Practice Remembering You

When Zhang Jun heard that his jade was decided to be taken away by Zhang Yu, his heart bled. He wanted to speak up to fight for it, but he saw Zhang Yu looking at him coldly.

"What? You don't want this?" Zhang Yu said in a bad tone. You know, letting Zhang Yu do this has already made Zhang Yu lose face as if it were on fire. At this time, if Zhang Jun really said even a word of no, Zhang Yu would really not care.

Zhang Wu, who was standing by, saw how Zhang Yu handled the situation. Although he felt that he had paid a lot in the end, when he thought that his son would not have to go to jail, he felt that the money was acceptable.

After the matter was settled, Zhang Yu and his third uncle and his son returned to the Zhang family's southern mansion.

In a room, Zhang Yu looked at Zhang Wu with a serious face: "Third Uncle, if it was once or twice that Zhang Jun illegally robbed the jade, it would be excusable for you not to know about it, but after so many times, I don't believe you would not know!"

Zhang Wu lowered his head in shame.

Zhang Yu sighed: "Uncle San, spoiling a child is like killing him. Let Zhang Jun learn a good lesson this time."

Then he stood up and left. When he reached the door, Zhang Yu stopped and said, "What I said at the government office must be implemented. I have already lost face once for helping Zhang Jun. I don't want to lose face again because of this matter."

After saying that, he left.

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Western Regions - Stone Pillar Plain - Juefei Gate

Yan Yan supervised Shi Dongdong's practice while observing Zhang Yu through the wooden sign he had given to Zhang Yu.

However, the wooden sign can only hear the sound but cannot see the actual scene.

Yan Yan naturally heard about what happened to Zhang Yu this time. In Yan Yan's opinion, Zhang Yu's handling of the matter was unsatisfactory. If it were Yan Yan himself, it could obviously be handled better. This was also caused by the subtle differences in their personalities.

Yan Yan felt that Zhang Yu had met the criteria for accepting him as a disciple, but he still needed to observe him further.

So he stood up and said to Shi Dongdong: "I am going to the East Region and will be back soon. You should practice well in the sect."

Upon hearing this, Shi Dongdong nodded repeatedly.

Then Yan Yan rode away on the green ox.

When the fluctuations of true energy on Yan Yan's body completely disappeared, Shi Dongdong, who was practicing, suddenly opened one eye playfully.

Now her eyes were emitting blue light again, and she had obviously returned to the spiritual realm.

After his spiritual awareness spread out and he was sure Yan Yan was far away, Shi Dongdong suddenly jumped up from the futon: "Hey, haha! I'm finally free!"

"Do you still want to run away? If you leave before recovering to the level of magic weapon, it will be very miserable if Lord Yanyan catches you." From the right side of the room, a speechless voice of a child was heard.

Looking towards the source of the sound, I saw a small box there. The box had short black legs and arms, eyes and a mouth, and looked very cute.

This is a small spiritual device made by a friend of Mr. Yazhi. It was given to him as a gift one year due to some special circumstances.

"Oh, Brother Yan is really forcing me to practice too hard. I don't have time to do anything else. I'm almost suffocating. Everything should be combined with work and rest, don't you think, little box?"

"Uh..." Xiaoxiangzi didn't know what to say.

"Don't say anything more. Open the small box quickly. I'll take some things and leave. Otherwise, Second Brother Yan will come back."

"No! No!" The little box's voice was full of rejection, and he hugged his lid with both hands: "If you go out, I will be in trouble when Master Yan comes back."

Shi Dongdong narrowed his eyes, an evil smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said threateningly: "Little box, are you sure you don't want to open it for me? Then I will leave directly. If I leave like this, what if I encounter any danger and I don't have anything to save my life with me, and I have an accident, then guess what my eldest brother and second brother will do to you."

The little box was threatened and almost cried: "I'll open it, I can open it, isn't it okay?"

As he spoke, the lid was opened, revealing the contents inside. There was a space of its own inside, with innumerable talismans and elixirs, all of which were made by the elegant layman.

