Chapter 29: Consolation
"Brother Chen, you're back!" The first person to greet was not his own brother, Lu Ying, the little girl, is really becoming more and more outgoing.
"Yes, I'm back! This guy is getting more and more worry-free, and he has to pester the seven brothers of Chai to practice martial arts, and he forgets the hours all at once. If we hadn't passed, we didn't know how long it would have been delayed. Xu Chen explained with a smile.
"Hmph! I see that Xiaoshi is too scared to come back, forget it, for the sake of Brother Chai's face, as long as you call me sister, I will forgive you. ”
Shi Lei kept his head down, and Lu Ying thought he had guessed correctly.
"Sister, it's me who is not good!" Shi Lei said listlessly.
"Forehead......" Lu Ying was speechless for a while, this was the first time that Shi Shi called his sister.
"Okay, don't stand stupidly, the food is cold, let's eat quickly!" Xu Chen patted Shi Lei on the shoulder.
"Zheng Tai, you find two brothers to go to the front yard to clean up a room for Brother Chai to live in, and Brother Chai will live with us in the future!"
"Brother Chai is a little tired today, so he won't eat with us, you go and prepare a food box, and I'll send it over in person when I get back." ”
After the order, Xu Chen took everyone to start eating, and it didn't matter if he ate some cold dishes in the summer.
During the meal, Lu Ying noticed that several of his elder brothers, except for Xu Chen, who was still as usual, greeting everyone to drink and eat, Brother Lu Hao, Brother Tie Niu, and Brother Zhou Kang had been drinking without saying a word. That's right, he ate desperately, although he used to eat and drink a lot when he was a child, but in the past, it was because he liked to eat and was happy to eat, but today Lu Ying felt that the stone had a heavy taste when he ate, as if he was desperately completing a task, even if he provoked him, he didn't say a word, which made Lu Ying confused.
The meal was finished in such an eerie atmosphere.
……
"The food is here, but if you don't want to eat it now, let's have a drink first!"
Xu Chen walked into Chai Qi's house with a food box, took out a jar of wine from the food box, patted the mud seal, and put it on the table on Chai Qi's side.
"It's even better than the last time you drank it, it's the strongest wine we've ever had. Your injuries are not healed, if you really don't want to live, drink a few more jars, maybe you can get your wish, never wake up again, and you don't need to pay attention to this annoying world. Xu Chen comforted.
Chai Qi, who had been making wood, picked up the wine in front of him and poured it violently.
"Don't you hate me?"
To be honest, I don't have time to hate you, hate is a very sad and troublesome feeling, and I will make some changes with this time and energy. Xu Chen also took a sip of wine and said calmly.
"How can you be so calm?" Chai Qi didn't understand how the young man in front of him could still be so indifferent after experiencing such a thing, this is not the mentality that this grade should have.
"Because I'm afraid of death! When I die, I have nothing, when I was a child, I once had a dream that I was dead, lying in a coffin, I couldn't see anything when I opened my eyes, I couldn't respond to my desperate shouts, I couldn't do anything but struggle, and every time I would be woken up. I don't want to die, because only by living can I have a chance, and the longer I live, the more opportunities I have, so I will try my best to live and live well!" Xu Chen said to himself with certainty.
"What if it was worse to live than to die?"
"Have you ever died? Why do you say this if you haven't died! You've killed a lot of people, right? If the other party's kung fu is better than yours and it's hard to kill, will you give up? It turns out that you, Chai Qi, are also a coward who bullies the soft and fears the hard. Xu Chen chuckled.
"Are you agitating?"
After all, your life is mine. I don't want you to die if I don't use up your value, but I won't stop you, and I won't stop you. ”
Chai Qi didn't say anything, just buried his head in drinking.
"Someone once said to me that life is like rape, and if you can't resist it, then enjoy it. Xu Chen was silent for a while and said.
Chai Qi paused for a moment and continued to drink.
In a few moments, the table was filled with empty jars.
Finally, Chai Qi got drunk.
"Damn, this guy finally got down, he can drink so much wine with such a high number, fortunately, Lao Tzu was prepared, otherwise he would not have been able to get drunk. Xu Chen muttered to himself.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, as soon as it was dawn, Xu Chen went out.
In Huangcheng Temple, the old man who guarded the gate had just opened the gate and saw Xu Chen coming over.
"Hello Dad!" Xu Chen said hello to the old man, not that Xu Chen didn't know the name of this old man, but that the old man himself didn't know.
The old man has been here for some years in the Imperial City Temple, and he suffered a heavy head injury in his early years, and after the abbot rescued him, he couldn't remember the past, and he also had some mental problems, and he didn't like to talk, and outsiders didn't care about greeting him.
When the abbot saw that he was lonely, he left him to do chores in the temple, lived in the gatehouse, and usually opened and closed the door.
The old man picked up the broom and swept the ground by himself, Xu Chen knew his condition, so he didn't say much, and walked straight past him.
