Xuanwu Lake at night is quiet and far-reaching. Like a delicate gemstone, it is gently pressed after being carved by heaven, leaving only a smooth and smooth side to reflect the bright moon in the sky.

At this time, it is the late spring time, and the summer solstice has not yet arrived, and the sound of insects is heard one after another. The gods had such extraordinary power, washing away the troubles of people's hearts with the chaotic chirping of insects, the moist air, and the sparkling waves of the water.

It's just that troubles may be forgotten for a while, but souls that cannot be redeemed will inevitably throb.

The sound of footsteps was quiet in the dark night, but it was just right to suppress the sound of insects. At a certain moment, the words of man sounded in the wind, breaking the peace of the lake.

"Killing someone doesn't mean you have to stab the other person in the heart. The most important thing is to be involved and promoted in this process. As long as the person dies and the goal is achieved, isn't your revenge also avenged?"

"He can't be killed. ”

"What did you say?" Lan Chun's voice was inaudible, and Ma Sanbao had to ask again.

"That eunuch can't be killed! He's immortal!" Lan Chun repeated again, not a hoarse shout, just a bland narration, with inexplicable fear in his voice: "The sword slashed at his body, but he couldn't even cut his clothes, and the poison didn't change his face when it entered his throat." He can't be killed. ”

"It's not uncommon for the Gongshen Transformation Realm to do this. For example, I've never tried poison or anything, but I don't really care about ordinary swords. Ma Sanbao smiled, took out a dagger from his arms, held it in his hand, and broke it.

Leaving the fragments still on the ground, Ma Sanbao turned his head to look at Lan Chun and said, "There is no one in the world who can't be killed, only the right method." You shouldn't have listened to what our family said in your heart, so our family is saying it once. Xu Ruyi is also the person our family wants to kill, are you willing to help our family?"

"Our family?" Lan Chun's face was strange, and he asked rhetorically, "You are also a eunuch?"

Ma Sanbao nodded: "Our family is indeed a eunuch, but it is not a eunuch in the palace." It's time for you to answer our question, we asked twice, and we don't want to ask a third time. ”

"You... How sure are you?"

"Ten percent. ”

"What am I going to do?"

"Kill someone. ”

"How much will it cost me?"

"Life. ”

The rest was pressed, and the conversation between the two ended because of Ma Sanbao's cold answer. Lan Chun took a few steps forward and sat down by the lake, bent his legs, his hands on his knees, and bowed his head speechlessly.

exchanging his own life for the life of his father's enemy. It's a fair deal in a way.

If it was the first time he heard that his father and mother had died and the Liangguo Mansion was burned, he would definitely agree without hesitation, not to mention a life, even if it was an ethereal soul, he would not hesitate to do it.

And if you change the time to a few months ago, he was just sent to Xu Ruyi's side by Tang Sai'er, he still did not hesitate, because at that time, he followed the most basic rules of life: killing to pay for his life, and repaying debts.

But when time passed to this moment, his answer was a difference between heaven and earth.

It is true that his father has no hatred, but in the past few months in Dongchang, he has seen and heard a lot.

Dongchang is not doing a good thing, and the familiar and unfamiliar Dongchang factory is also a wicked person, but their evil thoughts and evil deeds come from the emperor on the dragon chair in the final analysis.

Because of the emperor's indulgence, Dongchang got the supreme right to take life and death.

Because of the emperor's ignorance, countless high-ranking officials and nobles were dragged to the entrance of the vegetable market like dogs, and beheaded in front of everyone.

That night and the bloody rain of the following month, he suddenly understood a truth, his father did not die of any frame or connection, he actually died of the cruelty of the imperial power and the ruthlessness of the emperor.

His real enemy who killed his father was never the eunuch of Dongchang, but the wise and martial Emperor Hongwu who had died.

Without the emperor's permission, Xu Ruyi, a eunuch, was not qualified to dare to do anything to his father, who was the Duke of Liangguo at that time.

More likely, Xu Ruyi was also persecuted.

Lan Chun understood this truth not too late, but during those days in Dongchang, he still did it again and again to leave Jing Ke, just because of the unwillingness and confusion in his heart, especially subconsciously, he believed in Xu Ruyi, believed in the scholar friend who was by his side and told him stories at the beginning, and his courage only came from his trust in Xu Ruyi.

Yes, trust, he just knows that the other party will not kill him, there is no why, and there is no need for a why, and the facts have proven it.

Is it worth risking one's life for revenge? This is Lan Chun's question at the moment, and it is also the first time he has begun to face this problem.

"I, I haven't married yet, I am the last trace of blood of the Lan family, if I die, the Lan family will be extinct. ”

"My father probably wouldn't want me to die. ”

"He is the factory of Dongchang, he is a master of the realm, and he is unparalleled, no one can kill him, and neither can you. ”

"I... Don't want to die. ”

"It's only true if you don't want to die. Ma Sanbao's voice came from behind, contemptuous, disdainful, and disdainful: "Liang Guogong I hero, how can there be such a pig and dog-like son as you." ”

"Say whatever you want. Lan Chun glanced back at him, then turned his head and continued to look at the Xuanwu Lake in front of him without refuting.

"Our family will come back to you, see you next time, you will definitely willingly give your life to our family. After the sound of Yin Xuan, Lan Chun was looking back, and the strange and ugly eunuch had disappeared.

"Dad, mother, I'm sorry. Chun'er is afraid of death, really afraid... The corners of his eyes were a little moist, and he blinked vigorously, and the crystal hung on his eyelashes, and soon, it dissipated in the cold wind.

Because of the curfew, the streets were sparsely populated, and only a few lieutenants and watchmen came and went in the dark. By the time Lan Chun returned to bed and lay down in the dark, it was already the third watch, and there were still two hours before he was about to open the door to welcome customers and start another day of his career as a cook.

It's a hard day, but it's a joy out of it. Walking with a negative mountain is too tiring for him, too tiring.

Lying on the bed and tossing and turning for more than half an hour, I finally fell asleep, but I woke up in an instant.

A brief nightmare, in which his father and mother stood on the other side of a river, dressed in white and bloody, with pale faces, staring blankly at him, their mouths opening and closing as if to reproach and seem to be comforting.

He jumped desperately into the not wide river, and swam desperately to the opposite bank, until his hands caught him by the feet and pulled him into the darkness.