Careerist in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 114: Changes in the Abandoned Village
Xiao Yan'er's daily life can be left to Lu Ni to keep an eye on. The hall master will only occasionally check on the progress while practicing sword practice in the backyard.

Tian Guang talked to Lu Wei several times after the year. He had already gained Yan Dan's trust as a Jie Xia. However, Xia Kui still frankly lamented that although Yan Dan's power had greatly increased through his marriage to Yan Yi, so Everything done is still under the control of Yan Wangxi.

Although Yan Yi decided to join the prince's faction, he would not refuse the order of King Yan.While leaning towards the prince, he remained wavering.

This is probably one of the reasons why King Yan Xihui allowed the marriage between the two families: Yan Yi's bullying and fear of hardness has long penetrated into his bones, and will not pose any threat to King Yan at all.

This is another important consideration for him to maintain his position as general over the years.

However, the nominal leader of the generals of Yan State is such a character. How much combat effectiveness can its army have?
Tian Guang was no longer optimistic about Chang Pingjun's initial plan to reunite.What's more, at the beginning of this year, South Korea's Nanyang area, which was dedicated to Qin, became a charging bow.

The Qin army is gathering!
According to the new news from Lord Changping, launching a war of annihilation against South Korea has become a consensus in the Qin court.

The successive failures against Li Mu in the attack on Zhao State in the previous few years needed a hearty victory to wash away the situation.

South Korea must also know this. Their current general, Wei Zhuang, is a disciple of Guigu.Sometimes a name alone can determine a person's ability.

But South Korea itself is too weak after all. Even if the Qin army's deployment is leaked to them to prepare for it in advance, it will not change the reality that South Korea will be destroyed.

Lord Changping was revising the contents of the Qinglong Plan according to changes in the situation, and Yan Dan's status as a Mohist disciple and his strong hatred of Qin were appreciated by the right prime minister of Qin.

"Mr. Changping is currently planning a more radical plan, hoping to use forces outside the court to influence Qin's internal affairs."

Before Tian Guang left, he left this sentence, and this more radical plan was probably the prototype of the plan to assassinate Qin:

If there is no way to completely defeat Qin on the battlefield, then kill the king of Qin directly!
The key to the future of this plan happened to be that just after Tian Guang left, he came to find Lu Wei.

"Boss, Gao Jianli and two friends from the world want to see you."

"Gao Jianli's friends, please take them to the reception room on the second floor."

"Yes!"

After watching Ah Shan retreat, Lu Wei spent a stick of incense designing his knightly look and went downstairs.

"Brother Lu!"

When the three people sitting in the reception room saw him coming in, Gao Jianli took the lead and saluted with clasped fists.

"You're welcome!" Hall Master Lu nodded slightly, with a soft smile on his lips.
After sitting down again and exchanging a few words, Gao Jianli began to tell about his experience of wandering around Qin.During this period, Lu Wei listened and observed the two companions behind him without any concealment.

Kuang Xiu is a very standard musician, with long dark blue hair hanging behind his back. His appearance is similar to Gao Jianli. Except for the long beard on his chin and slightly darker skin, he is a mature version of Gao Jianli.

He has an artistic sense of freedom and ease, and his eyes look at everything around him like a pool of calm and deep water.

As for the other one, Jing Ke, he looked at Lu Wei with a slightly exaggerated smile. Their first impression of each other was that they could vaguely sense that the other was strong, and at the same time, they were both concealing their true thoughts.

This Mo Xia's reputation is not weak now, and the "Five Steps of Killing" is even more popular in the world. In a few years, his popularity will only be higher. What on earth did Tian Guang and Yan Dan think to let him assassinate Qin?
Lu Wei had doubts about this in his mind. Even if Jing Ke changed his name, the possibility of being exposed was still very high. Once exposed, Yan State sent a swordsman ranger to serve as a diplomatic envoy. Do you still need to guess the purpose?
For an assassination that concerns the affairs of the world, such a plan is too careless. It would be better for Changping Jun himself to hide the sharp hairpin and stab the King of Qin in the back.
"The strings of the carillon were damaged by the Qin army's crossbows, and later they were directly broken. I searched for materials for five months and finally repaired it."

"As expected of Brother Lu, this bell and piano should be returned to its original owner."

When Gao Jianli finished speaking, he lowered his head in shame and pushed the black carillon on the table in front of Lu Wei.

The hall master's eyes flashed strangely, and he kept chuckling without trying to dissuade him. Instead, he held the piano within easy reach. His right index finger started from the top string and moved to the bottom, making a regular sound.

Gao Jianli listened to the familiar sound of the piano, and felt a little reluctant to give up on his decision. For a violinist, a good piano is another life.

Kuang Xiu's deep pool eyes also made waves, but he followed his usual style and still didn't speak.

Jing Ke was a little surprised.

He originally thought that even if Gao Jianli wanted to return the guqin, the farmer's hall master Lu would definitely not accept it. Instead, he would comfort Xiao Gao with a few words, and then both parties would laugh and everything would return to joy. It was a normal scenario.

Why did you just accept it?
Seeing Lu Wei calling the disciples who were guarding the door to carry the carillon down, the trio felt a little disappointed.
"Xiao Gao, why don't you introduce these two friends?"

Hall Master Lu watched the three people's emotions fluctuate significantly the moment Qin was taken away. The corners of his mouth turned up even more, and he pretended not to notice and continued to laugh.

"Yes, Brother Lu."

