Xiyao

Li Ruo did what she said.

After he carried General Chu back and bought him a new crutch, he kept collecting information for a while to organize Ma's house.

Chu Jiangli was covered in cuts and bruises, his arms were also splinted, and he was lying on the bed unable to move.

When I woke up the next day and turned my head, I was shocked.

The whole room is not big, and the place where things can be placed, whether it is the stove or the bedside, is full of papers.

The handwriting is small and dense, and it looks like some kind of witchcraft curse.

Li Ruo was about to be buried by the paper, and sat down on the edge of the bed to write and draw, when she heard the movement, she turned her head: "Are you awake?"

Chu Jiangli pointed to the pile of papers everywhere: "What is this?"

"There are all kinds of news, some official and some gossip, I'm trying to find a way to kill the Ma family." Li Ruo replied.

"The confidence of the Ma family lies in the relationship with the city lord of the outer city, not in personal strength. What can you do?" Chu Jiangli asked suspiciously.

Li Ruo glanced at him: "Did you misunderstand?"

"I have lived for tens of thousands of years, and all the history you know happened before my eyes."

"In terms of erudition, I'm afraid only the Yuan people can compare."

He shook the paper on his hand: "The outline of the first plan has been written, and a little detail needs to be added."

The despised Chu Jiangli touched his nose: "...what is it?"

"Instigation." The demon explained, "Zhedan City and Suiye City are in the same situation, and it's only time before they turn their faces. The Ma family is the buffer, and once the war starts, they will be the first to suffer."

He spoke plainly, but Chu Jiangli sensed the bloody storm hidden in the short words, and shook his head: "I have no personal enmity with them, I just want to prevent them from doing evil. If a war between the two cities is set off, causing blood to flow like a river, It's putting the cart before the horse."

Li Ruo was not surprised: "So I said this is the first solution, the easiest and the most straightforward."

He took a piece of paper: "The second option——"

Chu Jiangli raised his hand to stop him: "Wait, just tell me whether this plan will kill people or not."

The demon sighed: "What you have to deal with is a huge monster with hundreds of people. Under the overthrow of the nest, there will be no eggs."

"If you want to achieve your goal without hurting anyone or anything, it's tantamount to dreaming."

Chu Jiangli insisted: "Then minimize the damage."

Li Ruo looked at him for a while, then took out one from the stack and gave it to him: "This."

Chu Jiangli fixed his eyes and found that there were only two words written on it - divorce his wife.

Li Ruo propped his chin and said: "I have heard more than a dozen arguments, and they all agree that the Suiye City Lord will divorce his wife."

"But this plan has too many variables. It's all a gamble on whether City Lord Suiye will have no love for his wife."

"What do you mean?" Chu Jiangli asked, "Why do you want to divorce your wife?"

Li Ruo recounted in retrospect: "The original words are that after Ma's marriage, he has nothing to do for more than ten years."

He looked at Chu Jiangli: "What does nothing come out mean?"

"Just no heirs."

The demon sneered, "Human beings are really troublesome."

His eyelashes fluttered lightly: "However, it seems that Ma Shi is pregnant recently, and if she gives birth to a daughter, she will be divorced."

"If the Ma family loses their support, their status will plummet."

The policeman was at a loss: "What if it's a son?"

Yaoyouyou looked at him: "It would be fine not to let that child be born."

Chu Jiangli's eyes widened, and he said calmly, "This is the least harmful solution. As long as you kill an unborn baby, everything will be solved."

"So, human, what is your choice?"

Chu Jiangli unexpectedly bumped into Yao Yao's eyes, seeing his indifferent demeanor, as if he didn't care about a life at all.

Li Ruo is a demon.

A cold-blooded and ruthless demon who reverses all living beings.

He doesn't care about human life or death.

Chu Jiangli thought of the corpses lying on the edge of Zhedan City, including children, old people, and young girls. He also thought of the baby who was sentenced to death without even seeing the world.

What is heavy and what is light.

He closed his eyes: "That's it."

I will bear my sin and accept all punishment.

Homicide is a felony.

There is no pardon for this crime.

Li Ruo looked at him strangely: "I did it, why do you feel guilty?"

He grinds his nails: "I have killed quite a few people, and this one is not bad."

Chu Jiangli shook his head: "It's different."

