Journey To the West From The Qin Dynasty

"Okay, you don't need to say it, I understand."

Ting Weicheng is such a good person, Li Jue knew what he was going to say when he opened his mouth, and for the sake of face, he stopped him from continuing.

However, I still couldn't help it, and asked: "I don't understand, you rejected Lu Buwei because you were afraid of being implicated by him. Why did you reject my Meng family?"

He said proudly: "My Meng family doesn't talk about the first family of Daqin, but at least I won't get involved."

Then he was surprised again: "Could it be that you want to join the Wang family?"

Having said that, he frowned.

Li Jue said: "General Wang Li has suspicions against me."

Not the Wang family?

Ting Weicheng was completely stunned, they were the two most powerful families in Daqin, and Li Jue looked down upon them! ?

"Could it be that you still plan to sell it for a price?" Ting Weicheng asked in surprise.

Li Jue said: "My lord is joking, I have no ambitions in my chest, I just want to do my duty. My first-rank strength is enough for the government and prison, but it is not worth mentioning in front of you big men."

Ting Weicheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly.

It turned out that he was afraid of death.

but.

Don't blame him either.

Everyone in the world is afraid of death. An executioner kills like hemp, but in fact, he is also afraid every day.

It's normal to be afraid of death.

He didn't continue to persuade, because what Li Jue said was also reasonable, Yipin was enough to have a prison in the department, and among these big families like them, although they were considered backbones, the risk was very high.

To head-to-head with another first-rank, sacrifice is very easy.

But he was really optimistic about Li Jue, but Li Jue was greedy for life and afraid of death, which made him helpless.

Fortunately, Li Jue was working under him, and he had plenty of time for Li Jue to recognize the reality and see the strength of their Meng family.

At that time, it will naturally come to seek refuge.

Ting Weicheng has nothing to say next, and Li Jue doesn't want to tell him too much about taking refuge.

He can behead three people today, and he still plans to hurry to do something.

Get up is to say goodbye, ready to work.

Ting Weicheng hesitated to speak, and finally said: "Li Tingchang, are you able to read and write?"

Li Jue said: "I have learned a few baskets of characters before I come down."

Ting Weicheng smiled, "How can there be such a rude scholar like you? Forget it, it's useless to ask you."

Li Jue didn't stop talking, but returned to his office.

Guo Xuan and Hu Man stepped forward, and the two had reached a consensus. They both seemed to know that each other was Li Jue's helper, and they worked silently for Li Jue.

The first brother said: "Mr. Li Ting, did Mr. Ting Weicheng ask you if you can read?"

Li Jue said, "Why, he asked you too?"

The first brother Guo Xuan said: "It is true, and we naturally know some characters, but it is impossible to meet his requirements."

Li Jue was stunned for a moment, and said, "What does he ask for?"

Guo Xuan was taken aback, and said, "Could it be that he didn't tell you?"

Seeing Li Jue shaking his head, Guo Xuan explained: "Master Meng was embarrassed by the fact that Kong Jie led the Confucian disciples to enter Xianyang."

Then it explained the ins and outs of the matter.

The cause was Li Jue beheading Xue An, a great scholar. Kong Jie believed that Ying Zheng had killed innocent people indiscriminately, so he brought his disciples with him and planned to come to Xianyang to set up his teacher to question him.

Now the land of Lu is already the territory of Great Qin, but the people are still unwilling to surrender, and under the leadership of Kong Jie, there are even more rebellions.

In the past few days, news came back one after another, Ying Zheng was extremely angry, and immediately sent people to arrest Confucian scholars around the city.

Kong Jie was even more angry, and threatened to bring people to Xianyang to see if Yingzheng really treated Confucianism.

Li Jue thought of a word and shuddered.

Then he asked: "What did Master Meng say?"

Guo Xuan said: "Master Meng said that His Majesty is very angry. He also ordered that if Kong Jie really brought people here, he will catch them all and dig a hole to bury them."

Li Jue said in surprise: "Confucianism is now one of the top nine masters, and it has a lot of good ties in the world. If Confucianism is touched, not only the Lu land will be unstable, but all the schools in Kyushu will wait for the opportunity to move."

