Chapter 261 Gangchengjun Cai Ze emerges at the right moment
"Lord Left Prime Minister!"
As he rolled and crawled, the prison uniform was stained with a lot of filth, including rat droppings and vomit that Bao Bering couldn't stand the smell of on his first day here.
"Lord Zuo Xiang, please put me on the second floor!"
He lifted up the torn clothes between his waist and abdomen, letting Li Si see the scars on his waist and abdomen, which were the marks of rodent bites.
Plop~
Bao Bailingzhi knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Si.
"Lord Zuo Xiang, please find me a doctor. I am willing to give you a hundred gold as a gift."
"Dr. Bao Bai, it's better to find a doctor yourself."
Bao Bailing kowtowed more quickly and cried: "I have been bitten by rats and contracted the plague at an early age. Please forgive me for my offensive words in the court and save my life."
"Dr. Bao Bai misunderstood." Li Si smiled and said, "Si is here to let Dr. Bao Bai out."
Bao Bai Lingzhi suddenly raised his head, his dirty old face full of surprise.
"Really?"
"Then there's still a lie?"
Li Si lifted the food box from the jailer behind him, put it on the ground and opened it - there were fish, meat, and wine.
The aroma should not have been smellable on the first floor of Xianyang Prison, which was full of peculiar smell, but Bao Bailingzhi's eyes were shining and his nose was sniffing wildly, as if he could actually smell the aroma of wine and meat.
Li Si handed the meal through the opening in the cell, and Bao Bailingzhi picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
"After Dr. Bao Bai goes out, don't say that he wants to bring you in." Li Si slightly said worriedly.
Bao Bailingzhi took big mouthfuls of rice and meat. He choked after taking three large mouthfuls and hurriedly poured a sip of wine into his mouth.
"Don't worry, Minister Zuo, I have never been to Xianyang Prison." Bao Bailingzhi patted his chest, and the stench became stronger as his clothes shook.
"That's good."
"Does this old man know why the left prime minister changed his mind?" Bao Bailing said cautiously.
"It's an order from Lord Chang'an. Lord Chang'an ordered Si to come see Dr. Bao Bai and release him if he is still alive.
"It's the Lord of Chang'an." Bao Bailingzhi unexpectedly said to himself, stuffing food into his chaotic mouth, "I am alive and well."
When all the meat was eaten and only half of the fish was left, Bao Beringzhi felt sleepy in his mind like an overwhelming force, and he couldn't resist it.
The bowl he was holding in his hand fell with a clang, and Bao Bailingzhi lay down on the ground, opening his mouth to knock out some uneaten food.
"Dip his head in the barrel."
"only."
The jailer opened the cell door, covered his nose with one hand, and dragged Bao Bailing with the other hand to the wooden bucket used for defecation in the corner.
He grabbed Bao Beringzhi's white hair, immersed his head in the barrel, and stuck his shoulders on the barrel.
Li Si stood in front of the prison door for a quarter of an hour, his eyes fixed on Bao Bailingzhi whose head was stuck in the barrel. Bao Bailingzhi showed no sign of struggle from beginning to end.
The next day, Bao Bailingzhi accidentally drowned in Xianyang Prison. The Tingwei Mansion notified the Bao family to pick up Bao Bailingzhi's body.
Before the night curfew, Gangchengjun's mansion was crowded with people.
The night was dark, and the lights in Gangchengjun's mansion were brightly lit.
"When is Mr. Gangcheng going to take action? Could it be that he has to wait until the straight Qin sword is placed on our necks?" Meng Jiakun, the head of the Meng family, looked at the troubled old man with an unkind look on his face.
"A gentleman's promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Why has Mr. Gangcheng been closed to the house these days?" Xi Shu, the head of the Xi family, asked the old man.
"If Tsunade-kun is really in trouble, you just didn't agree to it at the banquet a few days ago. Such behavior is really not beautiful." Bai Fei, the head of the Bai family, condemned repeatedly.
The three major aristocratic families took the lead, and many aristocratic families behind them also echoed their words. The crowd was full of voices for a while, and the bitterness on the old man's face became more and more obvious.
"You gentlemen, this is not to raise Ze as the leader to attack Chang'an Lord, but to gather people to attack Ze." When the heads of the aristocratic families said that they were tired and the rain of saliva turned from heavy rain to light rain, the old man looked at the opportunity and said: "Bao Bai ordered this today.