When I came to Master Huineng's bamboo garden, I saw that the master was doing a morning class, so I stood aside and waited quietly.
A quarter of an hour later, after finishing his morning class, the master saw Xu Chen standing at the door, glanced at it, turned around and walked into the hall.
Seeing this, Xu Chen hurriedly followed, took off his clogs, scooped a few scoops of water in the water tank at the door, flushed his feet, and waited for a while before entering the hall.
After sitting down, Xu Chen said to his abbot: "I'm poisoned!" Xu Chen still didn't want to believe that this Huineng was an ordinary old monk, and came here with the last glimmer of hope.
Although the monthly "menstrual cramps" are very short, you can get through it by gritting your teeth, but if you can suffer less sin, you can suffer less.
The abbot didn't say anything, walked over, stretched out his right hand and checked Xu Chen's pulse.
"It's Miao Jiang's Gu poison!" the abbot said calmly.
"There's a play!" Xu Chen said excitedly in his heart.
"Can the master be cured?"
"Yes!" the abbot remained calm.
Xu Chen looked at the abbot, but the abbot didn't say anything. Xu Chen knew that this was to negotiate conditions. Who said that the family has no desires and no desires? As long as he is a living person, he is not exempt from vulgarity.
"In two years, I can answer the master's question!" Xu Chen said after hesitating for a moment.
"Good!" the abbot's tone finally fluctuated.
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After a while, Xu Chen walked out of the bamboo garden, and after walking to a place where no one was, he suddenly scolded in a low voice: "Fuck! Thief God, where the hell did you send Lao Tzu!"
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Xu Chen returned home, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Chai Qi walking out of the room.
"Brother Chai woke up, how was your rest last night?" asked Xu Chen.
"Your family's wine ......"
"Oh, yesterday I added some soothing medicine to Brother Chai's wine. Xu Chen said calmly.
"What's the matter? Brother Chai still wants to die? If Brother Chai still wants to find a short-term view, please go farther!"
"You won!" Chai Qi said after a moment of silence.
"Hehe, congratulations to Brother Chai for getting a new life! I have a Jianyì, why don't Brother Chai change his name, so that the past can pass away with the wind. Xu Chenjian said.
"No, Chai Qi is a good name! I will continue to use it, I will definitely not let Chai Ba appear!" Chai Qi said affirmatively.
After hearing this, Xu Chen finally put his mind at ease, he knew that Chai Qi would never commit suicide again.
"Should I call you Gongzi or Brother Xu now?" Chai Qi asked.
Just like Brother Chai said, the name is just a code name. It's all the same thing called. ”
"Then I'll call you Childe!" Chai Qi decided.
"Dare to ask Childe, what does Chai Qi need to do now?" Chai Qi quickly made a role adjustment.
"Intelligence! I want you to have all the information about the Lu family and his opponents, the more detailed the better!" Xu Chen said in a commanding tone, since Chai Qi had already chosen his position, Xu Chen also quickly adjusted.
"Good!"
So the two of them went into the house......
In the north of Yuzhang City, in a large courtyard study, Chai Qi's master, an old man surnamed Chai, was reporting to a young man at this time.
"Old Chai, have things been taken care of?" the young man said flatly.
"Childe Qiyu, it's all taken care of!" replied Chai Lao.
"Lao Chai, why did you go for so long this time, could it be that you softened your heart and let your baby live. Another young man in the study spoke up.
Chai Lao ignored him, looked up at the "son" in front of him, and saw that the other party also showed a questioning look, so he replied calmly: "Back to the son, Chai Qi was seriously injured when he went on a mission this time and was rescued. ”
Later, the old slave searched all the way and cleaned up all the people who had seen him, and it took a little time. Chai Lao paused and continued.
"There are no tails left, do you?" asked the young man.
"Nope!"
"Very good, this mission is just a test for us, the danger is a little bigger, I didn't tell you in advance, I hope Chai Lao, don't forget to go, the family is also for safety reasons." The young man gently explained to Chai Lao.
"The old slave doesn't dare, whatever the son says, the old slave will do it! Chai Qi is an orphan, the son has raised him for so many years, and now he wants him to do something, and he should do something. Chai Lao hurriedly said.
"Chai Lao, it's good if you can understand! The family also has a family's hardships, we have been going south for so many years, the ancestors have created such a family business through obstacles, if the younger generations can't keep it, they won't have a word to see them after they die. You are also the old man in the family, and the glory of the family also has your old share, and our family will not forget you. The young man continued.
"Don't worry, the old slave understands that every qiē of the old slave is given by the childe, and the old slave's orders, even if the old slave works hard, he will complete it!" Since the other party has been taking the warm route, Chai Lao will continue to show his loyalty.
"Very good, Chai Lao is also tired these days, let's go down and have a good rest first!"
"The old slave retires!"
After Chai Lao left, another young man suddenly said: "This old guy has two hearts!"
"I can't talk about two hearts, but I just think a little carefully! A useful dog can be careful!" The young man remained calm.