The king was angry, and the mountains and rivers shook.

With Li Yuan's personal intervention, the cause of the conflict between Li Bi and Yan Le was finally clarified. The reason can be said to be very simple and ridiculous, that is, Li Bi is not used to Yan Le, an important figure in the former Zhao Gao Group, and at the same time, the Military Intelligence Department, as the most unsightly department of the Qin State, is also unusually rich, and Li Bi is reluctant to let out such a big cake, especially to someone like Yan Le.

Drag it out.

This is a trick that Li Bi came up with, he originally thought that as long as this matter dragged on, as long as it took a long time, Li Yuan's attitude towards Yan Le would change, and at that time, if he didn't hand it over, it would not only be disobedient, but also a credit. Even if Yan Le can still be trusted, it's not a big deal, and when the time comes, it's just a matter of apologizing.

After finding out the truth, Li Yuan was furious, and immediately ordered Li Bige to be removed from his position in Xianyang and directly thrown into the Tingwei prison, and then made a decision after finding out the amount of money he had filled his pockets.

At the same time, Li Yuan ordered Meng Hu, the general of the border army who had transferred Gaonu, to lead his headquarters to settle in Chang'an City, take over the security affairs of Chang'an and Xianyang, and appointed Meng Hu as a court lieutenant, with full responsibility for investigating and prosecuting Li Bi's corruption and dereliction of duty cases.

"Meng Tingwei, your uncle ancestor Meng Yi once served as the court lieutenant of the Qin State, and investigated and handled several major cases, and today Li Bi's case, Ben Hou also believes that you can find out with a fair attitude and without favoritism."

At the moment of welcoming Meng Hu into the city, Li Yuan said categorically that Li Yuan was also forced to transfer the border army into the city. Li Bi served as a general in the pro-military camp and ruled in Xianyang for many years, although the soldiers under him were unlikely to rebel, they would at least have sympathy for Li Bi, and in this case, Li Yuan could not guarantee that there would be no violent incidents such as prison robberies.

The entry into the city on the side exacerbated the tense atmosphere in Chang'an City. The Hu merchants in Dongshi were even more panicked, and it was rumored that the Huns from the north had come over again.

For several days.

The bright sunshine in Chang'an is no longer, and the long street is full of bloody wind and rain, but all the officials who have been involved with Li Bi have been invited to "drink tea" by the Tingwei Mansion, in order to thoroughly investigate the matter, Li Yuan personally sat in the Tingwei Mansion, urging Menghu to speed up and interrogate Li Bi. Be sure to explain the problem clearly.

When Meng Hu began to interrogate, he was still a little worried about Li Bi's relationship and previous friendships, and he was more tactful in his rhetoric, but unfortunately, after Li Bi was arrested, he was extremely excited and didn't listen to what Meng Hu was trying to persuade him at all. It wasn't until Meng Hu gave him Li Bi's tricks that Li Bi lowered his head.

In the fifth year of the new calendar of Great Qin, January. Spring.

After a month and a half of thorough investigation, Li Bi's case finally came to light, and as the explanation deepened, the amount of money and silk involved in Li Bi's case reached an astonishing level.

In just one and a half years. Li Bi successively served in the Military Intelligence Department and the Xianyang Order, and directly or indirectly accepted bribes and other valuables totaling 30,000 baht, 280 gold, and other jade artifacts by means of false reports of heads, appointment of cronies, and embezzlement of public property. Some of these things were given away by Li Bi, and more were secretly hidden in private granges outside Xianyang City.

A chain of interests is slowly revealed. Just as Chen Ping thought, Li Bi used his special relationship with Li Yuan and Ying Yushu to make many people who wanted to get close to Li Yuan believe his lies. This chain was like a rolling snowball, involving more and more Qin officials and important figures.

"Anyone who is corrupt will be decided!" According to Qin Law, there is nothing to say about Li Bizuihou's ending, but in the process of announcing the verdict in the Tingwei Mansion, Li Yuan fell into a crisis of trust.

Li Bi's case shocked the Qin Kingdom, and the people who interceded for Li Bi were one after another, among them, the eldest princess won Yushu the most.

"Marquis Wu, Li Bi's matter, it is indeed his fault, but he did not spend the wealth he withheld privately, and many of them were sent to the palace, if the sentence is heavy, the palace is really unbearable." Ying Yushu personally came from the palace and went to Li Yuan's study to intercede.

"Yu'er doesn't have to worry about this matter, Li Bi is killing himself, no wonder others." Li Yuan waved his hand and shook his head weakly in refusal.

"Wuhou, you can't be so ruthless, at the beginning, if it weren't for Brother Bi'er, you wouldn't be alive now-!" Ying Yushu continued to persuade, and there were tears in her eyes.

Li Bi is an old man in the Li Mansion in Xingyang, he grew up in the mansion since he was beaten, and his parents are also old servants in the mansion for many years.

