My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 1022: The Dagger of the Prisoner's Dilemma! No investigation, no right to speak!
Ying Chengyu nodded happily: "Very good!"

"When Lord Xinling stole the seal to save Zhao, it was a good thing for a while, but it should also make us think deeply."

"The royal decree may not have come from the king's hand, and the tiger talisman may not have been bestowed by the king."

"When encountering things, you should think more about them."

"Don't jump to conclusions based on an accusation, an appearance, or a royal decree!"

The law enforcers wanted to plug their ears and pretend to be deaf.

The mature law enforcement officers knew very well that even if Wang Ling was wrong, so what? Wang Ling was still Wang Ling!

Even if the royal order was not issued by the king, it represents the king's authority and they must obey it!

Otherwise, it would be disloyalty to the royal power!
If anyone dares to question the king's order or even wants to send troops to ask the king whether the order was issued by the king, it would not only be disloyalty, but also treason!
Not to mention doing it, even just saying such remarks is ill-intentioned!

But, you said that it was Chang'an Jun who said this?

Oh, that's okay.

Regardless of whether Wang Ling was true or false, whether Chang'an Jun obeyed or not depended on his mood.

Ying Fusu, however, seemed like a good kid who was kidnapped to a nightclub. His back unconsciously straightened, his breathing became a little rapid, his eyes slightly red, and he kept muttering, "No, this is not right! This does not conform to what the masters said!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

"What my uncle said is correct!"

"Lord Xinling was able to steal the talisman to save Zhao, so how can Wang Ling be the king's true will?"

"Since even Wang Ling may not be the true will of the Great King, how can the accusations of the examinees be the truth?"

"No investigation, no right to speak!"

"Without investigation, there can be no truth!"

What Ying Chengjiao said was completely different from the teachings of Chunyu Yue and others, and was also completely different from the words and theories of all the people Ying Fusu had come into contact with.

After all, even in today's world of flourishing thoughts, and even though Lord Xinling had stolen the seal to save Zhao before, few people dared to directly say that Wang Ling might not be telling the truth.

However, Ying Zheng's performance and Ying Chengjiao's remarks, which were slightly sage-like, made it impossible for Ying Fusu, whose mind was still immature, to refute and he had to accept it.

Ying Fusu stood up suddenly and bowed solemnly to Ying Chengjiao: "Thank you for your guidance, uncle!"

"Nephew, please teach me!"

Seeing Ying Fusu's sincere and sudden enlightenment, Ying Chengjiao couldn't help but curl up his lips slightly: "Very good."

"Fusu, what should an excellent official do when faced with such a situation?"

Ying Fusu said without hesitation: "Collect all the accusations, and first select the evidence that multiple candidates have made joint accusations."

"Then the evidence will be handed over to the officials, who will investigate and find the evidence and the victim, and then the county lieutenant will make a preliminary judgment on the severity of the crime."

"Minor cases will be judged by the local county magistrate, slightly more serious cases will be judged by the local county governor, and those punishable by death will be transferred to Xianyang to be judged by the court judge and my father."

"From the moment we start investigating the evidence, we must order the censor to monitor the entire process!"

Ying Chengjiao nodded and said, "Very good."

“This is the way to be an official!”

"Just keep working."

Ying Fusu excitedly bowed: "Yes!"

With an unprecedented sense of mission in his heart, Ying Fusu took the transcribed texts sent by the law officers and sorted them into categories. He also took advantage of his spare time to number all the accusations and extract the repeated accusations.

In Linzi city, candidates were either tossing and turning anxiously, waiting for the fork in the road of their lives, or boarding boats on Taigong Lake to vent their pent-up frustration after long-term preparation for the exam.

Therefore, outside the city of King Qi, the common people and powerful people gathered together to discuss overnight, thinking about what kind of gifts they could give Ying Chengjiao, and also considering whether the accusations against the candidates were so serious that they needed to relocate their entire families overnight.

Therefore, on the city wall of King Qi, 1,500 county soldiers closed the city gates and climbed up the city walls to patrol the surroundings. The accompanying personnel opened the armory and took out arrows, ready for a war to defend the city to the death. Thousands of family soldiers were wearing heavy armor and were ready to fight outside the Chang'an Bookstore, ready to fight at any time, their swords ready to taste the blood of the desperate dogs jumping over the wall at any time.

So in the city of King Qi, Ying Chengjiao led Ying Fusu, Qi Diaoli and more than a hundred other examiners to mark the test papers day and night, sharpening their knives!

The tenth day of the eighth month of the reign of King Qin.

The dim morning light illuminates the Chang'an Bookstore.

Although Ying Fusu looked tired, had greasy hair and clothes that smelled sour, his eyes were sparkling.

Taking a deep breath of oxygen to relieve the fatigue of his brain, Ying Fusu picked up the Chang'an paper and walked in front of Ying Chengjiao, saying solemnly: "Uncle!"

"All the candidates' accusations have been copied and summarized!"

"A total of 131 people were accused by the examinees of intentionally or powerfully disrupting our Great Qin, and 108 of them were given written evidence of their crimes."

"Although no one has listed evidence of the former Prince Tian Huan of Qi's crimes, there are as many as 2,253 candidates who have accused the former Prince Tian Huan of Qi of having the intention to disrupt our Great Qin."

"The Chai clan of Chai County and Chai Lue ranked second, with 231 candidates identifying evidence of the Chai clan, of which 43 pieces of evidence were repeated."

