Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1048 Undercurrent (two in one)

As we all know, forbidden areas are designed to be violated.

However, the rules of the Mo family are obviously good. This forbidden area is worthy of its name. The internal environment is exactly the same as when Gu Xun made an unannounced visit many years ago, with almost no changes.

The only change is probably the series of faint footprints on the ground that are hard to identify. Gu Xun has good eyesight and would probably not be visible to another person.

Perhaps because the forbidden area is connected to an underground river, there is sufficient moisture in the air and the ventilation is good. There is very little dust deposited here, so this series of footprints is not covered.

After seeing this series of footprints, Gu Xun was basically certain that the Six-Fingered Black Man still died in the forbidden area.

When he came in that year, he had considered the issue of footprints. The whole person walked in a way that was almost suspended on the ground, leaving basically no traces.

Although the traces of the set of footprints he saw now were very thin, he could still tell that the steps of the person who left them were heavy and somewhat messy.

These characteristics were very consistent with the Six-fingered Black Man, who was likely to be in critical condition at that time and whose life would not be long.

Sure enough, when Gu Xun passed through the two traps of Tiger Leaping Sarutobi and came to the Dragon Throat where he had taken away the Phantom Sound Box, he saw the corpse under the black robe that had turned into withered bones.

The six finger bones clearly arranged on the left hand of this corpse prove his identity.

"Ugh……"

Looking at the remains of this old acquaintance, Gu Xun sighed softly, feeling quite emotional in his heart.

Compared with the current Mohist giant Yan Dan, Gu Xun's impression of the former giant Six-fingered Black Man is obviously much better.

The Six-Fingered Black Man has a very clear and calm understanding of the purpose of the Mohist family, and everything he does strictly abides by the rules of the Mohist family.

He always worked hard to develop and expand the Mohist family, but he never went beyond morality and was biased.

Be loyal to Momen, be loyal to principles, and be loyal to friendship.

In a sense, the Six-Fingered Black Man is very similar to Gai Nie. They both pursue perfection, so he and Gai Nie are in similar situations.

Chasing illusory castles in the air will only lead to one end, and that is to draw water from a bamboo basket and come up empty-handed.

Gu Xun is not this kind of person, but he respects this kind of person, so he repeatedly persuaded the Six-fingered Black Man to join the empire, trying to deal with this prominent scholar in a peaceful way.

Unfortunately... it was fruitless.

Of course, although Gu Xun was deeply moved by the death of Six Finger Black Man, he did not regret sitting back and watching this outcome happen.

First of all, the relationship between him and Ying Zheng happened to be at a relatively sensitive node at that time, and it was difficult for him to intervene and disrupt all the actions of the Yin and Yang family.

Secondly, Gu Xun only admired the Six-fingered Black Man. The two were not close friends, and there was no reason enough to save him.

Yan Dan's becoming a giant will certainly lead the Mohist family to fight against Qin without hesitation, but the Six-fingered Black Man may not have done this if he had been alive until now.

The only difference is that Yan Dan's actions must be more or less influenced by the hatred between the country and the empire, while the Six-Fingered Black Man is completely based on the purpose and philosophy of the Mohist family.

In the final analysis, the empire's standard Legalist hard-line style is incompatible with the Mohist philosophy, and Ying Zheng's own overbearing and domineering style makes the Six-Fingered Black Man even more displeased.

The vast majority of people in the world will be trapped by issues of stance and make choices that may not be in line with the nature of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and Six Finger Black Man is no exception.

Doing so has nothing to do with good or evil or interests. It is just a matter of persistence and cannot be said to be right or wrong.

After remembering for a moment, Gu Xun had no intention of staying long, so he turned around and left.

Just like many years ago, he had no interest in the deeper Mohist institutions such as chivalry and kingship. He came here just to see if the Six-fingered Black Man was here.

Let's leave those mechanisms to Tianming and the others. As an adult, you shouldn't fight for toys with children.

On the way back, Gu Xun no longer focused on looking for the six-fingered black man's bones, but unexpectedly discovered that there were other changes in the forbidden area.

A mural is painted on the wall of the passage leading to the Dragon Throat Mechanism.

Because there was no light in the forbidden area, Gu Xun didn't notice it when he came before.

The content of this mural is also familiar to Gu Xun. It tells the story of Jing Ke's assassination of Qin.

From the farewell of Yishui to the assassination of the king in front of the palace, they were all drawn. Of course, they were not consistent with the reality. After... well, enough artistic processing, the only thing that perfectly fit the reality was the broken hand in Jing Ke's hand. The Rainbow Sword is basically a perfect one-to-one restoration.

It can be seen that the artist's technical skills are not very good, and the beauty of the entire painting is insufficient. It can only be said that the content is barely understandable.

Gu Xun guessed that the person who painted the painting was probably Yan Dan himself. After all, it was a forbidden area for the Mohists, so there was no way he would let some painters come in to paint.

