Laughing at Chang'an

Fifteen years ago, when Li Shen woke up, Weiyang Palace was blocked one by one with a knife. Those who deserved it entered, those who deserved it knelt down to lead them to death, and those who did not deserve it wiped out all the clans and families... Chang'an City was reshuffled overnight.

Since then, hearing the name of the killing god can stop children from crying at night.

The Geng Army Building, not much different from the previous one, stands in a corner of the southern city. Li Shen's file in the mercenary guild is still under the Geng Army's name, and his position is vice president.At the beginning, Geng Yan's cultivation base was completely abolished, and he seldom showed up in public for several years. He was extremely low-key, and was even maliciously speculated that he had become Li Shen's taboo.However, after becoming Li Shen's adjutant, Wang Ping naturally knew that those rumors were false, and that Geng Yan was the only real leader of the Geng Army from the beginning to the end.

He is cautious and thorough in doing things, and he is honest and loyal, but the reason why he really stood out and was selected as Li Shen's adjutant was because he knew how to measure.This measure is extremely difficult to determine, the close part is too close, the far part is too sparse, different people have different measures, and Wang Ping knows the measure precisely because he is very good at judging people.

However, from the beginning to the end, he couldn't see Geng Yan clearly, and he was extremely taboo to deal with him. To put it bluntly, he was afraid.

Being led all the way to Gengyan's office door on the 69th floor, Wang Ping suppressed his pounding heart. If it wasn't for the support of a belief in his mind, he would have wanted to run away.After entering the door, seeing Geng Yan sitting behind the desk, looking at the figure of the other party with his head bowed to review the documents, his tense nerves suddenly numb, but he calmed down.

It was like a fish that had been placed on a chopping board, its head was chopped off with a knife, and it did not move.

For a long time, at least for nearly 10 minutes, Geng Yan neither asked him to come forward, nor raised his eyes to look at him, completely pretending that he did not exist.Wang Ping hesitated again and again, but still stood quietly by the door, not daring to disturb the other party.He has been by Li Shen's side all these years, and he knows far more than others. I am afraid that apart from Li Shen, he is the one who knows the most about what this seemingly gentle leader of the Geng Army has done.Thinking of those things, Wang Ping couldn't help but feel chills in his heart. With Li Shen in Chang'an today, it is naturally the Geng Army's world, but how does the world know how far the Geng Army's tentacles have extended in the past ten years? Terrible.

After closing the document in front of him and putting it aside, Geng Yan finally raised his head and looked at Wang Ping who was standing at the door.

"sit down."

Wang Ping bowed to Geng Yan, and sat down on the chair in front of the desk according to his words. Geng Yan, who was sitting opposite him, was wearing a dark black shirt with a stand-up collar, and his long golden hair fell down on his shoulders, making him even more eye-catching.He raised his hand to take off the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and Wang Ping's breathing stopped suddenly, almost at that moment the deepest secret in his heart was seen through by the undisguised cold pupils behind the glasses.

"Li Shen asked you to bring this." Geng Yan picked up the document envelope that was presented early in the morning, and threw it in front of Wang Ping. "Have you read the contents?"

"Yes, in Hui Geng Shuai's words, there is a share transfer letter sent by Zhu Ziyu." Wang Ping said respectfully with downcast eyes.

Geng Yan asked blankly: "Then do you know why he asked you to give this?"

Wang Ping's lips parted, and he swallowed back a simple and appropriate "I don't know". He clenched his fists on his lap under the table, summoned up his courage and raised his head and said, "It's about the Penglai Chamber of Commerce." , advise you..."

The blood in his whole body seemed to be frozen, and he opened his mouth but could no longer make a sound, as if he had seen the most terrifying thing in the world, Wang Ping's eyes widened, and his mind went blank.

Geng Yan was laughing.

"The death of the family members may not be a pity, but the Penglai Chamber of Commerce does have a great relationship. If it is destroyed once, I don't know how many innocent people will be exhausted and their families will be destroyed... Heh."

