The county magistrate was brought up.

Ying Zheng asked: "Which county are you the magistrate of?"

The county magistrate said: "I am Zhao Si, the ancient and virtuous magistrate of the county."

Ying Zheng nodded: "Guxian County, if you don't follow the imperial edict and go to Beijing, what do you mean?"

The county magistrate cupped his hands and said seriously: "Because I have discovered some issues regarding Gumai Village, and I dare not not inform Your Majesty."

Ying Zheng hummed and said calmly: "What is it?"

The county magistrate said: "I discovered that the villagers of Gumai Village were deceived."

At this time, everyone in the court was listening carefully and anxiously waiting for the county magistrate to give a result.

The county magistrate said to Ying Zheng: "I discovered that someone is pretending to be the emperor's messenger."

As soon as this statement came out, the officials were in an uproar.

Pretending to be an emissary of the emperor? What is the difference between this and falsely delivering an imperial edict? Even because this kind of thing was so unbelievable, the courtiers could not even think of what kind of punishment should be used to deal with this situation.

Ying Zheng said to the county magistrate: "Someone is pretending to be the emperor's messenger? Who is pretending to be the emperor's messenger?"

The county magistrate said: "I don't know who it is, but I know that that person is a close associate of a certain lord in the court."

Shi Wu suddenly shuddered and thought: Did this person really find out? No, how did he find out? It's impossible.

Ying Zheng looked indifferent and asked: "How do you know that someone is pretending to be the emperor's messenger? How do you know that this person is a minister of the DPRK?"

The county magistrate said: "Because the fake envoy seemed to be quite familiar with the affairs of the imperial court, and his words were clear and logical. He deceived the patrol officers of the county government."

"I believe that these envoys must be subordinates of the ministers of the DPRK. Otherwise, they would not be so familiar with the DPRK affairs."

Ying Zheng asked: "Then how do you determine that these messengers are fake?"

The county magistrate took out a piece of silk cloth from his sleeve and said: "This is the so-called imperial decree provided by the fake messenger. I think it is full of flaws."

The young eunuch took the piece of silk cloth and handed it to Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng glanced at it, sneered, and threw it to the ground: "How brave."

The magistrate lowered his head and said nothing.

Ying Zheng looked at the ministers and said calmly: "Did you do it?"

The courtiers all lowered their heads and no one spoke.

Among them, Shi Wu was trembling in his heart.

He was thinking hard, wondering if he had left any loopholes and whether others would find out.

He even started to go backwards, what should he do if he was found out.

Is it to escape or...

Shi Wu was worried: Now that we have come to this step, we cannot be afraid or hesitate. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as it is proven that banishing the immortals is shaking the foundation of the Qin Dynasty, everything will be fine.

After applying Wu Hengxin, he became much stronger.

He imitated the behavior of the courtiers around him, looking around, as if looking for the so-called courtier.

Ying Zheng looked at the courtiers below, sneered, and gave a few instructions to the young eunuch beside him.

The young eunuch responded and hurried away.

The emperor ordered to investigate a person, how could he not be found? It was just a matter of time, so Ying Zheng was not worried.

Ying Zheng asked the county magistrate calmly: "What did those false envoys do in your county?"

The county magistrate said: "They arrested the villagers of Gumai Village and intimidated them. They did not allow them to tell the truth and even asked them to frame them and banish them as immortals."

Ying Zheng suddenly understood, and said with an ooh, "So, the people are very supportive of Huaiguzi's method?"

The county magistrate said: "Yes."

Ying Zheng added: "So, what the villagers of Gumai Village said are actually false?"

The county magistrate nodded and said, "Yes."

At this time, Shi Wu couldn't help it anymore.

He stood up and said to the county magistrate: "Why do I suddenly feel that this false messenger may not really exist?"

The county magistrate was stunned for a moment and said to Shi Wu: "My lord, why do you say that? After verifying the physical evidence, it is clear. How could the fake messenger not be here?"

Shi Wu said: "We can make a reasonable guess. If, let's say what if. If the people are dissatisfied with the method of banishing the immortal, especially the villagers of Gumai Village, they are especially dissatisfied with the method of banishing the immortal."

"Suddenly one day, several envoys appeared who could take them to the court to complain. So these people came excitedly."

"But the Exalted Immortal heard about it, so he found a county magistrate and asked the magistrate to forge a government decree that was full of loopholes, and then falsely accused His Majesty's envoy of being a fake."

"If the messengers are all false, then the confessions of these people will naturally be false. Naturally, there will be countless things done."

"Then the banished immortal can rest easy. Think about it, is this true?"

After hearing this, many of the courtiers nodded.

Exiled Immortal always has no rules in doing things, he does whatever he wants, and this is indeed something he can do.

Li Shui said helplessly: "Everyone, you can question my character, but you cannot question my character."

"Have I ever lied to anyone? Have I ever lied? Which one of my words is not true? If you think I have lied or deceived people, please point it out and let me hear it."

courtier:"……"

They were all silent.

It seems that there really is no such thing.

Shi Wu said: "It is true that Ban Xian has never lied before, but that doesn't mean that he won't lie now. I think there is still a high possibility that Ban Xian will lie to others. After all, it is a life and death battle now, and no possibility can be ignored.

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The courtiers all nodded, feeling that this was quite reasonable.

Li Xin looked at these people helplessly: They are just a bunch of losers.

Ying Zheng said to the county magistrate: "Do you have any information about the identities of those fake messengers?"

The county magistrate thought for a while and said: "The fake messenger once took out a jade pendant and wanted to prove his identity. My patrol officers still remembered the appearance of the jade pendant, so I asked them to draw it."

So the county magistrate took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, with a jade pendant drawn on it.

The courtiers came over to take a look and started talking about it.

Ying Zheng said calmly: "My lords, have you seen this jade pendant?"

The courtiers said: "He looks familiar, a little bit familiar. I seem to have seen him not long ago, but I can't remember exactly where I saw him."

But Shi Wu was beating a drum in his heart.

Others don't remember this jade pendant, but he remembers it clearly.

Because this jade pendant is indeed his.

A few months ago, this jade pendant was publicly auctioned at the Immortal Exile Tower, which caused a lot of heated discussion.

At that time, Shi Wudan was very generous and bought this jade pendant. No wonder so many courtiers were deeply impressed by this jade pendant.

Shi Wu did not dare to speak and waited silently. After the atmosphere of the discussion subsided, Shi Wu slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, no one thought of the origin of this jade pendant.

Ying Zheng said calmly: "You all go back and think about it carefully. Come back when you have thought clearly."

After Ying Zheng finished speaking, he left.

The courtiers looked at each other and then walked outside.

They habitually wanted to walk to the public residence by themselves. However, a young eunuch blocked their way and said with a smile: "My lords, where are you going?"

The courtiers were stunned for a moment and said, "Where to go? Aren't we arranged to stay there for the night?"

The young eunuch said: "Your Majesty has issued an order. Your Excellencies no longer need to be confined in the palace. You can leave."

The courtiers were surprised and delighted, and asked: "Really?"

The little eunuch smiled and nodded: "Of course it is true."

The courtiers were surprised and happy, and said to the young eunuch: "Then... we can go out now?"

The young eunuch smiled: "Of course you can go out now."

So, the courtiers walked outside excitedly.

From a distance, they saw that the palace door had been opened.

A few minutes later, the courtiers left the palace, like birds flying out of their cages, to return to their homes.

However, they were stopped by others again.

The person who stopped them was a craftsman from Shangjun Courtyard.

The courtiers looked at the craftsman with some confusion: "What do you mean?"

The craftsman said: "You need to pay before you can go out."
To be continued...