"I have a way to deal with him, so be it." Shi Lan shook his head and rejected Shao Yu's fine-tuning.
Of course she understood what Shao Yu meant, but for both emotional and rational reasons, she should not let Shao Yu take this risk.
The most important thing is that Shao Yu is actually the least suitable among the three of them to face Yun Zhongjun.
Shao Yu's strongest strength is his physical strength, but Yun Zhongjun's special skill is illusion.
Although his level of illusion is very average, and he lost to Shao Yu last time, Shi Lan's assist played an important role in that victory.
If Shaoyu faced off against Yun Zhongjun again alone, it would be hard to say that he would still be able to take advantage.
In comparison, Shi Lan, who was protected by the ice soul, didn't care much about Yun Zhongjun's giant spirit illusion. She also knew Yunzhongjun's other methods relatively well, and it was far safer to face Yunzhongjun than Shaoyu.
Tianming listened on the sidelines, scratching his head and not being able to support either side.
If he was free, he would definitely come in person.
As the elder of the Yin and Yang family, Yun Zhongjun's strength is naturally undeniable, but Tianming is not weak to him at all now.
But he couldn't get out.
He must focus on sneaking into the Toad Palace, and no one can replace him.
Shao Yu refused to give up, and wanted to persuade Shi Lan again, "I have fought against Yun Zhongjun, and I can beat him even when I am blind, so I'll do it."
Shi Lan just shook his head, obviously not intending to give in.
Seeing Shi Lan's insistence, Shao Yu smacked his lips several times, but could not say anything more.
When companions discuss matters, it depends on who is more insistent. Shao Yu cannot forcefully confront Shi Lan, as that will only increase internal friction.
Tianming laughed when he saw this, changed the subject and said, "Let's withdraw today."
"When I get back, I'll look for Thieves Zhi to study the techniques of infiltration, as well as the matter of Zibei Water Pavilion. I'll go find out what uncle has to say."
"He was in charge of the Zibei Water Pavilion during the last rescue operation. He seemed to have discovered something."
"I'll try to find out more information about mirages when I go back." Shao Yu nodded in agreement after hearing this.
Shi Lan had nothing to say, but reminded her again, "Be careful."
Tianming waved his hand casually, "I should tell you this."
"Ying Zheng's motorcade is about to arrive, and Songhai's situation will become more and more serious. You have been moving around the city, so be careful in everything you do."
"That's right." Shao Yu nodded in agreement, and then suggested, "Why don't you evacuate outside the city first? It's safer to be with us."
"No need." Shi Lan shook her head and refused, "I will be careful, you don't have to worry."
Tian Ming didn't try to persuade him, because he wasn't particularly worried. He waved his hand carelessly and said:
"Just be more prepared. If you really encounter a danger that you can't handle, just use Uncle Gu's name. You should be able to handle everything."
Tianming was not polite to Gu Xun at all, and even started to call on his friends to be rude to him too.
But he's not completely brainless.
He asked Shi Lan to do this because he could see that Shi Lan and Gu Xun seemed to be related.
He would never say this to Shao Yu, because he knew that it was impossible for Shao Yu to seek help from Gu Xun, and he also knew that Gu Xun would most likely not help Shao Yu.
When Shao Yu heard what he said, although his eyes changed, he didn't say anything negative.
Although he didn't want to, nor did he want anything to happen to his friends and the imperial master, he couldn't really stop it by force.
Regardless of his own position or being responsible for Shi Lan's personal safety, he could not stop it.
Shi Lan didn't mean to clear up the relationship with Gu Xun, and of course he didn't say that he would really use this plan.
As for whether she will do this, we probably have to wait until she really faces a desperate situation.
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In the Mohist stronghold, Ge Nie once again welcomed visitors.
Like Ayan, this guest also arrived quietly without disturbing anyone.
A head of white hair and a flowing and wide black robe with gold edges revealed the identity of the visitor - Gai Nie's junior brother, Gui Gu Hengjian Wei Zhuang.
Facing his junior brother, Gai Nie's reaction was even colder than before. He didn't even put down the ax and was still chopping wood.
"Has the new hero from the farm called you?"
Looking at Gai Nie who was concentrating on chopping firewood, Wei Zhuang didn't care. He walked aside and stood against the wall, folding his arms and asked.
"She should have gone to Little Sage Village first." Ge Nie did not answer, but replied with something irrelevant at first glance.
Of course Wei Zhuang could understand what Gai Nie meant and went on:
"I met Zhang Liang not long ago."
"What do they want to do?" Gai Nie paused for a moment, then asked.
"Obviously, I want to find out what the Qinglong Plan is." Wei Zhuang smiled with a hint of sarcasm, but he didn't know who he was targeting.
