"What's going on?"

The thick bloody breath made Li Si's breath stagnate.

And when he saw the situation inside through the crack in the door, Li Si's pupils suddenly contracted.

Corpse.

There were corpses everywhere.

Bright red blood soaked the snow, and in the courtyard behind the gate, there were gatekeepers, servants, and servants······ Inside, in the entire Jin family's mansion, there was not a single living mouth in sight.

"Could it be that Shengping-kun has already arrived?"

Looking at this chilling scene in front of him, an absurd idea inexplicably appeared in Li Si's heart.

But this can't be blamed on Li Si, because judging from the current situation, the tragic situation of the Jin family is too much like Mo Jun's handiwork.

Li Si stepped into the Golden Mansion.

Li Si, who studied the art of legalism, naturally could not be afraid of dozens of corpses.

And after a simple investigation, Li Si can basically determine that the Jin family has really been exterminated.

The contemporary head of the Jin family died in the main hall, and the bright red blood flowing from the slender wound on his neck stained the formal clothes on his body, Li Si stretched out a finger and flicked the corpse's cheek, and the warm touch from the fingertips instantly made Li Si's eyes change.

However, before he could make the next move, suddenly, a sigh came from behind him.

"Wouldn't it be nice to play stupid once in a while?"

The sudden voice of words made Li Si's movements stagnate slightly, but soon he regained his composure, slowly turned around, and said: "Why do you need to pretend like this, with Your Excellency's skills, even if the head of the Jin family has just died, it is enough to easily get out without Li Si noticing." ”

"Since Your Excellency took the initiative to appear, you must have been waiting here for a long time!"

Appearing in front of Li Si was a mysterious figure holding a strangely shaped pink sheathed sword, wearing a strange mask and wearing a coarse linen robe.

When he saw the mysterious figure itself, Li Si didn't react much.

But when Li Si saw the long sword in the other party's hand, his eyes shrank.

"Hahaha······ Amazing, this kind of insight is like watching the fire, and the ability to see everything is worthy of being the object of the special instructions from above. ”

"Wooing?"

Li Si's eyes narrowed.

"Yes, the reason why I am waiting here this time is to invite Master Li Si to join us." The masked man spoke.

"Join you?"

Li Si looked around and said slowly: "The Jin clan has always had no grudges with you for a long time and no enmity for the near future, but now you have specially sent this 'Tianzi First Class' to slaughter the Jin clan, presumably your target should be more than just the Jin clan, right?" ”

The masked man's eyes showed a slight glimmer of danger, and he said faintly: "Lord Li, it's a good thing to be smart, but sometimes it's dangerous to be too smart. ”

Li Si snorted coldly and said, "What can joining you bring me?" ”

The masked man raised his voice, "We can bring you everything you want if you want." And to show our sincerity, we can now give you a great welcome gift. ”

"Oh? What is the greeting gift? ”

"The position you've always wanted to be a 'court lieutenant'. Maybe you don't know it yet, not long ago, King Qin has decided to hand over the 'Shi Ni theft case' in Hedong County to you as well. As long as you are willing to join us, then we can help you solve the 'grain tax' and 'Shini' matters in Hedong County. At that point, the position of Lieutenant will be within your reach. ”

Li Si's eyes flashed.

I have to admit that the bait given by the masked man is indeed very attractive to Li Si.

However, after thinking for a while, Li Si finally shook his head and said: "This is indeed a great meeting gift, but it's a pity that Li Si is now in the Qin State and can't join another force." ”

Hearing this, the masked man's eyes instantly burst out with murderous intent, and he said, "You're not afraid of death?" You should be clear about the cost of rejecting us. ”

Li Si sneered: "Heh~~ Although I can't guess your real goal yet, if the 'pawn', one of the nine kings of the Qin Kingdom, dies here, no matter what plans you have in the future, I'm afraid you will be startled!" ”

As soon as this statement came out.

The killing intent in the masked man's eyes also quickly dissipated, and he chuckled: "It's worthy of Li Si." Since you don't want to join us, let's put it another way, we can help you solve the problem of Hedong County, but you also need to do us a small favor, how about it? ”

"Excuse me!"

As soon as the masked man's words fell, he heard Li Si speak: "This official will never cooperate with you, but······ Today's events can be treated as if they did not see it. ”

With that, Li Si turned around and left the Jin Mansion.

And the masked man behind him looked at the back of Li Si leaving, his eyes flickered a few times, but he didn't stop him.

It wasn't until Li Si's figure completely disappeared that another figure in black armor slowly appeared in the main hall.

I saw this figure appear.

The masked man immediately walked over and said, "The wooing plan failed. ”

The black-armored man waved his hand and said, "It's okay, when this guy Li Si followed behind the previous leader, he was an old fox who was proficient in the way of self-preservation, and he would not easily fall into line." For now, we just need to make sure that he doesn't talk nonsense in the next plans. ”

Li Si's sudden arrival in Hedong County was a helpless accident.

