C9

"Jun … gentleman does not accept … food that comes in vain." The man used all his strength to say this.

"Yo ~ I didn't expect you to have so much backbone!" Lin Hua ridiculed him, "Then we won't save you anymore. You just have to work hard and earn what you won't get for free." However, this man completely ignored Lin Hua and turned his head, trying to keep his mouth as far away from the food as possible. When he turned around, he saw An Lutian standing at the side. He suddenly became very excited. The man who didn't even have the strength to speak at first actually stood up and walked to An Lutian's side. His hands tightly gripped his shoulders.

"Are you An Lutian? You are Anlu-tian! Hahaha … "The man threw his head back and laughed excitedly, causing everyone present to be unable to make sense of the situation." General An, I beg of you! Please! "I beg of you, please accept me. Take me with you to kill that dog-emperor … I beg of you …" The man's voice was filled with tears. He was crying so hard that no one could hear what he was about to say. Not long later, the man fainted again due to excessive excitement and weakness.

"Ah …" The man slowly opened his eyes.

"Let me tell you!" Qiu Wen was a bit angry. "Can you cherish your body well? I finally woke you up. If you don't eat anything and pass out, I'll save you and feed you the poison so that you can beg for your life!"

"Jun … gentleman is not to be taken advantage of." The man still refused to eat.

"I was wondering why you were so persistent in such a strange place!" Qiu Wen was confused. "You're starving, why do you care so much?!"

"A gentleman is not to be eaten in vain!"

"Alright, brother. Since you want me to take you to kill the dog-emperor, then why are you following me here when you're starving to death? I'm not going to fight with a body. " An Luotian could no longer bear to watch any further. He walked over.

"…" The man was silent for a moment. Then, he slowly picked up the congee. Just as he took a bite, he couldn't help but start wolfing down the congee. When the man had calmed down, Anlu spoke to him from heaven.

"So, why are you in a place like this? Xu Zheng? " It looked like An Lu knew who the person in front of him was.

"Haha … It seems like I have some reputation. General An knows me too."

"This brother is too modest. This brother here has more than just a little reputation. This brother here has a very good reputation." The army with the code name Silver Wolf must be under the command of this brother. The assassination team that was under the Emperor's command dealt with some shameful matters in the Imperial Court. All of the people in the army are elites of assassinations, especially you, and you are one of the elites among elites. After joining the Silver Wolf Army for more than thirty years, you have handled hundreds of things, big and small.

"Silver Wolf?" That Silver Wolf? " Qiu Wen was shocked. "I always thought it was just a folklore, but it really exists …"

"So, how did the famed Master Xu Zhen manage to break through to such a state and appear in this desolate mountain range? And you actually came to find me, the great sinner who betrayed the nation, to bring you to kill the Emperor who you swore your loyalty to? " An Lutian was still wary of this man.

"… If possible, I hope that none of this has happened." Xu Zhen let out a long sigh and began to narrate his story. It was a tragic story, but it was also one that could not have been more ordinary in this era.

Three months ago —

"Recently, I heard some rumors." Under the curtain of jade, the emperor's face was faintly discernible. "I heard that some ministers in the imperial court were recently discussing that An Lutian had not betrayed the country, and that it was because I was afraid of him that I deliberately killed him. Daughter, you must know that these words are based on suspicion and distrust of me. "Tell me, do you need such a minister in the imperial court?"

"This subject understands." Xu Zhen held the sword and disappeared into the night after receiving orders. Xu Zhen had always been one of the top killers in the army for the past thirty years. From the moment he had joined the army, he had been able to accomplish all sorts of tasks, regardless of whether the other party was an old man, a child, or a woman. As long as the emperor ordered them to be killed, none of them would survive. He realized that he seemed to have lost part of his human feelings, but that didn't matter anymore. Growing up among the poor, doing all sorts of things to survive, he still didn't know who his real parents were, being returned to the palace in his teens and trained as a killer. From then on, he helped the Emperor deal with all kinds of people who obstructed his rule, and no matter who it was, as long as the Emperor said he wanted to kill, he would definitely die. Under the deterrence of the silver wolves led by Xu Zhen, no one in the imperial court dared to oppose the emperor's dictatorship. Today's mission was nothing more than killing a few more people than usual to Xu Zhen. It wasn't difficult for Xu Zhen, who had eyes and ears all over the city, to find these people. In just one night, there were a few more corpses in the entire capital, and tomorrow, the news would spread throughout the entire capital. At that time, perhaps no one would dare to speak about An Luotian anymore.

