Half an hour later.

Kirin Hall.

The examiners, eunuchs, armorers, and candidates were still kneeling there, their legs numb.

However, no one dared to stand up.

King Qin was still sitting on the throne, and the expression on his face had not changed from half an hour ago.

Soon, Prime Minister Sima Yi and Jinyi Wei commanded Ji Gang to escort a man covered in blood and weak breath into the Qilin Palace.

This man is none other than Xu Lin, the former young master of the Tianlu Sect.

Poof!

Poof!

Sima Yi and Ji Gang knelt on the ground, their heads against the cold floor, and said in fear: "Minister, dereliction of duty, please punish Your Majesty!"

"You are indeed derelict in your duties, and you really need to be punished!" Ying Zheng said indifferently: "However, not now!"

Then, King Qin's words changed and said majestically: "Ji Gang listens to orders!"

"The minister is here!" Ji Gang hurriedly said.

"The widow ordered you to immediately bring Xu Lin, the chief examiner present, and all the candidates down for interrogation, and not to miss the slightest information.

Today's events, if there is a mistake, there is a fish that slipped through the net, you come to see it!

Plus, you only have one day. Ying Zheng said coldly.

Ji Gang's face was full of awe, and he arched his hand and said, "No!"

"Remember, no human life is allowed, no torture is allowed!" King Qin said.

"No!" Ji Gang took the order and left.

The examiners and candidates in the Qilin Hall were all taken away by the Jinyi Guard.

They kept crying out for grievances.

No one paid any attention to them, though.

Ying Zheng looked at the prime minister and said coldly: "Sima Yi listens to the order!"

"Sinner, here!" Sima Yi arched his hand, panicked.

When Guangsi listened to His Majesty's address to himself, he knew how angry His Majesty was.

In the past, His Majesty called him the word Zhongda, which was more cordial.

"The widow ordered you to send a garrison to block Zhangtai Palace and not allow anyone to enter or leave. After doing this, you will see the widow in the imperial study!"

"No!" Sima Yi took the order and left.

Ying Zheng returned to the imperial study, with a gloomy face, standing in front of the window, and remained speechless.

Lang Zhong ordered Zhou Bin to be on the side, trembling and waiting.

He knew that the more His Majesty's thunderous anger did not erupt, the more terrifying it became.

Ying Zheng is waiting, waiting for the results of the interrogation of Ji Gang.

At this moment, his mind was racing.

This palace assassination incident is not only as simple as the revenge of the remnants of Tianlu Sect, there must be a bigger conspiracy behind it.

Ying Zheng is determined to find out who is behind the scenes.

He instinctively realized that nine times out of ten, this matter was related to the preparation of the Three Jin Dynasty to attack Qin.

Once his own King of Qin is assassinated, the Qin State will fall into civil strife, and at that time, the success rate of Zhao Wei and Han in defeating Qin will be greatly improved.

In addition, the palace trial assassination incident also exposed two major problems.

First, the Jinyi Guard was derelict in his duty and did not find out that the assassins had infiltrated the candidates, which led to the assassination of the Qilin Palace, which made the King of Great Qin lose face.

This is the first time that Ying Zheng has presided over the palace examination, testing the achievements of the past few years and testing the new imperial examination system.

Unexpectedly, the assassination of the king happened.

This was undoubtedly a resounding slap in the face, and the majesty of the emperor was extremely seriously violated.

King Qin thought about it, this was all the result of the slackness of Jinyiwei and Ji Gang.

The reason for today's situation is the lack of competition in Jinyiwei, the dominance of the family, and the surging power.

In Ying Zheng's mind, another plan came to mind.

Form a new organization to compete with Jinyiwei.

This new organization is called Black Ice Terrace!

gave Jinyiwei and Ji Gang huge pressure, so that they could work harder.

Second, Prime Minister Sima Yi was derelict in his duties.

Sima Yi was in charge of the revitalization of schools and the new imperial examination, but what happened today, he couldn't get out of it and had to be punished.

For so many years, Sima Yi has held the authority of the prime minister, and has inherited the king's orders and issued hundreds of officials, and one person is above ten million people.

Although he helped King Qin accomplish a lot of big things, he was also a little arrogant.

There will also be negligence, and there will be an assassination of the king in the Qilin Palace.

It needs to be polished and improved.

Even if Ji Gang and Sima Yi were recruited by Yingzheng from the system and were 100% loyal to him, but if you make a mistake, you will be punished, and if you do well, you will be rewarded, no matter who you are.

If mistakes are not punished, and merit is not rewarded, this Great Qin world is chaotic.

......

Jinyi Guard Prison.

Ji Gang personally came on the field and interrogated Xu Lin.

Other officials and candidates were interrogated by the officials of the major brocade guards.

His Majesty only gave Jinyiwei one day, and Ji Gang had to hurry up.

If they do not tell the truth, three hundred and sixty punishments will be served in turn, so that the thieves will die until they tell the truth.

Ji Gang took the soldering iron that was burned red by the charcoal fire, pressed it on Xu Lin's chest, gritted his teeth and said, "Little beast, tell me everything you know!"

"Hahaha, okay, then Lao Tzu will say!" Xu Lin said with a hideous face: "Yingzheng can't die well, Daqin is going to destroy the country!"

"Damn!" Seeing this, Ji Gang roared angrily: "Immerse this little beast who doesn't know what to do in the ice cave!"

......

At this moment, the Zhangtai Palace has been surrounded by stubborn garrisons, numbering tens of thousands, killing and besieging the palace.

Led by Lieutenant Win Teng himself.

The people outside were very curious about this.

They still remember that the last time the garrison blocked Zhangtai Palace, it was when King Xiang of Qin Zhuang died and went west.

When the people thought of this, they couldn't help but worry, could it be that something happened to the young Qin Wangzheng?!

Qin Wangzheng can't have an accident!

It was precisely because of him that Great Qin was able to rise and stand proudly on the east corner of the Divine Desolation.

Qin Wangzheng not only let Lao Qin straighten his back, but also let the old Qin people live a life of abundant food and clothing, children have school, and the old people have to be supported.

Such a good monarch can't be found with a lantern!

At the same time, various rumors are also quietly circulating.

Some people say that Qin Wangzheng was assassinated.

Some people say that Qin Wangzheng has a strange disease.

Some people say......

In short, these rumors all point to King Qin, and they are all bad.

As the messages flew all over the sky, the garrison also took action and arrested a group of "rumor-mongers".

This not only did not ban rumors, but also made them even more violent.

......

Zhangtai Palace, the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, the prime minister has arrived!" Lang Zhongling whispered to King Qin, who had been standing in front of the window for a long time and had not moved.

Ying Zhengtou didn't reply: "Announce him in!"

"No!" Lang ordered to withdraw.

Sima Yi entered the imperial study, immediately knelt on his knees, and said in fear: "Long live your majesty, long live, long live, long live!"

"Flat!" Ying Zheng still didn't look back, and said coldly: "What do you think of the assassination of the Qilin Palace?"

Sima Yi stood up and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, the criminal minister deduced that the remnants of Tianlu Sect assassinated you, and there must be the support of the Wei State behind it.

Zhao Wei Han must have wanted to kill His Majesty by Xu Lin's hand, so as to cause chaos in the Qin Kingdom, so as to take the opportunity to attack Great Qin and obtain huge benefits!"

Ying Zheng nodded: "You and the widow think the same, wait for the results of the interrogation of the discipline gang, and then make a calculation!"

"No!"

Sima Yi said respectfully and stood aside respectfully.

Late at night.

"Your Majesty, Lord Ji asks to see you!" Lang Zhongling walked in and said.