A poor county a thousand miles away from Xianyang.
Duke Huang Shi left Xianyang with his seal. He and his group had two carriages and five servants. They traveled for thousands of miles and were tired. They rested in the poor county.
Zhao Mu and Duke Huang Shi had missed each other by accident.
When Zhao Mu entered Xianyang, Lord Huang Shi left without saying goodbye with the official seal of the Supreme Court.
When Zhong Limei led a thousand Qin soldiers over, Huang Shigong had already been captured by the bandits of Qiong County and brought to the stronghold.
Qiong County was located at the intersection of Qin, Zhao, and Wei. It belonged to the three ungoverned territories and was filled with bandits.
Duke Huang Shi had never thought that one day, he would actually be kidnapped by bandits and even threatened to be thrown into a pot of oil in the stronghold, forcing Duke Huang Shi to reveal the location of the hidden jewelry.
These mountain bandits found the official uniform from Huang Shi Gong's luggage.
A high-ranking official!
Big fat sheep!
But…
They found that the other carriage was filled with bamboo slips. There was no gold, silver, or jewelry at all!
As the oil boiled, the bandits threatened Yellowstone,""If you don't hand over the money, I'll cook you!”
Duke Huang Shi told these villains that he was an honest official and had no wealth!
How could these bandits believe it?
At that moment, the mountain bandits were shocked to see Great Qin's cavalry waving their banners.
The terrifying might of the army made everyone tremble in fear!
These bandits had gathered more than a hundred people, and they did not even have decent iron weapons in their hands. How could they not be afraid?
On his majestic horse, Zhongli Mei looked up at the village and shouted,""Open the gate and send Duke Huang Shi out. Otherwise, they would flatten the village and leave no one alive!”
"Duke Huang Shi!"
"Are you Duke Huang Shi?"
The mountain bandits in the stronghold asked in fear.
"Yes! I am Huang Anshi!"
"Sir, please spare my life. I beg you to spare my life. I kowtow to you!”
The bandits immediately kowtowed to Duke Huang Shi.
Duke Huang Shi let out a long breath. Fortunately, the Qin army had arrived in time. Otherwise, he would have been cooked to death!
Zhongli Mei had already sealed off the mountain. All the paths of retreat were sealed off. These bandits had no way to escape.
"If you let me go down the mountain, I will definitely stop them and ask them to spare your lives!”
"Lord, you are not joking!"
"A gentleman keeps his promise! I won't say it lightly!"
"Alright, we'll send Milord down the mountain now.”
The bandits sent Duke Huang down the mountain in fear. They had no other choice. If they did not send Duke Huang down the mountain, they would die!
After Huang Shi was sent down the mountain by the bandits, Zhong Limei comforted him,"Milord is shocked!"
Zhongli Mei drew the bronze sword from his waist and ordered,""Attack the mountain! Exterminate the bandits, leave no one alive!"
After Zhong Limei brought Huang Shigong back, he immediately ordered the attack!
"Slow down! General Zhongli Mei, I have already promised to forgive them. Please spare their lives!”
"Milord, they are the kings of this mountain and are wreaking havoc. We can't let them live!”
"Then take them in and spare their lives. This old man has already promised them to protect their lives!”
Zhong Limei saw that Huang Shigong was pleading for the bandits and had no choice but to order them to be taken back to Xianyang.
Under the plea of Lord Huang Shi, these bandits were lucky enough to survive.
Duke Huang Shi followed Zhongli Mei back to Xianyang, but Zhongli Mei did not try to persuade him at all…
Who knew if they would encounter mountain bandits again? If they did, they might not be so lucky this time.
……
Xianyang Palace.
After the champion marquis became a Tingwei, he overthrew Chen Gongjin, one of the nine ministers.
Moreover, the Marquis Champion didn't show any mercy to the Guanzhong clan.
All the officials had witnessed the Marquis Champion's boldness.
Li Si and Wei Liao did not dare to offend the Guanzhong clans.
However, not only did Zhao Mu offend him, but he also slashed down with his sharp butcher knife without showing any mercy.
Since Muguan Zhao became the chief justice of the Supreme Court, he had been furious!
Qin Shihuang held the Taia Sword and stared at the court officials. At this moment, Zhao Mu and Meng Yi had already returned to the court.
"Zhen is very disappointed. Zhen thought you were all Zhen's trusted subordinates! 'However, you've done such a thing. If not that Champion Marquis became the dean of the Supreme Court, I don't know how long you would hide it from me!”
"Your Majesty, we dare not!"
"You don't dare?" Ying Zheng waved his hand and said angrily. Is there anything else you don't dare to do? There are so many things that I know now, but I don't know how many things I don't know!”
Zhao Mu listened to Qin Shihuang reprimand the civil and military officials in the court and considered his matter.
The cases of the Supreme Court still needed to be reexamined. As long as it was an unjust case or a wrong case, Zhao Mu would clear them.
Other than these unjust cases, the matter of making paper had to be put on the agenda.
The craftsmen had already succeeded in making the paper five days ago. However, the paper they made was still relatively rough. Moreover, it was yellow paper. Although it could be written on, the paper was not delicate enough!
This was Zhao Mu's trump card. If Qin Lv copied it on bamboo slips, it would be time-consuming and laborious. If he copied it on paper, it would be ten times, twenty times, or even thirty times faster.
Most importantly, the paper was light and could be carried around.
The bamboo slips were thick and heavy. To read the complete Qin law, one would need to read a carriage full of books!
If they were to be copied on paper, the three books would be enough to copy all the laws of Qin!
This was Zhao Mu's trump card!
……
After Qin Shihuang reprimanded all the civil and military officials in the hall and discussed other government affairs, he announced his withdrawal.
All the civil and military officials walked out of the court. Zhao Mu and Meng Yi walked side by side. The other officials kept a respectful distance from them.
At this moment, in their eyes, Zhao Mu and Meng Yi were like killing gods descending into the world!
"Lord justice, I need to transfer back 25,000 of the 30,000 soldiers.”
"We don't need 5,000 people. We just need 3,000 people. The Supreme Court doesn't have enough money to support 5,000 people.”
"Lord Zhao, the grains and salaries of these soldiers and horses are allocated by the camp in Guanzhong Pass. They don't need to be paid by the Supreme Court…"
" Oh, I see. Then leave me ten thousand people…"
When Zhao Mu heard that he didn't need to raise these soldiers, he would definitely leave as many people behind as possible!
"This…Alright! I'll leave ten thousand soldiers for Lord Zhao to command and help him issue the laws of Qin to the six countries as soon as possible!”
After Meng Yi left 10,000 soldiers for Zhao Mu, he transferred the remaining 20,000 back to the camp in Guanzhong.
……
At this moment, two mountains were pressing down on Zhao Mu's head.
This was something he had to do.
The first thing was to issue the laws of Qin to the six states!
The second thing was to unify the languages of the six dynasties.
No matter what, it was not something that could be easily achieved. Wang Wan and the entire court did not believe that Zhao Mu could accomplish these two great feats!
……
The moment Zhao Mu returned to the Supreme Court, Xia Houying had rushed into the palace.
"Sir, Sir Xia wants you to go to the Xia residence, saying that he has something important to discuss!”
"What is it?"
"It should be about the Lu sisters…"
Zhao Mu walked out when he heard that. He thought to himself,""What happened to Lu Zhi and Lu Chi? Are you sick?"
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