Before Shi Lan could speak, Gu Xun waved to her with a smile:

"Come on, come and try my new tea."

"Zhang Han said it was Qiu Lubai who had just been around for a while and had just brought it to me."

Gu Xun was fond of good tea, and people who were close to him often gave him tea. Especially the student Fusu, who gave Gu Xun all kinds of rare tea.

The Qiulubai gifted by Zhang Han is not very rare, but the good thing is for drinking tea, not collecting tea. The taste is most important, and it doesn't matter whether it is rare or not.

I am looking for a light tea, and this Qiu Lu Bai is just right.

Shi Lan was a little stunned.

How could someone inexplicably invite an uninvited guest to tea for no reason?

But after thinking about what I had seen and what others had said about Gu Xun's behavior, I felt that it seemed reasonable.

She remained silent, walked to the stone table in the courtyard, and sat down opposite Gu Xun obediently.

Gu Xun picked up the freshly boiled water and poured a cup of tea for himself and Shi Lan. He liked drinking tea, but he was never interested in the complicated tea ceremony. Making tea was always a simple matter of boiling water.

Although it is a bit wasteful and the taste may be worse, Gu Xun doesn't care.

He pursues enjoyment, but not ultimate enjoyment.

After pouring the tea, Gu Xun eagerly picked up the steaming teacup and took a sip.

Gu Xun likes to drink hot water, and hot water seems to have the characteristic that the more he drinks, the less hot it becomes. The more he drinks, the more he likes the heat. As a result, he drinks hot water from 30 to 40 degrees to 50 to 60 degrees, and then to hot water at 50 or 60 degrees.

You can still drink hot water that reaches 70 or 80 degrees Celsius, and finally boiled water that reaches 9100 degrees Celsius.

Fortunately, he is not afraid of being burned, nor is he worried about esophageal cancer.

Of course Shi Lan didn't know how to drink boiled water, and she couldn't drink boiled water. She just held up the tea cup and let the heat transfer to her palm along the warm jade cup wall.

On a sunny autumn day, the autumn wind will inevitably make people feel a bit cool, so it is good to have a heat source to hold.

"I……"

"I know the reason why you came to me." Gu Xun interrupted Shi Lan directly, "It's just for the sake of dawn."

"There is also a letter." Shi Lan added, "The person named Bai Feng sent it to me not long ago."

"Oh!" Gu Xun put down the tea cup, tapped his fingers on the table unconsciously, and nodded suddenly, "There is also this one, I almost forgot."

"My life has been so decadent recently that I feel like my brain is degenerating."

"Then... tell me, what do you want to ask?" Gu Xun held the tea cup again and said with a smile.

"Are you willing to help me?" Shi Lan asked, holding the tea cup, her plain white face tense, trying her best to control her emotions without any ups and downs.

"First of all, I'm not helping you. I'm just following my own wishes and answering your questions to a certain extent." Gu Xun corrected you first, and then continued to explain, "Secondly, the reason why I am willing to answer your questions selectively is very simple.

, whether it’s for the sake of your mother and the Great Elder of Shushan, or your identity as the Ice Soul Sword Master, I am willing to chat with you and answer your questions.”

After listening to Gu Xun's explanation, Shi Lan was silent for a moment and then asked his first question, a question that went straight to the point:

"Can you help rescue Tianming?"

Gu Xun was slightly surprised when he heard this and asked, "Didn't Chen He tell you? I won't get involved in what's going on in the mirage."

"Why?" Shi Lan was not disappointed because she had no hope at all, but she still asked the reason.

The reason may also be valuable information.

"Because of the Yin Yang family? Or because of the emperor?"

Gu Xun pondered for a moment and answered the question, "The emperor's words...are partly due to him, but not completely."

"At this moment, there are many people who hope that Tianming will stay in the mirage. It's not just the emperor, and it's not just the Yin Yang family."

"Even, there is part of my own reasons in it."

"So you will stop us from saving Tianming?" Although she had been trying to control her emotions, Shi Lan could not help but show a bit of nervousness.

If Gu Xun intervened, that day would be completely hopeless.

Gu Xun shook his head, "I said, I won't interfere in the affairs of the mirage... The 'my reasons' I mentioned only represent my opinions and thoughts, and it does not mean that I will personally intervene."

"Then...you won't answer me any questions that may be helpful in rescuing Tianming?" Shi Lan felt relieved and immediately asked again.

"Well..." Gu Xun pondered for a moment before replying, "To be precise, it is basically impossible for you to take people away from the mirage, even if I tell you the answers to key questions such as Tianming's position on the mirage."

"If you don't intervene, why are you so sure we can't save people?"

Gu Xun took a leisurely sip of tea, moistened his throat, and then replied, "Regardless of any other factors, the Yin Yang family has seven masters. Even if Yun Zhongjun is inferior, it is still six and a half."

