The quiet house.
Shen Yi put down his chopsticks and casually raised his glass in response.
There was no need to be polite. For a straightforward and reckless man like him, there were some things that needed to be spoken out before one could feel at ease.
"call--"
Butcher Zhang sat back at the table with a smile on his face.
This time, the Vajra Sect can be said to have crushed his dignity into the dust.
To be honest, with the other party's current strength, there is not much I can do to help even if I risk my life.
But Brother Shen still had the same attitude as always, no different from when he was in Baiyun County.
"I plan to take this child away from Qingzhou City temporarily and stay in a small county town for a while. I will ask someone to write to you when we get there."
Shen Yi is now on the rise, and he is backing up Zhang the Butcher in front of so many people. It can be said that as long as they stay in the city, there are countless people who are willing to curry favor with him and establish a relationship with Lord Shen.
But the ruffian saw more deeply that he did not deserve such wealth and honor, and whoever wanted to curry favor with him was the one who wanted to harm Shen Yi. With his strength, he could easily become a breakthrough point for others to attack Shen Yi.
"be safe."
Shen Yi nodded and glanced at Fang Heng beside him: "Why do you keep looking at him like your father?"
"…"
Fang Heng rolled his eyes and sat down as well. If his parents had seen things so clearly, they wouldn't have stayed with the small shop and finally died tragically at the hands of the demon, leaving only his grandmother and himself to depend on each other.
Seeing the relief on the faces of Zhang the Butcher and the young man who had escaped death, I felt a little emotional for a moment.
The general is a good master, but he can hardly be said to be a competent elder.
"My grandmother said that I have changed a lot recently and wanted to thank you in person."
Fang Heng sighed. The big change was because his arm had not been healed since he met the other person.
Since I can't fight with others, my temper will naturally be much more restrained.
"Tomorrow."
Shen Yi suddenly realized that since he got to know more people, some people in this world actually began to care about him.
It actually feels pretty good.
The three of them just took a few sips and then went back to their rooms to rest. In the chaotic world full of demons, getting drunk was a luxury.
…
The next day.
Butcher Zhang got up and left very early. He didn't say anything before leaving. He just bowed deeply towards Shen Yi's door with his child.
In the morning, Fang Heng came in from outside carrying two bags of oranges.
Shen Yi put all the clothes of his personal lieutenant general into the silver bell, changed into a set of ink-colored long gown he brought from Baiyun County, and pushed the door open to go out.
"Are you planning to leave again?" Fang Heng looked at his dress and seemed to realize something.
As expected, old lady Aqian gave Lord Shen the bell.
Fang Heng had only seen this kind of hurried and unwilling to stop behavior in one other person.
"You can't stay in the city all the time, just go out and wander around."
Shen Yi walked out of the yard.
I have been carrying a half-volume book on the Dan Ning Body Tempering Method but never using it, and I feel a little itchy.
The two of them soon arrived at the general's mansion.
The second time he set foot here, Shen Yi's mentality was completely different from the last time.
Now that he is standing here, others will only think that he has important tasks to do, rather than that he has established connections with anyone.
"Xiao Yang, just wait a little longer. I'll introduce you to a young man."
"Oh... Mother-in-law... I just came here to give Master Fang his salary. I don't have any other plans now."
"Look at the people first."
"I have something else to do..."
There were several conversations in the yard, and the girl seemed helpless.
As the two men walked into the courtyard, she turned her head and looked over. Her eyes quickly passed over Fang Heng and fell on the tall figure in the black shirt.
"Uh." Xiao Yang subconsciously sat down on the stool: "Suddenly everything is fine again."
Fang Heng glanced at her and said calmly, "Go get busy first."
"I'm not really busy... Hey... Don't pull me... Master Shen! It's me! I picked out a technique for you last time!"
Fang Heng walked over and pulled the girl up, until she walked out of the yard, looking back every few steps, his eyes still fixed on Shen Yi's face.
"You bastard, can you be more polite?"
The mother-in-law patted him in annoyance, then looked at Shen Yi with a smile: "Here you are."
"Well, come and see you."
