Careerist in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 17
Farmhouse, main hall of Gonggongtang.

"Where have they been?"

A young man in blue clothes with a blue dagger tied to his waist stared at the cloth map on the wall, his tone frivolous.

The five-star pearl grass hanging on his chest revealed his extraordinary identity: Tian Zhong, the general manager of Gonggongtang.

Behind him, a low-level disciple knelt and lowered his head to report:
"We have arrived at Qingfeng Ridge!"

"Did that person show up?" Tian Zhong found the location of Qingfengling, his eyes were full of treachery, but his tone was slightly gentler.

"Not yet. There was a test conducted by Yan State, but it was solved by one of Xu Sheng's new subordinates."

"Hmph, Yan State wants to gain benefits but is unwilling to pay the price!" Tian Zhong turned around and walked past the kneeling disciple: "A group of more than a dozen thieves is how sincere they are in cooperating? How greedy!"

The disciple lowered his head. This moment was not his time to speak.

Tian Zhong looked up at the ceiling and wondered what he was thinking. After a long time, he turned his head and said, "Have we found our people yet?"

"Yes! The arrangements have been made according to your instructions!"

"Xu Sheng's strength is not bad. I don't know how well that person is recovering. Who took the order?"

"Net!"

"Oh~" Tian Zhong laughed:
"This time, teach this old guy Xu Qiu a lesson!"

Yan State, Yanchun Jun Mansion.

Having just finished a fierce battle between one dragon and two phoenixes, Lord Yan Chun looked a little tired, but he still diligently met with his subordinates who reported the news.

"Your Majesty, the target has entered Qi State, and our people have not been exposed yet!" Jueying in black has recently joined Lord Yan Chun. He urgently needs achievements to prove his ability.

"Has Tian Zhong taken action?"

Yan Chunjun yawned without caring about the majesty and asked aloud.

"Not yet. I haven't told them about our arrangements."

"Very well, let those mud-legged people kill each other! After the plan is launched, tell Tian Zhong that I don't want Xu Qiu to return to Jicheng."

"Yes!" Jueying paused, "The Xu family's father and son are no longer in the Yan country. Can the Xu family's liquor business be arranged to take over?"

"After confirming that Xu Qiu's son is dead, let the army go and seal it."

"Understood!" Jueying was about to leave when suddenly he was stopped by Yan Chunjun: "The prince, has there been any action recently?"

Kneeling down again, he combined the information reported by his subordinates and said cautiously: "Not yet. His Royal Highness has been dealing with the political affairs accumulated last year these days. It seems that he has calmly accepted the matter of preparing to go to Qin."

"Accept? Humph!" Yan Chunjun took the wine glass brought by the half-naked maid and shook it gently:

"My nephew has never been a law-abiding person! Go check and see what tricks he is up to!"

"Has Gonggongtang's caravan left Yan State?"

Yan Dan is practicing swordplay in the garden of his mansion. As the prince of a country, he must know everything.

"Yes," the most loyal Prince's Guard Chief replied with his fists clasped in his hands: "Some accidents happened in Huangsha Valley, but they got through it safely."

"That's good." After Yan Dan said this, he continued to concentrate on dancing the sword and said nothing.

The captain of the guard had a troubled face and did not back down for a long time.

"Is there anything else?" Yan Dan asked in a deep voice.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" The captain of the guard knelt down on one knee: "You will go to Qin with the envoy of Qin in a few days. Please bring your subordinates with you!"

"Ugh"

Yan Dan put away her sword and stopped dancing, walked up to the captain of the guard, raised her hand and patted his shoulder:

"Yanda, I know what you are thinking, but this time you enter Qin, you and the old people in your house must stay in Jicheng!"

"After I leave, you can continue to use my name to restrict Lord Yan Chun from doing whatever you want. Jicheng cannot be completely reduced to his one-word palace!"

"Your Highness! What about you?" The head guard's eyes turned red.

