After the snake queen left, the man stayed in front of the window for a long time, the corners of his mouth were playful, and he muttered softly: "The four families in the capital are interesting." Then his face turned gloomy, as if he had thought of something, and made a voice that only he could hear: "Third brother...... Are you okay?"

...

Five years later,

In front of an inconspicuous house in Horseshoe Town, there are three figures, one old and two young, the old one is red and red-eared, and the younger one is laughing and one is wronged.

And the three people in front of him are Xu Lao, Xu Shouyi, and Li Shaoyu.

At this time, Xu Laoqi's face flushed, and he slowly took a deep breath before calming his heart, and said lightly to the little bald head who grew up: "Wipe off your big nose feces"

The thin body was motionless, the snot on the round face was instantly sucked into the nose, and he didn't listen to Xu Lao's words, a pair of big eyes stared at him aggrievedly, and his voice was immature but unfavorable, and said, "I...... I, I won't...... Heavy shoulders. ”

In five years, Xiao Shouyi has been five years old, but his intelligence has not improved, the only thing that has changed is that in the year he learned to walk, he finally stopped drooling and became a runny nose.

There is a very normal appearance on the little face, sometimes Xu Lao mistakenly thinks that his intelligence is better, and he has been to the hospital many times, but the result has not changed, his intelligence is disabled, even if he grows up, he only has the IQ of a child, and the phenomenon of righteousness is the easiest of this kind of disease.

Xu Lao sighed to himself, teaching them martial arts is to let them have the ability to protect themselves when they grow up, after all, he can't always accompany them to grow up, and the young eagles need to spread their wings to fly.

Squatting down in front of Shouyi, Xu Lao took out a tissue from his pocket, pointed it at the nose on his face, and said softly: "Squirt out"

"I ...... I won't" Shouyi stared at Xu Lao with big eyes, but his little nose gasped, this scene made Shaoyu, who was watching quietly, smile lightly, and shouted at the two: "Grandpa, I'll come"

He took Xu Lao's tissue and rubbed Shouyi's bald head, but his equally immature face showed a calmness that did not match his age, doting on Shouyi like a big brother, and said softly: "Xiaoyi, lower your head"

Shouyi looked at him, and suddenly his big aggrieved eyes brightened and he nodded.

Shaoyu smiled slightly, gently pressed down his bald head, and a stream of turquoise flowing out, his small hand flashed quickly, and while Shouyi was breathing, the snot disappeared in front of him.

Shaoyu held up the tissue and said excitedly: "Okay!"

His movements were not muddy at all, and the timing was very accurate, all this, Xu Lao saw it in his eyes, stroked the white beard with his hand and smiled with relief, and said secretly, it finally had some effect.

He took the tissue from Shaoyu's hand, stepped back five meters, and shouted to the two children: "Shaoyu Shouyi is optimistic!"

When the two of them turned around, Xu Lao grabbed the tissue between his fingers and flicked his wrist, and the tissue rotated in the air in the form of a dart, flying into the garbage can on the opposite street with precision.

"Wow", before Xu Lao turned around, Shaoyu had already screamed, his mouth opened lightly, and starlight kept popping up in his eyes, which was more than twenty meters away from the opposite street, or paper, of course he knew that paper and stone could not be compared, not to mention that Xu Lao had retreated a few meters, and he couldn't bear it, he had already opened his calves and ran towards Xu Lao.

How sensible is that he is only a five-year-old child, and he maintains the nature of his age, but Shouyi has a calm face, stunned in place, and seems to see Shaoyu leaving, so he moved his feet to follow.

"Grandpa, how did you do it!" Shaoyu grabbed Xu Lao's hand with a look of admiration.

"Hehe" Xu Lao pretended to be mysterious, raised his eyebrows, and said slowly: "This...... It's going to take your own effort. ”

Shaoyu's eyes rolled, knowing that Elder Xu was going to ask them to practice martial arts again, so he pouted: "Do you want to practice martial arts again?"

"Hehe" Xu Lao touched the tip of his nose and said secretly, it's not good that this kid is too smart. He tugged at his mouth and said, "Don't you want to be like your grandfather?" ”

"......" Shaoyu held back his eyes, then took Shouyi's little hand and walked to the open space where he was practicing martial arts just now, squatted down a standard horse step, and said to Shouyi who was stunned: "Xiaoyi, learn from my brother." ”

"Oh" Shouyi thought for a moment, and slowly paused, but his waist was bent.

Shaoyu saw it in his eyes, and hurriedly got up to help him adjust, "Come, spread your legs a little first...... Yes, the back is slowly rising upward, eh, yes......"

