Chapter 9 Exposure

  Li Si immediately stood up and hastily walked out, pretending to be careless when he was leaving the prison gate, and something fell from his sleeve.

  Han Fei saw it and hastily said: "Li, Li brother, there is...there is...there is..." Han Fei meant to say that Li Si's brother had dropped something. However, in his haste, Han Fei stuttered and only managed to say "there is" for half a day without making himself clear, while Li Si had already disappeared without a trace!

  Han Fei reluctantly walked forward and picked it up. It was an exquisite small jade bottle with three tiny words on it: "Crane's Red".

  Han Fei was overjoyed, this is exactly what he wanted!

  Han Fei faced the eastern Korea, thought for a moment, picked up his pen and wrote a few words, then shouted: "Heaven does not favor me!" He swallowed the entire bottle of crane-top red in one gulp.

  Li Si stopped at a corner not far away and waited quietly. Suddenly, he heard Han Fei's loud cry, Li Si's heart tightened suddenly, and two lines of tears flowed from his eyes. Li Si murmured: "Brother Han, I owe you an apology, may you have a good journey!"

  Just then, the emissary sent by King Qin to pardon Han Fei arrived, but he could only take back Han Fei's already stiff corpse in shock!

  "What's going on? How could Mr. Han die in prison?" The enraged Qin Wang looked at Han Fei's corpse, his face ashen with anger, and furiously questioned Li Si. Meanwhile, the virtuous and kind-hearted queen saw the scholar who had been wrongly accused meet such a tragic end, and couldn't help but feel sorrowful and shed tears!

  Li Si knocked his head repeatedly and said: "I have failed in my duty, I am willing to be demoted and punished!" Li Si then fabricated a lie that Han Fei might have committed suicide out of fear of punishment. After speaking, he cried bitterly, with an expression as if he was more sorrowful than everyone else. Zhao Gao, whose face had been cold and gloomy all along, secretly sneered in his heart.

  King Qin Zheng slowly calmed down his anger. Since the person had already taken their own life, there was no point in pursuing others. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said: "Get up, this isn't your fault. Mr. Han wanted to die himself, how could you have stopped him?" King Qin was also someone who was meticulous about big things but careless about small things. Why didn't he think about where the poison that Han Fei took came from? Didn't he know that all prisoners are thoroughly searched before entering prison?!

  Li Si knocked his head to thank him, and in order to make up for the guilt in his heart, he also reported: "Since Han Fei is dead, there is no need to investigate some of the crimes. I ask the king to consider that Han Fei was a generation of scholars, give him a grand burial, and send an envoy to inform the State of Han!"

  King Zheng of Qin was hesitating when a eunuch suddenly came in and reported loudly: "Prince Fusu requests an audience!" King Zheng was taken aback, ordering: "Summon him!"

  Fu Su stepped into the palace, first paying his respects to King Qin and Queen Dowager. Then, he suddenly pretended to see Han Fei's corpse and exclaimed in shock: "Isn't this the very same Mr. Han Fei whom my father, the king, personally welcomed with a grand ceremony just the other day? How could he have died here?" Li Si feigned extreme grief, saying: "Your Highness, Mr. Han Fei took his own life due to suspicion of being a traitor!"

  "Ah!" Fu Su's face changed to one of shock, and he stamped his foot, saying: "What a pity that Mr. Han has wasted all his learning!" Suddenly, Fu Su exclaimed: "Father, it seems that Mr. Han Fei is not dead after all!"

  "Ah!!!???" Everyone was shocked. Li Si and Zhao Gao stared with wide eyes, thinking: "Impossible! Drinking the poisonous wine of He Ding Hong without dying is like a mother pig climbing a tree - it's absolutely impossible! That's the most toxic poison in the world!" The King of Qin and the Queen were also disbelieving, their faces stiff with shock: How could he still be alive after being poisoned?!

  Fu Su smiled secretly in his heart, but on the surface, he maintained a serious expression and said: "Yes, Your Majesty! Mr. Han drank the poisonous medicine, which is Crane's Crest Red, but it seems that this Crane's Crest Red is not pure, and Mr. Han appears to have an extremely strong resistance to poison, so although his body is stiff and his breathing has stopped, he can still be saved!"

  As soon as this was said, Zhao Gao and Li Si's eyes turned black: No way, if they could save Han Fei back, wouldn't they be in trouble! Li Si hastily said: "Young master, don't joke around, Mr. Han is clearly dead, how can he be saved again?" Look, the dog is jumping over the wall!

  The queen mother, however, seemed to have an idea and said: "Your Majesty, since Fu Su thinks there is still a way to save him, why not let him try?" The King of Qin was also curious, but if such a talented person as Han Fei did not die, letting him wear his crime and make amends or investigate and clear up the matter after that would also be beneficial to the Great Qin, so he nodded in agreement.

