These soldiers asked Li Shui hopefully: "If we say so, can we spare one life?"
Li Shui smiled and said, "If you are honest enough, I can consider it."
The soldiers suddenly became happy.
Li Shui looked at them with pity and thought; I just said that I can consider it. These people are still too naive.
The soldiers pointed at their confidants and said in unison: "He ordered us to do it."
Afterwards, the soldiers began to talk about it.
At what time and place, how did their confidants order them to set fire to the house, and how to surround the house and not allow horns or dung money to come out. Why did he kill Deaf Tao and put the blame on Dung Jin?
When the soldiers were talking about this, their confidants kept their heads down and said nothing. It seems that he no longer intends to quibble.
Li Shui was very satisfied with such people.
You must admit your mistakes when you are wrong, and you must stand up when you are beaten.
You've done it all, why are you so quibbling?
After the soldiers finished speaking, Li Shui asked his confidants with a smile: "Is what they said true?"
The confidant raised his head, his face full of tears, and said with great shame: "You villain, you are guilty."
Zhao Tuo glared at his confidant, but his confidant was full of runny nose and tears. He was crying very sadly and seemed not to notice Zhao Tuo at all.
Everyone in Gaoshan County looked at Li Shui with admiration.
When Li Shui brought up fingerprints before, they had been curious to verify them, and found that fingerprints were indeed different for everyone.
These officials were all shocked, feeling that the talents of the banished immortals were endless.
What is even more shocking now is that the banished immortals did not use torture, but only asked a few questions with a smile, and these people confessed.
When these petty officials usually handle cases, when are they not allowed to label the prisoner? If you encounter one or two tough talkers, the person who is being tortured will be so tired that your back hurts, and you will be criticized later, and they will be accused of being beaten into submission.
If they can still understand fingerprints. They really can't understand that banishing an immortal can make a prisoner confess with a simple understatement.
It was just a matter of those pawns confessing, but why did Zhao Tuo's confidants confess so easily?
This is not normal.
In the end, these people could only attribute all this to the domineering power of the banished immortal.
An invisible and powerful aura oppressed these prisoners who dared not lie and rushed to reveal the truth, just hoping to be forgiven by the banished immortal.
Bai Shu clenched his fists and thought: It is a great blessing to have an immortal in this county.
Li Shui didn't know the psychological activities of people in Gaoshan County, but he still looked at his confidants curiously.
Even he was a little surprised, why did this confidant confess so quickly? Isn’t this kind of person supposed to take the blame for his master to the end, even to the death?
He looked at Zhao Tuo with a bit of disdain: This selection of people is too poor.
The confidant cried for a while and said to Li Shui: "This villain commits such a heinous crime and does not ask for forgiveness from the banished immortal. He only asks the banished immortal to give him a lighter sentence for the sake of the lives of the two righteous men Niujiao and Dungjin. "
Li Shui let out a sigh and thought: It seems like this guy wants to be lenient if he confesses? Yeah, that's pretty forward thinking.
Li Shui smiled and asked, "Did you do these things yourself? Or was someone instructing you?"
The confidant immediately pointed at Zhao Tuo.
Li Shui looked at Zhao Tuo.
Zhao Tuo frowned and said, "Huai Guzi, why do you judge me? What qualifications do you have to judge me?"
No matter what Li Shui asked, Zhao Tuo kept saying the same words back and forth.
Li Shui said to his confidants: "Do you have any evidence that he ordered you?"
The confidant scratched his head and was speechless.
What evidence can there be for this? I didn't bring a gramophone.
Finally, a confidant said: "Exiled Immortal, please imagine this. The villain has no enmity or enmity with the Exiled Immortal, nor does he have any enmity or enmity with Shangjun Bieyuan. How could it be that I made the decision on my own?"
"Furthermore, Zhao Tuo controls the three armies. If he really disagrees, he can stop the matter at any time, but he has never mentioned it, and instead adds fuel to the flames."
"If he didn't plan this, who else could? If he didn't agree, I would still do such a thing blatantly, unless I had already isolated him."
Li Shui nodded: "That makes sense."
He looked at Zhao Tuo: "What do you have to say?"
Zhao Tuo had nothing to say, so he kept saying that Li Shui had no right to interrogate him.
Li Shui coughed dryly and said: "Twenty people from Zhao Tuo down. They framed people, murdered soldiers, and set fire to people's houses. They are guilty of the most heinous crimes and should be executed."
