[Comprehensive] Our city lord is glamorous and noble

A rumor spread quietly in Handan, the capital of Zhao State.

It is said that Li Mu, the chief general of the Zhao State, and Sima Shang, the deputy general of the Qin State, are colluding with the Qin army and preparing to rebel against Zhao. The previous defeat of the Zhao State was their meeting gift to the Qin State.

Both the courtiers and the common people sneered when they heard this, and they didn't take the rumors seriously, because in the past many years, Li Mu had brought countless victories to Zhao Guo. It can be said that Zhao Guo can continue to this day, definitely not Because of the stupid Zhao Wangqian in power, but because of the existence of Li Mu.

Such a patron saint of the country, you said he wanted to betray Zhao, how could it be possible?

But the problem is that it doesn't matter if other people believe it or not, as long as Zhao Wangqian believes it, he blindly listens to Guo Kai's words. For him, Guo Kai's existence is for him to enjoy himself wantonly and secure his position as King Zhao Guarantee, as long as you listen to the other party, you don't have to worry about anything.

Li Mu, because he advised Zhao Wangqian several times and his attitude was tough, left a very bad impression on Zhao Wang.

He has always regarded human life as nothing, and the concubines and concubines who have sex with him on weekdays will be killed as soon as they say it, and some even died of cruel abuse. How can humans and animals care about a person who is not at odds with him? general?

He wanted Li Mu's life long ago.

When Guo Kai respectfully reported the rumors about Li Mu to King Zhao, Zhao Wangqian was naturally angry, and he slapped the table and said, "Bold Li Mu, to act like this!"

Guo Kai said in a hypocritical way: "My king, calm down, Li Mu is one of the most capable generals in our country. At this time, the Qin army is approaching Handan, and it is inconvenient to fight with Li Mu. It is better to win him over, and promise him gold and silver treasures to make him feel happy." my country."

These words can be said to add fuel to the fire for Zhao Wangqian. He has a terrible temper and asks others to obey him all the time. Go, when he is in a bad mood, he will kill the minister. Guo Kai just picked him to come when he is in a bad mood, and the result can be imagined.

Not to mention, Guo Kai's words were clearly nothing more than wearing small shoes wearing persuasive skins, and I'm afraid only Zhao Wang could not understand the deep meaning in it.

It was rare for him to be "smart" and said: "Since you already have the ambition of treason, can you win over? Who wants to promise money to such a traitor."

He even knew that those who wanted to leave the country of Zhao couldn't be kept.

However, the key point is Xu Yiqian, right? Zhao Wang's love for money is second only to his love for beautiful women.

Zhao Wangqian paused and said, "I remember that Zhao's army was defeated before. Could it be Li Mu's conspiracy to encircle and suppress Zhao's army by the people of Qin, so as to fulfill his ambition to surrender to Qin!"

Guo Kai told Zhao Wang about the defeat of Zhao's army, so that he can now connect a series of things together.

Considering Zhao Wang's brain capacity, he spent a lot of effort.

Guo Kaixin smiled slightly, and said in his heart: It's done!But he didn't show it on the face. Instead, he knelt down in fear, secretly flattered and praised King Zhao's brilliance, and then asked secretly, so how should Li Mu solve it?

Zhao Wangqian, who thought it was rare for him to make a good decision, was in a high mood, thinking that if he handled political affairs seriously, he might be able to become an emperor through the ages, but who told him that his interest was not in this, so he could only be wise and powerful occasionally.

A person like him must be able to leave a strong mark in the history of Zhao State!In a sense, Zhao Wangqian didn't think wrong.

Because he is the most absurd king of subjugation in the history of Zhao State!

Zhao Wangqian gave a fake cough and said, "Is there any other way to deal with it?"

He immediately asked himself and answered: "Such a disloyal minister, of course he will be killed!"

Or keep him for the new year?

Guo Kai thought, this is what I was waiting for.

He was no longer in a state of trepidation, and knelt down to flatter him again. The subject matter was that Zhao Wangqian's decision was as good as it could be. Only in this way can the country of Zhao survive. He also said that they had better generals than Li Mu in their country, and they could be used to fight against him. To replace Li Mu's current position.

All in all, in the eyes of the monarch and his ministers, it was a happy situation for all.

