At the time of unitary, the desolate earth was gradually shrouded in darkness. The villagers, who were still busy working in the fields, were all carrying farm tools, holding oxen, and watching the smoke in the village march slowly.

The clouds on the horizon stained with the afterglow of the setting sun came up one after another, until they died.

The middle-aged man who returned home with a hoe looked at the smoke of the old man's house at the head of the village. He waved his hand and motioned for the villagers to go back first.

The man walked up to the old man's door and knocked tentatively.

The old man opened the door half-open, and when he saw that it was him, he hurriedly welcomed him in and smiled slowly.

"Yo, it's you! What's the matter? ”

"Nothing. When I carried you back at noon, I forgot that you hadn't eaten yet! The man put down his hoe and said with a smile, "I'm done with this farm work, I want to see how you old man is doing." ”

"Haha! Don't worry, old man, I'm very tough! The old man laughed, and the wrinkles on his face looked like a dragon.

Regarding the appearance of the old man, the man himself is not very clear, but if he really thinks about it, he can also know the time when the old man came here.

But the old man's past, he didn't know anything about it.

In the twenty-ninth year of Emperor Mourning, this old guy appeared in the village with a broken cane.

He was the first to discover the old fellow.

Because at that time, the old guy fainted in front of his house. He hurried up to help.

The old man coughed and screamed for water. The man put the water into his mouth little by little. When the old guy had recovered his strength, he began to talk nonsense.

The man could not understand the language he spoke, so he could only feed him and put him to sleep on his bed. The whining and low roar in his mouth was like the technique used by the Indian people in the Northern Regions for divination of celestial phenomena. This is also the speech of an Indian chief envoy who happened to watch the sacrificial scene in the imperial city.

Later, the old man's body gradually healed, and he also remembered the language of Youya, and from his voice, Luo Yin's accent could be clearly heard.

The old man began to build a hut on his own at the head of the village. When he came home from his farm work, he heard about it. He dropped his hoe and wanted to help, but he never thought that the seemingly thin old man had already completed the construction of the thatched house.

Until the other day.

He overheard the old man mingling in the ranks of the homeless, his eyes like torches. It's like a lion looking for prey.

He froze, he never thought that the old man had such terrible eyes, and he once again considered whether he had saved him wrongly.

It was to kill him and take away the square box with gold thread. Or continue to observe? This may bury oneself in the grave......

He chose to kill him.

Man's greed has no beginning or end. When you have food, you fantasize about having no worries about food and clothing. When there is no shortage of food, they will have the luxury of marrying a wife and having children.

He, no less.

"Don't rush back! I've already cooked my meal. Look at you, at such an old age, you don't think about asking for a daughter-in-law. The old man said as he served the meal.

"Alas! Old man, I also want to marry a daughter-in-law so that I can do farm work and support my family with peace of mind! But the current situation is compelling! I'm such a poor ghost, who would want to follow me. The man sighed and gently slammed the wooden table. His gaze rested on the box resting in the board.

The old man smiled, handed the man a pair of chopsticks, and picked up the food first.

"Old man, you say? Are we farmers worthy of doing this kind of rough work, and never want to turn over and become that rich man? The man took the chopsticks, but did not move.

"Alas! When I was young, I used to fantasize about going to the exam to gain fame, be a half-official, and be able to worry about food and clothing! The old man pulled the rice and muttered, "But later, I realized that this is not realistic!" I went to join the army, to be a pawn who would die at any moment. But I was lucky, and in the end, I survived. ”

"Old man...... I don't have any money to live on. The man interrupted him, "You know, old man, I may not survive this winter......"

"I know, I know."

"None of us will survive, old man." The man's empty left hand slowly clenched the hoe beside him, "Old man, I don't want to die yet." ”

"I know...... I know. The old man still said so.

The man suddenly put down his chopsticks, and his right hand violently overturned the wooden table. The worn-out porcelain bowl shattered to the ground, and the food was mixed with filthy dirt and turned black and dusty.

He suddenly stood up and raised his hoe. At this time, he didn't notice the old man's straight body and the ...... Gradually bulging muscles.

