At this time, Xunzi spoke without any scruples and directly made a forbidden statement.
This sentence comes from "Shang Shu·Tang Shi", and the meaning, simply put, is to die with the "sun" even if we die together.
As for what the sun represents, there is no need to say more.
Such a sentence is naturally taboo for Confucians who value loyalty to the emperor, but it is not impossible to say it.
Confucius himself explained and commented on this sentence himself, without any objection to this behavior.
Confucianism at this time emphasized loyalty, but not foolish loyalty.
When Xunzi said this at this time, he not only showed that he and the little sage Zhuang would rather die than bow down, but it was also a prophecy - in his opinion, it might not even be a prophecy, but just an exposition of the facts that would inevitably happen.
Little Sage Village will certainly die, but the 'sun' won't last long either.
Zhao Gao was very happy to hear this. He wished that the people in Xiaoshengxian Village would say more treasonous things.
"Okay, okay. He talks about being benevolent, righteous, moral, and loyal to the emperor and the country, but in fact he has ulterior motives and is wildly rebellious!"
"I will report everything you say to His Majesty the Emperor verbatim!"
"A villain is a villain!" Xunzi really had no interest in talking nonsense with Zhao Gao, so he just said this disdainfully.
This is not that he is belittling Zhao Gao, but that the other party still wants to stir up trouble and stir up trouble at this time is really not worthy of the stage.
The Little Saint's Village is going to be burned down. What's the point of being treasonous and having ulterior motives?
After their death, the empire originally wanted to say whatever they wanted.
"You damn duck has a tough mouth!" Zhao Gao was naturally not happy when he heard this, and sneered and winked at Six Sword Slave.
The battle begins again.
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When the Little Sage Village was in flames, in a remote corner of Songhai, two figures stood face to face and were talking.
"Mom, let me come with you. Zhao Gao has arranged for someone secretly. You alone are not enough."
It was Ayan who spoke. She has been in Sanghai recently and has been paying attention to the affairs of Xiaoshengxian Village.
But like the people of the Mo family, she couldn't intervene or stop this matter.
And the person talking to her was naturally her mother, Jing Salamander.
Jing salamander plans to go to Xiaoshengxian Manor to save people, but Ayan wants to join her.
Jing Salamander refused without thinking, "No!"
"Just do what you should do step by step. You don't have to worry about my affairs."
Ayan was not persuaded and replied seriously, "Helping you is what I should do most."
If she takes action with Jing Salamander, it basically means that her undercover behavior in Luowang will be exposed.
Although the price is a bit heavy, my mother is definitely more important.
Frightened Salamander shook his head, "No need."
"In this case, having more people is of no use, so what if there is one more person like you?"
"You know very well how many killers the snare has brought. Even if you get past the snare, there will still be thousands of imperial troops."
"Then you..." Ayan subconsciously wanted to ask back when he heard this.
Having more people is useless, so wouldn’t it be equally useless if you have one more person?
Jingyu raised his hand to interrupt her and asked a question first, "Do you know why your father left at this time?"
"...In my opinion, my father is probably tired."
"Father has no intention of getting too involved in the troubles at Little Saint Xian Manor, and Uncle Zhang Liang refuses to withdraw. His staying here will only cause more trouble, so it is better to leave."
Jing Salamander nodded, "You are right, but not completely - you have been smart since you were a child, but some things are still too vague for you, and you don't have a clear enough understanding."
"Your father left both to avoid and to make a statement."
"Express your stance? To whom?" Ayan frowned and said in confusion, "And there is absolutely no need for my father to express this attitude of retreat and avoidance to anyone?"
"Of course there is." Frightened Salamander explained calmly, "But the attitude he expressed was not avoidance - avoidance was just his behavior, and he didn't express his position to show it to the people you think."
"Then what is his attitude? Who is he expressing his attitude to?"
"Your father's attitude is very simple, just tell others that they can do whatever they want and just do whatever they want - he couldn't persuade Zhang Liang, and he had no intention of getting involved in the affairs of Little Saint Xian Manor, so he simply walked away and threw everything away.
behind the head."
"As for whom to express your stance to...you should be able to figure it out."
Jingyu touched the back of his daughter's head and hugged her gently, "When you think about it, you will understand why I said there is no need for you to get involved."
After saying that, Jing Salamander left, leaving A Yan alone.
She is indeed smart, and she almost figured it out after Jingyu said it.
The fundamental reason why no one can help Little Shengxian Manor is that those who can and will help them are rebels - even if they are not, they will be directly labeled as rebels if they help.
Xiaoshengxianzhuang can only resist the empire alone and be a "lone minister" who sacrifices his life to remonstrate, and cannot be a "rebellious party" that forms cliques.