It was already the latter half of the night after the mission was completed. Xu Zhen wiped the blood off his sword, then the moonlight and prepared to return to his residence. The successive missions in recent days had also caused Xu Zhen to feel a bit tired. It seemed that the incident of him killing An Luotian had caused quite a stir in the capital. The road to Xu Zhen's house was a small one where almost no one walked. There were almost no people during the day, and it was even quieter during the night. For a killer, this was not a lot of time. However, today's road did not have its usual tranquility — a few big men in front of them had surrounded a girl, and it seemed like they were going to do something naughty, but Xu Zhen did not want to bother about it. Xu Zhen did not care about the life or death of others at all.

"That big brother! "Help me!" The girl seemed to have grasped onto a straw of hope as she desperately cried for help.

The men knew at a glance that he wasn't a habitual criminal and immediately panicked when they saw that someone was coming. The group of people brought the little girl and surrounded Xu Zhen, telling him to not meddle in other people's business. Under normal circumstances, Xu Zhen would choose to turn around and leave. However, he didn't know that today, it was because he saw the girl being bullied and thinking of the events that happened to him when he was young, or because he felt that this quiet path that belonged to his soul had been sullied, or simply because he had overheard the girl's cries and felt a sense of righteousness erupting (although it was almost impossible).

"You … just you wait!" Although they had the upper hand in numbers, their opponents were assassins who had fought for more than thirty years, and yet they had still been taught a ruthless lesson. As Xu Zhen watched the hoodlums flee down the small alley, he actually felt a trace of pleasure.

"Thank you, this brave warrior!" At this moment, Xu Zhen finally remembered to check if the lady was alright. The moonlight shined on the girl's body. Although her clothes were torn a bit by those hooligans and her hair was messy, it didn't affect her charming temperament in the slightest. Her pure and beautiful smile was like the sun, warming the hearts of everyone, and even a person like Xu Zhen was mesmerized. "Brave warrior?" "This brave warrior!"

Xu Zhen recovered from the call of the girl. "Ah, this lady, why are you not coming home in the middle of the night and wandering around this place?" Xu Zhen asked her with a cold tone. It wasn't intentional, but rather, his usual tone.

"I … I had a quarrel with my father …" The girl lowered her head.

"Ugh." Xu Zhen was about to head home after speaking.

"Ai ai ai ~" The girl pulled at Xu Zhen. "Just one person?"

"Otherwise?"

"No … I'm just a girl at home. What if I'm in danger alone outside at night?"

"That is the result of your own decision, and you can't blame anyone else. Let me go, I'm going home. " As he spoke, Xu Zhen removed the girl's hand from his body.

"Ai ai ai …" The girl grabbed Xu Zhen again. "Can you keep me for the night …"

"No." Apart from work, Xu Zhen rarely interacted with anyone else and naturally didn't like others disturbing his life.

"Just one night ~ Just one night ~ I'm begging you ~" The girl actually started acting coquettishly and grabbed onto Xu Zhen's hand without letting go, and she even plopped down on the ground and couldn't get up.

"Aren't you afraid that I'm also a bad person?" Xu Zhen had no choice but to scare her. As he spoke, he put on the expression of a villain, but in reality, he didn't know what kind of expression a villain had. Even when killing someone, he was expressionless. In the end, instead of scaring the girl, it actually made her laugh.

"Hahaha …" The little girl rolled her head back and forth. "You … hahaha … what kind of expression is that … hahaha, it's so funny."

Faced with such sudden mockery, Xu Zhen was a bit taken aback. "Don't care about your expression, just say no!" Xu Zhen still refused the girl in the end, and his tone was a bit angry as well. Although he'd been mocked quite a few times since he was young, this was still the first time he'd been so baffled.

"Then … I'm sorry …" The girl also realized her mistake. She stood up and bowed her head to apologize to Xu Zhen. Under the moonlight, the girl's beautiful expression made it impossible for people not to comfort her. It was simply too beautiful. "Then can you send me home … I'm afraid by myself …" Even Xu Zhen couldn't help but feel his heart soften when he saw this scene.

"Then what are you still standing there for?" Why aren't you leading the way? "

"Ah?" The girl hurriedly pointed in Xu Zhen's direction. "Here it is, hehe …"

"What's so funny?"

"I'm just happy, you don't have to care ~"

The girl lived in the east of the city, not too far away from Xu Zhen's residence. The girl pointed out her house to Xu Zhen. From the looks of it, she was still a rich family. The door was filled with people holding torches. It seemed like they were looking for someone.

"My house is here, why don't you come in and have a seat?" The girl asked Xu Zhen.

