Li Si's party originally planned to crucify Zhao Tuo in the court today.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Tuo fought back desperately. And cleverly used the impeachment of Lisi's party.
Fortunately, Zhao Tuo has turned into a righteous man who is unwilling to form a party for personal gain. He humiliated Li Si five or four times before, but now he has become a last resort in order to break away from Li Si.
Li Si, on the other hand, became a treacherous official who would do anything to retain talents. As long as you enter his sect, you are not allowed to leave again, otherwise, you will be put to death.
What is the difference between this and thieves and gangsters?
At this time, Li Si could no longer hide behind the scenes and direct.
He stood up and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, this is Zhao Tuo's frame-up against the old minister. The old minister definitely did not form a clique for personal gain, and absolutely did not..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhao Tuo said quietly: "I heard that Mr. Li Si borrowed a large amount of money from many courtiers under his sect, ranging from millions to tens of thousands."
"And after I borrowed the money, I never mentioned that I wanted to pay it back."
"My lord, you are well-dressed, well-fed, drinking and having fun in your house. But the people under your sect are living in poverty. They dare to be angry but dare not speak out. Every time they see the lord, they have to force themselves to smile."
"I would like to ask, is this behavior extortion? Or is it collecting taxes?"
The words "levy tax" made Li Si shiver.
"This Zhao Tuo is so sharp-tongued? Why didn't you notice it in the past?" Li Si became increasingly flustered.
He looked back at Zhao Tuo, and his teeth itched with hatred, thinking: "Why did I borrow the money? Isn't it just to buy you a sword? As a result, you are such an ungrateful, treacherous and shameless person, I..."
Li Si took a deep breath and explained to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, I will definitely return the money I borrowed, but I have been in a tight situation recently, so it has taken a longer time."
The courtiers who had been borrowed money also stood up and said, "We lent it to Lord Tingwei voluntarily, and there was no blackmail. Lord Tingwei never meant to default on the debt."
"Master Tingwei and I have similar interests. We are good friends, not just disciples."
These courtiers unanimously defended Li Si, which in Ying Zheng's view was even more suspicious.
He knew that what Zhao Tuo said was actually correct. These important officials in the court had their own teams.
Wang Wan has it, Li Si has it, and Chunyu Yue has it. Zhao Teng also has some. Feng Quili also said the same thing to his subordinate censors.
Li Xin didn't have any of these messy things, but he was also on good terms with many generals in the army.
Looking at it all the way, Huaiguzi is the most worry-free.
Therefore, Ying Zheng decided to take this opportunity to beat the courtiers hard, let them know to be afraid, and let them know to restrain themselves.
Ying Zheng didn't speak, but Li Si understood most of it just by looking at Ying Zheng's expression.
Li Si is a smart man and has been with Ying Zheng for a long time. He knows the recruitment too well, and he knows that he may be in trouble this time.
Too careless. Too careless.
I thought that the emperor trusted him enough and I could take the opportunity to recruit the ministers in the court. Perhaps because of the smooth sailing these years, I have forgotten what kind of person His Majesty is.
Li Si felt a little bitter in his heart, feeling that sometimes he was really too smart.
Your Majesty, you do trust yourself, but there is a prerequisite, that is, you cannot touch his bottom line.
Over the years, Li Si has been cautious and acted within the scope permitted by Ying Zheng.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Tuo came up and directly raised Ying Zheng's bottom line. Li Si, who had been stepping on the line, suddenly reached the outside line.
Li Si closed his eyes: If the emperor insists on killing me. Then there is nothing I can do. For the emperor, there are so many people in the world, so maybe he just needs to find one more person to be a court lieutenant.
Li Si felt that he was going to be the monkey who killed the chicken to scare the monkeys, so the other side gave up resistance.
The court hall was quiet, and no one stood up to say a word for Li Si.
The struggle between courtiers is always a life-and-death struggle.
If Li Si loses, others will have a chance to come forward. Who is willing to open this mouth?
At this time, Li Shui stood up with a serious face and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, I believe that Mr. Tingwei is a loyal man and will never rebel."
courtier:"???"
Did Huaiguzi take the wrong medicine? He has always loved falsely accusing others of treason, how could he help others get away with it now?
