When Xiang Chao heard this, he was already confident that he could save Xiang Yu.
It seemed that the sky was indeed inexhaustible for the Xiang family, and Xiang Chao was very happy.
He coughed dryly and said to Liu Weng: "This Liu Ji is definitely not a snake, but someone else secretly had an affair with your mother-in-law."
Liu Weng's eyes widened: "Seriously?"
Xiang Chao nodded: "Recently, a book was published in Shangjun Courtyard called Common Sense. Have you heard of it?"
Liu Weng shook his head.
Xiang Chao said: "This common sense says that humans are born from the womb. They are born in human form. Chickens, ducks, geese, snakes, turtles, etc. are all born from eggs. After birth, they need to be incubated in the eggs for several months before they can break out of the shell and take shape."
Xiang Chao said: "Brother Liu, think about it, how can one be pregnant if one is born from an egg and the other is born from an egg? Then if Liu Ji is really the seed of a big snake, should he be born from an egg or from an egg?"
Liu Weng fell into deep thinking.
Xiang Chao patted Liu Weng on the shoulder sympathetically: "Brother Liu, believe me, it must be a man from your village who secretly did something with your mother-in-law."
"You have raised a son for someone else all these years in vain. That person may still be laughing at you secretly."
Liu Weng clenched his fists and said with a red face: "I am really angry."
Xiang Chao pushed the money and said with a smile: "How about using Liu Ji's life in exchange for these money? Anyway, he is not of your blood. If he dies, he will die."
Liu Weng hesitated and said: "However, after all, I raised him since he was a child. How can I watch him die after so many years? Even if he is not my son, I will be sad."
Xiang Chao frowned and thought: I didn't expect this person to value friendship so much? Then this matter will be difficult to handle.
Unexpectedly, Liu Weng raised his head and said to Xiang Chao: "So, you have to pay more."
Xiang Chao: "..."
Money is easy to talk about, after all, Xiang Chao is very rich. And he doesn't mind spending money either.
Xiang Chao knows very well that if you don't let go of your children, you can't trap the wolf. If you spend this small amount of money, you will get the whole world in the future.
There is no loss in such a transaction.
So he immediately ordered the butler to bring more money.
Liu Weng nodded with satisfaction. Then he sent Xiang Chao out enthusiastically.
When the two were about to separate, Liu Weng suddenly said: "Can my child's life be saved?"
Xiang Chao was stunned.
Liu Weng said: "After all, I have raised him for so many years, how can I bear to watch him die?"
Xiang Chao was stunned and thought: This old guy still wants to increase the price?
Unexpectedly, Liu Weng said: "So, let's convict him of falsely claiming his household registration. If my child dies, hey, I don't guarantee that anything will be revealed."
Xiang Chao was furious: "Do you think the Qin court belongs to my family? Do you think he will be convicted of whatever I ask him to do?"
After Xiang Chao said these words, he suddenly felt frightened. Why did he accidentally say what was in his heart?
Fortunately, Liu Weng was also relatively dull and did not guess what Xiang Chao was thinking.
He just chuckled: "Anyway... I have to see Liu Ji alive."
Xiang Chao held back his breath and said, "I'll do my best."
After spending so much money, but only getting such harsh conditions, Xiang Chao almost died of anger.
What should we do now?
He kind of wanted to kill Liu Weng. But he knew not to do this.
Liu Weng is the most important witness. As long as he changes his identity and identifies himself with Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu's life will be saved.
If Liu Weng dies, the court will be furious. While searching for the real culprit, they will also go to Pei County to look for witnesses.
By then, how many people will have to be bribed?
Xiang Chao sighed and thought: Forget it, try to help Liu Ji smoothen the relationship and find a way to save him.
Xiang Chao suddenly felt that he was in a difficult situation. Why did he have to save both of them?
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In the palace, Xiang Bo was led by the young eunuch and met Ying Zheng.
He knelt on the ground tremblingly, waiting for his final fate.
Although, he was already desperate for this life. But survival is human instinct, which still makes him hope that he can survive.
Li Shui and Li Xin had already arrived.
The two of them began to argue in front of His Majesty again.
But Li Xin obviously occupied a word and kept talking, his voice getting louder and louder.
But Li Shui's momentum obviously weakened, and his confidence became less and less. In the end, he was like a mosquito humming, and he couldn't even tell what he was talking about.
Xiang Bo sighed and fell into despair again.
In fact, he didn't resent the banishment. After all, what he had done was too big.
The banished immortal is willing to risk his life to defend himself, and has fulfilled his past promise, which is touching enough.
Just when Uncle Xiang didn't give any hope, Li Shui suddenly said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have an unkind request."
The sudden sound startled Li Xin, who was talking endlessly.
Ying Zheng looked at him with disgust and said calmly: "I'm not deaf, you don't have to be so loud."
