Pei County is now within the territory of the Qin state. Qin law is strict. Although he has the trust and favor of Ying Zheng, Qin law cannot be violated, otherwise even Ying Zheng cannot protect him. Therefore, Lu Li must act quietly.
As for Zhao Gao, he also had to keep a close eye on the palace at all times.
"Senior Brother, if any eunuch named Zhao Gao is found in the palace, execute him immediately!"
Gai Nie was puzzled as to why Lu Li cared so much about these names.
But that has always been his personality. Lu Li was the master's chosen master, and he would do whatever Lu Li said.
Wei Zhuang, however, asked curiously, "What's so special about these people? Why kill them?"
Lu Li remained silent for a moment. He couldn't very well tell these people that they would overthrow the Qin Dynasty in the future, could he?
“My master once taught me divination, and by chance I foresaw that these people would one day overthrow the world.”
If something doesn't make sense, then this is the only way to put it. After all, people in this era still tend to believe in divination and fortune telling.
Wei Zhuang nodded thoughtfully and didn't ask any further questions, but a glint flashed in Gai Nie's eyes.
The next day, the Prince of Yan summoned Lu Li to the palace. When Lu Li arrived at the Prince of Yan's palace, he found that Crown Prince Dan was also standing in the main hall, looking at Lu Li with a ruddy complexion.
Lu Li immediately understood that Crown Prince Dan had persuaded the Prince of Yan.
In fact, the Prince of Yan's behavior yesterday already explained everything, but that old fellow is very clever and will definitely make demands.
But none of that matters anymore; all he wants is for the Prince of Yan to agree to this.
"Your Majesty, I deeply miss Prince Dan and have always longed to see my old friend again. I wonder if it would be possible for Prince Dan to accompany me back to Qin?"
Upon hearing Lu Li's words, the Prince of Yan's expression immediately changed.
Is this a way to take Prince Dan hostage? But Prince Dan didn't think so. He completely believed that Ying Zheng really missed him, which was why he wanted to see him.
“Father, I am willing to go with Mr. Lu.”
The King of Yan, who was still worried, immediately agreed when he heard that Crown Prince Dan had taken the initiative to return to Qin together.
So be it, he can be a hostage. As long as he conquers Zhao and annexes Qi, Qin won't dare to do anything.
“Alright, then my son shall go to the State of Qin.”
After leaving the Yan Kingdom, Lu Li and his party led Prince Dan back to the Qin Kingdom.
In the State of Qi, Yun Qingshu received news that the King of Yan had actually refused the alliance, which almost made Yun Qingshu so angry that he couldn't breathe.
He had assumed that the State of Yan would join the alliance without hesitation, since Yan had almost no dealings with the State of Qin, and Yan would always stand up without hesitation whenever Qin was attacked.
But this time, the State of Yan refused.
"Why did they refuse?" Yun Qingshu asked.
"My lord, my men have received reliable information that Lu Li is in the State of Yan and has formed an alliance with Yan on behalf of Qin, intending to divide the world in two!"
Upon hearing this, Yun Qingshu immediately cursed, "Foolish! Stupid! Incompetent ruler!!!"
He couldn't understand why these monarchs were so incompetent, believing such nonsense.
How could the Qin state possibly divide the world with your Yan state?
"Master, what do we do now?"
They spent a lot of effort to finally persuade the King of Qi, but now the State of Yan has failed them.
Yun Qingshu took a deep breath, trying her best to calm herself down.
"Return to Zhao first! Inform the King of Zhao of this matter and tell him to take precautions as soon as possible."
Qin has already deceived Yan, so Zhao will soon face an attack from Yan, which will free up Qin to attack Wei.
Once Wei is conquered, Qin's eastward expansion will be completely unimpeded.
The King of Yan couldn't understand such a simple truth, and could still believe Lu Li's nonsense.
"I must say, the strategists are indeed better than me at forming alliances and counter-alliances," Yun Qingshu sighed.
He had already suffered two defeats at Lu Li's hands, and each time he was the one who made the first move.
But to everyone's surprise, Lu Li's thinking was too unpredictable, catching Yun Qingshu completely off guard.
He seemed to know from the beginning that he would come to Qi, so he simply abandoned Qi and instead went to bewitch Yan.
In this interconnected situation, Yun Qingshu was always a step behind Lu Li.
Although the Mohists also had their own intelligence organization, it was far inferior to the Black Ice Guard.
Moreover, now that the Mo family has people from the Black Ice Platform, Yun Qingshu's every move is almost entirely under Lu Li's control.
After returning to the State of Zhao, Yun Qingshu informed the King of Zhao of the matter.
Upon learning of this, Zhao Yan was furious and completely lost his composure as a king, cursing loudly in the palace.
They cursed all the ancestors of the Yan state for eighteen generations. The Zhao state and the Yan state also had a long-standing feud, but this hatred was temporarily suppressed because the Qin state became powerful.
Now that the State of Yan actually wants to destroy Zhao, how can the King of Zhao tolerate this?
"Your Majesty, since that's the case, why don't we strike first and catch Yan off guard!" Guo Kai said sinisterly from the side.
Upon hearing this, Yun Qingshu immediately advised, "Your Majesty, you must not! If we start a war with Yan now, Qin will quickly attack Wei, and then there will truly be no way to stop Qin from expanding eastward."
But Zhao Yan was completely deaf to reason at this point. The Yan state had broken its promise and tore up the alliance. This was intolerable, especially since the Zhao state had been stronger than the Yan state for hundreds of years.
It was only because after the Battle of Changping that the State of Zhao rapidly declined and fell behind the State of Yan.
"Sir, are we going to wait until the Yan Kingdom attacks?"
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