"One, two, three, four..." The executioner counted while beating people with sweat.
Ji Ming lay there, enduring silently. While being beaten, he thought: "Comrades? What allies do I have? Wang Li is dead, and the Wang family has fallen. What allies can I have?"
The executioner beat me for a while and felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, so he gasped and said, "Brother, your buttocks seem to be extra tight these days."
Ji Ming grinned and said, "I get beaten from time to time, so it naturally becomes tight."
The executioner sighed: "The buttocks are tight, and it is a bit difficult to achieve the effect of blurred flesh and blood. In the past, it only took five points of effort, but now it takes ten points."
"If it were someone else who was being tortured and slapped with a stick after scribbling, I wouldn't care. But you are different. You and I will never know each other without beating. Under the stick, a confidant emerges. If I beat him lightly, Your Majesty will see you acting as usual and suspect you. If you cheat and cheat, doesn't that harm you?"
Ji Ming grinned and said, "Brother, I'm tired. It's a matter of time. I'll treat you to a drink."
The executioner in charge responded and increased his strength.
After eighty strokes with the cane, the executioner asked again: "Have you not remembered who your accomplice is? His Majesty's handwriting said that if you can't remember again, there are still eighty."
Ji Ming took a breath of air: "How many eighties are there in total?"
The executioner looked at it and said: "Beat him until death. Brother, what on earth have you committed? To make His Majesty so angry."
Ji Ming said with a bitter look on his face: "If I knew what I had done, would I still come here and get beaten every now and then?"
The executioner nodded: "That's true."
Ji Ming looked at the palace wall in the distance in a daze, and said to himself: "Since when did Your Majesty start punishing me? Yes, I have had bad luck ever since Huai Guzi entered the palace."
"Is the punishment for me today related to Huaiguzi? I didn't provoke him. My comrades... what kind of comrades do I have? Since I was beaten every day, the eunuchs in the palace couldn't avoid me, and the maids became even more Needless to say. I don’t even have any friends in the palace, not to mention my allies...huh?"
Ji Ming suddenly thought of something and looked back at the executioner.
The executioner's face turned green. He suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "Ji Ming, I am the executioner. I am selfless and hate evil. You are a villain like you who has committed a crime. I have no relationship with you. What do you think?" Can you drag me into the water?"
Then, without waiting for Ji Ming to defend himself, he kicked him down and began to slap the board.
Eighty sticks later, Ji Ming covered his butt that was in severe pain: "Brother, I didn't say you were my comrade."
The executioner said with a straight face: "Don't call me so affectionate. Who is your brother?"
Ji Ming was about to cry but had no tears, and said: "I remembered, I just paid a visit to Master Zhao Gao today. I believe this is what His Majesty said."
The executioner immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Ji Ming would not be able to survive the beating and would bite him randomly and bite him out.
The executioner was about to help Ji Ming up, but then he thought about it. Ji Ming dared to betray even Zhao Gao. If he became friends with him, he would probably bite him out soon if there was any trouble.
Thinking of this, the executioner took his hand back again. Then he said calmly: "Since you have already recruited me, then follow me to see His Majesty."
Ying Zheng was already planning to go to bed when he heard the executioner bringing Ji Ming to see him, so he asked, "How's it going?"
The executioner said: "Ji Ming has confessed, and his accomplice is Zhao Gao."
Ying Zheng was furious: "How could Zhao Gao conspire to rebel? Ji Ming is so brave, he dared to falsely accuse an important minister of the court. Give me another eighty and keep a close watch. Set another day for trial."
Ji Ming turned pale with fright: "Rebellion? When did I commit rebellion?"
He shouted that he was wronged and was dragged away.
Eighty more strokes later, Ji Ming was already dying. He lay there, muttering in his mouth: "If I had known, if I had known there were so many sticks behind me, I should have hit him lightly just now."
The executioner beat him until he was sweating profusely, then dragged Ji Ming and locked him up. As for applying medicine, that is definitely not possible. Whether it will cause infection and whether he can survive it all depends on his own destiny.
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The next day, Li Xin slept until three o'clock in the morning before he woke up.
He suddenly realized that since he met Li Shui, he had become confused. I have to toss all night at every turn, and then sleep until noon.
After washing up, I had something to eat at Shangjun Courtyard. Li Xin dressed neatly, rode away and left.
He didn't say goodbye to Li Shui because Li Shui hadn't woken up yet.
Li Xin originally planned to go to the military camp immediately to select thirty or fifty confidants for Li Shui to dispatch. But then I thought about it, I was busy all day yesterday and never went home. I should go back and take a look first.
