In mid-August 228 AD, Prince Dan sent an envoy to Xianyang to secretly ask for a meeting with the King of Qin, one asking the King of Qin to pardon Prince Dan's crime of fleeing back to China the year before last, and the other expressing his willingness to dedicate the map of the governor and the fleeing general of the Qin State to the Qin State early next year, in order to show his friendship with Qin and the submission of Yan.

Qin Wangzheng had already received a secret letter from Fusu sent by Wang Jian with 600 fast horses, although he was well-informed, he couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart: getting the map of Du Kang was equivalent to a comprehensive understanding of the Yan army's troops and troop allocation, and it would be much more convenient to attack Yan in the future; And Fan Yuqi, the old horseman, he asked himself if he was not thin on him, and he dared to flee to Yan Country behind Qin, he didn't deserve to die, who deserved to die! The most important thing is that there is no excuse to attack Yan now, if the assassin of Yan State is captured on the spot, wouldn't it be justified to attack Yan, and the three kingdoms of Wei, Chu, and Qi will not dare to take the liberty of helping each other again!

Therefore, although Ying Zheng was ecstatic in his heart, on the surface, he told the Yan envoy very calmly that he accepted the envoy's suggestion and hoped that Prince Dan would send the map of Du Kang and the head of Fan Yu to the Qin State as soon as possible.

The envoy was overjoyed and immediately returned to China to report to Prince Dan. At the same time, Qin Wangzheng also sent a secret envoy to Yan to secretly contact Fusu.

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And at the same time, in the Yan Kingdom Jicheng.

Prince Dan not only served Fusu and Jing Ke as his superiors, but also invited Fusu, Jing Ke and Fan Yuzhi to travel together almost every day. Every day, riding in the car, drinking and feasting, rare treasures, dogs and horses, as long as Fusu and others are moved, Prince Dan will not wait for them to speak, and will do it for them. These days, it really made Fusu corrupt!

Fan Yu is straightforward, and he is used to a serious life in the army, so he does not have much requirements in this regard, so he still maintains a hard life habit.

And Jing Ke revealed the true character of a prodigal son, and he accepted everything provided by Prince Dan without even saying a word of thanks. According to the thoughts in his heart, Prince Dan is buying his life, and there is nothing more expensive in the world than his own life.

After all, Fusu received an aristocratic education since he was a child, although he did not show the true character of a prodigal son like Jing Ke, but the beautiful singers, gold and silver property, and rare treasures given by Prince Dan were also accepted as ordered, and what made Prince Dan and others even more strange was that while Jing Ke was singing every night, Fusu actually asked Prince Dan for a large number of precious ancient books to study in the courtyard. According to Fusu's thoughts: If you don't accept the property of these beauties, wouldn't it make Prince Dan and others suspicious, and the Yan Kingdom is about to encounter a rebellion to destroy the country, and many ancient books will not be in the war, so if you can save some, you can rescue some.

As a result, some stories began to circulate in the palace -

Once, Prince Dan rode a sweaty BMW and traveled with Fusu and Jing Ke, Jing Ke jokingly said to Prince Dan that it is rumored that the liver of Maxima is the most replenishing, and people will be more courageous after eating, and those who are weak will turn weak into strong. At the dinner that day, the liver of the BMW that was hard to find was fried by the imperial chef at just the right heat and presented to Jing Ke's seat at the dinner.

Another time, Fusu, Jing Ke, Prince Dan and Fan Yu period three people to the west of Yishui to inspect the troops, it was a harsh winter, Yishui has frozen, back to the east bank, the three of them enjoy the snow scene, the interest is strong, Jing Ke suddenly found that there is a crack in the river, Tong Xingdafa, pick up stones on the shore, and Fusu, Fan Yu in the period of the game to throw accurate, to see who threw more stones into the ice cave, at this moment, Prince Dan ordered the attendant to bring a whole plate of gold pills for the two to play, and finally even the Fusu of the prince of Fusai felt that it was too wasteful, and could not stop it.

