Selfishness

I didn't stop in Medicine Valley, and I didn't stop on the way back to Zhonghu City.After traveling all night, I was exhausted, plus...

When I returned to Mo Mansion, An Feng greeted me immediately.

"Little master!" An Feng ran towards me eagerly and said, "Why are you so pale?"

I smiled consolingly and said, "It's been a long journey, and I'm a little tired."

"Then go to rest!" Mother An continued nagging, "Little master, you are such an adult, why don't you know how to take care of yourself. Go to rest quickly, I'll go to the kitchen..."

"Anfeng, I'm fine." I said helplessly, "Don't worry."

"Master, you..."

"Where is Old Kezi? I have something to look for him."

"Senior? I just saw him take some wine and go away. He probably returned to his room now... Hey! Little master! Where are you going! You should go to rest now."

Along the way, Anfeng tried to persuade me to rest, but was finally dismissed by my stubbornness.I came to Lao Kezi's room alone, pushed open the door and walked in - I'm pretty sure he knew I was coming, so hesitating was always meaningless.

"My dear boy, are you back?" Old Kezi hid the wine in his hand behind his back and said, "Is it enough to travel around the mountains and rivers?"

"Old Kezi, don't hide it. I'll know the wine when I smell it." I sat down and said, "I don't care about the wine now. I have something to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Old Kezi rolled his eyes, saw my uneasy expression, and said with some uneasiness in his heart, "I've been handling affairs properly recently..."

"Really?" I looked at Old Kezi's terrified look and asked with a smile, "If the business is properly handled, then is it clear that the Eagle Hall's information is also clear?"

"Eagle Hall?" Old Kezi tilted his head innocently like a child, thinking for a while, and said, "I don't seem to have any information recently. Xiaoqi and the others seem to have gone all the way north from Medicine Valley, and they are probably in the grassland now." .”

I chuckled and asked, "Nothing about me?"

Old Kezi frowned, and then he eased his expression and asked, "What do you mean, dear student?"

"There is no information about me in Chu State?"

"You are asking... Does anyone know that you are in Chu State?" Old Kezi became more and more at a loss, "Probably not. After all, the major general has been guarding Zhonghu City."

"Chen Hui doesn't know either?"

"Little princess? Why would she know?"

"Then why would she know about my first departure from Midlake City?" I played with my teacup, as if talking about something that had nothing to do with me.

Old Kezi's face turned blue, and after looking at me for a while, his eyes began to roll wildly, and he said, "My boy, what do you mean?"

"Old Kezi, have you already admitted your cautious tone?" I raised my head, looked directly at him and said, "Didn't you let me meet Chen Hui? Didn't you communicate with Prince Sheng long ago?" ever?"

"Good boy, who did you listen to?" Old Kezi didn't dare to look at me, his eyes were erratic, and his hands kept scratching his cheeks.

"Guess." I said with a sneer, "That man taught me a good lesson."

"Apprentice, what's the matter with you?" Old Kezi poked my hand carefully, and said, "Why did your aura become so cold after you came back this time?"

"You don't know what happened? I thought you were watching me all the time."

"I didn't!" Old Kezi waved his arms in panic, then looked at me pitifully and said, "I was the one who introduced you to the Sheng family. But it was for your own good! I can see that you are talented, brave, resourceful, brave..."

"Stop!" I interrupted Old Kezi's admiration in disgust, "Say it seriously!"

"Cough." Old Kezi immediately said solemnly, "I made a bet with your father and Danqing. Even if you don't want to be the overlord of the world, you will be able to be below one person and above ten thousand people! After all, I thank Ke's apprentice! What's the matter with mediocre people!"

"So? You introduced me to the Sheng family, and you want me to help them win the world? So that you win the bet?"

Old Kezi lowered his head innocently and said, "I actually want you to use the Sheng family to get the throne..."

"Okay..." I gritted my teeth and said, "You really have high expectations for me!"

"My dear boy!" Old Kezi held my hand and said with snot and tears, "That was in the past! I didn't care about it after that! Eagle Hall really belongs to you!"

