October 4 of the tenth year of the Great Jin Chengping.

As soon as the sky was bright, the white fog of the early morning was still wafting around the county, the rooster's crowing sounded, and then the chimneys in the city had quietly risen.

Carpenter's shop, inside the house in the small courtyard.

A small wooden bed with a slight snoring sound, and all kinds of toys and sawdust were placed everywhere on the floor.

Old Yan was old and couldn't sleep for too long, when he opened his sleepy eyes, he heard a slight snoring next to him, and when he turned his head slightly, he saw Xiao Yan Kuan'er's bold sleeping posture, and his old cheeks couldn't help but smile.

Lightly helped his son cover the quilt, and got up and got out of bed. I tiptoed to the side of the hanger and put on a thicker winter coat.

Gently opening the door, the wind in the early morning in the north in October brought a chill that was cold to the bones, Yan Lao unconsciously shook his body, and couldn't help but rub his hands.

As soon as he raised his head, his body stiffened, and he saw a tall figure sitting in the courtyard, his dry lips trembled, and he slowly exhaled a breath, and the white gas flew out like a slow arrow in the cold weather.

First, he turned around and closed the door gently.

Yan Lao glanced at Li Xian, sat beside him, put his hands in his sleeves, and looked at the firewood piled up in the corner of the courtyard in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

The old man's eyes were complicated, but his heart was uneasy, as if he was being judged, it was obviously a cold day, but hot sweat broke out in his hands.

Li Xian was wearing a brand new armor, a long knife leaning beside him, and a delicate porcelain vase was turned with his big hand.

For a while, the old and the young were speechless.

After a while, Li Xian saw Yan Lao's somewhat trembling body and smiled slightly. Qi and blood then flowed, and gradually the temperature around the two of them gradually increased.

"Whew...... Old man, open it and take a look, is it familiar?"

Li Xian handed the porcelain vase in his hand to Yan Lao.

Yan Lao was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand to take the cork and opened the bottle, and the cold wind brought a familiar fragrance of plants and trees into his nose. The old man subconsciously clenched the porcelain vase, his eyes flickered, and his face was gloomy.

"What is this?"

Without waiting for Old Yan to ask, Li Xian looked at the old man with a serious expression, and then continued to speak to himself.

"Elder Yan, although I didn't know what you were hiding at first, I can tell you very seriously that you can't hide it anymore now. ”

He told Elder Yan everything from beginning to end, without any concealment, he said everything he had to say, even including his own life and death last night, and told everything in detail.

Time passed little by little in Li Xian's narration, and Yan Lao's face went from being difficult to see shocked, and then to staring straight at Li Xian with complicated eyes.

Although Li Xian simplified last night's battle, with the old man's experience and experience, he didn't know how much Li Xian had paid in this matter.

Seriously speaking, the two sides are just an ordinary year-old friend, and even the old man himself finds it hard to believe that a person who has only known him for more than a month would do this for himself.

After Li Xian finished speaking, Yan Lao stood up straight, came to Li Xian, and solemnly bent down.

Li Xian didn't dodge and accepted this gift calmly. He really regarded Yan Lao as his friend, and he had done so much that he could fully afford this gift.

At this moment, the door was gently pushed open, and a childish voice came into the ears of the two of them.

"Daddy......"

As if Li Xian had already known, he turned his gaze in advance, and what caught his eye was......

The little wooden man with a whole body of wood rubbed his eyes, looking like he hadn't woken up yet, but when he saw the tall and strange figure in the courtyard, he exclaimed in fright and immediately turned his head and fled back to the house.

But after a while, by the eaves, Yan Kuan secretly poked out his little head to look at the two outside, and then immediately rushed out, came to Yan Lao's side, and grabbed his father's big hand tightly.

'My father is still there. ’

He recognized the armor worn by the extremely tall man next to his father, and according to his father, this was a soldier, and he must not be seen by them.

Let's be honest...... Xiao Yan Kuan'er actually doesn't know the sensitivity of his identity, but he listens to the old man very much, and he is also very smart, from the words that his father repeatedly tells him on weekdays, he knows that he is very troublesome!

This was when his father made a wooden box and carried him around the city on his back, and he was keenly aware that something was wrong. People on the street...... They are all like their fathers, whether they are old, young, or young, they are all black or pale hair, yellow skin, and black eyes.

But there is no one like him, who is the color of wood all over his body, and his whole body is different from anyone else.

From that moment on, Xiao Yan Kuan'er vaguely understood in his heart why his father would let him not go out, and why he had to hide in the wooden box to watch the outside world.

Because he's different from everyone else.

He is very sad, children are always sensitive and fragile, but Xiao Yankuan hides his thoughts and emotions very well, because he doesn't want his father to worry about him.

On the side, Li Xian carefully looked at the little wooden figure in front of him, and a sudden feeling of being like this in his heart came to his heart.

