Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1336 Decryption
  After the battle of Guan City, Gai Nie and others were put on the wanted list at the same time, but Tianming survived.

However, his existence is not a secret to many people. After all, the target that His Majesty personally ordered to "take care of" will attract the attention of many caring people.

However, these people knew very little about Tianming himself.

Most of them just know that there is such a special child, and the rest don't know anything at all.

A few people knew a little more. They knew that the defection of the Imperial Sword Master Gai Nie was inseparable from this child, and that the empire's wanted arrest of Gai Nie was all due to this child.

Fusu is a minority among the minority and knows almost everything.

He knew that what the empire actually wanted to capture was Tianming who was being taken by Gai Nie. He knew that Tianming was of great use to his father. He knew that Tianming was the son of Jing Ke and Gongsun Li. He also knew that Tianming had been himself for a few days. Cheap brother.

The only thing he didn't know was the value of an orphan who lost his father and mother.

At the same time, he had no interest in targeting this "brother" with whom he had met several times for his father's plan that he did not agree with.

Therefore, he did not inform Meng Tian or Li Si of his discovery.

In Fusu's view, this young man has no significance to the empire. He is just an enthusiastic person who kindly 'saved' once.

Of course, his goodwill towards Tianming has something to do with his teacher.

He was aware of the inextricable connection between Tianming and his teacher.

It was also because of this that he remembered to ask his teacher about Tianming's situation today.

If possible, he still hopes to ensure the safety of the child, as a way of...repaying the 'life-saving' kindness.

Facing the student's question, Gu Xun nodded, "You are right, it's that child. You saw him many times when he was a child."

Nowadays, there are not as many ethical and moral defenses as in later generations. The interactions between the prince and the concubine can be very close, but most people will not do that, but there are a few who can't control their affairs.

Fusu has always been the most observant of rules. He has almost never exceeded the rules since he was a boy. He has no contact with anyone in the harem, the only exception is Li Ji.

This was because of Gu Xun's instructions - he promised to take care of Gongsun Li and her son, but he couldn't spend all day in Ying Zheng's harem, so he simply asked Fusu to help him keep an eye on them.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Fusu to interact with Gongsun Li, who had always been deeply involved in the investigation and had not lived in the palace for too long, let alone Tianming, who had an embarrassing identity.

"What, what do you think?" Gu Xun looked at his students and asked.

Fusu pondered for a while and then slowly shook his head:

"The students just don't understand why the teacher lets him get involved with those rebels."

Gu Xun stretched out a hand and waved it, and replied, "He and I do have a causal connection, but that's it. I have no interest, no position, and no right to interfere in his life."

"It was his own choice to get involved with the Mo family... Of course, the empire's encouragement is indispensable."

"Judging from the status of his parents, this choice can be regarded as a continuation of the bloodline."

"You want to find him?" Gu Xun asked with a playful smile after finishing his answer.

Fusu nodded calmly, "Sanghai is currently in a troubled time and is at the heart of the storm. It is too dangerous for him who is sensitive to his identity. I think it is best for him to leave as soon as possible."

Gu Xun laughed and shook his head, "Now he is the storm itself. Unless he leaves the land, he is destined to cause waves wherever he goes. There is no point in hiding. It is just treating the symptoms but not the root cause."

"If you want to help him, ignoring everything about him is the best choice. After all, although this child is very well-known, there are still only a few people who can recognize him at a glance."

"...Student understands." Fusu responded gloomily, somewhat frustrated.

Seeing this, Gu Xun laughed and explained, "Haha, to treat diseases and save people, the first thing is to prescribe the right medicine. You are just the eldest son of the empire now, and you can't do many things. It's like a doctor who doesn't have good medical skills. You can only prescribe what you can." Fang Zi.”

"No matter how much, I'll wait until your medical skills 'progress'."

"..." After Fusu was silent for a while, he turned to another topic, "Teacher, do you know why my father wants Tianming so much?"

"He is a young man, but his life experience is a bit special. What is the significance of his various plans for the Yin Yang family?"

"This child is far more special than you think." Gu Xun responded with a smile, "There are many secrets hidden in him, including the empire, the Yin Yang family, Canglong Qisu, everything. , are all inextricably linked.”

"As for what the purpose is... we may only know this after the mirage sets sail."

"Mirage..." Fusu turned his head to look at the giant creature on the sea in the distance, and muttered the other person's name blankly.

"What, are you curious?"

Fusu, who had regained consciousness, nodded simply, "To be honest with the teacher, today, the mirage is completed, and students are becoming more and more curious about the illusory secrets within it."

