Chapter 241 Take it and follow me, I will give you a court captain
The door opened, and a man in green shirt walked out of the house. When he came out, his waist was still slightly bent. After closing the door, his back straightened slightly.
He took three steps, and then the flattering smile on his face disappeared, and he put on an expression of surviving a disaster.
If I were not stupid, it would not take long for me to become the king's confidant, and it would not take long for me to survive after becoming the king's confidant.
The man in green shirt thought about how he had been able to be inferior to Gan Luo alone and superior to the entire Gan family.
In the end, he quietly went to the land of Qi Chu to be a guest of a wealthy gentry, and his body could not help but shiver.
If it weren't for a Qidi businessman who came to Xianyang a year ago, he happened to meet and chat with him for a few words.
I am afraid that now he is also working hard to show off himself, hoping to be taken as a confidant by Gan Luo, the head of the Gan family.
"Brother, I must have remembered it wrong. I came from Linzi, and I have never heard of any wealthy gentry with the surname of wealthy people in the past three years."
The Qidi businessman sat on the balcony and hugged each other, laughing and saying firmly.
It was a cup of tea after the man in the green shirt left, and he couldn't see his fingers in the dark room, which was rendered by black ink without a trace of light.
A hoarse voice sounded, as if the owner of the voice had been pecked out by a dove.
"What you are doing is like fighting in the market. This is not your style. Your Majesty is upset."
"I am sober as never before."
"You shouldn't treat Lord Chang'an like this."
"Then how should I deal with it? In terms of conspiracy and conspiracy, no one can compare with my brother."
"You can appeal to Your Majesty. No matter how strong your ministers are, they will never be able to defeat you."
"It's useless, you don't understand him. You can only do this to deal with him. Emotions are his only weakness. Since I knew him, all the stupid things he did were because of emotions."
"Your Majesty seems to know Chang'an Lord very well."
"I followed him and called him brother for more than ten years."
The tenth day of October, Tingwei Mansion.
Li Si crossed the threshold of the gate of Tingwei Mansion, raised his eyes and glanced at the soldiers and officials of Tingwei Mansion, and felt a strange feeling.
It seems that he hasn't been back here for a long time, even though he is Tingwei, the largest official in Tingwei Mansion.
Since being promoted to Prime Minister Zuo, Li Si has been working in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Compared with Ting Wei, the highest judicial officer of the Qin State, he still liked the Prime Minister, the highest civil servant of the Qin State - if you don't count Ying Chengyu, the newly added prime minister of the First Emperor later.
"Sir Tingwei, no, Sir Prime Minister." Tingwei had been sitting in the hall looking in the direction of the door. When he saw Li Si, he hurried out.
Ting Weizheng's words made the hard lines on Li Si's face soften a bit, and he followed Ting Weizheng who led the way into the hall.
In the hall, the right eunuch of Ting Wei stood in front of the chair without sitting down, waiting for Li Si.
"Left Prime Minister."
When the First Emperor did not appoint a new Tingwei Zuojian, the three people were the top leadership team of the Tingwei Mansion.
Feeling the respect brought by power, Li Si was very satisfied, nodded and said politely: "Well, why do you have to come here?"
The right prisoner of Ting Wei spread out the scrolls of bamboo slips placed on the table.
Li Si took out a scroll and looked at it intently. The complacency in his heart about being the Prime Minister disappeared.
What is written above is a piece of evidence related to Shang Qing Gan Luo.
Li Si frowned.
Ting Wei is at attention. The right prisoner of Ting Wei frowns and lowers his head, saying nothing.
In the hall of Tingwei Mansion, the only sounds that could be heard were the tapping of bamboos as Li Si flipped through the bamboo slips, and the sound of changing the roll of bamboo slips as he put down a scroll and picked up another. It was difficult to hear other sounds.
After reading all the bamboo slips, Li Si already had the answer in his mind and closed all the bamboo slips one by one.
"Who sent it?"
Ting Wei Zhengdao: "After opening the mansion today, I saw these bamboo slips in the courtyard. Judging from the signs of their scattering, someone should have stood on the left wall of the mansion gate and thrown objects last night."
Tingwei's right supervisor added: "This matter is strange and has not been reported to the Internal Affairs Bureau."
After the wax festival, Xianyang resumed its curfew.
If someone can stay outside Tingwei Mansion at night, this matter should be under the control of the Internal History Mansion according to common sense.
