The assassin has been recruited? Li Shui and Li Xin both entered Zhao Teng's mansion excitedly.
In fact, Li Shui already knew that the mastermind behind the scenes was Zhao Gao. However, he was still curious to what extent this assassin had been recruited.
After entering, Li Shui saw the assassin tied to a pillar with many torture instruments placed next to him. The assassin's mouth was not blocked, and it seemed that Zhao Teng was not afraid of him biting his tongue and committing suicide.
But when Li Shui took a closer look, he found that all the assassin's teeth had been pulled out.
Li Shui couldn't help but cover his mouth, "It's too barbaric."
When Zhao Teng saw Li Shui and Li Xin arriving, he nodded to them and said, "This man's real name is Han Chao. He is from Bashu. His ancestors also served as officials. But by his generation, he has been completely ruined."
"He heard that the Chengdu governor's daughter was waiting to be married, so he deliberately seduced her and tried to fly into the sky. However, the Chengdu governor gave her a stick and kicked her out of the city."
The assassin was tied to a pillar and shouted loudly and incoherently, "We are in love with each other. She once gave me a token of love. The quiet girl cheated on me, and I was troubled by Tongguan. Tongguan has Wei, and he said that he is a beautiful girl." . From shepherding to weeding, the beauty is unique. The beauty of a gangster girl is the beauty of a beautiful woman."
When Li Shui heard this, he flew into a rage. He stepped forward, opened his bow left and right, and slapped him several times. "Are you worthy of reciting these lines of poetry?"
Zhao Teng was stunned and said, "Master Huai, why are you angry?"
Li Shui said angrily, "It's all about love, not just courtesy. I hate these shameless people the most."
After finishing speaking, Li Shui realized that he had just been possessed by Chunyu Yue, and even the title "Old Man" was copied.
Zhao Teng couldn't help but shook his head. He had long heard that Huaiguzi acted crazy and unreasonably. When he saw him today, it turned out to be true.
He sighed and continued, "After Han Chao was kicked out, he was deeply ashamed. He also sneaked back and wanted to have a private meeting with the county governor's daughter. But the county governor's daughter heard that he was not from a famous family, but just a down-and-out scholar. , so I stopped paying attention to him."
"At that time, Han Chao felt sad and angry, so he came to Xianyang, changed his name to Death Heart, and became a death soldier under Zhao Gao's sect. According to my guess, he may have wanted to make a name for himself in the world, so that the woman would be admired."
Li Shui looked at the hope of giving up and said quietly, "This shows that you still don't want to give up."
Zhao Teng said, "Some of these things were confessed by him, and some were inferred by me. But they should not be very different from the facts."
"As for the matter of killing Ma Lingshu, it was the housekeeper of Zhao Cheng's house who was in contact with him. The housekeeper's name is Zhao Jiu, and he is trusted by Zhao Cheng. The evidence in my hand is only enough to arrest Zhao Jiu."
Li Shui said, "Then go and arrest Zhao Jiu. If you arrest Zhao Jiu and torture him severely, you will have evidence to arrest Zhao Cheng. If you arrest Zhao Cheng and torture him some more, you can arrest Zhao Gao."
Zhao Teng was silent. After a while, he said quietly, "You mean, Zhao Gao ordered the killing of Ma Lingshua?"
Li Shui said, "What else?"
Zhao Teng added, "Do you think it's possible that this desperate man has a personal grudge against Ma Lingshua, so he decided to kill someone without authorization?"
Li Shui was a little speechless, "Do you think it's possible?"
Suddenly, Li Shui understood: "Don't you dare to touch Zhao Gao?"
Zhao Teng's face turned a little red. He was ranked among the ninth ministers and had a distinguished status. When someone said to his face who he was afraid of, he felt a little embarrassed on his face.
In the end, Li Shui refused to give up and said, "I understand that you are afraid of Zhao Gao. But are you even afraid of Zhao Chengdu? Well, Zhao Cheng is Zhao Gao's brother, so you are afraid, but Zhao Jiu is a housekeeper, you Don’t you dare to catch me?”
Hearing this, Zhao Teng couldn't hold it anymore, "Master Huai, who said I don't dare to catch him?"
Li Shui said, "Then please."
Zhao Teng was silent again. He was not Wang Li. He dared to bet with Li Shui on impulse.
Zhao Teng drank all the servants away and whispered to Li Shui, "Master Huai, Ma Lingshu confessed that day, and the man behind him was Zhao Gao. Why didn't you pick up the opportunity and get rid of Zhao Gao?"
What Zhao Teng means is, I don't want to offend Zhao Gao, that's right. You Huai Guzi are not much better. Let no one tell anyone.
