Chapter 468

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

What was different was that this time it was Su Xuan who took the initiative to invite Lord Changping to come, and at the same time, it was Su Xuan who arrived early.

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

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

Although according to intelligence, Su Xuan was unharmed, when he truly saw Su Xuan safe and sound, Lord Changping's mood still tightened.

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

"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 "143".

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 Bead Grass. Seeing these items, Lord Changping's expression changed slightly.

He was very familiar with these items.

The Shennong Ruler was the personal item of the Medicine King; the ancient sword was the sword of the Weapon Master; the owner of the sickle was the Grain God; the ancient zither belonged to the String School. As for the Nine-Star Bead Grass, in the Agricultural School, only the Xia Kui could wear it; even the hall masters of the six halls only had Seven-Star Bead Grass. In the Agricultural School, the simplest way to identify a disciple's status was to look at the bead grass they wore.

But in reality, besides the Xia Kui, there were six other people within the Agricultural School who possessed Nine-Star Bead Grass: the six great elders.

Originally, even if they were elders, they could only wear Eight-Star Bead Grass, but the current six great elders were different. Because they had joined forces to kill Bai Qi back then, accomplishing an unprecedented great deed, their merit was immense, and the bead grass they wore was exceptionally promoted by one star, which made the number of bead grass they wore equal to that of the Xia Kui.

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

The worst-case scenario had happened after all.

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, Su Xuan taking out these gifts clearly meant the answer was the latter.

Lord Changping's thoughts flickered, and verbally, he still chose not to admit it. He feigned ignorance and looked at Su Xuan, "What is the meaning of Mr. Su taking out these broken items?"

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

"Ah, who was it that dared to ambush Mr. Su?" 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 Agricultural School among the Hundred Schools of Thought; they were the six great elders of the Agricultural School. I must say, their strength was very strong; even I fell into a bitter battle, but in the end, I won. As the victor, these things became my spoils of war."

Hearing Su Xuan's words, Lord Changping's heart could not help but tremble violently, but it must be said that as a veteran actor, his acting skills were truly solid. His expression remained calm, without any change.

"Mr. Su is truly impressive. I wonder what the meaning is of Mr. Su taking out these spoils of war today?"

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

"I hope Lord Changping will not mind!"

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

When Su Xuan brought these gifts before him and spoke of that ambush, Lord Changping knew that Su Xuan very likely already knew that he had planned it. Even if he didn't know the whole reason, at least Su Xuan already suspected him.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to bring these things before him.

The failure of the six great elders of the Agricultural School, and even the high probability that they were dead, had been confirmed. Lord Changping felt very uncomfortable.

He never expected that the six great elders of the Agricultural School would fail.

Su Xuan's strength was likely already so strong that no one could restrain him.

No, by using military formations, crossbows, and the like, perhaps one could shoot Su Xuan and exhaust him to death. After all, human strength has its limits, but to kill one person, using such a formation was truly not worth it.

Carrying the "relics" of the six great elders back to his residence, Lord Changping started to think about a retreat.

This incident served as a reminder.

Su Xuan knew the identities of the six great elders of the Agricultural School and brought these things before him, which meant that Su Xuan very likely guessed his relationship with the Agricultural School. Su Xuan knowing this was equivalent to Ying Zheng also knowing this.

If it were just exposing his relationship with the Agricultural School, that would be nothing.

The most critical thing was that he had originally let the Agricultural School take action to help Yan Dan harm the Six-Fingered Black Hero. Since the Six-Fingered Black Hero had not died and had been saved by Su Xuan, he clearly also knew that it was the Agricultural School that had taken action against him back then.

Now that the Mohist School had defected to the Qin Guo, as long as Ying Zheng was not stupid, he would connect these two things, and subsequently know that behind the assassination of Qin, there was the hand of the Agricultural School, and it 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 Changping felt it was time to make a choice. He had to leave the Qin Guo; staying in the Qin Guo would only put himself 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 afterward take the opportunity to stay stationed in Nanyang. Nanyang was close to the Chu State; if Qin wanted to attack Chu, grain would have to be transported from there. If he occupied that place, it would be equivalent to occupying the first opportunity.

As a result, Ying Zheng actually "did not permit it." If it weren't for this incident with Su Xuan, he wouldn't mind continuing to plan slowly and find a formal reason to leave Xianyang, but now it was impossible; he had very likely been exposed.

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

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

Until today, he finally made up his mind.

The first thing after making up his mind, Lord Changping, was to find Tian Guang.