Chapter 448: Cook Ding: As long as you are willing to... (Begging for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month!)
Outside Linzi City.

Because the officials needed by the empire, in addition to the recommendations and promotions of the three dukes and nine ministers in the court, mostly rely on the Jixia Academy. Since the empire unified the world, hundreds of students from the Jixia Academy have been employed by the empire, either in the court or in charge of a region. If Xianyang City is the political center of the empire, then Linzi City, where the Jixia Academy is located, is the cultural center of the empire.

People from all over the world kept coming to Linzi City, hoping to make a name for themselves or to be supported by some bigwigs. The housing prices in Linzi City had skyrocketed, so that some people could not only not afford to buy a house in Linzi City, but even had difficulty renting a house.

With no other choice, many people could only live outside Linzi City, using simple resources to build thatched houses and wooden houses. In this way, a large number of mixed settlements appeared outside Linzi City, with all kinds of people living there.

Crackling!

The night is dark and the night wind is howling.

In the pitch-black night, countless evil spirits seemed to be hiding, ready to tear through the darkness and devour anyone at any time. In addition, among the people living outside the city, there were not only unsuccessful scholars, but also ruffians. As night fell, most houses turned off the lights, closed the doors and windows, and entered a sweet dream early.

In a simple courtyard, the main hall was still brightly lit.

In Linzi city, there is a well-known inn owner: Pao Ding. Thanks to the "sacrifice" of Master Ban, Master Xu, and Duanmu Rong, the three leaders of the Mohist school: Gao Jianli, Xue Nu, and Dao Zhi, who escaped by chance, are sitting around a somewhat uneven wooden table.

The faces of the four Mohist leaders were shrouded in dim light, and they looked extremely gloomy and remained silent for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, the wick of the oil lamp placed between them suddenly exploded, emitting a foul-smelling white smoke and also destroying the stasis between them.

"Miss Rong has been sent to the Jixia Academy by that Wushuang Jun." A look of relief appeared on Cook Ding's face, and he spoke in a desolate tone, "In the evening, when I went to the Jixia Academy to deliver food, I heard from some students that many people in the Jixia Academy who are interested in medicine are interested in Miss Rong as their teacher and want to learn medical skills from her."

During this era, most of the various schools of thought were relatively loose, and the division of schools depended entirely on one's own opinions rather than the faction one came from.

For example, Xunzi is the master of Confucianism, but his two proud disciples: Han Fei and Li Si are Legalists; although the Guiguzi school is regarded as a school of diplomacy, everyone regards Sun Bin and Pang Juan who came from Guiguzi as military strategists, and so on.

Duanmu Rong's name of "Mirror Lake Medical Fairy" is well-known in the world. Now that she has settled in the Jixia Academy, students from hundreds of schools come to her for medical advice, and no one will object, let alone stop her.

"It must be Tian Xuanzi who forced Miss Rong."

The news that Pao Ding brought was something that Gao Jianli and the others hiding in this corner didn't know. As soon as the words fell, Gao Jianli, Xue Nu, and Dao Zhi all showed mixed expressions. Suddenly, Dao Zhi slapped the wooden table in front of him, stood up, and was about to turn around and leave while speaking angrily.

"Xiao Zhi, where are you going?"

Seeing that Dao Zhi was about to leave, Cook Ding frowned and shouted at him unkindly.

Dao Zhi paused and said in a deep voice: "I'm going to bring Miss Rong back."

"Bring them back?" The Snow Girl, who looked like an elf made of ice and snow, sneered, "Xiao Zhi, how can we bring them back? The reason why Sister Rong, Master Ban, and Master Xu defected to the empire was entirely to save us. Let's not talk about whether you can see Sister Rong. Even if you see Sister Rong, she cannot come back with you because of her oath." At this point, a trace of sadness flashed across the Snow Girl's eyes.

"Besides, no matter what, the last great master, the Six-Fingered Black Knight, died at the hands of the last great master, Yan Dan. If Sister Rong comes back with you, then the reputation of my Mo family will be completely ruined."

Following Snow Girl's words, all the Mohist leaders present showed deep disappointment on their faces.

In the battle of the Mechanical City, because Wei Zhuang, who was recognized by the world as the murderer of the Six-Fingered Black Knight, came forward, the truth that Yan Dan, the leader of the Mohist School, killed his master and seized the throne had spread all over the world, causing a huge blow to the image of the Mohist School for thousands of years. As a result, after their group escaped, they contacted most of the Mohist strongholds in various places, but they lost contact.

Some forces that were usually on good terms with the empire regarded the Mohist faction led by Gao Jianli, Xue Nu and others as Mohist rebels, and believed that the faction led by Master Ban, Master Xu and others that defected to the empire was the true orthodox Mohist faction.

"Everyone, do you still insist on fighting against Qin?"

There was a long silence, which was then broken by the words of Cook Ding, who looked around at everyone present with a burning gaze.

"As long as you are willing to stop your actions from now on, for the sake of Miss Rong and the others, the Wushuang Jun should not mind giving you a way out!" Halfway through his words, confusion appeared in his eyes. "Besides, whether you are willing to admit it or not, the lives of the people in the world have become much better after the empire unified the world."

"I don't deny this." The silent Gao Jianli finally spoke, his tone as cold as a knife, "But the people of the world have lost their country and their writing! Ying Zheng and his son unified the world with violence, and the various measures they are taking now are just a sweet treat after a blow."

"I believe that as long as we overthrow this empire and allow the people to regain their original countries, their motherland will provide them with the life they are living now."

"That's right." Xue Nu echoed Gao Jianli's point of view, "Under the rule of the empire, although there are no wars that happen every day, what Ying Zheng and his son want to do is to turn everyone into Qin people. There will no longer be Qi people, Zhao people, Han people, Wei people, Chu people, and Yan people!"

"In a few decades, everyone will consider themselves Qin people, and everything rooted in their homeland will be destroyed by the soft knife of Qin Shi Huang!"

Hearing that the Snow Girl agreed with his opinion, Gao Jianli looked at her deeply, a touch of warmth appeared in his eyes, and then his gaze fell on Cook Ding: "Fatty Ding, if you are willing to be an obedient citizen of the empire, then do it! Even if we have to sacrifice everything and spend our entire lives, we will overthrow the empire of Ying Zheng!"

hum!
Although Gao Jianli's Shuihan Sword was severely damaged in the battle with Tianxuan, it was not destroyed. Although, without an excellent forging master like Master Xu, the injuries of Shuihan Sword have not healed for a long time. Now, at best, it is only slightly stronger than an ordinary iron sword.

However, as soon as Gao Jianli said this, this famous sword, which ranked seventh in Feng Huzi's sword list, with a light and sensitive blade, a slender and sharp sword body, and the ability to emit cold air and even freeze, still hummed in the sheath, in this way to show its recognition of its master.

"Ugh!"

Seeing that Gao Jianli, Dao Zhi and Xue Nu had made up their minds, Pao Ding sighed helplessly, feeling extremely desolate.

(End of this chapter)