Yan Dan turned around and looked up at the gray sky:
"It's going to snow soon~"

"Although the Yan Kingdom is bitterly cold, compared to the violent Qin Dynasty, it is still a paradise with birds singing and the fragrance of flowers." "I will definitely come back to see the white snowflakes of the Yan Kingdom again!"

In the mountains and forests of Qingfengling, the Snare Killer built a simple camp here.

The leading killer-level masked man gathered the information he had and couldn't help but smile scornfully:
"Ever since Prince Dan of Yan entrusted Xu Sheng to bring that thing into Chu State, the Luqiuge caravan has been our target."

"I don't want Gonggongtang to send another commission. This time I can get two copies of the money!"

"There is also information from the spies in Lord Yanchun's house. Lord Yanchun is greedy for the Xu family's wealth and wants to get rid of this caravan~"

"This mission has a lot of points and is not very difficult. It is truly a God-given feat~"

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Lu Wei and Zhou Wen were called to the vanguard caravan by disciples sent by Xu Sheng.

As soon as the two arrived, the corpses of four farm disciples were neatly placed in the open space.

"How is this going?"

Zhou Wen squatted down and looked at the injuries on the body, his heart sank.

Lu Wei was not proficient in trace science. He could only tell that they were all stabbed into the heart by a long sword and killed with one blow.

"It's the disciple who patrolled last night and was found here this morning." Xu Sheng looked gloomy: "This is provoking us!"

"The wounds on the four people were from the same type of long sword, but judging from the way they held the sword, there were two killers."

"The technique was professional, and it was done by a group of professional killers!"

Zhou Wen gave his own judgment, and everyone present had their own thoughts.

"What is their purpose? By acting like this, don't you worry about alerting others?"

Lu Wei turned around to check his surroundings, said these words as if unintentionally, and then secretly observed the facial expressions of the other three people with the corner of his eye.

Xu Sheng was upset, Zhou Wen was thoughtful, and Sang Lin was expressionless.

There is no fuel-efficient lamp.
The matter ended up being settled, and after appeasing everyone's emotions, the caravan continued its journey.

In the following nights, the number of patrolling disciples doubled, and their four supervisors would also take turns to be on duty at night.

But despite such careful precautions, the second murder happened:

The corpses of four disciples were again neatly arranged, but this time they were discovered late at night. Everyone was holding torches and alerting everyone around them.

After looking at the corpse, Zhou Wen shook his head and concluded: "The time of death was about a quarter of an hour ago. The opponent's method was the same as last time, but they were two new killers!"

This means there are at least four enemies.

Xu Sheng's face turned completely dark. He had just inspected the discovery location half an hour ago. The target was himself!
"What do you say to the nearby farm branch for help?"

Sang Lin stood up: "The disciple who reported the news has not returned yet."

"Increase the number of people in a single patrol team to eight, and put a warning whistle on each person's chest!"

There were no new accidents that night.

However, in just the past three days, another patrol team was all killed, and the eight corpses were neatly laid out.
This time, before the four caravan directors arrived, a huge commotion broke out among the disciples. Everyone was very scared, and no one knew whether they would be the next target.

"Every action is like a spider weaving a web. Under the deliberately created atmosphere of terror, the enemy's goal is achieved."

Shanyu Konoha followed closely, and Lu Wei had banned the fourth younger brother from participating in the patrol since the first incident.

"Brother Lu, is the enemy very strong?" Lu Yu asked softly. The four of them had spent a long time with the low-level disciples, and they knew what the people below were thinking.

People's hearts began to wander very early, and the outbreak only occurred at one point.

"The fact that the enemy would use this method shows that they are not confident that they can kill all of us. Only launching assassinations at night shows that their individual force is not as strong as they can be."

Lu Wei clenched the fine iron sword in his hand:
"Of course, there is another possibility."

"The other side is just toying with us. When they get tired of it, they will kill us!"

(End of this chapter)