The administrative efficiency of the Qin State has always been very high, and now there is an order from the emperor that Zhonglang will personally implement it by Meng Yi, which is even more high.

It didn't take long for Meng Yi to come here with three ochre-clad prisoners.

Two of them had tattoos on their faces and had their noses cut off.

The other person was even worse, his right foot was cut off, and he was carried over by Lang Wei.

The punishment of toe chopping.

The toe is not a toe, but a foot, and only the part above the ankle remains, except for those who have a split in the waist, and the punishment is severe.

The three of them had been told beforehand, and after coming here, they immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the First Emperor in fear.

This appearance made Ying Yinyan's face change slightly, after all, she lived in the palace, how could she have seen such a terrible appearance, but she still held back, and just stretched out her little hand to hold Zhao Tuo's palm.

"Your Majesty, all three of them are guilty of grave crimes."

Meng Yi briefly explained the crimes of the three people, and it was impossible to get involved with the word virtue.

The First Emperor bowed slightly, looked at Hou Sheng, and said, "These three people are all immoral, you can try." ”

The corners of Hou Sheng's mouth twitched.

Before coming here, he finally came up with an excuse that could be explained theoretically, thinking that he could fool the emperor by secretly slapping the emperor's ass.

Who knew that the eldest princess and the first emperor were still serious about verifying his theory.

For a while, Hou Sheng was difficult to ride a tiger, after all, it was just a reason for survival that he came up with at a critical moment, and there were already many loopholes, how could it be verified.

However, he is also an old man who travels south and north, and between this life and death crisis, his head is crazy and he has come up with a way to live.

"Some of the medicines that were refined before are quite powerful, these prisoners have worked for a long time, they don't have much meat, their bodies are weak, and they will definitely have problems if they eat them, which is just right to verify my words."

Thinking of this, Hou Sheng was overjoyed, and nodded hurriedly: "Wait for the minister to take the medicine first." ”

Just as he was about to choose from the medicines that Meng Yi had collected, the eldest princess spoke.

"Wait."

Ying Yin Yan said in a loud voice: "Father, there must be more than one kind of medicine refined by this Fangshi, if he finds some random to test, how can he tell the difference." The father might as well take the medicine left in the palace to make a comparison. ”

Hou Sheng's face froze suddenly.

In particular, he heard the approval of the First Emperor: "What he said is also reasonable, Meng Yi, let the CRRC Mansion order go to the palace to get the medicine offered by this Hou Sheng, he knows where it is." ”

"Yui."

Watching Meng Yi let Zhonglang on his side go outside to inform the CRRC government to order the medicine, Hou Sheng's face had already begun to turn blue.

As for Zhao Tuo, he looked at Yingyin Yan who was slightly raised next to him.

Husband and wife are connected.

That's what he thinks too.

A moment later, Zhao Gao took the box of medicine left in the Qin Palace.

He was ordered by the emperor to open the lid of the box.

In the black silk, three glowing pill-like objects appeared in front of everyone.

There are a total of six miraculous medicines in the entire lacquer box, which is exactly the number of water virtues in Great Qin.

These six pills were all offered in the same batch, from the same furnace, so the medicinal properties are the same, and it is just right to use them for experiments.

Before, the First Emperor gave Zhao Tuo two pieces, and he ate one for himself, and now there are three left, just one for each of the three prisoners.

"Give medicine."

The First Emperor spoke lightly.

Zhao Gao promised, walked in front of the three prisoners, and personally distributed the medicine in his hand, and Zhonglang next to him brought clean water.

The three prisoners trembled, and each swallowed a pill with clear water under the gaze of Zhong Langwei.

Everyone was silent, including the First Emperor, trembling in place as they watched the three prisoners take the pill.

After a while, the First Emperor asked, "How do you feel?" ”

Zhao Gao immediately shouted: "The emperor asked you, how do you feel after taking the medicine?" ”

The prisoner who had his foot cut off said tremblingly: "The villain feels a feeling of fire in his belly, which is quite warm. ”

"The villain too, feeling a piece of heat in his belly."

"The villain feels a lot more energetic than just now, and he seems to have more strength in his hands."

Two other convicts who had cut off their noses followed suit.

These words fell on Qin Shi Huang's ears, making his face more and more difficult to look at.

Because that's how he felt when he took the medicine.

After swallowing the pills and water, it didn't take long for me to feel the heat in my stomach, and my mental and physical strength seemed to increase slightly, and I felt very good.

