Ying Wei's finger once again landed on the Startling Salamander's dislocated chin. The Startling Salamander thought that Ying Wei wanted to humiliate her by destroying her wound and make her feel pain.
However, for the Startling Salamander who had received the cruel training of the net since she was young, no matter how much torture she was subjected to, she might break out in cold sweat from the pain or scream instinctively. However, with her tenacious heart, she would definitely be able to endure it.
Accepting the torture of the enemy was part of the assassin's training.
However, Ying Wei had no intention of torturing the Startling Salamander. His fingers rubbed against the Startling Salamander's sharp chin, and then he used a little force to place her chin back in the correct position.
His dislocated jaw recovered, and he could control his facial muscles again. After the Salamander stopped drooling, he said in a cold and weak voice,"
"…The Ruler can deal with the Startling Salamander.”
Previously, she had called Ying Wei Young Master, and when the two of them were entangled, Ying Wei had even asked her to call him her husband.
However, at this moment, the Startling Salamander only dared to use honorifics. The distance between the two of them seemed to have become even further in this short address.
However, even if Ying Wei beheaded him now, the Startling Salamander would have no regrets.
Assassins were always swaying back and forth between killing their targets or being killed by their targets, walking on a single-plank bridge that could capsize at any time.
Moreover, just as Ying Wei had said, her heart had softened when she tried to assassinate him outside the carriage. She did not have the will to kill Ying Wei.
However, she had indeed stabbed Ying Wei with the intention of killing him when she was in the carriage. She had even made up her mind to kill Ying Wei and then leave the country to give birth to the child.
However, things did not go as she wished. In the end, she failed. She was like a beautiful butterfly that had fallen into a spider's web.
For a moment, even Startling Salamander was wondering who the net was. Ying Wei's actions were more like an inescapable net.
He was like a spider that had woven a web, waiting for its prey to fall into it.
"Sometimes, people are really complicated.”
"If you didn't stab me with the intention to kill me, it would mean that you betrayed the Network from the very beginning.”
"As an assassin, betraying your own organization and mission is the act of a traitor.”
"So when you stabbed me with your sword, I felt very gratified because it meant that you are not someone who will easily betray me.”
"However, as my concubine, I admit that I treated you well and treated you sincerely. You still stabbed me with that sword.”
"Startling Salamander, do you think people are all so complicated?”
"How can there be a perfect law in this world…"
Ying Wei sighed softly, as if he was lamenting the complexity of human nature.
"Ruler treated me well, but I killed him with my sword. Jingli knew that he had wronged Ruler, so he repaid kindness with hatred.”
The Startling Salamander still had a chance to escape. Naturally, she could suppress everything with the cold heart of a killer and make the most beneficial choice for herself.
Now that she had been captured, an indescribable sense of guilt invaded her mind.
Startling Salamander understood that as an assassin, when she felt guilty, she was no longer a qualified assassin.
Since that was the case, she was willing to repay Ying Wei's kindness with her life.
It was a fact that Ying Wei had treated her well.
In this Warring States Era, concubines were like playthings with no dignity to speak of.
However, when Ying Wei was with the Startling Salamander in the Small Sage Manor, he had never trampled on her dignity or humiliated her character. Instead, he treated her with the same sincerity as his wife.
Just like Ying Wei had said, he didn't care about the children of Di and Shu. He treated them all equally. When facing the Startling Salamander, he also did this.
As for the half-hearted relationship between the two of them, as well as the shameful things that the frightened salamander was forced to do, that was just a matter of interest between men and women.
Because of this, Startling Salamander developed feelings for Ying Wei. However, as a net killer, she was taught to focus on killing her target.
When her feelings overlapped with her target, the Startling Salamander also tasted the feeling of heartache.
That was why she was able to use her killing intent and her loyalty to the net to stab the first time, but it was difficult for her to stab the second time.
Ying Wei laughed and said," It seems like the knowledge I told you to read more books is still useful. You've become a little more cultured."”
After saying that, Ying Wei directly grabbed one of the Salamander's slender wrists. Under Ying Wei's strength, her fair skin turned purple.
The severely injured Startling Salamander was treated so roughly by Ying Wei, especially when her crippled hand was grabbed. The pain stimulated her nerves, but the Startling Salamander endured it and did not make a sound.
Ying Wei's fingers were placed on the Startling Salamander's pulse. After a while, he put down her arm and said lightly,
"In the intense battle just now, you were poisoned and could not use much internal energy, but you still used most of your internal energy to protect the fetus.”
"You just got pregnant not long ago, so there's no need to be so overprotective.”
Startling Salamander sighed softly. Although she was wearing cold makeup, she looked rather weak.
"…The Startling Salamander originally planned to give birth to the child after killing the Ruler and raise it into an adult.”