Li Si pondered for a moment, then looked up at Ting Weizheng, who asked from the right, "What do you two think?"
According to normal regulations, these bamboo slips were either sent to the Neishi Mansion to find someone to deliver them, or they were all burned.
In short, these bamboo slips will not have any impact on Shangqing Ganluo.
This is not a sign that the officials of the Qin State protect each other, the officialdom is decayed, and the court is corrupted.
On the contrary, this is a manifestation of the fairness and integrity of the Qin State, which governs the country by law and the laws of Qin, and does not ask questions about the heart.
The laws of Qin allowed people to appeal and report. Not only did they allow it, they also strongly supported it. Qin Dynasty called this behavior begging.
As long as it is found that the beggar is true, we must act in accordance with the law and determine how to judge.
But there is a premise, that is, it must be a person begging, not just throwing a bamboo slip. Without the person involved, begging will have no effect.
The underlying reason is that Legalists believe that if they randomly investigate people based on a bamboo slip, if it is true, then it is okay. What if it is not true? This is unfair treatment of the person under investigation.
Therefore, Qin law stipulates that begging is allowed, but the government will deal with it only if someone is there.
If it succeeds, act in accordance with the law; if it fails, arrest the beggar and sentence him to the penalty for which he was falsely accused. This is false accusation and rebellion.
As long as the case is reported to the police, one of the plaintiff and the defendant will definitely be unlucky.
Legalists do not make peace. The plaintiff begs to find out what is true and the defendant made a mistake, and the defendant is punished.
If the beggar finds out that the accusation is false, then the plaintiff has falsely accused the defendant, and the defendant's rights and interests have been infringed, so it is up to the plaintiff to atone for the crime.
Ting Weizheng, who was familiar with the provisions of Qin's laws and decrees, handed over his hands without hesitation and respectfully said: "It all depends on the left prime minister."
Li Si nodded and said: "The truth is known, and this matter will be dealt with as it is. It's none of your business."
"only."
"only."
The two of them responded respectfully and entered the back of the hall.
Old God Ting Wei Zheng made a cup of tea on the ground and took a leisurely sip.
Seeing Wei Ting's right prisoner glance at the front of the hall from time to time, he lightly flicked the rim of the cup, making a soft "ding" sound.
"Not willing?"
Tingwei's right prisoner withdrew his eyes and smiled bitterly.
"A little bit."
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What Ying Chengyu said at the wax festival has spread throughout Xianyang, and Tingweizheng and Tingwei Youjian naturally knew about it.
Naturally, the two of them also knew that Ying Chengyu said that Gan Luo would be sent to Tingwei Prison.
Therefore, when the two of them saw those bamboo slips today, they knew that they must be Ying Chengyu's handiwork.
Regardless of whether what these bamboo slips say is true or false, ordinary people will never be able to find so much dirty information about Gan Luo, and even if they could find it, they would not be able to write it down.
How they choose to deal with these bamboo slips will have a major impact on their future.
Leaving it to Li Si without questioning means that he does not intend to participate in this duel between the emperor's younger brother and the leader of the family.
"Destroying someone's future is like killing one's parents." Ting Wei was taking a sip of the tea soup, holding up the tea cup and motioning to the door, "It's not too late to go out now."
We are still young, how can we participate in this kind of thing with our status?
It is true that Lord Chang'an will be defeated, and it is true that he can send you to prison before defeat. But the left prisoner has not released you yet.
Tingwei's right prisoner stared at the tea cup in Tingwei's hand, watching the turbid tea soup in the cup swaying with Tingwei's movements, and it was difficult to take shape.
His body was always ready to rush out at any time, but he never got up.
Tingwei's right supervisor looked at the tea cup and put it back on the table. When he saw that the tea soup had calmed down, he still couldn't make up his mind.
He raised his head and said sincerely: "Please give me some advice, Mr. Ting Wei Zheng."
Tingwei laughed and said: "You can't be an adult."
He picked up the tea soup that had cooled down a bit and could drink it directly, and drank it all in one gulp.
Putting down the empty teacup, he sighed softly.
"Two people do the government work of four people, alas."
He got up and went to deal with the daily official affairs of Tingwei Mansion.
"You haven't spoken to me yet," Tingwei right prisoner shouted hurriedly.
Tingwei did not look back or pay attention. He hummed a tune on another table and began to look through the bamboo slips and review the case.
