Chapter 360: Borrowing your head for a use!

An assassination of Qin—who knows how many loves, hates, and grudges it will play out.

The death of Xu Fuzi's mother was just a tiny interlude in this matter.

After Xu Fuzi left, Yan Dan opened the sword case for the first time. He saw a long sword lying inside. The sword body was a pale green color, emitting a scorching light, and what was even more eye-catching was the winding blood-colored trace on the sword spine.

After examining the sword slightly, Yan Dan immediately felt the fierce, murderous aura emanating from it.

Although this sword was a murderous weapon used to assassinate Ying Zheng, Yan Dan himself was also a swordsman who liked famous swords. Seeing this sword, he still had the urge to wield it. He reached out and grasped the hilt, and a scorching sensation immediately struck him, bringing with it threads of sharp pain. He couldn't help but release the hilt. Looking at his palm, he discovered that threads of scorched wounds had already appeared on it.

"This sword..."

Two words hovered in Yan Dan's heart, but he ultimately did not say them: "Harmful to the master!"

Although the Xu family was a famous sword-smithing family, it seemed they would always forge some fierce swords. It was said that Xu Fuzi's father had once forged a demonic sword named Shark Tooth during his lifetime. That sword was not in the sword manual, but it was famous for its ferocity. It was a pity that Yan Dan had never seen the demonic sword Shark Tooth and did not know which sword was more powerful—the demonic sword Shark Tooth or this fierce sword named "Canhong" currently before him.

But after personally feeling the power of this sword, he was very satisfied with it.

Even the person holding the sword would be injured by it, let alone the person stabbed by it.

As long as this sword stabbed into Ying Zheng's body, Ying Zheng would undoubtedly die!

The sword was already prepared.

Next was the person who would use this sword to carry out the assassination mission.

Yan Dan, using the order of the Mohist Leader, immediately sent a message to Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang, telling them to come to the State of Yan to do the preparatory work.

At that time, Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang would go to the Qin Guo as envoys of the State of Yan. They had to learn the etiquette regarding the mission to the Qin Guo first. Besides that, Jing Ke also had to spend some time adapting to this sword.

In the Mechanical City, Jing Ke had long known the news that Xu Fuzi had forged the sword, and even more so that Xu Fuzi's mother had died to forge it. The death of Xu Fuzi's mother caused Jing Ke to feel a sense of sorrow.

He knew that this was just a garnish in the Slaughter the Dragon plan. If this plan continued, it wouldn't just be the old Madam Xu who died, but also... him!

However, as Yan Dan was the Mohist Leader, he could only obey Yan Dan's orders.

Jing Ke had not yet made up his mind whether to go to the State of Qi to see his junior sister. Not long after Xu Fuzi sent the sword to Jicheng, he also received Yan Dan's letter, telling him and Qin Wuyang to go to Jicheng.

Because Yan Dan was urging him tightly, Jing Ke ultimately could only give up the thought of going to the State of Qi.

After arriving in the State of Yan, he could be considered to have seen the sword forged by Xu Fuzi for the first time, and afterward, in order to complete Yan Dan's task, he began to work hard to adapt to this sword.

Time flew, and another while passed.

As Jing Ke gradually adapted to the Canhong sword, in his spare time, he worked hard with Qin Wuyang to learn the many etiquettes.

The Qin Guo's great army stationed in the State of Zhao had still not withdrawn, and an atmosphere of fear shrouded the State of Yan. On this day, Crown Prince Yan Dan took the initiative to submit a letter to the King of Yan, proposing to cede land to the Qin Guo to seek peace.

Yan Dan's proposal surprised many ministers of the State of Yan, but Yan Dan spoke with reason and evidence.

The Qin Guo's great army was stationed right next to the Yi River. If the Qin Guo wanted to, it could raise an army to conquer the State of Yan at any time. Even the State of Zhao could not resist the Qin Guo; could the State of Yan resist the Qin Guo's attack?

Obviously, it could not.

Therefore, rather than waiting for the Qin Guo to take the initiative to attack the State of Yan, it would be better for the State of Yan to take the initiative to cede land and seek peace with the Qin Guo.

Once the Qin Guo received the benefits, even if it wanted to move its troops again, it would be impossible to attack the State of Yan.

If it were in another country, once such talk of ceding land and seeking peace came out, there would be some opposition, but the State of Yan was different. In the past, Yan Dan was the leader of the opposition. Since he, the leader of the opposition, said so, naturally no one could oppose it anymore.

Many ministers, including the King of Yan, praised Yan Dan for being devoted to the country. Although Yan Dan said he wanted to cede the Dukang land, which made the King of Yan feel some heartache, but upon thinking of the State of Zhao's fate, ceding Dukang, if it could preserve the State of Yan, was also worth it.

After discussing the method to preserve the State of Yan, the next difficult problem was: who should be the envoy?

The King of Yan had originally prepared to let important ministers of the State of Yan go, but Yan Dan spoke two names that no one had ever heard of.

Jing Ke, Qin Wuyang!

Who were these two people?

Why were they qualified to shoulder this heavy responsibility?

Quite a few ministers raised objections to this. In the end, it was Lord Yan Chun who came forward to help Yan Dan lobby, successfully convincing the King of Yan to appoint these two as envoys.

Lord Yan Chun's help made Yan Dan somewhat surprised, but he still happily accepted his uncle's kindness. He believed this was his uncle returning the favor, as he had previously acquiesced to his uncle taking Xue Nu away.

Speaking of which, ever since Xue Nu entered his uncle's mansion, there had been no news for a long time.

He didn't know if she had been played to death by his uncle.

It was truly a pity for such a beauty to die like this, but being able to exchange it for his uncle's help today, her sacrifice was also quite valuable.

Ceding the Dukang land and the selection of the envoys—these two matters were handled by Yan Dan.

Everything was ready, but to gain Ying Zheng's trust, relying on the Dukang map alone was still somewhat insufficient. According to Lord Changping Jun's planning, one more thing was needed.

After ending the court affairs, Yan Dan went to another place in Jicheng.

In a civilian residence in Jicheng, this was the residence of Fan Yuqi.

Ever since coming to the State of Yan, Crown Prince Yan Dan had always treated him well, which Fan Yuqi found very satisfying.

After seeing Fan Yuqi, Yan Dan immediately stated his plan: "I intend to send envoys to the Qin Guo to offer the Dukang land to gain the King of Qin's trust, and then carry out an assassination!"

"!!!"

Upon hearing this, Fan Yuqi felt a chill in his heart. He also knew a bit about the current situation in the world. He hadn't expected Yan Dan to do such a thing.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince has great courage!" After spending a while digesting this news, Fan Yuqi praised Yan Dan.

Yan Dan said: "But relying on the Dukang land alone is probably not enough to completely gain Ying Zheng's trust, so I need one more thing."

"What thing?" Fan Yuqi asked curiously.

"General Fan's head!" Yan Dan's voice was cold as he stated his purpose.

Fan Yuqi's pupils shrank slightly. He was a person who feared death; he had fled from the Qin Guo precisely because he didn't want to die. Upon hearing Yan Dan's words, he subconsciously wanted to flee, but in the next instant, sharp pain struck.

A figure had appeared behind him at some unknown time, and a sword had stabbed firmly into his heart. The person who struck was none other than the Xia Kui, Tian Guang! ===== CHAPTER 362 =====