Chapter 370

Hearing Jing Ke finish speaking his mind, the Six-Fingered Black Hero could not help but sigh. It had to be said that what Jing Ke said was reasonable and well-founded, and it was indeed convincing.

Unfortunately, this was ultimately just his speculation, and it was far from the truth.

Some distracting thoughts flashed through his mind. The Six-Fingered Black Hero looked at Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang and said: "Is this Yan Dan's version of the story? In his version, did I die at the hands of the Qin Guo's Luo Wang and the Yin-Yang School?"

Jing Ke asked doubtfully: "Could it be that there is another hidden story to this matter?"

Qin Wuyang also looked at the Six-Fingered Black Hero with a serious expression, waiting for the reply of the Six-Fingered Leader.

The Six-Fingered Black Hero organized his wording in his mind and said to Jing Ke: "What you speculated earlier is not entirely wrong; a part of it is correct. It was indeed the Master of the Yin-Yang School, Lord Xuantian, who saved me, and it was also he who performed sorcery to manifest my corpse, thereby deceiving everyone so that the people behind the scenes would not discover the fact that I was not dead!"

"Since the Leader is not dead, why not return to the Mechanical City?" Jing Ke asked the Six-Fingered Black Hero again.

"It is not that I do not want to, but before this, I was powerless!" the Six-Fingered Black Hero explained. "I was poisoned and fell into a deep sleep for a full two months; I only just woke up a short while ago."

Hearing this, Jing Ke was shocked once again.

He had never expected that the situation of the Six-Fingered Leader at that time was so perilous.

The Six-Fingered Black Hero continued: "After waking up, I knew that you two, as envoys of the State of Yan, were heading to the Qin Guo to offer land and seek peace, so after you arrived in Xianyang, I came to find you immediately."

He stared at Jing Ke, his tone shifting as he said: "You came to the Qin Guo this time as envoys of the State of Yan. On the surface, you are offering the Dukang territory of the State of Yan and the head of Fan Yuqi to the Qin Guo to seek peace, but in reality, you are here to carry out an assassination, right!"

"!!!"

The gazes of Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang froze simultaneously, and the muscles all over their bodies suddenly tensed up.

They had not expected that the Six-Fingered Leader would actually know all of this.

More importantly, beside the Six-Fingered Leader was the Master of the Yin-Yang School, Su Xuan. The Yin-Yang School worked for the Qin Guo. Did the Six-Fingered Leader saying such things mean that the Qin Guo also knew about these matters?

If the person saying this were not the Six-Fingered Leader, Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang would have had to kill him to keep the secret!

"You don't need to be nervous～～." The Six-Fingered Black Hero comforted the two and said, "I have known about this for a long time. Yan Dan once mentioned it in front of me, and furthermore, I even know some hidden details that you do not."

"For instance, the plan to assassinate Ying Zheng was initially proposed by Lord Changping of the Qin Guo. He has a deep connection with the Agricultural School's Xia Kui, Tian Guang. When the Qin Guo was attacking the State of Zhao, he realized that Yan Dan was fearful, so he told Yan Dan about this plan through Tian Guang's mouth."

"Yan Dan determined that this was a strategy to save the nation, so he once tried to persuade me to agree to this plan!"

"But I refused!"

The Six-Fingered Black Hero's answer exceeded the expectations of Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang.

Although after Yan Dan proposed the Dragon-Slaying Plan, many people within the Mohist School had developed strange ideas, they ultimately chose to obey the Leader's orders and fully assist Yan Dan in completing this plan.

As a result, they had not expected that after the Six-Fingered Black Hero learned of this plan, his attitude was one of refusal.

The Six-Fingered Black Hero immediately stated his own views.

This was merely his own view, but both Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang could see the Six-Fingered Black Hero's prudence and could feel his concern for the Mohist School.

Indeed, once the Dragon-Slaying Plan was launched, whether it succeeded or failed, the Mohist School's deep involvement in this matter would make it difficult to extricate themselves, and they would have to face the retaliation of the Qin Guo.

If their luck were bad, it was even possible they would be directly annihilated.

Of course, this could not be said to mean Yan Dan was wrong; after all, back in the Mechanical City, after Yan Dan proposed this plan, he also stated his purpose was for the sake of all living beings under heaven.

Seeing the unmoved expressions of Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang, the Six-Fingered Black Hero knew that relying solely on these words to make the two give up on assassinating the King of Qin was still somewhat difficult. After all, Yan Dan was the current Leader of the Mohist School.

Thus, he continued.

"I said to Yan Dan that as long as I am the Mohist Leader for one day, I will not agree to his plan for one day."

"But even I did not expect that Yan Dan never gave up on the plan to assassinate Ying Zheng."

"That day, I received his letter. In the letter, he apologized to me for his words that day and invited me to meet in Jicheng. So I went to Jicheng and met Yan Dan. After meeting, he apologized to me again and invited me to drink."

"After drinking, I left Jicheng, but I did not expect to encounter an ambush on the way!"

"Who exactly ambushed the Six-Fingered Leader?" Hearing this, Jing Ke could not help but ask.

"It was the Agricultural School!" The Six-Fingered Black Hero's expression was solemn. "Although those people hid themselves very well, they ultimately could not hide the traces of the Agricultural School's Earth-Marsh Twenty-Four!"

"It was actually the Agricultural School?!"

Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang were very shocked. The meticulous Jing Ke even thought of another matter: the Six-Fingered Leader had previously said that the Agricultural School's Xia Kui, Tian Guang, had colluded with Yan Dan, and the plan to assassinate the King of Qin was also initially relayed to Yan Dan by Tian Guang.

As expected, that Lord Changping hiding behind Tian Guang was the person who could provide them with help in the Qin Guo when they assassinated the King of Qin this time.

After the Canhong Sword was forged and he was selected as the person to assassinate the King of Qin, Jing Ke also raised some questions: how to bring the Canhong Sword into the Xianyanggong? The answer Yan Dan gave him was that after arriving in the Qin Guo, there would naturally be someone to help them bring the sword into the Xianyanggong.

Jing Ke was very curious about this person who could help them; now, he could be considered to know who it was.

He heard the Six-Fingered Black Hero say again: "If it were only twenty-four people from the Agricultural School, even if they set up the Earth-Marsh Twenty-Four, I would have the confidence to retreat unscathed. But during the battle, another matter began to influence the outcome of the fight."

"I was poisoned!"

"Was it the people from the Agricultural School who poisoned you?" Qin Wuyang also could not help but ask.

"No, it was Yan Dan's wine!" The Six-Fingered Black Hero named the culprit who murdered him.

"As long as I am alive, the Mohist School cannot possibly help Yan Dan carry out the assassination of the King of Qin, so in order to ensure that matter proceeds smoothly, Yan Dan could only let me die."

The Six-Fingered Black Hero used a calm tone to state Yan Dan's motive.

However, this truth caused Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang's minds to shake, making it difficult to accept.