"Mr. Xiaoyao, do you think this is a suitable opportunity?" Master Ban quickly stroked his beard and asked in a very nervous voice.
"Obviously so." Xiaoyaozi replied calmly, "The ritual of enshrining Zen is no longer a test, but no matter how the empire will carry out this matter of enshrining Zen and offering sacrifices to heaven, there will not be too many troops deployed on Mount Tai."
The most important affairs of the country are military service and sacrifice.
But these two things generally cannot be done together.
Mount Tai's Zen ceremony is a ritual, not a military exercise. It doesn't matter how many troops are deployed for protection at the foot of the mountain, but it is impossible to arrange ten steps, one post, and five steps for one post on the mountain.
This gave the assassin an opportunity to take advantage of the situation - it didn't matter the strength of the troops at the foot of the mountain, there would always be loopholes no matter how hard the blockade was.
"Ying Zheng will definitely be protected by experts." Fan Zeng from the side interrupted and reminded.
"This won't change anything." Xiaoyaozi replied calmly, "Besides, the masters of the Yin Yang family are all in the mirage, which will weaken it a lot."
The difficulty of protecting yourself and protecting others is different.
Ying Zheng's own strength is not good, no matter how many masters surround him, he will still be in danger. Even a large number of masters fighting around him is a threat to him.
When Jing Ke assassinated Qin, there were many masters around Ying Zheng. Didn't he almost succeed?
As long as there is a chance to touch Ying Zheng, there is a possibility of assassinating him!
Master Ben and others looked at each other and fell into silence.
On the one hand, they know how risky it is.
On the other hand, they also know how great the benefits are.
To do or not to do, that is the question.
Gai Nie looked at the people with different thoughts and reminded him, "Gu Xun will probably be present at the Zen Ceremony."
This sentence poured cold water on their heads.
There are two concepts of being protected by experts and being protected by Gu Xun.
Let alone Gu Xun, if Gai Nie had not defected and was still serving as Ying Zheng's personal bodyguard, their assassination success rate would have plummeted.
Xiaoyaozi frowned and asked, "Will he participate in the Zen Ceremony?"
"Maybe." Gai Nie replied briefly, "Ying Zheng will ask Gu Xun to accompany any celebration or ceremony, unless he himself is unwilling to go."
"Is there a high chance that he will go?" Thieves Zhi couldn't wait to interrupt and asked.
"Not high." Gai Nie shook his head.
These words made everyone feel relieved, but then the turning point came.
"But when he is invited to each celebration for the first time, he usually participates."
Robber Zhi couldn't help complaining and complaining, "Isn't the probability still very high?"
The last time to worship the gods was hundreds of years ago, and Gu Xun must have never participated in it before.
Ganie didn't say anything.
The probability is not high, so I remind you what to do!
Xiaoyaozi then asked, "Mr. Gai, what do you think the probability of successfully assassinating Ying Zheng is if Gu Xun is present?"
"Zero." Ganie answered with a desperate answer without hesitation.
Considering the imprecision, he then added, "Unless he acquiesces."
Ah... I'm still very disappointed.
Master Ben and the others looked at each other, and the atmosphere fell into stagnation for a moment.
Guxun is a big mountain that hangs over the heads of all people in the world.
His strength does not lie in how strong he is, but in the fact that no one knows how strong he is.
Master Ben and a few other people do know how strong he is, but...how to put it, it's better not to know.
I am even more desperate now that I know.
After being silent for a while, Taizhi broke the deadlock, spread his hands and said with a smile:
"In this case, let's forget about it."
"There is no need to play a game that is guaranteed to result in loss but no profit."
He himself did not very much support the assassination of Ying Zheng.
It's not that he doesn't want Ying Zheng to die, but that he doesn't want to face the old incident of assassinating Qin again.
Last time, the Mo family lost two commanders, and they lost two friends. The ensuing Wang Jian attack on Yan resulted in countless casualties.
Robber Zhi is not afraid of death, and he also knows that fighting against the empire requires death, but he still hopes that all sacrifices will be more meaningful.
Assassination...is a kind of gambling, and a big one at that.
If you win, you will become rich overnight.
If you lose, you lose everything.
Too extreme.
Master Ban and other members of the Mo family couldn't help but nodded when they heard this, obviously they agreed with what Thieves Zhi said.
After all, we have learned from the past and no one wants to go through it again.
Fan Zeng and Xiang Liang looked at each other, lowered their eyes and did not express any opinions.
In war, big bets are taboo. Generally, you will only take a gamble when it is impossible to do anything.
There is no point in assassinating Ying Zheng now with the almost certain possibility of failure.