Ying Zheng also looked at Huai Guzi in confusion, wondering what he was doing.
Li Shui said with emotion: "Master Ting Wei, you are a capable minister. He has made great contributions to our great Qin. How can such a person be easily convicted?"
"I sincerely request your Majesty to conduct a serious investigation. If Mr. Tingwei really does something inappropriate, it will not be too late to kill him."
When Ying Zheng heard this, his heart moved slightly: Yes, in the past when Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, Li Si made great contributions by making suggestions. If I kill him today, what will future generations think of me? No room for people? Can we share the hardships but not the joys?
In fact, Ying Zheng did not believe that Li Si had any rebellious intentions. The reason is simple. Li Si is a smart man and should be able to see that there is no way out for rebellion.
Ying Zheng wanted to punish Li Si's crime, just to warn the officials all over the world and take them as a warning.
Now that Li Shui reminded him, Ying Zheng had changed his mind.
This monkey cannot be done by Li Si, someone else has to be replaced.
So Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Huai Guzi, what you said makes sense."
Ying Zheng adopted Li Shui's opinion and decided to send someone to investigate Li Si before making a decision.
If Li Si really has a problem, it won't be too late to convict him when the time comes.
Of course, such an investigation would most likely be just a formality. Whether Li Si was guilty or not, and whether evidence could be found, didn't all depend on the emperor's attitude?
After Li Shui's righteous speech, Li Si was saved. Zhao Tuo's impeachment has become nothing more than a case to be investigated.
Li Si was not punished or even reprimanded by the emperor.
After the court meeting ended, the officials walked slowly outside.
Li Si walked up to Li Shui and saluted him: "Old man, thank you so much for speaking up."
Li Shui said seriously: "Why do you need to thank me, Lord Tingwei? I am just stating the facts."
Li Si said with emotion: "In the past, I had some prejudice against banishing immortals. I was really wrong."
After Li Si thanked him, many courtiers came to thank Li Shui.
They are all members of Li Si's party. If Li Si falls, they will have no good fruit to eat. Therefore, I am still very grateful to Li Shui.
Li Shui comforted them with a few words of humility. Then he and Li Xin left with a smile.
Li Si walked very slowly, and he was a little puzzled: What on earth is going on with this Huaiguzi? Why did he want to save my life for no reason?
Until Li Si returned home, the housekeeper said to Li Si: "Master, I heard something recently."
Li Si hummed and said absently: "What's the matter?"
The housekeeper said: "Recently, Zhao Tuo has been dressing up in a strange way and frequently comes in and out of Shangjun Courtyard. He has been bumped into several times before, but that person never believed that it was Zhao Tuo."
"But after the dynasty dispersed today, Zhao Tuo went directly to Shangjun's courtyard without even modifying it."
"So the villain hurriedly came to tell the master that this Zhao Tuo may have taken refuge in Huaiguzi."
Li Si was about to burst into tears: "Your news is too timely."
By now, Li Si had completely understood what was going on.
Zhao Tuo has always been Li Shui's man. As for when he became Li Shui's person, Li Si didn't know.
However, Li Si could vaguely guess that Zhao Tuo's series of unbelievable behaviors should be Li Shui's handiwork.
Some ask for gold, some ask for beauties... No wonder his two beauties appeared in the Banished Immortal Tower.
All this is Huaiguzi's arrangement.
"Huai Guzi deliberately provoked me, and then asked me to deal with Zhao Tuo. He then used his trick and asked Zhao Tuo to impeach me in turn." The more Li Si thought about it, the angrier he became: "In the end, he pretended to speak for me again and asked me Are you grateful to him? Is it really unreasonable to treat people like monkeys?"
He sneered: "Okay, Huaiguzi, you actually plotted against me. But... is it useful for you? I have already seen through your trick."
Just when Li Si thought of this, he suddenly felt something was wrong: Is Huaiguzi's purpose really to make me grateful? Maybe not?
Reminiscent of the admiring looks of the officials on Huaiguzi after the court meeting.
Li Si suddenly understood: Huaiguzi is clearly imitating me. Learn from me and gain a good reputation? This sinister villain!
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"Fame? What's the use of that thing? Can it be used as food?" Li Shui looked at Zhou Qingchen with disdain.
