A voice came from the hall on the first floor: "In the world of Qin today, the people are not living, and the land is thousands of miles, but His Majesty the Emperor actually does not think about the people, but asks the immortals to ask, the intention is to live forever, is this the work of the king of benevolence and righteousness?"

As soon as this voice fell, another voice said on the side: "What Brother Tai said is exactly what he said, since the three emperors and five emperors, from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, all the kings who destroyed the country are not people who do not think about the people. Thinking that Xia Ji is tyrannical and impermanent, the Shang Dynasty is absurd and immoral, the princes of Zhou Youwang Fenghuo, and now I am in Daqin, I am even more delusional about immortality, but I don't know how mortals can say immortality, rather than working in vain in the end, it is better to work hard to govern the country and the people. ”

"Yes, yes, this is reasonable, come, have a cup at the next brother's table!"

Sitting on the second floor was not only Ying Zheng, but also Meng Tian, Pang Fei, Zhao Gao and others all heard the words of these people clearly, and everyone's faces changed, and they all looked at Ying Zheng.

Being told in front of him that he is not, not to mention that Yingzheng is still a rather conceited emperor, even if he has a good temper, he may not be able to bear it at this time. Sure enough, Ying Zheng's face was gloomy enough to squeeze out water, he held the teacup in his hand tightly, the green tendons on the back of his hand were prominent, and with a "snap", the teacup that looked quite strong was directly scratched by Ying Zheng.

"Your Majesty......" Zhao Gao said cautiously, he looked at Ying Zheng's hand, for fear that Ying Zheng's hand would be scratched by the fragments of the teacup.

Ying Zheng snorted angrily, and was about to have a seizure, Meng Tian persuaded on the side: "Your Majesty, you are not in the palace at this time, those people downstairs are just depressed scholars, where do they know how to govern the country, so please let your Majesty let them go, if Your Majesty thinks it is not good enough, wait for the ministers to find someone to clean them up and vent for Your Majesty, what does Your Majesty think?"

"Tidy up, how to clean up? These Diao people actually dare to discuss state affairs here, and even compare Your Majesty with Na Xia Wei, Shang Xun and other unscrupulous monarchs, such acts are tantamount to rebellion, and the general is not quick to send people to arrest them and resend them from the beginning. Zhao Gao said to Meng Tian after seeing that Ying Zheng's hand was not injured.

Meng Tian looked at Zhao Gao and asked, "So, according to Lord Zhao's intentions, how should these people be dealt with?"

Zhao Gao smiled viciously and said: "Ignorance and deserving of the people to discuss state affairs and slander Your Majesty should be punished." Your Majesty, the minister thinks that people like this should be arrested and punished in order to set an example. ”

Meng Tian looked at Ying Zheng, and what to do with the people downstairs was still Ying Zheng's final say.

Ying Zheng said expressionlessly: "Zhao Gao is right, people like this should be killed as an example, I want the world to know that I am the lord of the world, and I can't tolerate this group of people to be sarcastic behind my back." Meng Qing, this matter will be left to you, and I will see the results tomorrow. ”

Ying Zheng ordered, Meng Tian could only obey orders, he looked at Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao was also looking at him, there was a hint of ridicule in his eyes, as if to say that he Zhao Gao won this battle.

With a few people on the first floor stirring up the situation, Ying Zheng had no desire to continue to sit down, and left the restaurant directly and returned to the palace. Zhao Gao and Pang Fei escorted Ying Zheng back to the palace together, only Meng Tian stayed, and he wanted to complete what Ying Zheng told him.

Not long after, Li You rushed to the restaurant with his people, he received a message from his teacher, thinking that something big had happened here, so he rushed here with people. I didn't expect to meet my teacher outside the restaurant.

"Li You, I'm here. Seeing Li You coming, Meng Tian, who was waiting at a tea stall at the entrance of the restaurant, shouted at him.

Li You saw his teacher, hurriedly walked over and asked, "Why is the teacher sitting here?"

"I'm waiting for you, of course. Meng Tian beckoned Li You to sit at his table and said to him.

Li You asked curiously: "I heard that the teacher accompanied His Majesty out of the palace today, why is it only the teacher himself, Your Majesty?"

Meng Tian drank all the tea in the cup, "Your Majesty has already returned to the palace, and something happened in the restaurant just now, so I will call you here." ”

"I see. "Li You Dawu, it seems that the teacher said more than one thing, otherwise he wouldn't have to call himself here. "But someone has disturbed Your Majesty in the restaurant?"

