Chapter 580

In Jiuyuan City.

Meng Tian had been very busy during this time, not dealing with the Xiongnu invasion, but cleaning up Zhao Gao's subordinates in the city.

Since Zhao Gao served as the Governor of Jiuyuan Commandery, although Jiuyuan Commandery was not big, there were always quite a few people. Under his operation over the years, he had developed a not-so-small force. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for someone to rescue him from prison on his heels after he was imprisoned.

Now, Zhao Gao's whereabouts were unknown, and it was very likely that he had gone to defect to the Xiongnu.

His defection to the Xiongnu was not the most important thing. As long as the Xiongnu were crushed, Zhao Gao would definitely die. The most important thing was that those people he left in Jiuyuan Commandery, those spies lurking in the dark, must be cleaned up.

If these people were not rooted out, even if Zhao Gao escaped, their marching movements might still be perceived by Zhao Gao and subsequently sold to the Xiongnu side.

Thinking of the several collisions with the Xiongnu earlier, which were clearly excellent opportunities, but were known by the Xiongnu in advance of their marching movements, leading to the failure of the war and the death of many soldiers, Meng Tian became even more gnashing of teeth.

Zhao Gao, his crimes could not be redeemed even with a hundred deaths!

Although the power Zhao Gao operated in Jiuyuan Commandery was not weak, the person with the most power in the current Jiuyuan Commandery was still Meng Tian. He came to crusade against the Xiongnu under the order of the Emperor and had hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. In comparison, what was Zhao Gao's little power?

With the help of the Shadow Secret Guards brought by Gai Nie and the Net members mobilized by Gai Nie, one person lurking in the dark after another was rooted out. At this time, it was better to kill the wrong one than to let go of any suspicious person.

These people would be concentrated and detained. Afterward, if they were innocent, they would naturally be forgiven. If there was really a problem, they would not be able to escape the trial of Qin law.

In the Commandery Governor's mansion.

Now Meng Tian was sitting in command here, while Li Mu was wearing coarse clothes, standing quietly by his side, watching Meng Tian handle government affairs.

Although Meng Tian was a general, he had served as the Neishi in the court. The Neishi was the official in charge of rent and finance. He had even improved the writing brush, so one could not look at Meng Tian as an ordinary military general. His talent in civil service was actually also full.

At this moment, because Commandery Governor Zhao Gao became a traitor, all government affairs in Jiuyuan Commandery could only be handled by Meng Tian.

He handled government affairs while rubbing his eyebrows, sighing, "Zhao Gao, this thief, truly deserves to die!"

He had served as the Neishi, so he was no stranger to matters of rent and finance. Earlier, because the Governor was Zhao Gao, he had not studied the situation in Jiuyuan Commandery. Now, after Zhao Gao fled in fear of crime, he studied the taxes and many account books of Jiuyuan Commandery and immediately discovered the problem.

Although Jiuyuan Commandery was vast and sparsely populated, it shouldn't have been to the extent that taxes were so low. Among the many taxes that Jiuyuan Commandery sent to Xianyang, a large part had disappeared abruptly.

As expected, it should have been Zhao Gao who lined his own pockets, secretly withholding a large part of the taxes.

Zhao Gao formed cliques for private interests in Jiuyuan Commandery and secretly developed his power. To develop power, one needed funds. Otherwise, why would others follow you?

The more he realized the problem in Jiuyuan Commandery, the more intense Meng Tian's killing intent toward Zhao Gao became.

Li Mu, who was on the side, listened to Meng Tian's angry voice and teased in a strange tone: "I thought the Qin law stated that there would always be corrupt officials, and they would soon be found out. Now it seems that it is no different from the six states of Shandong in the past."

Why were the six states of Shandong weaker than the Qin State?

Besides the fact that national strength was not as good as the Qin State, the rampant corruption of officials in the court was also an important factor.

Not to mention anything else, just take Zhao Guo. Back then, there were corrupt officials like Guo Kai. If it weren't for Guo Kai, he wouldn't have died passively and could only watch helplessly as Zhao Guo perished.

"Strictly speaking, Zhao Gao is actually a distant relative of the Zhao royal family, so General Li Mu, don't be too proud!"

"He is a man of your Zhao Guo, oh."

A voice sounded abruptly, responding to Li Mu's words.

The strange smile on the corner of Li Mu's mouth froze abruptly.

Meng Tian also stopped handling government affairs and turned his head sharply to look in a certain direction.

I saw that in the room, an illusory figure turned from virtual to real, slowly emerging. The previous words also came from this figure's mouth.

After the other party appeared, a trace of playfulness hung in his eyes, which fell on Li Mu.

After seeing this figure clearly, Li Mu's expression sank one by one.

He recognized the other party.

Back then, it was because of this person that he was forced to come to the Qin State. It could be said that he could forget everyone, but he could not forget this person.

However, it was also because of this person that Li Mu decisively chose to shut up and did not tangle with the other party on the question of whether Zhao Gao was a Qin person or a Zhao person.

It was Meng Tian, who was a bit excited after seeing the other party. He stood up abruptly and hurriedly said to the other party: "State Preceptor!"

Since Su Xuan returned until now, it had been a long time, but because Meng Tian needed to deal with the Xiongnu and had come to Jiuyuan Commandery early, he had not seen Su Xuan.

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However, even after more than two years, Meng Tian recognized Su Xuan at the first moment.

Besides the fact that Su Xuan's appearance had not changed compared to the beginning, it was also because Su Xuan had left a very deep impression in Meng Tian's heart.

Su Xuan nodded gently and said to Meng Tian: "Zhao Gao has already been killed by me!"

— Author's Notes —

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