Chapter 396: Book Burning and Confucianism (II)

The three of them all knew what was going on, but they were unlucky and bumped into Emperor Yingzheng. If they had changed identities with Ying Zheng, I am afraid that they would have been lucky if they were not killed in the restaurant on the spot.

"My lord, those are all our drunken unintentional words, please let us go!" The three people who came back to their senses began to beg Meng Tian for mercy.

Meng Tian stood in front of the three of them, looking at these three poor guys, if there was no Ying Zheng present, Meng Tian heard the words of the three of them, and it would have passed as a deaf ear. After all, the world is the world of the people of the world, and the people of the world also have the right to talk about the affairs of the world, not to mention that Meng Tian was not very satisfied with Ying Zheng's obsession with seeking immortals and asking for immortality.

"The three of you can only think that you are unlucky, and those who read should read your books well, so why do you need to talk about state affairs in secret? Also, is it up to you people to judge the rights and wrongs of Your Majesty, and you are not ashamed to speak one by one, do you really think that you can talk about the government after reading a few books?" Originally, Meng Tian still had a lot of respect for scholars, not to mention that he himself was also a scholar, and there were also Wenchen like Li Si and Wei Yi who assisted the emperor in the court, so for scholars, as long as they did not go too far, Meng Tian was unwilling to pursue them too much. Today in the restaurant, he was worried that Ying Zheng would not let these three people go, and pleaded for them in front of Ying Zheng.

Things have developed to such a point, they can only blame themselves for their bad lives, who let them say what Yingzheng heard with his own ears.

The three of them all drooped their heads, they were indeed blaming themselves for their bad luck, and they were also blaming themselves for being troublesome, why should they talk about the rights and wrongs of His Majesty the Emperor after drinking well.

"Adult, the villain knows that he has done something wrong, so please let the adult open the net and spare the villain. ”

"Yes, my lord, we know that we are wrong, and we only hope that your lord can plead with His Majesty and let us go. ”

The three of them began to plead with Meng Tian constantly, although the person in front of him didn't know who he was, just because he was able to be with Yingzheng in the restaurant, it meant that this person's identity was definitely not simple, and if he pleaded with him, he might be able to pray that His Majesty spared the lives of the three of them.

Li You turned a blind eye to these three people, in his opinion, these three people dared to discuss the rights and wrongs of His Majesty the Emperor in public, it was an unforgivable crime, and now His Majesty appointed the teacher to deal with this matter, so he simply cut it with a knife, why is there so much trouble.

Li You said to Meng Tian: "Teacher, these three people dare to say that Your Majesty is not in a place like a restaurant, I think it is better to cut them directly, and the teacher can return to Your Majesty." ”

Meng Tian shook his head at Li You and said, "I don't think this matter is so simple. In the past few days, there has been a lot of discussion in Xianyang City because of His Majesty's handling of the Martian Stone, and this matter has not subsided, plus now this matter, if you rashly kill these three people, I am afraid that public opinion in the city will become even more out of control. ”

Li You felt that what the teacher said was also reasonable, he was the general of the patrol battalion, and he had heard a lot of rumors in Xianyang City about His Majesty's disposal of the Martian Stone, there were so many people in Xianyang City, it was impossible for him to arrest all of them, and he could only treat them as if he hadn't heard them. Today's event is not big, if you say small, it is not a small matter, but it depends on who it happens. If you are an ordinary person and you hear someone say bad things about you in front of you, maybe you can act as if nothing happened, or you can punch them on the spot. But when you become the king of an empire, that's a different story.

"Then what should I do, didn't the teacher say that His Majesty is still waiting for you to reply to him tomorrow, if you don't deal with these three people, how will the teacher reply to Your Majesty tomorrow?" Li You asked.

Meng Tian didn't speak for a long time, he looked at the three poor people who were tied to the pillar, and said to Li You: "How to deal with it, kill the three of them directly? Today, if there are three people talking behind your back, Your Majesty, we will kill three, and tomorrow if there are ten, a hundred, or a thousand people? Do we all have to kill them?"

"Otherwise, you can't be blamed for this matter, they are all asking for it, and you are just handling this matter for Your Majesty, Teacher. Li You said to his teacher that he knew that Meng Tian had always been a little unsure about other things besides being decisive on the battlefield.

Meng Tian wasn't afraid that killing these three people would cause any trouble, he just didn't want these three people to lose their lives just because they said a few words. He has never relented in killing enemies on the battlefield, even killing prisoners is just a matter of words for him, but those on the battlefield are his own enemies, and now facing the people of Qin, Meng Tian is really unwilling to give this order.

