He has many shortcomings, but he is quite tolerant towards his teammates - he will express his anger, dissatisfaction, and curse, but he rarely takes action against his teammates.
So at this moment, even though he was dissatisfied with Young Master Siming's performance just now, he just glared at them without any intention of punishing them.
Young Master Siming was used to it, so when he saw Xinghun leaving, he also dispersed.
But tonight's storm is not over yet.
They ran away at dawn and went about their business, but Star Soul Moon God had other troubles to deal with.
There was such a big commotion in the mirage, and it was such a special commotion that Ying Zheng couldn't help but ask.
They still have to find a way to fool Ying Zheng.
Fortunately, this is not difficult.
Ying Zheng himself is not easy to fool, but in tonight's farce, the most eye-catching thing is precisely the golden dragon.
The Yin Yang family is very good at making excuses for such mysterious and mysterious things, and the Moon God is especially good at it.
She has been fooling Ying Zheng for how many years.
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Early the next morning, Ying Zheng summoned the Moon God as expected, but was fooled by the Moon God on the grounds that the Canglong Qisu was about to appear.
Ying Zheng may not believe it, but Yueshen gave a "reasonable" explanation, and it is not easy for him to forcefully find fault.
The emperor may be unreasonable, but the dragon last night was not a common sense thing at all, and it is really pointless to dwell on this topic.
After sending away the Moon God, Ying Zheng immediately called Zhang Han.
"Go and inform the Imperial Advisor that the mirage is about to set sail. I plan to board the ship for inspection."
The implication is to ask Gu Xun if he wants to come together.
Zhang Han, who was below, raised his hand in salute and responded hesitantly, "Your Majesty, the whereabouts of the Imperial Preceptor are unknown, and the general does not know the details."
"The Imperial Master is missing? When did it happen?" Ying Zheng's voice wavered and he immediately asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, the general just discovered it today. It is currently speculated that the Imperial Guard may have left yesterday afternoon or evening."
"He's not in Songhai anymore?"
"Back to Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, the Imperial Master has probably left Songhai, and his specific whereabouts are unknown."
Although Gu Xun disappeared not long ago, considering that Gu Xun's personal movements have been transparent to almost everyone since he came to Songhai, Zhang Han still concluded that he had left.
Of course, his judgment was correct.
After Ying Zheng was silent for a moment, he calmly ordered, "Pay more attention to the whereabouts of the Imperial Master, and report any news as soon as possible."
"The general will obey the order." Zhang Han naturally had no choice but to accept the order and obey the order.
However, Zhang Han actually had no control over whether he could give the emperor a satisfactory reply.
Gu Xun's whereabouts can only be known when he wants others to know, otherwise there is no point in checking.
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From the Mo family's stronghold outside the city, Tianming and the other two people also rushed back after a long journey.
After not sleeping all night and working hard on the mirage, the three of them looked extremely haggard.
Originally they planned to come back to shine, but when they did come back, the three of them just wanted to sleep first.
It's not that the three of them are so weak that they can't bear it all night long, it's mainly that they don't feel the need to hold on.
The book-burning order is definitely urgent if you say it is urgent, but if you say it is not urgent, it is actually not urgent enough.
It’s not too late to recuperate your energy before working, and it’s not too late to sharpen your sword before chopping wood.
It's a pity that the three of them wanted to sleep, but Master Ben and the others couldn't let the three of them lie down like this. When they knew they were back, they immediately grabbed them.
The Suzaku pilot who had returned earlier told them part of what happened last night, but that guy didn't know much, especially the key parts. He had to find the real person involved to explain it clearly.
After the three people explained the matter clearly in one sentence, each of them was so sleepy that they almost fell asleep, but the faces of those who listened were all gloomy, and their anger almost burst out of Tianling Gai.
Even Master Ben couldn't help but get angry, slapping the table and scolding Tao Zhi:
"Nonsense! It's just nonsense!"
"These children are ignorant, are you ignorant too!?"
Taizhi, who was still a little confused at first, suddenly woke up. Faced with Master Ban's accusation, he could only smile awkwardly and had nothing to say.
When Tianming saw this, he quickly took the responsibility on himself, "This is all our choice and has nothing to do with Bandit Zhi. He just can't defeat us."
Master Ben immediately glared at him, "I haven't told you yet!"
"I can understand that you want to save people, but the matter is so urgent that you can't delay it for even a moment. Do you have to take action at the right time?"
