Great Qin Shi Empress

==Malicious==

Ying Zheng looked around, his eyes flicked across everyone's faces, and finally fell on Lin Qian who was a little anxious.

He lowered his eyelids and said, "What about other people's opinions?"

The minister dared not answer.

On the contrary, Lin Qian was ready to move.

She swallowed her saliva, glanced at the others, and finally mustered up the courage to stand up: "I, Weichen, feel that it is not safe for General Li Xin to bring only 20 troops to attack Chu State, and there is a danger of being killed instead." ; and General Wang Jian proposed to take 80 soldiers to attack Chu State, it seems that the number is too large..."

Lin Qian looked at Wang Jian's back, squinted his eyes and quietly pinched the pulp of his thumb with his index finger, leaving only a little space, "A little bit."

[Help, I really don't know how to fight! 】

[But the figure of 80 is really too exaggerated. Didn’t General Wang Jian conquer Chu State with 60 troops in history? 】

She didn't know how the extra 20 data came from, but she was sure that the data was wrong, and Li Xin...

If Li Xin were to attack Chu State with 20 troops, he would only suffer heavy losses.

It's fine if Lin Qian doesn't know. Now that he knows the result, he naturally wants to avoid it.

and……

She glanced at Mr. Changping, and the villain's eyes rolled up to the sky.

This is really a shit-stirring stick!

I hope that after being the first to stand up, other officials will no longer have to worry about Mr. Changping, and they can speak freely.

After all, she doesn't understand the military, and she doesn't know enough about the military strength of Qin and Chu. Even if she wanted to persuade Yingzheng, she couldn't come up with more convincing data and reasons. On the contrary, the other ministers knew better what the two data were. Reasonable.

But the fact was just as Lin Qian expected, after she was the first to stand up, other officials had no scruples.

after all……

It is obvious to all that His Majesty attaches great importance to Gu Fenghou, but there is no interaction between Gu Fenghou and Changping Lord, so it is impossible to speak for him. Even Gu Fenghou thinks it is unreasonable. No problem anymore.

Wei Liao followed up and said, "Returning to Your Majesty, I also feel that 20 troops is too little, and 80 troops is too much."

He is more aware of the military reserves of Qin and Chu than Lin Qian, so he gave more convincing data, "Although the state of Chu is now the same as the Zhou Dynasty in the past, the enfeoffment system prevails, and the nobles of the Chu state also do their own things. There is a way to twist a rope to fight against our Great Qin, but its land area is too large, and most of them are rich lands. The population is almost the sum of the four countries of Yan, Zhao, Han and Wei. Four and a half million is more than enough."

"General Li Xin is good at surprise attacks. In theory, he can indeed take it down with fewer troops than Chu."

"However, when the difference in troop strength is more than double, even if General Li Xin fights like a god, various problems are prone to occur. The most serious of them should be that the Chu State sent troops to attack the Qin army, and directly sent troops to attack the Qin army. The Qin army was cut off at the middle, and surrounded General Li Xin after the Qin army lost supplies, leaving General Li Xin in a situation of isolation and helplessness."

Lin Qian's eyes lit up with a swipe.

Although Wei Liao's guess was not completely correct, but looking at the root cause, in fact, Wei Liao had guessed the final result in advance——

Because in history, after Li Xin captured several cities one after another, he went to make peace with Meng Tian when his soldiers and horses were weak, but he was followed and harassed by the Chu army. After fighting for three days and nights, he was defeated and surrounded by the Chu army. Can lead a small number of soldiers out of the encirclement and escape.

And Meng Tian didn't even get the news, let alone lead troops to help.

Lin Qian looked at Ying Zheng in surprise: [Your Majesty, you listened to Wei Liao, what he said is almost completely correct! 】

Ying Zheng paused, and his eyes fell on Lin Qian, who was holding the trumpet Ying Zheng was shaking wildly with excitement. The corner of his mouth twitched, and he didn't know whether to be happy or speechless for a moment.

