The heroine eavesdropped on her heart, and my villain's character collapsed.

After a while, Yan Zimo left the basement and returned to a small courtyard on the ground.

This small courtyard is located in an inconspicuous and remote corner of Kyoto. Being able to live here naturally has nothing to do with wealth.

Yan Zimo walked into the kitchen and was skillfully washing vegetables and cooking.

When the aroma of food wafts from the kitchen.

The door of the courtyard was pushed open by a little boy, and then the little boy rushed to the kitchen with a big black dog and shouted.

"Mom, I'm hungry."

"Go wash your hands."

Yan Zimo's voice, who had just finished his work, had turned into a gentle female voice.

After bringing the food back into the house, Yan Zimo sat at the table and ate with his son.

The little boy is only five years old this year. He has just started practicing cultivation. He is holding a bowl of rice in his hand and asking as he eats.

"Mom, where's dad? Why haven't you come back to eat with us again?"

"Your father is busy. You eat first and I'll call him."

"it is good."

Yan Zimo stood up and walked out of the small courtyard. After a while, a middle-aged man with a simple and honest appearance walked in from outside the house. He returned to the house and reached out to touch his son's head with a smile.

"How were you at the private school today? Did you practice and study well?"

"Yes, sir, he praised me for being smart. Dad, hurry up and eat."

"it is good."

Yan Zimo sat down and started eating with his son.

"Dad, where's mom? She went to ask you to eat, why didn't she come back?"

"Your mother is going to buy something and come back later. Let us eat first."

"You are all so busy. I haven't seen you sit and eat together for a long time."

"It's strange that dad has no future."

"Dad is very promising. He can support my mother and me alone. Dad is the best."

Looking at the child's adoring eyes, Yan Zimo couldn't help but smile at the corners of his eyes, but he felt a little sad in his heart.

The child's mother passed away a few years ago. In order not to make the child sad, I had to play two roles.

Maybe the child will know sooner or later, but if he can be sad one day later, then let's do it one day later. Such a young child should not be so sad in childhood.

"Dad, when I grow up and have a high level of knowledge, I will go to the imperial court and become a high official. Then you and mother will not have to be so busy. We will sit and eat together every day."

the little boy shouted loudly.

Yan Zimo smiled and nodded, the last hesitation in his eyes disappearing.

If you want to be a high official in the imperial court, talent alone may not be enough, not to mention that as a father you are still a thief.

"Just think of it as paving the way for your son."

Yan Zimo muttered silently in his heart, and after finishing the meal with his son and cleaning up, he warned.

"Dad has to go out to do some things. You and Dahei are playing at home and don't run around. Do you understand?"

"I understand, Dad, go and do your work and don't worry about me."

"it is good."

Yan Zimo walked to the door and looked back at the well-behaved and sensible child, then closed the door with a pleased smile.

For the sake of his children, there is nothing he dares not do.

……

Different from other sects.

There is no mountain gate for robbing the door. Of course, the nature of their robbing the door also determines that they cannot get together.

A group of shady thieves stay together every day for nothing.

Are you waiting for someone to come to your door and catch them all?

Therefore, every burglary party will be held in a city near Kyoto.

The agreed location this time was Ziyun City outside Kyoto.

Yan Zimo rushed to the agreed locust tree in Ziyun City, reached out and picked off a locust leaf. The locust leaf turned into a green light and wrapped around Yan Zimo's hand, teleporting Yan Zimo to a mansion.

The mansion is not too big, and there are hundreds of restrictions inside the mansion.

As long as someone forcibly invades, these restrictions are enough to delay the time for everyone in the house to leave. The person who broke the door has always been extremely cautious, otherwise he would not be alive now.

The twelve thieves who broke into the house and the owner of the house, the thieves, had already arrived. Yan Zimo, who was the last to arrive, walked into the back of the house and said apologetically, clasping his fists.

"Some things have been delayed, making Master and brothers wait for a long time."

"We are all members of our family, so don't be so polite. Hurry up and sit down."

The current bandit Zhi Chujie, who was sitting on the main seat, greeted with a smile.

This bandit leader has a sallow face and a thin build. He looks more like a farmer who has been working in the fields for many years than a bandit leader.

Yan Zimo's reputation as his master is also due to the relationship between the two parties.

Eight of the current twelve thieves are all disciples of Chu Jie. Among all thieves in the past, he is considered to be the one with the strongest control over the thieves.

In addition, the west robber leader sits farthest from the main seat.

Because he is not a disciple of the bandits, the relationship between this bandit leader and the other bandit leaders is not very good. He does not like to interfere in the internal affairs of the bandit sect and concentrates on making a fortune in his own territory.

Seeing that everyone was here, Chu Jie, who was a bandit, said with a smile.

"I called you here today because I'm here to discuss the next Robber Zhi. I think you all know it well."

Everyone nodded. Every thief in the sect needs to be a thief for hundreds of years. The current thief has been in the position for ninety-seven years. According to the rules, the next thief must be elected within three years.

"So, which one of you is interested in becoming the next Robber?"

Chu Jie's slightly cloudy eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, with a simple and honest smile like a kind elder.

The twelve thieves also looked at each other in confusion.

After a moment of silence, a man with a burly figure and a rough face gave off a domineering look and said with a loud smile.

"It seems that no one is willing to take over this responsibility, so I'll do it."

Everyone's eyes instantly focused on this person. Among the twelve thieves, Wei Wufang was indeed the most powerful one. It was not surprising that he came out to choose the leader of the thieves.

Before anyone could speak, Wei Wufang looked at Chu Jie and smiled.

"Master, do you support me as the next Robber Zhi?"

Chu Jie crossed his hands on the table and said with a calm smile.

"You have the support of the boss, the third and the fifth, and several elders also support you. It's enough without me."

Chu Jie's polite refusal made Wei Wufang's face look a little gloomier.

Wei Wufang raised his eyebrows and said indifferently: "I will definitely come out to choose the next Thief Zhi."

"What about you, Seventh Brother? Don't you think about competing with your senior brother? Some elders are very optimistic about you, and I am very optimistic about you."

Chu Jie's eyes fell on Yan Zimo, who was watching with cold eyes.

Among his eight apprentices, the second one is very close to the three apprentices and they stick together.

Although the seventh, Yan Zimo, was a low-key person, the Western Disciple and the Sixth Disciple always followed his lead.

The only one who can't get along with the many apprentices is the young apprentice Lao Ba. He is obsessed with food and has no interest in the internal affairs of the Thieves. Everyone is used to treating him as a transparent person.

"I do have some ideas."

Yan Zimo nodded and felt annoyed.

To admit that he wanted to choose now would mean that he would stand on the opposite side of the Second Senior Brother group, and he had never liked head-on conflict, and would settle everything secretly.

His eyes fell on the master's face full of kind smile, with a bit of coldness in his eyes.

Master, what does he want to do? Do you want to go to war with your senior brother?