Chapter 35: The Human Heart Is Sinister
Li Qiu turned his head to look at the night sky outside and said, "Those people must be looking for us everywhere, it's not safe here, let's leave quickly."
"Nope. I'm not leaving, I'm going to wait for my friends to come back," Yi Dan said.
"Dan'er, it's dangerous here. If you don't leave, what are you doing here?" asked Rihyun.
"After this incident, I know that with my own strength, it will definitely be difficult to take revenge. But I know that now Chenzhou's mother B is revolting and rebelling. It just so happened that I met his younger brother and mother Tongfei again, and I wanted to join their Mori religion and rise up together to rebel against the Great Liang. Oh yes, Brother Tongfei lives here, have you seen him? He should be out now, I'm going here to wait for him to come back," Yi Dan said.
Lee Hyun looked embarrassed and didn't know how to answer. Li Qiuzhi asked, "You are a big brother with Fei, do you know who they are?"
"I know, Brother Tongfei is righteous and wealthy, chivalrous and bold, and he persuaded me to join the Morni Sect this afternoon. It's just that I felt that I was going to go, and I was afraid that there would be more bad luck, so I didn't agree. But now I can join them, after all, one more person has more strength," Yi Dan said.
"They claim to uphold justice and create light, but in fact they are just a cult, you understand?"
"Master, I know. I understand what you said to me and my junior brother before, you told us not to join any sect, not to be taken advantage of, and I know that you are all for our good. But anyway, Brother Tongfei is really doing what they want to do. So from that point of view, we have a common goal. It's not a way to join them, there are many people, there is a lot of power, and after the big deal is done, I will quit."
"To put it mildly, do you know what they are?" asked Rihyun.
"I understand, but I will clean myself and will not do anything bad, please rest assured, Master," Yi Dan replied.
Li Xian held his breath, knowing that persuasion was useless, and only by letting Yi Dan face the cruel reality might be able to make her turn back, so he turned his head to Zheng Guangtian and said, "Zheng Daxia, please let the brothers bring those two people out."
"Yes, Richie Hero"
When Zheng Guangtian received Li Xian's words, he shouted to the other room, "Bring everyone over."
Yi Dan was puzzled and looked at them.
At this time, I saw a few disciples of the Knife Sharpening Gang, escorting his mother Tongfei and his accomplice, who had been tied up with five flowers, coming out of the room.
Yi Dan was shocked and said, "Master, this... Master, why did you tie up Brother Tongfei? Is there any misunderstanding? Hurry up and release him, he is my friend" As he spoke, Yi Dan hurriedly stepped forward to untie the rope on his mother Tongfei, but was stopped by Li Qiu.
"Let him go, what did he do, you let him say it himself" Li Qiu's face turned pale.
Yi Dan stepped forward and asked, "Brother Tongfei, what's wrong with you, what's going on?" Is there any misunderstanding?"
Mu Tongfei lowered her head, didn't dare to look at Yi Dan's eyes, and didn't answer.
Li Qiu took the wine jug and put it in front of the accomplice: "Say, what is this?"
"Ecstasy," the accomplice said, bowing his head.
"For whom?" said Lee.
"It's for this Yi girl," replied the accomplice.
"Repeat what he told you before," Li Qiu ordered sternly.
"The Protector of Light said that if Miss Yi could come back alive, let her drink the ecstasy. If the assassination is successful, the cave room will be forcibly forcible and Miss Rai will be enrolled, and the credit will be counted as the Protector of the Light," the man muttered.
"And what if she fails?" asked Li Qiu.
"If the assassination fails, thenโ" The man hesitated and did not dare to speak.
"Say, whatever he says, you can just say it," Li Qiu scolded.
"If you fail, kill Miss Yi so as not to affect us," the accomplice bowed his head and said.
Yi Dan was dumbfounded when he heard this. Walking up to his mother Tongfei, he asked in disbelief: "Brother Tongfei, is what he said true?"
Mu Tongfei looked down at the ground and did not speak.
"Why is that? I trust you so much, why do you calculate me like this?" Yi Dan asked.
Mu Tongfei finally opened her mouth and said lightly: "It's not strange, people don't kill for themselves."
"You, you want to win the world, I want to kill the emperor, we are originally all the way, we can take what we need. You were so righteous and straightforward, why did you suddenly become like this, why did you do this to me?" Yi Dan asked.
At this time, Li Qiu said to the disciples of the Knife Sharpening Gang: "Drag those two sacks out."
I saw two disciples of the Knife Sharpening Gang dragging out the heavy two sacks of gold, silver and jewelry. Li Qiu opened the sack, and the golden gold, silver and jewelry were placed in front of Yi Dan, and Yi Dan looked at Li Qiu puzzled.
