Gao Jianli suddenly launched an attack, and Ying Zheng had no time to react.
Thankfully, Meng Yi kept Qin Yun's instructions in mind. He was extremely tense as his right hand was constantly pressed on the hilt of his sword.
When he saw Gao Jianli throwing the building, Meng Yi immediately drew his sword and tried to block it.
What Meng Yi did not expect was that when the sword slashed down, it did not feel like it had struck wood at all. Instead, it felt like it had struck steel!
"Bang!"
With a muffled explosion, the wooden building was shattered by the sword, but a large number of heavy lead pieces flew out.
"Ah!"
The sharp edge of a piece of lead directly smashed into Ying Zheng's forehead. Under the intense pain, Ying Zheng could not help but cry out in pain.
"How dare you!"
In his fury, Ying Zheng drew out the Sword of the Emperor Qin and rushed forward, piercing Gao Jianli's heart with one sword.
Holding his bleeding chest, Gao Jianli staggered and fell to the ground, letting out a sorrowful laugh.
"Hahaha! Brother Jing, I'm here to accompany you!”
"It's a pity that I wasn't able to bring this tyrant to see you.”
Gao Jianli endured the humiliation to get close to Ying Zheng, assassinate him, and complete the unfinished business of Jing Ke.
His eyes, which had long gone blind, looked at the sky unwillingly. It was unknown whether he was unresigned because the assassination had failed, or regretful that he could not finish the last piece of music.
"Your Majesty, are you alright?"
Meng Yi and the other imperial guards stepped forward quickly, looking at Ying Zheng nervously.
At this moment, Ying Zheng's entire body was overflowing with killing intent as he stared coldly at Gao Jianli's corpse.
The wound on his forehead was bleeding profusely. It was terrifying.
When they saw the blood on Ying Zheng's forehead, their hearts trembled.
"Quickly pass on the imperial physician's order!"
Meng Yi roared in rage and immediately knelt on the ground.
"This lowly subject deserves to die ten thousand times. Your Majesty, please punish me!”
" Just now, Minister Meng warned me to be careful of this thief," Ying Zheng said coldly." I let my guard down."”
"Minister Meng, you managed to split the wooden building in time and saved me from a disaster.”
"Not only is Minister Meng innocent, but he also saved the Emperor.”
A piece of lead broke Ying Zheng's forehead.
Ying Zheng did not dare to imagine what would have happened to him if Meng Yi had not split the wooden building apart and allowed the wooden building weighing dozens of jin to smash into his head.
It was likely that he would not be able to escape death!
Ying Zheng looked at the lead blocks on the ground and asked coldly,""However, I want to know how this thief hid dozens of kilograms of lead into the wooden building and brought it to me!”
Ying Zheng looked at Li Si with a murderous look, and pointed the sharp Sword of the Emperor Qin in his hand at Li Si's neck.
"Minister Li, tell me!"
"This time, Gao Jianli brought lead.”
"Next time, will someone bring a dagger and a sword to me?”
Li Si was dumbfounded.
Everything was fine before entering the palace.
Gao Jianli had been very obedient in prison.
If Gao Jianli really had the intention to avenge Jing Ke and assassinate Ying Zheng, why did he hide his identity for more than eight years without making any preparations for the assassination?
Li Si, I don't get it!
Awakened by Ying Zheng's question, Li Si immediately knelt down on the ground, with both hands pressed against his forehead, and kowtowed.
"Your Majesty, this humble subject is guilty!"
"This humble subject saw that Your Majesty has been rather depressed recently, so I hope to use this thief's skill to help Your Majesty relieve his worries.”
Li Si gritted his teeth and said angrily,""But I never expected that this thief would hide a large number of lead blocks in the building and attempt to assassinate Your Majesty!”
"Your Majesty, I deserve to die!"
Li Si really wanted to tear Gao Jianli into pieces and grind his bones into ashes!
He only wanted to use Gao Jianli to compete with Qin Yun for favor.
How did it become an assassination of the emperor?
Ying Zheng's eyes were fixed on Li Si, and his right hand that was holding the sword was trembling slightly.
If it were not for the last shred of rationality left in him, Ying Zheng would have already killed Li Si with a single sword strike!
Seeing that Li Si's frightened and angry expression did not seem to be fake, and thinking about Li Si's achievements over the years, Ying Zheng finally sheathed his sword.
"Imperial Censor Li Si committed the crime of not investigating and led an assassin into the palace.”
"He will be demoted to the position of chief justice, with a salary of 1,500 stones!”
Li Si was directly demoted from one of the three chancellors, one of the two most powerful people in the court, to one of the nine ministers, the Chief of the Court.
His salary had been reduced to the level of a county governor of a poor county, which was even lower than the salary of his deputy.
Hearing Ying Zheng's cold voice, Li Si felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
The thing that he least wanted to happen happened.
He had worked hard for decades, until the previous Left Prime Minister Kui Lin died of illness last year. He finally became the Left Prime Minister.
Now, he was actually directly demoted to the position of Nine Ministers.
More importantly, he had lost Ying Zheng's trust!
Ying Zheng took a step forward and looked at Li Si coldly.
"On account of your past contributions, I will spare your life.”
"However, if such a thing happens again, I will kill your three clans!”
One could be said to be an oversight.
However, if there was a next time, Li Si would definitely be in trouble!
Ying Zheng would not tolerate Li Si for a second time.
Faced with Ying Zheng's cold gaze, Li Si's body trembled, and his forehead hit the ground.
"I thank Your Majesty for your magnanimity!"
However, the anger in Li Si's heart only intensified!
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