"If the teacher can't make up his mind, let Li Yu do it. I have been the commander of the patrol battalion for all these years, and I have also killed a few heinous people with my own hands, and it doesn't matter if I have these three lives. "Lele Literature

Regarding Li You's words, Meng Tian was a little helpless. In fact, things have reached such a point that Meng Tian is already powerless, so he can only do what Yingzheng ordered. Meng Tian didn't speak, just nodded at Li You, and then left the prison of the patrol camp.

After getting the master's affirmation, Li You looked at the three unlucky people in front of him, there was no way, for the sake of his master, he could only "wrong" the three of you. "Someone!"

"The villain is here, my lord. The jailer said.

Li You said: "These three people dare to talk about Your Majesty behind their backs in broad daylight, and their crimes should be punished, pulled out, and beheaded!"

"No. Li You also left the prison after giving the order, and left the rest to these subordinates to do, he just had to wait for the results to be presented.

No matter how much the three of them begged for mercy, they still couldn't escape death in the end.

As Xianyang City began to control speech, ordinary people began to avoid talking about national affairs, and they also turned a deaf ear to His Majesty's request for immortals. It didn't take long for Xu Fu, who said that he wanted to go to sea to find the elixir of life for His Majesty the Emperor, so he prepared all the affairs before going to sea and began to ask Ying Zheng to go to sea to find medicine.

Ying Zheng was very happy to learn that Xu Fu was ready, and since everything was ready, he just set off. So Xu Fu prepared to set off with the five hundred boys and girls he had found, as well as offerings to overseas immortals, as well as a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry. However, because the matter of going to sea was too unpredictable, before Xu Fu left, he recommended two people for Emperor Yingzheng, one for Lu Sheng and the other for Hou Sheng, who was Xu Fu's junior brother, and he was also very good at refining pills.

After Xu Fu left with the jewels rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor, Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng were very blushing, but unfortunately they had a bad relationship with Xu Fu in the first place, so Xu Fu didn't take them with him before leaving, but just recommended them to Emperor Yingzheng, and said that how much the two of them could get depends on their own ability. With Xu Fu in front of them, Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng couldn't sit still, and they also wanted to get a piece of fat from His Majesty the Emperor, and fly away like Xu Fu.

So the two of them got together to discuss how to defraud the gold, silver and jewelry from His Majesty the Emperor, Lu Sheng said: "Xu Fu has left, he took away a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, but he refused to give you and my brother a little, but fortunately, this person still has a conscience, and recommended the two of us to His Majesty the Emperor, since he is in front, why don't we learn from Xu Fu, at least let the two of us eat and drink for the rest of our lives." ”

"What Senior Brother said is very satisfying to me, and I think so too, but now that Xu Fu has the elixir of life as an excuse, what should you and I use as an excuse, that is, we can let Your Majesty give us money, and we can also let us go?" Hou Sheng asked, the two of them are now living in the Qiankun Hall of Afang Palace, where Xu Fu was before, and continue to refine the elixir that can prolong life for Yingzheng.

Lu Sheng thought about it, this is indeed a difficult problem, the two of them don't have to worry about food and clothing in this Qiankun Palace, although they don't have any rights, but look at the two of them are the celebrities in front of His Majesty, everyone in the Afang Palace has to call them "Immortal Chief" when they see the two of them, and it also makes the two of them have a good time, compared to the dilapidated Taoist temple treatment that they stayed in before, it is fundamentally different. Then again, the only bad thing is that they have only a limited number of places to go, and they can't take a step out of the Qiankun Hall except for the range of the Qiankun Palace.

"In my opinion, the medicinal materials in the Qiankun Palace are already a little insufficient, why don't we tell Your Majesty that we need to go out of the palace to buy medicinal materials, and then leave with this, what do you think?" Hou Sheng thought of a way, he said to Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng thought about it for a while and felt that this method was good. Now the medicines in the Qiankun Hall are all left behind before Xu Fu left, and many medicinal materials are about to be used up.

"Okay, tomorrow we will tell that Lord Zhao that we need to go out of the palace to purchase medicinal materials, please ask Your Majesty for permission. ”

Zhao Gao brought the words of Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng to Emperor Yingzheng, and now Yingzheng is inseparable from the elixir refined by these Taoist priests. Therefore, when he learned that the medicinal materials used to refine the pills in the Qiankun Hall were about to run out, he agreed to Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng's request without thinking about it, and asked Zhao Gao to give the two of them a lot of money.

Seeing that their goal was achieved, the two of them secretly rejoiced in their hearts. After refining all the remaining medicinal materials in the Qiankun Palace into pills and presenting them to Emperor Yingzheng, the two of them left Afang Palace while waiting for the money given by Yingzheng, and then Ru Ni Niu entered the sea, lost all the news, and never returned to Afang Palace.