After getting Hu Hai's command, Zhao Gao, who was full of confidence, did not delay at all, and after he came out of the palace, he immediately dispatched people and horses to go straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

As soon as Li Si returned to the house, he didn't even have time to change his clothes to relieve his breath, and Zhao Gao arrived with a large group of pursuers.

The door of the Prime Minister's Mansion was closed, Zhao Gao glanced at an officer when he arrived, and the officer hurriedly led a few soldiers to kick the gate open, and after kicking the gate open, they quickly controlled the door guarding the door, and then the officer and the soldier who broke the door stood on both sides, and respectfully watched Zhao Gao lead the team into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Breaking into the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhao Gao ordered the soldiers to control the exits to prevent everyone in the palace from escaping. He led some people straight into the main hall, and when he arrived in the hall, he shouted with a shy stomach: "Where is Li Si? Come and take the order! ”

Li Si was in the back hall at this time, and when he heard that Zhao Gao had come to announce the decree, he suddenly felt uneasy in his heart, and hurriedly rushed to the main hall with his family, knelt on the ground, and shouted: "Minister Li Si takes the order!" ”

Zhao Gao put his hands behind his back and said to Li Si: "Your Majesty, as the prime minister of Great Qin, Li Si does not want to thank the emperor and serve the country, but colludes with thieves, and his son Li You has a close relationship with Xiang Yu and intends to rebel. His Majesty specially ordered the officials to investigate Li Si's rebellion, Prime Minister Li, please come with me! ”

After the words were spoken, Zhao Gao made a "please" gesture to Li Si, Li Si had no choice but to stand up and let the soldiers led by Zhao Gao escort him out.

"Take all Li Si's family members and guests away!" After Li Si was escorted out, Zhao Gao glanced at the officer beside him, and the officer hurriedly ordered the soldiers to escort all the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, regardless of the master and servant, back to the prison.

The officers and soldiers who escorted Li Si were polite to him along the way and did not shackle him.

Li Si walked slowly towards the prison in Xianyang City under the escort of a group of Qin soldiers, and when he passed the entrance of the market, he was surprised to find a large group of people kneeling there by a group of soldiers.

The group of kneeling people had a straw stick stuck in the back of their necks, which was the sign of the death row inmates before they were executed.

When Li Si slowly approached these people, they all raised their heads and looked at Li Si with tears in their eyes, and it was only then that Li Si saw clearly that these people were actually the officials who impeached Zhao Gao with him before, and Cao Jin, who was the first to report to him, was also impressive.

"Prime Minister!" Li Si raised his head slightly, slowly closed his eyes, he walked step by step in front of these people who were about to be beheaded, when he walked in front of Cao Jin, Cao Jin, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly kneeled and threw himself at him, and his head hit the ground behind Li Si's feet.

Blood and tears flowed from his broken forehead down Cao Jin's cheeks, and he put his head on the ground and shouted heartbreakingly: "Prime Minister! Daqin is over! Zhao Gao's usurpation of Qin is known to the world, but His Majesty is ignorant. In the past, there was a prime minister, Zhao Gaoshang had scruples, and now that the prime minister is not there, the mountains and rivers that the first emperor led the Great Qin Jian'er to lay down will change hands overnight! ”

When Cao Jin shouted these words, the death row prisoners who were kneeling together suddenly burst into tears, and Li Si's tightly closed eyes couldn't help but shed two tears.

He regretted it, regretted that he died when the initial emperor died, and colluded with Zhao Gao to launch the Dune Revolution for his own selfishness. not only killed Gongzi Fusu, Meng Tian, and Meng Yi brothers, but also killed all his daughters-in-law and sons-in-law, and handed over the political affairs of Daqin to Zhao Gao.

Li Si regretted that if it were not for the change in the sand dunes of that year, it would not have been possible for the mediocre Hu Hai to ascend the throne. The wise Fusu will definitely make great efforts to govern the Great Qin more prosperously.

"Bang Bang!" A loud slap came from behind Li Si, accompanied by the sound of slapping, and an officer's scolding: "Rebel ministers and thieves, you still talk about death when you die!" I told you to curse me Daqin! Tell you to frame Lord Zhao! ”

Li Si didn't look back, he knew that it was the officer who was slapping Cao Jin. He wanted to shout "stop" to the officer, but these two words crept up on his lips, but he could not say them. Yes, what can he do now, even if he shouts out? How many more people will obey his orders?

Zhao Gao threw Li Si and the arrested Li relatives and disciples into the prison, and that night, the residents near the prison heard screams coming from inside.

Early the next morning, Zhao Gao entered the cell where Li Si was being held with the confessions of Li's relatives and doormen who testified against Li Si's rebellion.

As soon as he entered the prison, Zhao Gao said with a smile on his face: "Prime Minister, the lower officials raided the relatives and guests of your mansion overnight yesterday, and they all recruited them, so you should confess quickly, don't make the lower officials embarrassed!" ”

Li Si glanced at Zhao Gao contemptuously, and the corners of his mouth twitched and said: "Zhao Gao, you have brought me down, and now no one in the court can threaten you, when will you take this Great Qin's country?" ”

"What did the prime minister say!" Zhao Gao waved his hand with a smile on his face and said to Li Si: "Xiaguan is humble and diligent, in order to assist Your Majesty to govern the world well. It's the prime minister, you better talk about how you colluded with the thieves in a vain attempt to destroy Great Qin! ”

Li Si sat on the ground, raised his head and looked at Zhao Gao with a smug smile on his face in front of him, and after a long time, he nodded heavily, and sighed helplessly: "Okay, I'll move." Go and prepare bamboo chips and carving knives for me, and I will count my faults and ask your majesty for my sins today! ”

"Hehe, the next official will do it!" Hearing Li Si say that he was willing to confess, Zhao Gao smiled even brighter, bowed to Li Si, and withdrew.

