Shen Jiuci looked at the food in front of him and was slightly distracted, did he do everything right? Are you choosing the right thing? Is it the right way to go on your own?

He has been thinking back to the words that Shen Shangluo gave him recently, don't forget the path he chose in the first place, but ......

But what was the path you chose in the first place? What do you look like? I seem to be getting more and more unable to see these things......

The rice in the bowl was covered with a tender omelette, and other dishes were neatly placed around it, which was also hearty, but Shen Jiu had already smashed the omelette and mixed it into the rice.

When the people in a room saw Shen Jiuci's appearance, they all looked at me, and I looked at yours, and they couldn't help but move their eyes.

I couldn't stand it anymore, and the person sitting next to Shen Jiuci poked Shen Jiuci with his elbow, "Hey, what are you thinking?" It's such a trance. ”

"Huh?"

Shen Jiuci, who came back to his senses, showed a reluctant smile, "It's okay, I just thought of a person......"

After that "sacrifice", Shen Jiuci returned to Shangyun Pavilion, and he has now lived in Shangyun Pavilion.

There are about six people in a room, and they get along every day, and the relationship is naturally much better. The eldest one was the head of the room, not only because he was the oldest, but also because he had been in Shangyun Pavilion for the longest time.

The people gathered in this room included children from other villages, homeless orphans in the town, unsuccessful outsiders, and dirty beggars.

But in this Shangyun Pavilion, they are all the same, and their food and clothing are exactly the same, which makes them worship our lord even more, and my lord has become a belief.

The head of the room is named Ji Changge, and he is looking at Shen Jiuci with a concerned face at this time, "In this regard, if there is anything to say, you have always been in a state of mind these days, and our brothers are not comfortable watching it." ”

Looking at the concerned eyes of several people, Shen Jiuci's heart softened, and he still said what he had been thinking about in the past few days.

"What exactly are we staying in Shangyun Pavilion for? What they teach us is just to keep hurting other people, and I don't know if it's right to hurt others and cheat others in exchange for what they get......"

Ji Changge's face changed slightly, and he narrowed his eyes and scolded in a low voice: "What kind of bastard are you talking about!" Our Lord is only helping us out of the pains of the world! If you get it, you will definitely have to pay, and that's how it should be! ”

But these words made Shen Jiuci a little excited, "So is it also a sacrifice?" What is the exchange for instigating a father to give his daughter away, being humiliated by ten thousand, spurned by thousands, and burned to death? That's a lot of human life! ”

It turns out that such a thing as sacrifice does not only happen in Cloud Village, and several neighboring villages have also selected their own "holy daughters".

Every so-called saint is the same age as Li Qinglan, and what she has experienced is just like what Li Qinglan has experienced, and even more miserable.

Each of the close relatives also wore a sack to hide their sins, and even on the day when they were locked up in the firewood room, the father of the saint would step into that darkness.

The first tore the thin clothes of the saint with his own hands, and despite the cries of the child, he pushed the saint into purgatory, buried in the dust, and kneaded into the stinking sludge.

The whole room suddenly fell silent, everyone just looked at Shen Jiuci without saying a word, and the atmosphere froze all of a sudden.

Ji Changge slowly put down the chopsticks in his hand, his face was expressionless, and he said word by word: "Wine, our brothers will treat what you said today as if they didn't hear it, and don't mention it again in the future." ”

Shen Jiuci felt unreasonable, this Ji Changge was like those who wore burlap bags, covering up all the filth and unbearable with silence, which made people feel disgusting.

Compared to the crimes in front of them, such a cold silence is the most chilling.

Shen Jiuci looked at the few people in the room with their heads bowed, and frowned, "Do you think the same way?" Is what we believe really good? Yes?! ”

But Shen Jiuci's questioning was only silence, and suddenly for such silence, Shen Jiuci felt disgusted with the people in the room for once.

He stood up and tried his best to calm his emotions, "There are five kinds of eyes in the world, the wisdom eye, the Buddha eye, the Dharma eye, the heavenly eye, and the naked eye. The eyes of the flesh are obscure, we see before and after, we see near and not far, and all we see and hear is only ......"

"Smack!"

Before Shen Jiuci's words were finished, there was a crisp slap in his ears, and the pupils of the people in the room couldn't help but dilate, and they were all startled.

Although Ji Changge is the head of the house, he treats his brothers extremely generously, and he has never seen him lose his temper so much.

Suddenly, Shen Jiuci felt a buzzing in his ears, and he was a little dizzy, but his hand stabilized the corner of the table in time, did not fall, shook his head, and soon reacted.

He stretched out his hand to wipe the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, and looked at Ji Changge in front of him expressionlessly.

And Ji Changge's raised hand was hidden behind him at this time, still trembling slightly, "I said, don't say such things again!" ”

Just as the two were glued, a soft male voice suddenly came from outside the house, "Don't say it again?" Isn't that already said? ”

I saw Tu Xie walking in slowly and methodically playing with the folding fan, smiling, "As the head of the house, you know what to do about this, right?" ”

This sentence was said to Ji Changge, looking at the smile on his face, Ji Changge only felt that his whole body was full of coldness, and he knelt down again and again.

"Forgive your sins! The words are just casual remarks, and there is no disrespect. ”

But Tu Xie walked up to Ji Changge unhurriedly, and gently picked up his chin with a folding fan, still with that gentle smile.

"Ji Changge, have you learned all the rules of Shangyun Pavilion in vain? If you don't teach him, then no one in your room is much better. ”

His voice was obviously soft, but it made everyone in the room shiver involuntarily, and they all knelt down, not daring to say anything more.

