Chapter 508

Sanghai City is a small coastal city located in the Donghai Commandery.

This city is very small, and the population is not large, but it is exceptionally prosperous. Like many small coastal cities, it developed relying on the fishing and salt industries. Of course, what truly made Sanghai City so prosperous was not just the fishing and salt industries, but because the holy land of the Confucian School, the Little Sage and Virtuous Manor, was located here.

The Little Sage and Virtuous Manor has an extremely special status in the Confucian School; it is the Confucian sect of the world.

The head of the Little Sage and Virtuous Manor is also the Sect Master of the entire Confucian School, wielding the famous sword Tai'e, which ranks third in the sword manual.

At this moment, there were a few special guests in the Little Sage and Virtuous Manor.

So special that the Second Master Yan Lu, and Does Xun Zi who was living in seclusion here, had to come out to entertain them personally.

After the Qin State destroyed Chu, it had sent Han Fei, Su Xuan, and others to make a trip to the Little Sage and Virtuous Manor. After that trip, the Little Sage and Virtuous Manor decisively grasped the opportunity given by the Qin State and chose to take a side.

It was also because they took a side in advance that after the Qin State destroyed Qi, the Confucian School located in the land of Qi and Lu was not liquidated; on the contrary, it was heavily used by the Qin State. This is not strange, after all, the literacy rate in this era was extremely low, and the Confucian School was genuine intellectuals.

Many people from the Confucian School became officials of the Qin State. As the head of the Confucian School, Fu Nian clearly could not continue to stay in the Little Sage and Virtuous Manor to govern and study under such circumstances. Therefore, in order to express his attitude, he went to Xianyang.

Although he was only a Doctor of Classics and had no real power, this undoubtedly indicated the attitude of the Confucian School.

Even though there were many officials from the Confucian School who opposed this matter when Su Xuan became the State Preceptor, and subsequently were liquidated by Ying Zheng, this did not affect the fact that the Confucian School had a not-insignificant force in the Qin court.

It was precisely because they had a not-insignificant force that they wanted to strive for more right to speak.

However, clearly, as long as Ying Zheng was still there, the Confucian School could only be a tamed loyal dog!

Even Ying Zheng's heavy use of the Confucian School was only because the Confucian School had the most intellectuals.

This was also a helpless matter.

The Taoist School speaks of quietness and inaction. In the past, it was not that there were no officials from the Taoist School in the Qin State, but there were not many, only a few. There were not many disciples of the Legalist School. As for the Yin-Yang School, they were good at fighting but not at governing the country. The Mohist School were all mud-legged people, genuine engineering dogs, more skilled in things like construction. Among the Hundred Schools of Thought, the only one that could fill the vacancies of those officials after the Qin State unified the world was the Confucian School.

Therefore, after destroying the Chu State, Ying Zheng forced the Confucian School to take a side.

Not only because the Confucian School, as the prominent school of the time, had a transcendent status, but also because if the Confucian School was willing to be used by the Qin State, it could bring great help to the Qin State.

And this time, the guest worthy of the Confucian Second Master Yan Lu's cautious entertainment was from the other schools of the Hundred Schools of Thought.

The Mohist School's Jing Ke!

The Mohist School had surrendered to the Qin State a long time ago, seeking a way out for itself. Although the two prominent schools of Confucianism and Mohism had many arguments in the past and looked down on each other, after the Confucian School also stepped onto the war chariot of the Qin State, facing the visit of the Mohist people, Yan Lu naturally had to come out to entertain them. He even knew that Jing Ke, as a leader of the Mohist School, was a candidate for the next Mohist Giant.

The reason why Jing Ke would appear in the Little Sage and Virtuous Manor this time was because of the matter of the Confucian and Mohist schools joining forces to build the Mirage.

Construction had started near Sanghai a long time ago, and the Confucian School also knew about this matter.

Now, the Mirage was completed.

As a large ship built by the joint efforts of the Confucian and Mohist schools, this ship was less of a ship and more of an exquisite mechanical beast, so naturally, it also needed a driver.

For the identity of the driver, the Mohist School and the Gongshu family both wanted to compete. In the end, Jing Ke overwhelmed the people of the Gongshu family and became the operator of the Mirage. For this result, although the head of the Gongshu family, Gongshu Chou, was somewhat unwilling, he could only attribute it to his disciples not being strong enough and helplessly accepted the matter.

As for why he did not participate in the competition to become the operator of the Mirage? Of course, it was because he had other important tasks. After completing the Mirage, he had to go to study war weapons against Regarding Baiyue and could not leave easily.

Because Su Xuan did not come to Sanghai, Jing Ke chose to wait in Sanghai in advance.

With nothing to do, he even called his wife and children who had been staying in the Qi State over and wandered around the Confucian School.

"The scenery of this Confucian School is really good～～!"

After wandering around the Little Sage and Virtuous Manor for a long time, Jing Ke sighed sincerely.

Beside him, a beautiful woman let out a faint smile.

Her name was Gongsun Gongsun Liji, Jing Ke's junior sister, and also the person he loved most.

After the battle of Puyang in the past, they wandered the world together. Later, he joined the Mohist School, and his junior sister chose to live in seclusion in the Qi State. It was not until after the matter of assassinating the Qin King ended that he thought of his junior sister he missed so much and finally ran to the Qi State.

The two could be considered to have become a couple, and afterwards, they even had a son.

The son's name was given by Jing Ke as "Jing Tianming"!

Night ends and dawn comes!

This was the meaning of the name.

While Gongsun Gongsun Liji was smiling faintly, Jing Tianming on the side asked his father with some reluctance: "Dad, can you not go? I really can't bear to part with you!"

Jing Ke lowered his head, reached out to stroke Jing Tianming's little head, and smiled: "How could Dad not be the same? But in order to repay the kindness of the Xuan Tian Pavilion, my Mohist School must help the Xuan Tian Pavilion!"

Although the Gongshu family could also drive the Mirage, the Mohist School could not trust them. What if they drove the Mirage and lost their way? The Mirage at least contained half of the Mohist School's hard work, and the most important power source was solved by the Mohist School.

Since the Mohist School helped Su Xuan build this large ship, it naturally had the obligation to help Su Xuan find the immortal island.

And the Mohist School could have today, not knowing how much kindness it had received from Su Xuan.

So this was the reason why Jing Ke tried hard to defeat many competitors, just to become the driver of the Mirage, to repay Su Xuan's kindness.

Jing Tianming wanted to say something else.

Gongsun Gongsun Liji scolded Jing Tianming, and Jing Tianming saw that his mother was angry and immediately stopped talking.

After scolding her sensible son, Gongsun Gongsun Liji asked Jing Ke again: "Senior Brother, you say that woman from the Yin-Yang School and Xun Qing, who will win?"

Even though they had been married for many years, her address for Jing Ke was still Senior Brother.

Jing Ke looked at Yan Lu on the side, "This question must be asked to Master Yan Lu!"

Yan Lu shook his head and said: "I don't know either!"

The woman they were talking about was Yan Fei.

Yan Fei had just arrived at the Confucian School. Originally, it would have been enough for Yan Lu to entertain her, but she specifically named Does Xun Zi to challenge, so Does Xun Zi had to come out personally.

Now, the two had gone to the back mountain of the Confucian School to duel. Who would win and who would lose was not yet known!