Zhou Town.
Chuanping District was a very ordinary town among the three thousand five hundred and eighty-eight towns and villages. Because most of the people in the town had the surname Zhou, it was named after that. There were many such inconspicuous towns in the entire continent.
Night fell, and the ordinary town didn't have any lively nightlife. Most of the people who had worked hard for a day had already turned off their lights to rest. The entire town was immersed in darkness and silence. Occasionally, there would be guards patrolling the streets, but they were all very perfunctory. No one knew that a group of four people had quietly arrived at the town at this time.
"This way." Morin led the way in front, and the other three followed behind him, feeling somewhat puzzled. This was different from their original plan of avoiding the crowd as much as possible. And the one who had always supported this plan the most was Morin, but now he was the one leading the way and going against the plan.
After leading the three through two streets, Morin went into an alley. After checking left and right repeatedly, Morin stopped in front of a door, and then waved at the three who had stopped at the mouth of the alley.
The three walked forward, and Morin had already knocked on the door.
Bang bang bang …
The sound was almost inaudible, but immediately there was movement inside the door. With his sharp hearing, Lu Ping immediately heard a grumble.
The door quickly opened, and a young man who looked a few years older than Lu Ping and the others stood inside. He held a candle, and looked at the people outside with a cold expression.
"Don't just stand there, come in!" Morin pushed the door open as if it was his own home, and called the three in. The young man moved to the side, but only held the candle, and remained silent. After the three entered, he immediately closed the door again and bolted it.
"This is …" The three looked at the young man, waiting for Morin to introduce him.
"My cousin," said Morin.
"A distant relative." The young man finally opened his mouth, but he tried to push away the closeness that Morin had expressed as far as possible.
"Hey." Morin smiled, and was already sitting at the table.
"Sit." He called out to the other three. The three of them looked around the room as they sat around the dining table.
The dining table was very small. After the four of them placed their arms on the table, there was not much space left. The room was also very small. When the four of them came in and sat around it, it felt like there was not much space left.
By this time, the young man had already gone into the inner room with the candle in his hand. After a short while, he actually came out with a bowl of rice and placed it in the middle of the table. The rice was mixed with gravy, and some vegetable leaves could be vaguely seen. From the living conditions to the food, it could be seen that this young man did not live a wealthy life. In fact, he might even be living in poverty.
But Morin had already knocked on the rice bowl and shouted, "It's so cold, aren't you going to heat it up?"
"There's no more firewood at home," the young man said.
Morin looked at the three in front of him and sighed. Some xiuzhe had special abilities. They could make fire with a wave of their hand and heat up food. However, none of the four of them had such a method, which made Morin feel somewhat sorrowful.
"Shall we make do?" He asked the other three for their opinion.
What could the three of them say? Although they had roasted a bird in the evening, it was not a big bird. Eating one was like trying to put out a cart of firewood with a cup of water. Almost before they left the forest, someone's stomach had already started to growl. Although the rice in front of them was simple and crude, it was better than nothing. The three of them were not picky people, so they immediately nodded.
"Bowl and chopsticks," Morin shouted.
"Just one pair," the young man said, and then added, "I haven't washed it yet."
"Lazy!" Morin was distressed. "Do you know why you are so poor? One word, lazy! "
Being pushed to this point, the young man did not seem to have any intention of driving the four of them out. He put the candle back on the bedside, took off his shoes and sat on the bed. In this small room, there was a proper seat beside the dining table. The inner room was the kitchen. After a round, there was only the bed left to sit on.
"Should we wash the dishes and take turns using the chopsticks, or should we just do it with our hands?" Morin began to ask for the three's opinion.
The three of them continued with their careless style. They did what they could to save trouble and immediately grabbed the rice.
It was unknown how many meals the young man had eaten, but the four of them quickly turned it inside out. Morin unwillingly raised his fingers. The other three knew how to be grateful, so they looked at the young man with grateful eyes.
"Thank you," Lu Ping said.
The young man ignored them. Seeing that the four of them had finished eating, he got down from the bed and came over to carry the rice into the inner room. When he came out again, he did not immediately sit at the table. Instead, he stood by the table and looked at the four of them.
"There's no hurry. This time, we are not just freeloading. We may be staying here for a while," Morin said.
The other three had only followed Morin here. It was only now that they knew that he had such a place to stay in this small town. They also knew that he had plans to temporarily hide here. However, the young man's attitude was extremely cold, which was very inconsistent with the extreme trust that Morin had given him. Even if the two of them were relatives, the young man had added "distant relatives", which was obviously alienating this layer of relationship.
"The room is only this big. There's nowhere to stay," the young man said.
