"Gao Jianli from Yan?" Li Xiuyuan exclaimed: "Gao Jianli, a friend of Jing Ke and a good builder in Yan City? Why are you here? How did you start a career as a killer?"
Gao Jianli, who was dressed in green, obviously didn't expect Li Xiuyuan's reaction to be so strong.
He had no choice but to say: "I didn't expect that Gao would be able to enter the ears of the nobles in the imperial city. I'm really ashamed."
Before Gao Jianli could speak again, Li Xiuyuan said: "Here comes your musical instrument. I have no intention of sleeping in this long night. Playing a song is just the right thing to comfort this lonely life."
Gao Jianli didn't expect that things would develop like this. He couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly: "That thing is not light. How can I carry it on my back all the time?"
He didn't expect to see that this guy didn't suspect him at all, but directly revealed where he came from.
Gao Jianli thought for a moment and murmured: "By the way, aren't you afraid that I am a liar?"
"If you were him, could you not cherish your feathers?" Li Xiuyuan said quietly: "You and I both know that, and I also know that you like to drink. Where is your wine?"
Gao Jianli thought for a while, and finally sighed and said: "I drank all the wine, leaving only an empty flask. I'm afraid I won't be able to drink tomorrow's wine..."
Li Xiuyuan suddenly raised his head, looked into Gao Jianli's eyes and said, "I never expected that you would have the courage to die in order to assassinate the Lord."
Gao Jianli looked at him and sighed, and replied quietly: "Ask anyone in the world who is not afraid of death, but some things have to be done by someone."
After saying this, Gao Jianli's eyes looked a little lonely, but also a little calm.
Li Xiuyuan clapped his hands in approval and said calmly: "Well said, in fact, I am also afraid of death, so the bandits and killers who come to trouble me, I let them become fertilizer on the wasteland."
Gao Jianli fell silent, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then he sighed and said, "So, sir, you are also a minister under King Qin?"
"I said before, I'm just a wine shopkeeper."
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and said: "And I never hold any position. Whether it is the King of Qin in the imperial city or you, the warriors of the Six Kingdoms, they have nothing to do with me."
With Li Xiuyuan's knowledge and cultivation, he was very confident in saying this.
Even Zhang Liang's mysterious master, even the master in the academy, was only better than him in one aspect and could be his teacher.
Gao Jianli was silent for a while and then said with a smile: "Can there still be independent people in this world?"
"Of course there is." Li Xiuyuan said seriously: "When you put aside the hatred of killing your father and the hatred of the country's subjugation, and stand higher than the King of Qin, you can leave the world and become independent."
Shaking his head, Gao Jianli smiled bitterly and said, "If we can do that, are we still sons of men and subjects of men?"
Li Xiuyuan's heart tightened, thinking that if he were a man of the Six Kingdoms and had hatred for his family and his country, would he be able to leave the world and become independent?
Silently, he also began to ponder, and did not open his mouth to explain for a long time.
Until he thought of the old Taoist priest, the last battle in the Five Realms, and the grudges at the foot of Mount Xumi that he would soon face, he felt relieved.
Perhaps at that time, he would not only have to face a break with his parents, sister, husband and teacher, but he might even have to face a break with his unforgettable lover.
Everything is because of the jade disc fragments in his divine sea and a certain old man on Xujing Mountain who cannot tolerate him.
If you can't even cross that threshold, how can you conquer the sea of stars in your dream?
But, is Li Xiuyuan still the same person as before? Is it the dream he is pursuing so hard?
However, when he stood on the Tianshan Mountain, which was higher than the Emperor of the Five Regions, he could no longer interfere with the battle in the South China Sea.
In the same way, if he were at the foot of Mount Sumeru and stood at the level of his master, the old Taoist priest, he would be able to say goodbye to his relatives, husband, and lover before fighting someone.
After thinking about this, Li Xiuyuan gradually felt relieved.
In his opinion, he encountered many killers along the way. Unexpectedly, on the way to the East China Sea, he met Gao Jianli, a legendary middle-class guy.
Thinking about this guy's relationship with Jing Ke, he probably has the same relationship with Nalan Yu.
Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly and said: "You can't understand this, so you are still Gao Jianli, and King Qin is still the King of Qin."
"What do you mean?" Gao Jianli threw a few dead trees into the fire and asked in a deep voice.
"It's not interesting." Li Xiuyuan yawned: "When you let go of the hatred in your heart one day, go to the Imperial City Academy to find the Master and try to be his student..."
Li Xiuyuan knew that he could not convince the guy in front of him, but he hoped that Gao Jianli would not die after assassinating Qin.
If he is not an idiot, he can try to be a disciple of Master.
However, he didn't know whether the master would still stay in the imperial city after burning the books.
After all, he has never experienced it, or it should be said that he and Xiao Hei are experiencing and witnessing some changes in Da Qin.
The difference is that as a student, Xiao Hei can learn more principles from Shuzi and the Master.
The next time I see the old monk, I won’t be laughed at.
Gao Jianli nodded thoughtfully and replied quietly: "If one day comes, I would like to be Master's student and ask him for more teachings."
Li Xiuyuan was too lazy to care about him anymore, and just warned: "Master Xu has dozens of innocent children with him. He wants to take care of the safety of these children, so don't think about messing around."
Even if it was Gao Jianli in front of him, if this guy wanted to give it a try, Li Xiuyuan wouldn't mind giving him a good beating.