In the end, Li Shui said, "I originally planned to get rid of Zhao Gao, but Zhao Gao sent someone to kill Ma Lingshu. Otherwise, why would I go to such trouble?"
Zhao Teng was a little speechless. Looking back on the situation that day, it seemed that Li Shui had deliberately sent Ma Lingshua to his daughter's house to create an opportunity for Zhao Gao to kill and silence him.
Zhao Teng suddenly realized that he was busy here and there. Was he being used as a weapon by Li Shui? This guy didn't dare to offend Zhao Gao directly, so he charged in front.
Thinking of this, Zhao Teng didn't want to arrest Zhao anymore. Now that I have given up my mind, it would be perfect to be able to kill him and hand him over to the emperor.
However, Li Shui seemed to have read through his mind and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Zhao, you are so wise today. Would he believe that a dead soldier from Bashu had a personal grudge against Ma Lingshu? Even if you made it up He came out with a personal vendetta. But he didn’t kill him sooner or later, but he killed him at this time. Wouldn’t Your Majesty become suspicious?”
"His Majesty will think that you are favoring someone and that you are covering up for someone. In other words, you have begun to take sides and you have taken refuge in a certain force. In this case, will His Majesty still trust you? Can you still trust him? Will Xianyang City be handed over to you?"
Zhao Teng was so shocked that he broke into a cold sweat.
Li Shui said, "Brother Zhao, you are the internal envoy and are in charge of the defense of the entire Xianyang City. How important is your position? What you have to do is tell His Majesty that you are extremely loyal to him and only listen to him."
Zhao Teng said, "I am indeed only loyal to Your Majesty."
Li Shui said, "If you know it yourself, you have to let His Majesty know. For example, today's incident was clearly done by Zhao Gao, why don't you dare to investigate? If I were you, I would get to the bottom of it and find out who he is." Towards the sky.”
"Zhao Gao has your majesty's trust. Zhao Gao has a high position and great authority, and the Zhao family is deeply entangled. You know that, but your majesty doesn't know that? What will your majesty think when you see that you even dare to investigate Zhao Gao?"
"Your Majesty will feel that Zhao Teng is a loyal minister who only cares about right and wrong and is not afraid of powerful people. He can be of great use."
"Moreover, the more important ministers you offend, the more your Majesty will trust you. Just like Li Xin, grandma does not love you, but your uncle does not love you. Your Majesty likes such ministers. Why? Because he can only rely on you and be loyal to you. .”
Li Xin next to him just rolled his eyes.
Zhao Teng already understood and nodded slowly.
Li Shui added fuel to his anger: "Let's check, even if Zhao Gao is unhappy, what's the use? With His Majesty's trust in you, does Zhao Gao dare to act rashly? Not only does he not dare to touch you, but he also wants to smile at you." Welcome. If he gives you small shoes, you will hint to His Majesty that you have been retaliated against. But I believe that Zhao Gao is not that stupid to set himself up for trouble again."
Zhao Teng was silent for a while and then asked, "What if, what if one day, His Majesty becomes an immortal?"
Zhao Teng felt very awkward when he said this. Thanks to Lishui, when the courtiers talk about Ying Zheng's death, they don't dare to use words like "big deeds" or "collapse of mountains". No matter how subtle it is, it still has a disrespectful meaning.
So they all changed to become immortals.
Ying Zheng must know that Chengxian has already expressed the intention of death in the private discussions among the courtiers, and he will probably go crazy.
Li Shui naturally understood what Zhao Teng meant and said with a smile, "If Your Majesty ascends to the Immortal Realm, who in this world would be best entrusted to you?"
Zhao Teng shook his head, "I don't dare to speak nonsense about this."
Li Shui said, "In my opinion, it is unlikely that he will be handed over to Hu Hai. He is neither the eldest son nor the youngest son, nor is he the most favored prince. What's more, there have been rumors in the world that Hu Ye was the one who destroyed Qin. .How can your Majesty not be taboo?"
Zhao Teng was a little speechless and thought to himself, "I'm afraid you are the only one shouting about this, right?"
But what Li Shui said did make sense. The possibility of Hu Hai ascending the throne is not particularly high. As long as Hu Hai does not ascend the throne, then Zhao Gao will have nothing to worry about after the First Emperor becomes an immortal.
Zhao Teng thought silently, "I am the internal history officer, responsible for the security of Xianyang City. Then I must remember that I will always be loyal to the emperor, and always only loyal to the emperor. When the old emperor leaves, I will be loyal to the new emperor. What is Zhao Gao and Zhao Cheng?" Yes, don’t pay attention to it at all.”
When Zhao Teng thought of this, he saluted Li Shui and said, "Today, I have learned a lesson."