He said: "I didn't kill him, but he died because of me. How is it different from me killing him?"

"Li Ruo," Chu Jiangli called his name for the first time, "You are helping me, you are just the knife that kills people, and the real murderer is me."

The demon's clear eyes fixedly looked at him, reflecting the sadness on his brow: "...I see."

The demon in Su Yi turned and left the hut: "I'll go back as soon as I go."

Chu Jiangli watched him go away, turned over with difficulty, and buried his face in the quilt.

Homicide is a felony.

General Chu has committed an unforgivable crime.

The tearless policeman did not cry, but his expression was more sad than crying.

Time passed quickly when Li Ruo was not around, especially since Chu Jiangli had difficulty moving and fell asleep in bed all day long.

Four months passed in a blink of an eye.

The catch quickly guessed why the demon had been away for so long, so he didn't have to guess later.

The news from Broken Leaf made the city full of storms. The wife of the castellan gave birth to a boy, but it was a dead baby.

The owner of Suiye City was over forty years old and still had no heir under his knees, so he turned his face ruthlessly at the hospital bed and threw away a paper of divorce that had been written long ago.

Mrs. Ma was dismissed crying, and with a bang, the Ma family collapsed.

The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, not to mention that his family was already full of anger and resentment, and everyone fell into trouble for a while, and all the crimes almost flooded the government.

Chu Jiangli listened in the crowd, thinking, Li Ruo gave up on his original idea and waited patiently until the baby was born.

But the luck of the two of them was not so good, and their hands were not clean.

He waited for Li Ruo to come back on the hillside behind the house.

The travel-stained demon was wrapped in a wide cloak, only showing two eyes. Seeing him, he was taken aback, walked over, and stood side by side with him.

The evening breeze was slightly cool, blowing their clothes, Chu Jiangli was silent for a long time, turned his face to the demon and said: "...Thank you."

Thanks for what?

Thank him for his help, thank him for his thoughtfulness, or thank him for his company.

At that moment, Chu Jiangli suddenly realized very clearly that he had almost nothing left, only Li Ruo was by his side.

And his loss was precisely caused by Li Ruo.

That ruthless and charming monster took everything from him and ruined most of his life, but no one could hate him.

Li Ruo said: "You are sad."

His clear eyes stared at Chu Jiangli's side face: "You have made a choice, but you still suffer."

"That is a human life." The policeman said quickly, "No matter what the reason is, it is wrong to take the life of an innocent person."

Yao was a little bit reluctant: "When you caught me, you almost lost your life, and I didn't see your heart hurt."

"That's different. I can sacrifice my own life, but I'm not qualified to make decisions for others." The policeman replied, he hesitated and put his hand on Yao's shoulder, "Li Ruo, a person can be cruel to himself, But don't be cruel to others."

"Why?" Li Ruo tilted his head, "Is your life cheaper than others?"

"For me, yes." Chu Jiangli said, "If my life can be exchanged for someone else's, I will not hesitate."

"Chu Jiangli, you are really a strange person." Li Ruo took a step closer, and the cloak was already attached to him.

The demon handed something from under the cloak to the catcher: "Hold it carefully."

Chu Jiangli's tentacles were warm, his conditioned reflex shook, and he subconsciously stabilized: "This is——?!"

In his extreme shock, his voice changed a little.

Li Ruo, on the other hand, was extremely calm, pushing his chin as if nothing had happened.

"The baby," he replied.

"I guess you can't accept that you killed someone and waited until the child was born before replacing him with a discarded dead baby."

His eyes were cold, clear and cold: "Although he is not the son of the city lord, at least he is still alive."

Chu Jiangli was slapped in the face by the unexpected surprise, blinked blankly, and looked down at the baby in his arms.

The baby was sleeping soundly in his arms, unaware that the world was turned upside down outside, the eyes of the catcher softened little by little, he gave Li Ruo a hug with one hand, and whispered in his ear: "Thank you."

"Does he have a name?" the policeman asked again.

"No, you can take one, anyway, you earn money to support him."

"Genglou, Chu Genglou." Chu Jiangli thought for a while and said.

"Go up to a higher level?" Li Ruo said, "It doesn't sound good to read, so let's go up (geng first sound) level."

"Chu Genglou, what a good name."