Chapter 14 Chapter Two

Li Si bid farewell to Zheng Guo with a heavy heart.There are only ten days left for him.Ten days later, Zheng Guo will be decapitated.He, the highest judge of Qin State, will act as a lawyer in person to reverse the case for Zheng State. Long before Li Si became a guest minister, he was famous for his proficiency in law. In the entire state of Qin, no one was more proficient in the laws of Great Qin than him.Because of this, Ying Zheng first ordered him to preside over the case of Lao Ai's rebellion, and now he is confidently appointed as a court lieutenant.However, even though Li Si was proficient in the law, it was far from an easy task to find clauses that were beneficial to the state of Zheng in the vast array of laws of the state of Qin.

According to historical records, Qin Fa flourishes in autumn tea, while the net is denser than Ningzhi.Since most of the laws of the Qin State have been lost, it is impossible to know how many laws there were in the Qin State today.The "Bamboo Slips of the Qin Tomb in Sleeping Tiger Land" unearthed in 1975 AD can give us a vague idea of ​​the scale of Qin Fa in those years. "Bamboo Slips from the Qin Tomb in Sleeping Tiger Land" has a total of 1,155 pieces (80 fragments that cannot be combined), and is extremely rich in content, which can be roughly divided into four categories.The first category belongs to Qin Law, including "Eighteen Kinds of Qin Law", "Xiao Lv" and "Miscellaneous Copy of Qin Law".Among them, the names of laws include "Tian Law", "Stable Garden Law", "Cang Law", "Jin Bu Law", "Guan Shi Law", "Gong Law", "Gong Cheng Law", "Jun Gong Law" ", "Corpse Law", "Sikong Law", "Junjue Law", "Official Law", "Xiao Law", "Chuan Shi Law), "Xing Shu Law", "Internal History Miscellaneous", "Wei Miscellaneous Law" ", "Subnational Law", "Removing Officials Law", "Youshi Law", "Removing Disciple Law", "Zhonglao Law", "Tibetan Law", "Bus Sima Hunting Law", "Cow and Sheep Class", "Fu There are nearly 30 kinds of laws, such as "Law of Tunbiao", "Law of Catching Robbers", and "Law of Guarding".The second category is the interpretation of the provisions, terminology or legal intent of the Qin Law, including the "Legal Questions and Answers".The third category is the basic requirements for officials to hear cases, judicial rules, and procedures for investigating, testing, and interrogating cases. There are also some specific cases, including the "Sealed Clinic".The fourth category belongs to some administrative rules or principles that officials are required to abide by, including "The Way of Being an Official".The owner of these bamboo slips, Xi, was just a low-level local official who had successively held judicial positions such as Anlu Yushi, Anlu Lingshi, Yan Lingshi, and jailer. legal content.

The scale of Qin Law may be used as a reference by citing the scale of Han Law."Han Law" is a collection of laws, all nine hundred and sixty volumes, four hundred and ninety articles, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two matters, and the comparison of capital crimes, all three thousand four hundred and seventy-two articles, which should be used for all crimes, combined Article 26,272".It can be said that "documents are abundant in several pavilions, and the coders cannot see them all". Time was running out, and Li Si and Meng Tian spent sleepless nights and sleepless nights, and within seven days, they went through the laws of Qin and even the precedents of previous dynasties.However, to their despair, they did not find any terms favorable to Zheng Guo.Obviously, it is completely impossible to directly rescue Zheng Guo from the legal point of view.

It was late at night, and there was no sound. Li Si pushed out the window and looked out, but saw dazzling hoarfrost on the steps of the roof.The cold wind entered the room, blowing and shaking the flame of the lonely lamp, and the shadows of Li Si and Meng Tian also shifted and elongated strangely on the wall. Meng Tian closed the law book and sighed: "Mr. has tried his best. Zheng Guo can't be saved, it's because the law of the country is like this, there is nothing we can do about it." Li Si closed his eyes, but his brows were still furrowed.Could it be that my majestic supreme justice can't save a death row prisoner?Thinking of this, Li Si seemed to realize something suddenly, and slapped his head suddenly, there it is!

Meng Tian regained his energy immediately, but when he saw Li Si, he immediately shook his head and murmured, "It's too dangerous, too dangerous."Meng Tian said, "What did you think of, Mister? You might as well tell me." Li Si smiled, "I'm also thinking wildly, it's better not to say it." Meng Tian asked again and again, Li Si said, "My aunt speaks nonsense, and your aunt listens to it." So he told Meng Tian.After Meng Tian listened to it, it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and sighed: "Sir, this plan is unprecedentedly clever and unprecedentedly dangerous."