Chapter 146: I beg you, sir, to assist me!

Hearing the words of the Qin Wang, Seeing Ying Zheng.

Su Xuan's expression remained calm.

Han Fei and the others, however, could guess Seeing Ying Zheng's purpose.

Although Seeing Ying Zheng was now the Qin Wang, his situation in the Qin Guo was not good. Externally, there was the Marquis of Wenxin, Lu Buwei, and internally, the Marquis of Changxin, Lao Ai. These two marquises held him in the middle, like a cage, firmly restricting him.

The Marquis of Wenxin, Lu Buwei, was the Qin Wang's "foster father" and the Chancellor of Qin. After the late king passed away, he had been managing state affairs on his behalf, wielding immense power. The Marquis of Changxin, Lao Ai, was a new favorite in the court, backed by the Empress Dowager.

Although these two were like fire and water in the Qin court and had been fighting incessantly, this did not mean it was a good thing for Seeing Ying Zheng.

The civil and military officials of the entire court either knew the Marquis of Wenxin, Lu Buwei, or the Marquis of Changxin, Lao Ai, and had one after another chosen to join their ranks. Who among them knew him, this Qin Wang?

Originally, Seeing Ying Zheng had thought that once he completed his coming-of-age ceremony and Lu Buwei returned the power to him, he could fully realize his ambitions. In fact, to better realize those ambitions, he had even acted willfully and traveled to the State of Han to find Han Fei—a friend he had never met but with whom he was already exceptionally familiar through books and writings—to invite Han Fei to conspire in a great cause with him.

As it turned out, upon arriving in the State of Han, he discovered that he had been too naive.

First, Han Fei had rejected him.

Then, the assassins of the Luo Wang appeared. It was only after personally experiencing the killing intent brought by Xuan Jian that he finally understood.

There were some who were determined not to let him complete his coming-of-age ceremony and take personal control of the government.

Power is a poison; once experienced, it cannot be abandoned.

Completing the coming-of-age ceremony and wielding great power seemed easy, but whether he could return to the Qin Guo alive before that was still a question.

No, even if the day of the ceremony truly arrived and he completed it, gaining the qualification to rule, whether that person would return the power to him remained unknown.

Through the day of Xuan Jian's assassination attempt, Seeing Ying Zheng caught a glimpse of the undercurrents hidden beneath the calm of the Qin Guo.

The only thing that made him curious was: who was the mastermind behind the attempt to kill him?

Was it the Marquis of Changxin, or perhaps... the Marquis of Wenxin?

The Luo Wang was the official assassin organization of the Qin Guo, created a very long time ago, starting from the time of the Shang Yang Reforms. As an organization skilled in assassination and espionage, it had rendered many meritorious services to the Qin Guo over the years.

Such an organization should originally have been controlled by the ruler.

But because he had not yet taken personal control of the government and many state affairs were managed by the Chancellor, Lu Buwei, the Luo Wang was temporarily under his control.

He thought that this affair was very likely the work of the latter.

A sense of resentment could not help but rise in Seeing Ying Zheng's heart, but in the end, he suppressed this trace of resentment.

In the final analysis, the reason he had encountered the assassination attempt by the Luo Wang was because his own strength was insufficient.

Han Fei might have refused to serve him for this reason as well, but Seeing Ying Zheng had not given up his desire to seek talent.

Although Su Xuan was a wanted criminal in the State of Han, both the strength and the methods he had displayed were enough to make Seeing Ying Zheng's heart move. Such a high-level expert, not being valued in the State of Han and even suffering injustice, only showed that the State of Han did not know how to use talent.

If you do not use him, I will!

Han Fei and the others also guessed Seeing Ying Zheng's intention, but they said nothing.

Although Su Xuan had once been an honored guest of the King of Han, he had ultimately suffered an unjust grievance because of the State of Han, and Han Fei had no ability to help Su Xuan clear this grievance. After all, the turmoil caused by Su Xuan killing Ji Wuye was simply too great.

This was still because the news of him killing Bai Yifei had not yet spread; otherwise, the turmoil would have been even greater.

The room where Seeing Ying Zheng and Han Fei had previously conversed had been destroyed because of the battle between Su Xuan and Xuan Jian.

Since Seeing Ying Zheng wanted to converse with Su Xuan, Zinu could only find an elegant room on the second floor of the front courtyard.

Inside the elegant room, Gai Nie stood quietly behind Seeing Ying Zheng. Even though Su Xuan's strength was powerful and he could not be defeated, protecting Seeing Ying Zheng's safety was his mission, and he would not give up because of the opponent's strength.

Wei Zhuang and the others went to deal with Xuan Jian's corpse.

Xuan Jian had died in the Zilan Pavilion; it was impossible to just leave the corpse there.

It is worth mentioning that before Su Xuan and Seeing Ying Zheng came to this elegant room to talk, he had taken away Xuan Jian's two swords. Just like when he collected the red and white twin swords, with a flick of his sleeves, the Black and White Xuan Jian swords disappeared into them.

"Although I have not been in Xinzheng for long, I have heard of Mr. Su!"

"The State of Han no longer has a place for you, Mr. Su. I wonder where you intend to go next?"

Seeing Ying Zheng got straight to the point and asked Su Xuan directly.

Although through their previous conversation he already knew that Su Xuan controlled the Nightfall organization—the organization originally created by Ji Wuye, which spread throughout the entire State of Han—and that Su Xuan could use the power of the Nightfall to hide in the State of Han, that was, after all, in the shadows, and he could not walk openly in the light.

Therefore, Seeing Ying Zheng guessed that if Su Xuan was a person who could not endure loneliness, he would definitely choose to leave the State of Han.

"Does the Qin Wang want to recruit me?" Su Xuan asked Seeing Ying Zheng.

Seeing Ying Zheng nodded and said, "You are a smart man, sir, so I will not hide it from you. I do indeed wish to recruit you."

"Your methods are brilliant, sir, and your strength is not ordinary, yet you have no place to stay or room to use your talents in the State of Han. This is a tragedy for the world. If you are willing to serve me, I will certainly not be stingy with my trust and use!"

"It sounds quite good, but the Qin Wang does not seem to have a clear understanding of his current situation." Su Xuan spoke indifferently. "A moment ago, the Qin Wang was still being assassinated by the Luo Wang organization of the Qin Guo. This means that the Qin Wang's situation is not very good!"

Seeing Ying Zheng's expression was solemn; it could be said that it was somewhat ugly.

This matter was indeed like a thorn, firmly stuck in his heart, making him extremely uncomfortable.

"The person in the shadows, upon discovering that the Qin Wang had left the Qin Guo, immediately dispatched a Heaven-grade first-class assassin of the Luo Wang like Xuan Jian to assassinate the Qin Wang, clearly to eliminate future trouble. Now, although Xuan Jian is dead, you must know that there is more than one Heaven-grade first-class assassin in the Luo Wang!"

Upon hearing this, Seeing Ying Zheng did not hesitate at all. He stood up, bowed to Su Xuan, and said, "I beg you, sir, to assist me!"

Realizing the severity of the situation, he no longer referred to himself as "Guaren" but used "I," which meant that his attitude toward Su Xuan had also undergone a huge change.