Chapter 92: Ying Chengjiao Refuses to Be Arrested! Why Don't You Kill Him?
Half an hour ago.
Tingwei Mansion, back hall.
The Chief Justice, who did not want to cause any trouble, and the Left Justice, who had regained his senses, sat opposite each other at a mahogany table.
Tingwei Zheng, who had been handling the internal affairs of the Tingwei Mansion alone these days, had visibly tired looks on his face.
While pouring tea into his mouth, he said: "The General of the Central Army personally went to the tower to kill people for Chang'an Jun. Your brother's revenge should be let go. His intention to rape the tower manager is not right. It is a disgrace to the Qin people."
The Left Supervisor of the Court of Justice, who was still mournful, looked at him coldly. Judging from his appearance, it was very likely that he would eat the Court of Justice in the next second.
The Chief Justice was slamming the tea bowl hard, and it hit the table with a loud, crisp sound and almost broke into pieces.
"Why are you looking at me like that? If I hadn't protected you, your three clans would have been wiped out long ago! For the crime of making false accusations, you will be punished with clan punishment and exterminate your three clans. Do I need to tell you this law?"
The left supervisor of the court looked away and said angrily, "I was following the punishment method prescribed by the Qin Law. What's wrong with that? If there is a mistake, it is the Qin Law that made the mistake."
Qin Law is the foundation of the Qin State. Who can change Qin Law?
The First Emperor?
The words of the Left Chief Justice of the Supreme Court were openly referring to the Qin Law, but implicitly they were alluding to the First Emperor.
The Chief Justice pretended not to understand the implication of the Chief Justice's words. After all, the one who died was not his own brother.
"The Zhonglangjiang will defend the palace to the death. He will not leave Xianyang Palace even if Xianyang City is broken. You and I both know what it means that he can appear on the tower with his Langguan openly. You can decide for yourself whether to die one person or the whole family. I don't want to come to the Tingwei Mansion again tomorrow. I've changed a Zuojian."
"The great Qin abides by the law. When Shang Jun was alive, the king's elder brother, who had made outstanding contributions, was also subject to the Qin law, so he could go east to destroy the six kingdoms. Now the situation is like this, the Supreme Court cannot act according to the law, and we are ashamed of Shang Jun!"
The Chief Justice was curling his lips.
Why don't you talk about how miserable Shang Jun's death was afterwards? I don't want to end up like Shang Jun.
"Li Zuojian, the Supreme Court Justice will be here soon. If you still look like this, don't blame me for tying you up again to prove your innocence."
If Li Si of the Supreme Court had not been absent, even if you were the superior, you would have been resting at home by now, like the Right Eunuch.
The left supervisor of the court suppressed the resentment in his eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "I understand."
The Left Chief Justice of the Supreme Court actually knew the truth. Ever since he heard that his brother died at the hands of Zhang Han, he knew that his brother had died in vain.
Saying these now are actually just unwilling complaints.
The Chief Justice and the Chief Justice's Left Supervisor did not see eye to eye and neither of them had any intention of continuing the conversation, so they both remained silent.
The tea in the pot was refilled twice, and at the same time, they heard a commotion coming from the front yard.
They both stopped what they were doing and turned their heads to look at the door.
Soon, Li Si, with a rigid face, appeared in front of the two men.
It’s finally here. I won’t have to compete with Li Si for the position of Supreme Court anymore.
The court judge breathed a sigh of relief. He had been walking on thin ice these days. He had to appease the noble children, deal with their immediate family members, and withstand calls from the court to try the case quickly.
Fortunately, no official with a salary of 1,000 stones or above spoke out, and the Chief Justice gritted his teeth and finally got through the three days.
He now really feels that having someone above him is a benefit; at least he doesn't have to bear the brunt of the consequences when things fall.
My brother is deeply wronged. I cannot exterminate the three clans of Ying Chengjiao, so can't I just kill one of them?
The left supervisor of the court roared inwardly, but he did not dare to shout this sentence out loud. He was no longer in the state of insanity that day, and he could see the situation clearly.
If there had been no General Zhonglang in the tower that day, perhaps he would have been able to take action against Ying Chengjiao.