The people in each room don't just live together, they almost all tie things together. If one person makes a mistake, the others will naturally be punished.

It's just that if you want to exempt other people from criminal law, then you have to let these people take care of it themselves.

Tu Xie slowly approached Shen Jiuci, looking at Shen Jiuci's shining eyes and was very dissatisfied, "It seems that you are not very used to staying in Shangyun Pavilion...... There is something in your eyes that my lord will not like. ”

Shen Jiuci, who had always had respect for Tu Xie, didn't know when he changed his opinion, and he looked back at Tu Xie without fear.

"What kind of eyes does my lord want to see? Bleak, insensitive, and controlled? ”

Ji Changge, who was kneeling on the side, was shocked when he heard it, and he secretly pulled Shen Jiuci's robe, hoping that he would restrain himself, but Shen Jiuci seemed to have no feeling at all.

"Tell me, my lord, what is the purpose of this sacrifice? Is it just to kill a few people in recognition of Shang Yun Pavilion's status and influence? ”

Tu Xie didn't get angry when he looked at Shen Jiu, but just smiled unhurriedly, watched, and said.

"Life is precious precisely because of confusion and troubles, and once something unbeautiful appears, it will show hostility without thinking, so I don't expect anything from you."

After saying this, Tu Xie turned and left, but his steps stopped at the door.

He leaned sideways slightly, the smile on his face was a little dazzling, "Homeowner, this is the person in your house, discipline me well, don't let me down." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, five or six strong men rushed in, locked up a few people in the house, and escorted them towards the backyard.

Ji Changge looked at Shen Jiuci with complicated eyes, and stopped talking several times, but finally just let out a long sigh, his eyes were full of helplessness.

The last few were taken to an open field, where two large logs were placed on either side, leaving a gap for one person to pass through.

Across the passage blocked by two logs lay a large plank of wood, covered with sharp steel needles, gleaming in the sunlight.

Shen Jiuci was thrown between two logs, and he needed to pass through the narrow passage, and he also needed to step barefoot over the planks full of steel needles.

And Ji Changge and the others were stared at by the strong man, and each of them had a thick wooden stick stuffed into their hands, and they needed to perform discipline.

These sticks must fall on Shen Jiuci's body until Shen Jiuci is completely incapacitated, or he passes these two levels.

The strong man who has been staring at a few people is naturally not a decoration, when a few people desperately wave the wooden stick in their hands, they are shouting and scolding in their ears.

"Hit him! Beat! If you don't do it, you'll be next! ”

"Do it! Didn't eat?! You shit! It's rubbish! ”

"Why are you so weak like a big girl?! Hit him! Little mongrel! ”

"Sluts are bigger than you! Rubbish! Shoot him! Shoot him! Do it! ”

Shen Jiu didn't say a word in the sound of sticks and scolding, he still didn't understand, why did he stupidly listen to these people in the first place?

The sound of the stick falling on his body was particularly obvious, and the bursts of pain had been devouring Shen Jiuci's consciousness, pain, it really hurt, it hurt......

He staggered barefoot to the wooden plank full of steel needles, and there were still blood stains on it that had not dried up, and he didn't know who the last unlucky man was.

His body was a little unsteady, and the crackling beatings were still there, but none of them hurt the vital point.

He knew that they had reservations, and they were also forced to helpless, just helping themselves in their own way.

Shen Jiuci was about to raise his feet and step onto the plank, when a strong man cursed, and then pushed Ji Changge away and snatched the wooden stick in his hand.

"Rubbish!"

"Don't-"

The wooden stick smashed heavily on Shen Jiuci's head, and Shen Jiuci didn't even have time to feel the pain on his head, he felt that his body was out of control, and he suddenly threw himself forward.

One after another steel needles pierced Shen Jiuci's body, blood slowly flowed out from under his body, and Ji Changge collapsed to the ground with wide eyes, full of horror.

Ji Changge felt cordial since the first time he saw Shen Jiuci, he was very similar to his younger brother Ji Zhige, especially with such a pair of eyes, which were even more like the extreme.

It's just that the two brothers became beggars at an early age, and their younger brother contracted the wind and cold, and died on the street and in his arms because of hunger.

So he has been taking care of Shen Jiuci with all his heart, and spent all his regrets for his younger brother on Shen Jiuci.

"I'm fighting with you! Ahh

Then he snatched the other person's wooden stick and threw it towards the strong man, but although he was old, he was just a child, and he was nothing in front of the strong man.

I saw the strong man swinging a wooden stick and hitting Ji Changge's head viciously, watching Ji Changge fall down It seemed that he was still angry, and he bowed his body to make up for his head.

It wasn't until blood splattered and stained his eyes that the strong man cursed and raised his hand, looking at the cracked head and the white liquid splattering out with disdain.

The other children were already frightened when they saw this scene, standing aside and not daring to speak, hugging each other tightly, as if they were the last support.

Seeing this scene, he was obviously accustomed to it, he yawned and instructed lightly: "Throw it back where it came from, don't dirty the place." ”

Throw it back where it came from.

Where did Shen Jiu quit from? Naturally, he was thrown back to Cloud Village, regardless of whether he lived or died.

Where did Ji Changge come from? It's just a little beggar who looks pretty good on the street, and it's okay to throw it into the stinky ditch on the street.

Tu Xie looked at Ji Changge's hand that was still clenched into a fist, and the corners of his mouth hooked a mocking smile, "I've been in Shangyun Pavilion for so long, and I'm also a good seedling who is sensible on weekdays, but something went wrong today......