It was exactly the same as what Wang Ping said in front of Li Shen. Geng Yan's voice echoed quietly in the room: "Zhu Ziyu promised you a favor, but you really didn't want it, because it was too easy to find out. As early as five years ago A while ago, there was a woman who insured at Penglai Bank, and when she died, your illegitimate child would be compensated at a sky-high price..."

Under Wang Ping's dark eyes, Geng Yan slowly suppressed his smile.

"Li Shen gave you a chance. You've been with him for so many years. It's rare to be considered a sweetheart. As long as you don't appear in front of me today, he will pretend he doesn't know about this matter and still keep you by his side."

Wang Ping knew he was doomed, Li Shen would give him a chance, but Geng Yan would never.A few years ago, he had seen Geng Yan's way of dealing with betrayers, and Li Shen's joke at that time was deeply imprinted in his heart - if I betrayed him, I'm afraid it would be a terrible death.

He wanted to die, but he didn't dare. Death was easy, but he was not alone in this world, with nothing to worry about.He is indifferent by nature, he neither loves power, nor does he extravagantly ask for things that he can't get, and he was married to that woman by accident, but when the other party told him that he was terminally ill, and they already had a son, After all... I can't bear it.

He had selfish intentions about the Penglai Chamber of Commerce, but what he said to Li Shen was by no means empty words, but now, what he said was meaningless.

Wang Ping stood up slowly and silently bowed to Geng Yan. He knew what was waiting for him, but when he walked to the door of the office, his heart suddenly moved and he stopped.

"Shuai Geng." Wang Ping turned his head to look at Geng Yan, "The words I said were not told by Master Shen."

He has been with Li Shen for eight years, and he knows Li Shen's temperament quite well. Even if the other party wants to hand him over to Geng Yan, he will not tell Geng Yan verbatim what the two said at that time... Only two The conversation that I personally know, if it is not Li Shen, then who is it?Wang Ping himself?

After Wang Ping figured this out, an impulse surged up in his heart for some reason, he looked straight into Geng Yan's eyes, and said seriously: "Shuai Geng, I have been with Master Shen for eight years, how he treats you, don't need me Talk too much. He believes that you love you, but you use such means to treat him... Even Li Shen, the god of death, will be sad."

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It looks like a rooster, no, the Phoenix Chang'an Arena still stands at the northernmost point of Chang'an City, and it is still the best choice for young people to fight for their future.A few years ago, Li Shen had intended to ban the death fight, but Li Mubai firmly refused. According to the other party's words, what's the use of the arena without the death fight? Do you want to watch a monkey show?

Li Shen was speechless to refute.

If you want to change the cruel laws of this city, unless you make the mercenary guild cease to exist, without the mercenary guild, is Chang'an still Chang'an?And if there are no mercenaries in this world, will it really be better?

he does not know.

He only knew that without mercenaries, people would still fight endlessly for various reasons, and wars would still be everywhere.It is too difficult to change this world, even if it is just to change this city, it is as difficult as reaching the sky.

Li Shen often came here in private, of course not to 'pick chickens'. In the sword pool under the arena, Mu Xiaobai, who had been stripped of his five senses, fell asleep.

Mu Xiaobai's consciousness is clear.

In order to protect Chang'an City, Mu Xiaobai's consciousness once woke up from a deep sleep, and used the power of a thousand swords to meet the falling airship. After that, his five senses were blocked again, but without the help of the previous generation of sword slaves However, his consciousness could no longer enter a deep sleep, so he could only be consciously imprisoned in his body, enduring this torture with no end in sight.

All Li Shen could do was stand by like this and watch.

