Chapter 677

He returned to his residence alone, washed up a little, and lay down on the couch, but he did not close his eyes to sleep immediately; in his mind, the conversation with Su Xuan and the words Su Xuan had said kept echoing.

"A vast world with great potential, is it?"

It was the first time he knew that Ying Zheng's ambition was so great. Even though he had always stayed by Ying Zheng's side and was the Chief Swordsman beside him, as Ying Zheng's power grew and his status became more noble, Ying Zheng basically had not stepped out of the Xianyanggong much, and no longer needed him to protect him with a sword, so he, this Chief Swordsman and Chief Guard, was more of a nominal title.

However, he still believed what Su Xuan said.

Su Xuan often went to the Zhangtai Palace to talk with Ying Zheng, and every time the two talked, there were no outsiders present, only the two of them. If anyone in this world knew Ying Zheng best, it would certainly be Su Xuan.

Since Su Xuan said that Ying Zheng had his sights on the whole world, then it must be true.

This also fits the consistent impression Gai Nie has of Ying Zheng in his heart.

Ying Zheng is always so ambitious and so confident.

And he indeed has the strength!

As for whether Ying Zheng's intention to use troops against the lands outside the Nine Provinces and conquer the barbarians abroad would lead to the people living in misery? Gai Nie did not care about this point. After all, he is a descendant of the Ghost Valley school of Vertical and Horizontal, and the Vertical and Horizontal strategists are a group of people born for war. If it were the Mohist School, which emphasizes non-aggression, they would care about this, but the Ghost Valley school would not care about these things.

Knowing that his talents still had a place to be used, the confusion in Gai Nie's eyes gradually dissipated.

"If so, then I will just wait and see!"

The reason for saying "wait and see" was mainly because even if he left Qin, he really did not know what to do.

And staying in Qin was too idle; he also did not know what was better to do.

Now, having learned of Ying Zheng's next move from Su Xuan and knowing that he had a place to use his skills, he did not mind waiting in Qin for a while; anyway, he was still young and could afford to wait.

After guest-starring as a psychologist, solving Gai Nie's psychological illness, and making Gai Nie no longer confused, Su Xuan busied himself for a while before finishing the many affairs of the State Preceptor's Mansion.

After finishing everything, he became idle again for a moment.

What to do after becoming idle?

Of course, it is to cultivate!

Besides cultivation, Su Xuan really could not think of any other way to pass the time. Although at his current realm, the efficiency of improving his strength through cultivation is not high, but as the saying goes, "constant dripping wears away the stone," and with the accumulation of time, quantitative changes can eventually lead to qualitative changes.

As for the title of State Preceptor, he did not take it too much to heart.

Before becoming the State Preceptor, he did what he did, and after becoming the State Preceptor, he did the same.

Even without the title of State Preceptor, his previous status was actually not much different from that of a State Preceptor.

Following Qin's destruction of the six states, Su Xuan's cultivation resources also became incomparably abundant.

Although the six states of Shandong were not as wealthy as Qin, there were some treasures in their treasuries that Qin did not possess. After knowing that Su Xuan needed these things for cultivation, Ying Zheng sent them all to Su Xuan in one go.

Staying in the mansion, Su Xuan refined elixirs for a while, and through the art of ingestion, transformed the essence within the elixirs into magic power; after a few days, he had gained a few more wisps of magic power.

On this day, his cultivation process was interrupted by Yan Lingji.

However, Yan Lingji was just a messenger.

"His Majesty the Emperor wants to see you~~!"

Looking at Su Xuan, Yan Lingji said lightly; when mentioning the title "His Majesty the Emperor," Yan Lingji seemed very unfamiliar.

After all, having called him the King of Qin for so many years, suddenly changing the way of address was always a bit uncomfortable.

Su Xuan's eyes flickered, not knowing what he was thinking, and he nodded: "I know!"

He went to the Xianyanggong alone.

In the palace, he met many guards and eunuchs; these people, upon seeing Su Xuan, were all respectful in their attitude, calling him "State Preceptor"!

After Su Xuan became the State Preceptor, his life seemed no different, but there were some differences after all.

The biggest difference was that everyone was exceptionally respectful to him upon seeing him.

Especially after some people learned that the group of officials who had tried to stop Su Xuan from becoming State Preceptor had been dismissed from their posts, they understood the hidden story behind it and knew how highly Ying Zheng valued Su Xuan and how high Su Xuan's status was in Ying Zheng's heart; they became even more respectful when facing Su Xuan.

He stepped into the Zhangtai Palace.

Besides Ying Zheng, there was also a general wearing armor.

This general was young, but his temples were a bit gray, presumably because he was too tired from his daily work; however, thinking of the other party's identity, it was normal to be tired.

The general's name was Zhang Han, and he was the leader of the Shadow Secret Guards.

His official rank was not high, but because of his special identity, his status was transcendent.

"State Preceptor, you are here!"

Upon seeing Su Xuan, Ying Zheng greeted him with a smile.

Zhang Han, who had originally been reporting his work to Ying Zheng, also turned around and bowed to Su Xuan: "I have seen the State Preceptor!"

Su Xuan looked at Zhang Han, nodded, and then his gaze fell on Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, what is the matter for which you have summoned me today?"

If it were only Ying Zheng, it would be a bit hard to guess, but with the Shadow Secret Guard leader Zhang Han also here, it made Su Xuan have some conjectures.

However, conjectures are just conjectures after all; before getting a definite response, there are still many variables.

Rather than guessing wildly, Su Xuan preferred to ask face-to-face.

"It is about the matter of the Luo Wang!"

Ying Zheng spoke to Su Xuan; mentioning the Luo Wang, his expression was not very good.

That day in the Zhangtai Palace, Su Xuan had mentioned some problems with the Luo Wang in front of him; if Su Xuan hadn't mentioned it, Ying Zheng really wouldn't have known that the Luo Wang had so many hidden dangers.

Such as only obeying Zhao Gao's orders and not obeying the imperial decree, etc...

Because it was what Su Xuan said, and Ying Zheng had been assassinated by the Luo Wang back then, his impression of the Luo Wang itself was not very good, so under Su Xuan's suggestion, he let the Shadow Secret Guards investigate the Luo Wang.

The Shadow Secret Guard leader Zhang Han is a smart man; he knew deeply that the Luo Wang was hidden very deep and could not be cleared up by normal means, so he deliberately went fishing, letting a Shadow Secret Guard person use the Emperor's oral decree to order a Luo Wang person to assist in doing things, but it was rejected; according to the Luo Wang person's statement, they refused to accept tasks without orders from their superiors.

According to normal logic, this statement naturally has no problems.

But upon careful thought, there is a big problem.

Luo Wang people only obey orders from superiors, which seems to be a case of "orders are executed and prohibitions are stopped," but one must know that the Luo Wang is a fierce weapon in the hands of the Emperor of Qin; the Shadow Secret Guards could not command the Luo Wang even with the Emperor of Qin's oral decree—doesn't this mean that in the eyes of the Luo Wang people, the Emperor of Qin's oral decree is actually inferior to the orders of their superiors?

If Ying Zheng wants to command the Luo Wang, does he have to go through Zhao Gao, and then pass the orders level by level for the Luo Wang to execute?