Chapter 118: The chess piece falls, deciding life and death!

Yan Yan Lingji was startled, and immediately, she felt a sharp murderous intent coming from outside.

She could not help but look at Su Xuan curiously and ask, "Have you offended anyone recently?"

Yan Yan Lingji believed that since she came to the Qin state, she had done nothing, and she had not even participated in ordinary battles, so it was impossible for her to offend anyone. If anyone was offended, it was Su Xuan.

"No!"

Su Xuan was also a bit curious; the people outside were coming aggressively, they were not kind, and their numbers were not small.

They came with murderous intent, clearly wanting to kill him and Yan Yan Lingji here.

"Wanting to know the truth is not difficult; just capture a few alive."

Su Xuan said, and the black chess piece in his hand was gently placed on the board. At the same time, the two swords he had placed not far away suddenly unsheathed. Red and white lights flashed and disappeared, and finally, they broke through the window and flew out.

Screams immediately echoed.

Yan Yan Lingji listened to the screams, her beautiful eyebrows slightly raised, and then she continued to play chess with Su Xuan.

Su Xuan had actually seen through her plan and did not move that piece according to her expectations, which meant that if she wanted to win against Su Xuan, she would need to spend some effort.

She gradually pondered the next move.

As for those people outside, she did not take them to heart.

Regardless of their origins, anyway, in front of Su Xuan, they were no different from lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

After a while.

The screams outside also stopped abruptly.

"You lost!"

Su Xuan placed a chess piece on the board, ignored Yan Yan Lingji’s unwillingness, stood up abruptly, opened the door, and went outside.

Outside, many corpses dressed in black lay on the ground, some with their eyes wide open, in disbelief, looking as if they died with grievances.

But not everyone was dead.

Since Su Xuan said to leave some alive, he certainly left some alive.

Most people were killed by the flying swords, but a few people, under Su Xuan’s deliberate manipulation, were knocked unconscious by the swords.

Bringing these few survivors into the house, Su Xuan looked at Yan Yan Lingji and said, "Next, it’s your turn to perform."

Yan Yan Lingji knew that this was Su Xuan wanting her to use the Fire Charm Technique to interrogate the truth from these people.

As for why leave so many alive?

Of course, it was to prevent someone from being unyielding to death and refusing to reveal the truth even until death.

First, waking these people up, and then, with the help of the Fire Charm Technique, Yan Yan Lingji did not spend much effort to interrogate the truth.

The answer was both surprising and felt like a matter of course.

These people came from the Net.

This was not a secret, mainly because the Net’s uniform was too distinct; from the spider web and spider patterns on their clothes, one could guess their identity.

And the one who directed these people from the Net was... Lü Lu Buwei.

Lü Lu Buwei had actually found his hiding place and sent assassins from the Net to assassinate him.

This made Su Xuan feel a burst of surprise.

After a little thought, he gave another instruction to Yan Yan Lingji, "Go find Gai Nie!"

Yan Yan Lingji looked deeply at Su Xuan, somewhat dissatisfied with Su Xuan ordering her around like this, but her mouth was reluctant while her body was honest, and she still obediently followed Su Xuan’s instructions.

She left here, and soon, she found Gai Nie.

Not long after, Gai Nie hurried over.

When he saw the corpses in the courtyard, his expression changed slightly, and then he saw the few survivors Su Xuan had deliberately left behind.

……

"The Net!"

The fact that the Net intended to assassinate Su Xuan without success was soon known to Ying Zheng.

He was both angry and fortunate.

The anger was that someone had actually found Su Xuan’s location and sent people to assassinate him. On the day of the battle in Yongcheng, although Su Xuan had appeared, he did not stay long, and afterward, he did not appear by his side again, yet he was still found, which exceeded Ying Zheng’s expectations. And the fortune was that fortunately, Su Xuan’s strength was powerful, so he was not succeeded by the person in the dark.

If Su Xuan were a strategist type of talent with no power to truss a chicken, after this assassination, he would probably be dead.

However, this incident ultimately gave Ying Zheng a reminder.

Even after the capping ceremony ended and Lü Lu Buwei had returned power to him, in Lü Lu Buwei’s hands, there was still a powerful force, and this force was—the Net.

The Net continuing to be controlled by Lü Lu Buwei was not a good thing.

That day in Xinzheng city, the Net had assassinated him.

On the way from Wusui to Xianyang, the Net took action again.

This time the Net took action against Su Xuan again.

The weapon of the Qin state had clearly become a private tool mastered by others.

This was an unacceptable thing for Ying Zheng.

Originally, after the matter of his mother was over, he was prepared to settle accounts with Lü Lu Buwei after a while, but now, he had already made a decision.

"Zhao Gao, draft an edict for me!"

Ying Zheng looked at the eunuch beside him and said coldly.

That day he was able to learn about Lao Ai’s rebellion, it was all thanks to Zhao Gao’s report, so after the Yongcheng affair was over, he gradually began to reuse Zhao Gao, and Zhao Gao was indeed a servant who understood his heart. At least, during this period, Ying Zheng found him very easy to use.

"Yes!"

Zhao Gao lowered his head and responded, a cold smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

He knew that Lü Lu Buwei was finished.

Although after the Lao Ai affair, Lü Lu Buwei was actually already finished, if he did not act recklessly, perhaps he could still hold on for a period of time, but as he repeatedly violated the King of Qin’s taboos out of unwillingness in his heart during this period, the King of Qin could no longer tolerate him.

But this was also good.

Although after Lao Ai’s death, he had taken over all of Lao Ai’s legacy and mastered a part of the Net, but at present, the Net was ultimately controlled by Lü Lu Buwei. If Lü Lu Buwei also fell, he could take the opportunity to completely master the Net.

In Zhao Gao’s eyes, there was an ambition that Ying Zheng could not see.

The next day, in the royal court, after many ministers gathered, Ying Zheng fiercely challenged Lü Lu Buwei.

"Investigate the Marquis of Wenxin, Prime Minister Lü Lu Buwei, for involvement in the Lao Ai crime case. He has violated the laws of the state and betrayed the virtues of a subject, ultimately causing the Qin state to be shamed and thrown into chaos. After discussion in the Great Court, Lü Lu Buwei is dismissed from the position of Prime Minister, allowed to retain the title of Marquis of Wenxin, and moved to the fief of Luoyang for his later years. After the edict is issued, Lü Lu Buwei is allowed to stay in Xianyang for ten days, and once the aftermath is settled, he must leave the state immediately."

Once this edict was issued, Lü Lu Buwei’s expression changed drastically.

And what shocked him even more was that the letters he had secretly exchanged with Lao Ai were taken out by Ying Zheng as evidence.

After Lao Ai died, he had sent people to destroy many pieces of evidence.

As a result, he discovered now that the evidence had not been destroyed.