"Mother! My son is unfilial. Not only did he fail to save you, but he also betrayed the Marquis! A few months ago, you told me that the Marquis is a good man. It is a blessing that I have cultivated for three generations to be able to do things for him. You They told their sons to work diligently in the workshop and not to cheat or cheat. These sons have done it! Both Guanshi Fu and Brother Zhang have praised the children!
Mother, you also said that you want me to be loyal to Mr. Hou for the rest of my life, and not to do anything to disgrace Mr. Hou. My son wants to do the same, but I can't care about your life or death... My son is useless! Mom, my son didn’t do what you told me, and my son couldn’t save you. I heard that the Tianlong Sect has been destroyed by the Marquis, and the dragon head of the Tianlong Sect committed suicide in the palace... Oh, ho, ho, mom, my son has no face to see the Marquis again. , I don’t have the face to see you, my son will come down and find that guy to avenge you! Even if my son becomes a ghost, I won’t let him go~! "
On the hills on the bank of the Feng River to the west of Zhujia Village, there are dozens of graves. Among them is a new grave with a relatively new earth color. In front of the grave, kneeling is a middle-aged man wearing a coarse short coat. He whimpers. After saying this, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, he directly picked up a dagger from the ground beside him and stabbed it into his left chest!
"Pfft~!"
The man spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes quickly blurred, and his head lowered. He leaned forward involuntarily, but stopped when he leaned forward to a certain angle, and his body remained on his knees. The gesture seems to be atonement and repentance!
"Gah~gah~gah~!"
Three or two crows flew over the sky, and their deep voices echoed among the mass graves, which seemed inexplicably desolate!
"Drive~drive~drive~!"
At this moment, a group of knights appeared on the side path and ran towards the hills here.
"There is someone at the grave~! Hurry~!"
This group of people was Li Zexuan and Zhang Hongsheng. Li Zexuan had excellent eyesight. He could clearly see a man in gray clothes kneeling in front of a grave from a long distance. He felt nervous and said quickly.
"That must be Zhu Cairong! That boy is going to do something stupid! Come on~!"
Zhang Hongsheng only looked at the man's back and concluded that the man was Zhu Cairong. He lifted the horse's belly hard and ran towards the hill at a faster speed.
When he was approaching the hill, Li Zexuan couldn't help but change his expression, because he smelled a faint smell of blood in the air, which meant... they were late!
Thinking of this, his heart sank completely.
Soon, everyone came to the tomb. Zhang Hongsheng jumped off his horse first, and quickly came to the man kneeling on the ground, shouting: "Cai Rong! Cai Rong! How did you...!!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Hongsheng suddenly froze on the spot because he saw the dagger stuck in Zhu Cairong's chest!
"We're out of breath! We're still a step too late!"
Li Zexuan had also jumped off the horse at this time. He put his fingers under Zhu Cairong's nostrils, paused for a moment and then spoke.
"Cairong! You...why are you so stupid?"
Zhang Hongsheng looked sad and couldn't help but lament.
Although he guessed that Zhu Cairong had committed something, he didn't know what it was because Li Zexuan didn't tell him that the Tianlong Sect forced Zhu Cairong to smuggle fireworks and gunpowder!
Li Zexuan sighed quietly. Looking at Zhu Cairong who had committed suicide but was still kneeling in front of the grave, he felt a little blocked in his heart. This was the lowest level of the people in this era and the most simple people. He had done something wrong. They don't need others to punish them, they themselves will use the most severe means to punish themselves!
Such people have a strong idea in their hearts that sleeping is good for them or that they have something to do to others, and they know it in their hearts!
"Move his body back to the village and give it a proper burial~! Come back after finishing his funeral!"
After an unknown amount of time, Li Zexuan came back from his deep thoughts. He bowed to Zhu Cairong solemnly and then gave instructions.
"Yes! Mr. Hou~!"
The three guards of the Hou Mansion bowed to accept the order, and then stepped forward to lift Zhu Cairong's body.
Although Zhang Hongsheng was inconsolable with grief, he did not stop the guards of the Hou Mansion from carrying the body. He wiped his eyes and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, then straightened up and looked at Li Zexuan and asked: "Master Hou! What on earth did Cai Rong do? , so you couldn’t help but commit suicide?”
Li Zexuan first turned his head, glanced at Du E beside him with complicated eyes, and then said in a faint tone: "Death is the end of life. Since Zhu Cairong is dead, there is no point in saying this. Let him go with dignity!"
Li Zexuan is very aware of his reputation among the people. If the people of Zhujia Village know that Zhu Cairong once helped Tianlong Sect smuggle gunpowder from the workshop, Zhu Cairong will not find peace even if he dies!
