Chapter 226 Your father doesn’t want you anymore!

He waved it lightly, and the iron chain pierced through like a snake and wrapped around Xiong San's scapula, locking him tightly.

Xiong San felt a sharp pain, but he was no longer able to resist and could only allow Gongsun Ce to subdue him.

After Gongsun Ce finished all this, he turned to the Luowang assassins who were cleaning up the battlefield and said, "Take him away and wait for your punishment."

The Luowang killers were well-trained and quickly stepped forward to escort Xiong San away.

Gongsun Ce looked at their receding backs and raised his eyebrows. He knew that although the assassination incident had been temporarily settled, the dispute between the two countries was far from over.

At this time, Ying Zheng was sitting on the throne in Xingle Palace, his expression somewhat serious.

He had just experienced a thrilling assassination. Although he was eventually saved, the assassination made him see the hostility and threat of the Chu State to the Qin State.

He took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then gave the order: "Pass the order down, let General Meng Yi continue to attack the State of Chu."

However, Ying Zheng did not give up. He knew that Chu was one of the major obstacles to Qin's unification of the six kingdoms and must be eliminated as soon as possible.

So he ordered General Meng Wu to lead an army of 100,000 to assist General Meng Yi and jointly attack the State of Chu.

General Meng Wu was one of the famous generals of the Qin State. He was brave and good at fighting and commanding troops.

After receiving the order, he immediately led an army of 100,000 to support General Meng Yi.

"Order again, General Meng Wu will lead 100,000 troops to aid General Meng Yi."

At this time, Ying Zheng glanced at Changping Jun, which made Changping Jun feel cold in his heart. He began to suspect that Ying Zheng had found out about him.

At this time, Changping Jun heard Ying Zheng's next order.

"Appoint Lord Changping as the military supervisor and set off today."

After Ying Zheng ordered Changping Jun to accompany Meng Wu to the State of Chu as a military supervisor, Changping Jun's heart was filled with excitement and anticipation.

He had been secretly in contact with the Chu general Xiang Yan, providing intelligence to Xiang Yan to assist Chu in fighting against the Qin invasion.

Changping Jun believed that being appointed as the military supervisor was a godsend opportunity, and that he could wipe out the Qin army in one fell swoop and make great military achievements for the State of Chu.

Changping Jun was thinking in his mind that as long as he could successfully wipe out the Qin army, he would be in power after returning to the State of Chu, and might even drive King Fu Chu of Chu off the throne and replace him.

Such temptation made Changping Jun accept Ying Zheng's appointment without hesitation. He quickly packed his luggage and prepared to set off with Meng Wu.

However, Changping Jun did not notice the hint of pity in the eyes of Ying Zheng and Gongsun Ce when they looked at him.

Gongsun Ce had already noticed Changping Jun's ambitions and plans.

He was well aware of the collusion between Changping Jun and Xiang Yan, and Changping Jun's intention to use this opportunity to gain military merit for the State of Chu.

Gongsun Ce did not directly expose Changping Jun's conspiracy, but secretly arranged a series of plans to ensure that Changping Jun's plan could be caught red-handed.

All of Changping Jun's subordinates had already been spies of Gongsun Ce. These spies secretly monitored Changping Jun's every move and reported his conspiracy with Xiang Yan and his action plans to Gongsun Ce one by one.

After the court meeting with the envoys from the State of Chu, Gongsun Ce and Ying Zheng came to the Zhangtai Palace.

"Changping Jun, he was born and raised in Qin. I treated him well. I find it hard to understand why he is so attached to Qin."

What Ying Zheng said was somewhat like judging others by his own standards.

Ying Zheng thought that if Zhao State had promised him a high position and generous salary when he was young, he might not have been willing to return to his country.

So Gongsun Ce smiled and said, "Ah Zheng, people are greedy, and it has always been like this. With a high position and generous salary, don't you want to be the ruler of a country?
In Qin, Changping Jun can only be second to one person, but in Chu, he may become the king of Chu. It is better to be a king than a subject. "

"That's right, greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant."

Ying Zheng murmured, then he looked at the map. The map was still a map of the seven countries, but the places occupied by Qin were crossed out.

