Chapter 219

While Yan Dan was becoming the Mohist Leader and starting to plan the Dragon Slaying.

Su Xuan also officially left Zhao Guo.

Before leaving, he did not lift the control over Lord Yan Chun, nor did he kill him, because he suddenly discovered that Lord Yan Chun was truly very useful. With Lord Yan Chun's name, he had scavenged countless medicinal herbs during this time. Moreover, within Zhao Guo, there were famous mountains and rivers like Changbaishan, which was the source of many precious medicinal herbs. In other words, keeping Lord Yan Chun would allow him to collect medicinal herbs more effectively.

Although Zhao Guo might not have many years of national destiny left, in these final moments, Su Xuan did not mind making use of Lord Yan Chun.

Riding in the carriage prepared by Lord Yan Chun, Su Xuan took Gao Gao Jianli and Xue Nu along, swaying slowly toward the direction of the Qin Empire.

Because of the fall of Zhao Guo, the road from Zhao Guo to the Qin Empire had been opened up directly. Going to the Qin Empire no longer required crossing the borders of other countries. Unfortunately, because of the different conditions of the roads in various places, there was still no shortage of bumps along the way.

So, building roads is indeed necessary.

In a side hall of Xianyanggong, Kuang Xiu played his zither music alone. Before the fall of Zhao Guo, he had been alone in this empty palace, feeling boundless loneliness every day. The deep palace was quiet, yet he had no soulmate.

This was also why, when Nong Yu came to the palace and played a song in front of him, he said nothing on the surface, but was very happy inside.

Unfortunately, this joy did not last long.

Not only because Nong Yu no longer came to the palace, but also because... Zhao Guo had fallen.

Kuang Xiu's feelings about Zhao Guo were very complex. On one hand, he had been persecuted by Zhao Guo's powerful officials because of Xue Nu, but he had been the chief palace musician of Zhao Guo and had received the favor of the King of Zhao. Zhao Guo was his homeland, and its fall made Kuang Xiu very uncomfortable.

But he could not do anything.

In the end, he was just a musician and could not change the fact of Zhao Guo's fall. Thus, he could only become more sorrowful and could only helplessly play music in this palace.

Just as his zither music echoed, suddenly, another zither sound rang out.

This zither music was full of positive and uplifting melodies, dissolving the sorrow in his own music.

Kuang Xiu was startled upon hearing this zither music, and then he also accelerated the playing of the zither in his hands.

One song ended, and he played another. The zither sound outside also changed abruptly, echoing his own once more.

Kuang Xiu suddenly wanted to know who was outside.

That day, he had told Su Xuan that in this Wang Gong, there was no one who could play with him. This statement seemed arrogant, but it was a fact; the level of the Qin Empire's palace musicians was indeed not very good.

But this person outside was different; their level was enough to be mentioned in the same breath as his.

Kuang Xiu was very curious, but the zither in his hand did not stop. After playing several songs in a row, Kuang Xiu stopped first, and the person outside also stopped playing.

Afterward, he saw Su Xuan, whom he had met that day, walk in slowly. Beside Su Xuan was a white-clad man holding a zither. Kuang Xiu could not help but think of the scene when Su Xuan brought Nong Yu here that day.

Su Xuan's voice rang out, "Let me introduce him. His name is Gao Gao Jianli, and he will be a palace musician from now on. Mr. Kuang Xiu, as the chief palace musician, please take good care of him!"

Upon learning who the white-clad man was, Kuang Xiu was stunned.

He, was Gao Gao Jianli?

Kuang Xiu had long admired Gao Gao Jianli but had never met him. He had not expected Gao Gao Jianli to be younger than he had imagined, and even less had he expected Gao Gao Jianli to be brought here by Su Xuan.

After coming to his senses, a smile could not help but appear on Kuang Xiu's long-sorrowful face.

Gao Gao Jianli also gave Kuang Xiu a smile.

An elegant person like Gao Gao Jianli would be better off honestly being his zither player; things like being a Mohist leader or assassinating the Qin Emperor should not be meddled with, otherwise, one would end up a cripple or blind.

After introducing Gao Gao Jianli to a new job with a salary far higher than that of a zither player at the Concubine Snow Pavilion, Su Xuan went to see Ying Zheng again.

Ying Zheng knew that after the fall of Zhao Guo, Su Xuan had followed him to Handan and then gone to Zhao Guo alone. He had not expected that upon Su Xuan's return, he would bring back Gao Gao Jianli, a famous zither player from Zhao Guo.

Although Ying Zheng did not like music very much, he would listen to it occasionally for relaxation. He did not mind arranging a job for Gao Gao Jianli.

However, when Su Xuan took the initiative to bring up another matter, he learned that Su Xuan's trip to Zhao Guo was not for the sake of the musician Gao Gao Jianli.

"In other words, Yan Dan colluded with the Nongjia Hero and joined forces to plot against the Mohist Leader, and now he has become the new Mohist Leader?"

After hearing Su Xuan finish speaking about what happened in Zhao Guo, Ying Zheng's eyes flickered, and he could not help but marvel.

"This Yan Dan actually has such ambition; I underestimated him!"

Knowing the many things Yan Dan had done, Ying Zheng truly admired Yan Dan a little.

From Su Xuan, he knew that the Mohist Leader, the Six-Fingered Black Knight, had been extremely good to Yan Dan. Yet, to achieve his goal, Yan Dan had attacked the Six-Fingered Black Knight without hesitation. This kind of thing was not something just anyone could make up their mind to do.

"If nothing goes wrong, Yan Dan is currently using the power of the Mohists to start his plan to save the country," Su Xuan said again.

Ying Zheng said coldly, "But Yan Dan will never imagine that all his schemes are within Mr. Su's expectations, and even the Six-Fingered Black Knight is not dead."

"As long as the Six-Fingered Black Knight is still alive, once he appears, Yan Dan will instantly fall from being the Mohist Leader to someone the Mohists will collectively purge!"

Looking at Su Xuan, Ying Zheng praised him sincerely.

He gradually understood why Su Xuan had been so certain that day that he could help him subdue the Mohists.

After this incident, the Six-Fingered Black Knight had probably seen through Yan Dan's true face, and his mindset would gradually change. If the Mohists wanted to continue and not perish, they would have no choice but to rely on the Qin Empire.

After chatting a little about Yan Dan, Ying Zheng brought up another matter.

"Whether it is Yan Dan or the Mohists, they are just tools used by others to achieve their goals. The one truly leading all of this is the person behind Nongjia!"