to protect Your Majesty.”Immediately, another unknown minor minister ran out to flatter him.
In fact, Ying Zheng's mood was also lifted.
"No matter what, Minister Guo has saved me this time. This is a great merit and must be rewarded. Otherwise, won't it chill the hearts of the people in the world? Who will dare to save me in the future?"
After saying that, Ying Zheng waved his hand, and a eunuch at the side began to read out the imperial edict that had obviously been prepared long ago.
"Great Qin's Minister of State, Guo Peng, has both virtue and ability. He first presented the art of making paper to benefit the scholars of the world…(In short, a bunch of compliments, and then said that he had saved the emperor and so on. Forgive the author for not remembering all of them)…This reward is a thousand taels, a thousand hectares of fertile land, a thousand bolts of brocade, and the title of Marquis of the Pass!”
Great Qin had a total of 20 noble titles, with the highest being Marquis Che and the 19th being Marquis Inner Pass. This was already quite a good reward, and many people would never be able to reach it in their entire lives.
As soon as the edict was issued, many ministers looked at Guo Peng with envy.
A pile of rewards was secondary. Everyone did not lack them. The main thing was the title of Marquis.
This was something that could only be encountered by luck!
……
Please accept, please spend, please reward, I am so pitiful, crying.︿。)
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