Li Si, who was born in a legalist family, like Han Fei, has the ability to investigate cases with insight, although they are confident that their arrangements will never be easily seen through, but it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents.

In order to prevent accidents, they finally decided to expose some of the information in advance, so as to keep Li Si shut up and not disturb their next plans.

The black-armored man spoke to the masked man, "It's time to start arranging." The net has not appeared for several years, and now it has reappeared, and it is in need of a sacrifice of sufficient weight to herald our return. ”

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Everything is just as the Mask Man says.

Not long after Li Si left the Jin Mansion, he received an edict from Ying Zheng in the Shoufu of Hedong County, asking him to investigate the 'Shi Ni theft case' in Hedong County, and with the demise of the Jin family, all the resistance of Li Si on the Hedong side seemed to disappear all at once.

Just two days.

The 'Shi Ni Theft Case' and the 'Grain Tax Case' in Hedong County were solved one after another.

The stolen Shi Nie was returned to Zhang Zongzhao, the warden of Hedong County, and after Zhang Zongzhao got the Shi Ni, he first expressed his gratitude to Li Si, and then immediately began to organize disaster relief.

And Li Si did not stay in Hedong County, and soon returned to Xianyang to report his results to Yingzheng.

"Li Qing is happy."

In the Zhangtai Palace, Ying Zheng sat on the throne, looked at the recital presented by Li Si, and nodded with satisfaction.

Li Si said respectfully: "This is all what a minister should do." ”

Ying Zheng said: "This time, Li Qing has solved two major cases in a row, and the widow will be rewarded." ”

Li Si hurriedly saluted and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Li Si is not Mo Jun, he has not yet reached the level where he has no place to put a lot of credit, and he has to throw it out.

To be exact.

Mo Jun's leapfrog promotion path is not replicable.

Ordinary people's promotion generally depends on water grinding skills, moving up little by little, if there is no good opportunity, it is already good to be promoted one or two levels in a few years.

Just like this time.

If it weren't for Ying Zheng's intention to cultivate Li Si and give him this opportunity, Li Si would have to wait for him to be promoted from a pawn to a court lieutenant.

Li Si thanked Yingzheng, just as the two were about to continue to exchange details of the Hedong County case.

Suddenly.

I only heard a terrible wail coming from outside the Xianyang Palace.

There was such a movement in the palace, and Ying Zheng's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, just as he was about to ask the guards outside the palace what happened.

I saw that at the gate of Zhangtai Palace, a figure with a cloak and bloodshot eyes, like a madman, actually rushed through the guards at the door and staggered into the Zhangtai Palace.

Then he knelt down in front of Yingzheng and let out a terrible wail: "Your Majesty, the ministers have grievances, the ministers have grievances!" ”

Ying Zheng sat on the throne and looked at the figure below who broke into Zhangtai Palace several times, and then recognized that this 'madman' was none other than Jin Youjun, the captain of his Great Qin Court.

Seeing that Jin Youjun, one of the dignified Qin Jiuqing, suddenly became like this, even Ying Zheng couldn't help but be stunned.

And then before Ying Zheng opened his mouth to ask what was going on?

I heard Jin Youjun shouting to himself: "The minister wants to sue Mojun, the minister wants to sue Mojun for his life, the minister's whole family, the minister's whole clan is ······ Burst! ”

The words are not finished.

I saw that Jin Youjun was suddenly angry, raised his head and spurted out a mouthful of blood, and then fell to the ground suddenly, unconscious in Zhangtai Palace.

"Someone, pass on the doctor, pass the doctor!"

Although he hasn't figured out what happened yet, the 'Tingwei', one of the nine secretaries of the dignified Qin State, suddenly fainted in front of him, which also made Ying Zheng's face change.

It didn't take long.

Several imperial doctors, led by the guards, hurried to the Zhangtai Palace.

After a preliminary examination by several imperial doctors, he finally diagnosed: "Back to the king, Lord Jin should be in a hurry, and it shouldn't take long for us to wake up after we apply acupuncture." ”

Hearing several imperial doctors say this, Ying Zheng was also temporarily relieved.

Although Yingzheng really wants Jin Youjun to die at present, he must not die in this way.

And after getting Jin Youjun's answer that he was not worried about his life for the time being, Ying Zheng turned his attention back to what the other party said just now.

Jin Youjun wants to sue Mojun?

Let's be honest.

When he first heard this, Ying Zheng almost instinctively felt that this group of people had come up with some new conspiracy.

But for a while, I didn't have a clue.

A moment later.

Only then did Yingzheng speak: "Xuansheng Pingjun and the ministers entered the palace to meet him." ”

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(End of chapter)