"…Then should I thank you for raising my posthumous son?" Ying Wenyan said with a smile.”
"If you really give birth to that child, that child will only become a tool for the net.”
"He's the posthumous son of Lord Chang 'an. It's a pity to be an assassin.”
"And if you betray the net because of this, do you want my child to accompany you to avoid the net's relentless pursuit? Have you suffered since you were young?"
"Or do you want to find another man to marry?”
Startling Salamander lowered his head and didn't dare to make a sound in the face of Ying Wei's cold words. He felt inexplicably wronged.
She had never thought about this before.
She was just a network killer, so she didn't need to think about problems. The meaning of life was to accept missions and kill people to complete them. She didn't need to think about anything else.
She had only learned these thoughts after accompanying Ying Wei for more than a month and being asked by Ying Wei to read all kinds of books.
Therefore, the network used Chang An Jun's posthumous son, or he took the child to escape. This was not something that Jing Li had considered so deeply.
"What a stupid woman!"
Ying Wei snorted and said to the Black Widow, who was standing respectfully beside him,"Bring her to the car. For the sake of the child, I won't kill her yet.”
"Even if you want to kill her, you have to wait until she gives birth to the child.”
"Here!" The Black Widow responded and dragged the golden chains to place the bound Salamander on the carriage.
Seeing the Black Widow bring the Startling Salamander into the carriage, Ying Wei thought to himself,'When the child is born and the blood is connected, the Startling Salamander will have no other choice.'
No, the current Startling Salamander was equivalent to betraying the net. She had no other choice.
She only had two choices, either to die or to follow him.
Ying Wei didn't dare to underestimate the Network. This organization's brainwashing ability was quite powerful. For an assassin like the Startling Salamander, who had been trained since young, his thoughts wouldn't be completely changed so easily.
In order to prevent her from committing suicide, it was better to restrain her for the time being. When her stomach grew bigger, she should be able to change her mind.
According to science, pregnant women's secretion levels of oestrogens and progestogen would increase, which would change a woman's thoughts.
With this thought in mind, Ying Wei looked at the Black and White Profound Swordsman. These two Heaven Grade First Class Assassins who betrayed the Network were both related to relationships.
Therefore, no matter how terrifying the brainwashing method was, it could not resist the human instinct to pursue beautiful feelings. It could not resist the blood connection with the child.
Ying Wei crouched down and picked up the sword that the Frightening Salamander had dropped on the ground. When he picked up the sword and admired this art-like Yue Ba sword, he realized that this sword was actually 'living'.
A strange feeling came from the sword, as if the divine sword had a spirit.
Xuan Jian warned in a low voice,"... Ruler, please be careful. These swords have spirituality after they are forged. They have great power.”
"The reason why the Network gathers all the famous swords in the world is to use the power of these spirituality to quickly create an expert.”
"To the Network, killers are just tools. The Network doesn't care about using a sword to control people. As long as they can complete the mission, they are qualified tools.”
Ying Wei nodded lightly, understanding Xuan Jian's meaning.
If one could not resist the temptation of the power within these famous swords, they would be corroded by these swords and become a so-called 'sword slave'.
However, this was indeed the simplest way to quickly become stronger.
Some people just didn't have enough talent. If they wanted to become stronger, they could only turn themselves into sword slaves. Although this would make them lose their autonomy, they would also obtain strength.
The Startling Salamander Sword was not enough to tempt Ying Wei. He only carried the sword to the front of the carriage. At this moment, the coachman was shivering and his eyes were unfocused. It was as if he was scared silly.
Ying Wei suddenly thrust out with the Frightening Salamander Sword in his hand. Before the coachman could react, the sword had pierced through his chest. He watched coldly as the coachman gradually lost all his breath.
"This coachman is also a member of the Network.”
The Black and White Profound Jian, who was standing behind Ying Wei and protecting him, said.
"I know. Since the net wants to kill me, it will naturally do something to the coachman. If I really get a chance to escape, this coachman won't drive away.”
"…Moreover, even if he isn't from the Network and is an innocent person, he must die here today." Ying Wei said faintly.”
Too many secrets had been exposed here today. If he could not bear it for a moment, a moment of benevolence could very well bring him a fatal disaster.
After being reborn into the Qin Kingdom's royal family, Ying Wei had seen countless political twists and turns. He had always warned himself not to be soft-hearted. If he had to kill, he would kill.
This was the attitude that a qualified superior should have. It was what Lord Chang 'an should do.
If they were lucky, they might be doomed in the details.
Moreover, if he was soft-hearted, it would only make his subordinates feel insecure.
The so-called benevolence and righteousness should be left to his subordinates, not to strangers. These were all methods of governing his subordinates.
Am I using Legalism to misinterpret Confucianism?
Ying Wei muttered in his heart.
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