Chapter 5: A Cruel Life
Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and it is 225 years of ephemeris. Yue Feng is already thirteen, and after three years of hard training behind closed doors, his sword skills and swordsmanship have improved by leaps and bounds. There are a total of six styles of swords, and he has completely mastered them, and what he lacks is years of hard work and the ability to respond to the enemy.
Yue Feng's height also began to grow by leaps and bounds, according to modern parlance, it is an adult of one meter six, Yue Feng estimates that it will be a little difficult to grow to one meter ** in the future, but it is more difficult than one meter seven. Yue Feng's body is also more burly and symmetrical, with both the explosive power of the sword and the fluency and harmony of the sword user. Yue Feng's eyebrows and eyes gradually opened, and he seemed to be working towards the goal of a handsome guy.
In the past three years, Yue Jian accepted another concubine, and gradually revealed a strong desire to support the elderly. The actual situation is that Yue Jian and Yue Feng conspire every day to accumulate strength. Although Yue Jian dominates most things, Yue Feng has begun to take over many things, especially the cultivation and selection of servants and servants in the entire mansion. There are also some available talents to collect, which is also handled by Yue Feng. Yuedian went directly to northern Xinjiang and sold some horse herbs privately, and the profits were also huge.
Yue Feng was busy with various affairs, and he also had to learn swords, practice swords, and teach his two younger brothers martial arts. So in the past three years, I have only seen Zhou Ruliu's fiancΓ©e twice. For the first time, Yue Feng followed Yue Jian to do things, only to see one side, coming and going in a hurry. The second time, although the two talked and laughed for a while, Zhou Ruliu no longer regained the brutal nature of childhood. The woman was not only shy and bowed her head and whispered, but every movement had a girlish charm. Yue Feng also felt that this kind of communication was quite a bit of a little couple talking about love. If it weren't for the fact that the woman in the present world was not allowed to leave the house alone before she was a minor, Yue Feng really wanted to ask her out and talk about the love of another world.
However, Yue Jian didn't think so much about Yue Feng, after all, it was Zhou Ruliu who was the daughter-in-law of his Yue family, and there was still time to talk about it, so the two hurried away again.
Suddenly, one night, Yue Feng was practicing his sword, and the demigod reminded him in his mind: "Now the remaining God Chosen One, nine people." β
The truly brutal struggle has begun!
On the second day, Yue Feng still got up early as usual to practice his sword, and he knew that he could not show any abnormalities. But before breakfast, Yue Jian, who got up earlier than Yue Feng and went out, came back with a shocking news: Last night, Zhou's house was actually raided by rogues, and more than a dozen people were killed in the house! Zhou Ruliu may have panicked, or maybe he wanted to hide in a deep well to avoid trouble, but he actually drowned in the well.
Yue Jian wiped away the tears that flowed from his eyes as he spoke, and said, "Not only that, but their family's money, food, and jewelry have all been looted. Now Liu Sheng has led his troops to pursue this gangster. Poor old Zhou was cautious all his life, but he ended up like this, Ruliu is also a hard-working child!"
Yue Feng signaled Yue Jian to retreat from the people left and right, and Yue Jian said that he needed to be quiet, leaving Yue Feng behind. The two walked into the dimly lit underground chamber and lit candles. Yue Jian said fiercely: "Feng'er, don't worry, your master Liu Sheng has led more than 100 cavalry to pursue Liukou, and he will be able to repay Liu and Lao Zhou justice." β
Yue Feng couldn't help but be sentimental, but after a long time, he calmed down and said: "The world is impermanent, maybe I have no fate with Ruliu." Dad, how can there be rogues in Qinzhou?"
Yue Jian said: "In the past few years, in order to pave the way for the crown prince to ascend the throne, Emperor Zhao has killed many important ministers of the imperial court. I think these rogues should be the people of Zhaozhou, who went into exile here after they left the tiger prison in the west. These people are dead left and right, and they can do everything. β
Yue Feng said: "In this way, Emperor Zhao should not have a few years to live. We have to pick up the pace. and as soon as Uncle Zhou died, if the position of the miner could grasp the hands of my Yue family, it would also be like a tiger. β
Yue Jian thought about it and said, "This matter is quite difficult to do. In this way, I asked Viet Nak to bribe Zhou Cheng and his concubine, this person loves money and beautiful women, and has many weaknesses, so he may be able to do this. Viet Electric is directly in charge of private businessmen, nominal miners, in fact, we do it, so it is much easier to deduct ore than to deduct armor. β
Yue Feng remembered the matter of the Chosen One again, was it so coincidental? Then he asked, "Dad, when was the Zhou Mansion robbed?"
