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    Small punishment, big warning

    When Qin Zhi arrived at the imperial study, King Jiang was still reviewing the memorial.There was a faint green circle in the king’s eyes, and his face was not very good. There were only a few memorials left on the left hand side, and there was a mountain of memorials on the right hand side. It seemed that he had not slept all night.

    “Your Majesty, people are here.” Li Ci reminded.

    Qin Zhi took advantage of the situation and knelt down, “Your Majesty, Holy Peace.”

    There was no response for a long time. Qin Zhi’s knees gradually adapted to the coolness on the ground, and he slowly understood what King Jiang meant – he probably knew everything.

    He kowtowed guiltily, firmly and loudly.Sure enough, this movement made King Jiang raise his head to look at him.

    “Your Majesty, I know that I am guilty and I beg your Majesty to punish me.”

    He also raised his head, and happened to meet King Jiang’s eyes. The coldness in his eyes made his heart tremble.

    “Oh? What’s wrong with your love?” King Jiang’s thin lips parted slightly, his words full of sarcasm.

    “I… I shouldn’t take action with others, let alone… lose my sense and hurt someone…” Qin Zhi’s voice became smaller and smaller, and he lowered his eyes with a guilty conscience, not wanting to see the “ice” in King Jiang’s eyes anymore.

    “The person…” King Jiang raised his lips, “You know, the ‘person’ you mentioned so gently is General Yun Yang’s most precious eldest son, Han Hao, and you not only beat him, but also disabled his right hand!”

    The king’s words were full of anger.The emperor was angry and shed blood.Qin Zhi felt frightened for the first time since he met King Jiang.It’s not that he cherishes his life, but it’s not him who cripples Han Hao’s right hand, but Qiao Heng!He can guarantee that King Jiang will not kill him for the time being, but what about Qiao Heng?

    “I know that I am guilty. Everything is my fault. I am willing to accept whatever punishment your Majesty wants.” After saying that, Qin Zhi kowtowed again, which made Li Ci’s teeth ache.

    “Your Majesty…” Li Ci couldn’t see it. Considering that His Majesty also needed a step, he bowed and persuaded, “First Han Hao was rude, and then he made provocations even though he knew General Qin’s identity. He didn’t look at the monk’s face to look at the Buddha’s face…”

    While he was thinking about it, he observed King Jiang’s face to see if His Majesty could listen, and then continued: “He clearly doesn’t take your Majesty’s appointment as a general to heart. This is disrespectful to you… Speaking of which, General Qin is contributing to the dignity of the king. Do you think… should he be given a lighter punishment…”

    “Ha.” Jiang Wang glanced at Li Ci, “So, not only does he have no fault, he also has merit…”

    Qin Zhiwei opened his mouth, could he still be so…”quibly”?But listening to King Jiang’s tone, the “quibble” seems to have had the opposite effect…

    He rolled his eyes and was about to plead guilty again, when he heard the result of the “trial” coming from above——

    “Li Ci, conveying the will of the orphan. Han Hao was disrespectful and provoked the general of the country, so he was confined at home for a month and closed his door to think about his mistakes. Although Qin Zhi accidentally hurt someone, he remembered his first offense and was loyal to the emperor. He sentenced him to twenty years of punishment in the palm of his hand to serve as a warning.”

    Such…a light sentence?!

    Qin Zhi’s face was full of disbelief and he couldn’t help but look up, only to see the tenderness in King Jiang’s eyes and the smile that overflowed from the corners of his mouth. There was no trace of the anger that he had just asked for.

    So simple…just…revealed?Qin Zhi couldn’t believe it for a moment.Until Li Ci tugged on his robe and said, “General Qin, Your Majesty asks you to kneel outside the door. Your Majesty will execute the execution in person later.”

    “Ah?” Qin Zhi came back to his senses, “Oh, okay.” He stood up obediently, turned back step by step, and moved for a long time before moving to the outside of the door and kneeling in front of the room.

    After a while, Jiang Wang walked out, holding a sandalwood board five fingers wide and two fingers thick in his right hand.The king’s aura is breathtaking, but his expression is gentle. He does not look like he is punishing the guilty minister, but he seems to be comforting others.

    Qin Zhi was heartbroken and laughed at himself that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. Seeing that King Jiang’s thinking was completely different from that of a normal person, his mind seemed to be full of sea, and when he shook it, it was filled with water.

    “Put your hands flat.” The king ordered, and Qin Zhi complied, stretching his hands straight to facilitate King Jiang’s execution.

    “Bang!” With just one click, Qin Zhi’s palms turned red. King Jiang was indeed a martial artist, and he was probably “smashing” with his inner strength.

    His heart sank, and he intuitively felt that King Jiang’s gentleness just now was an illusion, so he quickly adjusted all his energy to deal with it in case he was “smashed” and tilted, and was charged with misconduct before the emperor.

    After the first blow, there was no pause between the remaining boards, and they came one after another, like a storm.Although he was being beaten with his hands together, the sandalwood board was long enough, and the palms of both hands were really stressed. The pain was so painful that Qin Zhi tightened his nerves unconsciously, and even subconsciously tried to use his kung fu to protect his body.

    What’s even more uncomfortable is that the sandalwood board looks like a paperweight, and it hits the palm of the hand, like a dandy who doesn’t study hard and is being scolded by his master. This makes Qin Zhisheng feel that King Jiang actually looks down on him.

    This feeling was particularly intolerable to him.In his heart, King Jiang is the master he wants to serve throughout his life. The relationship between the king and his ministers is what he dreams about every day in the valley.Even if his identity cannot be revealed now, he hopes that he can at least be trusted.

