Chapter 378

Gai Nie, as the chief swordsmanship teacher of the palace and Ying Zheng's personal guard, although Ying Zheng trusted him, even he was not qualified to carry a sword to court. But it was a coincidence that he happened to have a sword in his hand at this moment.

It was exactly the Canhong Sword that Jing Ke offered to Ying Zheng earlier.

The long sword waved, and a scorching sword aura swept out. Even though it was the first time he used this sword, Gai Nie could use it like an arm, operating it as he wished. Feeling the sword aura permeating the air, Jing Ke felt a sigh in his heart.

Then he saw Qin Wuyang's arm cut off by the sharp Canhong Sword.

Jing Ke was the strongest among the Mohist leaders. Even he, facing Gai Nie, admitted that he had no chance of winning. Although Qin Wuyang was strong, compared to Jing Ke, he was still quite a bit worse.

Even though he was angry and exploded with all his strength at this moment, facing a top swordsman like Gai Nie, he was still cut off his arm without any surprise.

The arm flew off, and blood splashed.

Jing Ke closed his eyes in pain. He had never expected that Qin Wuyang would make such an unwise choice, but in the end, he still did not stop Qin Wuyang. Just as Qin Wuyang made his choice, Jing Ke had also made his choice long ago.

With one arm cut off, Qin Wuyang suffered great pain.

But at this moment, with the anger in his heart and thinking of the things Yan Dan had entrusted to him, Qin Wuyang actually forcibly endured this intense pain, and his remaining arm smashed out again.

Gai Nie held the Canhong Sword horizontally, blocking the fist Qin Wuyang swung over.

"Open for me!!"

Qin Wuyang gave a sharp shout. All his strength was condensed in this punch, and even Gai Nie's hand holding the sword could not help but shake. Immediately after, a crisp sound entered his ears.

On the body of the Canhong Sword, cracks actually appeared.

This sword was actually so fragile, so... unable to withstand a single blow!

But this was not strange. After all, back then, Yan Dan, as the party of the first part, made the request to the sword-forging master Master Xu, the party of the second part, to forge a sharp weapon capable of a fatal blow, so Master Xu chose to use meteorite iron from beyond the heavens to forge the sword.

As a result, this sword was sharp, but not all meteorite iron from beyond the heavens was suitable for forging swords.

This meteorite iron used for forging the sword, although containing scorching energy and being fierce, was actually somewhat brittle in texture.

If they had given Master Xu and the Old Lady Xu more time, perhaps they could have improved the hardness of this sword by adding some other metals, but because Yan Dan urged them urgently, they did not have this time. Even the Old Lady Xu died for forging this sword, and Master Xu had even less heart to do such superfluous things.

Qin Wuyang exerted force again, and vigorous internal energy poured into his fist. The crisp sound became even louder.

Bang!!

Finally, the Canhong Sword could not bear the burden and broke directly into two pieces. Seeing the Canhong Sword break, Gai Nie's gaze could not help but freeze.

Qin Wuyang did not care. After breaking the Canhong Sword with his remaining fist, he did not stop and continued toward Ying Zheng.

Just at this moment.

The broken half of the sword blade, under the manipulation of invisible power, brought out a crimson light, instantly piercing Qin Wuyang's heart, annihilating all his vitality.

The half of the sword blade stained with blood fell to the ground. Qin Wuyang's body stiffened, and then he slowly fell to the ground. Blood stained the imperial steps red.

Without Ying Zheng speaking, the many guards who had temporarily withdrawn because of Ying Zheng's order stepped forward one after another, surrounding Qin Wuyang's corpse and guarding Ying Zheng's safety.

In the dark of the court, the Six-Fingered Black Hero watched Qin Wuyang suddenly launch an attack, watched Su Xuan beside him manipulate the short sword, and easily took Qin Wuyang's life. He also closed his eyes in pain and sighed.

Although he knew that Qin Wuyang's death was self-inflicted, watching a Mohist leader die in front of him with his own eyes still made him feel very uncomfortable.

A farce of assassination came to an end with Qin Wuyang's death.

Because Qin Wuyang suddenly launched an attack and attempted to assassinate, Jing Ke, as the main envoy of the State of Yan, was also kept under guard by many guards.

At the same time, this matter of the State of Yan ceding land and offering the head of Fan Yuqi to seek peace also came to an end.

Jing Ke was escorted to the prison and locked up. Not long after, he was released because of Ying Zheng's edict.

But this did not mean that this matter had ended just like that.

First, Qin Wuyang was already dead, so it could be left unpursued.

But Jing Ke being able to bring the sword into the main hall of the Xianyang Palace itself explained some problems. This matter had to be thoroughly investigated.

The worst-case scenario that Lord Changping had envisioned finally happened.

After the court meeting ended, he immediately arranged for people to handle the aftermath. It would be best to kill those few eunuchs who inspected Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang in advance. Although their death would also make Ying Zheng develop some suspicions, at least Ying Zheng would not know that it was done by him.

As a result, it exceeded his expectations.

Before his people went to execute this matter, those few eunuchs had already mysteriously disappeared.

Lord Changping spent a lot of effort to investigate some clues. After those few eunuchs inspected Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang, they had already been taken away by someone and secretly detained.

Where they were detained, Lord Changping did not know.

But he developed some conjectures.

That was, Ying Zheng might have known long ago that people from the State of Yan would assassinate him, and he had made preparations long ago.

This conjecture was actually very unreasonable.

After all, the assassination matter was only known to a few people from the beginning. Lord Changping believed that he had not leaked any news.

But that day in the main hall, Ying Zheng's expression was too calm.

It was as if everything was under his control!

Also, the broken sword that flew through the air and took Qin Wuyang's life at the end made Lord Changping think of a person.

(Zhao Hao) That Master of the Yin-Yang School, Su Xuan!

Su Xuan did not make many moves, but through known intelligence, Lord Changping concluded that it was he who made a move in the dark and killed Qin Wuyang.

This meant that he had been hiding in the dark that day.

This person had always been mysterious. Since he appeared by Ying Zheng's side, he had helped Ying Zheng accomplish countless things.

Lord Changping could not help but guess, did the failure of this assassination and the reversal of the situation have anything to do with Su Xuan?

Because through his investigation of Su Xuan, he discovered an extremely important clue.

That was, not long ago, after the State of Qin destroyed the State of Zhao, Su Xuan followed Ying Zheng to Handan of the State of Zhao, and then did not return to Xianyang, but secretly went to... the State of Yan.

That period of time was exactly when Yan Dan made a move against the Six-Fingered Black Hero and seized the power of the Mohist School.

Su Xuan, what exactly did he discover?