The Great Qin: Starting with marrying Jingni, I began my quest for immortality.

Chapter 337 The Beginning and End of the Plan

"Jianli, what exactly do you know?"

Gao Jianli's words left Jing Ke completely bewildered.

I was the one who first mentioned Fan Yuqi to Gao Jianli, so how come Gao Jianli knew more than I did in the end?

Jing Ke couldn't help but be very curious.

Gao Jianli explained, "I don't know much. In fact, most of what I know was told to me by Mr. Jiang."

As he spoke, Gao Jianli looked at Jiang Chuan again, "Mr. Jiang, may I ask if you could tell my elder brother about these things?"

Earlier, Gao Jianli had looked at Jiang Chuan and asked for his opinion, but what he had asked was whether he could tell Jing Ke about Yan Chunjun's affairs.

The current matter involves Prince Dan of Yan.

Brother Jing Ke is currently living in Yan Dan's residence and has a very close relationship with Yan Dan.

According to Mr. Jiang, Yan Dan murdered the Six-Fingered Black Knight and became the new leader of the Mohist school. Jing Ke was the assassin chosen by Yan Dan to assassinate the King of Qin.

As a friend and brother of Jing Ke, Gao Jianli felt obligated to tell Jing Ke these things so that he could understand the truth.

Of course, this is on the condition that Mr. Jiang agrees to let him relay these things.

Jing Ke is currently unaware that Gao Jianli already knew Yan Dan's current identity, even though he had always addressed Yan Dan as His Highness the Crown Prince and never as the Grand Master.

"Since we have chosen to summon Jing Ke here, there are some things we should naturally tell him."

Jiang Chuan said something to Gao Jianli.

Therefore, Gao Jianli had no more doubts and explained the whole story to Jing Ke. His first sentence shocked Jing Ke: "Brother Jing Ke, that Crown Prince of Yan wants to save Yan by assassinating King Ying Zheng of Qin, right?"

"Now, the Qin army is stationed on the border of Yan. He feels threatened, but Yan's national strength is insufficient to resist Qin's invasion. Therefore, he pins his hopes on the assassination."

Upon hearing these words, Jing Ke's pupils contracted slightly. He stared in horror at Gao Jianli before him, "Jianli, how could you..."

He originally wanted to ask Gao Jianli how he knew, but then he realized that Gao Jianli had said earlier that Jiang Chuan had told him all these things.

It is obvious that Mr. Jiang has secret intelligence channels, which is why he knows so many secrets.

Jing Ke then changed his mind and nodded, saying, "That's right, Your Highness, you are indeed planning to do such a thing."

If Gao Jianli didn't know, then it wouldn't matter.

Unfortunately, Gao Jianli found out, and since the other party was his close friend, Jing Ke didn't intend to hide it from him. "This time, His Highness the Crown Prince has selected two candidates, one is me, and the other is Qin Wuyang. I must say, I am really lucky to meet you, my close friend, at this time. In that case, even if something happens to me in Qin, I won't have any regrets."

When Jing Ke spoke these words, they carried a hint of tragic grandeur in Gao Jianli's ears.

Gao Jianli remained silent for a moment, then asked Jing Ke, "Brother, why did you agree to do that kind of thing?"

Jing Ke was silent for a moment, then said softly, "There are always reasons why we have to do some things."

Yan Dan was the leader of the Mohist school and was promoting the Dragon-Slaying Plan. He was asked to assassinate the dragon. This was one of the reasons.

Secondly, he wanted to avenge his master and his senior, Six Fingers, against the Qin state.

Gao Jianli gave Jing Ke a deep look, then returned to the original question, "Brother, aren't you curious about what use Fan Yuqi is to Yan Dan?"

“I can tell you that.”

He continued to explain, “Fan Yuqi was a traitorous general of Qin. In the past, he led troops to attack Zhao, resulting in the annihilation of an entire army of 100,000. Afterwards, he fled in fear of punishment, which made the King of Qin hate him to the bone.”

"This time, he came to the State of Yan because some people deliberately sent him to Yan Dan. At that time, Yan Dan offered Fan Yuqi's head and the only fertile land in Yan to the State of Qin. Even if King Ying Zheng of Qin really wanted to destroy the State of Yan, he would at least meet the envoy of Yan because of these gifts."

"If the envoy were to use the pretext of presenting a map to explain the map of Yan to the King of Qin, could he take the opportunity to get within ten paces of the King of Qin?"

After hearing these words, Jing Ke's thoughts raced, and finally, he gave his answer, "Yes."

He didn't know what the real King of Qin was like.

However, according to Jing Ke's speculation, after the State of Yan presented such a sincere gift, the King of Qin would definitely accept it gladly and allow the Yan envoy to come within ten steps of him to explain the map of the State of Yan.

The main reason was that the Yan state's sincerity was so great that the King of Qin did not suspect that someone intended to use this opportunity to assassinate him.

So, is this how Fan Yuqi was used?

No wonder Yan Dan didn't care what Fan Yuqi's true colors were.

No wonder the other party wouldn't listen to what I had to say.

Because in the end, Fan Yuqi is going to die anyway.

Yan Dan wanted to use Fan Yuqi's death to gain favor with Qin and allow the envoy to get closer to the King of Qin.

However, after thinking about this, Jing Ke had some new questions.

If Fan Yuqi is useful to Yan Dan in this way, then why would Yan Dan introduce himself to Fan Yuqi?

Why do you want to become friends with Fan Yuqi?

