Chapter 307 Gan Luo, Star Soul

Lu Buwei immediately thought of Li Si.

I secretly wondered, could it be that Li Si was not Cheng Jiao's man, and I had misunderstood?
impossible!
He has always been confident in his judgment and has never made a mistake.

Yes, it must be Cheng Jiao’s conspiracy!
Lu Buwei immediately asked, "Who is Chang'an Jun looking for?"

He had already thought about how to take advantage of Cheng Jiao's request for Li Si to create a rift between Cheng Jiao and Li Si.

Then Li Si had to work hard for him.

Cheng Jiao didn't know what Lu Buwei was planning.

He said calmly, "I heard that Gan Luo, the grandson of Gan Mao, the former left prime minister, is now serving as a junior son in Lu Xiangfu. I would like to borrow his services as I am on a diplomatic mission to the State of Yan this time."

Lu Buwei frowned slightly. He didn't expect that Cheng Jiao came for Gan Luo.

Gan Luo entered his mansion two years ago. As a retainer, not many people knew about this matter.

Although Gan Luo was talented and intelligent, he was too young, only twelve years old. How could he accomplish anything great?

"Lord Chang'an, Gan Luo is young, only twelve years old. What use is there in having him?"

Lu Buwei was unwilling to let go of him easily. Gan Luo was a top talent he had been looking for. With a little training, he would be able to stand on his own in the future and become his right-hand man. How could he just let Cheng Jiao take him?

Cheng Jiao smiled faintly and said, "A man with ambition is not old, and a man without ambition is living in vain. In ancient times, there was Xiang Tuo, who became Confucius' teacher at the age of seven. It can be seen that age is not an obstacle. As for what I want him to do, I have to select some people to accompany me on this mission to Yan State. The Prime Minister is loyal to Qin State, so how can he be reluctant to give up a young man?"

Lu Buwei was in a dilemma.

Cheng Jiao was not only the brother of the King of Qin, but also the envoy on this mission to the State of Yan.

In this capacity, he can send people to assist, and no one can blame him.

What's more, Gan Luo was just a commoner without any official position, so it was impossible for him to shirk his responsibility.

Lu Buwei thought for a moment. Although he didn't know what Cheng Jiao was doing with Gan Luo, if Gan Luo could join Cheng Jiao's team, it would be easier for him to control the situation on Cheng Jiao's side.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Lu Buwei was secretly shocked.

Could it be that Cheng Jiao did this on purpose? Do you know what he is planning?
impossible!
Lu Buwei looked at Cheng Jiao deeply. If Cheng Jiao had such a smart mind, why would he reveal it only now?

"Please wait for a moment, Chang'an Jun."

After saying this, he whispered a few words to the old slave and asked the maid beside him to call Gan Luo over.

Cheng Jiao drank his tea leisurely.

Yan Fei moved her lips slightly: "The people outside have withdrawn."

Cheng Jiao smiled silently and continued drinking tea.

The reason why Lu Buwei withdrew the "three hundred swordsmen and axemen" was simply because he was confident that he would not take action.

He had no intention of taking action. If he really wanted to deal with Lu Buwei by force, Lu Buwei would have been dead by the time he arrived in Xianyang.

Lu Buwei sat upright at his desk, seemingly casual and relaxed, but in fact he was thinking carefully in his heart.

He asked the old servant to withdraw the personnel stationed outside the hall, firstly because he was sure that Cheng Jiao would not take action, and secondly because of Niang Rong.

Thinking that his daughter seemed to have a connection with Cheng Jiao, Lu Buwei felt inexplicably angry.

If Niang Rong really fell in love with Cheng Jiao, this playboy, it would be no different from being taken advantage of by a pig.

Lu Buwei slowly drank a few sips of Snow-Top Silver Shuttle to calm down his anger.

No wonder Cheng Jiao likes to drink Snow Top Silver Sao. The pleasant aroma of the tea is refreshing and makes him relax a lot.

The price was just a few dozen gold coins, and even he couldn't bear to drink it every day.

He couldn't escape the habits of a businessman after all...

