Cheng Zihao still remembers the scene when he first met Chen Linqi in the autumn many years ago.

At that time, Cheng Zihao was not a big catcher in Linxi City, but just through the relationship of his family, he made up a vacancy in Linxi County.

At that time, Chen Linci was very thin and short, standing in the middle of the crowd, like an inconspicuous little bit, but no matter how those people bullied him, he never lowered his head, stubborn like a small tree that will never fall.

Cheng Zihao looked at this tattered little guy and saw something very firm in his clear eyes, so he pulled out the saber on his waist and rushed up to scare away the group of thugs and save Chen Linci.

That year, he was seventeen years old and he was six years old, and there was a gap of eleven years between the two, but I don't know why, Cheng Zihao felt pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at Chen Linci.

So he squatted down, wiped the mud from Chen Linci's face, and asked softly, "Little guy, why did they beat you?" ”

Chen Linci was silent for a moment, then took out a tightly wrapped baked cake from his arms, showed it to Cheng Zihao, and then vigilantly put it back into his arms.

Cheng Zihao smiled and said, "What's the matter, I saved you kid, don't you just say thank you, are you still afraid that I won't be able to rob you of this piece of baked cake?"

Chen Linci was stunned for a moment, looked at Cheng Zihao for a while, and felt that this big brother in official uniform really didn't look like a bad person, so he squeezed out a smile and said thank you bluntly.

Cheng Zihao stood up, patted the dust on his pants, and said, "Boy, what's your name?"

Chen Linci said lightly: "My surname is Chen. ”

I didn't expect this kid to be so defensive about others, Cheng Zihao shook his head, and then said: "Boy, my name is Cheng Zihao, I am an errand boy in the Yamen of Linxi County, and if I encounter this kind of thing in the future, remember to come to the Yamen to find me." ”

Chen Linci was not moved, but asked directly: "Why are you helping me?"

"Huh?" Cheng Zihao didn't expect Chen Linci to ask such a question, and said dumbfoundedly: "I'll help you, do you need any more reasons?"

"Absolutely. Chen Linci said calmly: "You and I are not related, and you are not acquaintances, and you have never crossed paths, and it is difficult not to doubt your motives when you suddenly came out to help me." ”

Cheng Zihao was a little angry, and said unhappily: "Do you think there is anything on you that is worth my coveting?"

Chen Linci thought about it for a long time, and found that it was indeed not, so he let down his guard a little, looked at Cheng Zihao and said seriously: "Please give me a reason." ”

Cheng Zihao laughed angrily and said, "If you really need a reason, it should be my clothes." ”

Chen Linci nodded, as if he recognized Cheng Zihao's reason, and then said with a smile: "Thank you, my name is Chen Linci." ”

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Cheng Zihao was a little angry, but also felt a little funny, he looked at the lonely figure of the young man in the distance, and didn't understand what this kid had in his head, why he was so wary of this world at a young age.

But it was only a small episode in his life after all, and he didn't take it to heart.

Since that separation, Cheng Zihao has not seen Chen again for a long time

Speech.

When I saw Chen Linci again, it was already two years later.

That year, Cheng Zihao was nineteen years old, and Chen Linci was eight years old.

He has made a lot of contributions in the Linxi County Yali, the previous Xing Zhutou is about to be promoted, the county magistrate wants to train him to become the next head catcher in Linxi City, he is like a rising star, shining in Linxi City, everyone envies him for his youth and promising, and many people are scolding him, because no one is not optimistic about his future.

On the second day of taking up the post of head catcher, he set up a banquet in the best Yuelai restaurant in Linxi City, and invited the county magistrate and a group of masters to celebrate his ascension.

At this time, Chen Linci, although he still looks so thin and weak on the outside, but in fact, after the tempering of the meteorite on his chest, he already has a certain strength, unlike the last time Cheng Zihao met him, this time, he beat seven or eight big men to lie on the ground and roll.

Cheng Zihao was a little drunk, and after watching it for a long time, he always felt that this young man was a little familiar, so he rubbed his eyes, stopped the arrest that was going up to arrest people, and asked curiously: "Young man, have I met you?"

Chen Linci looked at this catcher who had saved him two years ago, and said with a smile: "Cheng catch, you once saved me." ”

Cheng Zihao suddenly realized, and overlapped the eyes of the young man in front of him who looked a lot taller with the pair of eyes he saw two years ago.

"It's been two years, why are you still fighting. Cheng Zihao asked solemnly.

"They always like to come and take my stuff, and I don't want to give it to them, so naturally there will be a fight. Chen Linci's answer was a matter of course.

"Bold boy, how can you talk to us Cheng Zhutou?" a young man who had obviously just entered the yamen picked up the chain and was about to rush forward.

