Fifty-four: The coldness of reality
"I'm really pissed off!" Zhou Yunpeng walked into the front hall angrily and slapped his palm on the wooden table, almost causing the wooden table to fall apart, "That bastard! Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yunsheng and Zhou Yunbing also walked into the front hall, and when they saw the table that was "creaking" by Zhou Yunpeng, Zhou Yunbing persuaded: "Yunpeng, collect your temper, don't find a table to be angry." β
"Hmph!" Zhou Yunpeng glanced at Zhou Yunbing and said, "How can you let me control my temper?" The other party put a knife on Zhou Yanbo's neck, but we don't know anything about each other, so I won't be like the master, and I can still stay calm in such a situation. β
"Zhou Yunpeng, you!" Zhou Yunbing really wanted to beat Zhou Yunpeng.
Zhou Yunsheng also heard Zhou Yunpeng's dissatisfaction with his silence, so he said: "Yun Bing and Yun Peng are all right, in fact, I have already guessed that this matter is not far from ten." β
"Oh, then let's talk about it. Zhou Yunpeng said.
"The events of last night are obvious to all, and from Zhou Yanbo's account, we can know that this is a professional assassin with special training. β
"So what?"
"Such a professional Assassin could never be a member of a family, so I'm sure this Assassin is affiliated with a professional Assassin organization, and that the organization is kept afloat by hiring Assassins for money. β
"Impossible, if there is such an organization, how can we not know?" Zhou Yunbing asked his own question.
"The most basic requirement of the Assassin Order is to ensure absolute secrecy, not only for those who are assassinated, but also for employers and even relatives and friends, because the risk of assassins is too great, you never know what strange requirements the employer has, and the people targeted can range from high-ranking officials and heads of clans to ordinary people. It is possible to do so, so in order to avoid the hatred that comes from assassination, secrecy is key, and if you leak secrets that shouldn't be revealed, even if others don't kill you, then you will become wanted by the organization, and they will chase you to the ends of the world until you die. It's an iron law!"
Zhou Yunsheng continued: "Usually these organizations provide services to the middle and upper class families, and once they receive a request from an employer, they will do everything they can to achieve their goal, and they will never contact the employer again until they have completed the task, except in special circumstances." So it's hard to spot. β
"So this assassination is aimed at the Zhou family?" Zhou Yunpeng asked.
"Nope. Zhou Yunsheng shook his head, "I think it's the opposite, this should be for Zhou Yanbo personally." Otherwise, they wouldn't have sent only one person, and it was after Zhou Yanbo was injured in a duel with the second child. β
"Maybe it's a coincidence?"
"You know, there are very few absolute coincidences in this world, and many so-called coincidences are just man-made, have you forgotten An Yan's rebellion? That so-called coincidence is just a conspiracy carefully planned by An Yan to seize power, and the result? It is the century-long state of family separation and the loss of ancient traditional morality!"
"So boss, you say that, Zhou Yanbo is still in danger now?"
"That's how it should be!"
"But who can Zhou Yanbo provoke? He's just a child. β
"Maybe this little guy went to the Yun clan to get into trouble at that time. β
"The Mengsun clan?"
"I didn't say that. β
"So what now?"
"There is still about half a month to go to the end of spring and the beginning of summer, Zhou Yunbing, you let Zhou Yanbo prepare well, and set off for Wuyi in twenty days, all these preparations will be handed over to you!"
"You're not kidding, Zhou Yanbo is in danger now, you still let him out, and it's as far away as Wuyi. Zhou Yunpeng stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Yunsheng's collar and asked.
"What should I do then? Lock Zhou Yanbo in the manor? This is not the same as telling the other party, 'Zhou Yanbo is in the manor, if you have the ability, you can come'. Now that the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light, we are too passive, so it is better to move ourselves and catch the other party off guard. β
"Then you don't have to let Zhou Yanbo go to Wuyi. β
"Sooner or later, he will go, and it is better to go early than to go late. Besides, second, you didn't use all your strength when you fought against Zhou Yanbo, right?" Zhou Yunsheng stared at Zhou Yunpeng and asked.
"That's right, it only took seventy percent of his strength, but what does this have to do with Zhou Yanbo?" Zhou Yunpeng admitted that he didn't do his best, and saying enemy words to Zhou Yanbo was just to stimulate Zhou Yanbo's potential.
"Let me ask you, with your seven successes, how about walking among the rivers and lakes between heaven and earth?"
"It's absolutely no problem to be unblocked!"
"Let me ask you again, who has better intelligence than you and Zhou Yanbo?"
"To be honest, I can't compare to Zhou Yanbo. β
"Let me ask again, what do you think of Zhou Yanbo's potential?"
