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nIn the next two days, Long participated in the actions at night.

nLong didn’t kill any person. He just stood on the top of the roof, seeing shadow guardians killing people.

nThe guardians killed more than seventy people in total in three days.

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nTonight was the last night.

nLong still stood on the top of the roof, with Liu accompanying him.

n“Father! Mother!” A heartrending cry arose late at night.

nA guardian just killed a couple, which woke up a child from sleep.

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nWhen seeing his father and mother being killed, this boy aged eight or nine got overwhelmed by fury and sorrow.

nHe rushed at the guardian barefoot, “Murderer! Murderer! Ah! Give my father and mother back! You’re a devil!”

nLong paused, “What’s going on?”

nLiu looked indifferent and unfathomable, “That kid was adopted by the couple who came from the Eastern Darkness and worked for the Third Prince. During the past six years, they established good relationships with many merchants, killed two families and kept more than ten killers. Although they were vicious and diabolic and committed hideous crimes deserving the harshest punishment, they were really good to the adopted son.”

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nThe kid was yelling, with the hope of attracting people to help him.

nThe command given to shadow guardians was only to kill people on the list. More than ten killers and the couple in the house had been killed, but how to do with this child aged eight or nine…

nThe guardian didn’t kill the child.

nOne guardian came to ask for Ying Feng’s instructions because they had to hurry to the next place.Read latest chapters at L istnovel.com

nYing Feng looked to Long who pursed his lips, “Ying Feng, how will you deal with him?”

nYing Feng answered indifferently, “Erase his memory and send him to the Benevolent Hall.”

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nLong dropped his eyelids, “Just do that.”

nShadow guardians often met such innocent children when executing tasks. The imperial family had a medicine which could make people lose their memories. The medicine was harmful to the human body. But the child was not grown up, so the harm to the body could be eliminated during the growth.

nGenerally speaking, when they met such children, they would erase their memories and send them to the local Benevolent Hall.

nAll parts of the country had established Benevolent Halls. During the several months when Shi stayed in the army, Long improved Benevolent Halls. So that would be a good place for this child to stay.

nWho was supposed to be blamed for the innocent kid? Shadow guardians?

nBut if his parent didn’t walk on the wrong road, how could the child lose his parents?

nPeople would get what are coming to them.

nMoreover, it was lucky that this innocent child could keep his life under the governance of imperial power.

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nNone of children in the mansions of ministers sentenced to death could live.

nWeren’t those people innocent?

nTherefore, it was important for people to make any choice. Once you got on the wrong road, you had to bear the cost…

nEven if Long understood the truth, he still felt uncomfortable.

nHe suddenly thought of the slogan of his country in modern world, which was ‘I want world peace.’

nThat slogan sounded like a joke at that time.

nBut when seeing the kid drenched and taken away by the guardians…

nLong thought he also wanted world peace so that innocent kids didn’t had to bear those evils.

n“Were many shadow guardians selected from the Benevolent Hall?” Long asked Ying Feng.

n“Yes, they were. But kids like this one were not qualified to enter the Shadow Guardians Training Camp.”

n“Why?” Long was confused.

nYing Feng answered, “The selection standard of shadow guardians for the training camp is very strict. The candidates could be orphans, but they must have a clean family background. Those kids with parents committing crimes were forbidden to enter the training camp.”Read latest chapters at L istnovel.com

n“Even they take the medicine that can erase their memories?”

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n“Yes. This medicine can’t guarantee he will never restore his memory.”

nLong nodded and stopped saying anything.

nThere were no kids involved in the next two places. Seeing shadow guardians killing people from the top of the roof, Long seemed to become a little more hardhearted.

nDuring one action, several assassins found Long and tried to break out of the siege to kill him.

nBut Liu and Ying Feang both stood beside Long, how could those assassins get close to Long easily?

nAll the assassins trying to get close to Long failed. Seeing those assassins being killed in front of him, Long looked ruthless.

nWhen the last assassin was killed, Long and Liu left first.

n“We can leave tomorrow.” Liu said.

nLong nodded.

n“Six people who were not on the list had been found and killed.” Liu continued.

nLong still nodded.

nLiu then turned to leave without saying anything.

nLong lay on the bed, feeling a little tired. But physical tiredness couldn’t make him sleep. Long finally fell asleep in a daze after being awake for a long time…

nLong seemed to have a dream with Shi.

nIn his dream, Shi smiled to him.