Li Shui fumbled and took out the death-free gold medal from his arms, held it in both hands, and brought it to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, I am willing to give the death-free gold medal to Xiang Bo so that he can save his life. Please forgive me for this. people."
There was a buzz in Xiang Bo's mind.
He never expected that Ban Xian would do this.
This... such a great favor, this is simply...
Xiang Bo suddenly burst into tears and sobbed: "You don't have to do this to banish an immortal. You don't have to do this. Xiang Bo is willing to die."
Then he looked at Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, this villain is willing to die."
Li Xin next to him was stunned: "What about this one? Isn't this drama a bit too much?"
However, Li Xin's mind was also spinning very fast. He suddenly reacted, reached out and took out his death-free gold medal, and then solemnly presented it to Ying Zheng.
Later, Li Xin said loudly: "Your Majesty, how can a country's laws be changed at will? Xiang Bo has committed a capital crime, and I cannot let him get away with it under any circumstances. I am willing to kill Xiang Bo first, and then give him the gold medal for immunity from death." His Majesty."
Wu Jiao in the corner looked dumbfounded: Today...isn't it too exciting? Two death-free gold medals came out at the same time?
One gold medal for immunity from death is to save Xiang Bo, and the other gold medal for immunity from death is to kill Uncle Xiang?
I wonder how His Majesty will rule.
Ying Zheng looked at Li Shui and Li Xin and said calmly: "You two have made some contributions, so I give you a gold medal for immunity from death. This thing is not a treasure on the market. It can be bought and sold at will. You give it to me today, and tomorrow I give it to you."
As soon as these words came out, both Li Shui and Li Xin looked discouraged.
Ying Zheng looked at Xiang Bo and said calmly: "Conspiracy is a serious crime and should be punished."
Xiang Bo's heart was completely cold.
These six words had already dispelled all his expectations.
Unexpectedly, Ying Zheng said again: "However, you have repeatedly made outstanding achievements in the Western Regions over the years. Moreover, you have not directly participated in the rebellion, and you have already expressed regret."
"I will forgive you in consideration of your past merits."
Xiang Bo lay on the ground in a daze, and it took him a while to react. Then a burst of ecstasy surged into his heart, and he began to salute Ying Zheng vigorously to thank him.
Ying Zheng smiled slightly and said: "In the future, you should be more diligent, but don't let me down."
With tears streaming down his face, Xiang Bo said excitedly: "I...I will definitely be devastated and will never let you down."
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Go ahead and have a good rest."
Xiang Bo agreed and was about to leave, but he remembered something again and turned back.
Xiang Bo said hesitantly: "Your Majesty... I also have a brother named Xiang Chao and a nephew named Xiang Yu. They..."
Ying Zheng's face turned cold and he said calmly: "They are beyond your control."
Xiang Bo responded with some fear and left nervously.
No matter what, I saved my life this time and should be thankful. As for Xiang Yu and Xiang Chao... well, you will reap melons if you sow melons, and reap beans if you sow beans.
Xiang Bo walked all the way outside the palace, his mind filled with Ying Zheng's kindness and majesty.
Xiang Bo looked up at the sky and suddenly realized that Ying Zheng was like the sky above his head.
The sun, moon and stars move the clouds and cause rain. As long as you cultivate according to the weather and conscientiously, you will naturally have a good harvest and have enough to eat.
But if you disobey God, God will punish you.
Either the ground is bare for thousands of miles, or the floods are overwhelming.
This is the mercy and majesty of God.
This is also the kindness and majesty of the emperor.
Now Bo Xiang is completely convinced. From the bottom of his heart, he recognized Ying Zheng as the master of the world.
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Xiang Bo left. Ying Zheng looked at Li Shui and Li Xin, smiled slightly, and said, "You two performed very well. I already believe it. You must practice it frequently on weekdays, right?"
Li Shui coughed dryly and said: "For the sake of the Great Qin Sheji, we had to rack our brains to find out a little bit of cunning from our loyalty. This time, we had no choice but to try it out. It didn't work well. Let's let it go." Your Majesty is laughing."
Ying Zheng smiled and said nothing.
Li Shui asked: "Your Majesty, Xiang Bo has been spared. As for Xiang Yu and Xiang Chao..."
Ying Zheng thought for a while and said calmly: "The Xiang family has been uprooted. There are only three or five remnants left, so there is nothing to worry about."
"Xiang Bo has contributed to the Qin Dynasty, so he can be let go. This Xiang Chao, I heard that he has no ability and is considered an incompetent person. It doesn't matter whether he is killed or not. As for Xiang Yu..."
Ying Zheng pondered for a while and said to Li Shui: "He has been keeping to himself recently and no longer has the wrong thoughts in the past. I don't bother to pay attention to him anymore."
Li Shui said with emotion on his face: "Your Majesty is so perceptive, he actually found out the movements of the rebels clearly."