"Almost, don't arrest people when you enter the restaurant, only three people sitting in the corner of the first floor. Note that I don't want to cause too much of a storm about this, so you need to make a quick decision and just take people away. ”

Li You was a little embarrassed, he had never encountered this situation, the patrol battalion was an army to maintain law and order in Xianyang City, but it was not possible to arrest people for no reason, not to mention that it was still in this kind of public, if there was no evidence, I am afraid that it would be criticized. 12345

Seeing that Li You was a little embarrassed, Meng Tian patted Li You on the shoulder and said to him: "You just have to do this matter, this is a matter ordered by Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much." ”

With Meng Tian's assurance, Li You was relieved. He stood up and clasped his fists at Meng Tian and said, "Teacher, don't worry, Li You will go and arrest those three people." ”

Everyone in the restaurant was eating and drinking, and suddenly a group of soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons walked in, and the shopkeeper of the restaurant saw it and recognized that this was the person from the patrol camp in Xianyang City, so he hurriedly left the counter to meet him.

"Yo, all the military masters, please!" the shopkeeper walked up to the soldier and said with a smile on his face.

However, no soldiers paid attention to him, and the two groups of soldiers suddenly stood in two columns facing each other, gave way to the door of the restaurant, and then Meng Tian and Li You walked in.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant knew that these two people must be the officials of these Qin soldiers, so he hurriedly flattered: "The two adults came to the small shop today, but it really made the small shop shine. ”

Meng Tian didn't speak, it was Li You who spoke. Li You waved his hand to the shopkeeper, and then said: "Don't be in a hurry to work first, the shopkeeper, I didn't come to you to eat today." ”

The patrol battalion came to the door, not to eat and drink, which made the shopkeeper a little confused, thinking that he hadn't committed any crimes in the past few days, why did the patrol battalion come to the door. "My lord, the villain is law-abiding during this time, and the taxes that should be paid are not less, I don't know what the adults are here for today?"

Meng Tian has been staring at the three people sitting in the corner who were talking bad about Yingzheng in the restaurant since he came in, he gestured to Li You slightly, Li You saw the three people the teacher said, and then raised an arm, pointed to the three people sitting in the corner and said, "I came today for them, come people, take these three people down for me." ”

Before the three people sitting in the corner understood what was going on, they saw the group of Qin soldiers who had entered the restaurant walking in their direction, and then arrested the three of them without saying anything.

"What do you want to do, we are honest and responsible scholars, we haven't broken the law, why are you arresting us?" said a slender man among the three, but unfortunately no matter how he struggled, the two Qin soldiers who grabbed him were unmoved.

The other two people didn't know why, and they grabbed their wine glasses, and they also opened their mouths and shouted loudly.

The people who came to drink and eat in the restaurant were arrested by the patrol battalion, and the shopkeeper's fear of spreading it would have an impact on the business of his restaurant, so he asked Li You: "My lord, what crime did these three people commit? I wonder why the adults arrested them?"

Li You glanced at the shopkeeper of the restaurant, and said coldly: "Do we need to explain to you the affairs of our patrol battalion? Do your business well, let the people who come here to eat be honest with me, eat well when they should eat, and take care of their own mouths, in case of any misfortune coming out of their mouths, it will be difficult to deal with it." Okay, let's go. ”

Meng Tian and Li You turned around and walked outside the restaurant, and behind them, three scholars dressed in Confucian costumes were escorted and followed. After the patrol battalion left, there was a lot of discussion in the hall of the restaurant, all speculating about why the three people were suddenly arrested, and some people who understood what was going on quickly finished eating and settled the accounts and left the restaurant, all of them were tight-lipped about what happened in the restaurant.

In the patrol camp, the patrol battalion, as the security patrol army of Xianyang City, has its own exclusive camp and a prison used to hold some captured prisoners, and the three scholars who were arrested today are imprisoned here.

The prison was brightly lit, and each of the three men was tied to a pillar, but it seemed that they were only tied up at the moment, and no one had yet tortured them. Li You and Meng Tian sat opposite the three of them, and there were several jailers patrolling the camp and prison standing aside.

"Why did you arrest us, what crime did we commit?" a man asked, he was a little sober now, looking at Meng Tian and Li You, who were sitting opposite him, and asked loudly, and the other two people also asked.

Meng Tian supported his forehead with one arm, and when he saw that the three of them didn't know why they were locked up here, he said, "Why, don't you know what crime you have committed? I thought you should know, but you forgot it so quickly after saying it for less than half a day?"

"We didn't say anything. Another man said that he had said a lot today, and God knows which of his words had gone wrong and had led to his being locked up here.

Meng Tian saw that these three people really couldn't remember why they were arrested, he stood up, walked to the three people who were tied, and then said to the three of them: "What kind of rebellious words did you say in the restaurant today, dare to say behind your back, not to mention that Your Majesty was sitting on your head at that time." I mean, you three should understand what's going on, right?"

After Meng Tian finished speaking, the three of them all understood, they would never have thought that they would go into the prison cell because of a few of their unintentional words after drinking, and they didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor today would actually hear what he said, wouldn't this be self-defeating?