"How does Mr. Gongsun plan to catch the perpetrator red-handed?"

"Xiang Yan is a shrewd man, and it's hard to trick him into falling for a normal scam, so we need some bait." Gongsun Ce pointed at the map and said, "This place is easy to attack but difficult to defend, but it's a battleground for military strategists, and it's the best place to lay out your plans.

I want Meng Yi and others to pretend to advance recklessly and forcibly attack this city before Meng Wu arrives, so as to lure Xiang Yan here.

As for how to deceive Xiang Yan and how to force Changping Jun to leave the army and report to Xiang Yan's camp, it all depends on the arrangements of Meng Wu and others."

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "It all depends on General Meng Wu's deployment. But if we fail, what should we do?"

"Then the divine soldiers will descend from the sky."

Gongsun Ce glanced at Ying Zheng with a smile, and Ying Zheng smiled back at him.

After finishing his business, Ying Zheng suddenly asked Gongsun Ce: "Mr. Gongsun, how can you make a widow fall in love with you?"

"Emmm" Gongsun Ce's mouth twitched, "Didn't I hide Madam Hu's affairs from anyone?"

"It's just that the more you try to hide it, the more obvious it becomes." Ying Zheng shook his head, "However, I still need Mr. Gongsun's advice."

"Gongsun Liji? I think it's difficult. After all, I didn't kill Mrs. Hu's husband, but Jing Ke did die at the hands of A Zheng.

I don’t know how to resolve the hatred for my husband’s murder. I’ll just have to wait and see.”

"Right."

Ying Zheng was silent, and Gongsun Ce was also silent. Killing someone's husband and expecting them to be devoted to you, how could such a good thing be possible?

In Gongsun Ce's view, Ying Zheng and Jing Ke were crazy men, and Gongsun Li Ji was not necessarily a crazy woman.

Seven days later.

When Changping Jun left Xianyang and embarked on the journey of no return to the State of Chu, Gongsun Ce's figure quietly appeared in the backyard of Changping Jun's mansion.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the bluestone road, stretching his shadow long, as if foreshadowing the coming storm.

Changping Jun's wife, a gentle and dignified woman, was sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard, telling ancient myths to her young daughter Mi Lian.

Her voice is soft and rhythmic, as pleasant as a mountain spring.

Mi Lian snuggled up to her mother, her bright big eyes sparkling with curiosity and desire.

Gongsun Ce's sudden arrival broke this peaceful and harmonious atmosphere.

The moment Changping Jun's wife saw Gongsun Ce, her expression changed slightly and a hint of fear and anxiety flashed in her eyes.

She subconsciously protected her daughter beside her, as if she wanted to protect her under her wings.

However, Mi Lian didn't care at all. She had met Gongsun Ce before and knew that he was her father's friend, and he had even given her candied fruit.

Therefore, she did not show any fear or rejection.

Gongsun Ce walked up to Mi Lian and squatted down to look her in the eye.

He raised his hand and gently pinched Mi Lian's little face, a gentle smile appearing on his face.

However, his voice was full of teasing and indifference: "Your parents don't want you anymore, do you want to come with me?"

Although Mi Lian was young, he could feel the unusualness in Gongsun Ce's words.

She looked up at Gongsun Ce's eyes, trying to find the answer.

However, Gongsun Ce's eyes were like an abyss, making it impossible for her to see the truth.

So she replied a little angrily: "You are lying!"

Gongsun Ce did not refute or explain, but suddenly reached out and pulled off the human skin mask on the face of Changping Jun's wife.

At that moment, the true face of Changping Jun's wife was exposed to the air. She turned out to be a strange woman!

This sudden change made Mi Lian's face darken instantly. She realized that she was abandoned by her father, Lord Changping.

Gongsun Ce picked up Mi Lian, stood up and said to the woman pretending to be Changping Jun's wife: "Changping Jun's plan is very interesting. Your mission has ended. Report back to Luowang."

"promise."

The woman's figure flashed and then disappeared in front of Gongsun Ce. She was a killer of Luo Wang and had good acting skills, otherwise she would not have been able to deceive Changping Jun, and even Mi Lian.

Gongsun Ce hugged Mi Lian and turned to leave the backyard.