  Fu Su then said: "Bring a cup of tea water!" Immediately, an eunuch hastily brought over a cup of tea water. Fu Su took out a small bottle from his bosom and smiled, saying: "This is the antidote passed down by our ancestors, its efficacy is divine, let's try it and see!" As he spoke, Fu Su poured a few drops of liquid from the small bottle into the cup, then with the help of several eunuchs, pried open Han Fei's already tightly closed teeth and poured it in!

  Before long, Han Fei suddenly let out a loud "Huh?" and everyone was shocked: "He's awake!?" Suddenly, Han Fei violently sat up, and with a loud "Whoa!" spat out a large mouthful of black, foul-smelling mucus. Instantly, the room was filled with a foul odor, but everyone seemed to be in a daze, staring at Han Fei as if witnessing a miracle of resurrection!

  Han Fei gritted his teeth and pointed at Li Si, saying: "You, you, good, good you Li Si! You deceived me by saying that the king thought I, Han Fei, was a traitor and would come to interrogate me with severe punishment. Then you gave me poison to let me die without suffering punishment. This is intentional harm! We were classmates, why are you so cruel?" He suddenly burst into a loud scolding of Li Si!

  Everyone suddenly understood: This was Li Si speaking in front of Han Fei, saying that the Qin king believed Han Fei was a spy and wanted to send someone to interrogate him with severe punishment, then gave Han Fei poison to die without suffering. Isn't this an obvious frame-up?!

  The face of King Qin Ying Zheng immediately turned iron-green with fear, Li Si's legs trembled and his teeth chattered "de de" as he tried to speak but couldn't get the words out. "Bang!" King Qin roared in anger, slamming his hand on the table: "You dare to treat me like nothing, forge sacred orders, and harm others! Do you know your crime?!"

  Li Si hastily knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty, spare my life! I know my crime! I know my crime!" What a pitiful sight of crying and tears! Qin Wang Zheng angrily shouted: "Come on, take away all Li Si's positions, put him in the great prison of the court, and wait for his punishment!" "Yes, sir!" A group of halberd-wielding attendants rushed up, dragging Li Si away like an eagle catching a small chicken.

  Zhao Gao almost fainted: this Li Si, is really a stupid guy, if you're going to get poison, at least get some real stuff, but instead he gets fake ones, you've really made me suffer! Zhao Gao, who had no doubts about Fu Su, couldn't help but worry that Li Si would implicate him as well. After all, in recent days, Zhao Gao, Yao Jia and Li Si had been together slandering Han Fei to the Qin King.

  The King of Qin, enraged, got up and paced back and forth. Suddenly, he shouted loudly: "Summon the officials! Order the Left Chancellor Feng Jie to take over as the new Chancellor, and interrogate Li Si. Make sure Li Si confesses all his crimes!" The attendants hastily retreated to pass on the order.

  Looking at Han Fei's still somewhat dazed appearance, the clever Ying Zheng now also realized that it was Li Si who had framed Han Fei. He coldly said: "Someone come and escort Mr. Han to the government hostel to rest. Also order the?ξto send someone to protect him. If there is another mishap, have Feng Jie bring his head to see me!" Several eunuchs came forward and escorted the dazed Han Fei away!

  After finishing his words, Jingdi coldly glanced at Zhao Gao, and in a fit of rage, he went into the inner chamber of the South Study. The Queen smiled faintly at Fusu, then followed closely behind him. And Zhao Gao, who was terrified in his heart, could only follow with a stiff upper lip!

  As everyone left, only Fu Su was left. Fu Su couldn't help but sneer in his heart: "Zhao Gao, Li Si, you're still too tender to fight with me!"

  Actually, Fu Su's plan was relatively simple: before that, Fu Su had bribed the prison guard with a combination of intimidation and temptation to become an insider. As the prison guard managed the prison, he had contact with all kinds of prisoners, so he learned many things that couldn't be shown on stage. The real poison, "Crane's Crest", which was hidden in Li Si's sleeve, was replaced by the fake death potion prepared for Fu Su by the "Old Man in Hiding". This medicine was called "Intoxication" and was extremely difficult to prepare, very precious, meaning that after taking it, a person would only remain in a state of apparent death, although their body would be stiff and breathing almost stopped, but their brain would still be clear. That's why Han Fei could expose Li Si's true face!

  This was the first confrontation between Fu Su and Li Si, Zhao Gao's party. With the help of the wise 'Old Man in Hiding', Fu Su cleverly won the first round with a deliberate move that seemed unintentional!

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