After finishing speaking, Guo Kai put on a worried expression again, and he said: "But I heard that Li Mu never listened to the imperial court's orders when he was away, so what if he doesn't want to come back and suffer?"

Zhao Wangqian looked at Guo Kai contemptuously and said, "You still come to ask me such a simple matter?"

He said: "If he doesn't admit his crime, shouldn't he die? Of course, he will use various means to make him die immediately."

That is to say, assassination or something, these means that should not appear between monarchs and ministers, can be used.

It's simply a joke in the world!

The king didn't know what happened, and he killed people just by relying on a rumor, and it wasn't just taking him back to Handan to die, but using any means to assassinate him. Is this what a king should do?

However, Zhao Wangqian did it.

Qin State's strategy against Li Mu has achieved results.

Expected.

Li Mu received a letter from Handan.

In the letter, he reprimanded him, and did not mention the rumors circulating in Handan City. It only said that his first big defeat made King Zhao doubt his ability, and asked him to return to Handan to apologize and let others take his place. .

Guo Kai controlled the spread of rumors very well, ensuring that Li Mu at the border would not hear about them, nor would he be able to guess their intentions.

After all, Guo Kai is still a native of Zhao, and he is also a native of Zhao. People from other countries would never imagine that someone would be so frenzied and want to hand over their own country to another country, and even hand over the only general who can keep the country to him. kill.

Li Mu didn't expect it either.

He was so naive, he just thought that Guo Kai had a problem with him, and now seeing that he was useless, he couldn't wait to pull him down and replace him with his own people, but he didn't think about it. He is a better general?

Naturally there is not.

War cannot be involved in political struggles, because his enemy is Qin State, not the internal personnel of Zhao State. Even if he wants to send him off, he has to wait until the situation in Zhao State is calmed down, at least We have to wait until the state of Qin is dealt with!

Although he suffered heavy losses in the first duel, he already had a vague idea about how to deal with Qin's chariots. Although he paid a higher price, he might be able to break the chariot's invincibility.

Worth trying.

Li Mu threw the letter aside and pretended he didn't see it. He didn't fight for Zhao Wangqian, but for the future of Zhao. The people of Zhao fought, how could they listen to them?

The general will be outside, and the military orders will not be accepted.

But he didn't expect at this time that Guo Kai had anticipated his reaction a long time ago, and had already made a plan to deal with it.

After waiting for three days, the envoy who delivered the letter found that everything in the Zhao army was as usual, and Li Mu did nothing, as if he ignored the existence of the envoy and the letter he received.

Under normal circumstances, except for the writer and recipient, no one else is entitled to know the contents of the secret letter, but the envoy who came to the border of Zhao State this time is not as simple as a simple sender. He disguised himself well, but he was born as a dead man. He followed Guo Kai all the time, was loyal, and helped him do a lot of private affairs.

Guo Kai said before asking him to deliver the letter, if Li Mu didn't respond, he would do it three days after the letter was delivered to him!

What to do?

Naturally, it was Li Mu's life.

Therefore, when Zhao Guo's army was preparing for the next battle, the emissary unexpectedly found Li Mu's lieutenant general, and stalked Li Mu and forced a banquet.

Fortunately, he did not ask Li Mu to participate.

This is quite normal, because Guo Kai himself advocates extravagance, and banquets are something that happens every three days. The same is true for Zhao Wangqian. On weekdays, when the envoys come, Li Mu has to hold a banquet to entertain them in order to save face. So that when they go back, they don't frame themselves like they framed Lian Po back then, but this time, it's the time of life and death, where is there a banquet to hold?He can't wait to stay up every night to think hard and do tactical deduction.

This is called policy and countermeasures. Who knew that the envoys did not come alone this time, but brought a rather small group of envoys. Seeing that they were not treated well as usual, they protested one after another. They did not see Li Mu. They went to Li Mu's deputy general and threatened that they had been treated unfairly. If the banquet was not held, they would go back and add bricks and tiles in the process of transmitting the voice, so that the army's salary would be wiped out.

Li Mu's deputy general still doesn't know what the content of the letter is, and Li Mu didn't mention a word. After much deliberation, he set up a banquet just to keep these moths at bay.

