June 28, 2017, evening.

The little girl Yu said diligently that she could be on duty for a while longer, so that Cheng Yun had time to cook.

Dinner is four dishes and one soup, three meat dishes and one vegetarian dish, plus a preserved egg and cucumber soup. Because Cheng Yan didn't come back to eat, Cheng Yun called the old master and Yin Nuxia down, and the four of them ate together.

Although Yu Dian was surprised, he didn't say anything, only silently remembered the old man who lived in 202 without registration.

After dinner, Cheng Yun started to be on duty.

A certain woman was well fed, and leaned on the back of the sofa contentedly, revealing a salted fish expression.

"Stationmaster. She suddenly shouted.

"Huh?" Cheng Yun sat at the counter playing with his phone.

"How many meals do you guys eat a day?"

"Three meals a day. Cheng Yun replied without raising his head.

"Oh. Yin Nuxia was a little dumbfounded, "Our common people only eat two meals a day, and only gruel, for those of us who have no fixed residence, it is good to have a full meal a day." ”

"There are times when there are big fish and big meat, right? ”

"Very rarely. The heroine sighed, "Eat to death when you eat well, and starve to death when you are hungry." You say we're all human beings, so why are we so different?"

"Times are different. ”

"Then why were you born in such a good era?"

"It's not up to us to decide. Cheng Yun said, and asked, "What era are you?"

"Rogues are rampant, locusts are crossing. There was no grain in the field, and bones were everywhere. The government is corrupt, and the world eats people. Yin Nuxia's tone was full of emotion, "If not, who wants to mess with the rivers and lakes!"

"Scourge?"

"Part of natural disasters, part of man-made disasters. ”

"There's a war?"

"It's a small fight on the border, it's not a war. Yin Nuxia rubbed her head, "It's quite chaotic in the country." I remember that there used to be a Jianghu organization that swept the entire rivers and lakes, what is it called, but it was not self-sufficient and caused a lot of uproar. Later, the government was anxious and sent iron cavalry to encircle and suppress the north and south of the river, and many innocent people in the rivers and lakes also lost their lives, and my father and mother were one of them. ”

"That's a mess. Cheng Yun didn't comment much on this, "How old were you then?"

"It's small. Yin Nuxia pursed her lips and said, "I was brought up by my father's brother who used to be on the rivers and lakes, I called him uncle, and later he was killed by the enemy." ”

"I thought that the people of your world had such a strong force, and they should not be afraid of the government. Cheng Yun said.

"Whimsical. Yin Nuxia scoffed, "I still think that there are Autobots and Decepticons in your world, and the government should only shrink their heads and be turtles!"

"Uh...... Those are fake. ”

"What?"

"Nothing. Cheng Yun shook his head.

"It is said that the brocade clothes and swords in the palace are placed on the rivers and lakes, and all of them are not afraid of those famous masters, and every time they go out, they are a team. Yin Nuxia was a little helpless, "Who do you say they want to kill, who can stop it?"

"I kind of see what you mean. The ruling apparatus is forever built on the foundation of the world, and the water carries the boat. The level of the ruling apparatus is as high as the level of force in this world. ”

"No, no, no, I just want to say......" The woman slumped on the sofa, "Those palace guards have a doorway, even if they are called around and drunk, they don't want to run on the rivers and lakes!

"So you decided to go to the rivers and lakes because your father and mother died and your uncle also died?" Cheng Yun was interested.

"Pretty much. The woman sighed with emotion, "I have no other strengths except martial arts, I can't even walk the rivers and lakes, and I'm hungry." And for a person like me, if he doesn't go to the rivers and lakes, he can only find an honest man to marry, and serve him like a maid all day long, let him instruct, and let him entertain, so I might as well die!"

Hearing this, Cheng Yun fell silent.

He studied history in college, so he naturally has some understanding of the era that China has experienced.

In fact, even if everyone praises and yearns for the Tang Dynasty, the so-called peaceful and prosperous era of all dynasties and generations, as long as the shackles are not gone, the people at the bottom will always be in a position of enslavement. And women are the bottom of the bottom, and they should even be re-classified, if they meet the war-torn era, they are not even people!

At this point, he admires this woman.

"What's the matter with that scar on your face?" Cheng Yun pointed to the narrow scar on her face.

"At that time, I was young and ignorant, and I challenged an old-timer on the rivers and lakes and was cut by the tip of a knife. Yin Nuxia smiled, "That knife almost split my head, but fortunately I dodged quickly." ”

"So did you lose or win?" Cheng Yun felt that he was idle, so it was better to talk to this woman.

"Won. Yin Nuxia's voice was a little low for some reason, "He was very famous when he was young, but he was already old by then. And I beat him to a serious injury, and then Shi Shiran left. I heard that it didn't take long for him to die. ”

"Oh. Cheng Yun also fell silent.

