Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1593 Three-person meeting
  The small courtyard is not big. After all, it is just a temporary place to stay. It is hard to say how many days Xiaomeng can stay.

Following the female disciple along the corridor, Zhang Han arrived at his destination after turning a few corners.

But his brows furrowed.

This place...isn't too serious!

The female disciple led him to an open-air bath. Through the slightly swinging curtain, Zhang Han vaguely saw the figures in the pool.

"Master Xiaomeng, what is this..." Zhang Han turned to look at the female disciple and asked.

The female disciple pursed her lips and smiled and replied, "The head master is taking a bath. General, please wait for a moment."

Upon hearing this answer, Zhang Han's face darkened:
  "Zhang Han is presumptuous. In this case, I will leave first."

After saying that, Zhang Han turned around and left.

Xiaomeng spoke at this time:
  "Everyone in the world knows that men and women are different, but these are just stupid and vulgar boring restrictions."

"General Zhang, it seems he can't escape these secular prejudices."

Zhang Han opened his mouth, and as soon as he came up, he felt deeply what Gu Xun felt when he was caught and quarreled by Xiaomeng in Xiaoshengxian Village - although he was not present, he learned about it later.

To be honest, Zhang Han really wanted to reply to the grown-up naughty child - if you didn't care about these prejudices, why did you avoid me and Master Gu when you were taking a bath when you were a child?

But after ten years of separation, he was not sure what Xiaomeng was thinking now. He could only suppress this tempting thought and responded helplessly:
  "Master is worthy of being the head of Tianzong, and his realm is indeed profound."

"Zhang Han is just a layman, but he made the master laugh."

"Everything has to be divided into high and low places. You people are always like this. It's boring!"

Xiao Meng's cold voice continued to sound. Zhang Han's eyelids jumped when he heard it. He wanted to respond but didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, Xiaomeng didn't keep talking and got to the point quickly:
  "What do you want from me?"

"I have good news for you, Master."

"News is news, how can it be good or bad?" Xiao Meng interrupted him.

Zhang Hanrang choked for a moment and almost lost his breath. The helplessness on his face became more and more obvious.

The female disciples on the side wanted to laugh.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Han calmed down and responded, "I can hardly speak in front of the master."

"You really can't speak, otherwise you wouldn't be called master every time." Xiao Meng's calm and cold voice sounded again.

"Uh..." Zhang Han hesitated for a moment, pretending that he didn't hear anything, and continued on his own, "I got news that the Mo family will leave for Dongjun in the near future, and Xiaoyaozi, the head of the Renzong, Will probably join them soon."

"Master Fusu hopes that master can go with him."

"You should know that Taoists never care about worldly affairs." Xiao Meng replied in a wan tone, as if she didn't want to get involved.

Zhang Han persuaded, "Master is naturally extraordinary, but... the Renzong violates the true meaning of Taoism and colludes with the remnants of the Mohist family, which is treason to the empire!"

"Get rid of it, and the world will have more peace, and the empire will have long-term peace and stability."

"Ha!" Xiaomeng chuckled with unknown meaning and asked in a playful tone, "Do you think that by removing all the unfavorable factors, Daqin will be stable forever?"

It sounds like Xiaomeng is a little... disdainful of Zhang Han's efforts to maintain the stability of the empire.

Zhang Han asked calmly, "What about Master's opinion?"

"Although the cherry trees in the mountains sometimes bloom in full bloom, they will eventually turn into dust." Xiao Meng reached out to help a fallen flower and answered softly.

"Human life is like the drifting of flowers."

"The great cause of the country is nothing more than this."

"The blooming period of cherry blossoms lasts only a few days, but a life lasts for decades, and the empire's hegemony lasts for eternity. How can they be compared?" Zhang Han immediately retorted to Xiao Meng. "The morning bacteria don't know Hui Shuo, and the worms don't know Spring and Autumn... I don't need to explain the truth in Xiaoyaoyou again, right?" Xiao Meng responded calmly, "Dachun regards eight thousand years as spring, and eight thousand years is spring. Autumn, in the vast world, is only a blink of an eye, a blink of an eye."

Turning her hands to let the petals continue to fall, Xiaomeng continued:

"A person's life is like a fleeting moment, and the rise and fall of a dynasty is just a flash in the pan."

Zhang Han couldn't help but smacked his lips twice.

This is the standard Zhuangzi world-weary theory... He just said that this child should not be sent to Taoism!
  "If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening!" Zhang Han continued to retort, "Zhang Han's humble opinion is that this is true for both the country and himself."

"Ha... these words of Confucius have attracted countless people to fly to the flames, causing a lot of disaster!"

"Master, Zhang Han has learned a lesson." Faced with Xiaomeng's criticism of Confucius, Zhang Han, who didn't know what to say, could only respond like this, trying to end the topic.

Xiao Meng seemed to have no intention of arguing with him anymore. She stood up from the bath, waved her hand and took a dark gray Taoist robe to cover her body. Then she walked aside and said at the same time:

"I received your message."

"What does the master mean?" Zhang Han asked.

Xiaomeng did not answer, but walked away, leaving Zhang Han who was a little confused.

At this time, the female disciple on the side covered her mouth and answered Zhang Han with a chuckle:
  "General Zhang, what Master means is that you can leave."

"Ah?" Zhang Han was even more confused.

………………

In Songhai City, in the small courtyard where Gu Xun stayed.

Under the moonlight, three people sat diagonally in the courtyard.

One is Gu Xun, the other is Zhang Liang, and the last one is Wei Zhuang.

Wei Zhuang was the first to speak, "Tomorrow, I will set off for Dongjun."

"Well..." Gu Xun nodded, looked up at the moon, and said with a smile, "Fusu has to leave soon. Li Si will stay for a few more days, but... he should be more peaceful."

"The main force of Luo Wang has also withdrawn from Songhai. Zhang Han is expected to set off with the secret guards overnight."

"Haha, in the blink of an eye, the lively Songhai will become deserted."

Zhang Liang asked with a smile, "Brother Gu, what are your next plans?"

"I..." Gu Xun pondered for a moment before replying, "I should stay in Songhai for the time being."

"Han Fei is here in Beidi and they don't need me for the time being. East County is just a bad deal. It's not interesting. I don't want to go."

"As for the farmer's problem... just proceed as planned?" Zhang Liang asked again.

Gu Xunyi shrugged, "Of course."

"With Weizhuang and Gai Nie, it won't be a problem to take care of the farmers."

Wei Zhuang reminded in a deep voice at this time, "But Wang Li's armor-piercing soldiers are still a dangerous factor."

"The armor-piercing soldiers who have fought through hundreds of battles...are indeed a trouble." Gu Xun rubbed his chin and muttered, "Before the chaos completely broke out in the farmhouse, Ying Zheng did not hesitate to use the last ace army that was still idle... …Now he is getting more and more anxious!”

"At present, it seems that it is inevitable for Wang Li to launch troops against the Nongjia. And based on the current situation of the Nongjia's Sixth Hall... Even with the so-called 100,000 disciples, the chance of winning against the Hundred-War Armor-Piercing Soldier, one of the empire's aces, is probably slim. Ah." Zhang Liang nodded and said.

Gu Xun raised his eyebrows and looked at Wei Zhuang:

"You and Brother Genie go into battle together. Are you sure you can lead the farm family to win this battle?"

(End of this chapter)