Xia Shang didn't speak or even show any unnecessary expression. He drank and ate meat without stopping, as if everything that happened here had nothing to do with him.
It was such an ordinary behavior, which seemed very abrupt among all the unusual things around him.
The officer held a knife and approached Xia Shang with half-closed eyes: "Who are you?"
Xia Shang stopped his chopsticks, looked at him calmly, and said calmly: "Big Chinese."
"Boy, are you kidding me?" The official took a step forward and stuck the knife on Xia Shang's table.
"What the official said just now is that there are too many crazy words in the capital, and people will be killed if they say the wrong thing. But I have never said a word from beginning to end, so I will be killed now? Is it the person who speaks that will die or the one who doesn't?
Those who speak will die? Or do you mean those who speak or not will die?"
"You!" The officer was completely irritated. He was about to do something when he was grabbed by his companion behind him.
"Don't cause trouble. This guy doesn't look like an ordinary person. It's better to get to work quickly."
After being persuaded in this way, the official stopped, took the knife, and left the inn dragging the two corpses.
With such an additional thing, no one was in the inn soon. The inn that was originally full of people was suddenly the only one left with Xia and Shang.
"What a ruthless attack!" Xiao Shan couldn't help but say, "The vendettas in the world are nothing compared to the lackeys of the imperial court."
Xia Shang did not answer, but he could conclude from what happened just now that the current tense atmosphere in the capital was far more complicated than he thought.
In the past, when Li Xin was in power, although various forces in the capital were secretly competing with each other, ordinary people were rarely involved. But now, ordinary people will lose their lives even if they say a few casual words...
It is estimated that the haze in people's hearts is far worse than the heavy snowfall outside.
The shopkeeper and the waiter were sighing and cleaning the shop, saying nothing to each other.
Suddenly another guest walked in. Seeing the miserable image in the hall, he was so frightened that he turned around and left.
After a while, a beggar came in.
I thought the beggar would be so frightened that he ran away. Unexpectedly, he got closer and took a closer look. He tentatively asked the shopkeeper, "What's wrong? What happened?"
The shopkeeper was in no mood to talk, so he ignored him and greeted the waiter.
, and asked him to bring two plates of leftovers to the beggar.
The beggar packed up the leftovers and said in a professional manner, "Wealth will be greatly improved".
Then he immersed himself in front of Xia Shang's table: "You two gentlemen, it's freezing outside, this..."
The beggar smiled and rubbed his hands humbly.
Xiao Shan was in a bad mood and impatiently poured the contents of his bowl to him.
Unexpectedly, the beggar stepped back and avoided it.
Xiao Shan raised his eyebrows and stood up.
The beggar also smiled and patted the things in his hands: "Uncle, I have eaten enough today. If you are kind-hearted, please give me two pieces of silver."
Xiaoshan has been very restrained all the way. The grandmaster back then actually went so far as to talk nonsense to a beggar. In an instant, he became angry and put his foot in the beggar's chest.
Although Xiao Shan has not recovered his skills, he is still more than enough to deal with ordinary people. He kicked the beggar directly to the door, and all the food given by the shopkeeper just fell to the ground. He was so busy that he almost couldn't breathe.
Xiao Shan realized that he was a little impulsive. He glanced at Xia Shang warily and found that Xia Shang didn't show any expression, so he sat down uneasily.
He was not afraid of a mere beggar, but worried that he had not been able to answer Xia Shang's question just now.
What is his role?
Xia Shang didn't think about this. He just looked at the beggar at the door with some curiosity. He felt that this beggar was a little different from ordinary beggars. His courage alone was not comparable to that of ordinary beggars.
The beggar squatted at the door and panted for a long time before he finally regained his breath. Not only was he not frightened by Xiao Shan, he even yelled at Xiao Shan viciously: "Wait for me!"
After saying that, he quickly ran into the snow outside.
Xiao Shan was so angry that he wanted to get up and chase him.
Xia Shang said softly: "Okay, this is the capital, don't cause any unnecessary trouble for me."
Although Xiao Shan was furious, he opened his mouth to Xia Shang, but he could only sit down angrily.
The sky is getting dark, and the snow and wind outside are really cold.
Xia Shang stood up and said to Xiao Shan: "I'm going to bed first. You can think about my problem carefully."
"Yes...yes..." Xiao Shan said yes repeatedly, not daring to say more.
Xiaoshan's performance along the way was beyond Xia Shang's expectations. At least in Xia Shang's view, as a grandmaster, he should have no less integrity and arrogance, but this Xiaoshan completely overturned Xia Shang's view of a grandmaster.
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This man's desire to survive was much stronger than Xia Shang imagined. He was able to completely give up his dignity as a master and follow him obediently. He even showed great restraint towards a beggar just now.
Xia Shang was lying on the bed alone in his room, shaking his head and smiling, thinking that it was really pitiful for a master to get into such a situation.
Xia Shang was dazed in the cold wind, but there was an imperceptible fluctuation of zhenqi from the next room.
Xiao Shan sat cross-legged on the bed, motionless as if he was adjusting the energy in his body.
This is not the first time he has done this. Before, he always thought that he could remove the remaining Qi from his body through his own efforts, but he always ended in failure.
He had given up before, but he couldn't help but try again tonight, and silently comforted himself. As time passed, the true energy remaining in his body gradually weakened.
Maybe this time I can successfully resolve my internal injuries and no longer be controlled by others.
Thinking of all the humiliation and humiliation along the way, and the threat that the beggar made before leaving, Xiao Shan suddenly felt his blood surge, and he didn't know how to vent the suffocation accumulated in his body.
Tonight, he circulated his true energy, trying to forcibly heal his wounds. His perseverance was stronger than ever before, thinking that as long as he was a little harder on himself and passed that hurdle, everything would get better.
After a while, Xiao Shan gradually began to feel uncomfortable. The four colors of zhenqi on his face kept flowing, and his body was soaked with sweat.
In the past, he stopped when faced with such obstacles, but this time Xiaoshan gritted his teeth and persisted, hoping to break through the barrier in one fell swoop!
"How can I, the great master, live like an ant all my life? Even if I die today, I have to break through the boundaries and drive this true energy out of my body!"
Xiao Shan was extremely determined in his heart, endured the discomfort, and continued to circulate his Qi.
However, inspirational results often do not appear for such elderly characters.
Xiao Shan's insistence not only failed to break through the barrier, but also caused him to suffer more internal injuries.
Suddenly, he spurted out a mouthful of blood and passed out directly on the bed.