People in the Qin Dynasty, entertained during the Warring States period

Yan Ri retorted firmly, "No! I want all the power of the Luo Wang!"

With the day when Ying Zheng would assume personal rule drawing ever closer, he needed to take control of the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven) as soon as possible, especially its demons and monsters, to help him find the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon and become the new King of Qin.

He has now secretly made contact with more than twenty important officials in Xianyang, including the Inner Historian Si, the Commandant of the Guards Jie, the Assistant Yi Jie, and the Grand Master Ling Qi, by virtue of his status as a member of the Qin royal family.

All that's missing now is the right opportunity.

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Chapter 195 Should We Be a Little More Reserved?

Nongyu Yingying and Zinu walked among the shops in Handan City, occasionally glancing at the bustling streets around them.

Two years ago, I came to Handan with Sister Zi Nu. Because of her willful playing, she attracted a lot of birds and thus attracted a lot of attention. We had to return to Korea in a hurry, without having a chance to properly experience the prosperity of Handan.

We should take a good look at this.

"Sister Zi Nu, where are we going?"

Zi Nu wore a faint smile, her steps elegant and deliberate.

"The Wuqi Thatched Cottage in the west of the city."

Nongyu asked in surprise, "Wuqi Caotang? What kind of place is that?"

"A place for gathering intelligence."

Zi Nu gave a simple explanation.

She had heard of Wuqi Caotang when she was gathering intelligence in Xinzheng.

I visited Handan two years ago and bought some intelligence there.

This is also a common method of intelligence gathering used by most intelligence organizations. Even the Net cannot know everything about all the places in the Seven Kingdoms. In some aspects, they are far inferior to the locals.

Wuqi Caotang can be said to be the place with the most complete underground intelligence in Handan.

Nongyu asked crisply, "Are we here to buy information?"

She was well aware of how much Zi Nu valued intelligence. One of the tasks of the Zi Lan Xuan sisters was to pay attention to the conversations of the guests and record everything in detail.

Zi Nu nodded slightly and said, "After all, we don't know much about Cao Ze. We need to have a more comprehensive understanding of him."

This was a plan she had before coming to Handan.

Unexpectedly, things went very smoothly. They had just settled in Handan when they encountered Cao Ze.

"Oh, I see..."

Nongyu blinked her beautiful big eyes, her upturned eyelashes trembling slightly, her mind racing.

She also wanted to know some things about Mr. Cao Ze, especially...

When Zi Nu arrived in the west of the city, she was slightly taken aback when she saw the newly renovated thatched cottage.

wrong.

Zi Nu frowned slightly.

Lian's Thatched Cottage? Has Wuqi Thatched Cottage changed its name?

"Sister Zi Nu, have we... come to the wrong place?"

Zi Nu gently shook her head and said, "I haven't come to the wrong place."

She easily spotted the boy named Huwa, whose right and left cheeks were burned, and she was deeply impressed by him.

Even in dire straits, he still smiled brightly.

"Ladies, are you here to adopt a child?"

An old man, nearing the end of his life, slowly walked over.

Zi Nu pondered for a moment and asked, "Old man, may I ask where the principle of fairness and integrity lies?"

"Fair and honest? What does the young lady want with that wicked man?"

The old man's face was full of resentment.

They exposed all of Gongliang's honest and upright deeds in one go.

"If it weren't for Mr. Cao Ze and Brother Cheng, these kids would still be begging or selling themselves somewhere, stealing chickens and dogs, and no one would care if they were beaten to death."

He originally intended to guard General Lian Po's tomb until his death.

But because of these children placed in the fake prime minister's mansion, he stayed in the mansion where he had spent most of his life.

Unexpectedly, during the winter, Guo Kai confiscated the fake Prime Minister's Mansion for various reasons, saying that since there was already a Prime Minister's Mansion, there was no need for a fake one.

As a result, Brother Cheng had no choice but to arrange for the children to return to their original thatched cottage.

Zi Nu sighed softly.