There are still family members who found the body. Ming Rize’s whole family was beheaded, and we don’t know who found the body.”
Meng Jiakun looked sternly and said, "Jun Gangcheng is joking."
"A joke?" the old man sighed and said: "Gan Shangqing is a young hero. He became prime minister at the age of nine. His Majesty is very happy about it. Gan Shangqing was captured by that Shuzi and sent to Xianyang Prison. Does that Shuzi still care about capturing me?"
Bai Fei stepped forward and patted the old man's shoulders, saying: "How can nephew Gan Xian be compared with Lord Gangcheng? No one in Qin knows Lord Gangcheng's name."
The old man's name is Cai Ze, his title is Gang Chengjun, and he is a veteran of the Four Dynasties.
He served as prime minister when King Zhaoxiang of Qin was in power, and his last official service was as an envoy to the State of Yan for the First Emperor.
Cai Ze's title Gangchengjun is different from Yingcheng's false title of Chang'anjun.
The fiefdom of Cai Ze was Gangcheng, the land of the original Yan Kingdom, so it was called Gangchengjun.
Just like when Wei Yang was called Lord Shang, it was because his fiefdom was called Shang.
According to Chang's theory, Cai Zeli, who served as prime minister as early as the period of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, should become a pillar of the Qin state like Meng Ao and Wang Yan.
But in fact, Cai Ze did not have much say in the Qin State. This was closely related to Cai Ze's personal character. He liked Gou.
Cai Ze firmly believes that when the water is full, it will overflow, and when the moon is full, it will be depleted.
As soon as he senses the slightest risk, he will run away.
After Fan Ju, the Prime Minister of the Qin State, resigned, Cai Ze became Cai Ze. During his tenure, he did not seek merit but sought no fault.
There is only one political achievement that the old man can mention - alienating the relationship between King Anli of Wei and Lord Xinling, so that Wei lost the capital to attack Qin.
The prime minister of the most powerful country in the world holds so much power, but the old man is cautious.
He only served as prime minister for a few months, but because of someone's slanderous words, he disliked him. He excused himself from illness and resigned from the position, and went home to live in poverty.
Current political enemies ridiculed him for being good at preserving himself in troubled times, but he did not take it for granted and instead praised him for it.
The Cai family, centered on Cai Ze, who had served as prime minister, was far less prominent than the Meng family at the same time, and could only be called a middle-class family.
The Cai family, led by the capable Cai Ze, has always followed the trend, and has to follow the Gan family if they don't stand out or shine.
As for the reputation of the old man, it is indeed not small. There is no official in Qin State who is greater than Xiangbang, and every Xiangbang is very famous.
But when it comes to prestige, it's almost impossible, otherwise the old man wouldn't be forced to stay at home by these aristocratic families.
Cai Ze stood up first and shouted that he did not dare to trouble the Bai family leader. After Bai Fei stopped his hand and stood sideways.
He sighed and said, "I am self-aware, you all just want to ask for directions."
All the family heads immediately laughed and said, "Where is that?", "Tsunari-kun is joking," and "We never thought of that."
There are few upper-class men in Qin who have never been to the balcony. No one knows what secrets they shared in such a gentle village after drinking too much wine.
If Ying Chengyu can capture Gan Luo with conclusive evidence, he can capture almost everyone present with conclusive evidence.
So far, Gan Luo has made no move in Xianyang Prison, and Ying Chengyu has also been captured by the First Emperor and taken to Xianyang Prison.
The heads of the major aristocratic families originally thought that the First Emperor had intervened and the Yingcheng clan would stop.
Gan Luo strongly provoked Ying Chengyu during the wax ceremony, but these heads of aristocratic families thought they were safe.
But Lu Xu's death let them know that Ying Chengyu didn't want to stop on his way to target the aristocratic family.
Everyone knows that Ying Chengxuan has dirty information about them, and no one wants to be in Gan Luo's position and be caught by Ying Chengxuan as the leader and sent to Xianyang Prison.
But everyone really needs such a person to block Ying Chengyu's firepower in front. This person's weight cannot be too low, and the aristocratic families dare to force him.
Gangchengjun Cai Ze came to the rescue at the right time.