"Why don't you come back to discuss it first?"
"The opportunity is rare. It's not easy to take a comatose person to a mirage." Tianming defended himself.
"No matter how urgent it is, let one of them come back alone. How much time will it take to let Thief Zhi come back alone?"
"I specially gave you a machine Suzaku. It can take up to half an hour to go back and forth. Can't you afford to wait for this time?"
Thief Zhidao lowered his head, pretending to turn a deaf ear to the first half of Master Ben's words - he had had this idea, but as soon as he left Tianming and others would definitely take action immediately.
Then he might as well stay and help, as one more person means more effort.
But there's no point in explaining this at this time, so it's better to shut up.
Tianming responded helplessly, "I said before, the reason why I took the risk is because asking for help is useless!"
"It's useless if it can't delay even a stick of incense!"
"Is it useful to have more people at the mirage?"
"Since you know the danger, you should exercise restraint!" Gao Jianli took over and criticized.
"I said it's not that I don't have restraint, it's just that I can't help it." Tianming responded unconvinced, "There are more people than we can't beat them, we can't beat them!"
"That's better than taking risks like you juniors." Gao Jianli pointed out clearly, "Maybe even if we all take action, we won't be able to cope with the worst situation, but if the situation doesn't reach that point, it will still be useful."
"You are very lucky this time. Only Star Soul takes action. If we are notified, one or two more masters will be able to escape."
"Instead of like now, if that boy from Shushan hadn't suddenly woke up and defeated the Star Soul by surprise, how many of you do you think could have escaped?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gao Jianli’s words are very clear.
Maybe Tianming is indeed faced with a difficult situation blocked at both ends, and he can only do it reluctantly.
But even if it's difficult, you have to do the best you can.
If Tianming had informed the Mo family and Gao Jianli and the others had sent reinforcements, they would not have been so embarrassed when facing Xinghun and Eldest Young Master Siming, and Yu Ziqi would not need to take action to escape safely.
Although there is no difference in the final result, it is fundamentally different upon closer inspection. The latter is more reliable and safer.
Tianming opened his mouth and found that he had no excuse, so he decisively shut up.
Seeing his wilting appearance, Master Ben sighed and said earnestly, "Don't make any arbitrary decisions next time... Even if you are willing to inform us before taking risks, I won't be so angry, old man."
"Think about it for yourself. If you do this, even if something happens to you, we won't know anything about it. Is this okay?"
"Ahh..."
Tianming and the three of them drooped their heads together, shaking their heads in synchronicity, expressing their agreement with Master Ben's words and reflection on their own actions.
As for how sincere it is... I can only say don't take it too seriously.
Master Ben could only sigh again.
To be honest, no matter how angry they are, all they can do is reprimand and educate them, and they can't do anything else or control them.
Tian Ming said it was big, but small was really not small. In addition, with their special status, Master Ben and the others could not act like a filial son was born under a stick.
Besides, strictly speaking, Tianming's guardians are not them, and they can't use sticks.
Then again, with Tianming's current strength, it's really not easy to use a stick against him.
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As time went by, news of the Book Burning Order gradually spread throughout the empire.
Because of the overreaction of various schools of thought, the news spread very quickly. In just two days, it basically spread throughout the Qilu, Jingchu and Qilu regions, not to mention Guanzhong.
So far, the book-burning order has not been spread in Bashu, Longxi, Beidi, and the Nanling area where the war is ongoing.
As everyone expected, the book-burning order caused a nationwide uproar, but...it wasn't actually that serious.
For the common people, no matter how outrageous the burning of books is, it has nothing to do with their current food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the harm to them is not as much as an extra corvee.
The people who reacted most violently were probably the people in the Qilu area, which is the stronghold of Confucianism and the place with the strongest Confucian atmosphere.
At the same time, it was also because the Qi State had prosperous commerce in the past and did not encounter a real war to destroy the country. The people were relatively wealthy and stable, and there were more people who had the energy to go out of work and study.
However, no matter how fierce the people's reaction was, it was nothing more than a few complaints. As an orthodox feudal centralized country, the people of the empire did not have any channels to complain to officials or the court.
Those who really resisted were the many Confucian scholars.
They have used various channels in the past two days to try to put pressure on the empire and the emperor to prevent the complete implementation of the book-burning order.
In terms of effectiveness, their pressure may not be more effective than people's complaints, but it has additional effects.
The emperor must have been very annoyed.
