"Second brother, a message from Zhanchen Tower says someone has bought the lives of everyone in the brothel."
Zhang's mother seemed not to understand what her own father was saying, and she asked again in disbelief.
"Father, did they write it wrong? It's for everyone in the brothel, the red-light district... Red-light district plus our brothel, nearly a hundred lives have been lost."
Zhang Bixia was tall and strong. Whether she went out to make her way in the world or worked as a chef in a brothel, apart from the hardships she endured, she managed almost everything clearly with her strength and resourcefulness.
It would be the same for anyone else, and Huo Xiaolong, who was listening in from the side, was also somewhat puzzled.
Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor. With such a large scope, aren't you afraid of retribution?
And you don't find it troublesome?
"That's the style of our current master." Cen Ang calmly sipped his tea, his heart filled with only melancholy and regret.
But that's how power struggles for imperial authority are: the victor takes all.
Whoever wins gets to decide.
Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free.
Everyone here knows who that gentleman is, but no one has revealed it to anyone.
"What does Zhanchenlou hope to achieve now?" Cen Ang asked.
"He wants us to remove Zhanchen Tower from the list."
"This is not a good matter."
Leader Zhang thought for a moment and said
"However, it's not impossible. In a few days, I'll have Bifeng lead a team to cause trouble at Zhanchen Tower. By then, everyone will be seriously injured and unable to move, so we won't be able to take this job."
"Can."
He Yi hugged Huo Xiaolong just like before, saying, "Daughter, we can't hear anything, okay? What 'Master Zhanchen Tower'? We don't understand."
Her worries were in vain. The little dumpling, instead of listening, immediately started fiddling with the crossbow in He Yi's arms. With a whoosh, an arrow shot out and pierced through the willow tree in the courtyard.
"Hehe~ Mother."
The woman narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Do you want to get beaten up again, Huo Xiaolong?!"
"So many people playing with crossbows in the yard!"
The little dumpling climbed off He Yi's body, whimpering as it ran back to the Huo family home, calling out as it went.
"Dad! Dad! Mom's going to hit me again!"
"Sister Chunying! Sister!"
Pingyang County is also celebrating today, as it is the wedding day of Li Wei and Sun Ye, and everyone from the county school has been invited to the wedding feast.
"Tiger is going to have a stepfather!" Hou Xiangxiang whispered to her best friend.
"Yes, of course! Look how kind that city guard is to him, isn't he?"
"But I heard from others that if you have a stepfather, you'll have a stepmother."
Hou Xiangxiang also had no father, and was even a little afraid that her mother might remarry. In the border town, women with children were encouraged to remarry, and there were plenty of suitors.
"No, it depends on the person. Don't worry, even if Aunt Hou gets married, she won't be able to surpass you."
Huo Xiaolong noticed his girlfriend's worry and comforted her.
"If anyone ever bullies you, just tell me, and you can come live at my house. We'll be together forever."
Hehe~
“My family can do it too,” Wang Dani’er chimed in, joining in the fun.
That's really possible. When the time comes, Xiangxiang will sleep in a different house every day, and she'll be envious.
Sun Ye knew from Li Wei's words that the person who brought them the sesame cakes that day was not him, but the three most promising children in the county school. She was so grateful that she could not express her gratitude in words, so she could only give the three of them extra cakes every time she got food.
"Sister Long'er!"
At some point, Hu Zi came to Huo Xiaolong's table and squatted down next to her, watching her.
"What's wrong, Tiger?" Huo Xiaolong asked.
"Could I have a chicken leg?"
The child was craving it, and he knew that Huo Xiaolong was easy to talk to. When the little boy was at school, he would often secretly give him some when he saw that Huo Xiaolong wanted to eat grilled sausages.
I can't do it in front of Sun Ye, otherwise my mother will be angry.
Huo Xiaolong responded with a handful of candy; the wrappers looked like they had been sitting there for a long time, probably collected little by little by the child.
The little girl looked at the candy wrapper in her hand, smelled the gunpowder from the firecrackers around her, and felt a sense of life in the surrounding atmosphere.
Inside Zhanchen Tower, shrouded in mountain mist, a sinister-looking man lay on a chair, propping his head up with one hand, looking down at the two children who had just woken up and been brought over.
"What's your name?" Eleven's voice was slightly charming and a little hoarse.
"Jiang Tianxin," the little girl replied.
Where's that little winter melon next to you?
"Jiang Tianyang".
"It doesn't sound as good as yours."
The boy, unaware of what was happening, kept snuggling into his sister's arms. He had left behind the scent of the woman he knew best, but thankfully, there was still one left.
He jumped into the girl's arms and stuffed her hair into his mouth.
"Ugh! Dirty! Make him vomit!"
The sinister-looking man suddenly stood up and pointed at the little boy.
"What are you yelling about? Didn't those twenty guys eat your hair when you were a kid?"
The woman swayed as she entered, carrying food in her hands. She placed the food on the table in front of the girl and said...
"Eat when you're hungry, and feed your younger brother yourself."
Eleven nodded in agreement from behind.
"Yes, feed yourself, and then I'll wash your hair in a bit."
"Do I need to do anything?" Jiang Tianxin suddenly asked.
She was no longer the eldest daughter of the Jiang family; whether it was for food or medical treatment along the way, she needed money.
“From today onwards, you are a member of Zhanchen Tower. You will study and practice martial arts every day, and the rest is up to you,” Liu Xiaohua said, sitting next to the man and looking down at the girl.
"Can my younger brother go to school?"
"Can."
The little girl smiled and continued sweetly.
"Then I'll kill for you in the future, and you'll help me raise my younger brother."
Eleven frowned and nudged his junior sister twice, as if to say, "Hurry up and tell her, she doesn't need to kill anyone."
Liu Xiaohua looked at her senior brother, who was too embarrassed to speak, and remained silent for a while before saying...
"We'll talk about murder later. You're still young. Grow up properly first."
"Thank you, Master!" Jiang Tianxin knelt down and kowtowed.
The little girl is quite clever.
"What master!" Eleven retorted from the side.
“We don’t need a master. From now on, you can call her Senior Sister and me Senior Brother.”
"Yes, Senior Brother."
Even if I am lost on the road ahead, the world will always show me the way.
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