Ying Zheng finally smiled.
He looked at Shi Wu with a smile and said, "What did you say?"
Shi Wu wiped the cold sweat on his head and said: "Your Majesty, I am innocent. I am loyal to the court. I have always wanted to help justice, but I have never..."
Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "Pull him down and take heavy responsibility for eighty years."
Shi Wu suddenly woke up and said quickly: "Your Majesty, I am wrong. I will get to the point immediately."
But Ying Zheng ignored him and asked the young eunuch to take him out.
Soon, Shi Wu's screams sounded outside the door.
The ministers in the court were all silent.
Li Shui glanced at Li Xin, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
The meaning couldn't be more obvious: Our method has won His Majesty's approval.
Li Shui and Li Xin have always been at the lowest level of literary talent in the court.
Li Xin had no literary talent, and Li Shui had no literary talent even more.
The two were a rude duo.
Whenever the courtiers mentioned these two people, they smiled meaningfully.
That means that these two guys are like country men, and it is really embarrassing to be in the same room with them.
However, Li Shui and Li Xin were always not ashamed, but proud of it, and they spread the word that their way of speaking was straightforward and helped the court save a lot of time.
The imperial decree, if issued one day earlier, could have saved thousands of people.
This is true, but the court officials do not agree with this.
Come out a day early? So what are you doing in a hurry? If there is no reconciliation or elegant vocabulary in the government decree, isn't that making the people laugh?
But today, Ying Zheng told the courtiers in this way: Don't make so many lies in the future, and speak properly.
The courtiers were silent.
Everyone is thinking: The banished immortal is really a harmful person. How many things have happened in the Qin court since he came to the court?
What I could do before, I can't do now. The money I could save before can no longer be saved.
Until now, I can't even let anyone talk properly. Isn't this too much?
After a while, Shi Wu came back after being beaten.
Ying Zheng said: "Say it."
Shi Wu saluted quickly, and in order to avoid Ying Zheng being angry, he saluted a little faster.
Shi Wu said to Ying Zheng: "I have never done this. It must be that the banished immortal found the county magistrate Guxian, bribed him, and then made him change his story."
Shi Wu can no longer look back. If he wants to frame an immortal, he must frame him to the end. Otherwise, he will die without a burial place.
Ying Zheng stared at Shi Wu for a while and said calmly: "What evidence do you have?"
Shi Wu gritted his teeth, feeling a little confused.
At this time, Ying Zheng said: "Come here, call the soldiers at the post station to see if Zhao Si came into contact with anyone yesterday."
Shi Wu immediately grabbed a life-saving straw and said: "Yes, yes, the banished immortal must have bribed Zhao Si. Maybe the pawn didn't see it, but there must be some."
Shi Wu started talking nonsense.
After a few minutes, the pawn was brought up.
He was just a pawn at the post station. When he arrived at the court, he was immediately frightened to death and looked at Ying Zheng tremblingly.
Ying Zheng said calmly: "Did anyone see Zhao Si yesterday?"
The pawn said: "Yes."
Ying Zheng said: "Who is it?"
The pawn said: "First, Master Shi Wu."
Ying Zheng looked at Shi Wu.
Shi Wu said quickly: "I went to see Zhao Si to persuade him to feel his conscience and not to help banish the immortal and give false testimony."
Ying Zheng said "oh" and looked at Zhao Si again.
Zhao Si said: "At that time, Zhao Si talked about the interests of the court. He did not say anything about fairness, injustice, or bad conscience. He just said that the banishment of the immortal has become a target of public criticism. If I follow the banishment of the immortal, I will definitely be killed."
"When I first arrived, I was afraid for a moment, so I made a mistake as he said."
Ying Zheng nodded slowly, as if he was trying to distinguish whether Zhao Si's words were true or false.
At this time, the soldier whispered again: "In addition to Shi Wu, the cows in Shangjun's courtyard have also met Zhao Si."
Ying Zheng's eyes narrowed: "Have the people from Shang Jun's Courtyard really seen Zhao Si?"
The pawn responded: "The calf also brought a big basket. As for what is in the basket, the pawn doesn't know."
"Gold, it must be gold." Shi Wu said loudly: "It was the calf from Shang Jun's courtyard who bribed Shi Wu with gold, so Shi Wu changed his mind."
Ying Zheng looked at Li Shui and said calmly: "Is that so?"
