Ji Ming walked out with a worried look on his face. After seeing Chun Yuyue waiting outside, he felt the need to tell his tragic experience to win some sympathy.

So he said to Chunyu Yue with a grimace: "Dr. Chunyu, your majesty lets you in. Alas, in order to inform the doctor, your majesty asked me to bring myself four hundred sticks."

Chunyu Yue looked at Ji Ming with sympathy, and then said seriously: "Huai Guzi is acting recklessly and harming the people. If you can successfully stop him this time, you will also have a share of the credit."

Then Chunyu Yue went in.

Ji Ming stood outside the shop and thought: These scholars are really stingy. They only praise me a few words and that's all. Even if you give me some money.

Ji Ming walked slowly to the executioner and sighed: "I'm here."

When the executioner saw Ji Ming, his eyes suddenly lit up: "You haven't been here for a while."

Ji Ming smiled: "Yes."

I don’t know why, but the officer in charge felt that after this meeting, he and Ji Ming became closer and closer. Is this what is often said in storytelling, that a little separation is better than a new marriage? Bah! No, no, this should be called no acquaintance without fighting.

.

The executioner asked Ji Ming: "How many strokes will be given this time?"

Ji Ming said: "Four hundred sticks."

The executioner's face suddenly changed: "Are you trying to exhaust me to death?"

Ji Ming took out a string of Qinbanliang from his arms and said: "I'm tired, I'm tired."

The executioner took the money, and his whole body was suddenly filled with strength. He kicked Ji Ming to the ground and said excitedly: "Don't worry, I will definitely hit you hard with these four hundred blows, and your majesty will not let him go."

I have a little doubt."

Then, the wooden staff was swung up and whined with wind. Ji Ming's body was like a dough bag, shaking back and forth after being beaten...

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Chunyu Yue had already met Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng looked up at him and said calmly: "Why are you suing Huaiguzi again?"

Chunyu Yue could see that Ying Zheng was a little unhappy, but he was not afraid and said with an upright face: "It's just because Huai Guzi has done evil and the sky is angry and people are angry, so I have to sue."

Ying Zheng sighed: "Let's talk about it."

Chunyu Yue said: "Yesterday, I heard the news. Huaiguzi was going to sell the rebel Xiang Yu in the mansion to traders in Xianyang City."

"Huh?" Ying Zheng was stunned.

He looked at Chun Yuyue with some confusion: "Did you hear wrongly?"

Chunyu Yue sighed helplessly: "At first, the old minister thought that he heard wrongly, and went to the merchant's house to verify it. The results confirmed that the day after tomorrow, the rebels would indeed be sold. Of course, Huaiguzi did not

The identities of the rebels were not disclosed. They were only said to be the guards of Shangjun's villa."

Ying Zheng frowned: "Selling to rebels? Why sell to rebels?"

Chunyu Yue said with some worry: "I don't know, I don't know. But... once the rebel leaves Shang Jun's Courtyard, there will be too many opportunities to escape. By then..."

Ying Zheng nodded and said to a young eunuch beside him: "Go and call me Huai Guzi in front of the Yizheng Hall."

The young eunuch said: "Your Majesty, you will go to court to discuss affairs in a few moments."

Ying Zheng said: "Let's postpone the discussion of government affairs and call Huai Guzi first."

The young eunuch responded and hurried away. On the way there, he passed by the executioner's territory and saw that Ji Ming was already lying on the ground motionless. The executioner was sweating profusely and counting: "Two hundred and fifty-one."

, two hundred and fifty-two, two hundred and fifty-three..."

The young eunuch glanced at Ji Ming sympathetically and then ran away.

When he came back, he saw that the executioner was still counting: "Two hundred and thirty-one, two hundred and thirty-two..."

The young eunuch said: "Wrong, it was already two hundred and fifty-one."

The executioner was stunned and asked Ji Ming: "Really?"

Ji Ming was beaten almost to death and couldn't answer at all.

The executioner sighed: "When I hit someone, I always hit people within two hundred sticks. I'm not very good at counting numbers over two hundred. What should I do?"

The little eunuch kindly reminded him as he ran: "After you hit a hundred sticks, draw a line on the ground. If you draw four lines, you have hit enough."

The executioner's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea."

Then he said to Ji Ming who was lying on the ground: "How about... we start with two hundred sticks? The extra dozens of sticks will be considered a waste of my efforts and will be given to you."

Ji Ming closed his eyes and said angrily: "Whatever, I can't feel sex anyway."

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Ying Zheng saw the young eunuch hurried in and asked, "Is Huai Guzi here?"

The young eunuch said nervously: "Master Banished Immortal, you haven't entered the palace yet."

Ying Zheng: "..."

What time is it, and he hasn’t entered the palace yet? Could it be that he has been stuck in time to go to court? Just a moment earlier than me will be enough?