Tingwei's right prisoner's heart was filled with flames.
I called you an adult and asked you for advice, but you got into trouble with me!
According to his official position and annual salary, he is not lower than Tingwei. In addition to Tingwei in Tingwei's mansion, he is the ninth minister with an annual salary of two thousand dan.
Tingweizheng, Tingwei right prisoner, and Tingwei left prisoner are all nominally one level below Jiuqing.
Although Tingwei Youjian is actually the third-in-command, Tingwei Zheng, the second-in-command, does not have much greater power than him.
Tingwei's right prisoner was already emotionally unstable. Being so aroused, he stood up and ran out.
Behind the hall, Wei Ting was sighing softly.
"From now on, one person will have to handle the government affairs of four people."
He had actually given the hint, but Tingwei Right Prisoner did not understand it.
The words "cannot be an adult" not only mean that he cannot deserve the title of "adult", but also warn Tingwei Right Prisoner that you cannot be an adult either.
The latter two people were doing four-person affairs, and it was even more subtle that Li Si, who had a close relationship with Ying Chengyu, became the prime minister of the left, and Tingwei Zuojian, who had a conflict with Ying Chengyu, was jailed.
Tingweizheng didn't think Ying Chengyu would win, but he thought it would be easy for Ying Chengyu to kill him if he lost.
It’s not that some people didn’t get the reminder, but they didn’t understand it, or were unwilling to understand it.
Tossing a coin determines whether to do something or not. What determines most is not heads or tails when the coin falls. It is whether it is heads or tails when the coin flies up.
"Left Prime Minister."
Tingwei's right prisoner was out of breath after running for a few steps, and he cupped his hands in front of Li Si.
"What's the matter?"
Li Si raised his eyebrows slightly and continued to write on the bamboo slips with the brush in his hand.
"I can go with Zuo Tong."
Tingwei's right supervisor said with a smile.
Li Si is a court lieutenant, and he is already here. Li Si cannot be ignored in this matter.
If I want to get involved, I'd better go to Gan's house with Li Si to show my interest.
If Li Si doesn't respond, I'll leave on my own!
"No need."
Li Sidao.
He really wanted to take all the credit. I was the one who discovered these bamboo slips first. I could have sent them directly to the Gan family!
The right prisoner of Tingwei had a forced smile on his face and said: "Prime Minister Zuo, there is something wrong with this..."
"What's wrong?" After Li Si wrote the last stroke, he threw the bamboo slip in the hand of Tingwei's right prisoner and said, "I'm worried that I don't have enough skills. Since you are willing to do it, then go and get these people."
Just come back."
Who did you bring back?
Tingwei's right prisoner was caught off guard. He held the bamboo slip in his hand and looked at the wet ink on it. The smile on his face completely froze.
The right prisoner of Tingwei looked at all the bamboo slips thrown in before Li Si came, and he recognized them.
The names written by Li Si are all witnesses related to Gan Luo's crimes in those bamboo slips!
Lifting his head stiffly, Tingwei Right Prisoner said in a panic: "Prime Minister Zuo, is this appropriate?"
No case will be opened for investigation if there is no beggar. This is a stipulation in the Qin Code. As long as there is no plaintiff, there is no defendant.
What Li Si did was to investigate the defendant without the plaintiff.
"What's inappropriate? The descriptions on these bamboo slips are not accurate enough?" Li Si took a deep look at Tingwei's right prisoner and said, "Or, you and Si go to get Gan Luo?"
Crazy! Li Si is crazy!
Sweat began to drip from Tingwei's right prisoner's face. He straightened his back slightly and his voice became stronger.
"Minister Zuo, Qin law stipulates that no one can beg for mercy without investigation. If Gan Shangqing is wronged, who will be held responsible?"
False accusation and rebellion.
Da Qin's judicial system is not something to be joked about. When the government intervenes, blood must be shed.
"Who said no one beggars?"
Li Si walked step by step in front of Tingwei's right prisoner. The power of the prime minister crushed the toughness of Tingwei's right prisoner's heart and mind and instantly collapsed.
Tingwei's right prisoner did not dare to look directly at Li Si and lowered his head slightly to avoid the pressure.
"Last night the Tingwei Mansion was closed. I threw all the bamboo slips in from the outer wall for convenience. Is it okay for me to beg for help?"