As the prince of the Yan Kingdom, Yan Dan himself should have a certain level of attainment in the literary and artistic fields such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting, which should be enough to at least create such a mural.

This also explains why there are no traces left on the ground - as a master, Yan Dan's steps are very light under normal conditions, and the footprints left are light and will not be visible after a while.

The only thing that was strange to Gu Xun was that since Yan Dan had entered the forbidden area, he must have found his teacher's body, so... why not collect the body and bury it?

Are you worried that after the Six-Fingered Black Man's death is revealed to everyone in the Mo family, they will find out that the whole story is related to him?

This doesn’t make sense!

The Six Souls Horror Curse that died in the Yin Yang Family couldn't contact him under normal circumstances?

After a moment of doubt, Gu Xun shook his head, put it aside for the time being, and left.

No matter what Yandan's purpose was, it had nothing to do with him anyway, so there was no need to think too much.

In fact, the reason... should be said to be very simple.

First, Yan Dan was defeated in Jidu, the Yan Kingdom existed in name only, and he himself was reduced from a prince to a nobleman to the point where he faked his death and escaped.

That period of time was the most turbulent time for the Mohist family. The former tycoon disappeared, the whereabouts of the new tycoon were uncertain, the two commanders died trying to assassinate Qin, and basically all the lands of Yan and Zhao fell to the Qin State...

The Mo family in that state was not suitable to accept the death of the Six-Fingered Black Man.

After all, missing does not mean death after all.

Even if everyone knew that the disappearance of a strong man like Six Finger Black Man for no reason was most likely due to an accident, the news of his death would still severely damage the already extremely low morale of the Mo family.

So it's better to hide it.

Secondly, because Yan Dan felt guilty, he could not face the corpse of the dead master.

As an ambitious man who serves his own goals, Yan Dan's style is completely different from that of the Six-Fingered Black Man. He is willing to give up his principles and even his relatives and friends in order to achieve his goals.

But this does not mean that he can ignore the life and death of his mentor without any scruples.

Although he was eager to promote the plan to assassinate Qin at the time, he was not so anxious that he planned to kill his teacher.

However, the reality is that the Six-Fingered Black Man did die in his hands - if he had not made peace with the Yin Yang family, the Six-Fingered Black Man would never have died.

He was the culprit who killed his teacher, and he did not avenge him due to various worries. Even after he just learned the news about the Six-Fingered Black Man's accident, the first thing Yan Dan thought of was that the obstacle to the plan to assassinate Qin had finally disappeared...

The superposition of negative emotions such as shame, guilt, regret, etc., coupled with the failure of the plan to assassinate Qin, and the tragic losses suffered by Yan State and the Mo family at the same time, made Yan Dan really embarrassed to face the Six-Fingered Black Man.

He had only seen the body of the Six-Fingered Black Man once, and after that, he would always avoid it when entering or leaving the forbidden area.

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At the same time, inside the organ city, in a stone room, Gai Nie was sitting on a bed carved from stone, meditating with his eyes closed. After another painstaking treatment by Duan Murong, his injury finally stabilized, and what he needed next was rest.

There is a saying that the best swordsman in the world is resisting. He suffered heavy losses in such a short period of time, but it did not cause any serious and irreversible dangers. After a few days of rest, he will probably be a full-fledged hero again.

If it were replaced by someone with a slightly inferior physique, it would probably be useless.

Tianming was sitting on the stone bench next to Gai Nie's bed, looking at the moon outside, feeling silly and happy.

At present, no one attending the anti-Qin meeting has come yet, and there are many empty rooms in the city, so the uncle and nephew lived in two rooms luxuriously.

However, due to all the experiences and experiences during the day, Tianming was still in a rather active mood and couldn't sleep, so he ran next door to talk to Gai Nie.

Of course he knew that he couldn't talk to his uncle at all, but no matter how boring the two of them were, it was better than staying in the house alone.

Sure enough, when I arrived, I found that Gai Nie was meditating.

Tian Ming was quite sensible and knew that Gai Nie was still injured, so he didn't bother him with any noise. He sat alone on a stool and looked at the moon, recalling everything that had happened in the recent period, feeling silly and happy unconsciously.

Gai Nie opened his eyes and looked at Tianming, who was obviously very happy. After a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, he said, "Tianming."

"Ah?" Hearing the voice, Tianming suddenly came back to his senses, closed the corners of his grinning lips, turned to look at Tianming, and asked blankly, "What's the matter, uncle?"

Gai Nie asked in a deep voice, "Do you... like it here?"

"Uh..." Tianming scratched his head, raised his eyes, and thought for a moment, "I think... this place is pretty good, pretty good."

"Sister Xue Nu is very nice, Mr. Ban is also very interesting, and that thief is pretty good too."

"And there are a lot of people here, it's very lively, and everyone has good personalities."

"The only bad guy is the big muscular man carrying the hammer on his back. I feel like he's not very smart!" When Tian Ming mentioned the big hammer, he couldn't help but complain to him.