And Wei Liao was still analyzing: "Compared to General Li Xin's aggressiveness, General Wang Jian's choice is too conservative."

He glanced at Wang Jian, as if he didn't quite understand that such an experienced veteran would make such a mistake——

Li Xin can also be said to be young and inexperienced. The young people are full of enthusiasm and want to be the leader to earn meritorious service, so they got hot-headed and did not consider the situation of all parties, so they rashly proposed a figure of 20 yuan. Wang Jian has rich experience. There is no way to ideally have less than 80 troops, which is actually a surplus, and it is easy to dissatisfy His Majesty.

After all, the total number of Qin soldiers who can go to the battlefield now is only about [-].

【Old General Wang Jian is trying to empty out the state of Qin? 】

[Or is it that he doesn't want to be the general who attacked Chu State this time, and is tactfully declining to His Majesty in this way? 】

[But, why? 】

Wei Liao paused, and put forward his own idea: "I feel that with General Li Xin's style of leading troops by surprise, 35 to 40 troops should be more secure; while with General Wang Jian's steady and steady leadership style, 50 troops should be more secure. It's quite enough."

As soon as Wei Liao opened his mouth, people like Wang Wan and Li Si also agreed.

Ying Zheng's mood improved a lot, and his eyes looked back and forth between Wang Jian and Li Xin, but finally fell on Changping Jun: "Changping Jun thinks that the 80 troops proposed by General Wang Jian is reasonable?"

Mr. Changping secretly scolded Lin Qian, who was stunned and green, but he was already sweating profusely: "Return to Your Majesty, it's not the case, I just think that the 20 troops proposed by General Li Xin is too exaggerated, so I hope that the army will be sent by General Li Xin." General Wang Jian led the troops."

[Changping Jun, I am xxxx!It's this time and I'm going to be silly, believe it or not, I led troops to blow up your grandma's house? ! 】

[What a dog day! 】

The corner of Ying Zheng's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help looking at Wang Jian, who had a calm face.

Wang Jian looked back innocently: "???"

He thought that Ying Zheng was asking himself why the lion opened his mouth, but even though he scolded Mr. Changping bloody in his heart, he wished he could immediately lead troops to beat Chu to pieces, but after hesitating, he wanted to ask The idea of ​​stability still prevailed.

Wang Jian bowed his hands to Ying Zheng, his tone firm: "My minister insists that this battle will require 80 troops to win Chu."

Ying Zheng rubbed the center of his brows: "Let's retreat from the court for now, and discuss this matter later."

Lord Changping has been in a state of uneasiness since the dispersal of the dynasty.

If it was said that he still had a two-point face in front of Ying Zheng before, I am afraid that he has also been included in the candidates who need to be guarded against.

Maybe, I will be sent out of Xianyang soon, away from this place where all kinds of news are the most well-informed.

After all, he had lived in Xianyang for decades, and when he thought of leaving soon, he couldn't help but feel empty in his heart, and he couldn't even arouse any interest for a while.

However, it is always good to prepare in advance.

Mr. Changping quickened his pace, and immediately called his wife after returning home: "Hurry up and take someone to pack your luggage for going out. Remember to bring clothes and utensils for all seasons of the year."

His wife was stunned: "Where are you going? Are you leaving home for a year?"

Mr. Changping frowned: "Not only my clothes and utensils, but also everyone's gold, silver and other useful items in the family. We may be going to live elsewhere."

His wife was shocked: "The whole family moved? Why?"

Mr. Changping became impatient, and immediately scolded: "If you are told to go, go, why ask so many questions?"

His wife was taken aback. Seeing his angry face, she didn't dare to ask further questions, so she could only pack her luggage full of grievances.

And not long after she left, the concierge came to Mr. Changping to report: "Mr. Changping, His Majesty ordered someone to come to issue an order. I carefully inquired a few words, and the other party said that... Xinzheng is short of manpower, and ordered you to go to the town as soon as possible."

