Chapter 312

It was not a surprising thing that Yan Dan would choose to escape at this time.

Knowing that Yan Dan had already contacted the Six-Fingered Black Hero in private and was ready to escape with the help of the Mohist School at any time, Su Xuan went to the Xianyang Palace again and saw Ying Zheng, who was handling government affairs.

Ying Zheng was very busy. He was strong-willed and liked to do things himself, so he would rather handle many government affairs himself than hand them over to others. Especially after realizing that many people around him had problems, he was even less willing to delegate power.

Basically, he had to be busy handling official business for most of the day. Moreover, not all official documents were written on silk; some were written on bamboo slips. Bamboo slips were thick and heavy, and a scroll of bamboo slips could not carry much content. But looking at the pile of bamboo slips stacked in front of Ying Zheng, sometimes it made people feel intimidated. Seeing this, the thought of papermaking flashed through Su Xuan's mind.

Since he could not persuade Ying Zheng to give up handling official business, he could only think of ways to relieve some pressure for Ying Zheng in other aspects.

After the thought arose, he faced Ying Zheng, who had put down the bamboo slips in his hand, and talked about the reason for coming here.

"In other words, after Yan Dan learned of Li Mu's death, he was certain that Zhao Guo could not block the Qin Guo, so he prepared to flee the Qin Guo. He knew that it was difficult to escape by himself, so he contacted the Mohist School, preparing to use the power of the Mohist School to escape the Qin Guo?"

After learning of Yan Dan's purpose, Ying Zheng frowned.

He did not expect Yan Dan to have such courage. As a hostage, he actually thought about escaping from the Qin Guo. However, thinking of himself and his father, Ying Zheng developed some complex feelings.

Because both he and his father, King Zhuangxiang of Qin, were hostages who escaped from Zhao Guo.

After knowing Yan Dan's purpose, Ying Zheng asked Su Xuan: "Mr. Su, what do you think of this matter? Should we stop Yan Dan from escaping, or let him leave?"

Even if Yan Dan escaped back to the State of Yan, Ying Zheng did not care. After all, the national strength of the State of Yan determined his upper limit. Even if Yan Dan was powerful, it was impossible to change the State of Yan out of thin air in a short time, making the State of Yan able to contend with the Qin Guo.

The current Qin Guo had already gained momentum.

After the Li Mu incident, Ying Zheng had already begun to prepare to raise arms again in the second half of the year, vowing to destroy Zhao Guo in one battle. The matter of the State of Han told him that to destroy the six states of Shandong, one must be fast and not give them any time to prepare or breathe.

Zhao Guo had already lost Li Mu, which was equivalent to destroying its own Great Wall.

No other general had Li Mu's military talent sufficient to contend with the Qin Guo. Although Li Mu's deputy general Sima Shang was also okay, compared to Li Mu, he was still much worse.

Coupled with the fact that the King of Zhao had just passed away and Zhao Qian's mourning period was not over, the situation in Zhao Guo had not stabilized, so it was hard for Ying Zheng not to have the idea of destroying Zhao Guo.

One must know that when the State of Han was destroyed earlier, it was also at a time when the former king of the enemy state had just passed away, the new king had not yet ascended the throne, and the situation had not stabilized.

"Has the King given up the idea of subduing the Mohist School?" Su Xuan asked Ying Zheng a question.

Ying Zheng said in a deep voice: "The two pieces of farming tools manufactured by the Mohist Leader, since their official promotion, have reclaimed I don't know how much fertile land for my Qin Guo, reducing the burden of a lot of manpower and animal power. They are deservedly divine tools for farming!"

"If the Mohist School is willing to be used by my Qin Guo, of course, that would be the best!"

Ying Zheng did not agree with some of the Mohist School's philosophies and theories, but the other party's mechanism art had indeed moved Ying Zheng.

Even though there was already the Gongshu family in the Qin Guo, and the Gongshu family was also proficient in mechanism art, the two schools were ultimately different in what they were good at. At least, since the Gongshu family had been serving the Qin Guo for so long, they had never manufactured such farming equipment for the Qin Guo.

"If the King wants to subdue the Mohist School, my suggestion is to let Yan Dan return to his country for the time being!"

"Oh?"

Ying Zheng looked at Su Xuan curiously, waiting for his explanation.

"Yan Dan will develop the intention to return to his country, nothing more than seeing that Zhao Guo is difficult to resist the Qin Guo, so he is preparing to return to the State of Yan and make some preparations to prevent the offensive of the Qin Guo." Su Xuan narrated the ins and outs of the matter, "I know that in the King's view, even if Yan Dan is given another ten years, the State of Yan will not be the opponent of the Qin Guo, and Yan Dan's actions are all in vain. But in this world, since there are open conspiracies, there are also secret plots..."

"Through legal reform, enriching the country and strengthening the army, resisting the Qin Guo is indeed one way, but besides this, there are other ways to temporarily stop the offensive of the Qin Guo!"

"What way?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Zhuan Zhu assassinates King Liao!"

Su Xuan uttered five words, but told a story from many years ago. At the end of the Spring and Autumn period, Prince Guang of the State of Wu, the later King Helu of Wu, wanted to kill King Liao of Wu and establish himself. Wu Zixu recommended Zhuan Zhu to Prince Guang. Prince Guang took advantage of the emptiness inside Wu and conspired with Zhuan Zhu. In the name of feasting King Liao of Wu, he hid a dagger in the belly of a fish and presented it. Zhuan Zhu assassinated King Liao of Wu on the spot, but was also killed by his guards. History calls it "Assassinating King Liao." And the sword that Zhuan Zhu used to assassinate King Liao of Wu has been called the Fish-Intestine Sword since then.

After Su Xuan said these five words, Ying Zheng knew what the so-called other way was.

It was to stop the Qin Guo from retreating by assassinating him.

"It's really funny. Does Yan Dan think that by assassinating me, he can stop the Qin Guo from destroying the State of Yan?" Ying Zheng sneered.

Su Xuan said: "Although the general trend cannot be changed, if the Qin Guo falls into a state of having no leader at that time, it will have no time to take care of the State of Yan in a short time. This move can buy some time for the State of Yan."

"Even if it is as the gentleman said, Yan Dan must succeed. I live in the Xianyang Palace, how could I let him succeed!" Ying Zheng was very complacent. He already had quite a bit of experience in encountering assassinations.

When he was in the State of Han, he was safe and sound from the assassination of Xuan Jian, a first-class expert of the Luo Wang. There was no more dangerous moment than that. One must know that at that time, he was not in Xianyang, not even in the Qin Guo, alone in Xinzheng, with only Gai Nie as a guard by his side. And Xuan Jian's strength was formidable. According to Gai Nie, back then, he and his junior brother Wei Zhuang joined forces and were not Xuan Jian's opponents.

Xuan Jian's strength was shocking.

But even so, he still did not die.

Of course, this was also because of his good luck, encountering Su Xuan's help. But sometimes, luck is also a part of strength.