On the official road to Yunyang, a dozen horses and a dozen people were walking alone. The leader was wearing a black spacious robe. He was Pang Delong who had just resigned.

After the Battle of Yongqiu, Li You died in battle. Pang Delong also became afraid of war. He did not want to return to the battlefield. After sending Li You's ashes back to Li's house this time, Pang Delong completely disbanded his old troops and only Several close associates did not want to leave, so they had to quietly accompany Pang Delon on his way back home.

Soldiers fought hundreds of battles, and only a few of them became angels. Pang Delong believed that this was the most correct choice for him, to stay away from the battlefield and the secular world.

At this time, the sun was shining high. Pang Delong wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves. He looked back at his followers who were unwilling to abandon him and smiled helplessly: "Twenty miles away, we will reach Yunyang. Everyone is here." "Keep holding on,"

Several trusted aides nodded and led their horses to follow Pang Delon. Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves sounded like thunder on the distant official road. Everyone was startled by the sound of horse hooves. On the road, there were about a hundred cavalry galloping towards them. Soon, hundreds of cavalry regiments surrounded Pang Delong and others. The leader, Bai Chang, shouted on the horse: "Who is Pang Delong?"

"I am," Pang Delong felt vaguely uncomfortable. He took a step forward, but the centenarian waved his hand and shouted: "I have been ordered to arrest the fugitive Pang Delong. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy."

The officer waved his hand, and the cavalry swarmed forward. Several people who wanted to resist were shot dead on the spot. Several burly soldiers pushed Pangdelon to the ground with their backhands and tied them up with ropes. At this time, Pangdelon was horrified and he couldn't help shouting. : "What's my crime? Don't accuse good people unjustly,"

"If you are guilty or not, go and talk to the Xianyang Order." Seeing that Pang Delong had been tied up, Bai Chang turned his horse's head and ordered: "Take it away."

Xianyang belongs to the county, Yan Legao is sitting on top, and below, Baichang leads a few people and hurriedly escorts Pang Delong into the hall. The soldiers on both sides shouted "mighty".

The storm is about to come, and the wind is filling the building. A storm//wave is about to set off, and the source of this storm//wave will be pulled away from Pang Delong. At this time, Yan Legao is sitting on the mountain, and he narrows his eyes and stares at Pang Delong. ,Although Yan Le didn't ask anything, Pang Delong already felt vaguely that he seemed to be involved in a power struggle.

"Pang Delong, please tell me from the facts. When did Li You start colluding with Chen Sheng?" Yan Le finally spoke. His voice was low and his eyes were bright. He stared at Pang Delong. After a brief silence, Pang Delong sighed: "My General Li You, I have never colluded with the bandit army. This must be framed by someone, please be aware of it."

"Humph, we have already obtained a lot of evidence, do you still want to deny it?" Yan Le did not give Pang Delong a chance to defend himself. He looked at Baichang aside and ordered: "I will be punished."

Bai Chang sang a promise and gave a signal to several soldiers. Several soldiers rushed forward and pushed Pang Delon to the ground. The killing stick was already hitting Pang Delon's waist. Every time he hit, there would be a muffled sound. On the side, A soldier shouted loudly and was counting: "One, two, three..."

Pang Delong endured the pain and did not cry out, but when he hit the thirty-seventh blow with the killing stick, Pang Delong finally couldn't stand it anymore. He couldn't help shouting hoarsely: "Sir, please check clearly, we are Unjustly accused..."

Suddenly Pang Delong fainted. Above, Yan Le snorted coldly and ordered: "Take him down and keep him under strict supervision."

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Half an hour later, Yan Le hurriedly came to the doctor's office. Zhao Gao had just rushed back from Ganquan Palace. Two soldiers had just delivered the charcoal pot. Yan Le hurried in, cupped his hands beside Zhao Gao and said: " Father-in-law, that Pang Delon is very tough-talking, why don’t we just draw the mark..."