Jing Ke always felt that he had grasped some key clues, but due to a lack of certain information, he was never able to fully understand them.

Then he looked at Jiang Chuan and said, "Mr. Jiang, this is quite unexpected."

"How am I surprising?" Jiang Chuan looked at Jing Ke with a smile on his lips.

Jing Ke said, "These things are extremely confidential, yet Mr. Jiang knows them all. I will not hide it from you, Mr. Jiang. His Highness Yan Dan holds an extraordinary position in our Mo family. Our Mo family has decided to help him carry out the assassination, and this plan is known within our Mo family as—'Slaying the Dragon'."

"I agreed to his request, and I will go to the Qin state as an envoy to assassinate King Ying Zheng of Qin."

"Even I don't know what preparations he made for the assassination, such as offering up the fertile lands of Yan, or offering up Fan Yuqi's head."

"But Mr. Jiang knew all about it, which naturally surprised me. I even suspect that Mr. Jiang was the real mastermind behind this plan."

Although those words were spoken by Gao Jianli, Gao Jianli had heard them from Jiang Chuan. Therefore, what truly surprised Jing Ke was Jiang Chuan.

Chapter 338 The Man Who Killed with a Borrowed Knife

Jiang Chuan calmly said, "I was not the one who devised this plan."

"However, by chance, I met the person who devised this plan. At the same time, I also have someone in Yan Dan's mansion, which is why I know more about the whole plan than you do."

"Who devised this plan?" Jing Ke asked.

Jiang Chuan did not hide anything, "A high-ranking official of the Qin state, Lord Changping!"

"It's him?"

Jing Ke and Gao Jianli looked at each other in astonishment.

They weren't very familiar with Lord Changping, but they had heard of him. He was highly trusted by Ying Zheng in Qin and held a prominent position. Now, he had become the Right Chancellor.

Jiang Chuan continued, "Years ago, Fan Yuqi instigated Cheng Jiao to rebel and launched a mutiny in Tunliu. He should have been executed afterward, but Lord Changping intervened and saved him, giving him a chance to redeem himself. Several years ago, when Fan Yuqi attacked Zhao, he was defeated and fled. It was Lord Changping's men who took him in."

"For the past few years, he had been hidden away by Lord Changping until recently, when he was sent to the State of Yan and presented to Yan Dan."

"The so-called assassination plan of the King of Qin appears to be a plan devised by Yan Dan to preserve the State of Yan. In reality, the true mastermind behind this plan was Lord Changping of Qin."

"Why would Lord Changping do this? Wasn't he a key minister in Ying Zheng's court?" Gao Jianli couldn't help but ask.

Jing Ke was also puzzled as to why Lord Changping, as an important minister of Qin, would go to such lengths to plan these things.

"Because Qin has already destroyed Han and Zhao, although Lord Changping is an important minister of Qin, his true identity is actually a prince of Chu. After Han and Zhao are destroyed, Qin's army can drive straight into Chu. No one knows which country Qin will attack first, Wei, Yan, or Chu."

"In order to preserve the State of Chu, Lord Changping had to find another way. Therefore, he gave Yan Dan a choice, because compared to the State of Chu, the State of Yan was the most dangerous country at the moment."

"When he handed the knife to Yan Dan, Yan Dan, as a drowning man, would choose to grasp at this last straw no matter what."

After they finished speaking, Gao Jianli and Jing Ke fell silent again.

The amount of information revealed in Jiang Chuan's words was so great that they would need some time to digest it.

After digesting the information for a while, Jing Ke had a new question: "Lord Changping is an important minister of Qin, while Prince Dan of Yan is the crown prince of Yan. One is in Qin and the other is in Yan. How did they manage to make contact?"

Jiang Chuan said, "Although Yan Dan is the crown prince of Yan, you must not forget that before this, he was a hostage in Qin and stayed there for a long time."

"In addition, although Lord Changping was in the Qin state, he had an extremely powerful force under his command. With the help of this force, he could influence the entire world without leaving his home."

"???"

Two curious eyes fell on Jiang Chuan's face.

Jiang Chuan uttered two words, "Farmer's family."

After saying that, he gave a new explanation: "In the past, the peasants besieged and killed Bai Qi, the Marquis of Wu'an of Qin. This allowed King Zhaoxiang of Qin to get what he wanted. In fact, in order to cover up for the peasants, he even issued an imperial edict, making the world believe that he had ordered Bai Qi's death."

"But the actions of the peasants still aroused the suspicion of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. From then on, the peasants suffered suppression from the Qin state and became depressed."

"It was Lord Changping who secretly funded the peasants, enabling them to rise again. The peasants were also willing to serve Lord Changping."

"This time, Fan Yuqi came to Yan State under the escort of the peasants. It was the peasants who contacted Yan Dan, and that's how Yan Dan learned about the assassination plan."

After a pause, Jiang Chuan looked at Jing Ke and said, "You know this person, Jing Ke."

"Who?"

"Tian Guang, a renowned chivalrous hero of the Yan Kingdom, was actually the leader of the peasant chivalrous family."

Jing Ke was shocked countless times throughout the day, simply because he had heard too many powerful things from Jiang Chuan.

This reminded him of the first time he met Jiang Chuan.

It was in that tavern that he learned about Fan Yuqi from Jiang Chuan, which sparked his curiosity and led him to investigate Fan Yuqi in the Qin and Zhao states, thus discovering what kind of person Fan Yuqi really was.