No wonder Gongliang Wuqi was able to become the biggest underground intelligence chief in Handan.

She could never do such a thing.

Nongyu remained silent, a hint of anger on her fair and delicate face, and a touch of melancholy between her brows.

Many of the sisters in Zilanxuan, including her, were taken in by Sister Zinu.

Compared to Wuqi Caotang, they were much luckier.

"Sir, here is ten taels of gold. Please take it."

Zi Nu took out a small gold note and handed it to the old man.

If she hadn't known that this was the territory of the Fierce Tiger Gang, and the identities of the old man and Lian Cheng, she would never have given out gold notes directly; instead, she would have bought things like grain and cloth.

The world is a dangerous place, and she has no choice but to be careful.

"This……"

The old man hesitated for a moment.

Zi Nu smiled and said, "Old man, please accept it. I have obtained the information I wanted. It is worth ten gold coins."

"Ok."

The old man put it away, thinking that Zi Nu might be some kind-hearted noblewoman.

Just like the Snow Woman who occasionally comes with all sorts of things.

Nongyu and Zinu had no interest in shopping and went straight back to Zilan Residence.

This is the name of the courtyard they adopted, imitating Cao Zeqing's style.

Nongyu raised her delicate jade foot and stepped over the threshold of Zilan Residence.

She turned to Zi Nu and said, "Sister Zi Nu, Mr. Cao Ze is a good person, isn't he?"

Zi Nu stroked Nong Yu's hair and said with a soft laugh, "I know he is a good person."

"Shouldn't we have tricked him into going to Xinzheng?"

Zi Nu's pretty face hardened. "What do you mean by lying?"

Nongyu stood gracefully with her head bowed, her cheeks slightly flushed.

"Didn't we say before that we could use a honey trap to test Mr. Cao Ze's character? If it worked, we'd bring Mr. Cao Ze to Zilan Pavilion..."

"Now you can forget about it."

Zi Nu gave a sharp, light shout.

The initial plan to use a honey trap was because I didn't know Cao Ze's character.

Now that we know, why bother making a fool of ourselves?

Nongyu quietly stuck out her little tongue, "Oh..."

Cao Ze was unaware that Zi Nu had gone to Wu Qi Cao Tang, which is now known as Lian Shi Cao Tang.

At this moment, he was speaking eloquently, telling Xue Nu Li Ji and Ya Fei about Dream of the Red Chamber.

Frankly speaking, without some adaptations, Dream of the Red Chamber is not very suitable for storytelling.

And the further he went in the story, the more he needed to recall the details.

He didn't finish telling the whole story until evening.

He had originally intended to cut the story in half, but upon seeing Ya Fei's beautiful eyes filled with murderous intent, he finished the entire chapter without hesitation before returning to Qingping Residence to sleep with his wife and concubines.

the next day.

Cao Ze didn't get up until the sun was shining on his backside.

It wasn't because I was working up past midnight again last night.

It was during my cultivation last night, when I was opening up the ninth meridian, the Foot Jueyin Pericardium Meridian, that I accidentally twisted my breath a little.

As a result, he had to suspend his cultivation and, with the help of Jingni's internal energy, slowly regulate his Qi.

Ultimately, it's because his breakthrough speed was too fast.

After breaking through the second-rate acquired realm, he opened up a proper path in less than a month.

To put it nicely, it's called courageous and diligent progress; to put it bluntly, it's called nonsensical.

As the saying goes, "If the foundation is not solid, the ground will shake."

Cao Ze stretched and exhaled a breath of stale air.

If he had no ties, he wouldn't be able to so freely unleash his talent.

But now many things are beyond his control, and he dares not slow down his cultivation.

It seems I need to find a way to gain some experience, through combat and travel, to help solidify the potential risks of my rapid advancement.

After pondering for a few moments, Cao Ze became somewhat troubled.

At this point, where should one go to roam the world and gain experience?

Sorrowful~

If only we could use rare and precious materials to build it up.