"Old man! I want to live! I don't want to die yet! The man's eyes were red, and he slammed the hoe down, "Give me that box!" ”

"Oh, look at you, all this rice is spilled! I can't eat it! The old man smiled lightly, "And this porcelain bowl can't be used either!" ”

"And you, you can't use it anymore." His voice changed suddenly, like the low roar of an angry lion.

The hoe fell, but the old man was unharmed, and he only pinched a thin chopstick in his hand.

"Why didn't you die! Why didn't you die! You deserved to die! The man lifted his hoe again and slammed it on the top of the old man's head.

But at this time, he suddenly found an old man who was much shorter than himself. At this time, he was more than six inches taller than him, and his originally shriveled body was also bulging and sweating at the moment.

In just an instant, the wooden chopsticks in the old man's hand pierced the man's head.

"I didn't mean to kill."

The old man burned the hut and the man's body. The bulging muscles no longer relaxed, but gradually increased.

"Tiger ...... I've already done it. ”

When the boy wakes up, he finds himself on a very hard bed.

"This ...... Where is this? ”

"Are you Qin Gou'er?" Nearby, a slightly old voice sounded.

The young man was stunned for a moment, and found a long-haired old man looking at him with a smile. He couldn't help but be alert.

"You...... Who are you? ”

"Yo, I forgot." The old man stroked his long hair, "I am a patient in this village, called Xu Ji." Didn't scare you, kid. ”

The boy sat up slightly relaxed, his whole body aching as if it were falling apart.

"Uncle Xu!" He said, "What did you just call me?" ”

"What are you called? Oh, aren't you called Qin Gou'er? Xu Ji paused slightly, "That girl named Qin Yinruo is from our village." That day, I saw the two of you running out of the back door of Yan Lingjue's mansion in the market. ”

"Qin Yinruo?"

"yes, I thought you were going to do something bad again! I thought to myself, this young man, what a lot of energy! Xu Ji smiled and busily worked on the decoction in his hand, "After that, when that naughty little girl came back to the village and came to me, I also gave her a hard lecture." She just stood there and smirked, and said that she was to blame the Qin dog. ”

"As soon as I heard that this Qin Gou'er was a living person, I became interested, so I went to ask the girl who Qin Gou'er was?" Xu Ji turned the medicine over and continued, "She said that Qin Gou'er is her newly adopted brother, and the name Gou'er was also chosen by her. ”

After that, he scratched the itch with his empty hand, but he couldn't reach it, and the medicine in the pot was almost smashed by him, which startled him.

The young man looked at him, approached the old man, and tentatively scratched his back.

"That's right! That's it! Oops, that's so comfortable! The old man laughed, "This man is old, he just can't do it!" It's so hard to even scratch it! ”

"Uncle Xu," said the young man, "I'm not called Qin Gou'er. ”

"And what's your name?" Xu Ji hurriedly asked.

"I don't have a name."

"How can you do without a name! Where's your mom and dad? ”

"They're all dead." The young man gently gave Xu Ji a blow on his back to make him more comfortable with the decoction.

"All dead? Alas, the hard-working child ......" Xu Ji coughed and touched the young man's head, "Child, Yinruo's girl is not a bad child, she gave you such a name, and she really wants to recognize you as a younger brother." ”

"I understand."

"If only you could understand!"

"By the way, uncle, she ...... What about people? ”

Xu Ji was stunned for a moment, and asked the young man rhetorically, "Aren't you with her?" Why don't you even know where she goes? She hadn't been back for days, and I was a little worried about what had happened to her. ”

The young man saw that Xu Ji's mood was a little fluctuating, so he stepped forward to comfort, "Uncle, don't worry about her." After I parted with her that day, she said I wasn't coming back, and I went to find my master. ”

"Really? That's good, that's good! Live well! If there is no life, then there is really nothing! ”

The young man laughed with him, but looked at the sturdy man who was doing farm work outside the door. He muttered in his heart, this is also a strong man for others. If Uncle Xu knew what this guy was about, I am afraid that he would have to beat this man with a spatula even if he tried his best.