Of the three people in the room, Yukina was still sleeping directly on the bed, while Valen and Charles meditated on the side.

Valen asked, "Do you really believe what he says?"

Charles opened his eyes and chuckled: "How do you believe, what if you don't believe it, isn't the problem solved now, then this question is meaningless, but it is really incomprehensible that a businessman can provoke this kind of person." ”

Charles had never heard of such a person who could make his body powerful as if by magic. When I go back, ask Principal Clive, who is well-informed and should know.

After a night without saying a word, after embarking on the journey the next day, it was only two hours before I arrived at Jiyu Village.

It is a quiet and peaceful village, with low houses lined up in the distance, and a few adult men and women staggering past each other in the streets, smiling and smiling, and children chasing each other, as if they were out of this world.

Valen looked at the scene in front of him with a nostalgic expression, and smiled: "Seeing them also think of their hometown, the cheers and adoring expressions of the old folks in my hometown when they saw me go back are really fresh in my memory, because I still have some pride to be well-trained by my father." ”

Charles looked around the village, remembering the alienation, fear, and disgust in the eyes of the people in the village where he lived, and smiled as well: "Yes, but their eyes have become different from before. ”

Charles has no resentment, after all, he deserves to be treated as such, just as he has committed.

"Charles, your expression is very strange, it doesn't seem to be very happy. Yukina looked at the smiling Charles suspiciously, and always felt that Charles's face was not a smile, but sadness.

Charles was taken aback, pretending not to pay attention to Yukina's words and said, "Let's hurry up and follow Mingda and send him into the house, no matter how he is, it has nothing to do with us." ”

Charles thought so, but he was welcomed by the whole village, and the faces of the adults were full of reverence, and the faces of the children were full of curiosity, and they came up one by one to inquire about the big and small things in the outside world.

Charles looked at Yukina and Valen's calmness, and he could only make a show, and Charles was a little uncomfortable with receiving such a reception.

When I came to Mingda's house, I thought it would be a very big house, but I didn't expect it to be the same as the ordinary villagers' houses, with a living room and two bedrooms, and there was no appearance of a wealthy businessman at all.

"All that money was left for my son. Mingda hugged his young son and rubbed the child's pink cheeks affectionately, and the child giggled because of the beard.

"Big brother, are you still here?" asked the little boy after lunch, his big eyes full of anticipation, and his little hands clutched Charles's shirt tightly, as if Charles would not let go if he did not answer.

Charles rubbed the boy's hair, and the boy's eyes narrowed in comfort.

"What's your name?" asked Charles.

"My name is Lauren. The little boy seemed to like his name very much, and shouted it out loud.

"Well, Lauren, the big brother will definitely come to see you when he has time in the future, do you believe the big brother's words?" Charles said.

Lauren nodded his little head vigorously and said in conviction: "I believe." ”

Saying that he happily ran to play with his friends, Charles looked at the back of the little boy and smiled and didn't know what he was thinking.

"Lord Charles, are you really going to leave so soon? Can't you stay longer? I haven't thanked you for your selfless help. Mingda looked at Charles gratefully, very reluctant.

"Where do I really want to be selfless, if I collect money, won't it be another task? I'm afraid I'll still have to be punished with twenty lashes, and my body can't bear it anymore. Charles said with a nonchalant smile.

Mingda knew that this was Charles euphemistically refusing his reward, last time it was because he set off in Birk City, but this time it was not the case, even if he accepted it, no one would know, and because of this, Mingda respected Charles even more, and lowered his upper body deeply, sincerely, without pretentiousness.

Charles said goodbye to Mingda and his family, got into a carriage at the entrance of the village and left.

That night, Mingda was playing with Lauren when there was a knock on the door.

"Who, it's so late, tell me to drink and talk about it tomorrow, okay? Mingda said impatiently.

The moment the door opened, Mingda's expression froze on his face, but his eyes flashed with horror and fear.

Mingda's wife saw Mingda standing motionless at the door in the house, and asked, "Mingda, who is it?"

Mingda's jaw was finally able to move because of his wife's call, and he said with difficulty: "No, it's okay, it's just that the old bastard at the entrance of the village came to me, and he didn't speak for a long time, so I said a few words to him and went into the house." As he spoke, he quickly closed the door.

