"One, two, three, four..." The executioner was counting and beating people while sweating like rain.

Ji Ming lay there and endured it silently. As he was being beaten, he thought: "Comrades? What comrades do I have? Wang Li is dead, and the Wang family has fallen. What comrades can I have?"

The executioner beat me for a while and felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, so he gasped and said, "Brother, your buttocks seem to be extra tight these days."

Ji Ming grinned and said, "If you get beaten from time to time, you will naturally become tighter."

The executioner sighed: "The buttocks are tight, so it is a bit difficult to achieve the effect of blurred blood and flesh. In the past, it only took five points of effort, but now it takes ten points."

"If it were someone else who was being tortured and slapped with a stick after scribbling, I wouldn't care. But you are different. You and I don't know each other without beating. Under the stick comes a confidant. If I beat him lightly, Your Majesty will see you acting as usual and suspect you.

If you cheat and cheat, won't that harm you?"

Ji Ming grinned and said, "Brother, I'm tired. It's something that happened here. I'll treat you to a drink."

The executioner responded and increased his strength.

After eighty strokes with the cane, the executioner asked again: "Have you not remembered who your accomplice is? His Majesty's handwriting said that if you can't remember again, there are still eighty."

Ji Ming took a breath of air: "How many eighties are there in total?"

The executioner looked at it and said: "Beat him until death. Brother, what on earth have you committed? To make His Majesty so angry."

Ji Ming said with a bitter look on his face: "If I knew what I had committed, would I still come here and get beaten every now and then?"

The executioner nodded: "That's true."

Ji Ming looked at the palace wall in the distance in a daze, and said to himself: "Since when did Your Majesty start punishing me? Yes, I have had bad luck ever since Huai Guzi entered the palace."

"Is the punishment for me today related to Huaiguzi? I didn't provoke him. My comrades... what kind of comrades do I have? Since I was beaten every day, the eunuchs in the palace couldn't avoid me, and the maids became even more

Needless to say, I don’t even have a single friend in the palace, let alone an ally... huh?"

Ji Ming suddenly thought of something and looked back at the executioner.

The executioner's face turned green. He suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "Ji Ming, I am the executioner. I am selfless and hate evil. You are a villain like you who has committed a crime. I have no sworn relationship with you. What else do you think?"

Can you drag me into the water?"

Then, without waiting for Ji Ming to defend himself, he kicked him down and started to slap the board.

Eighty sticks later, Ji Ming covered his buttocks that was in severe pain: "Brother, I didn't say you were my comrade."

The executioner said with a straight face: "Don't call me so affectionate, who is your brother?"

Ji Ming was about to cry but had no tears, so he said: "I remembered, I just paid a visit to Master Zhao Gao today. I believe this is what your Majesty said."

The executioner immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Ji Ming would not survive the beating and would bite him randomly and bite him out.

The executioner was about to help Ji Ming up, but then he thought about it. Ji Ming dared to betray even Zhao Gao. If he became friends with him, he would probably bite him out soon if there was any trouble.

Thinking of this, the executioner took his hand back again. Then he said calmly: "Since you have already recruited me, then follow me to see His Majesty."

Ying Zheng was already planning to go to bed, but when he heard the executioner bringing Ji Ming to see him, he asked, "How's it going?"

The executioner said: "Ji Ming has confessed, and his accomplice is Zhao Gao."

Ying Zheng was furious: "How could Zhao Gao conspire to rebel? Ji Ming is so brave, he dared to falsely accuse an important minister of the court. Give me another eighty and keep him under close supervision. We will try him again at another day."

Ji Ming turned pale with fright: "Rebellion? When did I commit rebellion?"

He shouted that he was wronged and was dragged away.

After eighty more sticks, Ji Ming was already dying. He lay there, muttering in a low voice: "If I had known, if I had known there were so many sticks behind me, I should have hit him more lightly just now."

The executioner beat him until he was sweating profusely, then dragged Ji Ming and locked him up. As for the medicine, there is definitely no medicine. Whether it will cause infection and whether he can survive it all depends on his own luck.

Already.

…………

The next day, Li Xin slept until three o'clock in the morning before he woke up slowly.

He suddenly discovered that ever since he got to know Li Shui, he had become confused about right and wrong. He would spend the entire night working and then sleep until noon.

After washing up, he had something to eat at Shangjun Courtyard. Li Xin dressed neatly and rode away.

He didn't say goodbye to Li Shui because Li Shui hadn't woken up yet.

Li Xin originally planned to go to the military camp immediately to select thirty or fifty confidants for Li Shui to dispatch. But then he thought that he had been busy all day yesterday and had not returned home. He should go back and take a look first.

So Li Xin turned the horse's head and rushed towards his home.

On the way, he met Li Jia.