Mr. Changping paused, and forced a smile: "I'll go over and receive the order."

That night, Ying Zheng called Lin Qian to inquire about the attack on Chu.

Lin Qian naturally told him all the news she knew, but the process of Qin's victory over the other six countries was probably too simple, and the records of the war in various historical books were extremely brief. She could tell Ying Zheng The news is not too much.

But for Ying Zheng, it was enough.

It's just that after knowing it, Ying Zheng was no longer eager to attack Chu, and he couldn't make up his mind about Li Xin and Wang Jian, the two candidates for leading the army.

Both of them are very capable, and their style of leading troops to fight is very obvious. It stands to reason that Wei Liao had already given a well-founded suggestion. When Wang Jian obviously didn't want to show off anymore, he directly asked Li Xin to lead an army of 40 to attack. Chu State has no problem either.

But after knowing that this battle might be lost, Ying Zheng was more inclined to seek stability——

That is to say, let Wang Jian lead troops to attack Chu State.

However, Wang Jian thought it was too conspicuous to take down two countries, Zhao Yan, and now he wanted to avoid the limelight.

He even wanted to disarm and return to the fields.

Ying Zheng rubbed his temples irritably, hesitating whether to disregard Wang Jian's wishes and directly order him to lead troops to attack Chu State.

But 80 troops...

Mr. Changping soon arrived in Xinzheng with his wife and children.

He originally thought that Xinzheng was the old capital of South Korea. Even if there is no public dissatisfaction with Qin's rule, it is unlikely to accept the strict Qin laws. There must be constant conflicts between the government and the people.

But in fact, after several years of running-in, the people of Xinzheng have almost gotten used to Qin Law.

Last year's waterwheel and this year's expanded cotton plantation made Xinzheng people particularly convinced of Qin's rule, and they had hope in their hearts. They even lived and worked more peacefully than before under the rule of the Korean royal family.

This was originally a good thing.

But for Mr. Changping, it was very bad news.

Mr. Changping murmured to himself: "No, we have to make Xinzheng mess up..."

After some observation, Mr. Changping chose the old Korean nobles who had all their properties confiscated by the Qin State and who are now living a miserable life.

He ordered people to secretly bring money and found those old nobles.

Nowadays, life is not much different from that of ordinary people. Most of the old aristocrats whose lives are not as good as ordinary people, almost all chose to accept the money when they saw the money.

Nobles, maybe they can't do the right thing, and the means and efficiency of destroying it are definitely beyond the reach of others.

So within a few days, a missing person incident occurred in a corner of Xinzheng.

==·Missing·==

In the beginning, there were very few people who disappeared, and they were all children, so the people in Xinzheng thought they had met Pai Huazi. seriousness.

But with the passage of time, more and more people disappeared.

And the missing persons are not limited to children, women, even the elderly may suddenly disappear after going out one day.

Gradually, even young adults have disappeared.

The people of Xinzheng quickly fell into panic. At this time, many rumors of gods and ghosts suddenly appeared, pointing directly at the rule of Qin, saying that all this was because God could not understand the tyranny of Qin and the ungratefulness of Xinzheng people. punishment for his behavior.

The whole Xinzheng instantly became panicked.

The sheriff of Yingchuan County was originally leading people to investigate the case of missing persons, but now he learned that rumors were rampant in the county, and the whole person was so busy that he could only squint when he was driving in a carriage. For a while, I couldn't lie in bed and sleep for several nights.

But even though he was so busy, he never found any traces of those missing.

Now, even the sheriff couldn't help but start to waver——

those rumors...

No, no, the sheriff shook his head sweating profusely, and quickly sent a message to Xianyang.

……

Zhang Fu is Zhang Liang's cousin. After Zhang Liang was taken to Xianyang, the adult men in the family went out to find work to support the family, and all the family affairs fell on her and several sisters.

In order to have enough food and clothing, Zhang Fu also went out to do some simple sewing and sewing work.