Another of the most widely circulated stories is that at a dinner party, Jing Ke was fascinated by the hands of a prince Dan Aiji who played the piano, and he forgot to answer Fan Yuji's question, and the prince Dan asked the reason strangely, and after a while, the white and plump jade hands of this Aiji were cut off and presented to Jing Ke's seat with a jade plate, so that Jing Ke did not dare to praise any part of the beauty in front of him again.

And Fusu is also more excessive, Prince Dan often rewarded him with a large amount of gold, silver and beautiful women, he often received it today, and tomorrow he would take it all to the street to give alms to some beggars and the poor, and spend a penny left; And those beautiful singers, Fusu often takes it with his left hand and puts it with his right hand, but there are also many singers who see that Fusu is very benevolent and rare in the world, so they are desperate and unwilling to leave, and are willing to serve left and right, which makes Qi Hong and others jealous. Fusu's strange behavior was a strange talk in Yan Country for a while!

What's more, Fusu asked Prince Dan for ancient books to watch, and Prince Dan boldly asked Fusu to go to the nationality hall to get it. As a result, the greedy Fusu read a happy book, and when it was difficult to choose, he used a carriage to pull three large carriages of precious ancient books from the nationality museum, and almost emptied half of the nationality museum. Let Prince Dan and others be dumbfounded!

Prince Dan is not a stupid person, in the eyes of Prince Dan, Fusu, Jing Ke, and Fan Yuzhi are already dead people, he must be good to them and try his best to meet their wishes. Especially for Fan Yuqi, Prince Dan has a deep guilt in his heart, if it weren't for Fan Yuqi's always bitterness, Prince Dan really wanted to drown him with beauties and gold and silver.

Soon winter went to spring, Yishui partially thawed, and the river water was murmuring again, but the river was still cold in spring, and the Yan Dynasty coalition army arrayed east of Yishui was actively preparing for war, in case the Qin Wangjian troops stationed in Zhongshan suddenly launched a spring offensive.

At this time, the state of Qin sent an envoy to Yan to convey the words of the king of Qin, and the king of Qin was anxious to supervise the map and Fan Yuzhi's head, if it was not delivered in the near future, he would be responsible for the consequences, that is, he would take it by force.

Prince Dan was shocked in his heart, and urgently recruited Jing Ke and Fusu to discuss.

Prince Dan said with a haggard face: "Jing Qing, Zhao Qing, King Qin sent a messenger to urge again, it seems that it is too late." Operation Assassination must begin immediately! ”

Fusu looked at Jing Ke and said with a slight smile: "We can enter Qin immediately, but Fan Yu has not obtained the first place in the period, so we can't make the trip!" ”

Prince Dan said with an unbearable look on his face: "Dan can't bear it in his heart!" ”

Seeing this, Jing Ke said: "The minister and the prince are also unbearable, but there is no other way." Don't worry about the prince, this matter will be handled by me and Brother Zhao Xian! "Prince Dan is silent.

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Fusu and Jing Ke came together to see Fan Yuzhi. Fan Yu heard the news and welcomed the two into the house.

The house where Fan Yu lived was very simple, with only a maid and a male servant serving his daily life, and the interior decoration was also very simple, but he was also a poor person.

Fu Su sighed in his heart: "If you don't offend your father, you will be eliminated quickly, otherwise you can turn a blind eye and let you live the rest of your life in peace." It's just that now, I'm really sorry! ”

The three of them sat down, and the rough-looking Fan Yuzhi asked, "The two of you came to see me today, what do you have to say!" ”

Jing Ke didn't say much, and said straight to the point: "Does the general hate King Qin?" ”

Fan Yu said with hatred on his face: "Yingzheng killed my whole family, this hatred is not shared, Qin invaded all countries, causing a series of disasters in the world, how can you not hate!" ”

Fusu said: "The general wants to use the forces of the Yan State to kill the Qin State to vent the hatred in his heart?" Fan Yuzhi said with tears in his eyes when he heard this: "I don't know either. If I don't take revenge, my heart will not be at peace, and if I take revenge, I will kill my compatriots in the past. What a dilemma! ”

