Hearing Lin Xixue's words, the father-in-law was suddenly startled, and then said with a wry smile: "Girl, please stop joking with me. This child is so talented, how could you..."
"It's true." Seeing that her father-in-law didn't believe it, Lin Xixue solemnly confirmed it again.
The old man opened his mouth slightly, and his throat made a "ho, ho" sound. His lips and the hand holding the haystack trembled together. He seemed to want to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, there were only three words left: "Why?"
Character.
"Why..." Lin Xixue raised her head slightly, her eyes seemed a little confused, but soon she became clear, "No why."
"Why?! My son is dead, you should have a reason to kill him!!!!"
"There is really no reason. Maybe it just happened to be where your son was standing at that moment. If he had taken another step forward or taken another step back, someone else might have died."
"If I have to find a reason for this, I think it's probably bad luck." Lin Xixue's words were almost cold, but in a sense it was true.
In the situation at that time, she had to randomly kill a Yun Chui guard to maintain her momentum. The father-in-law's son was indeed killed just because of bad luck.
"Bad luck... bad luck..." The old man suddenly laughed, and the warm tears soaked into the grooves on his cheeks.
He leaned on the haystack and laughed for a long time, then threw the haystack full of candied haws to Lin Xixue, turned around and staggered a few steps, and then suddenly hit the corner of the wall.
Tears mixed with blood gradually poured out of the old man's nose. His blood was still warm and his eyes were still wide open, but his whole body was silent.
Upon seeing this, nearby pedestrians frowned and took detours, but no one came forward. The nearby vendors just silently packed up their stalls and burdens, hoping to get away from the troubled place as soon as possible.
Lin Xixue sighed, feeling blocked in her heart, but she really had no second choice at that time.
She looked at the haystack in her arms, smiled bitterly and shook her head. She felt that this large bunch of candied haws must also be extremely bitter, and a wisp of emptiness fire ignited, burning the haystack and her father-in-law's body together.
It was as if this old man had never existed in this world.
Lin Xixue was a little absent-minded for a while. She didn't know why, so she walked to the Yunchui Guard station in a daze. Maybe she subconsciously felt that she should see Shi Xueqian again.
The turmoil had just calmed down, but there were still many complicated matters that needed to be dealt with urgently. Shi Xueqian was reading the piles of important military matters on the table one by one, but he was not aware of Lin Xixue's arrival.
"Two days ago, I killed a Yun Chui guard Bai Hu in King Cheng's garden. Do you still remember?" Lin Xixue got straight to the point.
When Shi Xueqian heard the voice of Lin Xixue, his tense body slowly relaxed, he continued to look at the military plane in his hand, and replied: "Remember, I visited his father at home the next day to distribute the pension."
"Then why do you think this Baihu died?" Lin Xixue calmly asked Shi Xueqian what her father-in-law asked her again.
"Why did he die?" Shi Xueqian was confused for a moment, "You killed him."
"Yes, I killed the man, but why did I kill him?" Lin Xixue continued to ask.
"Because...for self-protection."
"That's right. If you hadn't wanted to attack me while I was seriously injured, how could I have killed him to protect myself?"
"..." Shi Xueqian was speechless for a moment.
"Let me ask you again, was it your own idea to attack me while I was seriously injured?"
"..."
"Obviously, this is the intention of the Dog Emperor, so now I ask you again, why did this Yun Chui Wei Baihu die?"
"Stop talking!" Shi Xueqian didn't dare to think about it carefully and quickly stopped, "Soldiers who accept the emperor's favor and salary should die to serve the country?"
"Death to serve the country?" Lin Xixue asked, "If you resist foreign enemies and die in battle, this is called dying to serve the country. And the emperor wants to kill me because he just feels that my existence threatens the stability of his power."
"Are you repaying the country or the emperor's favor?"
"Shi Xueqian, do you want to be loyal to the emperor or patriotic?" Somehow, she actually asked Shi Xueqian the question that she had asked her during the previous banquet.
"Stop talking, stop talking..." Shi Xueqian rolled his sleeves repeatedly, obviously unwilling to face this problem again.
"Hmph..." Lin Xixue saw Shi Xueqian's evasion and just snorted coldly and cursed: "It's hopeless."
"By the way, the Holy One has already decided to canonize you as Lord An Guo." Shi Xueqian quickly changed the subject.
"Yeah." Lin Xixue responded lightly.
"It's just that I hope you will dress up as a man during the canonization ceremony."
"What? Aren't women worthy of becoming generals and marquises?"
"No, it's just that Yunzhou has no precedent of knighting women since ancient times. If you don't pretend to be a man, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among many civil servants."
"The civil servants are dissatisfied? This is something that the dog emperor should worry about, but it is not something that I should worry about. Besides, if these civil servants are dismissed, they will just get their salary in vain if they are retained."
"..." Shi Xueqian was silent again.
"That's all, I'm leaving. Just let me know when the canonization ceremony is ready."
Lin Xixue's questioning of Shi Xueqian actually solved the knot in her mind, so she was unwilling to stay here and talk nonsense with him anymore, and instead headed to Qu Ruoyin's residence inside the station.
Qu Ruoyin was also very surprised when she saw Lin Xixue coming. She quickly put down the wooden sword in her hand, stepped forward and said affectionately: "Sister Lin!"
Lin Xixue touched her head and confirmed: "I will leave Jingyun City soon. Do you really want to stay here? If you really want to learn skills, I can teach you more."
"If you really decide to stay, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to see each other again for a long time to come."
Qu Ruoyin tightened her grip on her clothes, and after thinking for a while, she replied: "Sister Lin, I still want to take revenge myself. Besides, I want to learn the military formation of Yun Chuiwei."
"You want to learn Yun Chuiwei's military formation? Why?" Lin Xixue was a little confused.
"I understand that no matter how much I practice swordsmanship and marksmanship, I can't be as strong as you, Sister Lin, so I think if I learn military formations, I might be able to help you..."
When Lin Xixue heard this answer, she couldn't help but be stunned. She didn't expect that Qu Ruoyin wanted to learn the military formation for this reason.
Although she was surprised, she couldn't help but feel a little relieved. She touched Qu Ruoyin's head with a smile and said, "I will be leaving here soon. Please take care of yourself."
"Okay, I will take care of myself, practice martial arts well, and learn to form troops and formations!"
After some pleasantries, Lin Xixue and Qu Ruoyin said goodbye and walked towards the underground pit next to the station.
A group of people rescued from Yan's Mansion that day who had been corroded and assimilated by Empress Zhusheng were still hiding in this pit, and the placement of these people really made her a little distressed.
Killing them was definitely not an option, and not to mention that these people were innocent victims, just because Feng Buyou and she knew each other, she really couldn't do it.
It would definitely not work if they were just left at the Yunchui Guard station. Emperor Bao Buqi Dog would think they were a threat and use the spirit soil to completely wipe them out.
After thinking about it, it seemed that the only way to take them away was by myself.
However, if he takes them away by himself, once Empress Zhusheng's erosion and control over them deepens, it may lead to unpredictable consequences.
What should I do? Lin Xixue feels a headache...
This chapter has been completed!