Ying Zheng was very depressed. Ever since entering Shangjun Courtyard, this place has given people a sense of evil.
The craftsman was trying his best to make things right, explaining all the ridiculous things as alchemy.
Ying Zheng also chose to believe Huai Guzi, saying that it is not easy to know people. But in the blink of an eye, he was slapped in the face with a loud slap.
To make elixirs, do you need to trick farmers into taking away all their cattle? To make alchemy, do you need to rob civilian girls? Seeing is believing. This is it.
Ying Zheng looked back at the honest-looking craftsman and felt that he had been deceived by this guy all day long.
Ying Zheng felt a little angry in his heart: "This man is so loyal and evil, he is really hateful."
Seeing that the fire was almost done, Zhao Gao whispered to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, I just thought that Huaiguzi is a banished immortal. This name has a profound meaning.
Ying Zheng asked: "What's the profound meaning?"
Zhao Gao said: "What is a banished immortal? An immortal who made a mistake and was banished. From this we can see that Huaiguzi made a mistake in the immortal world."
"Look at it from the perspective of a slave. Huai Guzi is a man who has some abilities. Immortal wine, steamed buns, and convex lenses are all eye-opening. However, this man has some problems with him. He is vulgar and rude, acts wantonly, and likes to amass money and make mischief. , today I added the habit of robbing civilian girls."
"My slave guesses that he brought the problems from the fairy world to the mortal world. Perhaps it was because of these problems that he was demoted."
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Go on."
Zhao Gao continued: "If your Majesty lets Huai Guzi go his own way, he will probably wander around and waste his time. If this continues, in what year and month will he be able to refine the elixir? Your Majesty will help him calm down."
Ying Zheng was silent for a while, nodded, and said: "Yes, I should call him to the palace and order him to refine the elixir in the alchemy room. No matter whether my body is well-conditioned or not, he must refine the elixir first. My internal organs have been cleansed, but his elixir has yet to come out."
Zhao Gao beamed with joy: "That's exactly the truth."
Ying Zheng glanced at Zhao Gao and sighed: "You still understand my thoughts best."
The two of them were asking and answering questions, and the old farmer standing in the corner with his head hunched looked blank. He couldn't understand what Zhao Gao and Ying Zheng were talking about.
After a while, he simply stopped listening. All he could think about was the fertile fields at his home. Now that the cattle rent has been paid, it’s time to start farming after returning home. Well, the cow I rented is very strong, and maybe I can use it to reclaim a few acres of wasteland.
The farmer was thinking happily when he heard a noise coming from the gate.
It turned out that Li Shui and Li Xin had fled to Shangjun's courtyard. After the two men came in, they immediately ordered the craftsmen to close the doors tightly, and then stood guard on the roof and walls with sticks.
As long as Chunyu Yue's people dare to approach, they will immediately be served with earth and tiles.
In the blink of an eye, Shangjun's courtyard turned into a place of fighting. Li Shui, the relegated immortal, and Li Xin, the general, both became rogue leaders.
Chunyu Yue was a great scholar at that time and could not fight with them, so he rode a horse from a distance and shouted: "Li Xin, please hand over the man as soon as possible. For Li Ji's sake, I won't argue with you."
Li Xin didn't say anything. He was pulling on the rope, trying to tie up the struggling Zhu'er.
Li Shui shouted: "Let's go quickly, otherwise we will throw excrement."
Chunyu Yue's face turned livid with anger, and he pulled his horse back.
Li Shui was feeling proud when he suddenly heard someone behind him call out coldly: "Huai Guzi."
Li Shui was a little puzzled, the voice seemed familiar. He subconsciously turned around and saw that the courtyard was full of Qin soldiers, and above the small building, Ying Zheng was looking at him with a livid face.
Li Shui panicked and almost fell off the wall. He threw away the stick and said with a dry smile: "Your Majesty, why are you here?"
Li Xin had just tied up the bamboos when he suddenly heard Li Shui's words and was startled. Then he discovered that something was wrong with Shangjun Courtyard today.
He came in in a hurry just now and didn't bother to take a second look. He turned around to deal with Chun Yuyue.
Now I finally have some time to take a good look at Shangjun Courtyard. Only then did Li Xin realize that His Majesty had already arrived.
Your Majesty is indeed here. He walked downstairs slowly and walked to Li Shui and Li Xin.
