Chapter 223 Everyone is at peace with their destiny
He An seemed to suddenly remember something, and hurried to Pan Wen, bowing and saying, "Manager Pan, Mr. Shen asked me to tell you that Long Si has cleared all the property he looted from the Pan Mansion. The total value is about 7.5 million taels. You can go to the dock to pick it up at any time."

Hearing this, Pan Wen showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, but before he could speak, He An said, "Mr. Shen also said that if Shopkeeper Pan doesn't want to set foot in Yingchuan again, that's fine. No matter where you go in the future, as long as there is a bank of Dongshan Company, you only need to introduce yourself and you can take the banknotes within three days."

"Mr. Shen really knows my heart." Pan Wen couldn't help but feel grateful and said with a wry smile, "Now that our family has finally escaped from the sea of ​​suffering, Pan really doesn't want to go back to Yingchuan."

Because He Shan was afraid that Xu Ren would come back for revenge, and was also worried that Pan Wen would suddenly bring up the matter of him and Long Si dividing the spoils, he was absent-minded and secretly worried.

At this moment, He Shan saw that the matter was over, so he couldn't help but want to retreat. He smiled dryly and bowed to Liu Xunyi and Pan Wen, saying: "Master Liu, Manager Pan, it's getting late now, and I still have a lot of official business to do, so..."

"Master He, please do as you please!" How could Liu Xunyi not know what He Shan was thinking? So he did not try to persuade him to stay, but smiled and said, "Thank you for what I did today, Master!"

"No way! No way!" He Shan was overjoyed and waved his hands quickly, "It is my honor to do my best for the Xianwang Mansion. Haha..."

Liu Xunyi and Pan Wen accompanied He Shan to play along. After they exchanged greetings for a while, He Shan hurriedly said goodbye and quickly led his troops away.

During this period, Pan Yun wanted to investigate the division of the spoils, but was quietly stopped by the eldest lady.

Looking at the large group of people walking away, Xunzhen's eyes suddenly flashed with cunning. She turned around and took another scroll from Abaolu, and handed it to Pan Wen in person, saying with a smile: "Master He left in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to tell whether the painting was real or fake."

"This..." Pan Wen looked at Xunzhen in astonishment, and said hesitantly, "Could it be that the 'Qingchuan Landscape Painting' you gave to Lord He just now is... fake?"

"It was Master Liu who told me that He Shan is a bully who only bullies the weak and fears the strong. He is afraid of death and is not a good official." Xunzhen chuckled, "If that's the case, wouldn't it be a waste if we gave such a precious ancient painting to him?"

After that, Xunzhen stuffed the picture into Pan Wen's hands without saying anything. Before he could refuse, Xunzhen said, "This picture is Mr. Pan's favorite thing. It is also the only thought he left for you. Cherish it!"

Xunzhen's words stunned Pan Wen, who had wanted to refuse politely. He looked down at the scroll that seemed both familiar and unfamiliar, and tears began to drip down his face unconsciously.

Obviously, Pan Wen was reminded of the person when he saw the object and couldn't help himself.

Although Xunzhen usually appears cold and ruthless, at this moment, Liu Xunyi seemed to see another side of her in a trance.

Liu Xunyi vaguely felt that Xunzhen left the picture without permission, his real intention was not to punish He Shan, but to help Mr. Pan leave the relic to future generations.

Liu Xunyi smiled bitterly in his heart and said, "At this moment, it seems that this woman... is not without emotion..."

"Take it!" After thinking about it, Liu Xunyi's expression straightened up and encouraged, "Now that the Pan family has left Yingchuan, they haven't left any handle for He Shan. He can't do anything to anyone, so you don't have to worry."

"That's right!" Xu Heng laughed, "Dongshan Company is not the Pan family of the past. On the first day they arrived in Yingchuan, they skinned two people alive and hung them on the city gate for public display. Just based on this, even if He Shan had ten thousand guts, he would not dare to cause trouble for Dongshan Company in the future."

Tang Cong continued, "Even if he finds out the picture is fake in the future, he will have to swallow his anger. He Shan once participated in the robbery of the Pan family and had bad intentions from the beginning, so he deserves what he gets today."

"That's right!" Liao Chuan laughed, "It would be best if he stayed in Yingchuan for the rest of his life, living in fear all day long, and carefully guarding against Xu Ren's revenge. This would prevent this dog official from always thinking of harming people, haha..."

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help laughing. The Pan Wen family also relaxed their worries.

"Master Pan, where are you going next?" Liu Xunyi changed the subject and asked softly, "Why don't we go to Luoyang? With the palace master here, I believe no one will dare to be presumptuous to you. What do you think?"

