Chapter 386 Good People, Bad People

The twelfth month is coming to an end.

Chang'an City was decorated with lanterns and colorful lights.

This year, Great Zhou ushered in its first bumper harvest in nearly 20 years. The entire country was overjoyed and the people showed their faces.

They naturally attributed this achievement to Yuwen Nan Jing, who was known as the emperor of eternity. The support of the people for this empress had reached a fanatical level.

As the leader of the new monarch, the status of the Tian Ce Prefecture had naturally risen, and coupled with the horns formed by the Mu Clan's army, Mu Qingshan, in Jizhou, it could be said that its status in the Great Zhou Dynasty was now above ten thousand people.

"Sister Ye, what are you doing? There are fireworks outside. Shouldn't we go take a look?" The youth with the long saber on his back walked over to the red-clothed girl who was sitting in the main hall of the Tian Ce Mansion and asked.

The young Tian Ce Mansion 's Manor Master was still beautiful and moving, but the deep fatigue between his eyebrows could not be concealed.

Before the youth arrived, the woman seemed to be lowering her head and thinking about something. Her gaze was empty as she looked ahead. Only when the youth's voice sounded did she sit up straight as if she had just woken up from a dream.

Then, the woman forced a smile on her beautiful face and said, "Go and see. I want to take a rest."

"Oh." The youth who had received such an answer replied without sorrow or joy, but he did not leave. Instead, he sat quietly on a chair beside him and frowned without saying a word.

Ye Hongjian was stunned for a moment. She looked at the youth in puzzlement and asked, "Why don't you go take a look?"

It was New Year's Eve, whether it was fireworks organized by the people themselves or dragon and lion dances sent by the Imperial Court, they could be said to be rarely seen lively scenes. Children like Liu Mo and Liu Xiao went to Chang'an Avenue early to watch the liveliness, and the youth in front of them seemed somewhat out of place compared to them.

The boy surnamed Su furrowed his brows at that time and said, "I don't like Chang'an. It's not good here, nor is it good for people, nor is it good for the ground."

At this point, the boy seemed to feel that something was wrong. He hurriedly looked at Ye Hongjian who was sitting on the high platform and said, "I'm not talking about Big Sister Ye, I'm just… just…"

At that time, the boy's voice gradually became deep, and his expression also became a little lonely and confused, "I just don't understand why…"

Ye Hongjian looked at him like this. It was a little funny, but she also felt a little heartache.

Generally speaking, the more kind a person was, the more he would be unable to live in such a beautiful place. This was not an affectation or inadaptability, but a difficult coordination from the soul.

At this moment, Ye Hongjian was somewhat envious of the boy's clean soul.

"Since you don't like it so much, then why should I go and see it?" Ye Hongjian teased, trying to improve the boy's mood. "Didn't you hear that you shouldn't do anything to others if you don't want to?"

As she spoke, Ye Hongjian's face also revealed a wisp of anger.

"No, no, no." The boy with a string in his head immediately panicked. He waved his hand and said repeatedly. He tried his best to explain his meaning to Ye Hongjian, but he was not good at it. He said it for a long time, but he did not say anything. "I just saw that Sister Ye was unhappy these past few days, so I thought that if Sister went to see the fireworks outside, she might be in a better mood."

At this point, the youth seemed to feel a little guilty about proposing that Ye Hongjian look at something that even he himself did not want to see. At that time, his head lowered, like a child who had made a mistake, waiting in fear for his parents to punish him.

His appearance caused Ye Hongjian, who was still tense just now, to burst into laughter.

The girl shook her head and a smile appeared on her face. She said, "Let's go and have a look together."

"Ah?" The boy was stunned, his expression blank, as if he hadn't adapted to Ye Hongjian's sudden change of attitude at the first possible moment.

"Buy you an ice-sugar gourd?!" Ye Hongjian smiled craftily.

These words undoubtedly pierced the pain of the boy who had just reached the age of fifteen. The boy who came to his senses no longer thought about it, and he followed Ye Hongjian's footsteps.

…

Bang!

With a loud explosion, fireworks were sent into the sky, exploding in the air, releasing resplendent fireworks one after another.

The crowd began to rejoice.

There was a happy smile on the faces of the people, for the coming New Year, and for the harvest of the past year.

Above the black crowd, Ye Hongjian and Su Mu'an sat side by side on the roof of the main hall of the Tian Ce Mansion .

The boy ate the best sugar gourd and looked at the gorgeous fireworks in the sky, blinking his eyes again and again.

After all, it was a child's temperament, so he couldn't help but be attracted by this scene. In the blink of an eye, he forgot what he had said in the hall.

"Is it delicious?" Seeing his appearance, Ye Hongjian couldn't help but ask.

"Yes." The boy nodded, his eyes curved up, obviously enjoying the delicious food in his mouth.

