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

Chapter 671: Lao Ai is still in need of a companion! My sword is very fast!

Xiao He, like other candidates, stood properly for the sake of impression points, but his eyes were looking around curiously and excitedly.

Then, important officials of the Qin Dynasty such as Wei Zhuang, Wei Liao, and Ying Chengjiao were seen sitting on the left and right sides of the Qilin Hall.

There is also a figure wearing a crown and looking extremely majestic sitting on a high platform!

When Xiao He and other examinees' eyes met this figure, they all lowered their heads quickly as if they had been electrocuted.

This is because the man sitting on the high platform is the king of the most powerful country in the world.

Ying Zheng!

Ying Zheng also realized the nervousness of the examinees, so he stood up, walked to the edge of the platform, and said in a gentle voice: "My dear ministers, raise your heads."

The hearts of dozens of candidates from ordinary backgrounds suddenly trembled.

Love, my dear?
Is the king calling us?

Are ordinary people like me qualified to be called your beloved minister?

But seeing other candidates around them looking up, these dozens of candidates also hurriedly shifted their gaze upwards.

The crown was still majestic, but the king wearing it had a gentle smile on his face and a gentle voice:
"I have personally read the answers of all the dear ministers."

"Then I had only one thought in my mind."

"good!"

"Very good!"

"All the talents in the world will go to Daqin!"

For candidates who need to take the imperial examinations to become officials, personal recognition from Ying Zheng is so rare!

Xiao He and other examinees were immediately filled with passion and bowed their hands loudly: "We, thank the king!"

Ying Zheng smiled and continued, "I accept the advice of Lord Chang'an and select the candidates according to their respective subjects, choosing the talented people in the wild."

"That is why I am able to have you, my dear ministers, come to Qin to help me."

"But there are some bugs who betrayed my trust!"

The door of the side hall opened.

Wang Wan personally escorted a man in court robes into the Qilin Hall.

After Wang Wan, Li Si led his subordinates to escort more than 300 people in prison clothes into the palace.

Hearing Ying Zheng's voice suddenly turn cold, and seeing a familiar figure being escorted into the hall, some candidates couldn't help but cry out:
"Qu Bi! That's Qu Bi! How did he get brought here?"

"And Han Qiu, this man clearly left the examination room safely. After the exam, I drank with him all night long. How come he was also brought here?"

"That person, could that person be the imperial servant of the Qin Dynasty?!"

"How is it possible? The Imperial Household is one of the Nine Ministers of the Qin Dynasty. How could he be taken here?"

Under the gazes of astonishment, Wang Wan bowed to Ying Zheng and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty."

"All suspects in the imperial examination fraud case have been brought in."

"I led the censors to supervise the entire process and there were no omissions."

Li Si then bowed and said: "Your Majesty, on November 1, the 14th year of the reign of Qin, the Lord of Chang'an discovered that a gentleman had committed fraud."

"I will immediately lead the officials of the Imperial Court to investigate, and ask the Prime Minister, Chang'an Jun and other colleagues to assist, and ask the Imperial Censor to supervise the entire process."

"Today, I have found solid evidence!"

"According to investigation, this imperial examination fraud case was instigated by the Imperial Household Li, followed by 51 officials including the Imperial Attendant Xiong Wan, and 213 scholars took advantage of it, attempting to cheat the emperor through various means during the imperial examination."

"Fortunately, Lord Chang'an was perceptive and saw through all the cheating methods of these villains. He was able to maintain the fairness of the imperial examinations and help the king avoid being deceived by the villains."

"All the evidence of the imperial examination fraud case is here, please read it, Your Majesty!"

After saying this, Li Si couldn't help but look at Ying Chengjiao.

From an observer's perspective, Li Si had to admit that Mi Li and others were extremely well prepared. Even if they were prepared, it would be difficult to withstand the various tricks of Mi Li and others.