Seeing that Yan Le did not obtain a confession, Zhao Gao was slightly unhappy and scolded: "Who do you think Li Si is? He was once the left prime minister. Although your Majesty has promised to investigate Li Si strictly, once this matter is settled, your Majesty will definitely Undercover investigation and verification, if we handle it improperly, we will get burned, so Pang Delon's confession must be acknowledged by him personally,"

"But..." Yan Le still wanted to defend, but Zhao Gao had already made a serious face and shouted: "There is no but, you must find a way to extract a confession,"

"I know, but I think that if Pang Delong suddenly dies suddenly in prison, and he has signed the bond before his death, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds," Yan Le said softly. Suddenly, Zhao Gao's eyes lit up, and he secretly approved in his heart, Why didn't he think that if Pang Delong died suddenly, even if Hu Hai wanted to investigate, there would be no evidence of death. Thinking of this, Zhao Gao coughed dryly, looked at Yan Le, and said in a deep voice: "You should think about it and handle this matter. It must be clean and tidy. Don't cause me any trouble,"

Seeing Zhao Gao's acquiescence, Yan Le felt happy, sang the promise, and left in a hurry.

In the afternoon, when the sun was setting, Yan Le hurried to the prison. At this time, Pang Delong had woken up and was lying motionless in the cell. Yan Le observed for a moment and said to a soldier: "Pull him to the execution room."

Yan Le gave an order and hurried to the execution room. Soon, Pang Delong was brought there. At this time, the door of the execution room was closed, leaving only a few of Yan Le's confidants standing nearby.

The room was very dark and damp, and more than a hundred torture instruments were spread throughout the torture room, which made people shudder. At this time, Yan Le had already stood up with a grin, walked back and forth in front of Pang Delong, and sighed: "General Pang is a sensible man. He joins the army." After many years, you should know that shielding Li You will not do you any good, but you still..."

"Bah," Pang Delong spat out a mouthful of blood on Yan Le and said with a ferocious smile: "If you want to kill or behead, just obey your orders. Even if I am not afraid of hundreds of battlefields, am I only afraid of you, Yan Le?"

A few days ago, Pang Delong was indeed afraid of death and he was tired of war. But today, when Yan Le pushed Pang Delong to the edge of death, Pang Delong felt that there was no fear in his heart. Even though he was afraid of death and betrayed Li You, he would not be frightened into incoherence because of Yan Le's threats. At this time, death became a kind of relief for Pang Delong.

Yan Le was completely angered by Pang Delong's words. He looked at his confidant and shouted: "Torture, no matter what the punishment is, I only need Pang Delong to plead guilty,"

After saying that, Yan Le walked out of the execution room, and the door was closed again. Soon, extremely tragic howlings came from inside the room.

In the side room of the torture chamber, which was neatly decorated and was used as a resting place for officials during torture, Yan Le was sitting on a clean soft mat, drinking tea. A confidant hurried in and said, "Sir, Pang Delon fainted again, and the brothers did not dare to torture him any more, fearing that he would not survive and die in the torture chamber."

"Then there's no need to press for more, just give him a pledge," Yan Le sneered. His confidants hesitated a little, but soon they understood what Yan Le meant and left in a hurry.

Yan Le lowered his head and tasted the tea again, and then slowly stood up. In fact, he could have directly signed a pledge for Pang Delong and then executed him, but Yan Le never wanted to do anything too cruel. He wanted to give Pang Delong a chance and also give Zhao Gao a chance. A satisfactory reply. As long as Pang Delong is willing to confess, Yan Le does not need to take the step of forcibly drawing a pledge. But at this time, Yan Le has no choice but to do this.

With a sigh, Yan Le strode towards the cell.

That night, Pang Delon died violently in prison.

