"Another one died, this is already the twentieth child......," the old gardener shook his head with tears in his eyes. "What a sin, child, this is your life, remember to have a good birth in the next life, don't suffer anymore....." The gardener gently put the body into the flowers to bury it, and when he turned around, he heard a soft snort.

"Child, you're not dead?" Seeing the little hand struggling to stretch out among the flowers, the gardener rubbed the old eyes of the faint flowers, and hurriedly brushed the soil away, but saw that the little girl in the bush slowly opened her eyes, and was surprised to sweep away the floating soil on the girl's body while anxiously saying, "Quick, hurry up, the people of Youruo Palace haven't gone far yet, what a sin, such a young child......."

"I, am I still alive?", Lian'er only felt that the bones in her body were broken, and she was about to suffocate from the pain when she moved slightly.

"Alive, alive, good boy. The old gardener burst into tears with excitement, carefully picked up the weak child, and said tremblingly as he walked: "Good boy, it is not easy for you to pick up a life from the hands of the palace master, twenty children, just live like you, don't fall into their hands in the future, what a sin....."

Lian'er didn't know how long she had been asleep, and the old gardener worked during the day, and when she had free time, she ran back to take care of it. Seeing the little girl gradually recovering, she wiped her tears over and over again. I think that at the beginning, my granddaughter was also so big, every time I saw a dead child, I thought of the picture of the well-behaved little granddaughter being beaten to death by the palace master, and my eyes were also crying at that time, and now God has opened his eyes, and finally a child survived.

Under the careful care of the old gardener, Lian'er is getting better day by day, and her originally thin skin and bones are now becoming more and more refreshed. Whenever someone from the Youruo Palace passed by, the old gardener hurriedly hid Lian'er, and until a few disciples walked away, Lian'er flashed two big clean and clear eyes and asked curiously: "Grandpa, why do we always have to avoid them?"

The old gardener touched Lian'er's head dotingly and said, "Silly boy, if those people knew that you were not dead, they would have arrested you again." Grandpa is left with a little doll like you now, listen to grandpa, and hide away when you see those in the future, okay?"

"Well, I don't want to leave grandpa, I listen to grandpa. ”

"Good boy, good boy. The old gardener happily picked up Lian'er, looking at this little girl like a porcelain doll, and liked it very much. "Lian'er, where do you still remember your home?

Lian'er shook her head, pouted and said, "I only have one brother, I was arrested by them that day, and I was separated from my brother, grandpa, I want to live well, waiting for my brother to come to me." ”

"Hey, hey, live well, good boy......." The old gardener couldn't help but feel distressed and held the little doll in front of him in his arms.

Time has passed, spring has gone to autumn, the four seasons have changed, and two years have passed unconsciously. In the blink of an eye, the weather is getting cooler, and it is late autumn. Lian'er played around the old gardener during the day, and listened to the old gardener tell stories to herself at night.

On this day, the old gardener was working, and when he looked up, he was stunned to find that several disciples of Youruo Palace were passing by not far away, and seeing that Lian'er was about to be discovered, he hurriedly waved his hand and signaled Lian'er to hide. But before she could see it, Lian'er hit her head on the woman in charge.

"Oh, where is this little girl, why is she running around?" exclaimed the woman who was hurt, and turned her head to reprimand the child under her.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Aunt Lan Yi, this kid was a little naughty and accidentally bumped into you, I'll definitely teach her a good lesson when I go back." The old gardener hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Lian'er behind him, and made amends again and again.

"Look at it in the future, what kind of body is it to run around with such unruliness?" Lan Yi smoothed the folds on her shirt, and when she looked up, she saw Lian'er's little face flashing a trace of stunned: "Huh, isn't this the girl brought back by the hall master of the Xuanhua Hall that day?

The maid on the side suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly leaned over to Lan Yi's ear and whispered: "Auntie, why don't we let her participate in the assessment instead of the disciples of the Moon Shadow Palace, if she can survive, wouldn't it be safer for the Lord of the Moon Hall to present it to the Palace Master?"

Lan Yi stared at Lian'er's expression flickering, thinking that the palace master of the Youruo Palace had been looking for the reincarnated night lotus for so many years, even if the child was lucky enough not to die, he was not sure that he was looking for the person he was looking for, rather than being scolded by the hall master again, it was better to test and test it first. Thinking about this, his eyes swept over the frightened old gardener and said: "I took this girl away, if it is really the person the palace is looking for, I will naturally remember you." After that, he turned his head to look at Lian'er and said, "From today onwards, you will be a member of the Moon Shadow Palace, and you will be counted as a place in the elimination assessment of the Youruo Palace next month." ”

"Auntie, don't do it, Lian'er is only seven or eight years old, it is not easy to survive from the hands of the palace master, how can she participate in such an elimination assessment? When the old gardener heard Lan Yi's words, he already knelt on the ground in fright, praying with tears in his eyes.

"As long as you talk too much, if you dare to talk nonsense, be careful that the hall master pulls out your tongue. Lan Yi kicked away the old gardener who was standing in front of her with an impatient expression.

Seeing this, Lian'er seemed to have a premonition, crying and struggling desperately, but was carried by the disciple who came up, no matter how the old gardener behind her pleaded, and strode away.

Back at the Moon Shadow Palace, Lan Yi explained and turned to leave. The maids dressed Lian'er into the costumes of the Moon Shadow Palace, and presented them to the table with various delicacies. Lian'er seemed to have forgotten the fear just now, she had eaten such a delicious meal since she was a child, and she hurriedly stepped forward to devour it without bothering to speak. The maid who was waiting on the side couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Sister, did I do something wrong?" Lian'er said with a mouth full of oil, and a pair of clear eyes looked at the maid in front of her, puzzled.

"Little girl, you're about to die, why do you still have such a good appetite?"

"Why, why did my sister say I'm going to die? My brother hasn't come to me yet, I have to live to see my brother. Lian'er put down the food in her hand with a frightened expression.

"So you don't know anything?" The maid was a little surprised, and after a while, she shook her head and said with pity: "It's strange and pitiful to see your young age, okay, then I'll tell you, our Youruo Palace will hold an elimination assessment every three years, in order to select the elite and eliminate the dross." At that time, the four hall masters of the Xuanhua Palace, the Moon Shadow Palace, the Prajna Palace, and the Liuqin Hall will all select disciples to participate. If you win the first place, you will have the opportunity to enter the palace, where the palace master will personally teach the exercises, and the winners of the past generations are listed as candidates for the four major hall masters, and they can directly challenge any hall master, and if they can defeat the current hall master, they can replace them. Of course....." The maid paused and continued: "The so-called wealth is in danger, and if you unfortunately die, you will be thrown out as flower fertilizer. ”

"So, as long as I can win the championship, I don't have to die, right?"

"Cluck.... I said that you kid is really stupid and cute, not to mention whether you have the ability to win the championship, even if you win the first place, you will have to pass the level of the four hall masters, and one more person enters the Youruo Palace, and the position of the four hall masters will be more threatening. So, eat more when you have the opportunity to eat now, so that you don't go down and become a starving ghost..."