Gao Jianli reluctantly cheered up and introduced Kuang Xiu and Gao Jianli to him one by one. Although they knew who they were before, it was not until this time that their relationship was officially established.

"Hall Master Lu, I'm Jing Ke of the Mo family. I heard Xiao Zhi talk about the name of Hall Master Lu."

"Master Young Hero, we will have more contact from now on~"

Kuang Xiu still only nodded, but Jing Ke became more enthusiastic.

"My reputation as a ranger of Jing Ke has long been known to me." Lu Wei responded to the compliment and took the opportunity to ask, "How is brother Thief Zhi doing lately? I haven't seen him in the city for many days~" "Fighting with others" , suffered some minor injuries." Jing Ke waved his hand carelessly: "I think he will come to visit Hall Master Lu again in a few days."

"Oh," Lu Wei showed a trace of surprise in his eyes, and asked without hesitation: "There are not many characters like this in Jicheng who can hurt the King of Thieves."

"Indeed, I think so too." Jing Ke crossed his chest and nodded with deep understanding: "It's just that he always has a good face, and he doesn't say who he attacked, otherwise I can compete with him."

"I heard from Xiao Gao that Hall Master Lu is very skilled. Are you interested in competing with me~"

"I wonder what Brother Jingke wants to compete with?"

Lu Wei showed his intention and seemed eager to give it a try.

Jing Ke saw this and raised his eyebrows: "Of course."

"Comparing your drinking capacity!" With a Duang sound, he took out the flask from his waist and slapped it on the table: "Hehe."

The chat with the three of them continued for a while. As for the wine competition, of course there was no competition.

During the chat, Gao Jianli informed Lu Wei that he and Kuang Xiu were going to join the Mohist family. The hall master decisively congratulated them on this, and when he sent them off from Luqiu Pavilion in person, he had someone bring them a congratulatory gift: re-cleaning and repairing the Glockenspiel!

"Brother Lu, this..." Gao Jianli's normally cold expression was full of surprise at the loss, and Kuang Xiu and Jing Ke's surprise was similar.

Lu Wei smiled and said: "Xiao Gao, you felt guilty for damaging this piano before, so I accepted your guilt. Now I only return the piano to you, and I will keep it if you feel guilty~"

"Brother Lu's kindness will never be forgotten by Gao Jianli!" Holding the new black piano again, Gao Jianli made a solemn promise.

A piano can be given away twice and thanked twice. Its value has been exceeded~

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After the visits from Tian Guang and Gao Jianli's trio were dealt with, Lu Wei asked Ah Shan to stay in Jicheng and be responsible for the final finishing touches to the contraction of Lu Qiuge Pavilion, while Lu Ni, Xue Nu, and Xiao Yan'er went south to Daliang, Wei State.

He himself also wants to go south, but his goal is Zhao State.

Although they can also travel with Lu Nixue and the others, the two girls still have to take Xiao Yan'er to class every day, so they need to take a carriage on the road, which will only delay the master's schedule.

It is still convenient to separate.He can ride fast by himself, and he doesn't need to stop and rest much on the way. He can go to Zhao State to do things first, which is more efficient.After Zhao Guo's affairs are finished, he will go to Daliang to meet them and handle matters there.

Lu Wei has a lot of experience in running around alone in the wild. Compared with Qi, Chu and Wei, the folk customs in Yanzhao are more fierce and martial. On the main road here, you can often see two horses left aside and their owners go to fight nearby. .

Lu Wei always paid no attention to such trivial matters, but as he traveled a lot, trivial matters would eventually find him.

In the evening, Hall Master Lu passed by an abandoned village.It's not far from the capital, Handan, and the security here is much better than at the northern border.

Tying the horse in front of a thatched hut, the master planned to rest here tonight and set off directly into the city tomorrow morning without stopping.

There are seven or eight other rangers in this abandoned village who are also resting. Everyone is keeping their peace and seems to be in harmony.

But in the early morning hours high above the moon, something unexpected happened.

Lu Wei suddenly opened his eyes from meditating. Eight men with malicious auras formed a circular formation and were slowly surrounding him.

"Is this an abandoned fishing village?"

Walking out of the hut calmly, the master of the hall immediately understood that the other rangers in this abandoned village were basically a group of thieves who were stationed here to attack outsiders who came to rest alone, killing people and taking wealth.

He has encountered this kind of routine several times in the six years he has traveled around the world. The proportion is actually not high. Most of the abandoned villages are really just temporary residences for ordinary rangers or refugees.

Tonight, he met thieves who were malicious towards him. Lu Wei was not prepared to show mercy and wanted to kill these people as soon as possible so that he could go back to rest.

The Swallowing Sea Sword has not seen blood yet. The first time it killed someone was just a bandit, so it felt a little wronged.

The seven enemies watched the target take the initiative and hesitated for a moment. They were experienced and thought that today's target was just a young boy, but now they seemed to have misjudged it?
"Only seven? Then there is one more." Lu Wei's eyes became interesting.

The leader stood directly in front of the thatched house. He knew that these people had been discovered and that his opponent was not weak.

In this way, we can't show any timidity.

He drew his sword, and the other six thieves saw that the boss had made a decision and followed suit together, and the war was about to break out.

"It's so shameless for so many people to bully one person!"

Suddenly, a playful male voice sounded from the northeast corner.

The seven thieves were startled and looked in the direction of the sound: they saw a young man in black sitting cross-legged on another broken roof.
The sword on this young man's waist interested Lu Wei very much.
(End of this chapter)