Fusu looked at Jing Ke and said, "I'm waiting for Qin now, everything has been prepared, and there is only one thing missing." If there is such a thing, it will be able to approach the King of Qin, and it will be hit with one blow! ”

Fan Yuqi was stunned and said, "What is so important?" Jing Ke said lightly: "It's the general's head." The general was defeated and left, and insulted the king of Qin, who had long wanted to get the head of the general and then quickly. If there is a general's head, we will be able to approach the King of Qin, and at that time, with one blow to the killer, not only the general's revenge for destroying the door can be avenged, but also the threat of the Yan Kingdom can be lifted! ”

Fan Yuzhi laughed when he heard this: "Originally, the two of you wanted my head!" ”

Fusu said lightly: "Then I don't know if the general is willing or not?" ”

Fan Yu said with a resolute expression: "Since the two virtuous brothers Jing Ke and Zhao Su are willing to sacrifice themselves to avenge Fan, how can Fan be reluctant to give up this stinky skin!" ”

With that, Fan Yuzhi stood up and unbuttoned his shirt, revealing his muscular upper body and hairy neck. Then he pulled out his sword, put it across his neck, and said to Jing Ke and Fusu with a smile: "I'll go first, and I'll leave the matter of assassinating Qin to the two of you!" With that, Fan Yuzhi exerted his hands hard, and the blade of the sword immediately cut into his throat, and the blood splashed out immediately.

Looking at the tragedy of Fan Yuzhi slowly falling, Fusu couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Who said that Chinese men are bloodless, this Fan Yuzhi died so calmly, his heroism is enough to prove the fierceness of my Chinese folk customs!" But when he thought that the Chinese nation would be castrated by Confucianism in the future, Fusu couldn't help but bite his steel teeth.

At this time, Jing Ke got up, drew his sword from his waist, and slashed Fan Yuzhi's head cleanly with just one sword. Then, Jing Ke gently placed Fan Yuzhi's head on several cases and wiped it clean with a handkerchief.

Suddenly, Jing Ke bowed to the ground, bowed three times to Fan Yuzhi's head, and said calmly: "The general will go first, and when Jing Ke completes his mission, he will accompany the general under Jiuquan!" ”

Although Fusu was very unhappy with Fan Yuzhi in his heart, he also respected his tragedy, leaned over and bowed three times, and said secretly: "It's almost over, it's time to leave Yan Kingdom!" ”

At this moment, suddenly the door opened, and a person stumbled into the room, and when he saw Fan Yuzhi, he couldn't help crying, stroking his head and grieving. Fusu looked at it, but it was Prince Dan.

"Fan Qing is back, Fan Qing is back!" Prince Dan choked up, his face showing remorse.

Fusu shook his head and said in his heart: "Hey, this Prince Dan is not easy!" In the comparison of national interests and personal friendship, Fan Yuzhi had no choice but to sacrifice. However, looking at Prince Dan's crying appearance, he is also a person with a true temperament! ”

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Two days later, on the shore of Yishui, ten miles long pavilion.

Prince Dan took Jing Ke Laocheng as the main envoy, and Fusu as the deputy envoy to the Qin State, and set up a banquet next to the long pavilion to see him off. There were not many guests who participated in the send-off, only a few dozen.

Jing Ke was dressed in a white Confucian robe, looking chic and dignified, while Fusu was wearing a white military uniform, looking handsome and mighty.

Prince Dan poured three glasses of water and wine, handed it to Jing Ke first, and said with a look of expectation: "I wish Qing success!" Jing Ke didn't speak, just nodded, with a sad look on his face, and drank three cups in a row, all of which were thrown to the ground.

Then Prince Dan toasted Su with wine, and said solemnly: "Yan Guo will entrust Zhao Qing!" Although Fusu and Yan Guo were enemies, they couldn't help but feel a trace of guilt at this time, but their faces did not change at all, and they said calmly: "I know!" "I drank three glasses in a row.