Seeing the two of them, Xu Lao smiled slightly, although sometimes naughty and lazy, but in the end he still practiced martial arts obediently, Shaoyu's talent is very good, and he is also very sensible, even if he is not there in the future, he can rest assured that Shouyi will be handed over to him.

And Xu Lao didn't know, how could Shaoyu not know that it was Xu Lao who was good for them.

Xu Lao's appearance has known that he and Shouyi have actually been adopted since Shaoyu was sensible, and when other children of the same age played, they practiced martial arts almost every day, but he didn't blame Xu Lao at all, because he knew that Xu Lao was old, and people would die when they were old.

Half an hour passed, and a lot of sweat broke out on the foreheads of the two, so Xu Lao shouted to stop and said to Shaoyu: "Go buy a few bottles of soda, that thing is very delicious." ”

"Okay, Grandpa"

After living in Horseshoe Town for a long time, Xu Lao has gradually seen many good things, such as the soda that Shaoyu bought, he had never seen it before, let alone drank it, and the last time he drank it from Shouyi's hands, he knew that this water was called soda, which was a bit stinging to his throat, and it made him feel very refreshed after taking a sip.

Seeing that Shaoyu was gone, Xu Lao took out a tissue to help Shouyi wipe his sweat, and asked, "Where is your mother?"

"Mom...... Mom go... up"

"Where have you been?" Xu Lao frowned, at this point in time, Liu Yun should also come back.

"No...... I don't know... Hehe" After speaking, Shouyi laughed, and a stream of turquoise hung out again.

"......" Of course, Xu Lao could see his smile, which made him suspect again that this was really a sign of low intelligence?

On the other side, when Shaoyu walked home with the bag, a man on the road blocked his way, the man looked gentle, about thirty years old, bent down and rubbed Shaoyu's soft hair, and asked, "Little friend, can you help me hand this to your grandfather?"

Shao Yunen's face showed vigilance, and he took half a step back away from the man's palm, and the man looked at it in his eyes, withdrew his hand in embarrassment, and chuckled.

"Do you know my grandfather?" Shaoyu asked, most of the neighbors around him knew him, but the person in front of him had never seen him.

The man nodded, and Shaoyu asked again, "What's my grandfather's name?"

The man was not annoyed by Shaoyu's vigilance, he didn't smile, and without waiting for Shaoyu's reaction, he directly put one hand on his head and kneaded it again: "Your grandfather's name is Xu San, and he is still a fortune teller, right?"

Shaoyu was shocked, and his face was quick and natural, because he himself saw the hexagram shop when he unintentionally helped his grandfather clean up his things, and after questioning, he learned that his grandfather used to be a fortune teller, but he didn't know why he stopped telling fortunes.

He didn't dodge the man's palm anymore, took the piece of wood, looked at it curiously, didn't find anything special, and asked: "Since you know that grandpa used to be a fortune teller, then you must be his good friend!"

Shaoyu naively thought that knowing that Xu Lao had been, he must have known him for a long time.

"Hmm" The man's voice didn't even know how low he was, his face flickered, and he smiled: "Go home quickly!"

"Uh-huh, that's gone uncle" Shaoyu didn't notice the man's strange appearance, politely bowed, kicked the card into his pocket, and trotted back.

Looking at the young boy in the distance, the man smiled slightly, and disappeared into the street in the blink of an eye.

Running around the corner, Shaoyu slowed down his pace, walked into the yard, and saw Xu Lao Dao: "Grandpa, someone just called for something for you" Saying that, Shaoyu took out the wood chips from his bag, and the moment Xu Lao looked at it, his face suddenly became unnatural.

The wood chip took it, the delicate and beautiful fan, in the eyes of adults, it was known at a glance that it was a Zhuge fan, Xu Lao stared for a few breaths, the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed, and his eyes showed a complicated color, as if he had seen an old friend for many years.

He suddenly laughed, also rubbed Shaoyu's soft hair, and said, "I'll go out first, and when I come back, you take care of Shouyi, your mother is back, you eat first and don't worry about me." ”

"Oh, good" Shaoyu nodded, his eyes looked at Xu Lao carefully, he felt that his grandfather was a little weird after seeing this piece of wood, the smile on his face was not the same as usual, he had never seen him smile like this, and said, "Go quickly, come back early to eat"

"Hmm" Xu Lao responded, glanced at Shouyi, and said to Shaoyu: "Take care of your brother, don't let him run around." ”

Shaoyu nodded with a smile, stretched out his little hand and waved: "Well, bye-bye"

Xu Lao didn't speak, turned around, his fingertips rubbed lightly on the wood chips, walked out of the yard slowly by inertia, passed around the corner, several people passed by him, and after seeing that there was no one in front of him, he kicked the soles of his feet, a breath, the figure was gone, and a few vague figures suddenly appeared on the street and walked away.

