Li Jian's expression was calm, and he looked at Sima Ping quietly.

After a while, Li Jian stood up and walked towards the door.

When Li Jian walked to the door of the cell, Sima Ping clenched his teeth and screamed.

"Come back! I said, I said that."

Li Jianke retreated and looked at Sima Ping with a smile.

"Maybe, you should start from the beginning?"

Sima Ping had obviously been completely defeated by his psychological defense and wrote down the whole story one by one.

Decades ago, Zhongshan Kingdom was destroyed by King Wuling of Zhao. Most of the Zhongshan royal family were killed, and some fled to other countries. Only a very small number were still hiding in Lingshou City.

As the direct bloodline of the last Zhongshan king, Zhongshan Ding has always been secretly raised by the Sima family in order to one day revitalize the great cause and restore the country for the second time.

As the saying goes, the moon will be the first to get close to the water. In the process of raising Zhongshan Ding, Sima arranged a childhood sweetheart girl by his side, which is Sima Lu.

If Zhongshan will be able to restore the country successfully in the future, Sima Lu will naturally be the queen.

Not long ago, news of the war between Qi and Zhao and the State of Yan came, and Zhongshan Ding was eager to try and wanted to raise an army to rebel against Zhao.

After thinking about it, Sima Ping firmly opposed this uprising.

The reason is also very simple - it can't be beaten.

But for some reason, Zhongshan Ding seemed to have received help from other forces, and actually bypassed the Sima family, successfully launched an army and occupied Lingshou City for a time.

The success of Zhongshan Ding made Sima Ping happy and confused. It was because Zhongshan Ding's three-legged kung fu had really come true, and the doubt was because Zhongshan Ding could not cope with Tian Dan's counterattack next.

So Sima Ping asked Sima Lu to continue to follow Zhongshan Ding on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Sima family remained neutral and did not openly support Zhongshan Ding.

Zhongshan Ding was extremely dissatisfied with this and went to the Sima family mansion several times and had a big quarrel with Sima Ping.

Just when Sima Ping couldn't stand the pressure, Tian Dan came to kill him.

After Tian Dan entered the city, those who had already jumped out to declare their loyalty to Zhongshan Kingdom were killed completely, and the population in Lingshou City decreased by 20 or 30% in a few days.

It is impossible for everyone to kill them all. Sima was praised by Tian Dan for his neutral attitude. Sima Ping was frightened and glad that his family was not exposed.

After Tian Dan left, Sima Ping secretly took back Zhongshan Ding and Sima Lu who had already escaped into the Taihang Mountains.

Originally, Sima Ping thought that Zhongshan must have grown up after this incident, but he didn't expect that he would go to assassinate Li Jian again and then be arrested for accidents.

At this time, the king of Yan Guochang suddenly appeared in Lejian and secretly met with Sima Ping, claiming that he could rescue Sima Ping through the relationship between the Wei Lecheng of Zhongshan County.

Although it was not successful in the end, Lejian also took control of Sima Ping's handle.

Under the threat of Lejian, Sima Ping had to secretly open the city gate for Lejian, which resulted in Lejian's surprise attack on Lingshou City.

Li Jian quietly listened to Sima Ping's words and said:

"That's all?"

Sima Ping nodded.

Li Jian smiled and said:

"Do you think I'll believe it?"

Sima Ping's body suddenly trembled, showing an angry expression.

"You...I have said everything I can say, absolutely no lies."

Li Jian sighed and said:

"A child who is no higher than the wheel is only a few years old. After being a shepherd slave on the border for decades, it is no different from a real shepherd slave."

Sima Ping smiled bitterly:

"But they can at least live!"

Li Jian nodded and said:

"That's right. In fact, you should be glad that you met me. If any other minister in China stands here, you Sima's men, women, young and old will definitely die."

Sima Ping sighed:

"Actually, Xiaguan also regrets it. He had heard of the wisdom of the county magistrate before. If he could directly join the county magistrate's command, I guess everything today would not have happened?"

Li Jian stood up again and said:

"goodbye."

After walking out of the door of the cell, Mao Sui brought a list.

"Doctor, this is the name of all Sima men over seven years old."

Li Jian carefully flipped through the list, finally picked up his pen and crossed out one of the names.

Mao Sui subconsciously looked over and found that the name was-

Sima Shang.

Li Jian put down his pen and said:

"There are seven children in total? Send them all to Gaoquesai and hand them over to Li Mu."

Mao Sui nodded and then said softly:

"Yu Qing is in the city. Will he save his life at this time..."

Li Jian laughed:

"I'll go talk to him."

Yu Xin sat in the lobby of the county magistrate's mansion with a serious expression.

This is the second time that something happened in Lingshou City, Zhongshan County. King Zhao obviously needs an important official to come here to observe it and see what happened in this place.

Looking at the ink that was obviously cut off from Sima Shang's name, Yu Xin frowned tightly and looked at Li Jian.

"Mr. Li, what do you mean?"

Li Jian smiled and said:

"It's just an officer, just ask him to change his name."

Yu Xin said coldly:

"Are you crazy? This is the charge of deceiving the king!"

Li Jian shrugged and said:

"What is deceiving the king? We have never heard of a Sima family with a man named Sima Shang. Those who do not know are innocent."

Yu Xin stared at Li Jian and said:

"You'd better give me a reason, otherwise I will definitely explain all this to the king after returning to Handan."

Li Jian smiled and said:

"If I say this is an investment, do you believe it?"

Yu Xin looked like "You are teasing me".

Li Jian's expression became serious and said:

"Yu Qing, I just want to ask you one thing, although you and I are high officials of the Great Zhao, they seem to be incredible and admirable."

"But can you really be sure that one day your and my family will not encounter the Sima family's difficulties today?"

Yu Xin's face changed slightly and said:

"You... want to leave a incense for Sima?"

Li Jian smiled and said:

"The King of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty and conferred Weizi Qi to establish the Song Dynasty to worship the Shang royal family."

"Even our Zhao royal family was able to resurrect the trouble of the lower palace by the support of several other major families?"

"Give others a chance is to give ourselves a chance."

Yu Xin was silent for a long time and ignited the list with expressionless expression.

"The smearing marks are too obvious, I'll give me a new one tomorrow."

Li Jian smiled and said:

"Then Sima Shang..."

Yu Xin stood up, turned around and left, leaving a sentence.

"I haven't heard of this person."
Chapter completed!