Che Qian's long sword was cut into two pieces as soon as it came into contact with Xuanyang Sword.
Under the hot breath, Che Qian was wiped across the neck by a sword before he even let out a scream.
Xuanyang Sword did not return to its sheath, but struck out again, killing several people.
Looking at Yin Tongyi's side, there were also several armored soldiers lying on the ground, but unlike Zhang Ren's side, the soldiers here were not killed, but only lost their combat effectiveness.
The battle started as quickly as it ended.
When the shopkeeper saw the noise, he quietly opened his eyes. What caught his eyes was not the shining steel knife, but the blood-stained corpse.
The shopkeeper had never seen such a scene before. He couldn't breathe and fainted from fear.
Yin Tongyi coaxed Tongyi and frowned when he saw Che Qian's body.
Feng Jin had already given up struggling, but unexpectedly things turned around. With a happy face, he bowed respectfully to Zhang Ren and Yin Tongyi and said, "Feng Jin, thank you Taoist Priests for saving your life."
Yin Tongyi took two steps forward, pointed at the soldiers on the ground who had lost their fighting ability, and asked, "What should we do with these people?"
He asked Zhang Ren, not Feng Jin.
When his life or death was at stake, some soldiers immediately began to beg for mercy.
Zhang Ren did not step aside, but asked Feng Jin, "What do you mean?"
Feng Jin is not a bad person, but he is not a bad person who repays kindness with kindness. He sighed and said slowly: "The Feng family has the same glory, these people can share the wealth, but the Feng family has suffered, these people cannot share the same." In times of trouble, these people have received many favors from my Feng family, but who would have thought that they would repay kindness with evil. If such people are allowed to leave, they will become disasters, so it is better to kill them directly."
Zhang Ren nodded, agreeing with Feng Jin's view.
In the past, Zhang Ren valued everyone's life very much. Even if a person was heinous, he would not kill him rashly. Even as a royal guard, he felt that he had the right to arrest prisoners, but he did not have the right to execute them.
But as time goes by, Zhang Ren has experienced a lot, and his ideas are gradually changing. The laws of the Ming Dynasty are not perfect. Moreover, although these soldiers had the idea of killing people just now, they were counterattacked. Killing, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, cannot do anything to these soldiers.
There is no need for others to do things like killing people. As the soldiers begged for mercy, Feng Jin raised his sword and killed them one by one.
Although he had not killed many people, Feng Jin's chest was rising and falling violently with his breathing.
He paused for a while, and then he cupped his hands towards Zhang Ren and said, "If you dare to ask me your surname, I will remember it in my heart."
Zhang Ren said directly: "My name is Zhang Ren."
Feng Jin felt that the name seemed familiar. After thinking for a while, he opened his eyes wide and asked, "But Zhang Ren, who is also known as 'Little Zhuge'?"
Zhang Ren nodded and asked again: "Have you heard of my name?"
Feng Jin said: "Although I have lived in Taiyuan for a long time, I have many contacts with many distinguished disciples in Jinling, so naturally I have heard of Brother Ren."
Feng Jin has changed his title from "Taoist Priest" to "Brother", and his closeness is clearly revealed.
But Zhang Ren did not show any intention of being too close. The noble disciples of Jinling City either followed Zhu Yunxi to Ruchang incognito, or they had already died under the butcher's knife.
….
He has also planned to bid farewell to the past, no longer be a noble son, and concentrate on being a chivalrous and righteous hero.
Zhang Ren just nodded to Feng Jin and said, "Brother Ren is no longer in this world. I am just a Taoist priest in Wudang. There are still things on the mountain, so I won't stay any longer, so I will take my leave." Oh, by the way, don’t forget to get rid of the bodies here. Also, if you really have nowhere to go, you can go to Ruchang, where Fu Rang and Cao Bing are both.”
After hearing this, Feng Jin also hurriedly asked: "Brother Fu and Cao Bing are still alive?"
Zhang Ren didn't say anything more, just nodded slightly.
The inn was littered with corpses,
Both Tongyi and Yin Tongyi naturally lost interest in eating any more, so they started packing them with oil paper.
Feng Jin naturally saw Zhang Ren's intention of rejecting people thousands of miles away. He didn't force anything, but he felt that Zhang Ren had saved him and pointed out a way out for him. If he didn't express it, he would always feel guilty.
"I wonder what I can do for you?" Feng Jin asked.
Zhang Ren pointed at Tong Yi and Yin Tongyi who were packing, and said, "The bill for this table has not yet been paid. If you really want to thank me, just pay the bill."
Even though there are a lot of dishes on the table, it only costs a few taels of silver to last. For Feng Jin, this is probably not even a drop in the bucket.
He bowed his hand towards Zhang Ren again, which was regarded as an agreement.
After packing up all the food, Zhang Ren and the other three people left the inn.
Yin Tongyi frowned and asked, "You killed someone."
Zhang Ren was noncommittal and nodded slightly.
Yin Tongyi said again: "When you kill people, your hands are very steady, and there is almost no disturbance in your heart, so this should not be the first time you kill someone, and you still use the Xuanyang sword. Do you know that even if the master once used a sword to fight as a knight? , but Xuanyang Sword has never killed anyone. Master said that Xuanyang Sword is a sword of mercy. Although the blade is sharp, it should not be used to take human lives."
It can be seen that Yin Tongyi was quite critical of Zhang Ren's murder, and he was particularly concerned about Zhang Ren's use of Xuanyang sword to kill people. Zhang Ren sighed and said: "To fight violence with violence is never a good choice, but in many cases, it is a helpless move. With the ruthlessness these soldiers showed just now, let them leave just like that. Either it’s for trouble or it’s a bandit.”
Yin Tongyi frowned, but still couldn't listen to Zhang Ren's explanation. He said: "Then you shouldn't kill people, let alone use the Xuanyang Sword to kill people."
Zhang Ren smiled slightly. Yin Tongyi was too idealistic. He said: "The world is like this, the world is like this, even if Xuanyang is a sword of mercy, it still has an edge, so I think the so-called Mercy does not mean not killing, but rather protection. Protecting those who do not deserve to die is mercy. Have Fourth Senior Brother heard this sentence?"
Yin Tongyi quickly asked: "What are you talking about?"
Tong Yi on the side also pricked up his ears, wanting to hear Zhang Ren's "high opinions".
Zhang Ren said: "Being kind to the enemy is cruelty to oneself. If we are just ordinary people, does Fourth Senior Brother think we are still alive now?"
Before Yin Tongyi could say anything this time, Tongyi had already answered: "Then you still need to ask? We must be dead."
Zhang Ren nodded and said: "We are unrelated people, but they can kill us to silence us and let them go. I don't know how many innocent people will die under their swords in the future."
Yin Tongyi said in a calm voice: "This is just your conjecture. It is unfounded. It is wrong to take people's lives with such an idea."
Night rivers and lakes.
...
(Remember to bookmark it for next time reading!)
