Li Si's party originally planned to nail Zhao Tuo to death in the court today.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Tuo fought back and cleverly used Li Si's one-party impeachment.

Now, Zhao Tuo has become a righteous man who is unwilling to form a clique for personal gain. He humiliated Li Si in the May 4th and 3rd period, and he also had to do it in order to get rid of Li Si.

Li Si became a petty treacherous minister, and he used any means to retain talents. As long as he joined his disciples, he would not be allowed to leave again, otherwise he would be put to death.

What is the difference between this and thieves and bandits?

At this time, Li Si could no longer hide behind the scenes to command.

He stood up and said in tears: "Your Majesty, this is Zhao Tuo's slander for the old minister. The old minister has absolutely no clique for personal gain, absolutely no..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Tuo said quietly: "I heard that Lord Li Si borrowed a lot of money from many court officials under his sect, millions of which were the most, and tens of thousands of which were the fewest."

"And after borrowing money, I never mentioned that I had to pay it back."

"Sir, you are in the mansion, you are in a rich and frugal manner, drinking and having fun. But the people under your disciples are very flawed and dare not speak out. Whenever you see the adult, you will force yourself to smile."

"Is this kind of behavior of adults extortion? Or is it taxing?"

The three words "tax tax" made Li Si shudder.

"This Zhao Tuo is so sharp-tongued? Why didn't he see it in the past?" Li Si became more and more panicked.

He looked back at Zhao Tuo, and even more hated his teeth, thinking: "Why did I borrow money? Isn't it just to buy you a sword? As a result, you are an ungrateful, traitor and shameless person, I..."

Li Si took a deep breath and explained to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, the old minister will definitely return the money he borrowed. However, he has been a little short of money recently, so it has been delayed for a while."

The court officials who were lent money also stood up and said, "We voluntarily lend it to Lord Tingwei, and there is no blackmail. Lord Tingwei never meant to betray the debt."

"We and Lord Tingwei have similar interests, but are good friends, not disciples."

In Ying Zheng's opinion, these court officials exonerated Li Si's words, which was even more suspicious.

He knew that Zhao Tuo was actually right. These important officials in the court all had their own teams.

There are Wang Wan, Li Si, Chunyu Yue, and Zhao Teng. There are also some. Feng Quli also talks with his subordinates' censors.

Li Xin did not have these messy things, but he also had good friends with many generals in the army.

Looking at it all the way, Huaiguzi is the most worry-free.

Therefore, Ying Zheng decided to take this opportunity to beat the court officials so that they can know their fear and restrain themselves.

Ying Zheng didn't say anything, but Li Si just saw Ying Zheng's expression and understood more than half.

Li Si is a smart man and has been with Ying Zheng for a long time. He knows too much about the election. He knows that he may be in danger this time.

Be careless, too careless.

I thought the emperor trusted enough that he could take the opportunity to gather ministers in the court. Perhaps it was because of the smooth sailing years and I forgot what kind of person His Majesty was.

Li Si felt a little bitter in his heart, and felt that sometimes he was too smart.

Your Majesty, you really favor me, but there is a prerequisite, that is, you cannot touch his bottom line.

Over the years, Li Si has been careful and doing things within the scope permitted by Ying Zheng.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Tuo came up and directly raised Ying Zheng's bottom line. Li Si, who had been stepping on the line, immediately went outside the line.

Li Si closed his eyes: If the emperor insisted on killing me, then I would have no choice. For the emperor, there are so many people in the world, maybe I can find someone to be the court lieutenant.

Li Si felt that he wanted to be the monkey who killed the chicken to warn the monkey, so the other side gave up resisting.

The court was quiet, and no one stood up and said something for Li Si.

The struggle between court officials is always a life-and-death struggle.

When Li Si is defeated, others have the chance to stand out. Who is willing to speak out?

At this time, Li Shui stood up with a serious expression and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, I think that Lord Tingwei is a loyal man and will never rebel."

courtier:"???"

Did this guy Huai Guzi take the wrong medicine? He has always liked to falsely accuse others of rebellion the most, how could he help others excuse him now?

Ying Zheng also looked at Huai Guzi with some confusion, not knowing what he was doing.

Li Shui said with emotion: "Mr. Tingwei, he is a capable minister. He has made great contributions to my Qin Dynasty. How can such a person be punished easily?"

"I beg your Majesty to investigate carefully. If Lord Tingwei really does something wrong, it will not be too late to kill him again."

When Ying Zheng heard this, his heart moved slightly: Yes, in the past, Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, Li Si made great contributions to his advice. If he killed him today, what would the people in future generations think of me? Without tolerance, can we share the same hardships but not the same joys?

