While Ji Ming was being beaten in the corner, Jufu was watching from the door of the room.
He felt a little emotional, feeling that these people Huaiguzi had found were really loyal. They had already been beaten like this and refused to say that they were the ones who banished the immortals.
These days, he also felt that people around Xianyang respected Huaiguzi like gods. If this person said he was sent by Huaiguzi, these people would never take action. Even if they had doubts in their hearts, they would have to verify it first.
The giant man nodded: It seems that the banished immortal sent the most reliable people in order to test me.
At this time, Ju Fu suddenly remembered something terrible: the man just now was sent by the Exalted Immortal, and those jewels belonged to the Exiled Immortal. In a moment of excitement, in order to show my steadfastness and unyielding, I burned the jewels of the banished immortal. Will the banished immortal hold grudge against me?
For a moment, the giant man was covered in cold sweat. If this offends the Immortal, what should we do? What's more, the banished immortal recommended him to Master Fu Yao, which was a great kindness. Is this considered repaying a favor with an enemy?
The giant man paced back and forth in the yard, and finally after thinking about it, he decided to find a way to make up for the money to the banished immortal.
But...how to get some money? Do you want to be "visited" by others again? For a moment, the giant man was in a state of confusion.
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Ji Ming was tied up and taken outside Xianyang City.
It was still dark at this time and the city gate was not open. The Qin soldiers guarding the city were also a little bored and asked, "Who are you? Why did you enter the city?"
The shop owner said: "We have caught a thief and we will deliver it to Lord Neishi's house."
Qin Bing was delighted: "If you catch a thief, you have to send it to Lord Nei Shi's house? Are you very leisurely as a grown-up?"
The shop owner said: "I know that you are busy with official duties. However, Master Neishi is the best friend of banished immortals, and banished immortals are the most sympathetic to the poor and weak. Presumably, Master Neishi will also stand on the side of us poor people. If sent to Elsewhere, the villain is restless.”
Qin Bing said with a smile: "Even if you wait until dawn and bring this person to Lord Nei Shi's house, Lord Nei Shi may not see you."
The shop owner said: "As long as Lord Nei Shi appoints someone to convict this thief, I will be satisfied."
Qin Bing nodded and stopped asking.
Ji Ming stayed up all night and stood outside the city for several hours. During this period, he had to be beaten and scolded by the shop owner. Finally at dawn, the shop owner took him to the house of Nei Shi Zhao Teng.
Ji Ming felt uneasy along the way. Zhao Teng knows him.
What if someone recognizes this and reaches His Majesty’s ears?
Soon, the owner of the shop arrived at Neishi Mansion and explained his purpose to the gatekeeper. They waited outside the door for a full hour, and finally a clerk came out and said calmly: "Come with me. Mr. Neishi said that I will make an exception for you today and let me try the case on my behalf. From now on, Don't send it to the Neishi Mansion for minor matters."
The shop owner nodded and bowed in agreement.
The clerk took the two people to a small house. Then, the clerk asked Ji Ming calmly: "Who are you?"
Ji Ming refused to say.
The clerk chuckled: "What? Do you want me to be tortured before you say anything?"
Ji Ming said cautiously: "I want to talk to you alone."
The clerk was furious: "You bastard, do you want to bribe me? Come on, please give me a cane for forty first."
A few rough men walked in, pushed Ji Ming to the ground, and started beating him.
Ji Ming's energy does not grow, and his face does not change color.
The clerk looked at him in amazement: "He is a tough guy. Give him another forty."
After beating four or five forty times, several sweaters took turns holding the stick, and they were all exhausted. But Ji Ming remained as if nothing had happened.
He even had the intention to point out these people: "The posture of holding the stick is wrong. When one hand is in front and the other behind, the feet are shoulder-width apart and firmly planted on the ground. When swinging the stick, follow the stick with your body. When you move, you can hear the whining and the wind, and then hit the person with a bright and crisp sound. This is when the blow is done."
The big men were dumbfounded.
Ji Ming was somewhat proud: "In terms of being beaten, who can beat me? I can be considered a good doctor after a long illness."
The clerk looked a little confused, waved his hand and said, "That's all, there's no need to ask for his name. Let's check first to find out what he stole."
The owner of the store bowed and said: "The villain did a rough estimate before he came. Maybe he found it early and he didn't have time to steal other things. Therefore, the property at home is not lacking, but a yellow dog died. "
The clerk nodded and wrote down solemnly: "A yellow dog."
At this time, a big man searched Ji Ming's body and found the bag of jewelry.
Half of the jewelry had been burned by fire and was in poor condition. The other half is dazzling and rare.
The little official was so shocked that his jaw dropped: this is a shocking case.
The clerk thought for a while and said to one of the big men: "Go to the Exiled Immortal Pawn Shop immediately and ask an experienced man to estimate the value of this batch of jewelry."
The big man responded and hurried away.