Cheng Zihao stretched out his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "This is my little brother, leave today's matter to me to deal with, you guys go back first, and we'll see you at the yamen tomorrow." ”

Cheng Zhutou's words have all been said to this part, naturally no guy is nosy without opening his eyes, so soon everyone dispersed, and Cheng Zihao walked forward and said with a smile: "I told you, if this kind of thing happens again, come to the yamen to find me, why don't you come?"

Chen Linci smiled and said honestly: "You are an official, I am a common person, we are not people of the same world, I don't want to cause you trouble." ”

Cheng Zihao patted Chen Linci's shoulder and said solemnly: "What are you talking about, if you don't make decisions for the people, then what's the point of being an official?"

Chen Linci was stunned when he heard this, looked at Cheng Zihao's eyes for a long time, and found that he really didn't look like he was lying to himself, so he smiled and said: "Now in this world, there are not many people as stupid as you. ”

Cheng Zihao said embarrassedly: "You guy, you really can't chat." ”

Cheng Zihao didn't get angry because of Chen Linci's words, because he knew that this guy who seemed to be a stranger to others had already opened the door for himself from the moment he could joke with himself.

Cheng Zihao continued to ask: "Don't you kid have a place to live?

Chen Linci said in a deep voice

"I live in that dilapidated Taoist temple in the wild suburbs outside the city, and I was brought up by my master since I was a child. ”

"A Taoist temple in the suburbs outside the city?" Cheng Zihao became interested and said, "Could it be that your master is the black-hearted old Taoist priest?"

Chen Linci smiled and said, "I prefer to call him an old drunkard than the name of a black-hearted old Taoist. ”

That night, nineteen-year-old Cheng Zihao and eight-year-old Chen Linci chatted for a long time, it was the first time that Chen Linci had chatted with someone other than the drunkard old Taoist priest for so long, and he was very happy, because he finally had his first friend in this world. Cheng Zihao was also very happy, because this little guy who looked very indifferent seemed to have a very good impression of himself.

Since that day, the relationship between the two has become closer, after Chen Linci's strength became stronger and stronger, he began to mix with those people in the underworld of Linxi City to seek a reward, Cheng Zihao's catchers knew his relationship with the above, and they would turn a blind eye to many things, until that year, the three major gangs in Linxi City, because of the death of the old gang leader of the Xingchen Gang, set off a huge storm.

The three major gangs were merged, and the Xingchen Gang even invited the cultivators of the Ye family of Tianxuan County to come to help, but they were forced to fight a draw by the young Chen Linci, which shocked the entire Linxi City.

So not only the Sky Gang and Qiankun Gate, but even the county yamen sent Cheng Zihao to extend an olive branch.

However, when the old Taoist priest heard about this, he was furious, scolded Chen Linci severely, and strictly forbade him to join any of the forces, so the two major gangs and the yamen had no choice but to give up.

Later, the old Taoist priest may have drunk too much wine and occasionally died of a cold. In Yuelai Restaurant, Cheng Zihao also tried to keep Chen Linci, but he didn't expect that Chen Lin's resignation had been decided, so Cheng Zihao had no choice but to give up.

In the year that Chen Linci left Linxi City, Cheng Zihao encountered a lot of things, first the Taoist temple was destroyed by a sword, Cheng Zihao went to stop it, but was seriously injured by the hateful old guy riding a black donkey, Cheng Zihao was angry at the time, and then he was relieved, because the matter of Master Yang Xiudao's soul returning to the sea of stars soon spread throughout the Great Chu Kingdom, Cheng Zihao only then knew that the old guy was actually the little uncle of Qingyang Palace, Hu Chunsen, and he was not ashamed to lose in the hands of a master of the Tianshu realm.

Later, Cheng Zihao received an appointment from the imperial court and went to Yingtiancheng as a halberd, Cheng Zihao was naturally very happy, and when he packed his bags and started to set off, he also looked back at the city wall of Linxi City, looked at the county magistrates and colleagues who were so kind to him, and looked at the people who came to see him off, and he was still thinking that when he settled down in Yingtiancheng, he was going to find out the whereabouts of Chen Linci, I don't know how that kid is mixed up now.

What happened later made Cheng Zihao refresh his cognition again and again.

After being invited by His Royal Highness the Great Prince to go up to the city tower to chat, and after entering the Qingwang Mansion a few days later to see his longing little brother, he knew that the little guy who was bullied by a group of people back then and had to rely on his own help had now grown into such a powerful big man.

Cheng Zihao was sincerely happy for his little brother Chen Linci, but he was also a little sour.

Your kid is like a dragon soaring for nine days, leaving the small pool of Linxi City and entering the sea set off a monstrous wave, but unfortunately I can only be a little loach, and life and death are in the hands of others.