"Nothing happened to the Holy Witch, I'm fine." Wu Dongfang smiled.
"Holy Witch, something happened to the Tu tribe." Si Ruo said awkwardly.
"Oh." Wu Dongfang pointed to the seat next to him, "Have you had breakfast?"
Si Ruo looked at the seats next to her, but did not go over to sit down. She naturally knew that Wu Dongfang was angry. Although she had guessed that Wu Dongfang would have such a reaction before leaving, after Wu Dongfang really showed his indifference, she still Feeling very embarrassed.
"Is Si Shaokang okay?" Wu Dongfang turned over the bamboo slips sent by various tribes.
"Not very good." Si Ruo shook her head and said.
Wu Dongfang put down the bamboo slips and stood up, walked off the altar and pointed to Si Ruo at the seat on the east side, "Sit down, sit down."
Si Ruo then walked over and sat down. A palace maid brought tea. Wu Dongfang held up the tea cup and said, "Even if I am no longer a holy witch of the five races, we are still friends. I have no prejudice against you. Some things are not the same." It’s not your fault.”
"Thank you Holy Witch for your understanding." Si Ruo sighed. She, the Xuanhuang Celestial Master, acted very cowardly, a mere commander who took orders at the last moment of danger.
"If you need any help from me, just ask. As long as it's your personal matter, I will do my best." Wu Dongfang looked at the tea cup on Si Ruo's side and motioned for her to drink tea.
Si Ruo didn't pick up the tea cup. Wu Dongfang's words made her feel happy and worried at the same time. She was happy that Wu Dongfang had regarded her as a friend, but worried that Wu Dongfang's words were very obvious. He will not interfere.
After hesitating for a long time, Si Ruo spoke up and said, "Holy witch, Emperor Xia didn't intend to expel you that day, but it was because of the persecution of the gods."
"I know." Wu Dongfang nodded. From Si Shaokang's perspective, he naturally hoped to have as many helpers around him as possible. It was Limu and other gods who forced him to make a choice between the two sides.
"The Holy Witch is tolerant." Si Ruo felt a sudden lightness in her heart.
"I'm not tolerant. I just said that I knew, and I didn't say that I wasn't angry. Those gods didn't force him to drive me away, but asked him to make a choice. Between me and the gods, Si Shaokang chose the latter. "Wu Dongfang put down his tea cup and looked sideways and smiled, "Everyone has the right to choose, and everyone must bear the consequences of their choices. I don't know what kind of difficulties he is encountering now, but no matter what kind of difficulties he encounters, He can only face difficulties by himself because they are caused by his own choices."
Si Ruo's expression changed greatly when he heard this. Wu Dongfang's words were very clear and well-founded, indicating that he was extremely clear-headed. And the fact is just as Wu Dongfang said, since Si Shaokang made the choice, it should be If he suffers any consequences, outsiders have no obligation to help him.
"You are a loyal minister. I admire your character and morality, and I understand your situation and difficulties, but you also have to understand me. All the four tribes know that Si Shaokang drove me away. If I go back to help him, Fei Xuan What will others think of me?" Wu Dongfang said harmoniously, Si Ruo and Ji Ke are both loyal ministers. Si Ruo followed Si Shaokang and lived in the mountains for many years. At that time, there were two old masters. Those two masters The master had died in the battle, and now she was the only one left to accompany Si Shaokang. In addition to admiration, he always had a trace of sympathy for Si Ruo deep in his heart, which was why he and Si Ruo had a heart-to-heart relationship.
Wu Dongfang's words made Si Ruo's eyes turn red, "Holy witch, you are right. I also know that I shouldn't come, but I really have no choice. It has only been four days. The shamans and wizards in the capital and various states have come." All the officials have been killed by Yun Ping and others, and the soldiers have been trapped in the barracks with no water or rice. Today is already the third day."
"The gods didn't come forward to deal with it?" Wu Dongfang asked. He naturally knew what Si Ruo was worried about. Not long after the peaceful liberation of Kyushu, the political power was already unstable and could not withstand the struggle. Once the wizards and officials died, and the soldiers all starved to death, The Xia Dynasty was completely finished.