Before leaving, he waved his hand, and a group of Luowang assassins came in and began to seal off Changping Jun's mansion.

These killers were well-trained and acted quickly, and soon took control of the entire mansion.

Regardless of whether Gongsun Ce's plan for Changping Jun was successful, Changping Jun could no longer return to Qin to be his right prime minister.

Therefore, this mansion can be completely sealed off.

Mi Lian's last impression of Changping Jun's mansion in his life was that a group of Luowang assassins entered the mansion.

Changping Jun, who was on his way to Chu State at this time, did not know that he had lost everything in Qin State.

He sat in the carriage, his heart full of longing and expectation for the future.

He imagined that he would achieve great things in Chu and realize his political ideals.

However, he didn't know that his daughter had been taken away by Gongsun Ce and his mansion had been sealed off.

Gongsun Ce was walking on the streets of Xianyang City holding Mi Lian in his arms. He could feel that Mi Lian's heart was filled with complicated emotions.

"Why did my father abandon me?"

"Maybe it's because you have a brother or sister."

Gongsun Ce knew that Changping Jun's wife was pregnant again, but the pregnancy was still young and not yet complete. Even the best doctors could not determine whether the baby was a boy or a girl.

But for Changping Jun, as long as there is no certainty, he can take a gamble.

Changping Jun was betting that his wife was pregnant with a son, and he was also betting that even if his plan was exposed, Ying Zheng and Gongsun Ce would not kill Mi Lian directly.

Of the two bets that Changping Jun made, he was bound to lose the former, because based on Gongsun Ce's limited ability to read faces, Changping Jun would not have a son.

However, Changping Jun won the second bet. Whether Mi Lian was a member of Gongsun Ce's training system or Gongsun Yan's playmate, her life would not be too bad.

Changping Jun's mansion and Taiwei Mansion were not far from Xianyang Palace, so the distance between the two was not long, so Gongsun Ce quickly returned to Taiwei Mansion with Mi Lian in his arms.

Gongsun Yan, who couldn't sleep at this time, was practicing swordsmanship. One can imagine how much she was looking forward to learning the three unique skills of wind, cloud, rain and Wuding.

"Ayan, look what I brought back for you?"

Gongsun Yan looked at Mi Lian with a strange look in his eyes and said, "My new stepmother?"

Gongsun Ce tapped Gongsun Yan's forehead gently. "Any girl I brought back is not your stepmother. She is a playmate I found for you. Don't play wrestling games with her. She is weak."

After Gongsun Ce finished speaking, he put Mi Lian down. Mi Lian instantly hid behind Gongsun Ce and looked at Gongsun Yan timidly.

"Hello, I'm Mi Lian, just call me Xiao Lian."

Gongsun Yan grabbed Mi Lian and pulled her into her arms.

"Little Sister Lian, you smell so good. My name is Gongsun Yan, just call me Sister Xiaoyan."

Mi Lian blushed suddenly. She tried to break free from Gongsun Yan's arms, but found that the muscles in Gongsun Yan's arms were as hard as steel and she couldn't break free.

"Used to it."

Mi Lian looked to Gongsun Ce for help, hoping that he could save her, but Gongsun Ce just spread his hands.

Gongsun Ce had no choice. Gongsun Yan would go out to find Jingwei and himself when she couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. Now finding a pillow for Gongsun Yan should be able to make her quiet down.

Gongsun Ce touched his nose and then went to Jingwei's room. Without Gongsun Yan's disturbance tonight, it was natural for them to fight to see who was better and to decide life and death.

At this time, on the vast road of the starry sky, Lady Jiu Tian was moving forward slowly. She had divided a lot of her strength before and had not yet fully recovered.

However, at this moment, Lady Jiu Tian's heart trembled violently.

She felt a powerful energy fluctuation, which was the last breath emitted by her incarnation.

She understood that her avatar had been killed once again in the human world, and the rage she felt was almost uncontrollable, spreading like a raging fire in her heart.

Lady Jiu Tian closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to calm her inner anger.

She understood that anger would not solve the problem, but would make her lose her mind.

She must think calmly and find a solution.

"Gongsun Ce..."

