Xishu, the third son of Xishu, the head of the Xi family, has been doted on by Xishu since he was a child because his behavior resembles that of Xishu.

When he was eighteen years old, he took charge of the Xi family's business in the Bashu area in the west of the empire, and was responsible for training the concubines who had a wide audience in the Bashu tower and attracted a lot of money.

At the age of twenty-five, he was appointed to the Yongxiang Order, where he was in charge of the eunuchs in the harem, the life of the palace maids, and the punishment of the palace residents' crimes. He received an annual salary of one thousand dan.

Doing things according to the laws of Qin in public affairs will not indulge anyone in vain.

She is generous in private, easy to make friends with and bold.

He can drive a chariot, go to the battlefield, and he can write memorials with a pen.

In the Qin State, this was considered to be both civil and military, which was very rare. He was highly regarded among the aristocratic circles in Xianyang.

In the 29th year of this year, the West seems to be the next head of the Xi family, and he is familiar with many high officials in the court.

Wang Jian, the Marquis of Wucheng, once asked him if he wanted to join the army and could take him on an expedition.

The young general leader Meng Tian is a good friend from the West, and the two often drink and chat.

Even the First Emperor once praised the West. If this son had been born ten years earlier, he would have made great achievements in destroying the six kingdoms.

There seems to be no shortcomings in the West. It has been smooth sailing along the way and the way we treat people is just right.

Associating with people who slaughter dogs righteously, you can hold the dog's leg with both hands and chew it until your mouth is full of oil, without feeling sloppy.

When traveling with nobles from aristocratic families, they will be polite and courteous, as if they were old Qin nobles who have lived for hundreds of years.

Such a West, with normal development and promising future, has encountered something abnormal today.

There were three headless corpses in front of him. The warm blood was on his exposed cheeks and the back of his hands slowly became cold.

It took away the heat in his blood and skin, and the coldness enveloped him.

When he was first captured in Tingwei Mansion, Xiang Xiang was not worried at all.

There were really too many people arrested, and they were from the three major Meng Xibai families.

Generally speaking, as long as it is not a serious crime of rebellion, the more people you arrest, the less likely it will be.

When they heard that Li Si was trying the case and wanted to convict the three major families, the West was still not worried.

Meng Xibai, as one of the three oldest aristocratic families in Qin, what crimes could he be executed for?

It is a real crime of death, as long as it is not a serious crime like treason that touches the bottom line of the First Emperor.

Some other capital crimes will eventually turn into four words, the crime does not lead to death.

There is a saying in "Book of Rites": etiquette cannot be extended to common people, and punishment cannot be extended to officials.

The Zhou Dynasty, which governed the country by etiquette, divided people into ten categories and implemented this sentence for 800 years.

Shang Yang, a giant of Legalism who opposed Confucianism and believed that Confucianism was doing nothing but harming the country and should be driven away, proposed to rule the country by law.

"Historical Records: Biography of Shang Jun" says: When a prince breaks the law, he is guilty of the same crime as the common people.

At a quick glance, this should be considered progress.

In fact, this sentence is meant for ignorant common people, and it is bullshit.

The formal judicial process is to break the law, be convicted, and receive the punishment for the crime - beheading, imprisonment, and quartering.

This sentence from "The Biography of Shang Jun" only goes as far as conviction and does not mention the subsequent punishment. This is a rogue act.

Qin law stipulates that those who spread ashes on the road will have their hands chopped off.

If a common man spreads ashes, he will be punished with having his hands chopped off.

If a nobleman raises ashes, he is guilty of raising ashes, and the punishment is unknown.

Sharing the same crime is not justice, but sharing the same punishment is.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao set a rule during his march. Anyone whose horse trampled on the crops in the field would be beheaded, and then his horse trampled on the crops in the field.

Cao Cao said that although I am your lord, I have made the rules and I cannot break them.

Lord Mengde cut off a few hairs, and with a look that was killing him, he said that the body's hair and skin are inherited from his parents, and his hair is almost the same as his head. I will cut off my hair to take my place.