Si Ruo shook her head, "They are just protecting Emperor Xia and have no time to take care of both."
"What do you want me to do?" Wu Dongfang asked, angry. He did not want to see Kyushu become a mess. The peaceful reunification of Kyushu was something he had worked hard to achieve and was full of his efforts.
Si Ruo didn't answer immediately. She was thinking about what kind of request to make that would not make Wu Dongfang feel that she was unreasonable.
Tens of seconds later, Si Ruo sighed, "Stop Yun Ping and save those soldiers."
Wu Dongfang did not comment and asked, "Did you come today on your own initiative or on Si Shaokang's initiative?"
"I came here on my own," Si Ruo felt inappropriate when he said this, so he hurriedly added, "In the past few days, Emperor Xia has been worried every day and worried every night. He must have regretted it very much, but he just couldn't speak."
Wu Dongfang nodded slowly, "Everyone makes mistakes. Although I am dissatisfied with Si Shaokang, I will not hold it in my heart. If he wants to invite me back, I will go back for the sake of you and the people of Kyushu. "
"Holy witch." Siruo's eyes turned red again, and he stood up straight and bent his knees.
Wu Dongfang extended his spiritual energy to support her, "I haven't finished speaking yet. I have a condition. If you want me to go back, you must drive away those ancient gods. If they don't leave, I won't go back."
When Si Ruo heard this, she looked troubled and tilted her head to look at Wu Dongfang. Wu Dongfang picked up the tea cup and drank the tea without looking at Si Ruo.
After hesitating for a long time, Si Ruo spoke again, "It is indeed valuable that the holy witch has such a broad mind. I will definitely tell Emperor Xia what the holy witch said. It is up to him to decide whether to live or die."
"Based on your understanding of Si Shaokang, what would he do?" Wu Dongfang asked. He didn't have much contact with Si Shaokang. Apart from knowing that Si Shaokang's nature was not bad, he didn't know much about his other temperaments.
"It's hard to say." Si Ruo shook her head slowly, "Xia Emperor is compassionate and tolerant, and he cares about old times, but he is good at planning and very judicious."
"I think so too." Wu Dongfang smiled. Si Ruo said it more tactfully. In fact, what she wanted to say was that Si Shaokang was a bit snobbish and could weigh the pros and cons and gains and losses, and was more realistic.
"Holy witch, what if Emperor Xia wants to see off his guests, but the guests can't stay?" Si Ruo asked.
"All he needs to do is make a decision, and he doesn't have to worry about other things." Wu Dongfang extended his Qi, grabbed a soil-rock condensation positioning stone ball from the air, and handed it to Si Ruo.
Si Ruo hurriedly took it with both hands. Although Wu Dongfang didn't say it clearly, the implication was already obvious. If those ancient gods didn't leave, he would come hard.
Si Ruo took the positioning stone ball and said goodbye. Wu Dongfang personally sent him out, and Si Ruo Tu Dun left.
When the two of them talked before, Ming Yue had been handling official business in the side hall. She listened to the conversation between the two. After Si Ruo left, Ming Yue walked out of the side hall and walked to the entrance of the main hall to wait for Wu Dongfang to approach. , "Do you really want to go back?"
"Although he drove me away, I can't just die without saving him." Wu Dongfang said that people all have some kind of innate nature. Although he used to do things like fighting and killing, he still felt deep in his heart. Chu has always had a feeling of compassion for heaven and earth, and this feeling is particularly obvious when dealing with Niu Niu and Xun Hai.
"Don't be overly optimistic, he might not choose you." Ming Yue said.
Wu Dongfang waved his hand, "If he makes a decision before midnight today, I will go back. If it exceeds midnight, I will not go there."
"Why didn't you tell Master Xuanhuang about this?" Mingyue asked.
Wu Dongfang shook his head and stepped into the palace without answering Ming Yue's question. Si Ruo would definitely convey his intention to Si Shaokang as soon as possible after returning. Si Shaokang had enough time to think. If Si Shaokang delayed for too long, , indicating that he did not want to break with the gods. Even if he finally broke with them, it was because the situation was completely out of control and he felt that his throne was threatened, so he had no choice but to ask him to go back and clean up the mess.
