Chapter 487: Being a Human Being
Cheng Jiao stood outside the house where Changping Jun was, looking at the scenery outside Qixiang Pavilion and listening to the conversation of the people inside.

Changping Jun was wearing a mask at this moment, and everyone in the room was wearing a mask.

"In three days, the King of Qin will be crowned. The venue will be the Dazheng Palace in Yongcheng. Are you all ready?"

He originally had no intention of taking action at the coronation ceremony, but things changed too quickly, and his father died after sending him the secret letter, which made him feel resentful. He wanted to return to Chu as soon as possible to assist the young king and did not want the power of the Chu kingdom to fall into the hands of others.

This time, he was fully responsible for the crowning of the King of Qin, and was ready to take the opportunity to get rid of Cheng Jiao and Ying Zheng and cause chaos in the Qin State.

"That Cheng Jiao is a peerless master in the Heavenly Man Realm!"

The old man wearing a bronze mask spoke hoarsely.

Some of them coveted the Seven Stars of the Blue Dragon obtained by Cheng Jiao, and some were lackeys of other countries' courts... They were quietly gathered together by Changping Jun with only one purpose, to assassinate the King of Qin and seize the seven bronze treasure boxes owned by Cheng Jiao.

With Prince Dan of Yan speaking out and Lord Longyang acting as a guarantor, and the royal families of the six countries successively saying that the bronze treasure box was obtained by Cheng Jiao, all of this, combined with the news that had previously come from Han Yemu and Cheng Jiao's current unrivaled strength, it is almost certain that Cheng Jiao has indeed obtained the power and secrets of the Seven Stars of the Blue Dragon.

Changping Jun said slowly: "I know about this matter. I have my own arrangements for the coronation. You just need to do your own things. I will deal with Cheng Jiao. As for the seven bronze treasure boxes related to the Blue Dragon Stars that Cheng Jiao obtained, I don't want any of them. Whether you can get them depends on your ability."

"That's great. I hope Your Majesty won't break his promise!"

Cheng Jiao, who was outside the house, had a strange expression on his face. He didn't expect that this old man, Changping Jun, who looked kind and honest, could be as good as Lao Lu when it came to fighting.

None of his fathers-in-law are good people, they are all dangerous elements!
However, what he couldn't understand was what means Changping Jun had to deal with him when he knew that he was a celestial being.

Could it be that Changping Jun has found other peerless masters in the realm of heaven and man?
He looked at those old guys who were celestial beings, his eyes slightly fixed, could it be the wise man of Chu, Lord Chu Nan?

Cheng Jiao thought about it again and felt that something was not right. Lord Chu Nan was a very mysterious guy. How could he be connected with Lord Changping?

He then quietly left. With his great skills and courage, he was not afraid of any plan by Changping Jun.

After practicing dual cultivation with the beauties in the mansion for a month, his strength has at least doubled and is not far from the limit of a celestial being. However, he still has no clue about the celestial being's Dharma form.

According to Yan Fei, it seems that the stronger the potential or the stronger the bloodline, the more difficult it is to condense the Dharma image in the realm of heaven and man.

So he didn't take it to heart, as long as his strength continued to increase.

Shortly after Cheng Jiao left, Changping Jun slowly walked out of Qixiang Pavilion.

He was not afraid of others knowing. He would be leaving Qin soon, so it didn't matter to him anymore.

Cheng Jiao returned to Qingnuo's room, where the four girls were chatting.

Qing Nuo took the opportunity to undress, revealing herself in a light gauze outfit, looking extremely seductive.

Without paying any attention to the surprise of Tian Mi, Meng Jiang and Hua Ying, she came to Cheng Jiao, hugged Cheng Jiao's arm, and said with a smile: "Sir, you must be tired, do you need to rest?"

Cheng Jiao pinched Qing Nuo's delicate chin, and without being polite, he glanced at the other three women and said casually: "Let's go together."

He was aroused by Qing Nuo, so he decided to take action during the day. There were still nearly four hours before dark, so he had plenty of time.

But even so, Qingnuo still gritted her teeth and held on, expressing her desires and goals, hoping that Chengjiao could help her and take control of the farming family as soon as possible.

Now that Tian Mi has chosen to withdraw, she is the only person to help Cheng Jiao control the farm, and she believes Cheng Jiao will agree.

Cheng Jiao enjoyed Meng Jiang's shoulder massage, Tian Mi's leg pounding, Hua Ying's tea offering, and listened to Qing Nuo's words. He nodded slowly and said, "What you said makes sense."

Originally he could have taken it slow and not been in a rush, but now he needed to destroy the six countries and integrate the fortunes of the seven countries within three years to avoid being attacked by the unknown Blue Dragon and the Seven Stars. He also needed to speed up in advance and take control of the farmers as soon as possible.

After hearing what Qing Nuo and Cheng Jiao said, Tian Mi fell into a daze.

My goodness, I shared a lot of the firepower just now, but you got all the benefits alone, how unreasonable!
For a moment, Tian Mi regretted her rashness. Why did she have to withdraw from the election for the leader of the Farmers' Heroes so quickly? Now she was directly helping Qing Nuo.

