When Ying Chengxuan was four years old, his grandfather, King Qin Zhaoxiang, told him that there are some things in this world that should not be said carelessly, as someone would die if he was not careful.
When Ying Chengxuan was twelve years old, Xishu, who came from the Xi family, one of the three most famous families in Qin, told him that a casual refusal in this world might kill someone else's life.
At first, Ying Chengyu didn't know why Xi Shu did this.
Although in this era where royal power is supreme, Ying Chengyu has long known that the lives of the people are as low as grass.
But one second he was smiling and asking his concubines to sway, showing off his body and making it easy to speak Western skills, and the next second he was killing people with a sword. It was too sudden.
Later, when Ying Chengxuan found out that all the concubines in Guanzhong were from the three Bai families of Meng Xi, and the three families specialized in training beauties, he understood why the blood flowed like a river of blood that day.
Xi Shu wanted to trap Ying Chenglong with a woman, but Ying Chenglong did not dare to indulge in sexual pleasure because he was practicing "Yellow Emperor", making Xi Shu's plan come to nothing.
Xishu was so embarrassed that he became angry and staged a series of beheadings for Ying Chengyu.
Not only was he angry at his family's concubines who could not successfully seduce Ying Chengyun, but he also showed his dissatisfaction in front of Ying Chengyun.
"Why is this so? Those untouchables are completely different from you in identity. Why do you have to put yourself among them?"
Gan Luo shouted in confusion.
Young ideas cannot be separated from the word childish, so why bother about them and pay for them?
"Li Si, what are you waiting for?" Ying Chengyu shouted in a deep voice.
"……only!"
The Legalist giant, who was proficient in the six Confucian arts and had strong martial arts skills, pushed aside Gan Luo's path, opened the iron door and ran out.
"... Ying Chengyu, don't find high-sounding reasons for your killing! You have been watching indifferently, watching the three Meng Xibai families stand for more than ten years! If it had been what happened back then, you should have taken action! You killed Meng Xibai, it’s just because they blocked your way, you are the same as us, you are so hypocritical..."
In the ears of Li Si, who was running fast, Gan Luona's screaming, desperate and angry voice became smaller and smaller until it disappeared.
During this period, I didn't hear a word of rebuttal from Ying Chengxuan.
Arriving at the entrance of Xianyang Prison, Li Si, who had been running as if being chased by a wild beast, slowed down.
He stood still and looked behind him, as if to see if the beast that had been chasing him had followed him.
"As long as a dog knows what a person wants, why should you ask why? Meng Xibaiyuan is actually the power of Lord Chang'an... Lord Chang'an is really not simple."
After muttering a few words to himself, Li Si, who was willing to be a lonely minister but also wanted to have power, fixed his eyes and turned back to Tingwei's Mansion.
As soon as he entered the gate of Tingwei's Mansion, he loudly ordered Tingwei Zheng to take all the soldiers of Tingwei's Mansion to be on standby. He tied the right prisoner of Tingwei, whose expression changed, to the same place. Like Ying Chengyu, he did not say why.
In a short while, the Great Qin Tingwei Mansion came out in full force.
The soldiers of the government were all warriors who had survived the battlefield. They were equipped with strong armor and strong weapons, and were fully armed. Under the command of Li Si, they went straight to the Meng family.
Along the way, the people's expressions changed drastically when they saw this, and they hurriedly moved to both sides of the road to make way for the soldiers.
The patrolling city defense troops had a look of surprise and uncertainty in their eyes.
Looking at the hundreds of Tingwei Mansion soldiers who had fought like them on the battlefield, while giving way, they secretly thought that something big had happened.
The sound of gongs and drums in an orderly manner is like thunder that awakens the world, striking towards the chaos of ignorance.
With lightning speed, this force continuously rushed to the three ancient aristocratic families of Meng, Xi and Bai that had appeared as early as the time of Qin Mugong.
The act of sweeping the fallen leaves in the autumn wind aroused the emotions of fear, anger, unwillingness and hatred in the three major families of Meng, Xi and Bai.
Are you caught by mistake? How dare you, Zhuzi? His Majesty knows that he will never let you go while outputting rubbish.
In half a day, all the members of the three major Meng Xibai families in Xianyang were taken to Tingwei's mansion.
There are more of them than the officials of Tingwei Mansion, and even the huge Tingwei Mansion cannot accommodate them all.
Although they were tied up, there was no fear on their faces. Instead, they repeatedly warned the soldiers guarding them to release them quickly.
"Sir Tingwei, there are more than a thousand people here. Do we really want to hear them all in public?"
In the back hall, Tingwei's eyelids were twitching wildly. He looked at the cold and rigid Li Si with great horror in his heart.
At this moment, he wished that he was tied up next to him and couldn't move. The one who couldn't move was not Ting Wei Youjian, but Ting Wei Zheng.
