Chapter 15 Chapter Three

As the night deepened, Li Si and Meng Tian sat silently facing each other.Although it was hard to come up with a plan, it was really too risky to use it or not, and it was difficult to make up your mind for a while.After a long time, Meng Tian asked: "How will the master choose?" Li Si looked at Meng Tian with a wry smile, this is our only chance, isn't it?Meng Tian persuaded: "Mr. Zheng Guo has been benevolent and righteous, so you can have no regrets. For Mr.'s sake, I foolishly think that there is no need to take such a big risk." Li Si sighed: "I don't know what the boy said. However, how can I be limited to my own gains and losses in life? I have made up my mind to save Zheng Guo."

This will be the last day of Zheng Guo's life.Tomorrow, he will be shown off to the public.On a cold winter day, the prisoner’s clothes were thin and shabby, and the rest of the prisoners in the prison were already shivering, but Zheng Guo seemed surprisingly calm. His mood was just like what Keats wrote in his poem: 〖I am glad that the day passed peacefully and peacefully, In this warm whispering night, taste the world peacefully The last hours until the great voice Call me up to heaven with a pleasing countenance. 〗 As soon as Zheng Guo looked up, he saw Li Si and Meng Tian.Both of them looked haggard, with bloodshot eyes.Zheng Guo smiled and said, "Sir, you are here to say goodbye to Zheng Guo." Li Si smiled back and said, "Li Si didn't come here to say goodbye, but to discuss something with Brother Zheng."

Zheng Guozai smiled and said, "Mr. Zheng is about to die, what else do you dare to ask?" Li Sidao: "Li Si promised Brother Zheng that he would definitely rescue Brother Zheng. In the past few days, Li Si searched through the legal codes, trying to find clauses that would be beneficial to Brother Zheng. Corporal punishment, or cutting or cutting, although the body is disabled, can still survive, and the Guanzhong Canal can also be continued under the leadership of Brother Zheng. However, people's wishes were not fulfilled, and terms that were beneficial to Brother Zheng could not be found, so they were The clauses that the clan missed that are not conducive to brother Zheng found out quite a few."

Zheng Guodao: "Zheng's case cannot be saved at all. Zheng Guo's life is cheap, and he just died, but it made Mr. Zheng bother and suffer. Zheng Guo is grateful and hates nothing in return." Li Si said: "Brother Zheng is slow to thank Li Si. I'm afraid that what Li Si will say next will be hated by Brother Zheng." Zheng Guo looked confused and didn't understand what he meant.Li Si said again: "Brother Zheng, do you know that these unfavorable clauses that were omitted by the clan are exactly where our opportunity lies." Hearing this, Zheng Guo was not only confused, but also confused.Li Si said again: "If I remember correctly, the verdict of Brother Zheng's case is that Brother Zheng will be punished as a lord, and the whole family will be exiled in Shu. Once Li Si throws out these newly discovered terms that are not conducive to Brother Zheng, it will be enough. Let Brother Zheng be torn apart and kill the three clans. The so-called military action is dangerous, Li Si intends to request a retrial of the case in the name of too light a sentence, requesting that the case be changed to splitting the car with Brother Zheng and exterminating the three clans."

Zheng Guo said in amazement, "Mister, you are joking, right?" Li Sidao: "Only by advocating a heavier punishment for Brother Zheng can the clan agree to retry the case. Since the retrial of this case is in accordance with the laws of Qin, it is convenient to convene a miscellaneous trial (that is, a joint trial) to be presided over by the king himself. Brother Zheng, please rest assured, as long as you can Call Zazhi, and Li Si will have the confidence to save the case and rescue Brother Zheng." Zheng Guo was determined to die, and now Li Si suddenly said that he could save his life on the condition that he risked the lives of his whole family, which Zheng Guo refused to agree to anyway.Zheng Guo looked at Li Si helplessly, but saw Li Si's face was stern, his expression was firm and confident, as if everything in the world was under his control.Zheng Guo thought sadly that he and Li Si were not the same people after all.He is a small water conservancy engineer who only knows how to control water, while Li Si is a dignitary in the court and has great power in his hands.How can two people look at the problem from the same angle!Although Zheng Guo didn't understand politics, he also knew that the reason why Li Si saved him was largely due to political considerations.Zheng Guo didn't want to get involved in such a complicated game as politics, and he didn't want to risk the lives of his whole family to play this game with Li Si.What does the life of his family mean to Li Si?Is it just a tool for him to grab higher interests?As Al Pacino lamented in the film "The Dawn of Love Owl": Favor is gonna kill u, faster than a bullet. Al pacino in "calito's way").Is Li Si really his friend?Did Li Si really come to repay his favor?Or is it just dragging him into this gamble that he has no intention of participating in in the name of a friend and in the name of repaying his favor?

Li Si knew that anyone facing Zheng Guo's situation would inevitably have a fierce ideological struggle, and it was absolutely impossible to agree, so he said: "Brother Zheng must trust Li Si. As long as we can summon Zazhi, we will It will definitely succeed.” Zheng Guo shouted, "How did it succeed? Even the king of Qin has acquiesced to Zheng Guo's crime. Even if Mr. Wang is the most talented man in the world, he is determined not to overthrow it. I will not agree to anything. I would rather die alone, at least the whole family can survive." live." Li Si persuaded, "Brother Zheng is very thoughtful. If you can get out alive and complete the Guanzhong Aqueduct, you will benefit hundreds of thousands of families and millions of people. You will become a giant who affects the course of history, and you will leave a legacy." Future generations will go down in history. Isn't it worth taking a risk for these? In any case, please give Li Si a chance to save you, and give yourself a chance to live."

Zheng Guo just cried and said, "Sir, just let me die, I just want to die, don't involve my family in it." Meng Tian reprimanded Zheng Guodao: "If you die today, you are not worth a feather. Your wife and children will be exiled in the land of Shu, and they will be slaves. They are as humble as grass and trees. What is the benefit of living? Rather, why not be as good as what Mr. said?" Say, fight hard, even if it fails, it will be like a white rainbow penetrating the sun, adding to the pride in the world! A seven-foot man should be broken and dare not break, but it will only be a woman crying!"

Li Si scolded Meng Tian, ​​"Don't talk nonsense, kid. He's just an ordinary person who has endured tremendous pressure. How strong can you expect him to be?" Zheng Guo just cried, "Sir, you have family too. Please let me die alone. I don't want my whole family to die with me. I don't want to." Meng Tian said: "Guo Zheng, do you know that you are not the only one who took the risk, Mr. also took the risk to save you." Indeed, in this adventure, Li Si also gambled his official career.As the new Ting Wei, if the first case he handles ends in failure, he will lose face, and Ying Zheng will no longer regard him as an authority in law and rely heavily on him. When it's hot, you have to replace it.

Zheng Guo was still crying, unwilling to let go.Li Sidao: "Brother Zheng, I'm afraid you can't control this matter. You have to obey if you do, and you have to obey if you don't. I know you hate me to the bone now, but soon, you will live to thank me." Zheng Guo had no choice but to accept Li Si's arrangements or manipulations. With trembling hands, he wrote a begging form (in order to prevent or correct wrong judgments, the Qin law stipulates that if the party is not satisfied with the verdict, he can request a review, which is called "begging". ), handed it to Li Si, and then faced the wall, never turning back.