It was the old man who called the flower during the day, squeezing his eyebrows and stroking his left cheek to scold Shi Xizai.

"My father and mother passed away a long time ago. Shi Xizai didn't have much intention to entangle with this person, and he encountered it again and again, I was afraid that there would be fraud in it, so it was better to go first.

This answer embarrassed the old flower, and the gray beard blew it, pointing to the farmer on the mountain and said to Shi Xizai:

"Little brother, don't blame, the old flower just looks at your disguised skills are interesting, and I want to ask for advice, I'll stay there, if you have nowhere to go, you can go there to live, anyway, after tonight, the house will be empty. ”

Shi Xizai saw that the roof of the house was all thatched, it seemed to be improvised, and sleeping in it in this weather was not much better than a broken temple, not to mention that he didn't know where he was going after tonight, and he would never stay overnight in the suburbs of Beijing again, so he gave up his resignation.

Seeing this, Lao Zhaohua didn't force it, grinned and walked up the mountain with two pots of village wine, and sang a little song in his mouth: "There is a way"

The voice gradually faded away, Shi Xizai calmed down, in order to prepare for encountering such a master again, he simply held the secret weapon in his hand, and the time for the masked man to meet was approaching, and he had to rush back to the broken temple to wait.

The masked man in the room felt that someone was secretly following him when he left the Taifu Mansion, and he had also developed a keen sense of perception after being a killer for a long time, although he couldn't be sure of the intention of the comer, he was still a little cautious, and went around a few times to make sure that no one was following, and then went to the wonton stall in Dongcheng to find a corner and sit down.

The old couple who sell wontons must be seventy years old, which can be regarded as a long life in this life, but the ancestral craftsmanship tastes good, and the stalls in this corner near the city gate are also clean, so there are many diners. At this time, it was getting late, and the old couple who were supposed to close the stall saw the masked man coming, and skillfully lowered the wontons into the chicken soup that was still burning, floated up, fished out, sprinkled with egg strips and green onions, and the porcelain white wontons in the pottery bowl were particularly attractive.

The old woman handed the bowl to the masked man, motioned for him to eat it while it was hot, and looked at the masked man smiling kindly, for he was too old to hear clearly, and he did not speak much.

The old man who was cleaning up the stall dusted off the flour on his body, and called out to the old woman: "Come and help!" When the old woman heard this, she nodded at the masked man and smiled and went over to help, and the old man turned to the masked man again and lowered his voice and said, "Shichiro, your aunt is like that, and a few days ago she talked about our child who died young, if an adult should be as old as you." ”

The masked man Lu Qi hid his face in a place where the light was out of sight, and after pulling the wontons in two bites, he drank until there was a bowl left, and the old man laughed when he saw the polished bowl on the table: "Qilang can ask for another bowl, this half-old boy eats the poor old man, although you are an adult, you can eat more to be in good health." ”

The old couple seemed to place their father's love on the masked man Lu Qi, which was also the only pure land left in Lu Qi's heart after becoming a killer, as if every time he came here to eat a bowl of chicken soup wontons, he could wash his bloody hands and forget the killing that still continued.

"I probably won't come again, take care, second elder. After putting on the face towel, Lu Qi took out a heavy burden from his arms and put it on the board in front of the old man, muttered for a while, looked at the old couple sincerely and said, "You are really like my parents." "It's a pity that I can't serve you anymore.

The second half of the sentence was like a fish in his throat, feeling too sensational, Lu Qi couldn't say it, waved his hand at the second elder and left the wonton stall quickly, his heart was a warm current that he hadn't felt for a long time.

After this night he was free, and the gold and silver he had saved hoped would allow the good old couple to live in peace and toil no longer in their old age.

After the masked man left, the old man opened the bag and looked at it, and was startled by the flickering gold and silver light in it, and hurriedly covered it, and then looked at Lu Qi's almost disappeared back and burst into tears, this child is afraid that this is the last time he and his wife will see each other in this life.

At this time, in the alley opposite, two pairs of eyes stared at the burden in the old man's hand, and looked at each other, and the two went to the Taifu Mansion, and the other continued to follow the masked man who walked away.

Tonight is not destined to be peaceful.

At the time of the third watch, the husband had just beaten the bangzi, and the masked man appeared on time, and took Shi Xizai to the bamboo forest behind the broken temple, surrounded by weeds, and the bamboo was covered, but the movement in the temple could be seen in front of it, and the visitors from the mountain could be seen later, and the view was excellent, and it was not easy to be monitored and observed, and the masked man was an experienced person at a glance.

made sure that there was nothing unusual around, but the masked man seemed to have changed his temperament, his eyes were distant, revealing gentleness, which made Shi Xizai uncomfortable,

"Wen Yan, right? Oh, yes, you haven't won the crown yet. If Brother Qi is still alive, someone as elegant as him will definitely give you a good word. ”

Shi Xizai didn't have time to greet him, so he had to get straight to the point and said: "It seems that you have a lot of relationship with your father? ”

After a little silence, the masked man told the antecedents eloquently, talked about the integrity of the Qihe, talked about the persecution of the Qihe family by Jiang Taifu, and talked about the tragedy of the destruction of the five clans of the Yanhe, but did not talk about the fact that he was ashamed of him back then, did not talk about how he was given up by everyone, and how he became like this.

"You damn it!" Shi Xizai slammed his punch into the masked man's door, thinking that he would dodge it, but he actually received this punch directly, and the crisp sound of his nose bone breaking in the silent night was particularly clear.

"Why are you lying to me! Why are you letting me live in lies! What is the point of my life in order to do all these years of self-righteous revenge, to do things for the enemy......

With his red eyes wide open, Shi Xizai was like a splattered child, punching the ground one by one, roaring, questioning, until the blood on the fist mixed into the soil, until the hoarse voice was exhausted, the masked man wanted to say something but wanted to say something and stopped, there was a movement in the distance, and the masked man cleverly covered Shi Xizai's mouth and pressed him to the ground.

"Someone is coming. The masked man whispered.

Shi Xizai was struggling in his heart, how much he wanted to kill the person in front of him, the person who deceived him and destroyed him, but his life was indeed saved by this person, endless contradictions burned him, and the hidden weapon under his hand could be inserted into the heart of the person in front of him with a light touch.

"Rustle, rustle. ”

Shi Xizai couldn't afford to hesitate any longer, and with the subtle sound of the grass moving, a group of black-clothed people entered their sight. There are no candles, light steps, black clothes and black hats, and red silk is tied on the sleeves when you look closely.

"I didn't see it in the temple. "Not seen on the mountain. ”

There were already seven or eight people, and two more teams came from the direction of the broken temple and the mountain, reporting to the previous team of people who seemed to be the leader, and the leader couldn't see clearly and waved his hand, and the three teams spread out and searched the bamboo forest in a carpet manner.