"If I had been alone, I would have been able to talk and laugh freely even if Yama himself had, but after I came back, I gradually cared about more and more people. My brothers have given their lives for the country, and it would be the most unforgivable thing to do if even their families could not live in peace. ”

"You want to protect them?"

"Do what you can!"

"What if you can't?"

Shen was silent for a moment, raised his eyes and looked at the old man seriously, and said, "This is my worry. ”

Yan Qi smiled and said, "Very good, you have changed a lot, but the most precious point has always been upheld, I am very pleased."

Everyone has seven emotions and six desires, everyone has joys, sorrows, and sorrows, and if you do the right thing, then stick to it. It's just that you have to understand that there are too many people you have to bless, everyone has their own cause and effect, you can't control it, just stick to your own heart, don't do too much. ”

Shen Chong also smiled and said: "You are too Buddha, I am too angry, and I prefer to fight with the sky." All my perseverance is because of them, if not, I would have retreated to the mountains and forests like you, and become a country man who has no quarrel with the world. ”

"You're right, I don't disagree with it or approve of it. Some people say that we are born crying, so we are here to suffer, and some people say that life is too short to be happy. There are also some people who say that people come to this world with their own mission, some people leave when they are done, some people live for themselves from beginning to end, some people go astray completely, and some people complete their mission, and the rest is their own life.

Shenzhong, what kind of person are you?"

Yan Qi added some hot water to his cup, then picked up his cup and took a sip. He never insists that he will change anyone, life, he has been through too much, everyone has their own choices, and they will definitely bear all the consequences of their choices, there is nothing to regret.

But before choosing, everyone has the power to weigh and decide.

Shen Zheng didn't answer the rhetorical question: "If it were you, what kind of person would you choose to be?"

The old man snorted and quipped: "If you are asked to take the test for me, what kind of person will I choose?" The answer is that I will do all these kinds of people. ”

In fact, he did all of the above.

"I won't ask about your choice, let alone interfere, but before you choose, you have to think clearly. I think I'm not the only one who has told you this, come to Shi'an, someone should have met with you, right?"

Shen nodded emphatically, he didn't say who it was, it wasn't difficult for the old man to know, he wasn't interested, and Shen Chong didn't need to talk much.

Yan Qi still delved into the topic just now: "Then what step are you going to do?"

Shen Zhong tapped his fingers on the table a few times, and replied: "There is no end, if everyone is safe, then I don't have to do anything, if I can do this, I can live my life with peace of mind." ”

Yan Qi asked, "I heard that the Su family made a fuss last night, how many lives?"

"The trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop, sometimes it's not a good thing to be too quiet, I always thought that it would be more stable to keep a low profile, give me some time to prepare, but there are always small accidents that keep happening. Now that the team has taken shape, I wonder if it's necessary for the man who was once called the king to reappear?"

"It only depends on your purpose, but you also have to think about the cost. Maybe you think that you are preparing your own forces so that it is convenient to protect them secretly, but you know that manpower is limited, and there will always be times when the whip is out of reach. What if you're wishful thinking, what if you add to it?"

"What do you think is wrong?"

Yan Qi shook his head and said: "I said, I don't approve or disagree, I just remind you that you must think clearly before making a decision, it's not that you go to the street to buy vegetables, buy bad ones and throw them away." Before everyone does anything, there must be some kind of need, some kind of purpose.

If your decision can help you better achieve your goal, then it is worth doing, of course, I will not say it, you know for yourself. ”

Shen Zheng didn't know how to plan and then act, not to mention that during this period, there were two official officials who warned themselves in an unofficial form about what they couldn't do. Of course, he also understands that he is not going to be the great traitor, but many truths in this world need to be explained with fists many times, and only unofficial personnel can explain it more easily.

The truth is always in the hands of the strong, and if he doesn't do these things, then no one can do them. This has nothing to do with seeking peace or not, because there is only one way. Not taking the form of a gang organization was already the best he could think of and that he could accept.

Yan Qi only provided him with auxiliary ideas, and would never change or even dominate any of his decisions. Having said that, a person whose Dao heart is not firm enough and is easy to be swayed in just a few words, Yan Qi doesn't have the heart to talk to them deeply, even if it is his descendants.

In the north, the winter sky is dark early, the sky is clear during the day, and the sky has already darkened before five o'clock in the afternoon, and the cool breeze at the beginning will be a little penetrating. Shen Zhong held the teapot, and the old man entered the house with a stoneware bowl.

There is no modern heating equipment in the house, there is hardly a modern social tool around, and even kerosene lamps are used for lighting.

Born in the nineteenth century, the old man lived through the old society and the war-torn era, and he liked to place himself in the memories of old age, and the reinforced concrete of the metropolis would always be dizzy to look at.

In his own words: "Born in the mountains, rotten and corrupted." ”

The house has always been heated by charcoal fires, and Shen Shen skillfully found charcoal from the back room, brought a brazier, and then lit some sawdust with a foreign fire and began to make a fire.

"The old rules at night?" Yan Qi asked casually.

Shen thought about it for a long time and said, "It's been a long time since I've eaten the braised bamboo shoots and braised pork you made..."

Yan Qi smiled dumbly, "In the past, I used to do what you ate, never picky eater, and let Zijin's girl do the ordering, when did you learn from her?"

Shen grinned and said, "I just haven't eaten it for several years, and I miss it a little." ”

Yan Qi asked while washing rice: "If that girl knew that you were back, I am afraid that she would be crazy with joy, why didn't she come with you this time?"

"I don't want her to sink too deep...", there was a pause in the heavy movements.

In winter, it gets dark very quickly, and it gets dark in a few moments. There were only a few kerosene lamps in the room, which seemed a little dim, and a little farther away, Yan Qi couldn't see the heavy appearance clearly.

"If you don't bring her, she probably knows, do you know why?"

Shen Zhong didn't answer, he didn't want to think about it.

Because of the past few years since he left, Qin Zijin has also come many times, every time he comes to visit him, but every time the topic can't get around the heavy hurdle.

Shen Chongsheng finished the charcoal fire and ran to the stove to light the firewood and start cooking, and the topic came to an abrupt end inexplicably. The firewood was lit, and the crackling sound of the explosion finally made the dreary room more vibrant, and the firelight reflected the heavy face red.

"Then when are you going to go back to Yizhou?"

"Tomorrow, this time I came to Shi'an, in addition to dealing with the affairs of the Su family, the most important thing is that I haven't greeted you since I came back for a year, I think I should still come to see you, and some of the leaders of Shi'an also need to meet me. ”

His every move is extremely involved, not only because his absolute force value is a variable in itself, but the secrets he carries on him alone are enough to change the pattern of this world, and such a person must follow the rules in peace.