After all, they are from Guo Kai. These people have never had the word country in their hearts. It is absolutely impossible for normal people to deduct military rations at this juncture. But the problem now is that they are not normal people. After doing this, there is nothing I can do.

In desperation, the banquet finally started in the envoy's satisfied eyes.

Li Mu didn't know why that night, or he was left alone. In short, he passed by the big tent, and he didn't want to hear the sound of dancing and music. These days, because of the defeat in the war with Qin, the morale of the army is low. How could the soldiers have the interest to listen to the music, let alone the place where the music came from was the big tent.

He felt it was absurd, and wanted to know what happened here, so he strode over and lifted the curtain of the tent.

Then he saw a group of envoys eating and drinking, while his adjutant was sitting in his seat and smiled wryly.

In order for these people not to disturb Li Mu or the soldiers in the army, he can be said to have made a very big sacrifice.

Perhaps Li Mu also felt the helplessness of the lieutenant general, and thought of the letter sent to him by the envoy. At that time, he felt angry, kicked over the table of the person closest to him, and said violently: "What's going on? !"

He suddenly regretted that he did not tell the lieutenant what letter these people sent him.

Although he didn't know whether these people knew the contents of the letter, but one thing is certain, Guo Kai's subordinates are not good things.

However, neither the lieutenant general nor Li Mu expected that the situation would change in an instant.

The lieutenant general has not explained why the banquet was held, the sound of the pots and pans hitting the ground after the table was kicked down seemed to be a signal, and the expressions of those who were sitting in their seats to enjoy themselves changed.

They pulled out their swords from their sleeves, and the person closest to the lieutenant wiped his neck directly. The expression on the lieutenant's face was frozen in astonishment, because he didn't know what happened.

As for the others, Qiqi rushed towards Li Mu who was in doubt.

It turned out that these people were not messengers at all, but dead soldiers trained by Guo Kai. Whether they came to the border with them or held a banquet, their sole purpose was to lure Li Mu over and kill them!

Li Mu is a well-known general in the Zhao Kingdom, and he is also very powerful. In addition to being familiar with military books, his own skills are also quite good.

However, what he learned was the orthodox kung fu used on the battlefield. These dead soldiers were born to be trained to kill people. What they learned could not even be called martial arts, but killing techniques.

More than a dozen dead soldiers rushed at Li Mu at the same time, even if he was born with supernatural power, there was no possibility of escape.

When he pulled out the bronze sword from his waist and swung it towards the person in front of him, someone suddenly attacked from behind and stabbed the dagger deeply into his heart.

Li Mu's movements stopped at that moment, but the people behind him still didn't stop, the dagger almost came out from his chest.

It became.

With this kind of wound, even Li Mu had to die!His tiger eyes were wide open, and there was a "hohohoho" sound in his throat, but he couldn't speak at all. There was an expression of anger and disappointment on his face, and there was even a trace of despair deep in his eyes.

This is definitely not because he died. For the soldiers on the battlefield, it is possible to die at any time, in that battle, as long as they can live every day well.

They even said to these people that dying on the battlefield is an honor and their long-cherished wish.

But that was death on the battlefield!To die in the conspiracy of his own people is a shame to Li Mu.

not to mention……

His eyes were not closed, and his body remained in a standing posture. The soldiers feared that he was not completely dead, so they cut off their swords directly.

Head separated.

Li Mu, I can't die anymore.

The head flew out and landed on the ground. There was always a touch of despair in the eyes of death.

he died.

Zhao Guo is hopeless.

This is the source of his despair.

Guo Kai couldn't wait to let Qin Guo see his sincerity.

Therefore, when Li Mu died, the envoys were divided into two groups. One group went to Qin State to tell Qin King Yingzheng that Li Mu was dead, while the other group went to Handan to tell Guo Kai that his plan had succeeded.

Considering the distance between the border and the state of Qin, Ying Zheng must have known the news earlier than Guo Kairang.

He didn't feel sorry for Li Mu, this plan was originally decided by himself, if he now pretended to shed crocodile tears, wouldn't he be too hypocritical?

So, after getting the news, he nodded and ordered Wang Jian to prepare.

Taking advantage of his illness and killing him, if you don't fight at this time, when will you wait?

Wang Jian, who was on the border of Zhao State, had been waiting for a long time. During this time, both Zhao State's army and his army stood still, waiting for this moment.

