"Your Majesty! Lao Ai... Lao Ai has already broken in! Your Majesty, you must hide!"
The eunuch beside Ying Zheng scrambled to his feet, trying to persuade him to escape Xianyang Palace first.
"Absurd! This is my Qin state, my royal palace. You think you can make me run away? Lao Ai doesn't have that kind of power!"
Jian Chen appeared behind Ying Zheng at this moment, looking completely calm.
"Let's go, come with me to meet Lao Ai!" Ying Zheng said and walked outside.
Jian Chen followed beside him, a smile playing on his lips.
Outside Xianyang Palace, three thousand of Lao Ai's retainers had gathered. They were all dressed in white armor and held long spears, completely surrounding the palace.
Ying Zheng and Jian Chen stood on the high platform of Xianyang Palace, looking down at the densely packed retainers below.
Lao Ai stood at the head of the group, raised his head, and held up his long sword, shouting angrily at Ying Zheng: "Zheng'er, surrender now, and I might spare your life!"
Ying Zheng stood on the high platform, looking down at Lao Ai, his eyes gradually turning cold.
Since he became King of Qin, only Zhao Ji dared to call him Zheng'er; even Lü Buwei didn't dare.
"Lao Ai, you have committed treason and usurped the throne, which is utterly rebellious. Now you even dare to call me by my name. Your crimes are unforgivable!"
Ying Zheng's voice was loud and clear, echoing throughout the entire Xianyang Palace, making everyone's eardrums buzz.
"fart!"
No sooner had Ying Zheng finished speaking than a furious roar came from below. The retainers below were immediately enraged, and one of them, unable to bear Ying Zheng's verbal attacks, cursed loudly.
“Ying Zheng, you are the illegitimate son of the Empress Dowager and Lü Buwei, your bloodline is impure, you are not worthy to be the King of Qin!” another retainer roared.
Upon hearing this, a cold glint flashed across Ying Zheng's face, and his eyes blazed with murderous intent.
"Insolence! I am chosen by Heaven, how dare you interfere!"
At this moment, Lao Ai stopped pretending and laughed loudly, saying, "Ying Zheng, now my three thousand retainers have already stormed in, and Cheng Jiao's fifty thousand troops are watching us like tigers eyeing the outside. You have no way out!"
Ying Zheng remained calm and composed, simply saying, "Do you think you've won?"
"Otherwise what? All the guards in Xianyang Palace add up to no more than a thousand men. Do you think you can stop my three thousand retainers?"
Seeing Lao Ai's despicable face, Ying Zheng really had no desire to argue with him any further.
He waved his hand, and in the next second, hundreds of soldiers appeared on the surrounding buildings. They drew their bows and aimed their arrows at Lao Ai's three thousand retainers.
The leader was a spirited young general who looked quite young, but his brows revealed a resolute and heroic air.
This person was none other than Meng Tian!
Lao Ai's heart skipped a beat. The roof beams around him were filled with soldiers. Although their numbers were small, if a barrage of arrows were fired, they would likely suffer heavy casualties.
"Ying Zheng, how...how could you have made arrangements in advance?"
What terrified Lao Ai even more were these soldiers; they were clearly pre-arranged!
In other words, Ying Zheng knew everything he did.
Ying Zheng snorted coldly and said, "Lao Ai, I'll give you a chance. Put down your weapons, and I'll spare your lives!"
Lao Ai fell silent. It now seemed that Ying Zheng had made arrangements all along, and he had miscalculated!
"My lord, don't listen to him! They're just a few hundred archers, we're not afraid! As long as we kill Ying Zheng, we'll succeed!"
His subordinate's words rekindled hope in Lao Ai's heart.
Yes, as long as they kill Ying Zheng, they will have succeeded. He was influenced by Ying Zheng's words just now.
Even if you knew beforehand, so what? A few hundred archers, what's that?
"Enough with the nonsense, kill them! Kill Ying Zheng!"
In an instant, three thousand retainers rushed toward Ying Zheng.
Standing atop the roof beam, Meng Tian waved his hand and roared, "Release the arrows!"
Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~
In an instant, countless arrows flew through the air, tearing through the void and shooting down like a tidal wave.
Puff~ Puff~ Puff~
The arrows were incredibly fast, piercing through the bodies of dozens of people in the blink of an eye, causing them to fall to the ground.
"Protect our lord!"
"The rest of you, follow me and kill them!"
The leader of the group of warriors led dozens of others to attack Ying Zheng.
They were all warriors carefully selected by Lao Ai, highly skilled in martial arts and by no means ordinary people. They soon approached Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng didn't even blink as he watched the warriors rushing towards him.
Jian Chen took a step forward, and his short sword instantly flew out of its sheath, stabbing towards the warrior who was charging at the forefront.
*Sizzle!*
The short sword easily tore through the warrior's chest, drawing a crimson blossom of blood.
"ah!"
The martial artist looked up and shouted, his eyes bulging, unable to believe the result.
The other warriors all changed their expressions drastically, stopped in their tracks, and dared not approach Ying Zheng.
Jian Chen sheathed his short sword, his face indifferent. He slowly turned around and looked at the martial artists.
His eyes seemed to contain an abyss, making it impossible for anyone to look directly at him.
Those martial artists felt as if their souls were being sucked in, their faces showing fear as they quickly looked away, not daring to meet Jian Chen's gaze.
"Could this person be a minor grandmaster?" Lao Ai exclaimed in surprise.
The martial artist Lao Ai was known to everyone; he possessed the strength of a ninth-level martial artist, yet he was killed in a single move by the guards beside Ying Zheng.
Jian Chen took a step forward, his figure as fast as lightning, and in an instant he arrived in front of a martial artist, casually slashing his sword across the martial artist's neck.
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