"Today I'm going to treat you to pie!"

When I arrived at the pie stall, I said in a big way, seeing Brother Rundong's stunned look, I told me about my family beating the Ice Sin Phantom Snake, of course, I didn't say anything about the demon core, and no one in the village knew about it, my family was very low-key, and I didn't want to publicize it everywhere.

When Brother Rundong heard that I had sold 14 silver coins today, he immediately shouted that he wanted to eat a big meal.

It's still the same familiar pie stand, and the two of us have ordered eight pies this time, ready to eat here.

While waiting for the pie to be served, we chatted, and I was excitedly talking about the killing of the Ice Evil Phantom Snake, and the part about getting rid of the three strongman brothers was omitted.

Hearing me say so happily, I noticed that Brother Rundong sighed rarely, and then showed a lost expression.

Brother Rundong's expression is rare, usually he is a very optimistic person, seeing this, I stopped talking, and asked Brother Rundong with concern: "What's the matter? Brother Rundong is not happy here?"

Raising his head, his face looked a little melancholy, but this expression flickered, and then he regained his previous resolute expression, and said: "It's good to see you go and kill snakes and do what you like to do, I also want to do some of the things I want to do, I have decided, I will go to study in other places after a while." ”

I was dumbfounded, stunned, Brother Rundong was alone in the town during this time, and we haven't chatted for a long time, but I didn't expect him to say such amazing news as soon as he opened his mouth to talk to me today.

"What? You're going to go out to study?"

I was really shocked to hear Brother Rundong's idea, I thought he had forgotten this idea, but I didn't expect that three years after dropping out of school, he was still thinking about it. But after asking this sentence, I felt that my tone was a little inappropriate, and I hurriedly asked again and again, "Why do you still want to go to school now, what do you want to study?"

"Why study?"

Brother Rundong looked at me with an incredible expression, but after thinking about it, he seemed to have woken up to something, and hurriedly said, "Yes, you don't know what's going on outside in the village, you know?" Two years ago, in order to compete for the rights and interests of two places in our country, the Dalang Empire and the Rus Empire actually started a war in the territory of our Shenghua Empire, after they fought, and our Shenghua Empire actually declared neutrality and did not participate in this battle in our country, this is simply a great shame, I really don't understand the monarchs and ministers of the Shenghua Empire, what are they thinking?"

After thinking about it, I nodded, and when I heard this, I also felt quite embarrassed.

It's like two people fighting in the third person's house to forcibly marry this person's daughter, but this person is not allowed to interject and speak, even I, who has always regarded myself as an outsider, can't listen to it, and it is really shameless to be a person from the Shenghua Empire. But, after thinking about it, I looked at Brother Rundong again, the matter of the war between the two countries and the matter of Brother Rundong's desire to go to school are still a little far away, right?

Brother Rundong didn't need me to ask anything, as if he had finally found someone to confide in, he continued to say indignantly: "The current imperial court is really mediocre, the country is so weak, and those big officials are still buying and selling officials, and Prince Qing of the empire also detains these dirty things about his selling officials to the reformists, so as to crack down on the reform forces, this country is really decaying, and there must be new forces to sort out the dynasty." ”

Hearing Brother Rundong constantly reprimanding the current court and those big officials, I also guessed the purpose of Brother Rundong's desire to go to school, everyone has a sense of urgency when they see their country declining, especially young people, who are even more enthusiastic and want to use their wise insights to wake up the people, or they are willing to drive the invaders out of the country with their own practical actions, and Brother Rundong knows that his current ability is insufficient, so he wants to study in other places and prepare to contribute to the country.

This is also the common heart of the young people of this generation of the Shenghua Empire, but Brother Rundong is more intense.

It seems that it is a wrong move for Runyuan to let Brother Rundong come out as an apprentice, and when he arrived in the town, Brother Rundong learned more information about the outside, and his heart to go out became stronger.

But I'm still worried about Brother Rundong's future, he's 16 years old, where can he go out to study now? What value does this kind of study have for his cultivation, is it still useful?

I was worried, so I thought about it, raised my head and asked Brother Rundong again, "When are you going to study?"

For my slightly worried question, Brother Rundong's expression was relaxed, as if he didn't have any worries about this, smiled, Brother Rundong suddenly whispered to me mysteriously: "I have already chosen the school, I heard that we have opened two comprehensive skills schools in Xiangtan City and Xiangtan County, which are thousands of times better than these schools in the town and our village, those two schools are the best schools in our Xiangtan City, in addition to arranging courses such as fighting spirit, fighting skills, soul power, and formations, there are also magic courses. ”

"There's a magic lesson?"

