The Three Kingdoms: Rise to Power Starting with Intercepting Liu Bei

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A short while later, Qin Qiong brought four people, each dressed in brown cloth. The leader was a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance and no distinctive features.

"My lord, these are the men. I shall take my leave!"

After Qin Qiong finished his introduction, he left the room.

"I heard you might know about my background?"

Qin Xuan kept his eyes fixed on the middle-aged man in the lead, while ignoring the other three, who were clearly his lackeys.

"Hehe, perhaps you know, sir, have you ever owned a jade pendant of this style?"

Faced with Qin Xuan's direct questioning, the middle-aged man calmly took out a jade pendant made of precious jade, on which was written only the character "蒙" (Meng) in small seal script.

"This...this is almost the same!"

Qin Xuan was taken aback when he saw the jade pendant in the middle-aged man's hand. He quickly took out the Qin-character jade pendant he always carried with him to compare it.

"Who exactly are you?"

After comparing them for a long time, Qin Xuan asked in an icy tone, "These two jade pendants obviously hold a big secret, otherwise why would the other party have come to him?"

"My surname is Meng, and my given name is Meng Guang. I am a descendant of Meng Yi of the Great Qin Dynasty!"

"What? A descendant of Meng Yi of the Qin Dynasty?"

"That's right!"

Meng Guang nodded slowly.

"Meng Yi's descendants... could it be that Qin Shi Huang also had descendants who have survived to this day?"

Qin Xuan naturally knew who Meng Yi was. He was the younger brother of General Meng Tian, ​​who had once held the high-ranking position of Shangqing and was deeply trusted and close to Qin Shi Huang. Unfortunately, after Qin Shi Huang's death, Zhao Gao and Li Si conspired to frame him, and he was imprisoned and killed by Hu Hai.

Meng Guang did not answer Qin Xuan's question. Instead, he plopped down in his chair and slowly began to recount a little-known secret:

"In the thirty-sixth year of the First Emperor's reign, the First Emperor died at the Sand Dune Platform. The eunuch Zhao Gao, in collusion with Li Si, ordered the deaths of Fusu and the general Meng Tian. My ancestor Meng Yi learned that the Meng clan was about to face a great calamity. He sent the child he had with his concubine to the countryside and secretly sent trusted confidants from the Black Ice Guard to protect him. He also left behind a batch of important documents."

"Later, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu successively attacked Xianyang, and the Qin Dynasty perished. However, several guards from the Black Ice Guard took the opportunity to escape from Xianyang with the descendants of Ziying. After a period of difficult searching, they found the descendants of my ancestor Meng Yi, as well as the Black Ice Guard personnel who protected him."

"However, due to the turbulent situation that followed, coupled with the fact that the Han Dynasty never relaxed its persecution of the descendants of the Qin Dynasty, the two sides were forced to separate and live in seclusion, and used jade pendants as proof of their identity."

"When the situation improved, my Meng family ancestors wanted to search for Ziying's descendants again, only to find that all the Black Ice Guard personnel protecting them were dead, and Ziying's descendants had vanished without a trace!"

At this point, Meng Guang became very choked up. If he thought about how much effort his family had put into finding Empress Qin, there was no way they would have separated in the first place.

"You mean I might be a descendant of the First Emperor?"

Qin Xuan was somewhat incredulous. He had just been boasting to Jia Xu, and who would have thought that someone would come to claim him as their master the next second?

"At present, that should be the case. The reason we have targeted you is because you have a unit under your command that is exactly the same as the Great Wall Legion led by my ancestor and elder brother."

"The Great Wall Legion is the elite force of the Qin Dynasty, commanded by my ancestor, General Meng Tian. Our Meng clan possesses the most detailed information on the Great Wall Legion. A copy of this information was made and given to the descendants of Ziying, hoping that when the world is in great turmoil, a fine army can be trained to roam the world and restore the Qin Dynasty!"

Meng Guang then presented several more reasonable points.

As the leader of the Great Wall Army, Meng Tian devoted a great deal of effort to this force. It is inevitable that he would compile his military experience and related information into a book, which he would then pass on to his younger brother before his death.

"Ugh~~~~~!"

Qin Xuan was dumbfounded. His Great Qin Great Wall Legion was a gift from the system. It had absolutely nothing to do with the descendants of the Great Qin Dynasty.

"These alone are not enough to prove that I am a descendant of the First Emperor of Qin. What if I found this? I was once homeless and had no idea who my parents were. Later, by chance, I was guided by a master and learned martial arts and military strategy."

Qin Xuan remained skeptical of Meng Guang's words. Although the title of "descendant of the Great Qin" sounded good, if things went wrong, the blunder would be huge.

"Hmm~~~!" After listening for a moment, Meng Guang continued, "To discern the truth, you'll have to consult my father. He's the patriarch of our Meng clan and knows far more than I do. Only he can distinguish the genuine from the fake!"

Meng Guang admitted that Qin Xuan's words made sense. What if the other party had picked up the jade pendant? Besides, only the Meng clan patriarch could possibly distinguish between the real and fake.

"Please, General, come with us to Yongcheng. My Meng clan and the Black Ice Guard are located there!"

"I currently have urgent military duties to attend to, and I can only travel to Yongcheng after I have captured Chang'an!"

"Hehe!" Upon hearing Qin Xuan's words, Meng Guang burst into laughter. Before the puzzled Qin Xuan could ask any questions, Meng Guang continued:

"General, our Black Ice Guard has a large number of agents in Chang'an. They can work from within and without to help you capture Chang'an whenever you need them!"

"Consider this our little gift to the general!"

"Black Ice Platform, what kind of organization is that?"

Upon hearing Meng Guang mention the Black Ice Platform multiple times, Qin Xuan couldn't contain his curiosity and asked a question.

Although I've heard of the Black Ice Guard, it only appeared in domestic animations from my previous life. Could it be that such an institution really existed in the history of the Qin Dynasty?

"The Black Ice Guard is the most mysterious institution in the Qin Dynasty. It was established during the reign of King Huiwen of Qin. Initially, it was composed of some scouts from the army, but later it grew larger and larger and its strength increased continuously."

"It played a crucial role in the Qin Dynasty's unification of China!"

"Capable of gathering intelligence and assassinating enemy leaders, it had nearly 50,000 members at its peak, making it the most mysterious organization under the First Emperor's command."

"Our ancestor Meng Yi was once appointed by the First Emperor to command the Black Ice Guard!"

Meng Guang seemed convinced that Qin Xuan was the young master they were looking for, and revealed the origins of the Black Ice Platform without reservation.

"And now?"

Qin Xuan was a little curious. At its peak, there were more than 50,000 people. The number should still be quite large now.

"General, as for the other secrets, once everything has been verified, we will tell you everything as long as you are the person we are looking for!"

Meng Guang did not tell Qin Xuan all the secrets, after all, he was not one of them yet.

"Very well, I'll wait and see how your Black Ice Guard coordinates from within and without to help me conquer Chang'an!"

Qin Xuan then arranged for Meng Guang and his group to go downstairs to rest, while he paced back and forth inside the room.

"Could I really be a descendant of the Qin Dynasty royal family?"

Looking at the Qin-character jade pendant in his hand, Qin Xuan couldn't help but mutter to himself. He had great doubts about what Meng Guang had said. If it was true, how powerful must the Meng clan be?

The fact that it has managed to remain hidden until today and grow into a powerful family suggests that its influence is no less than that of a super-powerful clan.