Sand... Sand... Sand, the breeze blows, the bamboo forest full of leaves quietly rises, Xu Lao came to the nearest bamboo forest, at this time he stopped, and a man appeared in front of the green shadow.

He was like Xu Lao, dressed in white, and his medium-long and long hair had a heroic appearance, as if he knew that Xu Lao had entered, the man turned around, and after seeing Xu Lao, Jun showed a complicated smile on his face, and after looking at each other for a few seconds, the two did not speak, and the man took the initiative to look away and asked, "Third brother, are you okay now?"

"......" Xu Lao retracted his gaze, his head gradually lowered, and his whole body seemed to be a little lonely, and he slowly spoke: "It's okay, I can't die." ”

Suddenly, the man looked at him, his face couldn't help but darken, and he said in a few breaths: "Those two children are very good, and the child named Shaoyu is very smart." ”

"Hmm. Hearing the child, Xu Lao's body hardened a little, and his voice became a little more energetic: "It's just a pity that Shouyi that child is intellectually deficient." ”

The man nodded, he was not surprised to hear that he was mentally deficient, as the leader of the Painting Alliance, this news was too easy to know, it should be said that he knew the movements of the Xu family in the past five years, "Tell me the reason?"

It's been five years, and it's finally here. Knowing that he would definitely ask, Xu Lao raised his head, looked at him and suddenly smiled: "Shouyi, that kid is the emperor's minister." ”

"Emperor Minister!!"

Suddenly, the man's handsome face was shocked, his sword eyebrows unconsciously straightened up, and his hand couldn't help rubbing his chin, and muttered: "No wonder, no wonder, I said how can you save people......

"What's wrong with the Painting Alliance?" asked Elder Xu as he pondered

"My sister told you......"

Seeing that Xu Lao nodded, the man's face suddenly became serious, and he said slowly: "The painting alliance is now mixed with a lot of people, the Li family is the mainstay, the Liu family is the auxiliary, and the rest are some gentlemen. ”

And so it was. Xu Lao gradually frowned, and when the early snake Ji told him that the painting alliance was split, he was thinking of high-power people, and now only high-ranking people can influence the painting alliance, "Is there a way out?"

"Hmm. The man nodded decisively, it didn't matter if he gave up his position as the leader of the alliance or retired, but his departure, what should the brothers of the inner gate do?

"The task of killing children should be the Li family," Xu Lao suddenly said.

The man thought for a moment and nodded, "According to the spy, the one who gave the task was a gangster, and it is impossible for ordinary gangsters to know about our existence, tracking and learning that he was in contact with a high-ranking official, and the person died a day later, the spy followed the executive for a year before he found out that he had dealings with the Li family, and this matter should be inseparable from the Li family......", he paused, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "The emperor is ...... It shouldn't be possible. ”

"Since that's the case...... Old Xu muttered in contemplation, looking at the corner of the man's mouth and saying something.

The man nodded secretly, and his sword eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"So be it. Xu Lao said lightly, looked at the man for a long time, his eyes softened, suddenly squeezed up very thick wrinkles, and said with a smile: "Big brother, I'm leaving." After speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for the man to respond.

This short sound made the man stunned, and suddenly thought that his ears had heard it wrong, and the familiar big brother only quietly appeared at this time many years later.

His eyes were slightly red, and he hurriedly shouted to the white-haired back of the departing white-haired figure, "Third brother......"

Seeing that Xu Lao's footsteps stopped, the man silently withdrew his hand in the air and said softly, "How much time do you have left?"

The figure in front of him trembled slightly, and he didn't look back, the man looked in his eyes, his chest was stuffy, and a hoarse voice came from his ears, "Let's hold on for another five years, how can I look at my grandson for a few more years." ”

Xu Lao didn't look back, as soon as the words fell, the man's figure quietly appeared behind him, the man's palm waved, the air suddenly distorted, and a white air mass visible to the naked eye appeared in his hand, and his handsome face also became bloodless at this moment, and he said a little weakly: "Then you can accompany your grandson more." ”

After the man finished speaking, Xu Lao immediately felt that something was wrong, turned his head suddenly, but his body was stiff and frozen, at this time, a hot current came from behind, quickly swept the whole body, he was anxious He didn't have time to feel it, and shouted: "Big brother, are you crazy? ”

And the man didn't listen to him, the air mass on that hand was gone, and it was tightly covered on Xu Lao's back, and a stream of air flowed down his hand to Xu Lao and disappeared.

"Do you think I'll forgive you if you do this? Get out of here!" Xu Lao shouted, leaning sideways to shake off the hand on his back, but no matter how hard he tried, his body didn't move like a mountain...... A steady stream of heat came, and Xu Lao deeply felt his surging heartbeat, and turned to plead in a low voice: "Big brother, that's enough, let it go, my life is like this, why are you doing this?"