So Li Xin turned the horse's head and rushed towards his home.
On the way, he met Li Jia.
Li Jia was Li Xin's housekeeper. He came from a poor family and had no surname. After entering the Li Mansion, he took the surname Li after his master. Of course, his Li is not the same as his master's Li, and he is not qualified to enter the Li family's ancestral hall.
After Li Jia saw Li Xin, he was stunned for a moment, then trotted over and grabbed Li Xin's horse reins.
Li Jia said: "General, you are back. Let's go home quickly."
Li Xin yawned: "I'm just about to go home. I've been really busy these days. By the way, why are you outside?"
Li Jia snorted and said vaguely, "Madam sent us out to find out the news."
Li Xin asked curiously: "Inquiring about information? Inquiring about what information?"
Li Jia said: "Inquire about the news of the gentlemen in Xianyang City today."
Li Xin said disapprovingly: "It's okay not to inquire about this kind of news. If you ask too many questions, it will make people think that I, Li Xin, have some intentions."
Li Jia's eyes flickered and he whispered: "General, where were you last night? Madam seems to be very worried about you."
Li Xin thought about it and felt a little embarrassed to talk about what happened yesterday. He coughed dryly and said: "Yesterday, I was a little busy. I was at Shangjun Courtyard all the time. Well, I was very busy."
Seeing that Li Xin refused to tell, Li Jia wisely stopped asking.
Li Xin changed the subject and asked Li Jia: "What news did you find out in Xianyang City?"
Li Jia said: "I heard that Lord Chunyu was angry yesterday and is ill today."
Li Xin felt a little guilty and asked, "Are you seriously ill?"
Li Jia said: "It's not serious. According to the servants of Chunyu Mansion, it can still curse people."
Li Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and then thought: "Swearing? Could it be that you were scolding me?"
Li Jia thought for a while and then said: "Other news, there is Mr. Zhao Gao. Yesterday, Mr. Zhao Gao stayed in the palace overnight and did not return home until dawn. According to people in the Zhao Mansion, after Zhao Gao returned home, he said Ji Ming cursed loudly. I don’t know where Ji Ming offended him."
Li Xin snorted and asked, "What else?"
Li Jia said: "Also, Mr. Zhao Teng and Zhao captured the assassin who assassinated Ma Lingshu. It is said that the assassin's name is Death Heart, and the masterminds behind the scenes are Zhao Jiu and Wang Ba."
"An order came out from the palace today, and these three people were sentenced to be beheaded. However, onlookers said that during the execution, Zhao Jiu and Wang Ba seemed to have been dead long ago. After the heads were cut off, not much leaked out. Come blood.”
"There are rumors that these two people were just scapegoats. The real mastermind behind the scenes was Zhao Jiu's master Zhao Cheng, and behind Zhao Cheng was Zhao Gao. After someone obtained their confessions, they killed both of them. , here comes a dead man with no evidence."
Li Xin nodded, thinking: "The eyes of the common people are very sharp."
Li Jia added: "Also, according to the little eunuch in the palace, Ji Ming was beaten again yesterday for some unknown reason. It took a total of 240 sticks and was beaten to a bloody pulp."
Li Xin chuckled: "What a strange news this is. Isn't it normal for Ji Ming to be beaten?"
Li Jia also laughed dryly: "Yeah, haha."
The two of them talked all the way to the door of the house.
Li Jia suddenly said: "General, are you cold? If you are, I have a leather robe that you can wear."
Li Xin looked at the big sun above his head and said in confusion: "What kind of leather robe should I wear at this time of year? Li Jia, are you sick?"
Li Jia laughed dryly and said, "It's not that I'm sick. I'm just afraid that the general will be cold. If the general gets cold, he can always ask me to borrow a leather robe to wear."
Li Xin shook his head, feeling that this guy's words did not match his words.
He dismounted and entered the house. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Li's eyes were red and she was pacing anxiously in the yard. She looked haggard, as if she hadn't slept all night.
Li Xin felt a little distressed and a little ashamed: "Madam, have you been waiting for me all night?"
Mrs. Li looked up and saw Li Xin coming back. She immediately rushed over, grabbed his arm, and said in a tearful voice: "Where did you go yesterday? I heard that Chunyu Yue led hundreds of people to chase you. I asked a lot of people last night, but they didn’t know what was going on. Today I sent out a lot of people, but no news has come back.”
Li Xin gave a dry laugh and said, "Chun Yuyue. Yesterday was not a pursuit, we were just in tandem, just along the way."
