Liu Mang's hair turned gray overnight.
The old slave looked at Liu Mang sitting there blankly, feeling heartbroken.
His qualifications are very old. When Liu Mang's father was still alive, the old slave was here. It can be said that he grew up watching Liu Mang.
But...he couldn't do anything. He is just an ignorant old man.
The old slave shook his head and sighed, then silently heated up the hot water and brought it to Liu Mang.
Liu Mang had no intention of washing up, and just asked in a daze: "Liu Er, is there any movement outside? Are there any rumors?"
The old slave shook his head and said: "There are no rumors, so you don't need to worry about it. Rumors will dissipate on their own in a day or two."
Liu Mang nodded. Liu Er sighed, lowered his head and left.
When the sun rose, a group of people appeared in Xianyang City. He is from Shangjun Courtyard.
The leader is Aang Fu, followed by several craftsmen. These people drove carriages around Xianyang City, shouting loudly as they went: "From today on, the price of fairy paper will increase tenfold."
The people of Xianyang were immediately in an uproar.
At other times, if someone dared to raise prices so blatantly, they would probably be surrounded by irrational people and be scolded.
But the people in Shangjun Courtyard were unscathed, because angry people have better outlets. That is Liu Mang.
Based on yesterday's rumors, the people of Xianyang firmly believe that it is because of Liu Mang's existence that the price of fairy paper has increased.
In fact, the price increase of fairy paper mainly affects the courtiers, who are the big users of paper. But the people in Xianyang City didn't mind joining in the fun.
After all, Liu Mang has been demoted to a commoner, and there is no pressure to bully him. After all, Liu Mang was once a high-ranking official, and bullying senior executives was psychologically satisfying.
So the people of Xianyang, led by the servants of the courtiers, gathered happily outside Liu's mansion. Yelling, swearing, and stone-throwing were everywhere.
Liu Mang sat in the mansion, feeling despair and dying of shame and anger.
I don’t know who it was, but the first person yelled a few words: “If you don’t succeed enough, you will fail more than you can do. Why don’t you die, you incompetent rats.”
These words immediately resonated with everyone, so hundreds of people shouted in unison. It's really deafening.
Liu Mang walked to his bedroom, closed the door, and pretended to be deaf and dumb.
But this state did not last long, and someone started banging on the door.
Liu Mang opened the door angrily and saw Jia Huo standing outside with a cautious look on his face.
Jia Huo has been living in Liu Mang's house these days and has never been out. He doesn't know what is going on outside. He thinks Liu Mang has offended some enemy and someone has come to his door. The only thing on his mind right now is to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible, so as not to bring disaster to Chiyu.
When Jia Huo saw Liu Mang open the door, he immediately saluted and said cautiously: "Sir, you have kept me here for a few days. I still have business to do, so I thought I would leave today..."
In the past, Liu Mang kept Jia Huo in his house because he wanted to make him a witness to sue Li Shui. It was no longer necessary now. He didn't care whether Jia Huo stayed or went, so he said lightly: "Please do so."
Jia Huo breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and walked towards the door.
At this time, a loud voice came from the gate: "Get out of the way, everyone, get out of the way."
Later, the door of Liu Mang's mansion was opened, and a group of Qin soldiers walked in.
Jia Huo stuck out his tongue and thought, "Who did Master Liu offend?"
As a result, the general leading the team shouted loudly: "Where is Jia Huo?"
Jia Huo suddenly realized that something was wrong. He wanted to pretend to be deaf and dumb and sneak away quietly. But the Xianyang people at the gate recognized him.
Many people pointed at him and said, "This person is Jia Huo."
The general glanced at Jia Huo.
Jia Huo could only nodded with a grimace.
The general said calmly: "Jia Huo, wantonly disclosed the papermaking technology, violated the patent law. He shall be executed according to the law. Take him away."
Jia Huo's legs softened and he sat down on the ground. He cried and shouted: "I am a distinguished guest in Mr. Liu's house. Mr. Liu, please save me."
Liu Mang just pretended not to hear.
Jia Huo added: "Master Zhao asked me to say it, Master Zhao Gao asked me to say it. General, you should ask Master Zhao Gao."
The waiter in the wine shop who had been hiding in the crowd immediately acted according to the opportunity and said, "Yes, what if Master Zhao Gao really forced him to say it? If Jia Huo had no choice but to reveal the papermaking skills, it would be understandable. "
The people in Xianyang City all agreed.
The general smiled slightly, pointed at a soldier and said, "Go and ask Mr. Zhao if this is the case."
The pawn agreed and rode away.
After a while, the pawn came back and said, "Master Zhao said there is absolutely no such thing."
When Jia Huo heard this, he said with a look of despair: "How could it not be? I was in Mr. Zhao's house at that time. Mr. Zhao Gao and Zhao Cheng asked me personally. Then they asked me to send a letter to Mr. Liu Mang's house. . Otherwise, how can I, a merchant, be qualified to enter the Liu Mansion?"
When everyone heard this, they all nodded. Very good, it corroborates yesterday's rumors.
Jia Huo howled all the way, telling everything he knew, and kept complaining to himself, but it was of no use at all. The law of the country is the law of the country. Since he committed a crime, he must be punished. Jia Huo was killed.