On this day, she had just made two pieces of clothes and was about to hand them over to the shop, but when she got there, she found that the door of the shop was closed and no one was operating it.

She went forward and knocked on the door a few times, even the neighbors were alarmed, and the door of the store was still closed.

Zhang Fu was dumbfounded.

Fortunately, the neighbors of the shop remembered her, and quickly called her into the shop: "It's not safe outside recently, and many girls' homes have disappeared. You'd better go home quickly, and don't stay on the road."

Zhang Fu is locked at home making clothes these days and doesn't know much about the outside world. After hearing this, he asked: "I don't like to go out on weekdays. It's just that I took a job cutting clothes at the store a few days ago. I just made the clothes yesterday. Well, it was specially washed and delivered. But I knocked on the door for a long time, and the shopkeeper never came to open it."

She clutched the bundle in distress, "Who should I give the clothes in my hand to?"

Zhang Fu is not worried that the store is deceiving her. After all, the fabric of the two clothes in her hand was bought by the store at her own expense. The store also paid her half of the deposit before. If the store doesn't want the two clothes, Zhang Fu will take them directly. Not only will you not lose money if you sell it, but you will also make a profit.

It's just that she doesn't want to take advantage of others.

Zhang Fu frowned and looked at the neighbor: "I don't know, where is the family next door to you?"

The neighbor was both flustered and sympathetic: "This... have you heard about the disappearance case that has been making a lot of noise recently? You also know that the couple next door are now in their 30s and only got an only daughter, and they managed to raise them until they were in their teens. , I'm going to get married recently, otherwise I wouldn't spend money to ask you to help make clothes. But just a few days ago, his daughter just went to find her fiancé for something, who knows..."

Zhang Fu panicked instantly: "Aqiu is gone?"

The neighbor sighed and nodded: "Girl, you should hurry home too. The store next door moved to the countryside because of being overly sad. I'm afraid they won't come back in a short time. Keep the clothes in your hands for yourself, or take them with you." It's up to you to sell it, and they won't blame you."

His eyes fell on the bundle in Zhang Fu's hand, and he sighed again.

孽 孽!

He sympathized with what happened to his neighbors, but even the government couldn't find those missing people, so what can ordinary people do?

The neighbor persuaded Zhang Fu a few more words, and then returned to his shop.

Zhang Fu stood where he was, panicked.

After hesitating for a moment, she gritted her teeth and rushed into the shop to find the shop owner: "Even if someone is missing, it should be the one who is alone. Can the shop owner ask two people to take me back together? Don't worry, I will give you the money."

The shopkeeper waved his hands again and again: "No, no, just look, how many pedestrians are still on this street? I dare not go out."

Zhang Fu panicked: "How many more people do you call? I will pay for them all!"

As she said that, she directly took out a purse full of coins from her bosom, "My home is in the west of the city, as long as you send me home safely, all the money will be given to you."

The man looked at the coin in Zhang Fu's hand, thought for a second that the people who disappeared recently seemed to be the ones who were alone, and finally nodded in agreement after some tangling.

He immediately went into the backyard, ready to call his two sons, as well as the old man who was still in good shape.

Four middle-aged men, nothing will happen to them.

Only then did Zhang Fu breathe a sigh of relief.

After calming down, Zhang Fu couldn't help looking at the store.

Although it was the first time for her to receive help from the store to make clothes, in the past year, Zhang Fu received a lot of laundry work from the store. Because of their former aristocratic status, the Zhang family was not popular in Xinzheng. The shopkeeper didn't mind, and she couldn't help the family.

And Zhang Fu also knew the shopkeeper's daughter.

The girl's name is Aqiu, and she is two years older than her, because she knows that Zhang Fu can read and write, and occasionally asks Zhang Fu to teach her how to read with money. She is a very motivated and kind girl.

Knowing that Aqiu was about to get married before, Zhang Fu was still happy for her, but he didn't expect to get news from her again...

