Chapter 223

After Yan Dan handled the affairs of Zhao Guo, he soon sent a state letter to the Qin Empire.

This was to inform the Qin Empire that Zhao Guo was prepared to cede land and seek peace, and at the same time, the letter emphasized that Zhao Guo had already captured the Qin Empire's traitorous general, Fan Fan Yuqi, and executed him.

Inside the Zhangtai Palace, Ying Zheng read this state letter several times. After confirming that he had not missed any content on it, he immediately had someone summon Su Xuan.

After Su Xuan entered the palace, as soon as Ying Zheng saw him, he handed the state letter from Zhao Guo to Su Xuan.

While Su Xuan was reading the state letter, Ying Zheng praised, "I admire Mr. Su more and more now. Everything is as Mr. Su expected!"

Earlier, when Su Xuan returned from Zhao Guo and mentioned to him the Six-Fingered Black Knight's misfortune and Yan Dan's many schemes, Ying Zheng had already sighed. Mr. Su was infallible, as if he were the roundworm in Yan Dan's stomach, having seen through and guessed all his many schemes.

It was not until he received this state letter from Yan Dan that he marveled even more.

Su Xuan had not only guessed Yan Dan's schemes, but even many details were just as Su Xuan had predicted.

A long time ago, Su Xuan had brought up some assumptions in front of him.

Assuming Zhao Guo offered the Dukang land and also used Fan Fan Yuqi's head as a price, would he be willing to meet the envoys of Zhao Guo?

The answer was yes!

Zhao Guo was willing to pay such a price, and the Qin Empire could take the Dukang land without bloodshed; this was a bargain not to be missed.

Afterward, Su Xuan proposed another assumption.

When the Zhao Guo envoys explained the map of the Dukang land to him, would he be willing to listen to them explain it at close range?

The answer was also yes!

After all, at that time, having gained the Dukang land and seen the head of the traitor Fan Fan Yuqi, he would be joyful and would agree to any request that was not too excessive.

And this, in fact, was exactly what Yan Dan and the others intended.

Because they had hidden the murder weapon in the map of Dukang, waiting for the moment when the map was unrolled and the dagger revealed.

At this moment, in the state letter sent by Yan Dan, although it only mentioned offering the Dukang land and Fan Fan Yuqi's head, both of these had been guessed by Su Xuan. It was likely that Yan Dan's subsequent plans were also as Su Xuan had said.

Su Xuan ignored Ying Zheng's praise and continued reading the state letter. On this state letter, besides the price Zhao Guo paid, it also stated in advance the identities of the envoys sent by Zhao Guo.

"The chief envoy Jing Ke, the deputy envoy Qin Qin Wuyang—I have heard a little of these two people; they are Mohist leaders!"

"Yan Dan is not polite; not long after the Six-Fingered Black Knight was harmed, he directly borrowed the power of the Mohists!"

"What does Mr. Su plan to do next?" Ying Zheng asked Su Xuan, "Do you want me to go along with Yan Dan's wishes first and meet the envoys he sent?"

Su Xuan pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice, "Having slept for so long, it is time for the Six-Fingered Black Knight to wake up!"

Inside the Yin-Yang School, the Six-Fingered Black Knight lay on the bed.

Nian Duan and Duanmu Rong would occasionally come to see him. Unfortunately, because letting the Six-Fingered Black Knight sleep was Su Xuan's intention, as long as Su Xuan had not resolved the hidden hand left in the Six-Fingered Black Knight's body, even if Nian Duan's medical skills were superb, she could not wake the Six-Fingered Black Knight up.

However, they had learned some of the Six-Fingered Black Knight's encounters from Su Xuan and felt many emotions.

Duanmu Rong's first thought was that Su Xuan was lying.

Although she had joined the Yin-Yang School, because of her previously good impression of Yan Dan, she was still somewhat unwilling to accept that Yan Dan had plotted against the Six-Fingered Black Knight. Nian Duan, on the other hand, had previously had some opinions about the Six-Fingered Black Knight and Yan Dan being close. Upon learning that it was Yan Dan who had plotted against the Six-Fingered Black Knight, she was not surprised, but rather felt some sympathy for the Six-Fingered Black Knight.

At the same time, she could not help but feel gratitude toward Su Xuan.

If it were not for Su Xuan, this old friend of hers would truly have died.

She really wanted to wake the Six-Fingered Black Knight up, but due to her insufficient medical skills, she could never save the Six-Fingered Black Knight, who was in a living-dead state.

On this day, when the master and apprentice were visiting the Six-Fingered Black Knight, Su Xuan also arrived here.

Looking at Nian Duan and her apprentice, Su Xuan said without blushing or skipping a beat, "I have recently created a new technique that might be able to wake the Six-Fingered Black Knight!"

Hearing this, Nian Duan and Duanmu Rong looked at Su Xuan in surprise at the same time.

Su Xuan did not say much more, and then, in front of the two, he began to call the soul for the Six-Fingered Black Knight. This process referred to the time he prayed for rain in Xinzheng; anyway, he just performed a bunch of actions that looked very powerful but were actually useless, putting on a show that he was already trying very hard.

As he uttered the word "Condense," his magic power surged into the Six-Fingered Black Knight's body, lifting the hidden hand left in the Six-Fingered Black Knight's body.

"If nothing goes wrong, it won't be long before he can wake up!"

After lifting the hidden hand, Su Xuan said.

The impatient Duanmu Rong hurriedly stepped forward to check the Six-Fingered Black Knight's condition. She was very shocked, "Master, Six-Fingered Senior, he..."

Nian Duan also stepped forward to check and found that the Six-Fingered Black Knight's condition had truly improved. Originally, there was a mass of poison lingering in the Six-Fingered Black Knight's body, affecting his heart pulse. Even Nian Duan could not eradicate this mass of poison to wake the Six-Fingered Black Knight up, but now, this mass of poison had disappeared.

Yin-Yang technique? No, is the technique really so magical?

Nian Duan felt that she should also learn some Yin-Yang techniques; perhaps she could open up a new path of medical science!

She was currently in the Yin-Yang School, and wanting to learn techniques was an easy thing.

After another while, the Six-Fingered Black Knight, as Su Xuan had said, slowly woke up.

"You're awake!"

After waking up, he heard a familiar sentence. Seeing the people beside him clearly, the Six-Fingered Black Knight was a bit surprised.

They were all acquaintances.

Su Xuan, Nian Duan, Duanmu Rong.

The Six-Fingered Black Knight's memory was still stuck at the last moment. He had seen Su Xuan appear at that time and thought he was hallucinating. Seeing Su Xuan again now, he immediately guessed the truth.

He asked in a deep voice, "Did you save me?"

Su Xuan nodded.

The Six-Fingered Black Knight said to Su Xuan, "Thank you!"

Seeing the Six-Fingered Black Knight wake up, Duanmu Rong also hurriedly asked the Six-Fingered Black Knight, "Six-Fingered Senior, who exactly attacked you?"

"He said it was..."

She looked at Su Xuan, still somewhat disbelieving that Yan Dan had attacked the Six-Fingered Black Knight.

"It was Yan Dan!"

The Six-Fingered Black Knight stated the mastermind. Hearing this, Duanmu Rong's expression changed. Although Su Xuan had already stated the answer, when she truly heard these words, she was still very shocked. She had not expected Yan Dan to deal such a ruthless blow to the Six-Fingered Black Knight.