The Great Qin: Starting with marrying Jingni, I began my quest for immortality.

However, killing two top-ranking Heavenly-class soldiers and the man in the straw raincoat was merely a passive retaliation.

So far, they haven't taken the initiative to attack.

"We can't just let this go."

Jiang Chuan said in a deep voice, "Although we don't know what exactly happened to Luo Wang, that they ignored the King of Qin's pardon and continued to attack us, since they have done so and even extended their reach to Han."

"The only thing I could do was to cut off their hand."

"I don't know how many years the powerful Qin state can hold out, but I do know that as long as I remain in Han, the Luo Wang (a secret network of intelligence) will never be able to infiltrate."

Chapter 247 Cutting Off the Net's Hands and Feet

In the blink of an eye, another month or so has passed.

The controversy caused by the man in the straw raincoat was extinguished before it could even escalate.

During this time, Jiang Chuan's attention shifted from the corrupt officials in the imperial court to the night.

Initially, he approved of Nightfall recruiting members of the Net, because at that time, he was eager to expand Nightfall's power and develop his influence. Once his forces became stronger, he would also have many advantages.

But as time went on, his thinking gradually changed.

The source of the change of mind was Donghuang Taiyi.

The arrival of Donghuang Taiyi made him realize the power of individual strength.

No matter how powerful an organization is, it can never match the power of an individual.

Only those who are weak need to develop their power; if they are strong enough, they can sweep everything aside.

Ultimately, Jiang Chuan only really cares about a handful of people.

As long as one is strong enough, one can protect them.

For several months after the Donghuang incident, Jiang Chuan was busy resolving the Yin-Yang Curse Seal.

After returning from Mount Shu, he was willing to help Zi Nu with a reform for the sake of buying horse bones for a thousand gold pieces, because reform was something he could easily do.

After all, he was a great general of South Korea, wielding immense power.

What no one expected was that, over the course of several months, the man in the straw raincoat obtained some unbelievable answers through his various unusual behaviors, and then confirmed the truth through his reform efforts.

A net, intent on infiltrating the night.

After the storm subsided following the purge by the King of Qin, the new ruler of the Net, ambitious and determined, sought to bring back those who had been swept out of the Net, cleanse them, and turn them into his own.

Those who joined Nightfall, and even Nightfall itself, became targets of the other side.

The man reconnected with the man in the straw raincoat. In return, the man in the straw raincoat, eager to return to the Net, relayed his suspicions to the Net. Thus, the Net devised this deadly scheme to kill Jiang Chuan and Ru Shuang, intending to emulate Jiang Chuan's replacement of Bai Yifei and take their place.

Furthermore, Jiang Chuan had offended many officials by implementing reforms in the imperial court, which was contrary to the prevailing social norms.

Even if Bai Yifei were to be replaced by someone else at this moment, an ordinary person would not notice anything amiss.

Moreover, if the new Bai Yifei were to voluntarily abandon the reform, it would only attract the support of those corrupt officials.

Unfortunately, both the Straw-Clothed Swordsman and the new master of the Net underestimated Jiang Chuan and Ru Shuang's current strength.

Two individuals ranked first among the Heavenly Ones were, in the past, a formidable force that should not be underestimated.

But today, it's nothing special.

Unless the other side can send out the Six Sword Slaves from the original work, all six of them being top-tier warriors and working together seamlessly, they might be able to accomplish something significant.

Since that day, when he killed all the men in the straw raincoat in the desolate outskirts of the city.

With the help of the Corpse-Driving Demon, Jiang Chuan learned all the answers from the corpses of the Straw-Clothed Man and the top-ranked members of the Luo Wang.

The rest of the time was spent eliminating all those connected to the Luo Wang organization in the darkness.

The man in the straw raincoat is dead.

But since the corpses could talk, it wasn't difficult for Jiang Chuan to find and identify these people.

He hadn't noticed it before, but as he found and eliminated all these people, he realized that the Straw Raincoat Gang's infiltration of the night was far more terrifying than he had imagined.

But thinking about it carefully, it's not surprising.

The man in the straw raincoat was originally a spy sent by the Luo Wang organization into the Nightfall. He had been in the Nightfall for many years and, with the help of the Luo Wang organization, he once rose to a high position in the Nightfall. After the Qin Luo Wang organization was purged, he took the opportunity to recruit many people from the Luo Wang organization to join the Nightfall.

This further intensifies the penetration of the night.

It can be said that the man in the straw raincoat has unknowingly taken control of half of the night.