    “Does it hurt?” Seeing Qin Zhi shaking a little, King Jiang stopped and asked.

    “Well…” Qin Zhi replied subconsciously. The word rolled out of his throat, and he suddenly came back to his senses. He shook his head wildly and smiled what he thought was a bright smile, “No, no, it doesn’t hurt.”

    King Jiang narrowed his eyes, “It doesn’t hurt, just raise your hand a little higher.”

    “…” Qin Zhi looked at his red, swollen and hot palms, and then at the pitch-black sandalwood board in King Jiang’s hand. He raised his hand a little higher as if accepting his fate, and presented it to the monarch like a sacrifice.

    The joy after hearing the “light sentence” has long since dissipated, replaced by the suffocation and sadness in my chest.

    The strange feeling in my heart is like a sharp sword, as if I can’t wait to split some illusion.

    It was clear that King Jiang was biased in favor of him when he sentenced him lightly, but the “fairness” of the king’s execution in front of him made him feel that King Jiang was close in front of him but far away, even though they had done the most intimate thing in the world.

    He hoped that he was overthinking it.

    After the execution, he was still wandering in his mind when he was summoned back by a cough from King Jiang.

    “You still dare to be distracted while you are being tortured. Are you just relying on being alone to pamper you? Are you being arrogant because of your pampering?”

    King Jiang’s tone was neither salty nor light. It didn’t sound like a confession, but it didn’t sound like a joke either.

    For the first time since they met, Qin Zhi felt a little tired, like a duckweed without roots, unable to figure out the bottom.

    He doesn’t like to speculate on people’s hearts.

    Before leaving the valley, his master always told him that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, and asked him to learn more “conspiracies”, but he was disdainful and not interested.

    Nowadays, facing a master whose heart is as deep as a needle in the sea, he seems to have a mountain of mountains pressing down on his shoulders, and it is always difficult to do it with ease.

    “Return to Your Majesty, I don’t dare.” Qin Zhi’s voice was muffled, not at all as heartless and cheerful as in the past.

    King Jiang noticed Qin Zhi’s change, “Don’t dare? That’s just because you have thought about it.”

    Qin Zhi found this kind of in-depth inquiry rather boring. He didn’t want to get entangled, so he said seriously: “It is a fact that I hurt someone, and the son of an important minister was injured. I know that I have brought trouble to His Majesty, and I dare not break the rules again. It’s just that I feel regretful and upset, so I was distracted. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me.”

    After saying that, Qin Zhi knelt down and bowed, and admitted his mistake quite “sincerely”.

    “Okay, just admit your mistake. Although Gu saved you this time, Han Zhong may not give up. You should be more cautious in your actions in the future, and don’t let others take advantage of you. By then, Gu will not be able to save you.”

    King Jiang’s words were serious and thoughtful, and somewhat meant to raise some points. Qin Zhi immediately thanked him again.

    There were still several ministers to meet, so Jiang Wang asked Qin Zhi to go back first while he continued to fight.If it were before, Qin Zhi would have been distressed and advised him, and had to give King Jiang a hard time to go back and rest for a while, but now he had a thorn in his heart and needed to take the time to pull it out, so he withdrew in compliance with the order.

    Qin Zhi was not the only one who was unhappy. His various anomalies also caused ripples in the king’s heart.

    According to Jiang Wang’s original idea, Qin Zhi’s light sentence would definitely further affect his feelings, and he carried out the execution himself outside the palace, not only to show Han Zhong, so as to stop him from impeaching Qin Zhi, but also to remind other palace people to remember that Qin Zhi, no matter how big trouble he caused, he could only do it himself.In this way, Qin Zhi will definitely be more grateful and devoted.

    Little did the fickle king know that the young general he had newly appointed was a person who believed more in feelings than in brains.And the facts proved that Qin Zhi’s feeling couldn’t be more correct.

    Only half a year later, King Jiang’s words came true.However, it was not due to Qin Zhi’s imprudence, but to the fact that his loyal master personally and seriously dug a big hole for him.Not only did they push him in, they also thoughtfully “filled in the soil” and “erected a monument”…

    Qin Zhi returned to the king’s palace and sat on the bedside in a daze for a long time.

    He has analyzed the situation of the three countries.Currently, Jiang, Wei, and Wu are three pillars. King Wei is jealous and values ​​civility over military affairs; Jiang is slightly stronger and plots the world; Wu is the weakest and is hiding in hiding, hiding its power and biding its time.

    King Jiang is undoubtedly his best choice at the moment, but today’s feeling aroused his self-defense instinct. King Jiang’s attitude may not be as simple as he imagined.

    Forget it… He recalled King Jiang’s beautiful face, and felt something in his heart – even if King Jiang was a stone, he believed he could still keep him warm!

    It’s just… In the past six months since he left the valley, he has changed his masters twice, but he has never met his junior brothers Xuan Shu and Xuan Mou. Aren’t they in a hurry?Or have we met each other before but didn’t recognize them?

    Qin Zhi rubbed the blood on both sides of his temples, leaned on the bed, closed his eyes and sorted out his thoughts.

    Apart from the assassination in the capital and the discomfort of being stared at in the Boudoir Dream Building, there have been no other abnormalities recently.But these clues are still inconclusive.

    Unable to think of an answer for a long time, Qin Zhi had no choice but to let sleepiness sweep over his body and fall asleep in his clothes.

    When King Jiang came back, he saw that the general he had just scolded during the day did not take off his clothes and shoes. He slept on his dragon bed, which was dirty…

    Banxia novel, a lot of fun

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