"Did they deduct your monthly money? Why does it seem like they haven't eaten for a long time?" Ye Hongjian couldn't help but laugh when she saw Su Mu'an 's mouth was full of sugar.

However, the boy waved his hand seriously and said, "No, the amount of money that should be paid every month is not small. But Brother Xu said that no matter how delicious the food is, it will become dull all the time. Therefore, I can't help but buy it myself."

"Is that so?" It was unknown if it was because of the three words "Big Brother Xu" that Ye Hongjian's relaxed expression suddenly descended at that moment.

The boy, who realized that he had said something wrong, wanted to say something to comfort him, but for some reason, he swallowed it back.

He gritted his teeth and pondered for a while before asking, "Sister Ye, I have always had a question that I don't understand."

A smile appeared on Ye Hongjian's face as she regained her senses and asked, "What's the problem?"

"You said that Big Brother Xu is a good person, and Grandpa Lu is also a good person."

"But not every good person can do the right thing, so Grandpa Lu chased Brother Xu away…"

"Then why is Zhu Xian clearly a bad person? He killed my father and many others. Then why does Sister Qing still want him to be an official again?"

This question stunned Ye Hongjian.

A few days ago, Empress Yuwen Nan Jing pushed Zhu Xian, who had already lost his position, back to the seat of head of the Long Night Division. Although Zhu Xian was still unable to contend against Tiance Prefecture in a short period of time, this method caused the dissatisfaction of the Mu Clan army stationed far away in Jizhou. Mu Qingshan played the memorials of the Imperial Court impeaching Zhu Xian and flew to Chang'an one after another.

The actual ruler of the Tian Ce Mansion , Mr. Lu, joined forces with the old officials of the Zhang Equality Imperial Court to perform several times. However, Yuwen Nanjing, who had always been obedient to them, now seemed to be a different person. He did not have the slightest intention of letting go of this matter. At this moment, Mr. Lu and the others were still kneeling outside the Imperial Palace, begging Yuwen Nanjing to take back his life.

Thinking of this, Ye Hongjian frowned.

After experiencing the changes in Chang'an, her interest in the matters of the Imperial Court had dimmed. Although she was nominally the Prefecture Master of Tiance Prefecture, her real power had mostly fallen into the hands of Mr. Lu and the others. She did not care about this matter and just let it go.

However, Qin Keqing's recent situation was quite abnormal. She had noticed this very early, but she was unable to catch her vital points for a while. The fact that she had activated Zhu Xian proved that her previous worries were not imaginary.

Therefore, she could only shake her head and say, "I don't know…"

"Perhaps everyone will change …"

"What do you mean? Are you saying that Sister Ke Qing will become a bad person?" Su Mu'an asked in confusion, but her eyebrows were filled with worry.

Ye Hongjian burst into laughter.

She stood up and looked up at the fireworks that continued to bloom in the sky, saying, "The definition of good and bad does not apply to the world of adults."

"All of us are good people…"

"They are also bad people …"

"Is that so?" Su Mu'an was stunned. Of course, he could not understand the meaning behind Ye Hongjian's words. He only felt that the other party's words seemed to have some truth, but he felt that this truth was not convincing enough.

'"I don't think you're right, Sister Ye…" His straightforward temper flared up again. At that time, he looked at Ye Hongjian seriously and said.

"What's wrong?" Ye Hongjian asked with a smile. She looked at the boy who seemed to want to tell her right and wrong.

"You said that some people are bad people and good people. I think it makes sense…"

"Just like Grandpa Lu, he seems to have done a lot of good deeds and helped a lot of people, but I just can't like him. I think he's the kind of person you're talking about" the boy said with a frown. As if to make his words sound persuasive enough, he spoke intermittently, as if he was trying to find the right rhetoric to make his point.

"But some people are good people. No matter what, they are good people." The boy said this with a serious expression on his face.

"For example?" Ye Hongjian asked with some amusement.

"Brother Xu!" The youth replied without hesitation.

Hearing this, Ye Hongjian was stunned. Then, she shook her head helplessly. She pointed at the boy and said, "You, even if you were brainwashed by Xu Han's helplessness, he told you to kill and set fire. You must draw your saber forward without hesitation."

However, who would have thought that this was a teasing remark that fell into the boy's ears? The boy's expression instantly changed, and he muttered somewhat indignantly, "That's not the case!"

'"…" Ye Hongjian saw that he was a little angry, so she put away her thoughts of teasing him and asked, "Good, good, good! Then tell me why your big brother Xu must be a good person?"

This question puzzled Su Mu'an . The boy tilted his head and thought for a long time. He scratched his head and frowned. After a long time, he said, "I don't understand either."

"Probably because…"

"He has never let down anyone who shouldn't have been let down…"

"I don't think such a person would be a bad person no matter what."

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