Li Jia was Li Xin's steward. He came from a poor family and had no surname. After entering the Li Mansion, he took his master's surname Li. Of course, his Li was not the same as his master's Li, and he was not qualified to enter the Li family's ancestral hall.

When Li Jia saw Li Xin, he was stunned for a moment, then trotted over and grabbed Li Xin's horse reins.

Li Jia said: "General, you are back. Let's go home quickly."

Li Xin yawned: "I'm just about to go home. I've been really busy these days. By the way, why are you outside?"

Li Jia snorted and said vaguely: "Madam sent us out to find out the news."

Li Xin asked curiously: "Inquiring about information? Inquiring about what information?"

Li Jia said: "Inquire about the news about the gentlemen in Xianyang City today."

Li Xin said disapprovingly: "It's okay not to inquire about this kind of information. If you ask too many questions, it will make people think that I, Li Xin, have some intentions."

Li Jia's eyes flickered and he whispered: "General, where were you last night? Madam seems to be very worried about you."

Li Xin thought about it and felt a little embarrassed to talk about what happened yesterday. He coughed dryly and said, "I was a little busy yesterday. I was at Shangjun Courtyard. Well, I was very busy."

Seeing that Li Xin refused to tell, Li Jia wisely stopped asking.

Li Xin changed the subject and asked Li Jia: "What news did you find out in Xianyang City?"

Li Jia said: "I heard that Lord Chunyu was angry yesterday and is ill today."

Li Xin felt a little guilty and asked, "Are you seriously ill?"

Li Jia said: "It's not serious. According to the servants of Chunyu Mansion, it can still curse people."

Li Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and then thought: "Swearing? Could it be that you're scolding me?"

Li Jia thought for a while and then said: "Other news, there is Mr. Zhao Gao. Yesterday Mr. Zhao Gao stayed in the palace overnight and did not return home until dawn. According to people in the Zhao Mansion, after returning home, Zhao Gao said:

Ji Ming cursed loudly. I don’t know where Ji Ming offended him."

Li Xin snorted and asked, "What else?"

Li Jia said: "Also, Mr. Zhao Teng and Zhao captured the assassin who assassinated Ma Lingshu. It is said that the assassin's name is Death Heart, and the masterminds behind the scenes are Zhao Jiu and Wang Ba."

"An order came out from the palace today, and these three people were sentenced to be beheaded. However, onlookers said that during the execution, Zhao Jiu and Wang Ba seemed to have been dead long ago. After their heads were chopped off, not much leaked out.

Come blood."

"There are rumors that these two people were just guilty. The real mastermind behind the scenes was Zhao Jiu's master Zhao Cheng, and behind Zhao Cheng was Zhao Gao. After someone obtained their confessions, they killed both of them.

, here comes a dead man with no evidence."

Li Xin nodded, thinking: "The eyes of the common people are very sharp."

Li Jia added: "Also, according to the young eunuch in the palace, Ji Ming was beaten again yesterday for some unknown reason. A total of two hundred and forty sticks were beaten until his flesh and blood were bruised."

Li Xin chuckled: "What a strange news this is. Isn't it normal for Ji Ming to be beaten?"

Li Jia also laughed dryly: "Yeah, haha."

The two of them talked all the way to the door of the house.

Li Jia suddenly said: "General, are you cold? If you are, I have a leather robe that you can wear."

Li Xin looked at the big sun above his head and said in confusion: "What kind of leather robe should I wear at this time of year? Li Jia, are you sick?"

Li Jia laughed dryly and said: "It's not that I'm sick. I'm just afraid that the general will be cold. If the general is cold, he can always ask me to borrow a leather robe to wear."

Li Xin shook his head, feeling that this guy's words did not match his words.

He dismounted and entered the house. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li's eyes were red and she was pacing anxiously in the yard. She looked haggard, as if she hadn't slept all night.

Li Xin felt a little distressed and a little ashamed: "Madam, have you waited for me all night?"

Mrs. Li looked up and saw Li Xin coming back. She immediately rushed over, grabbed his arm and said in a tearful voice: "Where did you go yesterday? I heard that Chunyu Yue led hundreds of people to hunt you down.

I asked a lot of people last night, but they didn’t know what was going on. Today I sent out a lot of people, but no news has come back.”

Li Xin laughed dryly and said, "Chun Yuyue. Yesterday was not a pursuit. We were just walking in tandem, just along the way."

Mrs. Li was doubtful: "Seriously?"

Li Xin said: "How can it not be true?"

At this time, a servant hurried back and shouted breathlessly: "Madam, I have found out clearly. Yesterday, the general was indeed chased and killed by Chun Yuyue. While Chun Yuyue led people to chase him, he scolded the general for being shameless.

Disciple."

After the servant finished shouting, he found Li Xin standing in the yard. He immediately choked and said with a smile: "The general is back?"

Mrs. Li stared at Li Xin: "Didn't you just say that Chun Yuyue didn't chase you?"
To be continued...