"Does the fairy mountain... really exist?"

Gu Xun also looked at the giant ship, with a smile in his eyes and his expression as usual, "Regarding this, if you want to get the answer, I'm afraid you can only get the exact answer by going on this immortal ship in person."

"Take a boat ride..." Fusu's eyes gradually became erratic, and he didn't know where his thoughts were going.

Gu Xun interrupted Fusu's reverie at this time and asked him a question:
  "I heard that you went to Taiyi Mountain?"

"Huh?" Fusu, who had just been called back to his senses, was a little confused, but he immediately reacted and nodded, "Yes, the student went to pay a visit to Tianzong."

"Nowadays, the Legalist family dominates the imperial court, and the three sects of Mohism and Taoism are almost nowhere to be seen. Only Confucianism still has some doctors, but they are just in vain."

Then he took the initiative to explain himself without waiting for Gu Xun to ask:
  "Although our country, Da Qin, has always been governed by Legalism, students still feel that it is not a good thing for one family to dominate, so they want to communicate with hundreds of other schools of thought."

"The Taoist School is near Xianyang, so I chose it as the first stop. However, the Renzong now shows signs of overt rebellion against the empire, so I only went to the Tianzong Mountain Gate."

"Have you met Xiaomeng?" Gu Xun asked again.

Fusu shook his head, "No, at that time the Tianzong disciples said that the leader Xiaomeng was still in seclusion and could not see guests."

"In the end, the disciple just left an invitation, inviting Master Xiaomeng to come to Songhai for a while after he comes out of seclusion."

"Hmm..." Gu Xun nodded unconsciously and kept talking. He asked while eating, "In the end, she accepted your invitation after she came out of seclusion and came to Songhai to help you deal with Confucianism?"

Fusu shook his head calmly and responded with a serious expression, "The student has no intention of targeting Confucianism. He just hopes to truly see the capabilities of the Confucian Holy Land."

"Teacher, you should know that this is necessary."

Fusu felt that it was not good for the Legalist family to dominate, so he naturally had to find a suitable sect to fight against the Legalists.

And this selection process obviously cannot rely solely on his eyes to see dryly, and requires some additional... adjustments.

"Well..." Gu Xun had a smile on his face and replied pointedly, "In that case, just cherish this opportunity."

"It's not an easy thing to invite Xiao Meng."

Gu Xun obviously supports Fusu's idea, although there are many relationships between Confucianism and Liusha, including Han Fei, Zhang Liang, and even Yan Lu, far or near, overt or covert.

But this did not prevent Fusu from attacking Confucianism. After all, the relationship is just a close relationship, and Confucianism is not an ally of Liusha after all.

Gu Xun himself didn't have much goodwill toward Confucianism, let alone Fusu's behavior.

What's more, strictly speaking, Fusu's behavior is actually a good thing for Confucianism.

………………

Outside Songhai City, inside the Mohist stronghold.

"Huh...huh...huh..."

A layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on Master Ben's head. He breathed and breathed very hard, and he didn't even dare to take a breath.

Various delicate tools emerged from his mechanical hand, and he carefully manipulated a cylindrical scroll-like thing with a large metal structure placed on the table in front of him.

Behind him, Gao Nie, Gao Jianli, Dao Zhi and others were all watching from a suitable distance. They all had different emotions, but most of them tended to be nervous.

They also did not dare to take a breath, staring at the location of the scroll that they could not see, looking forward to a positive response from Master Ban.

This audible tension has been going on for quite some time.

As for the reason for their nervousness, it was naturally the secret box of bronze scrolls with dragon patterns on a black background in front of Master Ban.

The Empire's Black Dragon Scroll is famous, and the Mo family, who is bent on opposing the Empire, naturally understands it. Master Ban can even tell at a glance that the scroll has six armor locks on the outside.

The powerful secret lock created by the Yin Yang Family and the Gong Loser Family is extremely difficult even for the Mohist Family, who are also proficient in mechanism techniques.

It doesn't matter that the lock is difficult to unlock. The key is that there is no room for error. As long as one wrong step is made, the self-destruct mechanism will be triggered immediately, releasing the acid water stored in the secret box in advance and destroying the secret scroll inside.

Master Ben is sure of unlocking it, but... it's not absolute, there is also a possibility of failure.

Once it fails, it means that they have completely missed this unexpected piece of top-secret information from the empire, and the consequences will naturally affect people's hearts.