Twenty years ago, his consciousness was sucked into the big hole in the ground of Chang'an, and he was almost attracted by the world beyond the sea of ​​light, and flew away from this land.In the end, it was the ray of consciousness remaining in the body, sensing the fate of Geng Yan's imminent death, destroying the body that restrained it by itself, and carrying a strand of Geng Yan's hair to the ground to awaken Li Shen's consciousness.Li Shen's consciousness broke through the seal of the cliff guards with the alien energy absorbed from the cave, and returned to Chang'an. At that moment, he sensed the consciousness of everyone in the city.

Including Mu Xiaobai's.

Now Li Shen, who has re-contained his consciousness in the human body, no longer has that magical ability, and can no longer perceive Mu Xiaobai's consciousness.Li Shen, who chose to be a human being, could not save Mu Xiaobai. In order to maintain this human body, he could not even leave Chang'an for a long time, because once the alien energy in his body was not replenished, his body would disappear... and what remained of him The consciousness that has come down is not enough to reorganize a new body again.

So, he can't do anything.

In the Guanyang Pavilion at the top of the arena, Feng He leaned against the window, looking at Li Shen who walked out of the arena with a gloomy face below him, turned his head helplessly, leaned back and took a sip of wine.A pile of empty wine jars were lying crookedly at his feet, and the small attic was filled with the pungent smell of alcohol. Li Mubai walked in with a frown, and threw the thing in his hand on Feng He. Lost, said in a bad mood: "Get lost."

Feng He lazily put down the wine jar in his hand, picked up the small jade bottle thrown by Li Mubai and shook it in front of his eyes, his eyes were a little misty, but he didn't know what he thought of.After a while, he unscrewed the bottle, flipped his wrist, and the contents flowed out.

"You're crazy!?"

Li Mubai scolded angrily, and rushed over to snatch the jade bottle from his hand, but there was still a drop of scarlet liquid that didn't have time to return to the bottle, and quietly landed on Feng He's bare ankle, it was dazzling red.

"I'm not crazy." Feng He stared at the scarlet spot, whispered, "I'm just..."

He just suddenly didn't want to live anymore.

Holding the unscrewed vial, Li Mubai frowned, looking at the lifeless man in front of him.What is contained in the bottle is nothing but the source blood drawn from the heart of the blood queen. Without the purest source blood of the blood, Feng He would not be able to maintain his human form, and he would not even be able to keep his consciousness clear.However, Liselinte was also in a weak sleep. She could only draw the source blood once a year, and any more would kill her. Therefore, Feng He had to be imprisoned in the dungeon in the form of a monster for a period of time every year.

Living like this is indeed a torment, but Feng He has never shown such a desperate look before, since he attended Wang Ziyun and Huang Sha's wedding that day, this guy has become a little bit wrong... Li Mubai stretched out his hand to break Feng He's With his lower jaw, he abruptly poured all the blood in the bottle into it.

Feng He didn't resist or struggle, he just gave up and closed his eyes quietly.

He was tired——when he was young, he was in that ghostly place of Xingjiao. If he wanted to live, he had to risk his life. He finally got out of the sea of ​​suffering, but unfortunately, he picked up the cursed blood gun and began to rob his own blood with the unsolvable blood curse. life.Even if he became such a monster who is neither human nor ghost, he is still trying his best to live. He has been desperately trying to survive all his life. In order to survive, he does not know how many things he has given up...

"If you don't want to live." Li Mubai's indifferent and distant voice sounded, "I can help you."

Feng He closed his eyes and smiled, Li Mubai's mouth is really annoying... He stretched out his hand to pull the person down, hugged him into his arms, stroked the stiff back of the person, and thought to himself how could he still be like this after hugging him for so many years It's cold.

I'm afraid I won't be able to cover it for the rest of my life.

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Wang Ping disappeared as if he had never existed before.Soon the candidate information for the new adjutant was placed on Li Shen's desktop, and after reading the list, Li Shen leaned back in his chair, remained silent for a moment, and dialed Geng Yan's phone number.

"I want to go home for dinner tonight." He said to the other end of the communication, "Are you with me?"

Geng Yan was silent for a moment and said yes.

