Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Shao Yu hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and then suggested, "How about we study the situation of the mirage first?"

Regarding the mirage that she was most concerned about, Shi Lan shook her head, which was uncharacteristically her attitude, and signaled Tianming to talk about the Qinglong Project first.

The two were a little confused, but they didn't rush to get to the bottom of it. Instead, they talked about what happened on the night of the assassination of Ying Zheng.

The two of them talked back and forth, telling each other everything they knew about what happened that night.

However, the part about the two people being injured was only vaguely mentioned in a few words without any details.

Shi Lan was not very interested in the process narrated by the two men about how Gai Nie and others assassinated Ying Zheng. After all, it was an unsuccessful operation, so there was really nothing worth talking about afterwards.

But she was quite interested in the mechanical Qinglong.

"What does the Mechanical Green Dragon look like?" Shi Lan asked curiously.

When this topic was mentioned, Tianming lowered his head dejectedly, "This has nothing to do with me."

"I was the only one who fainted at the time, and I just missed the appearance of the Azure Dragon... After all, I am also a leader of the Mohist School, but I was the only one who didn't see it!"

As he spoke, the resentment on Tianming's face became more and more obvious.

If he missed this opportunity, perhaps he would never have the chance to witness the power of the Mechanical Azure Dragon again until his death.

Shao Yu grinned wickedly a few times and sneered rudely.

After hearing this, Tianming glanced at him and said, "You are laughing so happily, as if you can see it clearly!"

Shao Yu shrugged, not caring about Tian Ming's unhappy counterattack, "At least I took a look. I'm much luckier than you."

As soon as the Mechanical Green Dragon appeared, Gao Jianli and the others withdrew, so they didn't actually get a clear look at what the Mechanical Green Dragon looked like.

The 'glance' Shao Yu mentioned refers to the moment when a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky and illuminated the entire Mechanical Green Dragon before it launched an attack.

At that moment, the image of the Mechanical Azure Dragon appeared extremely clearly in everyone's sight.

However, because the people in the convoy were too close and were affected by Qinglong, most of them were blinded by the light and could hardly see clearly. However, Gao Jianli and his group who had run far away could see roughly.

Tianming rolled his eyes, ignored Shaoyu, and turned to talk to Shilan:
"Shi Lan, are you interested in the Mechanical Azure Dragon?"

Shi Lan nodded, hesitated for a moment and then explained further, "I feel like it might be related to the mirage."

"Mirage?" Tianming asked with a puzzled look on his face, "How could Qinglong be related to Mirage?"

"The Mechanical Azure Dragon was created by our Mohist ancestors. It has been around for hundreds of years. How many years has the Mirage been built?"

"It's not that kind of relationship." Shi Lan shook her head, her expression was complicated, but her words were very vague, "It's some kind of more hidden connection."

"The Azure Dragon, the Mirage, and the sacred tree of our Shushan Mountain... there should be some hidden connection between these things..."

“Uh…” Tianming opened his mouth, the confusion on his face did not diminish at all, “Even if you put it that way, I still don’t quite understand…or rather, I don’t understand it even more.”

Shao Yu also seemed to understand, stroking his chin and muttering, "I roughly understand a little bit... but I can't figure out how the Mechanical Azure Dragon is related to the Mirage?"

"It's just a mechanical beast of the Mohist school...although it's the most special one."

Shi Lan shook her head and said gloomily, "I can't explain it clearly..."

Shushan was destroyed too quickly, and the Shushan elder and Shilan's mother did not tell Shilan and other survivors all the secrets of Shushan before they died.

This resulted in Shi Lan, even as the Princess of Shushan, having too many unknown secrets.

Missing too much key information, she often had to rely on her feelings and guesses.

Tianming simply shook his hands and said, "Don't think about it, let's focus on saving people first."

"How's Mirage doing now? It hasn't gotten too bad, has it?"

Back to the topic of the mirage, Shi Lan's expression was a little strange. She looked at her two friends and said in a complicated tone:

"You may not believe this, but the mirage... has not changed at all."

"Huh?" X2
Tianming and the other man cried out in surprise at the same time.

Then they both expressed their puzzled doubts:

“Is there really no change?”

"Did I really guess it right?"

The former is Shao Yu and the latter is Tian Ming.

Shi Lan was also surprised when she heard this, "Why, Tianming, you guessed it in advance?"

"Uh..." Tianming laughed awkwardly and did not respond.

