Since Wu Jiao followed Li Shui, he spent all day hanging out in Shangjun Courtyard. He has regarded this place as his own home.

Wu Jiao, Cang Fu, Wang Laoshi and others are all familiar with each other. Now seeing one unconscious and lying on the ground because of fighting the fire, and the other not knowing whether he is alive or dead because of protecting the fields, one can imagine the sadness and anger in his heart.

Li Shui asked him to find a knife. Wujiao immediately responded and ran away.

A quarter of an hour later, Wujiao brought a butcher's knife. It was stained with blood, indicating that the animal had just been slaughtered.

Li Shui grabbed the knife and shouted: "Follow me and kill Wang Li."

The craftsmen in Shangjun Courtyard all followed Li Shui enthusiastically. As for the farmers, you look at me and I look at you. A few of them gritted their teeth and followed.

These people were once responsible for weighing corn. They knew very well that one acre of fertile land in Shangjun Courtyard produced nine bushels of corn worth one stone and nine bushels. Li Shui really had magic.

They are very simple, but they also know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. It is always right to follow the banished immortals in doing things.

But there are some farmers who are even more shrewd. They feel that although Lishui's magic is miraculous, he might actually be a banished immortal. But what's the use of a dead banished immortal?

Of the thousand acres of fertile land, more than 200 acres were burned down. This bet was definitely going to lose. Now he actually went to kill Wang Li with a knife in his hand.

Who is Wang Li? He has been a general of the Qin Dynasty for generations. He crawled out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood. Li Shui took dozens of old, weak, sick and disabled people to find someone to fight for his life. Isn't this courting death?

Li Shui looked at the people following him and nodded slightly. The more critical the moment, the more loyal and treacherous he could be.

Li Shui left aggressively, and Li Si stood beside the farmland, motionless, looking a little dull.

The servant Li Si brought with him couldn't bear it any longer and said, "Sir, you are responsible for the fertile land in Shangjun Courtyard. More than 200 acres were burned today. Please come up with a solution."

Li Si slowly turned his head and asked with a blank look on his face: "Is this Wang Li really so stupid? Isn't this looking for death?"

The servant gave a bitter smile and said: "I grew up in a wealthy family. Every day I was well-dressed and well-fed, and I had a lot of servants. I am naturally arrogant and do things without thinking about the consequences."

Li Sishen nodded in agreement and said, "You should take this as a warning. It seems that you shouldn't be too pampered towards Li You. You should be disciplined strictly after you return."

The servant said helplessly: "Sir, there is a fire in Shangjun's courtyard. This is a huge event. Why don't you fix it quickly and think about teaching the young master a lesson?"

Li Si laughed and said: "Thousands of acres of fertile land, I am not a living god, how can I keep it with these few people? Someone deliberately sets the fire, and I can't do anything about it. Your Majesty will understand me, and at most punish the person who set the fire severely.

That’s all.”

The servant said: "Your Majesty means that Wang Li will be punished."

Li Si shook his head slowly: "Not sure yet. There is no conclusion yet on who started the fire today."

The servant was a little confused: "Isn't it Wang Li who set the fire? Besides him, who else could it be? Isn't this a conclusion?"

Li Si yawned and said, "This fire is great. The smoke is steaming and the mosquitoes are driven away. Come on, let's go to bed."

Li Si went to bed calmly and had a very sound sleep.

For him, the more fierce the fight between Huaiguzi and Li Shui, the better. Only when these two gangs fight against each other will his status become more transcendent.

As for placing bets... don't be in a hurry. It's not too late to place your bets when the winner is about to be decided.

Strike later, plan before taking action. It is with this hand that Li Si can sit in such a high position.

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Li Shui and his men arrived at the gate of Xianyang City with great momentum. The city gate was tightly closed. How could the officers and soldiers guarding the city dare to open the door?

Li Shui yelled and cursed Wang Li by name.

The general who was guarding the city once followed the Wang family. When he heard the scolding below, he was very angry. So he drew his bow and arrow, pointed at Li Shui and said: "Master Huai, you have violated the taboo by calling the door late at night. You dare to attack General Wang again."

If you say something rude, don't blame the general for being ruthless."

Li Shui yelled loudly: "Immortal Riru. I am an immortal who has been banished by the emperor himself. You dare to kill me? If you touch a hair on my head, your whole family will surely die."

The general who defended the city was startled and quickly put away his bow and arrows. Yes, if he was really shot to death, it would mean that the emperor had no hope of immortality. At that time, it was not certain how the emperor would torture himself.

Even if Li Shui knocked on the gate late at night, he had a reason to kill him. But if he pissed off the emperor, it would be useless no matter how hard he had a reason.

Seeing the general who was guarding the city put away his bow and arrow, Li Shui yelled even more vigorously: "You don't want to kill me anymore? You don't dare to kill me anymore? You are a coward, just like your master Wang Li."

"I just scolded Wang Li, what can you do to me? Come and kill me. If you don't kill me, you are a coward, you are not a man..."

The general who defended the city jumped up and down in anger, but he really did not dare to kill Li Shui. He could only look at the complicated eyes of the soldiers, blushing and pretending not to hear.

A flying horse came running over, and the man immediately jumped down and said breathlessly: "General Wang Jian ordered that Huaiguzi is absolutely not allowed to enter the city."

The general who defended the city smiled bitterly and agreed. In fact, he didn't have the guts to let Li Shui in without Wang Jian's orders.

Just as Wang Jian's envoy left, another flying horse came over.

The general who defended the city sighed helplessly.

Xianyang City Gate is not easy to defend. He is nominally the highest officer, but the soldiers under his command are very complex and belong to various forces.

Li Shui was shouting and cursing below, but there were soldiers who had already quietly passed on the news.