But...sometimes, even failure is meaningful.
Xiaoyaozi said slowly, "This... is still an opportunity."
Thief Zhi replied with incomprehensible surprise, "What kind of opportunity is this? A chance to die?"
It's not that Taizhi's words are unpleasant, it's that Xiaoyaozi's persistence seems too absurd to him.
Assassinating Ying Zheng in front of Gu Xun, isn't this the same as betting on a six-sided dice with others, and the result is that the number is greater than 21?
Even if you shake the dice, it won't reach this number!
"Even if it fails, the assassination is still meaningful." Xiaoyaozi replied seriously.
"What's the point of this?" Thief Zhi spread his hands, completely unable to understand what he heard.
At this time, Fan Zeng finally raised his head and interjected, saying, "Some people dare to assassinate the emperor, and some people can assassinate the emperor. This is the meaning."
"What do you mean?" Taizhi was startled and asked again, half understanding.
Xiaoyaozi picked up the topic and responded, "Resisting the empire can never be done by one sect or one family. Only when everyone unites can they succeed."
"Generals, prime ministers, princes, rather have their own kind... some truths must be practiced by someone in order for others to understand."
"When Wang Li is defeated at Daze Mountain, the best way is to further launch an assassination operation against Ying Zheng at the time of his enshrinement in Mount Tai."
At first glance, these words sound very noble and tragic, quite reminiscent of Tan Sitong from Caishikou.
But in reality... it's completely different.
This kind of behavior is not to use an assassination operation to awaken the resistance of some people, but to provoke those who are interested and stir up their restless hearts.
"But...but..." Thief Zhi felt that what he said made sense, but it didn't seem to make sense at the same time. He stumbled for a while before he thought of a rebuttal, "But that's not what the farmer meant at all!"
Fan Zeng replied in a deep voice, "The meaning of the peasant ancestors is not important. What is important is how future generations view it. Otherwise, Confucianism would not have split into the current situation."
Confucius' words are clearly written in the book, but who really understands what he means? In other words, who really cares about what he means?
"So...are we going to send people to die?" Daozhi understood what Xiaoyaozi and the others were thinking, but still couldn't accept it.
No one answered him, and he fell into silence again.
No one here is afraid of death. If you are afraid of death, you will not embark on the path of rebellion.
But they do care about how they die.
What Xiaoyaozi and Fan Zeng said makes sense. The question is how many people need to be sacrificed in order to achieve their desired results?
Who needs to be sacrificed?
And... after sacrificing so many people, is the reward enough?
The effects and benefits of successfully assassinating Ying Zheng are very intuitive and worthwhile, and they can risk everything on it.
But a failed assassination has only empty meaning and no real benefits. What if you lose money?
These questions have emerged in the minds of Master Ban and others one after another, and generally they cannot get adequate and appropriate answers.
So the question remains – to do it or not to do it?
Zhang Liang's voice sounded at this time, breaking the deadlock, "It seems that I came at the wrong time, everyone is very quiet."
Hearing Zhang Liang's gentle voice, the embarrassed Master Ban and others immediately felt that a savior had arrived.
Regarding Gu Xun's assassination, it is appropriate to ask Zhang Liangzheng. No one here knows Gu Xun better than him.
As for the issue of news leaks... I have been involved with Zhang Liang for so long, so there is really no need to leave it alone now.
"Zifang, you're here just in time, come and give me some advice." Master Ban hurriedly pulled him over, briefly told him about their conversation just now, and then asked, "What do you think we should do?"
Hmm... Zhang Liang nodded, looking thoughtful and pondering for a moment.
To be honest, he was in favor of assassinating Ying Zheng.
He also agreed that You Guxun was definitely a failure.
Using an assassination to provoke the ambition of caring people in the world, he is 100% supportive.
According to his opinion, Master Ben and the others don't have to think about it. It would be best to simply order a few people to die.
But the reality is definitely not that simple.
Whether people die or not is a problem for Master Ban and others, but not a problem for Zhang Liang.
But if the plan fails, it will be a problem for them.
If it can't produce practical results, Zhang Liang has no interest in encouraging others to commit suicide.
After thinking about it for a while, he said with a smile, "We might as well take a step back from this question."
"There is still some time before Mount Tai is enshrined in Zen. You might as well think about it first. If this plan is implemented, who should do it?"
"To achieve the effect that Senior Xiaoyao and Mr. Fan said, it cannot be achieved by simply sending a few people to die near Mount Tai."
"Even if it is an assassination that is destined to fail, the executor must at least appear in front of Ying Zheng for it to be effective, right?"
"Just like the... dragon-slaying plan back then."
