Black and White Xuanjian kept a small notebook recording everyone who had ever wronged him or plotted against him. Ying Zheng thought this was a brilliant habit, believing that even the best memory could never rival a pen.
Therefore, Ying Zheng himself kept three bamboo slips of such lists. The red ones represented threats and targets for execution—those he knew best, and the vast majority of them already had red marks slashed across their names. The black ones represented trusted confidants and crucial ministers. As for whose names were on that list, even inner courtiers like Zhao Gao and Zhang Han had never laid eyes on them.
And now, the yellow bamboo slip—the one representing figures worthy of attention, importance, and recruitment—had gained a new name: Wei Jiu.
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