For a whole afternoon, the rain outside did not stop, and it became heavier and heavier, and when I looked out from afar, the rain curtain seemed to hang a waterfall outside the small building, separating the inside and outside into two worlds.

It was getting dusk, and the guys downstairs had already removed the door panels and closed early. Yuan Zhao leaned on the railing boredly, sharpening a few bamboo sticks with a dagger.

Earlier, the woman really instructed the hotel guy to take Yuan Zhao to the second floor and arranged a guest room for him, although the furnishings were very simple, only a few beds, and the bedding was very clean.

Yuan Zhao rested for a while, the rain began to fall, he pushed the door out to look at the rain in a daze for a moment, vaguely heard the sound of the piano in the depths of the backyard through the rain curtain intermittently, the drizzle was cold, the music was ethereal, although he didn't understand the Guqin Yazhang of this era, but he also seemed to be aware of the faint hint of resentment in the sound of the piano.

As he was listening, his ears suddenly moved, and he looked up into the distance of the road shrouded in rain and mist, and in a few moments, a faint carriage broke through the rain curtain and sped towards him.

The carriage came in a hurry, and the man who drove the carriage was covered in clothes, and he could not see his face clearly, but only a burly man could be faintly seen.

In the rain, the car went straight to the restaurant but did not stop, around the foot of the building galloped to the backyard door, the big man jumped out of the car, stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker, after a while someone came out to open the door, I don't know what to say, and then opened the courtyard door, the carriage went straight in.

Yuan Zhao Yaoyao only saw the hostess of the hotel in the backyard lobby hurriedly greeted the two women, one big and one small, from the carriage, before they could ask a few words of greeting, and then went into the room together. It was none of his business, Yuan Zhao didn't care, he hurried for days, drank some wine at noon, but he was a little tired, so he went into the house, tucked the dagger under the pillow, and gradually fell asleep with his clothes.

There was no word all night, but the rain did not stop the next day, and naturally there were few customers in this weather, and the restaurant continued to close.

Yuan Zhao walked around, but he didn't see the woman in the restaurant, only a few shopkeepers were cleaning up. But I saw a big man sitting on the bench in the corner, and he looked like the person who drove the car last night.

There were a few wine bowls on the table in front of him, but his expression was very anxious, and he sat down for a while, and then went to the door and looked at the road in the distance a few times, as if he was waiting for someone.

Yuan Zhao didn't go to do much, ate something and continued to lean on the pillars of the railing building to nap. At noon, the rain finally stopped, and there were gradually pedestrians walking on the road, and the shopkeepers opened the door of the shop to clean up the water in front of the door.

On the road from the direction of Chang'an in the distance, suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves, and the big man looked excited, jumped up, and ran to the side of the road to look. Yuan Zhao saw a big green horse coming from that side, and immediately looked at the person who was in his twenties, with sword eyebrows and ape arms, ran to the big man, jumped off the horse, the two talked a few words, the big man nodded again and again, and hurriedly ran to the backyard.

Yuan Zhao had excellent ears and eyes, and although he was far away, he vaguely heard a few words: "....It's all clean....needless to say in detail,....,.... never let the eldest lady know a bit!" …。 ”

He was looking down and pondering, when he suddenly felt a sharp gaze sweep by, but the man felt something, and looked up to see a child lying on the railing of the second floor, holding a fruit in one hand, and gnawing on it as if nothing happened.

The man lowered his head and laughed at himself, his spirit was so nervous these days! Fortunately, the crisis has been resolved, and there should be no danger for the time being.

Yuan Zhao saw it clearly, the man had a single knife hanging from his waist with a sheath, dressed in green clothes, and his appearance was very handsome, but the fly in the ointment was an oblique scar on his forehead, and his right foot was slightly lame when he walked, and he was full of fierceness.

I couldn't help but secretly say to myself: "Hehe, a handsome guy from the Han Dynasty, an old boy, this person seems to be a martial arts practitioner, I don't know how to ...... skills?" ”

Just as he was thinking wildly, he heard a sound in the backyard, and saw the big man driving the carriage to the front of the building under the banner, standing side by side with the handsome man, and saying a few words. After a while, a woman spoke from far and near, and the hostess sent the guest out.

But I saw a woman in her thirties, her eyebrows were very gentle, and she was talking to the hostess as she walked, followed by a young girl in a pothos gauze skirt, who was still young, gentle and lovely, and there was a little resemblance to the woman between her eyebrows and eyes, but she was very provocative, looking all the way, full of curiosity.

The woman approached the carriage and wanted to board it, but she was reluctant to turn back. On the contrary, the hostess persuaded: "Sister doesn't have to be like this, the little sister must go to visit." He stretched out his hand and touched the top of the head of the girl in the green dress to comfort her, but the girl was very naughty, although she nodded her head frequently, she looked back and stuck out her tongue at the two people standing by the carriage and made a grimace, but the two were just smiling dotingly, thinking that they were already familiar with the girl's character and were accustomed to it.

When the girl was looking forward to it, she suddenly saw a small child standing in the stairwell, wrapped in a diagonal back, full of shabby clothes, looking indifferently at this side, and couldn't help but be stunned, and pulled the corner of the woman's clothes next to her.

The woman followed her gaze and saw that it was Yuan Zhao, and suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "Sister, slow down!" ”

He beckoned to Yuan Zhao again: "Xiaolang, come here." ”

Yuan Zhao waited for this cadre to leave, said goodbye to the hostess, and when he heard the summons, he didn't know what to do, so he approached.

