Gu Xun was not embarrassed at all. He calmly took a mouthful of porridge and replied, "This is breakfast!"
"Who drinks porridge for lunch?"
"Then you took a long time to eat breakfast. You ate a full breakfast...two or three hours." Zi Nu teased again.
"Suck yo yo..." Gu Xun drank the rest of the porridge in one gulp, and while taking the bowl towards the kitchen, he replied, "Three meals a day should follow the person, not the person following the meal."
"Who stipulates that breakfast must be eaten in the morning? I think breakfast should be eaten within an hour after getting up."
"So many unreasonable theories!" Zi Nu couldn't help laughing and scolding.
After a while, Gu Xun came back, while Zi Nu sat waiting for him.
Seeing Gu Xun come back, she immediately got down to business, "Han Fei went to Songhai."
Gu Xun paused for a moment, then sat down immediately, nodded and replied, "Of course... no one can not go, but he can't."
Xunzi had many students in his life, and many of them were famous, but to say who he loved the most, it was none other than Han Fei.
The relationship between the two is truly like father and son. For Han Fei, who was born in a royal family and has not experienced much fatherly love, this relationship is even more precious.
Xiaoshengxianzhuang was destroyed, and Xunzi was buried and died. He was probably the most miserable person, and Zhang Liang and Yan Lu were probably not as sad as this.
For them, they lost their division and commander, but for Han Fei, he not only lost his division and commander, but also his 'father'.
"Aren't you afraid that he will do anything drastic?" Zi Nu asked softly.
"It doesn't matter whether it's too extreme or not." Gu Xun didn't care about this, "I have no right to interfere with his behavior... Didn't I interfere when you arranged for Xuan Jian to rescue people?"
Zi Nu laughed at first when she heard this, and then said with emotion, "I'm afraid Han Fei and Zhao Gao will fight to the death."
The order was given by the emperor, but it was Zhao Gao who executed it. The former, Han Fei, would most likely not expose it as lightly as he did before Korea's demise, and the latter would definitely not let it go.
"What's the big deal?" Gu Xun still didn't care, "It's just an insidious poisonous snake. Sooner or later, it will be in your hands. Anyone who wants to kill it can kill it."
"What about Ying Zheng?" Seeing this, Zi Nu asked Gu Xun what she thought was a difficult problem.
Gu Xun didn't care whether Zhao Gao lived or died. If Han Fei wanted to kill him, just let him kill him when the time was right.
But what about Ying Zheng’s?
How could he not care at all?
"Ying Zheng...if Han Fei can do it, let him do whatever he wants."
Contrary to Zi Nu's expectation, Gu Xun still didn't care much about it.
Because Ying Zhenghui died earlier than everyone expected, even if Han Fei wanted to take revenge on him, he might not be able to do it in time.
"You...really had a falling out with him?" Zi Nu asked in surprise.
"It's not about falling out." Gu Xun explained unhurriedly, "I just put aside the plot to help others and respect my personal destiny."
"Just like Han Fei, just like Zhang Liang, the difference is that I can save the death of both of them, but I can't save the death of Ying Zheng."
"Then you'll just keep eating like this and waiting to die?" Zi Nu asked again.
"First of all, this is not about eating and waiting to die, it is about enjoying life." Gu Xunxian defended himself, "I am also a man in his forties. Normally, it is time to enjoy his old age."
Based on the average life span of pre-Qin people, forty years is not considered low, and fifty years old is already known as knowing destiny.
However, the reason for the low life expectancy of people is that the mortality rate of infants and young children is too high. It does not mean that people die in their twenties and thirties, and they cannot be said to be old people at the age of forty.
But turning forty is indeed not far away from enjoying your old age.
Ordinary people, if their lives are safe, they will almost become grandfathers at the age of forty. When their grandchildren grow older, when they are almost fifty, it is time to rest.
Zinu rolled her eyes at him, raised her hand and touched Gu Xun's face, gently caressed her lover's still white face with her fingers, and murmured with a smile:
"I'm afraid not many people can believe that you are in your forties."
Gu Xun reached out and grabbed Zi Nu's hand, held it in his palm, and replied with a wry smile, "Do others believe it or not that I'm the same age?"
Even not counting the time in the Seven Swords World, Gu Xun is still this old. After all, he has lived in the Qin Shi World for more than 20 years.
"Then it's not time for you to enjoy your old age." Zi Nu replied with a smile, "Look at the Gong Gongs in the court, how many of them are younger than you?"
Gu Xun rolled his eyes, "Can it be the same?"
