C30 (1/2)

The Grandmaster's Proclamation

Water division: 1/11/10, from 12 to 12/3, all at 31 minutes

Wei Zhe had already searched for many years, and only on this day did he receive two consecutive messages. The first piece of news was that the original emperor was assassinated in Bolan Sha. The other piece of news was news that Wei Liao had found the person he was looking for.

The relay stations were the core lifeline departments of the Empire, and they communicated with all the military and administrative news of the Empire. This was a rule set by Lee Si. This way, no matter where Wei Liao and Wei Zhe went, as long as they were in contact with each other, Lee Si would be able to control their movements and tracks.

Amongst the three of them, Lee Si had always been the smartest. Or it could be said that from this era onwards, in the past two thousand years, there had never been anyone smarter than Lee Si in China.

And Wei Liao had already found two successors. According to the agreement from back then, Wei Liao should have completely disappeared without a trace. But Wei Zhe's matter was not completed yet. However, Wei Zhe already knew that the person he was looking for had appeared.

Bolum.

Wei Zhe called over a thousand assassins (military officers of the Qin Army). After the thousand of people found out who Wei Zhe was, they immediately knelt in front of Wei Zhe, and told him in detail about the situation when the initial emperor was assassinated.

The thousand people told Wei Zhe that the corpse of the Hercules had already been sentenced to death, but the thousand people brought Wei Zhe to the execution grounds. Wei Zhe saw the weapon used by the Hercules to kill the initial emperor. It was a one hundred and twenty jin large iron body. When Wei Zhe saw it, he smiled.

Wei Zhe recognized the owner of this iron body — Cang Hai. He knew he had to find his successor. They immediately rushed to the same place.

Wei Zhe, Wei Liao, Lee Si. The founder of the Qin Empire.

Wei Zhe was the descendant of the Ghost Valley, and was proficient in the skills of Crossing Waves and Elder Huang.

Wei Liao was a descendant of the Yin Yang Arts, and at the same time, he was an expert in military strategies.

Lee Si, on the other hand, was a grandmaster of the law.

The things they learned all had a common origin, and that was Taoism.

During the pre-Qin period, the schools of law, Taoism, Zonghengjia, Confucianism, Mo, Zongheng, Famous, Farmers, Military, Medicine, Yin and Yang were prevalent. Each of them produced a number of grandmasters.

In the end, the Qin State of the Guardian Families unified the world, and thus the Guardian Families flourished. Lee Si, on the other hand, was a grandmaster of the Guardian Families. The Qin Empire's administrative system was completely planned and implemented by Lee Si. This was the county system that had lasted for two thousand years in China.

The military side was Grand Commandant Wei Liao, he was able to differentiate between Yin and Yang, had comprehended the essence of military strategy, and had even unified six nations with Qin State.

And there was still one more pillar stone, Wei Zhe, what he did was to advise the whole world. The combination of the two provided a strategy for governing the country and diplomacy. A rare strategist.

Before the Qin Empire fell, the three of them made a promise that they would protect the way the Law Family governed the country. Then, Wei Zhe and Wei Liao would leave one after the other. Lee Si continued to guard the center of the Empire's power.

Grand Xia was about to reach its demise. Everyone had seen how the Qin Empire was on the verge of destruction. They had to use their own methods to spread the law, thus, the three of them made different choices.

Wei Zhe and Cang Hai were old friends, so it was hard to know when exactly they had met. After all, their identities had always been complicated and confusing throughout their entire lives.

Cang Hai told Wei Zhe that the person who assassinated the original emperor in Bolan Sha was the descendant of Young Master Liang, who was also Zhang Liang. Cang Hai Jun had rejected Zhang Liang, telling Zhang Liang that it was far from enough for him to just kill the emperor of the Qin Empire. Furthermore, the emperor had countless capable people by his side, so he definitely could not succeed. However, in order to avenge his country, Zhang Liang had insisted on assassinating him. Therefore, Cang Hai, the ruler of the ocean, recommended his own hanger-on, a Hercules who could wield a weight of one hundred and twenty kilograms. Just as Cang Hai had expected, Zhang Liang's assassination failed.

Wei Zhe asked Zhang Liang where he was right now. Cang Hai immediately understood what Wei Zhe was thinking, ”You're looking for a successor?”

Wei Zhe nodded, her Qin State was dead for sure, and he needed someone to build a nation that could extend her Qin State. Now he needed someone to assist the next king. Even though he still didn't know who the real dragon genius was?

He told Wei Zhe that the person he was looking for should be none other than Zhang Liang, but Zhang Liang had now changed his name to Pingliang, hiding in the shadows.

Zhang Liang did not stay idle and continued to work together with the mysterious man, hoping that he could assassinate the original emperor once again. Amongst them, there was one called Uncle Xiang, a descendant of a Chu State noble who had been chased and hunted down by the officials, and escaped to Zhang Liang's home. Zhang Liang did not care about being wanted by the officials in the first place, and took out a large amount of money to bribe the local government. Let Xiang Zhuang escape. Young Master Liang's reputation was growing, and a group of followers were gathering around him.

Wei Zhe found Zhang Liang. Then, there was the familiar story of Zhang Liang taking him as master.

Things were generally good, but there were always more things that really happened than what was recorded in the annals of history. The first time Zhang Liang saw him, it was when he was walking beside the impotent water with his attendants. The old man also saw Zhang Liang, so he took off his shoes and threw them under the bridge. Zhang Liang saw the old man's actions and was confused, but he didn't expect the old man to point at Zhang Liang and arrogantly say, ”Brat, go down and pick up my shoes.”

Zhang Liang was confused. Although he was a noble that came from a lost nation and had always been chased around by the officials, the people around him had always respected him. No one had ever looked down on this woman-like heir of a noble family. Furthermore, when Zhang Liang was exterminated in Korea, his generation after generation gathered a considerable amount of wealth. Although Korea was gone, Zhang Liang was still able to maintain his position as a noble. Therefore, when this old man said these words to Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang was stunned. His only reaction was that this old man must be someone of great background.

Zhang Liang's judgement was not wrong, but if he knew the true origins of this old man, his reaction should have been to immediately turn around and escape. Wei Zhe was someone who could mobilize the local garrison forces without needing the Tiger Tally, and these people only had two Qin State, while the other one was Wei Liao.

Zhang Liang's instincts saved him. If he allowed his follower to run onto the bridge and beat up this mysterious person, then Wei Zhe would go find his next target, and Wei Zhe would notify the Qin Army to catch the assassin that tried to assassinate the initial emperor.

Zhang Liang stopped his attendants as he walked to the bottom of the bridge to pick up the old man's shoes. Then, he walked to the old man and respectfully handed the shoes over to him.

However, when he saw Zhang Liang suppress his anger and personally place the shoes in front of him, he understood in his heart that the person Canghai Sovereign had described to him was indeed extraordinary, and was a person with great courage.

Zhang Liang assassinating the original emperor on Bobang Sha proved his courage. And the greater courage one had was the greater courage when encountering humiliation, suppressing anger, and examining one's speed.

However, Wei Zhe wanted to continue probing. He lifted his leg, but his actions were unnecessary. He had already found the right person, and from the old man's expression and actions, Zhang Liang could tell what kind of power he had.

Wei Zhe was the founder of the Qin Empire, he had been in a high position for tens of years, and was the teacher of the original emperor, and had long gotten used to the position of being above tens of thousands of people. Although he was wearing brown clothes and had only said one sentence, it was enough for Zhang Liang.