Huiji County.

The officials led by Yin Tong all knelt on the ground at this moment.

It's just that the first emperor's convoy did not stop in front of Yin Tong and the others, and drove into the city unhurriedly, which made Yin Tong and the others shocked, but they didn't dare to have any doubts, and they faintly guessed the reason, and their hearts couldn't help sinking.

As the First Emperor's chariot entered the city, Yin Tong and other officials still did not get up.

They still knelt on their knees.

Long.

Zhao Gao took a step, went to the outside of the city, looked at it a few times, and sneered: "What do you mean by this?" Do you want to embarrass Your Majesty? Or are you threatening Your Majesty?! ”

Yin Tong hurriedly said: "How dare the lower officials threaten Your Majesty? ”

"It was only recently that Xia Guan suddenly learned that many officials in the county actually colluded with the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, and even shielded the remnants of the Six Kingdoms many times, and the Xia Guan had already committed the crime of not noticing, and he was terrified, and he just wanted to ask His Majesty for guilt."

"The subordinate knows that he is guilty of a deep sin, and he does not dare to ask His Majesty for forgiveness."

"Single-mindedly seeking only punishment."

"Please also ask Zhao Zhongche to pass the word on his behalf."

"Thank you."

After speaking.

Yin Tong saluted directly to Zhao Gao.

Hear the words.

Zhao Gao sneered and said gloomily: "Recently? But how did I hear that you have been the county warden for six or seven years, and for such a long time, you really don't know about these things in the county? ”

"I don't even believe this, how can I hide it from Your Majesty."

Zhao Gao was unmoved.

Yin Tong's heart sank.

He knew that His Majesty must have found something, otherwise he would not be so simply indifferent.

He smiled bitterly: "What the CRRC government decree said is extremely true, Yin Tong was also deeply shocked when he heard these news, because I think that I have been an official in Huiji County for a long time, and I know a lot about the local situation. ”

"It's just that the lower officials didn't expect it."

"These remnants of the Six Kingdoms are so treacherous that they have secretly bought my two counties."

"I am from the two county Zuohan family, the family road has long fallen, if it were not for my help, there would be no chance to Shi Qin, I have worked with me for more than 20 years, I think I know the roots, and I have always been upright in doing things in the past, and I also trust them very much, everything that is handed over to them, has always only asked about the results, and rarely asked about the process, but I didn't expect that this gave them the opportunity to get their hands on it."

"I was bought by the remnants of the six countries, and together with other officials, I was blinded."

"I didn't notice it for a long time, and that's when I made a big mistake."

"Yin Tong is guilty."

"Don't dare to ask for mercy."

"Yin Tong's only wish at the moment is to ask His Majesty to order a thorough investigation of Huiji County, arrest all the remnants of the six countries hidden in Huiji County, and make Huiji County a well-known world."

"Please make the order of the CRRC government complete."

Yin Tong grabbed the ground with his head, and his attitude was extremely low.

Li Mo and other officials also spoke, tears streaming down their voices, although they were also pleading verbally, most of them were also clearing up their involvement, but they just said that because the two county officials were county guards' cronies, they didn't dare to offend, and they didn't dare to ask more, which led to this situation.

Zhao Gao looked at it coldly.

How could he listen to such nonsense?

How can they be cronies and not know about it? This is clearly shirking responsibility, or pushing responsibility out.

Seeing that Zhao Gao was indifferent, Yin Tong's eyes showed a hint of anxiety.

He hurriedly said: "I know that the CRRC government order does not believe it, and I myself think it is ridiculous, but this is indeed the case, but Yin Tong is really shameless to justify, before His Majesty arrived, I have ordered a thorough investigation of the two county officials, but the county officials have limited ability, and can only find some approximate ones, and ask the CRRC government order to send it to the imperial history mansion on their behalf." ”

said.

Yin Tong took out a bamboo slip from his sleeve.

Then he held it high above his head and handed it to Zhao Gao respectfully.

Looked at.

Zhao Gao's eyes moved slightly.

He stretched out his hand, took the bamboo slip, and glanced at it casually, but it was a few glances, but it instantly made his gaze certain, his eyes showed a touch of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "Since Yin Junshou is so hearted, how can I, Zhao Gao, refuse?" ”

"Your Majesty asked me to pass on a message."

"Chen Yintong (Li Mo) received the order." Yin Tong and other officials said loudly.

Zhao Gao smiled and said, "Don't be so nervous, Your Majesty just asked me to pass on a message, saying that you don't have to kneel outside, how can the officials of Great Qin kneel so easily?" As for the affairs of Huiji County, His Majesty will let people investigate it strictly. ”

"As for what they will do in the end, it will be clear when everything is clarified."

