Jishi.

In the past 100 years, the people in Duxiu Village, regardless of men, women and children, have heard these two words, and they have all talked about the tiger's color, and they hurriedly retreated, not daring to say more.

Ji Shi is like an invisible but lingering nightmare, hanging in the sky above Duxiu Village, watching everyone's every move with cold eyes.

No one knows who the master is, only that if he disobeys the rules set by the master, he will be severely punished and even pay for his life.

So, everyone in Duxiu Village bowed their heads. No one left, and no one was welcome, and a huge village appeared in silence in the south of the Central Plains, each with its own evil intentions, disguising itself as if it would not offend the master of the discipline, day after day, year after year.

Pang Yu did this, Ning Longhai did this, and the arrogant old catcher and vicious old man did the same.

But no one knows how Ning Dantong feels. He left Duxiu Village in the year of his blood and strength, and disappeared for ten years, but he returned abruptly at this time, with his own father's life hanging on his hands.

He untied the harp he was carrying on his back, and a suffocating coercion swung around him, and his eyes were cold, obviously with a killing intent had been decided.

Under the eaves of the Ningfu Mourning Hall, the south wind was leisurely, and the warmth rubbed An Qing's clothes, but her legs were numb because she had kneeling for too long, and it was difficult to move, so she could only protect Zhao Wu'an, who was unconscious in her arms, and sat in place, unable to do anything.

And the person standing between her and Ning Dantong is Xu Chang.

Just when Ning Dantong's body erupted with surging killing intent, Xu Chang had already twisted his body and blocked in front of An Qing. As his sword eyebrows fell upside down, the hem of Tsing Yi suddenly swayed, and the awe-inspiring true qi spread out to all sides.

Ning Dantong sneered: "They are all from the same village, why should they stop me from doing the right thing for heaven." ”

"Why do you want to kill the head of the family!?" Xu Chang's voice contained monstrous anger.

"What? you're blocking me, just to ask this?" Ning Dantong tilted his head, and there seemed to be a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Xu Chang was silent for a moment, and An Qing took the opportunity to look at everyone's expressions. Although everyone standing behind Ning Dantong didn't speak, there was surprise and even horror on their faces, as if they couldn't guess that things would evolve like this.

What's going on here?

Xu Chang was silent for a while, the anger on his face gradually became thicker, and his voice became deep and terrifying at that moment: "The head of the family has worked hard for decades to get the grace of the Ji Master and send you out of this Duxiu Village. But you're going to come back and kill the head of the family?Ning Dantong, what are your intentions?"

"What kind of heart am I?" Ning Dantong snorted twice, flipped the guqin in his hand, and said coldly: "I want to save everyone in this Duxiu Village, and sacrifice Ning Longhai's life for this, what's wrong? ”

He spoke very quickly and his face remained unchanged, and he always just coldly held the guqin and looked at Xu Chang who was blocking in front of him. But Xu Chang was gradually stunned, and cold sweat continued to fall on his forehead.

Pang Li, who was standing behind Ning Dantong, couldn't hold back the tension in his heart, broke the lazy nature used to whitewash in the past, and asked in a daze: "Ning Dantong, what do you mean by this? Ning Longhai married me over the door, is it a layout?"

"Little lady, you seem to be smart, but you are actually too stupid. ”

Ning Dantong didn't even have the slightest intention of turning back, just lightly stroked the piano in his hand, looking indifferent.

"In Duxiu Village, in addition to Ji Shi, there are three kinds of people. The first type is the prisoners who are as muddy, hypocritical, and whitewashed as ordinary people, just trying to survive. The second type is someone who, like your parents, would rather die than give in, and want to break free from this bondage completely. The third is like Ning Longhai, who disobeys the yang and the yin, and secretly arranges it, so that he has to find out the truth about Duxiu Village. He needs a second kind of person to achieve his goal, so he marries you into the door. It's a pity you're not a smart person. ”

Pang Li was stunned. Ning Dantong's words seemed to bring her back to the wedding night.

At that time, Ning Longhai, a rich and talented person who was praised by the villagers, was gluttonous under the lamp, and his shadow was reflected on the wall, like a fat pig to be slaughtered.

It's all a ploy. Ning Longhai married her, just wanting to use her as a pawn to open the way, so he had to try to see if this pawn was loyal.

The answer is self-explanatory. On the second day of marriage, Pang Li lay lazily on the bed, and did not want to get up until three o'clock in the morning.

She suddenly began to realize where Ning Dantong had gone in the years that she had disappeared.

"So, what about you...... It's ......" even she felt that her voice trembled like ocean waves.

"I'm just a slave, but I have replaced Xu Chang's identity and pretended to be the eldest young master of Ning Mansion for so many years. Pang Li, I'm just a substitute for you. Ning Longhai must always have a pawn, if you are not qualified, I will come. This is Ning Longhai's calculation that he has made a long time ago.

"Those Ji Masters are actually hidden in Duxiu Village. But Ji Shi is also a human being, and if he is a human being, he cannot avoid birth, old age, sickness and death, and they will inevitably look for a successor. Since the first kind of people live obediently, and the second kind of disobedient people die, then the successor can only be born from the third kind of people.

