In the territory of Qi State, in a forest outside Yinyao County, the light of the moon sprinkled on the forest, reflecting two figures. An old man stood with his back to a man with his hands in his hands, while a man behind him stood respectfully, as if waiting for the old man's orders. The old man didn't speak, but just looked into the distance with his head held high, as if he was looking at the bright moon in the night sky, and as if he was reminiscing about the past.

After a long time, the old man's deep voice sounded, and he asked, "Have you checked it out?" ”

The person behind the old man heard the old man speak, and immediately bent over respectfully and replied: "It's all clear, those extra faces in Yinyao County in recent times are indeed secret agents sent by Wei Tuo, I think Wei Tuo now knows that your father-in-law lives here in seclusion."

The old man sighed after hearing this, and then turned around slowly, it turned out to be Zhou Ying's grandfather Zhou Jian.

"For more than ten years, I took Ying'er incognito and hid in Tibet, but Wei Tuo, the old horseman, just refused to let us go, over the years, I don't know how many times I wanted to die with him, but for Ying'er, I endured it, and now Ying'er has grown up, so this time I don't plan to take Ying'er around to hide, I want to wait here for Wei Tuo's old horseman to come, and take his life with my own hands, in order to avenge the hatred of the country and the family many years ago."

After hearing this, the other person knelt directly on the ground and eagerly persuaded: "Father-in-law, no, I have found out that Wei Tuo's thief has now reached the peak of his martial arts, and it is not easy for you to take his life, father-in-law, please think twice."

"As long as you can take his life, even if you die with him"

"Father-in-law, you have to think about Miss, if you encounter another accident, who can teach and help Miss again? Miss is not yet an adult, how can you risk your own life, father-in-law? I've already found another place for my father-in-law, so why don't you leave here with the young lady?" After speaking, his forehead pressed against the ground and kowtowed heavily to Zhou Ji.

Zhou Jian bent down to help him, his hands were on his shoulders, looking at him with some kindness, looking at the person in front of him, he couldn't help but think of him more than ten years ago, the power was destroyed, the family was slaughtered, the people who originally followed him, or died in battle, or surrendered to the enemy, or there were escapees to hide in the world, only this person in front of him, has been following him loyally without fear of hardships and dangers, and the initiator of all this is Wei Tuo, so hateful, but not repaid, so that Zhou Jian, who has lived in the world all these years, can't sleep at night, whenever I think of it, my heart is tingling, At that time, Zhou Ying, who was rescued by him for less than a month, raised Zhou Ying to become his only belief in surviving to this day.

Now that Zhou Ying has finally turned fourteen, and the person with a deep hatred in the sea of blood is coming, Zhou Jian can finally have a blade enemy without concern, killing Wei Tuo, and it is best to repay the deep hatred of the sea of blood and the extermination of the slaughter race, even if he is defeated and dies, there is no regret, it is better than hiding in Tibet all day long, living incognito, at least he tried his best.

"Wei Zhong, you're almost forty now, aren't you?"

Wei Zhong nodded.

Zhou Jian sighed heavily and sighed: "Time flies so fast, the past is vivid, it really seems to have just happened, but it has really passed many years, I still remember when I adopted you, I gave you the name of loyalty, that is, I hope you can be loyal to me when you grow up, and you have indeed done it, whether it was when I was glorious in the past, or when I was like a lost dog now, you are very central to me, which makes me very pleased."

"The grace of the father-in-law to raise and teach, the child will never dare to forget"

Zhou Jian smiled and patted him on the shoulder kindly: "You have been with me for decades, you should know my temperament, I have always said only what I decide, and once I say it, it will not change again, understand?" ”

Wei Zhong knelt on the ground again, and replied with a sad face: "Child... Understand, all things are arranged by the Father"

"Tomorrow I will make up a reason for Ying'er to leave with you"

"Rest assured, the child will take the young lady back to the mountain gate, take care of her, and swear to protect her safety"

Zhou Jian waved his hand: "I didn't ask you to take her to you, although the sect you created now has some forces, it can't compete with Wei Tuo's power after all."

Wei Zhong was a little puzzled, let him take Miss, but didn't let him take Miss back to his sect, where to take it? Then he asked, "Dare to ask where the father-in-law is going to let the child take the young lady?" Is there anyone else in this world who is willing to protect Miss? ”

"Wei Tuo almost has the power of a country, if you want to fight him, you can only rise to the contest between countries", speaking of this, Zhou Jian couldn't help but recall Zhao Kuo in his mind, in his eyes, Zhao Kuo, the powerless prince, does not have the kind of superior attitude of the people in the royal family of various countries, is easy-going, but treats people and does things from the heart, and makes friends without looking at identity, which is a corporal in the royal family, and there will inevitably be something to do in the future.

If Zhao Kuo could know the evaluation of him in Zhou Jian's heart at this moment, he would definitely defend himself, Grandpa Zhou, it is true that I am easy-going, but the main thing is that I, the prince of Zhao State, have no power and power, and it didn't take long to return to Zhao, I was beaten up several times, if you know it, can you still be sure that I will do something in the future?