"The world is so big, how could there not be a place for our family to stay?" Pan Wen smiled bitterly and shook his head, sighing, "Master Liu's kindness is appreciated. But our Pan family has gone through this ordeal, and in the end some died and some escaped. Now there are only four of us left to depend on each other. We really don't want to have anything to do with the people in the martial arts world anymore. We... are really scared..."

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but sigh and said with emotion: "Once you enter the martial arts world, you are doomed. Your family finally has the opportunity to leave the martial arts world, and you should really go as far away as possible."

"And if we go to Luoyang, Hexi Qin will definitely not give up, and they might even use this as an excuse to frame us and Xianwang Mansion for embezzling the "Xuanshui Xiajuan"." Pan Wen's eyes were full of helplessness, and his appearance was very sad. He then changed the subject and said, "Dad always taught us that we are people of the Song Dynasty when we are alive and ghosts of the Song Dynasty when we die. When he was alive, he often said that old horses are attached to their inns and fallen leaves return to their roots, hoping that one day Yingchuan can return to the embrace of the Song Dynasty. It's a pity that Dad's wish was not fulfilled until his death. Therefore... after discussion, our family decided to move to Lin'an and start a new family business."

"Lin'an?" Liu Xunyi was slightly stunned, then nodded and smiled, "That's good, Lin'an is the capital of the Song Dynasty, it is rich and prosperous, and all industries are thriving. There is no place in the world today that is more stable than Lin'an."

"This way I can be closer to my sister and brother-in-law." The eldest lady sighed, "Although they and father had a quarrel after Shaolin, family is family after all, and blood is thicker than water. Moreover, now that father is gone, how can we really cut off contact with my sister and her family forever..."

Having said this, a hint of desolation flashed across the eyes of several people.

Pan Chuba was a wise man in his life. If he knew that the Pan family had fallen into such a miserable state today, with the family broken up and people forced to leave their hometown, how would he feel?
In silence, Pan Wen turned around quietly, staring intently at the hazy and dim Yingchuan city under the night sky, and murmured to himself earnestly: "I was born and raised here, and lived in Yingchuan for most of my life. Now I am about to leave, and I have mixed feelings in my heart..." Before he finished speaking, he couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.

In just a few words, there is immense bitterness and sorrow.

How can others understand the thoughts on the hill and the feelings when looking at the clouds?

Looking back to the past, the Pan family experienced countless glories in Yingchuan. Here they had their laughter and joy, but also their bitterness and tears. Yingchuan City and the Huai River have carried the Pan family's ups and downs for decades.

Most Chinese people are attached to their land. Who would be willing to leave their hometown unless it is absolutely necessary?
Reluctant to leave, reluctant to say goodbye, all members of the Pan family were looking forward to it with tears in their eyes.

An unknown amount of time had passed before Pan Yuyin slowly came up to Liu Xunyi, her eyes misty with tears and she was weeping. She wanted to say something several times but stopped herself and finally choked with sobs.

She and Liu Xunyi had once been married in Yingchuan City. Even though it was just a show, they were husband and wife after all. Today they were saying goodbye and she didn't know if she could see him again in this life, so she couldn't help feeling sad.

The little girl's mind is sentimental by nature, how could a grown man like Liu Xunyi understand her?
"Brother Liu, thank you..." Pan Yuyin looked at Liu Xunyi "lovingly", with mixed feelings in her heart. Her voice was as thin as a mosquito's silk and her expression was very complicated.

"Miss Pan, you don't have to thank me." Liu Xunyi smiled sincerely, "The Pan family doesn't have to worry anymore, and you don't have to cry all day. I'm really happy for you."

"Brother Liu, actually I..." "Miss, if you hesitate to make a decision, you will suffer the consequences." Xunzhen seemed to have seen through Pan Yuyin's thoughts and suddenly interrupted, "People in the martial arts world will live a life of displacement and swords, and they will live on the edge of a knife. Maybe one day... they will be left dead in the wilderness and die a violent death. Therefore, you should stay away from such people as much as possible to avoid being implicated and causing more blood and tears. Miss, you are well-educated, virtuous and gentle. You will definitely find a husband of your dreams in the future. You and your partner will be a perfect match, flying side by side, and live a stable and happy life. And that... is the life you should live."

After saying that, Xunzhen glanced at the embarrassed Liu Xunyi and gave him a strange expression that said "no need to thank me".

Hearing this, Pan Yuyin's cheeks flushed, her heart was beating fast, and she was extremely nervous. She hurriedly bowed to Xunzhen, then took a deep look at the bewildered Liu Xunyi, said goodbye in a hurry, and ran back to the eldest lady.

The bright moon was tilted, casting a shadow of a long road in the woods.

The Pan Wen family supported each other and walked slowly, step by step towards the distance under the soft moonlight.

