"Hu Ye is the one who destroyed Qin." These words were like a bolt from the blue. Everyone present was stunned.
Especially Wang Li, who suddenly shouted: "The mushroom must have failed, Huaiguzi is awake, and he is deliberately talking nonsense."
Li Xin snorted coldly: "You took out the mushroom, and you were the one who said it was ineffective. What? If it is good for you, it is true. If it is not good for you, it is false? Can your Wang family cover the sky with one hand? "
Wang Li was so angry that his lungs hurt. When did Li Xin become so sharp-tongued?
Wang Li took a deep breath and said, "There is a way to verify whether the mushroom has failed."
He picked up a stone from the ground and said: "If the mushroom is effective, people will not feel pain. If I throw this stone down, if the locust millet does not complain of pain, I will believe him."
Li Xin looked at him warily: "Where are you going to hit?"
Wang Li wanted to smash Li Shui's head. It would be best to crack his skull and kill him directly.
But Ying Zheng was by his side, so he didn't dare to do this. Killing people in front of the emperor, not to mention the death of the murderer. The crime of contempt for the emperor alone was enough to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan.
So Wang Li said: "If your fingers are connected to your heart, I will smash my fingers."
Then, without waiting for Li Xin to retort, he grabbed Li Shui's hand and smashed it hard.
Li Shui looked at Wang Li blankly, showing no sign of pain.
Wang Li plopped and sat down on the ground, his face turning pale.
Suddenly, Wang Li felt that there were two eyes staring at him resentfully.
Wang Li looked around and happened to see Weiyang, looking angry.
Wang Li was a little confused, but he couldn't think about it today.
At this time, Wang Jian could no longer sit idly by. They were tied too tightly to Hu Hai. If Hu Hai was disliked by the emperor, the entire Wang family would also be implicated.
So Wang Jian asked in a deep voice: "Huai Guzi, Hu Ye, the man who destroyed Qin, where did you hear this?"
Li Shui said calmly: "Everyone knows what is written in the book."
Wang Jian wanted to ask again.
Li Shui suddenly frowned and shouted, "My hand hurts a little. Oops, it's getting more and more painful."
In a short period of time, Li Shui's complexion turned pale, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolled down. This is definitely not an act. Everyone understood that the effect of the mushroom had passed.
Li Shui rubbed his right hand, looked up, and found that everyone was staring at him. He suddenly felt a thump in his heart and started playing the drums.
He quickly winked at Li Xin.
Li Xin whispered: "Brother Huai, you are amazing."
Li Shui was a little confused and thought to himself: "What's going on? Did I say something treasonous and unethical? How treasonous and unethical is it? Can the gold medal for immunity from death protect me?"
Unfortunately, Ying Zheng was standing nearby, so Li Shui didn't dare to ask. I could only wait with an uneasy look on my face.
Finally, Ying Zheng spoke. He sighed and said, "Huai Guzi, since you are an immortal, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Li Shui was dumbfounded: "What the hell? Am I a banished immortal? What did I just say?"
However, this didn't seem to be bad news anyway, so Li Shui climbed up the pole and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I am a low-key person and don't want to make any publicity."
Ying Zheng nodded: "It's rare. However, since you are an immortal, I can't turn a blind eye. There will be a reward at the meeting tomorrow."
Li Shui's eyes lit up and he quickly thanked him.
Ying Zheng said calmly: "Let's end this matter here."
Ying Zheng said it would end here, but everyone present knew that things would not end like this. What happened today will definitely have a far-reaching impact.
Wang Jian walked up to Ying Zheng, suddenly knelt on the ground, and said in tears: "Old minister, I have served as a general for many generations, and have lived and died for the Qin Dynasty. His loyalty can be learned from heaven and earth. I only hope that your majesty will not listen to the slander of the villain. Because of a nonsense, Just change your likes and dislikes.”
Ying Zheng said calmly: "Huai Guzi has not slandered the Wang family. Wang Jian, why do you do this?"
Wang Jian added: "Huaiguzi did not slander the Wang family, but he slandered Young Master Hu Hai. He had ulterior motives and his heart can be punished. Who knew that Hu Ye, the man who destroyed Qin, did not refer to the Hu people?"
Ying Zheng hummed: "That makes sense."
From beginning to end, Ying Zheng kept an indifferent attitude and seemed not to take this matter to heart. This made Wang Jian even more uneasy.
It's not scary when an emperor is angry. The emperor hides his thoughts and doesn't let you guess. That's what's really scary.
Taking advantage of this time, Li Shui approached Li Xin and asked him in detail about the situation just now.
After Li Shui heard this, he couldn't help but grin: "Am I so fierce? It's really incredible."
Seeing that Ying Zheng wanted to leave, Li Shui quickly saluted and said, "Your Majesty, Wang Li falsely accused me. According to the laws of Qin, those who falsely accuse me will be killed. I ask you to kill Wang Li for the crime of treason."
Wang Jian, who had just stood up, knelt on the ground again with a plop, and begged: "Wang Li did not intend to make false accusations, he was also deceived by the necklace."