"Do you see that these gold and silver treasures were all stolen from the house of a great good man. He is generous to you with the money he has stolen. Yes, your master and I have never done such a thing. But we robbed the money of corrupt officials, but he robbed a kind businessman who made money with his ability, and finally killed people."
"This kind of person, for the sake of money and status, can do anything, and you still believe in him so much, you should know what it means to know people and faces, right?" Li Xian reprimanded.
Hearing this, Yi Dan still asked his mother Tongfei in disbelief: "Brother Tongfei, tell me, what my master and uncle said is true?"
"Dan'er, you can't believe my words, don't you believe your master's words either?" Li Qiu said.
"Of course I believe it, but I still want to hear him and admit it myself," Yi Dan said.
Mu Tongfei said disdainfully: "What if it's true or fake? As long as my purpose is the same, isn't it? Those who do big things are not informal, and this money is to lay the foundation for our goals." This world has always only asked about success or failure, not about honor and disgrace. If you succeed, who cares if you were a robber or a beggar before?"
"No, it's not. You shouldn't count friends for your own ends. I really consider you a friend, and I want to join you when I come back. I didn't expect you to calculate me so much behind my back, but I still believe you so hard and tell you all my secrets," Yi Dan cried.
"Girl, this is the rivers and lakes, you have only heard the phrase 'the rivers and lakes are sinister' since you were a child, you should understand this truth today, right? The rivers and lakes are sinister, and the human heart is also sinister," Li Xian said.
"Yes, Master, I finally understood today. It's a pity that it was bought at the cost of losing a friend," Yi Dan said.
"You just met today, and you're not friends yet. It's already your luck to see him so quickly, there are many people in the world who have been dating all their lives, and they don't even know what kind of person the other party is. By the time it turns to the moment, it's too late," Rihyun said.
"Thank you, Master, Master, can you leave this person to me?" Yi Dan asked.
"Okay, what are you going to do with him?" asked Rihyun.
"He also helped me, although he wanted to harm me, but after all, it didn't work, just let him go, anyway, I don't want to see him again," Yi Dan said.
"How can this work? This person is so vicious, if you don't give him some color, it's really not my Li Qiu's character," Li Qiu said.
"Uncle Shi, forget it, let's let him go, I don't know this person," Yi Dan said.
Youming hurriedly said to his mother Tongfei: "Did you hear it, my senior sister told you to get out." Why don't you leave quickly?" With that, Youming stepped forward and untied the rope for his mother and Fei.
After Mu Tongfei got out, he squatted on the ground and reached out tremblingly to drag two sacks full of gold and silver.
Seeing this, Li Qiu pulled out his sword, put it on his mother Tongfei's neck and scolded loudly: "You still dare to ask for money?
Mu Tongfei looked up at Li Qiu and said, "The crow said that the pig is black, I don't feel it, what is the difference between you and the bandits and robbers? My eldest brother has an accident and needs money, if it is taken away by you, how can we fight? How can we overthrow the Dog Emperor?"
Yi Dan was eager for revenge, and saw that what his mother Tongfei said was the same as what he thought in his heart. So he said to Li Qiu: "Uncle Shi, give him all the money." He's right, at least one more goal, we are all the same, I also hope that the dog emperor is overthrown, and the world will be at peace as soon as possible"
"Thank you, Miss Yi, thank you, Miss Yi," the mother thanked Fei again and again.
"You can take this money, but I have one condition, that is, if you arrest Zhu Youzhen in the future, I hope to leave it to me to deal with," Yi Dan said.
"Just by them, the rabble will be exterminated in less than three months," Li Qiu said disdainfully.
Mu Tongfei picked up the sack of gold and silver and said, "No problem, thank you girl" After that, she turned to her accomplice and said, "Quick, put on the bag and let's go"
After seeing his mother and Fei leave, Li Xian came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "Hey, you are so kind. It's not safe here, so let's evacuate quickly."
"Oh yes, Dan'er, did you tell that person where you live?" asked Li Qiu vigilantly.
"That's not true, Uncle Shi, are you afraid?"
"Your uncle's worries are justified. This kind of person can do everything for the sake of profit, so it's better to keep an eye on it. Since you didn't say it, let's go back quickly, don't let your sister wait too much," Lixian said
"Master, uncle, it's so late, and you've been on the road for a day, why don't you rest for a day and leave tomorrow?" Yi Dan suggested.
"No, if you want to rest, let's go to Zhengzhou to rest. Now that the guards in the palace are searching for you all over the city, this Kaifeng City will definitely not be able to stay any longer," Li Qiu said.
