Great Qin: Who Dared Provoke My Frail and Sickly Xian Qing?

Zhou Wenqing, a twenty-first century history graduate student, transmigrates into the Warring States period after a fatal fall. He awakens in the body of a Han State retainer who was stabbed by his own servant. The original owner was sent by King Han to the Qin State to implement the fatigue Qin plan, building palaces to exhaust Qin resources, but the Zheng Guo canal affair is exposed, and King Qin issues an order to expel all foreign retainers. The servant, tasked with surveillance, attacks when the original owner attempts to return to Han, and they kill each other. Zhou Wenqing enters the dying body just in time. He wakes up in a humble, abandoned hut in Qin territory, treated by a man named Li Yi, who claims to be a farmer but is actually a secret agent of King Qin. Zhou Wenqing is suspicious of Li Yi, noting his strong physique and calluses consistent with weapon use, and the hut shows no signs of habitation. Li Yi is respectful to the point of fear, which Zhou Wenqing interprets as the behavior of a dark guard from King Han. Unknown to Zhou Wenqing, Li Yi serves King Qin, ordered to find him after the expulsion decree. The original owner was to be brought to Xianyang as a symbol of Qin tolerance, but the mission fails when the retainer is found dead. Li Yi discovers Zhou Wenqing is still barely alive and nurses him. The wound is severe, and Zhou Wenqing uses his modern knowledge to create Allicin from garlic, mashing it into a paste with oil to treat the infected chest wound. This innovation shows quick results. Zhou Wenqing plans to present the Allicin method to King Qin as a merit, hoping to protect Li Yi from being implicated by his own failed mission. He asks Li Yi to present the formula alone, but Li Yi refuses. Li Yi has already sent a secret report to Xianyang detailing the discovery. The King of Qin, Ying Zheng, reads the report in the Zhangtai Palace and is intrigued by the ceramic pot containing the Allicin. He summons his advisor Li Si to discuss the matter. Zhou Wenqing, unaware of Li Yi true allegiance, continues to recover, his body healing day by day. He remains alert to his precarious situation, aware that his identity as a failed spy puts him at risk of execution or worse under Qin harsh laws. He cannot escape due to his injuries and Li Yi constant presence. The story sets the stage for Zhou Wenqing eventual meeting with the King of Qin, where his practical invention could shape his fate.