The sun sets, the veins and glow pour over the river to cross the water and leap gold, and the nine crossings and nine curved caves reflect the heavy mountains, which is beautiful.

The Bird Magpie Bridge was paved with a layer of flame red, and few people lingered on both sides of the river, Yu Ziying walked alone along the bridge steps, carrying a table and chair taller than her in her left hand, and holding a banner in her right hand, walking more majestically than the tall strong man.

Along the way, there were too many strange glances, partly because of her mighty behavior that did not match her petite body, and partly because of the person who followed her all the way.

Since Yu Ziying came to Jiudu to set up a stall to tell fortunes, I don't know when there was a depressed and quiet tail behind her, whether she set up a stall, go back to the inn, go shopping, eat, read, sleep, he will always be near her like a shadow.

He didn't dare to go too far, and never bothered, but often hid in the shadows and watched her silently, like a sea of dry rocks.

- His behavior is an idiot in modern terms.

It is impossible not to know with Yu Ziying's perception, but she ignored it, as long as it doesn't disturb her, she generally doesn't care about other people's behavior.

At the end of September, Shi was summoned back to the Yu tribe by the patriarch of the Leng clan in advance, and Yu Ziying estimated that the time was about the same, so she ended this trip to Jiudu, after she finished setting up her stall, she did not return to the inn directly as usual, but prepared to leave Jiudu and return to the Yu tribe in other directions.

Perhaps sensing something, he appeared from the shadows in a panic and followed her behind.

Speaking of this idiot, it is none other than the beggar who took out a piece of gold in public to tell Yu Ziying's fortune.

In the past few days, he had freshened himself a little, and changed into a half-worn brown wood-colored shirt, and in the autumn sun, his body was thin to the bone, and his hair was still unkempt, but it was not as dirty and loose as before, and it was loosely tied with a rope.

One of his legs is a little sluggish, and he can't see it when he walks slowly, but when he walks fast or urgently, it becomes a limp.

Maybe because that face was too ugly and terrifying, or maybe because the eyes around him were too dazzling, he always habitually walked with his head down.

Sha, sha, sha, when he walks, because one leg doesn't use much force, the soles of his feet always drag the ground and rub a special sound.

Yu Ziying didn't seem to feel anything strange behind her at all, she usually went to the wooden shop, and stored the tools she used in his shop as before, and after paying the long-term rent, she headed in the direction of the ferry.

Jiudu's Qixiu Ferry, usually to and from Zeyu County to pick up passengers, the day is thin, this period is estimated to be the last trip to pick up passengers.

The willows on the shore were hanging green silk, and the boat had not yet docked, Yu Ziying felt the breeze slowly, so she leaned under the willow tree and waited quietly, at this time the gold beggar also hurried to catch up with her, but he just stood quietly, curled up on his shoulders, and did not say a word.

Didn't let Yu Ziying wait long, a Wu Peng boat broke through the water and staggered to the shore, the boatman saw that there were only two people on the shore, as soon as Yu Ziying got on the boat, the boatman pushed the bamboo hat and shouted to start the boat.

Because he saw that the other person looked like a homeless person, he was afraid that there was no fare, so the boatman had no intention of greeting him on the boat at all.

Watching the boat leave, the beggar, who had kept his head down, stood on the shore like a stone, silently, and the shade of the trees on the shore covered him, and he felt that a kind of solitary desolation was about to overwhelm him.

And Yu Ziying never looked back, she stood at the bow of the boat, her plain black robe bulging in the wind, and her eyes were far away.

"Poof", the sound of a suspected heavy object falling into the water suddenly sounded on the shore, and the boatman made a move, turned around and exclaimed: "Oops, why did that person dive?!" ”

Yu Ziying frowned slightly, but in an instant, she stretched out again, and she said, "Let's go." ”

The boatman glanced at Yu Ziying in surprise, and then turned around in place, seemingly hesitating, after all, he was not a cold-blooded person, it could not be seen that such a human life was broken in vain, but before he jumped into the water to save people, he found that a swarthy head floated on the surface of the water.

It turned out that the beggar was actually able to swim, and he was slowly swimming like a boat.

"Hey, this guy! It scared the old man in vain! The boatman snorted, but secretly sighed, too lazy to care about him anymore, this river to the other side of the river is not far away, since he dared to jump into the water, if it is not for the intention of seeking death, he must have the ability to swim over again, so the boatman continued to rock the boat.