Hearing Brother Rundong say this, I was taken aback, I had discussed with my father about my school before, at that time I wanted to find a good class to study nearby, and now I heard that you can learn magic here, which of course makes me feel very happy, because I also want to cultivate both magic and martial arts, I licked my lips, so I hurriedly asked: "Brother Rundong, what are the names of those two schools?"

"I have already written down the names of the schools, they are Xiangtan City Fuwei Comprehensive Skills School, and Dongshengshan Comprehensive Skills School. ”

Brother Rundong reported the names of the two Ningbo chiefs like a few treasures, obviously during this time, he learned a lot of outside news in the town, especially he has been thinking about going to school, so naturally he will know more about this information. After finishing speaking, he saw that my eyes were also full of joy, and Brother Rundong asked me with a smile: "How is it?

Seeing that Brother Rundong saw his thoughts, and I did have such thoughts, I smiled and said: "My parents have always wanted me to go to school, and this time after our family beat the Ice Sin Phantom Snake, we sold the money, and my mother talked about letting me go to school again, and I couldn't twist them, so I wanted to go out to study for a few years." ”

"Okay, I can't see that Uncle Ling and Aunt Ling are so open-minded, better than my father. ”

Brother Rundong said enviously, and immediately after speaking, he asked me again, "When are you going to go to school?"

Seeing that Brother Rundong is so urgent, I don't dare to encourage Brother Rundong too much, in fact, I really don't think about Brother Rundong going to school at his age, so I just said: "I haven't thought about it yet, wait for my father's injury to get better, and then I'll think about going to school." ”

"Okay, yes, I also took this opportunity to raise some money for school, and then I will go to you, and I will take you to school with me. Brother Rundong said excitedly, it was a picture of ambition.

After thinking about it, I still tentatively asked Brother Rundong: "Brother Rundong, if you go to school, Rundong may not be able to agree, right?"

Of course, I know that Runyuanwai does not agree with Rundongge's schooling, and isn't Runyuanwai's purpose in marrying Rundongge's daughter-in-law just to tie him up?

"Hmph, they don't want to tie me to my home, I must go out, I won't stay in the mountain village for the rest of my life. Brother Rundong said loudly in an unusually resolute tone.

Seeing this, I know that I can't persuade Brother Rundong, with his stubborn temper, the more I persuade him, the more he will firm up his choice, I just want to stop mentioning this matter, I hope he can forget about it, he is sixteen years old, and he has passed the best learning age for any skill to learn! What is the use of learning? I have a lot of puzzles in my heart.

The pie came up, Brother Rundong ate all four of his sheets, I only ate three, I found that I had no appetite for pies for the first time, and saw that there was only one pie left, which made me suddenly think of Liu Mijian, I hurriedly asked Brother Rundong: "Hey, why didn't you see Liu Mijian today? He can also come to feast." ”

Hearing this, Brother Rundong put down the plate, his expression darkened, and then said in a muffled voice: "He's dead." ”

"What? He, how could he die?"

This news was too shocking and too sudden, so I hurriedly asked Brother Rundong with wide eyes.

"No one knows how he died, the other day someone found him dead by the small river in the town, and others were afraid that his body would pollute the water source, so the government took his body. Brother Rundong said helplessly.

This ending is really tragic for Liu Mijian.

But think about it, after Liu Mijian was abolished and cultivated, he couldn't deal with a person at the level of condensation, he had no ability to protect himself at all, in this martial continent, his death seemed to be inevitable, but speaking of which, Liu Mijian's death was still to blame Pang Qingjian, a chill arose in my heart, and I wanted to avenge Liu Mijian, but with my current ability, I can't deal with that demon, I can only have the opportunity to talk about it in the future, and I cursed Pang Qingjian again, and I have to use that old saying to comfort myself, a gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late。

Knowing the news of Liu Mijian's death, we couldn't adjust our mood to the excitement we had before, so we separated from Brother Rundong and I after hastily eating, and I had to walk back to the village.

Walking on the road, I felt a grievance for Liu Mijian in my heart, but now I can't do anything for him, so I can only let this matter go.

After walking for a while, I remembered that Brother Rundong was going to school, which made me entangled for a while, but Brother Rundong insisted on going to school with me, and I could only be helpless about it, but thinking about it, my * heart is purely redundant, and Brother Rundong's affairs will naturally have Rundong's * heart, so let Brother Rundong choose his own path, maybe after hitting the wall a few times, maybe he will turn back. And maybe it's a good thing for me, the first time I go out with an acquaintance, of course, it's better than going out alone, besides, Brother Rundong also helped me choose a school where I can learn magic, which is a good start for me