"Uncle, listen to this wolf howl. Could it be a blue dog? ”

"No, the grey dog is now back to its rightful place."

On a starry night, Chongsheng stood on the high mountain and looked out, and the city lights in the distance were bright. After a long journey, I finally arrived at the outskirts of Haotian City in Kyoto.

"Childe, this mountain is still twenty miles away from Haotian City, should we hurry and rest when we get to Haotian City?"

"No, we're going somewhere tonight."

This place, Chongsheng has dreamed of countless times.

On the day Chongsheng was born, his mother Yuan Bao'er died. All the things about the mother concubine were told by the original teacher to Chongsheng.

The mother concubine exchanged her life for a noble life. Chongsheng had fantasized about the appearance of his mother countless times, but every time it was just a vague phantom.

Sometimes Chongsheng feels that his mother is living in his body, accompanying him and watching him every day.

"Childe, before going to the Lost Wasteland, remember to go to the Flawless Residence outside Haotian City and get back what belongs to you."

"What kind of place is the Flawless Residence?"

"The Flawless House is the annex where your mother lived before leaving the pavilion."

A dense bamboo forest, with the sound of a stream murmuring in your ears, and you can see the lights in the distance.

Crossing the bamboo bridge over the stream, there is a bamboo forest courtyard in front of you.

A fence surrounded by green bamboo, a bamboo house built of green bamboo.

"Ahem, guests outside, come in since you're here." The dim lights flickered in the breeze, and an extremely old voice came from the bamboo house.

"Third Master Donkey? He's alive? Although Chongsheng heard this voice for the first time, his heart was extremely kind.

"Third Master Donkey is your mother's former chief of guard, if she is still alive now, she should be seventy-four years old." The story of Donkey Three, Chongsheng has heard countless times from Yuan Yin.

Chongsheng walked up the bamboo steps quickly and pushed open the bamboo door.

"Third Donkey?"

The gray-haired old man in front of him was wearing a needle in front of the candle, and the eye of the needle was too small for the old man's thread to slip through. Hearing Chongsheng calling himself, the old man put down the needle and thread in his hand.

"Hey. No one has called me that in years. A few young men, the night is too dark, are you lost? ”

"No, I'm here specifically to find the third master of the donkey, your old man." Chongsheng grabbed the hand of the donkey three tightly and said happily.

"Oh? Come closer, young man, and let me get a good look at you. Donkey San narrowed his eyes, tilted his head and said to Chongsheng.

Chongsheng nodded excitedly and approached the candlelight.

Donkey San stared at Chongsheng for most of the day, stretched out his left hand, and touched Chongsheng's cheek: "Young man, you are from the original family, right?" I've long had nothing to do with my original family. ”

"No, I'm not from the original family."

"Oh? What's your last name, young man? ”

"My surname is Zheng." Chongsheng looked at the third master of the donkey with extremely expectant eyes, the old man's eyes were already cloudy, and his face was covered with wrinkles.

"You are?" The three donkeys said two words, and the tears in their eyes burst out, and then they knelt on the ground with a plop: "The old slave donkey three, I have seen the young master, you, you, finally came." ”

The three elders of the donkey were in tears, with both joy and sadness on their faces, and this scene deeply touched Chongsheng: "Third master, you get up, you get up." ”

"Young master, you are so bitter to call the old slave to wait! Ahem. ”

Chongsheng gently patted Donkey San's back, his eyes moistened.

"Young master, I have been waiting for you for twenty-one years. Twenty-one years! Donkey San grabbed Chongsheng's arm, coughing, crying, and trembling constantly.

"Third master, you get up. Thank you for your hard work. Chongsheng wanted to help Donkey Three, but Donkey Three shook his head vigorously.

Chongsheng seemed to have appeared in the mouth of the original teacher, the once outstanding martial arts, calm and reliable donkey San, and the past of those mothers Yuan Bao'er.

It turns out that the years are so ruthless.