Guo Xuan was also shocked, and said: "What Master Li said is exactly the same as Master Meng said."

Hu Man said from the side: "Kong Jie has many disciples, and they also have many patrons and knight-errants. What's more, the three teachings and nine streams are intertwined. If Kong Jie is really touched, it will affect the whole body."

Li Jue said: "Since Master Meng knows about this, why don't you go to Cambodia?"

Guo Xuandao: "Master Meng said that someone has already mentioned it, and it was chopped off by someone who His Majesty asked the West City Department to have a prisoner."

It's a pity for Li Jue, why didn't it fall into his own hands?

Then he frowned again, "This is what Mr. Meng is embarrassing? But, what does it have to do with our literacy?"

Guo Xuandao: "When a Confucian giant enters Xianyang, he must first show courtesy first and then fight. This was proposed by the Prime Minister. After all, it is impossible for His Majesty to dig a hole and bury him, and His Majesty will not do that, right? "

Li Jue looked strange.

Guo Xuan continued: "So, in order to prevent the Confucian giant from slandering us as barbaric casually, it is best for our officials to be literate from top to bottom, so that we can slap the Confucian giant in the face and let him retreat in spite of difficulties."

I see.

Li Jue said, "It's unnecessary."

Just ignore it, but plan to choose the prisoner who will be executed today.

Guo Xuan said: "Li Tingchang, why are you so disdainful?"

Li Jue said: "People of Confucianism are very stubborn, and what they do is actually to seek officials. This matter is not a big deal, but if it is really a big deal, His Majesty can solve it. It doesn't matter whether we little people can read or not."

He looked at Hu Man again, and said, "Your Hu family didn't participate, did you? Tell your relatives and friends, don't join in blindly, otherwise your Majesty will really dig a hole and bury you."

Hu Man nodded solemnly. The Hu family is rich and powerful, and there must be people from all walks of life.

Since Li Jue said it so seriously, he must be right.

It was noon.

execution stand.

Li Jue chose three prisoners for himself, and each prisoner was a high-ranking official. They were supposed to be the three pavilion chiefs, one for each of them.

However, both Guo Xuan and Hu Man listened to him, so such a heavy responsibility naturally fell on his shoulders.

Three high officials knelt on the ground, two of them kowtowed and begged for mercy, and the other had a righteous face.

"Coward, it's just a stab at the head, what are you afraid of?"

"I am ashamed to be with you."

This person is righteous and awe-inspiring.

The other two high officials were immediately ashamed, and Li Jue chopped off their heads, which naturally allowed Li Jue to take their lives.

They also received rewards. One of them was from Taoism, and the other was from Mohism. Li Jue obtained a book of Taoism [Qingxin Jue], which is able to clear the mind and not be affected by evil spirits.

There is also the Mohist Rang who has acquired the skill of ingenuity, and his hands-on ability is stronger. It is estimated that he can make some iron and wood tools by himself.

Obviously, this senior official is not well-known in the Mohist school, which prevented him from obtaining the Mohist mechanism.

Only a pair of skillful hands.

He doesn't even want a woman, so why does he need this pair of skillful hands?

Looking at the last senior official who was kneeling on the ground, Li Jue already knew the name of this person and verified his integrity.

This person was magnanimous, arrogant, "Presumptuous, I am the king's uncle, you dare to kill me?"

He is the younger brother of the queen mother Zhao Ji and the uncle of Yingzheng. He did not rebel with Lai Ai, but after the queen mother was imprisoned, he was not convinced, and even brought his personal guards into the palace to argue with his nephew.

Ying Zheng was so angry that he didn't want to wait for the first month, so he sent him directly to Shuyou Prison and asked Li Jue to shave his uncle's head.

Uncle Guo still didn't know his mistake, knelt on the ground, muttered something, and said: "You are an executioner, dare to kill me? I am the uncle of the country today, and the king is my nephew. He is just angry, and he will send someone later Let me go."

Hearing this, Li Jue hastily acted.

Can't wait for you to be rescued, otherwise who will I kill?

The hand raised the knife and dropped it, and the uncle's head fell to the ground.

The yin and yang scroll of life and death was released, and Li Jue also obtained the life of the queen mother's younger brother, Ying Zheng's uncle.