But the General of the Household showed up, which meant that the First Emperor wanted to protect Ying Chengjiao.
As soon as Li Si saw the two of them, he shouted angrily: "Si Wen has a backlog of murder cases for three days. What have you two been doing these days?"
Chief Justice: ...Among the murders in the past three days, the one in the tower was the only one. Li Si, you are using this to accuse me of dereliction of duty, which is a bit excessive.
Don't worry, I won't compete with you for the position of Supreme Court anymore.
Tingwei Zhengdao said: "Since the Lord Tingwei is not here, we have been slacking off."
The left supervisor of the court's court's eyes lit up, and he shouted urgently: "The murderer has a special identity, we dare not arrest him!"
Although he didn't know what Li Si was up to, this medicine was a good cure for him who was already suffering from a serious illness.
The Chief Justice was watching coldly and sneering in his heart.
You are naive and cannot see the reality. Do you really think Li Si can help you catch someone?
"Not even worth using!" Li Si snorted coldly, walked out of the hall, and gave orders to the guards of the Supreme Court.
"Within a cup of tea, gather ten or five people and follow me to the Chang'an Palace to capture the person!"
Ting Wei Zheng: ...Are you suffering from some kind of madness?
The Left Supervisor of the Supreme Court was overjoyed and ran out of the hall like a happy hound.
"Gather quickly! You, you, you! Stand over there! Take out the armor from the storeroom, bring your quivers, bows and arrows, and take out the bladed swords!"
Li Si did not stop the left supervisor of the court who had a ferocious look on his face and was overly excited.
He turned around and looked at the Chief Justice, and said, "I have been away for the past few days. Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Chief Justice."
The court judge bent down ninety degrees - in Qin etiquette, there was no such etiquette between ministers. He said respectfully: "There is only one lord in the court judge's office. I have only realized the difficulty of the lord of the court judge in the past three days."
Li Si's face remained rigid, but his voice became much softer.
"Why can't I see the Right Supervisor?"
"I'm sick and I'm taking a rest."
There should have been four people in the back hall of the Supreme Court.
The four people who made up the highest leadership of the Court of Justice were the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice, the Right Chief Justice, and the Left Chief Justice.
The order in which the four are arranged is based on their authority in the Supreme Court.
The Chief Justice is the first level, the Chief Justice is the Right Supervisor, and the Chief Justice is the Left Supervisor.
The Right Supervisor and the Left Supervisor of the Supreme Court were of the same rank, but in the Qin Dynasty, the right was respected, so the Right Supervisor was considered half a rank higher than the Left Supervisor.
Now there are only the Chief Justice and the Left Chief Justice. Needless to say, Li Si has not shown up in the Chief Justice's Mansion since the incident in the tower, and he has been working hard to gain favor in front of the First Emperor.
The Right Supervisor of the Supreme Court, who was supposed to be on duty, had not shown up in the Supreme Court since the incident in the tower, just like Li Si. He claimed to be sick and stayed at home, resting ever since.
In the office of the Right Supervisor of the Supreme Court.
The Right Supervisor of the Supreme Court, who claimed to be suffering from tuberculosis and unable to get up, was sitting in the hall, drinking tea and chatting with a man in blue.
The man in blue smiled and said, "As the Right Supervisor of the Court of Justice, I have not been to the Court of Justice for three days. If His Majesty knows about this, it will not be a good thing after all."
The Right Supervisor of the Imperial Court said with a bitter face: "This case is a quagmire. The General of the Central Army left the Xianyang Palace, entered the tower and killed four people. If I stay here due to illness, I will be unworthy of my official position. If I go and deal with it impartially, I will be unworthy of my wife and children."
"Alas." The man in blue sighed and said, "This is not your fault. The person arrested is a distant nephew of the right prime minister, but the right prime minister did not even ask about this case. There is a god standing behind the weak rabbit. Even lions and tigers dare not catch it."
The Right Supervisor of the Court of Justice sighed, "That's it. This case has been a foregone conclusion since the day it was filed. A pack of wolves can surround a lion and hunt a tiger, but in front of a god, they can only bow their heads and whimper."
"All the gentlemen in Yanyan are like this. They are unhappy with that boy, but they can do nothing about it."
