You Are the Sword Immortal's Heir!

Chapter 759: You Are the Sword Immortal's Heir!

Another incident was the assassination attempt on Qin Shi Huang in the palace. It was a continuation of the attempt by Jing Ke to assassinate the King of Qin all those years ago. As it turned out, Qin Shi Huang hadn't killed Gao Jianli back then; he had only blinded him and kept him in the palace to play music for the emperor.

After Wang Yue destroyed Tuan An and Qin Shi Huang celebrated the expansion of Qin State's territory, he thought of Gao Jianli and summoned him to play music.

But as Gao Jianli played, the familiar surroundings brought back memories of the attempt on the King of Qin with Jing Ke. His own weakness had caused Jing Ke to fail. Unable to suppress his anger any longer, he raised the zither in his arms and charged toward Qin Shi Huang.

But Gao Jianli was blind, and his ability to locate people by listening to the wind had grown less reliable. He thought Qin Shi Huang was the only person seated on the dais and assumed he was in the center. But that day, Qin Shi Huang had wanted to test Consort Li, so he had deliberately called her over to sit beside him, leaving the middle seat empty.

Blind with rage, Gao Jianli hefted his zither and brought it crashing down. He only split the table in front of Qin Shi Huang in two, failing to take advantage of the moment to kill him.

Qin Shi Huang was badly frightened, however, and fell seriously ill. His health never recovered.

Zhao Gao also realized that he and Consort Li were now bitter enemies. Afraid she would badmouth him to Qin Shi Huang, he tightened surveillance around her palace.

So, one time