Nanzhang County, Shuijing Villa.

Under the mulberry tree outside the stone forest, Pang Tong told Mr. Shui Jing about his strategy in the city, Mr. Shui Jing was grinding stones, occasionally raised his head and asked Pang Tong two words, after Pang Tong answered Mr. Shui Jing's words, he continued to tell about the things in the city and the encounter with Jia Xu.

Mr. Shuijing finished grinding a stone, sat down and frowned and said to Pang Tong: "Don't you ask me, where did Ma Hong go?" ”

Pang Tong was slightly stunned and said, "Didn't Ma Hong come back?" ”

Mr. Shui Jing said: "You told me all about your battle in the city, don't you tell me about your brother being killed?" ”

After listening to the teacher's words, Pang Tong lowered his head and said secretly: Could it be that Ma Hong came back and told the teacher about this? But even if you don't tell the teacher, the teacher will ask! After all, we all have a lot of color on our heads.

Mr. Shui Jing saw Pang Tong lower his head, sighed and said, "Ma Hong was stabbed on the road and almost lost his life. Do you know why he was stabbed? ”

When Pang Tong heard that Ma Hong had been stabbed, his eyes widened instantly, cold sweat flowed from his head, and he asked with some stuttering, "Teacher...... Horse...... Ma Hong, where is he now? ”

Mr. Shui Jing asked: "In Xiangyang Xi's family, he is recuperating from his injuries and has no worries about his life, do you know why he was stabbed?" ”

Pang Tong heard that Ma Hong was not worried about his life, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The student doesn't know. ”

Mr. Shui Jing said: "The cause is you, and it was the girl he saved who stabbed him." ”

Pang Tongchang knelt on the ground, pressed his left hand to his right hand, threw his hand to the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Teacher, the student knows that he is wrong. ”

Mr. Shui Jing picked up another small stone and said while grinding the stone, "Do you really know that you are wrong?" ”

Pang Tong didn't dare to raise his head and said, "The student knows his mistake." ”

Pang Tong didn't dare to raise his head, not because he was afraid of Mr. Shui Jing, but because he was ashamed of his impulsiveness, because his impulse not only almost cost him his life, but also affected his friends. He didn't dare to look up into Mr. Shuijing's eyes now, because he was a little afraid to see the disappointment in Mr. Shuijing's eyes, would the teacher be disappointed in him?

"Whether it's right or wrong, even if you don't understand it now, you will understand it later. Do you remember that when you left the Water Mirror Villa, I told you to watch more and talk less, because at your age, you often don't know what the consequences of making a decision will be, am I right? ”

"The teacher is taught."

"If you make a plan to release grain to the defenders of Jingzhou, you will witness the death of thousands of people, and you will uncover the truth about the killing of your brother, which indirectly led to the killing of most innocent homeless people, and also affected many people. Gambit is like a sharp sword, when you pull it out and stab the enemy, it will make countless eyes lock on you, and the sword of the person who draws the sword often is easy to break, so the person who draws the sword must know the timing of the draw. ”

"The teacher is taught."

"You are very smart, but now you don't have any other feelings in your heart except that you can't live with Ma Hong? Answer me truthfully. ”

Pang Tong lay on the ground and did not speak.

Mr. Shui Jing paused and said, "See these stones?" There are three hundred and sixty-five pieces in all, and you will smooth all the edges and corners of these stones, and only after they have been smoothed can you leave the village. ”

Pang Tong raised his head and looked at Mr. Shui Jing, wanting to open his mouth to let the teacher reduce the punishment, but when he saw the teacher's eyes, he lowered his head again and said, "The student obeys." ”

Mr. Shui Jing stood up, took the bamboo flute and knocked on the stone he had just sharpened, and said, "Did your uncle let you talk?" ”

Pang Tong said in a low voice: "Uncle Shi said that he would come to visit the teacher when he found time." ”

Mr. Shui Jing hummed and turned to leave. Pang Tong looked at Mr. Shuijing's back, and suddenly remembered what Jia Xu said: Time will smooth your edges and corners, so that you will roll further on the road.

Xiangyang, Xi's house.

