Wei Yu

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Wei Yu
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|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Qin Dynasty
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'''Wei Yu''' was a male Chinese assassin living in during the [[wikipedia:Qin Dynasty|Qin Dynasty]]. He was responsible for the death of Emperor [[wikipedia:Qin Shi Huang|Shi Huangdi]], who was supposedly a [[Knights Templar|Templar]].  In 211 BCE a large [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor meteor] is said to have fallen in Dongjun in the lower reaches of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_River Yellow River]. On it an unknown person inscribed the words The emperor died during one of his tours of Eastern China, on September 10, 210 BCE ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Calendar Julian Calendar]) at the palace in [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shaqiu&action=edit&redlink=1 Shaqiu] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefecture prefecture] (沙丘平台), about two months away by road from the capital [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xianyang Xianyang].Reportedly, he died of swallowing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element) mercury] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison poison]) pills, made by his court scientists and doctors, which contained too much mercury. Ironically, these pills were meant to make Qin Shi Huang immortal. '''Wei Yu '''was said to had re-modified the pills. It was also said, he was resposible for the death of Emperor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang Shi Huangdi]'s son (<u>Ying Huhai</u>)

 
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