Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1921: Setting Sail (Thirty-Two)

Outside Songhai City, the Mohist stronghold.

Master Ban and others gathered together, naturally for the matter of the Book Burning Order - Master Ban just came back this evening, and happened to encounter the situation in the city being spread out.

"Alas..." Master Ban sat at the table and sighed before speaking, "I have lived a lifetime and have seen and experienced everything. I never dreamed that I would hear such an outrageous thing one day."

After learning the whole story of the Book Burning Order, Master Ban's reaction was not anger, but tiredness, an unprecedented tiredness.

How could this happen?
How come such a bad thing happened to an old man like him?
Gao Jianli took over the conversation in a deep voice and said, "No matter what, the reality is that Ying Zheng's attitude towards the book burning is more resolute than we expected. He actually made the matter public so quickly, without caring about the boiling public resentment."

Dao Zhi crossed his arms, bared his teeth and said in amazement, "He is really not afraid of rebellion...Does he have to be so ruthless?"

"This is Ying Zheng." Gai Nie added with a complicated expression.

He was the person present who knew Ying Zheng best...but for him, he felt that he didn't know the First Emperor very well.

He was very clear about what Ying Zheng did, but he could not have expected that Ying Zheng would implement something like the Book Burning Order.

"Then...what should we do?" Dao Zhi asked with a shrug.

"Of course we have to find ways to help the private sector collect books." Master Ban's tired voice rang out.

The fact that the Mohists became rebels does not mean that all Mohists became rebels.

If all those who study Mohist philosophy were to be labeled as traitors, then not only would half of the people in the world, but at least half of the scholars would become traitors.

Although the empire was very ruthless, it would not go so far as to arrest and kill half of the world's educated people in one fell swoop.

Those wanted are mainly the Mohist heroes active in the martial arts world, that is, those based in the headquarters city, generally regarded as the "Mohist School" in the martial arts world. As for ordinary Mohist scholars, they are not affected.

Of course, they are not completely unaffected. At least they no longer have the possibility of serving as officials in the court.

Naturally, this type of people have a large number of Mohist classics in their hands.

What Master Ban said was to help them hide the books - everyone has selfish desires, and since they are disciples of the Mohist school, they will naturally give priority to Mohist classics, and only if they have spare capacity will they consider other schools.

However, the probability of having spare capacity is low.

Dao Zhu raised his hand and rubbed his temple, and said with emotion, "This is a huge project!"

Even if we put aside the difficulty, the amount of manpower required is enormous.

The number of Mohist scholars is one of the highest among all the schools of thought, but even so it is still unknown whether it is enough.

Gao Jianli suggested at this time, "Maybe we can try to ask the farmers for help."

When it comes to fighting against the book burning order, farmers are probably the ones who face the least pressure - except for special cases like doctors.

They had many people but few books, so it would be easy to deal with them. Naturally, they became the first choice for the Mohist School to seek help.

Master Ban nodded in agreement. "We just cooperated with the farmers not long ago. I think they should be willing to support us."

"I just don't know if our strength will be enough with the help of the farmers..."

Snow Girl interrupted and reminded, "If this happens, almost all the attention of the various schools of thought will be drawn to the Book Burning Order, and the empire's other actions may be..."

Gao Jianli said seriously, "I'm afraid this is exactly what Ying Zheng wants."

With the news of the Book Burning Order released at this point in time, the various schools of thought would definitely not care about the mirage.

Not to mention that Ying Zheng sent a ship out to sea to find the fairy mountain, no one would care even if he flew his own mother to the sky to find the heaven.

Although there are still anti-Qin forces who don't care about the book burning, the pressure faced by the empire will definitely be greatly reduced.

Of course, Ying Zheng has always looked down on such villains, so this plan was probably just something he did casually.

After all, he has made up his mind to push forward the book burning order, and this matter will come to light sooner or later, it's just a matter of sooner or later.

Dao Zhi stroked his chin and asked, "Then shall we do as he wishes?"

Gao Jianli replied in a deep voice, "This is an unsolvable plan. We can only choose the lesser of two evils."

"What about that kid Tian Ming? Are they still planning to attack the Mirage?" Dao Zhi asked again.

Master Ban stroked his beard and replied, "The girl from Shu Mountain wants to save people, so they will definitely not stop... Xiao Zhi, you go and keep an eye on them. If you can help, try to help. If you can't help, just keep an eye on them and don't let them do anything stupid."

"Okay!" Dao Zhi nodded and accepted the task.

Master Ban immediately looked at the others and said, "Everyone else should start preparing to deal with the Book Burning Order."

