Chapter 93: A family should be together!
Qin Jian fell.
Qin arrows shot over.
The soldiers swung their swords and shot their arrows, but they knew that they could not kill Ying Chengjiao.
The combat effectiveness of a centurion commander is no longer something that fifty ordinary elite soldiers can handle, let alone Ying Chengjiao who is stronger than the centurion commander.
Swinging the sword to cut off the arrow and dodging Qin's sword by turning sideways, this was how they imagined Ying Chengjiao would respond.
They have heard Li Si's word "no", and they will not launch another attack.
The next step should be for the adults to negotiate. They continued to focus on Ying Chengjiao and waited for new orders.
But they were wrong. They didn't know what Ying Chengjiao meant in Chang'an Junfu, and they had no chance.
All the palace soldiers' attention was on Ying Chengjiao, and they didn't notice the servants who had been hiding aside out of fear since the door was opened.
The moment Ying Chengjiao broke free from the ropes, the expressions of these servants changed, from being timid and fearful to being extremely excited. They had not fought against the enemy in nearly ten years.
The servants of Chang'an Junfu, who had just been nodding and bowing, obeying orders with humble looks on their faces, stomped their feet on the ground, creating deep pits.
They rushed towards Ying Chengjiao with their flesh and blood like angry bulls, knocking down the sword-wielding and armored soldiers who surrounded Ying Chengjiao.
Every soldier in the palace felt severe pain in their backs, as if they were hit by a stone thrown by half a catapult. Some were thrown a foot off the ground, and some flew ten feet away. No soldier could stay where they were.
The sword-wielding palace soldiers were knocked away, and the Qin swords they chopped down naturally deviated from their original trajectory and could not hit Ying Chengjiao.
Those Qin swords that deviated from their original trajectories drew new trajectories, and on this trajectory there might be a sword-wielding soldier with his feet off the ground.
The opened Qin sword was extremely sharp. If it scratched the leather armor, it would leave a shallow blood mark.
If it scratches the hemp clothes, it will leave a deep blood groove.
The bodies of these sword-wielding soldiers were knocked flying and crossed each other in the air. They acted like human flying shields, and they blocked all the arrows shot by the archery soldiers.
Four arrows were stuck in the meat shield's leather armor, which was fine, as they were not strong enough to penetrate the flesh. One arrow was shot on the meat shield's coat, with only half of the feather arrow hanging outside.
“Hmm!”
"Um!"
"snort!"
As the severe pain came, the injured soldiers groaned and clenched their teeth.
Then all of them fell to the ground with a thud, just like dumplings being put into a pot.
There were seven archery soldiers in total. Five arrows were blocked outside, and two arrows were not blocked by the meat shields.
Under the incredulous gazes of the seven palace soldiers.
The servants who broke up the battle formation of the sword-wielding palace soldiers were just like the thirteen palace soldiers who protected Li Si, Tingwei Zheng, and Tingwei Zuojian. They used their bodies to surround Ying Chengjiao in a circle.
They held their heads and chests high, without flinching or avoiding, with excited smiles on their faces, each of them looking like they were suffering from a mad disease.
The two arrows that could penetrate leather armor fell at the feet of the two servants. They were not shot down from the air, but hit the servants without penetrating.
After a soft "ding" sound, it fell to the ground without any more strength.
There was a hole in the clothes of the two servants, and the flesh color inside could be vaguely seen. It was definitely not wearing any inner armor.
They used their flesh and blood to withstand the powerful arrows.
"Heads of steel and arms of iron, never injured in a hundred battles, you are the legendary armored sect!"
An old soldier lying on the ground had his pupils contracted and screamed.
He had just been hit in the side by the servants, and his ribs were broken, but the pain was nothing more than a grunt from him.
But when he saw the two arrows fallen to the ground with their tip slightly bent, he could no longer control his emotions.
The servants did not answer. They stood beside Ying Chengjiao like human-shaped ferocious beasts.