"Girl, let's go while it's still early?" The neighbor brought his father and two sons out, looked at the sky, and hurriedly urged.

Zhang Fu came back to his senses and nodded again and again: "Okay, let's... hmm?"

She stopped, and her eyes fell on a string of strange symbols at the corner of the shop——

Three lines, one circle.

The neighbor was about to urge him, when Zhang Fu pointed in one direction and asked him, "Do you know who drew those symbols?"

The neighbor glanced at it and didn't take it seriously: "Who knows? Maybe some kid scribbled on it when they were playing around, don't worry about it. We'll send you back first, and come back as soon as possible."

Zhang Fu hesitated for a while, but finally decided to put his own safety first, and did not pursue the strange feeling in his heart when he saw those symbols.

but……

She was thinking about those symbols in her heart, so on the way back, she couldn't help but glance at inconspicuous places such as the corners and thresholds of every house.

Zhang Fu always feels that those symbols are not special cases.

Sure enough, as soon as the group reached the corner, she saw a similar symbol again at the corner of a house.

She glanced at the panic-stricken neighbors of the shop, but she still didn't care much.Even if I saw similar symbols in the corners of many people's houses later, I just silently remembered them in my heart and had no intention of pursuing them.

Until Zhang Fu also saw a series of familiar symbols in the corner of his house——

Six lines, five circles, three crosses, and two small black dots.

==·Defected·==

Combined with the three lines and the symbol of a circle seen at the store, Zhang Fu suddenly had a guess in his heart: "This uncle, the people who have been living in the store I sent clothes to before, except for the store's husband and wife Does Ren and Aqiu, who is not yet married, still have an elder?"

The neighbor was about to leave after delivering the person, but he couldn't help but nodded when he heard this: "Yes, is there any problem?"

Zhang Fu stared at the string of symbols in the corner of his house, and couldn't help but feel chills in his heart.

Her Zhang family has a total of six married elders, five brothers at home, and three sisters. Her uncle just gave birth to two children the year before last.

Zhang Fu untied the purse from his waist and stuffed it to a neighbor, and immediately rushed into the elder's house: "Grandfather and grandmother, our Zhang family is being targeted!"

That night, after everyone came back, Zhang Fu immediately told everyone about his discovery.

So the next day, the other middle-aged men of the Zhang family did not go out to work, but accompanied Zhang Fu to search and confirm the meaning of those special symbols, and found that the lines in those symbols represented those who had reached a certain age Elders, circles and crosses represent young men and women, while small black dots represent children.

At the same time, they also found that almost all the homes marked with special symbols had people missing.

The Zhang family panicked instantly.

When the others were still at a loss as to what to do, Zhang Fu said directly: "Why are you panicking? Isn't there nothing wrong with our family now? Hurry up and report to the authorities, and we will be safe if the authorities arrest them!"

Others were somewhat reluctant to think that the government belonged to Qin.

Zhang Fu asked angrily: "Then do you wait until someone in your family disappears before reporting to the authorities? Or do you mean that the whole family does nothing and stays at home all day? Or do you want to investigate the real culprit yourself? "

The others paused and did not dare to raise any objections.

Zhang Fu took the people directly to the county guard's mansion, and when he saw the guard at the gate, he said directly, "I found the clues of those missing persons!"

According to the clues provided by Zhang Fu, the government quickly searched the whole city secretly, and sure enough, symbols were found in some hidden places of all the victims' houses.

According to the list of missing persons, they further confirmed the families of the victims.

The sheriff and the others got the clues, but they didn't alarm the others. Instead, they sent people to disguise themselves and hide near those people's houses to observe. If someone went out from those people's houses, they would send people to follow them quietly.

But recently, the rumors in the city have further fermented, and it has become that as long as they go out, they will be captured by the jealous gods, so very few people go out.

Naturally, it is also difficult for the murderer lurking in the dark to find a suitable opportunity.

The Zhang family has a large population, and the whole family stayed at home during these days, and they were almost exhausted.