"There's a lot of room for improvement, with a little careful practice, you can surpass me, and maybe even surpass that genius in charge!" Zhou Yunpeng didn't have any reservations.
"Last question, what do you think of Zhou Yanbo's handling of human feelings?"
Zhou Yanbo basically hasn't moved around in the manor, and he has too little knowledge of the outside, so he said unceremoniously that his handling of human feelings and sophistication may not even be comparable to Zhou Yansu. β
"Good. Zhou Yunsheng nodded with satisfaction, "Yanbo already has the ability to protect himself, but he lacks some experience, instead of locking him in the manor again, it is better to put him outside to experience the experience, and this time to go to Wuyi is an excellent opportunity, if Zhou Yanbo successfully completes the task, then I can completely rest assured that the entire Zhou family manor will be handed over to him." β
"So you're playing with this idea!" Zhou Yunpeng let go of his hand.
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"There are only twenty days left. Zhou Yanbo muttered after learning the departure time from Zhou Yunbing.
Zhou Yansu, who was following behind, smiled: "What's the matter, brother, don't you want to go?"
"That's not what I meant. Zhou Yanbo stretched his waist and said: "I definitely want to go, but for people like me who rarely go out, going out means that I can't be at home for a while, and homesickness is certain." β
Zhou Yansu covered her mouth and asked in a low voice, "Brother, you are so naΓ―ve, do you want to stay in the manor for the rest of your life?"
I want to do more for the family when I am young, and when the ancient traditional morality of the world is in the revival stage, I will find a girl who I love to marry, and do my best to manage the affairs of the family, and in my old age, I will be satisfied to have children and grandchildren around. Zhou Yanbo made his own calculations.
Zhou Yansu couldn't help it and laughed softly.
"What are you laughing at, am I wrong?"
"No, it's not. Zhou Yansu took a breath," Brother, you don't know, the old people are miserable now, years of war have made their relatives and children die, flee, leaving them to guard the empty house, even if they are old and frail, they have to do some physical work to support themselves, the decline of ancient morality, so that the status of the old people has been greatly reduced, some old people walking on the road, they may be discriminated against by the people around them, and may even attract a meal of punches and kicks, but in fact, their wish is very simple: to have a good son, a meal that can fill the stomach on the lineβ¦β¦β
Zhou Yanbo listened carefully, his hands already clenched. If it weren't for Zhou Yanbo's excellent temper, he might have hit the pillar on the side directly.
"These situations are not seen in the Zhou family and some large and medium-sized families, but they exist in small families and ordinary families, although I can't say that they are universal. β
"So," Zhou Yansu stuck out his tongue at Zhou Yanbo, and said with a playful smile: "Brother, if you want to realize what you just said, you have to work hard, if this situation does not change, Brother's wish will always be a wish." After speaking, Zhou Yansu waved his hand and left in a hurry.
"Is this ......" Looking at Zhou Yansu's back, Zhou Yanbo said meaningfully: "Yan'er, thank you!"
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Zhou Yanbo walked into the confinement room, the assassin was still tied inside, Zhou Yanbo carefully looked at the assassin in front of him, and said softly: "Who are you, and why are you here to kill me?"
But the assassin didn't answer, and Zhou Yanbo didn't pay attention to him, just paced lightly in front of him, as if talking to himself: "Don't you speak?" My father has already told me everything, and if you open your mouth, you may die without knowing it, right? Isn't this cruel? If you are caught, you will die, and if you are not caught, you will die, and you really live on the tip of a knife in the assassin profession. β
"I'll explain to my father that I'll let you go. Zhou Yanbo said this, and the assassin looked at him in amazement, as if he had heard a shocking secret.
"You heard you right. Zhou Yanbo squatted in front of the assassin, "Actually, I didn't want to care about this matter, because it was too troublesome, but Yan'er's words changed my mind, maybe you are ready to die, but in this case, then we may kill not only you, but your parents, your wife and children may be in danger of their lives because of this." They were innocent, and I didn't need to involve them in it. Tomorrow, tomorrow you can leave and live well!" After speaking, Zhou Yanbo got up and walked outside.
"Thank you. As Zhou Yanbo was about to leave the house, the Assassin said a word to Zhou Yanbo. But Zhou Yanbo just paused for a moment and left the confinement room.
Zhou Yanbo walked into the front hall, told Zhou Yunsheng his thoughts, and begged him to let the assassin go. Zhou Yunsheng really couldn't survive it, and Zhou Yanbo could only agree.
"Son, is he still silent?" Zhou Yunsheng asked Zhou Yanbo as he was leaving.
"Nope. Zhou Yanbo smiled back at his father: "He said 'thank you'." β
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