"You guys go back first."

"Each has its own role during this time."

"If it is really found that you colluded with the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, or secretly helped the remnants of the Six Nations to escape, or colluded in confessions halfway, then don't blame Qin Fa for being ruthless."

Yin Tong said in a trembling voice: "Yin Tong doesn't dare." ”

"Get up." Zhao Gao stretched out his hand to help Yin Tong up, glanced at the bamboo slip in his hand, and also walked away.

Yin Tong and the others lowered their heads and watched Zhao Gao walk away.

When Zhao Gao's figure disappeared from view, Yin Tong and the others slowly raised their heads, with a trace of worry and uneasiness in their eyes.

Li Mo said in a low voice: "Looking at Your Majesty's indifferent attitude towards us, we really found out something some time ago, fortunately, we made preparations early, otherwise when Your Majesty entered the city, we would have already fallen to the ground." ”

Yin Tong was also very lucky in his heart.

They hadn't really thought about greeting them before.

It's just that Li Mo persuaded him many times later, thinking that he should make the worst plan as much as possible, and at the same time take this opportunity to test His Majesty's attitude towards them, so as to know how to deal with it in the future.

The results are already evident.

His Majesty was very dissatisfied with the affairs of Huiji County.

Even if they fell to their knees and begged for mercy, they were not moved at all.

The one who came to pass the word was only a CRRC government order that had lost power, and none of the important ministers of the court came, and the dissatisfaction was visible to the naked eye.

The only thing that made them happy was that they did not hesitate to spend money for fear of implicating themselves, not only writing out a large number of officials in the county, but also exposing the hiding places of many nobles of the Six Kingdoms.

This made Zhao Gao surprised.

Then.

Someone asked in a low voice, "What do you think will be the effect of the roster we provided?" ”

Li Mo frowned, shook his head and said: "The effect is unpredictable, it all depends on whether Your Majesty can dissipate your anger in the end, but Your Majesty has not found many remnants of the Six Kingdoms near Yunmeng, and we have provided so many hiding places for the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, Your Majesty should be able to dissipate a lot of anger, but what the imperial court has found is the most troublesome thing." ”

"Our attitude towards the imperial court is also obvious."

"There is no intention of rebellion."

"Your Majesty should be able to detect it from this list, so in my opinion, you may receive some punishment, but it is unlikely to harm your life, but now the guillotine of the imperial court is still hanging over our heads, you must remember to be cautious in your words and deeds these days, and do not seize the handle for others."

Everyone nodded hurriedly.

How dare they make any other moves now?

Seeing that His Majesty ignored him, he was already frightened, and now he only dared to wait and see.

Yin Tong's face was solemn.

He was also feeling more pressure than ever at the moment.

If you are not careful, you may be in a different place.

It's just that they have chosen to do so now, even if they are no longer uneasy, they can only go on hard, and once they are forgiven by the imperial court, the sharp blade hanging over their heads will be completely put down, and they will have more choices in the future.

There are both benefits and disadvantages.

It depends on the end result.

The officials did not dare to stay at the gate for too long, and after a few words of concern, they dispersed.

Yin Tong walked side by side with Li Mo.

Yin Channel: "Do you think Your Majesty will be satisfied with the sincerity we have shown?" ”

Li Mo raised his eyebrows and said quietly: "I think it is enough to explain the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, but it is not enough to hand over the officials." ”

"Yunmeng's side is the imperial court's action, so the crime to Junzuo will end here, but the situation in Huiji County is obviously more complicated than that over there, but the same crime to Junzuo will stop, this is actually not enough, fortunately, we took precautions in advance, and sold all the small nobles among the nobles of the six countries, as well as the nobles who have fallen into the middle, and even those big nobles have also written a lot, so they can barely cope with it."

"We still had a fluke."

Li Mo shook his head.

I was also scared in my heart.

Yin Tong was silent.

How could he not know?

But being able to hand over two county assistants is already the limit of what they can do, and if they hand over a few more people of similar status and status, even if they want to do this, the other officials will not agree anymore, after all, so many middle and lower-level officials have been provided before.

Li Mo smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, the roster we prepared was finally accepted by Zhao Gao, if we were not accepted, we would be really in danger." ”

Yin Tong also nodded with a wry smile.

He thinks he's done everything he can to compromise.

If this cannot be forgiven by the imperial court, then there is really no way.

Forthwith.

Yin Tong's eyes showed a cold light.