Jing Ke looked at Prince Dan and the others, then looked at the scenery by Yi Shui, and said to Fusu: "Brother Xian, let's go!" Fusu nodded, and was about to hit the road.

Suddenly, a coquettish voice came from afar: "Brother Jing, wait for me!" Fusu looked back and saw that a petite figure in a red dress was leaping down from a carriage that had not yet stopped, stumbling all the way, it was not someone else, it was Mr. Tian Guang's granddaughter Xi'er.

When Jing Ke saw Xi'er, his face changed slightly, and he said unhappily: "Xi'er, why are you here?" Xi'er didn't speak, she threw herself into Jing Ke's arms, and sobbed: "Brother Jing, I don't want you to go!" ”

Jing Ke's face moved slightly, and he smiled and said: "Silly girl, it's not like I'm not going back, when I complete my mission, I'll come back to see you in a few months!" ”

The petite and lovely Xi'er shook her head and said, "You lied to me!" Jing Ke looked at everyone, and everyone understood, and turned their heads one after another.

Jing Ke smiled: "Really, I swear, I will definitely come back!" Xi'er snuggled in Jing Ke's arms and said sadly: "You men always think that we women are fools, and think that we don't know anything." Actually, what are you going to do, although grandpa didn't tell me, but I guessed it. You are going to assassinate and win the government......" Before he finished speaking, Jing Ke covered his mouth and said sharply: "Don't talk nonsense." I promise you, as long as I come back from Xianyang, I will marry you! ”

Xi'er raised her head from Jing Ke's arms and said seriously: "I also promise you, I will definitely wait for you." If you die, I'll die with you! Jing Ke frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense." Tian Sai, Tian Hu, bring Miss back! When the two Mr. Tian Guang's family members heard this, they rushed forward and dragged the reluctant Xi'er away.

For a while, the sadness of parting from life and death made the atmosphere of the scene particularly sad.

Fusu remembered the past, and said to Gao gradually leaving beside him: "Brother gradually leaving, how about building a song for us to make a strong line?" ”

Gao Yanli also knew where the two of them went, so he couldn't help but nod sadly, and then sat cross-legged and placed the building tool flat in front of him. In the fluttering white clothes, Gao Yuanli's beautiful sound attracted everyone's attention.

In the high-pitched and passionate voice, Jing Ke sang a long song:

The wind is sluggish and the water is cold,

The strong man is gone and will never return!

Life and death gather and scatter at the snap of a finger,

Ambition is not rewarded, and the vow will not return!

The wind is sluggish and the water is cold,

The strong man is gone and will never return!

Jing Ke led the singing, and the voices were harmonious, and in the sound of building sounds, singing, and easy water waves, Jing Ke and Fusu got on the horse and high car. In addition to the old department of Fusu and other people who accompanied him, Prince Dan added more than 200 soldiers and attendants to accompany him.

Jing Ke bowed his hand to the prince, and the convoy slowly moved along the edge of the water to the south.

Gao Yuanli is still concentrating on playing and building, and the guests are still singing and singing. Until the figures of Jing Ke and Fusu disappeared.

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In 227 AD, the twentieth year of the reign of King Qin, in early May, the envoys of Yan led by Jing Ke and Fusu arrived in Xianyang, the capital of Qin. The huge scale of those hundreds of people caused a sensation on the streets of Xianyang, and for a while thousands of people were empty, vying to watch the envoys of the Yan Kingdom to Qin and seek peace. Although Fusu knew that no one on the street should recognize him, he still sat in the car and did not dare to show his face for the sake of safety.

King Qin Yingzheng had already made preparations, and he was a little impatient. Therefore, he immediately ordered the most solemn nine-bin ceremony, together with the envoys of various countries in Qin and the ministers of civil and military affairs, to meet the envoys of Yan in Xianyang Palace. Moreover, he ordered the Yan envoys to take rare and exotic tributes, box Fan Yu's head and Du Kang's map around Xianyang for a week, and then enter the palace.

Between the Qin Palace and the Imperial Palace, thousands of tiger warriors stood solemnly beside the road, all of them were in bright armor, their swords and halberds were cold, and they were full of energy but guarded their posts like wood carvings and stone sculptures, which was clearly a demonstration to the Yan envoy.

