i don't want to be emperor

"I've already given you the ledger, what are you going to do next?" Liu Qingxuan asked.

"Just hand over the account book to the local prefect. Prefect Zhang is well-known among the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty for his uprightness and strictness. He is also a student of Prime Minister Wang, so he will enforce the law impartially." Qin Yi put away his face. The smile on his face, and the serious look made the two people facing him feel a little oppressed, "But before that, I want to visit this cabinet scholar first."

Liu Qingxuan and Hu Yin exchanged glances subconsciously, and Hu Yin, who thought of what Qin Yi had said to him before, asked, "Can't you wait until the old man is arrested?" The little emperor probably wanted to Go and ask about the situation of those servants.

"I came out for a private interview on Weibo. If I want to ask Liu Shichen any questions after he is arrested, and I don't want to reveal my identity, I can only rob him." Qin Yi patiently explained, "Prime Minister Wang has always wanted to Take me back, if his disciples find out that I'm here, then my private visit in the incognito service will be a complete failure."

Obviously his tone was very flat, without the slightest hint of irony, but for some reason, Hu Yin always felt a little depressed when he heard his words.

"If you don't intend to reveal your identity, how can you get him to answer your question honestly?" Hu Yin asked again.

"If I didn't guess wrong, Liu Shichen should already know my identity." Qin Yi flipped through the account book in front of him, and subconsciously frowned, "I just need to ask directly, he, no Don't you dare to answer." He obviously still had a somewhat childish face, but at this moment he appeared quite awe-inspiring.

"Then when do you want to find him?" Liu Qingxuan asked instead of Hu Yin who had suddenly fallen into a state of honeyed silence.

"Tonight Zishi." After Qin Yi said this sentence in a quite calm tone, he suppressed the composure on his face and said with a smile, "How about it, did you say that sentence just now with great momentum?"

The two people who were indeed shocked by his aura just now: "..."

"When I saw this kind of plot in the story book before, I always wanted to find a chance to talk about it." Qin Yi said with a happy expression, "But it's good to talk about it. We will talk about it after dinner today. I don't want to wait until midnight to find him."

All right, all right, you are the emperor and you have the final say.Such a sentence flashed through the minds of the two of them at the same time with a tacit understanding.

As the night darkened, after having dinner at the inn, Hu Yin and Qin Yi, led by Liu Qingxuan, entered Liu's residence quite smoothly.

According to Liu Qingxuan, after dinner every day, Liu Shichen would stay in his study for an hour, during which no one was allowed to disturb him, so the three of them went directly to the study after entering Liu's mansion, and Qin Yi sat behind the desk. on the chair, while Hu Yin and Liu Qingxuan stood behind him like guards.

Not long after they entered the study, the door of the study was opened again, and Liu Shichen, who was dressed in ordinary clothes, walked in from the door.

"Liu Shichen." After Liu Shichen walked past the screen in the study, Qin Yi caught his attention with a voice, and asked with a sullen face when he turned his head to look over, "Do you recognize me?"

Liu Shichen, who was about to call someone, subconsciously looked at Qin Yi carefully when he heard the words, his face gradually showed a surprised and horrified expression, his legs softened and he fell to his knees: "My minister Liu Shichen, I greet the emperor."

"So, you do recognize me." Qin Yi casually fiddled with the account book on the desk, looking a little careless, "But from my point of view, you don't take me seriously at all."

"I dare not!" Liu Shichen, who was kneeling on the ground, looked up at Qin Yi, and immediately lowered his head again. Cold sweat had already started to break out on his forehead, "Your Majesty, why did you say that?"

"Don't you dare?" Qin Yi slightly raised his voice, and when Liu Shichen flinched subconsciously, he directly threw the account book in his hand in front of him, "I see you are very courageous!"

After seeing the ledger thrown in front of him, Liu Shichen breathed a sigh of relief, collected himself, and raised his head with a guilty look: "Your Majesty, I was just confused..."

"Do you think I'm here because of your corruption and bribery?" Qin Yi directly interrupted him, "Or do you think I'm still young and can be fooled by such stupid words?"

