The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 16: One Moment, Give Me What I Want

The room was silent, with only the sound of the old judge stroking the ground and his groans of pain.

Ying Zheng, who was feeling a little sleepy, suddenly became alert.

His expression did not change much, but his heart was in turmoil, and he quietly observed the people around him.

The panicked eyes and stunned expressions of the officials and clerks of the Supreme Court proved that he was not dreaming.

His younger brother smashed the Tingwei's head.

His heart was beating wildly, and he had a new understanding of his brother's words, "In Qin, we have the final say."

He was familiar with the Tingwei, because Zhao also had one. And among the princes of Zhao who enjoyed whipping him, the one who was whipped the hardest was the Tingwei's son.

"My lord!"(Note 1)
The Chief Justice, who was much younger than the old one, exclaimed and helped Shangguan up.

The old judge covered his head with his hands, his face twisted in pain.

Touch your head with your hand.

Without even looking, he knew he was injured by the familiar sticky feeling.

I took my hand and put it in front of my eyes, and it was all red.

The blood made his eyes bright red.

"How dare you, Zhu Zi!"

The green ribbon sewn on the official uniform rose and fell, visually expressing the master's anger.

"Someone, capture this guy! Capture him!"

The old court judge, with a silver seal and a green ribbon, who had almost reached the end of his career in the Qin State, had his gray hair flying in disorder, and the pear blossoms on the tree were dyed with strands of red, and his roar could be heard inside and outside.

A dozen soldiers from the Supreme Court rushed in with spears in hand, crowding the room, and pointed angrily in the direction of the old Supreme Court.

Ying Chengjiao only brought two guards into the room, one tall and thin, the other strong.

Both guards drew their three-foot-long swords.

The tall and thin guard came close behind Ying Chengjiao, facing the direction of the old court judge.

The burly guard turned around and stood back to back with his colleague, holding the sword in both hands, ready to fight.

The second-in-command of the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court Justice, whose official rank was one thousand stones, had a drastic change of expression.

"Stop! Stop it all!" His voice was sharp and piercing, not much better than a duck's.

"Capture him! Capture him for me!" The old chief justice glared at his deputy angrily, covered his head with one hand, pointed at Master Chengjiao with the other and roared.

The soldiers retreated and advanced again, looking embarrassed.

The burly guard's eyebrows were inverted.

"You all know that the one holding the spear is Master Cheng Jiao!"

The voice was just like the person himself, powerful and strong, drowning out the shouting of the top two in command of the Supreme Court.

The expressions of the dozen or so palace soldiers changed.

Following a slight gap created by the tall and thin guard's deliberate deviation, he saw Young Master Cheng Jiao who was blocked tightly.

There was a "clang" sound.

The first long spear fell to the ground.

Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
More than ten long spears fell to the ground.

The old judge was furious when he saw this.

He took out the silver seal of the Supreme Court from his bosom and held it high above his head.

"Here is the seal of the court judge. I give you my orders! Capture this bastard! Capture him immediately!"

The dozen or so soldiers who were supposed to follow orders stood there with their hands held, none of them moving.

Outside the door, a newly transferred soldier to the Supreme Court was about to rush in, but was pinned to the ground by seven or eight soldiers around him.

"The court judge has issued an order with his seal! If you don't obey, you will be beheaded! All of you!"

The new soldier's mouth was blocked, but his body was still struggling violently, and his eyes seemed to be spitting fire.

"This guy is new here!"

"You don't even know Master Cheng Jiao, why are you entering Zhangtai Street!"

"Don't move! I'm here to save your life!"

"Last month, there was a newcomer to the Imperial Medical Bureau who didn't know Master Chengjiao. He didn't let Master Chengjiao in, so he had one eye dug out and was sentenced to prison. Now he's digging stones in the Imperial Mausoleum!"

Seeing that the situation in the room was under control, the remaining guards of Ying Chengjiao watched the farce with interest.

It is rare to find someone in the government street who doesn't know their young master.

Inside the room, Ying Chengjiao turned his head slightly and glanced at the tall and thin guard with a smile.

The tall and thin guard sheathed his sword and stepped forward immediately.

