Under the sky

Chapter 241

Xie Yunjin has been in a daze. He thought about burying Tuya, but it was impossible and too dangerous.Jin Fuzi said that the Liu people would come back again and the village would be raided. They couldn't take away so many things in one trip, especially the iron tools and large objects that would definitely be left after the fire. We had to get food before we could move on.

Refugees could no longer live in their homes if they were discovered, lest they would be "hunted" by nobles.They did not kill Master Jin, but they were also wary of Master Jin's reports. They would come back and take away the remaining food and supplies when they found a suitable place to live.

"It's best not to meet each other again." Jin Fuzi said.He came to the backyard of Walla Xiaoji's residence, found the grain cellar where the public offerings were stored among the ashes, smashed the lock with the back of his knife, opened the lid and took a look, and said happily: "Sure enough, there is still more!"

Xie Yunjin was awakened by the sound and looked towards the cellar.The cellar was more than ten feet deep and about five feet in diameter. Master Jin couldn't find a ladder, so he jumped down.There are a lot of things inside, so I need to find some food and valuables that are easy to carry.

Master Jin had long known that the refugees would take revenge on the village, and even killed Tuya himself. Why?Thinking about his weird behavior and inconsistent words and deeds after leaving Guigu Palace, is everyone in the world so absurd, or is it just Master Jin who acts alone?
Is he teaching himself something, or is the world just so cruel?Is this really what the world is like?Or is everyone in the world just like Master Jin, only thinking about themselves?

He met too few people. In the past half year, he only met a few sophisticated business travelers, vicious bodyguards, and simple farmers. It was not until he entered the village that he met more people, such as the kind-hearted Tuya and the kind little Vala. Matsuri, the teasing Liz, and the steady patriarch...

They probably shouldn't sacrifice Tuya so easily, but they don't deserve to die either, and Shired and Rika don't deserve to die either.

The most damning thing is... myself?
If he had not left the Ghost Valley Palace, Sired and Lika would not have died. If he had not come to this village, the people in the village would not have died.

Xie Yunjin looked at the cellar cover.If you close the lid, Mrs. Jin can't come out, right?

"Master, be careful, I'm throwing something up." Jin Fuzi threw a bag and didn't know what was in it. Xie Yunjin didn't look at what was in the bag.He searched around and found a thin piece of wood that had been burned by fire but was still strong. He turned around and grabbed it, gritted his teeth and closed the cellar lid, sat down on it, and pushed the wood through the doorknob.

The sudden darkness startled Jin Fuzi: "What's wrong?"

Xie Yunjin ignored Master Jin and looked around for other things that could hold the cellar door down.He had just moved some firewood to pile it on when he suddenly heard a loud "bang" and a strong force came from below, shaking his body.

Just listen to Jin Fuzi shouting: "Are the refugees back?"

There was another loud bang, this time the shaking was stronger.How come Master Jin is so powerful?It's more than ten feet off the ground, and it can even make the cellar door shake when it leaps up and sends out its palms.Xie Yunjin was afraid that Master Jin would rush out as soon as he left, so he sat down and pressed the cellar door.

"Yun'er! Yun'er, are you okay?" Jin Fuzi's voice came again, and he was still caring about him. Xie Yun'er's eyes turned red and tears fell down.

Tuya is dead, and all the villagers are dead. Unlike Sired and Lika, who met unexpectedly, the people in the village are the ones who have been with him the longest except Jin Fuzi, even longer than the father in his memory.

This time I cried, my nose and tears couldn't stop.

"Bang!" There was another loud noise, and Master Jin called: "Master! Are you okay?"

"Why did you kill Tuya? Why?!" Xie Yunjin cried.

After a long silence, Master Jin spoke, as if knowing that Xie Yunjin was fine made him feel relieved, and his tone became calmer: "We can't take her away."

"You asked me to kill the villagers on purpose!" Xie Yunjin cried, "You asked me to kill them!"

"They traded Tuya to kill them. We only saved people." Jin Fuzi said, "Yun'er, if I don't save her, you will remember this for the rest of your life, and you will blame me for not saving her."

"Why don't you tell the villagers and let them escape first?" Xie Yunjin shouted, "You have many ways!"

"Won't the villagers agree to let them defraud the refugees of their food and run away in the freezing cold?" Jin Fuzi said, "It would be much easier to sacrifice a blind girl. They know you want to save people and will be wary of us, so we have no chance. "

"Besides, Tuya doesn't want to die, how can you blame me?" Jin Fuzi continued to quibble, "She doesn't want to be a saint, and she won't be able to go to God Sa after her death. The villagers betrayed her, and she refused to be a saint. They all did it for themselves, We are the only ones to save her.”