This thing is so crazy, he, a little Tingwei, really can't handle it. He felt that if he continued to participate in this matter, it would either explode on the spot or afterwards.
"I'm not saying that Sir Ting Wei should not be tried. Sir Ting Wei should not try it. But for such a big matter, we should first ask His Majesty for instructions."
Tingwei was considering his words and observing Li Si's expression. He was afraid that Li Si, who had suppressed him for several years, would be angry and ordered his soldiers to tie him up and throw him away to the three great families.
Having been with Tingwei for so many years, Lao Tingwei has been staying at Tingwei for decades and boasts that he has seen every scene.
But today, Lao Tingwei had never seen such a scene where there were not as many officials as arresting prisoners in Tingwei Mansion.
If this was all, Lao Tingwei was amazed for a while, had a headache for a while about the placement of these prisoners, and considered it a strange thing in his mind, then let it go.
However, his immediate boss, Li Si, wanted a public trial, and judging from the evidence, basically none of these people survived...
"We will act in accordance with the law and conduct trials in accordance with the law. Why bother Your Majesty?"
Li Si asked expressionlessly.
"That being said." Ting Wei smiled bitterly and said, "But this number of people is really too many."
One person can be sentenced to death, and ten people can be sentenced to death.
But how can one sentence a hundred people to death and a thousand people to death?
"Si said that I would give you a court captain."
Li Si held his head high and stepped forward.
"Go out with me. After this incident, you will be the new Tingwei."
Wei Ting had a sad face and wanted to cry.
It’s better not to have such a Tingwei...
It is actually very easy to try this kind of case involving thousands of people, and there is no need to try it one by one.
As long as dozens of them are interrogated and given the name of the Yi clan, this group of people will all die.
Li Sigao sat in the hall, summoned witnesses, ordered his subordinates to produce physical evidence, and brought over one after another those in high positions in the three Meng Xibai families.
Tingwei Li Si.
The interrogation begins.
But every prisoner who came up for trial held his head high and refused to cooperate.
They said that the witnesses were false and that the evidence was framed. They had no respect for Li Si, the court captain.
Ordinary people may think that Tingwei's Mansion is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, and they want to say anything after entering.
But for these noble children, Tingwei Mansion is far less scary.
Qin law stipulates that torture cannot be used to extract confessions, and torture can only be used to obtain a confession.
If a case is decided by this method, once the party initiates reconsideration, the case will be invalid, and the person who decided the case will be held accountable for their fault.
Basically, you will be charged whatever crime the officials sentenced you to at that time, and there is no upper limit.
They were a little panicked at first, but after experiencing the explanations from Meng Jiakun, Bai Fei, and Xi Shu, most of the people from the three major families no longer panicked.
Such cases of killing an entire family did exist in the history of Qin, but they were all orders issued by the Qin Lord.
The destruction of any Qin family has never been determined by the trial of Tingwei Mansion.
The facts of this rhetoric were clear, which greatly encouraged the three arrested families.
"That Shuzi, Li Si is seeking death. As long as we don't say anything, when His Majesty knows what good things this Shuzi has done, that's when we will fight back."
Everyone spread the news by word of mouth, waiting for the First Emperor to bring justice to them.
Such a big thing happened in Xianyang City. As the master of the Qin Empire, it was impossible for the First Emperor to know even if he didn't want to know.
The three great families of Meng Xibai have been in the Qin State for so many years, and their family members are spread all over the Qin State.
Even if someone close to the First Emperor deliberately concealed the news, someone would bring the news to the First Emperor's ears.
…………
Xianyang Palace.
Fu Sheng, a doctor of Confucianism, was sitting opposite the First Emperor and didn't know what to say.
This was his first time to meet the emperor in private. Usually Chunyu Yue would do this kind of thing.
Fu Sheng, who was proficient in knowledge and had his head buried in books, made up his mind that as long as the First Emperor did not speak, he would never take the initiative to speak.
He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, the Confucian seeds that Chun Yuyue had saved with his own life would be destroyed.
I don't know how long it took, but Fu Sheng felt that his legs were a little numb, and the First Emperor finally put down the bamboo slips in his hands.
"There is a saying in "Book of Rites: The Doctrine of the Mean": Today we get off the train on the same track and write on the same text. I have done the latter, Fu Sheng. Do you think I should do the former?"
Fu Sheng, who had been waiting for the First Emperor to speak. After experiencing the great changes in Confucianism, Fu Sheng, who was a little timid, heard that the First Emperor opened his mouth to talk about the "Book of Rites". His eyes immediately lit up and all his energy came back.
"Book of Rites" is one of the five classic Confucian classics, and Fu Sheng, who is proficient in learning, is very familiar with it.
Stepping into his own realm, his aura was wide open, and he said categorically without any hesitation: "Not only must we do it, but we must do it quickly."
