This is an abandoned yard, the courtyard walls have collapsed, the broken bricks and tiles can not meet the needs of shelter from the wind and rain, a group of children snuggled up to each other, curled up in the corner, even if the sun in the sky has been enthusiastic, erupting in his own heat, this group of children still feel the extreme cold in the world, not the weather, but the human heart.

They are dressed in tattered clothes, unkempt, although they are able-bodied, but they are still abandoned, forced to become beggars, some children are the children of Qinglou women, and some children hide the unspeakable secrets of those ugly wealthy families, such as the illegitimate son of a certain marquis and a slave, such children are not recognized, even if they have the blood of a wealthy family, they will be ruthlessly abandoned, and there are various reasons that cause this group of children to become beggars at a young age.

Walking on the street, they have to bear strange eyes, and those glamorous young ladies are afraid to avoid them when they see them, as if they are going to be stained with bad luck.

Cao Chun turned around and asked the little boy named Ah Yan, "Do you live here?" ”

Ah Yan hugged his sister and nodded: "Yes, son, we will live here." ”

Those children saw the pastry in Brother Ayan's hand, exuding an alluring aroma, everyone's eyes were glowing green, like a group of skinny wolves, if they hadn't seen the sword on the waist of Xiang Xu and Cao Chun, they would have rushed up immediately.

Ah Yan took the initiative to share all the food with them, and on the way back, Ah Yan could obviously take this opportunity to eat more, but he said that he gave his share to his sister, and he didn't eat a bite, although he was hungry, but he still endured it and distributed all the food to everyone, but he didn't keep it.

It seems that Ah Yan has a high prestige among this group of children, this group of children are obediently queuing up to receive food, everyone is drooling and looking forward to it, Ah Yan is also very fair, everyone has a similar share, and the people who get the food begin to gobble up, and the scum that falls on the ground has to be picked up, and even the dust is stuffed into the mouth.

Ah Yan finished dividing the food, touched his stomach, watched them gulp down the pastries, and secretly drooled, in fact, he was not greedy, but as the eldest brother in this group of children, he had to do this, if they didn't unite, they might have starved to death.

Cao Chun couldn't help but glance at Ah Yan when he saw that Ah Yan didn't leave it for himself, and he asked, "Why don't you leave it for yourself?" ”

Ah Yan said helplessly: "I can still go out to carry things for those adults and eat with food, they can't do it, some of them can't see, some of their legs are broken, I can't grab something to eat with them." ”

In the blink of an eye, this group of children had already swallowed all the pastries, but there were twenty or thirty of these children, and no matter how much pastries and food Cao Chun and Xiang Xu bought, they were not enough, and when this group of children was full, they stared at Ah Yan with innocent eyes.

Ah Yan knew that this did not mean that they were not full, they had never eaten enough, so they were asking who were the two sons with swords and expensive clothes, because each of them had been beaten with horsewhips and expelled with sharp swords by those evil slaves, and they felt frightened in their hearts, and they did not even dare to speak.

After all, Cao Chun understands these people better than Xiang Xu, but he hasn't dealt with it either, he scratched his head and asked, "Have you not eaten enough?" ”

No one answered him, or didn't dare to answer, didn't dare to speak, in their cognition, these sons of Luoyang City were all characters who could not be offended, even if you just passed by him, they would curse you for smelling too much, and they would let those evil slaves drive them away with horsewhips.

It was impossible to ask them, Cao Chun asked Ah Yan: "Is it the meaning of not having enough to eat?" ”

Ah Yan nodded, he already understood that the two sons who could treat their sister so gently and were not angry when their clothes were dirty, but they were very good people, and he didn't know what to use to describe them, in short, he had already planted a seed in his heart, if I became a big man in the future, I would also learn from these two sons.

Cao Chun said: "Then say it early, I'll just buy more." ”

Xiang Xu had already turned his head and left, and Cao Chun hurriedly grabbed him: "Why are you going?"

Xiang Xu replied: "Go buy food." ”

Cao Chun: "Then you wait for me, you can't take it alone." ”

Cao Chun has already discovered that the cold character he tried his best to maintain has long been gone in front of Xiang Xu, this thing is really cold, but the heart is really hot,.

Cao Chun turned back to Ah Yan and said, "Ah Yan, you call a normal child and come with us." ”

Ah Yan was taken aback: "Huh? ”

"Ahh

Ah Yan put down his sister and handed it to a girl, and said embarrassedly: "This, Childe, you have given us a lot of food, we really appreciate you, but we can't ask you for so many things for nothing." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and keep up, the eighth brother is going to disappear, but he doesn't know the way."

Cao Chun and Xiang Xu walked in front, the children tiptoed, following behind as if walking on thin ice, and the pedestrians on the road looked at this strange scene strangely, and at a glance they knew that they were two noble sons, followed by a group of stinky beggars, this combination was too strange.

