Chapter 16

"He is already dead..."

"He... cannot come back..."

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Meng Yi’s words left Ying Zheng feeling low and sorrowful.

Although,

he hoped his son was not dead,

he also understood that all of this was merely his own wishful thinking.

The son he valued and loved the most, his most promising heir, had already sacrificed his life for the country in that bloody battle five years ago!

In the past,

Ying Zheng had poured immense effort into Ying Mo,

grooming him as another version of himself, firmly believing that the Great Qin empire would inevitably be passed into his hands!

Ying Mo’s performance had not disappointed him either!

Dazzling!

He was the perfect candidate for an heir!

The existence of such an heir had filled Ying Zheng with confidence for the future!

But all of this,

reached a turning point five years ago...

The battlefield where Ying Mo died in battle!

Made Ying Zheng’s confidence in the future of Great Qin waver slightly...

He worried,

that if the Great Qin empire were handed to other descendants in the future, it would not be able to continue its glory!

Even,

that others would not be able to hold onto the Great Qin empire!

Under these circumstances, Ying Zheng hoped that he could live longer and lay a more solid foundation for Great Qin!

Therefore, he began to seek immortality...

Ying Zheng sighed slightly, his expression somewhat bitter.

However,

he quickly recovered and stared intently at Meng Yi: "Speak carefully, what exactly is going on?"

Seeing Ying Zheng return to normal, Meng Yi felt a sudden sense of relief and hurriedly continued.

"Your Majesty..."

"The person I saw just now is indeed very similar to Young Master Mo!"

"However... his eyes are completely different from the Young Master Mo in my memory!"

"Gloomy, cold, and filled with killing intent!!"

"The aura on his body is also extremely cold and gloomy; when I got close to him, I felt a chill all over my body!!"

Meng Yi said excitedly: "If it weren't for his eyes being so different, I would have even thought... that I had seen Young Master Mo!!!"

"Moreover, that person's legs seem to be inconvenienced, and he possesses extremely strong sword skills—at the very least, he is a master-level expert!"

"It is precisely because of this that I realized that person is not Young Master Mo..."

Listening to Meng Yi’s excited words, Ying Zheng’s brows slowly furrowed.

"It is indeed impossible for it to be Mo'er."

Ying Zheng shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice: "Although Mo'er had excellent talent, it is impossible for him to have become a master-level expert within five years!"

Ying Zheng was extremely familiar with his son.

He knew that his son, Ying Mo, could not have broken through to the master realm within five years.

In other words, the person Meng Yi saw was at most just somewhat similar to his son, Young Master Mo...

"The person you are talking about is the one who killed Zhao Baili, right?"

Suddenly, Ying Zheng asked Meng Yi in a deep voice: "Why did he kill Zhao Baili?"

"Your Majesty, this person calls himself Ghost, and he asked Zhao Baili about some things..."

Meng Yi hurriedly told Ying Zheng everything that had happened before.

Hearing what Meng Yi said, Ying Zheng’s eyes instantly became sharp, light flickered in the depths of his pupils, and the expression on his majestic face turned somber!

This person calls himself Ghost?!

And he is investigating what happened five years ago?!

Zhao Baili...

Five years ago, he actually followed Zhao Gao’s orders to escort a mysterious person out of the city?!

But,

why did Ying Zheng know nothing about these things?!

Ying Zheng’s expression became uncertain...

"Calls himself Ghost? Asking about things from five years ago? What is his purpose in asking these?"

Ying Zheng was full of doubts and said in a hoarse, deep voice: "Where does this Ghost come from? Why are they investigating things from five years ago?"

"Who was the person Zhao Baili escorted out of the city five years ago? Why escort this person?"

"Zhao Gao... why did he have his nephew, Zhao Baili, escort someone out of Xianyang City five years ago?!"

Ying Zheng’s brows were tightly locked, his mind racing as he thought about the connections between these events, pacing back and forth in the great hall.

Watching Ying Zheng’s contemplative state, Meng Yi hesitated slightly before gritting his teeth and suddenly speaking: "Your Majesty, I have a guess, I don't know if I should say it..."

"Hmm?"

Ying Zheng stopped his pacing and looked back at Meng Yi: "What guess do you have? Speak!"

"Your Majesty, the person who calls himself Ghost said that Young Master Mo and the Annan Army could not have been easily ambushed by the Xiongnu..."

"And he also asked me if I knew nothing about the conspiracy five years ago..."

Meng Yi’s eyes flickered, and after a moment of contemplation, he told Ying Zheng his thoughts and guesses: "Does this mean..."

"That the defeat of Young Master Mo and the Annan Army five years ago was not as simple as we imagined?"

"Could there be..."

"Hidden circumstances that we haven't noticed?!"

"Could this person who calls himself Ghost..."

"Be a survivor of the former Annan Army, who has now..."

"Returned for revenge?"

"BOOM!!!"

As soon as Meng Yi said this, Ying Zheng’s pupils contracted violently!

A sudden, massive wave surged in his heart!

The matter of Young Master Mo and the entire Annan Army being wiped out five years ago...

Are there hidden circumstances?!

What exactly is the conspiracy that the person calling himself Ghost spoke of?!

Could it be,

that his son’s death,

was not simply due to being outmatched?!

"Mo'er’s death... could there really be hidden circumstances?!" ===== CHAPTER 36 =====