Yue Jian said: "It is said that it was before and after the second watch, and it was discovered by the people around him. I guess it should be that the incident happened very shortly, not much different, after all, there are still people living around the Zhou Mansion. β
Yue Feng was shocked, that was the time for the demigod to prompt, and then said: "Dad, can you take me to the Zhou Mansion, I want to investigate, maybe there are some clues." β
Yue Jian thought that Yue Feng wanted to see the place where Ruliu lived, and thought it was comforting, so he said: "I'll say hello to the county Cheng, it should be fine." After all, we and the Zhou family are also half in-laws. β
When the two arrived at the Zhou Mansion, they saw that the door had been sealed, a soldier guarded in front of the door, Yue Jian took the county handwritten letter, and Yue Feng entered the Zhou Mansion.
Entering the Zhou Mansion, there was a strong bloody atmosphere in the air. Yue Feng endured the feeling of nausea and went straight to Zhou Ruliu's bedroom, while Yue Jian went straight into the hall where he had chatted with Lao Zhou, and sat there in a daze.
Yue Feng pushed open Zhou Ruliu's bedroom, only to see a mess, but not all the cabinets were pried open, and it seemed that the rogue was also in a hurry. There was no blood in the house, and there was even a faint fragrance, Yue Feng knew that this fragrance was the same as the fragrance on Zhou Ruliu's body. Maybe it's burning incense, thinking that the Rusi people have passed away, and the wind can't help but be sentimental.
After sitting on the couch for a while, Yue Feng calmed down and began to rise from the collapse. Because little girls always like to put their beloved things around, and the bed in this world is very big, and there is no place to worry.
Yue Feng was in the quilt, and he touched the pillow, but he didn't find anything. Later, I turned the bed upside down, but I still didn't find anything, but I found a few slender green silks.
Yue Feng did not give up, looking for possible abnormalities everywhere in the house, and the strength was far more careful than that of the rogue. Vanity mirrors, jewelry boxes, wardrobes, etc., all searched. Yue Feng even raised a few floor tiles and climbed the beams of the house, but found nothing.
Yue Feng sat on the futon that Zhou Ruliu had once slept in, and suddenly saw an embroidery on the ground, with faint words on it. Yue Feng didn't see it just now, it's just embroidered female red. That is every woman's boudoir nowadays, there is really nothing unusual, embroidered words are even more common, most of them are auspicious words.
Yue Feng looked at the embroidery with the four characters of auspicious wishes, this seems to be a bag shape, is it for me? Ruliu is really a virtuous and gentle good woman! Yue Feng couldn't help but think of the little girl with an apron, Wang Jingran.
However, Yue Feng vaguely felt that something was wrong, the time of Zhou Ruliu's death was too coincidental. Although there are always people who die in the world, Yue Feng's intuition tells him that Zhou Ruliu is the chosen one. In other words, Yue Feng's heart hopes that she is the chosen one, then she is not really dead, but can have a chance to draw lots.
Suddenly, an inspiration emerged, that is, the four words of auspicious Ruyi! These four words are actually modern simplified Chinese characters! Although the words of this world are the same as the modern simplified Chinese characters, these four words can be seen that they are definitely not women from this world.
He couldn't remember it at all, because it was a habit, a habitual feeling, and his brain automatically ignored it. People are always on the lookout for the unexpected, but they are blind to what they see every day.
Yue Feng broke out in a cold sweat, but he was already able to determine that Zhou Ruliu was the Chosen One. If this is the case, she is most likely to be the weak Wang Jingran, this girl is very easy to get along with, and she is most similar to Zhou Ruliu. If it was Zhong Wan, Zhou Ruliu before the age of ten would be more similar.
Yue Feng wanted to understand this, and after burning the bag, he found Yue Jian and said: I can't see anything. I hope the master can avenge her. Yue Jian didn't want to say more, and led Yue Feng back home. Before the two arrived at home, a servant came to report, saying that Lord Liu had caught up with the rogue, and all of them were annihilated, and they had now returned to the county government.
