Fu Zhi Returns to the Hall, While Jing Shao and Guan Han Are Sent to Investigate the Iron Carriage

Until one day, the Mohist Grandmaster, Gongshu Jian, returned with four elders—and brought back Fu Zhi, the previous generation's Mohist Grandmaster.

Gongshu Jian was a middle-aged man with a dignified face. Fu Zhi, on the other hand, had a full head of white hair and a white beard, yet judging by his features alone, he looked about the same age as Rong Jian.

It was worth knowing that Fu Zhi had already been the Mohist Grandmaster during King Hui of Qin's reign, and was even known for a tale of putting righteousness before family.

Back then, after his only son committed murder, he refused King Hui of Qin's pardon and insisted that his son be executed according to Mohist law, upholding the rules of the Mohist School.

Yet it was precisely because of this that the Mohist law, independent of Qin law, and the tendency for the Grandmaster's orders to outrank the King of Qin's, became apparent. As a result, the Mohist School came under pressure in the Qin State.

From then on, the Mohist School gradually moved from the Qin State to the border between Yan and Zhao, where it established Mechanism City—independent of both states, yet entangled with them in countless ways.

After Gongshu Jian took over as Grandmaster, Fu Zhi had left Mechanism City and lived in seclusion.

But now the world was in turmoil. Zhao Cheng's great army was pressing at their borders, and he had even abducted Mohist disciples to serve the Qin State and established the Mohist Pavilion. So Gongshu Jian had asked Fu Zhi to return and take charge.

"Gongshu Jian has told me everything. The Mohist rules must not be discarded, and the Mohist principles must not be changed."

"Since these Mohist disciples have already betrayed us, they should naturally be dealt