To the First Emperor of Qin: The state has decreed this!

Chapter 152 The Road is Hard! Four Crises Arise!

Meng Tian gripped the heavy secret edict tightly, feeling as if his blood was burning.

He kowtowed deeply, his voice echoing throughout the palace.

"Your subject, Meng Tian, ​​obeys the decree!!"

"On this journey, if even one person dares to obstruct the Immortal Master's path!"

"I will certainly bring his head back to Your Majesty!!"

……

Outside the palace gates.

On the stone-paved road beside the imperial road.

Two official sedan chairs stood one in front of the other, and there was complete silence inside.

Wu Liang, the Secretary of the Imperial Household Department, and Luo Lang, the Minister of Ceremonies, remained silent after leaving the court.

Only after they were seated in the sedan chair did the forced composure on their faces disappear!

Instead of returning to their own residences, they all headed towards Wu Liang's mansion.

Upon returning to the Wu residence.

After dismissing all the servants, Wu Liang could no longer suppress his emotions.

"Bang--!"

He swept a bronze cauldron off the shelf and it fell to the ground with a dull thud, deforming itself upon impact.

"Useless! Feng Jing is a good-for-nothing who's more trouble than he's worth!!"

Wu Liang was so angry that he trembled all over, and a flush rose on his pale face after his illness.

He pointed in the direction of Shangdang County and cursed:

"In my letter, I repeatedly warned him to be careful of Zhang Fan!"

"This boy's methods are extraordinary!"

"But he's completely unresponsive!"

"Not only did we fail to eliminate Zhang Fan, but we also gave them leverage that could wipe out our entire clan!"

"Is he a pig?"

At this moment, Roland had lost the composure he displayed in the court.

He paced back and forth in the hall, sweat beading on his forehead.

"Brother Wu, it's pointless to say all this now!"

"The key is His Majesty's side!"

Laurent's voice trembled slightly.

"This Shantongtang business... although it belongs to your Wu family, my Luo family is also involved!"

"If His Majesty really investigates thoroughly, neither our families will escape punishment!"

Wu Liang stopped cursing.

Of course he knows that!

The Charity Hall was one of their tools for making money, and the kidnapping of children may have been Feng Jing's own doing!

However, using the name of a charity to amass wealth was a business they shared.

Once investigated further!

It will implicate many people and have serious consequences.

Wu Liang, panting heavily, paced around the hall a few times, trying to calm his chaotic mind.

After a long while, he stopped, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.

"We can't let him come back."

Wu Liang's voice became low.

Laurent was taken aback: "Brother Wu, what do you mean?"

"What else could it mean?"

Wu Liang turned his head and stared at him.

"We cannot let Zhang Fan return to Xianyang alive!"

"When the officials from the Court of Justice arrived in Shangdang, they could only take away prisoners like Feng Jing!"

"As for Zhang Fan, this 'witness'!"

"And those children, they must disappear!"

"What?"

Laurent was surprised.

"Brother Wu, have you gone mad?"

"That's His Majesty's decree, summoning him back to the capital!"

"Sending men to kill him is blatant defiance of imperial orders!"

"This is a heinous crime of treason!"

"Treason?" Wu Liang sneered.

"Brother Luo, haven't you figured it out yet?"

"When Zhang Fan stands atop the Qilin Hall, we will have committed treason!"

"At that time, no evidence will be needed; His Majesty's high regard for that boy will suffice!"

"Our two families, and everyone behind us, must die!"

He moved closer to Laurent, lowering his voice even further.

"I have a feeling, Brother Luo!"

"I have a strong feeling!"

Wu Liang's eyes were bloodshot. "We can't let Zhang Fan come back! If he comes back, we'll really be... finished!"

Looking into Wu Liang's eyes, Luo Lang's hesitation began to waver.

Wu Liang is right.

Rather than sitting and waiting to die, it's better to take a risk and give it a try!

If it's successful, then there will be no way to prove it when the person dies.