Li Shui smiled slightly and said, "No."
Shi Wu chuckled: "Now that there is no evidence, of course you said it was not the case. How to verify this matter? There seems to be no way."
Li Shui said to Shi Wu, "Do you dare to bet your life with me?"
Shi Wu suddenly broke out in cold sweat.
Exiled Immortal gambled his life with many people, and all of them died without exception.
Therefore, when Shi Wu heard Li Shui's words, it was like hearing a death trial.
Li Shui smiled and said, "What? Don't you have confidence, Master Shi Wu? Do you have a guilty conscience and think you can't win against me?"
Shi Wu gritted his teeth and finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll gamble with my life. I'll bet with you on banishing the immortal."
Shi Wu really put his wealth and life on the line.
Li Shui said to Shi Wu: "Then let's look for evidence to see who is right and who is wrong."
Li Shui asked the pawn: "What basket did the calf use that day?"
The pawn thought for a while and said, "It's the kind that delivers wine and food."
Li Shui waved his hand, and someone quickly brought the basket over.
The pawn looked at it for a while, nodded repeatedly, and said to Li Shui: "Yes, yes, it's this kind of basket."
Li Shui said to Ying Zheng: "I dare to borrow some gold from your majesty to fill this basket."
Ying Zheng nodded.
Soon a young eunuch came over and filled the basket with gold.
Li Shui said to Shi Wu: "Master Shi Wu, please lift the basket. If you can walk ten steps, I will cut off your head."
Shi Wu: "..."
Is it really that easy to kill an immortal?
He walked over excitedly and reached out to carry the basket.
However...it can't be lifted at all.
Li Shui smiled and said, "How is it?"
Shi Wu's face turned red from suppressing it, and then he shook his head: "I can't lift it."
Li Shui laughed and said to Shi Wu: "It's just that it can't be lifted. How can such a big basket, filled with gold, be lifted? The calf in Shangjun's courtyard is called a calf, but it's not like a cow. Such strength."
Shi Wu said: "Perhaps this basket is not full, but only contains a small amount of gold."
Li Shui said calmly: "This basket is not big. If it is not full, how much gold will there be? Can Zhao Si be bribed by this little gold?"
"Master Shi Wu, do you look down on Master Zhao too much? Although he comes from a remote country, he is also the county magistrate. How could he covet such a thing?"
Shi Wu scratched his head vigorously and said, "Maybe it's not gold, but jewelry. Yes, it must be jewelry. It's very light, but it's priceless."
Li Shui smiled and said, "What kind of jewelry is it? A jade pendant?"
Shi Wu was stunned for a moment and said, "Jade pendant? It's possible. It could be a jade pendant."
Li Shui asked Shi Wu, "Is it such a jade pendant?"
Li Shui took out a picture.
When Shi Wu saw this picture, he was immediately surprised.
The jade pendant in this picture was provided by Zhao Si just two days ago and was taken out by Shi Wu's two fake envoys.
Shi Wu coughed dryly and said calmly: "This jade pendant looks familiar. But how do I know if the calf's basket contains this kind of jade pendant? Maybe it is, maybe it's not, I can't figure it out."
Li Shui chuckled and said to Shi Wu, "You don't know? Didn't you buy this jade pendant that day?"
Later, Li Shui took out a large stack of bills from his body.
He said to the courtiers: "This jade pendant was auctioned at the Banished Immortal Tower that day, and every item auctioned at the Banned Immortal Tower has a receipt."
"Everyone, please see, the person who bought the jade pendant that day was Lord Shi Wu."
"As for how Lord Shi Wu rewarded the jade pendant to his cronies, and asked the cronies to take the jade pendant and pretend to be envoys, so as to deceive and cheat, then I don't know."
Shi Wu didn't speak, he was trembling uncontrollably.
In fact, Li Shui's guess was close to ten.
Shi Wu indeed rewarded the jade pendant to his cronies. After all, his cronies acted as messengers, and this was something they risked their lives to do. How could Shi Wu move these people if he didn't show some sincerity?
So Shi Wu gave the jade pendant to his cronies. Unexpectedly, now it has become the evidence that will put him to death.
Li Shui looked at Shi Wu and said quietly: "Master Shi Wu, what do you say now?"