He observes Zhao's army every day. Although they are far away, they have the most outstanding scouts from the six countries.

In the past two days, Zhao Jun's dynamics seemed to be a bit wrong. Let the calendar, even if there is no war, they have not given up training for a day. They looked at their enemies from a long distance. their method.

But recently, people in Zhao Guo's army are quite flustered. Although it is not as chaotic as if the general died, it is not the same as usual.

Li Mu couldn't be sure for a while, whether they were trained by the general so well that they could be ordered to stop them without anyone around, and they wouldn't crumble into a mess, or if the general didn't die, but something else happened?

When the envoy of King Qin came, everything was answered. Even Wang Jian had to have a strange admiration for the dead Li Mu. To be able to cultivate this almost invincible army, he must have spent a lot of effort, right?

But precisely because of this, when he stood on the opposite side of Qin, he would surely die.

Wang Jian finally gave his first order these days.

He said: "Attack!"

Qin's iron cavalry broke through the city of Handan.

Guo Kai did a great job. Not only did he kill Li Mu and his lieutenant general, but he didn't even send someone to take their place. As a result, no one commanded Zhao's army. When Wang Jian's army rushed in, they didn't know How to deal with it.

Qin's army would never be merciful because they lacked a general, and they even attacked more fiercely. They harvested a lot of lives in one go, and captured countless cities along the way.

It didn't take long for Qin's army to surround Handan City, and an army came to the city.

Inside the palace, it was empty.

The ministers who were originally in King Zhao's palace had disappeared. Some of them escaped together with their family members because they saw something bad was going on. The other part thought of how Li Mu died suddenly, and Guo Kai took action ahead of time. Apart from being clean, there are also some loyal ones who went to die for the country immediately after seeing the general situation. No matter what, there is no one alive in the current Handan Palace except Guo Kai's staff.

As for Zhao Wangqian?

His body had already been separated, and his head would become another gift Guo Kai gave to Qin.

He consciously made great contributions, regarded himself as a "loyal minister" of Qin State, and even thought of the situation of sitting in Qin State in the future.

However, Guo Kai was able to become a doctor who manipulated state affairs from a small courtier in Zhao State. He was naturally very ambitious. A set of old tricks repeated.

This man is obsessed with lust, so he believes that no man in this world can escape the beauty barrier. It is said that the King of Qin has never been close to women, and the desires of men and women are very weak, but in his eyes, this is an easy object to seduce .

The less a man has contact with women, the more inexperienced he is. He can guarantee that the beauty snake he presented can fascinate Ying Zheng so much that he can't find his way.

Guo Kai smiled strangely, the woman he offered was the Queen Mother of Zhao Kingdom!

The queen mother of Zhao State was a Hu girl, and making Hu girl the queen was another feat in the history of the Warring States Period.

Two conclusions can be deduced from her. One is that the previous king of Zhao Guo was also very abnormal, and the other is that the queen is indeed beautiful.

Not only is she beautiful, her private life is many times more chaotic than that of Zhao Ji. It is said that more than half of the officials who come and go in and out of Zhao's court are her guests. His son, Zhao Wangqian, got together, which is gratifying.

Guo Kai believed that with the charm of Queen Mother Zhao, he would definitely be able to subdue Ying Zheng's servants, and then he would be able to repeat the old tricks and do whatever he wanted just like in Zhao State.

Thinking of the bright future, Guo Kai reached out and stroked his beard.

Looks like a dog.

He held a banquet in Zhao's palace, just to welcome Ying Zheng and the following courtiers.

When South Korea was destroyed, Yingzheng did not come to the scene in person, but Zhao State is different from Qin State after all, it is Qin State's mortal enemy, and he came here to accept the victory.

By the way, there is one more thing to do.

Thinking of this, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Someone has to be dealt with.

Guo Kai changed into the traditional clothes of the Qin State, and stood respectfully in front of the Handan Palace, welcoming the arrival of the King of Qin.

The state of Qin's chariot was huge, but its speed was not slow. Coming from a distance, the hooves of the chariot stepped on the ground, making a rumbling sound like an earthquake.

Hearing the sound of the Qin State car moving forward, for some reason, Guo Kai's heart skipped a beat, and a shadow suddenly shrouded his heart, but he didn't know what he was afraid of.

