Ji Ming felt that the craftsmen in Shangjun Courtyard were just as annoying as Li Shui. They are all shameless and greedy people.
But now I have to ask for help from others, so I can only endure it.
When Ji Ming was taking out the money, he kept muttering silently, warning himself: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter even if he wants one hundred thousand dollars. When Huaiguzi falls, won't he have to spit out the money? Just think of it for now. He’s just keeping it here for a while.”
After the craftsman received the money, he asked Ji Ming happily: "What do you want to ask?"
Ji Ming said: "I heard that the leather goods from Shang Jun's Courtyard were all in good condition when they were first shipped. But the Exalted Immortal ordered people to make all these leather goods dirty and old. Is this possible?"
The craftsman said: "Yes. I did this job a few days ago. At first, I used a knife to cut the leather goods, and I felt very happy. But later on, I felt a little tired."
Ji Ming thought to himself: What a waste of natural resources. Are you not afraid of thunder?
He asked again: "Then do you know why the banished immortal ordered that the leather goods be cut into pieces?"
The craftsman said nothing, but stretched out his hand towards Jiming.
Ji Ming was a little speechless: "Didn't I already give you money just now?"
The craftsman said with a smile: "One question costs a thousand dollars."
Ji Ming almost jumped up and hit him. But he endured it and took out another thousand dollars.
After getting the money, the craftsman said honestly: "The Exalted Immortal said that poor peasants can't afford leather goods that are too good. Only when they are cut and dirty can poor peasants buy them."
Ji Ming was a little puzzled and thought to himself: What are these words? Are all poor peasants cheap? If you don't want good things, you must buy dirty and broken ones?
Ji Ming wanted to ask in more detail, but then he thought that a thousand dollars per question seemed a bit expensive, so he stopped asking and stood up to leave.
As a result, as soon as he reached the door, he was surrounded by people.
Ji Ming was a little flustered and asked, "What does this mean?"
A familiar face walked out of the crowd and said with a smile: "Ji Ming, is it time to settle our accounts?"
This guy is a gangster.
When Ji Ming saw Wu Jiao, he wanted to die. These days, Wujiao has become a professional debt collection account, leading a group of people to collect debts everywhere inside and outside the palace.
Ji Ming has always been hiding from Wujiao like a mouse seeing a cat, but he didn't expect to be met by him here today.
Wait, is today really a coincidence?
Ji Ming turned around and looked at Wang Laoshi behind the counter with an unkind look: "Did you snitch?"
Wang Laoshi was not afraid at all. He rolled his eyes and said, "So what if it's me?"
Ji Ming was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he really couldn't do anything to Wang Laoshi.
Although Ji Ming was a slave in the palace in the past, when he entered Wang Laoshi's wine shop, how often did Wang Laoshi not run around in trepidation?
Now it has completely changed. Wang Laoshi followed Huaiguzi. He has become more awesome and doesn't take himself seriously anymore.
Ji Ming thought bitterly in his heart: If you continue to be arrogant, Huaiguzi will be brought down one day, and when the time comes, you will all kneel down and beg for mercy.
He was thinking wildly when Wujiao in front of him stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes: "Ji Ming, where's the money?"
Ji Mingqian laughed and said: "Ujiao, we are all servants in the palace, and we are all prisoners. Are you too embarrassed to push me too hard? I really don't have any money in my hands now. When I have money, I will immediately How about returning?"
Wujiao didn't waste any time. He waved to the person behind him and said, "Search."
Those people rushed over like wolves and tigers and began to search him.
While struggling, Ji Ming shouted loudly: "I am a close minister of the emperor, how dare you do this? Aren't you afraid that your majesty will be angry and punish you nine tribes?"
Wujiao slapped him across the face and scolded: "How dare you use His Majesty's name to do anything wrong? What do you think of His Majesty? Do you think of His Majesty as a sword in your hand? You are disrespectful. I think you are treasonous." Heart."
When Ji Ming heard this, he broke into cold sweat.
He thought to himself: Wujiao studied with Huaiguzi for several months, and indeed he learned all his bad habits. He slaps people in the face at every turn, and frames them for rebellion at every turn. Shameless and shameless, is this still a human being?
At this moment, someone found a cloth bag from Ji Ming's body. When he opened it, he found that it was full of gold, silver and jewelry.
Wu Jiao said with a smile: "Isn't this rich? Ji Ming, if you have money and don't pay it back, you have to default on it. This is too much."
A guy came over, quickly appraised the jewelry, and then said to Wujiao: "It's barely enough to cover one month's debt. However, it seems that there is still a few thousand dollars missing."
Wu Jiao waved his hand: "Forget it, after all, Ji Ming and I share the same fate. We are both prisoners. I will give these thousands of dollars to him."
Ji Ming gritted his teeth and said, "Then I thank you."
Wujiao said with a smile: "You're welcome. But let's talk about it first. Next month, if you tell me that you have no money again, I won't believe you."
Wujiao took people back to Shangjun Courtyard to report the accounts. Ji Ming looked at their backs, his lungs aching with anger.
He nodded slowly: "Okay, okay. You will come to ask for the account next month, right? I hope Huaiguzi can still be alive next month."