So Li Zexuan planned to suppress this matter completely and not tell anyone, which was considered to be taking care of Zhu Cairong's face!
Zhang Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, and he probably understood Li Zexuan's good intentions. He cupped his fists towards Li Zexuan with a complex expression and said, "Thank you, Lord Marquis!"
Li Zexuan shook his head and did not respond. Instead, he rode Dabai and silently headed towards Yunshan. He did not plan to attend Zhu Cairong's funeral, because it would make him think of the scene he had just seen in front of the grave, the man who knelt before the grave and repented until his death!
Zhu Cairong's death gave Li Zexuan an inexplicable sense of guilt in his heart!
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As the sun sets in the west, Li Zexuan finally returns to Yunshan.
"Dang Dang Dang~!"
The moment he climbed to the top of the mountain, there was a sudden sound of gongs in the academy, and he looked at the setting sun in the west. Li Zexuan suddenly realized that today is the end of the final exam for the first class of Yanhuang Academy students. With the sound of gongs just now, the students should have officially finished the exam!
Li Zexuan couldn't help but recall his final exams in his previous life. The end of each final exam meant a holiday, which meant a period of little madness, so every time at this time, Li Zexuan felt particularly excited!
Reincarnated as a human being, his identity was reversed. He is now a teacher. His position is different, and his perspective on the problem is naturally different. Now that he sees the students on vacation, he feels a little disappointed in his heart!
Because Yunshan, which is usually lively and bustling, is about to become calm!
Thinking that his father, mother and Han Yuxi should take Ye Guozhong and his wife back to the Marquis Mansion in the county at this time, Li Zexuan did not go to the other courtyard, but walked towards the gate of the academy by accident.
It's embarrassing to say that although he had returned to Yunshan the night before yesterday, he had not been to the academy in the past two days because of various things. From this point of view, he was really unqualified to be the president of the academy!
"Chief of the mountain!"
"Chief! You are back!"
As soon as Li Zexuan entered the academy, two familiar figures walked towards him. They were the two brothers Mo Zhong and Mo Yun. They were seriously injured by Wu Jie that night. Their injuries have not yet recovered, and their arms are still wrapped in white cloth. But after seeing Li Zexuan, the two of them were so excited that they were a little carried away, and they solemnly saluted Li Zexuan with clasped fists.
"Ouch!"
But this fist hug caused pain somewhere on the body, which made the two of them cry out in pain.
Li Zexuan saw this and was slightly moved in his heart. He smiled and said, "Well! I'm back! You have worked hard during my absence~!"
What he was referring to was naturally the incident where Wu Jie sneaked into Yunshan and Mo Zhong, Mo Yun and others fought tooth and nail to defend the academy.
Mo Zhong and Mo Yun quickly shook their heads and said: "It's not hard! It's not hard!"
After saying that, Mo Zhong hesitated for a moment and then said: "...It's just that some brothers are no longer here..."
Li Zexuan's heart suddenly tightened, and his mood suddenly became extremely heavy. After a moment of silence, he patted the uninjured shoulder on the other side and said, "They are all heroes of the academy! Generations of teachers and students of Yanhuang Academy will remember them. !”
"Uh-huh!"
Hearing this, Mo Zhong and Mo Yun's eyes instantly became moist, and the two brothers nodded heavily in response.
"...You guys get busy! I'm going to find Mr. Mo!"
After comforting the two brothers for a while, Li Zexuan spoke.
The two brothers naturally had no objection, and Li Zexuan turned around and walked towards the Guanghua Building of the academy.
After arriving at Guanghua Building, Li Zexuan went directly to the college physics group office. The last final exam of the college was a combined paper for physics and chemistry. The physics group office had gathered many invigilators from other subject groups to hand over to the candidates. Li Zexuan suddenly appeared in front of the door. The originally noisy office suddenly became quiet, but it was only quiet for a moment. After the quiet, there was a sensation!
"Chief of the mountain! It's the head of the mountain!"
"Captain Shan, you are back!"
"The chief is back!"
The teachers in the office flocked to Li Zexuan and shouted excitedly.
Who is the most important person in Yanhuang Academy? Not Li Gang, not Mo Huai, not a royal disciple like Li Tai, but Li Zexuan! There is absolutely no doubt about this. Any teacher or student at Yanhuang Academy will give the same answer when faced with such a question!
When Wu Jie attacked the academy, the first person in the minds of all the teachers and students of Yanhuang Academy was Li Zexuan. They extremely hoped that Li Zexuan could come back quickly to save Yunshan and Yanhuang Academy! They believe that as long as Li Zexuan is here, no one can act wild in the academy!