This is also the reason why he chose to take the medicine offered by Fangshi, if it really has no effect, who will have nothing to eat this kind of thing.

It's just that now these three guilty and immoral prisoners have taken the pill, and they all feel exactly the same as his emperor, how can this be explained?

Didn't Hou Sheng boast just now that he had the virtue of a king, so the medicinal properties were fine?

Could it be that these prisoners are still on par with me?

The First Emperor looked at Hou Sheng with a cold face.

Hou Sheng understood in his heart, and still argued strongly in his mouth: "Your Majesty, what the minister said about the prince's lack of virtue is not a private virtue, but because the prince conquered the world and accumulated murderous energy in his chest, which contradicts the medicinal properties. However, they do not have the holy virtue of His Majesty to withstand the medicinal properties, and sooner or later they will get sick. ”

looked at Hou Sheng and barely circled it again.

The First Emperor said coldly: "Zhao Gao, see if Shezuo Geng and the others are still outside the mansion, let them in." ”

"Yui."

Zhao Gao received the order and immediately walked out.

Zhao Tuo and Ying Yin Yan were stunned for a moment, and then they reacted, it must have been the emperor who met them on the way here.

What is the emperor going to do next, Zhao Tuo has already thought of it, it seems that the ruler of the empire has made up his mind today, and he must figure out this matter.

Hou Sheng said that he Zhao Tuo was murderous because of the conquest, and after taking the pills, he would become violently ill when he contradicted the medicinal properties. If those prisoners were not violent and murderous, they would not have fallen ill, but could only have minor troubles.

This sounds like a reluctant explanation, but the prisoner's so-called minor trouble is not easy to see, and he doesn't know how long he will have to wait. Therefore, the emperor was ready to try the general of the expedition again, and the effect of this medicine was eaten.

If other generals take this medicine and also have the same symptoms as Zhao Tuo, it proves that Hou Sheng's theory is correct.

Zhao Tuo was a little worried in his heart, but after seeing that the three prisoners who had swallowed the medicine were fine, and then looked at the emperor who had taken the medicine for almost half a year, his heart relaxed a little.

After all, it is a chronic poison of heavy metals, and if you eat it once in a while, it shouldn't be a big problem.

After a while, Shima, Black Buttocks and others were really brought in by Zhao Gao.

Seeing Zhao Tuo lying on the bed with a pale face, the black buttocks and others immediately showed sadness.

"Prince."

The black buttocks called softly, and Shima, Zhong Liyi and the others also had red eyes, they followed Zhao Tuo to fight in the south and the north, when had they seen Zhao Tuo have such a weak appearance.

Because of the presence of the First Emperor, Zhao Tuo was inconvenient to say more, so he bowed his head slightly to them and said with a smile: "There is no big deal, don't worry." ”

Seeing everyone coming in, the First Emperor turned his head to look at Zhao Gao.

Zhao Gao immediately understood, stretched out his hand and pointed at Hou Sheng, and then said to the black buttocks and the others: "This Fang Shi said that the reason why Wugong Hou was violently ill was because of his long-term conquest, the killing spirit in his chest, and his violent and immoral, so it contradicted the medicinal properties, but no one knew whether his words were true or false......

Before Zhao Gao finished speaking, everyone already knew what he meant.

The black buttocks immediately shouted: "My black buttocks followed the prince's expedition to the Six Kingdoms, dozens of battles in the south and the north, and my subordinates don't know how many heads they have cut off. Please also ask Your Majesty to give me a medicine for my black buttocks, no matter what the result is, my black buttocks are willing! ”

The Lieutenant Mansion's Sima Black Buttocks knelt on the ground and asked the First Emperor for a drug test.

The rest of Shijian, Zhong Liyi, Lu Xuan, and even Li Shang all knelt on the ground and begged together.

Looking at this scene, the First Emperor frowned slightly, but he quickly calmed down.

He knew that the people in front of him were all from Zhao Tuo's subordinates, and the left was more wade, and the right was a colleague who was in Shiwuli when Zhao Tuo was fighting Yan.

This kind of experience, it is normal for them to have such feelings, but if they are deliberately distant, then it should be noticed.

For the First Emperor, Qin's system of transferring troops with tiger talismans was the greatest security guarantee, and Zhao Tuo, the martial arts marquis and his old subordinates, who did not have military power in hand, would not pose any threat to the center of the empire.

The First Emperor's face stretched, and he responded to the request of the black buttocks to let him test the medicine.