Ji Ming was a little panicked, lying on the ground and said, "These jewelry are mine."
The clerk sneered: "Yours? If you have such financial reports, you still steal? What a joke."
Ji Ming said with a grimace: "I didn't steal, I just broke into his house by mistake. I didn't kill the dog."
The clerks didn't even bother to pay attention to him. This kind of lie was simply boring.
Ji Ming added: "I have a fortune in my family. Can't I just take it with me?"
The clerk sneered: "Then tell me, which wealthy businessman or powerful person in Xianyang are you?"
Ji Ming stopped talking again.
Soon, the big man came with an old gentleman from the Immortal Pawn Shop.
The old gentleman has a professional habit of saying that everything is bare and hairless, and then the price of a treasure worth one hundred thousand yuan can be reduced to ten yuan.
Along the way, the big man gave many warnings, this was to punish the thief, and he must not lower the price at will. The old gentleman nodded in agreement. When he arrived, he resisted the urge to lower the price and set a price.
So the clerk took up his pen and solemnly wrote: The jewelry is dazzling and worth five thousand yi of gold.
The shop owner was a little excited: "If you catch this thief, will you get a reward?"
The clerk nodded: "Yes, there is a reward, and this person's amount is huge, so you will have a big reward."
The shop owner immediately became happy.
Ji Ming was a little flustered. He is not an idiot. He has been in the palace for a long time and has come into contact with some laws. A thief who stole five thousand yi of gold will basically be killed if he is caught.
Ji Ming couldn't help it anymore and whispered: "Sir, please send me away, and I will tell you who I am."
The clerk said calmly: "Could it be that you want to bribe me? Just say it here."
Ji Ming looked at the shop owner in embarrassment. Then he said: "My identity is of great importance and this person cannot know."
The clerk thought for a while and said to the shop owner: "Please wait outside the door. You can keep an eye on me to see if I take any bribes."
The clerk felt that this was a bit strange when he did this. A thief who has already stolen countless jewels would need to go to a shabby hotel to steal something?
The shop owner was afraid of officials, so he didn't dare to say anything, so he stood outside the door.
For a time, only the clerk and Ji Ming were left in the room.
Ji Ming whispered: "I am from the palace."
The clerk was greatly surprised and looked at Ji Ming in disbelief: "How dare you let me take a test."
Ji Ming's face immediately turned red.
He thought for a while and said: "I have a close friend in the palace, named Xiao Yi. As long as you send someone to deliver a message, Xiao Yi will naturally come. By then, your identity will naturally be verified. . Xiao Yi only has one close friend: I don’t need to say my name, he will understand.”
The clerk thought for a while and said to a big man: "Go to the palace gate and ask someone to ask."
The big man left.
Half an hour later, the big man came back and whispered to the clerk: "There is indeed a Xiao Yi in the palace. He said that he was on duty now and could not come out. He asked this person what crime he had committed. If the crime was not serious, Please let us release him. If the crime is serious, can we look at the file? If his duty is over, he will come immediately."
The clerk thought for a while, copied a copy of the file he had just written, and handed it to the big man. The big man left in a hurry.
Ji Ming asked hopefully: "How?"
The clerk said calmly: "There is such a Xiao Yi in the palace. But he is busy now and it will take a few hours to arrive."
Ji Ming nodded.
The clerk said curiously: "Even if you are really from the palace, why would you steal so many jewels?"
Ji Ming said vaguely: "It's important, so don't ask anymore."
The clerk chuckled. If this guy was really from the palace, he might not be qualified to ask.
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In the palace, after Xiao Yi read the file, he immediately informed Si Tu, who took the file to find Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng was reviewing the memorial. When he saw Si Tu coming, he asked curiously: "What's the matter?"
Si Dou bowed and said, "Ji Ming was caught stealing outside the city."
Ying Zheng almost suspected that he heard wrongly: "You were caught stealing?"
Si Dou said: "Yes, this is his file."
Ying Zheng took the file, opened it, and said with a sneer: "This Ji Ming is really restless."
When he looked over Ji Ming's crimes, it was even more unbelievable. It read: Stealing five thousand yi of gold jewelry and a yellow dog.
Ying Zheng laughed angrily: "Okay, okay. This Ji Ming is really an eye-opener for me."
He asked Si Dou: "Has this matter spread?"
Si Dou said: "Not yet. The only people who know Ji Ming's identity are the officials handling the case."
Ying Zheng thought for a while and said: "This matter should not be made public. If the people know about it, what kind of behavior will it be? As for Ji Ming, he is not busy killing, just punish him with ghost wages. Through him, I know many people thoughts."
Si Dou hesitated and said: "With such a large amount, if he is punished as ghost wages, I'm afraid he will have to do hard labor until he is eighty years old."
Ying Zheng said calmly: "Then I will serve hard labor until the age of eighty. As long as I am not on duty in the palace, I will serve."
