Xuanxia

Chapter 365 A Simple Decision (Part )

At daybreak, Wu Yan took the hand of the silly woman Zhu Mei and walked slowly in the woods.

He completed his mission and was about to return to Xiyu Pavilion - but of course, outsiders were not allowed to be brought into Xiyu Pavilion.

So he had an idea, which was to find a quiet place to temporarily house Zhu Mei and ensure that she would not starve to death... Then after returning to the pavilion, he would petition the Lord, hoping that every time after completing a mission, he would be able to come to Zhu Mei and have a meal with her.

Of course, in Xiyu Pavilion, it was a complete joke for the killer to come up with such an idea.

But for Wu Yan, this is not a problem.

He knew that his status in Xiyu Pavilion was not ordinary.

In the entire pavilion, he is the only killer who can talk directly to the Master and accept His Majesty's tasks.

When other killers carry out missions, they are assigned tasks by the Black Hat people, carrying the jade tablet on which the Lord has recorded the mission information.

He was the only one who took the jade token given by His Majesty and handed it to the man in black hat, asking him to arrange all matters.

Even killers who are at a higher level than him and have completed more missions do not receive this treatment.

Wu Yan didn’t know why, and he didn’t want to think about this question.

But he knew that he was different from other killers... If he had ideas and requests, he could put them forward directly to the Lord. If the Lord disagreed, he would simply refuse and would not say anything.

So, he wanted to try it.

He thought it was harmless.

Soon, they walked out of the forest and outside the forest was a small town.

Wu Yan had been here before. It was not far from the capital and the town was quite prosperous, even more lively than some small towns in remote areas.

Although it was just daybreak, there were already many people coming to the market from the surrounding villages, and the streets were bustling.

"elder brother."

Zhu Mei asked stupidly, "Where are we going?"

Wu Yan held her hand and asked calmly, "Are you hungry?"

Zhu Mei shook her head, grinned, and said happily: "Sister is not hungry, sister is very full."

Seeing her smile, Wu Yan nodded with satisfaction.

They both had a full meal last night, but he was afraid that Zhu Mei would be hungry, so when he left Huailin Village, he got some eggs and made some egg pancakes to take with him on the road.

Zhu Mei ate a lot of the cakes along the way from Huailin Village, so of course she was not hungry anymore.

At this moment, Zhu Mei suddenly squeezed Wu Yan's hand and asked, "Brother, are you hungry?"

Wu Yan was stunned.

No one ever asked him if he was hungry.

But that wasn't the most surprising thing about him.

The most surprising thing was... he suddenly realized that he was really not hungry.

Perhaps it was due to that meal, but he knew very well that in the past, no matter how full he was, as soon as he put down his chopsticks, he would start waiting for the next meal... and he would still be hungry.

But now, he is not hungry!
An indescribable sense of satisfaction surged in his heart, and Wu Yan suddenly had a very strange feeling in his heart.

In the past, his heart was empty, as if something was always missing.

But now... he was holding Zhu Mei's hand, his stomach was full, and his heart felt full and abundant.

His mood improved, and his steps became lighter - even though he didn't fully understand the concept of "good mood".

Soon, he took Zhu Mei to the destination.

"Brother, where is this?"

Zhu Mei looked up at the building in front of her and asked blankly.

Wu Yan said calmly: "Inn."

"Inn?" Zhu Mei tilted her head: "What is an inn?"

"It's a place where you can sleep and eat." Wu Yan said, and walked into the inn with Zhu Mei. When he left Huailin Village, he changed into the villagers' clothes, so that he would not be covered in blood and would not attract attention. As for money, he had a lot of money on him, so of course he took it with him.

The killers from Xiyu Pavilion always have a lot of money on them.

When going out on a mission, it is inevitable to encounter various complicated situations. If a killer fails to do his job because of a lack of money, it would be the stupidest thing in the world.

"Arrange a room for her."

Wu Yan spread the banknotes on the counter and said to the shopkeeper, "Three meals a day, prepare them and send them to her room. I will come back in a while. If she is short of food, I will make trouble for you."

"Oh, no!"

The shopkeeper took the banknote and smiled like a chrysanthemum: "Sir, this money is enough to stay in our shop for two months!"

As he spoke, he looked at Zhu Mei and said with an apologetic smile, "This one?"

"It's her." Wu Yan said.

At this time, Zhu Mei had tasted it a little. Her brain, which had little thinking ability, finally understood something and became a little panicked: "Brother, don't you want your sister anymore?"

"Don't worry." Wu Yan patted her hand: "You won't be hungry anymore. I will come back to see you soon."

This sentence obviously gave Zhu Mei great comfort, and the panic in her eyes visibly subsided.

So she watched Wu Yan turn around and leave, disappearing at the entrance of the inn, and then she reluctantly followed the waiter upstairs to her room.

……

Not long after, Wu Yan arrived at the nearest stronghold.

Here... is still a small temple.

Like the previous small temple, there is also a side hall here, which is also called the Yudeng Hall and is dedicated to Niangxuan.

It was not late at night, but there were not many people in the temple. The monks in the temple seemed not to see him at all, and let him enter the Yudeng Hall and close the door.

Soon, Wu Yan followed the old method, opened the secret passage, went to the small secret room that was the same in every stronghold, took the pill placed in it, and fainted.

When he woke up, he was back in the small house in Xiyu Pavilion.

After waiting for a while, the man in the black hat opened the door.

"Name." He said in a low voice.

Wu Yan responded calmly: "Wu Yan."

"Mission details." The man in the black hat said again.

Wu Yan replied, "On September 22, the 19th year of Qianhao, the cabinet sent a mission to go to Huailin Village, 68 miles west of the capital, to find a newly deceased person's grave and open the coffin for an autopsy."

"There is a corpse in the coffin, his name is Mei Congsheng. I swung my sword and chopped it into pieces, but the task is not yet completed... The one who killed his father is his son Mei Lisheng, who is also the client of this mission."

"Mei Lishen killed his father and borrowed the power of my Xiyu Pavilion to break the trap his father left on his body. He then used witchcraft to control his father's body and the entire village, trying to silence me... In the end, I killed them all, including Mei Lishen."

The man in the black hat was listening carefully until the last sentence.

He looked up suddenly, and his usually calm voice became a little hoarse: "You, killed your employer?"

"..."

Wu Yan was silent for a moment, then replied, "Yes."

"What is the first of the nine major commandments of Xiyu Pavilion?" The man in the black hat's voice turned cold.

Wu Yan responded: "Don't kill your employer. If you do, your soul will be shattered."

"Well." The man in the black hat said solemnly, "Although it was your employer who broke his promise and wanted to kill you first, you did it without reporting to His Majesty."

Wu Yan lowered his head, not knowing how to respond.

There was a sound, and it was the man in the black hat who threw down his short sword.

"First verify your identity."

He said calmly: "Then, go see His Majesty and ask His Majesty to make the decision."

(End of this chapter)