The old soldier's words left most of the soldiers confused, as they had never heard of the Pijia Gate.
But now, the expression of one of the only seven archery soldiers who had not been locked or knocked away changed drastically.
He has an elder brother who accompanied Meng Ao to protect the emperor in the coup nearly ten years ago.
Once when he was drunk, he heard about the Pijia Gate from his brother. At that time, he just thought his brother was talking nonsense.
He didn't expect that today he would actually see the invincible army described by his brother.
If the Armored Gate is really as my brother said, then ordinary arrows will be useless against it.
"Put down your bows and arrows! Draw your swords!"
The seven archery soldiers followed the order, threw their longbows and quivers on the ground, and drew the Qin swords from their waists.
"retreat!"
The seven palace soldiers who had switched from archery to sword-wielding retreated.
They were to join forces with the thirteen palace soldiers who were protecting Li Si and the other two.
When he ordered the soldiers to retreat, he glanced at the arrow that fell at the servant's feet and his eyes twitched.
The arrow did not reach its maximum destructive power at this distance, but its power was more than half of its maximum destructive power, and it could not even penetrate the body of a member of the Armored Sect.
Although the melee power of a sword is greater than that of an arrow, can it definitely injure someone who has penetrated the armor-piercing gate?
Just at this moment, the shouting of the Left Supervisor of the Supreme Court was heard again.
"Ying Chengjiao is resisting arrest! Why don't you kill him?"
The old soldier was lying on the ground with broken ribs, but he didn't want to curse. Instead, the order from the Left Supervisor of the Supreme Court made him want to curse.
Oh my god, this is the legendary armored group with bronze heads and iron arms, who have survived hundreds of battles. They were the army that broke through the enemy's formations during the riot and charged forward under the blast of arrows.
With the people from the Armored Gate here, even if the city defense army comes with long spears today, they will not be able to do anything to Chang'an Jun.
The origin of the word "Pijia Men" is not because they are wearing armor, but because they are naked, which is better than wearing armor!
Because the order issued by Chief Justice Li Si before was completely opposite to that issued by Chief Justice Zuo Jian.
Therefore, among the thirty soldiers who struggled to get up and the twenty soldiers who protected Li Si and the other two, none of them carried out the order of the Left Supervisor of the Supreme Court.
"Everyone scatter!"
Li Si's muffled voice came from the protection circle of twenty palace soldiers, mixed with his undisguised anger.
Twenty soldiers followed the order and spread out around Li Si and the other two, each holding a sword and standing guard.
The crossbow arrows that shone with a dark luster were like poisonous snakes with their heads raised and their tongues spitting out, capable of delivering a fatal blow to them at any time.
"Li Zuojian, if you give another order before I say anything, I will have no choice but to tie you up and take you back to the Supreme Court."
Li Si, who wanted to spit on the ground, suppressed his nausea and said with obvious anger on his stern face.
"The Qin Empire is governed by law, and I will act in accordance with Qin law. Ying Chengjiao resisted arrest in public, and his home also has a Qin crossbow that only elite troops can be equipped with. According to Qin law, he should be ordered to be beheaded on the spot. The Minister of Justice is blind, but I cannot turn a blind eye. Kill!"
The Left Supervisor of the Supreme Court fought back without flinching. He gave orders again, even though he was being targeted by the Qin crossbow and even though he was in imminent danger.
The Qin State had regulations on military service.
When Tingwei Zuojian had to serve in the military, his younger brother took over for him because he was in poor health since childhood.
The Qin State loved war, and during the period of military service in Qin, there would most likely be wars, and many men would never return after serving in the military.
His younger brother did go to the battlefield for him, and although he eventually came back alive, he permanently lost three toes.
The Left Supervisor of the Court of Justice believed that given his physical condition, if he had gone to the military service, he would have lost his life, and he owed his brother a life.
He felt that today was the day for him to pay back his life.
He stared with great hatred at Ying Chengjiao, who was protected by many servants.
