bookandnovel Chapter 167 True Dragon Emperor
Chapter 167 True Dragon Emperor
King Yingzheng of Qin was assassinated and fell into a coma, which shocked the world.
Of course, this is what the outside world knows.
The fact is that with the full treatment of all the miraculous doctors and the help of many heavenly and earthly treasures, Ying Zheng is now awake and in good health.
The main reason is actually that although he was injured, he was not unconscious yet.
In the end, he fainted entirely because Chen Ming was driving too fast and he got carsick...
The King of Qin was assassinated. Regardless of whether something happened in the end, the entire Qin State would naturally go crazy and try to find the murderer.
However, the bodies of the three assassins were covered in cold white flames that could not be extinguished. In the end, they could only watch as they turned into ash and died without evidence.
Three days after Ying Zheng was assassinated, he had basically recovered.
At this time, there were many people standing or sitting in front of his bed who came to see him, such as Queen Mother Zhao Ji, Prime Minister Lu Buwei, and military ministers.
After listening to Ying Zheng's story, a minister couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the situation was so critical at that time, how did you escape?"
Ying Zheng glanced at Chen Ming imperceptibly, and when he saw his snake head nodding slightly, he said: "It was the snake demon I raised who led me to escape from the siege."
When everyone heard this, their expressions were quite shocked, and they looked at the black snake lying in the corner in disbelief.
However, no matter how they probed, they could only find that this was a snake demon with a lot of cultivation, but it was definitely not capable of leading people to escape from the top assassins.
What's more, the entire Qin Palace was frightened by the dragon's power that night, making it even more impossible for a black snake demon to do it.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Ying Zheng said leisurely: "You don't believe it? Anyway, I fed it a lot of spiritual treasures, so what if I use it temporarily?"
Naturally, all the ministers said "faith" repeatedly, but their expressions were different.
One person asked: "The real dragon..."
Ying Zheng looked relaxed and said: "I don't know where the real dragon came from. Is it a sign that Gu is the real dragon emperor?"
All the ministers congratulated him one after another.
Lu Buwei's face was calm, but his heart was shaken the most.
He has sent people to the Demon Control Sect repeatedly to confirm that this black snake was indeed just caught casually by the sect's deacon when he went to Lianxingqunling.
With this snake's qualifications, neither the real dragon that mysteriously appeared and disappeared, nor the mysterious man who rescued King Qin could be it.
Cleverness leads to cleverness. When Ying Zheng told him the answer, he didn't believe it at all.
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. I want to ask you, have you found out the origin of the assassin?"
With Ying Zheng's words, the originally relaxed atmosphere suddenly became tense.
A minister said: "Back to your Majesty, those assassins did not know what method they used to burn themselves into ashes..."
"Does that mean nothing was found?"
The minister wiped the sweat from his forehead and was about to say more.
But Ying Zheng closed his eyes, snorted softly, and said with a half-smile, "That's okay. It's within Gu's expectation."
He murmured to himself: "After all, it is natural that the Qin Palace, which is known as a dragnet, can be visited by three assassins in a grand manner. They can't find anything else."
What he said meant something, as if he was saying that someone should be harmonious inside and outside.
A minister who was single-handedly promoted by Lu Buwei said: "Your Majesty, in recent years, our country, Qin, has been prosperous, while other countries have declined, especially Wei, which has been under the greatest pressure."
"I thought it was Wei who had been looking for an assassin for a long time, rather than someone in the palace betraying him..."
Before he finished speaking, Ying Zheng glanced at him coldly: "You said there is a traitor and a sycophant?"
The minister and Ying Zheng looked at each other and immediately lowered their heads.
Realizing that he was still staring at him, the minister couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and finally fell to his knees: "My, my minister..."
Seeing this, everyone was slightly startled, and then realized that after this assassination, the gentle and cautious king in the past seemed to be different.
After a while, Lu Buwei helped the minister up and said lightly: "The king has not punished Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen, there is no need to be nervous."
Ying Zheng gave some instructions with a stern look on his face, and then talked to himself a little tired.
Everyone knew what was going on and left one after another.
Zhao Ji stayed and talked to Ying Zheng, asking him to take good care of his health, and then left.
Ying Zheng, who was sitting on the bed with his eyes closed, confirmed that they had left. He immediately got out of bed with some excitement and trotted to Black Snake:
"Xiao Hei, how did I perform just now? Am I powerful enough?"
Seeing Black Snake nodding, he immediately smiled proudly.
Then he added: "Just like you asked, no matter where these assassins come from, since the sycophant Lu Buwei seems to be rebelling now, then if I say he caused it, then he did it!"
Under his deliberate guidance, and because Lu Buwei was like this, the palace suddenly became full of speculation.
A few days later, Ying Zheng completely recovered.
In the court, the young and vigorous king did not show too much anger at the fact that he was assassinated and the investigation was fruitless.
He just said coldly: "This matter is not over yet. Other countries must give me, Da Qin, an explanation."
Then he ordered his ministers to put pressure on all countries.
Ying Zheng then added: "The fact that Gu Yu was assassinated in the palace probably shows that some people are not suitable to sit in their positions."
Subsequently, as long as they were ministers who could be connected with this matter and were related to Lu Buwei, those who should be imprisoned were imprisoned, and those who should be dispatched to the frontier were dispatched.
He pulled down nearly ten people in a row, and then replaced them all with ministers who he had observed over the years, were capable but suppressed, and did not belong to various factions.
The King of Qin was assassinated and punished each of his ministers, which was justified and Lu Buwei could not stop him.
After all, the word "King of Qin" still belongs to Ying Zheng, and the young master is also the master.
King Qin, who had always been like a puppet in the court, only waiting for Lu Xiangguo and Queen Zhao to make a decision and nod their approval, finally showed his edge today.
Seeing that Ying Zheng still wanted to continue, Lu Buwei coughed lightly: "If we talk about this matter, the biggest responsibility lies with me. I beg for my bones."
"Begging for bones" means asking for resignation and asking for the bones to be buried in one's hometown.
It is naturally impossible for Lu Buwei to remove himself from his post. To put it bluntly, this sentence is to retreat in order to advance, indicating that Ying Zheng should stop.
Ying Zheng wished that Lu Buwei would die quickly, but he also knew that if he dared to depose Lu Buwei at this time, chaos would immediately follow.
Then he said with a smile: "Why did Father Zhong say this? Our Da Qin can be as powerful as it is today because of its reliance on Father Zhong."
As soon as these words came out, Lu Buwei's mouth twitched and he didn't even dare to say anything.
Back at the house, Lu Buwei lightly pressed the desk, and a black shadow appeared on the wall. It was the same figure that appeared from an assassin on the day he assassinated King Qin.
Lu Buwei frowned and asked: "Sir, did you really not see clearly the figure who rescued the king that day? A few days ago, the king said that the black snake he raised rescued him."
Shadow pondered and said hoarsely: "It was too fast and too vague, but King Qin was taken away by a figure with long claws, and it should not be the black snake."
"Claw...dragon?"
Thinking of what Ying Zheng said casually at that time, Lu Buwei couldn't help but be startled: "Could it be that he really is... the True Dragon Emperor?"