Zhou Qingchen looked like he was asking for advice: "So why did the banished immortal want to save Li Si today?"
Li Shui said: "I do this for Your Majesty, for Great Qin, and for the common people."
Li Xin sighed and put down the wine glass.
You can't drink alcohol at this time. Brother Huai's words can easily cause nausea.
Zhou Qingchen nodded his head like a chicken eating rice, and asked curiously: "Then...how did banishing the immortal save the common people?"
Li Shui said: "Li Si is quite talented. But other than that, he is too self-reliant on his talent."
"He is very courageous. In order to obtain a high position, he may take desperate risks. And the stronger he is, the greater the chance of taking desperate risks."
"In the future, when Your Majesty goes to the fairy world and this Li Si stays in the mortal world, who knows what he will do?"
"Therefore, I asked Zhao Tuo to impeach him to remind him not to get carried away."
"Is the content of Zhao Tuo's impeachment just fabricated? No! Everything is based on evidence. He, Li Si, is indeed forming a clique."
"However, after the impeachment, you kill him again? That would be a waste of his talent. Therefore, I have spoken out to keep him."
"Keep him useful and contribute to our great Qin. After this incident, he may have learned a lesson and dare not do anything wrong again. Isn't this good?"
Zhou Qingchen nodded repeatedly: "The banishment of immortals is really far-sighted."
Li Shui smiled and said: "As for the courtiers' change of opinion about me, how should I put it? I actually don't care. A distance can tell a horse's power, and time can tell a person's heart."
"I am indeed a person of noble character. As time goes by, those courtiers will naturally know."
Zhou Qingchen nodded repeatedly and said with emotion: "The character of the banished immortal has finally been recognized by everyone. Although the banished immortal is dismissive of this, I am still very happy."
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To the west, there are dozens of horses in a dense forest.
They were lurking here, staring at a road not far away.
The two leaders were silent for a while.
Suddenly someone said: "I never expected that there are such people in the world. They are as ugly as ghosts."
The other person nodded: "Yeah, I didn't expect that in such a remote place, there are still people living there, and they look so different from us."
These two people are not others.
One is Satire and the other is Moton.
The two brothers were killed in pieces by Li Xin and fled west in a hurry.
In the process of escaping, they gradually explained the misunderstanding, and then joined forces, leading hundreds of Xiongnu knights, and ran in a hurry, just to get as far away from the Qin Dynasty as possible.
In fact, the relationship between Shatilie and Maodun has eased, just because they are weak now. If they don't unite, they will be easily eaten.
These people passed through the Western Regions and entered Europe.
Every time they passed a village, they robbed it.
The people here were frightened by this group of people and fled in panic.
At first, Moton and Shatilik were worried because this was not a long-term solution.
Although they don't understand the language here, they gradually feel that this is not a land without a master, there is a king here.
If their looting behavior is known to the king here, by then, the soldiers will be on the territory, and these hundred or so people will not be able to make a splash at all.
However, they soon ushered in a turning point.
They met a man named Bass.
Bass was a slave who was on the run. He regarded these Huns who were robbing his family as his savior.
Bas once went to the edge of the Huns' territory and could barely communicate with the Huns, so he served as the translator for Shatilik and Maodun.
Bass said there were many slaves in this country. The life of these slaves was miserable, and they thought about it day and night to be rescued.
If the monarch from the east can save these slaves.
The slaves will definitely fight bravely and serve the Eastern monarch with their own blood.
After hearing this, Shatilie and Mao Dun hit it off with Bas.
So Bass took them here.
According to Bass, slaves were often transported to the city via this road. If they are intercepted and escorted on the way, it means that they have obtained a large number of high-quality soldiers.
Therefore, Shatilie and Moton led their men to ambush in the woods.
Soon, the sound of whips was heard in the distance.
Shatilie squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, and said quietly: "I saw many people tied with ropes."
Mao paused and took out a telescope.
Although he was completely defeated in the battle with Li Xin, Mao Dun did not gain anything at all.
The biggest reward is picking up this telescope.
Telescope, Bass was lucky enough to use it once. At that time, I thought it was a miracle.
He admired these warriors from the East even more.
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