Daqin: The Greatest Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

"So what if he's an expert? Can he be a match for more than a dozen of us?"

"Kid, stop, if you keep going forward, you might lose your life!"

"I told you to stop, did you hear me?"

......

Seeing the people approaching step by step, the group of thieves became nervous.

Unlike Su Xuan who was powerless, the first impression given by the man in front of him was that he was very sharp, like a peerless sword about to be unsheathed.

The swordsman ignored them, stretched out his right index finger, and pushed his hat down slightly.

When he was still several hundred steps away from the thieves, he suddenly quickened his pace, and in a few breaths, he had rushed into the crowd of thieves.

Zheng!

This is the sound of a sword being unsheathed.

With a flash of cold light, most of the thieves were killed at the same time.

The sword was extremely fast, so fast that the group of thieves in front of him couldn't react at all.

"Escape, escape!"

The thieves who were lucky enough to survive reacted with fear of death, were almost incontinent with fear, and fled in panic.

The thief leader reacted even faster. He rode a horse, whipped the horse wildly, and rode away, instantly running ahead of all the surviving thieves.

"Boss, take me with you. Didn't you say we are brothers?"

"Boss, save me..."

The thief leader had a mocking look on his face and left without looking back.

Brother, isn’t it just for selling?

If his brother doesn't block the knife, how can he have a chance to survive?

Soon, the shouting stopped.

The swordsman was extremely fast, like a butterfly flying through flowers. After a few twists and turns, he had killed several fleeing thieves.

The bandit leader took advantage of this opportunity, rode into the woods on horseback, and disappeared.

Only clouds of dust and smoke remain.

The swordsman put away his sword and stood, looking into the distance, shaking his head, as if with regret.

"No need to thank me. This is the duty of knights like me." He pulled his hat down a little more, seemingly unwilling to reveal his true face.

Su Xuan blinked and looked at him without blinking.

Where did this show-off come from? Why is he showing off in front of me?

You think you're cool because you can kill one person every ten steps, leave no trace in a thousand miles, and leave when the job is done, hiding your achievements and fame, right?

Seeing Su Xuan looking at him with such "admiration", the swordsman scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "It's nothing, you are still young, as long as you work harder on swordsmanship, I believe you can do it in the future."

Su Xuan raised his eyebrows and remained silent.

"Alas, it's a pity that my swordsmanship is only moderately accomplished. Even though I used all my strength, one of them still escaped." He sighed softly, seeming unsatisfied.

Su Xuan smiled.

The swordsman waved his hand, "Okay, I'll leave first, maybe we'll meet again in the future..."

He stopped talking halfway.

With a clanging sound, the sword case trembled, the ant was unsheathed, and it flew into the air, like a meteor falling to the ground, tearing the sky apart.

The sword energy was rampant, and the silver light broke through the air, as if it had cut a crack in the sky.

This sword froze the fourteen states and blinded the swordsman's eyes.

In a moment, the sword light flowed, flew back, the long sword was sheathed, and everything returned to silence.

Tick, tick!

The bloody red color dripped onto the swordsman's hat.

This is the blood of the thief leader.

The swordsman's eyes widened in astonishment. He looked up at the sky, dazed.

He turned around with difficulty, as if he wanted to look at Su Xuan again.

"You are not bad." Su Xuan dismounted from his horse, patted him on the shoulder, and looked at him with appreciation.

Jing Ke's face suddenly turned red, and he felt ashamed and embarrassed.

Chapter 8 Children can be taught

"I..." He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

If he could escape underground, he would definitely bury himself in the ground and not want to see anyone.

It’s so embarrassing!

When he thought about what he had said, he felt so embarrassed that he almost dug his toes out.

Fortunately, Su Xuan was very magnanimous. Not only did he not care about it, he even praised him.

Being recognized by such a master is undoubtedly the greatest reward for his chivalrous behavior.

"Junior Jing Ke, nice to meet you...senior." After calming down, he took off his hat, revealing his true face, and bowed respectfully to Su Xuan.

Jing Ke?

Su Xuan looked at him intently. The person in front of him had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and regular facial features.

As expected, he is Tianming’s father; they look exactly like each other.

Why do I feel like I look a little bit unintelligent?

Oh, it’s Tianming’s father, that’s okay.

"Confucian Su Xuan." Su Xuan nodded in response, "You and I can just be friends as equals."

Even though he knew that there was an incident in the original novel about Jing Ke assassinating Qin Shi Huang, Su Xuan did not avoid it at all.

A chivalrous person is one who is righteous.

The king is the hegemon.

There is no right or wrong between the two.

Different positions will naturally lead to different decisions.

"You are Su Xuan?!" He looked surprised and couldn't stop looking at Su Xuan, and finally felt relieved.

No wonder the master said that this person is a rare talent. Now that I see him, he is indeed extraordinary.

"Do you recognize me?" Su Xuan looked a little surprised and asked with a smile.

"Of course, Brother Su Xuan's "Strategies of the Warring States" and "Tianyuan Chess Manual" have long been circulated in the seven countries. Everyone knows them."