"But Brother Ouyang's injury..."Yi Dan worried.
"I'm fine, my injuries are already better, let's hurry up, get out of Kaifeng City, and find a place to rest," Ouyang Yucheng said.
"Alright, let's go back," Yi Dan said.
Li Xian turned to Zheng Guangtian and bowed again and said: "Thank you Zheng Zhangbu this time, if it weren't for your help, I'm afraid the consequences would be unimaginable, Li Xian bowed to you here and thanked you!"
"Yi Dan also thanks Zheng Daxia for his help" Yi Dan followed Lixian and bowed to Zheng Guangtian to thank him.
"Yes, Lixian Daxia, Miss Yi, you don't have to be polite, you are all friends of the gang leader, that is, friends of our Knife Sharpening Gang, if you come to Bianzhou again in the future, if you have any needs, please come to Zheng" Zheng Guangtian said.
"I hope I will forgive me for the inconvenience today! If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely come to the door to thank you, then I will bother Zheng Zhang, so we will say goodbye first," Li Xian said.
"You're welcome, please help me take care of the helper, there will be a period later," Zheng Guangtian advised.
After bidding farewell to Zheng Guangtian, the five of them left Kaifeng City. At this time, Li Qiu said: "According to my experience, we can make a detour to the south, so that we can confuse the pursuers and prevent others from knowing where we live."
"Well, that's a good suggestion, so let's take a detour to the south," Yi Dan said.
Everyone walked a little way south, and Yi Dan was worried about Ouyang Yucheng's injury, so he came to a small town. Found an inn and stayed overnight.
The next morning, it was just dawn. Li Xian went to Yi Dan's room and knocked on the door, but no one answered. He was worried that something would happen to Yi Dan again, so he immediately pushed her room open. Seeing that the quilt on the bed was neatly folded, the burden and the sword were there, but there was no trace of the person, Li Xian hurriedly came out to look around. In the corridor, I met the shopkeeper who was coming out of another room with a night pot, so he asked the shopkeeper: "Little brother, have you seen the girl who lives in this room?"
"You're talking about that pretty girl?" replied the shopkeeper.
"yes, yes, did you see her?" asked Rihyun.
"Oh, I just saw her on the east platform looking at the scenery, it's so early in the morning," Xiao Er said.
"Oh, thank you," said Rihyun, who wanted to turn away.
The shopkeeper picked up the night pot and asked, "Does the guest officer want to serve you a pot of morning tea?"
Li Xian looked at the night pot in the little second-hand and replied very embarrassedly, "Oh... No need."
Xiao Er turned his head and also looked at the night pot, then he came back to his senses, and hurriedly apologized: "Oh, I'm sorry for the guest officer! I'm sorry for the guest officer! I haven't gone to pour the night pot yet" After that, he picked up the night pot and turned to leave.
Li Xian turned around and ran to the east platform, and saw Yi Dan standing on the platform alone, looking towards the east in the distance, his heart finally fell, so he also looked over. I saw a colorful glow illuminating the eastern sky, which was extremely gorgeous.
"Dan'er, so you're here, why can't you sleep?" said Lixian.
Yi Dan heard Master's voice, and quickly turned his head and said, "It's your Master, you also got up so early."
"Yes, I know you're sad and sad, so you haven't slept well all night, for fear something will happen to you again," Lixian replied.
Yi Dan didn't say, just looked at Caixia in the distance.
"What's wrong? What are you looking at?" asked Rihyun.
"Master, look, is the Caixia in the east good-looking?" Yi Dan asked.
"Well, it's really beautiful, it's sunrise, it's already dawn," Lixian said.
Yi Dan looked at the piece of Caixia and said with emotion: "This sunrise is so beautiful, but it's a pity that it still shines on those corrupt officials and bandits." My enemies are also doing well in the light of that brilliant rainbow. Master, you have told me since I was a child to be a good person. Because you say that good people will be rewarded. But in the world I see, there are no good people in return. Look at those officials and bandits, they use knives, guns and power to oppress others and make themselves better off than others. On the contrary, it is the honest people who are poor and do not know how to fight, who have been enslaved for generations. finally got admitted to a petty official in the cold window for ten years, but since then he has joined the ranks of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and has become a person who oppresses the poor people. Maybe there is no Heavenly Dao in this world at all, it's just the law of the jungle."
"You can't look at things like this, it's true that there are a lot of bad people in this world and they're doing well, but that doesn't stop us from being a good person, and if we don't do a good job, then I'm afraid there will never be a bright day in this world," Li Xian advised.
