Chapter 231

"Guards, where are the guards?"

After these words were spoken, someone immediately exclaimed, calling for the palace guards to come and protect the King.

Not to mention whether Jing Ke's words were true or false, the ministers in the court could not afford any risk. What if what Jing Ke said was true? There was a sharp weapon hidden in the scroll in his hand.

No one knew how he had brought this sharp weapon in; those who inspected them were complete trash.

Just by Jing Ke entering the hall with a sharp weapon, if he truly had malicious intent, it was very possible to threaten the safety of the King.

As the exclamations sounded, many guards rushed onto the hall, intending to capture Jing Ke.

Jing Ke did not have any nervousness, and neither did the King of Qin, Ying Zheng.

"Guards, withdraw first!"

The King of Qin spoke, and the many guards had to withdraw.

This move by the King of Qin surprised many ministers. Among them, Lord Lord Changping's expression changed slightly after Jing Ke said that a sword was hidden in the map. Things seemed to be deviating from his expectations.

Jing Ke did not, as he had plotted, use the excuse of having the King of Qin examine the map to assassinate the King of Qin, but instead, from the very beginning, he stated that a sword was hidden in the scroll.

"This person... has a problem!!"

Lord Lord Changping's mood was complex; in a short moment, he thought of many things.

He had to prepare for the worst.

Even if the assassination of Qin failed, as long as he held a high position in the Qin State, there would still be many opportunities to save the Chu State. At present, the first thing he needed to do was to eliminate those few people who had inspected Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang before the imperial road.

Those people had deliberately relaxed the inspection under his instruction, thereby allowing Jing Ke to bring the sword in.

Even if he had not directly ordered those people, if it were investigated in detail, some clues would eventually be found.

If these clues were discovered by others, it was very likely that he would be implicated.

At this time, he had to protect himself.

At the same time, he also tried hard to comfort himself: even if the assassination of Qin truly failed, it could actually be considered a good thing. At the very least, after this, the Qin State's fury would be vented entirely on the Yan State, and all attention would be focused on the Yan State, leaving no time to worry about the Chu State.

Ying Zheng ignored the thoughts of the many ministers in the court, his gaze remaining on Jing Ke. "I have never seen a sword forged from meteorite iron from beyond the heavens. Take the sword out and let me have a look!"

"Yes!"

As Jing Ke spoke, under the gaze of everyone and the indignant gaze of Qin Qin Wuyang, he directly opened the scroll of the Dukang map in his hand. As the huge map was flipped to the end, the figure of a sword suddenly appeared.

As this sword appeared, in an instant, the temperature in the air rose significantly, and a scorching, fierce aura permeated the air.

"There really is a sword?!"

Seeing the map end and the sword appear, many ministers were shocked. Although they had called for the guards earlier, there was also a possibility that Jing Ke was deliberately lying, pretending that a sword was hidden in the scroll.

As a result, they had not expected that a sword was truly hidden in the scroll.

Were those eunuchs who inspected the Yan State envoys before the imperial road eating for free?

The law required that they could not even bring in hairpins, yet this person had brought in such a long sword!

"Mr. Gai!"

Ying Zheng turned his head and spoke.

A figure who had been guarding by his side walked out.

Upon seeing this figure, Jing Ke could not help but be stunned, simply because he knew this person, even though they had actually not met for many years.

Gai Nie was a person from the Zhao State.

He was a disciple of the Ghost Valley school. The Ghost Valley school's whereabouts were hidden, and ordinary people did not know where their sect's base was, but because of his master Gongsun Yu, Jing Ke knew a little bit. The Ghost Valley school was hidden in the Cloud Dream Mountain of the Wei State. If one traced the land of Cloud Dream Mountain further back, it actually belonged to the Wei State, but it was later occupied by the Wei State.

Because of this, the base of the Ghost Valley school was not far from the Puyang City that he and his master had defended back then, and his master Gongsun Yu seemed to have a deep relationship with the contemporary Ghost Valley Master. Through back-and-forth, Gai Nie, the head disciple of the Ghost Valley Master, could be considered an acquaintance of his.

When Puyang was still there, Gai Nie often traveled between Puyang and Ghost Valley, and he could be considered an old friend he had known since his youth.

Unfortunately, a war.

Puyang fell, his master Gongsun Yu died in battle, and he and his junior sister Gongsun Gongsun Liji eventually left Puyang and went to the Mohist school. The marriage between him and Gai Nie was also interrupted because of this.

Jing Ke had not expected to see Gai Nie here again.

A guess could not help but arise in his heart.

If he followed Yan Dan's requirements and continued to carry out the plan to assassinate Qin, Gai Nie would probably become the biggest obstacle to his plan!

As a descendant of Ghost Valley, Gai Nie had formidable strength. Back in Puyang, when the two of them sparred with swords, Gai Nie had the upper hand. Now, many years later, Gai Nie had probably become even stronger.

While Jing Ke's thoughts flickered, he saw Gai Nie walk up to him.

Although they were old acquaintances, this was not the time to reminisce. Jing Ke and Gai Nie looked at each other, and he handed the sword in his hand to Gai Nie.

Gai Nie took the Remnant Rainbow Sword. As soon as the sword was in his hand, he felt a scorching sensation, as if it were going to burn the skin of his palm, which made Gai Nie even more certain of the fact that this sword was a fierce sword.

When this sword appeared earlier, he had felt a scorching, fierce aura.

"What a fierce sword!"

Gai Nie said softly, and immediately, he circulated his internal energy. In an instant, the fierce aura of this sword was forcibly suppressed.

From the time he obtained the Remnant Rainbow Sword until now, Jing Ke had been trying hard to adapt to it, and his feeling for the Remnant Rainbow Sword was the clearest. He immediately noticed the change and could not help but look at Gai Nie in surprise.

'Brother Gai is truly impressive!'

Gai Nie held the Remnant Rainbow Sword and walked back to Ying Zheng's side. He held the Remnant Rainbow Sword with both hands, and Ying Zheng examined the Remnant Rainbow Sword carefully for a while. "This is quite interesting!"

In fact, he could not see any difference between the Remnant Rainbow sword forged from a meteorite and an ordinary sword, but since Jing Ke said it was a gift, he had to express that he liked this gift.

After looking at the Remnant Rainbow Sword, Ying Zheng had Gai Nie put it away and stand to the side, and then asked Jing Ke, "The sword forged from meteorite iron from beyond the heavens is the third gift. I wonder what the fourth gift is?"

Jing Ke's expression was complex, and he finally said the words in his heart: "This fourth gift is the vast territory and the state of the Yan State. This gift requires the King of Qin to send someone to take it himself!"