Chapter 72 The Charlatan National Preceptor Was Captured by the Dark-Faced Tyrant (30)

Qin Zheng had already figured out what Xie Weiyan was up to when he showed her his "sincerity".

I thought that Prince Ning, who had left the country, was just a sickly man destined to die young, but now it seems... he is quite ambitious.

Perhaps even his claim of being "weak and sickly" was an act.

But... is he really that arrogant?

Then again, which eye of his saw that he had those kinds of feelings for Yu Sheng?

Is he courting death by trying to steal someone from Xie Hanzhou?

Although he had indeed intended to poach someone else's partner before, he abandoned that idea the moment he accidentally discovered the relationship between Yu Sheng and Xie Hanzhou.

She's already preparing to become the empress of the Li Kingdom. No matter how much he offers, she's not going to run off to his neighboring country to become the national advisor!

And he was just valuing talent! Valuing talent!

What did Xie Weiyan mean by that?!

Furthermore, while he claimed he would help me seize the throne, in reality, I was the one paving the way for him.

He talked about cooperating with me, but he didn't contribute anything at all. He just waited until I finished everything and his good father and Xie Hanzhou fought to the death before he could take advantage of the situation.

He might even be harboring the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to annex neighboring countries.

Qin Zheng just felt something was strange.

This plan seems ingenious and clever, so why did Xie Weiyan say it out loud?

Anyone with a brain can see the flaws in it.

What is he trying to achieve this for?

Qin Zheng couldn't understand. What he didn't know was that Xie Weiyan hadn't thought that far ahead. He simply wanted Qin Zheng to cooperate with him so he could help him rise to power.

It seems I'll need to investigate Xie Weiyan when I get back.

Unexpectedly, in Qin Zheng's eyes, he became a mentally ill person who was sometimes deep in thought and sometimes like an idiot.

"I think His Highness Prince Ning has come to the wrong place and has come to the wrong person."

"Although I desire that position, I am not in a hurry. After all, my position as crown prince is a foregone conclusion, and no one can shake it."

"I can ascend the throne smoothly once my father passes away, so I don't need any allies."

We need an ally like you even less.

Qin Zheng was telling the truth. Although his father had many concubines, the Crown Prince only recognized him.

This was not only because his mother was the Empress and his maternal clan was extremely powerful, but also because he was considered half a disciple of the Imperial Advisor Bai Jinghan.

The imperial advisor also thought highly of him.

As long as his father lives, he can only be the crown prince.

According to the divination of the imperial advisor, his father could live to be eighty years old if no external factors interfered.

In other words, he will have to remain the crown prince for several more decades.

So he came, to the country to find allies.

All this was so that his father could go down to meet his ancestors sooner.

Xie Weiyan looked at him in disbelief. "How could that be? Your Highness, I came with the utmost sincerity. Won't you reconsider?"

Qin Zheng shook her head and made a "please" gesture.

The carriage slowly came to a stop, right outside the Prince Ning's residence.

Xie Weiyan could barely contain her anger. Before leaving, she uttered a harsh threat: "Your Highness, you'd better watch yourself!"

Qin Zheng was completely confused by what he said.

Why does he look like he can't do without his "help"?

Qin Zheng cracked.

What kind of freak is this?

Perhaps... he's a fool pretending to be cunning?

Qingyi and Ziyu quickly entered the carriage, sat down, and covered their mouths with their hands, chuckling softly, "How did Your Highness's talk with this Prince Ning go?"

Qin Zheng: "He's completely inexplicable!"

He turned to the coachman and said, "Go to the Assassin's Pavilion. I need to check all of Xie Weiyan's information."

Yu Sheng and 888, who were secretly watching, were speechless.

It's no wonder Qin Zheng found Xie Weiyan strange. After all, with Xie Weiyan's brain, at most she could use some clever tricks, the kind that are obvious at a glance.

Qin Zheng brazenly stopped the carriage at the entrance of the Assassin's Pavilion.

Once inside, he waved his hand dismissively and demanded to buy Xie Weiyan's information, leaving the people in charge of selling information dumbfounded.

Fan Mai asked again, "Are you sure you want all the information about Prince Ning, Xie Weiyan?"

"What? Can't your Assassin's Guild do that?" Qin Zheng asked, raising an eyebrow.

Fan Mai quickly waved his hand, "That's not it..."

Who would be so bored as to spend a fortune to buy Xie Weiyan's information?

"If I may ask, what do you want from Xie Weiyan's intelligence...?"

"Let's see what kind of person he is."

Fan Mai fell silent.

If you're using "goods" to describe it, what good stuff could it be?

But we've finally found a sucker, so as long as we can make money, who cares!

Fan Mai muttered to himself, then sent someone to bring up all the information related to Xie Weiyan.

The intelligence report was a full ten centimeters thick.

Qin Zheng stared in shock at the huge stack of intelligence, finally summing it up in one sentence: "It still has to be your Assassin's Guild!"

A quick flip through it reveals details down to every little thing.

As the three were leaving, Fan Mai quickly called them back, "Well, it seems that this is the first time you three have been here. With such a generous gesture, how about I give you another piece of information?"

"What?" Qin Zheng became interested.

Then Fan Mai whispered, "Everyone knows that Prince Ning, Xie Weiyan, is no good!"

Qin Zheng felt as if a thunderbolt had just struck her.

So he spent a lot of money to buy this well-known news?

No, absolutely not!

Qin Zheng was possessed by a stubborn spirit; he refused to believe it. As a result, after returning to the post station, he and Qingyi Ziyu examined the documents for a long time and finally concluded that "Xie Weiyan is a fool."

Qin Zheng: "..."

Damn, the money was wasted.

Fan Mai: This money is really easy to make.

"Damn it, what makes Xie Weiyan, that idiot, so confident? He acts like I can't live without him. What's with this powerless, stupid prince acting so arrogant?"

"He's not only stupid, but he also pretends to be incredibly intelligent. Is he alright?!"

"My purse..."

Qin Zheng sighed and cursed Xie Weiyan for a full hour without stopping.

Qingyi and Ziyu exchanged a glance and shook their heads.

Prince Ning almost fooled them both, but it turned out he was just a simple-minded fool.

It also cost His Highness tens of thousands of taels of gold.

"Your Highness, what should we do next?" the two asked in unison.

After calming her resentment, Qin Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "Let's talk about it after I discuss it with Xie Hanzhou tomorrow."

"I suppose he won't refuse my help."

"After all, we help each other. Although Xie Hanzhou is known as a tyrant, I investigated before I came. Those he killed were all corrupt officials who preyed on the people. Even if he had the ability to protect Princess Yunluo..."

"But my father is no pushover. Based on my understanding of him, he will most likely send troops."

"Although Xie Hanzhou is not afraid of the neighboring country's army, he does not want to see the people suffer if the two countries break out into war because of this. Therefore, he will cooperate with me."