Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 167: Gold and Silver
(Here I would like to say that the statement in the previous chapter that Ziying was the son of Chengqiao was not groundless. There is a view that the last monarch of the Qin Dynasty, King Qin Ying Ziying, was the son of Ying Chengqiao.

After Ying Chengjiao's rebellion failed, he fled to Zhao State and was granted the title of Rao by Zhao Yan, the King of Zhao Daoxiang. By the way, the Zhao State was the Zhao family with the surname Ying, and its ancestor Ji Sheng was the younger brother of Qin State's ancestor E Lai. Qin and Zhao had the same ancestor and were of the same lineage.

Ying Chengjiao's son was still a baby, called Ying, and stayed in Qin to grow up. After Qin II Zhao Huhai ascended the throne, because Ziying was Qin II's cousin and had no interest in competing for the throne with Qin II Huhai, he was not among those who were purged by Qin II, so he stood up and advised Qin II Zhao Huhai not to kill innocent people.
Ying Zheng led a large army to the Qin capital of Xianyang, where he met with Lord Changping and Lord Changwen and set out to put down Lao Ai's rebellion.

Unexpectedly, Lao Ai sent out the Luowang assassins and Qin's left minister Wang Chi, but they were unable to get rid of Ying Zheng, and he also lost Wang Chi, an important arm of the Qin military.

By the time he reacted and wanted to mobilize troops with the Queen Mother's seal, it was already too late. Changping Jun and Changwen Jun led their troops to surround Xianyang, and then Ying Zheng came with his army stationed at the Wusui border.

Lao Ai still wanted to struggle to break out, but the garrison troops stationed in Xianyang immediately defected after seeing King Ying Zheng of Qin and the royal seal, as well as the testimony of the highly prestigious Chang Wenjun and others, and opened the city gates to welcome Ying Zheng into the city.

The two sides fought a fierce battle in Xianyang City. Lao Ai's own confidants gradually could not withstand the joint attack of King Qin and Changping Jun, so he used the Queen Mother's jade seal as an order and ordered the two remaining top-level killers in Luowang, Jingwei and Yanri, to attack together. He wanted to win by using the decapitation strategy and eliminating Ying Zheng and Changping Jun.

(Regarding the relationship between Luowang and Lu Buwei, I personally feel that it is more like the relationship between Zhao Gao and Li Si. Zhao Gao, as Qin Shi Huang's favorite, is the actual controller of Luowang and can mobilize Luowang assassins at will. Li Si, as the prime minister, does not belong to and cannot directly manage Luowang. He is just Zhao Gao's superior in the Qin Dynasty and makes suggestions to Zhao Gao.

As a close minister of the Queen Mother, Lao Ai, who was nominally a eunuch, should be the actual leader of Luowang, just like Zhao Gao. As for why Lü Buwei could mobilize the assassins of Luowang to get rid of Cheng Qiao, it should be because of cooperation with Zhao Ji, with Lü Buwei giving the order on the surface, but the actual operator was Lao Ai, Zhao Ji's favorite.

After all, Luowang, as an intelligence assassination organization of the Qin State, should have the same nature as the Jinyiwei and the East and West Factories, and was naturally dependent on the royal power. At that time, the highest ruler of the Qin State was the Queen Mother, Zhao Ji, and Lao Ai, as her favorite minister and nominally a eunuch, had a legitimate reason to control Luowang.)
Luowang is a sharp sword of the Qin State, but now it has the intention to assassinate its own master. How ironic it is, but they have to obey the orders of the commander.

Just as Yanri and Jingwei were preparing to take action, the sky outside the palace, which had already turned bloody due to the brutal killing, suddenly darkened.

Just when Lao Ai was puzzled, he heard a poem and it turned out to be Prince Han who had arrived.

"The sky and the earth are dark yellow, the myriad energies are my origin, I have gone through countless calamities to prove my supernatural powers. The prince is on tour to prevent the punishment from the heavens."

“How did Cheng Qiao get here, bypassing the fighting army on the front line and a group of spies I arranged? Are all Luowang's killers a bunch of good-for-nothings?” As the supreme leader of Luowang and cooperating with Ji Wuye's "Night", Lao Ai had long learned from Ji Wuye that the true identity of Prince Han was the Chang'an Jun Cheng Qiao, who was thought to be dead.

