Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1112 The Defeat of Assassin Qin
  "If not..."

Shao Yu, who was in a state of indignation, was about to continue talking, but suddenly he seemed to think of something, so he closed his mouth and choked back the rest of his words.

Tianming was listening to Shaoyu's explanation and carefully browsing the mural of Yishui's farewell, when the sound of the explanation suddenly disappeared.

He was about to take the opportunity to turn his attack around and ask Shao Yu what was wrong, but his sight that had shifted had caught sight of a familiar pattern.

"Are you... huh?"

In the middle of Tianming's words, he quickly turned his head back and looked carefully, and sure enough!
  "This... this, why does the sword in his hand look so like Uncle Yuan Hong?"

Although the sword is not unsheathed, Yuan Hong itself is not a sword with a very recognizable blade. On the contrary, the hilt is more recognizable.

The resolution of the mural can only be said to be average, but the sword in Jing Ke's hand cannot be said to be highly similar to Yuan Hong, at least it is exactly the same.

"Uh..." Shaoyu hesitated for a moment and said nothing.

Why does it look so much like Yuan Hong?

The reason is very simple, because it is Yuan Hong!
  As the second most famous sword in the sword manual, Yuan Hong's 'life experience' is naturally known to people in the world, and Shao Yu is no exception.

Almost everyone in the world knows that Yuanhong was reforged from Canhong, the dragon-slaying sword used by Jing Kezhi to assassinate Ying Zheng, and was then given by Ying Zheng to the sword master Gai Nie who had served as an escort.

It is precisely because Yuan Hong has the world's best swordsman as the sword master and the title of Dragon Slayer Sword as two major buffs. As a 'new' sword that was only born for more than ten years, it is able to overwhelm the power. The sword Tai'a ranks second in the sword manual, only losing to Tianwen who has the blessing of the emperor.

But because of this, if the origin of Yuan Hong is explained, it will inevitably be implicated in telling the whole story of the failure to assassinate Qin.

The imperial master Gu Xun!

Imperial Sword Master Genie!

These two are the main culprits in the eyes of the world who ruined the plan to assassinate Qin - the former bears the main responsibility because he personally killed Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang.

However, these two people are inextricably related to Tianming.

If it were revealed that Gu Xun and Gai Nie were the culprits who sabotaged the assassination of Qin, Shao Yu was worried that his little brother might find it difficult to accept, so he just suppressed what he said in the middle of his sentence.

The hesitation at this moment is also due to this.

Tianming, who couldn't get an answer for a long time, turned to look at his good brother and asked doubtfully, "Don't you know either?"

"This..." Shao Yu scratched his head and hesitated to speak.

In the end, it was Qiantaki who answered Tianming’s doubts:
  "That sword should be said to be Yuan Hong."

"Ah?" Tianming frowned, "Qianlong, are you saying... uncle's Yuanhong turned out to be the weapon of the hero Jing Ke who assassinated Ying Zheng?"

"Well..." Qianlong nodded slowly, looking a little embarrassed, but he continued, "Shaoyu just said that the assassination of Qin has the full support of the Mo family."

"The weapon used to assassinate Ying Zheng was the dragon-slaying sword Can Hong made by Master Xu's mother herself. It was also the predecessor of Yuan Hong."

"After the failure of the assassination of Qin, the hero Jing Ke died in Xianyang, and Can Hong also fell into the hands of Qin. Later, Ying Zheng found the best swordsmith of Qin, mixed metal, and recast Can Hong, which is The current Yuanhong, and... gave it to Uncle Gai who played an important role in protecting the Qin Dynasty."

"Wait a minute!" Tianming felt as if he heard something wrong. He suddenly raised his hand and interrupted, "Qiantaki said...that the uncle has done a good job in escorting you?"

"How come... you just escorted him successfully?"

"..." Chitaki opened his mouth, but couldn't say it in one breath. At this time, Shao Yu took over the conversation responsibly and replied with a sigh:

"Actually, Senior Jing Ke was almost successful in his assassination of Qin. He was only one step away from killing Ying Zheng, but in the end... he still failed."

"The main culprit that led to the failure of assassinating Qin was... the imperial master Gu Xun."

"It was he who personally blocked Senior Jing Ke's killing sword and... killed him on the spot."

"Mr. Gai Nie, who was the chief bodyguard of Ying Zheng at that time, also made important contributions - he was the one who blocked the offensive of senior Jing Ke and held on until the national master Gu Xun arrived..."

"..." After Tianming heard these words, he stayed there for a long time, showed an unbearable and uncomfortable look, shook his head and murmured, "No... this is impossible..."

"Uncle...and Uncle Gu, they are all good people!" Tianming grabbed Shao Yu's shoulders and asked him, "Shao Yu, you should know what happened in Loulan. Uncle Gu is not a bad person!"

"And uncle, he is not the same, he has saved us so many times!"

For adults, this may not be worth mentioning, because black and white are never clearly distinguishable.

But for a young boy who aspires to become a hero who saves the world and saves people, the elders he trusts, admires and admires the most have actually done evil!
  This is tantamount to a collapse of faith and is really unacceptable.

Shaoyu understood Tianming's mood very well, but he didn't know how to explain it. He could only pat the other party's shoulder, "I...I know it's hard for you to accept, but some things are just so unreasonable."

"Maybe... maybe we still can't understand the world of those adults."

Tianming felt the back of his neck feel inexplicably hot again, and his eyes began to wander a little, but he didn't care about it and turned his eyes to Qiantaki.

"Qiantaki, you...can you tell me why this is?"

"Why……"

"..." Chitaki lowered his hands in front of him, bit his lip and hesitated for a moment, then responded to Tianming with what his father once said to him:
  "They...were all just doing the right thing."

"Tianming, you... don't need to worry too much."

"I..." Tianming didn't know what to say.

How could you not care about this kind of thing...

But at this time, he felt that the temperature on the back of his neck was getting higher and higher, and his vision was getting blurry. In the end, before he could say a word, his legs and feet suddenly became weak, and he was about to faint on the ground.

Seeing that something was wrong, Shao Yu hugged Tian Ming in time and helped him lean against the wall.

"This kid...isn't it possible that he got so angry that he fainted?" Shao Yu couldn't help but exclaimed after rolling Tian Ming's eyelids and confirming that he had indeed fainted temporarily.

Isn't it just experiencing a little adult filth, right?

Qiantaki squatted beside Tianming with a worried look on his face. After carefully checking his pulse, breath, and pupils, he shook his head and denied Shaoyu's statement:

"The breath is unstable, the pulse is rapid, the heartbeat is too fast, and the body temperature is suddenly high..."

"No, although Tianming fainted, it probably wasn't because of the intense heat."

(End of this chapter)