All these questions came to Zhang Han's mind at once, but he couldn't think of the answer to any of them.
Zhang Han knew very well that he lacked a lot of important key information compared to Gu Xun.
But what he didn't understand was why he lacked so much key information that he had no clue about.
The Secret Guard's intelligence network is indeed not as good as Luowang and Quicksand, but it is still considered one of the best in the world.
It is normal for him to know less than Gu Xun, but it is abnormal for him to know too much less.
But now, he felt as if he was a fool and didn't know anything, while Gu Xun knew everything.
He really couldn't figure this out - of course, it was fine if he couldn't figure it out. After all, the difference between the two sides was not the intelligence network, but whether they had cheated or not.
Gu Xun knew that Zhang Han must be full of doubts, but he couldn't answer these questions, let alone didn't want to answer them.
"Go, go." Gu Xun waved his hand and gave a final reminder while chasing away the guests, "You should try to avoid Zhao Gao from now on. You can't beat him with the power of the Shadow Guard alone. "
"General... take leave." Zhang Han wanted to ask something, but didn't know where to start. After some hesitation, he had to leave obediently.
After Zhang Han left, Gu Xun simply tidied up and then left his small courtyard.
This time he was not going out, but leaving Songhai.
At this point in time, he should not actually leave Songhai.
There are many things that he can do and take care of. For example, he can't just sit back and watch the trouble at Little Sage Village.
But Gu Xun still chose to leave now, leaving Songhai, the largest whirlpool in the empire.
As for the reason... it's actually very simple, he was bored.
He felt that he had been meddling in too many things over the years.
Those who should be taken care of and those who shouldn't be taken care of were burdened with a lot of trouble for no apparent reason, making him work hard every day.
So Gu Xun decided to leave it alone now.
Apart from his own personal affairs, he only cares about one thing now - the matter of Canglong Qisu.
This matter is not only of great importance, but also involves Concubine Yan and Qianlong.
His wife and children were involved, and there was no way Gu Xun would let it go no matter what.
But other than that, he was really annoyed.
He doesn't want to care about the life and death of various schools of thought. Let everything take its course and do as you like. Anyway, it is impossible for them to really die out.
Gu Xun didn't bother to worry about Fusu's throne anymore. Han Fei and the others were left to work on it, even if he returned the quicksand to Han Fei.
Not to mention other miscellaneous trivial matters.
As soon as he thought about it, the world became wider, and Gu Xun, who made up his mind, felt much more relaxed instantly.
But having said that, now that the mirage is about to set sail, Gu Xun should not leave Songhai since he still intends to take care of Canglong Qisu's affairs.
But Gu Xun knew some secret information that others didn't know, and knew that the mirage's voyage would not go smoothly, so he was not in a hurry at the moment and decided to go back to Xianyang first.
Return to Xianyang to handle some trivial matters.
So, without anyone knowing, Gu Xun left.
His departure also marked the complete disappearance of Liusha as a force from Songhai.
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It was close to noon, and Ying Zheng's car set off from the General's Mansion.
Although the streets were cleared early, the emperor would definitely not set off so early.
Ying Zheng strictly controlled the regulations during his visit to Xiaoshengxian Village and did not bring too many people with him.
Accompanying Ying Zheng were only his personal attendant Zhao Gao, Prime Minister Li Si, who was born in Xiaoshengxian Village, and Chunyu Yue, an imperial doctorate officer with Confucian background.
The number of people was smaller than the last time Fusu visited Xiaoshengxian Manor, and there were only two carriages.
Ying Zheng and Zhao Gao had a carriage, and Li Si and Chunyu Yue had a carriage.
The carriages of Li Si, Chun and Yue were driven by professional drivers from the Taifu's lower house, while the carriage of Ying Zheng was driven by Zhao Gao himself.
Although he was the emperor's personal attendant, Zhao Gao rarely drove the emperor himself - because it was not necessary. There were professionals in the chariot office, and chamberlains like Zhao Gao might not be able to do a better job than others.
Zhao Gao's situation is even more special.
He used to be the magistrate of the CRRC and an official subordinate to the imperial servant. He was considered a middle-level bureaucrat based on his rank.
With this status, one cannot be a coachman, even the emperor's coachman.
But things are different now. Zhao Gao's official position as Chefu Ling has been deprived of him, and he only has the status of the emperor's chamberlain - the status of leader of Luowang is very special and can be ignored.
There is no problem if a simple chamberlain drives a car for the emperor. Although it is rare, it does not violate the rules and etiquette.
Zhao Gao was definitely not happy about becoming a coachman, even if he was driving for Ying Zheng.