Not only that, these two noble sons bought food, and even handed it to the beggars behind, and after a while, those beggars were carrying all kinds of food in their hands, and everyone was smiling, and they cast contemptuous eyes, how could the noble son be with the beggars! It's really humiliating.

Cao Chun and Xiang Xu didn't care about these eyes, but the children were like thorns in their backs, they didn't dare to raise their heads up, and they didn't dare to speak loudly, although the smile on their faces couldn't be hidden, but they didn't dare to laugh out loud, so they walked with their heads down.

It wasn't until Cao Chun shook his money bag and there was no more child that they returned the same way, and Cao Chun didn't know that he needed so much money to come out this time, so he took the money bag and came out, but the food he bought should be enough.

Back in the dilapidated small courtyard, all the children crowded up, and the little black faces bloomed with bright smiles, even Xiang Xu, who was as cold as an iceberg, couldn't help laughing, and a little tiger tooth was exposed outside, not at all like the cold boy just now.

Cao Chun was taken aback: "Wow, you can still laugh!" I just knew you were going to laugh! ”

Xiang Xu immediately restrained his smile and said coldly: "Shut up." ”

Cao Chun knew that his swordsmanship was not comparable to Xiang Xu's, so he didn't dare to be too presumptuous, so he listened to the children's thanks, and hugged his arms proudly.

"Thank you, Childe."

"Childe is such a good person."

……

These words of praise were also practiced when they were begging, but every sentence was sincere and heartfelt, and Cao Chun was a little fluttering when he heard it.

Ah Yan was finally willing to leave some food for himself, but he didn't gobble it up like other children, on the contrary, he ate very carefully, although he is now unkempt and looks like a beggar, but if he changes his clothes and takes care of his makeup, this etiquette is exactly the same as that of a professionally educated son.

Ah Yan said while eating: "I haven't asked the names of the two sons yet, today's kindness, I Ah Yan keep it in mind, and he will repay it one day." ”

Cao Chun waved his hand with a big grin: "There is no need to repay him, you want to thank this guy who can't laugh, he is ranked eighth, eighth!" Just call him the eighth brother. ”

Cao Chun deliberately emphasized that Xiang Xu was ranked eighth, and there was no other meaning, just because he was not as good as Xiang Xu in terms of martial arts and appearance, but he was ranked higher than Xiang Xu, which was what he was proud of.

Ah Yan immediately knelt on the ground: "Thank you for the grace of the Seventh Master and the Eighth Master for giving food today, he will repay him by the spring one day, if there is a place to get Ah Yan, please ask the Seventh Master and the Eighth Master to drive, even if it is a sea of swords and fires, he will never give up!" ”

The children who were all eating also ran over and knelt on the ground, and Xiang Xu and Cao Chun were a little overwhelmed.

Cao Chun helped Ah Yan up and shouted again: "You all get up, I don't like others to kneel on me, get up." He asked Ah Yan again, "How do you know that I am ranked seventh?" ”

Ah Yan replied: "I see that you are the same age as the eighth master, and you are ...... And you also deliberately emphasized that the eighth master is ranked eighth, then you are likely to be the seventh master. ”

Cao Chun suddenly realized: "Well, you are really smart, and judging from your etiquette just now, you are definitely not an ordinary beggar." ”

Ah Yan was about to explain, but he heard a pig-like laugh outside the collapsed courtyard wall, which was particularly harsh, and at first glance, a valuable carriage was parked outside the courtyard wall, and the guards lined up in a neat queue, trotting all the way to the vicinity of the carriage.

"Hahaha, a sinister seed born of a lowly embryo, I didn't expect you to be alive!"

A gray-clothed servant fell to his knees by the carriage, and a bloated noblewoman stepped on the back of the gray-clothed servant, followed by a young man with a disdainful face.

It was the eldest princess of Yang'an and the little marquis who I just saw.

Cao Chun muttered, "Why are they here?" But the movement was not slow, he pulled Xiang Xu and asked him to salute with him, but Xiang Xu refused to kneel.

"I've seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, little marquis."

The eldest princess of Yang'an glanced at Cao Chun: "This palace has some impressions of you, you are the Cao family, right?" ”

"Exactly."

The eldest princess of Yang'an said with disdain: "After the eunuchs, no wonder they are mixed with beggars." ”

Cao Chun dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, he stood up and patted his knee, then stepped aside, blocking Xiang Xu behind him, because Xiang Xu didn't salute, and if this sour and mean woman saw it, it would be troublesome.

Her Royal Highness the graceful and luxurious eldest princess walked in front of the children, he didn't look at other children in his eyes, he just looked at Ah Yan with vicious eyes, Ah Yan didn't have any fearful expression, just looked at this vicious woman who made her lose her mother with a calm face.

Although his body is still kneeling, Ah Yan's heart is standing, and the arrogance in his bones is standing, he can kowtow and apologize when his sister soils other people's clothes, but only in the face of this woman, he can't kneel! Never!