Xia Wuhe immediately brought a medicine, which was the remaining one of the two pills that the emperor gave to Zhao Tuo yesterday.

After Xia Wuhe's diagnosis was completed, he asked for this thing to study again, but he was just a doctor, not a monk, so he couldn't see anything, and now this remaining medicine is just for testing.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the medicine!"

The black buttocks thanked the emperor, then glanced at Zhao Tuo again, grinned, reached out and stuffed the pill into his mouth, and swallowed it with water.

Zhao Tuo watched this scene silently.

Black Buttocks, the most impulsive and incompetent person under his command, has the most loyal heart.

As for the appearance of Zhong Liyi and others begging for medicine, Zhao Tuo was also very moved.

His previous efforts are all rewarded, people's hearts are really flesh grown, except for some unrighteous and ruthless people, most people know gratitude, you treat people well, people treat you well.

After a while, the black buttocks patted his stomach and said, "My stomach is warm, I feel good." ”

As he spoke, the black buttocks turned his head to glare at Hou Sheng and said, "You old alchemist, didn't you say anything about medicinal sex and our generals who fought on the battlefield?" Why did the prince have a problem eating it, but nothing happened to me after eating my black buttocks! ”

Hou Sheng was sweating profusely.

How did he know what was going on with the martial arts marquis.

He just made up a set of nonsense metaphysical theories in a hurry, hoping to fool the past and save his life.

As a result, when he met the eldest princess and the first emperor, he was more serious, and he really found them one by one to test, and directly exposed his lies.

Now, of course, he can still excuse Zhao Tuo to get sick in the middle of the night, and after the black buttocks are eaten, it may take a while, but this is just a delay in death, and when it comes to tomorrow, if the black buttocks are fine, his fate will definitely be worse.

Hou Sheng can naturally say that the situation of Black Buttocks and Zhao Tuo is different, and he continues to extend his theory.

But looking at the indifference of the first emperor, the eldest princess's willow eyebrows, and the angry eyes of everyone around him, Hou Sheng knew that if he continued to make it up, it would only be to put out the fire with a salary, and the more he made it up, the more difficult it would be.

At this point, his fate can be seen.

Hou Sheng's whole body trembled, in order to survive, he decided not to do anything, and directly ripped off the theory he had just made, just to seek a glimmer of life.

Hou Sheng knelt on the ground and said loudly to the First Emperor: "Your Majesty, what the minister said just now is the minister's own speculation, maybe the matter of the martial arts marquis has nothing to do with the so-called conquest of virtue, but for another reason." But just now, the black-buttocked Sima and the three prisoners took the medicine offered by the minister, and they did not fall ill violently, which proves that the things offered by the minister are not harmless, and His Majesty has also taken it for half a year, but has there ever been a problem? The miraculous medicine offered by the minister is harmless, and the matter of the martial arts marquis has nothing to do with the minister! ”

Everyone was amazed.

Even Zhao Tuo propped himself up and stared at the old Fang Shi in front of him.

It's a single practice, this old guy saw that the situation was getting more and more unfavorable, and directly overturned his metaphysical theory just now, and only said that it was speculation.

Hou Sheng grabbed the three prisoners and the black buttocks to take the medicine, and the emperor took the medicine for half a year and there was no problem, to show that there was no problem with the miracle medicine he offered, and Zhao Tuo had an accident, that was Zhao Tuo's own problem, and it had nothing to do with his medicine at all.

Such a shameless operation is really shocking.

Zhao Tuo sneered in his heart, no matter how Hou Sheng explained, it was impossible for the emperor to trust him anymore.

Not to mention, he Zhao Tuo also has a killer feature, ready to advise the emperor and strictly investigate the history of alchemy.

Zhao Tuo believed that the medicine that Hou Sheng offered to the First Emperor should have been made after many times of blending, so as to minimize the possibility of accidents in the medicine, and there would be no violent death, but only chronic poisoning.

But before this relatively safe ratio appeared, they must have refined a lot of poisons in the process of testing, whether they were tested on livestock or humans, there would be casualties.

This is a certain thing, no one can figure out a safe ratio from the beginning, and they can only rely on constant experimentation.

Therefore, it is only necessary to torture these alchemists and take out the method of "waterboarding" to torture these criminal records from their mouths.

If the proportion of drugs is unbalanced, if you eat it in your stomach, you may die violently and become ill.

