"Look at the cats and dogs kept in the homes of those wealthy families. They are eating more and more meat every day. Then look at people like us, who work so hard every day to earn just a few bucks. Even the mother-in-law can't even ask for it, and we will die in the future. No one cares anymore.”
"It's a frustrating life."
"The time is almost up, I'll leave first."
"Go! Go! Go……"
Seeing people running past in the distance despite the rain, one of them stood up, took off his raincoat from the scaffolding, put it on, and hurriedly left the well.
Shen Yi, who was not far away, walked away thoughtfully after listening to the two chatting.
After one night, the heavy rain finally stopped, and the air on the washed earth was fresh.
Shen Yi came to Zhewei Qiu at dawn and stood in front of Qiu Yu's grave for a long time. Over the course of one night, he suddenly figured it out.
In this bizarre world, Qiu Yu, she is just an ordinary person.
She is the lowest class of people in this society.
Life is as small as an inconspicuous particle of smoke, floating and floating, and you don’t know when it will fall to the ground.
They are just ants struggling in a narrow gap. If you don't pay attention, you will be trampled to pieces!
Countless people die every day, and I am slowly accepting the world.
Qiu Yu's death seemed not so unexpected.
I once took out a book from the bookshelf that had not been touched for a long time. When I took it out, the dust on the pages fell on the corner of the bookshelf.
I saw one of them and knew it landed in that place, but I didn't pay much attention to it.
A few days later, I passed by the bookshelf again, and I remembered the speck of dust again, but when I looked past it, it was no longer in its original place, and I don't know where it was blown by the wind coming from the window sill.
Qiu Yu cannot control her own destiny, and all Shen Yi can do is to avenge her.
Or maybe it’s more to comfort myself.
She didn't know how long she stood there before Shen Yi suddenly sighed.
"Qiu Yu, find a good family in your next life and don't live such a miserable life anymore."
A gust of wind blew, and Shen Yi turned around to look, but saw nothing. The wind just happened to blow.
After standing for a moment, he looked back at the simple wooden sign with the words "Lu Zhen's Tomb" written on it, turned around and walked away.
He did not open his wings and fly away, but came to a ridge and stared at the distant sky in a daze, his eyes a little confused.
Not long after, a carriage drove over from a distance. This was a carriage specially designed to pull goods. The carriage was pulled by a thin old horse.
There weren't many things on the carriage, just some luggage. There was a child lying on the carriage, knitting something with straw in a boring way. Suddenly, when he saw Shen Yi standing on the ridge, the child's eyes lit up.
"Dad, that's the talking monster from yesterday!"
The man driving the car was startled when he heard his child's words. He looked up and saw a "little beast" about the size of a dog with wings. He breathed a sigh of relief, but he quickly realized that he would Talking monsters are not easy!
So he quickly turned around and hit the child with his hand, and shouted: "Stop talking nonsense!"
The two voices sounded one after another, and Shen Yi realized that the driver was missing a leg, and he was clearly Qiu Yu's second brother Lu Wei.
He looked at Shen Yi without saying anything, with some uneasiness in his eyes.
Just as they were about to drive away, Shen Yi suddenly called out to him.
"Lu Wei."
"..." His body trembled, Lu Wei quickly pulled the reins and stopped the carriage. He turned around and saw that Shen Yi was already walking this way.
Of course he recognized Shen Yi as the little beast who followed Princess Lingshu yesterday. He didn't dare to neglect, picked up his crutch and climbed out of the carriage tremblingly.
"This...I..."
For a moment, he didn't know how to call Shen Yi. After stammering for a long time, he could only call him "adult", which was also the most appropriate.
Some dynasties allowed humans and monsters to coexist, and powerful monsters were also called adults.
"Sir, what do you want?"
Shen Yi looked at him, the look in his eyes was a bit complicated. After all, Qiu Yu's death must be included in Lu Wei's death. If he hadn't caused those bad things, Qiu Yu would still be alive and well.
But what can be done?
You can't kill Lu Wei in revenge for Qiu Yu, right?
"Are you here to see your family?"
"Yes, it is!"
"Then why don't you go quickly?"
"Yes Yes Yes!"
Lu Wei nodded quickly and ran to the back of the carriage to get the incense.
Seeing his father's submissive look, Lu Qi, who was knitting a straw ring, remained silent. The young man seemed to understand something, bit his lip and turned around, feeling a little sad.