Ying Zheng waved his hand: "Go to Shang Jun's courtyard and call him. I will see him within a quarter of an hour."

The young eunuch responded and left quickly.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Shui was brought in. He didn't even have time to change his clothes, and his hair was still a little messy.

Ying Zheng was stunned when he saw that he was actually wearing a layer of armor: "What do you mean?"

Li Shui looked sleepy and said with a dry smile: "Your Majesty, it's not easy to live under the same roof with rebels."

Ying Zheng said calmly: "So, you want to sell the rebels to those traders?"

Li Shui looked at Chun Yuyue next to him: "Dr. Chunyu is suing me again?"

Ying Zheng said: "Today, tell me what is the purpose of selling the rebels to the merchants? Aren't you afraid that the rebels will cause trouble after leaving Shangjun's courtyard? Or, they will take the opportunity to escape?"

Li Shui coughed dryly: "The rebels are surrounded by my craftsmen. I have a clear idea of ​​their thoughts. Xiang Yu has suffered too much in order to kill me since he entered Shang Jun's Courtyard."

"It's like a gambler who has lost so much money that they won't leave the table until they get their money back or lose it all."

"If Xiang Yu does evil outside or escapes, then he will never be able to kill me again. All the suffering he suffered in Shangjun Courtyard was wasted. Xiang Yu is a arrogant person and will never allow it.

This kind of thing happened.”

"Besides this, I have another important measure. I will send them a ten-man team to guard them tightly. Euphemistically, this is a bodyguard specially designed to protect them. In fact, it is to prevent them from escaping.

.”

"As long as Xiang Yu and others move, these ten people will entangle them. It will only take less than a quarter of an hour for my large team to arrive. It can be said that Xiang Yu will never be able to move."

"Besides, Xiang Yu has now hidden his identity and sneaked into Xianyang City. Liu Ji's identity is safe for him. Whatever he wants to do, he needs to do it in secret."

"So, when I put him in public and asked all the people in Xianyang City to help me keep an eye on him, he became more and more constrained and couldn't do anything."

Ying Zheng nodded slightly, but still said with some worry: "However, I always feel that there is something wrong with bringing a rebel out and swaggering through the city."

Li Shui smiled: "Your Majesty rules the world and is rich all over the world. He is the only emperor in the world. Xiang Yu is just a commoner with three or four followers around him. This person is not worth worrying about."

Ying Zheng nodded: "Not bad, not bad."

Chunyu Yue was a little speechless when he heard it. This locust millet was so good at blowing.

But for a while, Chun Yuyue didn't know how to refute, so he changed the question: "Even if you release the rebels, nothing will happen. But now their identity is Liu Ji. In the eyes of the people, they are businessmen."

The guard in your courtyard."

"You sell them to others at will. Isn't this the act of robbing and selling the children of a good family? As soon as this example is started, the powerful and powerful people rush to follow suit. Will our country still have peace in the Qin Dynasty?"

Li Shui couldn't help but laugh after hearing what Chunyu Yue said: Dr. Chunyu, you really did not disappoint me.

Li Shui coughed dryly and said to Chunyu Yue: "Doctor, it's already getting late. We should go to court. As for the matter of human trafficking, how about we discuss it in the court?"

Chunyu Yue was stunned: What happened? This person obviously made a mistake, but he took the initiative to go to court to tell it? Is he so thick-skinned that he is not ashamed but proud of it, or is there some conspiracy?

The more Chunyu thought about it, the more he felt that there was a hint of conspiracy in it, and he suddenly fell into deep thought.

Ying Zheng has figured out that Li Shui can get the rebels out of Shangjun's courtyard without causing big trouble. As for why he sold to traders, whether it is considered as human trafficking is a matter of detail.

Although Ying Zheng is very concerned about this, this kind of thing is still not as important as the court meeting.

As long as Xiang Yu's identity is not revealed, there is no harm in letting Huaiguzi and Chunyu Yue debate in the court and let the ministers of the court comment on the matter.

Therefore, Ying Zheng stood up and said calmly: "If you have anything to do, please tell me in court."

Seeing that Ying Zheng was about to change his clothes and go to court, Li Shui and Chunyu Yue both took their leave.

Chunyu Yue walked towards the Council Hall with a puzzled face, still unable to figure out what Li Shui was up to.

And Li Shui walked beside him with a smile on his face.

The courtiers waiting at the entrance of the Yizheng Hall had already noticed Li Shui and Chunyu Yue.

Li Xin looked at them in confusion: "How come Brother Huai and Chunyu Yue are together?"

Li Si and Wang Wan looked at each other, feeling a little worried in their hearts: Huai Guzi, wouldn't he get involved with Chun Yuyue again? Is it true or false this time?

Li Shui walked up to the ministers and winked at Li Si and Wang Wan proudly.
To be continued...