Yin Tong has been arguing with Li Mo for nearly ten years, and he still has some understanding of Li Mo's situation.

Li Mo coughed lightly, did not deny it, and said lightly: "Since the county guard has seen it, I won't talk nonsense." ”

"The matter has come to this, we don't have many other choices, the first is to rebel against Qin, I don't know what the county guard thinks, but in my opinion, this is very stupid and undesirable, Your Majesty's army is coming, at this time to rebel against Qin, the way to die is also."

"Although I, Li Mo, am greedy for money, I have read a few books, and I can barely have a little pen and ink in my belly."

"I also know the truth of using the mantis arm as a car."

"And we rebelled against Qin, most of them can only switch to the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, the county guards and I have private contact, these people are arrogant, although they can only hide in Tibet at the moment, but they have always maintained a superior attitude, if it weren't for me as a county Cheng, most of these people probably wouldn't look at me squarely, after all, in the past Chu State, they were all big clans, and they all had their own territories."

"How can such philistines as we enter their eyes?"

"We are officials, and we are not valued by them, and when we are down, we will only be further neglected."

"I, Li Mo, have not been used to laughing in a low voice since I came out."

"And with the Qin army in front, how dare they really make too many moves? It's just that they are taking advantage of us and others to continue to bluff and confuse the local people, and it will be difficult for us to come to the stage again in the future. ”

"So if you run away, I Li Mo can't do it."

"Plus."

"I really can't bear this official uniform."

"I, Li Mo, are different from the county guard, I am from a poor family, and I have exhausted my life's work to achieve my current position, so I just give up, I really can't do it."

"This officer."

"I haven't done enough yet."

"But in my opinion, the county guard is not enough."

Yin Tong had a gloomy face and did not answer.

Li Mo sneered, stroked his eight-character beard, and said coldly: "Since you and I don't want to have an accident, and the imperial court has already found some eyebrows, my suggestion is to simply take the initiative to surrender." ”

As soon as the words fell.

Yin Tong's voice came out directly.

"Surrender?"

"Li Mo, you want to die, don't take me with you."

"I don't want to die yet."

Li Mo laughed loudly, with a hint of disdain in his eyes, and said contemptuously: "County guard, why don't you listen to me?" In fact, there is not such a big contradiction between us, and if the county guard had listened to me in the past, we would not have been so stiff. ”

"When I say surrender, I don't mean surrender."

"You don't want to die."

"I, Li Mo, don't want to die either."

"The surrender I am talking about is to follow Yunmeng's approach, and put all the problems on a few officials, so that they can resist all the blame for our crimes."

Hear the words.

Yin Tong's eyes moved slightly.

He said in a condensed voice, "How much do you know about Yunmeng's side? ”

Li Mo said in a deep voice: "I have been inquiring about the situation on Yunmeng's side for the past month, and from the news I inquired about, it seems that the imperial court just wants to calm down some public anger, and does not want to make a big deal because of this, many things are up to the point, although the situation on Yunmeng's side is not as severe as that of Huiji County, but the private officials are also deeply involved with the nobles of the Six Kingdoms." ”

"But in the end, it turned out that just some of the assistants had an accident."

"There are already some clues to this."

"After all, the imperial court is short of manpower, and we still need to guard the Quartet for Your Majesty."

"It's just your personal guess." Yin Tong was noncommittal.

Li Mo nodded and admitted: "This is indeed just my personal conjecture, but it may not be true, why would the imperial court stay in the little-known Lushan for ten days?" Isn't this deliberately opening the door to convenience for us? ”

"The imperial court sent someone to investigate Huiji County a month ago."

"When Yunmeng dealt with it, it was completely possible for the army to go straight to Huiji, at that time we had no way out, but the imperial court did not do this, the imperial court did not have enough control over the Kanto region, but it was possible to easily investigate some things by arranging people to do investigations in the local area in advance, after all, the Xiang clan and the Song clan, the old Chu clan, had never concealed it, and they had become the guests of local heroes several times."

"The county guard thinks that the imperial court really can't find out about these things?"

Yin Tong was silent.

This is naturally impossible.

If the Xiang family had shrunk their heads and behaved in the past, they might still be able to hide, but the Xiang family did not do this, but swaggered in the city, and openly appeared on the banquet rosters of many powerful and official officials many times, and this matter has long been known to the local people.