Shi Wu gritted his teeth and said: "I lost this jade pendant a few days ago. Besides, you have colluded with the magistrate of Guxian County a long time ago. The so-called fake messenger is also the magistrate's one-sided statement. Who knows? Is it true or false?”
Li Shui chuckled and said, "You can tell if it's true or false at a glance."
He looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, I have caught those fake envoys. Please allow me to bring them up."
Ying Zheng nodded.
Li Shui waved his hand, and several people were immediately pushed up.
These people seemed to have been beaten, with wounds all over their bodies.
Ying Zheng looked at Li Shui helplessly and said, "Have you ever had a private trip?"
Li Shui coughed dryly and said: "These envoys fell into their old habits in another place. They were arrogant and domineering, causing anger and resentment. Finally, they were discovered by the local officials."
"These envoys actually carried swords and wanted to kill people, but were injured by the angry people in the end. These people were all filled with righteous indignation. They felt that this envoy pretended to be an envoy of the emperor, which was a heinous crime, so they were particularly angry."
Ying Zheng nodded.
He was very happy that the people could have such awareness and love the emperor so much.
He said to the messenger, "Whose people are you?"
None of these people spoke.
They are Shi Wu's cronies, so naturally they are devoted to Shi Wu and can be regarded as dead soldiers.
There was even a bold reporter with a sinister plot in mind.
He raised his head, looked at Li Shui, and said, "We are the ones who banished the immortals."
The courtiers were immediately in an uproar.
Shi Wu couldn't help but burst into tears when he looked at the dead soldier.
A dead soldier is indeed a dead soldier. At such a critical moment, it has such an effect.
Okay, okay, very good, I didn’t raise them in vain.
Li Shui rolled his eyes, such a low-level frame-up technique was simply not worth mentioning.
Li Shui said to the envoy: "Are you mine?"
The man lowered his head and said with a face of shame: "Exiled Immortal, I'm sorry, I don't want to reveal your identity, but... I thought about it and felt that I can't violate the laws and regulations of the court."
Li Shui snorted and said, "Since you are mine, do you think you have been staying at Shangjun Courtyard before?"
The man responded: "Yes."
Li Shui said: "Then if you can name the ten people from Shangjun Courtyard, I will believe you."
The envoy was stunned for a moment, and then said awkwardly: "In Shangjun's courtyard, there are banished immortals, Princess Weiyang, little banished immortals, bamboo girls, calves, and..."
The messenger started to get stuck.
He thought for a long time and finally said: "There are also Liu brothers."
Li Shui hummed: "Nine, come on."
The envoy scratched his head anxiously and still couldn't think of the tenth one.
Li Shui smiled gently and said, "Do you know that I am a homebody and don't know much about the people in Shangjun Courtyard? I don't like to deal with people."
The messenger nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, yes, I am a homebody."
Li Shui hummed: "No wonder."
He said to the envoy: "Then let me ask you another question. The lady who cooks in the canteen of Shangjun Villa, what color flowers does she like to wear on her hair?"
"Is this simple?"
The messenger wiped the cold sweat from his head and said, "Red?"
Li Shui shook his head.
The messenger immediately changed his mind and said, "I remembered, it's yellow."
Li Shui still shook his head.
The messenger added: "It's purple."
Li Shui said with a smile: "It's still wrong."
Shi Wu said from the side: "The purpose of banishing the immortal is to prove that these two people are not from Shangjun Courtyard. Of course, whatever they say, you are wrong."
Li Shui said with a smile: "It's really not true. The person responsible for cooking for everyone is not an aunt at all, but a man. This man is bald and has no hair on his head, let alone a hairpin."
messenger:"……"
The courtiers were speechless. Is banishing the immortal playing an intellectual game?
Li Shui said: "It can be seen that these envoys are framing me."
Ying Zheng said calmly: "Drag him down and beat him."
In fact, everyone knows who the messenger is. It just requires a conclusive evidence and a process.
Therefore, although Shi Wu is a living person now, when everyone looks at him, it is as if they are looking at a dead person.
Li Shui patted Shi Wu on the shoulder and said, "Master Shi Wu, actually at the beginning, I thought the jade pendant looked familiar, but I couldn't remember whose jade pendant it belongs to."
"However, you took the initiative to attack me and reminded me. I asked someone to check and found that the jade pendant is indeed yours. What did we say just now? Are we going to risk our lives?"
Shi Wu's body shook, and suddenly he fell to the ground with a plop. .