But dissatisfaction was dissatisfaction, and he didn't dare to show it openly.
The reason why it was his turn to drive was because Ying Zheng said he wanted to meditate alone and did not arrange extra carriages - Zhao Gao had not been ordered by the chariot government, and it was not easy for him to arrange carriages and horses.
In this case, Zhao Gao could either drive by himself, squeeze with Li Si and the others, or squeeze with the originally arranged coachman.
So he decisively withdrew the driver and drove the car himself.
Apart from not daring to do so, Zhao Gao actually didn't particularly mind this matter.
Driving may be another slap from the emperor, but in the end it's just a trivial matter, a little embarrassing, and it can be said to be meaningless to him.
The key is that the Little Sage Village is going to be in trouble, and he is very happy.
He originally planned to use the Mo family's Qinglong plan to deal with the Xiaoshengxian Village, but before he could take action, the emperor took the initiative to find the Confucian family.
This saved him a lot of trouble, and even the risk was reduced to almost zero.
Now he just needs to figure out how to do it.
After all, Xiaoshengxian Village is inextricably linked to Gu Xun. Even with the emperor's support, Zhao Gao would have to make more calculations to avoid not getting any benefits at all and getting into trouble.
When Zhao Gao drove to Xiaoshengxian Manor in a comfortable mood, the three of them had returned to Songhai at dawn.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The three of them have been busy in the past two days, and they all look dusty at this time.
Skillfully, they entered the city and found a remote corner to hide. The three of them began to discuss a specific plan.
"How to do it?" Tianming said first, "Still the same old way?"
The old route he mentioned was naturally the route used to sneak into Lifu's team and board the ship.
Shao Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Last time, Young Master Siming came to the door. Isn't that way unsafe?"
Tianming spread his hands and replied, "Everywhere may not be safe, there is no need to think so much."
"I'm here to protect you. If something goes wrong, just run away. I'll come to stop it. I'm sure there will be no problem."
Shao Yu couldn't help but frown and reminded, "Tian Ming, you can't believe too much that the Yin Yang family doesn't dare to do something to you, as it can easily lead to accidents."
He didn't doubt the authenticity of this matter, but even if it was true, how high would the Yin Yang family tolerate him?
How long will this tolerance last?
If one of these two problems goes wrong, Tianming may suffer serious consequences.
The best way to deal with it is to act as if the matter doesn't exist and act as cautiously as possible.
Of course, it's okay to use this to try your luck in a critical moment, it's not the only way.
"Don't worry, I know it well." Tian Ming waved his hand and responded with a smile, "If I can joke with my own life, can I also joke with both of your lives?"
"It's not about whose life it is." Shi Lan also advised, "Something will happen if you are not careful."
Both friends advised him, but Tianming could only raise his hands in a gesture of surrender, "Okay, I will listen to you."
"But I can't use this ready-made benefit. The Yin and Yang family must be plotting against me secretly. If I don't use it, I'll be at a loss."
"Let's just be careful."
The two of them thought it was right upon hearing it.
If you don't take advantage of it, it will definitely be a loss. After all, the Yin and Yang family must not have kept it secretly.
"Try to be more careful and don't be careless." Shao Yu could only remind him one more time.
Tian Ming casually waved his hand and brought the topic back to the right track:
"So what to do?"
"Why don't you go to the trouble and walk into the water?" Shao Yu chose a relatively safer method for the sake of insurance.
If he had not been so careful before, but just two days after Yun Zhongjun's accident, the people of the Yin and Yang family might be angry now and had to take precautions.
"Anything is fine." Although Tianming found it troublesome, he did not refuse.
Shi Lan had no objection.
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Outside Songhai City, the Mohist seaside stronghold.
The martial law in Songhai has been lifted, and the Mohists no longer need to hide in Xuanwu.
Of course, I still dare not make any big moves, I just relax a little.
"The city is very lively now." Taizhi slumped down on a chair, holding an apple in his hand, and said with a smile, "Ying Zheng went out, and I don't know how many people's hearts were touched."
He went into Songhai City early in the morning to investigate the situation and had just returned recently.
Gao Jianli on the side asked in a deep voice, "Anyone wants to take action?"
Thief Zhi shook his head, "It's hard to say, it doesn't feel like it."
"It's noisy, it doesn't look large-scale, and it doesn't look like it's ready to take action."
Ying Zheng's visit did not cause much commotion, and his defensive efforts were relatively conservative. To say the least, it was actually a good opportunity.
But just because it looks very suitable for action, it makes people afraid to do it.