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In the side hall of Xianyang Palace, Hu Hai also just rushed back from Ganquan Palace. Today was the birthday of Deng Meiren. Hu Hai intended to stay at Deng Meiren's place, but Zhao Gao ordered someone to send a letter saying that there was significant progress in Li Si's case and the circumstances were so bad that Hu Hai had to Rush back in a hurry,

In fact, Hu Hai could have summoned Zhao Gao in Ganquan Palace to listen to his report, but another news came. Li Si hurriedly came to Xianyang Palace early in the morning to ask for an audience. I wonder if Li Si had heard something and wanted to explain something, but no matter it was For whatever reason, Hu Hai absolutely cannot sit idly by and ignore this time.

Moreover, Li Si has come many times recently to break up his comfortable life, which makes Hu Hai extremely dissatisfied with Li Si. It is for this reason that Hu Hai is extremely concerned about Li Si's affairs.

At this time, in the side hall, a waiter brought tea. The tea was steaming Xiao Xiaoran, but Hu Hai was not in the mood to taste the tea. On the table was the case investigation that Zhao Gao had just presented, including Pang Delong's confession statement. When, looking up,

Li You once promised to use Chen Sheng to divide Guanzhong equally. Because Wu Guang's high position threatened Chen Sheng's position, Chen Sheng pretended to order Wu Guang to attack Xingyang, but in fact he wanted to use Li You's hand to eliminate him.

When Zhoushi entered the pass, the generals asked for orders to send troops to rescue the pass. Li You refused, and military discipline was strictly enforced. Anyone who dared to enter the pass would be killed without mercy.

Zhang Han's reputation was so great that he swept across Zhang Chu's army and approached Chen County. Li You wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to rebel and aid Chen Sheng. Suddenly he received urgent news and Chen Sheng was defeated. Li Younai dismissed the proposal.

Xiang Liang swept across the old Chu territory, and his prestige was great. Zhang Han sent out troops to fight, but was defeated by Dong'a. Li You wanted to lead his army to help Zhang Han. He had won the trust of the court, but he met Xiang Yu on the way and was defeated.

Hu Hai was terrified as he watched each scene. If Li You hadn't been defeated, I'm afraid that today, his father and son would have joined forces to betray the entire Qin State.

Hu Hai angrily threw Pang Delong's confession aside, and then looked at the investigation of Li Si. It roughly stated that Li Si conspired with Zhang Er to offer Guanzhong to welcome the Zhao army, but the only condition was that Zhao could not ally with Chu. , In the future, Zhao will stand firm in Guanzhong, and must march eastward to the death, wipe out the Chu army, and kill Xiang Yu. The two parties have reached an agreement, but the time is not ripe, so they have not taken action yet.

When Hu Hai saw the words 'the time is not ripe' in the last paragraph, his eyes widened and he said with hatred: "Li Si, you are doing such a big deal."

Hu Hai threw Pang Delon's confession and the documents of the investigation against Li Si in front of Li Si. Li Si was suspicious, picked up the bamboo slips, looked at it briefly, and couldn't help but said in surprise: "Your Majesty, these are all groundless charges. I am unjustly accused."

Li Si made a "pop" sound, knelt on the ground, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, please take a closer look..."

Hu Hai was so angry that he no longer wanted to listen to Li Si's explanation. He just said: "You should step back first. I will investigate this matter strictly."

Hu Hai's determination made Li Si feel a little desperate. He suddenly glanced at Zhao Gao angrily and said hatefully: "I know this. It must be Zhao Gao who framed me and slandered me. Your Majesty, please take a closer look."

After a pause, Li Si pointed at Zhao Gao and said: "Zhao Gao tricked Your Majesty into collecting corvees and forcibly building the Epang Palace, which has caused panic among the people in all directions..."

"That's enough," Hu Hai yelled, stood up and said angrily: "Get out of here."

"Your Majesty..." Li Si still wanted to speak, but Hu Hai had already slapped the imperial court angrily and said angrily: "Come here, throw Li Si out of here."

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