[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow":3,"chapter-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-186":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Qin: Starting with the Heavenly Stars and Earthly Fiends, the Peerless Immortal Master!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2190655,3759,"Chapter 186: A Strange Gift","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-186",186,"\u003Cp>In Guo Kai’s words, the intent of cruelty was revealed without a doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Upon hearing Guo Kai’s words, Zhao Qian, on the contrary, began to hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As a great general of Zhao Guo, Li Mu had once crushed a hundred-thousand-strong army of the Xiongnu in Yanmen Commandery. After the time of Hong Lian Po and the others, he was already the general with the greatest prestige in Zhao Guo.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, immediately following this, a sense of decisiveness also appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even if Li Mu’s status and position were extraordinary, so what?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If such a person cannot be used, keeping him will only increase hidden dangers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the end, Li Mu still looked down on him and looked down on his mother, the Empress Dowager. The reason was that Li Mu had a deep relationship with his older brother, the deposed Crown Prince Zhao Jia. When his father, the King, had originally abolished the other’s position as Crown Prince, Li Mu had spoken up for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Combined with Li Mu’s criticism of the Empress Dowager this time, as well as his confrontation with him in the royal court.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhao Qian had no doubt that if Li Mu were allowed to return to the border, Li Mu would collude with Zhao Jia and launch a rebellion.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Such a hidden danger must absolutely not be left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If he cannot be used, he must be executed!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Grand Tutor, this matter shall be left to you to handle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhao Qian solemnly instructed Guo Kai.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, a strange look flashed in Guo Kai’s eyes, and he immediately replied: \"Your Majesty, rest assured, I will definitely handle this matter properly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After accepting Zhao Qian’s order, Guo Kai returned to his own residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Inside his residence, a guest had been waiting for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Upon seeing the other party, Guo Kai said in a deep voice: \"I have already accomplished what you requested. The Crown Prince harbors murderous intent toward Li Mu and is preparing to eliminate him. Li Mu is well-versed in martial arts; my men may not be able to complete this task. This matter requires you to do it yourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Lord Guo, rest assured, we will handle this matter properly ourselves!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Guo Kai added: \"After Li Mu is dead, I will help you handle the aftermath, but you must also deliver the reward to me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The other party replied: \"Lord Guo, just rest assured!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Hmph!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Guo Kai glanced at the other party and said nothing more.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At the same time, he was also very curious: how exactly would they kill Li Mu?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He had always heard of the Qin Guo’s Net organization; could it be that they would send the top-tier 'Heaven' grade killers to surround and kill Li Mu?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If they sent Net killers to surround and kill Li Mu, whether they succeeded or failed, the cleanup work would be difficult to handle!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, thinking of the price Qin Guo had paid, and that he had already received part of the reward, Guo Kai made up his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Killing Li Mu was not simply because Qin Guo had given him a generous reward, but also because Li Mu’s presence was of no benefit to Zhao Guo. A large part of what he said in front of Zhao Qian was also his true inner thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Li Mu had looked down on the Empress Dowager Chang Ji years ago, had publicly reprimanded her, and was on good terms with Zhao Jia. After Zhao Jia was deposed, he had even pleaded for him. Furthermore, he made no secret of his disgust toward Crown Prince Zhao Qian.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As for Guo Kai, Li Mu did not show him any respect, and had even publicly called him a sycophant.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If the King of Zhao were still alive, the King would need to rely on Li Mu to deal with Qin Guo, and Guo Kai would have endured it; there was no need to be at odds with Li Mu. But now, the King of Zhao was dead, and Li Mu was not as formidable as imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He merely relied on natural barriers to block the Qin Army; any general in Zhao Guo could do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Since Li Mu was not irreplaceable, killing him would have no impact on Zhao Guo. On the contrary, he could take the opportunity to gain a large sum of wealth from Qin Guo.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The guest in Guo Kai’s residence soon left, seemingly to arrange the assassination of Li Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He left Guo Kai’s residence and, after some detours, headed toward the eastern city of Handan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Here, residential houses were scattered, and some of Qin Guo’s strongholds were hidden in this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Because the current King of Qin, as well as his father, King Zhuangxiang, had both served as hostages in Zhao Guo, Qin Guo was exceptionally concerned about Zhao Guo. From a very early time, they had deployed a certain number of personnel to lurk within Zhao Guo. The number of Qin Guo’s strongholds within Zhao Guo was definitely not small.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The man arrived at a residential house, reached a room, and suddenly lowered his head respectfully, \"Mr. Su!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A calm voice sounded from within the room, \"Speak!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The man said in a deep voice: \"Guo Kai has already agreed to our request and persuaded Zhao Qian to kill Li Mu, but the act of killing Li Mu requires us to do it ourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Mr. Su, do you need me to contact the Net?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the man’s view, the safest way to successfully kill Li Mu was to use the Net.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Net organization had been rooted in Qin Guo for more than a hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Through several generations of Qin Kings, this organization had continuously grown. At present, looking at the world, it was also a powerful force that could not be underestimated.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Honestly, he was still somewhat puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Since the King of Qin was prepared to kill Li Mu, why didn’t he hand this matter over to the Net from the beginning, instead of handing it to this gentleman in the room to manage?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He did not know much about this gentleman in the room, only that he came from the Yin-Yang School.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He had followed him to Zhao Guo this time. Although he was the one who contacted Guo Kai and bribed him with heavy profits, the one who made the real decisions and led all of this was still this gentleman in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"No need to contact the Net!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Inside the room, Su Xuan sat quietly on the bed and spoke softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After saying this, he had already sensed the astonishment of the person outside, but he did not say anything more.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If it were merely to kill Li Mu, there would be no need for him to make this trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But the purpose of the King of Qin, Ying Zheng, was never to kill Li Mu from the beginning!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was to obtain Li Mu himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Since Zhao Guo had no place for Li Mu, Qin Guo would welcome Li Mu’s arrival in every possible way.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Amidst the astonished expression of the person outside the room, Su Xuan added: \"I have prepared a gift. Tomorrow, have someone secretly deliver this gift to Li Mu’s residence, preferably into Li Mu’s own hands!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The person outside the room did not yet understand what gift Su Xuan was talking about.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>43\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But soon, he understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What Su Xuan asked him to send was a walking stick.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What was the point of sending a walking stick to Li Mu?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He was very curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, since it was Su Xuan’s request, he obediently followed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thus, under his operation and arrangement, the next day, someone delivered this gift to the entrance of Li Mu’s residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Li Mu did not usually stay in Handan much; there were only a few old servants in his Handan residence, and this gift was soon brought before Li Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Do you know who sent this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Looking at the old servant before him, Li Mu asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The old servant shook his head and answered truthfully: \"I heard movement outside, so I immediately opened the door and then saw this gift box. I do not know who sent it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Li Mu’s eyes flickered, feeling somewhat surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>",1387,"2026-06-17T04:20:16.697Z","2026-06-17T08:59:55.704Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","7f25f4430950f8e01e01b6827dac5ffc9767774f5cfceb0b446787937e3f4083","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-187","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-185",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-cover.jpg"]