Tingwei's right prisoner took a few deep breaths, without raising his head, and said in a low voice: "Prime Minister Zuo must have thought clearly... If the charges listed in these bamboo slips are true, they are sufficient for the three Yi tribes."
Tingwei's right prisoner did not raise his head, and could not see the joy on Li Si's face, which was originally rigid, and there was a hint of nervous smile.
"Si knows very well."
In exchange for things, the more valuable the object is, the more precious the object is.
The greater the crime, the less Chang'an will care about the position of prime minister, and the smoother the general's career will be.
The right prisoner of Tingwei didn't know what to say. He was frightened by Li Si.
He never considered the possibility that Li Si would side with Ying Chengyu.
The current situation can be seen by one person. Ying Chengyu is an enemy of all the aristocratic families and even the First Emperor, and there is no possibility of winning.
"Is the right prisoner planning to go with Si to get Gan Luohu?" Li Si's voice became louder.
The right prisoner of Tingwei was silent for a moment, lowered his head and cupped his hands and said: "The number of people listed by the left prime minister is too many, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to take on the important task. I will go to Gan's house to get Gan Luo."
His forehead was sweating, his legs were shaking, and his heart was beating violently.
These small details, except for the heart that cannot be seen, the abnormalities on the forehead and legs are clearly visible to Li Si's eyes.
"You and I are colleagues."
Li Si's voice slowed down and he waited for Ting Wei's right supervisor to speak. Ting Wei's right supervisor's ears were stunned and his lips were tightly closed.
"I'll let you go to Gan's house."
"only!"
Tingwei's right prisoner immediately responded, fearing that Li Si would regret it, so he hurried out of Tingwei's mansion.
He ran too fast and hurriedly, and disappeared outside the gate of Tingwei's Mansion without even taking the soldiers with him when taking someone.
"You are seeking death on your own."
Li Si looked at the back of Tingwei's right prisoner indifferently and said.
Picking up the bamboo slip on the ground with his name written all over it, Li Si was about to go out and call the soldiers to pick up the person by name.
Suddenly he stamped his feet, turned around and walked toward the back of the hall.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister."
Wei Ting hurriedly stood up and said respectfully.
"Let's go and take someone with me."
Li Si threw the scroll of bamboo slips into Wei Ting's hands.
Tingwei unfolded it and took a look. There were ladies on the balcony, businessmen, and children of nobles.
He couldn't help but said with some confusion: "Have these people committed crimes? The Tingwei Mansion has not received so many cases. I will just do this, there is no need for the Prime Minister."
"...Didn't you read all those bamboo slips outside?" Li Si's mouth twitched.
Tingwei's face straightened up and he said: "Of course not. The Prime Minister is also the leader of the Tingwei. How could I dare to see if Tingwei didn't look at it."
"Take it and follow me. I'll give you a Tingwei." Li Si nodded at the bamboo slips in Tingwei's arms, turned around and left.
You are not sending me Tingwei, you are sending me to die...
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister." Tingwei stopped him in a hurry and said with a grimace: "I am old and frail, and I am afraid that I will not be able to fulfill the important task of Tingwei. When the time comes, the right prisoner will be strong and strong, and his ability will be much better than mine...
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From the moment Li Si mentioned the bamboo slips outside just now, Ting Weizheng realized that these names were related to Gan Luo.
Ting Weizheng, who was deeply shocked that Li Si wanted to side with Ying Chengyu, did not want to participate in this matter at all.
"Chang'an Lord once showed me a piece of jade." Li Si interrupted Tingwei's main words and said in a leisurely manner: "It comes from He's Bi. It's up to you whether you want to follow me or not."
Wei Ting's eyes lit up.
Holding the scroll of bamboo slips, he rushed to Li Si's side in three steps and two steps at a time.
He unfolded the bamboo slips, drew a circle on half of the people's names with his fingers, and said: "Give these people to me, Prime Minister, go catch the other people. It will be faster if you and I divide our forces into two groups."
Everyone in the Qin State has a photo sticker, which is similar to an ID card.
Most of the He's Bi that were taken from the State of Zhao were made into jade seals passed down to the country.
The remaining bit was made into a body-worn sticker belonging to the King of Qin.
However, the King of Qin did not need to show his bodyguard, so ordinary people had no chance to see him.
On that day, Shangqing Gan Luo was captured and taken to Tingwei's Mansion. It was Li Si who led the soldiers to arrest him.