"Girl, do you recognize that man?" From time to time, the boatman looked at the people who were struggling to chase in the cold river water, and he was puzzled in his heart, so he had nothing to do and asked.

Yu Ziying didn't answer, and the boatman thought that she didn't hear the wind, so she raised her voice and asked again, but she still didn't answer.

The boatman gave her a strange look, but quickly looked away.

The bow of the boat was windy, and the water splashed between the swaying of the boat, but this girl was as steady as a mountain bell, and she did not look like an ordinary person, and he was not easy to make trouble.

It's just that she didn't expect that when he gave up talking, she said coldly: "That face...... I don't know. ”

The boatman hurriedly turned his head, pushed the brim of his hat, and thought: This answer is a bit interesting, if you don't know it, you don't know it, why do you say that you don't know that face?

It's like a person asking, have you eaten? Another person said, buns, I didn't eat them.

So can this sentence also be understood as, you didn't eat the buns, but you may have eaten the steamed buns.

The boatman mechanically solicits customers back and forth every day, and when he is bored, he likes to make up some interesting things in his brain and pass the boring time for himself.

He thought, these two ...... There must be a relationship, such as love and hatred, national hatred and family hatred, sadomasochistic love, and wealthy resentment...... In short, the past of these two people definitely has a story, and his intuition is so capricious!

But...... He glanced at the man in the water who was as desolate as a white ghost and his face was as disfigured as a withered face, and shook his head with a sigh - it's a pity, I'm afraid that his current appearance is not worthy of this delicate little girl, no matter what he does, this girl will never look back.

After paying the fare, as soon as Yu Ziying went ashore, she heard the hesitant voice of the boatman: "Girl, girl? ”

Yu Ziying turned her head sideways: "What's the matter?" ”

The boatman shrunk his shoulders and said secretly: This girl is really indifferent.

The night was getting deeper, and the last ray of sunset was about to fade away, and the boatman glanced at the black shadow that was fluttering in the river not far away but gradually sinking weakly, and he said with a bitter face: "Trouble the girl to help the old man take a look at the boat, and the old man ......will come when he goes."

Yu Ziying's face sank when she heard this, and at that moment, there was a momentum that had experienced the battlefield of eternity, which made the boatman tremble, and she almost knelt down.

Mom, this girl is not only indifferent, but also terrifying!

"No need."

She glanced at the water, and in the next moment, a black shadow crossed the boatman's eyes like a line, and her body swept across the water like a flying harrier, and with a wave of her hand, a filament wrapped around the man, and with a tug of her wrist, she pulled the person back to the shore with a "snap".

She didn't care about the man who had fallen to the ground, she withdrew the spider silk, and stepped forward with her hands folded in her sleeves.

The beggar had just choked on the water, and was now lying on the ground coughing red, and when he saw that she was leaving, he struggled to get up on the ground despite the discomfort of his body, and then stumbled all the way up with the water.

The boatman watched in amazement as the two of them departed.

When night came, the desert with sand dunes and red rocks, a huge moon hung high overhead, and except for the faint sound of the wind blowing through the sand, only a desert was ruthlessly lonely.

A black-clothed snow face walked slowly in the desert, the wilderness environment did not make her hesitate, but she was relaxed and relaxed, the sand wolves on the sand dunes opened a pair of cold green eyes, but none of them dared to move rashly, even if she was followed by a wet figure that felt weak, they still did not dare to move.

Judging by the animals' intuition, they felt the power of the silent declaration of the human being.

Ha...... Ha...... Ha......

I don't know whether it was water or tears that fell into the beggar's eyelids, he blinked his eyelashes, and his black and white eyes, which were different from the ugly appearance, narrowed a little weakly and tiredly, and he pinched his neck and panted, and his hands and feet were so sore that they didn't seem to be his own.

But he still followed behind Yu Ziying step by step and firmly.

He walked very slowly, strangely not fast as the people in front of him, so they walked at a strange speed of turtle crawling.

In the middle of the night, they walked through the desert and walked all the way into a pine needle forest, the wind blew from the peak of Mumo Mountain, with the cold wind of snow and snow, the sound of pine waves in the forest, the mottled shadows of the trees, and the figure of the black cloth and snow face still walked indifferently like an eternal traveler.

Behind him, the footsteps of a swaying figure became heavier and heavier, and the breath became heavier and heavier, and even a long blood mark dragged behind him.

He didn't have shoes on his feet, and the straw sandals had long been lost in the Jiudu River.

After getting up from the river for so long, he was still soaked, and every inch of his skin seemed to be cut by an ice blade in the night wind, but he followed her quietly and reverently as if he didn't know the pain.