"But if there is no second type of person to pave the way and force the Ji Shi to make a move, it is impossible for the third type of person to see the Ji Shi. The original intention was to use you as this outcast, but you backed down. We had to spend a little more time and let your son be the outcast. ”

Under the mourning hall, in the empty pitch-black coffin, there should have been the abandoned son of Ning Mansion.

Ning Dantong said, raised his head and looked at Xu Chang again, his eyes were full of contempt and mockery.

"Xu Chang, as Ning Longhai's biological son, you have been the housekeeper of the Ning Mansion for so many years, don't you even realize that your father is actually closer to me, a servant, whether in name or in fact. ”

Xu Chang stood in place without saying a word, clenching his fists tightly, his face turned pale, and his teeth trembled unconsciously. His qi was almost overflowing, and it seemed that he was about to fly out in the next moment, heading straight for Ning Dantong.

"But why did you kill him?" After a long time, Xu Chang squeezed out nine words from between his teeth.

"In Ning Longhai's layout, there are abandoned soldiers, there are soldiers who open the way, and there are also backbone generals. Ning Dantong said leisurely, "Over the years, you have always lived frankly, right? ”

Xu Chang's face moved.

"Ning Longhai did this on purpose. He wanted to see how much the Ji Masters knew. If they kill you and Ning Longhai doesn't move, maybe they can challenge those people's bottom line and force them to contact us. Ning Dantong said lightly, "But, no." From beginning to end, no one has appeared, no one has come to us, and no one has gone to kill you. Xu Chang, in Duxiu Village, you are the only one who is normal, this is really the biggest abnormality. ”

Looking at Xu Chang's back, An Qing also realized that Ning Dantong's words were true.

In a village that is deformed from beginning to end, Xu Chang lives frankly. Maybe he was a little bad at words, and his emotions were inexplicable, but at least there was nothing disgusting about it. Adultery with Jinlan is not uncommon in large households.

"When Ning Longhai died, you must have been frightened, but you deliberately suppressed it, and at that time I guessed that you were suspicious of me. But you don't have the courage to expose all this, you're waiting for me to be exposed, and then you will teach me a lesson, right?" Ning Dantong smiled, "You have good acting skills, and you also have the will to endure humiliation, but you can't get into the eyes of those discipline masters at all, and you are still standing in front of us in a good manner, why is this?"

Ning Dantong lowered his head, his eyebrows lowered, and said lightly: "Actually, I am Master Ji." ”

"What!?" the crowd was shocked.

Guixi hissed, "Brute!"

She was about to rush out with a brisk walk, but was grabbed by Jinlan's sleeve. Guixi turned his head and slapped his sister without looking.

Jin Lan screamed in pain, covered her face and fell to the ground, Guixi continued to rush forward regardless of it, but was stopped by Pang Li, who was standing in front, with a cold look.

Guixi, who had always gritted his teeth and had blood-red eyes, clenched his fists fiercely, after all, he was unwilling to disobey his master's wishes, so he could only look up to the sky and roar angrily to vent the anger in his chest.

Pang Yu turned his head and said with tears in his eyes: "I know that since the day you bid farewell to me, you have been in the same stream with those people! What two luthiers, one for the qin and the other for the bell, you are the luthier, right!?"

Unexpectedly, Ning Dantong just smiled: "I lied to you." ”

"Before saying goodbye to my little lady that day, no one actually came to me at all. I carried a piano on my own and walked out of Duxiu Village by myself. No one stopped him, no one questioned him. The reason why I made up such a story is also because one day when the old man next door was going up the mountain to collect medicine, I secretly broke into his cellar, and wanted to see if the inscriptions in the cellars of each household were the same. ”

He looked at Xu Chang, stroked the strings, and a sad look appeared in his eyebrows.

"After all these years, you are still alive, but your brother is dead, and he has disappeared out of thin air, and he has died an unknown death. I killed Ning Longhai just to force out those Ji Shi who would only sneak and hide, and I wanted to ask them personally why they did this. ”

He shook his head.

"However, no one showed up. ”

"These two outsiders are not Ji Shi, and I am not Ji Shi. Xu Chang, neither are you. Since Ning Longhai's death, no one has come to me, and no one has appeared, but the old man next door took advantage of the night to leave. From beginning to end, those hateful discipline masters still seem to be hidden behind the curtain, allowing us to turn the world upside down, even if we have the sin of killing our relatives on our backs, it will not easily appear for even a short time. ”

He took his eyes off Xu Chang and stayed at An Qing and Zhao Wu'an for a while, then turned around and swept over Guixi, Jinlan, Pang Li, and Lao Qizuo who were standing behind him one by one.

"So, what are we still suspecting?"

"I left Twilight Village, I came back and nothing happened. I killed people and nothing happened. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen in the village, this Duxiu Village, since a long time ago, there has been no Ji Shi. The rules that cannot be broken, the warnings that make people panic all day long, are just a dead letter. ”

Xu Chang frowned: "Then these ......"

"These evils that shroud Duxiu Village," Ning Dantong said word by word, "are all from our own hands." It was we who became our own discipliners. It was we ourselves who became our own executioners. ”