Chapter 315 Gathering and Dispersing Quicksand
Han Fei was indeed the disciple chosen by Xunzi. He had both the desire to get involved in the world and the ability to save the world.

He first made an appointment with Zhang Kaidi and promised to help him find the lost military pay, but required Zhang Kaidi to recommend him as the Chief Justice of Korea after the task was accomplished. Zhang Kaidi agreed.

What is Sikou?
It is an official position in charge of a country’s prisons and laws. Confucius once served as Sikou of the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period.

But in Korea, where Ji Wuye has absolute power, the position of Sikou is meaningless.

In the original book, Han Fei also made a similar request to Zhang Kaidi, but he looked at the problem from the perspective of an assistant minister at the time.

But now it’s different. Sikou will become Han Fei’s first step on the ladder to heaven.

With the help of his friends, Han Fei found the lost military pay and reported it to Han Wangan.

Han Wangan was indeed very happy. He was not actually interested in the details of the case of the ghost soldiers robbing the pay. All he wanted was peace in the world, even if it was just a whitewashed peace, perhaps that was enough.

In a sense, King An of Han was indeed a “qualified” King of Han, because all the Kings of Han in history had done so.

However, things did not end there.

After Han Fei ascended the position of Sikou, the first thing he did was to report Anping Jun and Longquan Jun for the crimes of “dereliction of duty” and “political disorder”, and they should be executed according to the law!

The so-called dereliction of duty naturally refers to the fault of the two men in losing the military pay, because they were escorting the military pay, and according to the law they should be put to death if the military pay was lost.

However, Anping Jun and Longquan Jun were members of the Korean royal family after all, so everyone selectively ignored their crime of “dereliction of duty”.

Compared with dereliction of duty, the crime of disrupting government is more serious. Han Fei’s explanation was that Lord Anping and Lord Longquan arbitrarily changed their testimonies in the court in order to sow discord between the general and Prime Minister Zhang, with ulterior motives.

Everyone knows that Lord Anping and Lord Longquan are actually lackeys of General Ji Wuye.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Han Fei’s intention was not to punish Lord Anping and Lord Longquan, but to make an example of them and frighten the tiger.

The most clever thing was that he did not direct the blame at Ji Wuye, but instead claimed that the general and Prime Minister Zhang were both deceived by the two.

Despicable villains like Anping Jun and Longquan Jun deserve to be put to death!
After these words were spoken, even Ji Wuye couldn’t say anything, because according to Korean law, these two people indeed deserved to die.

So King Han An immediately ordered people to arrest Lord Anping and Lord Longquan and put them in prison, to be executed in the autumn.

Han Fei won his first case as Sikou with a decisive victory.

His influence on the Legalist thought of “law, magic and power” is amazing, and he is worthy of being the epitome of Legalist thought in later generations.

That night, everyone gathered in Zilanxuan to discuss the case that was heard in the court today.

It has to be said that Han Fei’s victory was so beautiful because of his understanding of Han Wangan.

The King of Han was immersed in the “prosperous and peaceful era” created for him by Ji Wuye, but sometimes he was worried that Ji Wuye would become too powerful and threaten his throne.

Han Fei cleverly utilized this contradictory mentality, which led to this victory.

“Next, I believe the assassination at night will follow. Brother Han Fei, you must be prepared.” Wei Zhuang said.

“That’s right. Although Lord Anping and Lord Longquan are just two dogs under Ji Wuye, but then again, when beating a dog, you have to look at its owner. With Ji Wuye’s character, you are already on his assassination list.” Zhang Liang also said.

Before Han Fei, Zhang Kaidi had appointed five officials to investigate the case of the ghost soldiers robbing pay, but they were assassinated one by one.

It can be seen how cruel Ji Wuye’s methods are. Compared with the tricks in officialdom, he prefers to play humanitarian destruction.

“Of course I know this, but assassinations are hard to guard against. By comparison, the right thing to do is to defeat Ji Wuye as soon as possible,” Han Fei said.

“What Han Fei said makes sense. Moreover, this may be an opportunity for us,” Yan Lu said.

“What opportunity?” Zi Nu asked. During this period of time, the group of young people also recognized the abilities of their companions.

Especially the opinion about Yan Lu, everyone was surprisingly consistent, that is – a monster!
They no longer regarded Yan Lu as an ordinary ten-year-old child, and privately believed that Yan Lu was the “one who is born with knowledge” that Confucius once said.

Is there such a person in history?

Yes! For example, Cao Chong in later generations, and Gan Luo in this era.

“To put it simply, it’s like the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.” Yan Lu said with a smile.

“I understand. You want to use Han Fei as bait to lure out the assassin raised by Ji Wuye?” Wei Zhuang said.

“Ji Wuye has been doing this for too long, so long that he has lost his fear of us. As long as we continue to clip his wings, he will be furious and use more radical means to deal with us.”

Yan Lu said confidently: “The more we do, the more flaws we will expose. That will be our chance.”

“You said Ji Wuye was radical, and your methods are no different.” Wei Zhuang said, “But severe cases require drastic measures. Perhaps only in this way can South Korea be saved.”

In the timeline of the original novel “Tian Xing Jiu Ge”, although Liusha had great potential, Han Fei was too indecisive. He always encountered problems and then solved them, and was always led by Ji Wuye.

Although they managed to turn danger into safety many times with the help of several people’s planning, it was too passive. In contrast, Yan Lu’s way of looking at problems was more proactive.

When you discover a problem, you must face it and then solve it in the fastest way possible.

“I am willing to be the ‘bait’. South Korea has been in decline for too long. It is time for it to be reborn.”

Han Fei’s eyes showed a complicated expression, and then he became firm. He first stood in front of Wei Zhuang and said, “Brother Wei Zhuang, I would like to ask you for another favor?”

“You want me to help you kill Ji Wuye?” Wei Zhuang said in a deep voice.

“If Ji Wuye doesn’t die, Han will perish. However, his death must be witnessed by the laws of heaven and earth. Otherwise, what difference will there be between us and Ji Wuye?”

Han Fei continued, “I hope you can take over the position of general after we get rid of Ji Wuye.”

“Then submit to you and play this game of thrones?” Wei Zhuang said sarcastically.

“Whether you like it or not, we are already in the vortex of power called ‘Tianxia’, but we can work together to build a brand new Korea, and even let it dominate the world!”

“I admire your ambition.” Wei Zhuang said.

“So you agree.” Han Fei asked.

“I like to be friends with ambitious people.” Wei Zhuang said.

“What about everyone here?” Han Fei asked.

“The world is in chaos and all living beings are suffering. I am also looking forward to seeing how far you can go.” Yan Lu said with interest.

“Then the organization we established should have a name.” Zi Nu said.

“The laws of heaven and earth must be enforced without delay. Life and death are unpredictable, and gathering and separation are like quicksand.” Han Fei said, “Our organization is called ‘Quicksand’!”

　According to the setting of Qin’s Moon, Yan Lu is 6 years older than Zhang Liang, but according to the calculation of Tian Xing Jiu Ge, Zhang Liang is actually older than Yan Lu.

Considering that Yan Lu is the protagonist, according to the latter’s timeline, Zhang Liang is five or six years older than Yan Lu.

　
(End of this chapter)