Li Shui shrank his neck because Ying Zheng's face was really ugly. Li Shui always felt that Ying Zheng wanted to slap him.
Ying Zheng looked at the two of them and asked coldly: "What are you doing?"
What he asked was naturally about Zhu'er.
Zhu'er was tied into a rice dumpling, with rags stuffed in her mouth. She looked horrified but could not speak.
Li Shui coughed dryly and said, "This..."
He really hoped to link Zhu'er to alchemy, but this explanation was too far-fetched and difficult to operate.
At this time, Li Xin spoke. He said sincerely: "We are playing."
Ying Zheng thought there was something wrong with his ears: "Playing?"
Li Xin said with certainty: "Yes, this is a game of tying people up. It is very popular in the Chu region. Huai Guzi taught me."
Li Shui almost fainted.
Ying Zheng felt his hands were a little itchy, and he wanted to be like Li Shui, firing his bow left and right and slapping these two bastards. But the emperor's majesty made him hold back.
Ying Zheng said calmly: "Tied."
Two soldiers tied up Li Shui and Li Xin. The five-flowered bamboo is exactly the same as the bamboo next to it.
Ying Zheng said calmly: "Let it go."
Qin Bing was also a smart man. He immediately understood and let Zhu'er go.
What surprised Li Shui was that after Zhu'er got out of trouble, he didn't yell or accuse himself. Instead, he bowed to Ying Zheng and stepped aside.
Ying Zheng asked: "Who are you? Why do they want to arrest you?"
Zhu'er said: "This slave is the maid in Dr. Chunyu's house. Mr. Huai and Mr. Li used to be guests in the doctor's house. Occasionally they bumped into the slave once, and they made fun of her. Fortunately, the doctor rescued the maid, and the slave was able to escape. Unexpectedly, these two people today Someone suddenly broke into the house, robbed the slaves and left."
Ying Zheng looked at Li Shui and Li Xin: "Who is the mastermind?"
Li Shui and Li Xin pointed at each other with their chins at the same time.
Li Xin looked dissatisfied: "Brother Huai, a real man dares to do what he does."
Li Shui said: "It was you who carried her and escaped from Chunyu Mansion, right? Was it you who put her on the horse and caught her all the way back? Was it you who tied her up?"
Li Xin said anxiously: "Didn't you come up with the idea of arresting her?"
Ying Zheng was furious: "That's enough. You two are so ridiculous and hopeless."
Li Shui and Li Xin stopped talking.
Zhu'er is a maid, not a civilian girl. In this case, the sin does not seem to be that big. In addition, she is Chun Yuyue's maid, and Chun Yuyue and Li Xin have a close relationship.
This can basically be classified as an internal contradiction.
Now Ying Zheng is still very angry, but the main reason he is angry is not for robbing civilian girls. He was angry because Huaiguzi was idle and not doing his job properly.
At this time, the door of Shangjun Courtyard was opened. Chunyu Yue and his men rushed in crazily.
After entering the door, Chunyu Yue was a little confused and thought: "Why is your majesty here? Huaiguzi invited him here? To capture Zhu'er? Does he know Zhu'er's identity?"
However, Chunyu Yue soon discovered that Li Xin and Li Shui were tied up. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that His Majesty was not invited by these two people. But they were unlucky and stole the bamboo, but were caught by His Majesty.
Ying Zheng said calmly: "For a maid, three important officials of the court chased her from Xianyang City to Shang Jun's courtyard. How dignified is it?"
Chunyu Yue confessed again and again. After the confession was over, he wanted to take Zhu'er back.
When Li Shui saw this situation, he immediately became anxious. Today, he worked hard and finally brought this woman here. How can he be allowed to take her back?
So Li Shuigan laughed and said: "Your Majesty is here today, and Dr. Chunyu is here without invitation. Wouldn't it be rude if I didn't entertain him? I would like to invite your Majesty to honor you, and let me hold a banquet and raise a glass to join in the fun. How about that?" ?”
Zhao Gao secretly observed Li Shui, who had been tied into a rice dumpling, and wondered: "How did this guy do it? He is already tied like this, and yet he still seems to be fine, yet he is so thick-skinned?"
Ying Zheng said to Li Shui calmly: "Huai Guzi, today I found that you have been acting erratically, and you have been putting off refining the elixir again and again. Therefore, you should no longer live in Shang Jun's villa, and come back to the palace with me to refine the elixir in the alchemy room." Bar."