"Don't be afraid. It's fine to sit here for a night," Morin said.
"That's too much," the young man said.
"It's okay, right?" Morin said.
The atmosphere was extremely awkward for a moment. Lu Ping could endure what others couldn't, but he did not have the habit of forcing others. Seeing that the young man was unwilling, he wanted to call for everyone to leave, but was stopped by Morin.
"Here's the situation." Morin said, "It's obvious that someone has discovered our whereabouts, but whether it was before or after the river, you didn't sense anything unusual, right?"
"Yes." Lu Ping nodded.
"Based on my trust in your perception, I boldly conclude that the other party only vaguely sensed us, but did not know where we were going. At the river, they may have wanted to further lock on to us, but unfortunately, after being discovered by you, they immediately stopped. "Morin said.
Lu Ping nodded.
"Then, what will they do next? I think they will infer our movements, and then set up an ambush. So at this time, it's very necessary for us to adjust our original plan and change the pace. "Morin said.
"So we came to town, so we want to rest here for a while." Lu Ping said.
"Yes." Morin said.
"But this is not the key." Lu Ping said.
"Then what is the key?" Morin was at a loss.
"The key is that this is this big brother's home, and this big brother is unwilling." Lu Ping said.
"You actually think that way. To be honest, the whole world should be moved by you." Morin said. And this was not pure nonsense. Morin was considering Lu Ping's realm as a starting point. This kind of peerless expert who stood at the peak would consider the problem in such an ordinary way, which was really different from most people. Not to mention a top expert like Lu Ping, even a low-level ordinary cultivator, how many people would consider the wishes of an ordinary person?
"Tell me the truth. Are you moved?" Morin turned to look at his distant cousin.
The distant cousin did not speak, and his attitude did not change because of the conversation between Morin and Lu Ping.
"It seems that you are not moved." Morin sighed. "But you can't really refuse my request. The Mo family's motto is: When one side is in trouble, help comes from all sides. So although we don't know each other's names, I know that you are from the Mo family, and you also know that I am from the Mo family. That is enough. "
The three were shocked after hearing this. These two didn't even know each other's names. Just because they were from the Mo family, and because of a family motto, they could have such a degree of trust?
The Mo Family seemed inconspicuous in this world where clans ran amok. However, this family motto sounded a little unusual. It seemed to be a method that weak families used to survive, but it also seemed to have other meanings.
The three didn't have time to think about it. Morin's distant cousin spoke at this time.
"Morin, I know your name." He said.
"Am I very popular in the Xuan Army Empire?" Morin said.
"Not as popular as him." The distant cousin looked towards Lu Ping.
"You recognize him?" Morin was shocked.
"There's a portrait on the notice board in the town." The distant cousin said.
"The same wanted poster, the same portrait. Why is he more popular?" Morin said. Although he knew that this should be the case, but ordinary people didn't have a reason to know so many details, right?
"His bounty is much higher than yours." The distant cousin said.
"Alright …" It turned out that the Xuan Jun Empire had already marked the price of the few of them.
"What about these two?" Morin asked Fang Yizhu and Ling Ziyan.
"No." The distant cousin said.
"So, what do you plan to do now?" Morin said, one hand already in his pocket.
The Mo family motto: When one side is in trouble, help comes from all sides. But if there was a Mo family member who refused to help when they were in trouble, there was another family motto on how to deal with it.
So Morin was waiting. If this distant cousin refused, then he would be the one to carry out the family motto.
"You're in trouble now, I'll help you. If you leave quickly, you'll be helping me too. You shouldn't refuse." The distant cousin said.
"This logic … …" Morin frowned, then looked towards Fang Yizhu, "Analyze it for him."
"Oh?" Fang Yizhu was slightly surprised, but quickly cleared his throat and said, "This is a problem of cause and effect. Everything has a cause and effect. Here, when Morin is in trouble, you have to help him as much as possible is the effect. Although this effect may lead to a new cause, which is what you said you will also be in trouble, a new cause will have a new effect. Then the effect will give birth to the cause, and the cause will give birth to the effect. If this goes on, won't it be endless? So we can't use this kind of logic to deal with this problem. We have to trace the source, find the original cause, and the effect caused by this cause. That is, you have to help Morin with all your strength, and then stop there. As for what happens after that, we need to establish a new, separate cause and effect. We shouldn't discuss it here, after all, everything has not been established. Do you understand what I'm saying? "
Fang Yizhu's words stunned everyone. The room was quiet for about five seconds. Morin reached out his right hand and clapped a few times with his left hand, "Wonderful, as expected of someone who went to the Big Four, your knowledge is outstanding."
"Sorry for the embarrassment." Fang Yizhu bowed.
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