On the top, Lin Ya and Gong Banque are also looking from afar.
Brother Yu and Lou Huang from the same sect were there, although senior brother Yu and groom were still alive, Lou Huang had already died in the battle outside Jubei City.
The same is true of Jiang Fuding. His best friend, Zhao Kai, the illegitimate son of the late emperor Zhao Dun, died at the hands of that young vassal king, and his father spent most of his life against that man's father. The grievances between two generations , So far there has not been a clean break!
Che Ye was naturally no exception. Although he was born in Beimang, outside the customs there, he once fought side by side with the white-clothed soldier saint as one of the 300,000 cavalry in Beiliang.
Liang Yue and Ye Xiufeng looked there as well. As generals, how could they not yearn for the breathtaking and magnificent battlefield!
For thousands of years, riding and fighting outside the Northwest Pass has a unique style!
Zhao Zhu slowly withdrew his gaze, turned his head and asked loudly: "Mr. Jiang, the family letter from Aunt Xu's family has almost been handed over to Xu Gong, right?"
Jiang Fuding nodded.
Zhao Zhu suddenly got off his horse. Under the eyes of everyone, he squatted down and pulled out a half-yellow and half-green nameless grass, chewing and laughing: "The king wants the minister to die, and the minister's death is infidelity. The father tells the son to die, and the son does not die." To die is to be unfilial. Now it depends on whether the Jiedu Envoy should be loyal first or filial piety first."
Then Zhao Zhu grinned and said: "Yang Huchen and Han Fang, the two chief and deputy generals of Jizhou, are too shameless. They directly put under house arrest Ma Zhongxian and Wen Taiyi who treated them with courtesy, seized the military power of Jing'an Road, and occupied the hinterland of the Central Plains in one go. It's a bit of a headache. If you have a chance, you must ask them to drink and talk to each other!"
Zhao Zhu likes to make friends with a lot of acquaintances, and he will hook up with those who are more familiar, regardless of the other party's status.
Zhao Zhu raised his head, smiled at everyone and said, "You wait for me at the foot of the mountain, half an hour at most."
In the end, only Zhang Gaoxia stayed, and the others rode down the mountain.
Standing beside the squatting young prince, Zhang Gaoxia said softly, "Are you afraid that you will turn against his brother in the future?"
Zhao Zhu curled his lips, "That guy, such a magnanimous person. He won't care about me, right?"
Maybe he was asking himself, maybe he was asking Zhang Gaoxia who he had a special liking for, or maybe he was asking that person across thousands of mountains and rivers.
Zhao Zhu simply sat cross-legged, raised his head, and said softly: "If you are really angry, hit me twice and promise not to fight back! Haha, but I, the little beggar, will be the emperor at any rate, we It’s fine for the two brothers to make gestures in private.”
Zhang Gaoxia looked down, it was hard to imagine that such a tough young man would show such a weak attitude.
At this moment, she seemed to really know this man named Zhao Zhu.
She knelt down and gently wiped away his tears. She, who never knew how to comfort others, could only say, "I will always be by your side from now on."
The young man hummed.
…
The world is not peaceful.
Fortunately, Hujia City is an important town in the northern part of Baoping Prefecture. Because it has not been affected by the raging war, and many Gaomen people who rushed up from the south to the north have poured in, Hujia City has shown a kind of morbid prosperity. scene. The fall of the Southern Dynasty is imminent, and most of the northern courts are nomadic on the grasslands. Most of the family certificate system of the Beimang Dynasty has collapsed. It doesn't matter whether there is a guide. In troubled times, carrying real money is more effective than anything. If you want to enter a city To seek asylum, regardless of one's status, one has to honestly pay a considerable sum of tolls, and the amount of tolls is often directly linked to the height of the city walls of that town. At this time, a man with the appearance of a scholar from the Southern Dynasties was walking slowly among the crowds, without any powerful servants to escort him. The ivory white satin robe had already been dusty and gray, and the passers-by on the road were no strangers to it. The disciples were all in such a state of embarrassment that a hairless phoenix is not as good as a chicken. On the way to escape, even many beautiful concubines and maidservants personally presented them to the dignitaries of Beiting who held the military power. This scruffy man has neither a sword nor a saber, but if he has the leisure to look carefully, a woman of a certain age who is more familiar with men and women may see that this man has shaved his beard, and there will be a An extremely handsome and weather-beaten face.