Ever since Gai Nie Piozhi thwarted Meng Tian's advance in the middle of the night and temporarily ensured that the stronghold was safe, Master Ban began his great work of picking locks non-stop.

I have been busy until now, and I am finally about to unlock the famous Six-Path Lock.

With a crisp click, Master Ben let out a sudden breath, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and took two steps back.

After he got out of the way, Thieves Zhi and others behind him could finally see the current situation of the Black Dragon Scroll.

I saw that the bronze shafts at both ends of the scroll secret box were rotating rapidly, making a continuous mechanical friction sound.

The small words written on it were arranged into strings according to certain rules during this process. Eventually, all mechanical changes stopped, and the secret box opened automatically, revealing the secret scroll stored in it.

After Master Ban and others looked at each other, they all rushed up together. Master Ban who was closest got the scroll first.

The scroll is made of some kind of animal hide, slightly hard and thick.

Master Ban stretched out his hand and unfolded the scroll rolled into a stick, and everyone's heads almost immediately came up.

After observing for a while, everyone dispersed with a look of disappointment on their faces.

Thief Zhi waved his hand and said, "What can you see from this thing?"

"It's a whole page of densely written words that don't form sentences at all. There's not even a single word that can be read!"

Sledgehammer also looked depressed, rubbing his head and groaning:

"That's right! Can this thing be called intelligence?"

Gao Jianli became calmer and realized what was going on as soon as his mind turned around.

"It seems that there are only encrypted ciphertexts in it. If we want to know the specific content, we also need to know the corresponding ciphertext table."

"Secret text table?" Big Hammer shook his head and replied angrily, "What is this? Who among us would know this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Jianli and others' eyes lit up, and they looked at Gai Nie at the same time.

The Mo family knew something about the Black Dragon Scroll, but they didn't know enough about it, so they didn't expect that even if they unlocked the outer secret lock, they wouldn't be able to get the original intelligence text, only the encrypted cipher text.

But among the people present, there was obviously someone who most likely knew the Black Dragon Scroll better than the Mo family.

Facing the scorching gazes of everyone, Gai Nie did not live up to expectations and said calmly:
  "The contents of the Black Dragon Scroll are all written using the Thousand Secrets Glossary to ensure that even if the secrets are unfortunately leaked, others will not be able to obtain the exact information."

"A Thousand Secrets of Glossary?"

Gai Nie's popular science attracted low exclamations from everyone in the Mo family. This was the first time they heard this name - perhaps because they had never come into contact with the Black Dragon Scroll, the empire's top secret.

Gai Nie nodded and took the initiative to explain without anyone else asking:

"The Thousand Secret Grammar is an enigmatic encrypted grammar uniquely created by the Yin Yang family. The principles of Yin Yang, Five Elements and Eight Trigrams are added to the original grammar. Therefore, it has millions of variations and is completely impossible to crack by force."

"And there is no cipher text table for comparison in Thousand Secrets. There is only one way to decipher it, which is to use the Thousand Secrets Copper Plate specially created for this purpose."

"Qianji...copper plate?"

This new term attracted low discussions from Master Ben and others.

After they looked at each other, they hurriedly asked:
  "Mr. Gai, whose hands is this Thousand Machines Copper Plate?"

"..." Gai Nie suddenly fell silent. He glanced at everyone quietly and then replied, "There are only two Thousand Chance Copper Disks in the world. One is kept next to Ying Zheng in Xianyang, and the other is not in the same place. fixed."

"Theoretically, wherever the Black Dragon Scroll is received, the Thousand Mechanics Copper Plate will be stored there."

"Alas!" Sledgehammer was amused. He slapped the table with his big hand and looked at the people around him excitedly and said, "In that case, isn't the second copper plate in Songhai? That's great!"

Gao Jianli and others were obviously not as single-threaded as Big Iron Hammer, and they were not in a hurry to have fun, and were quietly waiting for what Ge Nie would say.

"According to regulations, the Thousand Machines Copper Plate will generally be handed over to the person with the highest local official status at the time for safekeeping."

Ge Nie continued to speak unhurriedly, his voice not rising or changing at all, but the content gave people an intangible feeling that something was going to happen.

"but……"

The twist came as expected.

"In Songhai City now, there are four important figures in the empire including General Meng Tian, ​​Prime Minister Li Si, eldest son Fusu, and Imperial Master Gu Xun."

"Each of them is theoretically qualified to keep the Thousand Mechanisms Copper Plate, and I can't tell who has it."

　I twisted my neck while sleeping in the car, and now I can only hold my head high, so typing is a bit awkward. .

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)