"He's going to atone for his sins?"

King Qin looked at Li Si, who was standing aside.

"Yui. There is a saying in the "Military Lord's Law" that if you want to return to the second rank to avoid one of your own parents as a concubine, and a subordinate to behead a minister, and a person who is beheaded as a public servant, and a person who is returned to the public and exempts his deceased wife from a concubine, he is allowed to avoid being a concubine. ”

"It's just that the one doesn't belong to Zhao Tuo's relatives and doesn't agree with the law. Whether or not to promise is up to the king to decide. Li Si responded.

Although the Qin State is a country governed by the rule of law, this law only governs the common people and hundreds of officials, while the king is not constrained, which is often said to be "the king is in the law".

Don't look at what Qin Law says, don't look at how Qin Law is written, as long as King Qin says a word, it will be more effective than all laws.

However, although the king has this privilege, he cannot use it indiscriminately, especially in some major matters, and the consequences of arbitrarily breaking the law are very serious.

However, Zhao Tuo's request for the atonement of the lord is obviously not among them.

King Qin thought slightly, "Yes." ”

Li Si responded, he hesitated, but still spoke: "King, he still wants to join the army to fight Yan?" ”

King Qin frowned and whispered, "He just wants to go to the battlefield like this? ”

Li Si smiled bitterly: "I know that the king has a heart for talent, and I want to keep him in Xianyang to cultivate one or two." But I see that this son has made up his mind, and he also said that 'the prime minister must start from the state department, and the fierce general must be sent from the army', and he wants to go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions and contribute to the cause of the king's unification. ”

King Qin suddenly asked, "Is he fifteen this year?" ”

Li Si nodded and said, "Only." Five years ago, the king ordered men to write the year, and ordered the men in the country to start serving at the age of seventeen, strictly speaking, Zhao Tuo was not old. But he was already seven feet tall, which met the previous conscription criteria, and he could be drafted if the king allowed him. ”

King Qin sneered: "Since he wants to go, let him go." ”

"Yui."

Li Si was ordered to retreat, and before leaving, he saw the cold face of King Qin, and knew that this king was already displeased.

He shook his head helplessly, he really didn't know what Zhao Tuo was thinking in his head, he didn't wait for Xianyang, he had to run to the battlefield to fight for his life.

Shortly after Lees retreated, a lively maiden rushed into the hall.

"Father!"

Before she could get closer, she cried out cheerfully.

The small body pounced up, like a swallow returning to the nest, happily hugged the neck of King Qin, and the girl said coquettishly: "Father, I'm back!" ”

King Qin's face, which had been tense, rarely showed a smile.

He looked at the girl lovingly: "It's good to come back, how about going to Shanglin to play?" ”

The girl pouted and said, "It's nothing fun, in the cold winter, I can't even see many birds." And not long after I arrived, I heard about the assassination of the Yan envoy, and hurriedly came back, Father, are you okay? ”

King Qin said with a smile: "The situation is under the control of the widow, what can happen." ”

"Father, it's okay. I heard my brother talk about the deputy envoy of Yan State. I heard that my father appreciates this person very much, doesn't he? The girl's eyes widened, full of curiosity.

……

Zhao Tuohe walked on the country road.

"Tuo, do you really want to join the army and help the Qin people attack the Yan Kingdom?" Heng still asked in disbelief.

Zhao Tuo said casually: "The Qin State will definitely destroy Yan in this battle, and I am also trying to mix up some military achievements." ”

Hearing this, Heng burst into tears, and he knelt on the ground and bowed to Zhao Tuo.

"Although I am not from Qin, I also know that the title is precious. In battlefield battles, you need to kill a man in armor and take their head in exchange for a first-class title. Now you are atoning for my villain, and you are willing to give up two titles. I can't repay this kindness. ”

Zhao Tuo smiled, hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull it horizontally, and said in his mouth: "Although the title is good, no one is important." If it weren't for your help this time, arson at night gave me the opportunity to sue for adultery, how could I still see the sun today. My title, which is half of yours, is wrong with atonement for your sins? ”

This is Zhao Tuo's true words, he can get out of the whirlpool of Jing Ke's assassination of Qin this time, and he can't do without Heng's help.

