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Chapter 933

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The turmoil that occurred in Jiuyuan Commandery might be related to this person.

Facts proved that Su Xuan had guessed correctly.

The letter sent back by Meng Tian was one of the pieces of evidence.

However, even Su Xuan had not expected that Zhao Gao would choose to collude with the Xiongnu and be so reckless in his actions, not even cleaning up his tracks, and being caught red-handed by Meng Tian and Gai Nie.

However, thinking of the Luo Wang in the original work, Su Xuan felt it was not strange.

The Luo Wang in the original work appeared to be an organization hidden in the darkness, but its style of action was extremely flamboyant, directly trying to deal with General Zhang Han, the leader of the Shadow Secret Guard, right in front of him. It was simply too arrogant, which was not unrelated to Zhao Gao's instructions.

Perhaps it was because in the past, when Zhao Gao held the reins of the Luo Wang, he used the power of the Luo Wang to do too many flamboyant things, considering the heroes of the world as nothing, so his style of action had not changed for a while, thinking that no one could trace it back to him.

Little did he know that the times had long since changed, and he was no longer the leader of the Luo Wang.

Not to mention the original work, in history, Zhao Gao was also nothing special. Pointing at a deer and calling it a horse, he was extremely arrogant, but in the end, he was killed by Ziying with a single sword, which really seemed a bit anticlimactic.

It was Zhao Gao's abduction by a group of mysterious people who suddenly sprang out on the night he was imprisoned that gave Su Xuan a sense of familiarity.

It was still the same Zhao Gao from his memories; no matter where he went, he could develop a group of scoundrels for his own use.

It was estimated that during the few years he was exiled to Jiuyuan Commandery, Zhao Gao had devoted all his energy to developing his power.

What was this?

A loser's comeback? Or a farming-style story?

A person who lost power was exiled to the border, and in order to win back everything, he painstakingly operated for several years, then with a single order, killed his way back to Xianyang, won back everything that belonged to him? Subsequently, pointing at a deer and calling it a horse, calling himself Prime Minister, and holding the Emperor hostage to command the officials?

After many emotions arose in his heart, Su Xuan said with a slightly cold tone, "A mere eunuch, actually daring to collude with the Xiongnu, truly deserves to die!"

Seeing Ying Zheng, hearing Su Xuan's words, also nodded in agreement, "Even I did not expect that Zhao Gao would dare to do such a thing. Had I known, I should not have kept him alive back then!"

"Also, can anyone under Lao Ai be a good person?"

It could only be said that Zhao Gao hid too well, and in the past, he was too good at acting.

When Seeing Ying Zheng decided to take action against Lao Ai, Zhao Gao suddenly offered his allegiance, directly giving Seeing Ying Zheng a sharp knife. He directly told Seeing Ying Zheng about Lao Ai's illicit affair with the Empress Dowager and his intention to rebel, which allowed Seeing Ying Zheng to be prepared in advance. Facing Lao Ai's rebellion, he was calm and composed, taking the opportunity to execute Lao Ai, and then completed the capping ceremony. It was also because he performed the capping ceremony after executing Lao Ai that this event pushed his prestige as the King of Qin to the extreme at that time, making many ministers no longer dare to underestimate him.

After Lao Ai was executed, one of the two major restrictions placed on Seeing Ying Zheng was removed, and the remaining one was Lü Buwei.

Lü Buwei, in the name of Prime Minister, had presided over the court for him for many years. Even though he had already performed the capping ceremony at that time, it was not an easy task to win back power from Lü Buwei to rule personally.

It was also at this time that Zhao Gao handed him the second knife.

The letters between Lü Buwei and Lao Ai were evidence of their collusion.

With the help of this second knife, Seeing Ying Zheng successfully toppled Lü Buwei.

Afterwards, Zhao Gao also completely gained his trust.

Seeing Ying Zheng originally thought that Zhao Gao was a usable talent, so he handed the Luo Wang to him to control. As a result, he did not expect that the other party was an ungrateful wolf with other ambitions. After realizing the truth about the Luo Wang, he took away the Luo Wang from Zhao Gao's hands.

And because Zhao Gao had rendered great meritorious services in the past, after taking away the Luo Wang, he did not punish Zhao Gao, but instead appointed him as the Commandery Governor of Jiuyuan. If Zhao Gao was willing to turn over a new leaf and work diligently, after rendering meritorious services, Seeing Ying Zheng would not mind summoning him back to Xianyang.

As a result, facts proved that he had completely misjudged the person.

In order to prove that he was not wrong in the past, Seeing Ying Zheng could only attribute the fault to Lao Ai and to the fact that Zhao Gao had hidden too deeply.

Su Xuan heard the intention of shifting the blame in Seeing Ying Zheng's words and did not say much, continuing, "Zhao Gao escaped from the prison in Jiuyuan City. There is no longer any place for him in the Central Plains. He had previously colluded with the Xiongnu; as expected, he should be fleeing deep into the desert next to defect to the Xiongnu people!"

Hearing this, a sharp cold light flashed in Seeing Ying Zheng's eyes, "Even if he flees to where the Xiongnu are, I must kill him!"

"The Xiongnu people cannot protect him!"

Seeing Ying Zheng's attitude was very resolute.

Once Zhao Gao chose betrayal, the only thing waiting for him was death.

This was the fate of a traitor.

Without exception.

Fan Yuqi and Lord Changping of the past all met such an end; Zhao Gao would also not be spared.

Su Xuan looked at Seeing Ying Zheng, and a faint smile curled at the corner of his lips, "Perhaps, I can help Your Majesty accomplish this matter and kill Zhao Gao!"

Seeing Ying Zheng, hearing this, took a deep breath and looked at Su Xuan, "Is the Grand Master preparing to go to the Mobei region?"

Su Xuan said softly, "Sometimes, to kill a person, one does not need to go there personally. As long as I am willing, even if separated by a thousand miles, I can still take her life!"

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