Nowadays, Beimang is full of a kind of atmosphere of enjoying yourself in time when adversity is imminent. Taking advantage of the Dongfeng of the aristocratic families in the Southern Dynasties, many rich and noble women in the Beiting who like to support their heads have gained a lot. I don’t know how many young people in the Southern Dynasties have become their pockets. Playthings. Just like at this time, a carriage pulled by two majestic war horses opened the curtain, revealing a face of a woman who could not even be regarded as a middle-aged man, her eyes flickered, like a falcon catching prey, circled down, and selected The two frail scholars who were traveling together, followed her pointing fingers, and the thick maid in the carriage quickly went to "solve problems" for the master, and called the leading knight among the eight cavalry's retinue, and said something in a low voice. sentence.
The knight nodded, rode his horse and galloped wildly, rushing to disperse the crowd without any scruples, and arrived in front of the two panicked young men. Xue Bai, when the knight bluntly stated his master's identity and intentions, and then tapped the carriage with the tip of his knife, the two young men hesitated for a moment, the knight sneered and drew out his sword, rubbing the tip of the knife with two fingers. The two quickly resigned to their fate, and followed the knight from the general's mansion to the carriage. After sitting in the carriage, they were both embarrassed of humiliating their family traditions and relieved of their burden. The woman who was still holding the curtain glanced at them, the corners of her mouth turned up, her arms and legs were thin, although her arms may not be as thick as hers, but this is the taste of a scholar after all. She withdrew her gaze, looked at the slender figure that she couldn't let go of just after a glimpse, and hesitated whether to include another male favorite, but the already slightly crowded carriage made her dismiss this charming thought, and the carriage continued to move forward again. When she surpassed that person, she thought for a while, since she had lost that kind of thought for the time being, she always felt that she couldn't afford to be cheap. Those girls in the city who always liked to compete with her, if this person accidentally became their behind-the-scenes Chinese guests, how awkward is that? No one can get what you don't want.
So she asked the strong servant girl to send a message to the team of followers to kill the man who looked comfortable a moment ago.
In troubled times, human life is as cheap as a peaceful dog. Life and death are only in the mind of some people. As the official wife of a powerful general, she put down the curtain, and pricked up her ears to wait for the pleasant sound of a sword piercing her chest or simply chopping off her head. If it was just because her husband is a member of the Aquarius State, she would not dare to act pervertedly, but if she is a man because of her family's noble surname, then there are not many people in Hujia City Dare to make irresponsible remarks because she robbed a few refugees in the street and "killed" a few untouchables by mistake.
It's just that she waited for a while, but she didn't hear the expected wonderful voice. She raised the curtain suspiciously, and the centurion of the personal guard returned to the window, bowed and said with horror, "Ma'am, that guy suddenly disappeared!"
The woman was annoyed: "Escaped? Can the guy's two legs be faster than the four legs of a war horse?!"
The centurion's trembling was not because of the woman's anger, but because of his own treacherous experience. He explained in a panic, "Ma'am, this subordinate rushed up to that person just now and slashed at him, but that guy just disappeared out of thin air!"
The woman frowned and murmured: "Did you see a ghost in the daytime? Could it be a hidden martial arts master? It doesn't make sense. We Beimang Jianghu masters have almost completely fought in Beiliang. If anyone slips through the net, they will either continue to serve in the army, or be recruited by the Southern Dynasties to serve as guards."
Although the woman and her family are outstanding among the local powers in the Aquarius State, they are not so arrogant as to provoke those legendary strangers flying around. Although there were not many details of the great battle, it also made the world finally understand a bloody truth. One thousand enemies on the battlefield may not be able to determine the direction of a large battle, but two, three, or even a dozen martial arts With the joint appearance of the great masters, 20,000 to 30,000 iron cavalry in Beimang are not enough to kill, even if an army of 200,000 troops wants to push forward, it will be as difficult as climbing the sky! It can be said that the woman, who was as prosperous as Beimang, had a gloomy face, and cursed a few words about the stubbornness of the barbarians of Beiliang, especially the king of Beiliang who made Beimang suffer so much.