"Huh"

A smile appeared on the man's pale face, but his weak voice revealed fortitude: "You are my third brother!"

Huge beads of sweat swept through his sideburns, and only then did he find that the man's sideburns suddenly had a few more strands of white hair, and compared with before, Jun's face was a little more mature at this time.

"Actually...... When I left the painting alliance, I didn't hate you, I don't blame you for the master's death, his old man left with a smile, and people like us were favored by God, and death was just a little earlier for us...... And I'm ...... It's just that I can't get along with my own heart, why is it you, big brother. ”

As soon as Old Xu's words fell, the man finally couldn't hold on to the loss of internal strength and fell to the ground weakly.

Old Xu's body also turned around at this time, and what caught his eye was a man with black hair and white hair intertwined.

At the same time, at the moment when the man fell to the ground, a beautiful figure quickly attacked from a distance, and in the blink of an eye, he supported the man with Xu Lao, Xu Lao looked at the snake Ji and quickly moved his gaze to the eldest brother, and said ashamedly: "Big brother, why are you suffering?"

He knew that the eldest brother was forcibly passing on his skills to himself to continue his life, and half of his gray hair was caused by the loss of his skills.

"Third brother...... I'm sorry about your master. The man opened his eyes and said weakly.

“...... Big Brother"

At this moment, the crack in the depths of Xu Lao's heart quietly closed, tears that had been frozen for more than 20 years flowed out of his eyes, and Xu Lao hugged the man violently like a child.

"Hehe, it's okay" The man comforted and patted Xu Lao's back, and laughed loudly: "I can't die"

Poof, the snake Ji on the side chuckled, there were tears in her eyes, looking at the two people who were hugging, her heart was like them at this time, more than 20 years, the wall of the two brothers finally fell, as a little sister, how could she not be happy for the two of them.

"Alright, third brother, we should go back. ”

Old Xu hurriedly wiped away his tears, subconsciously let go of the man, and stepped aside, the old man was slightly embarrassed on his face, and asked weakly, "Is the eldest brother really okay?"

The snake Ji on the side interjected: "Third brother, don't you know what skills the eldest brother has? It's okay, just go back and study for a while."

"Hmm" The man nodded, then waved his hand to signal Xu Lao to leave, and said with a smile: "It's not early, it's time to go back, the two children are still waiting for you." ”

“...... Okay" Xu Lao stared at the man for a while before responding, although the two brothers released their suspicions, but it was not yet the time to raise a glass and drink, he nodded to the snake queen, and said softly: "Little sister, take care of my brother." ”

"Okay, okay," Snake Ji said impatiently, waving her hand hurriedly, urging, "Let's go." ”

Xu Lao hated the snake Ji, this dead girl, and said to the man: "Let's go, big brother"

"Hmm"

After the man responded, Xu Lao stared at him for a few breaths, his eyes were slightly red, his nose was sore, and he took a deep breath before turning around resolutely, he was reluctant in his heart, very reluctant, he was afraid that he would follow his eldest brother back to the painting alliance in the next second, but he couldn't, for the painting alliance, and for the sake of the two children.

Seeing Xu Lao's figure disappear into the bamboo forest, the two people in place moved, and the man's upright posture suddenly weakened, if it wasn't for the snake Ji to help him, he would have fallen to the ground immediately.

Snake Ji hurriedly took out a black pill and fed it to him, and asked anxiously, "Is the eldest brother better?"

“...... Hmm" After a few breaths, the man replied, his face was finally a little bloody, and he said seriously: "Little sister, this matter must be kept secret, and let the people in the inner door move, and prepare a copy of the information of the people above the outer door insect group." ”

"Okay" Snake Ji's face changed, knowing that this time the eldest brother was finally going to do it. "Big brother, your body ......"

"Don't get in the way" The man straightened up and said slowly: "It's good to raise it for a while." ”

"That's right!"

His eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a gaze that did not belong to his temperament, like the gloomy night of the evil wolf, the green light shot out of the vicious night, the corners of his mouth were slightly outlined, and he said lightly: "Find out all the descendants of which high-ranking officials, use phantoms, and be sure to get all their travel and living habits...... Twelve paintings, it's time for them to do the task. ”

"Uhhh......h ”

The man was stunned for a moment, his face suddenly changed, of course he didn't have to put on such a face to his little sister, he looked back at the place where Xu Lao left, smiled slightly, and said to the snake queen: "Let's go! Your third brother now has his own home." ”

"By the way, eldest brother, what did the third brother whisper to you just now, I didn't hear it"

"Huh...... You'll find out later. ”

"Humph!"