Of course, what made his expression freeze was not that he could not accept the identity of Jing Ke as a hero, but another thing that was mentioned every time the plan to assassinate Qin was mentioned - Jing Ke, the hero of assassinating Qin, died in the imperial palace.
The hand of ancient search.
The person he would sincerely call uncle every time they met was actually his father-killing enemy!
For Tian Ming, who values emotions, this is certainly hard to accept.
Gu Xun still ignored Tianming's emotions and continued to talk to himself:
"And your mother is your father Jing Ke's junior sister, Gongsun Li, the apprentice and granddaughter of the former great general Gongsun Yu."
Having said this, Tianming finally came to his senses and asked with a trembling voice:
"My father...was you killed?"
"Not bad." Gu Xun admitted calmly.
"Why?" Tianming was not angry, his face was full of confusion.
"Why?" Gu Xun asked calmly.
"Why do you want to help me?" The confusion on Tianming's face remained unchanged, and at the same time a little anger arose. I don't know whether it was because of the revenge for killing his father, or because of Gu Xun's attitude.
"You've obviously...you've obviously killed my father, why are you still helping me?"
Gu Xun was silent for a moment, stood up from the recliner, faced the dawn, and replied in a deep voice:
"Relationally speaking, your father and I are friends."
"Friend?" Tianming felt as if the world was joking with him, and his eyes wanted to pop out of his sockets, "You killed him, and you said you were his friend?"
"That's because of the issue of stance." Gu Xun explained, "Gai Nie and I are both your father's friends."
"Uncle..." When Tianming heard Gai Nie's name, he remembered that he was also the one who stopped Jing Ke in the plan to assassinate Qin.
Gu Xun raised his hand to interrupt Tianming, "I know you are very emotional now, and I also know that you have a lot to say, but you should listen to what I have to say first, okay?"
Tianming took a deep breath, suppressed the complex emotions that seemed to burst out of his heart, gritted his teeth and said one word, "Okay!"
Gu Xun then continued, "Gai Nie and I are both your father's friends, but it is a pity that in the end both Gai Nie and I are on the opposite side of your father."
"We all know that our respective positions conflict, and we are trying to avoid a real conflict."
"So not only your father, but I also had a good relationship with the entire Mo family at that time."
"But everything was changed by the plan to assassinate Qin, and this plan was born because too many people wanted Ying Zheng dead."
"Yan Dan thinks about it, Xiong Qi thinks about it, and many, many others think about it."
"But your father is not among these people. He is not very keen on assassination."
"Then he..." Tianming subconsciously wanted to speak, but immediately shut his mouth.
Gu Xun continued to talk, "The reason why he participated in and personally executed this assassination plan was because of your mother."
Tianming's eyes flickered and he said nothing.
Compared with the father Jing Ke, the mother Gongsun Li mentioned by Gu Xun was very strange to him.
"Because of the conspiracy of the Yin Yang family and Ying Zheng's dream of immortality, your mother became the target of the empire. She was eventually captured in Xianyang and was brought into the harem by Ying Zheng and called Concubine Li."
"At that time, she was already pregnant with you."
"Your father took over the task of assassinating Qin in order to save your mother and you and take revenge on Ying Zheng."
"In the end, he stood in the main hall of Zhangtai Palace, stood on the opposite side of me, and died in my hands."
Gu Xun finished telling the whole story of Jing Ke's death, and then looked at Tianming calmly with his narrow eyes, waiting for his reaction.
Tianming put a hand on his forehead and wanted to say something, but all he felt was that his eyes were black, and he staggered back two steps, almost paralyzing on the ground.
He struggled to stand firm, tried hard to suppress the raging anger, controlled himself not to shed tears, and asked in a hoarse voice involuntarily:
"What about my mother? Is she... dead too?"
"Your mother committed suicide not long after your father's death. Before she died, she asked someone to take you out of the Qin Palace."
"You may still have some vague impressions about what happened in the Qin Palace."
Tianming's face was mixed with confusion and anger, and his tone was hollow, as if he murmured to himself without knowing what he meant, "Then...I became an orphan that no one wanted..."
Looking at Tianming with a grimace on his face, who seemed completely unable to accept the reality of the past, Gu Xun continued mercilessly:
"In fact, there are many people who want you. You were sent out of the Qin Palace because of a conspiracy."