He remembered the scene when he saw Cui Sheng again in the county government's study......

In the study,

The two sat opposite each other, and what remained unchanged at the head of the desk was a set of high-quality tea sets.

The boiling water groaned, and the teapot spout continued to emit mist.

Cui Sheng rubbed his thumb against the smooth-textured teacup in his hand, looked at Li Xian's cold and hard cheeks, and smiled slightly:

"Li Baijiang has never let me down......"

Li Xian stared at the white mist in front of him and nodded silently.

Cui Sheng didn't care, stretched out his hand and pushed a porcelain bottle on the desk in front of Li Xian, and said softly: "You deserve this." ”

"And don't worry...... This time, the Si Tianjian who knew about the 'matter' were all their own people, and they had forgotten about it, so no one knows the truth of the 'matter' except for you. ”

Li Xian raised his eyes slightly, looked at Cui Sheng's elegant face, and thanked him in a deep voice:

"Thank you, General Choi. ”

He believed that there was no need to lie to him on this point with Cui Sheng's character.

"Hmm. ”

Cui Sheng responded lightly, holding the sleeve robe in his left hand in his right hand, picked up the teapot, and methodically came to the art of making tea in front of Li Xian.

In this regard, Li Xian has long been accustomed to it, his mentality is flat, and he looks at Cui Sheng's tea art indifferently.

Cui Sheng took a sip of warm tea and said softly, "Do you want to know the origin of the things in the porcelain bottle?"

Li Xian said without hesitation: "Yes!"

There's no reason to fight and work your own, and in the end you can't figure out anything.

On the teacup in front of him, the water mist was thick, and for a while, the faces of the two of them loomed in the white mist.

Cui Sheng's gentle voice said slowly:

"The contents of this porcelain vase are actually the blood of the dryads!"

Li Xian's eyes froze slightly, and he asked in surprise:

"Dryads?"

Cui Sheng smiled and replied, "Yes...... Dryads!

As the name suggests...... The spirit of heaven and earth born in the trees, it is difficult to be born, it is basically difficult to be born, only a chance to be born by chance, and it is an ignorant and unintelligent type. ”

When he said this, Li Xian noticed that the smile on the corner of Cui Sheng's mouth was a little mysterious.

And the coincidence in this, the span of time is thousands or even tens of thousands of years, and there is a glimmer of chance to be born.

"It is conceivable that the tree spirit is naturally a top-notch natural treasure, and as for its utility, Li Baijiang has also personally experienced it, and the value is naturally difficult to find.

And Li Baijiang ...... The master carpenter you learned woodcarving was extremely lucky to get it!"

When he said this, Li Xian had fully understood, and said with a serious expression:

General Xie explained. ”

Cui Sheng nodded, after this matter is over, it is time for the next thing.

"Next, you have to put aside the affairs in the Shanzi camp, prepare for the next breakthrough, and then go to Shangdang County. ”

"Also...... Congratulations to General Li Bai for his promotion to two or five hundred lords. ”

Hearing the last sentence, Li Xian's eyes fluctuated slightly.

"Although your official position has been promoted to two or five hundred lords, you will have no real power in your hands for the rest of the year, but ...... In the end, you go out to participate in the martial arts to represent the face of the Shanzi battalion, go to the party, you take fifty soldiers back. “

I see. ’

The current promotion is actually a blank check to some extent, and it will be really implemented until he finishes the martial arts examination.

Li Xian got up, with the slight collision of iron pieces on his armor, and hugged his fists and thanked him: "General Xie cultivates, and the last general will not disappoint the general in the future." ”

The corners of Cui Sheng's mouth hooked up a gentle smile, and he looked at Li Xian and nodded with satisfaction.

The rest of the time, the two casually exchanged a few polite words, and Li Xian took the porcelain vase on the desk and said goodbye.

Thoughts come back......

Li Xian looked at the little wooden man in front of him.

"No wonder Cui Sheng's smile was mysterious at that time, it turned out to be like this!"

He originally thought that the tree spirit might be the same as the thousand-year-old ginseng, but he never thought that the tree spirit in Cui Sheng's mouth had turned into a human form.

"And it's the ignorant type. Cui Sheng's words echoed in his ears.

The little wooden man in front of him is full of emotion, his words and deeds are like a child, and his wisdom should be the same as that of a child of the same age.

All kinds of things are telling Li Xian how special the little wooden man in front of him is.

At this time, Li Xian had a wonderful feeling.

Presence of Dryads...... Needless to say, how precious, Cui Sheng was able to do all the news without revealing it for this, so after comparing the calculations, he felt that he was desperately fighting, as if it was not such a loss.

Yan Lao in front of him naturally didn't know that in just two breaths, Li Xian had already thought so much in his mind.

However, after listening to Li Xian's words, he naturally subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he believed what Li Xian said, so at least for now, Yan Kuan is safe for the time being.