Mrs. Li was doubtful: "Seriously?"
Li Xin said: "How can it not be true?"
At this time, a servant hurriedly ran back. As he ran, he shouted breathlessly: "Madam, I have found out clearly. Yesterday, the general was indeed chased by Chun Yuyue. While Chun Yuyue led people to chase him, he scolded the general for being shameless. Disciple."
After the servant finished shouting, he found Li Xin standing in the yard. He suddenly choked there, and then said with a smile: "The general is back?"
Mrs. Li stared at Li Xin: "Didn't you just say that Chun Yuyue didn't chase you?"
Li Xin laughed dryly and said: "Yesterday I was with Huaiguzi, and it was Huaiguzi who Chunyu Yue was chasing. I just happened to be on the way."
As soon as he said this, another servant ran in and said breathlessly: "Madam, I have heard about it. After Dr. Chunyu returned home, he has been scolding him endlessly. He was scolding Huaiguzi and my general. It seems that, general Together with Huaiguzi, we took something from him."
Li Xin glared at the servant fiercely and thought to himself: "Before you report the news, can't you see who is in the yard?"
He racked his brains and explained to Mrs. Li: "Chun Yuyue had a piece of beautiful jade. He would show it off from time to time. Huaiguzi was so angry that he stole it yesterday. I didn't know about it in advance, and I was innocently involved. …”
Just as he said this, another servant ran in from outside.
Li Xin coughed hard and then glared at the servant.
When the servant saw Li Xin, he immediately shut up and stopped talking.
Mrs. Li shouted coldly: "Say! What did you find out?"
The servant glanced at Li Xin fearfully, and looked at Mrs. Li even more fearfully, and then said: "I heard about it. There is a maid in Chunyu Yue Mansion, named Zhu'er. She is young, beautiful, clever and cute. Yesterday the general and Master Huai , broke into Chunyu Mansion. Someone saw with his own eyes that the general carried the bamboo out and placed it on his horse."
"Then he galloped straight to Shang Jun's courtyard. Dr. Chunyu was furious and led his men to chase him. The villain has not yet found out the rest."
Mrs. Li was already livid with anger. She stared at Li Xin and said, "So, you robbed Chunyu Mansion's maid and lingered in Shangjun until now, right?"
Li Xin explained in a panic: "Listen to me, that girl was not snatched for me, but for Brother Huai. This girl has some skills, which Brother Huai can use just in time. I didn't come back last night. There was an assassin who assassinated Your Majesty. At that time, three hundred assassins sneaked into Shangjun Courtyard at night..."
Mrs. Li stamped her foot vigorously: "That's enough. The more you talk, the more outrageous and lies you get. Come here, get the wooden stick."
Li Xin was on the verge of tears but said, "It's all true. You can ask Brother Huai."
At this time, Li Jia came over and whispered: "General, would you like to borrow your leather robe? The hem is thickened."
Li Xin sighed and said, "I suddenly feel a little cold, that's all. Let's get the leather robe."
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In the palace, Si Dou reported his investigation results to Ying Zheng: "There should be no relationship between Ji Ming and the assassins last night. That group of assassins held a special kind of weapon. This kind of weapon once appeared in Shang Jun's Villa. According to the slave's inference, , they should be trying to assassinate Huaiguzi. It’s just that His Majesty happened to be at Shang Jun’s Courtyard last night and bumped into them.”
After hearing this, Ying Zheng nodded and said, "I also think that Ji Ming does not have such courage."
Si Dou added: "But it is true that Ji Ming made friends with Zhao Gao. Ji Ming offered a lot of jewels last night, and Zhao Gao accepted them all."
Ying Zheng sneered: "These courtiers all want to put some spies around me. Can you master the emperor's mind and be able to navigate the court with ease?"
He said to Si Dou: "Choose a reliable person to treat Ji Ming's injuries and take good care of him. This person is still useful."
Si Dou agreed and retreated.
Soon after, the hut where Ji Ming was imprisoned was opened. Xiao Yi walked in with alcohol and said, "I'm here to see you."
Ji Ming was moved to tears: "Xiao Yi, yesterday I was beaten severely and forced to reveal my accomplices, but I never mentioned your name. Nowadays, everyone is avoiding me, but you are the only one who risked your life to come see me." , I feel very relieved."
Xiao Yi said: "You endure the pain, I will treat your injury."
Later, Xiao Yi poured alcohol on Ji Ming's wound.
Then, Ji Ming screamed like a slaughtered pig. Go to Baidu to read the latest chapter of "I was a great hero in the Qin Dynasty" for free as soon as possible.