Ji Ming turned around and hurried into the palace to report to the emperor.
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Ji Ming reported to the emperor everything that happened in Shangjun Courtyard. He didn't add any extravagance, he told the truth. But facts are bound to have a certain tendency once they are relayed by others.
Ji Ming is trying hard to describe Huaiguzi as an ignorant and shameless person. In order to have fun for himself, he deliberately destroyed the leather goods and gave them to the poor peasants.
These leather goods are all trophies, and they all belong to His Majesty. Your Majesty just asked Huaiguzi to handle it for you, how dare he do this?
Now the people haven't noticed any clues yet, so naturally it's no big deal. If one day we discover the problems, we will definitely feel resentful. After all, the poor also have dignity.
And these poor peasants, in addition to resenting Huaiguzi, will they also resent His Majesty?
Ji Ming said this eloquently, expecting Ying Zheng to get angry and teach Huai Guzi a lesson. Unfortunately, Ying Zheng was expressionless and didn't express anything.
Ji Ming had no choice but to withdraw in disappointment.
As a result, as soon as he went out, he saw the executioner looking at him with a smile.
Ji Ming couldn't help but feel a pain in his butt when he saw the executioner.
He asked the executioner: "What are you going to do?"
The executioner said: "It's getting late, and it's about to go down. I'll hit today's mark first. Otherwise, if the execution comes when the next day comes, it will be too late for me to go home."
Ji Ming was furious: "How do you know I will be beaten?"
The executioner looked at Ji Ming with a meaningful expression.
Ji Ming himself was a little discouraged, and sighed and said: "That's it, let's fight, let's fight. If we finish the fight early, I will feel relieved."
Then, crackling, another hundred sticks were struck.
After being beaten with a stick, Ji Ming found that his mentality had changed. Now he is impatiently waiting for Ying Zheng's order, hoping that he will send the order to hit him quickly, otherwise, the hundred sticks he received today will be in vain.
Unfortunately, Ying Zheng seemed to have forgotten about him today. Ji Ming waited eagerly until midnight, but there was no order to be beaten.
Ji Ming wanted to cry a little: Aren’t I full enough? Why do I have to get a meal?
………
The next day, when the sky was dim, news came from the palace, summoning Huai Guzi.
Li Shui naturally knew what the reason was and went there early.
After arriving at the palace, Li Shui found that many courtiers had already arrived. There are important ministers such as Wang Wanchun and Yu Yue, and there are also people like Wu Yue who have little sense of existence.
Li Shui asked Li Xin in confusion: "Is there going to be a court meeting today?"
Li Xin also looked confused: "I don't know."
Chunyu Yue kindly reminded Li Shui at the side: "The matter to be discussed today may be related to the banishment of immortals."
Li Shui understood immediately. He asked curiously: "Is such a big battle necessary?"
Chunyu Yue sighed: "Integrity will not be punished. Banished Immortal, what you have done this time is really too much. You have wasted everything and made fun of the people. Your Majesty summoned us this time, I am afraid he wants us to brainstorm and persuade Banished Immortal." , so that you can understand the poetry and etiquette of our Great Qin."
Li Shui looked around and found that except for Wang Wan and several important officials, most of the people present were indeed Confucian scholars. It seems that Ying Zheng is trying to teach himself a lesson.
Soon, a young eunuch said: "Your Majesty has a request."
So everyone filed in and entered Ying Zheng's study.
Ying Zheng looked at Huaiguzi and the others and said calmly: "Recently, someone told me that Huaiguzi, you deliberately defaced the leather goods and then sold them to poor farmers. Is this possible?"
Li Shui nodded and admitted frankly: "Yes."
Ying Zheng said again: "You are still talking nonsense, saying that poor peasants do not deserve to wear intact clothes. Is this a problem?"
Li Shui shook his head: "My true words are. If the clothes are in good condition, the poor peasants cannot afford them."
Ying Zheng said a little speechlessly: "You can also buy ten and a half taels of intact clothes, why not? As long as your price is low enough, the people will naturally be able to afford it."
Li Shuiqian laughed and said: "The truth behind this is a bit complicated. If your Majesty doesn't trust me, you can choose someone else to take charge of this matter. How about that?"
Ying Zheng said calmly: "The reason why I called you here today is not to ask you to delegate your power. It is to ask the Confucian scholars here to tell you some truth. You are a banished immortal, so I am afraid you don't quite understand the rules of my world. Poor people are also human beings. , and you cannot bully at will..."
Li Shui was a little helpless: "I didn't bully them. Your Majesty, can you tell me who is the person who impeached me?"
Ying Zheng asked quietly: "Why, do you still want to take revenge on them?"
Li Shui sighed: "How dare I? I just want to get to know these warriors."
Ying Zheng looked like he didn't intend to say anything.
Wu Yue and others looked at each other, walked out one after another, and said to Li Shui: "Don't be surprised if you banish an immortal, we are just out of righteous indignation."
Wu Yue and others are not stupid enough to seek death. Rather, their purpose in submitting the memorial was to offend Li Shui so that His Majesty would protect them.
So take the initiative now. It was originally part of the plan.
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