Chapter 355: The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!

While Yan Dan was becoming the Mohist Leader and beginning to plan the slaughter of the dragon.

Su Xuan also officially left the State of Yan.

Before leaving, he did not lift the manipulation on Lord Yan Chun, nor did he kill Lord Yan Chun, because he suddenly discovered that Lord Yan Chun was truly very useful. With the help of Lord Yan Chun's name, during this period of time, he had scavenged I don't know how many medicinal herbs. And within the territory of the State of Yan, there were famous mountains and great rivers like Mount Changbai. Mount Changbai was the origin of many precious medicinal herbs. In other words, keeping Lord Yan Chun would allow him to collect medicinal herbs more effectively.

Although the State of Yan might not have many years of national destiny left, in these final moments, Su Xuan did not mind utilizing Lord Yan Chun.

Riding in the carriage prepared by Lord Yan Chun, Su Xuan, accompanied by Gao Jianli and Xue Nu, swayed leisurely toward the direction of the Qin Guo.

Because the State of Zhao had fallen, the road from the State of Yan to the Qin Guo had been opened directly. Traveling to the Qin Guo no longer required crossing the borders of other nations. Unfortunately, because of the differences in roads in various places, the bumps along the way were still unavoidable.

So, it was indeed necessary to build roads.

In a side hall of the Xianyang Palace, Kuang Xiu played his zither music in solitude. Before the fall of the State of Zhao, he had been alone in this empty palace, feeling nothing but boundless loneliness every day. The deep palace was quiet, yet he did not have a single soulmate.

This was also the reason why, when Nong Yu came to the palace and played a song in front of him, he didn't say anything on the surface, but was very happy inside.

Unfortunately, this joy did not last long.

Not only because Nong Yu no longer came to the palace, but also because... the State of Zhao had fallen.

Kuang Xiu's feelings toward the State of Zhao were very complex. On one hand, he had been persecuted by the powerful of the State of Zhao because of Xue Nu, but he had once been the chief palace musician of the State of Zhao and had received the favor of the King of Zhao. The State of Zhao was his home country, and its fall made Kuang Xiu feel very miserable.

But there was nothing he could do.

In the end, he was only a musician and could not change the fact that the State of Zhao had fallen. Thus, he could only become increasingly sorrowful, able only to play music powerlessly in this palace.

Just as his zither music echoed, suddenly, another strain of zither music sounded.

This melody was filled with positive, uplifting notes, dissolving the sorrow in his own music.

Kuang Xiu was startled upon hearing this zither music, and immediately sped up the playing of the zither in his hands.

As one song ended, he played another, and the music from outside also changed abruptly, echoing his own once more.

Kuang Xiu suddenly wanted to know who was outside.

That day, he had told Su Xuan that in this palace, no one could play music with him. This sounded arrogant, but it was a fact; the skill level of the Qin palace musicians was indeed not very good.

The person outside was different; their skill was enough to be mentioned in the same breath as his own.

Kuang Xiu was very curious, but the zither in his hands did not stop. After playing several songs in a row, Kuang Xiu stopped first, and the person outside also stopped playing.

Afterward, he saw Su Xuan, whom he had met that day, walk in slowly. Beside Su Xuan was a white-clad man holding a zither. Kuang Xiu couldn't help but think of the scene when Su Xuan brought Nong Yu here that day.

Su Xuan's voice sounded: "Let me introduce him; his name is Gao Jianli, and he will be a palace musician from now on. As the chief palace musician, Mr. Kuang Xiu, you must take good care of him!"

Upon learning who the white-clad man was, Kuang Xiu was stunned.

He was Gao Jianli?

Kuang Xiu had long admired Gao Jianli but had never met him. He had not expected Gao Jianli to be younger than he had imagined, and even less had he expected Gao Jianli to be brought here by Su Xuan.

After coming to his senses, a trace of a smile appeared on Kuang Xiu's long-sorrowful face.

Gao Jianli also gave Kuang Xiu a smile.

A refined person like Gao Jianli would be better off honestly being his musician; he shouldn't meddle in things like Mohist leaders or assassinating Qin. Otherwise, he would end up a cripple or blind.

After giving Gao Jianli a new job with a salary and benefits far higher than those of a musician at the Feixue Pavilion, Su Xuan went to see Seeing Ying Zheng once more.

Seeing Ying Zheng knew that after the fall of the State of Zhao, Su Xuan had followed him to Handan and then gone to the State of Yan alone. He hadn't expected that upon Su Xuan's return, he would bring back the famous musician Gao Jianli from the State of Yan.

Although Seeing Ying Zheng did not like music very much, he would listen to it occasionally for relaxation. He did not mind arranging a job for Gao Jianli.

However, when Su Xuan took the initiative to bring up another matter, he learned that Su Xuan's trip to the State of Yan was not for the sake of the musician Gao Jianli.

"In other words, Yan Dan colluded with the Agricultural School's Xia Kui and joined forces to harm the Mohist Leader, and now he has become the new Mohist Leader?"

After hearing Su Xuan finish speaking about what happened in the State of Yan, Seeing Ying Zheng's eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but marvel.

"This Yan Dan actually has such ambition; I underestimated him!"

Knowing the many things Yan Dan had done, Seeing Ying Zheng truly admired Yan Dan a little.

From Su Xuan's mouth, he knew that the Mohist Leader, the Black Hero with Six Fingers, had been very good to Yan Dan. Yet, in order to achieve his goal, Yan Dan had attacked the Black Hero with Six Fingers without hesitation. This was not something just anyone could make up their mind to do.

"If nothing unexpected happens, Yan Dan is currently using the power of the Mohist School to begin his plan to save the nation," Su Xuan said again.

Seeing Ying Zheng said coldly: "But Yan Dan will never imagine that all his schemes are within Mr. Su's expectations, and even that the Black Hero with Six Fingers has not died."

"As long as the Black Hero with Six Fingers is still alive, once he reveals himself, Yan Dan will instantly fall from being the Mohist Leader to someone the Mohist School will join forces to purge!"

Looking at Su Xuan, Seeing Ying Zheng praised him sincerely.

He gradually understood why Su Xuan had been so certain that day that he could help him subdue the Mohist School.

After this incident, the Black Hero with Six Fingers had likely seen through Yan Dan's true face, and his mindset would gradually change. If the Mohist School wanted to continue and not be destroyed, it would have no choice but to attach itself to the Qin Guo.

After chatting a little about Yan Dan, Seeing Ying Zheng brought up another matter.

"Whether it is Yan Dan or the Mohist School, they are all just tools used by others to achieve their goals. The one truly directing all of this is the person behind the Agricultural School!" ===== CHAPTER 357 =====