When the woman decided to settle the matter, she waved her hand to signal the loyal centurion not to pursue the man, and lowered the curtain, she suddenly felt an unreasonable breeze blowing on her face, not only the woman, but also the burly maidservant and two The scholars who came into the tiger's mouth were stunned, and the woman realized that there was an uninvited guest sitting beside her. Her chest heaved violently, and the waves were turbulent. She turned her head with difficulty, and looked at the strange man who was busy in the world but couldn't hide his temperament. The woman sitting on the embroidered pier is indeed a woman from a wealthy family. Even though her fists were clenched and trembling slightly, she still had a smile on her face, and raised her hand to prevent the maidservant from desperately escorting her when she recovered. , smiled and said: "Master, is it robbing money or robbing sex? No matter which one it is, just show me the courage and courage that I am deeply impressed by. If I rob you of both, I will accept my fate."
The man laughed it off, and said softly: "Madam Shentu is disappointed, I just want a map of the two cities of the Hujia Stele, and I want a very detailed map."
The woman asked with a coquettish smile, "Is the master a spy from Beiliang? My family is timid. If you are charged with colluding with Beiliang, it will destroy the nine clans."
The man's expression seemed a little impatient, but his tone was still kind, and he said, "My time is precious, and I believe Mrs. Shentu's life is also precious. I don't mind if I can't get the map out within half an hour..."
The woman patted her chest pretending to be a little woman, interrupted the man's words, and said pitifully, "I'm afraid of death, sir, you are an indomitable hero, why do you have to feel sorry for a weak woman? Of course, two copies Maps are not too important and rare for the slave family, as long as the master goes to the slave family's house... "
The next moment, his wife could no longer speak a word, because her head and body were glued to the back wall of the carriage, like a thin piece of paper nailed into the wall, and her expression quickly changed from Ruddy turned pale and then turned livid, like a fish being pulled ashore, its life hanging by a thread.
The maidservant had fainted long ago, lying limp on the ground like mud, not knowing whether she was alive or dead. The remaining two young men who had managed to escape from Longyao Prefecture to Hujia City were silent, trying to keep their mouths shut, for fear that even if they breathed, they would annoy this monster of unknown origin.
They saw that the man was "absent-minded" and "stared in a daze", as if he was feeling something, and then he was a little disappointed. After regaining his senses, he said calmly to the woman: "Maybe I didn't make it clear earlier, my time is shorter than Mrs. Shentu's." Life is actually much more precious. With a blink of an eye, it will be assumed that Madam promised to hand over two maps, and I will count to three, if I do not get an answer, Madam will be carried into the General’s Mansion today.”
The woman who was about to suffocate to death blinked her eyes quickly with the last of her energy.
She didn't realize until today that blinking alone is such a strenuous task.
The truth that made her feel the most desperate was another thing. Her real life-saving talisman was not the high-spirited eight-horse retinue on the bright face, but the tall and unrevealed old groom, the real second-rank junior master , but the groom didn't notice the changes in the carriage from beginning to end. During this period, she intentionally or unintentionally raised her voice to "flirt" with the man around her. It stands to reason that the old man's second-rank state should have known what happened behind him. It was a matter of close proximity, but the result was that the carriage was still moving steadily. Could it be that this man, who seems to be less than thirty years old, is a master of the first rank? Is there such a number one person in Beimang Jianghu? The rivers and lakes of Beimang are no better than the rivers and lakes of Liyang where Jiaolong is dormant and far away from the imperial court. There are no secrets at all.
The man sitting cross-legged did not move at all, and the woman who is the prostitute of the Shentu family was able to breathe again. The man said calmly: "Mrs. The viscera were severely traumatized at the age of forty, and it was only by supplementing with the precious bait of Taoism all these years that it was able to maintain the second-rank realm, am I wrong?"
The woman's expression was uncertain, she regarded him as an enemy of the Shentu family who had been lurking for many years, and she knew everything about her family, otherwise how could she reveal the old horseman's background
The man said with a slight sarcasm: "The reason why I said this is to tell Mrs. Shentu one thing. If something goes wrong and delays my time, it's really not difficult to keep a small general's mansion alive."
The woman gasped.
She sat upright, took off all the disguise, turned her head and asked in a deep voice: "Young master, do you really only want two maps? Don't kill me, and don't kill people indiscriminately in the city?"
The man nodded, then closed his eyes and meditated.
The carriage stopped outside the general's mansion. Mrs. Shentu originally planned to ask the old groom to fetch the map, and she stayed in the carriage as a hostage, but the weird man was so conceited that she let her get out of the carriage, and even asked the servant to bring the map. No need for her to show up again. The woman couldn't help being dumbfounded, and told the two frail scholars who were supposed to be the new faces to go away, while she walked into the mansion in silence, retrieved the two-axis Beimang military map in less than an incense stick, and handed it respectfully to the still The man sitting in the carriage opened the map and browsed it carefully.