"I just hope that the gods will give clear instructions soon and put an end to this absurd matter as soon as possible."
The two of them ate and talked, sighing constantly.
A servant rushed into the hall and said respectfully, "Master, someone from the Court of Justice has come and said that the Lord of Justice wants you to return to the Court of Justice immediately."
The Chief Justice wants me to go back to the Supreme Justice's Office. Now that Li Si is back, it's time to close this case.
The Right Supervisor of the Supreme Court felt relieved. He did not make any excuses this time. He put on his official uniform and followed the clerk of the Supreme Court back to the Supreme Court.
Everyone knew why he was sick.
Li Si returned home to treat his tuberculosis.
Along the way, he was thinking about what kind of reason he should make up to explain his sudden recovery from his illness, and he didn't talk to the clerk.
Seeing that the Right Supervisor of the Supreme Court remained silent, the clerk naturally did not dare to say anything.
The two of them went all the way back to the Supreme Court. When the Right Supervisor of the Supreme Court saw that half of , he stopped and frowned.
"Where have all the people gone?"
"They all followed the Lord Tingwei to the Chang'an Palace."
"Um?"
What are you going to do at Chang'an Junfu?
Are you afraid that guy will be assassinated?
Go and escort him?
The Right Supervisor of the Supreme Court was stunned.
It's not that he didn't know that Li Si was going to arrest someone, but he couldn't believe that Li Si dared to arrest someone.
Not to mention the Right Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, even Ying Chengjiao, the person involved, was confused.
Chang'an Jun Mansion.
Ying Chengjiao looked at Li Si in bewilderment, pointed at his nose and asked, "You want to take me?"
Li Si's eyes were full of apology and a hint of guilt, but he said firmly: "Come on, help me capture Ying Chengjiao!"
When his hands were pressed behind his back and ropes were wrapped around his wrists, Ying Chengjiao finally realized that Li Si was here to arrest him.
His eyes suddenly widened and he shook his hands vigorously.
The coarse hemp rope that had bound his hands and was as thick as two adult fingers broke immediately.
He shook his body again, and waves that were invisible to the naked eye hit all the soldiers, causing them to fall to the ground one after another.
If Ying Chengjiao was compared to the heart of a flower, then the soldiers who surrounded him were the petals. This shock was the flower blooming, but this blooming was not what the petals wanted.
The soldiers of the Supreme Court had all been in the battlefield. They were all Qin's elite warriors, and no one cried out in pain after the fall.
But inevitably, the expressions of these battle-hardened veterans all changed drastically, from disdain to shock.
This boy, that's not right! How could Chang'an Jun's martial arts be so strong!
At first they thought Li Si was making a fuss out of nothing. How could he have fifty soldiers to capture someone from Chang'an's mansion? One squad would be enough.
But now…
Lord Tingwei should call the city defense troops over! How can the Tingwei's troops capture Chang'an Jun? Chang'an Jun's martial arts are not as good as those of the thousand-man commander!
But what one thinks in one's heart is one's own business. In reality, the fifty soldiers moved in an orderly manner and ran as if they were one person.
Seven palace soldiers who were archers in the army retreated, with a longbow slung across one arm and the other hand reaching back to take the arrow. Their eyes were sharper than those of an eagle, staring at Ying Chengjiao.
Thirty palace soldiers advanced with swords in hand, holding the Qin swords in different positions, some vertically, some horizontally, and some diagonally. They formed a battle formation around Ying Chengjiao, waiting for Li Si's order.
The remaining thirteen palace soldiers formed a circle and surrounded Li Si, the Left Supervisor of the Supreme Court, and the Chief Justice.
This change is completed in an instant.
What the Qin people are best at is fighting!
The Left Chief Justice of the Court of Justice's face was flushed with excitement at this moment. Even when he was madly squirming and spreading his seed on his wedding night, the pleasure was not as intense as this.
In the Qin State, anyone who resists arrest, regardless of age, gender, or right or wrong, can be killed on the spot.
"kill!"
The left censor of the Supreme Court first shouted with a broken throat.
"No!" Li Si said urgently.
But it was too late, the first wave of Qin's offensive had arrived.