Lady of the West silently repeated this name in her heart. This was the last message left by her incarnation before it disintegrated.

However, Queen Mother of the West did not know that her incarnation and her heart blood were only sealed and not erased by Gongsun Ce.

That drop of heart blood was difficult for Gongsun Ce to destroy, so Gongsun Ce could only seal it first and then think of a way to destroy it.

Lady of the West thought for a moment and realized that the reason her incarnation and clone were no match for him was simply because they lacked the power that her original body possessed.

Thinking of this, a feeling of determination surged in the heart of Lady Jiu Tian Xuan Nu.

She intended to return to the world she had left and kill Gongsun Ce in person to end the feud between them.

But at this moment, Lady of the West was very clear that as long as she could find the other side and possess stronger power, she could easily kill Gongsun Ce.

Giving up on moving forward at this point would be putting the cart before the horse.

So, Lady Jiu Tian Xuan Nu calmed her mind and continued moving forward.

She no longer paid attention to the vanished incarnations and clones behind her, but instead focused all her energy on the road ahead.

She believed that as long as she could find the other side, she would be able to break through to a new level and possess greater power.

The road in the starry sky seemed to have no end, and the Queen Mother of the West walked in it for an unknown amount of time.

Her body has become accustomed to this loneliness and solitude, but her heart always maintains the desire and expectation for the future.

At this moment, a bright light suddenly appeared in front of Jiu Tian Xuan Nu, which meant that other worlds were actively accepting her.

The anger of Lady Jiu Tian and her desire to become stronger successfully resonated with the world.

Therefore, this world decisively took away the Queen Mother of the West.

After the Queen Mother of the West was taken away, Laozi came here after an unknown amount of time. He looked at the strange fluctuations that had appeared in front of him, and the confusion in his heart was explained.

Lao Tzu once imagined that maybe it was not that the starry road was too long and the other side could not be found, but that the world connected by the starry road had learned to hide itself to prevent being found.

The Qin world wants to find other worlds to plunder, and other worlds will naturally have the same idea.

This is just like the law of the Dark Forest. The world wants to plunder outside, but is also afraid of the reverse plunder from other worlds.

The same is true of the Qin world, which hides itself while exploring the outside world.

Laozi was silent for a moment, left an extremely hidden coordinate here, and then he continued to move forward.

At this moment, Lao Tzu became more and more determined in his belief that a world that does not welcome him is not the future he wants to pursue, so he should just let things take their course.

Gongsun Ce ended the fierce battle with Jingwei with a feeling of trepidation in his heart. He always had a strange feeling as if one of the enemies was given a buff.

After thinking for a while, Gongsun Ce locked his eyes on the Queen Mother of the West. He wondered, could it be that the Queen Mother of the West has found a new world?
However, even if Lady Jiu Tian found a new world, it had nothing to do with Gongsun Ce at this time.

All Gongsun Ce could do was to develop peacefully. He had already completed the third blood burst once and transformed into the form of a little dragon man, so he could feel that the third blood burst was not the end of the blood burst.

Perhaps, he could continue to improve, but the third degree of blood burst had already opened the Heart of the Dragon King, so Gongsun Ce really had no idea what conditions should be met to continue to improve the blood burst.

Once the blood burst out, releasing the lion's heart.

Second blood burst, releasing the dragon's heart.

The third blood burst released the heart of the Dragon King.

If we look at it from a layer-by-layer perspective, Gongsun Ce feels that the fourth blood burst might be the release of the Black King's Heart.

Gongsun Ce hugged the exhausted Jingwei tightly in his arms, and then fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Gongsun Ce woke up in high spirits.

After waking up, Gongsun Ce went to the secret room to continue his retreat. The anxiety about the homework made Gongsun Ce feel eager to improve his strength.

While Gongsun Ce was in seclusion, the plan against Changping Jun in the Chu State was carried out as scheduled.

Changping Jun's behavior was typical of being in a high position but betraying his own people, so he was targeted as a warning to Qin officials.

Half a month later, in a city near Daliang of Wei State, Xiang Yan listened to the news reported by the scouts with a puzzled look on his face.

The main force of this siege was Meng Tian's Golden Fire Cavalry. In addition, Gai Nie, Wei Zhuang and Meng Yi were also in the army.

