Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Of course, what made his expression frozen and unable to accept was not Jing Ke's identity as a hero, but another thing that was mentioned every time the plan to assassinate Qin was mentioned - Jing Ke, the hero who assassinated Qin, died at the hands of the imperial teacher Gu Xun.

The person whom he calls uncle sincerely every time they meet is actually the enemy who killed his father!
For Tianming, who values ​​sentimentality, this is of course hard to accept.

Gu Xun still ignored Tianming's emotions and continued to speak:

"And your mother is your father Jing Ke's junior sister, the apprentice and granddaughter of the former Wei general Gongsun Yu - Gongsun Li."

At this point, Tianming finally came to his senses and asked in a trembling voice:
"My father...did you kill him?"

"That's right." Gu Xun admitted calmly.

"Why?" Tianming was not angry, but his face was full of confusion.

"Why?" Gu Xun asked calmly.

"Why are you helping me?" Tianming's face was still confused, but at the same time, he felt a little angry. He didn't know whether it was because of the hatred for his father's murder or because of Gu Xun's attitude.

"You've clearly...you've clearly killed my father, why are you still helping me?"

Gu Xun was silent for a moment, then stood up from the recliner, faced Tianming, and replied in a deep voice:
"In terms of relationship, your father and I are friends."

“Friend?” Tianming felt as if the world was playing a joke on him. His eyes almost popped out of their sockets. “You killed him, and you said he was his friend?”

"That's because of our stance." Gu Xun explained, "I, and Gai Nie, are both your father's friends."

"Uncle..." When Tianming heard Gai Nie's name, he remembered that he was also the person who stopped Jing Ke in the assassination plan.

Gu Xun raised his hand to interrupt Tian Ming, "I know you are very emotional now, and I know you have a lot to say, but how about you listen to me first?"

Tianming took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the complex emotions that seemed to be bursting out of his heart, gritted his teeth and uttered a word, "Okay!"

Gu Xun then continued, "Gai Nie and I are both friends of your father, but unfortunately, Gai Nie and I ended up standing on the opposite side of your father."

"We all know that our positions conflict, and we are all trying to avoid real conflict."

"So not only your father, I had a good relationship with the entire Mo family at that time."

"But everything was changed by the plan to assassinate Qin, and this plan came into being because too many people wanted Ying Zheng to die."

"Yan Dan wants to, Xiong Qi wants to, and many, many others want to."

"But your father is not among these people. He is not very keen on assassination."

"Then he..." Tianming subconsciously wanted to speak, but immediately closed his mouth.

Gu Xun continued to speak, "The reason why he participated in and personally carried out this assassination plan was because of your mother."

Tianming's eyes flickered for a moment, but he said nothing.

Compared to his father Jing Ke, the mother 'Gongsun Li' mentioned by Gu Xun was very unfamiliar to him.

"Because of the conspiracy of the Yin-Yang family and Ying Zheng's dream of immortality, your mother became the target of the empire and was eventually captured in Xianyang. She was taken into the harem by Ying Zheng and was named Concubine Li."

"At that time, she was already pregnant with you."

"Your father took on the mission to assassinate Qin in order to save your mother and you and to avenge Ying Zheng."

"In the end, he stood in the hall of Zhangtai Palace, stood against me, and died in my hands."

Gu Xun told the whole story of Jing Ke's death in one breath, then looked at Tianming calmly with his narrow eyes, waiting for his reaction.

Tianming held his forehead with one hand and wanted to say something, but he felt his eyes go dark and he staggered back two steps, almost falling to the ground.

He struggled to stand firm, trying to suppress his surging anger and control himself from crying. He asked in an involuntary hoarse voice:

"What about my mother? Is she... dead too?"

"Not long after your father died, your mother committed suicide. Before she died, she asked someone to take you out of the Qin Palace."

“You may still have some vague impressions of what happened in the Qin Palace.”

Tianming's face was filled with confusion and anger. His tone was hollow, as if he didn't even know what he was talking about when he mumbled to himself, "Then... I became an orphan that no one wanted..."

Looking at Tianming, who looked miserable and seemed completely unable to accept the past reality, Gu Xun continued to speak mercilessly:

"In fact, there are many people who want you, and you were sent out of the Qin Palace because of a conspiracy."

"Your mother was arrested because of you. The empire needs you, the emperor needs you, and the Yin-Yang family needs you, too."

