30. Temptation
As the saying goes, the moon of fifteen is sixteen round. The wind moves and the clouds open, and the moon is like a huge copper coin, hanging in the middle of the sky, spreading out in the clear light, and falling into the small courtyard of the Gu family.
Shen Huan had something hidden in his heart, and said early that he was tired. Gu Cheng didn't doubt him, so he didn't mention anything about moon appreciation.
After the second watch drum was beaten, Shen Huan listened to the sound outside while regulating his internal breath. Suddenly, the corners of his lips raised, and he got up and walked out.
Unlike last time, she seemed to be able to sense when Yang Ke was coming and stopped in a corner of the roof. Turning over and jumping onto the eaves, I saw his slender figure, with his back to him, facing the direction of the east wind.
Stepping forward, she was about to call her master, when a fierce wind struck her, wrapped in a three-inch sleeve arrow in the wind, and whistled towards her face.
Shen Huan reacted very quickly, his feet moved to the side to avoid it, and when the rabbit fell, the sleeve arrow had already swept past his ears, but in the next moment, he was shocked that the direction of the sleeve arrow falling was in the middle of the courtyard, with such strength and speed, it would definitely make a sonorous sound when it fell to the ground.
As soon as she thought of it, she struggled a little under her feet, chased after the arrow, and before it would fall to the ground, she stretched out her arms and barely pinched it between her fingers. The tip of the arrow trembled, and her fingertips tightened, and she knew that the next three fingers that pinched the arrow would become red, swollen, hot, and painful.
Shen Huan looked at the east room, but fortunately there was no light in that room, calmed down, held the sleeve arrow in his hand, and jumped on the roof again.
Standing calmly, she followed the appearance of a man, and bowed to Yang Ke quite chicly, "The master's dismount is really strong." ”
Yang Ke turned around and smiled Lang Lang, as if the fierce and deadly arrow had nothing to do with him, "I'm just trying your reaction." ”
Shen Huan bowed his head to show understanding, "After trying it, how do you feel?" ”
"At your age, with all the experience you have, it's okay."
Shen Huan smiled and added for him, "But if you want to be you, you still have a long way to go." ”
Yang Ke was noncommittal, "Tell me how you have been doing this month." ”
"My Hidden Arrow can shoot a strand of hair in five steps." Shen Huan didn't hide his complacency, "Do you want to take a look?" ”
It's a pity that Yang Ke just shook his head, and he didn't have the interest to take a look at the skills.
Shen Huan chuckled, and then frowned, "It seems that you believe in my ability very much, so when can you roll down the Lingdongzi and hand it over to me?" ”
This sentence aroused Yang Ke's interest more than the previous sentence, "What do you rely on to speculate, there is not only one volume of smart moves." ”
"Of course there won't be just one volume, because of your kung fu, I haven't found it in the one you gave me." Shen Huan smiled steadily, and his tone was sincere, "I want to learn all your methods, you just glanced at the lone bird in the tree that day, and when you retracted your gaze, you shot it down." I guess you didn't use a Hidden Arrow, and with my eyesight, I wouldn't be able to tell where it came from. So I'm guessing you're using the next volume. ”
Yang Ke nodded, and did not shy away from saying, "I guessed well, it is the most profound part of the smart child contained in the next volume." ”
Shen Huan was silent for a moment, shook his head, and said, "But you don't plan to pass it on to me?" ”
Yang Ke smiled up, "Although you don't respect me, I still treat you as my only disciple." ”
"I'm your only disciple?" Shen Huan was secretly happy in his heart and asked.
Seeing Yang Ke nodding, she continued, "Then what are you hesitating about?" Then he explained with a smile, "I can't talk about disrespecting you, it's just that I've always been like this, and it's hard to change for a while, maybe you should also adapt to your only apprentice, after all, I am the one you personally selected." ”
There is a sense of demagogy in the words, and there are also good ingredients, Yang Ke didn't point it out, and said with a smile, "Don't be in a hurry, what is contained in the last volume, you still have to understand again." Your ascension shouldn't be fast lately. ”
Shen Huan was surprised, frowned and asked, "You know again?" ”
The other party smiled slowly, "Compared with the loneliness and silence last time, this time you have a kind of complacent and domineering pride, and you think that the hard heart has been conquered by you." ”
Dumbfounded, Shen Huan was puzzled, "What does it matter, my pride won't last long, and it won't affect the speed of improvement." ”
Yang Ke shook his head solemnly, "It will affect." Because you are distracted, your will will gradually shift, and then you will become less firm. ”
After a pause, he continued, "An assassin shouldn't have to worry about it. ”
Joke, should people live alone, always alone? Shen Huan sneered indifferently, "I have to live a life like yours to be a qualified assassin?" ”
"Just pick one." Yang Ke ignored her ridicule, "There is no such thing as a double world thing. ”
Shen Huan doesn't believe it, she must be her own master, what is going on in the world, what does it have to do with her?
"I remind you, if you want to follow your inner obsession, at least you shouldn't drag others down." Yang Ke suddenly opened his mouth and pointed directly at the hearts of the people, "What's more, it's a person who is kind to you." You are very likely to die in the future, with a person who barely knows martial arts, how can you keep him safe? ”
This is a fact that cannot be ignored, and Shen Huan has thought about it before, but she concentrates on chasing what she wants, and her footsteps never stop. She still knows better that she is really a selfish person, and while she chooses her life for herself, she has already arranged Gu Cheng's life together.
