Mu Yang and I got into the carriage, and after arriving at the place, I asked Mu Yang who was targeting. Mu Yang sat down unhurriedly and said, "I'll invite you to eat first." After ordering and paying, he continued: "That person's surname is Wen, and he is a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and an official of the fifth grade. Some time ago, he was reported by the people, and his own income is not much, but his family is extremely rich, and his food and drink are all the best, and the emperor sent someone to thoroughly check his income and expenditure, only to know that he was greedy a lot. ”

I listened silently, wondering if my father and mother were also like this at that time, and just as I was thinking, Muyang whispered, "It's here." ”

A gorgeously dressed middle-aged man stepped into the tavern and sat down not far from us, ordering a table of good food and wine.

"I still have something to do, I'll leave the rest to you. Remember to send him to Licheng, where someone will dispose of his body. After Muyang finished speaking, he got up and left. I ate slowly, waiting for the man to leave.

The meaning of Muyang's words was that I was going to kill the official before he returned home, and I was going to send his body to Licheng. Licheng is a suburb, since Muyang said so, that is, the emperor has already planned everything, and I am only responsible for killing people and giving people away.

A person like me in a coarse linen shirt is not at all conspicuous, and the official surnamed Wen will only be dashing when I am a maid of which family. Not long after, the man took a full break, put down two taels of silver on the table, and walked away. People who can use two taels of silver for a meal can imagine how luxurious it is to spend money on weekdays.

I wiped my mouth, followed him quietly, and watched him get into the carriage, and when he had entered a forest, there was no one around, except me, the coachman, and him. I hurried into the carriage, put on my mask, and slid through the window, when the officer was startled and about to cry out, when I dropped my knife and broke his breath before he could speak. I dodged the blood spilled, wiped the knife with the official's clothes, got out of the car, and sat down next to the coachman, who was startled, and quickly stopped the horse, and was about to ask, I stuffed him with two taels of silver, and said: "This is the emperor's business, you just have to leave, don't ask anything." The coachman trembled and jumped out of the car with the silver, and ran away in a hurry, and I rode my horse to Licheng.

Licheng is a suburb, there are not many people, and it is best to dispose of corpses here. As soon as I arrived in Licheng, I looked around and saw two people guarding a mountain, as if they were waiting for someone. I drove over and one of them asked, "Is it dead?" I said, "Dead." ”

The two of them skillfully climbed into the car, dragged the body out, and said to me, "The car can be put down." "I untied the hemp rope from the tyke, mounted my horse, and returned to the door of the original tavern, looking for Muyang.

After a while, I saw him come out of a piano hall, probably to see the piano.

"It's the first time I've seen a woman who can be so calm after killing someone." He quipped. I didn't answer him and asked, "Are you going back to the capital?" ”

"Yes. Ride a ride? ”

"Get on the horse!"

Muyang sat behind me, I took the reins, and galloped towards the capital.

Three days later.

I was asked by the emperor to go out into the street at three o'clock in the afternoon, and although I didn't know what was going on, when I saw the official being hung in public, with his wife's head hanging beside him, I immediately understood. Mu Yang followed me, and next to him stood the official's eight-year-old son, Mu Yang covered his eyes, but there was still a slit.

What the emperor is thinking in his heart, I know very well. The killing of the corrupt official was just a test for me, and then I saw that this official had a wife and children, just like me back then, and now all the family funds have been confiscated, and my eight-year-old son has become an orphan, helpless, and I don't know which family will adopt him. It's just that the emperor doesn't know that I have never blamed and resented anyone, each has its own life, it is wrong for my father and mother to be corrupt, it is not wrong for the emperor to kill them, and no one can vent his anger if he blames him.

I don't know how long it took, Muyang touched my shoulder and said, "It's gone." ”

I looked at the little kid next to me, he was already trembling with fear, I walked over and said, "Don't be afraid, this is what your father and mother deserve." ”

Then he was taken away, and I knew that his life would not be under my control in the future, and I was ready to go back to Changfu.

"I'm going to Lingshanwei, and the emperor has specified that you want to go with me."

I frowned and said, "Lingshan Wei? What are your tasks? ”

"Don't forget, I'm still the left servant of the household department, although I don't have many affairs, but I still have to help the court, if you don't want to, you will continue to stay in the capital, and the emperor will still send someone to keep an eye on you. If you go to Lingshanwei with me, you will be completely free. ”

"I ...... I want to tell Mrs. Chang. ”

"By the way, I forgot to tell you, your current identity is no longer a maid in Changfu. The emperor gave you an identity, you are the head of the Ministry of Officials, and the official of the sixth grade. You don't need to report anything to Mrs. Chang, you are already an official of the imperial court. ”

I was stunned, what does the emperor mean? If I were an official of the court, he would have sent someone to spy on me, but I also gained more power, as for freedom...... I don't know what he wanted me to do when I was asked to be this official, but for now it seems that I was right to listen to him.

"Okay, I'll go to Lingshanwei with you."

Back at Changfu, I packed up my things and hesitated to find my wife in the garden.

"Madame, I ......"

"I know it all."

I looked at Madame and felt a little uncomfortable.

"It is your honor that the emperor values you, although you can't be by my side in the future, I still regard you as a daughter in my heart."

