Chapter 369 Extra Chapter: Song Erniang (11)
To get Long Hanshi to explain in more detail, Song Erniang poured him another bowl of water.
Long Hanshi then recounted from beginning to end how he became an assassin and why he couldn't continue being one.
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Long Hanshi's father passed away when he was young, leaving only his mother and older sister in the family, who depended on each other for survival.
When his uncle came to visit his sister, he saw that Long Hanshi was incredibly strong, so he took Long Hanshi away to help lighten his sister's burden.
Long Hanshi followed his uncle to many places. Although he was honest, he was too honest. He couldn't even be a proper errand boy.
His uncle had no choice but to run into an old friend of his while delivering goods to the north.
That man was a farmer, an old hand at farming.
The man then told Uncle Long Hanshi that the boy was honest and kind, and not suitable for traveling with caravans as a merchant. He should just stay and farm honestly!
Uncle Long Hanshi listened and also thought it made sense.
If he can cultivate the land well, that's fine too. My sister also owns quite a lot of land, so as long as this nephew cultivates the land well, he won't starve.
And so, Long Hanshi began learning farming from this master...
But no one expected that this honest-looking master, who seemed to only know how to farm, had another identity.
He is the leader of a branch of an assassin organization!
He usually stays at home farming and raising chickens, and occasionally goes out for a while to kill someone. He lives a comfortable life.
Long Hanshi followed such a master...
Yes, the land is cultivated very well; even his master praised it.
Similarly, he was good at kung fu, and with his natural superhuman strength and years of training from his master, his skills were definitely top-notch.
His master thought that this apprentice had completely inherited his mantle; he knew how to farm and was quite skilled. If he could kill more people, he would become a very good assassin.
Long Hanshi is also excessively honest.
When I was with my uncle, I listened to him in everything and did whatever he told me to do.
Once you're with your master, you have to listen to him in everything. If he tells you to farm, you farm; if he tells you to practice martial arts, you practice. You won't miss anything.
When his master said he was going to train him to be an assassin, he didn't hesitate.
Master would never harm him, right...?
When Long Hanshi turned twenty, his master prepared to let him graduate.
“There’s a mission for you to complete in a couple of days. The reward for completing it is five thousand taels of silver. Do you understand?” Master Long Hanshi asked Long Hanshi.
Long Hanshi nodded immediately.
So what if he kills someone? He's quite skilled now; he should be able to graduate.
However, Long Hanshi's master still gave him a reminder.
"You're too honest, you're too simple to follow this path... it's not that easy."
"Okay, you can do whatever you want with it! In short, just do what you think is best; your master has already taught you everything he needed to."
Long Hanshi immediately agreed.
Soon, Long Hanshi secretly met the two wealthy patrons who had paid him to kill someone.
A father and son, both bloated and obese, walked unsteadily and weakly, clearly people whose bodies had been hollowed out.
Then look at the person you're going to kill...
A lawyer in his forties...
He was very thin and made a living by writing letters and legal documents for people on the street.
Long Hanshi simply couldn't understand how a man like this could command the father and son to spend five thousand taels of silver to kill him...
Determined to get things done, Long Hanshi went up the mountain to chop firewood and sell it at the market, hoping to have a chance to get close to the lawyer.
In just one day, Long Hanshi realized that the lawyer was very popular.
People around him love to talk to him and greet him, and children also like to play around him.
He writes letters for people, and he is always very patient when he does so, writing down everything the person needs to say in the letter.
Sometimes, if someone is short of money, he will not accept payment.
Oh, he also often helps people write legal documents, and if the victim needs to go to court, he will go along as a lawyer.
I just helped a farmer win a lawsuit not long ago!
The youngest son of that farming family was trampled to death by a young master from the city on horseback. The young master paid ten taels of silver in compensation. The farming family had no choice but to file a lawsuit.
This lawyer not only wrote the lawsuit for free, but also served as a lawyer in court for free.
In the end, the young master of that wealthy family went to jail, and no matter how much money his family spent, they couldn't get him out.
Long Hanshi thought the lawyer was a good person.
If we kill them... who will write letters and petitions for these ordinary people and act as their lawyers?
Long Hanshi felt he couldn't bring himself to do it...
That day, Long Hanshi chopped another bundle of firewood and observed the lawyer here.
The lawyer happened to be free, and when he saw Long Hanshi looking at him like that, he thought that Long Hanshi wanted to write a letter to him, so he quickly waved to Long Hanshi.
"Young man, come here! I'm not busy now."
"Who are you writing this letter to?" the lawyer asked Long Hanshi with a smile.
Long Hanshi was stunned for a while before he realized that the lawyer was talking to him.
"I...I have no money!" Long Hanshi said, a little embarrassed.
The lawyer looked at the calluses on Long Hanshi's hands and then at the large bundle of firewood he was carrying, and assumed that Long Hanshi was a farmhand for some landlord!
"It's okay, give it to me when you have it later. I can tell from your accent that you're not from our city, are you? It sounds like you're from the Jiangnan region."
"Who are you writing to?" the lawyer asked.
Long Hanshi thought for a moment and realized that he hadn't written a letter to his mother in Huzhou for a long time.
"Give it to my mother at home! She's in Huzhou!" Long Hanshi said softly.
The lawyer immediately picked up his pen.
"It's for my mother, so I have to write it carefully! A loving mother's thread in her hand, a traveler's clothes on his back. You're out there making a living, and what you worry about most is your mother at home."
Don't worry your mother; say things she wants to hear.
What a mother wants to hear is nothing more than that her child is well-fed and clothed and is not being bullied.
Of course, if possible, I should still go back to see my mother.
"While parents are alive, one should not travel far..."
The lawyer talked on and on, and Long Hanshi also earnestly explained his situation, watching as the lawyer wrote down everything he had said in a letter.
Long Hanshi could read, but he noticed that the lawyer's handwriting was exceptionally beautiful.
The lawyer helped Long Hanshi write the letter and told him where to find which caravan to send it back.
Long Hanshi also learned that this lawyer was all alone, with no family to worry about, and that he even went to a charity hall outside the city every month to teach children...
The more Long Hanshi learned about this person, the less he wanted to kill him.
If such a good person is killed, he can write letters for everyone afterward!
Also, haven't the children at the charity hall outside the city lost a teacher?
Long Hanshi wanted to go back and tell his master that he didn't want to take on this mission anymore.
But then I thought, if I don't take this task, someone else will. I have to think of a way!
Long Hanshi pondered for a moment, wondering what kind of deep-seated hatred could drive that father and son to want to kill this lawyer...
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