Chapter 596

"Escape!"

This was the only thought of Long Qie, Xiang Liang, and the others.

This person could not be fought; they could only flee.

As long as they could escape from here, there might be a day when they could make a comeback.

It must be said that the change in people's thoughts was incredibly fast.

Earlier, Xiang Liang and the others had made the decision to sacrifice their lives to kill Ying Zheng. However, with Su Xuan's intervention, all their comrades died in an instant, and Ying Bu was killed by Su Xuan with a flick of his finger just for attacking him.

This decision made earlier disappeared instantly under powerful strength.

Xiang Liang, Long Qie, and the others no longer believed that they could forcefully kill Ying Zheng with just the few of them.

Instead, the matter of fleeing this place could be considered.

Rather than dying meaninglessly like this, it would be better to find a way to escape.

"Let's go!"

Xiang Liang said to Xiang Bo and Fan Zeng beside him.

They had previously prepared to charge at the six-horse carriage where Ying Zheng was located, but unfortunately, before they could get close, all the Chu troops were killed by Su Xuan. However, for them, this was actually a good thing.

Precisely because they had not yet gotten close to the six-horse carriage where Ying Zheng was riding, at this moment, behind them was a swamp and a reed marsh. They only needed to dive into the reed marsh, and even if the Qin Army had many people, it would not be such an easy thing to catch them.

However, just as this thought arose in the minds of Xiang Liang, Long Qie, and the others.

Su Xuan flicked his finger again.

Long Qie, Xiang Liang, Fan Zeng, and the others all fainted instantly. No, not just them, but also several Chu soldiers in the reed marsh, as well as the young boy they were taking with them to escape, all fell into a state of fainting.

It could be said that when Su Xuan arrived in this vicinity, everyone lurking in the dark was perceived by him.

He killed some and chose to imprison a few, but he did not intend to let anyone go, so naturally, it was better to have them all neatly gathered.

Meng Tian and many Qin soldiers watched these rebels fall into a faint, and after coming to their senses, they hurriedly stepped forward to imprison these people.

Although according to their crime of assassinating the Emperor, only death awaited them, it was a good thing to leave some survivors before that, so that they could confirm their origins through interrogation and learn if they had any accomplices.

After strictly guarding these people, Meng Tian led many soldiers to search around in the nearby reed marsh, and soon, they found Xiang Yu, who had also fallen into a state of fainting.

Although they were surprised that these Chu soldiers and this young boy were in a state of fainting, thinking of the powerful means the State Master had displayed earlier, this did not seem to be a strange thing.

Because of this assassination.

The matter of the eastern tour had a slight setback.

Ying Zheng did not continue forward but returned to the temporary palace located near Bolangsha.

What could be determined at the moment was that this group of people attempting to assassinate were from the Chu State; other than that, there was no more information.

Fortunately, because of Su Xuan, a few survivors were left, and these survivors looked like the leaders, with unusual identities. If they could interrogate some things from their mouths, perhaps they could know their origins.

After returning to the temporary palace, Ying Zheng did not fall into a state of anger because of the assassination. On the contrary, his expression was extremely calm, and he even had the mood to play chess with Su Xuan.

Although Su Xuan was good at many things, he could only be said to be at a beginner level in Go.

In the beginning, he played Gomoku, and later, for the sake of style, he learned ancient Go. The so-called learning was just barely understanding the rules. It was basically impossible for him to make a "divine move."

Fortunately, Ying Zheng was also a terrible chess player. The two were evenly matched, and they played a game of chess with great interest. Time also passed quietly during their game.

"Does the State Master think who led this assassination?"

Su Xuan placed a chess piece on the board and said softly: "These rebels, wearing the clothing of the Chu State, are undoubtedly the remnants of the former Chu army, now gathered again by someone, preparing to assassinate His Majesty while he is on his eastern tour."

"As for who led it?"

Su Xuan was silent for a while and gave the answer: "The Xiang clan!"

Hearing this, Ying Zheng's eyes narrowed slightly.

He was not unfamiliar with the Xiang clan of the Chu State.

It could be said that the fact that the destruction of Chu could be so smooth back then had a lot to do with the father and son Xiang Yan and Xiang Chao delivering their heads from thousands of miles away. As the Supreme Pillar of Chu, Xiang Yan held a high position and great power, and even had some military talent. If he had stayed in the Chu State, the war of Qin destroying Chu would have encountered some setbacks.

And the result?

In order to show his sincerity to Lord Lord Changping, Xiang Yan took his son to Xianyang and was wiped out in one go.

This directly caused the Chu State to lose Xiang Yan.

If they were playing a competitive game, Xiang Yan's teammates would definitely report the father and son for feeding kills.

And in fact, they were indeed feeding kills.

For the people of Chu, losing the father and son Xiang Yan was an unacceptable thing.

But for the Qin State, Ying Zheng had to sincerely thank Xiang Yan for his act of delivering his head from thousands of miles away.

At this moment, hearing the Xiang clan again, he could not help but feel some emotions.

Of course, this was just Su Xuan's personal guess, and whether this group of assassins came from the Xiang clan was still unknown.

Soon, 450 people came here.

The person who came here was Zhang Han, the leader of the Shadow Secret Guards. In a short time, he had finished interrogating the main culprits of the assassination.

Among the Shadow Secret Guards, there were many strange people and talented scholars. Conventional interrogation methods, such as torture, had long been abandoned by the Shadow Secret Guards.

The current interrogation method of the Shadow Secret Guards could not be more high-end.

A bit of illusion incense, a use of illusion techniques, unless the other party was an expert whose strength had reached an incredible level, otherwise, the mental defenses of ordinary people could be broken in an instant.

After handing a scroll to Ying Zheng, Zhang Han left.

Ying Zheng opened the scroll and saw the content on it. Even though Su Xuan had already given his guess, Ying Zheng was still somewhat surprised at this moment.

After being silent for a while, Ying Zheng said: "The State Master guessed correctly, this group of people is indeed from the Xiang clan."

"Besides the few members of the Xiang clan, the one who sneaked into the carriage and attempted to assassinate me was Ji Bu, the commander of the Shadow Tiger Legion of Chu. The person killed by Mr. Su with a flick of his finger was Ying Bu, the leader of the Thunder Leopard Legion. Among the remaining few, there is also Long Qie, the leader of the Soaring Dragon Legion."

Su Xuan said softly: "There were four great legions in the Chu State back then. Now, three of the four legion commanders are either dead or captured. This can also be considered a huge harvest!"

Ying Zheng nodded approvingly.