"They wish they could still 'shine' for the empire when they are ninety years old. I can't compare."
"But..." At this point, Gu Xun sighed slightly, "It's true that I haven't had time to relax yet. It's time to leave for Songhai in a few days."
"It's Sanghai again..." Zinu looked unhappy when she heard these two words, "It's really endless!"
"It's almost over. All the feasts in the world come to an end." Gu Xun comforted her.
"By the way, Black Qilin, how do you arrange it?" Zinu was too lazy to change the subject of Sanghai's bad debt and asked.
Gu Xun was stunned and asked in confusion, "What arrangements are there? Isn't he busy right now?"
"Are you going to let him keep pretending to be Yan'er in the house!?" Zi Nu looked at Gu Xun, also confused.
"Is there anything wrong? His disguise skills are the best in the world." Gu Xun replied with a smile.
"What a waste." Zi Nu shrugged, "Why let him do such a small thing? Just find someone who can disguise himself."
As the eldest daughter of the Imperial Preceptor and the eldest daughter of the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, in the eyes of outsiders, Ayan always stayed close to home, and few people had the courage to run into the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion to spy on Gu Xun's family members.
So finding someone to pretend to be Ayan is actually a very simple matter, and it doesn't require much expertise.
Yingge, who pretended to be her before, was actually not very good at this kind of thing, but she never made any mistakes.
As the best disguise master in the world, Black Qilin is very useful in many situations. It is indeed a waste to be stuck in the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion for such a trivial matter.
Gu Xun waved his hand, "Of course I know there is no need to use him, but the situation of the black unicorn is not right. There was a situation where it was out of control before."
"Out of control?" Upon hearing this, Zi Nu frowned immediately, "Do you know the reason?"
"Who knows?" Gu Xun shrugged, "You also know that that guy's birth was so weird that he can't even be considered a human being."
"If you really want to find a solution to the hidden danger, it's probably more reliable to ask Han Fei, but I can't think of it for the time being... and I think there's a good chance that he's also confused."
"So you just leave it in the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion to avoid any accidents?"
Gu Xun nodded, "After I leave, you ask Xuan Jian to keep an eye on him to avoid causing trouble."
"Okay..." Zi Nu nodded speechlessly.
………………
Late at night, in the East China Sea, the mirage is driving steadily on the dark ocean.
With the clear light cast by the moon in the sky, Xinghun, who was feeling gloomy, leaned on the edge of the deck and looked into the deep and dark place ahead.
He couldn't see anything, even the sea water could only see sporadic reflection waves.
But he wasn't here to see the scenery, but was thinking about what to do.
Turn back in time, or bite the bullet and move on?
This is a difficult question to decide.
Fortunately, soon he won't have to worry anymore.
While thinking, Xinghun suddenly discovered that the clear moonlight seemed to have disappeared, and he fell into a fog.
He suddenly woke up and looked around, only to find that the mirage was quickly being swallowed up by the thick fog.
It is normal for fog to form on the sea, but this fog seemed a bit too sudden, and... the visibility was too low!
Xinghun always felt something was wrong, so he didn't dare to waste a moment and quickly headed towards the main control cockpit of the mirage.
He felt that it was not that the ship was surrounded by fog, but that the ship was sailing into a fixed area of fog.
The situation was unclear, so he had to ask the boat operator to stop temporarily, and he couldn't just jump in headlong.
………………
Exactly ten days after the mirage set sail.
The re-starting east patrol convoy has entered the territory of Langya County.
The destruction of Xiaoshengxian Manor was a deterrent, but not many people seemed to be truly frightened.
People from various schools of thought are still busy preparing to fight against the empire's book-burning order.
Some Confucian people were frightened, but not all, and not too many. The rest began to criticize the empire more violently.
The empire was also merciless and punished everyone who dared to speak out.
However, the methods are not as ruthless as those of Little Saint Xianzhuang, and they generally do not kill people unless there is extreme behavior.
Although this behavior temporarily suppressed Confucianism, it was ultimately unconvincing and could not solve the problem.
But Ying Zheng doesn't care. For him, being able to suppress him for a while is enough.
As time goes by, and as his eastward tour is completed, sooner or later these noises will completely disappear.
Ying Zheng's idea cannot be miscalculated. His patrol can indeed effectively suppress all chaos in the empire.
It's just that this kind of behavior only treats the symptoms and not the root cause. Not to mention drinking poison to quench thirst, it can be regarded as conservative treatment.
But these have little to do with Songhai's return to calm.