"Logically speaking, you should be sent back to Xianyang City and then executed. However, I hate evil and feel that letting you live for an extra quarter of an hour is taking advantage of Da Qin, so... I will send you away as soon as possible. "
Bai Shu and others said with emotion: "There is a gold medal for banishing immortals, which can kill these people with just one sentence. But they refuse to use it and insist on the punishment. It is really admirable."
Zhao Tuo was going crazy: Is this called Mingzhengdian punishment?
Soon, Qin soldiers came over and wanted to take these people away.
The nine soldiers shouted: "Exiled Immortal, didn't you promise us to spare your life?"
Li Shui snorted: "That's right, these ten people have some merit."
The soldiers were overjoyed and wanted to thank Li Shui just now. Li Shui quietly gestured to the side, and then one of the guards from Shang Jun's courtyard stood up and said with a sincere face: "Sir, these ten people have committed heinous crimes by murdering their colleagues. How can we forgive them? Please banish them to immortals. Think twice?"
The rest of the guards stood up one after another and advocated severe punishment.
Some people even got up to the point of being dramatic and drew their swords. If the banished immortal did not execute these people, they would kill themselves on the spot in protest.
Li Shui looked at the nine soldiers in embarrassment: "After all, you have killed someone. If I spare you, I am afraid that others will not give up."
The nine soldiers stared at the guards of Shang Jun's courtyard with expressions of grief and anger.
The guards were unafraid and stared back.
What a joke, what kind of training did they receive in Shangju Villa? When the enemy comes, just chop him down without batting an eye.
If you are not afraid of the dead, are you still afraid of the resentment of these people?
These people were taken out and lined up in a clearing to be beheaded.
At this time, several people shouted loudly: "Exiled Immortal, you haven't interrogated us yet."
These people are the ones who specialize in torturing horns and dung gold.
Li Shui said calmly: "I am busy with affairs, how can I interrogate one by one? How many times have you tortured Niujiao and Dungjin along the way? It is not unfair to kill you."
Those people cried and said: "However, the horns and dung gold are not dead."
Li Shui said: "Although people are not dead, they are tortured by you to a point where life is worse than death. The most important thing is that you have been favored by dung money, but in the end you repaid the kindness with hatred."
"These kind of people who are unjust and shameless will be a disaster if they stay in the army. If foreign enemies come one day, you will probably be the first to surrender."
"Therefore, I will lend you your heads as a warning to others."
Then, Li Shui waved his hand, and someone raised his sword to cut down.
At this time, there was a sound of horse hooves outside. Someone panted and said, "Sir, sir, someone from Xianyang City is here. He is an official. He seems to be carrying His Majesty's will."
Zhao Tuo, who was waiting to die, was immediately overjoyed. He looked up to the sky and laughed: "God will not stop me. This time I..."
Halfway through his laughter, he suddenly stopped laughing. Because he saw the eunuch's appearance.
Isn't that a blackmail?
Wu Jiao said he was a eunuch, but since he stayed in Shangjun's courtyard all day, he was considered a member of Shangjun's courtyard.
Who in the entire Xianyang City didn't know that he and Li Shui were in the same group?
Why is this guy here? Why did His Majesty give him his will? Is this will really life-saving?
For a moment, Zhao Tuo was in a state of confusion.
He looked at Wu Jiao expectantly, hoping that Wu Jiao would announce his decree immediately.
After all, people put their swords on their own necks. No matter how bad the will is, how bad can it be?
Zhao Tuo's heart was beating loudly and he thought: It would be great if this purpose was to take back Huaiguzi's death-free gold medal.
If Huaiguzi didn't have a death-free medal and he killed me in this way, he wouldn't be able to escape the blame.
After Wujiao dismounted, he saluted Li Shui and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Your Majesty has a decree..."
After shouting this, Wujiao began to cough, and while coughing he said with difficulty: "I have been walking non-stop along the way, and I am really tired and thirsty. My throat is so painful that I really can't say a word. "
Zhao Tuo almost cursed: Can't you say a word? Are you farting now?
Bai Shu immediately said enthusiastically: "There is water here in Xiaguan, please drink."
Bai Shu got some water, and Wu Jiao held the cup and drank slowly.
Li Shuier waved his hand and said: "Don't delay everyone on your way, the execution will continue as usual."
Then, amid a burst of crying, the first man got his due punishment.
The three thousand Qin soldiers looked at the horns and dung gold with envy: It's great to be a craftsman in Shang Jun's courtyard. If you were someone else, and you were wronged like this, it would be great if you could get rid of your grievances. Who would stand up for you?