With the convictions of those who died after taking medicine, everything that happened to Zhao Tuo can be explained, maybe the medicine he Zhao Tuo took happened to be out of proportion, the largest of the six medicines.

If he Zhao Tuo didn't eat it, it was the First Emperor who ate it.

In this way, he, Zhao Tuo, is equivalent to blocking the First Emperor and eating the poison that should have been eaten by the First Emperor.

In this way, he can not only get the gratitude of the First Emperor.

Moreover, the First Emperor was afraid, and he would never spare these alchemists, and most of them would be directly executed.

Zhao Tuo planned everything very well.

But unfortunately, before he could speak, a sneer sounded.

"Well, there is no problem with the medicine you offered, but it is precisely because of this medicine that my prince has a problem. So if it's not your problem, is it because the medicine was changed in the middle of the way, or the poison failed? ”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces changed in fright.

Swapped in the middle of the process?

Poison in medicine?

Who dares to swap, who dares to poison, isn't this a hint at the emperor?

Hou Sheng was also frightened and shouted: "Eldest princess, I don't, I'm not, this and this ......"

His face was sweating and his teeth were shaking.

The First Emperor looked gloomy and turned his head to look at his eldest daughter.

This is also his favorite daughter who speaks here, and if she is replaced by someone else, she will be pulled down and cut down.

But at this time, he is not good at scolding, otherwise he will be suspected of covering his mouth.

Ying Yin Yan had already stood up at this time, she stared at the Hou Sheng, and said coldly: "In the Qin Palace, my father and the emperor are the most favored by the prince, and there will be no harm in mind. Then this poisonous medicine may have been changed by the traitor or secretly poisoned! ”

The First Emperor's face was slightly relaxed.

Zhonglang General Meng Yi and Zhonglang, as well as Zhao Gao, the commander of the CRRC Mansion, changed his expression suddenly.

Meng Yi is a lieutenant general, in charge of the palace guards, if someone can really change drugs and poison in the palace, he can't escape responsibility.

And Zhao Gao is a close minister of the emperor and often enters the palace to guard, so he is naturally suspected of committing crimes.

Hearing the words of the eldest princess, the two of them naturally couldn't be fine, and the surrounding Lang Wei was also nervous.

If this happens, I'm afraid they will have to be strictly investigated.

Fortunately, Yingyin Yan said next: "There are Meng Zhonglang generals in the palace who are guarded, and they are heavily guarded, so it is difficult for outsiders to enter the palace, and they have no chance to act, and they do not have the courage to do this." So it is impossible for the drug to have problems in the uterus. ”

Meng Yi and Zhao Gao both breathed a sigh of relief.

The First Emperor showed a hint of interest on his face, feeling that his daughter was a little different.

Zhao Tuo raised his head and looked at his wife in surprise.

Ying Yin Yan didn't care, a pair of beautiful eyes stared at the Fang Shi in front of her, and said sharply: "Since it is impossible for the medicine to have problems in the palace, then it can only be the problem of you who refine the medicine, and the medicine you offered is already problematic, right?" ”

"That's not right...... Right...... Not right......"

Even though Hou Sheng has been out for decades, he is now about to be driven crazy by the eldest princess's words.

Wugong Hou Zhao Tuo got sick after taking medicine, so there must be something wrong with the medicine.

If there was no problem when he offered medicine, wouldn't it mean that the people in the palace did it?

Did he want to imply that the emperor was planning to assassinate the Marquis of Gonggong?

Or did Meng Yi and Zhao Gao and other close ministers in the palace secretly change drugs and poison them?

Looking at the expressionless face of the First Emperor, Meng Yi and Zhao Gao were full of anger, and all the Lang Wei around them looked at each other angrily, how dare he say it.

When he said it, the First Emperor directly slaughtered him.

But if there was a problem when he offered medicine, wouldn't it be that he had hidden evil intentions and deliberately harmed the First Emperor?

How could he admit it?

At this moment, Hou Sheng felt that his whole body was numb.

He didn't dare to say that the medicine he offered was fine, nor did he dare to say that there was a problem with the medicine.

He's been completely killed by this logic.

"I don't know, I don't know!"

Hou Sheng cried: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know! Your Majesty, if the minister is wronged, the minister will still refine the immortal medicine for you! ”

Hearing this, the First Emperor's body trembled, he turned his head sideways, and glanced at Zhao Tuo, who looked weak next to him.

Then he opened his mouth coldly.

"All the alchemists, pit it!"

(End of chapter)