"Oh? Why do you say that?" The First Emperor said, half as a test, and half as a seeker: "Bashan, Chushui, and the coast all have different terrains and features, and the road construction is also different.
"The chariots and horses they ride on have been developed over thousands of years and are suitable for the local chariots and horses. I want the world to ride on the same track, don't I stand on the opposite side of the world?"
Fu Sheng held his sleeves with both hands and was about to answer the First Emperor's question.
At this moment, he had no intention of making Confucianism a prominent school in the world. He just wanted to answer questions for the First Emperor, just like he had answered questions for those Confucian scholars for so many years.
Answering questions and resolving doubts is the second thing Fu Sheng wants to do besides studying classics.
Tuk-tuk-tuk~
There was a knock on the door of Zhangtai Palace.
The First Emperor turned his head to look at Genie behind him, and pressed down with one hand to tell Fu Sheng to stop speaking.
Zhao Gao knew that I summoned Fu Sheng to ask about national affairs, but he still chose to knock on the door. What big thing happened?
Fu Sheng's face flashed with anger, and he was about to angrily reprimand the First Emperor for how he could look left and right when he was studying knowledge!
Fortunately, I saw the black crown robe on the First Emperor, and I was shocked.
He realized that the people in front of him were not the Confucian disciples who consulted him, but the First Emperor who controlled the life and death of Confucianism.
While breaking into a cold sweat, he nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice and remained silent.
Ge Nie understood and walked straight over to open the palace door.
When Zhao Gao entered, there was a look of fear on his face.
The First Emperor frowned. Zhao Gao had never been frightened except when he faced him.
Even if you are just pretending to show him now, it can prove that something big happened outside.
Huo Ran stood up, took three steps and two steps at a time to come to Zhao Gao, and grabbed Zhao Gao's hand.
He said in a deep voice: "What happened?"
"Li Si has arrested everyone from the Meng family, the Xi family, and the Bai family. It seems that he wants to follow the orders of Lord Chang'an to eliminate the three families."
What a jerk! What to do again!
To be honest, seeing Zhao Gao behaving like this, the First Emperor immediately thought that Ying Chengyu was causing trouble for him again.
It was because he sensed that the problem might arise with Ying Chengyu that the First Emperor asked so eagerly.
Letting go of Zhao Gao's hand, the First Emperor whispered: "I don't want him to stop killing wantonly!"
Zhao Gao lowered his head and said nothing.
The total number of people from the three major families in Xianyang exceeds a thousand. The execution of such a large group of people at the same time will definitely cause a huge shock.
The First Emperor took two steps and walked quickly to the table, picked up a brush and dipped it in ink, spread out the bamboo slips, and wanted to write an imperial edict for Zhao Gao to send over and immediately stop Ying Chengyu's nonsense.
The First Emperor himself seldom did such things as murdering a whole family.
"His Majesty."
Gai Nie suddenly spoke.
"Um?"
The First Emperor stopped writing and raised his eyes.
"The man was captured by Tingwei."
Gai Nie said expressionlessly.
"Of course I know it was Li Si who captured him, but this must be the order of that Shu Zi. Without that Shu Zi's words, how could Li Si dare to do such a thing? Stop trying to excuse that Shu Zi and disturb me to be careful about eating the imperial staff."
The First Emperor said impatiently.
"The man was captured by Tingwei."
As if he didn't hear the warning from the First Emperor, Ge Nie immediately answered after the First Emperor finished speaking and added an accent to the word "tingwei".
"I told you, I know!"
the First Emperor shouted angrily.
He saw that Gai Nie's expression was expressionless, his face was unusually cold, and his expression was solemn.
His irritability gradually faded away, he thought for a few breaths and narrowed his eyes.
Pa da~
He put the brush in his hand on the desk, turned to look at Zhao Gao and said, "Did Li Si capture all three families in Tingwei's Mansion?"
Zhao Gao still had a panic expression on his face and lowered his head.
"yes."
Fu Sheng, who was listening, shrank and trembled a little.
He studied knowledge intensively, but he also knew the power of the three great families of Meng Xibai in Qin.
Anyone who comes to Xianyang and enters the upper class society will know about the three great families of Meng Xibai.
Even Fu Sheng, who didn't care much about political affairs, knew about it.
The three great families of Meng, Xi, and Bai were arrested, and Zhao Gao seemed to want to kill them. This was such explosive news in the Qin State.
Fu Sheng really didn't understand why Genie even said a few words about the person Li Si had arrested, and the First Emperor also asked twice.
What is the difference between what Li Si captured and what Changan Jun captured?
Of course it's different.
The First Emperor calmed down.
This Shuzi did not go against my wishes. He acted within the laws of Qin. He did not kill in private.
"Come here, show me to the Tingwei Mansion."
The First Emperor ordered.
Zhao Gao seemed to wake up from his panic state and responded humbly.
"only."
(End of chapter)
