Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

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  "According to my speculation, the reason why these rebels gathered in Songhai and hid themselves to plot evil is that they probably received some kind of support."

"Lord Xiangguo means..." A glimmer of understanding flashed across Fusu's narrow eyes, as if he had guessed Li Si's intention.

Li Si lowered his head, completely ignoring Fusu's attitude and talking to himself:

"The Mo family is now at the end of its rope, the Xiang family of Chu has been in exile for many years, and Ge Nie is nothing more than a swordsman..."

“How can we make trouble if we don’t have strong enough support behind us?”

"Huh..." Fusu breathed out and relaxed his shoulders.

Sure enough, Li Si's goal was Confucianism.

In Songhai, can you find the second force that can provide support to the rebels?

You might as well just report the ID number of the Confucian leader!
  And Li Si’s reasons are also nonsense.

After the Mohists were completely labeled as rebels, their power dropped sharply overnight, but after all, they were once the world's most famous scholars, and they still had family background.

As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and a broken ship still has three pounds of nails.

It’s really not to the point where it can’t continue its activities without the support of other forces.

The Xiang family is similar.

Of course, since they have been in exile for many years, their strength must have declined even more seriously, but aren't they now involved with the Mo family?

As for Genie... yes, he is a swordsman. Li Si is right about this - it would be better if Li Si could say it in front of him.

When Li Si spoke like this, he was basically trying to pour dirty water on Confucianism... although Confucianism was indeed not clean.

However, Fusu had seen through it all, but he had no position to stop Li Si's behavior.

Although his inference is far-fetched and nonsense, it cannot be said that it is completely wrong.

It's still somewhat possible, right?
  As the prime minister, it was Li Si's duty to consider various situations. Fusu could not directly refute that he was talking nonsense.

"So... what is Mr. Xiangguo referring to?" Fusu had no choice but to follow his meaning and ask.

"Confucianism has the most numerous disciples, the most powerful power, and the highest reputation among the hundreds of scholars... Confucianism."

"In the Songhai area, there happens to be the Little Saint Xianzhuang where the most power of Confucianism is concentrated... It is the only one that has this energy."

The map shows you... The map of Yan State is very short.

Fusu raised his brows and responded calmly, "Confucians read the books of sages and widely spread the way of respecting kings and princes. My father has always attached great importance to the small sage village."

"Does the Prime Minister have any evidence for this inference?"

Fusu couldn't clearly object to Li Si's remarks, but he couldn't accept it just because of this absurd inference.

Everything has to come down to the word evidence... Although finding evidence based on the method of inference of guilt is like drawing a bullseye based on bullet holes, which is not reliable at all.

Fortunately, the empire is not a society ruled by law, so doing so is not a bad rule.

Upon hearing this, Li Si bowed and saluted, and replied calmly, "Your Majesty, we are collecting evidence."

"According to what Xiang Guo means, do you already have a clue?" Fusu looked at Li Si who lowered his head and asked softly.

"There is a clue, but..." Li Si's tone changed and he responded with some embarrassment.

Hearing this turn of events, a smile appeared on Fusu's lips, knowing that Li Si had come to his point.

If he was just investigating Confucianism, Li Si still didn't need to inform him specifically.

In other words, informing him might hinder Li Si's actions.

Li Si would come to him, which meant that some situation had arisen that required him, the eldest son, to come forward.

"But what?" Fusu responded. "This clue involves a somewhat... special person, and the eldest son may need to come forward to coordinate."

"Do you need me to come forward to coordinate?" Fusu repeated the key points of Li Si's words, and immediately guessed who he was talking about, "You want to arrest the shopkeeper of an inn, that... descendant of Chef Ding?"

The person with the highest actual status in Songhai City is Fusu. No one is qualified and needs him to personally coordinate and issue orders.

The only exception is Gu Xun, who is Fusu's teacher - his theoretical status is higher.

There are only two people in Songhai City who are related to Gu Xun.

One of them is Zhang Liang, the third master of the Little Sage Village.

There is nothing to say about this. He has a very close relationship with Gu Xun. If Li Si intends to touch him directly, even Fusu will not be able to coordinate.

Then the only possibility is that the one left is Gu Xun's favorite cook, the owner of an inn - Cook Ding.

"Master Mingjian." Li Si complimented Fusu a little, "He is indeed the innkeeper, Chef Ding."

"Based on the current clues, there is a high probability that he knows some inside information."

"I want to take him back and torture him, but the Imperial Master may be dissatisfied with this, so..."

"I understand..." Fusu nodded slightly, and after pondering for a moment, he replied, "I will go back and tell the teacher about the matter of Pao Ding, and Mr. Xiangguo can just go and take action."

"However, you can arrest someone, but you can't hurt him, let alone kill him. Do you understand?"

"Your Majesty, I understand." Li Si bowed and thanked him again, "Young Master, please come forward."

"After all, it is for the stability of the empire, and it is a matter of duty." Fusu responded softly with lowered eyes.

"Then... I will resign."

Immediately, Li Si saluted and left.

Fusu picked up the book on the desk and continued reading as if nothing had happened.

As for looking for Gu Xun... there is no need to look for it at all.

Gu Xun had told him about the matter of Pao Ding before.

It doesn't matter whether Li Si or Zhao Gao wants to investigate or arrest the Cook Ding, but it must not hurt the other party... to be more precise, it must not affect the Cook Ding's cooking skills.

Anyone who affects someone's meal will no longer have to eat in the future!

As for whether the arrest of Cook Ding will have any impact on the Mo family, that has nothing to do with Gu Xun.

As a diner, Gu Xun's arrangement was enough to guarantee the life of the cook Ding, and he didn't even have to suffer physical pain. It was already worthy of him.

………………

On the outskirts of Songhai City, in the underground secret passage of the Mohist stronghold.

Master Ban and others were still running away in full swing, and behind them, Poto Saburo, who had been blocked by the bronze gate for a while, caught up again.

The situation was exactly the same as before, the only difference was that they were really close to the exit now... Even though they were at the exit, it didn't mean they were safe.

Feeling the vibration behind him, the most talkative Thief Zhi couldn't help but said to Master Ban, "We're catching up again, Old Man Ban, hurry, hurry up and block the gate again!"
  Master Ban glanced at him sideways and replied angrily, "No more! Just that one!"

"Just one!" Thief Zhi's eyes widened and he shouted, "Since you have designed a defensive gate for such an important secret passage, why don't you install a few more?"

"You said it's light, but that's a door made entirely of bronze! It's very expensive!" Master Ban puffed his beard and glared.

"I'm not a mine operator, so how can I have so much money?"

(End of this chapter)