Chapter 86
Jiu Tiao Ming is Shen Jiao’s second senior brother, his name is Zhou Boyan.
But everyone in the world calls him Nine Lives.
He is not a medicine slave, but a disciple. In other words, he is the best among the same batch of medicine slaves, or he has some outstanding abilities and is valued by the superiors and promoted to a disciple.
But the disciple does not have the heart-piercing Gu on his body.
He could kill people, just like he did before he entered the Valley of Resurrection.
Shen Jiao is not very familiar with him.
When she entered the valley, Zhou Boyan was already able to work on his own and was often out on missions. Even his fellow brothers and sisters rarely saw him.
Shen Jiao just heard that the reason he was called Jiu Tiao Ming was because he killed nine people.
These include his relatives, friends, classmates, teachers, and neighbors.
Sounds like a bloodthirsty lunatic.
But he is not crazy.
So there must be a reason.
When it comes down to it, there are two words that cannot be avoided - survival.
There was a great famine that year and people ate each other.
Because his parents wanted to eat him to survive, he killed his twin brother and asked him to die in his place.
When he was discovered, he killed his mother and poisoned his father.
After eating, he went to escape and met his former classmate. He was lucky because he had a car and Zhou Boyan got a ride.
But the good times didn't last long. The horse died and the food was almost gone.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the two servants around the classmate stole food and money and ran away.
What could they do? They could only grit their teeth and support each other and keep going.
But he was so hungry that he mistook his classmate for a dying horse in his daze at night.
After a hearty meal, he caught up with a group of people who were also fleeing. They were his fellow villagers. Following them, Zhou Boyan finally survived. Although he still suffered a lot, he reached a place that had never suffered any disaster.
As long as you cross that wall, there is hope of survival, even if you have to beg for food.
But it costs ten taels of silver to enter the city.
Few people could come up with it, so they had to try to go around it. They found a gap and went in. When they were discovered, they ran for their lives. When he couldn't run anymore, he reached out and grabbed a neighbor, hoping that he would help him.
Who would care about him at this time? Someone has already been killed.
During the tug of war, he reached out and pushed his neighbor, who knocked over the person chasing him and also became an innocent victim.
He ran away and survived.
The neighbor's wife asked him for her husband, but he couldn't give him back, so he simply sent her to see her husband.
In order to go all out, they killed their children, stole their food and money, and fled away.
Then came his teacher. When he met his teacher, those things had already happened several years ago. He had become a refugee who could only make a living by doing hard labor. The teacher recognized him, took him home, gave him good clothes and food, and continued to teach him to read. He became like a human being again, perhaps because he was too relaxed.
One day he talked in his sleep and his teacher found out about the murder. He vaguely heard the teacher discussing with his family whether to report it to the police.
He was so scared that he ran out secretly. The teacher caught up with him and asked him to go back with him.
Of course he refused, and after much talk, he started to fight...
The teacher is dead.
He could not be either a refugee or a scholar.
He entered the martial arts world and joined the Huisheng Valley.
This place doesn't consider good or evil, only value.
He said that he had nine lives on his shoulders and should be living a better life than these nine people combined. This sounds quite meaningful.
People with goals will work harder, regardless of whether the goals are something people can say.
Shen Jiao's master, who liked to act like a father to others, often told her to be careful of her second senior brother, and she always listened to him.
If she really couldn't think of anyone else active here, she wouldn't have looked for him.
But just to follow Jin Shuisheng and the others and have them cover the cost, she would have to pay five taels of gold, which was quite expensive.
Asking him to go to Jiangnan Road to inquire about something, but he has been away for such a long time, it's useless.
When Shen Jiao went to see him in Uncle Li's ox cart, he was having a meal. There was a hot pot on the small red clay stove, with bone soup boiling, scalding some tender vegetables, wine, and thinly sliced meat and fish.
He was alone with a set of bowls and chopsticks, but he filled the table with all sorts of things.
"Second Brother really knows how to enjoy life."
Shen Jiao saw two small peach trees in the yard, blooming beautifully.
A piece of land is enclosed by a bamboo fence, and there are signs that the soil has been recently disturbed, probably for planting vegetables. A hoe is propped up on the fence.
He was wearing a short brown shirt with his trouser legs rolled up, and there was a lot of mud on the edges of his shoes.
Zhou Boyan glanced at her and Old Man Li and asked in a very humane way, "Are you here? Have you eaten?"
"No."
"Then you can come back after you eat. Turn left when you go out. There's a bakery there. They make delicious mutton soup."
Shen Jiao: ...Well, it’s a bit humane but not too much.
"Don't worry about it, Second Brother. I can find food by myself when I'm hungry."
"That's good. It seems you're not stupid."
Zhou Boyan glanced at her again and said, "Master wrote to me, asking me to look after you if I have time. I figured you're not a baby who hasn't been weaned yet, so what's there for me to look after? I was really puzzled and thought you were stupid. Fortunately, you're not."
He jokingly said without any good intentions, "You know how to drink water when you're thirsty, right? Do you know where to run when it rains? If there's anything you don't know, just tell me. Don't hesitate. Second Brother can teach you now that he's free."
Shen Jiao's master likes to act like a father to others, and it is common for him to be long-winded.
But the meaning of his letter was definitely not that he really expected Zhou Boyan to look after her. It was probably a reminder so that he wouldn't forget about Shen Jiao and run into him later, causing another joke of infighting among fellow disciples.
Shen Jiao didn't believe that he didn't know what his master meant.
It's just a deliberate attempt to squeeze her.
Just like other brothers and sisters.
"Second Brother, you're such a jokester! Junior Sister is young and has a good memory, how could she not know these things? It won't be too late for you to remind me when I'm in my seventies or eighties and confused."
Zhou Boyan, who looked only in his twenties or thirties despite being in his seventies, sneered, "Okay, I'll definitely do that then. Let's not talk about this anymore, let's get down to business."
Shen Jiao looked at him seriously.
Zhou Boyan said sternly, "When you go to the toilet, you must take off your pants first."
Shen Jiao: ...
"Second Brother, the same goes for you. Don't forget to put it on again when you go out."
The concern for every detail among the fellow students left Mr. Li speechless.
After a long while, he said, "Girls, while you guys talk, I'll go sit outside the door."
"Go ahead."
If possible, Shen Jiao would also like to sit outside the door instead of standing here listening to his useless nonsense.
What’s even more hateful is that after Zhou Boyan finished speaking, he just smiled and started eating without even looking over here.
Shen Jiao didn't hesitate. She looked around and didn't see any other stools, so she just sat down opposite him.
"Did Second Brother find out anything on this trip?"
"Don't talk while eating, and don't talk while sleeping. Eating is eating, and sleeping is sleeping. Junior sister, don't you understand this principle?"
Zhou Boyan raised his eyelids and said something very troublesome.
Shen Jiao took a deep breath and said, "Thank you for your advice, Second Senior Brother... take your time!"
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