For the palace soldiers, the difference between the Chief Justice and the Chief Justice's Left Supervisor is the difference between the General and the General, and either one can command them.
How fast did the Qin army execute orders?
When the Left Supervisor of the Court of Justice just said the word "kill", the arrows in the hands of the soldiers in the back row had already been shot out, and the Qin swords in the hands of the soldiers in the front row had already chopped down heavily.
Even if the person they wanted to shoot or behead was the First Emperor's brother, they did not hesitate at all.
“Stop!”
The bronze Qin sword was attached to his body and white feather arrows were pointed at his body.
Ying Chengjiao's face changed slightly. He didn't rush to make any blocking or dodging moves, but shouted hurriedly.
Seeing this, the Left Supervisor of the Court of Justice, whose brain was filled with pleasure, felt his happiness doubled.
Stop? Only after you survive this round of attacks! When you killed my brother, did you think this day would come?
But the thirteen palace soldiers who surrounded the Left Supervisor of the Supreme Court did not feel happy at all; they only felt chilled.
Brush, brush, brush~
In the mansion of Lord Chang'an, all the maids who were originally beautiful and harmless had frosty faces.
The beautiful eyes of the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice's Left Supervisor, and fifty palace soldiers that stared at Li Si who had barged in were as if they were looking at a dead person, without any emotion at all.
It was as if the person who had turned pale and screamed when seeing the palace soldiers rushing in just now was not them, but someone else.
They either raised their left arm or their right arm.
The slender arms are exquisitely crafted, and it is obvious at first glance that they are crossbows carefully made by craftsmen.
These crossbows were all loaded with arrows, and their target was the thirteen palace soldiers surrounding Li Si, the Chief Justice, and the Left Supervisor.
The maids placed their other hands on the mechanism. With a light press, the arrows, which were a deep black color and soaked in something, would shoot out at least three times faster than an arrow.
Before the power provided by the machines is exhausted, they will penetrate everything that stands in their way.
"Crossbow! Retreat!"
Among the thirteen palace soldiers, I don’t know which one is in command.
They held the Qin sword in front of them, and the thirteen people took small steps quickly, retreating to shrink the protective circle, squeezing Li Si, the Chief Justice, and the Left Supervisor of the Court together.
The Chief Justice's head hit Li Si's neck, and the Chief Justice's Left Supervisor's face was like a pancake spread on the back of the Chief Justice's head.
Li Si was the tallest among the three, so he didn't make any mistakes the first time.
But soon, his head was pressed down by a palace soldier. In the process of pressing down, his mouth rubbed from Tingwei Zheng's forehead to his chest.
The three of them were completely blocked by the Thirteen Palace Soldiers. If there was no light projected from the sky above their heads, the three of them would have had complete darkness in their vision.
It’s no wonder that the Thirteen Palace Soldiers acted this way.
Within fifty steps.
With the accuracy of the Qin crossbow, it can shoot wherever you point.
With the power of the Qin crossbow, it can penetrate leather armor.
If these maids had loosened their hands just now, the leadership team of the Supreme Court would have been left with only the confused Supreme Court Right Supervisor.
Idiot!
Giving random orders!
If you want to die, don’t take your father with you!
If Chang'an Jun hadn't stopped us immediately, we would have been dead!
The thirteen soldiers were on full alert, not daring to relax even a little, and they were all cursing the Left Supervisor of the Supreme Court in their hearts.
They had been on the battlefield for a long time and had long seen that with their strength, they would never be able to defeat Ying Chengjiao. Only the Left Supervisor of the Court of Justice, who had never been on the battlefield, could not see the comparison of strength.
When Ying Chengjiao shouted "Stop" just now, he was not asking the palace soldiers to stop, but asking the maids to stop.
"Ying Chengjiao resists arrest! Why don't you kill him?" The hoarse voice of the Left Supervisor of the Court of Justice could not be contained even by a muffled protective circle.
The thirteen soldiers looked grim and their hearts skipped a beat.
They had the same idea when they looked at the exquisite Qin crossbow in the beautiful maid's hand, which was already loaded with a dark crossbow arrow that looked like it would have little chance of survival if hit.
Just shut up!