Dinner consisted of six dishes and one soup, which was quite hearty. In fact, Li Shen's body no longer needed to eat. As long as he was supplemented with different kinds of energy, he would never grow old, let alone die.During this period of time, Geng Yan hadn’t had dinner with Li Shen for a long time because he had to personally arrange the affairs of the Penglai Chamber of Commerce. When Li Shen called him during the day, he was still in Yangcheng, thousands of miles away, and he came back on a special trip. Eat this meal.

After the meal, Li Shen touched the black cat Rourou lying on his lap. This is Bawang's great-granddaughter, who is now seven years old. After Bawang's death, her harem did not stay in Baishan for the elderly, and they separated. Some of the offspring are gone, and some are left behind.And this Rourou has been very attached to Li Shen since she was a child, and is also the most favored by him, even the right to name it was snatched from Geng Yan's hands, so at least she was given a name that a girl should have.

During the entire meal, the two did not speak a word.

The attendants from the other courtyard took away the bowls and chopsticks, and only Li Shen and Geng Yan were left in the dining room. The atmosphere in the room was a bit oppressive. Li Shen patted Rourou on her legs, making her jump off her knees, and then stood up , walked behind Geng Yan who was sitting across the table, put his hands on the other's shoulders, and twisted the hanging golden hair.

"A few days ago, I asked Wang Ping to send you something." Li Shen's voice sounded a little casual, and he whispered, "The Zhu family took [-]% of the shares to beg for mercy. I hear back."

"Yeah." Geng Yan raised his hand to hold Li Shen's left hand on his shoulder, "I don't agree."

As he spoke, he pulled the back of Li Shen's palm to his lips, and kissed it lightly, but when he heard Li Shen laugh, he bent down, put his arms around his neck, and leaned over to kiss his lips.

"I beg you." Li Shen said with a smile, "It's fine if you change hands, why bother to uproot Penglai coins, if the Penglai coins become waste paper, the effect will be more terrifying than natural disasters, and I don't know how many people will cry to trouble you Me, are you willing to watch me work hard and bear the blame?"

Geng Yan touched Li Shen's cheek, smiled and shook his head: "If it's just to destroy, why should I spend so many years? The Penglai Chamber of Commerce has been in existence for thousands of years, and the complexity inside is beyond the imagination of outsiders. Even if I get it, it will be a mess. I I want to imitate it, build a new Penglai Chamber of Commerce, and replace the old one with the new one. Although there will definitely be an impact at that time, I will keep this impact to a minimum."

Li Shen rested his chin on his shoulder and hummed.

Geng Yan was silent for a moment, and then said: "The reason why Wang Ping was dealt with is because he colluded with the Penglai Chamber of Commerce and didn't ask for your consent, which made you unhappy?"

"A bit."

Li Shen straightened up while speaking, let go of his hand, lowered his head and lit a cigarette.He took a deep breath of the cigarette, then let it out slowly, before continuing: "Actually, whether you want to destroy the Penglai Chamber of Commerce or kill Wang Ping, I won't be angry, the question is... what do you want? "

Geng Yan was slightly taken aback, and raised his eyes in astonishment.

"One Chang'an Peak can't satisfy you. The Geng Army has essentially controlled the entire Middle-earth. You still don't think it's enough. Now you have to build a new Penglai Chamber of Commerce... When will your ambition be fulfilled? Or, There will never be such a day?" Li Shen bit his cigarette and wrapped his ten fingers around Geng Yan's neck, narrowing his eyes and said, "Honey, sometimes I really want to strangle you, if one day I really do that, Will you hate me?"

Geng Yan sat motionless on the chair, letting Li Shen hold his neck, his eyes showed a thoughtful look, and after a while, he replied: "Probably not."

It's a thoughtful answer, well thought out, and the possibility of it becoming a reality is real.With a low laugh, he leaned back and pulled Li Shen's head off, took the cigarette out of the opponent's mouth, and pressed a kiss on it.

"Because what I want most, I have already got it."