Chapter 201

"Hmm?"

Ying Su frowned!

Yu Yu Huatian said, "I followed Mr. Zhang Liang's instructions to divide these prisoners into three groups and escort them along three different routes!"

"This was to prevent the Invincible Ghost from rescuing Weizhuang!"

"Yet despite every precaution, we still failed; a convoy escorting Weizhuang was ambushed!"

"Ge Nie, the Invincible Ghost, and many others came to rescue him!"

"Weizhuang has been taken away by them!"

"Oh! I knew it!"

Ying Su nodded, helped Yu Yu Huatian to his feet, and waved his hand, saying, "It's fine!"

Yu Yu Huatian was filled with self-reproach: "Your subordinate... is incompetent!"

"Hmm!"

Ying Su nodded, then walked away!

As for Weizhuang being rescued, Ying Su truly had no thought of blaming Yu Yu Huatian!

On the contrary, in his view, Weizhuang's escape was actually a good thing!

Why?

The reason Zhang Liang surrendered is that Zhang Liang is a man with ideals and ambitions; compared to national and familial vengeance, he also harbors a desire to accomplish great deeds!

Precisely because he can recognize the grand trends of the world and possesses a heart eager to achieve great things, he was subdued!

But... people like Weizhuang are different!

It is not only Weizhuang who is unsuitable!

Ge Nie is of the same ilk!

Although their Wu Gong is indeed excellent, they have nothing to do with stupidity!

Yet deep down, they are ultimately men of the Jianghu, men of the martial world!

Their vision is too narrow; the levels they touch are only so few, and what they understand is only so much! This leads to a vision that is too short and a scope that is insufficient!

In their eyes, black is black, and white is white!

They do not know at all what is meant by "when water is too clear, there are no fish."

Nor will they ever understand where the suffering of the common people truly lies!

They believe that with the three-foot long sword in their hands, they can uphold the so-called justice in their hearts!

But... if justice can only be upheld by a three-foot long sword, then that justice is not far from collapse!

Why?

Because... if you can uphold justice with a three-foot long sword, why can others not do the same?

If you can, others can too!

If everyone uses a three-foot long sword to uphold justice, then what need is there for a state?

Then what need is there for laws?

Furthermore, what is justice?

And how is justice defined?

Do they have a corresponding standard?

They do not even have a single standard!

Then how can they uphold justice?

Have you not seen Liangshan Marsh?

They flew the banner of "acting on behalf of Heaven!"

They committed great deeds that they believed were acting on behalf of Heaven!

But in the eyes of the common people, were the things they did truly acts of acting on behalf of Heaven?

It is very ridiculous!

It is not only Liangshan Marsh upholding justice that is ridiculous!

All knights-errant claiming they wish to uphold justice are ridiculous!

If their vision were merely too narrow, that would be one thing.

But these people are stubborn; persuading them to surrender is harder than getting ten oxen to turn back, almost impossible to achieve!

If these people fall into Ying Su's hands, there is only one outcome: death!

But the thing about Zhang Liang is that he values loyalty and righteousness!

If Weizhuang were here with me, he would certainly plead for him, unwilling to let him be killed!

In that case, it would only make things difficult for oneself!

Therefore!

Running away is truly a good thing!

It neither makes things difficult for oneself nor puts Zhang Liang in a difficult position!

Ying Su thought to himself.

Afterwards, he returned directly to the palace!

As for this batch of Handan nobles, there is nothing to say!

Kill!

At that moment, he issued the decree!

And after this news spread throughout Xianyang City, for a time, all the common people of Xianyang City boiled over!

On the day of execution, inside Xianyanggong, every street was emptied!

Nearly everyone came to watch the ceremony!

At the moment their heads hit the ground!

Once again, the slogan "the new Emperor far surpasses the First Emperor" rang through the entire city of Xianyang!

All the common folk cheered and leaped for joy!

But every noble ground their teeth in hatred!

"Unfilial son… that unfilial son actually dares to kill them!"

"Those are the family heads of seventy noble houses!"

At that moment, watching heads roll across the ground!

Watching blood flow into rivers on the ground!

Countless people felt their heads spin!

Even more cursed Facing Ying Su by name!

There were even people kneeling before the court, furiously denouncing Facing Ying Su, saying this was destroying the First Emperor's unification of the realm!

Destroying the grand situation of the six nations' people turning their hearts toward home!

Still others furiously cursed Facing Ying Su, calling this cruelty, calling this incompetence!

Such a slaughter of nobles is utterly a sign of the nation's doom!

On that day, outside Xianyanggong, countless court officials hurled their denunciations!

Countless court officials cursed Facing Ying Su as cruel!

Still others said Facing Ying Su's act was even more the indiscriminate killing of meritorious ministers!

"Indiscriminate killing of meritorious ministers?"

Facing Ying Su couldn't understand it!

And many others couldn't understand it either.

What Facing Ying Su killed were the former nobles of Zhao Guo — how does that have anything to do with killing meritorious ministers?

Some court officials said: "Back when Zhao Guo was being destroyed, if those nobles had fought to the death against the Qin Army, how could Zhao Guo possibly have fallen?"

"And the fact that they did not fight to the death makes them meritorious ministers of the great Qin who unified the realm!"

"Heh!"

"So that's the kind of meritorious minister they are!"

Hearing these words, Facing Ying Su burst out laughing on the spot.

So the batch of fence-sitters who bent with the wind back in Zhao Guo have now become meritorious ministers of unification!

Facing Ying Su shook his head, utterly speechless!