It didn't take long for a jailer to bring a piece of bamboo and a carving knife to Lees.

Li Si held a carving knife in his hand, and after pondering for a long time, he carved it on the bamboo piece, and a line of powerful small seals suddenly appeared on the blue-green bamboo piece.

"The minister has served as the prime minister of Great Qin and has assisted the king in governing the people for more than 30 years." Carved here, Li Si lifted the carving knife and groaned for a while, and then engraved it on the bamboo piece: "From the beginning of the minister to the Great Qin, the territory of the Qin State is narrow. When the first emperor did not unify the world, the land of Qin was only a thousand miles, and there were only hundreds of thousands of people with armor. The ministers did their best to obey the laws and regulations, secretly sent envoys to divide the princes of various countries, expand armaments, rectify politics and religion, appoint talents, respect meritorious heroes, and improve the rank of meritorious people. Therefore, it was possible to coerce Korea, weaken the Wei state, defeat Yan Zhao, eliminate Qi Chu, and finally annex the six countries, kill and captivize their kings, and establish the former king as the son of heaven, which is the first crime of the minister! ”

Engraved here, Li Si held the carving knife in his hand, sighed, and continued to engrave: "After the annexation of the Six Kingdoms, Qin's territory is still narrow, and the Xiongnu in the north are on the border, and the minister is committed to sending troops to the north to expel the Xiongnu, and he also sent troops to pacify South Vietnam, showing the world the strength of Great Qin, this is the second crime of the minister!" Respecting meritorious heroes, improving their titles and salaries, and making them loyal to Great Qin is the third crime of the ministers! Establishing a shrine and repairing a temple to show the wisdom of the county lord to the world is the fourth crime of the minister! ”

When the fourth count was engraved, Li Si's heart was filled with a trace of sadness, he shook his head self-deprecatingly, two lines of turbid tears slipped from the corners of his eyes, and a "click" sound dripped onto the bamboo slices.

"Speak to the First Emperor, unify the degree, measurement, and balance, and promote it to the whole world, so that the prestige of Great Qin will spread far and wide, this is the fifth crime of the minister! Build a galloping road, make the world convenient transportation, build palaces, imperial tombs, and please the king, this is the sixth crime of the minister! Reducing the punishment and reducing taxes, so that the people's hearts will be inclined to the monarch, so that all the people will support them, this is the seventh crime of the ministers! After carving the seven deadly sins, Li Si picked up the bamboo piece and stared at it for a long time, and finally added a sentence at the end: "Li Si is a human minister, the above sins are enough for me to die thousands of times, and I have to do my best to assist the king, so I can survive until now, and I hope Your Majesty will investigate it carefully!" ”

After carving the seven counts, Li Si picked up the bamboo piece and recited it aloud in the prison, in a state of obsession. After repeating it several times, he suddenly laughed and shouted outside the prison: "Come, my charges have been listed, please present them to Your Majesty!" ”

The jailer took the chapter and presented it to the prison officer who managed the prison, but the prison officer did not immediately hand it over to Zhao Gao, but read it first, and after reading it, he couldn't help but sneer, and said to himself: "Li Si wrote such a crime, it is clearly not a confession, but a show of merit, and he is asking His Majesty for favors, how can such things be handed over to His Majesty?" ”

The prison officer stuffed the bamboo piece engraved with Li Si's seven deadly sins into his arms, hurriedly ran out of the prison, and ran straight to Lang Zhongling's mansion.

Zhao Gao took the bamboo piece from the prison officer's hand, and after reading the seven deadly sins written on it, the corners of his mouth pursed and said, "Throw it away, how can the prisoner be sparse?" Don't pollute Your Majesty's audio-visual is! ”

The prison officer answered, and left Lang Zhongling's Mansion with a piece of bamboo.

After the prison officer left, Zhao Gao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he shouted outside the door: "Come on, go and call Zhao Cheng!" ”

As soon as his words fell, an attendant outside the door answered, and went straight out of the house to find Zhao Gao's younger brother Zhao Cheng.

Li Si would never have dreamed that one of his seven deadly sins would not bring him the pardon of Qin II, but one torture after another to extract confessions.

After all, Li Si was born in the literati, and after surviving several forced confessions, he finally gave in to the trick.

In order to prevent him from retracting his confession, Zhao Gao also deliberately asked Zhao Cheng to arrange for his cronies to pretend to be officials such as imperial history, confessors, and servants to interrogate Li Si.

Every time Li Si thought that it was really an official sent by the imperial court to investigate, but when he confessed the truth, he would be beaten again.

Later, Li Sixue was obedient, no matter who was arraigned, he no longer defended, so that when the second sent someone to review Li Si's case alone, Li Si was afraid of suffering from the flesh and skin, so he readily admitted the rebellion, and lost the last chance to defend himself.