Jing Ke

  [======????=====]????????????????????“Haha, so that's what the secret letter said!” Jing Ke burst out laughing upon learning the contents of the text. After all, under current circumstances, he was more than happy to see this:

  In Jing Ke's current historical knowledge, he knew that in the fourth year of Zhao Wang Qian (232 BC), Qin King Ying Zheng sent the Qin army to attack Zhao. Wang Jian divided his troops into two routes to attack, with one part of the force going north from Handan (now southwest of Hebei Linzhang) and preparing to cross the Zhang River to advance on Handan, raiding the Zhao capital Handan. He himself led the main force out of Shangdang and through the Jiankou Pass, aiming to attack Handan from behind. However, after advancing to Fanwu, due to Li Mu's army resisting, there was the Zhang River and the Great Wall of Zhao to rely on in the south of Handan, making it difficult for the Qin army to quickly break through.

  The two armies met near Banmu. Li Mu led the army in a fierce attack, and the Qin army was greatly defeated. Li Mu immediately returned to Handan with Sima Sang's army to attack the southern route of the Qin army. The southern route of the Qin army knew that the northern route had been repelled, and it was difficult to win, so they retreated after a slight contact. At that time, Han and Wei had obeyed Qin, followed the Qin army to attack Zhao, and Li Mu also marched south to resist the attack of Han and Wei.

  And now such a confidential letter has confirmed the next chapter of history that is about to unfold:

  In the seventh year of Zhao Wang's migration (22 BC), the state of Zhao was weakened due to years of war and a large-scale earthquake in the north, which led to widespread famine. Qin Wang Zheng took advantage of this opportunity to send General Wang Jian to lead the main force directly to Jinyong, while Yang Duanhe led the troops from Henan to surround the capital city of Handan together with tens of thousands of soldiers.

  King Zhao of Zhao again appointed Li Mu as the general-in-chief and Sima Shang as the deputy, to lead the entire army in resisting the invading Qin forces. The Qin army was repeatedly frustrated by Li Mu. Wang Jian knew that Li Mu was his arch-nemesis, and that without eliminating him, the Qin army could not quickly win on the battlefield. He reported this to King Qin, who again employed a counter-espionage tactic, sending an undercover agent into the Zhao capital of Handan to bribe with large sums of money the official Guo Kui, who had previously framed Lian Po, and have him spread rumors that Li Mu and Sima Shang were in league with the Qin army and planning to betray Zhao.

  The dazed King Zhao of Zhao immediately sent out Zhoa Cong and Yan Ju to replace Li Mu and Sima Sang without investigating the rumors.

  Always believing in "being a general outside, there are things that cannot be accepted", Li Mu attaches great importance to the right of independent action. After receiving this order, he did not follow it for the sake of the country and the people, and was secretly arranged by King Zhao to capture and kill him. Sima Sang was abandoned and not used.

  Thus, Zhao was powerless to resist the strong Qin's attack and perished.

  ……

  "General Li Mu of Zhao State and General Wang Jian of Qin State will simultaneously betray their respective countries, first destroying the state of Han and then attacking Zhao State..." After a loud laugh, he fell into deep thought. Jing Ke looked up at the endless sky and sighed softly: "History is still history, his provocation has come again, alas! The great general Li Mu, is about to take his final bow."

  "But that's not right either!" However, it was Han Fei Zi who said this. Although he didn't know the history that Jing Ke understood, he also expressed his own doubts: "Firstly, Korea is now allied with Qin to attack Zhao together; then, although King Zhao had believed in rumors and replaced Lian Po before the war, which might have made Li Mu think of something, but the King of Qin never treated his generals unfairly. Wang Jian was even more prominent in Qin, how could two generals betray at the same time? Moreover, aren't they still fighting in Pingwu now? It's really absurd."

  Suddenly enlightened, Jing Ke shouted: "Yes! This is not history!" In his data, there was only the frame-up of Li Mu, how did a Wang Jian appear now? Moreover, in history, the framing of Li Mu should have been after the Battle of Pingwu, when Qin re-launched its attack on Zhao, why would it be now?

  "No... that's not right!" He was at a loss, and he needed to calm down. "Is this a trap? Is all of this related to Wu Zun? Does he want to change history? And has already changed it..."

  "No way, we must stop their betrayal!" Having made up his mind, he decided to try no matter what. The question was whether to go to Fan Wu or find that Martial Arts Master.

  "Besides, this secret letter is obviously only half of it." Han Feizi continued to study, supporting his cheek and said: "The front is basically nonsense, but the back of this sentence..."

  "What's the news? Hurry up and read it out loud!"

  "It's incomplete, there should be another half below." Holding up the cloth to examine it in the moonlight, Han Fei finally came to a conclusion: "This cloth was torn into two halves by someone with great force. It looks like this is the top half, and there should be another half."

