Not long after, Ji Ming and his people arrived in high spirits.
He bowed politely to Li Shui, and then said with a smile: "Master Huai, your Majesty invites you."
The politeness is superficial, the arrogance is deep inside.
Now that Huaiguzi has committed such a big thing, he, Ji Ming, can finally take revenge, and finally have an explanation for the injury on his butt.
Li Shui looked at Ji Ming and said with a smile: "Why are you so eager to stand in line every time? Have you never thought about the danger if you stand wrongly?"
Ji Ming said with a smile: "It is a serious crime of treason. If you can be on the wrong side of this kind of thing, then my life will be in vain."
Li Shui said again: "What if I am framed?"
Ji Ming added: "How is this possible? The witnesses and material evidence are all there, so how can you deny it?"
Li Shui chuckled: "We'll see."
The group of people walked towards the palace. On the way, Ji Ming proudly said to Wu Jiao, "If Huai Guzi wants to rebel, I'm afraid you won't be able to get away with it."
Wujiao didn't answer.
Ji Ming added: "Why don't you correct Huai Guzi later and disassociate yourself from him? I'll say a few nice words in front of His Majesty. You and I both come from the palace, and I can't bear to see you beheaded." "
Wu Jiao gritted his teeth and said, "I have never heard that Mr. Huai wants to rebel. How can I correct him? Even if Mr. Huai does, I have no knowledge and have never participated in it. Why should I be punished? Your Majesty knows everything and will not do it. I will be wronged.”
Ji Ming rolled his eyes and had nothing to say. There is no way to refute this. If you refute it, you are accusing His Majesty of being stupid and unable to recognize loyalty or traitor.
So Ji Ming turned to Li Xin and said: "General Li, you are very close to Huaiguzi on weekdays. I'm afraid you will be implicated. Why don't you expose Huaiguzi later..."
Li Xin didn't answer and slapped him casually. Ji Ming let out an ouch and fell to the ground. With a pop, two teeth came out.
This time Ji Ming finally became honest.
When several people rushed to the palace, they found Ying Zheng waiting for them with a gloomy look. Next to Ying Zheng, Wang Li stood with a proud look on his face, and a waiter from the wine shop knelt nearby.
Li Shui saluted Ying Zheng, then looked around, and soon saw Wang Laoshi, who was naked and covered in bruises.
Li Shui walked over quickly, took off his robe and put it on Wang Laoshi.
Wang Laoshi looked up feebly, and when he saw Shi Li Shui coming, he burst into tears: "Sir, they framed you, but I didn't say anything."
Li Shui nodded. After a moment of silence, Li Shui said again: "You should say, why do you need to suffer the pain of flesh and blood?"
Wang Laoshi shook his head and pointed to the new shoes not far away: "My cousin talked a lot of nonsense. I feel guilty."
Li Shui smiled: "It's none of your business. Don't worry, whoever hit you last night, I want you to hit him back in person after a while."
Wang Li said coldly from the side: "I was the one who hit you. What? Mr. Huai still wants to take revenge."
Li Shui didn't even look at him.
In his eyes, Wang Li was already destined to die. No need to contend with dead people.
Wang Li, however, thought that Li Shui was afraid and therefore did not dare to fight. He suddenly felt proud and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, the general has already investigated clearly. The person yesterday was the traitor Xiang Lian. He had an affair with Huaiguzi. Mixed together, Huaiguzi is suspicious."
Li Shui said nothing, and Li Xin retorted from the side: "You haven't seen the person, how can you be sure that he is Necklace?"
At this time, an old man with white beard and hair next to him smiled slightly and said: "Because I cut off Nian Lian's feet. I remember his appearance clearly, and I can definitely match Nian Lian's feet." Coachman, he has described everything this man said and did very clearly. The facts are conclusive, General Li need not doubt it."
Li Xin chuckled: "In order to frame Brother Huai, even Old General Wang, who was retiring at home, came out of the mountain. It's not easy."
Li Shui was stunned: "Is this old man the famous Wang Jian?"
Wang Jian smoothed his beard and said calmly: "Someone wants to assassinate Your Majesty, how can I just sit back and watch?"
Ying Zheng looked at Li Shui and asked calmly: "What do you have to say?"
Li Shui said: "I don't know whether Xiang Lian is a rebel, because I didn't know him at all before yesterday. If he visits me once, I am a rebel, that would be ridiculous."
"Perhaps Xiang Lian knows that I am an important minister of the country, a pillar of the Qin Dynasty, and the most loyal minister of the Qin Dynasty, so he deliberately visited me as a countermeasure."
Wang Li rolled his eyes: "An important minister of the country? The pillar of Qin Dynasty? Don't you even blush when you say this?"
Li Shui stood there and said frankly: "With just one necklace, how can you indiscriminately describe the important ministers of the country as traitors? If the necklace accuses Wang Wan, Li Si, Zhao Gao, and Wang Jian. These ministers , do you want to win it too?”
"According to this reasoning, if the rebels want to plot a rebellion, there is no need to use weapons. They can just declare that Mr. So-and-so is their accomplice."
Wu Jiao's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Master Huai said it well. Even if Xiang Lian is arrested, the authenticity of his confession will probably be compromised."
Ying Zheng was sitting on the throne, looking calm and relaxed. He is not in a hurry, only those with a guilty conscience should be.
He kept thinking. Think about whether Li Shui is a rebel.
If so, kill without mercy. If not, keep using Alchemy.
You must be cautious about this matter, after all, this person still has the ability to make alchemy. It would be a great loss if he was unjustly killed and he missed the chance to become an immortal.
Thinking of this, he asked Wang Li: "Have you not caught the necklace yet?"
Wang Li looked ashamed and said: "I haven't caught him yet. But checkpoints have been set up in a hundred miles radius. There is absolutely no way for Necklace to escape."
Ying Zheng nodded.
Wang Li added: "Your Majesty, Xiang Lian is from Chu, and Huaiguzi is also from Chu. They may have known each other for a long time. I will ask your Majesty to send a team of people straight to Chu to investigate the details of these two people. By the way, I will visit Xiang Liang’s whereabouts.”
Ying Zheng said: "Yes."
Wang Li was full of energy and said: "Also, Huaiguzi is very likely to have accomplices. General Li Xin, the eunuch Wu Jiao, the tenant farmers in Shang Jun's courtyard, and the waiters in the wine shop, they are all suspicious. And , Birds of a feather flock together, and even the alchemists in the palace are unreliable.”
Ying Zheng said calmly: "Li Xinzhong is loyal and courageous, I can trust him. Wu Jiao has been in the palace since he was a child, and we only got to know him after Huai Guzi entered the palace. He cannot be a rebel. As for the tenant farmers in the fields and the waiters in the wine shop , ordered people to keep them under guard. They are not allowed to leave Xianyang until the matter is found out."
A guard responded and hurried to deliver the order.
Ying Zheng thought for a while and then said: "Bring those alchemists here and ask them to see what they have to say."
Li Shui's heart beat: "This is terrible. I usually beat or scold those alchemists, they won't take the opportunity to retaliate."
After a while, the alchemists arrived.
After they arrived, they all knelt on the ground and cried and said, "Huaiguzi is plotting rebellion. What does it have to do with us? I beg your majesty to give you a clear warning."
Hou Ji, in particular, shouted the loudest: "Your Majesty, we and Huaiguzi are inseparable. Who knows in Xianyang City? How can we be his accomplices?"
The alchemists suddenly became enlightened and shouted one after another: "Yes, we and Huai Guzi are sworn in. Everyone knows this."
Li Shui: "..."