Listening to the sound of clothes rubbing and stumbling behind her, I don't know if it was because of the night, or because the atmosphere was getting more and more silent, Yu Ziying's face was gradually covered with a layer of haze, the corners of her mouth were tightened, and she walked indifferently.

At the edge of the woods, at last his body fell apart like a rotten railing, he couldn't bear it, and he fell to the ground with a "bang", his eyelids trembled, his lips turned pale, and he didn't even have the strength to move a finger.

"Don't ...... Don't leave...... No...... Don't go ......"

He was babbling nonsense, his eyes were almost blurred with sweat, and his excessive strength was now all turned into a tsunami-like black tide that wanted to drag him into the abyss, and he had been desperately resisting because his wish had not been fulfilled.

At this moment, he was blocked by darkness in front of him, and the wind was wafting with a breath that made him lose his spirit, and he blinked his wet eyelashes and slowly raised his head.

He thought that she would ignore his existence along the way and leave him like this at this time, but ...... But she didn't go, but turned around, and now stood in front of him like he had dreamed.

He looked up, the moonlight faithfully illuminated everything in front of him, and he saw her condescendingly.

"You're not good anymore." Her voice was cold and cold, like a plain statement, but without any malice or sarcasm, but also without any worry or tenderness.

He tugged at the corners of his mouth, but he wasn't sad, he just reached out with difficulty, squirmed his fingertips, tugged at the hem of her clothes, and then tightened it little by little, without saying a word, but telling her with his actions - he wouldn't let go.

"Let it go."

"I'm sorry ......"

He hung his head apologetically...... I'm sorry, but I don't want to let go even if it annoys you.

Yu Ziying tightened his jaw suddenly, his dark eyes were like a pool of water, and he was about to turn around, but he heard him speak again.

"I—I want to tell fortunes......"

He lifted his chest, hurriedly took a piece of gold from his pocket, held it, and spread it out in front of her.

Yu Ziying skipped the gold and stared at him quietly for a long time, and finally his calm face showed a sarcastic and cold expression: "What do you want to count?" ”

His eyes tingled with her perceptive gaze, and he lowered his eyes in a coy, "......"

Silence spread between the two of them.

"I can't count your life." Yu Ziying waved away his tightly held hand and said lightly.

"No...... Don't go, be a slave or a servant, I am willing. ”

He continued to crawl to her feet, trying to reach out and pull her, but the next moment Yu Ziying grabbed one of his arms, and pulled him up half of his body with a rude and indisputable anger.

"Slave or servant?" Yu Ziying stared at him darkly, and sneered: "How many people want to be free, but you don't feel comfortable living anymore." ”

He was stunned for a moment, and looked at Yu Ziying in a daze, he saw that in her eyes, there was no disgust and disgust for her ugly face, but only an impenetrable depth and ...... Forbear.

What is she putting up with? The beggar was puzzled.

"I'm not free......," he shook his head, and at last it turned into a deep anguish: "I'm guilty, so I'd rather be imprisoned, at least so that I can be freed temporarily." ”

Yu Ziying was stunned when she heard this, and was silent for a long time.

"If that's your wish...... Well, I'll fulfill you. ”

After Yu Ziying said this, he stunned him with a palm.

When the beggar woke up again, he panicked until he found that Yu Ziying had not left, but was sleeping against a stone in the desert.

Next, the two of them continued to walk on foot as before, but the difference was that every night he would be dizzy by Yu Ziying, and in his sleep, he could always feel a reassuring warm current warming his broken body in his body.

In his dreams, he had no peace of mind and warmth that he had never felt before, but when he woke up the next day, he was always a cold body.

On the fifth day, they finally bid farewell to the vast and lonely wilderness, and came to a trading town near the Yuan Kingdom.

After traveling for several days, not eating and sleeping well, the beggar thought that Yu Ziying would leave him alone to find an inn to rest and freshen up, but he didn't expect that the first thing she did when she entered the city was to take him to a ready-to-wear store.

The owner of the ready-to-wear store smiled when he saw Yu Ziying, and enthusiastically introduced her to all kinds of the latest styles of clothes, but Yu Ziying refused, directly pulled the beggar into the store, pointed at him and said, "Help him take care of it and change his clothes." ”

The shopkeeper looked at the beggar who rolled out of the mud, covered his nose with one hand, and hurriedly said angrily: "This, what kind of person is this, get out quickly, get out, we are selling high-end clothes here, if it gets dirty, you can't afford to pay for it!" ”

The beggar stood there with an indifferent expression, not hiding or dodging, like a stone tablet.