  "Never mind about that, just read out the complete thing on top first!" Impatiently snatching over the sealed letter, he took a look and it was still like an ancient script to him. Jing Ke could only tell that it had been torn in two. He hastily handed it back to Han Fei Zi and urged: "Hurry up and read! Hurry up and read!"

  "General Li Mu of Zhao will simultaneously betray his country along with General Wang Jian of Qin, first destroying the state of Han and then attacking Zhao... Re-reading the previous text again under Jing Ke's urging gaze, he continued to read: "... jointly supporting Gai Nie as king, establishing a new capital in Handan... Currently, Wu Teng, the acting governor of Nanyang Commandery in the state of Han, has secretly surrendered to General Wang Jian of Qin, and King An of Han is no longer King An, he is Gai Nie..."

  Han Feizi read up to this point and stopped, Jing Ke urged: "Continue, continue!"

  "It's gone." He spread his hands and looked innocent, "They say it only has half of it, incomplete!" As he said that, Han Feizi handed it back to Jing Ke.

  "What? Nothing?" Turning back and forth, Jing Ke was facing the moonlight again and again, but still couldn't think of anything. "Right! Hu Ruoshui, they had asked Hu Ruoshui for something, could it be that she got the other half?" A bit excited, he suddenly thought of this. Jing Ke ignored Han Feizi's inexplicable expression towards himself, and said repeatedly: "Gai Nie, Feng Xinzi, Wu Zun, and the ones who took away Hu Ruoshui... Ah, this is the clue... this is the clue..." As he spoke to the end, he suddenly looked up at the sky and laughed loudly: "It's not too late yet, it's not too late!"

  "The King of Han is biased towards petty people and away from the virtuous, he keeps those who are not needed by the country, but abandons those who are urgently needed. This is indeed not a brilliant monarch." As a Korean and a member of the Korean nobility, Han Feizi analyzed: "Is this secret letter saying that he has already been controlled by someone? But as for Wu Teng secretly surrendering to the powerful Qin, according to my understanding of him, it's absolutely impossible."

  "No need to say more, hehe, as long as we find one person, we can know the truth of this secret letter!" Putting away the secret letter, Jing Ke said: "Han Feizi, please keep today's matter a secret, I believe that by doing so, you can live longer!"

  "Uh..." Han Fei hastily asked: "Then shouldn't I at least tell Li Si about this?"

  "Li Si? Do you want him to kill you again?"

  "Haha, teacher you're wrong! Or maybe what you know isn't the whole truth!"

  "What?"

  ……

  It wasn't recorded in history like this.

  The original history says: Han Fei had once presented a memorial to advise the Qin king to first attack Zhao and then attack Han, but as a result he was slandered by Li Si and Yao Jia. They vilified him saying: "Han Fei is one of the many princes of the state of Han. Now that the king wants to annex all the vassal states, Han Fei will surely be loyal to Han and not to Qin, this is human nature. If the king does not use him, but instead keeps him for a long time before sending him back, this would be tantamount to sending a disaster upon himself, it would be better to execute him according to the law." The Qin king believed them and handed Han Fei over to the judicial officials for investigation. Li Si sent someone to give Han Fei poison, telling him to commit suicide. Han Fei wanted to explain his situation to the First Emperor of Qin, but he was unable to see him. Later on, the Qin king regretted what had happened and sent someone to pardon him, but Han Fei had already died.

  But now Han Fei himself said that his stutter in history was because Li Si knew he often spoke fiercely and advised him to pretend on purpose. In the state of Qin, he and Li Si were still fellow apprentices, and their relationship was even better than this.

  Li Si had always wanted to keep Han Fei in the state of Qin, and use him after Qin conquered Korea. However, due to Han Fei's book "Han Feizi" which analyzed the emperor's techniques and governing methods too thoroughly, it caused King Ying Zheng of Qin to feel threatened by his talent. Adding to this were Han Fei's three suggestions that were unfavorable to Qin's development, as well as Yao Jia's framing of him, which led to King Ying Zheng putting Han Fei in prison and torturing him. Li Si sincerely wanted to save Han Fei, and had even helped Han Fei present his final work "First Seeing Qin" to King Ying Zheng, but unfortunately King Ying Zheng was determined to eliminate Han Fei.

  The king of Qin, Ying Zheng, used the "Eight Schemes" from Han Fei's book to get rid of Han Fei: he ordered Li Si to handle Han Fei's case and shift the blame onto Li Si, thus avoiding infamy. Li Si had no choice but to comply.

  However, he poisoned Han Fei's food and drink, but only made Han Feizi pretend to die. Later, under secret arrangements, Li Si helped Han Fei leave the Qin state...

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