Facing Yan Shouyi's question, Shen Shuzhen had nothing to quibble with. She said directly:

"In order to make the five aristocratic families a little more peaceful... But from your point of view, saying that we are compromising is a compromise. , that's right."

Yan Shouyi frowned: "Is there anything unspeakable in this?"

"No." Shen Shuzhen shook her head simply.

Now Yan Shouyi didn't know what to say. He originally thought that Shen Shuzhen would give a few words of defense, but who would have thought that she would admit it so simply.

It was Shen Shuzhen who spoke on her own and told everything that Yan Shouyi didn't ask.

"You must want to know what is going on in Qiantang and why the five ghost king families can be so arrogant and domineering, while we folk sects and righteous people not only do not resist, but help them do evil."

“Actually, the reason is very simple, we don’t have that ability.”

“Many years ago, there were no five ghost king families. There were only three ghost kings in Qiantang, and there were no Without unity, we people can still fight against it, but then, the Yu family suddenly rose up, and the two ghost kings were so powerful that they subdued the other ghost kings. They later cultivated two other ghost king families. From that time on, Qiantang It is under the control of the Yu family."

"We have also thought about resisting. As a native of Qiantang, I hope more than you that Qiantang can be freed from the control of those families and allow ordinary people to I can live a peaceful life with peace of mind. When I was young, I was more passionate than you are now. We can do such extraordinary things!"

"Forty years ago, I and my My husband, Cui Yanjiang, organized a righteous force and planned to get rid of the five major ghost king families. Although our overall strength was far inferior to the five major ghost king families at that time, we still went ahead and started the battle. That day, my biological brother died in Yu At the hands of the Ghost King of the Yu Family, my husband Cui Yanjiang was seriously injured. He barely escaped the pursuit of the Ghost King of the Yu Family and fell on the roadside. I thought I had escaped, but I didn’t expect that this was the beginning of the nightmare.”

"It was late winter and the weather was extremely cold. My husband fell on the roadside for a long time, but people passing by ignored him. Later, a group of children came. Not only did they not help, they even snatched him away. My husband begged for my husband’s belongings and made countless benefits and promises, but what he got in exchange was the beatings and kicks of those children!”

“If it were just like this, I would still have I had a chance to save him, but not long after, I passed by an old woman. The old woman took off my husband's only cotton-padded coat, put it on herself, and left indifferently! By the time I found my husband, he had already Freezing to death on the roadside with no chance of recovery!!"

Speaking of this, ShenHatred appeared in Shuzhen's eyes: "My husband and I paid a bloody price to protect the people of Qiantang, but how did these people repay us? Are they worthy of our protection and our sacrifice? !”

“After so many years, I have long lost my hatred for the five ghost king families. What I hate are the ordinary people who stood by and watched, the children who stole my husband’s hope. It’s the old woman who killed my husband!!”

Shen Shuzhen’s face turned blue and her breathing was rapid. Cui Yu realized something was wrong and quickly supported Shen Shuzhen:

“Grandma, Take care of yourself!"

The two middle-aged men were also extremely nervous.

Fortunately, Shen Shuzhen quickly regained her composure.

She pressed her chest with one hand and grabbed the armrest of the chair with the other. She said with red eyes: "Everyone has obeyed me and trusted me for so many years, but I no longer protect the people. I want to fight against the Ghost King family, so I took the initiative to negotiate with the Yu family, and in the way you have seen, the Ghost King family can restrain themselves, at least without affecting the lives of ordinary people."

"I am I have embarrassed the civil sect, I admit that, but the price I paid was too heavy for me to try again... If I resist again, it will be me who dies, but it doesn't matter if it is Cui Yu who dies. , Zhong Yan and the others? They are innocent."

"Yan Shouyi, you don't like the word outsider, but outsiders are outsiders, you are just passing by, and when you see injustice on the road, you draw your sword to help. , but what happens after that? Do you need to be responsible for this? What price do you need to pay? Aren’t we locals still the ones who suffer in the end?"

What Shen Shuzhen said made people Yan Shou was speechless and speechless.

Yes, Shen Shuzhen does have an unspeakable secret, but this unspeakable secret is much heavier than Yan Shouyi imagined.

He lowered his head guiltily: "Senior Shen, it was me who was rude."

"This is not the first time that your Yan family has done such a thing." Shen Shuzhen He waved his hand to indicate that he didn't care.

But the next second, Yan Shouyi raised his head again: "But Senior Shen, I still hope you will not lose confidence in the people."

Hu Scumbag Man was angry Said: "You brat, please stop saying a few words. Do you have to make our Grandma Shen angry to death?" Only when the world is getting colder and warmer do we realize that we should have kind thoughts in our hearts. We cannot give up on good people because of a few bad people. Otherwise, the cause and effect will cycle. There will only be bad people in this world, and there will be no good people." Yan Shouyi said slowly, "I have a A friend of Hanshan Temple, his name is Chang Shan, heIt is said that all living beings are suffering, and the only way to overcome it is by oneself. I hope you, Senior Shen, can also figure it out, cross this hurdle, and stop living in the past. "

"Think about the people under your command, they should have a better future, but now they are living under the power of the Ghost King family and doing things they don't want to do. Is this what you want to see? "

"Senior Shen, think of Cui Yu and think of Zhong Yan! ”

Shen Shuzhen was stunned. Yan Shouyi’s words seemed to have released the shackles that had imprisoned her for many years in her heart.

However, although the shackles had been released, , but she didn’t have the courage to take a step forward.

She looked at Cui Yu and saw that Cui Yu was hesitant to speak. At this moment, she understood that Cui Yu didn’t want to do this either.

"Grandma Shen, don't listen to that kid's nonsense, he is just a foreigner, he doesn't understand anything! "The scumbag man comforted.

But Shen Shuzhen raised her hand to signal the scumbag man to stop talking.

She opened her mouth and was about to say something, but she heard Someone outside shouted:

"Grandma Shen, Xu Qian is outside asking for a meeting! "

Xu Qian?

Is the watchman Xu Qian here?

Shen Shuzhen frowned and dismissed: "I won't see him today. He'll come back another day! "

Hu Zhanan persuaded: "Grandma Shen, Xu Qian is our own family after all, and it is rare for him to come here. There must be something important. Are you really missing? "

Yan Shouyi raised his hand at this time and said awkwardly:

"Well... why don't you go see Xu Gan, he does have something important to do. I have something to say..."

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There are two more chapters in the evening~