Cheng Jiao pointed his finger at Qing Nuo's lower abdomen, sending the spiritual power directly into Qing Nuo's body and refining her at the same time.

With his current strength, as long as the woman has practiced dual cultivation with him and practiced the Yin-Yang dual cultivation mantra, he will take the initiative to help her improve her strength. As long as she is willing to put in the effort, it will be enough to improve to the top level and approach the level of a celestial master. However, to break through the celestial realm, she still needs to practice on her own.

Tian Mi watched Qing Nuo's momentum rise steadily, from a second-rate master to a first-rate master, and then to a top master. For a moment, she was filled with envy, jealousy and hatred to the point of being torn apart.

She wished Cheng Jiao would stop and continue to dig out her honey pot, eat as much as he could, dig as much as he could, she could bear it!
After half a cup of tea, Cheng Jiao withdrew his finger. "Now your strength is not much worse than Tian Guang, but you need to adapt. When everything is ready, tell me your plan and I will help you control the farmers."

He thought of the good seeds that the farmers had cultivated during the New Year. It was now April and only a few months left before sowing.

After Qing Nuo's strength was improved by Cheng Jiao, her tiredness disappeared. She didn't care that her smooth body was stained and only covered by the torn veil. She stood up and knelt at Cheng Jiao's feet. Her tone was gentle but decisive: "Thank you for your kindness, sir. From now on, Qing Nuo will serve you wholeheartedly and be your slave!"

Tian Mi felt a little sad. She could do it, but why didn't she think of it?

In the future, she will have to kneel and serve Cheng Jiao more often, and let Cheng Jiao enjoy more of the maid program he mentioned. Who knows what surprises there may be.

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Outside the Qixiang Pavilion, Da Siming, sitting in a carriage, watched the sun boredly as it moved from the east to the west and was about to set.

I secretly complained about Cheng Jiao in my heart, saying that he was going to do some work, but it took him three hours to do anything.

When the flowers that Da Siming was waiting for were about to wither, Cheng Jiao came over with a vigorous look and sat down in the carriage.

"Let's go to the palace."

Da Siming smelled the faint feminine scent on Cheng Jiao and suddenly understood.

Leaving her here, did he go to Qixiang Pavilion to listen to music?
It looked like the taste was different, at least it was intimacy with three beauties.

When he thought of this, Da Siming felt a little itchy. Was she no longer capable, or was the scabbard rusted?

Leaving such a beauty behind and going to the next door, it's really...

"Good son."

Dasi Ming continued to drive the carriage obediently towards the palace.

She didn't dare to express her dissatisfaction in front of Cheng Jiao, otherwise, Cheng Jiao wouldn't even have to do anything, Lord Dongjun would have taught her a lesson.

Qixiang Pavilion was not far from the palace, and we arrived there after a cup of tea.

Cheng Jiao got off the carriage and just entered the palace when he ran into Zhao Gao who was directing the decoration of the palace.

"Old Zhao, have you made a breakthrough?"

Cheng Jiao said with a sigh.

This Zhao Gao is very talented. In such a short period of time, he has reached the level of celestial being from the level of grandmaster.

It seems that it was no accident that Zhao Gao was able to control Luowang later. Maybe he killed Guiguzi. Zhao Gao said respectfully: "Thanks to Lord Chang'an."

Cheng Jiao was surprised and asked, "Me?"

It seems like he has never helped Lao Zhao improve his strength?

Zhao Gao smiled a little evilly: "Chang'an Jun, you don't know that when I was embroidering with the Queen Mother, I had an epiphany and created a needlework technique. Not long ago, I spent the whole day copying the book Zhu Xian published by Chang'an Jun's mansion. I had another epiphany and broke through the Heavenly Man Realm in one fell swoop. After that, I need to gather spiritual power. My achievements are not comparable to Chang'an Jun's."

Cheng Jiao understood, no wonder, but Zhao Gao's talent was still beyond doubt. He could make breakthroughs even by embroidering a flower or copying a book. There was no one else like him.

"Does that set of needlework have a name?"

Zhao Gao said respectfully, "It has just been completed and has not yet been named."

He knew that even if he broke through to the level of a celestial being, it would only take one sword strike for Cheng Jiao to defeat him.

Cheng Jiao was in front of him, and he only needed to sense it to feel that his life and death were no longer under his control.

"Then let's call it the Sunflower Manual."

Cheng Jiao said jokingly.

Zhao Gao was surprised and asked, "What kind of flower is sunflower? I have never heard of it."

Cheng Jiao said leisurely: "Sunflowers, there are no such flowers in the Seven Kingdoms, but in a distant place thousands of miles away. They are golden in color, and look like the blooming sun, like a child's smiling face, and are extremely beautiful."

Zhao Gao thought thoughtfully and said, "It sounds wonderful. Let's call this set of needle techniques the Sunflower Manual."

He didn't care what the name was. Since Chang'an Jun wanted to name it, he would naturally do him a favor.

Cheng Jiao left Lao Zhao with a strange smile on his face.