Li Shui thought to himself: "This is going to put me under house arrest. Which bastard slandered me?" As he thought, he naturally glanced at Zhao Gao.
Li Shui coughed lightly and said: "The emperor has a destiny, how dare I disobey it. However, I have been living in Shangjun's villa for more than a month. I am very sad to leave suddenly. Please allow me to allow you to stay here." Shang Jun’s other courtyard holds the last banquet as a commemoration.”
Ying Zheng nodded in agreement.
Li Shui breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as you are willing to stay, one night is enough. With my sharp tongue, it is useless for anyone to slander me."
Ying Zheng, Zhao Gao, Chunyu Yue and others all stayed for the banquet. As for Li Shui and Li Xin, they are still tied up.
Ying Zheng seemed to have forgotten, or maybe he forgot on purpose, and never let them loose.
So the others drank and had fun at the banquet. These two people were standing nearby.
At the banquet, the craftsmen followed Li Shui's instructions and served a few dishes first, and then served fairy wine mixed with water.
This wine retains the aroma of liquor, is not so intoxicating, and can give people the illusion of not being able to pour a thousand cups. Very suitable for an emperor like Ying Zheng.
After liquor, there are dumplings, steamed buns, sesame seed cakes...an endless stream of delicacies.
Zhao Gao had an eye-opening meal and felt that his trip today was worthwhile.
Ying Zheng was also very satisfied with the meal and couldn't help but say: "It would be better if Huai Guzi could use his thoughts on cooking to make elixirs."
This was what Li Shui was waiting for, and he immediately took the opportunity to say: "I have been working hard to refine the elixir. Why did your Majesty say this?"
Ying Zheng was a little unhappy: "Did you defraud the farmer's cattle to make elixirs? Did you take Chun Yuyue's maid also to make elixirs?"
Li Shui said confidently: "Exactly."
When Ying Zheng heard this, his anger suddenly rose. I thought to myself: "I have been deceived by the craftsmen today. Are you Huaiguzi still trying to deceive me?"
Ying Zheng stared at Li Shui and said, "Okay, let me hear what these two things have to do with alchemy. If you can't tell, I will definitely punish you severely."
Ying Zheng was annoyed and had already made up his mind. If Li Shui dared to talk nonsense again. Then let him see the punishment of Da Qin. As long as it doesn't hurt his life, let him broaden his horizons.
Li Shui had already asked the farmers and knew why Ying Zheng was angry. He cleared his throat and said: "Your Majesty, grass and trees have their own growth and decline, and people have life and death. Heaven and earth have been divided, and immortals and mortals are different. If you want to transcend life and death, , turning a mortal into an immortal is an act against nature. If you try to ascend by force, you will be punished by thunder."
Ying Zheng was shocked: "Thunder punishment?"
Li Shui nodded firmly: "Yes. You can't violate the destiny of heaven. If you go against heaven, how can God not be angry? The lightning and thunder in the sky are the anger of heaven."
Ying Zheng looked pale, as if he had been evacuated for a moment: "Therefore, I took the elixir and ascended to the immortal world. But will I be hit by thunder?"
Li Shui nodded: "This is why I haven't started refining the elixir for so long."
Ying Zheng was silent for a long time and asked in a low voice: "Why didn't you tell me about this as soon as possible?"
Li Shui said: "My lord, I don't want to disappoint His Majesty."
Ying Zheng was indeed disappointed, very disappointed, not only disappointed, but also a little angry.
Seeing that he was about to explode, Li Shui quickly said, "However, this matter can be discussed."
Ying Zheng's mood felt like he was on a roller coaster, and he quickly asked: "How do you pojie?"
Li Shui said: "In the past, the Yellow Emperor ascended to heaven on a dragon and did not encounter the wrath of heaven. Why? He just followed the time, place, and people."
"Now your Majesty has complied with the destiny and unified the world. The right time and place are in place. Only harmony is lacking."
"Therefore, I am obsessed with farming, just to make our country, Qin, have abundant harvests, everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, and become the land of Yao, Shun, and the land of Yu. Our country, Qin, is like a fairyland on earth, and even immortals like to talk about it."
"At that time, Your Majesty, as the co-owner of the world, is respected by millions of people. You can choose an auspicious day, take the elixir, and ascend to the immortal world. It is natural."
