Xihaiguiyidian.
Li Si was brought in by several guards. At this time, his eyes were dull, his hair was disheveled, his face was covered with mud, and his whole body emitted a foul odor because he had not showered for ten and a half days.
He was imprisoned in Da Qin's death row. No one was allowed to visit the prison without Ying Zheng's permission.
After Ying Zheng attacked him, he also confiscated his family property, and the entire Li family was secretly monitored by Ying Zheng's secret guards. Now, it can be said that he is alone and has no choice but to wait for death.
Some officials in the civil service team couldn't help covering their mouths with one hand and laughing when they saw their former political opponents looking like drowned rats.
"Hey! Isn't this Prime Minister Li? I haven't seen him acting like this for a few days?"
"A big bowl of prison rice, is it delicious?"
What the two officials didn't know was that their names had been included in the must-kill list by Ying Zheng when they deliberately tried to please Zhao Gao.
Ying Zheng showed a meaningful smile towards the two people.
Seeing this, the two were shocked and hurriedly blocked their mouths with their hands.
Ignoring the two of them, Ying Zheng turned to look at Li Si, smiled calmly and said, "Li Si, the guilty minister, do you know your guilt?"
Li Si, who was handcuffed and shackled, his eyes dull, laughed loudly: "Hahaha! What crime did I, Li Si, commit? Your Majesty just wants to kill me! If you want me to die, how can I dare not to die?"
Li Si also endured the risk of fainting from force, and stood up with difficulty, straightening his chest and raising his chin, looking righteous and awe-inspiring.
After staying in prison for almost a month, he thought a lot. Although he didn't know why Ying Zheng wanted to kill him, he knew that he would be in trouble during this crisis, so he pretended to be persecuted by a tyrant and wanted to be remembered in history. Leave a good name.
As a scholar who studied in Confucianism, Li Si valued these the most.
Don't be afraid of your bones being shattered into pieces, you want to leave your innocence in this world.
Ying Zheng was not annoyed. Instead, he smiled with a playful look in his eyes, looked Li Si up and down, and said lightly: "You say you are not guilty? Then how did your fellow senior brother Han Feizi die? Tell me."
Hearing Han Fei's name, Li's hair suddenly stood up. He swallowed hard and hesitated: "This..."
How can it be?
How could Zulong know that I killed Han Fei?
Only Zhao Gao and I know about this matter.
Was it Zhao Gao who snitched?
Thinking so, Li Si glanced at Zhao Gao beside him.
It happened that Zhao Gao also glanced at him at this time. The two met each other's eyes. Zhao Gao showed him a cold smile, then turned his head and stopped looking at him.
Zhao Gao thought to himself: "It turns out it's because of Han Feizi! I remember Zulong admired him very much before. Li Si, a fool, was too anxious to take action. Zulong must have caught him. He really deserves it."
"But, if this is the case, am I safe? Zulong did not come to kill me, but instead cleaned up my generals, probably to give me a blow and remind me to restrain myself. Yes! That must be the case, It is absolutely impossible for Zulong to know about my plan!"
"Besides, in addition to being in contact with me, those generals have also been in contact with Li Si, more often than not."
Zhao Gao was confident that his own strength and the true strength of the eight Tianzi first-class killers in Luowang had not been exposed.
In the eyes of Ying Zheng, he is just an ordinary person, and his Tianzi-level killers are only in the innate realm, and are not the opponent of the Grand Master Ying Zheng at the third level.
Li Si's side.
Zhao Gao's meaningful smile made Li Si completely believe that this Zhao Gao was the culprit and the informant, and his purpose was to use Ying Zheng's hand to eradicate himself and monopolize the power of Qin alone.
Li Si looked ashen and thought to himself: "Are we going to fight Zhao Gao to death? If we do that, except for me, my family will all die. Besides, can Zulong really capture Zhao Gao?"
Li Si, who wears the same pants as Zhao Gao, knows Zhao Gao's methods and strength best. It is even clearer that Zhao Gao's Eight Swords of Yue King are powerful.
Although Zhao Gao has never made a move in front of Li Si, Li Si can feel that Zhao Gao's strength is definitely not weaker than his Yue Wang Ba Swords.