Zhang Fu watched as several older elders began to take the initiative to reduce the amount of food they ate each meal in order to feed the two children, and immediately realized that this could not continue like this.

She decided to take the initiative.

……

Together with several brothers, Zhang Fu found the sheriff and proposed the idea that he could be used as a bait to lure the murderer to appear.

The sheriff naturally didn't want to.

But Zhang Fu convinced him: "The people in the city are panic-stricken. If the murderer cannot be caught, the people who already have a certain sense of belonging to the Qin State will be completely influenced by rumors and have anti-Qin ideas."

The sheriff understood that what she said was very reasonable, but he was still unwilling to let a weak woman come forward: "Your brother is more..."

Zhang Fu shook his head: "My brother has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he was very tall and strong. He has always been in and out of the same place. If this matter is really man-made, they may not dare to take action against my brothers."

What's more, she has always suspected that the murderer behind this matter is...

If the Zhang family didn't stand up at this time, and the real culprit is found out in the future, I'm afraid the Zhang family will be in a bad situation.

Zhang Fu took a deep breath: "As long as you send a few more people to protect me, nothing will happen to me."

The sheriff has no other choice.

He would like the officers and soldiers of the government office to replace someone as the bait, but since the people behind the scenes can do the thing of marking the target person's home, they must know the members of the family, and rashly replacing someone can do nothing but scare the snake away. like water off a duck's back.

So after some entanglement, the sheriff could only agree to Zhang Fu's request.

The brothers of the Zhang family originally thought that Zhang Fu came to find the sheriff, but they remembered or found some useful clues, but they didn't expect that she was serving as a bait for self-recommendation, so their expressions changed at that time.

But Zhang Fu has big ideas, except for Zhang Liang, who is the smartest in the entire Zhang family, no one in the same generation can stop her.

And it's too late to go home to rescue soldiers——

Zhang Fu didn't intend to delay for a while, but decided to settle everything today.

……

When several people were discussing the specific method, the servant of the county guard suddenly came in and announced: "The county guard, Mr. Changping is here to visit."

The sheriff frowned: "What is he here for?"

The county guard is not stupid either. Not long after Mr. Changping arrived in Xinzheng, a series of disappearances occurred in Yingchuan County. How could he not suspect Mr. Changping?

But during this period of time, he secretly sent a lot of people to watch, but found that Mr. Changping stayed in his mansion almost all day and rarely went out.

Not only him, but even the entire Changping Mansion seldom go out.

Therefore, even if the sheriff suspected that the matter was related to Mr. Changping, he could not do anything to him because there was no evidence.

Mr. Changping quickly came in, glanced at Zhang Fu and the others, and asked with a smile, "I don't know who these are? I don't seem to have seen them before."

The sheriff was about to introduce him when Zhang Fu spoke first: "Caomin is a descendant of the Zhang family in Xinzheng. Recently, he has come to look for the sheriff many times, just to inquire about our elder brother Zhang Liang who is far away in Xianyang. I heard that Mr. Changping just came from Xianyang not long ago. , I don’t know if you have heard the news of the elder brother? If you can tell the grass people, the grass people will be very grateful!"

Mr. Changping shook his head before he remembered who Zhang Liang was.

He paused and shook his head: "I haven't heard any news about Brother Ling, but for Brother Ling, no news should be the best news."

Zhang Fu seemed a little disappointed, but he still thanked Mr. Changping.

The sheriff's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile, "I don't know why Lord Changping came here today?"

Mr. Changping turned his attention away from the Zhang family, frowned and scolded: "Recently, there have been frequent disappearances of people in Xinzheng, and even Xianyang has been alarmed, but you have not found any useful information so far. You know that people's lives have been affected by this. How big of an impact? If you can't find out the matter again, the position of county guard should be replaced by someone else!"

The sheriff wanted to refute, but thinking of Lord Changping's sudden arrival today and Zhang Fu's reaction, he didn't say a word about the clues he had found, and only emphasized that he would find the real culprit in the shortest possible time.