Either you die.
Either you shoot me and I die, or you die with me.
He resisted arrest in public, secretly kept a Qin crossbow, and shot and killed a Qin official with a rank of Qianshi.
Any one of them is punishable by death. With so many serious crimes, I don't believe Your Majesty can protect you. If Qin law can be trampled on repeatedly like this, where will the Great Qin be?
"Don't act rashly!"
Li Si was afraid that there were some fools among the palace soldiers, and he followed the order of the Left Supervisor of the Supreme Court to launch an attack, so he said hurriedly.
"Li Si, what are you going to do? Are you going to disregard Qin law and protect Ying Chengjiao who is plotting a rebellion?"
The left supervisor of the Supreme Court had a look of death in his eyes, and it looked as if he wanted to kill Li Si.
In fact, if killing Li Si would allow him to command these Tingweifu soldiers, he would really try it.
"Don't forget, you are guilty of harboring a criminal. If you can't issue an order, then leave through this door. I will personally take care of all matters. The Chief Justice can also go outside with you to wait for the result."
The Left Supervisor of the Supreme Court wanted to get rid of Li Si and the Supreme Court Justice. If he wanted Ying Chengjiao to die, he had to have the command over the palace soldiers.
Li Si did not respond.
He has a headache.
Everything the Left Chief Justice said was in line with Qin law, and he had no way to refute it.
With so many people present, it would be a shame if he, a minister of justice with an official rank of 2,000 stones, did not follow Qin's laws.
If this news got out, it would be no exaggeration to say that it could shake the rule of the Qin State.
In order to establish the supremacy of Qin law, Shang Yang first moved a tree to establish trust and offered a reward of fifty gold coins, and then cut off the nose of Qin Xiaogong's brother Ying Qian. Only then did Qin law take root in Qin and Qin became a strong country with its laws.
But everything is difficult to create and easy to destroy.
The highest official in the Qin State's judicial system, Tingwei, disregarded Qin laws, ignored Chang'an Jun Ying Chengjiao's resistance to arrest, and privately kept the Qin crossbow.
If this news were to be spread by someone with ulterior motives, such as the remnants of the six kingdoms, the consequences would be difficult to predict.
Li Si rubbed his eyebrows, really not knowing how to clean up this mess.
Lord Chang'an, you have planned so carefully, how could you not have thought that I came here today on the order of His Majesty? Why are you resisting arrest?
He also revealed in public that he had a Qin crossbow hidden in his home.
Although I am not very clear about the armored mens, I think you should not be an unknown army. What exactly do you want to do?
"Sir, are you going to stay or leave?"
The Left Chief Justice of the Supreme Court continued to pressure Li Si. He wanted to avenge his brother and kill Ying Chengjiao.
He had anticipated that if he acted in this way, the worst outcome today would be death here, but he would be able to take Ying Chengjiao's life away, and would not involve the lives of his wife and children at home.
Compared to the previous days, when even if he fought until all three tribes were wiped out, he could not hurt Ying Chengjiao at all, this is already a very good result.
"color!"
At this moment, Ying Chengjiao pushed away the servants around him.
He strode up to the three of them, clapping his hands and cheering for what the Chief Justice of the Court of Justice and the Left Supervisor had said, looking as if he agreed with what the Chief Justice of the Court of Justice and the Left Supervisor said very much.
"The Qin State governs the country by law. No one is allowed to violate the Qin Law. This is true. But as far as I know, the private possession of the Qin crossbow should be punished by extermination of the entire clan. It is not enough to just kill Ying Chengjiao and let it go."
Ying Chengjiao smiled brightly, stretched out his hand to tidy up the clothes that had just been messed up for the Left Supervisor of the Court, smoothed out every wrinkle on them, and said enthusiastically: "Left Supervisor Li should go and arrest my three clans now, so that my family can die in an orderly manner. If you don't know the way to the Xianyang Palace, I will lead the way for Li Left Supervisor? Shall we walk?"