However, the joy of becoming a Marquis and worshiping a Prime Minister in the Qin Kingdom was so intense that it made him ignore the ominousness that rushed to his heart just now.

The carriage stopped.

Guo Kai knelt down on the yellow earth. He probably learned the etiquette of the Qin State, and received each other with the courtesy of a courtier, which can be said to be very humble.

He didn't dare to lift his head, only black boots could be seen.

King Qin's young but majestic voice rang in his ears.

Ying Zheng said in a deep voice, "But Guo Kai?"

Guo Kaixi couldn't help but replied: "The minister is here."

It was too late to say it, and the sword was unsheathed.

Ying Zheng has a very interesting little habit, ordinary people only have one sword, but he has two.

When he was in the court, the Tai'a sword representing the majesty of King Qin was hung behind him, but at his waist, there was a pulley sword with the same length as an ordinary sword.

The Tai'a sword is produced by famous masters, and it is one of the top ten famous swords. However, it is too long, and it exists more as a symbol than actual combat.

Yingzheng practiced swords well since he was a child, but Ye Gucheng asked him that his swordsmanship was enough to protect himself. They all said that the son of a daughter would not sit in court. Considering the incident of Jing Ke's assassination of Qin, who knows if Jing Ke would be risky? Who else assassinated Qin Shihuang?

The great figures in history were all wanted to be assassinated by many people. For example, Hitler experienced more than forty assassinations in his life, but he managed to escape almost every time.

There are also endless assassination methods in this era. There is basically no possibility of success in poisoning, but if it is a forceful killing, at least Ying Zheng can support the reinforcements!

Although he is negligent in practicing now, after all, Ye Gucheng taught swordsmanship back then. Who is Ye Gucheng, a sword fairy.

The difference between the teachers will affect the future development of the students. Ying Zheng's swordsmanship can be said to be stronger than many rangers in this era.

Although this assumption does not exist, Ying Zheng's swordsmanship is enough for him to become a very powerful knight.

The one he just did was as graceful as a frightened bird, as graceful as a swimming dragon, with a condescending sword, it actually has the charm of Ye Gucheng, a flying fairy outside the sky.

He cut off Guo Kai's head as easily as cutting tofu.

Ye Gucheng nodded approvingly behind him, the sword just now can be said to have the ability of a second-rate master in the world.

For Ying Zheng, it's pretty good.

His head rolled to the ground, but Guo Kai's expression was still frozen in complacency. Seeing his expression, everyone knew that even though he had already respectfully acted like a courtier, he must have a bad idea in his heart.

Ying Zheng withdrew his kendo: "This person should be killed."

No explanation was given, because all Qin people here knew what good deeds Guo Kai had done before.

Guo Kai, who bowed his head to the Qin State, was not even as good as one-tenth of Li Mu, who was unkind to the Qin State.

The former is despised even if he helped Qin, while the latter is a real hero even though he died of a conspiracy.

The difference is huge.

Next, the loot should be counted.

In other words, clean up Zhao's palace.

Before Yingzheng came, he had already dispatched the advance troops, because Zhao's guards were all dead, so the number of guards in the palace had dropped to the lowest level in recent years. He led a group of people around Zhao's palace and sneaked in quietly. people will find out.

If the guess is correct, there should still be a lot of female relatives locked up in Zhao's palace.

It is ridiculous to say that although Zhao Wangqian indulged in lewd pleasures, he did not leave even a single heir. There are a large number of concubines in the harem. These women are different from ministers, and they don't even know what happened. Even now, it is only because Zhao Wangqian didn't come to have fun with them for a few days and felt uneasy, thinking that they had fallen out of favor.

A bird in a cage, separated by a high wall, doesn't know what's going on outside.

How these women should be dealt with has also been determined.

According to the way each country handles them, they are nothing more than being used as official prostitutes.

Although the population of Qin State was quite large during the Warring States period, it was far from enough compared to the rapidly developing country. Many people in the army had already forgotten what women looked like.

These women will become "rewards".

This is a very inhuman point of the Warring States Period. Most of the time, women still exist as commodities, especially criminal women.

It will take a long time to change this.

But what Yingzheng didn't expect was that they didn't wait for the woman who was escorted to the prison car, but the fire that shot up into the sky.