Things were like this in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which had developed for four hundred years, and in today's era, this situation will only happen more often.

King Huiwen of Qin killed someone when he was a prince, and his uncle took the punishment on his behalf. He was tortured and had his nose cut off.

That was where Qianlong was watching, it was the political game between him and Shang Yang, and it was the result of the struggle between the old and new forces.

Without the participation of top nobles, what does it matter if the prince kills a few people? Kill as many as he wants.

Even with Qianlong watching like this, if the prince kills someone, he will be executed according to Qin law, so isn’t that why he is not executed?

It is simply ridiculous that the death penalty should be replaced by torture after the master had suffered it. Isn't this the legal support of the Qin State?

This is why Qianlong is watching and must cut off the nose of a significant person.

If the people knew about the prince's murder in the city, Shang Yang wouldn't have to go to such trouble.

To find a random prisoner on death row and say that it was Teacher Wang who killed him would not only make the people angry, but also uphold the justice of Qin's laws.

Under the policy of obscuring the people, the people of Qin were mostly ignorant. Not only would they not feel fooled, they would also thank Shang Yang.

This is how the West thinks, and this is also the mainstream thinking of this era, regardless of common people or nobles.

Things were indeed going according to Western ideas, and witnesses did not dare to continue testifying for fear of retaliation.

Not only has no one in the Meng Xibai family been punished, but they have not even been convicted. This is the norm.

Just when Xiang Xiang was getting bored and stood there with his eyes closed, waiting for the farce to end, his name was called.

Opening his eyes, Dongfang and the other four people whose names were called came on stage and were ready to go through the motions.

Before it was time for a cup of tea, the three people who had gone through the process before him were all convicted by Li Si and had their heads chopped off overtime.

Although these charges are true, it is abnormal. Nobles like them who come from a big family should not be convicted like this.

Dongfang wiped the blood on his cheeks a few times with his hand that was splattered with the blood of the three families.

On the Western touch, the blood drops on the face were wiped away.

In the real scene, the blood stains on Dongfang's face changed from a line to a face, turning the face of Mr. Qianqian into a ghost-like one.

After listening blankly to the charges and witness statements narrated by Li Si, he stared at the evidence placed on the table in front of Li Si with unfocused eyes.

"The west."

Li Si lowered his head, not looking at the ferocious face in the west.

"What else do you have to say."

Complaints and self-certifications are the treatment that the previous three descendants of the three major aristocratic families did not receive.

Dongfang's mouth felt bitter and he smiled.

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He raised his head and looked at the blue sky in the west, covering the sun with his hands and opening his eyes to the sun.

"Did the Left Prime Minister ask His Majesty this question during this interrogation?"

"…never."

"Never?"

"Enforce the law impartially and act according to the laws of Qin. Why bother your majesty?"

"It's boring for the left prime minister to talk like this."

"Li Sibon is just a boring person."

"hehe."

Xiangxi put down his hands, bathed in the mild sunshine, took a deep breath, and smiled brightly.

"Brother Li, if Fang doesn't want to die in a daze, let Fang be a sensible person."

Slaves are inferior to merchants, merchants are inferior to farmers, and peasants are inferior to nobles.

The laws of Qin never governed the nobility, but the lower-ranking people who were inferior to the nobility.

The only person who can punish the nobles is a person who is higher than the nobles.

The West originally thought that the person who could ask Li Si to wipe out the three great families was the First Emperor.

In his mind, only the First Emperor could make Prime Minister Zuo Li Si act like this.

Unexpectedly, he learned from Li Si that it was not the First Emperor who did it, which surprised the West.

The noisy three families gradually quieted down. As children of aristocratic families, they may be playboys or incompetent, but they are definitely not pure idiots.

They did not accept their fate like the West.

But like the West, they want to know the reason for all this.

Why did the three people in the front have to die, and are we in the back going to die again?

Only by knowing where the root of the problem lies can we find ways to solve it.

It was Qin Lu who convicted them.
To be continued...