"Yu'er, you know what Li Bidu has done, he has taken bribes, embezzled public property, retaliated, all these things that cannot be done according to the law, if I spare him, how can I face the thousands of people of the Qin State." Li Yuan said hatefully, Ying Yushu was thinking about the old relationship, but he didn't know that this old love was going to ruin the newborn Qin State.

"What do the people know, this time, if it weren't for Chen Ping's refusal to take responsibility, if it wasn't for Yan Le's opposition, how could Brother Bi'er's matter be so big." Ying Yu was angry, and flicked his sleeves and sobbed.

"What do you know, this thing was done by Li Bi, and it has nothing to do with Xiangguo or Yan Langzhong, and now, it is me Li Yuan who wants to cut off his head, not anyone else." Li Yuan said loudly. For the first time, he felt confused and disappointed about Ying Yushu's incomprehension.

The army has no jokes, and military orders are like mountains.

Li Bi's corrupt behavior made Li Yuan deeply sad, Li Bi is also a person who has been in the army, when he knows what Qin Law is, he knows the law and violates the law, according to the law, he should be guilty of one more degree, all along, Li Yuan's requirements for himself have never relaxed, and he has repeatedly made demands on his cronies and generals around him, this is all weishenme? It is to keep the newly-born Qin State alive and vigorous.

Now, what has Li Bi done?

Ying Yushu was aggrieved and disappointed, for Li Bi's "ruthlessness", she felt incomprehensible in her heart, as a princess who grew up in the palace since she was a child, what she came into contact with, in addition to privileges or privileges, so, in her eyes, as long as Li Bi was loyal to Li Yuan and her Ying Yushu, then other things could be forgiven.

January 13th.

At Li Yuan's insistence, Yuan Xianyang ordered Li Bi to be sentenced to death by the Tingwei Mansion, and in the way of execution, Li Yuan did not pull Li Bi to Xishi to behead the public, but decided to let Li Bi end his life with a glass of poisoned wine on the execution ground of the Tingwei Mansion.

When he died, Li Bi calmed down, and he made a request to Meng Hu, asking Zaijian to go to Li Yuan's side.

On the execution ground.

Li Bi's hair was scattered, and the clothes on his body had formed blood scabs in many places, it could be seen that he had suffered a lot during this time, and seeing Li Bi's appearance, Li Yuan's heart was also painful.

"Brother Yuan, don't frown, it's okay, although the injury on this body was ordered by that kid Menghu, I don't hate him, I only hate myself-." Li Bi raised his head and looked at a corner of the sky in all directions, his voice hoarse and low.

"Brother Yuan, do you know? When I was a child, you told me that when we grow up and can make a lot of money, we will build a very big house, and at that time, you also said that we will have an enviable horse to ride, and we will marry a woman ten times more beautiful than Xiaoqing. Li Bi said with a smile, his eyes showing a look of nostalgia.

Xiaoqing.

This name, Li Yuan's memory is completely unremarkable, maybe it was a certain pretty little girl in the Li Mansion back then, or maybe one afternoon, two teenagers were in the sun, thinking about what kind of sweet dreams they would have in the future.

That is the memory of "Li Yuan" in the previous life, not Li Yuan from the later life. Li Bi may never know that the childhood playmate in front of him is no longer the same person.

Black blood.

It slowly flowed from the corners of Li Bi's mouth.

"Brother Yuan, I'm sorry!" At the moment when his heart stopped beating, Li Bi said this sentence with difficulty. From his gradually distracted eyes, Li Bi saw a trace of nostalgia for life, remorse for the past, and a little sadness of an inexplicable teenager.

Li will die.

On this night when the autumn leaves were falling and the wind was cold, he closed his eyes and died quietly and without pain in front of Li Yuan. Those officials who gave gifts to Li Bi, or coerced and accepted bribes, and embezzled public property, were subsequently beheaded, exiled, or served hard labor.

When this news spread throughout the counties through the proclamation of the Qin court, officials at all levels of the Qin State invariably felt the chill from Chang'an, this high-pressure internal suppression policy made them both strange and familiar, strange is that the new Qin's relaxed national policy in the past four years has made them accustomed to large-scale spending, and what is familiar is that this kind of policy is not the continuation of the policy of the former Legalist rule.

After Li Bi, Li Zheng was transferred from Longxi by Li Yuan to serve as the Chang'an Order, a position that was once powerful and now a hot potato, and no one dared to take the initiative to take over. Li Zheng is Li Yuan's second brother, he came to Chang'an at this critical time, and quickly took over Chang'an's internal affairs, which made Li Yuan feel close care from blood.

Meng Hu did not return to Gaonu and continued to serve as a court lieutenant, and in the trial of Li Bi's case, this young general in the border army showed integrity and fairness, which made Li Yuan admire him very much.

Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find.

In the same way, a competent court lieutenant is even more important for the nascent Qin State, because he can make the body of the new Qin more healthy and can prevent the invasion of moths early. (To be continued......)

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