Yingzheng was shocked, including the courtiers around him.

The fire obviously came from the harem. Judging by the speed at which it spread, it was definitely not an accident, but someone deliberately set it on fire.

Zhao Gao!

Ying Zheng's forehead bounced.

What did he do!

Ye Gucheng's expression became serious, this is the purpose of his visit to Zhao.

In history, the only time Yingzheng forgave his subordinates because of favors in the early days of his administration was this time.

Zhao Gao was asked to escort the criminal woman, but because he saw Guo Kai's arrangement, he arbitrarily speculated on Yingzheng's meaning, and set the harem on fire.

He knew that because of Zhao Ji, Yingzheng had never had a good impression of promiscuous women, and that the Queen Mother Zhao behaved worse than Zhao Ji, so Guo Kai wanted to dedicate the Queen Mother Zhao to Yingzheng in a whimsical way. Liao will definitely fly into a rage.

So he simply killed the man and set fire to the harem.

He thought that such a bold act could win Ying Zheng's favor.

Zhao Gao also had resentment in his heart.

In other countries, eunuchs like him who grew up with Ying Zheng would gain real power after the king came to power, but legally, it was actually not allowed to do so.

Ying Zheng is a person who values ​​the law, and Zhao Gao has not shown political talent, so although he stayed with Ying Zheng for a long time, he did not develop much.

Not to mention, there is still "Master Ye" watching.

Thinking of Ye Gucheng, he was filled with fear, but there was also a trace of resentment mixed with the fear.

Zhao Gao is a very sensitive person, it should be said that most eunuchs are like this.

He could feel that Ye Gucheng didn't like him.

It's not indifference, but dislike.

This problem is very serious.

Because he knew well that although Ying Zheng valued himself, Ye Gucheng was the one who valued him the most.

For Ying Zheng, Ye Gucheng is his father.

And he never makes mistakes, the ideal father.

Between father and son, not every pair has conflicts, and there are fathers and sons who have a very harmonious relationship. The most important point is that the father must keep up with the times and have prestige.

The so-called prestige is that the father's requirements for his children are all he can do by himself, instead of asking his children for things that he cannot do.

Ye Gucheng would never make such a mistake, because he himself is a near "perfect" existence.

Due to various reasons, the relationship between Ying Zheng and Ye Gucheng has always been very good.

Zhao Gao never had the extravagant hope that he could bring down Ye Gucheng, because he knew that it was impossible, and now, the only hope is to seek wealth in danger.

He hoped that Ying Zheng would value him because of his excellent handling ability.

As an eunuch, he can only start by guessing the emperor's preferences.

There is a kind of person in this world who is born with no sense of right and wrong, even if many people die, they will not be moved with compassion.

Zhao Gao is such a person.

It's just that in this era of disregarding human life, he didn't stand out, and because Ying Zheng didn't let him do too many things related to human life, this characteristic of him was not discovered at all.

Today, however, this characteristic of him has been discovered.

Zhao Gao knelt in front of Ying Zheng, his back was already wet with cold sweat.

Zhao Gao never thought that his cleverness would lead to such a result.

Although he knew that there was a new law in Qin State, he himself was not interested in this law, and he didn't even understand it deliberately. Zhao Gao believed that he was a person close to Yingzheng. Even if he violated the law, he should not be compared with ordinary people. .

Isn't there a saying that "you can't punish a doctor, and you can't treat a common man with courtesy"?Although he is not a doctor, he is also a person who walks around in Xianyang Palace. In a sense, walking around in the palace is more dangerous than ordinary people. Once they offend the nobles, it is only a matter of one sentence to be beaten and killed. !

But as I said before, Ying Zheng is a king who respects the law very much. Although he doesn't have even a vague understanding of human rights in his heart, he knows that court ladies and eunuchs cannot be killed without reason.

If people in the palace develop this habit, what qualifications do they have to talk about the law?

They themselves are No. 1 for violating the law.

Zhao Gao knelt on the ground, his head stuck firmly to the ground.

He is waiting for an unknown fate ahead.

Ying Zheng was very embarrassed.

Because he was struggling, how to deal with Zhao Gao.

Zhao Gao's behavior is definitely a death sentence with no room for maneuver.