"No, since you're home, I'll go back first." Xu Zhen turned around as he spoke, planning to return home.

"Hey hey hey ~ Why are you in such a hurry?" I haven't asked you your name yet. "

"Miss doesn't need to know my name." After parting today, the two of them should no longer have any chance of meeting each other, right? People living in two different worlds shouldn't have any chance to meet again in the future, right?

"Alright then ~" The girl was unexpectedly straightforward and didn't try to keep him, "So, see you later?" The girl waved goodbye to Xu Zhen.

"Yes, goodbye." Xu Zhen watched as the girl skipped and ran towards the big house. A trace of loneliness actually emerged in his heart. "Having too much interaction with such a person should affect my future work …" Xu Zhen thought to himself as he turned around and disappeared into the night.

When Xu Zhen woke up, it was already noon of the second day. It looked like he'd really been tired over the past few days, but he was still quite old. After waking up, Xu Zhen read for a while and tidied up the potted plants in the courtyard. To Xu Zhen, who did not interact with anyone else, these potted plants were the same as his family, and taking care of them was the best way for Xu Zhen to release his stress and ease his mood. Xu Zhen was also the happiest person in the day, and he felt that nothing could make him happier than watching his potted plants grow under his hands. Last night, he had dreamt of that girl. This was the first time in so many years that Xu Zhen had dreamed of someone else, even if they were a soul that had died tragically under his sword, Xu Zhen would not have felt anything. Last night, he had actually dreamt of that girl. Every time he thought of girls, Xu Zhen would have a feeling that he had never felt before. It was numb, and he knew that this feeling would make him addicted to it. It would make him hesitate. It would make his sword rust. In the past, some troops had failed because of this, resulting in them being cut at the waist. As he watched the sky gradually turn dark, Xu Zhen decided to walk out in order to ease his complicated mood. He didn't know what would happen if he killed someone, but if his sword became rusty, then he would lose the ability to kill someone. Even he himself wouldn't know what meaning he would have if he lived in this world.

After changing his clothes, Xu Zhen opened the door. Xu Zhen felt incredibly calm as he stood on this deserted path. If he didn't kill someone, he might be able to live in the countryside. The various fields were also quite nice. Xu Zhen gradually halted his steps as he looked at the moonlight.

"Ah, you're finally out!" Suddenly, a familiar voice entered his ears, "Do you know that I've been waiting for you here for the whole day?" It was the girl. When he heard the girl's voice, Xu Zhen actually felt a hint of joy in his heart, but he quickly suppressed it.

"What are you waiting for me for?" "Besides, how did you know I was here?"

"I'm not stupid. Since this place is so remote, ordinary people would not run here. This means that your house must be nearby, and this is the only road. I think, as long as you go out, you will definitely meet me here." The girl said proudly, "As for why I came to see you, you're really stupid. Yesterday, didn't you say goodbye to me?"

"Yeah." Xu Zhen didn't think so.

"Then that's fine. See you later, that means we'll meet again, so I'm coming ~" The girl blinked.

"That's just a formality."

"No ~ Okay ~ See you again is a kind of promise. You're a man, you wouldn't go back on your promise ~ ~ Hehe."

"Sigh …" Xu Zhen sighed. "Alright. You've seen it too. I'll be going back."

"Don't! I came to find you today because I have other business with you!" The girl ran over and took Xu Zhen's arm.

"Wha … what?" Xu Zhen was instantly flustered by this sudden development.

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to be shy too!" The girl said with a mischievous smile, "Today is a temple fair ~"

"So?"

"I'm going to the temple fair, but I'm lacking a guard. I saw that you were pretty skilled yesterday, so you can be my guard ~"

"No." Xu Zhen rejected her without even thinking.

"No, this won't do. I've already decided that you must accept me as one —" The girl dragged Xu Zhen towards the temple fair. "Let's go, let's go."

Now —

"She is the most beautiful person I have ever seen to smile. Perhaps I was saved by that smile bit by bit." Xu Zhen recalled every detail he had with the girl. When he thought of the girl's smile, he couldn't help but laugh at night.

"I didn't expect the famous squad leader of the killing squad would smile so sweetly." An Luotian couldn't help but mock Xu Zhen when he saw his smile.

"Stop bullshitting, hurry up and continue." A girl like Qiu Wen was completely captivated by this story. No one knew when, but everyone had already surrounded them.

"Sigh … If I had been a bit more resolute and insisted on not going to the temple fair at that time, then perhaps everything wouldn't have happened." Xu Zhen's expression instantly darkened as tears dripped down from his eyes.