Jing Ke held a box containing the map of Du Kang, while Fusu held a box containing the head of Fan Yu, and the two walked between the roads, appreciating the tiger and tiger military might of the Qin army. Fusu's heart was full of pride, but when he peeked around, Jing Ke was expressionless and just strode forward.

Between the gate of the palace and His Majesty, hundreds of envoys from various countries and civil and military officials of the Qin State stood between the palace gate and His Majesty, and hundreds of halberd-wielding warriors and swordsmen were lined up in front and back beside the steps under the palace gate.

Qin Wangzheng sat upright on the steps of His Majesty, with a gorgeous crown and a majestic dragon robe, which made Qin Wangzheng look forward to life and look at the world.

When Jing Ke went to the palace, everyone was not surprised. But when Fusu also walked up to the main hall, all the civil and military people couldn't help but show strange looks together. Although the civil and military forces of the Qin State had received some notices in advance and were mentally prepared, they were still shocked by Fusu's unbelievable identity when it came to the end! But the crowd did not dare to speak, and remained silent.

But it was said that Jing Ke and Fusu came to His Highness and bowed to him. When he bowed in front of Jing Ke, Fusu and Qin Wangzheng behind him quickly exchanged glances, indicating that everything was normal.

Qin Wangzheng was secretly happy in his heart, and pretended to be happy and said: "Come on, bring the two brocade boxes in the hands of the Yan envoy, and the widow wants to see the head of Fan Yuzhi and the map of the governor of Yan with their own eyes!" Then a close attendant came down and took the brocade box in the hands of Jing Ke and Fusu.

At the beginning, when Qin Wangzheng opened the large brocade box of Fan Yu's first level, Jing Ke's expression did not move at all.

And when King Qin opened the brocade box, what he saw was indeed Fan Yuqi's well-preserved head that had been soaked in potions, and he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction. finally let King Qin get rid of a piece of heart disease.

Just as King Qin Yingzheng was about to open the brocade box containing the map of Du Kang, Jing Ke suddenly said: "King, the map of Du Kang is very complicated, and it is difficult for ordinary people to understand, so the minister asks the palace to explain it to the king in person!" ”

Qin Wangzheng sneered in his heart, but said majestically on his face: "How can such a big event be able to work with noble envoys, and it is enough to have deputy envoys!" Jing Ke's face didn't move when he heard this, but he just nodded to Fusu, but there was a look of 'please' in his eyes to Fusu.

Fusu nodded, walked up the steps, and came to Qin Wangzheng. The father and son smiled knowingly, and Fusu opened the map of Du Kang and explained it to King Qin.

The map of the state of Yan is actually a map of the agricultural center of the country of Yan, which contains hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land in the country of Yan, which was once the basis for King Zhao of Yan to revitalize the country of Yan and almost conquer the state of Qi. The Yan State built an extremely complex and complete road system and water conservancy system in this Dukang area, and had a heavy army to defend the city. It can be said that the capture of Du Kang is equivalent to choking the economic lifeline of the Yan State and choking the esophagus of the Yan people, so the King of Qin has been longing for this Du Kang map for a long time.

As Fusu pulled away the long shaft-shaped map made of silk little by little, he finally revealed the fish intestine short sword hidden at the end of the shaft. At the moment when Jing Ke's face was expectant and his eyes were fanatical, Fusu took two steps back, held the sword in his hand, and said respectfully: "The son of Fusu is dedicated to the fish intestine short sword and the father!" ”

King Qin laughed, his voice permeated Tingyu, and he said loudly: "My son, please get up, these three treasures have been accepted by the father and king!" ”

Jing Ke under the stairs saw that the situation had changed abruptly, and the assassination of Qin had been defeated, and at this time, he couldn't help but angrily pointed his fingers at Su and shouted: "Zhao Su, who are you?" Why did he break the covenant and call the king of Qin his father! ”