Mr. Changping was full of disgust, but after all, it was not good to interfere too much, so he said "I can do it myself" and left.

After the people left, the sheriff returned to normal: "Let's continue to discuss how to proceed with this matter."

Zhang Fu couldn't help but glanced at the other party, but quickly calmed down.

……

The brothers of the Zhang family were quite depressed, but still they could only follow the method discussed by the sheriff and Zhang Fu. After escorting Zhang Fu away from the government office and arriving at a relatively remote place, they suddenly quarreled with her stand up.

Then Zhang Fu was so angry that he left alone, and the brothers of the Zhang family stopped "annoyed" for a while before chasing after him.

But Zhang Fu ran in another direction and entered a particularly remote alley.

After watching the Zhang family brothers leave with his own eyes, Zhang Fu was about to leave from his hiding place, but he didn't want to pass by a certain house, and a few strong men suddenly jumped off the wall of the other's courtyard and knocked him unconscious to the ground in an instant.

Several strong men tied up Zhang Fu and sent it to the courtyard wall.

But at this moment, several grown men in short brown clothes suddenly rushed out from another alleyway, directly surrounding them.

Several people realized that something was wrong, and immediately swung their swords and stabbed them.

however……

One of the men immediately shouted: "The gangster is here—"

Almost instantly, a series of noisy footsteps sounded around.

Several people looked at each other, panicked instantly, and immediately wanted to escape over the wall.

Unfortunately, as soon as they rode up the courtyard wall, soldiers in short brown clothes grabbed their ankles and dragged them to the ground.

Soon, a group of soldiers surrounded the entire house.

……

After some interrogation, the sheriff led people to find more similar places and arrested all the old nobles involved in this matter.

Only then did the people in Yingchuan County realize that their relatives and friends had not disappeared because of ghosts at all.

All the missing people are just because these old nobles exchanged news secretly, took advantage of their relatives and friends going out alone, seized the opportunity to be stunned and kidnapped when no one was around, or were taken away by these rotten stomachs, lungs and hearts When the old aristocrat invited him to his home as a guest, he fainted, so he was arrested and locked up.

Who would have thought that the missing people were not far away from their homes at all, and some of them were even locked up in the neighbor's house just across the wall from their own?

It's like the girl named Aqiu that Zhang Fu likes very much. When she was looking for her fiancé, she passed by the courtyard wall of an old aristocratic neighbor's house. Because there was no one around at that time, she was knocked unconscious by kidnapping Zhang Fu. Locked in the cellar.

Many children were coaxed into their homes with snacks and locked up again.

The people of Xinzheng were almost pissed off.

They were originally dissatisfied with the former nobles, but now thinking about those people who disappeared and the days they lived in fear during this period, they almost have the idea of ​​tearing these people alive.

Under the excitement of the crowd, everyone couldn't think of any laws. They all ran home and picked up weapons such as hoes, sickles and sticks to kill the old nobles involved in the case.

Even the brothers of the Zhang family were so angry that they wanted to kill those people after they learned that the murderer behind the scenes turned out to be the old aristocrats.

They were thinking of cuddling up with these people to survive, but no one told them about it, and those bastards even set their minds on the Zhang family.

Such a person should be killed directly!

Fortunately, the sheriff stood up in time to maintain order and stopped the people before they made a big mistake.And Zhang Fu, who had come to his senses, also said, "Didn't everyone say that Qin Law is strict? How can you beat these people up like letting them accept Qin Law's punishment? If you don't know the severity, you will If you beat him to death, you will go to jail instead, so you might as well hand him over to the sheriff!"

Zhang Fu is also one of the victims, and the common people are still willing to listen to her words.

What's more, what she said was quite in line with the people's impression of Qin Lv and their demands on this matter, so after looking at each other, they gave up their positions to the soldiers brought by the county guard.