Li Shui smiled and said, "You and I are best friends. I will tell you something from the bottom of my heart. It should be, it should be."
Zhao Teng said sternly, "What are you close friends with? I am an internal minister, and I only have His Majesty in my heart. I will never take sides. Mr. Huai, please don't win over me, and I won't let anyone win over you."
Later, Zhao Teng went to mobilize his troops and generals to capture Zhao Cheng.
Li Shui scratched his head and said speechlessly, "Why is this old guy so vigilant? It's really difficult to make friends with him."
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Half an hour later, Zhao Jiu was arrested. For a time, Xianyang City was in a tremble.
Who Zhao Jiu is is self-evident without asking. Everyone realized that Zhao Teng was going to take action.
After Zhao Jiu arrived at Zhao Teng's house, the first thing he did was to have all his teeth pulled out and then tortured.
Zhao Jiu couldn't hold on at all and recruited Zhao Cheng.
Zhao Teng gritted his teeth and ordered people to arrest Zhao Cheng. He has given up completely.
But Zhao Teng also kept something in mind for himself. He arrested Zhao Cheng to show his loyalty to Ying Zheng. But if Zhao Cheng is really captured, then he and Zhao Gao will be mortal enemies.
Therefore, Zhao Teng asked the arrester to walk slower.
Sure enough, when those people rushed into Zhao Cheng's house, Zhao Cheng had already slipped away.
So Zhao Teng searched for Zhao Cheng in Xianyang City with great fanfare and sent people out of the city to arrest him.
In fact, many people know that Zhao Chenggong is hiding in Zhao Gao's house. It’s just that everyone pretends not to know.
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At Zhao Gao's mansion, Zhao Cheng asked Zhao Gao with a panicked look, "What should I do? What should I do if that mad dog searches my brother's mansion?"
Zhao Gao said slowly and calmly, "If he was really a mad dog, how would he have given you the chance to escape here? This person is just showing his loyalty to His Majesty and has no intention of being an enemy of my Zhao family. You don't have to hate him."
Zhao Cheng said, "However, people are looking for me everywhere in Xianyang City. Do I have to hide in my brother's house for the rest of my life? What about my title? What about my official position?"
Zhao Gao sighed, "I told you a long time ago. This matter must be done secretly, but you still leave a clue. That's all, find someone to take the blame and suppress this matter."
Zhao Cheng said with a grimace, "Zhao Jiu has already recruited me."
Zhao Gao closed his eyes slightly and said, "I remember Zhao Jiu once had a house of wives and concubines, and you took them forcibly?"
Zhao Cheng's face turned red, and then he defended, "He dedicated it to me. Brother, he really dedicated it to me. Many people know about this and can testify for me."
Zhao Gao glanced at him, then shook his head and said, "No, you took it by force. If you want to let it out immediately, say that you once took Zhao Jiu's beloved concubine. Zhao Jiu has always regarded this matter as a great shame and humiliation for you." He has a grudge. That’s why he summoned you today to do countless things. He is taking the opportunity to retaliate against you. There is someone else who ordered him to kill Ma Lingshu. "
Zhao Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he became very worried, "Then who is instructing him? He is the steward of my house, who can instruct him?"
Zhao Gao suddenly said, "The Wang family's old party has returned to my Zhao family. It is probably Zhao Jiu who came forward to contact us, right?"
Zhao Cheng said, "Yes."
Zhao Gao added, "The demise of the Wang family is inseparable from Ma Lingshu's bad move that day. I heard that many people in the Wang family's old party are very resentful of Ma Lingshu."
Zhao Cheng said again, "Yes."
Zhao Gao said calmly, "Could it be that a certain Wang family's old party was attached to the Wang family's kindness, but also hated Ma Lingshua's stupidity. So he took advantage of the opportunity of making good friends with Zhao Jiu and asked him to find dead soldiers. How about killing Ma Lingshu to vent his anger?"
Zhao Cheng was trembling with excitement and fell to the ground, "Brother, you are so resourceful. I admire you so much."
Zhao Gao sighed, "No matter how resourceful I am, I can't stop you idiots from causing trouble for me. In the future, think twice before doing anything."
Zhao Cheng nodded repeatedly.
Zhao Gao shook his sleeves and was about to leave.
Zhao Cheng asked, "Where is brother going?"
Zhao Gao said calmly, "Enter the palace, meet His Majesty, and plead for you."
Zhao Cheng asked doubtfully, "Didn't we just discuss it and find someone from Wang's old party to take the blame?"
Zhao Gao scolded, "Idiot, you did that for the world to see, to block everyone's mouth. Do you think His Majesty is so easy to deceive?" Friends who read books, you can search "Blue Chinese Network" to get the first Found this site in no time.
