Chapter 465

"Are you unharmed, sir?"

In the Zhangtai Palace, after Seeing Ying Zheng received the news that Su Xuan had encountered an ambush, his expression immediately turned anxious, and he looked at Su Xuan with worry in his eyes.

Admittedly, Su Xuan's strength was extraordinary.

But even the strongest person could potentially capsize in a gutter, and Su Xuan himself had said that he had encountered an ambush.

Su Xuan shook his head, "I am fine!"

Seeing Ying Zheng asked again, "What kind of people were they, to be so bold and reckless as to dare ambush you within the borders of my Qin Guo?"

Seeing Ying Zheng was very angry.

It was not just because someone had ambushed Su Xuan, but because this had happened within the borders of the Qin Guo, near Xianyang; such a heinous incident occurring near the capital, Xianyang.

This meant that there was a major problem with the public security of the Qin Guo, and there were officials who needed to be held accountable.

At the same time, if the culprits who ambushed Su Xuan were not captured, Seeing Ying Zheng would not mind conducting a nationwide search to seize this group of madmen.

It seemed like a great fuss, but if it was for Su Xuan, it was worth it.

From the moment he met Su Xuan, Su Xuan had helped Seeing Ying Zheng a great deal, and even more, had allowed Seeing Ying Zheng to see a completely different world.

"It was the six great elders of the Agricultural School!"

Su Xuan had come to the Zhangtai Palace not to have Seeing Ying Zheng seek justice for him, but to tell Seeing Ying Zheng that certain people had gradually become restless; however, he still told Seeing Ying Zheng who the people who ambushed him were.

"The six great elders of the Agricultural School?" Seeing Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows, "As far as I know, the Agricultural School has a total of six halls. Are these six great elders the elders of the six halls of the Agricultural School?"

"Yes, and no!"

Su Xuan gave an ambiguous answer.

"Oh?" Seeing Ying Zheng looked at Su Xuan curiously, waiting for Su Xuan's explanation.

It could only be said that his understanding of the Hundred Schools of Thought was indeed limited. It couldn't be helped; after all, Seeing Ying Zheng was not a person of the jianghu, and furthermore, the six great elders of the Agricultural School had lived in seclusion for many years and had always been mysterious; even in the jianghu, very few people knew of their existence.

"The six great elders of the Agricultural School are not elders positioned under the six halls, but rather reside above the six halls of the Agricultural School. Historically, the appointment of the Agricultural School's leader, the Xia Kui, has always required their decision. Before becoming elders, these six people had all served as hall masters of the Agricultural School for a period of time. They once joined forces to accomplish one thing, and regarding this matter, Your Majesty is surely not unfamiliar."

"What matter?"

"Hunting… Bai Qi!"

"It was actually their doing?!" As the King of Qin, Seeing Ying Zheng was well aware of the secret behind Bai Qi's death. Bai Qi was ostensibly granted death by King Zhaowang of Qin, but in reality, it stemmed from an ambush by the Agricultural School.

Seeing Ying Zheng had not expected that those who hunted Bai Qi back then had not died, but had instead become elders of the Agricultural School. One must know that many years had passed since Bai Qi's death.

Thinking of this, Seeing Ying Zheng could not help but ask Su Xuan again, "Are you truly unharmed, sir?"

If it had been ordinary people ambushing Su Xuan, that would be one thing, but these six people were the murderous thugs who had joined forces to hunt Bai Qi back then. Regarding that Lord Wuan of Qin, Bai Qi, in the intelligence of the Qin Guo, besides being a famous general of his generation, he was also a powerhouse whose martial cultivation had reached the extreme. If he were not a powerhouse, it would have been impossible for him to rise step by step from a mere foot soldier to become Lord Wuan through meritorious service on the battlefield.

Even so, Bai Qi, while in his prime, still died.

This showed the strength of those six people who hunted Bai Qi.

Now, many years had passed since Bai Qi's death. According to common sense, these six people should have become elderly, extremely aged, but before this, Seeing Ying Zheng had learned the way of cultivation from Su Xuan, and had even received a definitive answer from Su Xuan: that cultivation could prolong life, and as one's strength reached a certain level, even if one's appearance seemed aged, in reality, that person's vitality could be even more vigorous than a young person's.

The six great elders of the Agricultural School were very likely such people.

Su Xuan was very strong; this was something Seeing Ying Zheng had known for a long time. But no matter how strong he was, there were six people on the other side, and no one could say for sure whether Su Xuan would be injured.

"The King of Qin need not worry; I am truly unharmed. On the contrary, those six Agricultural School elders have now become my prisoners!"

"As expected of Mr. Su!" Hearing this, Seeing Ying Zheng sincerely praised Su Xuan.

He had not expected that when Su Xuan faced the ambush of these six powerhouses, not only was he unharmed, but he had also turned the tables and captured them alive.

After discussing some details of the ambush, the clever Seeing Ying Zheng immediately guessed the reason Su Xuan mentioned this in front of him. Su Xuan had never come to tell Seeing Ying Zheng he had been assassinated to trick Seeing Ying Zheng into showing concern; what was truly important was the true meaning hidden behind this ambush.

"The Agricultural School was able to develop because it received funding from that person. Was the six great elders of the Agricultural School ambushing you the work of that person?"

"In the Battle of Daliang, you became famous throughout the world, sir. Now, of the Six States of Shandong, only two remain, and among them, it includes the Chu State, the homeland of that person… Does he feel that your existence poses a great threat to the Chu State, so he decided to eliminate you before Qin attacks Chu?!"

Seeing Ying Zheng guessed the purpose of this ambush.

Su Xuan did not speak, letting Seeing Ying Zheng guess.

It was not until Seeing Ying Zheng finished guessing that he spoke of another matter.

"Before the six great elders of the Agricultural School ambushed me, Lord Changping had invited me to drink by the Wei River. There was poison in the wine; this poison is exactly the same as the one Yan Dan used on the Six-Fingered Black Hero back then!"

Seeing Ying Zheng's gaze suddenly froze, flashing with a hint of coldness.

"The Chu State is different from the other states of Shandong; its national strength is formidable. To destroy Chu, one must plan slowly…"

If it were in the past, Seeing Ying Zheng obviously would not have said such things, but he couldn't help it as treacherous sycophants had appeared in the court. Lord Changping had been in the Qin Guo for many years and had also operated for many years; no one knew how much intelligence of the Qin Guo he had sold to the Chu State. Even though Su Xuan had just accidentally caught a big fish before this and captured the Chu State's Grand General Xiang Yan, for the sake of prudence, Seeing Ying Zheng felt that the matter of destroying Chu still could not be rushed.

In any case, only two states remained, so being a little slower did not matter.

"But before that, I do not mind cleaning up the treacherous officials in the court first!"

Through this ambush on Su Xuan, Seeing Ying Zheng made up his mind: Lord Changping could no longer be kept; it was time to take action against him.

This time, he ordered people to ambush Su Xuan and poisoned Su Xuan. Su Xuan could rely on his powerful strength to ignore the potent poison and kill those who ambushed him in return, but if Lord Changping wanted to take action against others, others would not have Su Xuan's strength.