After a mild fight, the old court official was caught and pinned to the ground. The old court official was no match for his words, and he kept cursing, with a lot of abuse. (Note 2)
Ying Chengjiao held the Qin King's seal in both hands and walked up to the old court judge with a smile.

The old judge looked up, his eyes still burning with anger, but he did not dare to use those obscene words to curse him.

"You bastard! I will report this to the emperor! Just wait! Just wait!"

Ying Chengjiao raised the Qin King's seal with a smile.

The old court judge's eyes were filled with even more anger, he didn't think Master Chengjiao would dare to attack again.

"What do you want to do?! Do you want to kill me? Come on!"

Bang~!

The king's seal was stained with blood again.

"How dare you, Shuzi!"

Bang~!

Because the old judge struggled, the blow that was supposed to hit him on the head hit the corner of his eye instead.

The old judge's eyes were stinging and tears came out.

"You are not a son! You are not a son!"

Bang~!

Bang~!

Bang~!

……

The guard let go.

The old judge no longer had the strength to struggle.

He lay in a pool of blood, with blood flowing from his head to his face.

One eye was blinded by blood and tears and could not be opened, while the other eye was wide open, full of fear.

Ying Chengjiao squatted down with a smile, grabbed the Qin King's seal with both hands and dipped it in the blood on the ground.

The old court judge thought he was going to be hit again, his face was filled with fear, he trembled constantly, and said weakly:
"Don't kill me... I am your great uncle..."

This time, the Qin King's seal fell very gently.

The old judge wanted to hide in his mind, but his body didn't have the strength.

The Qin King's Seal fell on the half of his face that was exposed.

Ying Chengjiao pressed it hard and picked it up again.

The words "King of Qin" were left on the old court judge's pale face due to excessive blood loss.

"Someone, send Huayang Tingwei to the Imperial Medical Bureau." Ying Chengjiao ordered with a smile.

The old chief justice is gone, but the blood is still on the ground.

Ying Chengjiao didn't say anything and no one dared to come and clean.

This lovely young man, who had just sent the chief of the Supreme Court to the Imperial Medical Bureau, smiled and raised a finger to the second-in-command, Supreme Court Justice Zheng.

"One moment, give me what I want."

The Chief Justice was as shaky as a sieve and had a look of sorrow on his face. He knelt on the ground with a plop.

"Sir, please calm down. I know you are angry because you have been waiting for an hour and a half, but this is not all our fault.

"These people are all tough guys, all specially trained to be killers. No matter how heavy the punishment is, they just curse and none of them confess.

"Even though the two guards were personally torturing these people, they still couldn't pry open their mouths. One moment is really too short, it's really not enough!"

Ying Zheng showed a look of pity, thinking that what his brother had done was a bit too much.

Ying Chengjiao ignored him and started fighting.

How is such behavior different from those Zhao people who bullied him?
The nine-year-old boy could empathize with the miserable plight of the old Chief Justice and the helplessness of Chief Justice Zheng.

[At least you should ask clearly...]
Ying Chengjiao looked Tingwei Zheng up and down and said with a smile:

"Zhao Di, do you also have a sister who is a queen?"

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【Note 1: Adult: The adult here refers to a high-ranking official or a person of high status. The source is Zuo Zhuan: Adults who are loyal and frugal should be treated accordingly. Those who are extravagant should be killed accordingly. There was no note here originally, but it was added later. I really didn't expect so many people to say that adult was only used to mean father during this period, saying that I used it wrong and that I was reading the book out of context. Alas, both usages existed during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there was nothing wrong with calling someone of high status an adult. If you criticize me again about this issue, I will delete my comments if you criticize me slightly, and ban me if you criticize me too much!! Ahhhh! 】

[Note 2: Tingwei Zheng: One of the three subordinate officials of Tingwei, the most important deputy of Tingwei, specializing in assisting Tingwei in handling government affairs and resolving doubts and difficulties.]

[Note 3: There should be no national essence in the pre-Qin period. These are all made up by me to make the story more interesting. There were too few curse words at that time, so it is not satisfying to write or read.]

[Note 4: The two supervisors on the left and right are the Left Supervisor and the Right Supervisor of the Court of Justice. They are two of the three subordinate officials of the Court of Justice. Their duties are to arrest and supervise prisoners.]

(End of this chapter)