The Great Qin Departs

Grand Sui Heavenly Dynasty. Kong Lietian's study.

"Say that again!" Kong Lietian glared at Se Kong.

"Your Majesty, Ying has made his move—and a vicious one at that. Every academy throughout Great Qin was uprooted overnight! All the academy scholars were buried alive, and all the Confucian classics were burned!" Se Kong said.

"How outrageous! That outrageous Great Qin, that outrageous Ying!" Kong Lietian's face was filled with fury.

"Speaking of which, this slaughter went far beyond that!" Forget Dust narrowed his eyes from the side.

"What else?"

"Your Majesty's academies had deep ties with the officials and gentry of every city. Your Majesty, have you noticed what blade Ying used to kill those academy scholars?" Forget Dust said gravely.

"A blade? Those very officials and gentry. Ying ordered them to kill the academy scholars!" Se Kong's expression changed.

"Exactly. This blade slaughtered the academy scholars. Once Ying leaves this realm and Great Qin's territory becomes ownerless, when Great Zheng and Grand Sui contend for the Central Plains, which side will those gentry and officials turn to?" Forget Dust said tactfully.

Yet those tactful words stabbed deeply into everyone's hearts.

"Ying still had to scheme against us on his way out, pushing all the cities toward Great Zheng?" A bone-chilling edge entered Kong Lietian's voice.

"Burn Books and Bury Scholars. Great Qin now has Ying ruling with an iron hand. Great Zheng is growing stronger step by step." Forget Dust nodded.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, a calling card from Great Qin has arrived!" A loud cry suddenly came from outside the study.

"A calling card from Great Qin?" Everyone was slightly stunned.

"Let him in!" Kong Lietian said with a dark expression.

Soon, an eunuch entered carrying a card.

"Where is the person who delivered it?" Kong Lietian asked heavily.