Chapter 931

Gai Nie's words left Zhao Gao terrified.

Sometimes, the more mysterious an object is, and the less its secrets are known, the more others itch to see it, and subsequently, they cannot help but peek at its wonders.

The items mentioned in Seeing Ying Zheng's letter were just like that.

Zhao Gao very much wanted to know what exactly these items were that they deserved such high praise from Seeing Ying Zheng, who claimed they could decide the outcome of this war.

Ever since he was transferred to Jiuyuan Commandery to serve as Commandery Governor, Zhao Gao had wanted to return to Xianyang every moment. After all, life here was truly too bitter. Unfortunately, Seeing Ying Zheng seemed to have forgotten him, and he could never find this opportunity.

It was not until the Xiongnu invaded the Qin border, invading Jiuyuan, Yanmen, and other places, that Zhao Gao saw an opportunity.

As long as the war lasted longer, with Jiuyuan Commandery as the front line of this war, the role he played as Commandery Governor would become increasingly important.

Because he feared that the Xiongnu would be directly annihilated by the Qin army, Zhao Gao racked his brains and hooked up with the Xiongnu leader, Touman. By selling the Qin army's marching routes to Touman, he gained Touman's trust, which caused the war to reach a stalemate.

Although colluding with foreigners and selling out the interests of Huaxia did not sound very good, for Zhao Gao, as long as he could obtain greater benefits for himself, he was willing to do anything and sacrifice anyone.

Therefore, upon receiving Seeing Ying Zheng's letter, fearing that these items would affect his plans, Zhao Gao went to investigate them immediately.

He had not expected that Gai Nie would be so sinister as to play tricks on these items.

After hearing Gai Nie's words, Zhao Gao was about to explain.

But Meng Tian had no intention of giving Zhao Gao any chance to explain.

"Men, take Zhao Gao into custody for the time being!"

Regardless of whether the person colluding with the Xiongnu was Zhao Gao or not, once he was tainted with a hint of suspicion, he was destined to withdraw from this war. If he had not colluded with the Xiongnu, that would naturally be best, and after the war ended, there would be opportunities to clear his name. Conversely, if he had truly colluded with the Xiongnu, then his death would not be a pity.

After Meng Tian's words were spoken, his personal guards immediately swarmed up and took control of Zhao Gao.

Zhao Gao's expression suddenly turned extremely gloomy.

Although he was the Commandery Governor.

But right now, it was wartime. On this front-line battlefield, the person with the most authority was still Meng Tian. Even if he was the Commandery Governor, he had to serve Meng Tian. When Meng Tian believed he was problematic, for the sake of victory in the war, even if he killed him, His Majesty the Emperor would not blame Meng Tian.

This was... reality!

Commandery Governor Zhao Gao was imprisoned by Grand General Meng Tian because he was tainted with the suspicion of colluding with the enemy.

After this matter spread, it caused a great sensation.

For a time, many people in Jiuyuan City were extremely shocked, never expecting that Zhao Gao, as the Commandery Governor, would actually commit the act of colluding with the enemy.

In the shadows, some people, upon learning of this, secretly made up their minds.

At the same time, Meng Tian and the others also searched out some things from Zhao Gao's mansion.

Gu sorcery was a strange art circulating in the southern border of Baiyue and other places. In the original Night organization, there were some people who were proficient in this art. Later, after the State of Han was destroyed, the Night joined the Qin Guo and became the initial members of the Shadow Secret Guard.

This time, among the many guards who followed Gai Nie to escort the items to Jiuyuan Commandery, there were some who were proficient in Gu sorcery.

Because they had long known that there was a mole in Jiuyuan Commandery, in order to lure out the mole, Gai Nie ordered these people to sprinkle some special medicinal powder on the horseshoes and other items in advance.

Once Zhao Gao's people went to steal them, they only needed to use the Gu insects to find the location of the items through the scent of the medicinal powder.

This was also the reason why Meng Tian and the others went directly to Zhao Gao's mansion.

And now, after these items were searched out, the evidence was immediately conclusive.

The one who stole the items was indeed Zhao Gao.

As the Commandery Governor, why would Zhao Gao steal these items for no reason?

It could only mean one thing: he wanted to find out the truth for the Xiongnu people. The one colluding with the Xiongnu was indeed him!

After realizing this, Meng Tian wished he could kill Zhao Gao immediately and execute this eunuch on the spot.

But in the end, he did not do so.

When it came down to it, Zhao Gao was, after all, a Commandery Governor appointed by His Majesty the Emperor. Even though he, as the Grand General on the front line, could use the war as an excuse to execute Zhao Gao, doing so would inevitably be overstepping his authority.

Therefore, he wrote a letter, preparing to send it to Xianyang to let His Majesty the Emperor deal with Zhao Gao.

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Meng Tian might seem a bit slow and pedantic, but this was actually his personality.

If it were not for this personality, in original history, he would not have been able to commit suicide directly alongside Fu Su because of a forged edict.

However, even if Meng Tian wrote a letter to Xianyang, this back-and-forth would delay quite a bit of time. But with conclusive evidence, as long as no accidents occurred, the reply from the Xianyang side should be to execute Zhao Gao.

But this was also assuming no accidents occurred.

An accident, however, did occur.

It was in the second half of the night when Meng Tian imprisoned Zhao Gao.

Zhao Gao had only been imprisoned in the jail for a few hours, and before Meng Tian had time to interrogate him, turmoil suddenly arose.

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A group of mysterious people appeared abruptly, directly killed the jailers, and abducted Zhao Gao.

Meng Tian's letter had just been written and had not yet been sent out.

Upon hearing this "bad news," he could not help but be furious.

"Zhao Gao, you truly deserve to die!"

Meng Tian had never expected that Zhao Gao would be so bold and reckless to this extent.

First, he colluded with the Xiongnu, then attempted to steal military secrets, and after the incident was exposed, he did not think of repenting but instead broke out of prison and fled.

Meng Tian immediately sent people to search for Zhao Gao's whereabouts.

Unfortunately, Zhao Gao had operated in Jiuyuan Commandery for many years, and no one knew how many of his people existed here. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for a group of people to emerge and rescue him the moment he was imprisoned. It was not an easy task for Meng Tian to find Zhao Gao's whereabouts.

Consequently, before the earlier letter could be sent, he could only rewrite a letter to inform the Xianyang side of what had happened in Jiuyuan Commandery.

When the messenger traveled day and night to deliver the letter written by Meng Tian in Jiuyuan Commandery to Xianyang, Seeing Ying Zheng saw the letter.

In the Zhangtai Palace, only Seeing Ying Zheng's angry voice could be heard.

"Zhao Gao, how dare you do this?"

Seeing Ying Zheng was just as angry as Meng Tian. He had not expected that after learning a lesson, Zhao Gao would not repent and, upon going to Jiuyuan Commandery, would dare to commit such an act of rebellion.

Seeing Ying Zheng hated betrayal most in his life. For Seeing Ying Zheng, Zhao Gao colluding with barbarians was something that would not satisfy his hatred even if he exterminated Zhao Gao's nine clans.