However, Ying Chengjiao unexpectedly destroyed all the arrangements made by Mi Li and others, and even destroyed them in advance!
If he had not personally presided over the interrogation and investigation, if the policy of selecting scholars by imperial examinations had not been advised by Ying Chengjiao, and if he had not known that Ying Chengjiao was concerned about the Qin Dynasty, Li Si would have even suspected that Ying Chengjiao might be the mastermind behind this major case!
Xiao He and all the other candidates were even more shocked.

When some people saw Mi Li, they already recognized her identity.

But no one believed it.

He is one of the Nine Ministers of the Qin Dynasty!
How could he be escorted into the Qilin Hall in such an embarrassed manner in front of these candidates who had not yet entered the court?
But Li Si's words told everyone.

This disheveled and dejected man in prison uniform is none other than the Grand Coachman of the Qin Dynasty, Mi Li!
Wang Wan bowed again and said, "I have led my subordinates to verify all the evidence."

“None of them are fake!”

Bamboo baskets were carried to the bottom of the platform, filled with bamboo slips, silk and Chang'an paper.

Just by looking at the number of bamboo baskets, everyone knew that the evidence collected by Li Si was absolutely sufficient.

And it is different from the bamboo slips that Ying Chengjiao burned after killing Fan Yuqi.

All of these evidences have been verified by Wang Wan, and the authenticity of these evidences has been proven with the credibility of the Qin Dynasty!
Ying Zheng looked down at Mi Li coldly and asked in a deep voice: "Grand Master Li, do you have anything to say?"

Although winter had already arrived in Daqin, Mi Li's clothes were soaked with sweat.

His face was pale as he racked his brains to think about how to solve the current dilemma.

But before he could come up with a plan to break the impasse, the Queen Mother's Minister Mi Fan shouted in a rage, "Tai Pu Li, the King trusts you and will grant you the position of Minister."

"You have failed the king's trust."

"At this point, you still don't repent!"

Other court officials from Guandong also spoke up, shouting angrily: "I am ashamed to serve in the same palace with this man!"

"The evidence is so conclusive, why don't you confess your guilt immediately? What are you doing?"

"Don't let my Great Qin become a laughing stock of the world!"

Mi Li's face became even paler.

He knew that when Mi Fan and other Chu-related relatives began to accuse him, it meant that all the people in Guandong who were involved in the matter had reached a consensus.

Give up on him!
Use the life of a Nine Ministers to extinguish the anger in Ying Zheng's heart! Mi Li looked at Mi Chen pleadingly, but only received a sigh of helplessness.

What can Mi Chen do?
In order to avoid being implicated too much, Mi Chen could only ask Mi Li to plead guilty!
Mi Li felt even more desperate.

But he doesn't want to die.

He really doesn't want to die!

With no one to help him, Mi Li could only cry out in sorrow: "I beg the king to see clearly!"

"I have never committed any fraud..."

However, before Mi Li could finish her defense, Ying Chengqiu suddenly spoke up: "I am a reasonable person."

"When I was speaking the law to you."

"You'd better talk to me about the law."

"If you insist on not discussing the law with me, but instead are arguing with me?"

"The specimen of Lao Ai just happened to be in need of a companion."

Who among the old ministers of the Qin Dynasty doesn't know how Lao Ai died?

Ying Chengjiao dragged him to the gate of Xianyang City, where he used a very sharp knife to cut off his bones and flesh one by one. When Lao Ai fainted from the pain, he asked the doctor to use medicine to treat his wounds. After he recovered, he continued to cut his flesh and bones until half of his body was cut off and he died completely!
But even though Lao Ai was dead, Ying Chengjiao still did not let him go. Instead, he continued to patiently cut Lao Ai's entire body into slices with a knife. He also asked the painter to carefully depict the shape of the slices of meat and named it a specimen painting.

Finally, Ying Chengjiao placed all the specimen paintings in the military medical department of the military academy as teaching materials, and pickled all the meat slices and stored them in the ice cellar for doctors to study!
To this day, Lao Ai’s flesh pieces are still being examined and looked at by successive batches of military academy students and cannot be buried!