………………

At the same time, Tianming and the other two also rushed to Duanmu Rong's clinic.

The three of them did not go in directly, but rested outside for a while.

It’s not that I’m tired from running, but that I’m mentally tired.

The three of them were so familiar with the road that they were all numb.

Each trip is like a silly boy running around.

Tianming patted his thigh, which was not that tired, and complained with his eyebrows lowered, "This won't work. We have to think of a way to solve this problem."

"I can't think of any way to solve it." Shao Yu just shook his head, indicating that he was powerless.

Shi Lan remained silent, and her meaning was very clear - she had no other choice.

If you use transportation, your target will be too conspicuous. If you want to be less conspicuous, you have to move your legs secretly and block the front and back.

Tianming rolled his eyes and came up with an idea:

"I have an idea."

Shao Yu knew it was not a good thing when he saw the mean look on his face, "I guess your method is not very useful."

“No, no, no.” Tianming grinned, “It’s definitely a good idea.”

"As long as we get a mechanical Suzaku to use, all problems will be solved."

"It's fast, not tiring, and you won't be discovered at all... In one word, perfect!"

Shao Yu slapped his head after hearing this, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets, "I knew it..."

"Do you think this is possible?"

Tianming shrugged, "Why not?"

"The Mohist School has more than one Suzaku, and Xiao Gao and the others don't have anything else to do right now. As a leader, can't I use one for myself?"

"In theory, I support you." Shao Yu replied with a smile, "But in practice, I suggest you dream. Dreams can bring you anything."

It is of course reasonable for the leader of the Mohist school to call upon the Suzaku mechanism, but Tianming is a leader in name only, and what he does is purely private. Shao Yu knows with his toes that Gao Jianli would never agree.

Moreover, using the Suzaku mechanism is not completely risk-free. There is also the possibility of being discovered, and the clues will point directly to the Mohist school. It is the type of thing where either nothing goes wrong, or if something does go wrong, there will definitely be big trouble.

"Also, if you dispatch a mechanical Suzaku, Commander Gao and the others will have to assign you a pilot to operate it, just to speed up the journey. Do you think it's possible?"

"I can open it myself." Tianming rolled his eyes and refuted Shaoyu's last sentence.

Shao Yu sneered, "If you dare to drive, we must dare to sit too!"

"What are you saying?" Tianming was very angry. "We have played with the Mechanical White Tiger and even flew it to the sky. How can we not take down the Vermillion Bird?"

Shao Yu rolled his eyes and retorted, "First of all, we had no choice but to fly the White Tiger several times, especially the time with White Tiger Zero."

"Secondly, the white tiger is on all fours. If we go up there, even if we don't operate it properly, we won't die."

"Suzaku is going to the sky. If you get into trouble halfway, will you provide me with wings or call back my soul?"

"You don't believe me, right? Okay!" Tianming was also confident, and waved his little arm, "I'll prove it to you when I get back." Shaoyu didn't care about Tianming's big talk, and replied calmly, "You'd better come to the Mechanical Suzaku first."

Anyway, the first step cannot be completed by dawn, so there is no need to consider whether I can drive.

Tianming curled his lips, not giving in at all, "We'll see!"

"Okay, go in." Shi Lan interrupted the two friends' quarrel in time.

The three of them entered the clinic's courtyard and saw Duanmu Rong packing medicinal herbs.

As for Yu Ziqi, Duanmu Rong had no way to deal with him for the time being and could only put it aside for the time being.

When she saw the three little ones coming over, her eyes turned cold and she said nothing, but everyone could see her dissatisfaction.

Tianming and the others were used to it, so they quickly approached with a shameless look on their faces.

Shao Yu reached out and took out a cloth bag, and said, "Miss Rong, we got some branches of the sacred Fusang tree on the Mirage, and wanted to see if it can help Brother Shilan's condition."

Tianming then added, "It is said that this thing contains a lot of vitality. Can it be used as medicine?"

Duanmu Rong did not take the thing from Shao Yu's hand, but looked at the two and asked, "How did you know that the branches and leaves of the sacred Fusang tree have such an effect?"

Seeing Duan Murong's reaction, Shao Yu and Tian Ming looked at each other and asked in unison, "Did you know this?"

Duanmu Rong reached out and took the cloth bag from Shao Yu's hand, and then answered, "The first person from the Central Plains who came into contact with Shushan and knew about the sacred Fusang tree was the imperial master Gu Xun. It was also he who discovered that the branches and leaves of the sacred Fusang tree could be used as medicine."

"Ah..." Shao Yu Tianming let out a soft hum of understanding.