Lu Wei, on the other hand, took out the things he had already prepared, lit incense and burned paper money in front of the graves. Starting from an old grave with lush grass and coverings, to the last one, there were five graves in total.
Lu Wei was suppressing something from the beginning to the end, and by the last two seats he couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Father! Mother! My son is unfilial!"
After saying this, he was lying on the ground in pain, and Shen Yi looked at him quietly. After waiting for a long time, it seemed that Shen Yi was still there. He wiped away his tears, straightened up, and stood up with a cane.
After arriving in front of Shen Yi, he forced a smile and said, "I made you laugh."
Shen Yi shook his head, "It's okay." Just as Lu Wei was about to say something, Lu Qi from the carriage said, "Dad, I'm hungry."
Lu Wei glanced at the words, nodded to Shen Yi, then walked to the back of the carriage, climbed up with difficulty and opened a baggage. The next second, Shen Yi smelled an extremely pungent smell.
"vinegar?"
He looked and saw Lu Wei taking out a piece of black cloth, and Shen Yi recognized it. It was vinegar cloth.
People would carry dry food with them when they went out, and vinegar cloth was a convenient and portable dipping agent.
Pour half a bowl of water, use scissors to cut a small piece on the vinegar cloth and throw it into the bowl. Soon the water turns into vinegar.
He took out two fist-sized rough cakes from the bag and gave one to Lu Qi. Lu Wei looked at Shen Yi: "Sir, do you want it?"
Shen Yi thought for a while, raised his paw and wiped it on the other arm, then stretched it out.
After taking it, he squeezed it with his paws. The cake was as hard as the stones on the roadside.
After taking a bite, there was no taste at all, the texture was very grainy, and it was a bit throat-irritating.
Lu Wei suddenly handed over the bowl of vinegar and reminded: "Sir, you have to eat this to get the taste."
Shen Yi glanced at it, but didn't want it. He threw the remaining pancake directly into his mouth, swallowing it directly without chewing it at all. The red energy provided was infinitely close to zero.
This stuff tastes really bad!
If you swallow it early, you won't be able to taste anything.
Of course, this was for Shen Yi, but the Lu family and his son ate it with gusto.
After almost eating, Lu Wei climbed to the front of the carriage, pulled up the reins and said to Shen Yi, "Sir, let's go first."
When Shen Yi heard this, he looked around and saw that the things placed on the carriage were clearly those that were about to move and never come back.
However, only two people in the originally happy family suddenly died. This place was filled with too much sadness for Lu Wei, the person involved. In other words, he would have chosen to leave here and live somewhere else.
"Where are you going?" Shen Yi asked, but Lu Wei shook his head and said he didn't know either.
"There is no destination... There are so many dangers on this road. Are you not afraid of danger with such a small child?"
His words made the look in the other party's eyes dim. "We little people will die if we die. If we really encounter trouble, what can we do... Let us leave it to fate."
After saying that, Lu Wei raised the reins and drove the carriage slowly forward.
Shen Yi hurriedly called him.
"Wait."
"Sir, you..."
Shen Yimei spoke immediately, walked up to him, threw two silver ingots with his paws and threw them next to Lu Wei.
"this……"
"Keep it, take care of your son on the way, and live well."
Lu Wei was stunned, holding the two silver ingots in his hands and feeling a little at a loss. These were more than forty taels, but the expenses of an ordinary family for five or six years!
"Sir, I can't accept this, I..."
"I gave this to you for Qiu Yu's sake. Besides, money is of no use to me. Besides, I can't give you too much. I hid it on the road."
"..."
boom!
Lu Wei struggled and fell off the carriage, knelt down and bowed to Shen Yi, and shouted: "The kindness of the adults will never be forgotten by the villain in this life!"
"I don't care if you forget it. Go ahead and be careful on the road. Qiu Yu is watching you in the sky."
"……yes……"
Shen Yi watched Lu Wei stand up from the ground, watched him climb onto the carriage, and then watched the carriage go further and further away until it disappeared.
One last look at Qiu Yu's grave, and he was gone.
…
On the carriage, Lu Wei touched the silver treasure in his hand and stared blankly ahead. After a while, he reached back and touched Lu Qi's head.
Having made up his mind, these silver coins were actually of no use to him, but he still said thank you to Shen Yi in his heart.
"Xiaoqi."
"father!"
"Dad is going to take you to a far away place, are you afraid?"