Shi Dongdong reached out and grabbed a handful of life-saving talismans and a few bottles of healing elixirs. He opened his mouth and swallowed them into the space in his stomach for preservation, then happily patted the lid of the small box.

Then he moved his body and flew outside, took a few deep breaths of air, and flew outside.

Looking at Shi Dongdong's departing back, Xiao Hezi wanted to cry but had no tears: "What shall I do when Master Yan comes back?"

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When Zhang Yu returned home, Mo Xue came to greet him: "Why are you so depressed, husband? What happened?"

"What happened with Third Uncle." Then Zhang Yu told Mo Xue everything about Zhang Jun.

After hearing this, Mo Xue asked, "My husband, you feel that no matter what, you are shielding a criminal. Even if the victim has been compensated, the violence has already happened, but Zhang Jun has not received the due punishment because of you. This makes you feel uncomfortable and unbalanced, right?"

Zhang Yu nodded: "And this is just one of the reasons why I feel uncomfortable. When I was dealing with this matter today, when I looked at my third uncle, I suddenly thought of you and my other family members. If these family members also break the law and discipline, and when they can't handle it, let me handle it, what should I do?"

"Will my husband allow me to do this kind of cover-up again?"

"Of course not, but I will feel very upset if I refuse. Because the only ones who can come to me for help are you and my parents. If I refuse, they will be sad, and I will be sad too. But if I agree, the victim will be sad, and I will feel very uncomfortable. Most importantly, the laws of the city will become a joke. I don't want that."

Mo Xue held Zhang Yu's hand and said, "My husband, you are telling me this because you have some idea, right?"

Zhang Yu sighed: "I don't want to stay in Zhuiming Main City anymore. I want to go to some places on the edge. Madam, are you willing to go with me?"

Mo Xue hugged Zhang Yu and said, "My husband, what are you talking about? Since the day I married you, I am yours. Wherever you go, I will follow you."

Zhang Yu hugged Mo Xue gratefully: "Madam, don't worry, no matter where we go, I will not treat you unfairly."

Mo Xue nodded: "I know my husband will, but I still want to ask a question."

"You said."

"Husband, even if you and I move far away, if there is a bad person committing a crime in your or my family, our parents can still come to you for help. What's the use of this?"

"Of course it is useful, because it is far enough that it will take a certain amount of time to travel. I will inform them in advance, and when my family comes to invite me back, I will punish the offender according to the law.

So when I receive a request from my family asking me to shelter a criminal, I will gladly agree and rush back, but by then the government will have already dealt with the matter.

Now that everything has been settled, even if I am an immortal, I cannot change the verdict. If they force me to change it, then my family will put me in an unjust position. If they put me in an unjust position, then I will naturally refuse the request for asylum."

After hearing this, Mo Xue understood, and then Mo Xue let go of Zhang Yu, took Zhang Yu's hand, and motioned for him to follow him.

"Madam, do you want to show me something?" Zhang Yu walked over.

As a result, Mo Xue took him to the chess room and said, "This game is not over yet, keep playing!"

"........."

---late at night---

After Mo Xue fell asleep, Zhang Yu went to the City Lord's Mansion.

The city lord was somewhat puzzled as to why Zhang Yu came over, and asked jokingly, "Why did you come to my place when you were not at home with your wife?"

Zhang Yu laughed and said a few words, then got down to business, expressing his desire to go to the counties surrounding Zhuiming City, and requested that the journey should take a mortal about a month to get there.

Tucun was puzzled: "Brother Zhang, why do you want to go there all of a sudden? The cultivation resources in the county town are much less than those in the main city."

The city lord was a little reluctant to see Zhang Yu leave the main city, because there was a severe shortage of cultivators in marginal places like theirs. One more cultivator in the main city would mean an extra layer of combat power, and he was really reluctant to send him away, even though the place Zhang Yu was going to was also under the jurisdiction of Zhuiming City.