He turned around and laughed loudly: "Hahahahaha, although I am not a good person, I am not so shameless. Don't worry, I will arrange for someone to send them away."

Shang Hongxiu looked at the city lord in surprise. She didn't expect the other party to agree so easily. Could it be that he just wanted to get her away?

The city lord waved his hand, "Don't look at me like that. No matter how bad I am, I won't lie to a little girl."

"Then why did you forcefully recruit soldiers from the city and allow your men to plunder the people's wealth? Only the old, weak, and sick are left. Even if they escape, it will be difficult for them to survive."

He chuckled, what a little girl, so naive.

"You think we want to escape, but the demon tribe can't think of it. Without the power to contain us, no one can escape. Without money, escaping is a dead end."

As for the relief grain issued by the court, he had drunk it before, and it was full of stones.

"I don't need to explain this to you, but I see a bit of me when I was young in you. If you really want to, you can follow my personal soldiers and escort the people away in the next few days."

Shang Hongxiu felt very guilty for judging people by their appearance just now.

"When exactly?"

"That depends on when those merchants can no longer hold back. The guards under their command add up to as many as the soldiers stationed in the city. We can't waste them."

Shang Hongxiu took two steps back and bowed. It turned out that what you see is not necessarily true, and what you hear is not necessarily false.

It seemed that the greedy city lord was taking advantage of the situation, but in fact, his plans were closely linked. Fortunately, she did not act impulsively and sent the man away with one sword.

I finally made up my mind and wanted to prove myself, but I almost became a sinner for all eternity. The feeling of frustration in my heart suddenly rose.

"Sorry, I wronged you. You are a good person." Shang Hongxiu apologized solemnly.

The city lord's gaze froze as he recalled the past. He pointed at himself in disbelief and said, "Me, a good person?"

He was so happy that his voice became hoarse. "Little girl, remember this: don't be too one-sided when judging people. Although I have rarely killed people myself since I became an official, if you announce my name in the city, everyone will be trembling with fear.

"Look at the decoration of my study. The emperor's study is similar to this. How do you think they got it?"

He smiled and shook his head, the meaning was self-evident.

Shang Hongxiu was a little confused. "Why did you do this? Wouldn't it be better to just take the money and run away?"

The city lord lay exhausted on his mahogany chair covered with a whole tiger skin, "My health is not good anymore. I have too many hidden injuries from my youth. The doctor also said that I will not live beyond this year.

"Even if I have done wrong things all my life, I still want to have a good reputation at the end of my life. I'm afraid that future generations will also see me like you do, a good person?"

"Hahahahahaha." Even he couldn't hold it in anymore.

"I will not be ashamed of my ancestors if I live this life."

Even after leaving the City Lord's Mansion, Shang Hongxiu still had a dazed look on her face. Logically, she should kill such a evil person, but now she couldn't do it at all.

"He was a wonderful man. He lived freely and died freely without any hesitation."

Hearing Bai Qingge's praise, Shang Hongxiu asked, "Senior, do you think he is a good person or a bad person?"

"What is good? What is bad? A good person can be a bad person, and a bad person can be a good person. People are always complex and changeable, so the boundaries are not so clear."

Shang Hongxiu's eyes were tangled, "Then the people I killed before, they..."

"If you dwell too much on this person, he will become bad. It is enough for you to know that he is bad when you see him."

"I still don't quite understand." Shang Hongxiu's whole body wilted. The things she once longed for seemed to have deteriorated a little.

"Then let me give you a simple example. If you had come to this city and that person was doing evil, would you have killed him?"

"Of course." Shang Hongxiu answered without hesitation.

Although Shang Hongxiu is often naive, she is not polite at all when she takes action.

It can be seen from the fact that she dared to take out the body from Wang Hu, who had been skinned, that this girl is extremely brave.

“But you didn’t kill him now.”

"That's because he is now saving the people in the city."

"So you let him go. If you see him doing something evil in the future, will you let him go for what he did?"

"Of course not." Shang Hongxiu replied immediately.

"Ruthless." She thought Shang Hongxiu would hesitate for a few seconds.

“So, that’s it, no matter how many bad things he has done, it cannot be denied that he has been a good person, and vice versa.

"Since you have already thought about drawing your sword, it proves that the matter has violated your bottom line. Don't hesitate, just follow your heart."

Shang Hongxiu blinked her eyes and suddenly her mind became clear. Yes, she was not a murderer and would not kill people for no reason.

I feel like the seniors are very knowledgeable about this kind of thing.

"Have you ever encountered such a problem before?"

"No."

After all, she is a heartless person. If there is someone who crosses her bottom line, no matter who you are, she will only send you to hell. As for whether you are a good person or a bad person, let the King of Hell judge.

Shang Hongxiu was very surprised by this answer, "No?"

"With your attitude, do I look like someone who is very entangled?"

"Yes." Shang Hongxiu answered without hesitation.

For example, the seniors said that they only supervised their own abilities, but they often worried about their lives as well, and after that they would say, "Only this time", and as a result, they couldn't count how many "Only this time"s they had said.

The senior must have felt very conflicted about going against what he had said, but now that he answered so readily, perhaps he has gotten used to it.

"Ah, yawn, yawn!" Bai Qingge sneezed several times in a row.

She shook her head, wondering, could alien life also catch a cold?

But these consecutive sneezes made her forget what she wanted to say in rebuttal.

The day of leaving the city was earlier than Shang Hongxiu had imagined. That is, the next morning, someone from the City Lord's Mansion came to inform her.

Before the city lord's personal soldiers reached the evacuation point, unusual movements occurred in the city.

After this period of chaos, the streets were in a mess.

The two men on horseback initially thought it was an illusion, until things on the street began to shake for no apparent reason and someone exclaimed, "The earth is turning over, run!"

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