I don’t know whether the Sunflower Manual that the Eastern Sect Leader learned thousands of years later was passed down from Old Zhao.

In Yong Palace, Cheng Jiao was speechless when he saw Ying Zheng still handling government affairs. It was time for him to be crowned in three days, but he didn't make any preparations and was still here reviewing memorials.

After waiting for a while, Ying Zheng put down his red brush and looked at Cheng Jiao: "Why are you here?"

Cheng Jiao coughed lightly and said, "Lord Changping came to my house today and asked me to take charge of the guards for my brother's coronation."

Ying Zheng smiled faintly and said, "I know your strength well. It is worth it for me to entrust this task to him. I am also confident about Queen Mother Huayang's situation."

Cheng Jiao hesitated for a moment, but still chose to speak out: "When I came to the palace just now, I saw Changping Jun went to a place and met with some people. There were three top masters and eight first-class masters. As for whether there are people who have not appeared yet, I don't know."

Ying Zheng's face darkened: "Cheng Jiao, what do you want to say?"

Cheng Jiao pondered and said, "My brother, it is better to be cautious. When you are crowned in three days, we will use the same trick to see if Changping Jun is loyal to Qin."

Ying Zheng was in no mood to continue dealing with the letter. "Then do as you say. If Changping Jun really wants to assassinate me..."

At this point, Ying Zheng hesitated. Did he really want to kill him?
Cheng Jiao watched Ying Zheng hesitate and sighed in his heart. After all, he had never experienced Zhao Ji's betrayal, Lu Buwei's scheming, the passage of time, and the difficult choices.

If we follow the official historical record, Zheng Ge would have directly killed his elder brother-in-law and uncle, Changping Jun.

"Cheng Jiao, how do you think we should treat Changping Jun?"

Ying Zheng directly threw the problem to Cheng Jiao, who was in a difficult position as they were too close. He could lock him up, but it was difficult to kill him directly as the impact would be too great.

Unless Changping Jun personally carried out the assassination, but this is obviously impossible. With Changping Jun's calculations, he might have already prepared a retreat after setting up the killing.

The corner of Cheng Jiao's mouth twitched slightly. He came here to ask this, but he didn't intend to take care of it.

He couldn't say it directly, and Changping Jun was going to attack him, so he quickly killed him.

After all, Changping Jun is Zheng Ge's brother-in-law, and with the relationship with Queen Mother Huayang, it is impossible to act easily without actual evidence.

Furthermore, he did not intend to kill Changping Jun so easily, as he still had to destroy the six kingdoms within three years.

Changping Jun's ability in government administration is not much worse than Lao Lu's, and he can be considered a capable official.

Besides, he was his future father-in-law, so he didn't mind giving Changping Jun a chance to help the Qin State. At most, he could just watch over him.

Cheng Jiao thought of this and said directly: "Brother Wang, don't kill him!"

Ying Zheng's expression softened, and he was inclined not to kill him. "Then confine him to the palace for life."

In this way, he could also give an explanation to Queen Dowager Huayang and avoid being branded as a tyrant.

Cheng Jiao shook his head: "Brother Wang, this is a bit too much. Changping Jun committed such a serious crime, he must make amends to Qin. I suggest that we handle it in a low profile, let him continue to handle Qin's political affairs, and send someone to keep a close eye on him."

Ying Zheng frowned and said, "Why do you do this? Without Changping Jun, we still have Lu Buwei, and you."

Cheng Jiao glanced at the large golden scale, which still had hundreds of kilograms of bamboo slips, and was immediately frightened. Reviewing these things was no match for talking about love with beauties in the mansion, or having fun outing under the moonlight.

This made him more determined that his father-in-law could not die and must live a few more years.

"Brother Wang, Qin is determined to unify the seven kingdoms. How can we delay the unification because of Lord Changping? You know, it is not difficult to destroy the six kingdoms, but it is extremely difficult to manage the seven kingdoms."

Ying Zheng said slowly: "I know that since ancient times, it has been difficult to expand territory and protect the foundation. Since the Zhou Dynasty, there have been hundreds of vassal states, and some as powerful as Jin State have been defeated in the blink of an eye. You don't need to say more, I already know what you are going to say.

If Changping Jun is willing to admit his mistakes, I will give him a chance to live. But the price is that he will stay in Xianyang for the rest of his life and be imprisoned by me.

Also, his daughter Mi Lian was previously betrothed to you, so you can take her as your concubine."

Cheng Jiao was stunned for a moment. What a guy! He was asked to take Mi Lian as his concubine directly. Changping Jun would be so embarrassed.

Forget it, just think of it as something my father-in-law made himself.

He suddenly realized that Niang Rong was arranged by Lao Lu. She followed him abroad and achieved overtaking others. It was terrifying to think about it!

"That's fine. I'll take my leave and make arrangements for the next move."

Ying Zheng did not try to keep Cheng Jiao to talk by candlelight. He was somewhat upset about the possible rebellion of Changping Jun.

Fortunately, Cheng Jiao discovered it in advance. If the assassination happened three days later, he would be in a dilemma.

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(End of this chapter)