After Mu Tingyu and others' torches were completely away, Xia Zhaoyi returned with the horse he had come for.
This place has been discovered by them. In order to prevent a night attack, it is not suitable to stay for a long time.
She did not kill Mu Tingyu, firstly because she could see that these people were really difficult to deal with. She could successfully kill Mu Tingyu, but she would never be able to lead Shi Guoxin and the others to escape intact.
Secondly, she had no intention of killing him. He was much more useful than Qian Yuandeng.
The bonfire was extinguished and we set off.
Because Shi Guoxin was injured and the two beauties were not good at riding horses, Xia Zhaoyi entered a nearby abandoned village.
The village is not big. Counting the dilapidated houses, there are not even thirty houses in total.
And between some houses and the houses connected, you can also see grave mounds.
After Li Man took care of Shi Guoxin to sleep, he came out and saw Xia Zhaoyi sitting on a low stone wall, looking at the huge darkness at the bottom of the mountain.
"Master," Li Man came over and said, "Aren't you sleepy?"
Xia Zhaoyi turned around and said, "I'm thinking about something and I can't sleep right now. You go to bed first."
Li Man nodded, turned around and saw the two beauties walking timidly. After making eye contact with him, he looked at the girl over there.
Xia Zhaoyi also looked at them.
Two beauties came forward and offered blessings to Xia Zhaoyi.
"Miss Ah Li, the two of us... don't dare to sleep. Can we stay with Miss Ah Li tonight?" a beauty said softly.
"No." Xia Zhaoyi refused.
The beauty was stunned, not expecting that she would refuse so simply.
"Miss Ah Li, we are... afraid." Another beauty said.
"What would have happened to you tonight if you hadn't met us?" Xia Zhaoyi asked.
The two beauties frowned and were speechless.
"Go to sleep," Xia Zhaoyi looked away and looked back at the darkness ahead, "I won't be able to take you for long, you can adapt on your own."
The two beauties pursed their lips and had no choice but to say, "You're disturbing Miss Ali."
Li Man didn't leave. Seeing them leaving, Li Man thought about it and walked towards Xia Zhaoyi.
"My boss."
"Huh?" Xia Zhaoyi looked sideways at him.
"These two girls... have a hard life," Li Man said in a deep voice, "My boss, do you think they can go back and stay in the Jing Mansion? They will never be wanted in the house, as well as Qian Yuandeng and Mu Tingyu.
I won’t let them go.”
Xia Zhaoyi's eyes showed a bit of surprise.
"I just don't know if they will be virtuous," Li Man continued, "My boss, maybe they will listen to your words."
Seeing that Xia Zhaoyi didn't say anything, Li Man lowered his eyebrows and said, "I know I don't usually talk much, but today I seem a bit nosy."
"Then, why are you acting abnormally?"
"When I was young, I had a neighbor's sister. She was forced into the prostitute due to changes in her family. Later, my family ran out of rice, so my mother asked to go to her. She didn't mind being poor and helped my family overcome poverty several times."
"She's so nice," Xia Zhaoyi smiled, "Then she is now..."
"It's ridiculous," Li Man's voice turned cold. "Several men fought over a beauty. She was injured, her appearance was ruined, and she could no longer serve guests. She was not even good enough to be a maid, so she was relegated to the rear.
She was a cook and became a servant girl. Within a year, she, she, she drowned in the river."
Xia Zhaoyi narrowed her eyes and raised her eyebrows to look into the night.
The moon is hidden, except for the occasional clouds. Most of the time, the moon hangs alone, shining alone on the world.
"These girls are all filled with sadness," Xia Zhaoyi said softly, "I suddenly remembered a sentence I heard."
"Which sentence."
"He is a very famous man," Xia Zhaoyi looked at Li Man, "The general idea is that men in the world like to force prostitutes into prostitution, and they also like to persuade prostitutes to become good men."
Li Man was embarrassed: "My boss, I'm not..."
"I didn't point it at you," Xia Zhaoyi smiled, "don't take it personally."
Li Man nodded.
"As for these two girls," Xia Zhaoyi raised her eyebrows and looked forward thoughtfully into the darkness, "we just met them by chance, a chance encounter. It's up to them. If they want to open a shop, give them some money, if
If you want to change the city and find another place to join, it's up to them."
"good."
Li Man turned around and left, paused, and then turned back: "My boss, what you said just now...isn't it also bad to persuade prostitutes to be good?"
"That's a dig at some men," Xia Zhaoyi laughed, "As for these four words, I can't say whether they are good or bad at the moment."
"Is it still...bad?"
"Yes," Xia Zhaoyi's voice became deeper, "Look, the night is so dark that you can't tell where is the sky and where is the earth. If we don't break this rotten human world, who can know what awaits us on the road ahead?
Wouldn’t it be a greater suffering?”
And she is used to being careless and carefree. She doesn't like to be responsible for other people's lives. She has always been like this.
Li Man was silent.
The girl mentioned sadness just now, and now he could sense that there was indeed a sadness that penetrated his bones.
Who knows whether the real suffering is in heaven or on earth, here or there.
Xia Zhaoyi pulled her lips and said dryly: "They are all playthings in the eyes of men. They have no names, only identities that are despised by the world. The dead and disappeared, the damaged and destroyed are just statistics counted one after another in the years of emperors.
Cold numbers."
"My boss," Li Man said suddenly and emotionally, "in my lifetime, will I ever see this world change?"
"Maybe?" Xia Zhaoyi smiled and turned around again, "Who can say well about everything in this world?"
"Boss, I think... you can!"
"Can I? What?"
"Have you ever thought about becoming king?!"
Xia Zhaoyi smiled again: "No desire."
"Then, among all the warlords in the world, is there anyone you like as the future lord of the world?"
"It doesn't matter whether I like it or not. The number of days is unknown, but history will always choose a person who can unite the world into one. No," Xia Zhaoyi shook his head, "No, it's time to change the person in this world.
"
Restoring the old order will eventually be the same.
Hengxiang has always been relatively stable. Compared with the prefectural cities that have experienced great changes and chaos over the years, Hengxiang has never been in chaos, but the misery of those women has never changed.
Xia Zhaoyi blinked and remembered the book she had given to her master. She turned her head and looked at the ancestral hall hidden in the night at the foot of the mountain. Next door was the dilapidated Jiexiao Temple.