The people of Xianyang City were satisfied with what they saw. Everyone suddenly discovered that since Huaiguzi came to Xianyang, exciting things have happened one after another.
In the past, when relatives from out of town came, everyone would chat and ask how the harvest was this year or how much money they had made recently. Talking too much may sound like showing off. He said less and felt less embarrassed. As a result, we often fall into awkward silences.
Well now, there are a lot of interesting things about Xianyang City. Xianyang people can talk about it from the first day when relatives come to the day when relatives leave.
Often after sending away relatives, the next moment they go to the hospital to get medicine for their throat.
Nowadays, there is no need for the waiters in the wine shop to add fuel to the fire. Everyone in Xianyang City knows that Zhao Gao is no longer a thing.
People spread the word around: Zhao Gao instigated Liu Mang and Jia Huo to falsely accuse the Immortal, but not only did they fail to accuse the Immortal, but Liu Mang and Jia Huo also suffered great misfortune. One was demoted to a commoner, the other committed a capital crime. And Zhao Gao not only refused to rescue, but also kept putting aside the relationship.
The people of Xianyang City know this truth, and the courtiers naturally also know this truth.
In the past, courtiers just thought that Zhao Gao liked to protect himself and command from behind the scenes. But this time, Zhao Gao's character was clearly revealed.
Not everyone under Zhao Gao respected Zhao Gao. Those who wanted to seek refuge with Zhao Gao had already given up. Those who have taken refuge in Zhao Gao are anxious and thinking that if Zhao Gao asks them to do something next time, they should find a reason to refuse.
At this moment, a burst of crying and howling came from Liu Mang's house. It was Liu Er who was crying.
The people of Xianyang looked at it for a while, listened for a while, and finally understood.
Liu Mang committed suicide.
Liu Mang lost everything in one day, and was scolded by the people of Xianyang who blocked the door. Then he saw Jia Huo being tortured and killed, and one can imagine how desolate he felt.
He lost his money, power, reputation, and hope.
He had lost everything but death. So he tied a rope to the beam and hung himself.
Liu Er cried heartbreakingly, and in his wails, he revealed intentionally or unintentionally that Zhao Gao had sent a letter to Liu Mang, asking Liu Mang to die.
News of the sex spread quickly. Some knowledgeable people couldn't help but sigh: "Liu Mang really died at the hands of Zhao Gao."
In just one day, Zhao Gao's reputation has become extremely bad.
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In the wine shop, Li Shui and Li Xin were drinking.
Li Xin said: "Brother Huai, I'm really convinced. It turns out that you didn't kill Liu Mang yesterday because you wanted to use it today."
"You interceded for Liu Mang in front of His Majesty and won a reputation for loyalty. You also used Liu Mang's death to ruin Zhao Gao's reputation. You killed two birds with one stone."
Li Shui coughed dryly and said, "Brother Li, I didn't do anything. It's just that Zhao Gao will kill himself if he does unjust things."
Li Xin bared his teeth: "I understand, I understand."
The two of them picked up the wine glasses, drank the wine in one gulp, and then started laughing.
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Zhao Gao was in the mansion, looking depressed.
Zhao Cheng paced back and forth worriedly, and said to Zhao Gao: "Brother, the power we have cultivated for many years has been destroyed. Now everyone in Xianyang City knows that my brother is mean and ignorant. Who will be willing to use me in the future?" ?”
Zhao Gao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Huai Guzi, you are so hateful. You spread such rumors. It's so shameless and despicable."
Zhao Cheng said dejectedly: "Brother, what's the use of scolding him? What should we do in the future?"
Zhao Gao took a deep breath and forced a smile: "Don't panic. Blessings depend on misfortune. Those courtiers have already abandoned me, the Zhao family. But what's the problem? Your Majesty is more at ease with me."
Zhao Cheng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he said, "That's right. Now my brother is alone and has no allies in the court. Just like Li Xin back then, just like Zhao Teng now. Your Majesty likes this kind of people the most."
Zhao Gao nodded.
He pretended to be calm on the surface, but in fact he was bleeding in his heart: Your Majesty likes this kind of person, it's useless. How can I let Hu Hai ascend to the throne if I am weak?
Zhao Gao breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Go and test our people and see how many of them are still willing to be used by me."
Zhao Cheng asked: "How to test?"
Zhao Gao said: "Let them submit a memorial to Your Majesty. Just say that the people of Qin have not yet developed their wisdom, and there are many stupid men and women in the world. This patent office has almost become a talking hall of Huaiguzi. It is simply unnecessary. I request Your Majesty to abolish the patent. chamber, repeal patent laws.”
Zhao Cheng asked in confusion: "Why do you want to submit this memorial?"
Zhao Gao said: "Firstly, we can determine who is willing to follow my Zhao family. Secondly, by dismantling the patent office, we can attack Huaiguzi. Otherwise, he will use this patent office to gather who knows how much money and how much money he will have to gather." Power. I am worried that the future crown prince position will belong to Fu Yao." Baidu reads the latest chapter of "I was a hero in the Qin Dynasty" for free for the first time.