"I'm not afraid as long as dad is here!"
"good……"
"Dad, shall we go find mother and the others?"
"no……"
Lu Qi looked at his father and shook his head, but did not hear the choking in the word "no".
The carriage bumped on the road, facing the bleak autumn wind, and drove towards the mountains of yellow leaves.
…
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of Zhongyin Villa, Shen Yi saw He Jian Chuyun leaning on a tree trunk not far away.
The two sides looked at each other, and Shen Yi immediately understood what the other party meant, shook his head and followed slowly.
After walking through the muddy path after the rain, one person and one dragon came to a deserted place. While she was scraping the dirt under her feet, Shen Yi was the first to confirm: "You didn't tell anyone else that I am a dragon, right?"
"No, I'm the only one who knows."
"Where are the people from Tsurumi Mansion?"
Tsurumi Chuyun shook his clothes and then looked at him.
"You don't trust me so much."
"If it weren't for that contract, I would just be passing by. What does your relationship have to do with me? Tell me quickly. Why are you whispering to me?" When he said this, Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, the look in her eyes became weird, as if she was thinking of something...
"As long as you can accept it."
"We've both broken up, what else can't I accept? Why don't you just wait until I accept the fact of Qiu Yu's death and tell me about it, and get down to business quickly."
"...I want you to stay with me for a hundred years."
"Well, what then?"
"In the past hundred years, like other gods of destiny, they have helped me enter the realm of Ming Dynasty."
"Then can we get together and go away easily?"
"You can think so."
"Okay, but you have to take care of your beast-enhancing elixir."
"This is not a problem."
"Two pots a day, they must be filled." Shen Yi opened his mouth and came. He Jian Chuyun Chuyun frowned when he heard this and shook his head decisively.
"no."
"Um?"
"I will give you up to six boxes every day from now on."
"Didn't you take one pot a day before?"
"If this continues, even if I have a mountain of gold, you will eat it up. Besides... I have to keep the secret that you are a dragon for you."
Shen Yi gritted his teeth and said directly: "Okay! You are cruel! I trust you so much and tell you that I am a dragon, but in the end you use this to blackmail me."
The moral kidnapping quickly took effect. Tsurumi Chuyun's eyelashes trembled when she heard these words, and she felt a sense of guilt in her heart, but she quickly suppressed it.
She knew clearly that keeping Shen Yi close to her was the most important thing at the moment.
She didn't know when the contract would be terminated by Shen Yi, she just knew it. Naturally, she wouldn't have the patience to slowly build up a relationship with him. For her, it was most appropriate to threaten Shen Yi with her identity as a dragon. of.
As for a hundred years from now...
One hundred years is enough.
But she didn't know why, Shen Yi agreed so quickly, which made her feel something was wrong.
She originally thought that she, the God of Destiny, would have a stalemate with her.
Why did it go so well?
As she expected, Shen Yi looked at her more and more strangely.
"Okay, as long as you stay calm, I won't tell anyone the secret that you are a dragon." After saying this, he watched Tsurumi Chuyun walk back.
"..." Shen Yi originally wanted to say: "What if I terminate the contract and attack you a hundred years later?"
But reason still prevailed, and Shen Yi didn't say anything. It felt good to say it, but maybe the old witch would have thrown the broken jar now.
He didn't know what the consequences would be if he revealed his identity as a dragon to the world.
He followed, but did not enter Zhongyin Villa. He lay down on a relatively clean stone slab not far away and watched her eyes roll, not knowing what she was thinking.
Just when He Jian Chuyun was about to leave, Shen Yi asked: "When will you leave here?"
"……tomorrow."
"So late, not today?"
His steps suddenly stopped and he sensed something was wrong. Shen Yi quickly explained: "After all, Qiu Yu died here. I don't feel comfortable staying here. It's better to go back to your sect as soon as possible."
"Yeah." He responded lightly, and He Jian Chuyun didn't say anything. He stopped and continued to move forward, but he didn't know if she noticed something. She turned her head suddenly and found that Shen Yi was using a He looked at himself with a very strange look.
She frowned, thought for a while, came to Shen Yi, put down two boxes of high-quality beast-enhancing pills, left without looking back after saying "Don't run around".
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment. He looked at the two boxes of high-quality beast-enhancing pills and then at the back of He Jian Chuyun. His paws touched the surface of the stone slab. He finally moved his eyes away from her and started thinking about something.
(End of chapter)