"Is there any point in trying to figure this out now?" Gai Nie asked lightly.
"Information you don't understand is always valuable and may be useful in the future." Wei Zhuang replied equally flatly.
"They...want to do it again?" Gai Nie frowned and asked.
"Why not?" Wei Zhuang replied with a sneer, "If the Mo family fails, there will always be someone who continues."
The assassinations against Ying Zheng have never stopped. After all, killing the emperor is the action with the highest return rate for all anti-Qin forces.
It's just that because of the multiple protections provided by the Shadow Guard and the Luowang, most of these operations are suppressed in the planning stage, and the few that are actually implemented fail at the very beginning.
Especially in the past, Ying Zheng had been staying in Xianyang, Guanzhong, and had no suitable opportunities at all.
Even so, there are batch after batch of people who are not afraid of death and take the initiative to join in and die.
What's more, now Ying Zheng has left Xianyang and Guanzhong.
The assassination in Yishan had shown that all forces were ready to take action.
Although the assassination operation failed miserably due to Gu Xun's intervention, the matter would not be over after all.
Regardless of whether the Mohist Qinglong Plan succeeds or not, it will further stimulate the anti-Qin forces. In the future, there will only be more such actions and they will not stop here.
Genie was silent for a moment, split the firewood on hand, and then changed the topic:
"Are you going to take part in this operation?"
Ge Nie was too lazy to comment on the assassination of Ying Zheng, so it would be better to ask some questions related to him.
Wei Zhuang nodded, then corrected himself, "To be precise, I was just employed by him and paid to do things."
"Does the Mo family agree?" Gai Nie ignored the explanation and continued to ask.
"I was very insistent at first, but then I relented." Wei Zhuang replied with a smile, "I guess he doesn't plan to reveal any details of the operation to me, well... maybe he will also arrange some unimportant but dangerous tasks for me.
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"If they really do this, the answer they want will be clearer." Gai Nie did not mean to apologize for his junior brother, and calmly replied with a somewhat meaningless sentence.
"This is natural." Wei Zhuang nodded, "But it's almost done now. The Mo family has no intention of running out of manpower."
"Zhang Liang...thinks the Mo family has a chance to succeed?" Gai Nie asked again.
Upon hearing this question, the smile on Wei Zhuang's face decreased slightly and he replied in a deep voice, "It's hard to say."
"The reaction of the Shadow Guard is very strange."
"It's too quiet." Although Gai Nie knew the information, he immediately thought of something wrong with the Shadow Guard.
Wei Zhuang nodded, "With Zhang Han's methods and character, Sanghai should be completely in chaos at this time."
Due to the gathering of a large number of anti-Qin forces, the Mohist movement was almost completely hidden. It was difficult for Zhang Han to accurately find the information he needed among the numerous clues in a short period of time.
Faced with this situation, there are many ways to deal with it, and with Zhang Han's character and tight time, he will undoubtedly adopt the fastest solution.
That is to say, we will directly attack all anti-Qin forces without distinction.
What should I do if there are too many people muddying the water and I can’t see the bottom of the water clearly?
Of course, get rid of all the bastards who are muddying the waters!
As long as Zhang Han kills all the irrelevant people who confuse his sight, he will naturally be able to bring the Mo family, who can't stop moving, to the surface.
For Zhang Han, who has his back to the empire, it is of course unrealistic to eliminate all the forces that interfere with his vision, but it is no problem to scare them away with the force of thunder.
These anti-Qin forces gathered in Songhai to fight for Yingzheng, not to fight Zhang Han and his secret guards.
But Zhang Han didn't do anything... It can't be said that he didn't do anything. He himself guarded the mirage every day, and his shadow secret guards were also working hard to collect intelligence.
But these measures have no effect at all in a short period of time.
Especially Zhang Han's operation of guarding the mirage is even more confusing.
No matter how important the mirage is, the Shadow Guard's primary duty is to protect the royal family, especially the emperor himself!
Whether it was due to duty considerations or Zhang Han's own resolute character, he should not behave like this.
There are only two people who can make him so abnormal.
One is Teacher Fusu and Imperial Master Gu Xun who are in Songhai at this time.
The second is Emperor Ying Zheng, who is driving towards Songhai in a carriage.
Both are possible, but if Gai Nie is asked to choose, he will definitely choose Gu Xun.
In other words, Gu Xun deliberately suppressed Zhang Han from causing trouble to the Mo family.
Translated again, it can be seen as Gu Xun deliberately allowing the Mohists to plan the Qinglong Plan.