Ying Zheng nodded: "I see. No wonder I see you busy farming and selling wine all day long, but not refining elixirs. However, since you want to make everyone in my country live and work in peace and contentment, why did you defraud the farmers of their cattle?"
Li Shui coughed dryly and said to the craftsman: "Call the old farmer here today."
The old farmer didn't leave at all. When the craftsmen saw Li Shui being tied up, they realized that the old farmer was in trouble, so they detained him in Shangjun Courtyard.
The old farmer came in tremblingly and looked at the dignitaries at the banquet with fear.
Li Shui asked: "Let me ask you, how much did it cost me to buy your cow?"
The old farmer said: "Two thousand yuan."
Li Shui asked again: "I will rent the cow to you. How much rent will you pay every year?"
The old farmer said: "Fifty yuan."
Li Shui asked again: "How many years can a cow live?"
The old farmer thought for a while and said, "Ten years is considered a long life."
A cow, if carefully raised, should live for more than ten years. But this is an ideal situation. No farmer would raise an ox that is unable to do farm work. Therefore, ten years is considered the limit of the life span of a farm cattle.
When Ying Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ten years? Fifty dollars a year. Huaiguzi, you spent 2,000 dollars on buying cattle, but you got back 500 dollars on renting them. You lost 1,500 dollars. ah."
Li Shui said: "Your Majesty is wise. I did lose 1,500 yuan. However, my loss alone gave the people near Xianyang City an extra 1,500 yuan, which allowed them to buy new clothes, repair their houses, and eat more." A full meal. I am so happy and happy."
Li Shui said these words confidently, but he was thinking in his heart: "I only bought a few hundred cows back then, but now I have rented out 30,000 cows. And I don't have to bear the burden of fodder. I make a lot of money, okay? But China There is an old saying that says you can make a fortune by being silent, but I won’t tell you.”
Zhao Gao couldn't believe it, and said to himself: "Are you willing to lose one thousand five hundred yuan? Could it be that you are still a good person?"
Before Li Shui could speak, the old farmer said, "Master Huai, of course he is a kind man."
Zhao Gao was stunned: "Just now you were blaming Huaiguzi for preventing you from buying cattle..."
The farmer suddenly saluted Li Shui repeatedly and said regretfully: "Sir Huai, the villain did not slander the gentleman. It was the gentleman who deceived the villain."
The farmer pointed at Zhao Gao: "This lord, deliberately lured the villain to answer some questions. Those words were veiled and he added fuel to the fire, as if I was slandering the lord."
Zhao Gao's face turned green.
The old farmer's eyes were red and he said: "Who from all over the country doesn't know that you are a kind man?"
"Your Majesty rented the cattle to us. In fact, it was almost a gift to us. He also gave us an additional fifteen hundred yuan."
"In addition, there are those fat sheep. Every household received two or three, and they only had to pay a sheep rent of twenty Qin and a half liang a year. But after a year, the big sheep gave birth to lambs, and the lambs were born. , but it belongs to us. Is it worth more than twenty Qin and a half liang?"
"I have been waiting all my life. Ever since Master Huai came, I suddenly feel that there is still some hope for this day. Now, Master has sent some people to teach him the Daitian method."
"The little man suddenly felt that in the days to come, he would be able to eat well and be clothed warmly. Perhaps he could also put a drop or two of lard in the bean soup when he drank it like the wealthy people did."
Zhao Gao was a little speechless: "Who told you that this is how wealthy people eat?"
Ying Zheng sighed: "The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty talked all day about how they wanted to pacify the world, want the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and build the prosperous age of Yao and Shun. They talked endlessly, and memorials often numbered tens of thousands of words. But they were all empty words."
"I was here today at Huaiguzi, and I saw him doing this. Huaiguzi is immersed in doing good deeds, but keeps it quiet. This man is modest, prudent, and has a noble character."
Zhao Gao felt a little doubtful about life and thought: "Huai Guzi, are you humble and prudent? Are you of noble character?"
However, the emperor gave the definition, and Zhao Gao did not dare to refute, so he could only bow and listen.
Ying Zheng said calmly: "Let's loosen the ties."
The rope around Huaiguzi's body was untied and he sat down happily.
Li Xin, who was behind him, had a look of resentment on his face and whispered: "Brother Huai, what about me?" Go to Baidu to read the latest chapter of "I was a great stickman in the Qin Dynasty and the literature" for free as soon as possible.
