[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow":3,"chapter-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-26":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Qin: Starting with Earthly Fiends and Heavenly Spirits, The Immortal Master is Unrivaled!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2187956,3759,"Chapter 26: The End of Emerald Tiger!","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-26",26,"\u003Cp>\"Throughout history, communicating with ghosts and gods requires burning books and praying. There is a unique power contained in writing. It is said that when Cangjie created characters, it terrified gods and ghosts, causing blood rain to fall from the sky, because the power contained in writing is something even gods and ghosts fear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xuan spoke eloquently, revealing the method of communicating with ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was to write down the questions and burn them for the ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King of Han didn't think there was anything strange about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Su Xuan had performed the Art of Communicating with the Nether once before and summoned ghosts, learning from them that the pay wasn't hijacked by ghosts, the ghosts hadn't appeared that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was always a difference between appearing and not appearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, as an extraordinary man who could summon wind and rain and call upon gods and ghosts, it wasn't strange that Su Xuan could talk to them directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that for ordinary people like them, wanting to talk to ghosts became a bit troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people in the hall, although skeptical of Su Xuan's words, saw that the ghost had indeed appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew how long the ghost would stay here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the court, and there were people specially recording the court's affairs nearby. Soon, they brought silk, brushes, and ink. Zhang Kaidi wrote down some questions he wanted to ask on the silk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he asked Su Xuan: \"Mr. Su, what should I do next?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me the silk!\" Su Xuan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Kaidi did as he was told.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking the silk, Su Xuan muttered something, seemingly casting a spell, and then he threw the silk into the air. The silk immediately caught fire and turned to ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew if the ghost had received the message and seen the questions written on the silk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another moment passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew who let out the exclamation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On the ground, everyone look at the ground...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked as told.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw that on the ground, for some reason, black lines had appeared, looking like the ashes of the burned silk. They twisted and turned, finally forming lines of text on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The text answered Zhang Kaidi's questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The military pay was not hijacked by them, the ghost soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost soldiers, under the orders of the Immortal Master, walked in the dark night and finally succeeded in finding the location of the military pay. The one who took the military pay... is the wealthy merchant of the south city, Emerald Tiger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost summoned by Su Xuan had actually responded, and the person who hijacked the military pay was indeed Emerald Tiger. ===== CHAPTER 43 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was beyond many people's expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officials of Ji Ji Wuye's faction looked at each other, wanting to say something, but the appearance of the ghost, combined with the strange way it answered Zhang Kaidi's questions, was too real, making it impossible not to believe that ghosts truly existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But should they just give up on Emerald Tiger?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As officials of Ji Ji Wuye's faction, they usually took good care of Emerald Tiger, and naturally, they received many benefits from him during festivals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Emerald Tiger got into trouble, it would mean they lost many benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So before Ji Ji Wuye could speak, those officials who were in collusion with Emerald Tiger began to think of excuses to absolve him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before they could speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King of Han spoke first: \"A fine Emerald Tiger!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Men, arrest Emerald Tiger immediately and recover the missing military pay!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King of Han's words were filled with deep anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear he was convinced that Emerald Tiger was the mastermind who took the pay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were just this sentence, there might be room for maneuver, but the key was that the King of Han added another sentence: \"At the same time, thoroughly investigate all officials associated with Emerald Tiger. If there were no insiders helping him, a mere merchant could not have swapped the military pay!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once these words were spoken, many who wanted to speak closed their mouths, and everyone felt endangered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the nights of Zhao Guo belonged to the Night Curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on the surface, the person sitting on that throne was still King Han An.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people of Zhao Guo might not know the Night Curtain, but they would definitely know the King of Han.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these two sentences from the King of Han.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knew that Emerald Tiger... was finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the disappearance of the pay wasn't his work, as long as he was tainted with this suspicion, he would have no chance of escaping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing all this, Ji Ji Wuye's face turned gloomy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If others wanted to absolve Emerald Tiger because they had received his benefits, then for him, it was a matter of interest. It could be said that the money Emerald Tiger made was essentially his money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Emerald Tiger being wanted by the King of Han meant he would lose his vital money bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Ji Wuye never expected that after embezzling one hundred thousand taels of gold, he would cause such big trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there were a next time, he would definitely embezzle the military pay, but at the same time, he would definitely eliminate that person beforehand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Su Xuan, his eyes burning with rage, wishing he could kill Su Xuan right there in the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emerald Tiger had fallen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how rich this premier wealthy merchant of Zhao Guo was, when the palace guards, who were supposed to protect the King of Han, rudely charged into his mansion, this extravagant merchant had no power to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he claimed he was wronged, no official dared to speak up to protect him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, it was because the one who truly wanted to arrest Emerald Tiger was the King of Han.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the King's will!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Night Curtain was, after all, just a night curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King of Han was the true sky of Zhao Guo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strictly speaking, this could be considered karma. When Emerald Tiger colluded with military and political officials to manipulate the market and amass countless ill-gotten gains, causing countless people to be displaced, he should have expected that one day he would get his retribution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might be very rich, but in the end, he was just a merchant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Shang Yang reforms in Qin, the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce was implemented, and the status of merchants became lower and lower. Although Zhao Guo had once imitated Qin's reforms with the Shen Buhai reforms, they ultimately didn't succeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the point of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce was learned from Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when the King of Han arrested Emerald Tiger, this giant merchant, not only did no one dare to stand up for him, but many people clapped and cheered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a merchant with low social status, why was he so rich?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, he could rely on his relationship network to act recklessly, but now, after the King of Han took action against him, no one could protect him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether the missing military pay could be found after arresting Emerald Tiger, at first, the King of Han cared about this, but later, he didn't care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he found that Emerald Tiger was simply too rich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wealth confiscated from his mansion far exceeded a year's worth of military pay for the border army. ===== CHAPTER 44 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1261,"2026-06-17T03:35:52.916Z","2026-06-17T04:29:29.394Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","a8727252a57c3d9c8bb5ea45da43663391b87409a523a9afc27fecf8a9a60922","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-27","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-25",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-cover.jpg"]