The woman took his hand and said warmly: "You boy, how can you rest assured that you are alone at such a young age. My sister is charitable, and since you are going to the city, I will stop by and make a piggyback with you. ”

Then he went to the woman, thinking that he was going to tell her about it.

Yuan Zhao smiled bitterly in his heart, he didn't want to, but he heard a voice in his ear say softly: "Little brother, why are you yourself, what about your mother?" "It's soft to the ears and very beautiful.

He looked back and saw that it was the girl who spoke, and when he was closer, Yuan Zhao saw clearly, although the girl in the green dress was slender, her age was not much older than him, that is, she was about ten years old, with a pair of big watery eyes, curved eyebrows, fine shell teeth, a small nose, the corners of her mouth turned up like a crescent moon, her skin was white, and her face was very sweet. He was standing on the ground, looking him up and down with a smile.

Yuan Zhao didn't want to have trouble with people, but he just grinned and lowered his head and turned around and walked towards the road.

"Hey....!"

The girl was about to say something more, Yuan Zhao suddenly felt a darkness in front of her, but saw that it was the big man who drove the car in front of her, and said in a rough voice: "Little baby, my young lady is asking you, why are you so rude!" There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his words.

Yuan Zhao was vigilant, but he didn't raise his head, he only snorted coldly, leaned over and walked past the big man.

Seeing him so slack, the big man couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, this big man's name is Ma Qi, he is impatient on weekdays, he and the handsome young man Zhao Yuan and the other brothers and this girl mother and son Although they have the distinction of master and servant, they are very loyal, and they have been incognito for more than ten years just to thank the old master for their kindness, and carefully care for the old master's only bone and blood, since she was a child, she can't tolerate a little grievance.

couldn't help but think about it at the moment, stretched out his arm to Yuan Zhao's neck, and planned to drag this little baby back to teach a few lessons. Yuan Zhao had already noticed the corner of his eye, and secretly condensed between his right elbows, and was about to strike at the key point on the man's waist, making him suffer some hardship.

Suddenly, I heard the girl cry out urgently: "Uncle Ma, don't! ”

Seeing her hurriedly running forward, she grabbed one of Yuan Zhao's hands, and said to Uncle Ma coquettishly: "He's just a child, don't let you frighten him!" ”

The big man hurriedly retracted his hand, smiled and said, "Okay, good, don't scare him, don't scare him..." ”

She turned her head again and patted a few sticks of withered grass on Yuan Zhao's clothes with a smile, "Aunt Wen is very good to you, then, listen to my sister, is it okay to take the carriage away?" ”

Yuan Zhao secretly felt a little helpless, he was not a soft-hearted person, when he was on a mission before, the ruthless killing had already trained his cold nerves, and he had also seen too much of the dark side of human nature, so the world in his eyes was indifferent, ruthless and his own survival first.

This time his body has undergone a great change, and he has inexplicably come to this ancient Han Dynasty, and in a certain way, his heart has long been closed into a lonely world, which is incompatible with everything here, so he has been reluctant to talk to irrelevant people during this time. Looking at the world, the bottom of the eyes is mostly indifferent and boring.

But being held by this girl's slender and gentle little hand, it seemed that something hard hidden in the deepest part of his soul was touched softly, and he was stunned for a moment, this feeling was very strange, making him a little uneasy, and as if there was a little distant familiarity, and most importantly, Yuan Zhao felt that there was a little nostalgia for the warmth of this little hand in his heart.

For a while, he didn't have the courage to throw his hand away, and he couldn't help but say: "Okay, okay..." ”

When he said this, he sighed secretly: "My heart has softened? Or....seeing that this little girl is handsome, she has turned into Lori Control? How do you think so! It's just so wicked! ”

The maiden did not know the strange thoughts that were in his mind, and she was full of pity for the child, and pulled him straight by the hand and pedaled into the carriage.

The big man and the young man didn't say anything more, they each sorted out and prepared to go on the road, but when Yuan Zhao passed by the young man, he vaguely smelled a faint smell of blood, and felt that he glanced at himself out of the corner of his eye, and then flew on the big green horse, and led the way in front of the car.

Yuan Zhao sat next to the big man who was driving the car, the girl bent down and entered the carriage, the sound of talking inside stopped, thinking that Aunt Wen had finished explaining to the woman, she got down from behind the carriage, went around to Yuan Zhao's side, touched his messy hair with her hand and said, "Xiaolang, take care of yourself!" At a young age....alas! There was a bit of embarrassment in the words.

Thinking about it, she always thought that Yuan Zhao was a poor homeless child.

Yuan Zhao was a little grateful to the hostess of the restaurant, and there was a smile on his face: "Big sister, thank you, if you have the opportunity, Yuan Zhao will definitely repay you." ”

Aunt Wen didn't take what he said to heart, but just muttered to herself, "Yuan Zhao? It turns out that your little baby's name is Yuan Zhao, but I have never asked you, but it is an elegant name, I think you should have read books in your original family, but what is the use of reading books and asking in college? Just like my wrongdoer...... ”

His voice gradually lowered, but his expression gradually became a little gloomy, and he waved his hand towards the carriage again, and walked back to the restaurant.

Yuan Zhao smiled secretly, but he had no intention of exploring other people's private affairs.

I saw the big man raise the horsewhip, wave in the air, shout, the carriage walked along the avenue, Yuan Zhao turned around, saw the restaurant that the cloth banner was blowing in the wind, "green suburbs" The three big characters loomed, the nose vaguely seemed to have the fragrance of wine, the carriage went faster and faster, and after a while, the green trees had covered the restaurant, and finally a little bit could not see the ........