"Yuling County, Yu Gui and Yu Shi are second..." After a full quarter of an hour, Ying Fusu finally finished reading the summary. He looked at Ying Chengjiao with hatred in his eyes and said, "Uncle!"

"If the accusations of these examinees are true, then all 108 of them must be executed! Immediately!"

Although the candidate's accusation is not sufficient to constitute conclusive evidence, in Ying Chengjiao's opinion, the candidate's accusation is at least 80% credible.

The reason is very simple. All candidates who took part in this imperial examination must have read Qin Law, and any candidate who has read Qin Law should know that there is an important clause in Qin Law.

False accusation and counterattack!

In short, if Ju Chang accused Chai Lue of murder, and later found out that Chai Lue did not kill anyone, then Ju Chang would be executed for murder!

Although the "Provisional Law of the New District" currently being implemented in the ancient Qi area does not include a provision for false accusation and counter-accusation, the candidates should be able to understand Daqin's attitude towards false accusations through this law.

Ying Chengjiao smiled brightly: "As expected."

“If you don’t bait your nest when fishing, you won’t catch much.”

"If you fish with a heavy bait, you'll catch a lot of fish!"

"It's worth it that I have spread so much bait for so long."

"This harvest did not disappoint me!"

Since Ying Chengjiao entered the former Qi territory, he has chopped off more than a thousand heads in accordance with the law. Ying Chengjiao's undisguised butcher knife and his step-by-step high-pressure policy have made all the people in the former Qi territory tremble with fear and their hearts tremble with dread.

However, Ying Chengjiao's move was just to create an oppressive atmosphere.

What was revealed at the end of the test paper was Ying Chengjiao’s final dagger—the Prisoner’s Dilemma Blade!
If all candidates betray the people and answer the third question full, then the third question will be harmful to all candidates and will only allow Ying Chengjiao to reap the benefits.

If most of the candidates betrayed other people, then those candidates who did not betray other people would be regarded as diehards by Ying Chengjiao. Even if they had no intention of rebellion and had not done anything illegal, they would still be the focus of Ying Chengjiao's attention.

If only one or several candidates betrayed other people, then this candidate would become a horse bone purchased by Ying Chengjiao for a huge sum of money. Even some minor problems in the clan would be temporarily ignored. The candidates who had not betrayed other people might die and their clan would be destroyed because of their backstabbing.

Although everyone knew that the Qin Dynasty had launched this imperial examination exclusively for the ancient Qi territory with great fanfare, whether for the purpose of selecting officials or for political propaganda considerations, the result must not be a failure.

If all the candidates do not betray the people and do not answer the third question, Ying Chengjiao will be forced to accept it and assume that the third question does not exist!

However, the examinees had just seen this question in the prison-like cell where they could not talk to each other. How could they believe that the remaining 3,000 examinees would not betray the people? !

More importantly, among the more than 3,000 candidates, there are not only children of the common people who are as unclean as them, but also many children of the common people who are incapable of doing evil!
They have no choice!
They could only rush towards the fishing net that Ying Chengjiao had opened!
Ying Fusu, Qi Diaoli and all the law officers stood up, smiled and bowed, "Congratulations to Lord Chang'an!"

"Congratulations to all the people of Qi!"

"Congratulations to Great Qin!"

Ying Chengjiao stood up and stretched his sore shoulders, then bowed and said, "I'll trouble you all to take care of the examination papers, and I'll trouble Qi Diaozi to supervise carefully."

"Fusu, follow your uncle!"

Ying Fusu was slightly startled: "Where are you going, uncle?"

The test papers have not been graded yet, the rankings have not been determined, and the most important thing that Ying Chengjiao has done during this visit to the ancient Qi territory has not yet been completed.

Leaving now?
Ying Chengjiao turned out the table, put one hand on the sword, and gave Ying Fusu a sunny and warm smile: "Kill people."

Ying Fusu:!!!

Ying Fusu was stunned: "My uncle taught me before that without investigation, I have no right to speak."

"Even Wang Ling may be false, not to mention the accusations of the examinees. An excellent official should first find out the truth before making a judgment."

"My uncle praised what my nephew said before, and thought that the process I described was the right way to be an official."

"And now my uncle wants to kill people without any investigation or judgment from the authorities?!"

"Uncle! This action is neither in line with what you said nor in line with the laws of the Qin Empire!"

How many days have passed since Ying Chengjiao told Ying Fusu that he had to investigate first and then make a judgment?

Isn't it that Ying Chengjiao himself doesn't follow what he said?
This is too much of a double standard!
Ying Fusu was completely defeated by Ying Chengjiao!

Ying Chengjiao walked past Ying Fusu and walked out of Chang'an Bookstore. He opened the door with both hands, looked back in the rising sun and said with a smile, "My uncle is not an excellent official."

Ying Fusu: ...

Ying Fusu really had no way to refute what Ying Chengjiao said!

Ying Chengjiao's smile became brighter: "Of course, this is not important."

"Uncle, teach Fusu another truth."

"Special matters are handled specially!"

"As for how to do it, Fusu should personally see it."

Ying Fusu followed Ying Chengjiao in silence but with full of curiosity. He stood one step behind Ying Chengjiao and said seriously, "Confucius said: One should be careful with one's words and actions, and careful with one's words. How can a gentleman not be honest and sincere?"

"Even if your uncle is your uncle, if he does not follow his words and deeds, your nephew should also strongly advise him!"

(End of this chapter)