The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 19 Master-disciple battle
Lu Buwei's mood was just like his expression, very complicated.

In front of him, the left supervisor of the Supreme Court took a leather whip dipped in water and whipped the assassin again and again.

"Tell me! Who ordered you to kill him?"

Every time the assassin was whipped, his body trembled and his teeth bled.

"It doesn't hurt! It doesn't hurt! It doesn't hurt at all!"

Young Master Cheng Jiao stared at him and talked non-stop.

Either vomit or eat.

Eat and vomit, eat after vomiting.

Even though he had vomited so much that his face turned pale and he needed Ying Zheng's support to walk, he still sat on the chair and refused to leave prison.

Eighteen plates of fruit were replaced and thirty-three pots of water were used.

[How did he endure it?]
Lu Buwei asked himself, but there was no answer.

Who doesn’t know that Master Cheng Jiao knows how to enjoy himself?
Ninety percent of Qin's luxury items appeared in the past two years, and almost all of them are related to Prince Chengjiao.

Prince Chengjiao knew how to enjoy life and loved it, and could not endure hardship, and his reputation for virtue was as well-known as his own.

Those who disliked Master Chengjiao privately gave him the nickname, Master Jiao.

This was an absolute derogatory term and insult to the Qin State, which was brave enough to fight foreign wars.

[If today's incident gets out, the name Jiao Gongzi will no longer be true.]
Lu Buwei thought about it, feeling deeply confused and slightly frightened.

I don't understand why Master Cheng Jiao's character changed so drastically. Could he endure such great pain just for a half-brother he met for the first time?
He was afraid that the relationship between the two brothers was so good, and he might be held accountable in the future because of his escape from Zhao State.

In the Battle of Changping, Qin won a great victory.

Bai Qi, the Marquis of Wu'an in Qin, killed 450,000 Zhao soldiers, shocking the world.

When the news reached Zhao, the King of Zhao was furious and ordered the execution of Qin Yiren, the Qin hostage.

Before the Zhao soldiers who were sent to kill Qin Yiren arrived, Lu Buwei, who had a keen sense of smell, got the news and reacted very quickly.

"We can't stay in Zhao any longer. Return to Qin immediately."

Pull the master up and leave.

Although time was tight, he still planned to send someone to pick up Zhao Ji and her son, but Qin Yiren refused.

"Sir, please hurry up!"

When it comes to life and death, time is life.

What else did he have to worry about when his master spoke? He gladly accepted the order and left Handan at full speed.

Judging from the situation at that time.

If Qin Yiren had not escaped, Zhao Ji and her son would still have a chance of survival.

Qin Yiren escaped, and Zhao Ji and her son had to bear the King of Zhao's wrath for him and were burned to ashes.

Lü Buwei did not expect that the seriously ill Lin Xiangru could actually save the mother and son. (Note 1)
He never expected that eight years later, the mother and son would return to Qin and would be given the status of the eldest son of the legitimate mother.

To be honest, he did want to take the mother and son away with him, but his master couldn't wait and insisted on leaving immediately.

But most things in this world are unreasonable.

Just like what is happening right now.

In order to prevent Ying Chengjiao from interrogating the assassin, Lu Buwei set up two lines of defense that he thought were foolproof.

As Ying Chengjiao's teacher, he knew better than anyone how virtuous and gentlemanly Ying Chengjiao was.

Not to mention killing people, he has never even killed a chicken.

The master repeatedly wanted to take Prince Chengjiao to build up his courage and kill criminals, but Prince Chengjiao refused to go.

The lord was in a hurry, so Prince Chengjiao went to ask the King of Qin to make the decision.

A young master like Cheng Jiao can be easily deceived. This is the first line of defense.

The assassin is stubborn and cannot be pried open, which is reasonable.

Then, before the Minister of Justice Huayang Bufei could give his reasons, he was nearly killed by the King of Qin's seal.

Chief Justice Zhao Di gave a reason when he was asked, "Do you also have a sister who is a queen?"

It doesn’t matter if the first line of defense is broken, there is still a second line.

Only Lu Buwei complained bitterly after seeing Prince Chengjiao see the battlefield outside Hangu Pass.

Only he knew how painful it was for Master Chengjiao to vomit.

The environment in the Tingwei prison is much worse than that small battlefield outside Hangu Pass. If they can't stand it, how much more so in prison?

If he can't supervise in person, then what the outcome of the interrogation will be is still up to the Crown Prince, right?