In the process, the Little Saint Xian Village, which initially resisted the empire and even came into conflict with Ying Zheng, fell into mysterious silence.
They did not bow to the empire, but they also did not try to unite with other Confucian factions to block the book-burning order.
In the eyes of many people, they are at opposite ends of the spectrum - they are unwilling to fall in favor of the empire because of their reputation, but they also lack the courage to resist the empire.
For the sake of the face of Xiaoshengxian Village and the reputation of Confucianism, Fu Nian did not bow to the empire in the end, but the result did not seem to be much good.
Loyalty that is not absolute means absolute disloyalty.
Confucian people were unable to do anything about the empire and the emperor for a while, so many people began to target Xiaoshengxian Manor and violently criticized the head Fu Nian.
In general, this three-acre area of Songhai City is now in a state of chaos.
In the midst of the chaos, Ying Zheng decided to inspect the mirage - this was his first and only inspection of the mirage.
Within three days of his inspection, the mirage will set sail.
Songhai raised the alert level for this, but it was not to the same level as before.
As for the various schools of thought, as Gao Jianli had expected, none of them could take action.
Even other anti-Qin forces who didn't care about the Book Burning Order were very busy at this time - busy taking the opportunity to cause trouble for the empire and accumulate strength for their own side.
They wanted to take this opportunity to further stir up dissatisfaction among people in various places against the empire, and at the same time absorb local forces that were useful to them and were dissatisfied with the Book Burning Order.
The empire was huge, with a central court, officials serving in the central court, local government offices, officials serving in local government offices, powerful lords at the center, and local gentry and village elders.
Only a small number of people can benefit from the Book Burning Order, or will not suffer losses due to the Book Burning Order. The rest of the people who are dissatisfied with the Book Burning Order and are not simply at the mercy of others are the people they want to fight for.
people.
Such people will not and dare not openly oppose the empire's policies immediately, but their dissatisfaction will always be vented, and they will always find ways to protect their own interests.
Secretly uniting with the anti-Qin forces is the best way.
If the anti-Qin forces fail, they can still find ways to protect themselves; if the anti-Qin forces succeed, they can enjoy the benefits smoothly.
Many anti-Qin forces were able to remain unpunished despite being wanted by the empire. On the one hand, it was because local officials violated the central court's obedience, on the other hand, it was because of the self-collapse of the central court's supervisory censor system, and partly because of the protection of local forces.
Some are protected by local officials, some are assisted by local powerful men, and some are simply a combination of both.
So in the final analysis, although Ying Zheng's book-burning order did not harm the direct interests of ordinary people, it still further shook the foundation of the empire, and it can even be said to be more serious than harming the people.
After all, the common people of this era... are mostly just tools used by careerists.
They may have destructive power, but they have no execution power.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! And Ying Zheng is stimulating the birth of more careerists.
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Another two days passed, and under the personal farewell of Ying Zheng, Mirage set sail safely. Everything went smoothly.
It was not that no one caused trouble during this period, but due to the double stranglehold of the Shadow Guards and Luo Wang, as well as the final insurance of the Yin Yang family, they all returned without success, and even taught the empire a lesson.
On the coastal cliffs on the outskirts of Songhai, facing the sun at dawn and looking at the giant ships slowly sailing away from Songhai port, it feels unreal.
He always felt that he could not escape from that big ship full of secrets, and that he would eventually go to sea with the ship. Unexpectedly... it would just leave like this!?
How could it... just go away like that?
Tian Ming's heart was full of doubts, but he was just puzzled by this, not that he wanted to die and wanted to get on the ship.
Next to him stood Shao Yu and Shi Lan.
The two of them were also very emotional about Mirage's departure.
Needless to say, Shi Lan's eyes were full of regret and sadness.
Once the mirage opens, it means that the sacred tree of Shu Mountain has completely said goodbye to her.
Maybe the ship will sail back one day, but how long will it take?
After returning, will the Fuso tree still be there? If so, will it be safe and sound?
Everything is unknown, and the unknown represents danger.
In fact, she wanted to board the ship more than once in the past two days, desperately trying to prevent the mirage from setting sail, but Tianming and Shaoyu dissuaded her for various reasons.
As for Shao Yu, he felt much more relaxed about the mirage voyage, as if he was suddenly relieved.
He was very clear about the various connections between Tianming Shilan and the mirage. If the ship didn't leave for a day, he would have to worry about it for a day.
