Chapter 44: This brat misled me!
Night falls.
There was no one on the spacious streets of Xianyang City.
A curfew was imposed in Xianyang City, and no one was allowed to go out after nightfall.
The moonlight is like water, slanting down on this ancient city and covering it with a misty veil.
There were no street lights in the Qin Dynasty.
Also, because firewood and fuel are expensive, ordinary people cannot use them at will, so the houses on both sides of the road are mostly dark.
Therefore, the visibility of Xianyang City at night depends largely on the brightness of the moonlight that night.
Except for the building, the dim lights there will stay on until noon.
Tonight, there is a waning moon in the sky.
The visibility of Xianyang City is not very high.
The city defense troops were divided into groups of five, each with a three-foot Qin sword on their waist, and they patrolled at a steady pace.
They had the same patrolling duties as the palace eunuchs, but they did not have torches to illuminate the area.
But their rights are much greater than those of the palace guards. As long as they see any suspicious figure, they have the right to kill them on the spot!
After leaving the Xianyang Palace, Li Si returned to his residence under the escort of a group of city defense troops.
"Your Excellency, we will take our leave ." The sergeant bowed.
"Thank you." Li Si returned the greeting gently.
Entered the main door and went into the inner room.
Li Si's wife Cai Yan came over with a pot of tea. Seeing that Li Si's face was covered with a black veil, she couldn't help but jokingly asked, "Why did you go to the palace and bring back this object?"
The two have been husband and wife for more than ten years and have a great understanding of each other.
As soon as Cai Yan saw Li Si's behavior, she knew that Li Si was in a very good mood at the moment, so she teased him.
"My dear, don't be afraid when I take off the veil." There was a hint of teasing in Li Si's voice.
"You and I have slept in the same bed for more than ten years. What are you afraid of? It's just that the sound is a little strange. Did you catch a cold?"
Cai Yan handed a cup of tea to Li Si.
At this moment, Li Si untied the veil, and the swollen face covered with blue, black, purple and red appeared in Cai Yan's eyes.
Snap~
The teacup fell to the ground and shattered, with fragments flying everywhere, and several pieces hit Li Si's feet.
The tea, which only officials with a salary of more than 1,000 dan could enjoy at will, was all over the floor.
"Husband! How could this happen? Who could have done such a cruel thing?"
Cai Yan took a step forward and stood in front of Li Si, her feet causing the broken pieces of teacup on the ground to crackle.
Her eyes were full of heartache, and her ordinary-looking face was full of anxiety.
"It's okay, it's okay." Li Si held his wife's shaking hand and comforted her, "I told you not to be scared."
With his other hand, he took out a medicine bottle half the size of a palm, which was painted with an exquisite black bird pattern, and put it into Cai Yan's palm.
"This is a gift from His Majesty. It will heal after three days of external application. This is the only external injury medicine specially used by His Majesty. Si Ke is the second person who can use it!"
Cai Yan heard the pride in Li Si's words, but she didn't think it was anything to be proud of.
She was still grieving and her face was filled with anger. She grabbed the medicine bottle and said angrily, "Did the King of Qin hurt your husband? He hurt you! No matter how effective the medicine is, it can only make you recover to your original state! The King of Qin is so mean and ungrateful!"
Li Si frowned, looked at Cai Yan seriously, and said sternly: "Don't speak rudely and be disrespectful to His Majesty! And now that the world is unified, you should call him Your Majesty!"
Seeing that Cai Yan's expression did not change at all, Li Si knew that Cai Yan was angry because of his sadness, and said softly: "When I was in Chu, I was a low-ranking official who looked after miscellaneous things. When I was in Qi, I was a student in the academy who could not enter the court to discuss politics. After arriving in Qin, I have now become a court official with an annual salary of 2,000 stones."
"Your Majesty is so kind. Today, he just slapped me a few times. What do you have to be resentful about? Don't be such a little girl. My injury is not without benefit. Your Majesty allowed me not to be on duty until my injury is healed. You always say that I am busy with official duties. I have been staying with you at your house for the past three days. Please don't think I am annoying."
After another round of kind words of persuasion, Cai Yan was finally persuaded.
Cai Yan helped Li Si lie down on the couch, asked the servants to clean up the debris and water stains in the hall, and applied medicine to Li Si personally. While applying, she asked with concern: "Why did it become like this?"
When Li Si heard this, his brows frowned and the injury on his face began to hurt again.
He was also very puzzled by this.
Although his result was gratifying, the process was extremely tragic.
He was slapped left and right on the face in Zhangtai Palace, and he even suspected that he would be slapped to death.
When Ying Zheng finally yelled at him to get out, he belatedly realized that perhaps the First Emperor and Ying Chengjiao had an extremely deep brotherly relationship, and he was just flattering the wrong person, which was why he was always beaten!
But it was too late to remedy the situation by then, so he was very upset and anxious all the way out of the palace.
When Zhao Gao suddenly appeared in front of him, his first reaction was "It's over! Your Majesty wants to kill me!"
It was not until Zhao Gao read out the emperor's will to him and gave him a bottle of external injury medicine that only the First Emperor himself could use that he finally felt relieved and knew that his bet was right.
But since the bet was right, why did he get slapped more than a dozen times?
Li Si was puzzled by this matter.
But he could not blame the First Emperor for this matter, nor did he dare to do so, so he could only put his resentment on Ying Chengjiao.
"It's all that bastard Ying Chengjiao's fault!" Li Si said hatefully.
"Was it Ying Chengjiao who asked the King of Qin and Your Majesty to beat my husband like this?" Cai Yan was halfway through her words when she saw Li Si's stern look and quickly changed her words.
"No. But it has something to do with that brat!"
When Cai Yan heard the three words Ying Chengjiao, she suddenly remembered a bamboo slip sent by the Supreme Court.
After applying the external medicine to Li Si, he hurriedly took the bamboo slips and handed them to Li Si.
"It was sent by the Imperial Court, saying that they dare not make the decision and you must review it in person."
"Oh? That's strange. Did any big case happen today?" Li Si smiled and took it happily. Most of the time, he was happy to handle official business.
"I haven't heard of anyone being killed." Cai Yan tilted her head and thought.
There is nothing new in Xianyang City. If there is a murder case, it will spread throughout the city within a day.
As Li Si unfolded the bamboo slips, he said, "It can't be that the prison is full again..."
Lees paused when he said the last word.
Because he had opened the bamboo slips and saw the words written on them!
The Tingwei Prison is really full.
Or was it Ying Chengjiao, whom he resented, who did it!
"Ha, ha, ha, ha."
Li Si laughed dryly.
Most of the names of the prisoners listed here were known to him.
There is the son of a doctor, the brother of an imperial censor, a wealthy merchant from Chu, a school lieutenant...
Although there were no direct descendants of the rank of 1,000 or 2,000-shi nobles among them, with so many nobles gathered together, they formed a force that even he, the Chief Justice, could not underestimate.
"My dear, please prepare a bamboo hat for me."
Li Si knew that the first day of his three-day vacation was ruined.
With so many nobles around, if he didn't show up in person, the officials at the Supreme Court would certainly not dare to make the decision.
"What do you want to do, my husband?"
"How can I be on duty without a hat like this?"
"Didn't my husband receive His Majesty's permission to take three days off?"
Take a break?
How can I take a break when the nobles have filled the Imperial Court Jail?
Thinking about the promise I made to my wife to accompany her, I broke it in the blink of an eye.
The Tingwei Prison, which had just been emptied, was full again.
Li Si couldn't help but say in a muffled voice: "You misled me!"