Liu Shichen, who was kneeling on the ground, thought of another possibility for Qin Yi to come here, and suddenly felt terrified. With a bit of luck, he said in a trembling voice: "This, forgive me for being confused. I don't understand what the emperor means."

"I think you understand very well in your heart." Qin Yi snorted coldly, stood up, walked out from behind the desk, walked up to him, looked down at him and said, "Since you want to pretend to be stupid, then I will say yes." Understand, who gave you those servants in your house?"

Liu Shichen pursed his lips, and replied: "Most of those servants were recruited locally by the minister, and some were relatives who came from the minister's hometown to join him."

"When I was young, my mother took me to visit the barracks, and I was deeply impressed by the training methods of those soldiers." Qin Yi said so, looked at Liu Shichen with a half-smile and said, "I see you I knew the identities of the group of servants when they saw how they acted. Those people are all veterans from the army."

"According to the laws of the State of Qin, only officials serving in border cities of the State of Qin are eligible to raise private soldiers at home. As for Liucheng, which is less than two hours away from the capital, if they would raise private soldiers in such a place, then only one This is a possibility." Qin Yi paused, and whispered in a complicated tone that Liu Shichen couldn't understand, "You guys want to rebel."

Until this time, the two people who had been standing behind Qin Yi as the background understood the seriousness of this matter, but in order not to affect Qin Yi's inquiry, they could only bury the shock in their hearts and maintain an indifferent expression on their faces.

"This kind of thing has never been done by one person, and I don't think you will be a key figure in Shenma, so let's talk, who is the one who really wants to rebel?"

For Qin Yi, who has experienced countless rebellions, as long as he shows the slightest sign, he can detect it.If he hadn't decided not to be the emperor in this life, he would have killed all the people who might be related when he noticed this sign, and ruined the plan fundamentally.

"Your Majesty, I have absolutely no intention of rebelling. Those servants are indeed just ordinary people recruited by me. Please be careful!"

The sound of Liu Shichen's kowtow pulled Qin Yi out of his memories. Qin Yi looked at the man who had put his forehead on the floor for a long time and dared not look up, and suddenly realized that he had accidentally gone too far.

Why should he know who the hell is trying to rebel?Wouldn't it be all right to just leak out the private visits from the microservices of the palace?

Alas, instinctive reactions are really hard to control.Now, how will it end?

If he left directly, it would be difficult to explain to the two people behind him, but if he really used the means he used to extract a confession, it would not match the role setting.

What's the point of playing a game if you don't follow the rules?Especially when the players have the strength to directly flip the table.

It seems that in the future, he can only try to understand it with emotion and reason.

After Liu Shichen and Qin Yi didn't speak, the study became extremely quiet for a while, only Liu Shichen's tense and rapid breathing could be heard.

After a while, Qin Yi asked, "Liu Shichen, do you know why I came to you specially tonight?"

Liu Shichen shook his head honestly: "I don't know."

"Because tomorrow morning, I will hand over your account book to Zhang Zhifu." Qin Yi looked down at him condescendingly, "He will put you in prison for corruption and bribery, and may sentence you to exile. You and your family are living in poverty in that bitter and cold frontier, but at least you and your family are alive."

"However, if Zhang Zhifu takes you into custody on the charge of plotting rebellion, according to the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty, you will be punished by the nine clans." Qin Yi paused for a moment to let Liu Shichen understand the meaning of what he just said Then, he continued, "I assure you, as long as you tell me who instigated you to do this behind your back, then no one will know that I came to you today, and you will not be accused of treason." and be dealt with.”

"Liu Shichen, which one do you choose?" Qin Yi looked at him and asked quite seriously, "Will you copy and chop all the families, or give me a name."

The author has something to say: I looked through the previous comments for this work, and found that some people said that the painting style of this work is different from others.

I just want to say about this, because this article is original, and the others are all colleagues.

Having said that, do you like the painting style of this article more, or the painting style of those with humanities?