"Young master, before the master leaves the pavilion, he wants me to stay in the flawless house and wait for the day she returns to her parents' house. But when the master went to leave the country, he was gone, and I thought that when the young master grew up, he would definitely return to the Immaculate House to see where his mother lived before her death. So I just waited and waited and waited and waited for year after year. ”

"I know, I know, Third Master." Yuan Yin used to tell Chongsheng that Donkey San was the most reliable guard by Yuan Bao'er's side and had saved Yuan Bao'er three times. When Yuan Bao'er came out of the pavilion, he wanted Donkey San to stay in the Flawless Residence, if the Donkey Three was still alive, he must be in the Flawless Residence, no matter how young he was.

It wasn't until he saw it with his own eyes that Chongsheng knew that there really was such a loyal servant in the world.

"Third Master, can I see the wound on your chest?"

"Okay." Donkey San wiped away his tears, smiled happily and opened his robe.

An index finger-long sword wound pierced through Donkey San's left chest directly to his back, and the scar lasted for a long time.

Yuan Yin said that it was the most critical time, sixty assassins besieged Yuan Bao'er, Donkey Three, Yuan Yin and Yuan Bao'er fought with the Assassin for a long time, Yuan Bao'er was physically exhausted, and he was about to be injured by the assassin's long sword, Donkey San desperately blocked the sword.

The sword grazed his heart, and Donkey San was only a piece of tissue paper away from death.

"Third master, thank you." Chongsheng gently touched Donkey San's scars, put on Donkey San's robe, and helped Donkey San to the bamboo bench opposite him.

Language is so weak. Chongsheng had mixed feelings, and Chongsheng, who didn't know how to express the emotion in his heart, could only say thank you to Donkey San.

"Young master, is Yuan Yin still alive?"

"Alive."

"That's good, young master, is there anything you want to give to me?"

"Yes, I forgot." Chongsheng smiled and took out a golden hairpin from his arms, and Donkey San took the golden hairpin and looked at it repeatedly in the candlelight.

"That's right, it's the master's hairpin, this is the master's hairpin used when he first coiled his hair." Donkey Three said, his eyes flooded with tears again.

Chongsheng took out a brocade from his sleeve and handed it to Donkey Three, but Donkey Three did not answer.

"Twenty-one years ago, my master wore women's clothes for the first time, and his long hair made us old slaves laugh. Ahem, ahem. Donkey San coughed more and more until he coughed up blood.

"Third Master, are you sick?" Chongsheng wiped the blood from the corners of Donkey San's mouth and asked anxiously.

"It's an old problem, don't worry, ten years ago I was infected with a cold, this bamboo forest is damp, and I haven't seen a good one. Ahem, ahem. ”

"Third master, I'll help you rest first."

"No, young master, you come with me, let's get down to business."

Donkey San struggled to get up from the stool, hunched over, hands behind his back, and said to Ku Rong and Wang Zuo, "You two wait here first." ”

After speaking, Donkey San opened the door to the backyard and stumbled forward two steps, Chongsheng hurriedly stepped forward to support Donkey San.

The backyard is open and full of tulips, and the fragrance comes to your nose on a moonlit night.

"This flower was planted by the master, when she came out of the pavilion, it was 1,300 plants, and now it is still 1,300 plants, and the old slave does not dare to move." Donkey said while coughing.

There are three main rooms through the bamboo corridor, which are exquisite and elegant, and the donkey three pushes open one of them: "This is the main hall of the master's past." ”

The main hall is brightly lit, with eight chairs inside, and a picture of the sound of blue water hanging in the middle hall.

"Every night I will light up the lights in each room, this bamboo forest is too big, I am afraid that you will get lost, young master, with the lights you can find your way home."

Family? Chongsheng listened to Donkey San's words, and his heart was full of warmth.

"This is the owner's home. The owner didn't want to stay in the Harafu in Kyoto, where it was too noisy. This is the master's study. As he spoke, Donkey San pushed open the door of one of the rooms.