He said coldly: "The matter has come to this point, and I don't care about the life and death of the nobles of the six countries, the current court is obviously ambiguous, if the number of nobles of the six countries is too small in the end, I am afraid that it will still be blamed on us, so since we have already offended, we will be completely ruthless, only notify a few big families, as for the other nobles, all of them don't care." ”

Yin Tong was also ruthless.

After this period of time, let him see the face of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms thoroughly, and he will no longer have too much good impression of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, they are just interests, and now it is a matter of his own life and death, how can he think about the life and death of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms?

Li Mo nodded.

He also didn't have much affection for the nobles of the Six Kingdoms.

He will not intercede for the nobles of the Six Kingdoms.

The two walked side by side for a while, and then separated directly.

The other side.

Yingzheng's chariot did not stop.

Passing through Huiji Castle, we finally reached the nearby Imperial Palace.

In a side hall.

Yingzheng summoned several ministers.

Prime Minister Li Si, Imperial Historian Dunqiao, Tingwei Shi Lu, Imperial Historian Tao She and others are among them.

Ying Zheng looked at the bamboo slip in his hand, and there was a cold color in his eyes.

This bamboo slip was handed over to Zhao Gao by Yin Tong and sent by Zhao Gao.

Ying Zheng put the bamboo slip on the side of the big case, and said coldly: "Look at it, this is the list submitted by Yin Tong, the county shou of Huiji County, which clearly says Huiji County, as far as he found out by himself, there are more than 200 officials who colluded with the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, and it also records the hiding places of many nobles of the Six Kingdoms, and some are even in Huiji City." ”

"Right under the nose of the government!"

"This is the official of Great Qin."

Speaking of excitement.

Ying Zheng even directly slapped the case and shouted angrily.

Li Si and the others looked at each other, not daring to say anything.

But he still tiptoed forward, took this bamboo slip into his hand, read it himself, and handed it to the other courtiers beside him, and when all the courtiers in the hall finished reading, they couldn't help but show a cold color in their eyes.

They have been in the government for many years, how can they not see the problem?

So many officials have committed crimes, can really be done by two county officials? If the two county officials can do this with their hands and eyes, then the county guard of Huiji County and the county lieutenant and others are too incompetent.

It can't even be said to be incompetent.

It's clearly a waste!

But are the other officials of Huiji County really rubbish?

Naturally not.

This roster was clearly deliberately concocted to fool the imperial court.

With this roster, they didn't have too many surprises, but the roster provided above made Li Si and others a little surprised, these people were really scared this time, so that they had to break their wrists, although only two county-level officials were handed over, but county-level township-level officials handed over a lot, and what surprised Li Si and others even more was that it also took the initiative to provide the hiding addresses of many nobles of the Six Kingdoms.

Among them, there are many old Chu clans such as the Xiang family and the Song family who were wanted by the imperial court.

Look at it this way.

The roster is actually full of sincerity.

Seeing that Li Si and the others didn't say a word, Ying Zheng's eyes closed slightly, and he said coldly: "Since you have finished reading this roster, then tell me how you feel about this roster." ”

Li Si glanced at each other and said with a smile: "The minister thinks that the intention of the imperial court has been achieved. ”

"The imperial court deliberately exposed their whereabouts outside, in order to cause fear among the officials near Wuyue, and then they had to make a choice, whether it was to protect themselves and take the initiative to hand over some manpower, or choose to rebel, for the time being, the officials of Huiji County chose to protect themselves, and their determination was also not small, although there were not many accidents among county-level officials, but other officials were a lot of sacrifices."

"More importantly."

"Huiji County does know a lot of traces of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms."

"With this information, the imperial court's next clean-up of the remnants of the Six Kingdoms in Wu and Yue will be quite easy, and the forces of the Six Kingdoms entrenched in Wu and Yue will also be effectively rectified."

"I think."

"The roster is good enough."

After speaking.

Li Si slowly retreated.

Ying Zheng looked at Li Si coldly and did not say anything about it.

He pinched his gray beard weakly, narrowed his eyes into a slit, and said with a smile: "The minister thinks that it should be done in moderation." ”

"There is a precedent for Huiji County, and other surrounding counties may also rely on the gourd to draw a scoop, the imperial court this time was intended to crack down on the remnants of the Six Kingdoms entrenched in Wu and Yue, and now it has let so many officials take the initiative to hand over evidence due to panic, which has achieved the original goal."

"After all."

"The reason why the remnants of the Six Kingdoms can hide Wu Yue, in addition to the many coastal mountains and rivers here, the main reason is to collude with local officials.

"And it also caused a gap between the nobles of the six countries and the local officials."

"I think the effect is remarkable."

(End of chapter)