The thin man looked at Mingda and nodded with a smile: "You did a very good job, you didn't tell anyone about it, and you didn't go to the guild to issue tasks, you really know the current affairs, and now there are not many people like you." ”

"My lord, please let my wife and children go, they don't know anything, I don't say a word about this matter!" Mingda knelt on the ground and shook like chaff, and said in despair: Sure enough, can't you escape, if at that time... I didn't pick up that trip at that time, maybe ······

It's too late, no matter how much I resist, it's pointless, I'm just a common rich businessman, and my resistance may be just a clown performance for them, funny.

"Of course, we have always been very trustworthy, and since this matter has nothing to do with your wife and children, of course I will not do such a thing that arouses the suspicion of the Ministry of Civil Law, but... Do you want to make your death a little more natural?" the thin man affirmed, with a look of guilt on his face, and at the same time made his own request.

"Can I spend the night with my wife and children? beg my lord!" Mingda lowered his head deeply, as long as he could spend this night with his wife and children, he would be willing to split his body.

The thin man tilted his head and thought for a moment, and then said, "Yes, no problem, you can come out again late at night." As he spoke, the figure of the thin man disappeared instantly.

Mingda witnessed the scene in front of him, and the last trace of luck was gone, and now the last begging is to be able to let his wife and children be safe and sound, then he will die without regrets.

"Why have you been talking about the children sleeping for so long—why are your faces dirty, and why are your eyes so red?" Mingda's wife watched her husband walk in, and the obvious change in her face made her a little worried.

"Haha, it's been too long to talk with old friends, friends I haven't seen for a long time, and I feel a little moved to see each other again. It's okay, ma'am, let's sleep with a little wine. Mingda said with a laugh.

Mingda's wife wiped a little blush on her face and nodded, but to her surprise, her husband just hugged her tightly and did nothing, and she recounted the time she met him, met, fell in love, and finally stayed together until now.

Mingda opened his eyes, looked at his wife gently, and said, "You are still so invincible, and you haven't changed for so many years." ”

Get dressed, tidy up your clothes, put the rope in your arms, and have a solemn face. Came to the living room and thought about it, so he died like this, wouldn't that damage his wife's reputation, after thinking about it, Mingda decided to write a suicide note and take it with him, gently opened the door and closed it slowly.

Standing at the door quietly looking at the door of his house, he stroked it and muttered: "I don't know how long it has been, this door is still so new, it should be the people in the village who helped take care of it, I haven't thanked them yet, it's a pity." ”

"Are you ready to die somewhere?" asked the thin man softly as he appeared to the side.

Mingda nodded, he couldn't die far away, lest the suicide note be taken away by the animal before it was discovered, and it couldn't be too close, so that the people in the village would definitely feel bad luck here, so they would die in the woods in the southeast, and they should go up the mountain every morning to pick wild fruits and vegetables.

"It really doesn't hurt my family, does it. Mingda asked again.

The thin man raised his hand and pointed his four fingers to the heavens: "Swear to the goddess of Hanqing, everything I said is true." ”

Mingda smiled and said in his heart: I can finally set foot on Huangquan Road with peace of mind.

"Bang bang bang!"

In the early morning of the next day, a violent knock on the door woke up Mingda's wife, who was still asleep, and Mingda's wife covered her headache head and dressed to open the door. ”

This news like a thunderbolt on a sunny day suddenly made Mingda's wife's head sober up for the most part, and followed the villagers to Mingda's accident site in a panic, and the scene in front of her made Mingda's wife's head dizzy, if it wasn't for the help of others, she almost fell to the ground.

Her husband is now hanging from a tree, and the people around him are trying to find a way to put him down.

"This is Mingda's suicide note, which we put on the ground when we came. The people on the side said that they were already like this when they saw Mingda, and they were full of sympathy when they saw Mingda's wife.

Mingda's wife almost collapsed when she looked at the content of the suicide note, Mingda actually said that she was messing around outside and felt sorry for her wife, so she hanged herself? Mingda's wife, who had been with her for 30 years, could no longer support the nonsense suicide note written by her husband, and fainted.