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Qingzhou, the sixteenth year of Cheng'an, Youzhou City on the Beishu Frontier.

After the catastrophe of the mighty Qingzhou Dynasty in the sixth year of Cheng'an, the four seas were peaceful, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

To the north of the Qingzhou Continent is a barren desert, and at the end of the desert is the Beixuan Empire on another continent, in the world of Xiuzhen, the power of nature has been unable to stop the war between the two countries, and what prevents all this consumption is the Zongmen Academy that has stood in the desert for hundreds of years - Changxian Academy, which is a powerful academy established by Gongsun Changxian more than three hundred years ago.

Youzhou City used to be a small country, and the adjacent Anzhou, Senzhou belonged to the same Yousen country; ten years ago was destroyed by the Qingzhou Iron Cavalry, now belongs to the Qingzhou royal family, because of the wilderness, sparsely populated, in addition to a few caravans on this pipeline, you can only see the army that comes and goes.

In this remote frontier city, there is a simple pharmacy, and there are two people in the pharmacy, an ignorant boy who has just turned ten years old - An Chengde and his aunt - An Ziruo.

An Ziruo is an outsider, and the territory trampled by the iron horse, in a short time, there will be no outsiders to settle in, which is also a tragic situation that cannot be stopped.

Soon, An Ziruo won the recognition of the people in the city with his profound knowledge of herbs and ingenious holy hands, and in the past ten years, every household in the city knew that there was such a miracle doctor living in Xicheng District.

Of course, in the woman who is beautiful and the holy hand coexists, the only thing that is criticized by the villain is naturally the weak boy, An Chengde, this boy who has the name of an illegitimate child in everyone's eyes, has been lonely, has no friends, no voice, every day he thinks the most meaningful thing is to watch his aunt explain the knowledge of herbs to him, and sit on the battlements all day long, thinking about whether it will be easier if he jumps.

On this day of the autumn equinox, there were few patients in the pharmacy, and after An Ziruo finished dealing with it, she was ready to go to the camel mountain outside the city to collect medicine, which was her monthly compulsory, and this half day, An Chengde was in charge of looking after the store.

A strange patient came today, walked straight to An Chengde, asked for two taels of honeysuckle and a pot of boiling water, and made tea in the store, and his eyes never left An Chengde's body.

This gaze is undoubtedly a threat to children, and An Chengde can't help but wonder if this person can't be a human trafficker, right?

"This honeysuckle is so badly sunburned...... the patient couldn't help but shake his head and taste the smell of the gunpowder.

An Chengde did not report to the official immediately, because this person's dress was elegant, fairy wind and crane bones, not like a mortal person, but like a Taoist priest.

"When will your family come back?" the man asked anxiously as he watched the sun sink in the west.

"It's unfortunate to come, my aunt won't return until late, can you leave a name and come back another day?" An Chengde replied very calmly.

"Auntie...... That's right, she shouldn't remember me, I'm not here for your aunt, but to see you. The man got up and approached An Chengde.

"What do you want to do?" An Chengde took half a step back, and his back was pressed to the medicine cabinet.

"You're ten years old, and you're a whole number...... Why are you so far away?" the man watched speechlessly, as the boy leaned towards the back door.

An Chengde didn't want to, but no matter how he listened, this man's explanation was too much like a human trafficker, and he wanted to slip away.

"I am your uncle, your father's good brother. The man could see An Chengde's panic.

"Where's the liar...... Where did I come from?" An Chengde muttered speechlessly, everyone in this city knew that he was a superfluous orphan.

"It seems that your family didn't mention me to you, forget it, I feel relieved when I see you, and now I can go. The man walked over to the table, drank the rest of the tea, and left without looking back.

For the first time, An Chengde wanted to know, who were his parents?

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That night, An Chengde sat in the medicine bucket every day according to An Ziruo's request, washing the dirt in his body; An Chengde was very confused why he did this? But after soaking in the bath, his body was indeed much refreshed.

"Auntie, who is my father?" An Chengde lay on the edge of the bucket, looked at An Ziruo who was packing up the medicinal herbs, and asked curiously.

"Your dad is a big hero. An Ziruo's movements in his hand paused for a moment, and then replied flatly.

An Chengde continued to ask with great interest, "How big?"

An Ziruo finished putting away the guy in his hand before he replied intently: "The sky is as big, if he is there, you will not feel disappointed, afraid and lonely......"

An Ziruo picked up a towel and threw it to An Chengde to wipe his body, held the jade cheek with his slender hand, and sat in front of the candlestick, his beautiful face would show a bright smile every time he recalled the demeanor of Qingyu back then.

"My father is so powerful, what about my mother?" An Chengde's gossip mind does not have to be weak at all, and his curiosity about the unknown drove him to continue to ask.

"Did you encounter something today? Why did you suddenly ask them? You didn't care before?" An Ziruo rubbed An Chengde's wet hair and asked lovingly.

An Chengde truthfully answered today's matter, An Ziruo fell silent after listening, and after a long time, the candlestick burned out, she said leisurely: "I don't plan to hide your father's affairs from you, but you are still young now, and living well is the key, and everything else is irrelevant; I promise you, when you are sixteen years old and an adult, I will tell you the whole truth." ”

"Sixteen, six years to go...... It's so long......" An Chengde counted with his hands up, and finally lowered his head, fell asleep on the table, fell asleep so quickly, An Ziruo took medicine in the soup pool of Fang Cai.

An Ziruo picked up An Chengde, put him on the bed, looked at the immature little face, and said with hope: "I really don't know, will you become a man like your father." ”

After speaking, An Ziruo covered the quilt for him and left alone, the door closed, An Chengde's little face was slightly hooked, facing the endless darkness, and muttered: "Yes......"

There is no one in the courtyard, An Ziruo looks up at the stars in the night, and the lonely last quarter moon, Qingyu once said to her: everyone corresponds to the stars in the sky, pointing out the direction for people who are lost, and when the moon is in the sky, the stars will hide the brilliance, because the night is no longer dark, and people's hearts are no longer confused.

"I really miss you, my lord......" An Ziruo raised his head and thought silently in his heart.

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