"But the Yin-Yang family couldn't let you be controlled by Ying Zheng forever, so they took that opportunity to send you away."

Perhaps because too much information flooded in at once, Tianming didn't even have much emotion. He just lowered his head, hiding everything in the shadows, and murmured softly, "So... everything is because of me?"

"It's all because of me..."

Seeing Tianming's reaction, Gu Xun said calmly, "I told you the truth, not to make you dwell on it."

Tianming finally slumped to the ground, his head lowered into his chest, trying to curl up into a ball, exuding a decadent air.

A dull and hoarse voice came from the 'ball', "But they did die because of me, didn't they?"

"They would still die even without you." Gu Xun replied calmly, "Their deaths were due to Ying Zheng's dream of immortality and Donghuang Taiyi's sneaky conspiracy, but not because of you, your son."

"Besides, there is no reason in the world to look for reasons on the victim."

Tianming slumped down on the ground and curled up in a ball. After a long silence, he spoke again:
"how about you?"

"Why are you helping me?"

"Kindness? Pity? Compassion? Charity? Or something else..."

"Because of the promise." Gu Xun calmly interrupted Tianming and answered, "I promised that nothing will happen to your mother and you in the Qin Palace!"

"But my mother is dead!"

"That was my mistake." Gu Xun's tone softened and he sighed, "At that time, I was away from Xianyang for some time because of something. When I came back, I learned from Gai Nie that your mother committed suicide and your whereabouts were unknown."

"I have no power to change what has already happened. I can only give you extra compensation."

"Heh!" Tianming let out a light laugh, a laugh full of sorrow and sadness.

"You said you were my father's friend, and then my father died at your hands."

"You promised to protect my mother, and then my mother committed suicide."

"Now you're saying you want to make it up to me...what on earth are you thinking?"

Gu Xun was not angry at Tianming's attitude, his expression remained calm, "I don't think about anything, I just try to do what I think I should do."

"Then why did you kill my father!?" Tianming suddenly stood up, his face full of tears, his eyes red, and he asked in a roar.

Tianming knew that Gu Xun might not be the one who was most responsible for Jing Ke's death, but at this time and place, he could only find Gu Xun as an outlet.

He can't reach the Yin-Yang Master, and he can't touch the Emperor even more. He is the victim.

He could only vent all his emotions towards Gu Xun.

Moreover, his anger was not only because Gu Xun killed Jing Ke, but also because he felt that Gu Xun could have avoided killing him.

"You obviously don't have to kill him, just like last time!" "You obviously don't have to kill him!"

The last time Tianming mentioned was the assassination at Mount Yi.

In the end, it was Gu Xun who rescued Ying Zheng during the assassination, but he did not kill all those who participated in the assassination.

Gu Xun could certainly explain, but he didn't. He just replied calmly, "You can ask someone else about this question."

"I can answer you, but it may not be appropriate for me to answer."

"I can only say that I am indeed the enemy who murdered your father!"

"There is indeed an irreconcilable and deep hatred between you and me."

"If you want revenge, just come to me."

"But I don't recommend you to do it now. You are still too weak. Wait until you are stronger, stronger than Gai Nie."

"Also... our hatred should be limited to us. Don't take it out on others."

“Remember the hatred, but don’t be controlled by the hatred. Just remember the hatred.”

Gu Xun's words did not calm Tianming down, but instead stimulated him to take action.

Without using any weapons, Tianming roared and raised his hand to punch Gu Xun.

Although he didn't use a sword, the power of this punch was no less because it was wrapped in the rich ink energy that covered his entire arm.

Gu Xun just shook his head, "I don't know what it means."

After saying that, he raised his hand and swung it into the air. The red true energy was like a cannonball hitting Tianming, making him fly backwards at a faster speed and hit the courtyard wall heavily.

Fortunately, Gu Xun controlled the force, and only a mark was left on the courtyard wall, but it was not damaged.

"Calm down, or you won't even be able to leave this yard."

Sanghai is not a good place nowadays. If Tianming cannot control his emotions, he will be discovered if he goes out, and it will be difficult to leave Sanghai after being discovered.

After leaving these words, Gu Xunren disappeared from the yard.

If he doesn't leave, he will continue to provoke Tianming, so it's better to let him calm down alone for a while.