As everyone knows, the national master Gu Xun and the medical master Nian Duan are close friends. They met and studied medicine together for many years.

Since Gu Xun was the first to discover this matter, Duanmu Rong, as Nian Duan's student, naturally knew about it.

But this is not important, what is important is——

"So you can save people?"

Duanmu Rong shook her head, hesitated for a moment and didn't say anything, "Probably not... I'll give it a try."

Theoretically, it is definitely useless, as Yu Ziqi does not need to replenish his vitality from the outside. But considering what Shi Lan said about her brother Yu Yuan's special identity as a bodyguard, and his close connection with the Fusang sacred tree, she cannot say that it is definitely useless.

Need to try it out.

However, she had to control the dosage so as not to disrupt Yu Ziqi's current relatively stable state.

"Do you need our help?" Shao Yu asked quickly.

It's good to have a glimmer of hope, after all, it was quite easy to get these branches.

"Don't bother me, that's the greatest help."

When it comes to curing illnesses and saving lives, Duanmu Rong immediately returns to her usual state of not letting strangers or acquaintances approach.

Tianming and others tactfully said goodbye and left.

But before leaving, Tianming asked, "How long will it take to get results?"

"At least two days."

This answer confused the three of them, and they started discussing it immediately after leaving the clinic.

"Two days...it's a bit long." Tianming touched his chin, feeling a little tricky.

After all, Duanmu Rong only said it was a possibility, and it seemed that she was not very sure about it. The time wasted was a bit too much for them.

The key point is that in this situation, they cannot touch Yu Ziqi, so there is no other way to implement it.

Shao Yu also felt that it was a bit troublesome, but he did not say what he thought. Instead, he looked at Shi Lan first, "What do you think?"

"Two days...If something unexpected happens at Mirage, we will be in a passive position." Shi Lan was also worried about this problem.

Tianming was straightforward and suggested, "Why don't we take the risk and bring people on board directly?"

Shi Lan did not express her opinion immediately.

It would be safer to wait for Duanmu Rong, but it might be a waste of time and there might be other troubles later.

If Yu Ziqi is brought on board directly, the chances of completely curing him will be greater, but this behavior itself is highly dangerous.

Both have their own trade-offs, pros and cons, and it is difficult to say which one is definitely better than the other.

The three of them looked at each other in silence, and then a voice broke the silence.

"Hey, what are you three doing?"

The three of them looked in the direction of the voice and saw Dao Zhi looking at them with a playful grin.

Dao Zhi walked towards the three people, complaining as he walked, "You three are quite troublesome. It's so hard for me to find you."

Tianming responded, "Why are you here?"

"Come and see how your rescue operation is going." Dao Zhi spread his hands and replied, "Do you have any clues?"

Tianming and the other two looked at each other and reached a tacit consensus - to tell the truth to Daozhi.

Maybe I still need the help of this master of Qinggong, so it would be inappropriate to deceive him.

"We have a clue, but we are in a dilemma..." Tianming briefly explained the current situation to Daozhi.

"Hmm..." Dao Zhi thought for a moment after listening, then looked at Shi Lan, "What do you think?"

After a moment of silence, Shi Lan made her own decision, "If possible, I think it's better to be more radical."

"Not to be missed."

Duanmu Rong can carry out her attempt at any time, but if the mirage opens, it will be difficult for them to catch up even if they fly into the sky.

Dao Zhi clapped his hands upon hearing this, "If that's the case, then we have to hurry up."

"What do you mean?" Tianming asked puzzled.

Dao Zhi's urging was obviously different from their anxiety.

"Something big has happened in Sanghai. All the Mohist forces will be deployed soon. If you don't hurry up, you will have to do this by yourselves."

"Big deal? What big deal?" Shao Yu asked quickly, "Something happened to Mirage?"

"Mirage is nothing!" Dao Zhi looked unhappy when he mentioned the Book Burning Order. "It is a major event that affects the whole world. Sanghai is just a flashpoint."

"Let's talk about it on the way. Come back to the base with me first, and we'll figure out what to do."

Tianming and the other two had no idea what was going on and could only follow Daozhi in confusion.

………………

It was late at night.

Xianyang, on the banks of the Wei River.

It was late at night, and even in the imperial capital of Xianyang, it was pitch black with hardly any lights to be seen.

However, the nobles and wealthy businessmen living in Xianyang City must have their own nightlife, and there are always some places that are brightly lit at night.

The banks of Jing and Wei are such a place.

In the Zi Lan Xuan houseboat on the river, Gu Xun woke up from his sleep, shook his head and glanced at the window.

"Midnight?"