But there is one party that can help Little Sage Village, and that is the Empire itself - you can't say that the Empire is a rebel and starts its own rebellion.
Of course, the empire is a whole composed of countless individuals. The whole cannot betray itself, but the individuals within it can - individuals other than the emperor.
Individuals who betray can be labeled as traitors, so those who help Little Sage Village must be people from the empire, and they must be people in the empire who cannot be labeled as rebels at will.
There are not many such people. Apart from the emperor himself, there are actually only a few people with such status.
It is possible that there is only one left in Bangxiaoshengxianzhuang, that is Gu Xun - although theoretically speaking, Prime Minister Li Si is closer to Confucianism.
So after Gu Xun left Songhai, many people directly sentenced Xiaoshengxian Village to death.
But Gu Xun is also not a person. He represents Quicksand, a considerable force within the empire.
He left Songhai, and just because he didn't get involved in this matter, doesn't mean that the entire Quicksand will not be indifferent.
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On the other side, there is the main entrance of Xiaoshengxian Village.
Xunzi stretched out his hand to catch Fu Nian, who was knocked back. His face was as pale as snow, and the clean and straight clothes he had always taken care of in the past were now in tatters.
As for Fu Nian, it was even worse. If it weren't for Xunzi's support, he might not be able to stand firmly.
Yan Lu and Zhang Liang quickly came over and stood with their uncle and senior brother.
The Six Sword Slaves had already formed a circle, completely surrounding the four of them.
Outside the Six Sword Slaves, there are dozens or hundreds of killers in the snare who are watching eagerly.
At this time, the fighting sounds inside Little Saint Xian Mansion had basically stopped, and the students who wanted to come to the academy had either been killed or had escaped.
Xunzi turned his head and glanced at the mountain gate of Little Sage's Villa, which had been gradually engulfed by flames, and at the plaque of Little Sage's Villa. A trace of sadness inevitably flashed through his cloudy eyes.
Although he did not think that Little Sage Village had done anything wrong, the centuries-old foundation passed down by the ancestors had been burned to the ground, and so many innocent young students in the academy had been killed as a result. Even if he had a temperament as stubborn as his, he could not help but blame himself and feel sad about it.
"Confucius said that one should sacrifice one's life for benevolence, and Mencius said that one should sacrifice one's life for justice." Xunzi looked at his three nephews, his tone was both generous and low-spirited, "I have already died, and I can practice the words of the saint with this body."
This life is not in vain."
"It's just a pity that you... Xun Kuang is incompetent!"
"It's the incompetence of the juniors like me that has brought trouble to our uncle..." Upon hearing this, Fu Nian immediately took the responsibility on himself.
Logically speaking, he should be the one to take the blame, and Xunzi, an old man who has retired, must not be blamed.
The old man they harmed cannot live out his old age peacefully even though he is old, so he is incompetent.
Yan Lu smiled lightly and said in a very free and easy manner, "Uncle Master, what you said is serious. It doesn't matter whether it's a pity or not. Everything has a beginning and an end."
"It's not bad to separate from the form to understand, which is the same as Datong."
Zhang Liang smiled bitterly, "One of the two senior brothers took responsibility, the other was free and easy, but he said everything he had to say, leaving me with nothing to say."
"Well... just say sorry to Senior Brother. Junior Brother is stubborn and hard to discipline. I really feel sorry for Senior Brother's painstaking teachings."
Fu Nian didn't say anything, but shook his head slightly to show that he didn't care - he really didn't care. Although he would be very angry at the time, he wouldn't really hold a grudge for it.
"You guys are really touching, but it's a pity... tsk tsk tsk..." Zhao Gao's feminine voice sounded at an inappropriate time, and the person slowly came closer, "If I had figured this out earlier, why would it be like this?"
Zhao Gao's tone was filled with uncontrollable complacency and arrogance, and the villain's triumphant face was clearly revealed.
Normally, he would not be so emotional, but in his opinion, Xunzi and others were already dead.
It doesn't matter if you let go when facing the dead.
Xunzi and the other three ignored Zhao Gao at all and had nothing to say to him.
Zhao Gao was no longer angry now. He just glanced at Six Sword Slave and calmly ordered, "Send these gentlemen on their way."
Zhen Gang and others were about to kill someone, but suddenly stopped.
A sword fell from the sky and was inserted directly between the side of Xiaoshengxian Village and the side of Luowang.
Immediately afterwards, a slender and tall figure fell down, bent his knees, reached out to hold the sword, and pulled it out.
The pale pink lotus salamander head of this sword attracted everyone's attention and made everyone recognize it immediately.
Because it is a famous sword, and a very special famous sword - one of the Eight Swords of the King of Yue, Jing Salamander!