"The fundamental reason why your mother was arrested was also you - the empire needs you, the emperor needs you, and the Yin Yang family also needs you."
"But the Yin and Yang family couldn't let you be controlled by Ying Zheng forever, so they took that opportunity to send you away."
Probably because too much information poured in at once, Tianming didn't even have much emotional ups and downs. He just lowered his head, hid everything in the shadows, and murmured in a low voice, "So... everything is because of me."
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"It's all because of me..."
Seeing Tianming's reaction, Gu Xun said calmly, "I'm not telling you the truth just to make you feel bad."
After all, Tianming still collapsed on the ground, his head lowered and buried in his chest, and his whole body tried to shrink into a ball, exuding a depressed atmosphere.
A dull and hoarse voice came from the 'ball', "But they did die because of me, didn't they?"
"They will still die without you." Gu Xun replied calmly, "Their death is because of Ying Zheng's dream of immortality and because of Donghuang Taiyi's sneaky conspiracy, but not because of your son."
"Besides, there is no reason to look for reasons from the victims."
Tianming slumped on the ground and huddled up in a ball. After being silent for a long time, he spoke again:
"What about you?"
"Why did you help me?"
"Kindness? Pity? Mercy? Charity? Or something else..."
"Because of the promise." Gu Xun calmly interrupted Tianming and replied, "I once promised that nothing would happen to your mother and you in the Qin Palace!"
"But my mother is dead!"
"That was my mistake." Gu Xun softened his tone and replied with a sigh, "At that time, I left Xianyang for a while due to some things. When I came back, I got your mother from Gai Nie and committed suicide.
News of your whereabouts unknown."
"I can't change the reality of what has happened. I can only compensate you additionally."
"Ha!" Tianming let out a chuckle, a laugh full of sadness and desolation.
"You said you were my father's friend, and then my father died in your hands."
"You promised to protect my mother, and then my mother committed suicide."
"Now that you want to compensate me...what are you thinking about?"
Gu Xun was not angry because of Tianming's attitude, his expression remained gentle and calm, "I don't think about anything, I just try to do what I think I should do."
"Then why did you kill my father!?" Tianming stood up suddenly, his face was full of tears, his eyes were red, and he yelled and asked.
Tian Ming knew that Gu Xun might not be the one most responsible for Jing Ke's death, but at this moment, he could only find Gu Xun as an outlet.
He couldn't reach the Yin and Yang family, and he couldn't even touch the emperor. He was the victim.
He could only vent all his emotions towards Gu Xun.
Moreover, his anger was not only because Gu Xun killed Jing Ke, but also because he felt that Gu Xun could have avoided killing him.
"You obviously don't have to kill him, just like last time!"
"You obviously don't have to kill me!"
The last time Tianming mentioned it, he was referring to the assassination in Yishan.
In the end of that assassination, it was Gu Xun who saved Ying Zheng, but he did not kill everyone involved in the assassination.
Of course Gu Xun could explain it, but he didn't. He just replied lightly, "You should ask someone else about this question."
"I can answer you, but it may not be appropriate for me to answer."
"I can only say - I am indeed your father-killing enemy!"
"There is indeed irreconcilable and irreconcilable hatred between you and me."
"If you want revenge, just come to me."
"But I don't recommend taking action now. Your strength is still too weak. Let's wait until you are stronger and stronger than Gai Nie."
"Also...the enmity between you and me only ends between you and me. Don't blame others for it."
"Remember the hatred, but don't be swayed by the hatred, only remember the hatred."
Gu Xun's words did not calm Tianming down, but instead stimulated him to take action directly.
Without using any weapons, Tianming roared and raised his hand to punch Gu Xun.
Although he didn't use a sword, the power of this punch was not bad at all because of the ink energy that was so rich that it covered the entire arm.
Gu Xun just shook his head, "I don't know."
After saying that, he raised his hand and swung it in the air, and the red zhenqi was like a cannonball hitting the sky, making him fly backwards at a faster speed and hit the courtyard wall hard.
Fortunately, Gu Xun controlled his strength, leaving only a mark on the courtyard wall and not being damaged.
"Calm down, otherwise you won't even be able to get out of this yard."
Today's Songhai is not a kind place. If Tianming cannot control his emotions, he is afraid that he will be discovered when he goes out, and it will be difficult to get out of Songhai after being discovered.
After leaving these words, Gu Xunren disappeared from the yard.