Mrs. Shentu bravely looked at this man secretly. His face has a softer outline than that of the man from Beimang and Beiting, but it is more angular than that of the man from Jiangnan in the Central Plains. The feeling of femininity, especially when his beautiful double red phoenix eyes are narrowed to look at the map, is particularly captivating. After reading the map, the man closed his eyes and went through it in his head, and after making sure that there was nothing missing, he opened his eyes and handed it back to the woman, smiling: "Mrs. I have nothing to thank Madam for borrowing the picture now, but I believe there should be an opportunity to express my gratitude in the future."
The woman was afraid for a while, but fortunately when she left her man's study, she decided that it would be better to do less than to do more, otherwise today would be the death day of many people in the house.
Just when she was deeply moved, the man suddenly disappeared like a land fairy.
The woman suddenly laughed and said: "It is said that the King of Beiliang is not only one of the best masters in the world, but also very handsome. I think this son is not too far behind that King of Beiliang, right?"
If she knew that this person was Xu Fengnian, king of Beiliang, she would definitely die of fright.
At first, Xu Fengnian was looking for a needle in a haystack in Beimang and Southern Dynasties, but he soon realized that maybe he and Sweet Potato's children did not choose to go directly south to avoid disaster, but did the opposite, going north to Beiting first, and then being patient Waiting and looking for an opportunity to go to Liang safely, so he quickly went north. But even if the child is really in Beiting, he doesn't know whether the child is on the prairie or in a certain city. Xu Fengnian could only rely on his remaining intuition to search, and it was very likely that everything would be in vain. In fact, if he searched Hujia City and Stone Stele City, even if he still couldn't find it, he would have to set off and return.
Perhaps the child is no longer alive.
But this kind of "maybe" is actually the most possible, and Xu Fengnian dare not think about it at all, dare not think about it.
Xu Fengnian stopped and stopped at the destination of his stroll in Hujia City. One moment he might be watching the crowds on the street under the eaves of a secluded restaurant, and the next moment he might appear in an alley with the sound of children laughing. , and then stood on the roof of an inconspicuous high-rise building.
From the scorching sun at noon, until the sun began to slant westward, and then at dusk, Xu Fengnian sat on the steps of a dilapidated ancient temple in a poor market in the northwest corner of Hujia City.
Along the way, he had expected thousands of times and was disappointed thousands of times, even so, he never gave up.
Xu Fengnian told himself that his child must be waiting for him somewhere, waiting for him, the father who has done too much to the two of them.
The ancient temple behind has been abandoned for many years, without any Buddhist spirit, only the gloomy light is left.
There is a large open space in front of the temple.
Xu Fengnian was about to stand up, when he saw a group of children running not far away, some were three or four years old, some were seven or eight years old, they were all dressed in the most common clothes in Beimang, they were carefree, most of them were holding half a bag in their hands. It was a low-quality bamboo bone paper kite made by their parents. Seven or eight children played kite fighting. In the Jiangnan area of the Central Plains, regardless of rich or poor, young children also like to fly kites, but they are all kite flying, unlike the current group of children who are playing kite fighting. The kind of blood. The paper kites in the children’s hands are all long, square thin boards stretched from the back into a tile shape. The paintings are crude and vulgar, and the strings are tied instead of tails. Other paper kites collide and fight, and if they get entangled, they have to cut each other's lines, and the loser can only watch the paper kites fall far away, and then try to pick them up again. Xu Fengnian looked up at the picture of kite fighting in the sky, dazed in a daze, several kites had broken their strings and fell down, some childish children cried out loudly, and ran to look for it, unfortunately the paper kite was hanging high on the branch, so it cried under the tree It was heartbreaking.
Half an hour later, when it was time to eat, the children dispersed one after another amidst the shouts of their parents. The winner of the kite fight was like a triumphant general on the battlefield, while the loser was discouraged and wanted to go back and steal from his parents. some silk.
In the twilight, Xu Fengnian stared at a large open space in a daze.
Then the sound of thin footsteps broke the silence.
In the distance, a short and thin figure jumped up and down, carrying a slightly damaged kite in his hand.