As long as you don't die or become disabled, it doesn't count as a violation of the rules.
Gao Jianli was stunned for a moment and blurted out: "You are trying to beat someone with iron. Did he wrap the neck of the special envoy? Can you wrap it up for a while or for a lifetime?"
After Li Xiuyuan thought about it for a while, he responded calmly: "I will protect him for a while, and they will learn to walk on their own in the future."
In his opinion, if Xu Fu and Zhao Meng enter the realm of foundation building, their future practice will be prosperous.
Even rushing to Jin Fan is no problem.
At most, when you get to the beach, you can boil a few large pots of potion, and while tempering the children's bodies, you can also tidy up the two of them.
By that time, even Gao Jianli in front of him would no longer threaten Xu Fu's safety.
As the two asked and answered, both sides knew what the other wanted to do.
It's just that Gao Jianli didn't know that even if he was beaten to death, the liquor storekeeper in front of him had prepared countless back tricks and killer moves for Xu Fu and a group of children.
"What good do you have?"
Gao Jianli asked very directly: "You protected them all the way, killing bandits and blocking me. What kind of benefits did this special envoy promise you?"
"I can't just pretend that nothing happened and leave like this because of your words, right?" At this point, Gao Jianli frowned.
"No benefit, because I want to."
Li Xiuyuan replied quietly: "Just like you, I always have my own reasons and am willing to pay for them. As long as I am willing, I will stand here and seek a future for his children."
"You can even find more assassins."
Li Xiuyuan drank the last half of the remaining tea in the cup and said coldly: "Believe me, I will kill all the killers you find."
There was a buzzing sound, and Gao Jianli felt like stars were popping up in his eyes for a moment, and couldn't help but ask: "When we meet again, will you use your sword on me?"
Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said, "If you bring wine, we can sit down and drink. If you bring a knife, I will break one of your legs, and then kill everyone around you."
When he said this, Li Xiuyuan's face was still calm, without any expression.
"You are really cruel."
Gao Jianli narrowed his eyes. He had no doubt that the liquor storekeeper in front of him would kill with a sword.
If, as he said, he had killed hundreds of bandits and killers before.
He is indeed stronger than me, I'm afraid he is really powerless.
Because there are indeed many children in this motorcade, he can kill the special envoy sent by King Qin, but he cannot swing his sword with the children.
"I'll try it with someone else later."
Gao Jianli took a breath and seemed to have made the final decision. He said calmly: "For the sake of your shopkeeper and these children, I give up."
"That's very good."
Li Xiuyuan smiled, waved his hand and replied gracefully: "For your promise, I can treat you to a bowl of wine that I brewed myself tomorrow."
"Is it the best in the world?" Gao Jianli became interested and laughed: "If there is anything worth missing in life, apart from friends, it is a pot of fine wine."
Listening to these very ordinary but actually very unusual words, Li Xiuyuan knew that this guy actually took life and death lightly.
It’s different from when I didn’t know what it felt like to be sad and looked down upon in the Great Buddha Temple.
At the moment, Gao Jianli was truly bearish, otherwise he would not have drank all the wine on his body before he came to assassinate the special envoy from the imperial city.
Born like a mayfly, the morning dew lasts its entire life.
Even Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but sigh again and again. It's true that everyone under the law of heaven is just an ant.
But ants also have the thoughts of ants, have their own pursuits, and have their own lives and choices.
Thinking of the poem he was forced to write by Lu Yuana at the lakeside of the Academy, Li Xiuyuan sighed leisurely: "Life is like a mayfly, and life will be more miserable after death."
He waved his hand and said: "You can leave now. Come find me on the road tomorrow. I will keep moving forward."
Gao Jianli nodded and reminded: "I want to drink your exquisite wine that day."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "My wine is not only unique in the world, but also rare in heaven."
"Interesting, maybe only a person like the shopkeeper would dare to say such a thing!" Gao Jianli said with a smile, "I have drunk a lot of fine wine."
Li Xiuyuan replied softly: "With wine and joy, joy brings virtue. I will let you understand what poison is in the world."
Gao Jianli's heart moved slightly, and after a while he said slowly: "If the shopkeeper can brew the most incredible intestinal poison in the world, I'm afraid I can make people work for you with just a pot of wine."
"That's not necessary."
Li Xiuyuan said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "If I want to kill someone, I will find him even if he is in poverty or hell, and I will kill him with my own hands. There is no need to use false hands on others."
"Very good, you have some backbone!"
Gao Jianli clapped his hands, high-fived and said: "A gentleman is magnanimous. Whenever there is any hatred, he will avenge it himself. He will never take advantage of others. I like your temper."
"I hope you can really let this team go."
Li Xiuyuan raised his head and looked at him, and said quietly: "If you can really let it go, maybe I can treat you to some of the best wine in the world and on earth a few times along the way."
Gao Jianli was silent for a moment, and after a long time he nodded slightly and said seriously: "How can a gentleman break his promise? You look down on me, Gao Jianli, too low."
Li Xiuyuan yawned again and said quietly: "What's the use of me looking down on you? Your enemy is not me, but yourself."
"My enemy is myself?" Gao Jianli looked at Li Xiuyuan's unpredictable expression and couldn't help but ask, "This is the first time I have heard this."
Li Xiuyuan raised the corners of his lips and said with a smile: "In my eyes, Da Qin has no opponent except myself."
Gao Jianli was stunned and murmured: "I seem to understand a little bit."
