Nan Yanxi raised her eyebrows helplessly: "Okay, okay... tell me your wish. As long as it is within your ability and does not violate morality and my heart, we can discuss it."
"So...you agreed?"
Looking at Tian Mochou's delighted eyes, Nan Yanxi shook her head helplessly, smiled and agreed: "Yes, yes...I agree."
"Thank you, sir!"
What Nan Yanxi didn't expect was that Tian Mochou, who had been so bitter towards her just now, immediately changed his attitude after hearing these words.
I almost jumped up with joy.
Seeing this, Nan Yanxi suddenly became a little wary, thinking no way, is this girl planning to set a trap for me?
He raised his eyebrows and asked cautiously: "Ah... Then tell me, what is your wish?"
"I said, as long as I can do my best, as long as it doesn't violate morality and my true intention, we can negotiate."
"Yes, yes, yes... I know..." Tian Mochou nodded vigorously and assured, "Young master, don't worry, I will definitely remember it."
Nan Yanxi laughed dryly, thinking that the more you act like this, the less sure I will feel.
But since I agreed, as a man who sticks to his word and is an upright man, he cannot go back on his words.
Then he nodded and said, "Okay... then tell me!"
Hearing this, Tian Mochou's face gradually became serious. He stood up gently and bowed to Nan Yanxi: "Master, my wish is... after you have finished your important work, can you let me go home?"
Woolen cloth?"
As he spoke, Tian Mochou's face turned slightly gloomy: "I have been poor since I was young. My parents had no choice but to sell me. They also hope that I can have a good life."
"Now, I have been staying in Maple Leaf City for five years, and I miss my father and mother very much!"
"I don't want to ask, and I don't want to know what big thing the master is going to do. I just hope that after the master accomplishes something big, he can let me go home and serve my parents."
"If... if the master can reward me with some more money, then I will be even more grateful."
After hearing this, Nan Yanxi on the side was stunned: "It's... it's over?"
He thought that Tian Mochou would open his mouth like a lion or something, so he worried for a long time, but he didn't expect that he just wanted to go home and give him some living expenses...
Looking at Tian Mochou who was nodding, Nan Yanxi blinked and touched her nose in embarrassment: "Uh... Mochou, that's it. As for my master, my family is quite well off. In fact, you can ask for more things.
, or make more requests.”
When Tian Mochou heard this, he shook his head vigorously: "No need, young master, I don't want to be rich or famous in this life."
"I just want to go home and serve my parents, have food when I'm hungry, be healed when I'm sick, and have a little money in my hands."
After saying that, Tian Mochou's eyes were full of longing, and his words were full of tenderness: "At that time, I will go home and serve the two elders with all my heart, and stay with them."
"I heard that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty issued an imperial edict, and all the people in the world had their own land, and no longer had to pay those exorbitant taxes."
"After the slave returns home, he should build three tile-roofed houses, surround them with fences, plant some vegetables and flowers in front of the houses...and then plant some grain in the ground. They will work at sunrise and rest at sunset. How wonderful.
ah…"
Seeing the pure stars in this girl's eyes, Nan Yanxi was touched for a moment.
I couldn't help but think of my biggest wish when I was young and poor, and it seemed to be nothing more than this.
To have a few acres of thin farmland to grow some food, to build three tile-roofed houses and to marry a wife, in my opinion at that time, this was the happiest wish.
And this is not the common wish of all the working people and the common people!
Tian Mochou's few words deeply educated Nan Yanxi once again, making him understand that what he had done for the people was not good enough or not enough.
After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Nan Yanxi's life of fine clothing and fine food also made Nan Yanxi feel slightly arrogant. Fortunately, his original intention has not changed.
Today's words made him calm down his wandering heart again and begin to seriously consider how to better govern the country in the future.
Turning to look at Tian Mochou, with a hint of gratitude in his eyes, he asked with a smile: "Mochou, I don't understand something..."
"You were obviously sold by your parents, but why don't you resent them? You still want to go back and serve them."
Tian Mochou smiled faintly: "Yes, in other people's eyes, I was sold by my parents. I should have resented them and cut off all ties and never had any contact with them again."
"But after all, it's my parents who gave birth to me and raised me, so how can I rest assured?"
"Actually, I know that my parents want me to live a good life."
After saying that, he turned to look at Nan Yanxi and said seriously: "Master, you don't know that my mother is not in good health and often needs to take medicine, but my family has been farming for generations, so how can I have so much money?"
"My father had no choice but to borrow some money from the landlord in the village to buy medicine, but he could never pay it back. The shabby thatched cottage where my family lived, which leaked air in winter and rain in summer, was rented from them.
"
"So every time it's time to pay rent and pay back debts, the landlord will always send his servants to collect the money. If we don't agree, we will be kicked out."
"I remember a few days before I was sold, the landlord sent someone again, saying that as long as I agreed to be his concubine, my family's debt would be forgiven."
"I was only twelve years old at that time, but the landowner was already over fifty years old, older than my father! My mother said that the principal of his family was extremely tricky, and I would definitely be bullied to death if I went there."
"It was at this moment that we were noticed by the people sent by the third elder to look for the woman."
"That person lied to us and said that it was the third elder of Maple Leaf City who recruited closed disciples. After they came, they would be popular, drink hot food, and learn a lot of skills."
"My parents then nodded in agreement. The man left twenty taels of silver and bought me at a high price."
"My parents and I thought we came to Maple Leaf City to live a good life, but we never imagined that we would actually be his training cauldron."
"So, I don't blame my parents...they just want me to live a good life."
Nan Yanxi nodded in sudden realization, and said angrily: "So that's it, these three elders are too careless, this is completely abduction!"
"If that's the case, then the blame lies with that bastard Third Elder!"
After saying that, he asked with great interest: "In that case, it's understandable that you want to go home."
"But... the comfortable life you have returned to is given to you by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. You know, the Ming Dynasty is newly built, and the heirs of Ming Emperor Nan Yanxi are still too young."
"Once he dies, the Ming Dynasty will probably collapse. The life you longed for, where you can pick chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely see the southern mountains, will be shattered immediately."
"Since you yearn for that kind of life so much, and we are going to assassinate Emperor Ming Nan Yanxi, are you not in a hurry?"
"Afraid!" Hearing this, Tian Mochou shrugged: "Of course I'm anxious, and of course I don't agree."
"But what can I do? I'm just a slave, just like the great elder said, not much different from a dog. How can I stop it? All I can do is pray in my heart that you won't succeed!"
"And..." After saying that, Tian Mochou paused, raised his head and said with a smile: "Although the master didn't say it clearly just now, I am not a fool."
"Young master just said something, both inside and outside, telling the slaves that you don't really want to help them do that, right?"
"Although I am stupid, I think back on how cautious the young master was and did not hesitate to bully me in this way. Combined with the words of the young master just now, I can feel that you actually don't want to do that."
"But..." After saying that, the smile on Tian Mochou's face suddenly turned playful: "Hehe... Actually, I don't think that thing can be successful."
"Oh?" Nan Yanxi, who was listening quietly on the side, raised her eyebrows and became even more interested.
This smart, clever woman attracts people wherever she goes.
"Then tell me...why do you think this matter won't succeed?"
Tian Mochou's pretty face turned red and she slowly explained: "Oh... how can I know your wisdom and tactics?"
"I just feel that Emperor Ming Nan Yanxi was just a green forest in the past, but in just a few years he built such a large country. He dominates the world and is powerful all over the world. I feel that this test is not just about luck.