Chapter 234

A long time ago, Lord Lord Changping had actually noticed Su Xuan.

This person first appeared during the Rebellion of Lao Ai, helping Ying Zheng kill Lao Ai.

Afterward, for some reason, he jumped to become the leader of the Yin-Yang School. In the capacity of the leader of the Yin-Yang School, he helped Ying Zheng do many things.

Because he had secretly funded the Nongjia, Lord Lord Changping knew very well what kind of power the various schools of thought contained.

However, even if Su Xuan became the leader of the Yin-Yang School, Lord Lord Changping did not take him too seriously.

In the end, the various schools of thought could only play a role if they were hidden in the dark. The size of the Yin-Yang School was not even as large as the Nongjia, and it could not influence any general trend.

But after the failure of this assassination of Qin, Lord Lord Changping gradually began to change his view.

The failure of the assassination of Qin was due to Jing Ke changing his mind.

But before this, one must first clarify one thing: Jing Ke was a Mohist leader and the candidate chosen by Yan Dan. As the Mohist Master, under normal circumstances, it was impossible for Jing Ke to disobey Yan Dan's orders.

Obviously, something had happened that prompted Jing Ke to change his mind.

Even the deputy envoy Qin Qin Wuyang did not know that Jing Ke had changed his mind, which was why he was furious after hearing Jing Ke's words and chose to assassinate Ying Zheng alone.

Unfortunately, although Qin Qin Wuyang was brave, he was only one person and ultimately could not become a major trend.

In the end, he died under the long sword forged to assassinate Ying Zheng.

"I really feel more and more unwilling!"

In the mansion, Lord Lord Changping clenched his fists, and his nails embedded into the flesh of his palms, bringing bursts of stinging pain.

If Jing Ke had not betrayed him, he would have approached Ying Zheng on the pretext of having Ying Zheng examine the map. When the map was flipped to the end, the long sword would appear, and with one sword strike, he could take Ying Zheng's life.

But because of his betrayal, all of this fell short.

He calculated everything and planned everything, but the only thing he did not expect was the human heart.

If he had known that Jing Ke was so unreliable, he should not have fooled Yan Dan into letting the Mohist school do this, but should have let the Nongjia help him.

At that time, he was still too hesitant.

Because he could not bear to part with the Nongjia and wanted to let the Mohist school become a sacrifice.

But he did not understand clearly that if sacrificing a Nongjia could kill Ying Zheng, it would also be worth it.

At the same time, those eunuchs who inspected Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang were taken away as soon as the inspection was completed, Ying Zheng's calmness, and afterward, his edict pardoning Jing Ke, all confirmed Lord Lord Changping's speculation: Ying Zheng had long anticipated the assassination, and even Jing Ke might have been attached to him from the beginning.

"Ying Zheng, oh Ying Zheng, how much do you actually know?"

Things were gradually getting out of his control, and Lord Lord Changping could not help but feel a bit panicked. At present, he could only pin his hopes on Yan Dan, hoping that Yan Dan had not told the Mohist people that he had plotted the assassination plan. In that case, if Jing Ke had truly defected to Ying Zheng, he would appear very passive.

Even if Ying Zheng did not have substantial evidence, some things did not need evidence. Just a suspicion could potentially make many of his plans come to nothing.

Just like the death of Bai Qi, Bai Qi had no intention of rebelling, but he had the ability to rebel, so he had to die!

Yan State.

After Jing Ke and Qin Qin Wuyang went to the Qin State, Yan Dan had been waiting quietly in the Crown Prince's mansion.

He had been in a state of anxiety.

On one hand, he was a bit nervous: if the assassination of Qin failed and Ying Zheng did not die, what should he do if the furious Ying Zheng wielded a butcher's knife toward the Yan State? However, after this thought arose, he tried his best to comfort himself.

No, the assassination of Qin would not fail.

For this matter, he had prepared so much, and he was even willing to plot against the Six-Fingered Black Knight, who had great grace toward him. Coupled with the fact that Lord Lord Changping was an inside man in the Qin State to provide help, the assassination of Qin would not fail.

Of course, even if it succeeded, he had to make some preparations.

After all, it was the envoy of the Yan State who assassinated the King of Qin, Ying Zheng. Reasonably and emotionally, the Yan State would suffer some anger.

What he needed to do was to avoid this risk as much as possible. As long as he could withstand the Qin State's fury and wait for the situation in the Qin State to gradually stabilize, the Qin State, having lost its King, would no longer have the heart to move troops against the states of Shandong.

Time passed slowly.

Because the Yan State was far away from the Qin State, news from the Qin State had not yet been sent back.

Yan Dan had never known the specific situation in the Qin State.

On this day, someone brought a royal order and summoned him.

"Crown Prince, the King wants you to enter the palace!"

Yan Dan changed his clothes and hurried to the palace. After stepping into the palace hall, he found his father and many ministers all present. His uncle, Lord Lord Yanchun, was even looking at him with a sinister gaze, somewhat unkindly.

Yan Dan raised his eyebrows, realizing that something was wrong.

"Father, what happened?"

He tentatively asked his father.

King Xi of Yan heard Yan Dan's words and also came back to his senses. He looked at Yan Dan fiercely and said: "It's all because of the good things you did!"

After the news from the Qin State was sent back, he finally knew what this rebellious son had done. Those two envoys chosen by him were not envoys at all, but fierce criminals carrying sharp weapons.

One of them turned against them on the spot, and the other attempted to assassinate Ying Zheng without success.

If this rebellious son had informed him in advance about assassinating the King of Qin, that would have been fine!

Although he still would not have agreed, at least he would have had some psychological preparation.

As a result, this rebellious son acted on his own initiative.

It would have been fine if he had succeeded, but the key was that he failed.

Yan Dan listened to his father's reprimand, somewhat confused, but soon he understood.

"The Qin State sent us a gift and a letter!"

Yan Dan soon saw the gift.

It was exactly the corpse of Qin Qin Wuyang. His death was extremely miserable, and one of his arms had been cut off.

Yan Dan also soon saw the letter from the Qin State.

The content on the letter was very simple, just one sentence.

"I am very satisfied with the gift the Yan State sent me, and I will send someone to take it soon!"

What gift did the Yan State send to Ying Zheng? That Ying Zheng needed to take it himself?

Besides the Dukang land and the head of Fan Fan Yuqi, were there any other gifts?

Soon, the monarch and ministers of the Yan State knew.

After the gift from the Qin State was sent to the Yan State, some details about the Xianyang Palace were also learned by the people of the Yan State.

The King of Yan initially only knew that Jing Ke had turned against them and Qin Qin Wuyang had failed to assassinate.

This time, new news was sent back, which included the words Jing Ke had said.

He had presented the state of the Yan State as a gift to Ying Zheng.

In the Crown Prince's mansion, Yan Dan was filled with anger, and a mouthful of blood instantly sprayed out of his mouth: "Jing Ke, that brat, has ruined me!"