When she thought that she might encounter such a situation, the rest of Mi Li's words were immediately choked in her throat and she could no longer utter them.

Ying Zheng shouted in a deep voice: "Lord Chang'an!"

"Stop disrupting the trial!"

Ying Chengjiao sat back in his seat obediently and bowed: "Yes!"

But Ying Chengjiao's eyes were still looking at Mi Li teasingly, as if he was looking at prey.

Mi Li was completely desperate.

Compared with what happened to Lao Ai, death does not seem so unacceptable.

As if his spine had been pulled out, Mi Li collapsed to the ground, kowtowed and cried out in sorrow: "Your Majesty, I plead guilty!"

Ying Zheng asked calmly, "What crime has Taipu Li committed?"

Mi Li whispered in despair: "Your Highness, you intend to cheat and send more young men to the court, which will ruin the court's plan to recruit talents."

"Your Majesty, you have committed a heinous crime!"

Mi Li is downplaying his crimes.

But fortunately, Ying Zheng had no intention of killing them all.

Ying Zheng just asked coldly: "Li Tingwei, what crime should Taipu Li be charged with?!"

Li Si clasped his hands and said in a deep voice: "The Grand Coachman violated the order and disobeyed the order (dereliction of duty), and the tribute selection was inaccurate...deceiving the emperor!"

"Tai Pu Li is an important official of the Qin Dynasty. He broke the law knowingly, and his crime should be even more serious!"

"Tai Pu Li holds the title of Fifth Great Officer, which can be used to compensate for crimes of nine levels."

"According to the law, all positions and titles of the Grand Master should be removed, and he should be beheaded and crucified, and all his property and land should be confiscated. This is immediate!"

"The whole family will be punished!"

Mi Li was scared, he was really scared.

Li Si not only wanted to chop off his head, but also cut open his abdomen, rip open his intestines, and dry him into a dried form!

Mi Li cried out in sorrow: "I am a guilty subject, please be lenient, Your Majesty!"

Hearing Mi Li's cries, several candidates couldn't help but feel sympathy.

After all, Mi Li was an important official holding the position of Shangqing. He had already begged so humbly, so what would it matter even if he was spared?
Ying Zheng asked coldly: "The imperial examination is a major event for selecting talents for the Qin Dynasty and for me!"

"Do you think I am magnanimous?"

"If Lord Chang'an had not discovered your despicable behavior, who would have returned your positions to you, my dear ministers?"

The compassion in the hearts of several candidates suddenly disappeared.

All the candidates glared at Mi Li.

To ruin someone's future is like killing his parents.

These villains actually want to ruin their future, they should be killed!

Ying Zheng drew his sword from its sheath, threw it to Ying Chengjiao, and said in a deep voice: "According to the law, this beast should be beheaded and then crucified."

"I don't want to let this beast live even a moment longer!"

"Chang'an Jun is the chief official of this imperial examination. You will be the one to chop off the beast's head in the Qilin Palace on my behalf!"

Ying Chengjiao grabbed the flying sword with one hand and shouted happily: "Yes!"

Looking at Ying Chengjiao walking towards her, Mi Li wanted to retreat in despair, but was held back by the court guards and could not move forward or backward.

Mi Li could only cry out in increasing sorrow: "Lord Chang'an! Lord Chang'an! Uncle is wrong, uncle is wrong!"

"When Chang'an Jun was young, your uncle held you in his arms!"

"I hope that Lord Chang'an will spare my uncle's life for the sake of the Queen Mother!"

"At least, at least spare the life of my uncle's family!"

Facing Mi Li's pleading eyes, Ying Chengqiu half-knelt in front of Mi Li and said gently: "Don't panic, don't be afraid."

Mi Li looked up in surprise.

Could it be that his pleading worked?
But he forgot that Ying Chengjiao killed even his own uncle, so why would he care about a cousin who was five generations away from him?

Ying Chengjiao stood up slowly, holding a sword and standing beside Mi Li, his voice still gentle: "My sword is very fast."

"It won't hurt."

(End of this chapter)