This is one of the only eight swords of the Yue King that is not in Luo Wang's hands - technically speaking, there are three swords, but Black and White Xuanjian is only one in name.
What’s even more special is that the holder of this sword—Luo Wangqian’s first-class assassin, Jing Salamander—is currently the wife of Gu Xun, the national master.
Very few people know about this matter, but Zhao Gao and all the Tianzi killers in Luo Wang know it. After all, it is related to the Eight Swords of the King of Yue.
Zhao Gao has been thinking about the two swords Jingyu and Xuanjian in recent years. He has been thinking about completing the Eight Swords of the King of Yue, and he has spent a lot of thought on this. Of course, it is not that he does not dare to steal things from Gu Xun, but
I want to use some more tactful means to replace the sword at a certain price.
It's a pity that Gu Xun has been ignoring him.
When the Frightened Salamander Sword appears, it goes without saying who the person holding the sword is.
Salamander was wearing her old killer combat uniform and the spider-patterned cracked mask on her face.
Zhao Gao's face suddenly darkened, and he began to feel worried in his heart.
Seeing that Jing Salamander was wearing a mask and seemed to have no intention of revealing his identity, Zhao Gao simply pretended to be dumbfounded. Quan Dang didn't know who the other party was and directly said:
"The net was ordered to capture rebels. It doesn't matter, so please leave."
Jing Salamander looked at Zhao Gao coldly through the mask, "I want to take someone away."
"Who?" Zhao Gao frowned, but did not refuse directly.
If the person taken away was not important, he would endure it - although the chance that the person Jing Salamander wanted to take away was not important was really low, Zhao Gao really did not want to conflict with Jing Salamander.
He dared to touch Gu Xun's friends, but he really didn't dare to mess with Gu Xun's women.
He didn't even dare to do so with the emperor's backing. After all, the emperor only allowed him to touch the people in Little Sage Village and didn't let him provoke the Frightened Salamander.
Although there is no saying at this time that brothers are like brothers and women are like clothes, if you touch my clothes, I will cut off your limbs, it is still recognized by most people that pillow sex is far more reliable than brotherly love... It is only possible in words
Don't say that.
"He." Jing Salamander raised his sword and pointed at Yan Lu behind him.
Zhao Gao frowned even more - Jing Salamander couldn't help but pick an important one, even the most important one!
However, when he thought about the information about Jing Salamander, it was not beyond his expectation that she would protect her face... but she definitely couldn't hand it over.
"Impossible!" Zhao Gao replied decisively, "He is a rebel appointed by the emperor, or a remnant of the Six Kingdoms. He is suspected to have important connections with the royal families of the Six Kingdoms. There is no way he will be handed over to you!"
"He is my younger brother, not a rebel, nor a remnant of the royal family of the Six Kingdoms!" Jing Salamander didn't care about the labels Zhao Gao put on him, and refuted them all... although not all of them were labels.
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It's not because Jingyu refuted my own label, but because of the sentence "younger brother" at the beginning.
If Yan Lu becomes Jing Salamander's younger brother, then he would be Gu Xun's brother-in-law.
Who the hell can touch him!
Zhao Gaopi twitched the corners of his mouth with a smile, barely maintaining his expression and asked, "I have never heard of any other sisters in the second master of the little sage Zhuangzhuang. Are you just looking for fun from me?"
"You don't know that it's your business. Anyway, I want to take him away." Jing Salamander has a clear goal and doesn't want to mess with Zhao Gao.
"I just want to take someone away with my white teeth. I can't explain it to His Majesty the Emperor!" Zhao Gao saw that Frightened Salamander did not accept the move, so he directly used his own ultimate move and moved the Emperor out.
"That's your business." Frightened Salamander still didn't accept the move.
Zhao Gao was no longer polite when he heard this - he didn't dare to provoke Frightened Salamander, but he couldn't really just be a persimmon and let others manipulate him.
"I have already given you enough respect. If you want to go further, then I will show you the truth."
"I want to see how you take people away!"
Jing salamander waved his hand and pointed the sword at Zhao Gao, "Then... try it!"
The six sword slaves looked at Zhao Gao together.
Although they are killing machines, their minds are not completely occupied by killing, and they are not very interested in seeking death.
Zhao Gao hesitated for a moment, but when he saw that Jing Salamander still refused to give in, he was heartbroken and signaled Six Sword Slave to take action.
Of course, the target is still the Confucian people. As for the Jing Salamander... Just keep her company and don't let her cause trouble.
However, before the Six Sword Slaves took action, another incident occurred.
An astonishing murderous aura suddenly emerged, approaching them unscrupulously.
The man in the trap looked towards the direction from which the murderous aura came, and saw a thin, vicissitudes of life, middle-aged man approaching with two swords.