Ma Hong has been recuperating from his wound for a month, and now the wound is almost healed, but there is still a stinging pain from time to time. Xi Zhen came back and brought Ma Hong's words from the teacher, so that he could recuperate in Xi's Mansion with peace of mind. Xi Zhen's face was not very good-looking when he saw Ma Hong, although Xi Zhen didn't say anything, but Ma Hong knew that Xi Zhen would never be able to become a student of Mr. Shui Jing. This time, Mr. Shui Jing let Xi Zhen return to Xiangyang in advance, which means that Mr. Shui Jing did not recognize Xi Zhen's talent.

During the period of time when Ma Hong was recuperating in Xifu, he was not lonely, and when he was bored, he would read and write books, or go to his cousin to have fun. Ma Hong has often gone to Xi's house in Xiangyang to play since he was a child, and sometimes he lived in Xi's house for a month, so he was naturally very familiar with the children of Xi's family, and the most familiar was Xi Wei and Xi's sister. Even Ma Hong has even seen his cousin's body, when he was twelve years old, Ma Hong and Xi Wei Pang Tong peeked at his cousin's bath, and since then Pang Tong fell in love with his cousin at first sight.

"Cousin, cousin, what are you thinking? It's your turn. ”

A young girl in a green dress urged Ma Hong with a smile, her eyes were black, her cheeks were slightly red, and her round and smooth nose was soaked with sweat. She was going to play chess with Ma Hong, but Ma Hong was always in a daze, and when Ma Hong was in a daze, he was not looking at the chess pieces in a daze, but also looking at her chest in a daze.

"Does my cousin like me? Do you know that Pang Lin and I feel uncomfortable after marrying? The girl said secretly in her heart, Ma Hong kept staring at her chest, but she couldn't say anything directly, and her cheeks were red in a hurry.

Ma Hong hummed, came back to his senses, and casually took a chess piece and placed it on the chessboard.

The girl held the sleeve of her shirt with her left hand, stretched out her right hand and picked a red date on the plate and stuffed it into Ma Hong's mouth, and then said: "Cousin, look at your pale face, red dates can replenish blood, eat more." ”

Ma Hong chewed the red dates hard and said: "Red dates can replenish blood, good at replenishing women's blood, cousin, you can also eat some." ”

The girl covered her mouth, and her eyes were full of surprise and said secretly: Cousin, how did he know that I had come these days.

Xi Wei, who was sitting on the side teaching Lian'er to play chess, said with a smile: "Cousin, second sister, I found that the two of you are very husband and wife. ”

The girl's body trembled, the chess pieces landed on the chessboard, and she turned her head to Xi Yujiao and said, "Little brother, you are talking nonsense." ”

The girl's face was already flushed after speaking, and when she turned to look at Ma Hong again, she found that Ma Hong was in a daze again, this time looking at her hands in a daze. During the month that Ma Hong was recuperating from his injuries, he would think of the events in the city from time to time, and think of the bloody battlefield; Remembering the homeless people slaughtered by the soldiers; I think of the sad eyes of the boy who was stabbed to death by himself. This world is far from being as simple as you think, and human life is far from being so strong. Thinking of the girl who stabbed herself, Ma Hong thought that she might have starved to death on the street, but she didn't expect Xi Zhen to take her with him when she came back, Xi Zhen met her on the street of Xiangyang who was starving and fainting on the road, so he took her back to Xi's mansion.

So what to do with this girl now, it is Ma Hong's heart disease, whether to kill her or do nothing happened, let her live in Xi's mansion peacefully. Jia Xu is right, once a person witnesses the tragic situation in the world, no matter how old or young, a wolf will be hidden in his heart. Now that this girl who lives with a wolf in her heart lives in Xi's mansion, if Ma Hong doesn't do anything, if this girl transfers her hatred for him to the Xi family, it is not a big mistake.

To kill or not to kill? Ma Hong counted the sunspots on the chessboard, if it was an even number, then kill her, if it was a singular number, let her go, Ma Hong decided this way when he counted the chess pieces, but when he counted halfway, he suddenly changed his mind again, because Liu Qi came to visit him again.