The sheriff hurriedly asked his subordinates to take everyone back to the government office and imprison them.

Before leaving, the sheriff looked at Zhang Fu: "Ms. Zhang is quite like a grandfather. I heard that the children of the Zhang family have been studying and learning calligraphy since childhood. I wonder if Ms. Zhang has the idea of ​​working in the sheriff's mansion?"

Zhang Fu was taken aback, his mind went blank.

Seeing that she didn't respond, the county guard couldn't help being amused, and he was about to ask questions.

Just at this time, a soldier came to report in a hurry: "The county guard is not good. Mr. Changping heard the news half an hour ago and escaped from Xinzheng on horseback with a team of guards."

== · defection · ==

The sheriff was mad. He was just suspicious at first, but he never got the evidence. Now that Mr. Changping ran away, what else did he not understand?

The sheriff immediately recorded the matter and sent it to Xianyang.

Those who sent the letter to Xianyang were the former Korean nobles involved in the case and the family members of Mr. Changping.

It's also a good thing to say that--

Most of this group of old nobles are literate people, so they know more about Qin Law than ordinary people, so they know very well that it would be fine if no one is killed in this matter, and they still have a glimmer of hope to save their lives after the incident is exposed , even if you can't save your own life, it won't implicate your family.

But if they killed someone, not only their own heads would fall to the ground, but even their family members would be implicated and killed.

So although these old nobles accepted Lord Changping's money to do things for them, they also quietly left a way out for themselves: those men, women and children who were arrested and went home were starving for a period of time because of lack of food. other injuries.

Also because of this awe, this group of nobles were not directly executed by the county guard, but were sent to Xianyang.

Zhang Fu and his brothers also made great contributions to this matter, and were able to go to Xianyang with the county guard to meet King Qin.

Mr. Changping fled without sleep for two days and two nights with his guards, and finally came to a hidden valley where he was able to rest for a while.

Before, the mind was full of fleeing for their lives, but now that they have calmed down, everyone inevitably thought of the family members who were left behind in Xinzheng.

Some people dare not express their concern for their relatives, so they can only ask Mr. Changping obliquely: "Mr. Changping, how many wives and..."

Lord Changping frowned and stopped: "Don't disturb the morale of the army!"

The man was startled and closed his mouth for an instant.But in his heart, he couldn't stop worrying about his wife and children who stayed in Xinzheng.

And there are many people who think the same as him.

Mr. Changping did not notice the wavering of his subordinates at all, and was still annoyed by those old Korean nobles who took money but did nothing——

He is willing to give so much money to those old nobles, just to make Xinzheng mess up, so that when the Qin and Chu countries really fight, he can respond in time in Xinzheng.

And to make Xinzheng completely messed up, it is natural to kill those missing people in the first place.

In this way, even if the sheriff finds out the truth in the end, the matter is irreversible.

But the final result is that the old nobles took the money, but because they were timid, they didn't dare to kill those missing people in the first place.

Mr. Changping couldn't help trembling with anger when he thought that he had tossed and tossed for so long, and it turned out to be nothing in the end!

It really is more than success and failure!

It has only been more than a month since Mr. Changping was demoted to Xinzheng, and he actually did such a big thing!

After Lin Qian learned of this, seeing Ying Zheng's livid face every day, she was a little afraid to speak.

It wasn't until the real culprit was found out that Ying Zheng's mood improved.

As for Mr. Changping who abandoned his wife and son and fled?

Ying Zheng didn't take it seriously at all: "Where else can he escape? Sooner or later, I will send troops to attack Chu State, and sooner or later Lord Changping will have to pay for the crimes he committed!"

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Those old nobles still escaped death in the end, but because there were no casualties in this case, the family members were able to save their lives.

On the day of the execution, Caishikou in Xianyang was almost crowded with people who were filled with righteous indignation.

The Zhang family also wanted to watch the execution, but finally gave up the trip because they wanted to meet their elder brother Zhang Liang, whom they had not seen for a long time.

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