Before the assassination, Jing Ke looked at Zhao Tuo to death, and even if he left, he let the ranger guard the portal and not give Zhao Tuo any chance to escape.

That's why Zhao Tuo went to seek Heng's help, and asked Heng to set fire to Zhao Tuo when Zhao Tuo and Jing Ke stayed in the house to practice, and create an opportunity for Zhao Tuo in the chaos.

For this reason, Heng also helped Zhao Tuo kill Qiyang, and his hands were stained with blood.

And Heng helped Zhao Tuo do all this at that time, and he didn't ask why.

Just because Zhao Tuo opened his mouth and let Heng set fire, he set fire, and asked Heng to help kill people, so he helped kill Qiyang.

This kind of trust moved Zhao Tuo very much.

It can be said that if there was no help from Heng inside, Zhao Tuo's plan would never have succeeded.

So when he confessed to adultery that night, Zhao Tuo deliberately mentioned Heng's name, hoping to help him avoid the responsibility of joint sitting.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo hated itchy.

Qin's law is too harsh, and Shang Jun's technique is very perverted.

"If the forbiddenness of adultery has stopped, it is better to punish it severely."

"The so-called good ruler does not punish well, but does not reward the good, so he does not punish but the people are good. If you don't punish and the people are good, the punishment is heavy. If the punishment is severe, the people dare not commit it, so there is no punishment. And the people dare not do wrong, it is a good country. ”

What do you mean?

It is the Legalists who believe that if you want to prohibit adultery and evil spirits and stop crime, there is no way to compare with the use of heavy punishments.

Law-abiding people do not need to be praised, but as long as they commit crimes, they will be severely punished, the kind that will be punished to death.

Qin Law.

Stealing another man's mulberry leaf is worth less than a penny, and is punished with thirty days' hard labor.

Steal more than one penny, less than two hundred and twenty pennies, and be exiled.

Theft between two hundred and twenty and six hundred and sixty yuan, the penalty is Chengdan.

Stealing more than 660 yuan, you have to cut your nose after the noodles, and finally go to Chengdan.

And if the gang commits more than five people, it will be even worse, even if it only steals one money, then the left foot must be cut off, and then the face will be punished.

This is only theft, and the other punishments will only be more severe, and it is easy to be co-ordinated, one person commits a crime, and the other people are in a row.

What is the halving, abandonment of the city, car splitting, Yi tribe......

In short, as long as you commit a crime, it is a heavy punishment, and you will be hated for eternity if you make a mistake.

Its core purpose is to stop the sentence with punishment.

So as long as Heng has a convoy with Jing Ke, then he is guilty. As long as he did not accuse Zhao Tuo of adultery at the beginning, it was useless and he would be punished.

For the sake of him arson and helping Zhao Tuo sue for adultery, the Qin court exempted him from the death penalty, but he was still punished as a subordinate.

The so-called subordinates are the slaves of this era.

Men are ministers, women are concubines, and subordinates and concubines are often called subordinate concubines.

Their work is many, including but not limited to: cultivating land, cultivating land, grazing, building cities, building roads, guarding fields, transporting, and so on.

And once you become a vassal, you will be a vassal for life, and your children and grandchildren will be in this status for generations, unless you can make meritorious service or someone is willing to redeem it with a title.

Zhao Tuo knew that after the unification of King Qin, he would start to carry out a large number of projects.

The palace of the Six Kingdoms, the Lishan Mausoleum, the construction of the Great Wall, and the construction of the Chi Road......

In this, I don't know how many subordinates are buried in it.

If Zhao Tuo doesn't atone for his sins, with his body and bones, I'm afraid he won't be able to work for two years and will die.

If the title is gone, you can earn it again, but if the person is gone, then it is really gone.

Therefore, Zhao Tuo would rather redeem himself with a two-level title.

Lying on the ground, his eyes were hazy with tears, he said with a firm will:

"Heng, I am willing to die for Zhao Jun."