Ying Zheng was silent for a long time, sighed, and said to Li Shui: "The old general has been fighting all his life, and his beard and hair are all white. How can I bear it? Let's spare Wang Li once. If he commits a serious crime again, it will not be too late to kill him. Until then. At that time, anyone who intercedes on his behalf shall be guilty of the same crime.”
Wang Jian nodded repeatedly in agreement. In his opinion, no matter how arrogant Wang Li was, it was impossible for him to commit capital crimes one after another. When this matter is over, lock him in the house and think about it behind closed doors.
Li Shui sighed: "It's good to have a good grandfather. It can be used as a gold medal to avoid death."
The three generations of the Wang family were all ashamed and angry, but they did not dare to say anything.
Who knew that Li Shui went on to say: "Wang Laoshi is my best friend, as close as a brother. But he was arrested by Wang Li, lynched, and tortured to extract confessions. Is the Wang family the imperial court? Why does the Wang family arrest people and torture them?" Why should I force a confession? I believe that Wang Li is disobedient and has the intention of treason. This is a capital crime, so I ask that Wang Li be killed."
Wang Jian glared and almost died of anger on the spot. This Huaiguzi is really bad. Why didn’t you mention this crime just now?
Wang Ben opened his mouth and just asked for mercy, Li Shui said quietly: "Those who ask for mercy are guilty of the same crime. Lord Wang Ben, do you want to test the law with yourself?"
Wang Ben could only sigh, and then winked at Wang Li.
Wang Li wiped the cold sweat from his head and said to Ying Zheng: "I have no intention of overstepping my authority. I am just eager to perform meritorious service and want to catch all the rebels. I am willing to be punished by lynching. If you talk about treason, I will never dare." "
Then, he took off his shirt, lay down in front of Wang Laoshi, and said, "I made a mistake, please come back."
Ying Zheng smiled slightly and said to Wang Zhen: "In that case, just fight back."
Li Shui also knew that such a serious crime as treason required real and irrefutable evidence. It was impossible to kill Wang Li just because of his words.
So he said to Wang Laoshi with a smile: "Fight, I've said it a long time ago. Whoever hits you, I will help you fight back."
Li Xin signaled to the guards around him, and one of them took a whip and stuffed it into Wang Laoshi's hand.
Wang Laoshi held the whip, his hands shaking. Then he whipped Wang Li with a very weak force, just like scratching an itch.
Li Shui was a little helpless and cursed: "What a waste, you should beat me. If you don't beat General Wang Li black and blue, how can he wash away his sins? How can he feel guilty?"
Wang Li gritted his teeth and scolded Li Shui tens of thousands of times in his heart.
Wang Laoshi said with a grimace: "The villain is in severe pain all over his body and can't exert any strength."
Li Shui sighed and thought of Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, can I lend you someone to beat the king honestly?"
Ying Zheng said calmly: "Yes."
Li Shui looked at Ji Ming with a smile and said, "Please come."
Ji Ming was about to cry but had no tears. He had just made friends with Wang Li and finally had some clues. He didn't expect that Huai Guzi was really bad. If he was beaten with a few whips, even if Wang Li didn't blame himself, he would still feel a pang in his heart when he saw him in the future. How could he take refuge in Wang Li?
It was hard to disobey the emperor's order, so Ji Ming had no choice but to take the whip and hit him one after another.
Although Ying Zheng did not say to what extent the beating was, Wang Laoshi was standing nearby. Wang Li must at least be as bruised and bruised as Wang Laoshi before he can pass.
Ji Ming sighed, had no choice but to give him a whip, and whispered: "I'm offended."
At first, Wang Li gritted his teeth and endured it, but later he couldn't bear it anymore and began to gasp.
Li Shui squatted in front of Wang Li and asked with a smile: "Little General Wang, what are you thinking about?"
Wang Li slowly raised his head with a ferocious look on his face: "Huaiguzi, you are just lucky this time. Next time, I will find a mountain of ironclad evidence and I will kill you."
Li Shui nodded, not surprised at all, and then whispered: "What a coincidence, you have tried to harm me again and again, and I will kill you too. Just wait, the corn is about to be harvested, and on that day, no one can plead for mercy." .”
Then, he suddenly raised his hand, holding a stone in his hand, and hit Wang Li's palm fiercely.
There was a loud bang and the rocks were smashed. Wang Li's palm was suddenly dripping with blood, and several bones in his hand were broken.
"Ah..." The courtyard was filled with Wang Li's screams.
Wang Jian roared with grief and anger: "Huai Guzi, just now Wang Li hit you with a stone to check the effect of the mushroom. Are you going to retaliate? And you are so vicious?"
Li Shui chuckled, threw away the broken stones, and said calmly: "Test the effect of mushrooms? Why don't you use acupuncture, but you must hit me with rocks? I just treat others in their own way. That’s all. Wang Li is so vicious, why didn’t you stop him? There is a saying in our heaven: it is the father’s fault if he is not raised or educated. It’s good that I didn’t hold you accountable.”
"You still want to hold me responsible? You shameless maniac." Wang Jian's face turned red with anger, his chest rose and fell sharply, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood with a pop.