"Do you have any way to deal with seven of them?"

"There are just as many experts from the Mo family, and there are other forces to help, so there are just a lot more people." Shi Lan did not accept Gu Xun's argument.

There are very few masters of the Mohist family. Not counting Tianming, who is in jail, there are only two people, Xue Nu Gao Jianli, plus a semi-non-staff member, Gai Nie, there are only three. In terms of quality, they can barely count as four.

However, the Mo family can ask for foreign aid.

There are Chen He and Tian Heng who have just cooperated with each other, and there are also die-hard old allies Renzong leader Xiaoyaozi, as well as Shi Lan himself and Shao Yu, and they can even borrow experts from farmers - the one who saves

As a giant of their own, the Mo family will definitely spare no effort to find helpers. There are too many to say, but it will definitely not be difficult to gather ten or eight.

The Yin Yang family is indeed as strong as ever, but they do not have the ability to fight against all the anti-Qin forces on their own.

Gu Xun replied calmly, "Anyone can find helpers, the Mo family can do it, and the Yin Yang family can do it."

"Of course, this is not the point. The point is...even if you have people, you have to use them."

"Do you think you can still sneak up on mirages as casually as before?"

Shi Lan felt something bad and quickly asked, "What do you mean?"

Gu Xun explained calmly, "The empire's top priority right now is the safety of the Eastern Patrol Team, or in other words, the safety of the emperor."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Aside from Ying Zheng's life, the most important thing is the mirage."

"I will not interfere with the mirage's affairs, but even I must try my best to ensure that the mirage can sail again smoothly without taking action myself."

"The farce you caused yesterday just gave the Yin Yang family an opportunity to exploit the situation and strengthen the mirage's defense to the greatest extent."

"All the manpower of the Shadow Guard and Luo Sheng have been put into it to block all channels that can board the mirage. Most of the local garrisons in Jiaodong County have been mobilized and came as quickly as possible to garrison Songhai Port. The Gongshu family has also

We must provide the greatest assistance and provide all-round surveillance and defense from the sky to the bottom of the sea."

"I can't say that you have no chance, but it is possible for one or two people to sneak up to inquire about information. If more than 70 or 80 people go up at once, they will definitely be discovered."

"Once exposed, do you think you can escape with Tianming intact?"

Shi Lan fell into silence.

If what Gu Xun said is true, then it is really difficult for them to rescue people quietly, and they will inevitably have a head-on conflict with the Yin Yang family.

Even if other possible interference factors are directly eliminated, Master Ban can drive Xuanwu directly under the mirage to ensure that they can escape by jumping into the sea, but this process is still difficult.

The mirage is too big. It is anchored at sea and difficult to access. In theory, it is a semi-enclosed area, but its large area makes it equivalent to an open area.

Before escaping, it was enough for the Yin Yang Family and the Shadow Secret Guards to surround them.

It would be troublesome to escape by then. It is very likely that the person would not be able to be rescued, and two more people would be brought in. If the Yin and Yang family had not made a deal with Tian Ming for no reason, Chen He and Tian Ming would have been trapped together yesterday.

Not to mention, there are still various interference items and accidents in actual operation, and these effects are basically aimed at them, but there are no problems with the Yin and Yang family.

Taking the two aspects together, it is not an exaggeration to say that the success rate is almost zero.

Shi Lan was silent for a long time, and finally she could only say, "We can't give up on Tianming."

Gu Xun put down the teacup, folded his hands leisurely on his chest, and said with a smile, "I know you won't give up, and I didn't ask you to give up, it was just a suggestion."

"As for how to do it, that's your business."

Gu Xun did not persuade Shi Lan by explaining the inseparable fate between Mingming and Mirage.

Gai Nie knew about this matter. If he wanted to talk about it, it was up to Gai Nie to decide. He was too lazy to waste time.

"Then I can exchange the request in that letter for a certain level of help from you, okay?" Shi Lan made a request.

Gu Xun refused without thinking, "No, these are two different things!"

"The matter in the letter is my request to the Ice Soul Sword Master. Whether you agree or not, it is your freedom as the sword master and has nothing to do with other matters."

"If you don't want to help, I won't exchange other promises for your promise."

"Then can you tell me why the Yin Yang family values ​​Tianming so much?"

"Because he is very useful." Gu Xun smiled and gave a perfunctory answer.

"Then the Yin Yang family will use Tianming to kill him?" Shi Lan asked again.

"I don't know either." Gu Xun immediately gave a good answer.

After three questions in a row, Shi Lan was either rejected or answered perfunctorily and fell into silence again. After a long time, she took a sip of tea that was no longer boiling hot and stood up to leave.

"I'm leaving...Thank you for answering my question."

Gu Xun raised his hand and said goodbye with a smile, "Slow down."

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To be continued...