Yan Lao exhaled a breath of turbidity, put down the big stone in his heart, and couldn't help but show a smile on his face, first introduced to Li Xian: "This is my son, his name is Yan Kuan." ”

"Oh!?"

Li Xian raised his thick eyebrows and said, "Son?!"

Of course he knew what Old Yan's son was called, Yan Kuan, no wonder Old Man cared so much......

Hearing the ridicule in Li Xian's words, Yan Lao laughed unconsciously, touched Xiao Yan Kuan's smooth head, and said:

It's called Brother Xian. “

Xiao Yankuan grabbed his father's hand tightly, and looked at Li Xian with a hint of fear, but he still called out glutinously: "Brother Xian." ”

"Eh......"

Li Xian's cold cheeks showed a smile and responded.

After finishing speaking, Yan Lao asked Xiao Yan Kuan to go into the house and stay, and sat down beside him.

Li Xian grabbed Yan Lao's shoulders and asked with a smile:

"For now, Xiao Yan Kuan is safe for the time being, but what are you going to do next, Old Yan?"

Yan Lao's dry lips touched up and down, and he slowly said his original plan: "I originally planned to take Yan Kuan back to the countryside, or find a place where no one is there to raise him as an adult, at least until he has the ability to protect himself." ”

Although the old man didn't know the specific origin of Yan Kuan, he instinctively realized that the whirlpool in it was far from being as simple as he thought, and it was not over yet......

"Hey—"

Li Xian sighed faintly, but did not rush to speak.

The old man's idea is good and there is nothing wrong with it, but the point is ...... The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, it can also be called the innocent and innocent of the horseman, Yan Kuan's own existence is extremely sensitive, and he can hide for a while, but he can't hide for a lifetime.

Elder Yan is just an ordinary person, even if he loves his son, he is not capable of protecting Yan Kuan.

It's a cruel truth.

Li Xian was silent and didn't speak, and as soon as Yan Lao said it, he immediately understood how naïve his thoughts were.

As a native of the Great Jin Dynasty, the old man knows the power of the government and the danger of the so-called people in the rivers and lakes!

For a moment, the two fell silent.

Only a pair of turquoise eyes at the window of the hut looked curiously at the two of them through the thin window paper.

Li Xian's thumb rubbed the texture of the porcelain vase, tilted his head slightly, and saw Yan Lao's eyes, anxious, uneasy and even a trace of fear.

Maybe he was afraid that if he couldn't protect his child, what would Xiao Yan Kuan fall into, cramping and peeling his skin?

Li Xian told him the origin of the porcelain vase, Yan Kuan's blood, and the old man stayed with Xiao Yan Kuan almost all the time, but it was still ......

"That's it, help people to the end, and send the Buddha to the west!"

"Yan Lao ......"

"Huh?"

The old man tilted his head and looked at Li Xian. I found that the man in front of me was smiling a little brightly.

"You take Yan Kuan back to Wujun with me, there is someone there to take care of you. ”

The cold wind blew the old man's pale hair.

Yan Lao was stunned, and then his eyes gradually moistened, and he turned over and knelt down directly.

Fortunately, Li Xian quickly stopped him, looked at the old man and insisted on kneeling, as if he had no choice but to say:

"Let's have a good time in the New Year...... It doesn't have to be that way. ”

Yan Lao wanted to forcibly kneel down and kowtow to Li Xian to thank him, but he found that the hand in front of him was like a weight, and he forced him to stand up.

Li Xian said:

"Okay, I still have something to do, so I'll go back first.

"In a few days...... When I return to Wujun, I will send someone to pick you up. ”

Yan Lao looked at Li Xian, hesitated for a while, and still said it.

"Xiao Xian...... Why the hell are you doing that?"

During this period of getting along, he deeply knew that Li Xian was definitely not a bad person, and the man in front of him had his own rules of conduct and ambitions, although the two got along very well, but the old man knew better...... There is no pie in the sky.

Li Xian straightened his waist, looked at Yan Lao's serious face, the corners of his mouth outlined a smile, picked up the long knife and patted it, and turned to leave.

In fact, he himself understands that the relationship between the old and the old man accounts for a part, but more often ...... the word 'strong'.

These two words are poppy to every man, sweet and seductive.

He is no exception, he is eager to fight the strong, he is deeply fascinated by his own strength, he is eager to fight, he is eager to break through.

He was obsessed with the moment the knife was drawn!

The neighing of the sword was its parting from the sheath, and with this sound, all it could touch was flesh and blood.

No matter how gentle and elegant they may be on the surface, men are still seeking strength and excitement in their bones, and the tip of the knife is unsheathed, and life and death are placed on the gambling table.

Either you die or I die, this is a gamble of life.

Yan Lao looked at Li Xian's dashing back and left, his eyes were complicated, and then slowly transformed into firmness.