Chapter 266

He had long known that Feng Quji was colluding with that group of people.

Now that the main mastermind had been eliminated, these petty people.

Should also be dealt with together.

As soon as Wang Jian walked into the study, he fell to his knees with a thud before Ying Zheng.

Ever since he had aged, he had received the favor of Ying Zheng, allowing him not to kneel before Ying Zheng.

After all, there were not many old generals as aged as him.

This was also Ying Zheng's favor to their Wang family.

Wang Jian had not knelt before Ying Zheng for many years, but this time he knelt with a resounding thud.

A heavy sound even came from the floor.

Eunuch Zhuo, who was nearby, felt his expression twitch involuntarily upon hearing this sound.

As a eunuch, he knew this kind of pain all too well.

But seeing that the old General Wang's expression did not change, Eunuch Zhuo looked at the old General Wang with involuntary admiration.

"Please, Your Majesty, grant me death."

"My son Wang Ben has committed such a wrong, and I have no face to live in this world any longer."

"Let me personally atone for his sins."

Wang Jian knelt heavily on the ground, his head striking the floor.

A deep voice rang out, accompanied by the sound of heavy kowtowing.

In just a few breaths, Wang Jian's forehead was already bright red.

Mottled bloodstains appeared on the floor.

Ying Zheng watched all this in silence.

From the moment he learned that Wang Ben had chosen to rebel, he had not intended to spare the Wang family.

Since Wang Ben had chosen to rebel, Wang Jian must have been involved in it.

Ying Zheng never expected that Wang Jian had not participated in it at all.

And had even appeared at the scene of the rebellion, personally beheading Wang Ben.

Upon learning the news, Ying Zheng's heart was exceptionally complex.

Looking at the mottled white hair on Wang Jian's temples.

Thinking that this aged old general below had fought for the Qin State for decades.

He could have originally enjoyed his old age in happiness.

Yet he did not expect such a thing to happen in his later years.

Ying Zheng did not speak, and Wang Jian did not stop his kowtowing.

The thudding sound,

continued to echo throughout the study.

Fusu and Zhang Han both looked at Wang Jian with complex expressions.

Neither of them knew how to deal with the old General Wang now.

In terms of merit, the old General Wang was indeed among the top in the entire Great Qin.

But what Wang Ben had committed was, after all, the crime of rebellion.

Rebellion was punishable by the extermination of the nine clans.

But Wang Ben had been personally beheaded by the old General Wang.

The news had likely already spread.

If His Majesty truly disregarded his reputation and beheaded the old General Wang as well.

The historians below would likely spread rumors of His Majesty's cruelty once again.

Zhang Han felt complex in his heart.

Although Fusu had something to say, after thinking about it, he remained silent.

He had not forgotten what he had asked Ying Zheng before Wang Jian arrived, and what Ying Zheng had replied to him.

Feng Quji and Li Zhen, who were following behind Wang Jian, looked at all this with pale faces.

The two of them now clearly knew that all of this was a trap set by Ying Zheng.

Huhai had likely failed long ago.

But because of Wang Jian's threat earlier, neither of them dared to leave.

Feng Quji's eyes flickered a few times.

He had been pondering how to distance himself from tonight's events.

Looking at Li Zhen, who was shivering beside him, Feng Quji had an idea.

"Wang Jian, I have always considered myself to have treated your Wang family well."

"Your son truly had a heart higher than the heavens, and even intended to rebel."

"By law, your Wang family should be exterminated to the nine clans."

Ying Zheng spoke.

The words he spoke as soon as he opened his mouth caused the atmosphere in the room to become instantly oppressive.

Everyone could hear the anger hidden in Ying Zheng's tone.

No place could tolerate the existence of rebels in its country.

Throughout history, both in China and abroad, few who attempted to rebel and failed had a good end.

Wang Jian's heart sank once again.

"Please, Your Majesty, grant me death."

"I also know that the Wang family has committed such a wrong, and there is no reason to be forgiven."

Wang Jian said calmly.

What he sought by coming before Ying Zheng today was to preserve the final reputation of the Wang family.

He no longer cared about death.

He had lived long enough to reach this age.

His son was already dead, and the bloodline of their Wang family had been completely severed.

The glory and wealth before him were like passing clouds.

Wang Jian's heart was dead, more than anything else.

He cared about nothing.

But the Wang family was, after all, a massive clan; if the nine clans were exterminated, thousands of people would likely die.

Even if Wang Jian did not consider himself, he had to consider those clansmen.

The entire Wang family only had their branch doing relatively well; if because of their branch...

Wang Jian felt that even if he died, he would have no face to face the ancestors of the Wang family.

Ying Zheng's gaze fell straight upon Wang Jian.

He could naturally see the intent to die in Wang Jian's eyes.

"Your Majesty."

"The old General Wang has fought for Great Qin his whole life."

"Even if there is no merit, there is hard work."

"I beg Your Majesty to consider this and spare the old General Wang's life."

Zhang Han, who was nearby, suddenly stood out and said to Ying Zheng.

As a military general, although Wang Jian and he had conflicts of interest.

But Wang Jian was mainly responsible for the military, while he, Zhang Han, besides leading troops in battle, was mainly responsible for the Imperial Guards by Ying Zheng's side.

So in the end, the conflict of interest between the two was not as intense as that between Wang Jian and Meng Tian.