Seven or eight feet away from the steps, the sloppy child stopped. It turned out to be a little black charcoal girl about four or five years old. Her little face was dirty. Besides the paper kite, there were also some withered yellow leaves picked up from nowhere. , probably a beggar, she stared at the blocker sitting on the steps, showing fleeting vigilance, but soon resumed her cheerful jumping posture, stepped up the steps from Xu Fengnian, and was about to enter the ancient temple. Xu Fengnian smiled, she might be sitting at someone's "doorway", no wonder she was a little unhappy.
At this moment, four or five children came running from a distance, the first one was eight or nine years old, holding a child who had been hanging a paper kite after losing a kite fight in the open space. After seeing the little Heitan behind Xu Fengnian, he immediately There was a lot of noise, the children behind Xu Fengnian were already vigilant enough, and threw the paper kite into the courtyard almost immediately, but it was a pity that it still fell into the eyes of those children, and those children rushed up the steps , the oldest one punched the little girl on the shoulder, snorted coldly, and threatened: "Thief, go and pick up my brother's kite, then kneel down and beg for mercy! Otherwise, I will tear down your broken house!"
The girl who was punched so hard staggered and almost fell, puffed out her chest and sneered, "Who is the thief? Your whole family is the thief! The paper kite fell on the tree. I climbed up to get it back, but I didn't see you written on it." name!"
The much older boy slapped him across the face, the little girl tilted her head to avoid it, and kicked the boy in the crotch, causing him to roll on the ground immediately, is that okay? The rest of the gangsters started beating the girl who had always been annoying without saying a word, and as a result, they were beaten severely by her after all the entanglement, all of them had bruised noses and swollen faces, and even a wrist was bitten by her teeth Bleeding, of course, the skinny little girl was even more uncomfortable. She was punched and kicked all over her body, but in the end she stood proudly at the gate of the dilapidated temple, neither fleeing nor crying, and continued to fight with them desperately posture.
After all, those children are not as good as she is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. They cursed "bitch" and "beggar" and left angrily, not forgetting to say all kinds of cruel words.
Xu Fengnian turned his head to look at the little girl and waited for everyone to walk away. He twitched painfully the immature face with blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, then opened his mouth vigorously, stretched out two fingers, and pulled out a crumbling Incisor extraction
Come, hold it carefully in the palm of your hand.
She glanced at Xu Fengnian with a surprised face, rolled her eyes, patted her buttocks, turned around and jumped over the threshold with her feet together.
Xu Fengnian couldn't help but laugh.
Xu Fengnian stood up and continued to search in Hujia City, looking for all the children who could vaguely see the face of that charming woman, it could be like her eyes, like her nose bridge, like her lips, no matter what, as long as there is a little resemblance.
In the dead of night, Xu Fengnian found nothing, stood at the head of Hujia City, sighed, and was about to go to the last city, Stone Tablet City.
For some reason, the expression of that little Heitan pulling out his front teeth appeared in his mind, Xu Fengnian couldn't help smiling knowingly, and asked himself, why don't we go see her again
The gloomy temple, the dilapidated house with the window rails, the narrow wooden bed, the crooked wooden stool, and the small pot on it, if you add the small bag of grain hidden in the ground, it is all her belongings.
But she still had a very happy time alone. Dinner was a small pot of stewed vegetables picked up from the market during the day, which she thought was very rich.
She sat cross-legged on the small plank bed farthest from the window, looking up at the starry sky. There was a sewn and patched cotton doll beside her leg. This was her only talking partner in the world.
She sniffed suddenly, jumped out of bed with a whoosh, pushed the door open with a squeak, stood there and squinted her eyes, she saw a strange scene in the yard, the guy sitting on the steps in the evening was squatting in the yard BBQ!
She didn't go forward, but stood at the door and looked at the guy.
Xu Fengnian set up a fire and roasted a chicken. Although there was no condiment, he tossed it until it was golden and buttery, enough to make people move their index fingers.
The little girl swallowed, but she just clenched her teeth and didn't move her feet. When the guy tore off a chicken leg and stuffed it into her mouth, she still held back.
She was still at war with man until the guy ate half of the roasted chicken, and when she saw that the guy was going to attack the last fat chicken leg, she slowly walked to the side of the fire and stretched out a hand, meaning It is very clear, I want to eat chicken legs, you give me.
Xu Fengnian ignored her, and bit the chicken leg, mouth full of grease.
Xiao Heitan took a heavy step forward, and stretched out his hand again.
Xu Fengnian squinted at her, biting the chicken leg bit by bit.
The girl's eyeballs rolled, revealing a sense of cunning, and said, "This is my home!"