I sneered and said, "Do you still care? Didn't I go according to your expectations?"

"Um...it really has nothing to do with me. It's your own wish."

"I always thought it was my own wish, but if you hadn't provided Yingtang and contacted Sheng's family, would I have made it this far? Would I have thought of going this far?"

Oh, the term free consciousness is really ambiguous.Self-righteously think that everything is a choice of one's own will, but in fact, which choice is not being influenced by the outside world?

"Good student! I made a mistake as a teacher!" Old Kezi "spoofed" like a child, saying something to please and admit his mistake.

Actually, I'm not mad at him at all.Although he also led me here for a "gamble".But without Lao Kezi, how could I be successful?It's just that in my heart, I always feel very uncomfortable.These people I trust so much, it turned out that they "calculated" me-even for my own good.

"Old Kezi, don't be like this." I looked at him indifferently and said, "Actually, I don't blame you. I just think that I'm too self-righteous, and I always feel that everything is under my control. But in the end, I realized that I'm just a pawn."

"Good student!" Old Kezi said in a panic, "It's not like that for a teacher! I also realized that I shouldn't let you get involved in disputes after being a teacher. If you want, being a teacher now can take you to wander around the world, free Live gracefully."

"Is it the king's land in the whole world? Where can my young general escape to?"

"The world is so big. We can follow the route of the Western Regions and continue westward. We can also go north into the grassland like Xiaoqi and the others!"

"How can I go now?" I said with a wry smile, "The whole world is staring at Zhonghu City and this major general. How can I leave in full view?"

Old Kezi stroked his beard in a rare serious way and said, "I understand. When the ten years expire, I will have a way to make you disappear from the sight of everyone. At that time, you can go far away."

"Okay." I agreed to Old Kezi without hesitation, because I really wanted to escape everything.

Old Kezi smiled kindly, stroking my head like an elder and said: "I used to push you on this road out of selfish interests. As a teacher, I feel relieved to see you become famous. But recently, your fatigue , I still feel very distressed as a teacher. You can relax now, there will be a teacher in Zhonghu City to watch, and there will be no chaos. And your father doesn’t have to worry, but don’t blame him. He has worked hard all his life, and it is rare to have Free. When your side is over, we will go find him."

"I don't blame him." The occasionally serious old Kezi always has a kind of magic power to make you let go of your guard and pour out the bitterness in your heart, "I'm just a little tired."

"Then go back to your room and rest. I'll ask Anfeng to bring you some tonic later. You had a hidden injury before, so you must pay more attention to it."

Speaking of dark wounds, I remembered what happened that night again.Tears couldn't stop streaming down my face suddenly, I grabbed Lao Kezi's skirt and cried loudly.Old Kezi was a little confused, but he comforted me patiently until I fell asleep from crying.

"Bastard!" In a daze, he seemed to hear Old Kezi's voice, and it was rarely angry.

"Bastard!" An Feng's voice seemed to be heard, "I'll lead my troops to kill her now! I don't believe it! Our Mohist army can't beat her yet!"

"Idiot! Why did you kill the past to get a name? Do you want the whole world to know about this! You don't even think about your master!"

"Then let her go like this!" An Feng's angry roar completely rang in my ears, "I'll tell Master Sheng now! Let her lead someone to kill her!"

"Anfeng..." I opened my eyes wearily and stopped him.

"Little master!" An Feng happily walked to my bed.Looking at his reddened eyes, she sighed inwardly, maybe this silly boy treats Mo Xu sincerely.

"Where are you going?"

An Feng's eyes suddenly turned sharp, and his eye sockets became even redder: "It's because An Feng didn't take good care of the little master, so that the little master..." An Feng beat the ground with one hand angrily and said, "An Feng swears! Got that bastard!"

"Did I sleep for a long time?" How come everyone knows this when I wake up?

"No, I just slept for a day."

"Isn't it a day?"

An Feng asked suspiciously: "Isn't my little master often sleeping for several days?"

