Chapter 373

The night was deep.

In the embassy, since the Six-Fingered Black Hero appeared, he had said a lot to Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang. In the end, he successfully persuaded Jing Ke to give up on the matter of assassinating the Qin Wang. Even though they had prepared a lot for the assassination before this, and even though some of the things the Six-Fingered Black Hero said were hard for him to accept, he ultimately agreed to the Six-Fingered Black Hero's request.

Because he trusted the Six-Fingered Black Hero.

If not for the Six-Fingered Black Hero's rescue back then, he and his junior sister would have died in that battle in Puyang. The Six-Fingered Black Hero had the grace of rebirth toward him and also taught him Mohist martial arts. No matter what the Six-Fingered Black Hero wanted to do, he would support it to the end.

After chatting about many things, the Six-Fingered Black Hero did not go to see the Old Lady Xu's posthumous work, the sword used to assassinate Seeing Ying Zheng, and followed Su Xuan to leave this place again.

After the Six-Fingered Black Hero left, the embassy fell into a state of deep silence again.

After a long time, Qin Wuyang turned his head and asked Jing Ke: "Leader Jing Ke, do we really want to give up on assassinating the Qin Wang?"

"Does Wuyang have any objections?" Jing Ke asked Qin Wuyang.

Qin Wuyang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Don't you think it's problematic that the Six-Fingered Leader appeared with people from the Yin-Yang School? Moreover, he even said such things earlier. Clearly, he used to hate the Qin Guo so much, but now, it seems he is prepared to lead the Mohist School into the embrace of the Qin Guo..."

"Wuyang, what exactly do you want to say? Are you trying to question the authenticity of the Six-Fingered Senior?"

Qin Wuyang explained: "I dare not. After the previous conversation, we have already determined that it is the Six-Fingered Leader. What I want to say is that as far as I know, the Yin-Yang School is skilled in sorcery, and among them, there are many arts that confuse people's minds. The Six-Fingered Leader might have been confused by people from the Yin-Yang School, who knows!"

"Impossible!"

Jing Ke said decisively.

"Perhaps I thought too much!" Qin Wuyang sensed Jing Ke's attitude and sighed.

In his heart, he also secretly made up his mind.

Even if the Six-Fingered Black Hero was not dead, even if he took the initiative to appear and stop them from assassinating the Qin Wang, some things, once prepared, absolutely could not be stopped.

Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang stayed in the Qin Guo's embassy for several days in a row.

Finally, on this day, they received a summons that the Qin Wang would meet them the next day.

If it were the previous them, they would be extremely nervous after learning this news.

Because after they arrived in the Qin Guo, the most important moment had arrived.

But after the Six-Fingered Black Hero appeared in the night for a meeting, they had changed their minds. Jing Ke also became extremely carefree. Although he did not know why the Six-Fingered Leader made such a decision, he decided to obey to the end.

On this day, the sky was gloomy, as if a heavy rain was about to fall. Between the dark clouds, muffled thunder sounded occasionally.

Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang changed into gorgeous attire. Jing Ke held a long scroll in his hands, while Qin Wuyang held a square box.

The scroll was the map of the State of Yan's Dukang territory, and the box contained the head of Fan Yuqi.

Envoys from other countries had always had to undergo strict inspections when stepping into the Xianyanggong. This was to prevent anyone from bringing weapons into the main hall. Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang were also inspected, but to the surprise of both, the inspectors only searched their bodies slightly and let them go, without checking the scroll and the box.

Jing Ke noticed this detail and thought again of what Yan Dan said before they set off.

"Is this Lord Changping's handiwork?"

Yan Dan used the power of the Mohist School to plot the assassination of the Qin Wang, and Lord Changping was his inside man in the Qin Guo. The two worked from inside and outside. If there were no accidents, it was indeed possible to complete the assassination.

It was a pity that he had already changed his mind now.

Jing Ke's thoughts flickered. After the inspection was completed, he went with Qin Wuyang toward the main hall of the Xianyanggong.

Qin Wuyang seemed a bit nervous. Jing Ke noticed that his body was trembling slightly.

"Wuyang, no need to be nervous!"

He comforted Qin Wuyang.

Qin Wuyang had been a bit nervous since arriving in the Qin Guo. He had always known about this matter. He thought that Qin Wuyang was nervous at this moment because he was stepping into the main hall of the Qin Palace.

"Hmm."

Qin Wuyang responded, appearing somewhat absent-minded.

Before arriving at the main hall of the Xianyanggong, the two were stopped again.

After a while, the loud voice of the ceremonial officer sounded.

"Proclaim, Yan State envoy Jing Ke to have an audience!"

Only then did Jing Ke take Qin Wuyang with him and slowly step into the Xianyanggong. After entering the Xianyanggong, Jing Ke first saw the many civil and military officials lined up on the left and right, and finally, his gaze fell on the figure sitting in the center of the main hall, above the imperial steps.

The Qin Wang, Seeing Ying Zheng!

This was the first time Jing Ke saw the Qin Wang, Seeing Ying Zheng, but the name of the Qin Wang was known to all under heaven. He was absolutely not a stranger to this person.

Especially since, in the hands of the Qin Wang, Seeing Ying Zheng, the Qin Guo had successively destroyed the State of Han and the State of Zhao, which made Seeing Ying Zheng's fierce reputation spread even further among the states of Shandong.

"Yan State envoy Jing Ke, pays respects to the Qin Wang!"

Jing Ke held the scroll, took Qin Wuyang forward, and saluted Seeing Ying Zheng.

Seeing Ying Zheng sat on the throne, lowered his head, looked down at Jing Ke, and a faint smile curled at the corner of his mouth: "The honorable envoy has come from afar, no need for formalities!"

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Jing Ke stood up and said to Seeing Ying Zheng again: "Jing Ke, under the orders of the King of Yan and the Crown Prince, has come specifically to pay respects to the Great King of the Qin Guo and to offer the specially prepared gifts from the State of Yan!"

"Oh? I wonder what gifts they are?"

Although Su Xuan and the Six-Fingered Black Hero had come to the Xianyanggong again before this and told him some things, he still really wanted to know what Jing Ke would do? Had he really given up on the assassination, or was he continuing to execute Yan Dan's orders?

"This time Jing Ke has come to the Qin Guo, the State of Yan has prepared a total of four gifts!"

"Four?" Seeing Ying Zheng was curious, "According to what I have heard, the state letter of the State of Yan only mentioned two things."

Jing Ke said: "Yes, the Dukang territory of the State of Yan and the head of the rebel general of the Qin Guo, Fan Yuqi, were the two gifts agreed upon earlier. But since I arrived in the Qin Guo, I felt that these two gifts were not enough to show sincerity, so I added two more gifts."

Jing Ke spoke slowly. Qin Wuyang on the side listened to Jing Ke speaking. Although he had long known that Jing Ke had given up on the assassination, this statement still exceeded his expectations.

"I wonder what the other two gifts are?" Seeing Ying Zheng asked.

"First, the first one is a sword forged from meteorite iron from beyond the heavens, which is extremely sharp!"

"Where is the sword?" Seeing Ying Zheng continued to ask.

Jing Ke held up the scroll in his hands and replied in a deep voice: "It is right here in this Dukang map!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around was shocked!