Xu Fengnian said vaguely: "It's just borrowing a place, I'll leave after eating."
The girl said angrily: "Give me the chicken legs!"
The girl hastily added: "There's only half of it left!"
Xu Fengnian glanced at her, "Shouldn't you add a word please when asking for help?"
He originally wanted to add that your parents didn't teach you, but after thinking about it, he gave up. It would be too hurtful to say this to an orphan.
The dark and skinny little girl spat hard on the fire, then walked back to the steps and sat down.
Xu Fengnian threw away the chicken bone, wiped his greasy five fingers casually, stared at her, and even burped when he got down.
The stubborn little girl was sulking and the cool breeze was blowing. Although her hair was dirty and stiff, her sparse bangs were still blown by the breeze, exposing her high forehead, which looked particularly white and smooth compared to her dirty face.
In the end, the little girl was the first to lose the battle and went back to the house to sleep.
Xu Fengnian sat in the courtyard, like an old monk in meditation, closing his eyes and meditating.
Several times during this period, she stepped on the small wooden stool and peeked quietly through the window without window paper. It was not until late at night that she crept back to the small bed.
At dawn, the little girl gently pushed open the door, only to see that the annoying guy was still staying at her house, and she didn't dare to chase him away, so she just pretended that he didn't exist, didn't see him, didn't bother her, and carried a The broken paper kite climbed up an old tree and jumped to the roof. It raised the paper kite above its head and ran around like a tireless little wild cat.
Xu Fengnian stood up, stretched his waist, and looked up, that little Heitan was looking down at him from above, with indifferent eyes, full of scrutiny that was extremely inconsistent with her young age.
Xu Fengnian asked Yan Yuese: "Your parents are gone?"
The child looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, angrily said: "Your parents are dead!"
Xu Fengnian was a little helpless, "Then you still don't go out to beg, the early bird gets the worm, otherwise you won't be afraid of starving to death?"
The little black girl sneered: "You want to take care of it?! Also, you are the beggar! I! No!"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "If you don't beggar for a living, can you still steal and rob?"
The little girl sneered and said, "You know what!"
Xu Fengnian did not speak. The child on the roof who struggled to survive in the lower-level market was obviously very good at observing words and emotions. This was a kind of keen instinct that was almost instinctive. It means being bullied by them forever. Last year, they stole her cotton puppet while she was not at home, they hid her small pot, and they often threw stones into the window, but she obviously didn’t dare to take it seriously. Annoying the adult man in the yard, her habit of knowing how to advance and retreat may be an innate talent, but it is forced out bit by bit by the lonely situation. She is willing to steal things and pick up vegetables and leaves, but she just doesn't want to be a little beggar on the street, and she doesn't know why. This year, she has been able to go to the creeks and rivers outside the city that are not as high as her knees, try to stab fish with sharp wood, or use a broken dustpan to catch birds in the wild, and dig wild vegetables. She thinks that when she grows up, she will definitely be able to do more. matter.
Anyway, she can live well on her own, and she can wait until she grows taller before doing that big thing.
Xu Fengnian saw the naughty little girl sitting on the edge of the roof suddenly, put down the paper kite, swayed her legs, and looked south with her cheeks on her hands.
Xu Fengnian went to the roof and sat down. After half an hour, she woke up suddenly, turned her head and asked with doubts: "Hey, why did you climb up the tree?"
Xu Fengnian remained silent.
She moved her butt, as if she wanted to be farther away from him, but in fact, she gently raised two broken tiles with her right hand, holding a small wooden knife tightly, but she never let Xu Fengnian see it.
Xu Fengnian still looked into the distance, and asked with a smile: "What are you doing with a small wooden knife hidden on the roof? Do you still want to kill me?"
Her complexion changed suddenly, and she stood up suddenly, facing Xu Fengnian, holding the knife in both hands.
Xu Fengnian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and laughed at himself: "Believe it or not, I'm not a bad person. Well, to be precise, I might be a bad person, but I certainly won't have any ill intentions towards you. Do the math yourself. Is there anything worthy of my concern?" Is it an object? Is it a wooden knife? Is it a small broken pot, or this broken house?"
She smiled innocently, said yes, yes, and swung the wooden knife a few times. But Xu Fengnian didn't need to look, he could clearly feel that her whole body was still tense.