If he doesn't leave, he will continue to irritate Tianming, so it's better to let him calm down alone for a while.
After all, he is just a young man, so we can't expect too much from him.
Seeing Gu Xun disappear, Tianming, who struggled to get up from the ground and wanted to continue his attack, collapsed again in an instant.
After roaring on his back, all the strength in his body seemed to be gone, and he was breathing heavily. Various emotions flashed through his eyes, and his expression was twisted into a ball, as if he could see any emotion in it.
Lying on the ground, looking at the sky, Tianming slowly closed his eyes, but tears couldn't stop flowing down the corners of his eyes.
………………
At dusk, Shi Lan and Shao Yu returned to the safe house one after another.
Tianming had already come back and was working alone in the kitchen.
Shaoyu, who was the last to come back, felt something was wrong as soon as he came in. He glanced at Tianming who was not in the living room, so he asked:
"Where's Tianming?"
Shi Lan nodded towards the kitchen, "Is he cooking?"
Shao Yu noticed that Shi Lan's expression was a little strange, and couldn't help but ask, "Is there something wrong with him cooking...? Shi Lan, you look weird?"
"It's Tianming." Shi Lan shook her head and replied softly, "When I came back, he was alone in the room. It looked very wrong."
"I asked him what was wrong, and he just said it was okay, and then he went to cook alone."
"What's wrong with him?" Shao Yu was confused and could only ask carefully.
Shi Lan replied hesitantly, "I can't say, the way I looked at him at that time was... as if he had suffered a serious blow."
Shi Lan originally wanted to say that Tianming's appearance at that time was as if his family had suddenly been destroyed, and he could only be reduced to the end of the world, but he changed his mind when the words came to his lips.
"Strike?" Shao Yu was even more confused.
If you stay indoors at dawn, what kind of shock can you suffer?
Seeing that Shi Lan could not provide any more information, Shao Yu waved his hand and said, "I'll go take a look."
In terms of relationship, he and Tianming are closer, and there are some things that only the two brothers can talk about.
When he walked into the kitchen and saw Tianming's back, Shaoyu immediately understood what Shi Lan meant by the 'major blow'.
Although the person is still the same person, the pain can be clearly felt even if the face is not visible.
Shao Yu's face instantly became solemn, and he secretly wondered what happened. He adjusted his expression on his face, and approached him with a playful smile:
"Boy, you really started cooking!"
"What are you going to eat if you don't do something?" Tianming responded calmly, but a little too calmly, "There are not many places to eat on the street now."
When Shi Lan stayed alone in the safe house, she had to cook and eat by herself.
It’s not that there really aren’t places to eat in the city, it’s just that it’s very inconvenient for them and they can’t eat there at the risk of exposure.
Even the ingredients in the house were provided by people from Renzong who arranged a safe house for Shi Lan - buying food was about as risky for Shi Lan as going out to eat.
"Of course eating is necessary, but I didn't expect you to be willing to cook." Shao Yu joked with a smile, "I don't remember you being so diligent."
Tianming sighed pretentiously, and responded with the same ridicule, "Shi Lan has been busy all afternoon. I can't let her cook if I don't, right?"
"Or are you coming? But I remember you don't seem to know how to cook?"
Tianming's strange aura sounded no different from usual. It seemed that what Shao Yu felt just now was just a temporary illusion.
But Shaoyu still felt something was wrong.
Tianming's tone was normal, but not real enough. It was completely staged.
He was holding something back.
But Tianming made it clear that he didn't want to say anything, which made Shaoyu very embarrassed.
No matter what the secret is, it's not a good thing, and it's definitely not appropriate to force Tian Ming to tell it.
But it wouldn't do to let him hold it back all the time.
Shao Yu could only try to make insinuations - he rarely beat around the bush when talking to Tian Ming, so he didn't know how to do it well.
"Have you been preparing to cook all afternoon?"
"How is that possible?" Tianming replied calmly while busy, "This little thing has been used for so long."
"I started taking action after Shi Lan came back. I had been resting before."
"Have you really been resting?" Shao Yu questioned playfully, trying to downplay the emotional tendency.
"What else?" Tianming rolled his eyes and replied, "In Songhai's situation, what can I do if I don't lie down and sleep?"
"But how did you get a good night's sleep..." Shao Yu's eyes quickly swept over Tian Ming's body and found a flaw, "Can your clothes still get dirty?"