Although Li Zexuan failed to make them come back in time that night, they still hoped that Li Zexuan could come back in time afterwards, because both the architecture of the academy and the people of the academy suffered heavy losses in this disaster. The reason why he can still support tenaciously is entirely because Li Gang worked hard with his last breath and continued to cheer up the teachers and students of the academy. Everyone hopes that Li Zexuan can rush back as soon as possible and lead the teachers and students of the academy to carry out "reconstruction after the disaster!"
"Chief Shan~! You are back~!"
At this time, the group of gentlemen in front of Li Zexuan suddenly made a way out of the middle, and an old gentleman with a vicissitudes of face walked out from behind. He looked at Li Zexuan intently, with tears streaming down his face.
"Mr. Mo~!!"
Who could the old man with a vicissitudes of life in front of him be but Mo Huai? Compared with half a month ago, Mo Huai seemed to be more than ten years older at this time. He must have damaged his vitality in the battle with Wu Jie. Looking at the old man with a vicissitudes of life in front of him, and even a little staggering in his steps, Li Zexuan felt something in his heart. Feeling the pain, he quickly stepped forward to hold him up, then with tears in his eyes, he said in a hoarse voice: "Mr. Mo! I'm back! I'm back late!"
When he thought of the scene Meng Wenhao described that night when Li Gang, Mo Huai, Qiu Bearke, Wang Ji and others led the old and weak in the academy to resist the great master Wu Jie, Li Zexuan couldn't help but want to cry. The academy was He, Li Zexuan, has the foundation to settle down and live his life, but people like Li Gang, Mo Huai, and Wang Ji have already regarded the academy as their home! A home you can protect with your life!
But when the family encountered an unprecedentedly powerful enemy and an unprecedented crisis, the head of the family (the head of the mountain) was not at home, leaving the old and weak in the family to protect the family. How could he not feel sad in his heart? How not to blame yourself
"Haha! Not too late! Not too late! Just right! We are all waiting for the principal to lead the teachers and students of the academy to revive and strengthen the engineering school!"
Mo Huai looked at Li Zexuan seriously for a while, and then he laughed happily.
The tears falling from the corners of his eyes revealed his extremely excited heart and surging ambition at this moment!
"Yes! We are all waiting for the mountain leader to come back and lead everyone back to strength!"
"That's right! The headmaster is back, and the academy finally has a backbone!"
All the gentlemen around Li Zexuan agreed.
After the academy suffered a disaster, none of them left the academy out of fear of danger, because they had a firm belief in their hearts. They firmly believed that as long as Li Zexuan is here, Yanhuang Academy can regain its glory no matter what kind of disaster it encounters!
"Chief! You are back~!"
At this moment, an old voice came from outside the door. Li Zexuan turned around and saw, my dear, there was not a person outside, but Yan Silu came with teachers from other subject groups! The person who spoke was none other than Yan Silu!
"Mr. Kong Gui, I'm back!"
Li Zexuan looked at Yan Silu, and then glanced at everyone around him. After a moment, he said in a deep voice: "During my absence, you have worked hard! The academy has suffered a great disaster, but you have never left the academy. , as always, please pay your respects to Zhiyuan!"
(The word given by Li Er to Li Zexuan - Zhiyuan)
After saying that, Li Zexuan clasped his hands and bowed.
“The mountain chief’s words are serious!”
"Shan Zhang must not do this!"
Everyone was moved, and the gentlemen standing in front of Li Zexuan turned away one after another, not daring to accept Li Zexuan's gift.
Yan Silu stepped forward to help Li Zexuan up, and then said seriously: "Shan Chief, for us, Yanhuang Academy is not only a place to teach and educate people and inherit Taoism, but also a home for all of us. It is naturally our responsibility to protect Yanhuang Academy. It’s everyone’s responsibility, Chief Mountain, you don’t need to be like this!”
"Mr. Yan is right, these are what we should do, Chief Shan, you don't have to do this!"
"Yes! Chief, you are serious!"
The gentlemen from the surrounding colleges all bowed their hands.
Li Zexuan was about to speak when Yan Silu suddenly said: "Oh! By the way! Chief! The students have just finished the last exam and are now waiting for the head teachers of each class to make holiday arrangements. Otherwise..."
Before Yan Silu finished speaking, Li Zexuan interrupted: "Let the students come to the playground, and I will say a few words to them!"
Yan Silu laughed and said, "Okay! That's what I meant. After all, the students have been missing the mountain leader very much recently!"
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