Chapter 221

Logically speaking, Jing Ke should not be sorrowful. In the Battle of Puyang, his master Gongsun Yu died at the hands of the Qin Empire, so he already had a blood feud with the Qin Empire. After the Battle of Puyang, it was the Six-Fingered Black Knight who took him into the Mohist faction and taught him martial arts. The Six-Fingered Black Knight treated him like his own son, and this was a person equivalent to his father's generation. The Six-Fingered Black Knight was plotted against and killed by the Qin Empire's Yin-Yang School and the Net joining forces.

His blood feud with the Qin Empire could be considered to have increased by one more point.

At this time, Yan Dan gave him a chance and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, letting him go to assassinate the Qin Emperor, Ying Zheng. Logically speaking, he should be happy and should firmly grasp this opportunity.

But in all honesty, Jing Ke actually did not want to carry out this mission.

Because he was greedy, he was reluctant.

His junior sister, Gongsun Gongsun Liji, after the Battle of Puyang, because she did not want to join the Mohist faction, was currently living alone in Qi Guo under the arrangement of the Mohist faction. What Jing Ke was reluctant to leave was his junior sister, Gongsun Gongsun Liji.

Assassinating Ying Zheng, regardless of success or failure, he would very likely end up in the Qin Empire.

The people of the Qin Empire would not let off someone who attempted to assassinate their King.

If he died, what would happen to his junior sister?

She had already lost her grandfather, and was about to lose him, her senior brother!

Jing Ke did not consider himself a person who feared death, but thinking of the consequences of assassinating Ying Zheng, he still could not help but have many thoughts.

Unlike Jing Ke.

Another person beside Jing Ke seemed a bit more carefree.

"Is Brother Jing worried about not being able to complete the task entrusted by the Leader?"

"Brother Jing, rest assured, I will definitely do my best to help you complete this matter. I must make that Qin Emperor Ying Zheng die to avenge the Six-Fingered Leader!"

The person speaking had a burly figure and was full of a sense of power. He was younger than Jing Ke, and his name was Qin Qin Wuyang. He was originally from Zhao Guo, and because he killed someone in a fit of anger on the street at the age of thirteen, he was subsequently wanted by Zhao Guo.

Although the lands of Yan and Zhao had many heroes and there were often fights with weapons, this did not mean the Zhao Guo authorities did not care about such things. In any case, the impact of Qin Qin Wuyang killing someone on the street was too great. Even if he killed a notorious villain, he became a wanted criminal because of it. If caught, he would be executed.

Later, it was Crown Prince Yan Dan who came forward to protect Qin Qin Wuyang and even introduced him into the Mohist faction. Qin Qin Wuyang was young, vigorous, and exceptionally brave. Not many years after joining the Mohist faction, he became one of the Mohist leaders.

Although the Mohist faction had many leaders, in reality, they had their own factions.

Like Master Ban and Xu Xu Fuzi, they were purely neutral. Master Ban was because of his extremely old seniority, while Xu Xu Fuzi was because his family had forged swords for the Mohists for generations, making them an old-established force of the Mohist faction. People like them never deliberately relied on anyone; anyway, whoever was the Mohist Leader, they would listen to whoever it was.

As for Jing Ke, he was close to the previous Leader, the Six-Fingered Black Knight. Although he had had many contacts with the current Leader, Yan Dan, and had even served as Yan Dan's bodyguard to protect his safety, the relationship was just like that.

Qin Qin Wuyang was different; he was a die-hard follower of Yan Dan.

In Qin Qin Wuyang's view, Yan Dan protecting him back then and introducing him into the Mohist faction was a life-saving grace and an act of appreciation.

When they voted for the Mohist Leader through Heaven's Will previously, he was the first person to vote for Yan Dan, without any hesitation. When Yan Dan proposed the Dragon Slaying plan and prepared to select a candidate to assassinate the Qin Emperor, he was also the first to volunteer.

It was a pity that Yan Dan already had a candidate in mind, and in the end, he chose Jing Ke to take on this heavy responsibility.

Even so, in view of Qin Qin Wuyang's sincere heart, Yan Dan still selected Qin Qin Wuyang to be Jing Ke's deputy, letting him assist Jing Ke. After all, one person was always a bit insecure.

Jing Ke heard the determination in Qin Qin Wuyang's words. He wanted to say something, but in the end, he did not speak.

At this moment, he suddenly had some thoughts: should he go to Qi Guo to see his junior sister?

The sun and moon pass quickly, and spring and autumn alternate in order.

Time passes and cannot be kept; the four seasons rotate and change in order.

After the Qin Empire destroyed Zhao Guo, the Qin Empire put all its attention into pacifying the people of Zhao Guo. Because they already had experience from destroying Han Guo earlier, handling Zhao Guo's affairs was also a matter the Qin Empire's officials were adept at.

However, Zhao Guo and Han Guo were still somewhat different. Han Guo was suffering from drought and had internal and external troubles, so the people lived in dire straits. The Qin Empire's conquest of Han Guo could be considered an act of righteousness, saving the people from fire and water. Because the Qin Empire saved many of Han Guo's disaster victims, the resistance of Han Guo's people toward the Qin Empire dropped to a low point.

Although Zhao Guo also had internal troubles, it had not suffered from drought. The Qin Empire's conquest of Zhao Guo relied purely on powerful military force to take it down. In this process, even if the Qin Empire tried its best to avoid harming innocent civilians, once war started, things were beyond one's control, and many Zhao people still viewed the Qin Empire as an enemy. In the short time after the fall of Zhao Guo, several rebellions had already broken out within Zhao Guo.

To stabilize the situation in Zhao Guo, Ying Zheng could only let Wang Xuan Jian's army sit in Zhao Guo and put down the many rebellions.

With Wang Xuan Jian's army sitting in Zhao Guo, the many rebellions had not caused any waves before being directly quelled, but this made things difficult for Zhao Guo. The reason was that one of the armies under Wang Xuan Jian happened to be stationed by the Yi River.

The Yi River could be considered the border between Zhao Guo and Zhao Guo.

The Qin Empire's army being stationed here meant that the Qin army could cross the Yi River at any time and reach the borders of Zhao Guo.

No one could be sure whether the Qin Empire would strike while the iron was hot and attack Zhao Guo after destroying Zhao Guo.

Crown Prince Yan Dan felt a sense of urgency. For the sake of Zhao Guo, he could only urge Xu Xu Fuzi to forge the sword as soon as possible.

Finally, on this day, Xu Xu Fuzi came to Yan Dan's residence holding a sword box.

"Leader, the sword you wanted has been forged!"

Looking at Yan Dan, Xu Xu Fuzi spoke softly, his expression somewhat sorrowful, as if he had just experienced great sadness.

"Xu Xu Fuzi, you?"

Yan Dan had originally intended to check the sword first, but seeing Xu Xu Fuzi's appearance, he immediately realized that things were not that simple.

Subsequently, after some conversation, he learned that because of his urging, Xu Xu Fuzi and his mother could only forge the sword day and night without stopping. Xu Xu Fuzi could hold on, but his mother could not; she was already old and weak, and finally, at the moment the sword was completed, she fell to the ground and died.

"Xu Xu Fuzi, please accept my condolences!"

Yan Dan comforted Xu Xu Fuzi and said, "Don't worry, this sword, forged with the life of the old Mrs. Xu, will definitely become an object to save the people of the world!"

Xu Xu Fuzi looked up at Yan Dan and said nothing.