Chapter 321: Gathering Information

"Mr. Su, are we just going to trail behind them like this?"

Wang Zhan followed behind Su Fan, watching the latter's unhurried pace, and asked with some hesitation.

"What else can we do? Do you expect us to actually go and capture Gai Nie? Do you have the strength for that?"

Su Fan glanced at him and said calmly.

After spending these days together, they had become quite familiar with each other. There wasn't much of an age gap, and Su Fan wasn't one to stand on ceremony regarding status.

Besides, if one were to truly talk about status, Wang Zhan and his men were no less significant than Su Fan. Don't let the fact that they were merely personal guards fool you; one had to consider whose guards they were. Could just anyone serve as Wang Jian's personal guards?

Among these men, the lowest rank held was *Fourth-Ranked Farmer*, and most were *Grandee*. Wang Zhan himself held the rank of *Fifth-Ranked Grandee*; in the army, that was enough to become a Colonel.

A Colonel of an army was a true general, qualified to command troops independently.

"Uh!"

Hearing Su Fan put it that way, Wang Zhan froze. Who was Gai Nie? He was the Great Qin's number one swordsman, the idol of thousands of martial artists, himself included.

"So, it's better to just honestly follow behind. Do you really think His Majesty expects us to capture Gai Nie and the others and bring them back?"

"Didn't you see the Imperial Guards chasing after them when we left? They are the main force, though I suspect they will also return empty-handed."

"If too few go, it's not enough; if too many go, it's useless. If Gai Nie wants to escape, carrying a child through the mountains and rivers is quite easy."

In this world, combat power had soared, and the strength of the armies was also terrifying.

"So we're just going to let Gai Nie escape like this?"

Wang Zhan was skeptical. Although he had previously viewed Gai Nie as an idol, as a veteran Qin man, since Gai Nie had defected from Great Qin, he was, regardless of anything else, his enemy.

Facing Gai Nie, he would not hold back.

"Naturally not. Using the army to capture someone is impossible. If you want to catch Gai Nie, just use those with powerful strength, right? Leave professional matters to the professionals."

Su Fan smiled and said slowly.

"The Empire's experts?"

Wang Zhan fell silent upon hearing this. As a trusted personal guard of Wang Jian, he naturally knew many secrets. The Empire's experts were countless, especially in the army; there were many with strength like his.

There were even quite a few fierce generals at the Profound Mastery Realm.

Gai Nie was indeed the Great Qin's number one swordsman, and after defeating Jing Ke, he was hailed as the Sword Saint.

However, that was merely what Great Qin proclaimed to the outside world.

Gai Nie's strength was formidable, but were there experts in the army comparable to him? Naturally, there were, such as his own Great General.

Wang Jian was not a fierce general known for martial prowess, but his strength was still extremely powerful. If he utilized the great army, his strength even surpassed the Profound Mastery Realm.

When conquering the six states, the experts surrounding the nobles of those states were endless, and Wang Jian was definitely a thorn in their side.

Anyone who wasn't a fool understood Wang Jian's military capability; the best way was to get rid of him once and for all.

In reality, when destroying the six states, Wang Jian had been subjected to countless assassination attempts, yet not a single one succeeded.

This was related to his caution; he always hid within the army, and at the same time, his own strength allowed him to survive countless assassinations.

As Wang Jian's personal guard, Wang Zhan also understood that the Profound Mastery Realm was not the ceiling of Great Qin's combat power.

"So, we will just obediently follow behind, that is enough."

"I heard that the Protectors and Elders of the Yin-Yang School are all in Xianyang City. His Majesty should invite them to take action."

Su Fan probed with a sentence.

"The Yin-Yang School!"

At the mention of this name, Wang Zhan's expression turned solemn; clearly, he knew of the Yin-Yang School's reputation.

Seeing his expression, Su Fan knew the other party understood quite a bit.

"If the Yin-Yang School's Protectors and Elders take action together, it will indeed be difficult for Gai Nie to escape."

Wang Zhan nodded.

"However, would the Yin-Yang School go to such lengths?"

The Hundred Schools of Thought still had great influence in this era, due to their strength and their respective philosophies.

Of course, in Su Fan's view, strength had a greater influence; after all, in this era of great power, having strength meant one could influence many people.

Although the Yin-Yang School split from the Daoist School, no one underestimated them. It was their reputation, forged from killing their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, that created their prestige.

"That depends on His Majesty's determination. If His Majesty gives the order, the Yin-Yang School would not dare to disobey. However, I heard that the Empire's Net has many experts; perhaps they might take action as well."

When Su Fan mentioned the Net, his eyes were fixed on the former.

Sure enough, upon hearing the name "Net," Wang Zhan's eyes constricted rapidly, which showed that the name left a deep impression on him, even to the point of tension.

"You should ask less about this in the future."

Wang Zhan took a deep breath and said, "The Great General's grandson once had a conflict with the Net and was later grounded by the Great General."

"You can imagine how terrifying the Net is; even the Great General doesn't want to provoke them."

Among the nobles of Xianyang City, in terms of strength, the Wang family was definitely a top-tier noble family. Even the Wang family was unwilling to provoke them; clearly, the power of the Net exceeded some of Su Fan's imagination.

"It seems the Net is not as simple as I previously thought. Then, what kind of person is that Zhao Gao?"

In history, Zhao Gao was a peerless, treacherous official who brought disaster to the country and the people, but in this world, he was clearly not that simple.

Being able to control the Net, he must be the person Emperor Ying Zheng trusts the most; otherwise, how could he control such power?

In *The Legend of Qin*, Zhao Gao had never taken action, but no one doubted his strength.

In this world, this person's strength was likely even more terrifying. Such a person was the hardest to deal with.

In the future, if Su Fan wanted to occupy a high position, he would inevitably have to come into contact with this person.

Whether friend or enemy, Su Fan was not sure.

Because he was not sure what kind of person Zhao Gao really was. Historically, he was the number one person to destroy Great Qin. Without him, would Great Qin have ended in the second generation? That seems unlikely.

Su Fan needed to utilize Great Qin's luck, so if he assisted Great Qin, making it stronger and its national power more prosperous, the feedback he received would be greater.

If Zhao Gao was truly the greatest traitor, he would inevitably become a thorn in the other party's side in the future.

With the other party's strength, it wouldn't be too difficult to kill him.

Especially with so many swordsmen and assassins recruited under his command.

Originally, he wanted to probe and see if he could get more information from Wang Zhan's mouth; after all, as Wang Jian's personal guard, the news he knew must be more than his own.

Although he had watched *The Legend of Qin*, that was, after all, an anime, and it must be different from reality.

Sometimes, even a slight difference could lead to the abyss. ===== CHAPTER 322 =====