Chen Shixiong, who was on the recliner, changed his position with some difficulty so that he could lie more comfortably, and he recalled how sad, sad and angry he was after hearing the news of Li Er's death.

Thinking of this, the thin and old city lord, the dense wrinkles seemed to be accumulated together, and the wrinkles and cracks flowed with emotions called sadness.

The pain of years will often become more and more painful under the fermentation of time.

Chen Shixiong was very painful, he remembered that he was also very painful at that time, otherwise why would he order to kill so many poor people, otherwise why would she kill all the beggars in the entire county town?

Since entering the officialdom, Chen Shixiong has only done two extremely bastard things, the first is to slaughter the poor and beggars, but he was too young at that time, otherwise he would not have offended so many vested interests in Xinyue County with Li Er in a quick way, and he would not have let Li Er die young.

The people who killed Li Er must be those poor people and beggars who saw money, as for the people behind it......

Chen Shixiong didn't know, and he didn't want to know, because of cowardice, but also because of the power in his hands.

Or is he already old since Li Er's death, since he slaughtered so many poor people and beggars?

Yes, it must be old.

Otherwise, why didn't he have a single passion after that? Not to mention a single passion, not even a trace of it.

Otherwise, why did he learn to weigh interests, learn to be tactful, learn to admit defeat and bow his head, and learn to smile even if it was painful?

Chen Shixiong, who was lying on the soft recliner, sighed with a sigh full of nostalgia.

I really miss it, I miss the youth that was once compelling.

It's just that people always have to get old, and Chen Shixiong began to grow old from the moment Li Er was beheaded by the poor and beggars.

Or maybe it's more appropriate to use the word maturity to describe it.

Chen Shixiong, who has matured, began to balance various interests, and for the sake of what he has obtained, he has learned to compromise and began to compromise......

The ideals he and Li Er once had became dreams.

But his prestige is getting higher and higher, in the eyes of the landlords, gentry and officials, he is a wise city lord who is both graceful and powerful, in the eyes of the people, he is a good city lord who is diligent and loves the people, and in the eyes of poor beggars, he is a kind city lord who occasionally gives alms and eats.

Once a person is praised as a god, it is easy to think of himself as a god.

The same is true of Chen Shixiong, under the comments of wisdom and martial arts, diligence and love for the people, benevolence, justice, etc., he gradually became intoxicated.

So Chen Shixiong set out to erase the stain he had once had in Xinyue County – the massacre of the poor and beggars.

As long as it exists, it will leave traces, not to mention that a few days after Li Er's death, it can be said that there is a river of blood.

This trace is difficult to erase!

Chen Shixiong began to think about erasing the trace.

Therefore, every time he sees Li Er's home, Li Mansion, which is not too far away from him, he always feels uncomfortable in his heart. This discomfort was like a thorn that pierced into his heart fiercely, making it painful for him to see the Li Mansion.

Chen Shixiong couldn't bear it anymore, and he was used to compromise, and he had long lost some of the principles he once adhered to, so he started towards the Li Mansion, which once represented glory, friendship and youth!

For the dignified city lord, it is not difficult to clean up an outdated mansion, and the reason is easy to find, Chen Shixiong can easily find a reasonable reason to make the Li Mansion disappear.

This reason is: Li Er, the owner of the Li Mansion, once embezzled and took bribes, did all kinds of evil, and was executed on the spot by righteous civilians!

The house of such a heinous man will be taken back!

The family of such a heinous man must be dismissed!

The offspring of such a heinous man will be driven out!

Chen Shixiong still remembers that when the Li Mansion was confiscated, the boy who was only eight years old looked at him with incredibly bright eyes, looking at his uncle who used to love him.

"Uncle Chen, why?"

That's how the boy asked Chen Shixiong at that time.

Chen Shixiong didn't dare to look at the boy, just waved his hand and said one word: "Get out!"

In fact, Chen Shixiong could have killed the boy and cut the grass to the roots. But when he saw the boy's bright eyes, and when he thought of the joy he had seen in his arms when the child had just been born, he changed his attention.

That boy is named Li Pingzhi, and this name was obtained by Li Er to Chen Shixiong.

I heard that this boy was accepted as a disciple by the Barbarian Ghost Sect because of his good cultivation qualifications.

The Li Mansion was confiscated, but it did not disappear.

For some reason, Chen Shixiong chose to leave the Li Mansion vacant......

A compromised city lord is still a good city lord.

It's the truth.

Because no matter how you look at it, during Chen Shixiong's reign, he was much better than those city lords who were vegetarian and just wanted to climb up.

After all, deep down in his heart, he still insists on that beauty.

Although he used to do bastard things, he has merit, he is a real good city lord.

Such a city lord who is the envy of countless ordinary people, but there is another thing that makes countless people puzzled, there is the city lord who is afraid of the inside, and there are no three wives and four concubines.

In fact, it is easy to understand, because Chen Shixiong's wife is Li Er's own sister......

Time will always dilute everything, and the unbearable past of that time when I was young, and the bastard things I once did, are still faded after all.

At least, in the current Xinyue County, almost no one knows that the city lord has slaughtered the poor and exterminated the beggars.

Is it really light?

At this time, Chen Shixiong, who was lying on the soft recliner, found that the boy's bright eyes were so clear at this time.

Those traces that have always wanted to be erased have always remained so deeply in my heart.

It's as if it were yesterday.

Chen Shixiong closed his eyes, his thin face, under the bright light, flickered with a kind of light called the washing of time, called the vicissitudes of life.

"Uncle Chen, what are you thinking?"

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.

The City Lord's Mansion naturally has countless elite soldiers patrolling, especially the City Lord's study, which is heavily guarded, so how did this person enter the study?

Chen Shixiong opened his old eyes a little tiredly, and slowly sat up from the recliner, he did not shout "coming" in a panic, let alone "help" miserably, but looked at the young man standing in front of him seriously, as if he saw the boy who once looked at him with bright eyes.

"Are you...... Pingzhi?" Chen Shixiong asked in a dry voice after looking at the young man from beginning to end.

Li Pingzhi smiled slightly, nodded, and said with a smile: "Uncle Chen's eyesight is still so good, I haven't seen him for decades, and Uncle Chen can still recognize me at a glance." ”

Chen Shixiong's eyes were still looking Li Pingzhi up and down, as if he was looking for the shadow of the former person, and after a while, he said with a bit of reminiscence in his voice: "You really don't look like your father." ”

"Father, I thought you had forgotten my father," Li Pingzhi's voice suddenly turned cold, and he didn't see how he moved, and Chen Shixiong's neck was lifted up by an invisible big hand.

"Friends and slow", at this moment, a clear voice sounded.

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