There are three main reasons why he did not take the lead in killing Ying Zheng now. One is that the military power is still in the hands of Zu Long, and killing him by force would be too costly;
The other is that it is unnecessary. In Zhao Gao's eyes, Ying Zheng will not live long. Once Ying Zheng dies, Da Qin can easily get it, and the cost is almost negligible.
The last reason is that the remnants of the Six Kingdoms have not yet been completely destroyed. If Ying Zheng is killed at this time, the entire Qin Dynasty will inevitably be in chaos. At that time, the remnants of the Six Kingdoms will resurrect and attack in groups, and the Qin regime will be in danger.
Li Si suddenly lost his confidence, his voice was a little softer, and he said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, I admit that I was jealous of his talent and killed him on the third day after he was imprisoned. But Han Feizi had long ago I am a prisoner of Da Qin, even if I kill him, I won’t be punished by death!”
Li Si knew that he would die, but he still tried his best, maybe Ying Zheng could talk to him about the laws of Qin.
After all, if a prime minister kills a prisoner in a prison, if the emperor pursues him, most of them will be demoted and treated as self-imposed punishment.
If it doesn't work, he will be dismissed from his official position and exiled to the land of Baiyue.
But it is absolutely impossible to get the first kill.
Ying Zheng, who was sitting on the throne, showed a meaningful smile: "Who said I would punish you for murdering Han Fei?"
quiet!
Hearing this, all the civil and military officials in the main hall were shocked.
The ministers who had lowered their heads in silence all raised their heads, their eyes fixed on Ying Zheng who was on the throne, and they were talking in low voices with a lot of thoughts in their hearts.
"Have things changed?"
"Oops, I was mocking Prime Minister Li just now. Will he cause trouble for me if he reinstates his position?"
"It seems that the order of CRRC, Lord Zhao Gao, said good things in front of Zu Long. Zu Long plans to let Prime Minister Li go."
"Looking at it this way, my decision to side with Lord Zhao Gao is indeed the right one."
Li Si was also startled, and then he felt happy: "Hahaha! It seems that Zulong still respects the law. If he doesn't blame me, Han Fei, I, Li Si, won't have any stain that can be found. It seems that it is I framed Master Zhao."
Li Si smiled, cupped his hands, and said with a chuckle: "Your Majesty is wise, Li Si must obey your Majesty's orders."
Zhao Gao had a different view than everyone else. He just snorted and cursed: "You all think that Zulong will really let Li Si go? How naive!"
Zhao Gao could see the knife hidden in Ying Zheng's smile at a glance.
Normally, Li Si would have been able to see this, but unfortunately, after being on death row for a month, his desire for life finally defeated his reason, and he could only deceive himself.
As expected, Ying Zheng suddenly changed his attitude and shouted angrily: "Just because you are jealous of his talent, you dare to deceive me and kill my favorite adviser without telling me?"
"boom!"
As he spoke, Ying Zheng slapped the head of his right hand on the table in front of him, stood up, pointed at Li Si in the court and cursed:
"You are committing the crime of deceiving the emperor. Today you dare to kill the prisoners in the prison without telling me, and tomorrow you dare to kill the ministers in the court in front of me. How can you ask me to let you go?"
"What???" Li Si collapsed to the ground in fright.
If he was only charged with killing Han Fei, the most extreme solution would be to kill himself for life and execute himself.
But now?
The crime of deceiving the emperor, ransacking the house, and the Yi clan!
The entire Li family is completely ruined!
If he dies, he dies, right? His wife, children, and parents also have to be buried with him?
As a disciple of Xunzi, a great Confucian of the generation, the Confucian concept of filial piety is engraved in his heart. I would rather die alone than involve my family.
Li Si hurriedly defended: "Your Majesty, I plead guilty. I deliberately murdered Han Feizi. I started planning to kill him a long time ago. But I really didn't deceive Your Majesty. I really can't accept this crime of deceiving the emperor!"
Ying Zheng turned his back, waved his hand, and said in a cold tone: "That's enough. I'm tired of hearing this. Push him down and kill him! Immediately send people to the Li Mansion to arrest people. Within the three clans, no one can be spared!"
Ying Zheng cursed angrily in his heart: "You kid always gives me advice and slanders. After I died, you piled my body with those dead abalones. You even collaborated with Zhao Gao and Hu Hai to destroy my Qin Dynasty." , If not, who will you kill?"