"I... I admire you so much. I admire you so much."
Ying Zheng: "..."
What is all this mess? Isn't this what you told me in your previous memorial?
Ying Zheng glanced at Li Shui with some disgust and said, "Go and prepare for your marriage. Don't be busy with these trivial things all day long."
Li Shui responded: "Yes."
Then he and Li Xin went out.
Ying Zheng looked at Wu Jiao in the corner and said calmly: "Go and tell Zhao Teng and ask him to find a way to save the lives of Xiang Yu and Xiang Chao."
Wujiao responded and left.
Ying Zheng sat on the chair and touched the armrest with some emotion: "This chair is really comfortable."
He closed his eyes slightly and couldn't help but smile: "This time, for the sake of Huaiguzi, I bent the law for personal gain. That's all. Let's just treat it as a congratulatory gift to him and Weiyang."
Ying Zheng, of course, wanted to kill Xiang Yu.
But he was confident that it didn't matter whether Xiang Yu killed him or not.
He decided to keep Xiang Yu today, mainly because he didn't want to give people the excuse that Huaiguzi had harbored rebels. In that case, it would be very troublesome.
Especially Huaiguzi and Weiyang are getting married. If this matter is revealed, Huaiguzi will have to go through a lot of trouble to explain.
But this time the explanation may not be easy.
Anyway, Xiang Yu is already under close surveillance. Not killing him now does not mean not killing him in the future.
The life of a rebel thief is completely controlled by the emperor. Is this still a rebel? He's just a clown.
Ying Zheng couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this.
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"My lord, my lord, what a happy event, what a happy event."
A subordinate officer walked up to Zhao Teng excitedly and said happily: "I have found it."
Zhao Teng was overjoyed: "Did you really find out?"
The subordinate officer nodded vigorously: "That's right. I found out that Liu Ji in Shangjun Courtyard is fake."
Zhao Teng slapped his thigh excitedly: "Haha, I knew it. This Liu Ji wants to sue to banish an immortal. Is he crazy? Go ahead and pretend to be Liu Ji from Shangjun Courtyard."
"I have long thought that the Liu brothers in Shangjun Courtyard are a little strange, as if they have come from a wrong place. Sure enough, I caught my eye."
The subordinate officer rubbed his hands excitedly and said happily: "Sir, do you know the identities of these Liu brothers?"
Zhao Teng shook his head and asked, "What are their identities?"
The subordinate officer chuckled and said mysteriously: "Their surname is not Liu, their surname is Xiang."
Zhao Teng was slightly startled: "The surname is Xiang? Among the Xiang family... could it be?"
The subordinate officer nodded vigorously: "They are Xiang Liang's relatives. The fake Liu Ji's name is Xiang Yu."
Zhao Teng slapped his thigh hard: "The rebel, we caught the rebel."
The subordinate officials nodded repeatedly.
Zhao Teng was running around in the room excitedly: "That's great. We actually caught the remnant of the rebels."
"Furthermore... this rebel actually came from Shang Jun's Courtyard. When the time comes, you can disgust Huaiguzi. By the way, let's clear up the relationship with Huaiguzi."
"Well, very good, very good..."
When Zhao Teng was excited, Wu Jiao came.
He bowed respectfully and said with a dry smile: "Master Zhao, Your Majesty has a decree."
Zhao Teng asked: "What is the purpose?"
Wu Jiao said: "Your Majesty asked you to find a way to save the Liu brothers from Shangjun Courtyard."
When Zhao Teng heard this, he was instantly stunned.
After a while, he said anxiously: "No, absolutely not, they are..."
Wujiao said with a smile: "You are a rebel, your Majesty has known about it for a long time."
Zhao Teng was dumbfounded: "Your Majesty knows that they are rebels, so you still want me to protect them?"
Wu Jiao said with emotion: "This is your Majesty's state. They are just rebels, and the emperor doesn't take them seriously at all."
Zhao Teng asked doubtfully: "Is this really His Majesty's will?"
Wujiao said quietly: "Sir, you don't suspect that I'm pretending to convey the decree, right? How can I have the courage to do this?"
Zhao Teng thought to himself: This is true.
Wu Jiao said: "My lord, I don't care what crime you charge them with, just try to spare their lives. In short, don't mention them as rebels."
Wu Jiao left, and Zhao Teng fell into a daze.
This...what's going on? Why is it that I can’t understand the Great Qin Imperial Court more and more?
Suddenly, he suddenly thought of a possibility: Could it be that... just because the Liu brothers came from Shangjun Courtyard, and in order to preserve the reputation of Huaiguzi, did His Majesty let the rebels go?
Zhao Teng suddenly wanted to cry.
Before Huaiguzi came to Xianyang, Your Majesty trusted me the most. And no matter how much he trusted me, he never gave me this honor.
On this day, Zhao Teng felt like a harem.