After Gai Nie listened calmly to Tianming's ramble on all this, he continued to ask, "Then are you willing to stay here for a long time?"

"Huh?" When Tianming heard this, he suddenly became very interested. He turned around excitedly, put his face in front of Gai Nie's eyes, and asked excitedly, "Uncle, do you plan to stay here from now on?"

Gai Nie slowly shook his head, "No, I mean you stay alone. I... still have things to do."

When Tianming heard this, he immediately shook his head like a rattle and hurriedly replied, "Then...then I won't stay."

"I will never abandon you, uncle!"

These few sentences basically exposed Tianming's character.

He has been wandering around in his youth and has no fixed place to live. Although he has an out-of-the-box and active personality, deep down in his heart he yearns for a stable and peaceful life.

But there is a prerequisite for all this, and that is the company of family members.

Having been without a father or mother since he was a child, he values ​​relatives he has never met more than a stable life.

Although Genie is not his father, to him, he is no different from his biological father and is his most important relative.

No matter how difficult the road ahead was, he was unwilling to leave Ge Nie.

After receiving this answer, Gai Nie was silent for a long time, and finally replied quietly, "That's fine..."

"It's late at night, it's dawn, let's go back and rest."

"Oh, then... uncle, you should also have a good rest." Tianming left Gai Nie's room obediently and went back to sleep.

After Tianming left, Gai Nie closed his eyes again and meditated.

No matter what, you have to heal your injuries first.

Although...Gai Nie has a vague feeling that he may not be able to recover from his injury for quite some time...

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In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

In the past few days, things have been calm in the city. Everything is so quiet and peaceful, as if the storm brewing outside does not exist at all.

Tianming Shaoyu Qiantaki Azhi and his four children took the opportunity to take a good tour of the city. Except for a few confidential places, they basically visited them.

Whether it is the various novel and ingenious mechanisms or the wonderful scenery of mountains and mountains shrouded in clouds and mist, the children are all hooked.

But the peaceful days are basically over.

Mohist giant Yan Dan has sent a message back. The participants of the Anti-Qin Conference have been assembled and are heading towards Guan City. It is expected that the entire team will arrive at Guan City at the latest tomorrow evening.

Among the six leaders of the Mo family, Gao Jianli, the only Shuihan Sword Master whom Ge Nie Tianming and others had not yet met, rushed back to the Guan City before him and should be back today.

Outside the mechanism city, the Gongshuqiu that Wei Zhuang had been waiting for for three days was finally not postponed, and satisfactory results were delivered on time. A huge mechanism that was more than ten feet long and three times thicker than the Emerald Tiger that had been out for many years. snake.

There was no need to watch the test in person. Wei Zhuang could confirm at a glance that as long as Gong Shuqiu could make this thing move, it would be easy to roll over mountains and wade across lakes.

No matter how steep the mountains or the rapids and undercurrents, they will not have any impact at all.

Of course, since the Mohist giant has not returned yet and there is still enough time, Wei Zhuang naturally adopts the plan of losing his revenge and letting him send people closer to the government city.

"Very good." Wei Zhuang showed a rare expression of satisfaction and nodded slightly, "The Overbearing Machine Technique is indeed good. I am looking forward to your role in this operation."

Seeing that Wei Zhuang was very satisfied with his results, Gong Shuqiu couldn't help showing a proud smile, stroking his mustache and said, "I certainly don't dare to neglect serving Lord Wei Zhuang."

"Please rest assured, Mr. Wei Zhuang, I will do my best to help you break through the government city and defeat the Mo family!"

Wei Zhuang didn't have much reaction to Gong's behavior of expressing his loyalty by losing his hatred. He nodded calmly, "Then let's proceed as planned."

After the words fell, the two people came closer.

One member of Niuliusha is Bone Demon, and the other... is also a member of Niiliusha, Canglang King.

When Gong Shuqiu saw these two people coming, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes, thinking that these two were the ones Wei Zhuang was going to send to the government city.

In fact, he didn't know much about Wei Zhuang's plan. He only knew that he would send two people close to the government city to try to take advantage of the current weakness inside the government city to destroy it.

To be honest, he didn't know why Wei Zhuang said this step was important.

Because in his opinion, unless Wei Zhuang himself came in person, sending these two killers in would have no real effect!

You can't expect the Bone Demon and the Cang Wolf King to defeat the few masters and a large number of disciples in the machine city, right?
  Even if the two of them could hide in secret and wait for opportunities for sneak attacks, it would still be of little significance.

In short... Gongshuqiu is very confusing.

But he didn't care. It would be great if Wei Zhuang had the ability to break through the government city, but it didn't matter if he couldn't.

With him, a master of mechanism skills, and with the imperial army arriving soon, it would be safe to attack the mechanism city.

　Now I feel like my physical fitness is so bad!
  　　tired……

　　The weather is also ridiculous. It was quite cool before, but the past two days have been extremely hot.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)