"Shut up!" Xie Yunjin shouted, "Kill her!"

"Yun'er, you are here to save her, and I am here to kill her for Yun'er." Jin Fuzi said, "We can't take her with us. You can't return to the pass with her, and you can't take care of her."

"We are all selfless, they are selfish, so they die and we live. We are the good people and they are all the bad people."

This rhetoric was self-contained and was perfected by Jin Fuzi. Xie Yunjin said angrily: "You are doing it for yourself! Because Tuya is my friend, you want to kill her!"

"Tuya hates you." Jin Fuzi said, "You heard how she cursed you. If she is your friend, why should I hurt her?"

Xie Yunjin was stunned and felt endlessly aggrieved.How much hatred and resentment did Tuya have in the end?What would the many villagers who died here think?Did Walla, the patriarch, and Liz feel that Tuya had betrayed them, and they all died in resentment and sadness?

"Yun'er, don't be so angry." Jin Fuzi shouted, "Let me out quickly. If the refugees come back, I can protect you."

Xie Yunjin was silent for a long time until her tears dried up.What else could he do?Without Master Jin, could he survive alone in the snowy desert?He didn't even know how to twist a rope, let alone tan leather, hunt, farm, or even do laundry and cooking.Master Jin never taught him these things, nor did he let him learn from others. He said that these were the jobs of lower-class people. He was a superior person, and he had to study and be knowledgeable. He had a vague feeling that maybe Master Jin was deliberately letting him do this. He doesn't know anything.

But why did Master Jin do this?He doesn't understand.He has met too few people, and he is sure that Master Jin loves him. Perhaps Master Jin is the person who loves him the most in the world at this moment, but why did Master Jin kill Tuya and the villagers?

He really doesn't understand.

"Yun'er..." Jin Fuzi called softly.Xie Yunjin lowered his head, finally stood up, moved away the heavy objects, and opened the cellar door.

He actually knew very well that Master Jin had food down there to last him until the refugees came back.The refugees might kill him, or more likely, let him out because the food is down there.Even if the refugees really killed Jin Fuzi, they would not be able to survive alone in the wasteland.

And he didn't really want Master Jin to die, he just wanted to vent the sullenness and grievance in his heart.

Jin Fuzi didn't jump up immediately and threw in a bag of dried meat that had been dampened by the snow and dried in the sun. It would soon go rancid, but that was all.

After throwing away five or six packages, Jin Fuzi jumped up to the cellar. He was lifeless and touched Xie Yunjin's head: "I know you are sad. They did bad things. This is retribution. We have done our best. This has nothing to do with you. "

"When we save people, we only do what we can, and when we encounter those that we can't control, we don't care. Everyone has their own circumstances, and if they are in trouble, it is also their life. We intervene without thinking clearly, but how can we cover everything? We save this, harm that, Isn’t our hard work in vain? We have to be disliked by others, saying that we are not authentic and reckless. Yun’er, aren’t you blaming dad?”

He leaned down and hugged Xie Yunjin tightly.

"You will encounter many similar things in the future. Don't worry about it. Dad will take care of you." Jin Fuzi said, "We father and son live a good life and don't worry about those bad things."

He collected his luggage neatly and was about to leave when Xie Yunyan said: "The Liu people don't scrape money, so there must be valuable things in the village."

Jin Fuzi slapped his head: "Yun'er is still smart."

He first went to the house of the patriarch and the priest. There were sacrificial silverware in the priest's house, which was burnt black, as well as fine pieces of silver. He collected them together. Then he found a bracelet and a necklace of animal teeth hidden in a box at the patriarch's house. .Xie Yunjin recognized that the necklace was a love token given to Tuya by Liz. The teeth of the beast were sharp and Tuya liked to scrape the sharp corners with her fingertips. The bracelet was what Tuya planned to wear when she got married.

Master Jin found a few taels of burnt black broken silver, which was very important. He also found some pots, bowls, spoons, and packed a large bag of luggage.Xie Yunjin stretched out his hand and said, "Let me carry a bag."

Master Jin frowned: "It's very heavy."

Xie Yunjin said: "I want to help dad share the burden."

Jin Fuzi was very touched that his son finally realized his hard work, so he handed a bag of lighter dried meat to Xie Yunjin, and the two of them walked north.

"Why didn't they kill us, but came to massacre the village?" Xie Yunjin asked. "It's not cost-effective." Jin Fuzi said, "I'm very good at martial arts. I can at least recruit a dozen of their brothers. What's the benefit of killing us and grabbing a saint who can't be used? But to vent my sullenness, I still have to come to massacre the village later. Only then can we get the grain and leather back."