Having just suffered a huge loss in something like an assassination, no one thought that the Empire would really let down its guard.
It is common for court officials to remember what they eat but not what they fight. After all, many times they have no obligation to remember what they eat unless their superiors give orders.
But for an organization like Shadow Guard Luowen, it is very dangerous to focus on food rather than fighting.
In less than half a month, if the emperor was put into crisis twice, Zhao Gao and Zhang Han would have no choice but to die.
Regardless of whether he judged logically or based on what he saw during his own investigation, Thief Zhi didn't think there would be trouble today.
"Are there any other findings?" This judgment was also in line with Gao Jianli's view. He did not hesitate and asked other questions.
Thief Zhi thought for a moment and then replied, "On the whole, it's nothing special, it's just like that."
With the current situation in Songhai, any big event will definitely attract a large number of people to join in the fun, either overtly or covertly. Everyone knows this situation, and there is nothing to say.
"Is there anything abnormal?" Gao Jianli asked.
Thief Zhi touched his chin and pondered for a while, "There are some abnormalities... there seems to be a little too much activity around Little Saint Xian Manor."
"I just don't know what those people are like...it doesn't give me the feeling that they are kind people."
"Didn't you catch your tongue?" Yuki-onna interjected.
"I don't dare." Thief Zhi replied with a smile, "The city is noisy. It's easy to hide, but it's inconvenient to do it."
"I'm afraid of alerting others and causing trouble."
Although the martial law in Songhai City has been lifted, it is still loose on the outside and tight on the inside.
There are a large number of troops stationed inside and outside the city, and the men of Luo Sheng and Shadow Guard are also hidden and ready to take action at any time.
Under such circumstances, no matter how good the thief is, he would not dare to take action casually. If he gets into trouble, it is likely that he will be the only one being tricked.
Gao Jianli had no doubts about this, and said with a slightly worried tone, "From this point of view, I'm afraid that Little Saint Xian Manor is really going to get into big trouble."
Pirate Zhi really didn't care about the life and death of the Confucian family, and replied casually, "That's their business, and we can't get involved."
The reason why Robber Zhi behaved so ruthlessly was because Zhang Liang had already told them in advance that no one else could take care of this matter.
On the other hand, it was because he himself was quite disgusted with Confucianism.
There are many things that Taizhi disagrees with about the knowledge of Confucius.
When it comes to resisting the empire, Bandit Zhi also knows very well that Confucianism can never be their ally.
Confucianism at this time was not as bottomless and characterless as the Confucianism of later generations.
Today's Confucians and Confucian scholars still have their own ideas and persistence, and they have not interpreted or distorted Confucius' knowledge to the outrageous level of later generations.
But one thing is exactly the same between them - Confucianism cannot rebel.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Confucian disciples can be dissatisfied with the emperor, they can make comments to the emperor, and they can even criticize the emperor - of course, whether the emperor will kill you or not is another matter.
If you are really disappointed with the emperor and the government, you can wash your tassels with clean water or wash your feet with turbid water. At worst, you will not care about the temple, just like the small sage's village before that only focused on reading the books of sages.
But you cannot resist the imperial court openly and violently.
Confucius pursued self-denial and restoration of propriety throughout his life.
Fu Li is essentially to help the Zhou Dynasty win the resurrection match.
However, now that the Zhou Dynasty has been completely buried, even the most stubborn group of people within Confucianism are not obsessed with this, but have flexibly adjusted the content of "Restore Rituals".
From helping the Zhou Dynasty to fight for the resurrection, it changed to guiding the empire to the right path - the right path in line with Confucian concepts.
At present, Confucianism has made few achievements in the aspect of "restoring rites".
However, no matter how difficult it is to go through the "restoration of rituals", Confucian disciples can only turn their heads and think about "self-denial" and cannot think about other things.
And "self-denial" definitely means that you cannot rebel and cannot resist imperial rule by any clear means.
Therefore, the most Confucianists can do is provide some indirect assistance to other anti-Qin forces, hoping that they will really oppose the empire...unless the empire is destroyed and a new dynasty is established.
"But we have inherited a lot of favors from the ovary, so it's hard to ignore them completely." Xue Nu reminded after hearing this.
Robber Zhi shrugged and said nothing.
Zhang Liang's favor must indeed be recognized. He does not support helping Xiaoshengxian Village, but he will not object either.
Anyway, he can't help it. If you can help him, he can do it.
Gao Jianli pondered for a moment and made a decision, "The Mohist family will repay their kindness, and it is absolutely impossible to let the net attack all the schools of thought."
"Let's... make preparations in advance and contact some helpers."