"You brought Ying'er to Zhao Kingdom"

"Zhao Guo? Father-in-law, we don't know anyone in Zhao Kingdom, why did we bring Miss to Zhao Kingdom? ”

"You take Ying'er to Zhao Capital, find His Royal Highness Zhao Kuo, the fourth prince of Zhao, and hand Ying'er over to him, he promised me that if Ying'er goes to him in the future, he will definitely protect Ying'er, moreover, Zhao has not experienced a major war in recent years, and has been cultivating and recuperating, and now the country is rich and the people are strong, and the military is strong, even if Wei Tuo knows that Ying'er is in Zhao in the future, he will have some scruples, and now Wei is vigorously attacking South Korea, and he does not dare to provoke Zhao in recent years, you just do what I say."

Wei Zhong still asked with some unease: "Father-in-law, is it too risky to put the safety of the young lady in the hands of a prince of Zhao State so rashly?" According to the child's humble opinion, it is better to let the child take the young lady back to me, and now I have four thousand disciples in Guangweimen, and I also have the strength to protect the young lady desperately. ”

Zhou Jian waved his hand directly to him and said: "You just do what I say, and tomorrow you will set off to take Ying'er to Zhaodu, you must know that if I fight with Wei Tuo, I will die and he will live, then the next thing he will destroy must be your sect, he has not done anything to you over the years, do you think he doesn't know that the Guangwei Gate was built by you?" Don't you know that you are my adopted son? The reason why he has been letting you develop is that he wants to find me through you, and secondly, he wants to see if there will be people who fled back then to take refuge after the sect you founded develops, you must understand that your four thousand disciples can't stop Wei Tuo at all."

Mr. Wei was stunned after hearing this, and his mind recalled that it seemed to be the case, Wei Tuo's hands were all over the place, and the Guangwei Sect he founded was weak and easy to hide at first, but with the recruitment of more and more disciples, the sect's power is getting bigger and bigger, and his whereabouts are basically exposed, although all he uses to the outside world is a fake name, and most of the people he sees are covered with faces, but with Wei Tuo's power, with a little traceability, how can he still not know his true identity?

Thinking of this, Wei Zhong's heart trembled, he still thought about things too simply, thinking that he now has four thousand disciples, and the sect is huge, even if Wei Tuo knows, he will think about the gains and losses a little, after all, if he wants to send his cronies to destroy his sect, his own casualties are also to be estimated, but he underestimated Wei Tuo's determination to eradicate the Zhou faction, more than ten years have passed since the incident, Wei Tuo is still sparing no effort to search and hunt Zhou Jian everywhere, so how can he give up because he is worried about the injury of the soldiers because he has established a sect? Thinking of this, Wei Zhong seemed to have been hit hard, and said with a sad expression: "The child is stupid, everything is arranged by the father-in-law."

At this point, Zhou Jian didn't say anything more, "Go back, come and leave with Ying'er early tomorrow morning", and after speaking, he began to walk towards the place where he lived with his hands behind his back.

Wei Zhong looked at the back of Zhou Jian leaving, and after staring blankly for a moment, he disappeared into the night.

Early the next morning, Zhou Jian called Zhou Ying, and after asking her to sit down, he got up and walked behind her, picked up a comb and combed Zhou Ying's hair.

Zhou Ying sat obediently on the stool and asked with a smile on her face, "Why did Grandpa suddenly remember to comb my hair today?" Didn't you still want to be coquettish when I coquettishly asked you to help me comb my hair? And always say that when I grow up, I will have to do my own things in the future? What's going on today? ”

Zhou Jian looked at Zhou Ying lovingly, laughed a few times and said: "When you were young, you were really like a boy, other people's girls would comb their own hair since they were young, but you are good, you are almost ten years old and you always can't comb your hair, at that time grandpa thought, this is not good, I can help you comb your hair when I am by your side, but what if grandpa is not by your side one day?" So, grandpa can only force himself to do his own thing, are you blaming grandpa? ”

Zhou Ying also giggled happily when she heard Zhou Jian talk about what happened when she was a child, and replied mischievously: "Hmph, it's clear that grandpa, you became lazy later, and you don't want to comb my hair anymore, and you make excuses to let me do my own things in the future."

Although Zhou Jian was talking to Zhou Ying, his hand did not stop, and after a while, he combed Zhou Ying's hair neatly, "Ying'er, turn around and let grandpa take a good look at you"

Zhou Ying obediently turned around, faced Zhou Jian, and saw that Zhou Jian was a little strange today, so she asked puzzledly, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you today?" How do you feel weird? ”

Zhou Jian stared at Zhou Ying's face for a while, and boasted: "Well, my family Ying'er has grown up, and now she has grown into a beautiful girl."

Zhou Ying saw her grandfather praising her for her good looks, and her face turned red with some shyness.

At this time, Wei Zhong came here with two horses, carrying a lot of things on their backs, and it seemed that they were going to go far away.

Zhou Ying saw Wei Zhong, hurriedly trotted out of the door, and shouted happily: "Uncle Zhong, why are you only here now?" The last time you left, didn't you promise me that you would come back to see me in three months? It's been almost half a year since you came, big liar Uncle Zhong"

Wei Zhong tied up the horse, walked in with a smile, came to Zhou Ying, and handed her a gift, "Miss, this is for you, it should be a gift for you to make amends."

Zhou Ying took it excitedly, Wei Zhong used to come to visit them every few months, and every time he came, he would bring Zhou Ying some strange things outside, so Zhou Ying liked Wei Zhong very much when she was a child, as for why Wei Zhong called her Miss, she asked Zhou Jian when she was a child, and Zhou Jian didn't tell her the reason at that time, just replied that she said that if he wanted to call it, let him call it, and then slowly got used to it, and Zhou Ying no longer bothered about Wei Zhong's name for her.