There are several mahogany bookshelves and a mahogany desk, which is simple and unpretentious.

Chongsheng looked at the furnishings in the study, and when he remembered that his mother had sat at the desk reading when she was not married, tears gradually blurred his eyes.

"This is the owner's boudoir. Everything here is exactly the same as when the master left the pavilion, and the old slave sweeps the dust on weekdays, and he doesn't dare to move. Look at this table, it's been wiped for a long time, and the paint has all fallen off. Donkey San said and walked into the boudoir, and Chongsheng followed in.

This boudoir is also very simple, with a wooden bed with gray-white curtains, and a small table with celadon teapots and tea bowls.

"Third master, what kind of person is my mother?" Chongsheng suddenly asked Donkey San.

A smile appeared on Donkey San's face, and then he coughed several times: "Master, she is a chivalrous woman, who dares to love and hate, is affectionate and righteous, and treats us like relatives." ”

The description of Donkey San is slightly different from that of Yuan Yin, in Yuan Yin's memories, Yuan Bao'er is a goddess, a somewhat naughty but extremely kind woman.

"Young master, you really look like your master. I don't know if the kid in the original seal has told you about the heroic deeds of the master back then. The wrinkles on Donkey San's face were all relaxed, and he smiled like a child.

"I've talked a lot." Chongsheng smiled at Donkey San with red eyes.

"Young master, you sit down first, the master's business, I can't finish talking about it for three days and three nights. The owner is the concubine of Lord Harahira.,She never likes to wear women's clothes.,She only likes to fight.。 Take our gang to beat up those squirts in Kyoto. I, Yuan Yin, Tyuming, and Xie Mazi, who died last year, followed the master at that time, although I offended many dignitaries, but no one in Kyoto dared to mess with the master, and we never lost a fight, except for the time I met that person......"

"Who?"

"No, no one." Donkey San had a strange look on his face and prevaricated with words, Chongsheng didn't ask any more questions, and continued to listen to Donkey San.

"The master is not treated by Lord Yuanping in the original mansion, and he is also incompatible with those young masters and young ladies, so the master does not like to live in the original mansion. But the master treats us slaves like relatives, whoever is in trouble will do his best to help, and whoever has something will rush to the front. The four of us swore a poisonous oath back then, and this life in this life can be sacrificed for our masters at any time. In the year when Lord Haradi became the cabinet of Zaifu, the master moved out of the original mansion with us and built this flawless residence, and twenty-six years have passed. ”

"I heard that my grandfather had an accident at the beginning of this year?"

"It's all that little in the palace, fighting back and forth. The current prime minister of the cabinet is a princeling, and Lord Haradaira is the person of the second prince, and there was a witch case in the queen's bedroom in the first month of this year, and Lord Harahei has no feudal forces to support outside the holy territory, so the second prince took Lord Haradaira as a scapegoat. If the master is still alive and has the support of leaving the country, the second prince is categorically reluctant to take Lord Yuanping to blame. ”

"Isn't it true that my grandfather has been in the palace and has been leaving the country?"

"Politics is to use each other, leaving the country has soldiers and horses, Lord Yuanping is powerful, Lord Yuanping helps to leave the country in the court, and leaving the country is the confidence and waist pole of Lord Yuanping, and the master is the link between the two. After the death of the master, Lord Yuan Ping and King Liwang have long been separated from morality, and they can no longer support each other. ”

"And how is Grandpa now?" Although he has never intersected with this so-called grandfather, after all, blood is thicker than water, and Chongsheng is still a little concerned about the safety of his grandfather's family.

"Lord Haradaira was given imperial wine, the Hara clan caught and killed, and the old officials of the door were also scattered, and now there is the empty house in Kyoto."

"Ugh." Chongsheng is now unable to protect himself, and he wants to help his mother's mother's family.

"Young master, the old slave is patronizing, you can sit for a while." As he spoke, Donkey San stood up and walked to the wooden bed, lifted the thin quilt, opened the dark compartment on the wooden bed, and took out a delicate brocade box.