Lu Buwei exhaled slowly, and looking at Cheng Jiao who was chatting and laughing with Yan Fei, he suddenly felt a sense of old age.

When he was as old as Cheng Jiao, he had just come to Handan, Zhao State to do business. He made a lot of money and became a famous businessman by his hard work. But he knew that if he didn't have a backer, the businessman's money would not be his own.

So when he met Ying Yiren, he felt that the opportunity to change his life was coming.

And now, his retainer Li Si also met the noble man who could change his life - Cheng Jiao.

Will you let this opportunity slip by?

will not.

He could see that Li Si was essentially the same kind of person as him.

and so……

A handsome young man walked into the hall with confident steps.

Lu Buwei nodded slightly. Gan Luo was not Li Si. After one or two years of observation, he could be used by him.

This is also the reason why he was willing to help the Gan family continue to gain a foothold in Xianyang.

You must know that when Gan Mao abandoned Qin and fled to Qi, although it was because of the slander of Xiang Shou and Gongsun Shi, King Zhaoxiang was still dissatisfied.

If it were not for the fact that Su Dai, who was on a Qin envoy to Qi at the time, was an old acquaintance of Gan Mao and who helped Gan Mao after returning to Qin, causing Qin and Qi to compete to recruit Gan Mao, Gan Mao's family in Xianyang would have been spared and exempted from taxes by King Zhaoxiang.

After Gan Mao was sent as an envoy to the State of Chu, King Zhaoxiang also sent an envoy to meet King Huai of Chu, who had just married into the Qin State, hoping that King Huai of Chu would send Gan Mao to Qin.

If Fan Huan had not clearly stated the pros and cons and said directly that Gan Mao was not suitable to be the prime minister of Qin, Gan Mao might have been sent to Qin.

At that time, anyone could see that the reason Qin wanted Gan Mao to return to Qin was not because it regretted its decision, but because it did not want to aid the enemy.

If Gan Mao returned to Qin, his life or death would probably depend on King Zhaoxiang's decision.

Afterwards, Gan Mao died in Wei State, and the matter was left unresolved. The Gan family also fell into decline, living a low-key life in Xianyang City, not daring to leave Xianyang, fearing that they would attract murderous intent.

Now that the Gan family has been helped by Lu Buwei, they are naturally extremely grateful to Lu Buwei.

Therefore, Gan Luo respectfully bowed to Lu Buwei and said, "Gan Luo pays respects to the Prime Minister."

He was studying the Eight Chapters in Lüshi Chunqiu, thinking about the fundamentals of life, the way to govern a country, and how to understand and distinguish things, when he was suddenly informed by a servant that Lü Buwei asked him to come here.

Lü Buwei raised his hand and said, "I asked you to come here because Chang'an Jun wants to take you on a diplomatic mission to the State of Yan. Are you willing?"

Gan Luo was somewhat confused by this sudden arrangement.

He also just learned not long ago that Cheng Jiao was about to go on a diplomatic mission to the State of Yan.

He looked up at Lu Buwei and said thoughtfully, "Gan Luo is willing to go with Lord Chang'an."

He didn't know why Lu Buwei asked him to agree, but after he agreed, Lu Buwei smiled, letting him know that his judgment was correct.

Gan Luo thought that Lu Buwei and Cheng Jiao had always been at odds with each other, and he was afraid that if he and Cheng Jiao went abroad together, something big would happen.

Gan Luo struggled a bit. He studied under Lu Buwei and became his retainer.

At first, he wanted the Gan family to live in peace. Later, after reading a large number of classics, he began to think about serving the country and the people and made it his ideal.

In the past two years, he has been studying all the time, and at most he would relax occasionally and play with puppetry for a while.

For him, it is very interesting to make some puppets and perform deductions according to his own ideas.

When Cheng Jiao saw that Gan Luo agreed, he also realized Lu Buwei's hidden thoughts.

I couldn't help but chuckle in my heart.

Compared to Lu Buwei's plan against himself, it would be better to capture little Gan Luo first.

However, Yan Fei had a strange look in her eyes.

This young man made her almost certain that he was the Star Soul that the Yin-Yang Family was looking for.

(End of this chapter)