Shen Yi nodded. She didn't expect that the other party was serious about introducing the girl.
"Hurry up and sit down. I'll go cook for you."
Old people love to talk a lot and don't understand anything about spiritual practice. They only ask about trivial matters related to family matters.
Shen Yi didn't mind being annoyed. He sat in the yard and responded to the other party's questions seriously.
It seemed that only this kind of scene could give him a slight sense of security as if he had returned to his previous life.
Soon it was noon, and porridge and side dishes were served on the table again. This time, a bowl of braised pork was specially made for him.
"You helped me teach this silly boy a lesson last time. He's much more well-behaved now. Eat more and try harder next time."
Shen Yi picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat under her mother-in-law's eager gaze.
The silver bell at the waist suddenly trembled.
He calmly took the half-fat and half-lean piece of meat between his lips, tasted it carefully, and raised the corners of his lips: "Your cooking skills are really good."
"Really? Then eat more." Mother-in-law smiled from ear to ear.
"Wait for a chance."
Shen Yi quickly finished the porridge in the bowl, stood up with a slight apology, and bowed to say goodbye.
Fang Heng sensed something and looked up and said, "Master Shen, please be careful."
The dangers that the captain of the Demon Suppression Division encounters on a daily basis are less than one-tenth of those encountered by demon catchers.
"It's okay. You young people are all busy. Go ahead and do your work. Come back and sit with us more often when you have time."
After Shen Yi left, the mother-in-law put away her smile, sat back at the table, and slapped Fang Heng again: "I don't know what you are doing. If such a good boy had a wife waiting at home, would he have to work so hard?"
"You can't just look for it randomly." Fang Heng curled his lips and retorted in a rare low voice.
"That's true." Grandma thought for a moment and suddenly said with a smile, "Your senior sister is quite similar to him."
"Are you talking about Senior Sister Lin?" Fang Heng was stunned for a moment, and also felt that there was some truth in it.
"No, it's the prettier one." The mother-in-law blinked and whispered, "They both look aloof and cold, but they are actually kind-hearted. How about you help to bring them together?"
Hearing this, Fang Heng suddenly shuddered and waved his hands repeatedly: "Please be quiet. Lord Shen looks cold, but he is actually just not talkative. Senior Sister Jiang... is completely different. You must have made a mistake."
Seeing that his grandmother was not convinced, he looked around.
He lowered his voice and said, "I heard from Senior Brother You that when Senior Sister Jiang was a child, she was afflicted by a demon and crawled out of a pile of dead bodies alone. When she met Master, she was accompanied by only a golden macaque that had also suffered the same misfortune. They watched over each other all the way and shared a piece of wheat cake. After escaping the disaster, she still had optimism in her eyes."
"It's a pity that I met the master."
At this point, Fang Heng sighed: "Master took her and the golden macaque to a local yard to take care of them."
"Isn't this good?" Mother-in-law looked at it curiously.
"Okay?" Fang Heng buried his head, picking up pickles in a nonchalant manner, "Master taught them martial arts at the same time. The macaque practiced with the sword, and the senior sister learned the sword... The macaque's entire clan was slaughtered by the ape monster, and he had no choice but to escape. It can be said that he and the senior sister have a life-and-death friendship."
"In just a few months, the macaque has mastered the sword skills to the basic level. The master then gave it a precious sword and let it go out to practice."
"Not long after the monkey left, the master called my sister over and said that the monkey was hiding anger in his heart. The first thing he would do during this trip would be to go back and seek revenge. The journey would take no more than a month."
"After a month of breakthrough, he will bring his senior sister to rescue it."
The mother-in-law was stunned: "Did it succeed?"
"Of course it failed." Fang Heng's eyes showed helplessness: "Senior sister only rested for two hours a day, but in the end she still fell short."
"Of course, these are not important."
Fang Heng waved his hands and took a long breath: "What I want to say is that from then on, Senior Sister never asked a single question about the macaque, and never even set foot in the places where it went. She completely let go of everything and wanted to become the sharpest sword in Qingzhou. It's not what you said, cold on the outside but warm on the inside..."
"But really, I don't care about anything."
(End of this chapter)