But there was no time to think about the situation. Prince Han's subordinates reported that the monkey had arrived and began to pronounce the death sentence, "Now it occupies the Saha world, the southern continent"

"Damn it, you two go and kill Cheng Qiao. Don't let him get a chance to use his palm energy." Knowing that time was of the essence and Cheng Qiao was about to use his golden and silver palms, Lao Ai urgently ordered Yanri and Jingwei to take action.

Yanri drew out the sword in his hand and cooperated with Jingwei, aiming directly at Cheng Qiao who was sitting firmly in the black sedan, intending to get rid of this man before he could make a move.

But Feiying and Youquan in front of the carriage joined forces to stop Yanri, and the heretic god stopped Jingwei.

"Lao Ai, Marquis of Qin, did not appreciate the emperor's kindness."

Yanri's moves are ruthless, and deep red sword energy is emitted. The dazzling light covers Feiying and Youquan, and with his unique ability to create the illusion of a solar eclipse, he wants to make the opponent lose his eyesight and kill him with one blow.

But Feiying and Youquan were not alive, and were not affected by this. Yanri's sword failed, and was repelled by the two of them. Jingwei on the other side also made no progress. Although he had a nimble body and superb swordsmanship, he was still restrained by the dance of heresy.

"Conspiring for treason and regicide, blaspheming the prince's sacred authority, sentence is pronounced—"

Knowing that once the monkey finished reading the imperial edict, it would be the time of his death, and Yanri and Jingniu had made no progress, Lao Ai made up his mind to show his ability as the supreme leader of Luowang. He displayed his superb skills and resolutely escaped.

The information obtained from Ji Wuye was that Cheng Qiao himself had superb swordsmanship and killed Xuan Jian, Xue Yi Hou and Tian Ze single-handedly.

The reason why Lao Ai did not flee before was that he believed that with the presence of the two masters Yanri and Jingwei, plus the combined efforts of the three of them, they would definitely be able to interrupt Cheng Qiao's palm strike before it could be launched.

However, he did not expect that Feiying and Youquan were much stronger than expected, and Yanri could not even take a single step beyond the limit. Moreover, the Heretic God's movements were not as slow as Ji Wuye had reported. Instead, his movements were weird, which made it impossible for Jingwei, who was highly expected, to escape. Although he was stronger than the two, he was not sure of defeating Chengqiao.

Although the Golden and Silver Palms are extremely powerful, anyone who is hit by them will forget it.

However, according to intelligence analysis, this move has some limitations. Based on the situation before the palm strike, it is necessary to accumulate strength before striking and cannot move.

After a palm strike is made, it cannot be used again for a period of time.

Therefore, Lao Ai made a prompt decision and wanted to create some distance between them and use space to wear down the golden and silver palms.

Lao Ai had great luck and used his lightness skills to escape from the palace hall. In just a few breaths, he had crossed the square in front of the palace. Lao Ai's confidants who were stationed on the outer wall of the palace only felt a black shadow flash before their eyes.

Just when Lao Ai, who was in the air and flying over the city wall, thought he had escaped the range of the Golden and Silver Palms, inside the palace hall, the monkey in the royal palace read the last sentence of the imperial edict, "Bless the golden body, and cut off the flesh with gold and silver~".

The motionless black sedan changed direction and sent out two palm energies, one gold and one silver, towards the direction where Lao Ai was fleeing.

The palm energy pierced through the door of the hall without any damage, and quickly attacked Lao Ai.

Even with thick city walls blocking the way, it still couldn't stop this world-shaking move.

The four-zhang-thick city wall was easily penetrated, hitting the falling Lao Ai.

With only a howl, the soul of Lao Ai, the controller of Luowang, Marquis Changxin of the Qin Dynasty, who claimed to be the "fake father" of King Ying Zheng of Qin, returned to heaven and passed away with his own foolish wish.

After his death, the golden statue he turned into fell heavily to the ground, attracting the attention of his trusted friends on the city wall.

(End of this chapter)