"It's no good to act on impulse. You have to think carefully. Only things that are beneficial are worth taking risks. This refugee leader knows how to calculate. After all, they have few people and can't bear the trouble. The mute's loss was not in vain, but he also made a fortune."

"You have to be strong enough so that others won't bully you. Those who are bullied are just not strong enough. If the village has the ability, it can loot the refugees to get food, and it will not be looted by the refugees."

"So Yun'er, it's not your fault, it's their own fault." Jin Fuzi said, "They are not good people."

"We have enough food." Jin Fuzi added, "We will go up the mountain to find a way in the spring. This is what Yun'er has always wanted."

"No," Xie Yunjin said, "I won't go back."

Master Jin was stunned: "Aren't you going back?"

Xie Yunjin said: "I have figured it out. My father won't want me when I go back. I already have a father, so why go back? Let's find a good place to live in the Sa tribe and never go back."

Master Jin didn't expect that he would change his mind and asked in surprise: "Then... what about the future?"

"Let's find a place to live, dad. When Yun'er learns some skills, I can take care of you. You..." He paused and continued, "You can have grandchildren when you are old."

Jin Fuzi was in a trance, as if in a dream, and asked in a trembling voice: "Yun'er... you... are you serious?"

Xie Yunjin nodded: "Of course it's true."

Master Jin said: "Then let's leave quickly, we have to find another village to settle in!"

The two immediately set off north to find the next village.

Xie Yunjin did not give up and returned to the pass, but he knew that even if he followed Jin Fuzi up the mountain to find a way, he would definitely not be able to return to the pass.Master Jin won't let him go.Although he could not understand Jin Fuzi's inner thoughts, he knew that Jin Fuzi wanted to keep him by his side forever and did not want to share it with others.

If he wants to return to the customs on his own, his only hope is the heroic path of Nabu Batu, Gulthas.

They passed several villages one after another. Xie Yunjin shook his head and refused to settle in those villages. They could only stay there for a few days. "These villages are too small." Xie Yunyan said, "I know nothing but reading, and I can't learn martial arts or hunting. Do you want me to learn farming, twisting hemp rope, tanning leather, shaving wool, herding sheep and driving cattle? ?Is this a master?"

Jin Fuzi thought it made sense. How could Yun'er do such menial work?Only in larger villages would there be clerical work, most of which would be appointed by small priests or clan leaders. It was not difficult for Xie Yunjin to do the job with his intelligence.

Xie Yunjin asked: "Am I going to work as a clerk all my life?"

Master Jin shook his head and asked, "Are you going to Nabu Batu?"

Xie Yunjin said: "In Guan Nei, you have to work under the Nine Families to get important positions. The clerk under Xiao Ji will only be a master until he dies. At most, he can teach the children in the village how to read. Maybe he can be like dad."

"But dad, are you willing to live like this for the rest of your life?"

Jin Fuzi touched his head and said with a smile, "Father is happy to have a child like you."

Xie Yunjin seemed to be stimulated, and took a step back and said softly: "Dad's eldest son has become the leader of a large sect, and my eldest brother has become the prince of the night list. You all just want me to hide in one place and live peacefully?"

This statement aroused the guilt of Master Jin who didn't know where it came from - Xie Yunjin was obviously not his son. He knew very well that he was just the young master's slave, and he could not and should not disobey the young master. This call of "father" was just a show in front of others. .

But he still felt heartbroken, why would the eldest young master be the leader of the Night Ranking with all the power in the world, and his own son be the head of the Qitian Sect, while Yun'er could only be a master and get a few furs even if he left the Guigu Palace where he couldn't see the sun? A few liters of highland barley, carrying water by yourself, maybe a few acres of land to cultivate and herd a few sheep to make a living, marry a vulgar wife, and give birth to an uneducated son?

This is not fair.

"I will take you to Nabu Batu," Master Jin said. "My son wants to be a high official in Nabu Batu, and he wants to have power and wealth."

Xie Yunjin nodded happily: "I know dad loves me!"

He said, holding the letter of recommendation given by Walla Xiaoji in his arms.

In March, spring is getting warmer, and it has been two months since I left Tuya's village.I saw a lot along the way, including refugees passing by for hire, nobles on hunting patrols, down-and-out business travelers, and larger villages forming hunting teams to hunt wild boars.He has been to some larger tribes where merchants have intensive exchanges.

