Chapter 228

Hearing Jing Ke finish speaking his mind, the Six-Fingered Black Knight could not help but sigh. It had to be said that Jing Ke's words were reasonable and well-founded, and indeed capable of convincing people.

Unfortunately, this was ultimately just his speculation, and it was far from the truth.

As some distracting thoughts flashed through his mind, the Six-Fingered Black Knight looked at Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang and said: "Is this Yan Dan's version of events? In his account, did I die at the hands of the Qin State's Net and the Yin-Yang School?"

Jing Ke asked in confusion: "Could it be that there is some other hidden story behind this matter?"

Qin Qin Wuyang also looked at the Six-Fingered Black Knight with a serious expression, waiting for the Six-Fingered Master's reply.

The Six-Fingered Black Knight organized his wording in his mind and said to Jing Ke: "What you speculated earlier is not entirely wrong; a part of it is correct. It was indeed the Yin-Yang School leader, Lord Xuan Tian, who saved me, and it was he who used magic to manifest my corpse, thereby deceiving everyone and preventing the people behind the scenes from discovering the fact that I was not dead!"

"Since the Master is not dead, why not return to the Mechanical City?" Jing Ke asked the Six-Fingered Black Knight again.

"It is not that I do not want to, but before this, I was powerless!" the Six-Fingered Black Knight explained. "I was poisoned and fell into a deep sleep for a full two months; I only just woke up a short while ago."

Hearing this, Jing Ke was shocked once more.

He had never imagined that the Six-Fingered Master's situation at that time had been so perilous.

The Six-Fingered Black Knight continued: "After waking up, I knew that you two, as envoys of the Yan State, were heading to the Qin State to offer land and seek peace, so as soon as you arrived in Xianyang, I came to find you immediately."

He stared at Jing Ke, his tone shifting as he said: "You have come to the Qin State as envoys of the Yan State; on the surface, it is to offer the Dukang land of the Yan State and the head of Fan Fan Yuqi to the Qin State to seek peace, but in reality, it is to carry out an assassination, is it not!"

"!!!"

The gazes of Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang froze simultaneously, and their muscles suddenly tensed up.

They had not expected that the Six-Fingered Master would know all of this.

More importantly, beside the Six-Fingered Master was the Yin-Yang School leader, Su Xuan. The Yin-Yang School worked for the Qin State; did the Six-Fingered Master saying such things mean that the Qin State also knew about these matters?

If the person saying this were not the Six-Fingered Master, Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang would have had to kill him to keep the secret!

"You do not need to be nervous." The Six-Fingered Black Knight comforted the two: "I have known about this for a long time. Yan Dan once mentioned it in front of me, and furthermore, I know some hidden details that you do not."

"For example, the plan to assassinate Ying Zheng was initially proposed by Lord Lord Changping of the Qin State. He has a close relationship with the Nongjia Hero Tian Guang. When Qin was attacking Zhao, he realized that Yan Dan was fearful, so he told Yan Dan about this plan through Tian Guang's mouth."

"Yan Dan was convinced that this was a strategy to save the country, so he tried to persuade me to agree to this plan!"

"But I refused!"

The Six-Fingered Black Knight's answer exceeded the expectations of Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang.

Although after Yan Dan proposed the Dragon-Slaying Plan, many within the Mohist school had developed strange ideas, they ultimately chose to obey the Master's orders and assist Yan Dan with all their might to complete this plan.

As a result, they had not expected that upon learning of this plan, the Six-Fingered Black Knight's attitude had been one of refusal.

The Six-Fingered Black Knight then stated his own views.

This was merely his own opinion, but both Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang could see the Six-Fingered Black Knight's caution and feel his concern for the Mohist school.

Indeed, once the Dragon-Slaying Plan was launched, whether it succeeded or failed, the Mohist school would be so deeply involved that it would be difficult to extricate itself and would have to face the retaliation of the Qin State.

If they were unlucky, it was even possible they would be directly wiped out.

Of course, one could not say that Yan Dan was wrong; after all, back in the Mechanical City, after Yan Dan proposed this plan, he also stated his purpose: it was for the sake of all living beings under heaven.

Seeing that Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang's expressions had not changed, the Six-Fingered Black Knight knew that relying on these words alone to make them give up on assassinating Qin would be difficult; after all, Yan Dan was the current Mohist Master.

Thus, he continued.

"I told Yan Dan that as long as I am the Mohist Master, I will never agree to his plan."

"But even I did not expect that Yan Dan had never given up on the plan to assassinate Ying Zheng."

"That day, I received his letter. In the letter, he took the initiative to apologize to me for his words that day and invited me to Jicheng for a meeting. So I went to Jicheng and met Yan Dan. After we met, he apologized to me again and invited me to drink."

"After drinking, I left Jicheng, but I did not expect to be ambushed on the way!"

"Who exactly ambushed the Six-Fingered Master?" Hearing this, Jing Ke could not help but ask.

"It was the Nongjia!" The Six-Fingered Black Knight's expression was grave. "Although those people hid themselves very well, they could not hide the traces of the Nongjia's Earth-Marsh Twenty-Four!"

"It was actually the Nongjia?!"

Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang were very shocked. The meticulous Jing Ke even thought of another matter: the Six-Fingered Master had previously said that the Nongjia Hero Tian Guang had connections with Yan Dan, and the plan to assassinate Qin was also initially passed to Yan Dan by Tian Guang.

As expected, that Lord Lord Changping hiding behind Tian Guang was the person who could provide them with help in the Qin State when they assassinated Qin.

After the Remnant Rainbow Sword was forged and he was chosen as the candidate to assassinate Qin, Jing Ke had also raised some questions about how to bring the Remnant Rainbow Sword into the Xianyang Palace. Yan Dan's reply to him was that once they arrived in the Qin State, there would naturally be someone to help them bring the sword into the Xianyang Palace.

Jing Ke had been curious about this person who could help them; now, he finally knew who it was.

He then heard the Six-Fingered Black Knight say: "If it were only twenty-four Nongjia members, even if they had set up the Earth-Marsh Twenty-Four, I would have been confident in escaping unscathed, but during the battle, another matter began to sway the outcome of the fight."

"I was poisoned!"

"Was it the Nongjia who poisoned you?" Qin Qin Wuyang also could not help but ask.

"No, it was Yan Dan's wine!" The Six-Fingered Black Knight revealed the murderer who had harmed him.

"As long as I am alive, the Mohist school cannot help Yan Dan carry out the assassination of Qin, so in order to ensure that the matter proceeded smoothly, Yan Dan had no choice but to let me die."

The Six-Fingered Black Knight used a calm tone to state Yan Dan's motive.

However, this truth left Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang's minds shaken and difficult to accept.