Hearing Zhang Liang mention the old story of Jing Ke's assassination of Qin, Master Ban and others looked even more shaken.
Sending someone to die is not an easy decision to make.
The reason why Jing Ke was sent to carry out the plan to assassinate Qin was because he didn't want to live anymore and wanted to drag Ying Zheng to die.
Qin Wuyang, in order to help his good brother, also put aside life and death and volunteered.
Who should be sacrificed now?
This is not just a matter of personal will, but also a matter of appropriateness.
Not everyone can achieve their goals.
When the two phases are superimposed, this is a trivial matter, so it is better to just give up.
Xiaoyaozi and others also fell silent.
I just thought of this as an opportunity, but when I thought about it carefully, I found that there was no way to take advantage of this opportunity!
Upon seeing this, Zhang Liang smiled and continued, "It seems that you all have some ideas in your mind."
"No matter what your thoughts are, my suggestion is to think about it more and don't rush."
"It's not easy to get involved in the Taishan Fengchan matter."
Considering the difficulty of executing this plan, Zhang Liang did not criticize it, but just made some suggestions.
As for whether it succeeds in the end...it depends on luck. It's not something that must be done anyway.
Master Ban rubbed his forehead and replied with a slight headache, "Zifang is right, this matter needs to be... considered long term and carefully considered."
The others remained silent, obviously acquiescing to Master Ban's words.
Zhang Liang smiled, knowingly skipped this topic for the time being, and talked about his own affairs:
"Senior Brother Fu Nian contacted some of his former sect members who are related to the imperial court."
"Is this what Master Fu Nian wants?" Master Ban asked curiously, stroking his beard.
"Someone gave a suggestion to the head brother, saying that Xiaoshengxian Village should be more radical in the matter of conferring Zen on Mount Tai." Zhang Liang answered Master Ban's doubts simply and implicitly.
Xiaoyaozi nodded and commented, "For Xiaoshengxian Village, which is destined to be pushed to the forefront, this is an appropriate response plan."
Master Ban and others also nodded in agreement, not paying attention to Fu Nian's intention to contact the empire.
Ying Zheng is determined to have the Zen ceremony at Mount Tai. He will not be unable to hold the ceremony just because Little Sage Village does not provide support, and he will not be able to make the ceremony perfect just because Little Saint Village supports him.
The ritual has been lost for a long time, and everyone who comes here is just messing around according to their own ideas.
Pirate Zhi interrupted curiously and asked, "Does this make Little Saint Xian Manor safe?"
They definitely can't protect the entire Confucian school, so the first priority is to protect Xiaoshengxian Manor.
It would be a great joy if Xiaoshengxian Manor could be saved from this Zen turmoil with this one hand.
Zhang Liang smiled and shrugged, "It's hard to say, it depends on the subsequent development of the situation."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Alas..." Pirate Zhi sighed after hearing this, "Why do you feel that the issue of Mount Tai's enshrinement of Zen is more troublesome than a farmer's house being surrounded by an army? It hasn't even started yet.
Thousands of threads…”
Gao Jianli spoke to comfort him, "It's about Ying Zheng himself, so it should be more troublesome than the farm matter."
Master Ban sighed and said, "The main reason is that so far, we have not found a suitable entry point."
Zhang Liang responded with a smile, "I have a friend who said something - it's better to act than to think."
"No matter how much you think about, it's better to take a trip to Mount Tai yourself. Maybe you have to go to the place first."
Thief Zhi nodded in agreement, "That's right."
Then he said with a smile, "It wasn't my turn last time, so it's my turn this time, right?"
He started, and Yuki-onna immediately followed up, saying decisively, "I'll go too!"
For various reasons, she had been silent just now, but she obviously didn't have her own thoughts.
Gao Jianli frowned and was about to say something, but a voice interrupted him:
"I am coming too!"
Tianming's slightly childish voice sounded from behind everyone.
Everyone turned to look and saw him walking over with sweat on his head holding the broken sword to defeat evil.
A few days later, his energy and demeanor changed significantly, and he became much more stable, unlike the carefree look he had in the past.
Master Ben immediately retorted after seeing that it was him, "No, how can you go!"
Tianming retorted unconvinced, "Why can't I go? I am a giant, so I should take the lead!"
Master Ban was blowing his beard and staring angrily. Upon seeing this, Zhang Liang hurriedly comforted him, and then said to Tianming:
"Tianming, as the leader of the Mohist family, you must consider the overall situation."
This touches on Tianming's blind spot in knowledge. After all, getting better at the brain does not mean that you are born knowing something. You still don't know what you didn't know originally.
"What do you mean by looking at the overall situation?" He scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.
