Er Goudan was tall, and when he squatted down, his line of sight was not much lower than Chu Mu's. He tilted his head back and looked at Chu Mu devoutly.
"What's that on your face?"
Chu Mu reached out and touched him, and Er Goudan trembled noticeably.
The boy lowered his head shyly and awkwardly: "There are people in the village who don't behave properly. They wipe their hands and feet like this... It's unsafe."
Chu Mu nodded in understanding. Fan Ji looked like he would grow up to be an extremely handsome man. He must have been a very delicate boy when he was young. In such a chaotic world, he was bound to be molested. After a few lessons, he learned to use disguise to protect himself.
"How far is it from here to Taiping Town?" Chu Mu looked at the night that had completely sunk into darkness. "Are we going to spend the night on the boat?"
"This section of the waterway has a smooth sailing and is fast, so we'll arrive in the second half of the night," Pingniang said, "but even if we get there tonight, we won't be able to enter the town."
Chu Mu nodded. Nowadays, the world is full of strange things. These feudal people with backward productivity can only protect themselves by going out less.
Every town would have a curfew after dark, and they couldn't get in even if they wanted to.
Chu Mu stood up and looked around.
There is a vast river everywhere, and I don’t know where to go if I want to go ashore.
Ping Niang saw through Chu Mu's thoughts and shook her head, saying, "The nearest village has been eaten by the monsters. We are going ashore to deliver food to the monsters."
"Then let's stay on the boat," Chu Mu sat back and touched his stomach, "Ah, I'm hungry."
Pingniang was startled for a moment, then she pulled out a shriveled paper bag from her cloth bag: "I came out in a hurry, so I only grabbed a few cakes. Eat them first."
The cake was the most ordinary wheat cake, and it was wet with moisture, but Chu Mu was not picky. He divided the cake into three parts, took one for himself, and gave the rest to Er Goudan and Ping Niang.
"We still have a long way to go to Taiping Town. I'm not hungry, but you guys have done a lot of work and can't go on an empty stomach." Pingniang pretended to put the cakes away.
Chu Mu laughed: "People are floating on the water, why are you worried about not being able to get food?"
The Songhua River is the largest river in China. The river is rich in fish and has always provided livelihood for many people on both sides of the river.
Ever since the monsters became rampant, the monsters in the water have become particularly ferocious. People no longer dare to go into the water at will, and have almost forgotten that there are still many delicious fish in the river.
Er Goudan's eyes lit up, he leaned over the side of the boat and looked into the water, only to be met with the face of a floating corpse with a ghostly smile.
“…” Er Goudan shrank back silently.
"Haha." Seeing Fan Ji get humiliated was really satisfying. Chu Mu grabbed the young man's collar and threw him away. "Look at me, young master."
A faint golden light flowed from his fingertips. He pointed into the water, and the floating corpse lying on its back suddenly stood up.
"Go catch some fish." Chu Mu ordered.
The floating corpse maintained a strange smile and dived back into the water. After a while, it was as if a fish nest had exploded on the water surface, and fresh fish jumped into the cabin one after another.
"Okay, that's enough." Chu Mu gave an order, and the shaking water surface calmed down.
The floating corpse poked its head out, and longing was revealed in its lifeless eyes.
Chu Mu flicked the golden light from his fingertips into his brain, and the floating corpse visibly returned to its original appearance before death.
He raised his hands and looked at them for a few seconds, then bowed deeply to Chu Mu.
"Go ahead. From now on, you will be the master of this area. Remember not to harm innocent people."
The floating corpse bowed to Chu Mu again, then dived into the river and disappeared.
"Goudan, there's firewood at the stern. Bring it over to make a fire and we'll grill fish." Chu Mu sat back down and fumbled with the jade pendant given by the God of Killing. It had been quite a while since the God of Killing left. If he didn't turn on the "live broadcast", he was afraid that the suspicious people in the temple would panic.
But... Chu Mu had no idea how to operate this jade pendant.
{Stupid, you can disable the shield by injecting your power into the disc in the center of the jade pendant.}
Chu Mu raised his eyebrows: [Did Fan Ji teach you this?]
Lao Ba didn't answer, but the answer was obvious.
As soon as I turned off the shielding jade, the prickly sensation like thorns on my back came back.
Chu Mu didn’t know how many “gods” were watching his large-scale reality show, but he knew that these people would not be able to escape his sword of judgment in the future.
Er Goudan worked very efficiently. While Chu Mu was distracted, he picked up some dry wood and piled it up.
Pingniang happened to bring a flint with her, and soon a fire was lit in the boat.
Er Goudan took the initiative to take on the task of cutting and grilling the fish. Chu Mu watched with interest as he skillfully cleaned the fish, skewered it on a sharpened wooden stick, and grilled it over the fire.
In the firelight, Chu Mu's beautiful face seemed to be coated with a layer of gold, which made the young boy stunned.
"Hey," Chu Mu propped up his chin, his eyes seductive, "Do I look good?"
Er Gou Dan nodded very vigorously: "It looks good."
"Then will you marry me?" Chu Mu dropped a bombshell without changing his expression.
The teenager was so surprised that he let go of the fish, and the fish fell into the fire.
"ah!"
He hurried to pick it up with his bare hands, but Chu Mu grabbed his wrist.
"How old are you this year?" Chu Mu looked at him with half-closed eyes.
"Fifteen..."
"Fifteen, that's not too young." In ancient times, men and women got married early. Chu Mu calculated, "We can discuss the marriage first and get married when you turn eighteen."
Er Goudan was embarrassed and frightened. He grabbed the hem of his clothes helplessly, using such force that he almost tore the fabric into pieces.
Chu Mu admired the young man Fan Ji's embarrassing look for a while, and said with satisfaction:
"Don't get me wrong, I don't have any other intentions towards you. I just don't want to marry anyone else from the Fan family. I heard they are the best at learning crooked ways, and I'm afraid of them."
Er Goudan suddenly remembered that this handsome boy was raised in the Chen family's farm and would be given to the Fan family as a daughter-in-law in the future.
The young man clenched his finger bones and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you marry into the Fan family."
"You agreed?" Chu Mu seemed to see all the stars in the sky. "But you are the abandoned grandson of the Fan family. Can you have a say?"
Er Gou Dan bit his lower lip tightly and said, "The Fan family never cares about family ties. Everything is based on strength. I will grow up as quickly as possible and take down the Fan family for you."
{He actually... agreed so easily.} Lao Ba felt really speechless.
In the past story line, the Fan family, as the lackeys of the old gods, gradually rose from a family of heavenly masters to the national master of Zhuhua. Half of the disasters in Zhuhua were caused by the Fan family.
At that time, the rebels who went against the will of heaven were all killed by the Fan family.
The Fan family indirectly made Chu Mu's trial path particularly difficult.
Now that he has returned to the past, Chu Mu has no intention of killing Fan Ji to complete Hong Liu's judgment, nor does he intend to passively wait for fate to change.
He wants to take the initiative.
He wants to kill the old gods who are unworthy of their positions; he also wants to keep Fan Ji!
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