Through the length of the delay, we can see from the side whether Si Shaokang really regrets it, or whether he did it because he had no other choice. This is related to a question of sincerity.
Naturally, these words cannot be told to Si Ruo, otherwise what we see will not be the true side of Si Shaokang.
After Wu Dongfang entered the palace, he found that Ming Yue had not followed him. When he looked back, he found that Ming Yue was tilting her head and looking east. Wu Dongfang turned around and went out, and found that Rice Tong was slowly walking from the east.
In the past few days, he and Fan Tong had been getting along day and night, and their spiritual consciousness had been getting used to each other. At this time, the telepathy between the two parties was already very strong. When he felt it with his heart, he found that Fan Tong's heart was full of sadness.
He had never found or felt sadness in Fan Tong, so he had doubts in his heart, so he strengthened his perception. At this time, Fan Tong had already walked to him, stopped, and looked up at him.
Soul communication is a wonderful feeling, a silent communication. What Fan Tong was thinking at this moment was, 'I'm leaving, and I really miss you.' '
"Where are you going?" Wu Dongfang thought.
Fan Tong’s emotions were real and ethereal, without any embellishment or cover-up, “I have grown up, and I don’t like living in the back mountains. I want to go back to the jungle where I live. When you need me, I will rush to you immediately. .”
"You are still young and can't leave." Wu Dongfang thought.
Fantong's nose twitched, and the general meaning of his emotion was, "I miss my mother very much, and I want to go back and look for her."
"Your mother is no longer here." Wu Dongfang thought about the situation when the female bear died, and Fan Tong could see the situation through the pictures in his mind.
"Oh, it's really gone." Fan Tong showed disappointment, which vaguely contained a bit of self-deception. In fact, he had some vague impression of his mother's death, but this impression was not deep and vague. I don't want to believe that is true.
"This is your home, we are your relatives, you live in the back mountain and are not allowed to go anywhere." Wu Dongfang thought.
"That's where the little bears live. The big bears live in the mountains. I've grown up, and the wild beasts in the mountains don't dare to mess with me." Rice Tong turned around and walked east.
"What's wrong?" Ming Yue looked at Fan Tong in confusion.
"This guy is going to run away from home." Wu Dongfang said with a smile. Rice Tong is not a human after all. Its emotions are similar to humans but not exactly the same. One moment it was very sad, and the next moment it thought that even the wild beasts in the mountains would not dare to mess with it. At that time, it was very excited, thinking about the roaring mountains and forests, and being king and hegemony.
Seeing that Ming Yue didn't understand, Wu Dongfang narrated the previous exchange between the two in words. Ming Yue nodded after listening, "It's up to it to decide. You have a heart-to-heart connection with it and can see it at any time." Is there any danger?"
"No, it's too small." Wu Dongfang shook his head repeatedly.
"Not too small, more than three hundred pounds, bigger than a black bear." Ming Yue said.
"I have the final say on this matter." Wu Dongfang made the final decision, and then strictly ordered the rice bucket to go back to the mountain to stay.
Fan Tong walked east, originally wanting to say goodbye to the prince. After sensing Wu Dongfang's order, although he was unhappy, he did not continue to the east courtyard and turned around and walked back midway.
Wu Dongfang did nothing else that day. He would be distracted every few minutes to feel what Fan Tong was thinking, but Fan Tong had very few distracting thoughts and thought of nothing in his mind most of the time.
Night fell and the food was served. As soon as Wu Dongfang picked up his chopsticks, he sensed his own positioning aura coming from the direction of Xiadu.
"What's wrong?" Ming Yue asked.
"Si Shaokang has made a decision. This guy finally did something right. He allowed the gods to stay in Xiadu, so I have no reason to drive them away." Wu Dongfang stood up straight and quickly shouldered his bow and arrow.
"I'm afraid they won't leave Xia Capital." Ming Yue said.
"It would be better not to leave..."