"Then what can we do to make this brilliant glow belong to every ordinary person?" Yi Dan asked, looking at the sky.
"Just be yourself, everyone just be themselves. Dan'er, don't think too much, after a while of dawn, let's quickly pack up our things and go back to Lingxi Valley," Lixian said.
"I'm not leaving, I'm going to stay here and wait for the next opportunity to enter the palace and assassinate the Dog Emperor," Yi Dan said.
"After such a big storm, don't you still understand? With the strength of our people, it is impossible to achieve it at all. Besides, after you make such a fuss, the defense of the palace must be tighter, and you will not succeed."
Yi Dan looked at Caixia in the east and did not speak.
At this time, I saw a man with a big burden in the distance, riding a fast horse, hurriedly came to the pavilion next door in the distance. Yi Dan looked over curiously, thinking that something militaristic had happened. I saw that the man rode quickly to the door of the pavilion, he quickly dismounted, took off a large bag of things on his body, handed it to another man who was waiting on the side of the horse, and said breathlessly: "Quick, this is the Lingnan fresh lychee and sweet banana that was ridden eight hundred miles fast yesterday, it is a tribute designated by the emperor, it must be fresh, send it quickly, if it deteriorates late, it is a sin that we can't afford to lose our heads" At this time, I saw that the horse behind him was weak, fell to the ground and kicked his legs a few times, and no longer moved. Without saying a word, the other man took the burden, straddled it around his waist, mounted another horse, and hurried north. And the man just now, seeing that the task was completed, also lay on the ground unconscious. A junior official of the pavilion hurriedly went up to help him up and choked him. But after a long time, the man did not wake up. The junior officer shook his head and said to the man on the side, "It's dead, hey." Let's send him back to his hometown for burial."
Yi Dan, who was standing on the platform of the inn, saw all this, and said angrily: "Master, look, in order for the emperor to eat fresh lychees and sweet bananas, he exhausted the living people and horses to death, this world of enslaving people is really too much."
"There are a lot of injustices in this world, we all know it, but what can we do?" said Lixian.
"Fight, learn to say no. Seeing this, now I am more determined in the path in front of me, my only purpose in this life is revenge, to overthrow the brutal Zhu Liang world, and I will not achieve my goal until death" Yi Dan looked at the person who was lying on the ground not far away and no longer woke up.
"I am very touched that you have this filial piety, but you also have to do what you can. Your ability is not enough at all, you can't go to the mantis arm as a car, and the grasshopper shakes the tree and sacrifices in vain."
"But I have faith and determination..."
Before Yi Dan finished speaking, Li Qiu's voice came from behind him: "That's right, Dan'er, the chivalrous Yu Rang in the pre-Qin period, did not hesitate to swallow charcoal and have a dumb voice in order to take revenge." There is also Sun Bin who rescued Zhao from Wei, in order to escape from Pang Juan's clutches, he did not hesitate to pretend to be crazy and stupid. In order to display his ambitions, Han Xin did not hesitate to endure the humiliation of his crotch. Goujian, the king of Yue, raised horses for Wu Wangfu and made a horse stool. There are also how many capable people with lofty ideals throughout the ages, and how much blood, sweat and hard work they have paid to achieve their wishes to succeed. If you want to achieve your heart's desire, you must also study hard and work hard to make a difference. Just such a momentum, stupidly rushed forward, although the head was broken and bleeding, but nothing was found"
Seeing that Li Qiu also came to persuade him, Li Xian said: "Senior brother, you are also up."
"Yes, I didn't see you in the room, so I came here to take a look, why is Dan'er still thinking about yesterday?" Li Qiu said.
"Uncle Shi, thank you so much this time!" Yi Dan said.
"Dan'er, you are still young, there will be opportunities in the future, as long as you work hard to practice martial arts, you can achieve a status in the martial arts in the future. At that time, if your desire for revenge is still firm, you may be able to use your strength to call on the heroes and raise the righteous army to avenge your blood relatives, but it is not known. But now that you are acting recklessly, I am afraid that it will only make the relatives bitter and the enemies happy," Li Qiu persuaded.
"Thank you Uncle for your persuasion, maybe you are right, but I am too self-conscious. After this failure, I saw that I still have a lot of shortcomings, and in the future, I must practice hard and become a first-class martial arts master, so that I can have the ability to say revenge," Yi Dan looked at the sky and said helplessly.
"If you can think like this, I'll be relieved, I can't be in a hurry, let's go back to Lingxi Valley first, and then let's talk," Li Qiu said.
"Well, yes, your sister must have been in a hurry, let's go back quickly. Li Xian said.