Fu Su laughed on the steps of His Majesty and said, "Brother Jing, I'm sorry. I am not a fugitive from the Zhao State, but Fusu, the eldest son of the king of Great Qin. Although you and I have a brotherly relationship, but under each of our own masters, we have to let Brother Jing down! ”

Seeing this, Jing Ke suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and his laughter was extremely sad: "Virtuous brother has good means and good strategies, Jing Ke is convinced!" Come on, give me a good time! Suddenly, Fusu's face sank, and he shouted: "Where is the warrior of His Royal Highness, take down the Yan envoy!" ”

"Whoa!" With the sound of the order, hundreds of His Royal Highness's servants and warriors rushed up, trapping Jing Ke in the hall. Jing Ke was defenseless and powerless to resist, so he was immediately pushed to the ground by the warriors and tied up.

Fu Su felt a little unbearable in his heart, and asked King Qin in a low voice: "Father, what should I do with this Yan envoy?" A hint of coldness flashed in King Qin's eyes, and he said coldly: "This person is so bold that he dares to assassinate a widow." Not killing is not enough to deter the young people, come to the people, temporarily put in prison, three days later, sentenced to five horses and corpses! "Wow!" The samurai obeyed the order and took Jing Ke away.

"Wait!" Fusu hurriedly said to King Qin: "Father, although this Jing Ke is very rebellious, he can be described as an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, which is rare in the world. If the father repays the grievances with virtue and subdues him, then the world will not praise the benevolence of the father and the king, and some falsehoods will be self-defeating! ”

Qin Wangzheng's eyes flashed, and after thinking for a while, he still shook his head and said: "These rangers, outlaws, and widows hate them. If you don't kill him, won't you add to the flame of the night, so that you can assassinate the widow again!? Wang Er doesn't need to say much, kill him in three days, drag it down! "The warriors had to order Jing Ke to be dragged down.

Seeing this, Fusu sighed in his heart: "Fate is like this!" Brother Jing, I originally wanted to save you, but who knew that the will of heaven was like this, but what a problem, what a problem! ”

Qin Wangzheng immediately looked forward to Shengwei and said: "Ministers, envoys from various countries, you have all seen with your own eyes that Yan State dared to send envoys to assassinate the widow. If it weren't for the widow Wang'er who noticed it in advance and went undercover in Yan Kingdom, the widow would have been almost killed. Such a rude act must not be punished. Someone came, passed on the edict of the widow, and ordered Wang Qian's army to immediately pass through Yishui and behead the prince Dan to see him! ”

Fu Su continued: "Those who dare to offend my Great Qin Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away!" "Even if it is far away, it will be punished! Even if it is far away, it will be punished! Hundreds of civil and military officers and tens of thousands of warriors immediately shouted!

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Three days later, Jing Ke was executed at the North Gate Execution Ground, and Fu Su personally went to the North Gate Execution Ground to see him off. Jing Ke didn't say a word in the face of Fusu, and calmly died of punishment. The crowd of onlookers wept. After returning to the palace, Fusu closed the door for a month and was unhappy. Soon, when he heard that the news of Jing Ke's death had reached Yan Kingdom, Tian Guang and Tian Xi died with him, and Gao gradually left and cried for three days, nowhere to be found, and Fusu was even more depressed.

After February, Wang Jian destroyed the main force of the Yan Dynasty coalition army of 200,000 in the Battle of Yishui, and Gongzi Jia died. A few days later, the Qin army entered and occupied Jicheng, and the Yan army continued to rout and retreated to Liaodong. But the Qin army was still reluctant, and sent Li Xin to lead tens of thousands of elite cavalry to chase after him and approach Liaodong. Yan Wangxi was helpless, and in order to survive, he had to order Prince Dan to cut himself and send his head to Li Xinjun.

Due to the remoteness of Liaodong, the campaign was time-consuming and laborious, so Wang Jian and Li Xin decided to quit the army and return to Jicheng.

Soon, the edict of the king of Qin ordered Wang Jian and Li Xinhui to guard Jicheng and other places by the Qin general Xin Sheng.