Shao Yu crossed his arms and answered for him with a smile, "How can he have guessed it? He is just talking nonsense and dreaming!"

Tianming was not convinced after hearing this, and he responded by asking, "Don't worry about whether it's a dream or not, the fact is that I was right!"

Shao Yu laughed when he heard this and said jokingly, "In that case, Young Master Tianming, why don't you continue to analyze why this happened?"

Tianming ignored him and turned to look at Shi Lan:
"What is the current situation of Mirage? Is there no change at all?"

Shi Lan shook her head, "No."

"From what I've observed over the past few days, no additional personnel have been sent to the Mirage, and some of the Shadow Guards may even have been transferred away."

Shao Yu then asked, "Have you noticed that other people are targeting Mirage?"

Shi Lan shook her head again, "I didn't notice."

Shao Yu couldn't help but sigh, "It seems that the emperor is still more attractive... But it's good news for us."

Tianming frowned and waved his hand, "It doesn't matter if it's people from other forces, but we must be on guard against the abnormal situation of Mirage."

"People from the Yin-Yang School, please stop setting a trap for us."

"What should we do? Let's try it out first?" Shao Yu looked at his two friends and suggested tentatively.

"I'm afraid we don't have enough time to test it." Tianming didn't mind playing it safe, but the Mirage's departure time was uncertain, so they might not have enough time.

Although Ying Zheng has not shown up yet, Mirage will not go out to sea in the short term, but no one can predict such things for sure.

I have never heard of any special conditions required for the Mirage to set sail. Maybe everything may seem calm today, but tomorrow it may weigh anchor and set sail at the order of Ying Zheng.

Shao Yu had no idea about this and could only scratch his head and look at Shi Lan.

Their main purpose is to rescue Shi Lan's brother, so naturally it depends on Shi Lan's attitude.

Shi Lan couldn't make up her mind for a moment.

She was really worried that Mirage would drive away, but she didn't dare to take her own life and the lives of her two friends lightly.

According to their original plan, they should have taken action long ago.

Tianming planned to execute the Qinglong Plan the night before, and then go directly to the Mirage during the day when the situation was the most chaotic, with a seamless connection throughout the process.

As a result, he was in a coma for a whole day, and was closely watched by Gao Jianli and others because of his coma. As a result, time was wasted, and Sanghai City also passed the initial chaos and entered a state of... orderly chaos.

Although it was still chaotic, the way it was chaotic was different from what Tianming expected.

After hesitating for a while, Shi Lan still couldn't make up her mind and could only look at her two friends with a slightly helpless look.

Seeing this, Tianming and Shaoyu looked at each other and felt very embarrassed.

Time is limited, the future is uncertain, and they are in a dilemma... What they are facing is not a big problem that cannot be solved, but a bunch of small problems that seem not troublesome, but are entangled together and make people have nowhere to start. In the end, Tianming touched his chin and hesitantly suggested, "How about... going up and taking a look first?"

Shao Yu immediately responded, "Same as before?"

"Hmm..." Tianming thought about it and shook his head. "There's no time limit. It's meaningless to test it step by step like before."

"Let's go at it together, three of us. Just today, we'll just test it once!"

"We will try our best to stay hidden this time. We don't have to worry about retreating. If things don't work out, we can just jump into the sea and run away."

"If everything is confirmed to be OK, we will board the ship and rescue people tomorrow."

"If there are any problems, we will discuss it again."

"How about it?"

Tianming's proposal is obviously an attempt to find a balance between radicalism and conservatism, which can also be called moderation.

It is difficult to say whether this is a better option than being either radical or conservative, because trying to take care of both sides may result in not taking care of either side.

The more you ask for, the greater the risk.

However, greed is human nature. Shao Yu and Shi Lan looked at each other and neither rejected the proposal.

They were undecided in the first place, and basically would not reject any suggestions Tianming put forward.

"Then let's start preparing. It's almost time to deliver the goods." Shao Yu clapped his hands and immediately took action with great vigor.

………………

In Sanghai City, Guxun’s residence.

Gu Xun moved out before the people from the East Tour Caravan moved into the General's Mansion.

He likes some quiet time, and the general's mansion is a bit too lively now.

During this tense period of total martial law in Sanghai City, he stayed alone in his own small courtyard and lived in peace.

But his peace obviously could not last long.

Soon, an unexpected guest came to his door and broke his peaceful life.

"Sir." As soon as Zhang Han entered the room, he quickly raised his hand to salute, which was both a gesture and an apology.