Even if we lose, it's not a big deal to use family pressure!

Laurent's expression changed several times!

Finally, he slowly nodded.

Upon seeing Luo Lang's agreement, the ruthlessness in Wu Liang's eyes transformed into decisiveness.

He walked to one side of the hall, faced a shadowy spot, and clapped his hands three times.

"Slap! Slap! Slap!"

A dark figure appeared silently behind him and knelt on one knee.

His entire body was shrouded in a black robe, with only a pair of emotionless eyes visible.

"Owner."

"Take your men and go to Shangdang County."

Wu Liang's voice was icy. "There will be a convoy traveling from Shangdang back to Xianyang on the road."

"Your task is to bring the Immortal Master Zhang Fan, along with all the relevant witnesses he brought with him..."

He paused, then uttered two words.

"disappear!"

The dark figure did not hesitate or waste words, but simply kowtowed:

"Here you are."

Then, the shadowy figure disappeared back into the shadows, as if it had never been there.

Silence returned to the hall.

Wu Liang and Luo Lang exchanged a glance, both seeing the same determination to take the risk in each other's eyes.

……

Shangdang County.

After the officials from the Court of Justice arrived and completed the handover of documents with the Prefectural Governor's Office,

A convoy, escorted by hundreds of county soldiers, drove away from Changzi County!

They embarked on the official road back to Xianyang.

Zhang Fan was at the center of the convoy, with the Luo sisters, Luo Ying and Luo Li, also following as witnesses, ostensibly to serve Zhang Fan in gratitude for saving their lives.

Inside the prison van were Han Zhen, Wei Sheng, and a group of other criminals!

The journey went very smoothly!

Upon seeing the procession of the county soldiers escorting the emperor and the emperor's seals and documents at the checkpoints along the way, they immediately allowed passage without any delay.

At this rate, we will arrive in Xianyang in two more days.

Until it got dark.

The convoy arrived at a mountainous and forested area!

The leading sergeant decided to set up camp and rest, and continue their journey at daybreak.

The soldiers lit a campfire to cook, and the noise from the camp temporarily relieved their fatigue from the journey.

Zhang Fan was sitting in the carriage, resting with his eyes closed, when he suddenly felt a vibration in his arms.

He calmly took out his phone, and the screen displayed an encrypted call.

It is Chief Zhu Feng.

He answered immediately and asked respectfully:

"Sir, what are your instructions?"

On the other end of the phone, Zhu Feng's serious and urgent voice came through:

"The situation is bad, Comrade Zhang Fan!"

"Just now, our historical database completed a calibration..."

"Your death record remains unchanged!"

Zhang Fan's expression froze.

"What do you mean?"

"I have already brought down Feng Jing, obtained the evidence, and am returning to Xianyang as planned."

"That's the problem!"

Zhu Feng's voice was anxious.

"Logically, you've avoided a known dead end, and the course of history should have changed!"

"But it didn't! This means we've overlooked a deadly threat!"

Zhu Feng continued his rapid analysis:

"Based on model calculations, there are several current threat factors!"

"First, the remaining forces in Shangdang County might retaliate!"

"Secondly, this matter involves powerful figures in Xianyang; they won't sit idly by and wait to be destroyed!"

"Third, and this is another high-risk factor we just analyzed—Feng Jing himself!"

"Feng Jing? Didn't he already commit suicide?" Zhang Fan asked, puzzled.

"Yes! But he might have a backup plan!"

Zhu Feng's tone became very serious.

"Our profiling experts, during the post-mortem analysis, specifically analyzed Feng Jing's micro-expressions before he committed suicide!"

"But in his dying eyes, besides despair, there was also a kind of exhilarating excitement at dying together with others!"

"Feng Jing is a cunning and shrewd man who rose from the bottom to become a prefectural magistrate! He should not be underestimated!"

Experts believe he likely had a backup plan and prepared retaliatory measures!