He unfolded the secret letters, glanced at their contents, and read through four or five more secret letters in succession.
"Could it be that Li Lin truly belongs to me? How come the news from Xianyang City all says that Li Lin has a rift with the Emperor of Qin? That's just too much!"
He was somewhat taken aback. After all, according to normal logic, it was impossible and absolutely impossible for Li Lin to leave Qin alive under the suspicion of the Qin emperor.
Who doesn't know how formidable Li Lin is?
Everyone knows he is a genius among talents, an eccentric genius among geniuses. The role and effect that such a person can play is truly enormous.
Even if we can't use him for our own purposes, we should still destroy him.
Several months ago.
Inside a tavern in Xianyang, a middle-aged man dressed in black sat in front of several young people, watching them write secret letters with an air of authority.
Behind him stood a row of guards holding sharp knives.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we have sent you this secret letter. Are you satisfied with it?"
"Hmm, let me see."
The middle-aged man took the letter, glanced at it, and immediately frowned. "This won't do! Something you wrote like this wouldn't fool even a three-year-old child in Qin, let alone the Xiongnu Chanyu. It's too stupid!"
"Ah? Your Majesty, we've already revised it thirty-seven times, and the letters we write back are usually much more casual!"
"idiot!"
The middle-aged man seemed unconcerned by their complaints, and sneered with a sidelong glance, "Are you complaining to me? Or are you saying that my suggestion for you to revise it is wrong?"
"Ah, Your Majesty, we had absolutely no such intention!"
"Your Majesty, we were the ones who were confused!"
"Hmph, remember this: you are Qin people, Qin spies, not Xiongnu spies, let alone traitors who betray their own people. Do you understand? I gave you a chance to live, so don't try to play any tricks on me."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we didn't do anything underhanded!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"Hmph, even now you're still playing dumb in front of me? Read the first word of the first sentence of each line together, what does it mean?"
"Ah? Your Majesty, you've discovered it?"
The young man in the lead was immediately covered in sweat, so frightened that he dared not look up at the middle-aged man.
"Kill them! You're no longer of any use!"
"promise!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, spare us! This was just him acting recklessly; it wasn't our intention!"
"Very well, I can forgive you all, but if you don't write this last letter properly, I will exterminate your entire clan, regardless of women, children, or the elderly!"
"Thank you for your mercy, Your Majesty!"
The boy was still in shock, having just thought he had escaped death.
Unexpectedly, before he could even sit down, he was dragged out by the guards next to the middle-aged man and beaten to death with sticks.
"Your Majesty, what if they write their capture report in a script you don't recognize among the Xiongnu...?"
"Meng Yi, you underestimate me. Let me tell you the truth, I am a very studious person! Not to mention the Xiongnu script, I can even recognize chemical symbols now. Meng Yi, times have changed, you need to study more!"
"Huh? What are chemical symbols?"
Meng Yi was completely baffled, having no idea what chemistry was.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