Yue Feng's father and son knew that Liu Sheng had avenged the old and young of the Zhou Mansion, and they were very relieved. Yue Jian returned to the house and rushed to the state capital with a thousand taels of silver to operate the affairs of the miners. Yue Feng stayed in the mansion, he should not come forward now, even if it was to go to the Zhou Mansion, he needed Yue Jian to help him smooth out the traces, so he said to his father: "Dad, I am afraid that someone will use it to make a fuss about going to the Zhou Mansion just now, or talk to the county Cheng and let him keep this matter secret." β
Yue Jian said: "What about the soldiers guarding the door?"
Yue Feng said: "It's good to let the master mention him, it's too bad, it's even worse, even if it's nothing, it's all a thing." Also, it would be better if Viet Dian could persuade Zhou Cheng to suppress the affairs of the Zhou family in the state capital and not pass it on to the imperial court, after all, this would be conducive to his operation and avoid Emperor Zhao from having an excuse to trouble him. β
Yue Jian said: "My son is great! Thinking is far better than my father." β
Yue Feng said: "It's still the father, just say that you won't get it." β
Yue Jian said: "Yue Dian hasn't left yet, you go and talk to him best." "Yue Feng led the way.
After Yue Dian left, Yue Feng rarely practiced his sword tonight, but just sat quietly in the secret room. He felt that he needed to think about Zhou Ruliu's question, this matter seemed to be over, but in fact he still needed to savor it.
Yue Feng thought to himself: Zhou Ruliu was lively when he was young, and he grew up quiet, plus his identity as the chosen one was basically confirmed. So, did the Chosen One operate all this? The Chosen One not only discovered Zhou Ruliu's identity early, but also killed him himself.
Yue Feng thought about it, and thought that it might be very small, or almost zero.
First of all, Zhou Ruliu basically stayed at home, and decided to marry early, that is, he had no playmates and no friends. If you have so little contact with people and are all found to be the Chosen One, then you should die before her. Second, the people who killed him were a bunch of rogues. If the Chosen One knew Zhou Ruliu's identity, he would definitely kill him directly from the boudoir, but the actual situation was that Zhou Ruliu was drowned without any other traces on his body. The Chosen One would not choose such a casual method to kill people, if Zhou Ruliushui was very good, maybe he wouldn't be able to die.
Yue Feng said to his heart: So, this should be sure to be an accident. As for Zhou Ruliu's token, maybe it will naturally drift away.
Yue Feng thought of the embroidery again, of the bag that might have been given to him, and of the weak woman, who would soon be his wife. He didn't know what it was like. If she really marries me and becomes my wife, I will surely find out that she is the chosen one, so what should I do?
He carefully recalled whether he had also written simplified Chinese, as if he really hadn't. Suddenly, a flash of light crossed Yue Feng's mind, and he realized a problem, that is, the bag may be for himself! If it is really for himself, does it mean that Zhou Ruliu has discovered that he is the Chosen One, and then he walks around with the bag written in simplified Chinese, so that not only will there be other Chosen One, but even she can borrow my knife to kill the person who comes to explore?
Yue Feng was suddenly frightened. But after thinking about it carefully, it seems that this assumption does not hold: first, if Zhou Ruliu finds out that I am the chosen one and gives me such a tip, how does she know that I will not find out? Second, even if I don't find out, there is a huge risk for her to marry me, after all, she is a weak woman, and putting herself in danger is not the style of a thoughtful person. In the end, she and she had more fun and frolicking together before the age of ten, and in recent years, she has seen less and is pitiful, how can she find herself?
The biggest possibility is that this kind girl has accepted this fate, and even thinks that I am not bad, and is willing to spend the rest of her life with me. As for that bag, maybe it was carried by herself, or it was a practice work of itching for a while, and it was possible to burn it after stabbing.
Yue Feng is more aware of the creation of people, and although he is not an indecisive person, he can't bear to kill an unarmed woman. If one day, he has a wife and children, but he is going to be killed by another chosen one, he will not tolerate it, because this is his character. He can't do anything that cares about the lives of his relatives and friends. Yue Feng secretly decided that he must establish a monstrous force, so that one day in the future, he will be like a dog that has lost his family in fear, and his whole family will be killed like a pig and dog, but he can't do anything.
Yue Feng's younger brother Yue Yu and Yue Lei have also reached the age of ten. Yue Feng secretly thought that although his two younger brothers were more alert and sure that they were not the Chosen One, but now that the situation was developing, it would be difficult for them to adapt to the battle between the Chosen One.
From now on, vigorously cultivate Yue Yu and Yue Lei, and teach them the knowledge of their later generations, as for how much they can learn, it depends on their talent.