"Among them, the Tianyuan Chess Manual is particularly popular among various schools of thought. When I was traveling around the world, I saw many people playing chess with the Tianyuan opening."

Jing Ke nodded quickly with a look of admiration.

"Really?" Su Xuan muttered to himself, not surprised.

As early as when he traveled to the world of Qin Shi Ming Yue, he had planned a route for himself.

A real man is born between heaven and earth. He should be awake to hold the power of the world, and drunk to lie on the lap of a beauty.

Knowing the direction of history, he didn't have to make any choices at all. There was only one thing he needed to do.

Build up your reputation and spread your fame.

The simplest and most effective method.

And writing books is the fastest way to get yourself into the king's vision.

Isn’t that what Han Fei was like in the past?

The Warring States Period was a rather fantastical era. Unlike later times, in this era, as long as you had enough talent and your ideas were recognized by the king, you would be reused.

Pang Juan of Wei State became a general of Wei State only a few years after he came out of retirement.

When Wei Yang was in the State of Wei, he was just an unknown middle son. After his ideas were recognized by Qin Xiaogong, he became the Great Minister of Qin, in charge of all political and military affairs of the Qin state, and rose to a high position overnight.

Su Qin and Zhang Yi were just ordinary scholars at first, but they rose to fame after being recommended by Gongsun Yan. Their final achievements are well known to everyone.

These people have a very obvious characteristic, that is, they are all aristocrats or disciples of various schools of thought.

It’s not that civilians are not valued.

Because in the Warring States Period, a person with such talent could not possibly be a commoner.

Now that he has an identity and fame, he is traveling to seven countries to, on the one hand, continue to make a name for himself, and on the other hand, to broaden his horizons.

When the time is right, it will be his time to step onto the Seven Kingdoms stage.

The world's situation is in my hands.

If he is angry, the princes will be afraid; if he lives in peace, the world will be at peace.

Just thinking about it makes my blood boil.

A real man should do this!

It has to be said that as a knight-errant, Jing Ke was indeed well-informed. He knew more or less about the news of the seven countries, and even knew some local customs and practices by heart.

"If we talk about the most famous person in Zhao State, it must be Zhao Wu. There is a grand event in Handan recently. Zhao State's famous dancer Ji Long and her disciples will make their debut. Brother Su Xuan, do you want to go and watch it together?"

Su Xuan had naturally heard of Zhao Wu's name before.

It is said that the music and dance of the six kingdoms were all learned from the State of Zhao, which shows how famous Zhao dance was.

But soon, he realized something was wrong, and grabbed Jing Ke's wrist, staring at him intently, "What's the name of that dancer?"

"Long." Jing Ke was a little confused and answered subconsciously.

"I'm talking about his disciples!" Su Xuan continued to ask.

"It seems to be called Snow Girl." Jing Ke frowned slightly and thought for a moment before answering.

He was slightly confused. Through the conversation just now, he already knew that Su Xuan had just come out of Qi State for a parade and had not been to Zhao State.

Could it be that he knew one of these two people?

Su Xuan suddenly realized what was wrong. In Tianxing's timeline, Xue Nu was still a dancer from Zhao State and did not go to Feixue Pavilion.

"Brother Jing Ke, you are really my lucky star." Su Xuan smiled happily and felt that he liked Jing Ke a lot better.

He didn't expect to get this news from Jing Ke by chance. If it weren't for him, he would most likely have gone straight to Yan State and missed this grand event.

How could he miss the Snow Girl's first dance in her life?

"Brother Su Xuan, are you planning to go and watch it? But as far as I know, those who can watch the dance live are either nobles, doctors, generals, or wealthy businessmen. The cost of watching a dance is enough for ordinary people to live a carefree life for several years." Jing Ke quickly poured a basin of cold water on him.

"Then why did you invite me to watch the dance with you?" Su Xuan asked back.

"Hehe, to be honest, I plan to sneak in and find an inconspicuous corner. I believe no one will know." He smiled awkwardly but politely.

Su Xuan was not surprised. Most of the knights who were chivalrous had no property, so expecting him to pay them was nothing but a daydream.

"As gentlemen, how can we do such a thing!" Su Xuan pretended to be angry and shouted loudly.

Jing Ke suddenly felt ashamed.

"As gentlemen, we should walk in openly!" Su Xuan said righteously.

"But we have no money." Jing Ke touched his trouser pocket and found it was cleaner than his face.

"Did you see that?" Su Xuan pointed at the bandits on the ground, "Take the money from them, and we will naturally have money."

"This is ill-gotten gains!" Jing Ke retorted hastily.

"Confucius said, 'A gentleman loves money, but he gets it in a proper way. This is the money we have earned by doing good deeds and punishing evildoers. How can it be ill-gotten gains?'"

"Do you think it's wrong to be chivalrous and punish evil?" Su Xuan asked loudly with an indignant look on his face.

"Of course not." Jing Ke replied hastily.