But Yingzheng is a human being. Xiao Gaozi has been with him since his childhood until now, and he still has feelings for raising a cat and dog for more than ten years, let alone raising a person.

As far as he is concerned, he does not want Zhao Gao to die.

And Ying Zheng's status determines that if he keeps Zhao Gao alive, no one will say anything.

But even if no one said anything, Ying Zheng himself would feel uneasy.

He just revised the laws of Qin State. After relaxing the original severe punishment, the new Qin State Criminal Law can be said to be very reasonable.

But no matter how reasonable the law is, the rule of killing people for life is established. Qin is not the future of the Western world, and the death penalty will be abolished because of humanitarian spirit. In fact, even in the distant future, China will not be A country that has abolished the death penalty.

This is correct, even Ye Gucheng thinks so.

He is a person who respects the equality of men and women, and he should also have a humanitarian spirit, but because of this, he believes that the death penalty is the only punishment in the world that should not be abolished.

One person killing another is not simply deprived of liberty to repay, which will give a signal to some people who are not fully mature and not fully evolved.

Killing people is not a big deal.

It's like a teenager under the law on the protection of minors clamoring to try breaking the law before becoming an adult.

The number of people Zhao Gao killed was no longer one or two that could be counted, it was a number that could be described as gigantic.

Because he was a cruel and thoughtful person, he sealed the door of the harem before setting fire to ensure that the women could not escape from the palace door.

If it is said that Queen Mother Zhao should die, those concubines of King Zhao are innocent. They can't even be called the remnants of Zhao State, and King Zhao's party.

Because many of them are not even Zhao people, but people from other countries, they are Hu girls.

That is to say, they were hapless innocents.

The so-called bad luck refers to the fact that they will become official prostitutes, not that they will be implicated and killed.

Died in the fire, this can no longer be described as bad luck, but should be called misfortune.

Ying Zheng was still hesitating.

He subconsciously looked for the eyes of the people around him, hoping to get a hint from the minister's face.

He can't make up his mind, so if he wants to gain strength from other people, he just needs a little approval, whether it is to kill or not to kill, just a little hint is enough.

But how smart the ministers are, when Ying Zheng looked back at them, all of them lowered their noble heads in unison.

Half of human behavior is controlled by emotions. Although Ying Zheng is seeking answers from them now, if he suddenly thinks of Zhao Gao in the future, or suddenly regrets, the first person to blame is definitely not himself, but the courtier who gave him the reminder .

At that time, even if Ying Zheng is a sober king, he will inevitably put on little shoes for them. If he becomes angry, the minister's political career will come to an end.

Even considering these risks, they can't raise their heads.

But these people may include anyone, but Ye Gucheng is definitely not included.

When Ying Zheng looked around in disappointment and looked at the last person helplessly, he suddenly saw a face with no expression.

He was taken aback at first, and then thought that it was so.

The one who raised his head was Ye Gucheng.

His existence is different from that of a courtier.

Ye Gucheng can influence Yingzheng's decision on weekdays, but in most cases, he is unwilling to give Yingzheng a reminder, not because of hidden worries about taking responsibility, but because Ye Gucheng simply believes that many things Only by thinking for yourself can you get the answer.

This time, I am afraid it is the most obvious and firmest time for him to influence Ying Zheng's thoughts.

There is no expression on his face, his eyes are also rational and ruthless.

At this moment, you can't even feel that there is a person standing behind you, but you think that he is a god.

A god without emotions.

God is absolutely fair and impersonal. He only has justice in his heart, not even justice or injustice.

Absolute justice sometimes represents rigid laws.

But that law was not made by man, but by God.

At this moment, Ye Gucheng has become a god.

His existence is not to remind Ying Zheng and tilt the balance in his heart, but to directly influence his thoughts.

Ying Zheng suddenly had an illusion that if he didn't follow Ye Gucheng's ideas, he would die of shame.

Because Ye Gucheng taught him about the fairness and importance of the law since he was a child, but just now, he hesitated and wanted to be the first to break the law he set.

This is the bottom line of a person, if it is broken the first time, there will be a second and third time.

This is not possible.

The moment he met Ye Gucheng's eyes that were shining with cold light, Ying Zheng already knew what he meant.

Ying Zheng tightly