"This is something that the owner left before he left the cabinet. This thing is very important to the master, so he was not willing to take it away from the country, the old slave was ordered to stay here, and now I will give it to you, the young master. Donkey San said and handed the brocade box to Chongsheng.

"What's in there?" Chongsheng looked at the brocade box carved with a lifelike unicorn, this is what the original teacher wants to pick up himself?

"You open it and look at it." Donkey San smiled.

Chongsheng opened the brocade box, which was wrapped in several layers of brocade, and the layers were revealed, and Chongsheng was stunned.

"Young master, what's wrong with you?" Donkey San noticed Chongsheng's strange appearance and hurriedly asked.

Chongsheng silently took out a wooden box from his arms and put it on the table, opening it to Donkey San.

"How so? Why is this thing in the hands of the young master you. Donkey San asked in surprise.

The two open wooden boxes on the table contained jasper, one of which was in the shape of a yin and yang fish-shaped yin part, which was the one that Shu Hanzhang gave to Chongsheng, and the other was a yin and yang fish-shaped yang part, and the two pieces just formed a complete piece of jade.

"A friend of mine gave it to me." Chongsheng picked up the Yin Jade and said to Donkey San.

"Providence! It really was providential. The unparalleled yin and yang jade actually has a day of heavy harmony. Donkey San couldn't believe his eyes, and kept sighing.

"What is the Peerless Yin-Yang Jade?"

"It's a priceless treasure." Donkey San shook his head solemnly and said.

"Third Master, you seem to know something, can you tell me the origin of this peerless yin and yang jade?" Chongsheng asked suspiciously.

According to Shu Hanzhang, this yin jade was stolen from the Holy Emperor's throne, so why did his mother actually have the other half of the yang jade. Could it be that the Yin Jade was robbed by the Holy Emperor after his grandfather's house was confiscated?

"This yang jade was given to the master by a friend of the master, it is really providential." The donkey sat down on the stool and picked up the peerless yin and yang jade: "Originally, this yin and yang jade is absolutely impossible to combine again." ”

"Friends? Can the third master tell me who it is? Listening to the donkey's words, Chongsheng was even more puzzled.

"Young master, there are some things I have sworn poisonously, and I will never tell anyone in my life." Donkey San put down the peerless yin and yang jade and said solemnly.

"Third master, you said that this Yangyu is very important to my mother, if you can tell me the history, maybe I can know a lot of the past of my mother, you know that I have never seen my mother."

"Actually, there are some things that should be known to the young master." The donkey paused three times and gritted his teeth: "Okay! I will tell the young master the origin of this jade, this jade is called Wushuang Yin Yang Jade, it is the treasure of the world, it is ......" Donkey San said this, and suddenly his eyes stopped dullly.

"Third Master?"

Donkey San was motionless, and after a while, blood oozed from his throat, Chongsheng hugged Donkey San in shock, and touched his pulse, Donkey San was already dead.

Seven silver needles, as thin as a hair, pierced Donkey Three's throat.

"Kurong! Withered glory! Chongsheng hugged the donkey and shouted.

"What's wrong with Childe?" Kurong hurriedly rushed in.

"Did you just hear something unusual?" Chongsheng tore Donkey San's shirt tightly, with tears in his eyes.

"Nothing has changed. Childe, what's wrong? Ku Rong said, noticing that the donkey's throat was bleeding continuously.

"The third master is dead. Someone killed right under my nose. Although he got along with the three donkeys for just half an hour, Chongsheng was moved by the loyalty and promise of the three donkeys, and in Chongsheng's heart, the three donkeys were witnesses of the past of the concubine, and they were his relatives. Now that Donkey San died in front of him, Chongsheng only felt that his heart hurt like a knife.

Someone can kill people invisibly without themselves and Chongsheng noticing, what is sacred? Why did this man kill an old man who was about to die? Kurong thought about it, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.