At the end of the Warring States period, Qin was very powerful. After defeating North Korea and Zhao, they marched into Yan State. Therefore, Yan Taizi Dan decided to send someone to assassinate the king of Qin to reverse the situation.
Prince Taizi Dan found a samurai named Jing Ke. He is good at fencing and is the best candidate to assassinate the king of Qin. In order to get Jing Ke close to the king of Qin, he specially prepared two things that the king of Qin longed for: one was the head of Fan, a general who defected from Qin to Yan, and the other was a map of Du Kang in Yan (now east of Zhuoxian County, Hebei Province), indicating that Yan wanted to dedicate this place to Qin. These two things are put in boxes respectively. The dagger that stabbed the king of Qin was placed at the bottom of the rolled map. In addition, Jing Ke was assigned an assistant named Qin Wuyang. Before leaving, Prince Taizi Dan and Jing Ke's good friend Gao Jianli put on mourning clothes and sent Jing Ke to Yishui. Gao Jianli played Han Xiao for them.
The king of Qin was very happy to learn that Yan sent someone to offer two things he needed most. The capital Xianyang Palace received a grand reception. Jing Ke walked in front with a box with a fan's head in it, and Qin Wuyang followed with a box with a map in it.
When Qin Wuyang walked up the steps, his hands trembled with anxiety and his face turned white. Jing Ke hurriedly explained, and at the request of the king of Qin, took Qin Wuyang's box with a map in his hand, opened it on the spot, took out the map, and held it to the king of Qin with both hands. The king of Qin slowly unfolded the rolled map and watched it carefully. At the end of the exhibition, a dagger suddenly appeared. When Jing Ke saw the dagger, he grabbed the sleeve of the king of Qin with his left hand and stabbed it with his right hand.
However, Jing Ke did not stab the king of Qin. The king of Qin hurriedly drew his sword for self-defense, but he couldn't pull it out at the moment. So the two men walked around the post. Without the command of the king of Qin, the guards dared not move forward.
At this tense moment, the courtiers of the king of Qin suddenly whipped Jing Ke with a medical bag, and reminded the king of Qin to push his sword behind his back and pull it out. The king of Qin suddenly woke up and quickly drew his sword, which cut off Jing Ke's left leg. After Jing Ke fell to the ground, he threw the dagger at the king of Qin. The result was killed by the guards who came up. [