"Li Lin, you said that the goddess Zhen Mi saved you. What does that have to do with what happened last night?"
"Your Majesty, it is because the goddess Zhen Mi saved me that I have no way to repay her and wish to offer myself to her... ah, I mean, I wish to become her disciple. She saw that I have extraordinary bones, exceptional talent, and handsome appearance, so she gladly agreed to my request."
"Later, she took me to the Azure Sky Cave to cultivate Taoist arts. Later, because I stole and ate the forbidden fruit, the Goddess of the Luo River was enraged. In a fit of anger, she struck me with a palm, and I fell unconscious. When I woke up again, I found myself back in my home in the Great Qin Dynasty..."
"oh?"
"Your Majesty, it was because of an opportunity I had three hundred days ago that I gained sentience and was able to recognize the things in this world. The demonic dragon last night was called the Crimson Flame Divine Dragon, one of the nine divine dragons under the Ancestral Dragon, guarding the dragon veins of the Nine Provinces!"
"Li Lin, are you saying that the demonic dragon is the one that guards the dragon vein?"
"Your Majesty, that is indeed the case! He said that the land was divided after the death of the First Dragon, but the true meaning is not what the words mean on the surface. The First Dragon was the first dragon since the creation of the world. He has lived for 100,000 years and his lifespan is about to end. As a result, the dragon veins of the nine provinces could not be protected, which led to the disintegration of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"So that's what happened with the Great Zhou's split?"
"The ancestral dragon's lifespan has run out, and he is unable to stabilize the dragon veins of the nine provinces, thus causing chaos throughout the world?"
"So that's how it is!"
"What Minister Li said seems to make some sense!"
"That demonic dragon is actually the dragon guarding the dragon vein! That's unbelievable!"
......
The ministers' curiosity finally shifted from the goddess Zhen Mi to the nonsensical myths he was telling.
[Sigh, what the superiors like, the inferiors will surely imitate. My argument is full of holes, yet these ministers seem completely unfazed, listening with great interest. It truly baffles me. If I had known these people were so easily fooled, I should have fooled them sooner! No wonder Xu Fu and his men made a fortune. Alas, there are too many fools and too few swindlers in this world!]
Seeing this, Li Lin couldn't help but feel endless emotions in his heart.
pity.
His sentiments weren't very good.
When the First Emperor heard this guy say in his heart that most people in the court were fools, and that "what the superiors like, the inferiors will follow suit," it was indeed a roundabout way of criticizing him as a fool!
His face immediately fell.
Tai Shiteng and Ying Lin were initially confident of victory, but the subsequent developments in the court left them somewhat bewildered.
Especially considering the way Li Lin is talking nonsense right now.
This immediately made them uneasy. What if Li Lin really managed to fool this group, including His Majesty? Wouldn't that have given Li Lin a little help instead?
This won't do!
We must fight back!
Seeing the First Emperor's face darken, Taishi Teng immediately sensed an opportunity and stepped forward to advise, "Your Majesty, this Li Zhongcheng is talking nonsense and spouting rubbish. Three hundred days ago, Li Zhongcheng clearly stayed at home the whole time, and even went hunting in the suburbs with his elder brother, Imperial Censor Li Xin. Your Majesty, everything I have said is true and verifiable. This Li Zhongcheng is talking nonsense, attempting to confuse the public and mislead the court officials. His intentions are probably malicious!"
“Your Majesty, your humble servant, Han Xu, the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Stud, prepared top-quality horses for Li Xin, the Grand Censor and Marquis of Guannei, three hundred days ago. What the Grand Censor just said is all true, and the Court of Imperial Stud has a record of this to prove it!”
"Your Majesty, I hereby report that Li Lin openly deceived the Emperor in court, which is a grave act of disrespect. According to the laws of Qin, he should be flogged fifty times and executed in the autumn!"
......
As soon as Tai Shiteng spoke, other ministers from the same faction who followed him sprang up like mushrooms after rain.
Each of them has irrefutable evidence.
It seems that the evidence against Li Lin for deceiving the emperor is irrefutable, and he cannot exonerate himself for his words and deeds.
[How vicious! One thing leads to another, Taishi Teng, Taishi Teng, you probably anticipated my nonsense, so you were all prepared, waiting for me to fall into your trap, weren't you? Since that's the case, then I'll give you a powerful counterattack, using your own spear against your own shield!]
"Li Lin, is what they said true?"
The First Emperor looked at him with great displeasure, which made the ministers following Taishi Teng quite smug.
After all, faced with such irrefutable evidence, no matter how capable you are, Li Lin, you can't deny it, right?
"Your Majesty, what they say is true! It is true that three hundred days ago, I went hunting with my brother during the day, but after returning from the hunt, I inexplicably felt dizzy and then fell into a deep sleep. In my dream, I was floating on the Luo River. As I just mentioned, I was later punished by the Goddess of the Luo River for eating forbidden fruit, and she struck me back to reality with a single blow..."
"this......"
Upon hearing this, Tai Shiteng realized that he had indeed said that earlier. Damn, this kid cheated! He actually anticipated their actions and set a trap from the very beginning.
"Nonsense! That demonic dragon last night was clearly..."
"Grand Historian, if I am not mistaken, you live in the west of the city, right? I live in the east. How did you know the specific information about that demonic dragon so quickly?"
"This old man..."
"You heard it from someone else, didn't you? Huh? Since you only heard it from someone else, what right do you have to question Li, the person involved? Or is it that the demonic dragon has something to do with you?"
"you......"
Tai Shiteng was immediately rendered speechless. He really didn't know what to say, because he wasn't a party involved. Based on this alone, Li Lin could directly use his well-designed plan to turn the tables and put him on the defensive.
This boy's intelligence is indeed unparalleled in this world. If I continue to argue with him, I will surely suffer the consequences. I can't let this go on any longer. It's time to activate the contingency plan I prepared beforehand!
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