The demise of Little Saint Xian Manor made the book-burning order here proceed extremely smoothly, with almost no resistance.
Such valuable things as books have little relevance to ordinary people - of course, a small number of ordinary people are still affected, and others can only express their condolences.
Tianming, who had been arranged by Ge Nie to stay in Songhai, was about to leave.
"Shaoyu, are you busy with anything recently?"
Outside Duan Murong's medical clinic, Tianming was chatting with his good brother.
Shao Yu twisted a piece of dogtail grass and casually replied, "Yes."
"Ah?" Tianming just asked casually. He didn't expect Shaoyu to be really busy with something, which surprised him. He hurriedly asked, "What can happen to you?"
"It's my Xiang family's affairs!" Shao Yu replied matter-of-factly, "I am the young master of the Xiang family, and I have to take care of many things."
"Uncle Liang and the others have recently begun to try to win over some local powerful people in Jiaodong County. I have to help with things like manpower mobilization and material allocation."
"Xiaolong and the others are developing very well in the south, and I have to keep an eye on them."
"The work is not too heavy, but it still takes me a lot of time every day."
"I said you haven't come to see me much recently..." Tianming muttered to himself suddenly, then said angrily, "Damn it!"
"You are just a young master, and you can do something even though you have an uncle above you. But I, a great man, can only lie there and wait to get moldy."
"Have you been very busy recently?" Shao Yu then realized why Tian Ming had always had a sad face when they met, and he couldn't help but asked with gloating.
"The only thing I can do is to learn the mechanics from the old man... I am now focusing on controlling the mechanics of the beasts." When mentioning the mechanics, Tianming became slightly interested.
Shao Yu nodded when he heard this, "Isn't this good? After we learn it well, we won't have to keep chasing ducks to get on the shelves."
"Alas..." Tian Ming rolled his eyes and sighed, "The key is that Mr. Ban doesn't have a machine beast on his hands now, and he can learn a hammer's clues by practicing theory!"
"No, there should be at least one Suzaku left for you to use?" Shao Yu asked in confusion.
Tianming replied dejectedly, "There is a Suzaku, but Mr. Ban said it is for emergency use and cannot be used for me to practice. If it breaks down, it will delay things."
"That's true..."
Shao Yu nodded slightly, agreeing with this.
When Tianming saw him like this, he was very unhappy and punched his good brother. He stared at him with dangerous eyes and said, "You can't trust my skills either?"
Shaoyu's eyes widened, "What does this have to do with whether you can believe it or not? You are still in the learning process, so of course you will make people uneasy!"
"That means you don't trust me."
Tianming strictly implements the principle that trust is not absolute, that is, absolute distrust.
Shao Yu didn't tolerate him either. He rolled his eyes and replied with a sneer, "That's what you think."
While the two were talking, Shi Lan walked out of the medical clinic.
When the two heard the footsteps, they immediately stood up and stepped forward to meet them.
It was dawn today and I was really bored, so I took the initiative to find Shao Yu and Shi Lan, wanting to go to the city to have some fun and wander around.
However, after arriving at the medical center, because neither of them was very willing to contact Duan Murong, they asked the disciples of the Mo family who stayed here to help go in and send a message to Shi Lan, and they were waiting outside.
"Shaoyu, Tianming!"
Seeing two friends, Shi Lan smiled slightly and said hello.
"Shi Lan!" Tianming replied harshly.
Shao Yu asked, "Shi Lan, how is your brother?"
"I have almost recovered and can basically move on my own."
"That's good."
"What's the matter with you coming here today?" Shi Lan then asked directly.
Tianming patted Shaoyu on the shoulder and replied first, "Nothing serious, I just wanted to play with you..."
Before he finished speaking, Shi Lan suddenly looked behind them.
Tianming and Shaoyu immediately turned around and saw a small machine bird flying towards them.
Tianming's expression changed, and he directly raised his hand to suck the machine bird over from the air, "This is the miniature Suzaku that spreads the message... Something happened at the stronghold?"
While explaining to Shao Yu Shi Lan, he neatly opened the mechanism of the miniature Suzaku, took out the secret letter inside, and opened it for a look.
As he saw the contents above clearly, Tianming's nervous expression immediately relaxed, and he revealed a complex expression that was difficult to describe.
Upon seeing this, Shao Yu hurriedly asked, "What happened?"
Tianming casually crushed the note into pieces, then said to the two of them with a half-smile:
"I have some interesting news for you, the mirage is back."
"ah!???"
The two of them were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then they let out a series of long-drawn sounds in unison, making several question marks appear on their heads.