After all, he is just a boy, so we can't expect too much from him.

Seeing Gu Xun disappear, Tianming, who was struggling to get up from the ground and wanted to continue, collapsed again in an instant.

After he raised his face to the sky and roared angrily, all the strength in his body seemed to disappear. He gasped for breath, and various emotions kept flashing in his eyes. His expression was twisted into a ball, as if all kinds of emotions could be seen in it.

Lying on the ground, looking at the sky, Tianming slowly closed his eyes, but tears couldn't stop flowing from the corners of his eyes.

………………

At dusk, Shi Lan and Shao Yu returned to the safe house one after another.

Tianming had already returned and was busy in the kitchen alone.

Shao Yu, who came back last, felt that the atmosphere was not right when he came in. He saw that Tian Ming was not in the living room, so he asked:
"Where's Tianming?"

Shi Lan nodded towards the kitchen. "Is he cooking?"

Shao Yu noticed that Shi Lan's expression was a little strange, and couldn't help asking, "Is there something wrong with him cooking? Shi Lan, you look weird?"

"It was Tianming." Shi Lan shook her head and replied softly, "When I came back, he was alone in the room and looked very abnormal."

"I asked him what was wrong, and he just said nothing was wrong, and then he went to cook by himself."

"What's wrong with him?" Shao Yu was confused and could only ask in detail.

Shi Lan hesitated and replied, "I can't say for sure. When I saw him at that time, he looked like... he had suffered a severe blow."

Shi Lan originally wanted to say that Tianming looked as if his family had suddenly been destroyed and he was left stranded in a foreign land, but she changed her words when they were on the tip of her tongue.

"A blow?" Shao Yu was even more confused.

Tianming stayed in the house peacefully, what kind of blow could he suffer?
Seeing that Shi Lan could not provide more information, Shao Yu waved his hand and said, "I'll go take a look."

In terms of relationship, he and Tianming are closer, and there are some things that only the two brothers can talk about.

Walking into the kitchen and seeing Tianming's back, Shaoyu immediately understood what Shi Lan meant by the "major blow".

Although he looks the same person, the bitterness can be clearly felt even without seeing his face.

Shao Yu's face suddenly became serious, and he wondered what had happened in his heart. He adjusted his expression and approached with a smile:

"Boy, you really cooked!"

"What will we eat if we don't cook?" Tianming responded calmly, but a little too calmly, "There aren't many places to eat on the street right now."

When Shi Lan stayed alone in the safe house, she had to cook for herself.

It’s not that there really are no places to eat in the city, it’s just that it’s very inconvenient for them and they can’t risk being exposed to eat there.

Even the food in the house was provided by the people from the sect who arranged the safe house for Shi Lan - buying food for Shi Lan was almost as risky as going out to eat.

"Of course eating is a must, but I didn't expect you to be willing to cook." Shao Yu said with a smile, "I don't remember you being so diligent."

Tianming sighed pretentiously and teased back, "Shilan has been busy all afternoon. I can't ask her to cook if I don't, right?"

"Or do you want to come? But I remember you don't seem to be able to cook?"

Tianming's sarcastic tone sounded no different from usual, and it seemed that Shao Yu's previous feeling was just a momentary illusion.

But Shao Yu still felt something was wrong.

Tianming's tone was normal, but not real enough, and it was completely a deliberate act.

He has something on his mind.

But Tianming made it clear that he didn't intend to say anything, which made Shaoyu very embarrassed.

No matter what the secret is, it is not a good thing. It is definitely inappropriate to force Tianming to speak it out.

But he couldn't keep it to himself.

Shao Yu could only try to hint at it indirectly - he rarely beat around the bush when talking to Tian Ming, which made him a little unsure about how to handle it.

"Have you been preparing dinner all afternoon?"

"How is that possible?" Tianming replied calmly while busying himself, "It won't take that long to use such a small amount of stuff."

"I started working on it after Shi Lan came back. I had been resting before that."

"Have you really been resting?" Shao Yu questioned with a smile, trying to downplay the emotional inclination.

"What else can I do?" Tianming rolled his eyes and replied, "Given Sanghai's situation, what else can I do if I don't lie down and take a nap?"

"But how did you sleep so well..." Shao Yu quickly scanned Tianming's body and found a flaw, "How can clothes get dirty when sleeping?" (End of this chapter)