This is something Zhang Liang cannot understand, and it is also the reason why he and Ayan want to find out the secret behind the Qinglong Plan.
At the same time, this is why Wei Zhuanghui said that Zhang Liang believed that the probability of success of the Qinglong Project was 'hard to say'.
Gu Xun's attitude was too vague.
He may have given up continuing to support Ying Zheng because of the accumulation of discord between him and Ying Zheng for many years, and conflicts broke out.
In this way, the Mohist family has the possibility of success.
But it may also be for other purposes. In essence, he is still unwilling to sit back and watch something happen to the emperor.
In that case, the Qinglong Plan will definitely fail.
"Isn't there a consensus within Liusha about his attitude?" Ge Nie couldn't help but ask.
The most troublesome thing about Gu Xun is that he is uncontrollable, but according to Ge Nie's understanding, Gu Xun is actually very controllable when facing people close to him.
But Wei Zhuang said "it's hard to say", which means they can't control Gu Xun's thoughts and attitude.
Wei Zhuang shook his head simply, "His attitude towards the empire and towards Ying Zheng is naturally clear."
"But when it comes to a certain time and a certain thing, it's not inevitable."
"What's more, his and Zhang Liang's positions are inconsistent."
In the long run, Gu Xun's view and attitude towards the empire is very simple - the empire takes jujube pills!
All he has to do is help his students build a new empire.
So in a sense, his position is even consistent with the anti-Qin forces such as the Mohists, but it is impossible for him to openly oppose the empire now, which is completely different from the Mohists.
For Ying Zheng, it is even more special.
Gu Xun only planned to watch the Yingzheng Tower collapse, but many anti-Qin forces, including Zhang Liang, wanted not only to watch the tower collapse, but also to go to battle to demolish the tower themselves.
"What does Zhang Liang plan to do?" Gai Nie didn't know the situation inside Quicksand, but he could probably understand what Wei Zhuang meant. He was silent for a moment and then asked another question.
Wei Zhuang chuckled and replied, "I just collect money to do things. What he does has nothing to do with me and he won't tell me."
Compared with Zhang Liang and Gu Xun, who have different positions, Wei Zhuang basically has no position on the issue of Ying Zheng.
He doesn't mind seeing Ying Zheng die, but it doesn't matter if Ying Zheng doesn't die.
So he didn't ask too much about this matter, and Zhang Liang didn't tell him specifically.
However, Wei Zhuang's answer still gave Gai Nie an answer.
With Wei Zhuang's character, if Zhang Liang didn't intend to do anything, he would just say no.
He said he didn't know, which meant that he realized that Zhang Liang had his own plans, but he just didn't care.
After confirming this, Gai Nie fell into silence completely, and kept moving his hands, chopping wood one piece after another.
Originally, the Qinglong Project was of no importance to Ge Nie.
It was just an assassination, and Ge Nie didn't care whether it was successful or not - his current attitude toward Ying Zheng was similar to Wei Zhuang's, he didn't care whether he died or not.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But according to the current situation, the Qinglong Project will probably be directly related to the big trouble Canglong Qisu.
There is a high probability that Canglong Qisu has a deep connection with Tianming.
As a result, Gai Nie couldn't relax too much.
Seeing that Gai Nie was silent, Wei Zhuang didn't say anything more and stood up to leave.
Before leaving, he left his last words:
"Zhang Liang asked me to tell you that that boy doesn't seem to be very honest lately."
Gai Nie remained silent, chopping firewood silently.
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After hurried back to the stronghold at dawn, Genie finally finished chopping firewood.
Tianming scratched his head and carefully considered his words before approaching him with a playful smile.
Gai Nie watched Tianming's performance calmly.
"Hey, uncle, were you busy just now?"
"I just finished chopping firewood." Gai Nie replied calmly.
Hearing this, Tianming subconsciously glanced at the firewood piled high under the wall, "Ah... these firewoods can just wait for me to come back and chop them. Why do you have to come here yourself, uncle?"
"I have nothing to do, so I just chopped it up." Gai Nie replied calmly, and then asked, "Have you met your friends in the city?"
"Yes." Tianming nodded, "I've seen you, and I brought you delicious food."
Gai Nie ignored the second half of the sentence and asked, "What's the current situation in the city?"
"Not much has changed, except that the martial law has been tightened and there are fewer people on the streets."
Whether it is inspections at the city gates or patrols within the city, they will reduce the flow of people - the former reduces the floating population, and the latter reduces the mobility of the permanent population.
The imperial army is a scourge that must be avoided, both for the enemies of the empire and for the people of the empire.
The atmosphere in Songhai is much more relaxed, but the fear of the army is still deeply rooted in the hearts of many people.