In this day and age, even the most heinous criminals are not easily sentenced to death, and it is not enough to switch from shooting to lethal injection, and there are large groups of people clamoring for the abolition of the death penalty. He really can't understand the chaotic world of life and death.

Lady Yin was silent for a long time this time before she looked up at him, her eyes narrowed: "You may not know that that old-timer actually has no grudge against me in the past, and even that was the first time we met, and then I almost killed him." ”

Cheng Yun was stunned.

The woman paused before continuing to speak: "After killing him, I found a temple to bandage and cultivate, and for three days and three nights, the rice was not dripped, and I did not sleep with my eyes closed. At that time, I thought, if one day I make a name for myself in the rivers and lakes, and when I am not as old as the young people, and the disciples are not angry, then maybe it will also be my destiny. ”

She stared blankly at the ceiling: "So I desperately grabbed the Void Order Arrow, and I didn't have any other thoughts, I just wanted to escape." ”

Cheng Yun asked, "Did you kill him for fame?"

"Yes!" the woman replied simply, "Defeating a once famous old-timer in the rivers and lakes is the fastest way for a nameless junior to prove his ability, but in fact, even if those old-timers are in good shape when they are young, once they are past their youth, they will begin to decline, how can they beat the young people?"

"Stepping stones?"

"yes. That battle was indeed the starting point of my fame, but it didn't really help me that much. After that war, I was silent for a whole year before I reappeared, and by that time the fame of that war was almost exhausted. ”

"What have you been doing for a year?"

"I've set up a stall to sell fruits, I've been a restaurant runner, I've been a messenger, and I've almost gone to farm!" Yin Nuxia was angry when she remembered that time, and slapped her on the sofa, "It's either a loss or someone owes me wages, and I'm so angry!"

"I mean, why have you been silent for a year? Didn't you crave fame before, and why did you abandon your hard-won fame?"

"Because I'm ...... After the fight, I realized that I didn't know why I was doing that. Yin Nuxia said blankly, and then looked at Cheng Yun again, "I only know...... That's what everybody does. ”

"It's not your fault. Cheng Yun said what he should say now, "This is the fault of that era, that world, and that sinister rivers and lakes, and if you can wake up in advance, it has been proved that you are more than the vast majority of people." ”

Saying that, he took out a lollipop at the front desk and threw it to Yin Nuxia: "Eat a candy, Woman." ”

Seeing that Lady Yin was holding a lollipop and was at a loss and didn't know how to eat it, Cheng Yun smiled and pulled out a lollipop again, demonstrated how to eat it to her, and then asked, "Then how old are you this year?"

"Three...... It's more than thirty. ”

"How much?" Cheng Yun's lollipop fell from his mouth.

"It's more than thirty. Yin Nuxia looked at him blankly, then counted her fingers and said, "I can't remember, probably." Spring, summer, autumn and winter are a year, and that's the case for you, right?"

"How can you be in your thirties!Are you confused?" Cheng Yun's eyes widened in disbelief, "You look ...... At most, he will be twenty-two or thirteen years old!"

"Then how old are you?" asked Yin Nuxia rhetorically.

"Twenty-two. ”

"It's so small!" Yin Nuxia was also surprised.

"Wait. Cheng Yun was stunned, "How many years can a person in your world live if he doesn't get sick?"

"More than a hundred years. Yin Nuxia said, a little reacting, "What do you mean?

"......" Cheng Yun somewhat understood.

The natural lifespan of ancient people was more than 100 years, and if it were developed into modern times, wouldn't it be close to 200 years?

The two chatted for a long time, and Cheng Yun gradually got to know her and her world and the rivers and lakes.

Until there was nothing to talk about, Yin Nuxia still had no sleep.

Cheng Yun poured water to moisten her throat, but this time she drank it, and seemed to have let down her vigilance.

It was already dark, and Yin Nuxia sat on the sofa at the front desk, staring out the door through the glass window.

The night in the 'Turquoise World' is mostly dark and dead, and no one's gaze can pass through the distant darkness. The night of the rivers and lakes is bloody and terrible, full of death and killing, assassination, ambush, revenge and destruction.

I heard that the prosperity of Jiujing can illuminate the night, and the lanterns and candles by the river are not extinguished all night, but Yin Dan has never seen it.

Even the night of Hengzhou Mansion was terrifyingly silent. At night, those who dare to walk on the streets in defiance of the curfew are either Jianghu people who carry knives and want to come to the door to make trouble, or officers and soldiers patrolling in formations.

But those rumors can't compare to here!

Yin Dan's eyes were a little dazed.

The headlights and taillights of each car seem to be stretched into a line on the highway, the street lamps illuminate the world in a particularly dreamy way, and the neon signs and the lights of the shops on the side of the road reflect each other, and pedestrians walk calmly along both sides of the road, as if it were daytime.