In the end, the tailor couldn't find a suitable dress for Xiang Zhehua. He brought a dress of good material, but the matching skirt was not satisfactory. But for Lide, this was not a big problem. He tore a piece of expensive cloth and sewed one for Xiang Zhehua on the spot.
The old tailor was amazed by Lide's clothes-making skills, but Xiang Zhehua was concerned about another problem: Lide didn't measure his figure, so he started sewing directly, but the final result was not the same as hers. Perfect match. This shows that Lid knew her height, fatness, waist and hips well before she knew it.
However, Xiang Zhehua didn't point it out, but bathed and changed clothes according to Lide's instructions with a reddish face, dried her hair, and returned to her former appearance as a lady from a noble family. Lide looked left and right, and finally helped her put on a blood jade flower headdress with his own hands, and then said with satisfaction:
"It's almost like this. Go see that lord. You go through the back door. You don't have to pay attention to anyone, and you don't have to be afraid of anyone. Just go directly to the city lord's mansion and knock on the door."
After Lide finished speaking, he let out a breath, brushed away his wet bangs, and combed his hair back.
Xiang Zhehua regained his previous look, but Lide still looked embarrassed. The clothes on his body were still not dry, and they were tightly attached to his body, and there were traces of blood seeping out of many places where the bandages were wrapped. But he didn't care, he patted Xiang Zhehua on the back, and said to her:
"People often comfort themselves, saying that the future is determined by their own choices. But when everyone chooses, they are often restricted by various conditions, and in the end they may choose an unsatisfactory option. Looking back many years later It is human nature to attribute all kinds of unwillingness to the restrictions imposed on oneself at the beginning. But if it stops here, it means that the upper limit of this life has reached here. If you want to go further, you must learn to break the shackles on your body. The pain must be endured."
Xiang Zhehua nodded lightly:
"I know."
Lide watched her leave the tailor shop, holding an oil-paper umbrella to Zhehua, and walked gracefully. Although the city was full of assassins, Xiang Zhehua at this time was completely different from when she fled just now. She hid her face under an umbrella and did not arouse any suspicion. The distance between here and the City Lord's Mansion is not far, and there should be no danger in the middle.
The real danger has always been on Lied's side.
He is the primary target of Yutai Mountain.
After leaving the tailor shop, Lide saw the old cloth buyer standing under the eaves, as if he was hiding from the rain. After seeing Lide, a smile appeared on the old man's face, and he bowed his hands to Lide gratefully:
"Just now, thank you benefactor for your help."
Lide also gave him a smile back:
"It's just a few copper coins, don't worry about it."
The crutch in the old man's hand knocked on the ground, and he replied seriously:
"To Engong, it's just a few copper coins. But to me, it's an extremely important thing. The weather is turning cold, and I took my two apprentices here. They can go hungry and cold. They are wearing the only winter clothes left, but they are scratched in the rain. As their master, I don’t have the money to buy them new clothes, so I am extremely ashamed.”
Lid looked at him wordlessly.
The old man in front of him held a bamboo stick, bowed his hands to Lide, bowed his head and said:
"The little old man has nothing to repay, and I hope that in the next assassination, let the benefactor make three moves first."
His tone was gentle, but his voice was calm and powerful, without any sense of age. Looking at his body, although he is old, he is not sluggish, his eyes are still bright, and his realm is around the middle of the Yae, but it should be due to the decline caused by old age. He should be stronger when he was young.
Lid laughed, looked at the rain outside, and said to him:
"I thought that apart from the one from my family, there would be no assassins who claimed to be from the world. It turns out that there are still some. You just said that you have two apprentices, right? Then you should bring them up well, you shouldn't Go to Yutai Mountain to pick up some missions."
The old man watched the rain outside with Lide, and the two of them seemed to be chatting about some parents' gossip.
The smile on his face was somewhat bitter, and the worn-out straw sandals on his feet were slowly soaked by the stagnant water on the ground.
The old man replied calmly:
"Yeah, but I'm old, and this life is nothing anymore... When I was young, I was proud and arrogant. I was driven down the mountain by my master to practice, but I never thought that leaving would be a farewell. When people return to the mountain in middle age, they will return to life." , only to find out that the master's door was destroyed, and there was no one left alive. I was swaying, this life is about to pass... But when I was old, I dreamed that when I was young, the master touched my head and told me to quit Avoid arrogance and impetuosity, revitalize the division..."
The old man babbled, the smile on his face gradually became peaceful:
"I have taken in two apprentices, who are about the same age as you, benefactor. In this world, good seedlings have long been picked out by those aristocratic families. The two I brought have good aptitude, but it's a pity that they are all stupid. Knowing that I can live for a few more years, instead of dying, I might as well use the last time to fight again, no matter whether I win or lose, I can see my master frankly when I go underground."
The old man looked at Lide, arched his hands, hung the cloth bag on the door knocker, and said:
"If I die, please benefactor to help me store these cloths in this shop. Seeing that I have not returned, my two disciples will definitely come back to find me, and then there will be cloth to make new clothes. If possible , benefactor please leave me another sentence, just say—"
The old man hesitated for a moment, then said with a wry smile:
"It's not necessary to restore the division, let them live freely."
Lid nodded.
The old man stepped out of the eaves and walked into the rainstorm. The rain curtain washed his gray beard and hair, his thin body seemed unable to bear the power of the world, and his already bent waist became even more hunched. He raised the bamboo stick in his hand, indicating that Lide could make moves. Lide was not polite either, he raised his hand, the heavy rain seemed to stop for a brief moment, and the violent wind that swept through the world became much quieter.
Lide punched out slowly, this punch was not necessarily more powerful than killing other assassins, but it was more serious than killing other assassins.
The old man turned the bamboo stick across his chest to take the blow, and his whole body immediately flew upside down and fell into the heavy rain.
Lied frowned slightly.
In the distance, the old man struggled to get up from the rain with a cane, his eyes were dull and his steps were shaky, but he finally stood up.
The old man once again made a "please" gesture to Lid.
Lide sighed, his body disappeared under the eaves in an instant, and he punched the old man's crutch across his chest with a close punch. The force of this punch was enough to shatter the old man's internal organs, and the bamboo stick in the old man's hand also broke in response. His body flew upside down like a kite whose string was broken by a storm, a mouthful of blood spilled in the air, turning into a rain of blood.
Lide turned and left, took two steps, but suddenly turned his head.
In the heavy rain, the old man stood up again with a cane, more painful than last time, and closer to death. The eyes were red, the nostrils and the corners of the mouth were full of blood, and he almost couldn't stand still. I don't know if he can still see Lide, but the old man still supported his crutches and said in a very low voice:
"There is another trick, benefactor, please go all out."