Liu Xunyi looked sideways, watching the Pan family walk away, and couldn't help but feel a thousand emotions in his heart. He murmured to himself: "No matter what kind of hardship we encounter, being together as a family is happiness. And where are my family... now?"

"Love is inherently unfeeling, but fate plays tricks on people."

At some point, Xunzhen was standing beside Liu Xunyi. She looked at the figures that gradually disappeared into the forest and said with a half-smile, "Liu Xunyi, you don't have to thank me. That 'trick' just now is a gift from me to you!"

Liu Xunyi frowned and said in surprise: "I think you misunderstood. Miss Pan and I are just ordinary friends. I have no other intentions."

Xunzhen frowned and looked at Liu Xunyi with a strange expression, pretending to be serious and asked back: "I was talking about 'Qingchuan Landscape Painting', what are you talking about?"

"what?"

Liu Xunyi was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xunzhen who was trying hard to hold back his smile with embarrassed eyes. For a moment, he felt ashamed and guilty, and wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

"When I was in Tianshan, it was just a 'handkerchief' and a 'golden hairpin'. Now, in less than a year, there is an additional 'landscape painting'." Xunzhen counted them one by one on his slender white fingers, and said jokingly, "In addition, there is the 'young lady' in the Xianwang Mansion who is full of resentment towards you. Tsk tsk tsk tsk! Liu Xunyi, Liu Xunyi, I really underestimated you. You are such a playboy, and you have been having affairs with four women..."

First there was the "appalling" brutality of the officials, and then there was the "leaving their homeland" of the Pan family.

At this moment, Liu Xunyi's thoughts were surging, and he didn't know what to think. But he saw Xunzhen, with a face full of mockery and sarcasm, stretched out four slender jade fingers, shaking them repeatedly in front of him as if provoking. Liu Xunyi suddenly felt upset and restless.

Suddenly, Liu Xunyi stretched out his right hand as if possessed by a ghost, and tightly grasped Xunzhen's soft and boneless jade hand, while retorting impatiently: "How about counting you in as well?"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Xunyi instantly felt regretful. He wanted to teach Xunzhen a lesson, but he didn't expect the "method" to be a little unexpected.

Without waiting for Xunzhen to show anger, Liu Xunyi hurriedly let go of Xunzhen's hand, quickly took two steps back, and stood there with embarrassment in his eyes, not knowing whether to move forward or backward. The atmosphere was very weird.

"what happened?"

At this moment, Abaolu, Xu Heng and others had come close, and seeing the strange expressions on the two men's faces, they couldn't help but look suspicious.

"fine!"

Liu Xunyi and Xunzhen said in unison.

As soon as the words came out, the two looked at each other subconsciously, and their eyes separated immediately, and then they pretended to be nonchalant, looking around and dodging. But at this time, the atmosphere in the forest had become a little subtle.

"Master, you..."

Suddenly, Tang Cong looked at Liu Xunyi who was looking around in astonishment, and said hesitantly: "You have a nosebleed..."

"what?"

Liu Xunyi was shocked when he heard this and quickly covered his mouth and nose with his hands. In fact, he had just been hit in the nose bridge when fighting with Si Wudao, so his nose was bleeding.

But at this moment, in such a delicate atmosphere, Liu Xunyi's nosebleed was really... inappropriate.

"Liu Xunyi, you... released Xu Ren secretly. How are you going to explain to Mansion Master Luo when you go back..." Xunzhen wanted to change the subject, but she spoke these simple words hesitantly and intermittently.

Under the strange gazes of others, Xunzhen's expression became a little unnatural. He simply snorted coldly and said hastily, "Forget it! Explain however you want. Whether you live or die has nothing to do with me."

After saying that, Xunzhen shook his hands vigorously with a look of "disdain", turned to greet Abaolu and others, and strode away without looking back.

"Just now you used a fake picture to deceive He Shan..."

Facing Xunzhen who was fleeing in panic, Liu Xunyi suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and subconsciously asked, "Have you used this trick of 'stealing the sky and changing the day' against me before? In... Tianshan."

Hearing this, the impatient Xunzhen was stunned. She stood with her back to Liu Xunyi for a long time, but did not say a word.

The silence lasted for an unknown amount of time before Xunzhen suddenly snorted and walked away quickly without any hesitation.

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　I was deeply moved when I saw the messages, but I have no way to repay you. I can only do my best to present the most wonderful stories to you! Thank you for your understanding and concern. Although I am ill, the pain has eased and my spirit has recovered. Therefore, I will continue to write and tell you. First, I am a chivalrous and brave man, and I hope to continue the friendship with you forever! Second, I want to express my gratitude to you for your companionship along the way!
　　
　
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