Wang Jian received the news, and naturally others also received the news. I just didn't know who came this time.

The galloping horses were coming in an instant, and the general who was guarding the city wanted to bury his head in the soil when he saw the people on the horses.

The visitor is Li Xin.

Li Xin called the generals guarding the city and said two words without any nonsense: "Open the city gate."

The general guarding the city hesitated and said: "According to the law, after dark, you are not allowed to..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Xin took the sword in his hand and slapped it on the face of the general who was guarding the city.

The face of the general who defended the city suddenly swelled up. He waved his hand and ordered his people to open the city gate.

The city gate was forced to open, but the general who defended the city was happy in his heart: he finally no longer had to listen to Li Shui yelling and scolding him. Moreover, after being slapped on the face, Wang Jian asked about it and had an explanation.

When Li Shui entered the city, Li Xin asked, "I saw flames shooting into the sky in the direction of Shang Jun's courtyard. What happened?"

Li Shui said: "Wang Li set fire to more than 200 acres of fertile land."

Li Xin was furious: "You don't dare to compete openly, so you are doing tricks behind your back? This skill is really worthy of Wang Jian's reputation."

Li Shui waved the butcher knife in his hand: "Let's go to Wang Li's mansion."

Li Xin and Li Shui walked to Wang Li's mansion together.

Li Xin asked: "In Xianyang City, it is not easy to kill Wang Li."

Li Shui said: "I know. But today I have to make such a scene. Make it known to everyone and make everyone reviled Wang Li. In this way, when the result of the bet comes out, I can kill him without any hindrance."

Kill Wang Li. This time, no one can save him."

Li Xin was stunned for a moment and asked: "After more than 200 acres were burned, are you still sure you can beat Wang Li? Brother Huai, don't take risks."

Li Shui laughed loudly: "Brother Li, do you think I want to set fire to Wang Li? Don't worry, I'm not that stupid."

While talking, Li Shui had already arrived at the door of Wang's mansion.

He didn't even call the door, he just took the butcher's knife and hacked back and forth on the door, causing wood chips to fly everywhere.

The servant who looked after the door didn't dare to open the door. He kept pleading: "Master Huai, why are you doing this?"

Li Shui shouted loudly: "We couldn't win the competition, so we set fire to him at night. How could we not kill Wang Li when he did this? One of my closest friends was burned by fire, and another was stabbed in the abdomen by a sharp knife. Wang Li was so vicious, how could he not kill him?"

"

His voice was so loud that it could be heard far away on the quiet street in the dead of night. Li Shui clearly wanted everyone nearby to hear.

Li Shui was not only scolding, but also threatening: "I must report to your majesty. If I don't kill Wang Li, the people will not be angry. If I don't kill Wang Li, it won't be enough to correct the government."

Many people nearby were woken up. They got up one after another and put their ears against the courtyard wall, listening to what was going on outside.

It is conceivable that after dawn, what Wang Li did will spread quickly throughout Xianyang.

Li Shui scolded him vigorously, but there was no movement at all in the Wang family's house and remained silent. They seemed to have chosen acquiescence.

Wang Li also heard Li Shui's scolding. He wanted to refute, but he had no chance to speak because he was being beaten.

Wang Ben held a whip in his hand and whipped Wang Li hard.

Wang Jian sat on the chair and cursed breathlessly: "You idiot! If you act like this, are you asking for death? Your Majesty sent Wang Wan and Li Si to preside over the bet, which shows that you take this matter seriously. You are destroying it wantonly. This

It's a provocation, how can His Majesty spare you?"

Wang Li frowned and said: "If I don't set the fire, I will lose the bet. By then, won't it still be a dead end? Now at least there is a glimmer of hope."

Wang Jian sneered: "That Huaiguzi is so scheming, how do you know that the news about the harvest of one stone and nine bushels per acre was not deliberately released by him? Deliberately leading you to burn the fields? If you don't do anything, he will definitely lose.

If he wins the bet, his head will fall to the ground. But if you set fire to the fields, even if he loses, His Majesty will have an excuse."

Wang Li's body suddenly shook, and a regretful expression appeared on his face. He knelt on the ground, and the more he thought about it, the more likely it became.

Wasn't Lu Lie killed by Huaiguzi's false news back then? Today, I have followed in his footsteps again?

The more Wang Li thought about it, the more embarrassed he felt. Now he hoped that Wang Ben would be beaten harder, and he might as well beat him to death.

Zhao Cheng, who was sitting next to Wang Jian, smiled slightly and said: "General Wang, my brother sent me here just to help. In fact... the fact that the young general set the fire does not mean that he has reached a desperate situation, and there is still room for recovery.

"

Wang Jian's eyes lit up and he asked, "How do you say it?"

Zhao Cheng said: "What my brother means is that the person who set the fire may be Wang Li, but there is no possibility that it is Huaiguzi?"

"Just imagine, what if Huai Guzi knew he was going to lose, jumped over the wall in a hurry, and deliberately set fire to his own seedlings? Firstly, he could cover up the failure of the bet. Secondly, he could blame Wang Li. Wouldn't this still make sense?

?”

Wang Jian's heart moved and he said, "Master Zhao Gao, do you mean to pour dirty water on Huaiguzi?"

Zhao Cheng nodded: "That's what my brother means. And this explanation is more credible. After all, no one will believe that the young general would actually set fire to the fields."

Wang Jian nodded: "Indeed, even I never thought that Wang Li would be so stupid."

Zhao Cheng smiled slightly and said: "Next, General Wang will collude with the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government to bribe the farmers in Shangjun Courtyard and confirm the crime of arson in Huaiguzi. It is best to have Li Si testify. He has been guarding the

Near Shangjun Courtyard, the testimonies have the most weight."
Chapter completed!