He knew very well that Gu Xun actually didn't want to be disturbed at this time.

But there was no other way. There were some things he had to ask Gu Xun for permission before he could respond, even if they seemed trivial.

Gu Xun had no intention of arguing with him. He lay on a simple recliner he had made, basking in the sun, looking half asleep and half awake, but the sound of his voice showed that he was actually awake.

"what happened?"

Zhang Han didn't waste any words and reported briefly, "There is movement over there in the Mirage, and it seems to be those young men."

"Do you still need to ask us this? Just like before, no interference, no contact, no obstruction."

"You should react in the same way as the Yin-Yang family reacts."

Zhang Han hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, as if he had some doubts, but in the end he did not say it.

"The general understands."

"Also, Mr. Dian Qing is leaving alone despite his injuries. Should I send someone to protect him?"

Gu Xun replied calmly, "Dian Qing is Fusu's personal guard. He is only responsible to Fusu for all his actions. You and I don't need to interfere, and we have no right to interfere."

Translated, it means, don't mind your own business.

Zhang Han had many thoughts in his mind, and he replied respectfully, "Yes, I am Meng Lang."

According to Gu Xun, Dian Qing’s identity is very interesting.

As the leader of the Shadow Secret Guard, it was natural that he had no right to command others, but Gu Xun, as the teacher of the eldest son Fusu, did not have the right to command others either, and it was Gu Xun himself who said that he could not do it...

This is not about specializing Dian Qing's identity, but more about specializing Fusu's identity and status.

And the most important thing is, will Dian Qing obey the emperor's orders?

Zhang Han obviously didn't know the answer to this question, but at the same time he also believed that such a situation would never occur - if the emperor also understood Dian Qing's identity.

"Is there anything else?" Gu Xun took the initiative to ask.

Zhang Han quickly responded, "No more."

"I will take my leave now. I am sorry to bother you, sir."

That’s right, Zhang Han ran all the way from the General’s Mansion just to say these two sentences, and Gu Xun’s reply was just two sentences.

Although it looked a bit like taking off pants to fart, it was difficult for Zhang Han to make decisions on his own without Gu Xun's permission - mainly because the current situation was not good and Zhang Han did not dare to overstep his authority.

Gu Xun gave him one last reminder before he left, "Don't relax over there in Mirage. Let those young men do whatever they want, but don't let anyone else take advantage of them."

"The Yin-Yang family should be happy to cooperate with you on this matter."

Zhang Han nodded in agreement and left immediately.

However, Gu Xun's last words confirmed some of his guesses.

He actually wanted to ask what to do if there was a big noise on the Mirage?
At this point in time, if Mirage made any mistake, even if it was just a harmless mess, it would be hard to say how the emperor would react.

The reason why he didn't ask was that he thought that the Yin-Yang family might have the same concerns as him.

He was afraid of irritating the emperor, and the people of Yin-Yang School would be equally afraid, so neither he nor the Yin-Yang School would let Mirage cause too much trouble at this time.

Even if problems arise, they will be suppressed and resolved internally, turning big things into small things and small things into nothing.

As for how to resolve it internally... As long as the Shadow Secret Guards and the Yin-Yang Family reach a tacit understanding, this matter will be easy to handle.

Gu Xun's last words basically made it clear that the Yin-Yang family would try their best to keep everything as stable as possible at this time.

If that's the case, everything will be easy.

It has to be said that due to the interference of various factors, Zhang Han began to decline at an extremely rapid rate.

In the past, he was always conscientious and responsible in doing things and always got to the bottom of things. Now, not only has he learned to muddle through things, but he is also going further and further down this path.

After all, I have become a veteran...

………………

On the other side, the port of Songhai ushered in its daily bustling moment.

Compared to the past, there are more people on the dock these days, not only laborers carrying supplies, but also a large number of soldiers on guard.

However, these soldiers seemed to be there only to guard the civilians and prevent them from causing trouble. They did not increase the intensity of inspections on the civilians. Tianming and the other two used the same method as before and successfully mixed into the team. They quickly followed the flow of people to climb up the mirage.

After getting on the boat, the three did not leave the team together. Instead, Tianming found an opportunity to leave first. After checking the surroundings and making sure that there was no problem, he gave a signal to Shao Yu Shilan in the dark.

After receiving the signal, the two of them looked for opportunities to leave the team transporting supplies.

"It looks like there is no change. There are even fewer Shadow Guards."

Tianming found a corner for them to hide temporarily, and then whispered to his companions. (End of this chapter)