Chapter 291

It was still by the Wei River, still the same pavilion where Lord Lord Changping had invited Su Xuan earlier.

The difference was that this time, Su Xuan had taken the initiative to invite Lord Lord Changping, and Su Xuan had arrived early.

When Lord Lord Changping arrived in his carriage, Su Xuan had already been waiting for a long time.

Upon seeing Su Xuan, Lord Lord Changping's expression was extremely complex.

Although intelligence reports indicated that Su Xuan was unharmed, seeing him safe and sound still made Lord Lord Changping's heart tighten.

Watching Lord Lord Changping arrive, Su Xuan spoke indifferently, getting straight to the point: "Lord Lord Changping invited me to drink that day. To show courtesy, I also have a few gifts for you."

"Lord Lord Changping, please look!"

As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves, and in an instant, several items appeared on the stone table in the pavilion.

The items were a wooden Shennong Ruler, a broken ancient sword, a fractured sickle, an ancient zither with broken strings, and two strings of Nine-Star Pearl Grass. Upon seeing these items, Lord Lord Changping's expression changed slightly.

He was very familiar with these items.

The Shennong Ruler was the Medicine King's personal item, the ancient sword was the Weapon Master's sword, the owner of the sickle was the Valley God, the ancient zither belonged to the String Sect, and as for the Nine-Star Pearl Grass, in the Nongjia, only the Xia Kui could wear it. Even the hall masters only wore Seven-Star Pearl Grass. In the Nongjia, the simplest way to identify a disciple's status was to look at the pearl grass they wore.

But in reality, besides the Xia Kui, six other people in the Nongjia possessed Nine-Star Pearl Grass: the six great elders.

Originally, even as elders, they could only wear Eight-Star Pearl Grass, but the current six great elders were different. Because they had joined forces to kill Bai Qi back then, accomplishing an unprecedented feat, their merit was great, and the pearl grass they wore was upgraded by one star, making the number of stars on their grass equal to that of the Xia Kui.

When these broken weapons and the Nine-Star Pearl Grass appeared before Lord Lord Changping, his heart sank.

The worst-case scenario had happened.

After that ambush, he had reached two conclusions: either the six great elders had escaped, or they had fallen into Su Xuan's hands.

Now, with Su Xuan producing these gifts, the answer was clearly the latter.

Lord Lord Changping's thoughts raced, but verbally, he chose to deny everything. He feigned ignorance and looked at Su Xuan, "What is the meaning of Mr. Su bringing out these broken items?"

Hearing this, Su Xuan knew that Lord Lord Changping was playing dumb again. He explained, "Not long ago, I encountered an ambush!"

"Ah, who would dare to ambush Mr. Su?" Lord Lord Changping asked with feigned surprise.

Su Xuan said, "It was the owners of these weapons. There were six people who ambushed me. They came from the Nongjia, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought. They were the six great elders of the Nongjia. I must say, their strength was very high. Even I was drawn into a bitter battle, but in the end, I won. As the victor, these things became my spoils of war."

Upon hearing Su Xuan's words, Lord Lord Changping's heart shook violently, but as a veteran actor, his acting was truly solid. His expression remained calm, without any change.

"Mr. Su is truly amazing. I wonder what you mean by bringing out these spoils of war today?"

Su Xuan laughed, "I have no other meaning. I just heard that Lord Lord Changping likes antiques. Although these items are damaged, they are undoubtedly antiques, so I prepared to give them to you!"

"I hope Lord Lord Changping will not mind!"

Lord Lord Changping certainly would not mind, because he had no capital to mind.

When Su Xuan brought these gifts before him and spoke of the ambush, Lord Lord Changping knew that Su Xuan likely already knew he had planned it. Even if he did not know the full reason, at least Su Xuan was already suspicious of him.

Otherwise, he would not have brought these things before him.

The failure and likely death of the six great elders of the Nongjia had been confirmed, and Lord Lord Changping felt terrible.

He never expected that even the six great elders would fail.

Su Xuan's strength was likely so great that no one could stop him.

No, perhaps by using military formations, crossbows, and the like, one could shoot Su Xuan and wear him down. After all, human power had its limits. But to use such a formation to kill one person was truly not worth it.

Carrying the "relics" of the six great elders back to his mansion, Lord Lord Changping began to think about his escape route.

This incident served as a reminder.

Su Xuan knew the identities of the six great elders and brought these things before him, meaning Su Xuan likely guessed his relationship with the Nongjia. If Su Xuan knew this, it was equivalent to Ying Zheng knowing it too.

If it were just exposing his relationship with the Nongjia, it would be nothing.

The most critical thing was that he had previously let the Nongjia help Yan Dan harm the Six-Fingered Black Knight. Since the Six-Fingered Black Knight did not die and was saved by Su Xuan, he clearly knew that it was the Nongjia who had attacked him.

Now that the Mohists had defected to Qin, as long as Ying Zheng was not stupid, he would connect these two things and then know that the assassination of the King of Qin had the Nongjia's hand in it, and was also related to him.

One wrong step led to every step being wrong.

The same logic applied: if you hesitate, you will suffer chaos!

Lord Lord Changping felt it was time to make a choice. He had to leave Qin. Staying in Qin would only put him in a dangerous situation.

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Originally, in his plan, he would first have people start a rebellion in Nanyang Commandery, then use the excuse of quelling the rebellion to go to Nanyang, and then take the opportunity to stay stationed there. Nanyang was close to Chu, and if Qin wanted to attack Chu, grain had to be transported from there. If he occupied that place, it would be equivalent to seizing the initiative.

As a result, Ying Zheng actually said "Not permitted." If not for this incident with Su Xuan, he would not mind planning slowly and finding a legitimate reason to leave Xianyang, but now it was impossible. He might have been exposed.

In fact, long ago, Lord Lord Changping had suspected that he might have been exposed.

But because of hesitation, he had never been able to make up his mind.

Until today, he finally made up his mind.

The first thing he did after making up his mind was to find Tian Guang.