Your Life and Death, Gain and Loss of a Pawn (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Sister Miao Yu Love Me Once More!)

In the course of hunting down the remnants of Yang State, Jiang Wang suddenly vanished.

Soon after, rumors began to rise in Linzi City, nearly every one of them aimed at putting Jiang Wang to death.

Yet amid such a sudden and chaotic situation, Chongxuan Sheng spotted the crux at a glance and, with a backhand stroke, wiped it away.

Such scheming and means could not help but inspire admiration.

Since he had already prepared a response to this overwhelming assault of rumors, it was no wonder he still had the mood to joke with Jiang Wang.

On one hand, Jiang Wang was annoyed by the fat man's mischief; on the other, he truly admired him somewhat.

After thinking for a moment, he could not help asking, "You just said those were improvised responses based on the possibility that I was still alive. Now I'm curious—if I had died, how would you have dealt with it?"

"If you had died, there would be nothing I needed to deal with." Chongxuan Sheng glanced at him. "Because then, whatever the need, you would certainly be a great and loyal subject! Any filth flung upon you would be meaningless. Whoever smeared you would be an enemy of Qi State. Riding that great tide, I would have more than enough ways to skin Yue Leng and Li Youjiu alive and pull out their tendons."

With a living person, loyalty and treachery were both difficult to determine. Only the dead could have a final verdict passed once the coffin was closed.

And a Yellow River Champion who had died unexpectedly would inevitably be a thoroughly loyal, upright figure. Without ironclad evidence, no filthy water could stick to him.

That was what Qi State needed; it was not subject to anyone's will.

Chongxuan Sheng spoke the