It can't be blocked at all.

The imperial court probably knew about this a long time ago.

"Even if the imperial court is no longer powerless, it is still very easy to inquire about some well-known things, so we can't cover up for these people at all, and I heard in the past few days that the county guard has been persuading the nobles of the six countries to go out and avoid it, but these people are not moved at all, what the county guard did, I also did during this time, and the result is the same." Li Mo sneered.

There was a cold look in his eyes: "Since they are unkind, don't blame us for being unjust." ”

"It's hard to persuade good words."

"Then let them die!"

Yin Tong's eyes flickered.

He was already a little moved by Li Mo's suggestion.

He said in a deep voice, "What do you want to do?" ”

Li Mo had a gloomy face, lowered his voice, and said: "You and I, who control the affairs of Huiji County, and the officials below, except for the county lieutenant with an unknown attitude, basically have a certain relationship with us, that is, you and I, as long as we are of the same mind, Huiji County will basically not have a second voice." ”

"And that's where we go."

"In the next few days, we can collect all the things that everyone in the city knows, record the list of officials and heroes who participated in it, and at the same time push all the things that are unknown to the outside world or ambiguous to the two county leaders, so that we can get out of it ourselves, and we can also take the initiative to ask the court for guilt, and the officials are not clear, and they commit crimes such as not being able to observe."

"Leave everything clean."

"Biting to death is to trust these two people too much, and they don't know anything about the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, and they have been kept in the dark by these people, and then talk about their achievements over the years, in exchange for Your Majesty's trust, as long as Your Majesty doesn't really kill us, or wants to make an example of chickens and monkeys, most of us can save this life."

"And"

"As long as you end up handing in enough rosters."

"It is very possible that we will not be given a lenient sentence, or even just punished as 'fake'."

"We're turning ourselves in, after all."

"I also submitted so many petitions to the imperial court, how can the imperial court give us a decent end."

Hear the words.

Yin Tong's brows furrowed.

He felt that Li Mo's idea was too risky.

It's all gambling.

Bet that the First Emperor didn't want to kill them all.

If you make a mistake, you're all in it.

Yin Tong said in a condensed voice: "What if what we submitted is inconsistent with the imperial court investigation? ”

Li Mo sneered: "Bite it to death and don't admit it, and plant it all to others." ”

Yin Tong looked at his old opponent coldly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

He already understood Li Mo's thoughts, this was to let him sell the two henchmen around him, and let them carry everything for him, so that he could get out of it.

This method does work.

As long as the court can't find any substantive evidence, it really can't do anything about itself.

But that's the henchman I've worked so hard to cultivate.

And without the help of these two county assistants, he may not be able to defend the county.

Yin Tong's face was not good.

Li Mo also knew Yin Tong's worries, and persuaded: "I also know what the county guard is worried about, but although the county guard can rest assured, this time the county guard will indeed lose two henchmen, but I also lose a lot, and other relevant officials, I, Li Mo, am responsible for most of them." ”

"I can't bear the child's wolf."

"If you don't make an attitude, how can you trust Your Majesty?"

Hear the words.

Yin Tong's face softened slightly, and he said gloomily: "In this way, the nobles of the Six Kingdoms may also suffer a lot of losses, but I am afraid that after this incident, it will be difficult for us and the nobles of the Six Kingdoms to go back to the past, and we may not be able to achieve peace under the rule." ”

Li Mo sneered and said noncommittally: "So what? ”

"No matter how dissatisfied the nobles of the Six Kingdoms are, do they dare to rebel directly?"

"And this time they were unkind, and if they retreated early, we would be so overwhelmed? Just like Yunmeng's surroundings, hand over some officials who are not painful, and now that they have fallen to this point, shouldn't they be responsible? ”

"The benefits are all for them."

"How can there be such a truth in the world?"

"And"

"Don't forget the county guard."

"We are officials, they are thieves and cowards."

"If it weren't for our private protection, how dare they appear in the city so blatantly? What did they do to us as a result? They are all doing this to us, so why should we save face? ”

"It's time for these nobles to pay the price for their arrogance."

Li Mo's expression was indifferent.

He was usually a little dissatisfied with the arrogant posture of these nobles, but this time the indifferent attitude of the Xiang family and other old Chu nobles completely aroused his anger.

And it's time to sober up these old Chu nobles.