Just say that the interrogation revealed that the mastermind behind this was the prince. He couldn't have killed his father for his brother, right? Don't believe it? If you don't believe it, go ask the assassin yourself.

Prince Chengjiao did not kill his father, but he almost killed the Chief Justice and agreed to go to jail.

They even had to bring some fruit and eat it while watching the execution.

It was so powerful that it smashed the second line of defense head-on.

The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.

Why doesn't this principle work for Master Chengjiao? Can one change one's nature just like that?

Besides being shocked, Lu Buwei was also proud.

This is the disciple he taught!
He was not worried about anything going wrong during the interrogation, as he had a third line of defense.

These assassins are all deadly warriors. It is impossible to get any information from them simply by asking them without any evidence. We have to use torture.

Master Chengjiao, do you understand this punishment?
There is a gap between what you read in books and what you hear from others and what you actually apply. The clerk brought the 21st plate of fruit.

Ying Chengjiao ate it and didn't vomit.

He didn't feel happy, just sad.

My stomach felt like it wasn't my own and I felt weak all over.

Fortunately, the smell is no longer pungent.

He patted his chest, smiled, and said to his body:

"How about it? I still have the final say, right?"

The whip fell on the person.

Snap~!

"Tell me! Who sent you?"

"It doesn't hurt!"

Snap~!

"Say it!"

"Hey, it doesn't hurt!"

Amidst such noises, Ying Chengjiao ordered his clerk to fetch some salt, poured a little into the pot, and drank it all up in one gulp.

After replenishing the salt, I closed my eyes and began to rest, and my energy slowly recovered...

The arms of the left supervisor of the Supreme Court, who personally carried out the execution, felt sore, and the whip he swung was no longer as strong as at the beginning, and the assassin's screams became quieter and quieter.

After swinging the whip once more, the Left Supervisor of the Court of Justice stopped, swung his arms, and pouted at the Right Supervisor of the Court of Justice.

Substitution.

The Right Supervisor of the Court of Censors understood what he meant, took off his long robe, and went forward bare-chested to receive the whip.

"Wait a moment." Ying Chengjiao's voice was a little weak, but very clear.

Hearing the rustling footsteps, he opened his eyes, smiled at the two eunuchs on his left and right, pointed at the left eunuch of the court and said to the right eunuch of the court:

"If you go up and hit him like that again, I'll smash your head."

The Right Supervisor of the Supreme Court’s face changed drastically.

The fate of the Tingwei and Tingwei Zheng was right before his eyes, and he had no doubt about what Master Chengjiao said.

"Young Master means..."

"I just want results."

The Right Supervisor of the Imperial Court stole a glance at Lü Buwei.

Lu Buwei nodded slightly, without leaving any trace, and it would be noticeable unless you stared at him.

The Right Supervisor of the Supreme Court was relieved.

"Bring me the knife!"

"only!"

The clerk handed over a one-foot-long short knife. The blade was shiny and the edge was gleaming. It was obviously a good knife.

The Right Supervisor of the Court of Censors took the knife, walked up to the assassin and slapped him in the face.

"Boy, have you heard of Lingchi? If you confess now, I will give you a quick death."

"Heh!" The assassin spat out a mouthful of blood and phlegm at the Right Judge of the Imperial Court. Before the Right Judge of the Imperial Court got angry, he said weakly, "Confess, I confess everything."

A hint of ferocity flashed across the eyes of the Right Supervisor of the Court of Censors, and his grip on the knife tightened.

"cough."

He heard a weak cough behind him and recognized it as the voice of Young Master Chengjiao.

The Right Supervisor of the Supreme Court was shaking and did not dare to move.

The assassin raised his head slightly, his eyelids turned outward.

"Your mother tastes really good."

"That mother! I want you to be blind!"

The Right Supervisor of the Supreme Court cursed angrily, and with his knife in his hand, he gouged out one of the assassin's eyes.

The assassin screamed.

"Say! Who sent you here!"

"A maidservant's adopted son!" (Note 2)
The sword flashed.

Screams continued.

After a dozen stabs, the screams stopped.

The Right Supervisor of the Court of Censors spat fiercely at the assassin with his head bowed, his hatred still lingering.

"Sir, this thief couldn't bear the torture and died."

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【Note 1: seriously ill: seriously ill. "Historical Records": In the seventh year of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, the Qin and Zhao armies were at Changping. Zhao She had already died, and Lin Xiangru was seriously ill. 】

【Note 2: A son adopted by a maidservant is a son adopted by a female slave.】

(End of this chapter)