In fact, Ying Zheng did not believe that Li Si had the intention to rebel. The reason was very simple. Li Si was a smart person, and it should be seen that there was no way out for rebellion.

Ying Zheng's crime of wanting to punish Li Si was nothing more than warning officials in the world to take it as a warning.

Now that Li Shui reminded him, Ying Zheng has changed his mind.

This monkey cannot be made by Li Si, so he has to change his own person.

So Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Huaiguzi, what he said is reasonable."

Ying Zheng adopted Li Shui's opinion and decided to send someone to investigate Li Si before making a decision.

If Li Si really has a problem, it will not be too late to sue him or her.

Of course, such an investigation will probably become a formality. Whether Li Si is guilty or not, can he find evidence depends entirely on the emperor's attitude?

After Li Shui's righteous words, Li Si was saved. Zhao Tuo's impeachment turned into a case to be investigated.

Li Si was not punished, nor even scolded by the emperor.

After the court meeting ended, all the officials walked slowly outside.

Li Si walked up to Li Shui and bowed to him: "I, thank you for your righteous words."

Li Shui said seriously: "Why should I thank me, Lord Tingwei? I am just saying the facts."

Li Si said with emotion: "In the past, I was a little prejudiced against the exiled immortal, and it was really wrong."

After Li Si thanked him, many court officials came to thank Li Shui.

They are all from Li Si's party. If Li Si falls, they will not have any good results. Therefore, they are still very grateful to Li Shui.

Li Shui comforted them with a humble look on his face. Then he left with Li Xin with a smile.

Li Si walked very slowly, and he was a little puzzled: What happened to this Huaiguzi? Why did he save my life for no reason?

Until Li Si returned home, the butler said to Li Si: "Master, I heard something recently."

Li Si nodded and said absent-mindedly: "What's the matter?"

The housekeeper said: "Recently, Zhao Tuo has been dressed up by Qiao Chuan and frequently goes in and out of Shangjun Villa. He has been bumped into several times before, but the man has never believed that it was Zhao Tuo."

"But after the court was dispersed today, Zhao Tuo went directly to Shangjun Villa and did not even have any modifications."

"So the villain hurriedly came to tell the master that Zhao Tuo might have defected to Huai Guzi."

Li Si was in tears: "Your news is too timely."

Now that things have come, Li Si has completely understood what is going on.

Zhao Tuo has always been a member of Li Shui. As for when he became a member of Li Shui, Li Si didn't know.

However, Li Si could vaguely guess that Zhao Tuo's series of incredible behaviors should have been done by Li Shui.

What I ask for gold, what I ask for beauty... No wonder my two beauties appeared in the Exiled Immortal Tower.

All of this is the arrangement of Huai Guzi.

"Huai Guzi deliberately angered me and asked me to deal with Zhao Tuo. He used the trick and asked Zhao Tuo to impeach me in reverse." The more Li Si thought about it, the more angry he became: "In the end, he would speak for me in a fake way, making me grateful to him? Is this so unreasonable, do you think of people as monkeys?"

He sneered: "Okay, Huai Guzi, he actually plotted against me. But... is it useful for you? I have seen through your tricks."

Just as Li Si thought of this, he suddenly felt something was wrong in his heart: Is the purpose of Huaiguzi really grateful? I am afraid it may not be?

Recalling the admiring eyes of the ministers after the court meeting ended.

Li Si suddenly understood: Huai Guzi is clearly learning from me. Learning from me to gain a good reputation? This sinister villain!

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"Famousness? What's the use of that thing? Can it be eaten as a meal?" Li Shui looked at Zhou Qingchen with a look of disdain.

Zhou Qingchen looked inquiring, "Then what about the banished immortals who want to save Li Si today?"

Li Shui said: "I do this for Your Majesty, for the Qin Dynasty, and for the people."

Li Xin sighed and put down his wine glass.

You can’t drink alcohol at this time, as Brother Huai’s words can easily cause nausea.

Zhou Qingchen nodded like a chicken eating rice and asked curiously: "Then... how did the banished immortal save the people?"

Li Shui said: "Li Si is quite talented. But apart from that, this person is too proud of his talent."

"He is very brave and may take risks in order to get a high position. And the stronger he is, the greater the chance of taking risks."

"In the future, His Majesty will go to the fairy world. This Li Si will stay in the mortal world. Who knows what he will do?"

"So, I asked Zhao Tuo to impeach him, just to remind him not to be proud."
To be continued...