He also broke a taboo and saw a camel for the first time in the wild. It was so docile and there was no one around. He rode it and walked a few miles before someone recognized it as a free camel.This was no small crime. Xie Yunjin stopped Master Jin from murdering someone, and rode a camel for seven or eight miles. He made sure no one could catch him before letting the camel go, and waited until Master Jin continued on his way.

In April, they finally arrived at Nabu Batu, which was somewhat similar to the prosperous place he had seen and imagined in books, but also somewhat different.

The same thing is that there are many gorgeous big houses here. Although the larger tribes along the way can also see gorgeous big houses, the number is far less than here. The big houses here are more exquisite.There are also wide streets, beautiful and clean roads, exquisite statues everywhere, exquisitely carved wall patterns outside the courtyards of deep houses, tall buildings made of stone and bricks... He later went to the priest's courtyard, which was so solemn and solemn that it made him He was shocked beyond measure.

The difference is that there is a large circle of tents in the south of Batu, and you can smell all kinds of disgusting stench just by passing by.The area around Chidao was quite clean, and no dirty eyes were allowed to be seen on the roads leading in and out of the nobles.

It's called the Sheep Dung Heap.

After entering Batu, it is a bit difficult to settle down.They reported to the Civil Governor's Office that they had to pay land rent to build a house, and the valuables collected in the village were not enough to rent a piece of land, let alone build a house and buy a house.They could only set up a tent in a pile of sheep dung. For the first three days, the smell was so bad that Xie Yunjin didn't dare to take a breath, and then they gradually got used to it.

Jin Fuzi also encountered a problem. He was too old. A man in his sixties could be a guard captain in a poor village and teach kung fu, but the most important thing Nabu Batu lacked was top masters.He had met several people in the Priesthood. They were full of energy and reserved. They were all top-notch talents. The guard captains of Arien Palace were also strong middle-aged masters. Seeing his age, they didn't even give him a chance to interview. Drive away.

As for teaching, he who knew only a little about the history outside the customs was definitely not the material to be a master. Maybe Xie Yunjin was more useful than him.

The jewelry collected in the village were quickly sold out, and they could barely make ends meet, which gradually became worse than in the small village. Xie Yunjin volunteered to learn some chores to supplement the family income, but Master Jin was still unwilling and said, "Yun'er, don't worry. , Dad will take care of you and let you live a good life."

Mr. Jin found some odd jobs. The sheep dung pile has always been the best place to find handymen, such as picking dung, digging waterways, carrying, carpentry, and maids. When you are short of work, you come here to call out. There are plenty of cheap and easy-to-use workers.In the end, Jin Fuzi took a job as a bodyguard in a private gambling house. He was overqualified but could only make do.

Jin Fuzi could occasionally get some extra money, but Xie Yunjin didn't ask him where it came from because he felt that the answer wouldn't be what he wanted to know.

The tent area is densely populated with chickens and dogs. They live in the outer corner, farthest from the city. In his free time, Jinfuzi will take him to the slave fields near Chidao or outside Batu, and tells him never to leave the sheep dung alone. heap.There are many human traffickers outside Batu, who will abduct children and women to distant villages and sell them as slaves. Trading good people into slaves is a very serious crime. Even the highest-ranking nobles will be demoted to refugees, and civilians will be executed.

But the most indispensable thing in the sheep dung pile is criminals who are not afraid of death.

When Master Jin was away, he went to the sheep dung pile to inquire about some news about Nabu Badu.The sheep dung pile is the place with the best information and the most false news. He tries not to have in-depth interactions with people, and greets his neighbors with a lukewarm attitude, appearing distant and indifferent.

He didn't dare to make friends. He still remembered the tragedy of the Shired family and Tuya village.

He slowly restrained his curiosity and emotions, just like when he returned to the cave and stopped interacting with others, he tried his best to remain indifferent to the people around him.He knew that as long as Jin Fuzi was still around, it was best for him not to make friends.

He kept the recommendation letter from Walla Xiaoji close to him. He had a plan to get into the priest's academy, find out the secret passage leading to the pass, and strive to become a person who could enter the pass.He inquired that that kind of person is called Huo Miaozi. If everything goes well, he will become Huo Miaozi. This is his opportunity to return to the pass. He must seize it, but he cannot let Jin Fuzi know, because he thinks Jin Fuzi will stop him.Before that, he had to find out the rules of Nabu Badu and the road to the Priestly House, and submit the letter of recommendation to the Priestly House.

In another two months, every summer solstice, when the sun is hottest, is the selection examination period for the Priesthood.His birthday will be in a few days. He is already fifteen. He only has one chance to take the exam and must not miss it.

(End of this chapter)