My God, what image do I have in their minds.

"Good boy..." Old Kezi sat on a chair not far away, looking very tired, and even made me think he was a lot older, "That bastard told you those things?"

I nodded in acquiescence.

"But why didn't you tell me! She actually... eh!" Old Kezi slapped the table violently, and the poor little table fell apart.

"How do you know?" I've only slept for a day, why so many things happened?

"We found that none of your hidden guards came back, so we went to check. On the way to send people to investigate, we just received a letter from Miss He."

"I told her not to say anything." I smiled, but this smile was too ugly, which immediately aroused An Feng's dissatisfaction: "How can you not say it! How can you let the little master be bullied like this! An Feng I won't let that bastard go!"

I poked An Feng's swollen face in a funny way and said, "Okay, don't be angry. I will handle this matter myself. You are not allowed to interfere."

"Little master..."

"Anfeng!" Old Kezi said with a grim expression, "Listen to your master."

"But……"

"Student, tell us what you need, don't carry it alone. Although I have concealed some things from you before, don't let those past things separate you and me."

"Old Kezi, I don't blame you. Although you intended to guide me, I did hope that way myself." I paused and said, "The rest of the matter is up to me. You don't like to do it, Old Kezi. You are a bird in a cage, so you should go for a walk in the rivers and lakes."

"Good student! You can't help but trust me as a teacher!"

I smiled and said: "I don't believe you, I don't want you, I just want to solve it by myself. Besides, it's not safe for you to stay in Mofu all the time. It's better not to expose our relationship. What you and Dad did for me Enough is enough, you should enjoy the happiness and don't have to continue to work hard for me."

Old Kezi sighed, nodded and agreed: "I promise you. But you also have to promise to be a teacher, not to be brave alone. Neither the teacher nor your father want you to be hurt. After the ten-year period expires, you must Let's go."

"Okay." I laughed and said, "After sleeping all day, I'm hungry too. Anfeng, help me prepare some food."

An Feng replied in a low voice.

"Silly boy, if you go to assassinate that guy, wouldn't there be no one to take care of me?" I patted his head and said, "You are my right-hand man, how can I lose you?"

An Feng nodded with tears in his eyes and said: "An Feng will never leave the little master's side in the future! I will never let others hurt the little master!"

"Alright, hurry up and prepare some food, or else your little master will starve to death."

An Feng left quickly.But looking at his slightly dejected back, I was still very relieved.

"My dear disciple, promise to be your teacher, don't do anything dangerous."

"No." I looked straight at Old Kezi and said, "I really want to take revenge on them, but I won't take the lives of the Mohist army to take revenge."

"Teacher..." Old Kezi suddenly showed a look of grief on his face.

"Old Kezi, I have a grudge in my heart, and I can't let it go."

"Oh, it's all the teacher's fault!" Old Kezi thumped his knees angrily.

"Okay, let's not talk about it."

After that day passed, Lao Kezi left after resting for a few days. As for where did he go?I don't know either, he's always elusive.Yingqi and Su Yun also seem to know about Chu Yuan and me.According to previous letters, they were already on their way back.And Zhonghu City is still the same as before, looking very calm, with caravans and affairs in order.

But this day did not last long, after all, this world is still a world of war.

Counting the days, Yingqi and Su Yun, who were supposed to return to Zhonghu City, only sent back a letter—Sheng Guo secretly dispatched troops, intending to attack Chu State.

I sighed secretly: "It must be Chu Yuan's fault again." I called An Feng and said: "An Feng, clean up, we are going to Shengguo. By the way, tell Yingqi and the others to rush back to Zhonghu City immediately. I When the two are away, they will handle the affairs."

The author has something to say:

At the beginning of the chapter, when Lao Kezi talked with Danqing Moyan at night, he planned to let Moxu go plotting the world.

Although Mo Xu didn't blame Old Kezi, he still had resentment in his heart, so he let him go.On the one hand, it was resentment, on the other hand, it also felt that Kezi was getting old and should go to rest.