Chapter 80: The shock in Xianyang

Xianyang City, the capital of the Qin Empire!

The best place for the emperor!

Not only is there the royal palace of the current Great Qin Empire here, but also almost all the top nobles of the entire Great Qin Empire live here.

Therefore, the guards and military strength here are the best in the entire Qin Dynasty.

At the city gate, such a fierce fight and struggle broke out in public, and the matter involved the prince of the Qin Dynasty's regent.

This incident just happened and it was exposed.

Wang Jian, who was in the palace, looked at the servants who came hurriedly to report the news, and his usual silence and gentleness were gone.

With his eyes wide open and his hair and beard standing upright, he truly showed the bearing of a top general of the Qin Dynasty.

"Can you tell me again?"

"Young Master Yuan was assassinated? Wang Li was right beside him?"

The servant who came to report the news looked like a servant, but in fact, you could tell it was him from his empty sleeves and the long scar on his face.

This man was most likely a personal guard of the Wang family, who had experienced life and death battles on the battlefield.

Only a person like this could remain calm in the face of Wang Jian, the great general of the Qin Dynasty and the god of war who had killed countless enemies.

"Reporting to the commander, according to the seventh elder who brought the news, Master Li is leading his team back to the city, and Master Yuan is coming out of the city to greet them."

"As soon as he entered the city, countless girls lined the streets to welcome him. The assassin took this opportunity to hide among them and then launched the attack."

"Fortunately, the Black Dragon Guards around Master Li have all seen blood, and they are fully equipped with armor and weapons, so nothing went wrong."

"It's just that the bandit leader was captured by Long Qie, the guard beside Gongzi Yuan!"

"As for what to do next, Old Seven was in a hurry to report the news and didn't have time!"

Wang Jian listened silently, but the more he listened, the tighter he clenched his fists.

In the end, he even punched the table with a bang.

"How brave!"

"You leaked the whereabouts of the Prince Regent in advance, and then used my Wang family as a stepping stone!"

"This is really shameless!"

Wang Ben, who was standing aside, had already raised his fist.

Seeing his father's indignant and angry look, he could only withdraw his hand in disappointment.

At this moment, he was not too worried about his son.

After all, how big a thing could happen in Xianyang City?

They are just a few assassins. Can they break through the siege of the Black Dragon Guards?

He just had an idea at the moment.

My father always said that I was a reckless and foolish man, but now that I look at it carefully, it is purely inherited from me.

After Wang Jian got angry, he took a deep breath and then closed his eyes silently.

After a moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Wang Ben.

"You are also responsible for guarding Xianyang!"

"Regarding today's incident, no matter whether Feng Quji was causing trouble or making trouble, you cannot escape the blame as there were assassins or a large number of assassins who appeared on the streets of Xianyang."

"You should hurry out now. First, you should find out the details of those assassins. Second, you should take this opportunity to cause some trouble in Xianyang City."

Having said that, Wang Jian punched the table again.

"I, Wang Jian, may be old, but I am not dead yet!"

"They don't care about the reputation of the Wang family and use it as a stepping stone. Then you go and tell them with your swords what our Wang family relies on to pass on its legacy!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Ben nodded silently. The silly smile on his face no longer remained. Instead, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, revealing a hint of ferocity.

The Wang family is a family of military merit in the Qin Dynasty. Both father and son were marquises and killed countless enemies and destroyed countless countries.

They are usually silent, not because they don't have the ability, but just because they want to avoid suspicion.

Now that someone is actually trying to use Wang Li and the Wang family's reputation as a stepping stone, don't blame the Wang family for showing off.

As for whether Wang Li was plotted against or implicated unjustly, it was no longer important to the Wang family.

……

At the same time, in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Si was also thinking about this matter with a smile on his face and talking to himself.

"Is the Wang family implicated or deliberately plotted against?"

"Well, he must have been involved!"

"If this is a conspiracy, then it involves Gongzi Yuan as well."

"The key is that this is an assassination!"

"Although our Prime Minister Feng is a little dim-sighted and a little greedy, he doesn't have the guts to do that!"

At this point, the smile on Li Si's face brightened a little.

"It's just that this matter is hard to explain, Prime Minister Feng!"

"You were the one who leaked Gongzi Yuan's whereabouts, and then the assassination happened..."

"Tsk tsk, what on earth do you want? Why are you so unlucky, hahahaha"

……

"What does this old man want?"

"If it weren't for you idiots, why would I do this?"

In the Left Prime Minister's mansion, facing the questioning of his "ally", Feng Quji not only did not lower his head and show fear, but was filled with resentment.

He looked at the people in front of him who had hurried over to "question" him and scolded them harshly.

"Who was the supplementary list I submitted for?"

"Aren't you just idiots?!"

"I am now the Prime Minister, the head of all officials who cannot be promoted any higher. What else can I do?"

"If you weren't coveting those official positions, why would I confront Master Yuan head-on?"

"If the stalemate with Young Master Yuan had not reached this point, why would I resort to such cruel means?"

Feng Quji glanced around, looked at the expression on the other person's face, and sneered.

"how?"

"When you were eating meat, you thought about me helping you, but now that I'm taking the knife for you, you want to kick me when I'm down?"

"Do you really think I have known you idiots for all these years?"

"Do you really think that my experience in the officialdom over the years is fake?"

"Humph, you just made a mistake due to your carelessness, and you're still thinking of cutting off my flesh!"

"I'm telling you straight out, this is all left over from my past!"

"Fuck off!"

The extremely arrogant and unruly speech directly drove the person out of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

But after driving the others away, Feng Quji, who was alone, finally couldn't hold it in anymore and spat fiercely.

"Damn it, I miscalculated!"

That's right!

It was Feng Quji who leaked Ying Yuan's whereabouts today and deliberately spread the news that Ying Yuan adjourned the court today just to go out of the city to welcome a few minor officials.

He just wanted to take this opportunity to confirm the news and then use it as an excuse to impeach him in the court.

Once the noise in the court becomes loud enough, he can use this impeachment to exchange for the approval of the previous list.

Even just a part?!

That's better than having to go through the imperial examination to recruit new officials in the future.

There are more and more people in the aristocratic circle, but the official positions in the Qin Dynasty are limited.

If this imperial examination system is really implemented, won’t the nobles not even be able to get a position in the future?
Can this be tolerated?
(End of this chapter)