In other words, Meng Tian launched a general attack with the sole purpose of capturing these cities.

Xiang Yan thought about Wang Ben's actions in Wei State and felt that it made some sense.

Wang Ben's army has now reached the heartland of Wei State. If he goes halfway, he will be able to split Wei State into two.

By then, not only was Wei to the north cut off from Daliang, but Chu also found it difficult to connect with the only remaining Yan and Qi states.

Qi and Chu were separated by the Great Wall, and Chu could only communicate with the northern countries through Wei and Qin.

At this time, Qin's purpose of unifying the six kingdoms was obvious. Once Wang Ben succeeded, Chu would become an isolated city while Qi watched.

Xiang Yan thought for a moment and decided to adopt Changping Jun's opinion. He mobilized troops to wipe out Meng Tian's Golden Fire Cavalry within the territory of Chu, and then turned around to fight Meng Wu.

At this time, Chu Mo had already moved to the State of Qin. There were not many mechanical devices that the State of Chu could use, and they were non-renewable.

However, in order to strike against the State of Qin, Xiang Yan decided to mobilize the only batch of excavators made by mechanical engineering.

Soon, many secret passages were dug under the city. The largest one led out of the city, and the rest were used to hide the Chu army.

To be on the safe side, Xiang Yan hid a group of special forces whose locations were unknown to anyone to support him in case the plan failed.

As expected, the position of leading this group of special forces fell to Xiang Liang.

In other words, all of Xiang Yan's plans have already fallen into the eyes of Meng Wu and others.

The golden fire cavalry led by Meng Tian swept in like a storm, and wherever their iron hooves passed, several cities of the Chu State fell.

On this day, Meng Tian's army arrived at the city that Xiang Yan had carefully arranged.

On the top of the city wall, the Chu defenders looked nervously at the dust in the distance, their eyes revealing deep worry.

Meng Tian's Golden Fire Cavalry had long been famous on the battlefield for its bravery and unstoppable momentum.

The defenders knew that this would be a tough battle, but they also understood that they would inevitably lose because of Xiang Yan's plan.

Meng Tian rode on a warhorse, wearing golden-red armor, holding a spear, with a sharp light flashing in his eyes.

He gazed at the city ahead, as if he had seen the dawn of victory.

Following his order, the Golden Fire Cavalry rushed towards the city like a tide, the sound of horse hooves shook the earth and raised dust.

The defenders of Chu were defeated under Meng Tian's fierce attack. Although they fought bravely, they were ultimately unable to withstand the fierce offensive of the Golden Fire Cavalry.

Soon, Meng Tian led his army into the city. However, unlike other generals, he did not rush to chase the defeated enemy troops, but stopped and carefully observed the surrounding situation.

At this time, Xiang Yan was leading an elite Chu army and ambushing in the underground passage in the city.

The rest of the Chu army was lying in ambush in other secret passages, and there were many elite troops among them.

He originally planned to wait until Meng Tian's army completely entered the city, then close the city gates and try to catch the turtle in the jar.

However, what he never expected was that Meng Tian did not act as he expected.

After Meng Tian stopped his attack, he immediately released Po Tu San Lang who was with the army.

Under the command of Meng Tian, ​​two mechanical beasts shaped like large pangolins quickly drilled underground and began to destroy the tunnels previously dug by the Chu army.

Their sharp metal claws dug into the tunnel, and soon the Chu army's tunnel began to collapse.

With the collapse of the tunnel, countless Chu soldiers died.

Xiang Yan's face changed when he heard the digging sounds and screams coming from the tunnel.

He couldn't help but look at Changping Jun beside him, and asked, "Your Majesty, why did Po Tu Saburo come with the army?"

He understood that his plan had been discovered by Meng Tian and that he had begun to suffer serious setbacks.

But he didn't understand why two Po Tu Saburos suddenly appeared now, according to the information Changping Jun told him, Meng Tian's army did not carry any Po Tu Saburos.

Moreover, why did Meng Tian see through his plan? This made Xiang Yan suspect that there was a Qin spy in his army, but it was definitely not Changping Jun.

(End of this chapter)