On the other side, Hanyan's royal city is also very lively at this moment.

As soon as the commander of the forbidden army got the news of the conflict at the entrance of the vegetable market, they blocked the entire royal city as if they had been prepared.

No one is allowed to enter or leave.

Especially the prince's palace where Nangong Minao is located, it is even more surrounded by water.

It was precisely because of this arrangement of the commander of the forbidden army that Duanmu Dongyang, who had just arrived in the library pavilion, was trapped in the royal city.

"Alas, this reaction is too fast, I can't get out."

Duanmu Dongyang complained and picked up the snacks on the table and stuffed them into his mouth.

Mo Tianlin on the side continued to look at the book in his hand motionlessly.

"Master, you say, can the little master of the Shui family survive it?" Duanmu Dongyang said interestingly, and couldn't help grinning.

Mo Tianlin put down the book in his hand, looked at the cynical Duanmu Dongyang, and said, "Don't ask me this, I have already made an exception for you, and I won't go deeper." ”

Duanmu Dongyang ran to Mo Tianlin with a smile, showing a very flattering appearance, and continued to shout: "Master, don't be so cold, I'm the only heir of the Mo family." ”

Facing Duanmu Dongyang Tian's shameless appearance, Mo Tianlin just shook his head: "I'm old, so I can only guard the ancestral teachings here." ”

Duanmu Dongyang looked very disappointed, and said: "Alas, Master, you don't want to think about it, if you are willing to go out of the mountain, and what is the matter with these juniors." ”

Mo Tianlin smiled slightly and said: "Tianxiao, what you should think about is how to practice well and mention your own skills again, you see you, you have been wandering in Shangling for so many years, when can you become a little steward?" ”

Listening to Mo Tianlin's words, Duanmu Dongyang smiled a little embarrassedly: "What, the door of the earth bell is too difficult to cross, and the master always said before he died that I should understand more, but I don't know what I want to understand, and I don't have any direction at all." ”

Mo Tianlin looked at Duanmu Dongyang, reached out and touched his head: "Tianxiao, you just learn too fast, there has never been the frustration and tribulation of ordinary thieves when they get started, this heavenly bell and ground bell are different from upper bell and lower bell, upper bell and lower bell are techniques that can be achieved naturally, and this heavenly bell and earth bell need to be understood, how to understand, you can only rely on yourself." ”

Duanmu Dongyang pursed his lips, looking unhappy, and said, "Master, why can the upper bell and the lower bell be broken through by Karakum, but the ground bell can't?" I've been on the bell since I was a teenager, and now I'm in my twenties, and I'm not lazy and discontinuous, why haven't I realized the little steward, are you partnering to lie to me? ”

Mo Tianlin looked at Duanmu Dongyang, whom he called "Tianxiao", shook his head helplessly, and said, "Do you know the origin of this thief clan and the rank of Rongxing?" ”

"I don't know."

"Thieves are a line in the outer eight lines, there are rules, there must always be a standard for judging the high and low, in order to be fair, those predecessors created the promotion standard of 'Shangling three high'. But before that, there was no difference between going up and down. ”

"Huh? So why did the upper and lower bells appear again? ”

"King of thieves, thieves, thieves, thieves. This is a different name for a thief in the past, and these different names also indicate the person's status among the thieves. But compared with the scenery on the surface, in reality, the danger faced by the thieves is great, not to mention that the Tujia family originally made a living by robbing tombs, and there are many dangers in this mechanism, let's just say that the most ordinary thieves, if they accidentally miss and are caught, they will inevitably be beaten to death. ”

Mo Tianlin said, Duanmu Dongyang nodded seriously, and said, "Well, fortunately, I'm a nobleman, and I don't need to steal things for a living, hehe." ”

Mo Tianlin didn't pay attention to Duanmu Dongyang's cool words, but continued: "With the intensification of troubled times and disputes, more and more people are forced to become thieves who were originally 'evil', and some of them are even just to have a full stomach. You must know that in troubled times, there is no good or evil. ”

Duanmu Dongyang, who was still giggling and laughing, became serious when Mo Tianlin said, "There is no good or evil in troubled times".

"When more and more thieves gather together, there are feelings and bonds between people, so there are partners, families, organizations, and with the emergence of organizations, there are systems."

"So, the heavenly bell, the ground bell, the upper bell, and the lower bell are the products of the organization and system?" Duanmu Dongyang asked.

"I can only say part of it." Mo Tianlin said, his expression became serious and lonely, "In fact, at the beginning, even if you have a family and a partner, you and I will go out to steal at the same time, and then no matter how much, we will come back together to share the spoils." But then the problem arose, that is, only the more skilled thieves could guarantee a safe return to the agreed place every time, and many of the weaker ones died on the way back. ”

Duanmu Dongyang was stunned, and it seemed that he could feel the sadness of the robbers who survived at that time.

"Many of the dead are young people, and there are even old and weak women and children, so some people propose that those weak people should not be allowed to go to too dangerous places and do too dangerous things. But how do you distinguish between the strong and the weak? So there is a criterion for judging. ”

"That's how there is a difference between a heavenly bell, a ground bell, an upper bell, and a lower bell?"

"No, there is no such obvious division at the beginning, there are only two differences, one is the thief who can go in and out at will to steal food and money for everyone, and the other is the one who cannot go out alone and mostly does the work required by the family and the organization, and exchanges labor and other means for food and money."

"Then am I now at the level of a thief who can come and go at will?" Duanmu Dongyang seems to be interested in this.

Who knows, Mo Tianlin actually shook his head: "If it is divided according to the current level, then only masters who have reached the level of the Heavenly Bell and the Earth Bell can do it." ”

"What?! Master, are you old and confused, so you remember wrong? Duanmu Dongyang looked completely unbelievable.

"That's right, troubled times are more dangerous than you think, and anyone can go out and not be able to come back. If you don't reach the level of the ground bell, you can easily be spotted by various armies or bandits in the middle of the road and killed. To give you a very simple example, at your current level, go to the current royal city and walk around, do you think you can safely return here? ”

After Mo Tianlin's words were finished, Duanmu Dongyangzhi felt that his whole scalp was about to explode.