Xu Fengnian was a little puzzled, did this child have been bullied miserably by being displaced all these years, otherwise how could he be so "sophisticated"
She laughed and sat down again, took out a blunt blade from under the tiles, and shook it at Xu Fengnian, as if bragging, saying that I have a knife.
Seeing that Xu Fengnian hadn't turned his head, she relaxed a little and began to sharpen the knife. The small wooden knife was still a semi-finished product, and she had to continue "smelting".
Xu Fengnian found that this little girl would look very meticulous after concentrating on one thing.
Xu Fengnian couldn't help smiling, remembering his childhood, maybe he was like her at some point
He chatted with her without a word, asking and answering, most of which she didn't speak.
"what's your name?"
no response.
"Do you have any friends?"
"certainly!"
It is the cotton puppet that depends on each other.
"how old are you?"
"Why ask this!"
"You made this little wooden knife yourself?"
She rolled her eyes, very dissatisfied with his knowingly asking.
"Your wooden knife is too different. It is straighter than the Mang knife, narrower than the Liang knife, and thinner than the famous Haozhuang Daping in the Southern Tang Dynasty..."
"Hey, hey, why are you babbling like a girl?"
Xu Fengnian was silent.
But it was the first time in her life that she took the initiative to ask, "What kind of sword is the Nantang Haozhuang Daping?"
Xu Fengnian explained patiently with a smile: "It is a saber shaped like a large battle formation saber. It was very popular in the royal family of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Several famous swords in the world have been used for reference."
The little black girl glanced at her mouth, her face full of disdain.
Xu Fengnian asked curiously: "With your skill, it is enough to deal with those children yesterday, but do you still need a wooden knife for self-defense?"
The little girl hid the blade and put the wooden knife on her lap. The more she looked at it, the happier she was. She couldn't put it down. She hummed, "It's my birthday. This is a gift for myself."
Xu Fengnian joked: "Little girl, you don't treat yourself badly."
The little girl was furious, she turned her head and glared at Xu Fengnian, grinning her teeth and said, "What a little girl! I always pee standing up!"
Xu Fengnian stroked his forehead, speechless.
The little girl suddenly said: "By the way, don't blame me for not reminding you. My father is the most powerful master and hero in the world. He kills people without blinking an eye. If you dare to mess with me, I will let him beat you to death when I turn around! I don't think you will!" It’s like a bad guy who told you this secret!”
Xu Fengnian asked with a smile: "Is your father really that good? A master? How tall?"
The little black girl's whole face was full of pride, and she tsk-tsk said, "Ten-story building! No, it's a hundred-story building! Are you afraid?"
Xu Fengnian was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "I don't believe it, if your father is such a high-level expert, you would still stay here and can't even eat a chicken leg?"
She was silent for a moment, and then the words came out from between her teeth, "No, Xu, you, say, I, Dad!"
Xu Fengnian turned his head, looking at that extremely serious and immature face, he was in a trance for a moment.
She confronted him.
Xu Fengnian admitted defeat with a smile, stood up, walked to her side, and wanted to reach out to touch her little head, but she avoided it.
Xu Fengnian said softly: "Little girl, I'm leaving. I'm going to Shibei City to find a child who is about your age. She must be as good-looking as her mother."
She waved her hands old-fashionedly, and said with a smile: "Go, let's get together again. Please remember, don't be so stingy when we meet next time, or you will be petty, and you won't be able to find a wife."
Xu Fengnian was afraid of scaring the little girl, so he didn't go straight to Shibei City, but jumped into the courtyard lightly, pushed open the courtyard door, and disappeared at the dark corner of the alley.
The little Heitan girl whose name was unknown didn't feel sad about the spring and autumn. When Xu Fengnian left, she breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly squatted down and pouted her little butt to hide the short wooden knife, and said in bits and pieces: "Smack me!" When the knife is cut off, the water will flow even more, and when the knife is cut off, the blood will flow even more... "
Leaving the paper kite on the roof, she slipped back to the yard along the tree and started a new day.
It is not an easy task for a helpless orphan to survive. She first ran to a courtyard two streets away to help an elderly couple tidy up the house and clean the courtyard. It was a bit difficult. The couple's son and daughter-in-law are cart hawkers who often travel long distances. When they return home every ten days, they will pay her more than a dozen copper coins for settlement, and sometimes even give her credit. After finishing her homework, she is going to wander the streets. She will keep in mind when she hears that there are weddings and weddings, and she will keep it in her mind. With the best luck, she returned to the Lantern Festival in the early spring