Qin Shi Huang: Swordsmanship begins with picking up Xiao Meng

Chapter 32: Confrontation in front of the Mansion

After a while, the group of Luowang assassins who had come to their senses and received a brutal beating for no reason all complained in frustration:
"Where on earth did this crazy woman come from?"

"If we don't re-deploy the control, and let the target escape, you and I can't afford the consequences."

Jingwei shouted coldly after putting away his sword.

"Yes Yes!"

A group of Luowang assassins quickly resumed control of the mansion.

Time passes slowly!
The confrontation between the Prime Minister's forces and the Chu faction intensified, and finally reached its climax a few days later.

At the gate of the mansion!

Changping Jun was standing alone at the gate, facing the assembled Luowang assassins, including Yanri and Jingniu, two of the top-notch ones.

If they continued to block it, it would lead to a head-on conflict between the two forces, and Jiang Yu also took advantage of this time to escape far enough.

Therefore, Lord Changping changed his tone and said in a suggestive tone:

"You say there's a Wei spy in my house. You have to provide evidence, right? What's their name? What evidence do you have? Otherwise, you can search my house based on the empty claim of 'there's a spy'. Can I use this as an excuse to search the Prime Minister's residence tomorrow?"

Changping Jun looked coldly at Lu Buwei's confidant in front of him. As for Yanri, he was just a Luowang killer and sword slave, and he had no qualifications to talk to him, Changping Jun.

"People should always reciprocate, right? Don't you think so?"

Lu Buwei's move was actually a violation of the unspoken rules of officialdom, and under normal circumstances would have led to public attacks.

It was simply because Lu Buwei himself was extremely powerful in the Qin State, and because he eliminated Wei Wuji and supported two great victories in foreign wars against Wei and Zhao, which expanded the territory of the Qin State and swept away the haze of Qin State's previous repeated defeats at the hands of Wei Wuji.

This made Lu Buwei's reputation and power rise to a higher level and reached its peak.

Therefore, the Qin court was angry but dared not speak out against Lu Buwei's violation of the rules.

"Of course there is evidence!"

The confidant waved his hand, and Jingwei came up and drew a picture:
"In order to get rid of Wei Wuji, the Prime Minister sent Jing Niu to spy on Wei Wuji's residence. During this time, he saw Wei Wuji often having secret conversations with an aide named Jiang Yu.

Not long ago, Jingwei was ordered to protect Changping Jun. Unfortunately, she once again saw Jiang Yu's man at Changping Jun's residence.

"Let's not talk about the Prime Minister's thousands of followers. Isn't there anyone who has served in other countries before? As for this person, you are the one who is luring people into your trap. You can't say anything about him. How can it be used as evidence?"

Changping Jun scoffed at this!
"Of course, among the Prime Minister's retainers there are people who have come from other countries to serve in the government!"

This confidant of Lu Buwei was also quite good and he directly replied:

"Moreover, among the Prime Minister's retainers, not only are there those who have served in government from other countries, but after a careful investigation by Luowang, we have uncovered quite a few spies.

Today, Lord Changping is recruiting someone who has close contact with Wei Wuji, and Wei Wuji's abilities are known to everyone in the world. So, Lord Changping, do you think we should investigate this person thoroughly?

After all, there is the precedent of Qi, which nearly perished because of Su Qin's death as a spy."

"If the Prime Minister can investigate himself, I will do the same. You don't need to bother with this."

Changping Jun snorted coldly!
But the confidant said in a deep voice:
"But I heard that Jiang Yu has a special relationship with you, the lady, and he is your savior, Lord Changping. Therefore, for the sake of the country, I think it would be best for Lord Changping to avoid suspicion."

"Hahaha, I thought the Prime Minister was really devoted to the country and the people, but it turns out to be true."

Changping Jun suddenly laughed, then stepped aside to make way:

"Don't you just want to destroy me, Xiong Qi? Fine, I'll let you search, but if you can't find anyone, haha, I, Xiong Qi, am not someone you can easily mess with."

This is the benefit to Changping Jun of letting Jiang Yu leave.

Lu Buwei's forced search was a violation of the rules. If he couldn't even find the person in the end, then he would have broken the rules and would not have been in the right.

At that time, just as Jiang Yu had said before, with the subsequent defeat of Huan Xi, he would bite off a large piece of meat from Lu Buwei to strengthen the Chu faction.

Therefore, Changping Jun had to use words to induce the confidant and cooperate with Jingwei to completely fix Luowang's search target, so that when Luowang couldn't find Jiang Yu, they would not have to pull someone else to take the blame.

At the same time, it can also achieve the goal of portraying Jingniu as the culprit who falsely accused himself, and thus rescue Jingniu.

"This!" Seeing Changping Jun's confident promise, the confidant looked at Jingwei with some suspicion:
Nothing will go wrong, right?

And Jingwei of course nodded with great certainty.

The confidant just felt confident and waved his hand and said:
"Changping Jun, I'm sorry, search!"

Luo Wang, who couldn't wait any longer, immediately rushed forward

The master was humiliated and the minister died. All the followers of Lord Changping stepped forward angrily to stop them.

"Step aside!"

However, following the order from Lord Changping, all the retainers could only retreat unwillingly and allow Luo Wang to enter and search.

But after a while!

The confidant's face gradually darkened, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, because there really was no such person in the mansion.

If this matter is not handled well, he will be the first one to suffer.

"Have you finished searching?"

Changping Jun on the side added another blow:

"If you haven't searched it all yet, since this is a traitor's residence, not mine, Lord Changping's, you can dig deep underground, or even tear the residence apart to find him. I have no objection."

"I made a mistake in my intelligence and offended Lord Changping. I hope Lord Changping will forgive me."

The confidant had long lost his previous arrogance and apologized to Changping Jun repeatedly.

"No, I can't bear it."

Changping Jun didn't bother to pay attention to that confidant, because if it weren't for this matter, given his status, the latter would not be qualified to have an equal dialogue with him.

Therefore, even if Changping Jun wanted to take revenge, he would not waste time on this confidant, but would directly attack Lu Buwei.

He simply waved his hand and walked towards the mansion, leaving behind only a calm but frightening statement:

"Go back and tell the Prime Minister that I, Xiong Qi, have taken note of what happened today and will definitely return it as usual!"

As soon as he stepped through the door, Changping Jun remembered something and warned his guests:
"By the way, there's no need to close the door. If the Prime Minister wants to continue searching, he's always welcome to do so. No one is allowed to stop him."

"Yes!"

The anger on the faces of the retainers had long since disappeared. They were not stupid, because the offensive and defensive positions had changed, and all they had to do now was wait to reap the fruits of victory.

Mi Lian, with a worried look on his face, saw Changping Jun coming back and asked hurriedly:

"Dad, did the web do anything to you?"

"If something happens to Dad, they will be the first to worry."

Changping Jun disdainfully sneered, but he should not forget his identity as a prince of the State of Chu.

Therefore, even if Lu Buwei won in the end, he would not harm Changping Jun's life. At most, he would drive Changping Jun out of Qin.

It's not that Qin was afraid of Chu, but for Qin, whose strategic focus was now on conquering the Three Jins, offending Chu at this time would undoubtedly be the most foolish act.

As a businessman, Lu Buwei knew this best.

"I don't know if Brother Jiang Yu has successfully left Qin State."

The person Mi Lian was also worried about was of course Jiang Yu who had left.

Regarding this, Changping Jun, who has been in contact with Jiang Yu during this period, still has a lot to say:

"Don't worry, that guy is not an easy person to deal with."

(End of this chapter)