The house still carries the scent of his mother, Mu Zhi; he always felt as if Shen Qingyan hadn't left.

Yan Yu accepted the obituary, holding it personally. With a heavy heart, he bowed to Chen Yanxu, saying, "Teacher, please take good care of yourself. My senior brother was most worried about the new policies before his death. If you too..."

"I understand, you can go now." Chen Yanxu's eyes were brimming with tears, which were about to fall again. Yan Yu had no choice but to step back, trying his best to control his emotions as he walked out.

He had promised his senior brother that he would take on the responsibility of Xilan County, and he needed to be rational.

Constable Cheng followed behind him, carrying the paste for pasting notices and the gong for issuing announcements.

As the two walked along, passersby greeted them, but they only received indifferent responses unlike usual, leaving them puzzled.

The common people then looked closely at the scroll of paper in Yan Yu's hand, thinking that the imperial court had issued some new order, and followed him.

After Chief Constable Cheng applied the paste, he carefully posted the obituary on the bulletin board in front of the huge sculpture of Gu Xixi at the entrance of the market. The crowd immediately gathered around.

"Lord Yan, Officer Cheng, what does this notice say?"

"Lord Yan, Lord Shen hasn't shown up since returning from suppressing the bandits. Is he well-rested? I've saved up some eggs here. Could you please pass them on to Lord Shen?"

"Yes, Lord Shen, you've worked so hard. We don't have anything of value, but I'm sure you won't mind..."

……

Hearing the words of the people's love and respect, Yan Yu felt a lump in his throat and slowly bowed to the crowd. "On behalf of my elder brother, I thank you all for your kindness. However, my elder brother, Shen Qingyan, passed away an hour and a half ago. I'm afraid I can only disappoint you all..."

What! ! !

Everyone who was laughing just moments ago suddenly became serious and quiet.

"Lord Yan, you just said that Lord Shen has passed away? How could that be? I saw him just the day before yesterday!"

"Master Yan..."

The crowd was puzzled, but seeing the reactions of Constable Cheng and the others, they were stunned and remained speechless for a long time.

"Everyone, my elder brother's funeral is in seven days..." Yan Yu read the notice again, and before anyone knew it, tears were welling up in their eyes.

Before long, the news spread.

Cao Cao's home.

Cao Cao was helping her mother set up the tofu stall before heading off to school when a neighbor rushed back, shouting towards her house with deep regret, "Madam, Madam, the mattress we made for Lord Shen... Lord Shen has passed away."

Cao Cao and her mother exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Cao Cao was furious. "Hey, you pockmarked brat, what nonsense are you spouting? I saw Lord Shen the other day. You're cursing Lord Shen this early in the morning? Do you believe I'll beat you up?"

“You brat, I’m not making this up. The county government’s obituary has been posted. Lord Yan and Constable Cheng said it themselves. How could it be false?” The neighbor, his eyes red and his cheeks taut, looked at his wife. “Let’s go see Lord Shen off on his final journey.”

Cao Cao didn't believe it. She put down what she was holding and turned around to run frantically towards the county government office.

Meanwhile, Niu Niu and her mother, Madam Wang, were having breakfast on the street. Upon hearing the news, Niu Niu was still wondering, "Mother, Lord Shen has passed away. What does 'passed away' mean?"

Madam Wang couldn't swallow the wontons in her mouth. She habitually forced a smile at Niu Niu, but the smile was bitter. "Death means leaving this world and going to another world. Lord Shen must have gone to Miss Gu's world. Good people go to good places."

After all, how can good people not have a good ending?

Madam Wang lowered her head, and the tears in her eyes fell into the bowl and disappeared. After she calmed down, she looked up and stroked Niu Niu's head. "Niu Niu, you must work hard and become a good person like Lord Shen in the future. If you really become a general, you must become a good official like Lord Shen, okay?"

"I know, Mother, I will. Then why are you crying? Everyone says that the fairy sister's world is wonderful, and they dream of going there. Isn't it good that Lord Shen can go?"

Niu Niu looked at the crowd of people coming and going on the street, all with long faces. Why was everyone so unhappy? Even Lord Shen had gone to a good place, yet they were all unhappy. They were all bad guys.

"Good, very good. Niu Niu, eat quickly. After you finish eating, Mother will take you home to practice martial arts." Madam Wang wiped away her tears and pretended that everything was normal.

Lord Shen is such a good person, he will surely be reborn into a better family in his next life.

……

Inside the "Get Rich Quick" supermarket in a post-apocalyptic world.

As soon as Gu Xixi got up and went downstairs, her heart suddenly clenched with pain. In that instant, she almost fell downstairs and saw her great-grandmother.

"What's wrong with you? Did you catch some kind of illness again?" Chen Yu was worried. He was almost having a stress reaction, constantly worried that someone in Gu Xixi's family might have some kind of hereditary disease that Gu Xixi might pass on to her.

But Gu Xixi ate half of the deadly medicine... so all her illnesses should have disappeared.

Gu Xixi shook her head. "I don't know. I feel a bit down and want to cry." Her mission in this world is about to be completed, and she'll be able to go back soon. She should be happy.

Why would I want to cry?

Upon hearing this, a thought flashed through Chen Yu's mind, but he dared not voice it.

Gu Xixi was in distress when suddenly, the feeling disappeared again, just as suddenly as it had when it arrived.

She stood up, and Chen Yu immediately changed the subject, "Hey, never mind that, just take me to see the post-apocalyptic world, then come back and work hard so we can go back as soon as possible."

"You wouldn't believe it, the World Expo was originally scheduled for tomorrow, but the leaders knew you had to complete your mission immediately, and there was also a major weapon that needed to be unveiled as the grand finale. To accommodate your schedule, the event was postponed to two weeks later. So we absolutely must complete our mission and return within two weeks."

He would tell Gu Xixi when he got back... He wanted to tell her, but Shen Qingyan begged him not to... Chen Yu had never felt so conflicted or distressed in his life.

"Okay, I got it. Let's go. Didn't you say you wanted to go see the zombies? I was just planning to practice more, and I've joined the vanguard of the last wave of zombie clearing. Let's go together."

She was determined to become stronger, and she couldn't let a single day go by in the final two weeks of rigorous training.

……

Seven days later, in Xilan County, during the Great Huang Dynasty.

Many people spontaneously dressed in plain clothes and stood guard on the long street.

Meng Xue, Yan Yu, and others escorted the coffin, with constables following behind, holding white banners and weeping softly. At the head of the procession, Chen Yanxu carried Shen Qingyan's memorial tablet and slowly moved forward.

Beside him was a teenager.

The young man looked around and saw the people around him crying sadly. He was suddenly inspired. His father was right. If he was a good official and a good emperor, he would surely be loved and respected.

He understood that water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.

He stopped, and everyone else stopped as well. The young man reached out to Chen Yanxu, "Lord Chen, let me personally escort Lord Shen for a while."

Chen Yanxu hesitated, but the young man had already taken the memorial tablet, saying, "If Lord Shen is worthy of it, I am also willing."

Chen Yanxu handed it over, and the procession began to move forward again. The people knelt down and kowtowed, shouting in unison, "Lord Shen, may you have a safe journey!"

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