After being speechless for a long time, Yang Ke asked with a smile, "What, speechless?" ”
Shen Huan couldn't help laughing, it turned out that he also had a day when he was speechless, but he still didn't admit it, "I don't bother to ask about my own business." He will follow me, and I will do my best to protect him. ”
"You don't even know what the world looks like outside, but you have glimpsed a few masters and know the gap between yourself and others. What's more, your lack of experience in facing the enemy is a big taboo. ”
Shen Huan's face sank, "Okay, what are you going to kill next, I'll solve it for you." ”
"Not necessarily." Yang Ke flatly refused, "Before you make a decision, I don't want to drag down a good person." ”
Shen Huan's eyes gradually became ruthless, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "What about the next volume?" ”
Yang Ke suddenly raised his hand, holding a roll of sheepskin in his hand, but he didn't throw it out like last time, but just whispered, "Swear." ”
What she wanted was right in front of her, but she couldn't get it, Shen Huan suppressed her anger and asked, "What do you mean, what do you swear?" ”
"You are the descendant of the Son of Agility, not only to maintain the way of heaven, but also to pass on this mission. Until you find a suitable disciple, you have to fulfill it alone, and this is the vow. ”
Rules and regulations, rules and etiquette, even the rivers and lakes, and the assassins and knights are bound and bound. This is the thing of the world, there is no fear without restraint, and there is no fear from then on.
It's a pity that Shen Huan is full of disdain for this kind of thing, "Then please tell me, how did you accomplish it?" I've seen you kill the celebrants, and what else? ”
When there was silence, Yang Ke breathed quietly around him, and said slowly, "It's nothing more than corrupt officials and robbers, it doesn't make sense for me to list a number and tell you." ”
He sat down slowly, his body motionless like a mountain, "Because these are not enough to change the way of heaven." A warrior or an assassin is always alone on his own. You need to defect to someone who has ideas and abilities, work for him, and become the sharpest weapon under his command. Only in this way is the most effective and practical way to maintain the Heavenly Dao. ”
His voice was murmuring, with a soothing calmness, Shen Huan couldn't help but sit down, looked directly at him, and asked, "Have you found such a person?" ”
He nodded, "The dynasty is collapsing, and the situation is turbulent." Heroes all over the world have risen up, and I have visited all the rebel armies in the northwest and southwest, and finally found a person who can make things happen. Because he is the only one who does not manage the team according to the methods of gangsters, this person has now controlled Hexi, and I expect that he can obtain half of the Central Plains within ten years. ”
Shen Huan smiled, "You want me to go to him, only if I agree, you will give me the next scroll, right?" ”
"Yes, he needs this person by his side." Yang Ke looked at her, "I promised to look for him for him." ”
Unbelievable, Shen Huan asked again, "Why don't you go yourself?" ”
"I'm retiring." He lowered his eyes and smiled faintly, "If I teach you, I will no longer be an assassin." ”
It's ridiculous, it turns out that it's just like this, everyone has their own selfish desires, Shen Huan really wanted to look up to the sky and laugh, "You want to stop, that's why you found me?" It's a pity that I'm not necessarily willing to satisfy you, and being subject to you and others is not what I want. Your smart child is rolled down, keep it for yourself, I don't want it. ”
Yang Ke was calm as usual, "Yes, but you have learned the things in the last volume, I want you to return it to me." ”
Shen Huan raised his eyebrows and said in a provocative tone, "How can you pay it back?" ”
"You know." His smile was shallow, as calm as a zazen man, "You are using your right hand to shoot a sleeve arrow." ”
The implication is to abolish her right hand, Shen Huan has self-knowledge, she can't beat the man in front of her, and naturally she won't be willing to give up her hand.
Yang Ke didn't mean to do anything, and his tone was not without regret, "What I said, you may not be unmoved." It's just that you still can't let go, the people who just arrived. ”
Yes, if she gets her wish, she will take him with her, or become a Jiangyang thief, or become a criminal in the court, or simply become a thief in the mouth of those in power. She herself has no scruples, but this should only be her alone, a matter of one life, there is no need to implicate him.
In the past, I tried my best to get the person I wanted, but when I got it, it suddenly became a burden.
It's just that who's the burden is what's on whom?
The hesitation on her face was too deep, and Yang Ke couldn't help but sigh slightly, "I can give you another chance to choose." ”
"I'll come back to you in three months." He stood up, leaped into the boundless night, and looked back at her, "You are the most talented person I have ever met, and it would be a pity to waste it." ”
His voice was mixed with some kind of seduction, "You should go out and see the mountains, and the sky higher beyond them." This yard can't trap you, you can't stay. ”
When the words fell, the person was far away. Shen Huan sat alone in place, his heart fluctuated for a while, he gave himself a dream, a dream of galloping, not only happiness and revenge, but also killing and fighting.
What's more, the object of contention is the world, and the temptation is big enough to move people, and then what? Maybe I will be willing to shed my blood for this dream.