It's time for them to identify themselves.

They were no longer the Chu clan, just some fugitives under the rule of Great Qin.

And they are officials!

How dare the thieves coerce them?

Do they have this qualification?

Is it worthy?

Yin Tong's eyes moved slightly.

He had already moved for Li Mo's words.

As Li Mo said, they are officials, how can they always be at the mercy of the old Chu nobles?

In the past, they deliberately made some convenience and promised some benefits for the sake of the former glory of the old Chu nobles, but this is not the reason why the old Chu nobles dared to kick their noses in the face, since they couldn't distinguish their identities, they should let them recognize it.

Otherwise, wouldn't he have become a retainer of Old Chu?

That's it.

Yin Tong's expression calmed down.

He said in a deep voice: "It makes sense, the court lacks officials, and we take the initiative to surrender, even if Your Majesty is angry again, it will not really do anything to us, and as long as the court does not really find out about us, we can all shirk it." ”

"A crime of negligence, I can still afford it."

Hear the words.

Li Mo's face was overjoyed.

When he came, he was a little worried that Yin Tong would refuse.

After all, it is indeed difficult to let Yin Tong sell his two henchmen, he never thought that Yin Tong was even more ruthless than he thought, so he agreed directly, and he couldn't help but show joy on his face.

Forthwith.

Li Mo seemed to be worried that Yin Tong would regret it, and hurriedly said: "Since the county guard agreed, the lower officials will be relieved, but before that, I still suggest that other officials in the county be summoned, after all, this matter needs to be unified in voice, and the price of two county officials has already been paid, and other county officials should be retained as much as possible." ”

"In this way, we will not lose ground in the future."

Yin Tong nodded and said, "Just do as you say." ”

"This is the end of it."

"It's time to make a decision."

"I've promoted and cultivated them for so long, and it's time for them to repay me, but under such a serious crime, their families will definitely be affected, and before that, I still try to keep one or two bloodlines for them."

"As it should be." Li Mo hurriedly said.

After a brief summing up, the two directly instructed the officials outside to call the other officials in the county.

However, when mentioning one person, Yin Tong showed a hint of hesitation, and he said in a condensed voice: "Everyone else is easy to handle, but what about the county lieutenant?" This person is from the old Qin people, and he may not really have the same heart as us, if this person betrays us, we are afraid that we will not be able to argue. ”

Hear the words.

Li Mo laughed and said, "The county guard is too worried. ”

"These old Qin people used to live hard, and they have been suppressing their temperament, and they came to Huiji County, although they are still secretive, but they have gradually exposed their true nature over the years, although they have not occupied any people's land, but they have done things with many people and girls in private, but this matter is rarely known to the outside world, but it just so happens that I just know."

"If such a big thing happened to Huiji County, isn't he responsible?"

"If you really force us to be anxious and tell him about the dirty things he did in the county, although he doesn't have to worry about his life, I'm afraid he won't be able to please him, and if he is relegated to Lingnan or Beiyuan, he probably won't want to."

Yin Tong was stunned.

Then he burst out laughing: "That's fine." ”

His last worries were gone.

As for whether he will be hated by the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, or betrayed for the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, he is not worried at all, and if he wants to add to the crime, why should he be in trouble? And do these people really dare to sell themselves?

He didn't believe it.

He knows more about the situation of the Xiang family and the Song family than the outside world.

If the net of the real fish is broken, he will certainly die, but the old Chu nobles can't please anything, the vitality will not be damaged, and the manpower in the clan will be at least half lost, this price, he doesn't believe that the old Chu nobles are willing to bear it.

Of course.

He will not really offend the old Chu nobles to death.

When the first emperor arrived, he would also secretly send a letter to the past, and as for how much the old Chu nobles could escape, it depended on their luck.

He's done his best anyway.

Not for a while.

There were more than a dozen carriages outside the county guard's mansion.

The officials who got out of the car were all in a hurry, with serious expressions on their faces.

But by the time they left, their faces had already returned to normal, but there was excitement and ecstasy in their eyes.

Even when I got into the carriage, my movements were much lighter.

Three days later.

The first emperor's hunting camp, after two days of shore repair, finally arrived at Huiji City at sunset.

Outside the city.

The officials headed by the county guard Yin Tong were respectfully greeting outside the city.

But it's kneeling.

(End of chapter)