However, even in the middle of the night.

Jiang Chuan also cleaned it without hesitation.

In an instant, the killings left corpses strewn across the fields and blood and flesh flowing everywhere.

However, because the night was hidden in the darkness, few people knew about this.

After the people in the net had been mostly purged.

Those facing the remaining darkness of night.

Jiang Chuan ultimately made a cruel decision.

He decided to implant Gu worms in these people, using them to manipulate them.

He didn't really need the loyalty of the night; he just wanted to use the night to do some convenient things.

Today's straw-clothed traveler can penetrate the darkness of night.

No one knows whether these men of the night will turn to the trap when they see Korea on the verge of collapse.

Jiang Chuan did not want to see the Luo Wang network grow stronger as a result.

Therefore, with the intention of destroying Nightfall rather than letting Luo Wang succeed, he directly planted Gu worms in many Nightfall members.

The moment the Gu worm appeared, it meant that the lives of these people were entirely in his hands.

Therefore, although Nightfall's strength has declined considerably compared to before, it is now more trustworthy to Jiang Chuan.

……

Qin State.

Since the King of Qin assumed personal rule, the atmosphere of the entire Qin state has undergone tremendous changes.

King Qin seemed to dislike Lü Buwei. After coming of age and assuming personal rule, he immediately dismissed many officials belonging to Lü Buwei's faction. Afterward, he launched a purge of the Luowang organization, allowing many people close to King Qin to rise to power.

Zhao Gao was among them.

Zhao Gao was originally a eunuch serving Empress Dowager Zhao Ji. Logically speaking, as someone who served the Empress Dowager, and given the affair between Empress Dowager Zhao Ji and Lao Ai, it would be difficult for him to be given important responsibilities.

But it must be said that Zhao Gao was a clever man.

After the King of Qin returned from Xinzheng in Han, Zhao Gao learned through some secret channels what Luo Wang had done to the King of Qin, and also about the plot between Lao Ai and Zhao Ji. Zhao Gao seized an opportunity and took the initiative to complain to the King of Qin.

It was because of his betrayal that the King of Qin was wary of Lao Ai's plot before his coming-of-age ceremony, and ultimately successfully resolved the Lao Ai rebellion. Furthermore, based on the information provided by Zhao Gao, the King of Qin dismissed Lü Buwei from his position as prime minister on the grounds that Lü Buwei was involved with Lao Ai.

Because of his many great achievements, Zhao Gao, despite having been the Empress Dowager's man, gained Ying Zheng's trust.

After the Luo Wang organization was purged, Zhao Gao, who had repeatedly expressed his loyalty to Ying Zheng, was given an important position by Ying Zheng and put in charge of Luo Wang.

Ying Zheng was unaware that by putting Zhao Gao in charge of the Luowang (Net of Heaven), he was actually allowing Zhao Gao to achieve his own desires.

From the very beginning, Zhao Gao was ambitious; his allegiance to Ying Zheng was solely for the purpose of setting a trap.

Chapter 248 The Ambitious Men of Qin

As a eunuch serving Empress Dowager Zhao Ji, no one knew that Zhao Gao was also a member of the Luo Wang organization.

He was caught in the snare, a subordinate of the Sun-Covering One.

Who is Yanri?

This is a secret for many people.

But for Zhao Gao, it was never a secret.

Who else could it be?

The sun has been covered up; isn't that Lao Ai, the fake eunuch?

Years ago, Lü Buwei had an affair with Empress Dowager Zhao Ji, but because he was getting old, he could no longer handle the fierce and ruthless Zhao Ji. Lü Buwei avoided Zhao Ji at all costs. In order to get rid of Zhao Ji, he decided to find a strong man to relieve Zhao Ji's loneliness.

At that time, the Net was controlled by Lü Buwei.

So Lü Buwei picked a strong man from among them.

This person is none other than Yan Ri.

Because of his cultivation technique, Yan Ri's penis could even turn a wheel, and it was incredibly powerful. After entering the palace as a fake eunuch, he quickly gained the trust of Empress Dowager Zhao Ji. Moreover, he understood women's hearts very well, and over time, he even made Empress Dowager Zhao Ji fall in love with him.

However, the secret affair between the two will always be exposed one day.

Therefore, in order to conceal this affair...

Yan Ri then selected several trusted confidants from the Luo Wang (a group of eunuchs), castrated them, and replaced the eunuchs who had served the former Empress Dowager.

Zhao Gao was one of them.