nWhen he was about to hug Shi, Shi’s face changed suddenly.

nShi asked Long why he was so hardhearted that he didn’t help a dying man.

nLong tried to explain, but Shi turned to left without listening.

nLong was anxious to stop Shi, but Shi kept on walking.

nAt last, Long woke up and found that was a nightmare.

n“Um…” Exhaling deeply, Long found it was dawn.

nFeeling a little dizzy, Long put his hand to his forehead… what bad luck! The forehead seemed to be a little hot.

nLong was stunned, wondering if he caught a chill.

nBut he seemed to not feel cold last night.

nRaising his eyebrows, Long got out of bed, feeling top-heavy.

nIt was too bad that he seemed to be sicker than he imagined.

nLong hated to get sick. But that couldn’t be controlled by him.

nWith lips pursed, Long walked outside.

n“Ying Feng.” Long called Ying Feng in a hoarse voice.

nYing Feng appeared immediately, “Master.”

n“Where is Liu? Get him here. I seem to be sick.”

nBeing stunned, Ying Feng looked for Liu in a hurry.

nLiu came soon and joked, “How useless! Just not having a good rest for several nights made you sick! Gee.”

nLong rolled his eyes, “Don’t make sarcastic comments. Treat me.”

nLiu took Long’s pulse and said after a while, “Hmm, don’t worry. You only catch a chill. I’ll prescribe two medicines for you.”

nBlinking his eyes, Long said, “Does the medicine have to be made into decoction instead of pills?”

nLiu twitched his lips, “Don’t tell me you fear of bitterness.”

nLong looked at Liu, “So what? Isn’t a normal thing?”

nLiu was speechless. He looked at Long and didn’t know what to say.

nLong said, “Make it into pills. It’s more convenient.”

nLiu rolled his eyes, then left without responding.

nLong yelled behind Liu, “You have to make it into pills.”

nLiu kept walking, with his eyes rolled again.

nAfter yelling, Long felt his throat almost seared.

nHe hurried to pour water and drank two cups of water before feeling better.

n“Master, I’ll go bring you breakfast.” Ying Feng said.

nLong had little appetite, but he knew it was not good to refuse to eat and they would depart later.

nThen Long nodded.

nYing Feng brought breakfast soon, but Long only ate half bowl of porridge and some steamed buns.

n“When to depart?” After breakfast, Long asked.

nThe shadow guardian answered, “Doctor Liu was boiling medicine. We’ll leave after he finishes it.”

nHearing this, Long turned to be anxious, “Boiling medicine? Not pills?”

nThe guardian didn’t know how to answer this question.

nLong’s face turned to darken, “Never mind, you can excuse yourself.”

nYing Feng walked away at once.

nLong curled his lips, feeling the mouth tasted bitter even not taking the decoction yet.

nAfter thirty minutes, Liu brought Long the decoction. Having no idea if he had a misconception, Long thought Liu’s smile… seemed to be very vicious.

nLiu sat beside the table under Long’s gaze, “Take the decoction.”

nLong raised his eyebrows immediately, “Liu Suifeng, are you revenging on me? Why is the decoction so smelly?”

n“Hoho.” Liu laughed, “Do you think it smelly?”

n“Hmm, very smelly.” Long answered.

nLiu gave another laugh, “Smelliness is right. Don’t worry. Good things are not always aromatic things. The smellier, the more useful. The key point is the effect, right?”

nLong twitched his lips, “Really? Why did I never hear about it?”

n“I can promise that, after you take a short break in the carriage, the cold will be gone when you meet Shi.”

nLong blinked, “Are you sure?”

n“Of course, I don’t need to cheat you.” Liu smiled.

nLong decided to chance it, “Alright, I take it.”

n“Hmm, rest assured. It was not hot anymore when I brought it to you. You can take it right now.”

nLong increasingly found Liu intentionally gave him a hard time.

nBut he had to take the decoction even if he suspected Liu’s intent.

nSigned in the heart, Long… chanced it.

nPouring the decoction into his mouth, huhuuu… Long… almost vomited.

nLong really almost vomited. Damned, why did this decoction taste so terrible! It was unbearable.

nAfter Long finished taking the decoction, Liu smiled, “Does it taste good?”

nLong really wanted to vomit it to Liu’s face, wondering how the hell it could taste good.

nLiu laughed, “Rest assured. Take a break in the carriage, you’ll be fine when you wake up.”

nLong glared at Liu, “Hum.”

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