Yu Ziying took out a silver ingot and slapped it on the table with a "snap", making a loud noise, which frightened the store's voice "Ah" in vain.

He turned his head stiffly, looking at Yu Ziying staring at him coldly, the straight black pupils were particularly terrifying, and when he saw that the white and tender little palm was removed, the silver cake that was flattened and embedded into the table was even more shocked.

"Is this ingot enough?"

When the shopkeeper heard Yu Ziying's voice as cold as death, the whole person burst into tears: "Enough...... That's enough. ”

The shopkeeper immediately summoned two servants to pull the beggar into the inner courtyard, and after he trembled and asked Yu Ziying to stay for a while, his legs were weak and his mind was dizzy.

He would rather do the work of a subordinate than face the living Yama in front of him alone!

Yu Ziying sat up straight, sat in the private room and drank a whole pot of tea, and then the shopkeeper brought the beggar out.

Yu Ziying raised his eyes to see, he must have cleaned him, as soon as he came out, there was a soapy fragrance, his hair was still half wet, he was wearing a clean and warm green thin jacket, the sleeves and placket were embroidered with brown branches, and his hair was combed back very neatly, so he completely exposed the scarred face.

The shopkeepers didn't want to see his grimace, of course, they didn't want to see Yu Ziying, the evil god, so as soon as the shopkeeper came out with the beggars, he bowed and invited them out as if he were inviting a god, and then he didn't care about doing business, so he snapped the door shut.

The beggar standing at the door was a little at a loss, mainly because Yu Ziying's gaze had been staring at him since he came out.

His eyes moved, and he lowered his head to avoid her gaze, but he was a little reluctant, as if masochistic, he stiffened his neck and let her watch until his forehead was covered with sweat, and his hands and feet were numb from excessive force.

At this time, Yu Ziying looked away, she let him stand there, and saw a small stall next to him selling all kinds of masks and lanterns, she glanced at it, put down a bare silver, and picked out a bronze mask with a smooth lacquer surface and handed it to him.

"What's your name?"

The beggar was a little flattered and took the mask and put it on, and was stunned: "Please give the master a name." ”

"I'm not your master!"

As if angered by the word "master", Yu Ziying glared at him, but when he met his eyes, he quickly moved his eyes away, and his voice was a little awkward.

He immediately remarked, "I don't have a name." ”

Hmph, no name! What a nameless! Even the surname of the ancestor can be forgotten!

Yu Ziying sank his breath, a light crossed his eyes, his eyes circled around him, and he said, "Mu Yao, this will be your word in the future." ”

Mu Yao?

The beggar couldn't figure out what the name meant, but as long as it was taken by Yu Ziying, she had no objection, and nodded obediently.

Yu Ziying took him a few steps, glancing at his feet, because that family specializes in high-end clothing, and there are no shoes for sale, so he is still barefoot.

Because after washing, the skin color of the feet exposed to the air was a little dazzling in the sun, so it seemed that the open wounds on the feet were shocking.

Yu Ziying didn't say anything, but then took him directly to a medical center, Yu Ziying called the doctor to give medicine to his feet, and then went out alone.

When Mu Yao saw her go, his heart was anxious and painful for a while, but he didn't dare to ask her where she was going, waiting left and right, his eyes kept staring at the direction of the door, and when he was so anxious that he wanted to go directly to the ground regardless of his foot injury, Yu Ziying came back.

Seeing that his feet had been bandaged, she threw him a bag of things, and Mu Yao opened it suspiciously, but it was a pair of brand-new cloth shoes.

He was a little stunned holding the cloth shoes, and couldn't take his eyes off it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but tremble in his voice, and asked with red eyes: "Can I ask, ...... Why are you being so nice to me? ”

Yu Ziying pursed her lips and turned around, without speaking, and walked towards the door.

Hearing the sound of footsteps behind her, she stopped, and said, "If you don't regret it and insist on refusing to leave, then you will be my prisoner in the future, you ...... There will be no more freedom. ”

Mu Yao was shocked when he heard this, and looked at the indifferent and straight back that stopped with complexity and surprise.

Why did she say that, did she perceive something...... Still is......

------Off topic------

The holy lord is pretending to be miserable, and the heroine is pretending to be ruthless.

Heroine: Forget the past and the past, I promise you...... I am free and easy.

Holy Lord: Unforgettable, you are ...... Where is not free.