At this time, the execution sword was almost reaching the confidant.
The confidants were trembling with fear.
And Zhao Tuo looked at Wu Jiao, his heart almost jumping out of his throat: This damn eunuch, is he still drinking water so slowly? A glass of plain water, taste it.
Seeing that the sword was about to fall, Wujiao coughed and said, "Your Majesty has decreed that Zhao Tuo, whether he is at fault or guilty, should be escorted back to Xianyang and punished in a canonical manner, and he must not be punished privately. Ruohuai Guzi Resistance to the decree is considered treason.”
When the confidant heard this, his body relaxed and he immediately collapsed to the ground.
Zhao Tuo also breathed a sigh of relief. The whole person was wrapped in the dizziness of the aftermath.
As for the Qin soldiers who had been killed.
Kill them all...
What else could it be?
At this time, Li Shui walked up to the two of them and waved the death-free gold medal: "It seems that I can only use this gold medal."
Zhao Tuo's nerves that had just relaxed immediately became tense.
"Yes, if Huai Guzi kills me regardless of risk and uses the death-free gold medal to pay for his life afterwards, what should I do?" Zhao Tuo fell into despair.
At this time, Li Shui hid the death-free gold medal in his arms again: "Forget it, this thing is of great use. If it is used by two losers, it will be a waste."
Zhao Tuo bit his lip and said nothing, but deep in his heart he was shouting: Yes, yes, I am a waste, you must not exchange me for a gold medal.
Zhao Tuo has never wanted to be regarded as a waste like today.
He had just had a brush with death and breathed a sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, Li Shui came back again. He looked him up and down and murmured to himself: "But I'm not willing to kill you. Otherwise, how about using this death-free gold medal?"
Zhao Tuo's heart suddenly shrank.
Li Shui fumbled for the gold medal again: "I still can't bear to part with it."
Zhao Tuo breathed a sigh of relief again, relaxing a little from his nervousness.
But Li Shui took two steps and came back, saying to himself: "With my merits, if I ask for another gold medal from Your Majesty, it should be okay, right?"
Zhao Tuo's scalp was numb and his eyes were turning black.
Just when he thought he was going to die, Li Shui said again: "But is it enough to kill two people with one gold medal?"
Li Shui shook his head and left again.
Zhao Tuo felt that he was going to be ruined by Li Shui.
His nerves could no longer relax.
Suddenly, Li Shui came over again with a smile on his face.
Before he could speak, the henchman next to him fell to the ground with a plop.
Not far away, Li Xin said with a smile: "Brother Huai, you scared me to death."
At this time, Zhao Tuo's eyes also turned black, and he howled from his throat: "I beg you, please kill me?"
Later, Zhao Tuo's spirit collapsed and he fainted to the ground.
Li Shui looked at the two of them and shook his head: "Oh, this mental quality is too bad. Forget it, get a car, load them up, and take them back to the capital to give them to His Majesty."
Li Shui is not stupid, His Majesty's will is very clear. Killing them without authorization is tantamount to conspiracy.
The serious crime of treason is not within the service scope of the death-free gold medal.
But...it doesn't matter whether he kills or not, and it doesn't matter where he kills. Li Shui had many ways to deal with Zhao Tuo.
…………
In Xianyang City, Li Si was closing his eyes to rest.
The housekeeper walked in quietly, saw Li Si closing his eyes, and was about to exit again.
Li Si opened his eyes, stopped him and said, "What's going on among the courtiers recently?"
The housekeeper came back, bowed and said, "Recently, the matter of Huaiguzi detaining Zhao Tuo has been spread in the court. All kinds of ridiculous rumors spread very quickly."
"But generally speaking, Zhao Tuo has offended Huaiguzi. Huaiguzi may want to kill him."
Li Si nodded: "What else?"
The housekeeper hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly: "And...many courtiers are waiting and watching, wanting to see how Lord Tingwei will deal with it. If Lord Tingwei can save Zhao Tuo, some people may join the Lord. If Sir If you stand back and do nothing, they may think otherwise."
Li Si chuckled: "It's difficult to save people from Huaiguzi."
The butler nodded.
Li Si added: "But it's not too difficult for me."
The butler's eyes lit up and he asked, "Has your Excellency already come up with a solution?"
Li Si said calmly: "It's nothing more than lowering your status. Arrange a few people to find out about Huaiguzi. Find out when he will leave and when he will arrive in Xianyang City. I will greet him personally outside the city."
The butler responded and bowed out respectfully.
