Chapter 359

As for Jing Ke, he was close to the previous Leader, the Black Hero with Six Fingers. Although he had had many contacts with the current Leader, Yan Dan, and had even served as Yan Dan's bodyguard to protect his safety, the relationship was just so-so.

Qin Wuyang was different; he was a die-hard follower of Yan Dan.

In Qin Wuyang's view, Yan Dan had protected him back then and brought him into the Mohist School; this was a life-saving grace and a grace of appreciation.

When they were selecting the Mohist Leader through Heaven's Will previously, he was the first person to vote for Yan Dan, without any hesitation. When Yan Dan proposed the Slaughter the Dragon plan and prepared to select the person to assassinate Qin, he was also the first to volunteer.

It was a pity that Yan Dan already had a candidate in mind, and in the end, he chose Jing Ke to shoulder this heavy responsibility.

Even so, out of consideration for Qin Wuyang's sincere heart, Yan Dan still selected Qin Wuyang to be Jing Ke's deputy, letting him assist Jing Ke. After all, one person was ultimately somewhat insecure.

Jing Ke heard the sense of determination in Qin Wuyang's words. He wanted to say something, but ultimately did not speak.

At this moment, he suddenly had some thoughts: should he go to the State of Qi to see his junior sister?

The sun and moon pass by without stopping; spring and autumn alternate in order.

Time passes and cannot be kept; the four seasons rotate and change in order.

After the Qin Guo destroyed the State of Zhao, the Qin Guo put all its attention into pacifying the people of Zhao. Because they already had the experience of destroying the State of Han earlier, handling the affairs of the State of Zhao was also a matter the Qin officials were adept at.

However, the State of Zhao and the State of Han were somewhat different. The State of Han had suffered from drought and had internal and external troubles, so the people lived in dire straits. The Qin Guo's conquest of the State of Han could be considered raising a righteous army to save the common people from fire and water. Because the Qin Guo saved many disaster victims in the State of Han, the resistance of the people of Han toward the Qin Guo dropped to a low point.

Although the State of Zhao also had internal troubles, it had not suffered from drought. The Qin Guo's conquest of the State of Zhao relied purely on powerful military force to take it down. In this process, even though the Qin Guo tried its best to avoid harming innocent civilians, once the war started, things were beyond one's control, and there were still many Zhao people who viewed the Qin Guo as an enemy. In the short time after the fall of the State of Zhao, several rebellions had already broken out within the State of Zhao.

In order to stabilize the situation in the State of Zhao, Ying Zheng could only let Wang Jian's great army be stationed within the State of Zhao to extinguish the many rebellions.

With Wang Jian's great army stationed in the State of Zhao, the many rebellions did not create any waves before being directly quelled, but this made things bitter for the State of Yan. The reason was that one of the armies under Wang Jian happened to be stationed by the Yi River.

The Yi River could be considered the border between the State of Yan and the State of Zhao.

The Qin Guo's great army being stationed here meant that the Qin army could cross the Yi River at any time and reach the State of Yan.

No one could be sure whether the Qin Guo would strike while the iron was hot and attack the State of Yan after destroying the State of Zhao.

Crown Hearing Yan Dan felt a sense of urgency. For the sake of the State of Yan, he could only urge Xu Fuzi to forge the sword as quickly as possible.

Finally, on this day, Xu Fuzi held a sword case and arrived at Yan Dan's mansion.

"Leader, the sword you wanted has been forged!"

Looking at Yan Dan, Xu Fuzi spoke softly, his expression somewhat sorrowful, as if he had just experienced great grief.

"Xu Fuzi, you?"

Yan Dan had originally prepared to check the sword first, but upon seeing Xu Fuzi in this state, he immediately realized that things were not that simple.

Afterward, through some conversation, he learned that because of his urging, Xu Fuzi and his mother could only forge the sword day and night without stopping. Xu Fuzi could hold on, but Xu Fuzi's mother could not. Being old and weak, finally, at the moment the sword was forged, she collapsed and died.

"Xu Fuzi, please accept my condolences!"

Yan Dan comforted Xu Fuzi and added: "Rest assured, this sword forged by the old Madam Xu with her life will definitely become an object to save the common people of the world!"

Xu Fuzi looked up at Yan Dan and said nothing. ===== CHAPTER 361 =====