"Hey, you two are finally back. The food is ready."
Arriving at the gate of the farmer's yard, the farmer began to greet Xia Shang warmly.
A faint scent of fish soup floated into the house, and the peasant woman was carrying a stack of side dishes into the house.
Xia Shang and Xian'er entered the room and saw a large basin of fish soup and several unnamed mountain side dishes already placed on the table.
The woman looked at Xia Shang and said a little shyly: "Um... the food is ready, you two will just eat it."
The delicacies of the mountains and wilds do not care about the exquisite seasoning, but the taste of the ingredients themselves. Seeing the steaming side dishes on the table, Xia Shang felt really hungry.
After eating a large bowl of rice first and then a large bowl of fish soup, Xia Shang looked satisfied.
Xian'er had a poor appetite, and after eating for a while, she only ate less than half a bowl.
"What? Not to your liking?"
Xian'er frowned: "Young master, do you really have such leisure time? Why don't you make a decision now that you have such a good opportunity?"
"Why worry? Anyway, the man is already under our noses. Are we afraid that he will run away? We are not the only ones in the world who want Yue Yanzhi's life. There are many people who want Yue Yanzhi to disappear."
"Xian'er is just worried that things will change later. If others are not ready, he can directly get rid of Yue Yanzhi. The problem will be much simpler."
"..." Xia Shang paused, not knowing how to answer for a while, "Let's not discuss this matter any more. Since the opportunity just now had to be terminated due to the arrival of the Ancient Sword Sect, it proves that Yue Yanzhi's death has not yet come.
.Still according to the original plan, we only need to observe secretly."
Seeing Xia Shang's insistence, Xian'er could only shut up and not mention it.
In fact, Xia Shang also knew in his heart that now was the best opportunity to take action. Even if there were people from the Ancient Sword Sect, it would not be difficult to get rid of Yue Yanzhi quietly.
But the key is that Xia Shang couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.
This is a world with a backward legal system. When Xia Shang came here, he killed quite a few people. Even he himself didn't know how many people he had killed and how much blood he had on his hands.
But this does not make Xia Shang show indifference to some lives. In the past, killing people was mostly out of necessity. But killing Yue Yanzhi was not out of Xia Shang's original intention, but entirely under orders from the court.
make.
This kind of killing without any injustice or grudge is really unacceptable.
Previously, Xia Shang thought that he was fully prepared. Even if he killed an unrelated person who had no power to fight back, he could do it as long as he was ruthless.
But after actually seeing Yue Yanzhi and saying a few words to him, Xia Shang felt the pressure from his heart.
Yue Yanzhi was just an ordinary person, perhaps a scholar who was so ordinary that he was a bit pedantic. Killing such a person would be like crushing an ant.
After all, Keren is not an ant, and Xia Shang is not an executioner after all.
Perhaps it is the modern mentality that is at work, stubbornly believing that killing requires a reason after all.
There is even some fear. I am afraid that if I take action this time, will my guilt disappear? Will I be more indifferent when facing more civilians in the future than now?
This is a complicated inner process. Xia Shang has not yet made a decision or found an answer.
Xia Shang's idea at the moment was very simple. Since he couldn't find a way to solve the problem, he should leave this problem to others.
Perhaps Ke Sanke had already had murderous intentions and suddenly killed him in order to obtain the general outline of the Book of Heaven, so that he would not have to continue to struggle.
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"Sir, are you leaving now?"
The students looked at the gentleman who suddenly started packing his bags and seemed confused. Even the most naughty children were a little overwhelmed by the sudden news.
The children's eyes were full of tears, and their hopeful eyes were full of reluctance.
"Children, even if your husband is gone, you can still study by yourself. He left a lot of textbooks for you to explore on your own. When you grow up, if you have the opportunity to leave the village and go to the city, you can take these books with you.
Seek advice from more knowledgeable people. You must remember that if you want to change your life, you must study hard. As long as you work hard, you will one day become famous and benefit the world."
"Well..." a little boy asked in a low voice with tears in his eyes, "I will never be naughty again. Sir, please don't leave, okay?"
"Sir, please don't leave, okay? We will all study hard from now on."
This is a group of students who have spent the shortest time together, but they
This left the deepest impression on Yue Yanzhi. Looking at their appearance at this moment, Yue Yanzhi was choked up and couldn't speak for a while. He just silently walked up to each child and touched the child's head vigorously.
The parting scene is always touching, even the disciples of the Ancient Sword Sect shed a little tears when they saw it.
The disciples who didn't know much about this old gentleman before saw his behavior and became somewhat fond of him.
In the room, Ke Sanke was watching Butler Liu packing the last bit of luggage for Yue Yanzhi. Seeing that everything was being packed, Ke Sanke suddenly said: "Check everything carefully, don't leave anything behind."
"You don't have to worry about that? I've been taking care of you for decades, what can't you do?"
"Steward Liu is getting old and is not as good as before after all. It's better to be careful and let me take a look before talking."
"Ke San, what are you talking about? Why is it not as good as before?"
Butler Liu was extremely dissatisfied with Ke Sanke's words and grabbed the package in his arms.
Seeing that Butler Liu refused to give the package to him, Ke Sanke's eyes flashed coldly, but he quickly calmed down and said calmly: "Since everything has been packed, let's set off.
"
Soon, the team of Gujianmen left Gubai Village with Yue Yanzhi.
I heard that the old man in the village had passed away, and all the villagers came to see him off.
Although he only had a few days, the old man taught the children without asking for anything in return. In the eyes of the villagers, this kindness was as great as the sky.
Everyone in the village went to bid farewell to Yue Yanzhi. Xia Shang and Xian'er stood outside the crowd, also looking at the direction the team was leaving: "Okay, let's go too."
Looking back at Xian'er, I found that there was something wrong with Xian'er's expression.
"What's wrong?"
Xian'er pointed forward.
Just a dozen meters in front of the two of them, a masked woman in Jianghu costume was staring at the disappearing team.
This woman is a member of the martial arts world, and it seems that other martial arts sects have followed her.
Faced with the temptation of the Heavenly Book's general outline, not all sects can remain calm.
What also made Xia Shang frown was that this daughter's figure was somewhat familiar. Xia Shang's heartbeat suddenly accelerated and he thought to himself: "This...is this Shangguanchan?"