Madame walked a few steps, and Ah Yan on the side handed her a wooden box, and Madame turned to me.

"This is the knife I asked someone to make for you, if you have time, I still hope that you will come to Changfu to see me often."

I took the wooden box, knelt down in front of Madame, and held back for a long time to say only one sentence: "Thank you, Madame." ”

Madame touched my head and said, "Get up." ”

I obediently got up, still keeping my head down. Madame said: "Actually, as soon as you came to Changfu, I vaguely felt that I couldn't treat you as an ordinary maid, and you might have to leave Changfu one day and go to other places." Now it seems that my prediction is right, but you don't have to worry about me, I will still live my life as if you didn't come before. ”

"Madame......"

"You are a good boy, Yuxing, your life experience makes you have no choice of many things, but I know that you will not choose wrong, if you really care about me, do your thing well, the task given by the emperor must be completed well."

"I see, ma'am."

"Okay, if there is anything I want you to help me with in the future, I will still call you," the lady smiled slightly, "I don't treat you as a maid, I also know that you know how to be grateful, and now your ambition has just begun, I shouldn't trap you in Changfu." ”

After saying goodbye to Mrs. Chang, I took my clothes and the knife and set out on the road.

Lingshanwei is close to the sea, in such a summer, I still prefer to go to the beach to see, anyway, Muyang said that no one followed us, so I should go to play.

"It's a long journey, have you brought your clothes?"

"Bring it."

"Okay."

In the car, I took out the knife and looked at it carefully.

Mu Yang glanced at it and asked, "Mrs. Chang sent you?" ”

"Yes."

The handle of the knife is made of fine silver, the blade is extremely sharp, and it is also made of fine silver mixed iron, Madame really put her heart into it, and specially found a good blacksmith to cast this knife for me, and the blacksmith is also very careful, whether it is the length or the feel, it is my favorite look.

Mu Yang looked at the book on the side, I leaned over and took a look, it was all poetry and the like, at this time, Mu Yang and I looked like a general and a general, but I was much inferior to the general, in my heart, I still thought that I was just a killer, and I happened to be given a task by the emperor.

"The sea view of Lingshanwei is very beautiful, you just go and relax." Muyang said.

"Looks like you've been there before?"

"Although I am an official of Zhengsanpin, I always run around, I have seen a lot of scenery, and I have also seen people from the north and south."

"Is the girl from the south good-looking or the girl from the north good-looking?"

Mu Yang glanced at me helplessly, as if to say that this kind of question can only be asked by people who often go to Qinglou, but when the words came to his mouth, they were: "Each has its own merits." ”

"Am I more like a girl from the South or a girl from the North?"

"North."

No matter what I asked, Muyang answered them one by one, and in the back, I began to ask some excessive questions, such as, is the body of the southern girl beautiful or the northern girl's body is good-looking? Are there more green buildings in the south or more green buildings in the north? Which is the passion of the girl by the sea or the girl from the outback? Who is the most passionate girl you've ever met?

"It's you."

"Where am I passionate?"

"Isn't it not enthusiastic that you've asked so many strange questions?"

I seemed to be in high spirits, and continued, "Then the girl you have seen, I want to meet too." ”

"Hello girl?"

"No, but a beautiful girl is always pleasing to the eye, isn't she?"

“…… Even so, don't ask these strange things in front of others, lest they think you're a good woman. ”

"I was originally a 'good' woman."

Muyang looked at me funny and said, "If you are a good woman, it will not be your turn if all the women in the world are dead." ”

I grabbed him by the sleeve and said, "What do you mean?" Although I have killed people, drunk and stolen money, I am indeed a good person, I don't believe you ask......"

I wanted to talk about Xuan Lone, but suddenly I remembered that this is not the past, a few days ago I could still talk and laugh with Xuan Lone, but now I ......

"Ask whom?"

"Ask Mrs. Chang, doesn't she think I'm a good person?"

"I thought you were going to say silence."

A hint of relief flashed in Muyang's eyes, I didn't understand what it meant, but I didn't need to ask, but the road was getting more and more bumpy, and I suddenly remembered the time when He Xuan Lin almost overturned.

"What are you thinking?"

Muyang waved his hand in front of me, and I hurriedly came back to my senses and said, "It's nothing, I just remembered an old friend." ”

"It can't be Enron, right? Isn't it over between you? ”

I looked at Muyang, there was no impurity in his pure dark eyes, I was stunned for a moment, and said, "It's long over, but I'm not talking about him." ”

Muyang lowered his head and put the book away, and said, "You sit down some, so as not to bump into it later." ”

The road was really bumpy, and it was good for both of them to sit in the past, so I didn't think much about it, I sat down directly, there was a bump, my head hit the roof of the car, but it was soft, I looked up, it turned out that Muyang protected my head with his hand, so it didn't hurt.

I looked at him and said, "Thank you." ”

"Thank you, it's just a gesture."

I didn't speak, and Mu Yang said again: "This time I came out, Xuan Lin knows." ”

"Then who I am now, does he know who I am now?"

"Yes. He asked me to take care of you more, and it's rare that he can't be together, otherwise I won't have to take care of you. ”

I refused: "I don't want you to take care of it, you just take care of yourself." ”

Mu Yang chuckled and said, "I just hope you don't mess with me." ”