Chapter 324

"Lord Xuan Tian..."

After leaving Kuang Xiu, Nong Yu spoke to Su Xuan.

"Are you wondering who Gao Jianli is?"

Su Xuan knew what Nong Yu was thinking and directly voiced the question in her heart.

Nong Yu nodded. She had seen the change in Kuang Xiu's expression when Su Xuan mentioned the name Gao Jianli earlier, and Kuang Xiu had also admitted that Gao Jianli was the only person in the world who could play "High Mountains and Flowing Water" with him.

"High Mountains and Flowing Water" was a famous tune passed down through the ages, created by Bo Ya and Zhong Ziqi. When the two met, they were considered soulmates, so much so that after Zhong Ziqi died, Bo Ya, grieving the loss of his soulmate, broke his zither and cut his strings, never playing again for the rest of his life.

Kuang Xiu's previous admission that Gao Jianli was the only one in the world who could play "High Mountains and Flowing Water" with him, besides Gao Jianli's profound accomplishments in music, probably had another purpose: in Kuang Xiu's view, Gao Jianli was his soulmate.

This was also the reason why, despite Nong Yu's superb zither skills, Kuang Xiu still believed she could not play "High Mountains and Flowing Water" with him.

Because in Kuang Xiu's view, Nong Yu was not his soulmate or confidante.

"Gao Jianli is a musician from the State of Yan. This person has some fame in the lands of Yan and Zhao, but his reputation is not as great as Kuang Xiu's. It is normal that you have not heard of him." Su Xuan explained Gao Jianli's background to Nong Yu.

Nong Yu said in a deep voice, "Earlier, when Master Kuang Xiu played, I could hear the frustration in his heart."

Although Kuang Xiu did not play "High Mountains and Flowing Water" for Su Xuan in the end, since Su Xuan had come, Kuang Xiu still played a tune for him.

"It is normal for him to be frustrated. After all, he is a man of Zhao, and the State of Zhao is about to perish, yet he is powerless to do anything!"

Listening to Su Xuan's words, Nong Yu sighed in her heart.

She could understand Kuang Xiu's emotions to some extent. Kuang Xiu was originally a court musician, and he had spent most of his life in the State of Zhao; he had extremely deep feelings for the State of Zhao.

Having lived comfortably in the State of Zhao, being suddenly abducted to the Qin Guo was already enough to make one frustrated.

Having stayed in the Qin Guo for a long time, how could he not know the situation of the State of Zhao?

The State of Zhao would find it very difficult to block the Qin Guo.

But Nong Yu did not say much more. After all, after the fall of the State of Han, she had joined the Yin-Yang School and was now considered a person of the Qin Guo.

Compared to worrying about Kuang Xiu, having seen him today, she could be considered to have fulfilled some of her wishes.

In her heart, she could only hope that Master Kuang Xiu would soon walk out of his frustrated state of mind.

After Su Xuan and Nong Yu left, in the hall, Kuang Xiu played music again softly. He played a tune of "High Mountains," but there was no soulmate beside him to play "Flowing Water." "High Mountains and Flowing Water," lacking accompaniment, seemed lonely, just like him at the moment, alone in the Qin Guo.

Thus, his tune changed again. This time, he played "Empty Mountain Bird Song"!

If Nong Yu heard this tune, she would certainly be shocked. She had only played it once in front of Kuang Xiu, and he had learned it without the help of any musical score.

Kuang Xiu's talent in music was astonishing!

"'Empty Mountain Bird Song' is indeed a good tune. It is a pity that I am merely a bird in a cage..."

Inside the empty hall, Kuang Xiu sighed.

Time flew by. At the beginning of the year, after the Qin Guo, with Wang Jian as general, launched a campaign against the State of Zhao, first the King of Zhao passed away, and then Li Mu died suddenly, throwing the entire State of Zhao into chaos.

Even though people like Zhao Qian and Guo Kai tried their best to stabilize the situation within the State of Zhao.

Their so-called stabilization was nothing more than the elimination of dissidents.

Zhao Qian was already a person of ill repute, and Guo Kai was no better.

It was already difficult enough for the State of Zhao to have one traitor, let alone these two coming together.

Under their rule, the national strength of the entire State of Zhao not only failed to improve in the slightest but, on the contrary, became increasingly depressed.

Seeing Ying Zheng was an impatient person.

In many things, he liked to be aggressive and act directly if he could avoid delay.

Now that the State of Zhao had lost Li Mu, it was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. If they did not act now, when would they?

Just after midsummer this year, before the autumn harvest in the State of Zhao, the Qin Guo raised an army again, with Wang Jian as the Grand General and Li Xin, Wang Ben, and others as secondary generals, launching an attack on the State of Zhao.

In the city of Xianyang, in the courtyard where Li Mu lived, because of Seeing Ying Zheng, Li Mu was now forced to live incognito. He was now nothing more than an old farmer. Of course, this old farmer was somewhat special; around his courtyard, there were people watching at all times.

At the same time, Su Xuan had long ago used the Qi-Sealing Technique on him, sealing all his cultivation. Su Xuan would come here every once in a while to re-apply the Qi-Sealing Technique.