Si Dou responded, bowed and left. He told this to Xiao Yi, who hurriedly left the palace.
After leaving the palace, Xiao Yi met the clerk and gave some instructions in his ear.
The clerk understood in his heart and whispered to Ji Ming: "Your identity has been determined by me. However, there is a shop owner watching outside, and I cannot bend the law for personal gain."
Ji Ming felt a chill in his heart: "Do you really want to trap me and kill me? These jewels are really mine."
The clerk chuckled and said, "Where did a eunuch get all these jewels? You are not Zhao Gao. In my opinion, if this matter gets louder, you will not escape death."
Ji Ming suddenly felt a little downcast.
The clerk whispered: "Now, you don't have to die. How about I sentence you to sixty years of ghost pay? It doesn't matter if you work as an errand on weekdays. As long as you have leisure, you can serve. If you don't accept it, I will Report to Lord Zhao Teng to see if you can still survive."
Ji Ming almost cursed.
But the clerk rolled up his sleeves and took the shop owner to collect the reward.
Xiaoyi led Ji Ming and walked slowly towards the palace.
On the way, Ji Ming expressed his bitterness and told Xiao Yi everything. Xiao Yi looked at him sympathetically and comforted him deeply.
After entering the palace, Ji Ming and Xiao Yi parted ways. Ji Ming went to Hu Hai's palace to resume his duties, while Xiao Yi went to Ying Zheng's study.
Ying Zheng heard that these gold and silver jewels were given by Hu Hai, with the purpose of buying off Fu Yao's ministers and disrupting Fu Yao's Beidi County.
Ying Zhengqi's face turned livid and he said three words in succession.
Xiao Yi knelt on the ground, trembling.
Ying Zheng walked back and forth in the study for a few steps, and suddenly sighed: "Emperor, emperor. Throughout the ages, emperors have always claimed to be lonely. But if they even plot against their closest relatives, then they are no longer human beings."
Suddenly, Ying Zheng thought again: Hu Hai can plot against Fu Yao today. Can you plot against me tomorrow?
He was suddenly disappointed in Hu Hai and felt that it was a big mistake to keep Hu Hai in the first place. No, the source of the fault lies with Zhao Gao, and Zhao Gao should not be allowed to teach Hu Hai. A good young master was ruined by Zhao Gao's teachings.
Ying Zheng thought a lot, but in the end he did not punish Hu Hai. He suppressed this matter, but Hu Hai's status in his heart has undergone earth-shaking changes since today.
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Ji Mingzheng stood in Hu Hai's palace submissively.
Hu Hai asked hopefully: "How is it? Did Jufu agree?"
Ji Ming was a little embarrassed. If he told the truth, Mr. Hu Hai's jewels would have to be returned to him. But how could Ji Ming be willing to take out the wealth he had obtained? More importantly, some of the jewelry was destroyed. How to get rid of it? In the end, the matter didn't work out, so he had to pay a sum of money?
So he thought for a while and said with great confidence: "Don't worry, young master, Jufu has agreed. He is willing to help the young master and achieve great things."
Hu Hai smiled with satisfaction and thought: It seems that Ji Ming, the bad guy, has not affected me after all.
Ji Ming whispered again: "However, this giant man is a little greedy and wants some property."
Hu Hai felt a little sick.
Ji Ming advised with sincerity: "Master, this is the time to win over people's hearts. You must not be mean and unkind."
Hu Hai gritted his teeth and took out some more jewelry.
Ji Ming put away the jewelry with a smile, turned around and left, returning to his room.
After putting away the jewelry, Ji Ming was very happy. Suddenly he remembered that it seemed like he should go to the study on duty at night, so he happily entered Ying Zheng's study.
As a result, when Ying Zheng saw him, he became furious and threw the inkstone on the table, hitting him right in front of the door.
Red blood and black ink flowed down.
Ji Ming was so frightened that he didn't dare to wipe it, and kept apologizing.
Ying Zheng stared at him for a while and said coldly: "It's really disgusting to have such a wretched appearance. Come here, drag him down and beat him for an hour."
Ji Ming was a little desperate, thinking: My appearance was given by my parents, what can I do?
The executioner was also very disappointed. In the past, he was beaten with one hundred and two hundred sticks, but now he had to be beaten for an hour. Is this going to tire me out?
After pressing Ji Ming to the ground, the executioner sighed: "Ji Ming, I'm even more tired than doing hard labor these days. After I go home every day, I feel weak without eating a few kilograms of meat. But recently, Da Qin's Pork meat rises very quickly, alas..."
Ji Ming took out some money from his body and said apologetically: "I'm tired."
After the executioner took the money, he suddenly became energetic and his whole body was full of strength. Then he struck down the stick one by one. Just as Ji Ming described it, he moved with the stick, whining and carrying the wind, falling on the person, snap. The sound is crisp and loud...
