At dusk, at the turn of day and night, in the midst of too many myths and legends, many magical things happen at this special time.

But for most people, it's the time to start a break after a day at work, so dusk is mostly beautiful, especially on Fridays. In an ordinary alley in the southeast corner of the city, a handsome young man is returning from work, and his troubled thing is what to eat tonight.

"Xiao Ye is back?"

"Ouch, dear Lady Merlin, why do you look younger and younger, you must have secretly used some mysterious cream or something."

"Hahaha, treacherous stinky boy, my mother won't be fooled by you."

Having said this, the woman could not hide the smile on her face, and it was evident that she was very impressed by this somewhat explicit sycophant, and laughed a little wildly. I have to say that the woman is really well maintained, and now she is in her early forties, and she looks like she is in her thirties, but she is plump but not fat, she is a beauty.

"Okay, I've made some beef stew, you come back with me to get it. The last time I went to your house, oh my God, was that the food you were eating? Brine pork, brine vegetables, my God, even the old Welsh cats eat better than you. You know, when you're still growing up, you can't let that old man abuse you like this. The woman took the young man by the hand and went to her house.

"My dear Lady Merlin, I don't know how to live without the delicious food you made."

The young man enjoyed the amazing touch coming from his arm, and blushed a little, like a shy child.

"My dad was good at everything, but he was really bad at cooking, and I didn't seem to have any talent for it. You know, since my mom died, our days have been nothing short of all, and I've prayed countless times for a beautiful and elegant lady like you to join us two poor bachelors. ”

In just a few words, Mei Lin smiled again, and the style on her face was even more undisguised.

"I don't know where to go home after work? Hurry up, I made a whole chicken today, don't worry, I'll bake it. The cooking skills are not good, the barbecue is still good, and it is hot on the fire. ”

The scholar was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, talking about the ordinary things in his parents, but it was still difficult to hide his scholarly temperament. This is extremely admired by young people, and this is probably the temperament that has been cultivated for decades.

The pair of "father and son" are Ye Li and Jiang Liang, the two pretended to be father and son and galloped all the way, until they passed through more than 20 cities, and then stopped here, which took a total of two months. The scholar's body did not recover after a month as he said, in fact, two months have passed, and there is still no trace of recovery in his magic, but he has regained some strength, which is why they chose to stay. The long escape had exhausted all their will and physical strength, and they needed a quiet time to recuperate.

"Your father is really, let his son go out to work, and he didn't come back ready to eat, roast chicken? Hehe! ”

When the scholar turned around, he was surprised to find that it was Ms. Mei Lin, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

"Lady Memelin, I didn't expect you to come, I'm sorry to let you see me as I am."

Apparently, the scholar ignored Ms. Merlin's complaint about his poor cooking.

"Cut, what's there to be particular about an old man."

Jiang Liang smiled, he liked Ms. Mei Lin's uprightness, especially when she faced her uncle, she often made the man who seemed to be always confident and calm speechless, just like now.

"Okay, don't toss, I've brought meat and stew here, come and eat it directly."

For the scholar, Mei Lin is not so gentle and kind to his son, because in her eyes, the scholar probably belongs to the useless column of eating and waiting for death, and she has to drag down such a son.

"That's embarrassing." The scholar was a little sneering, rubbing his hands.

"What nonsense, come and sit, aren't you going to give your son something good to eat on the weekend?"

The scholar hesitated for a moment, but still sat down.

Seeing this, Childe finally understood why Uncle Li's uncle was still alone now, with this cheek, his father could throw him out more than a dozen streets, and he had to be able to stop him with the boss lady of Mei Lin. What's more important is that he was originally strong in magic and had a valuable status in the place, where could he encounter such a thing. On the contrary, now that the magic is gone, and the body is injured, the true temperament is revealed, in fact, he is just a shy scholar who is a little stubborn.

"It's very hot, I'll go get the wine, Ms. Merlin, it's my father's own plum wine, it's been soaking in the well, you must try it."

"What a big deal."

Jiang Liang had already turned his back, and he wanted to laugh out loud, but he was worried that his uncle would be angry and would do something bad, so he endured it extremely hard, and walked towards the well in the courtyard with his shoulders shrugged, until the two of them could no longer see him, and then bent down and laughed.

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The moon had not yet set, and Jiang Liang walked alone in the darkest part of the day. Some of the shops along the street have been lit up, and the steamed bun shop and tofu shop have started a busy day. Childe insisted on walking in the darkness, avoiding the light. As if thinking of something interesting, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and in such an environment, he couldn't help but be a little frightened and weird. He had chartered a small boat, a small fishing boat like the boat of the old man who had fled with them.

At this time, it was the height of summer, and the water was abundant, so there was no need to worry about the river, but he did not plan to go all the way, but just took a boat and walked for two or three days.

In the shadow of the corner of the eaves, Childe stands alone. He's been here for a long time, and the dawn is not far away. He didn't hesitate, leaving was his plan at the beginning, if his uncle's strength was still there, everything would not be a problem. But he had lost all his magic, and the safest thing to do was to leave him in the midst of the crowd. And he, he needs to do something else. He was like a shadow leopard, staring at his prey in the dark. Then he stepped out of the darkness, stepped into the boat, and threw a purse to the sole bearer.

"Arrived at the destination, the other half."

Then he rolled over into the cabin and did it in one go. Then the hull swayed. Into the darkness, into the light.

The water is vast, far from all land.

After a day and a night, Jiang Liang opened his eyes. He is a playboy, wandering among the flowers every day, but he never causes any trouble, but has a romantic name, and the people who come and go are the sons of families or rich families. Their Jiang family did not lose face or be lonely because of these, but made the family's path broader, his uncle saw some, and his father saw more, but that was not all of the son. Even he himself did not know when he developed such a character, and it was not surprising that he sometimes liked to be alone, but it was strange that when he was alone in the night, he often sat expressionlessly, just sitting. Now that has become a reality, he has too many reasons to do something.

"Childe"

The cold light flickered, and the moment the cabin opened, the yellow light cut the boatman's throat with precision, and he could not even utter a single syllable before he collapsed to the ground, and fell into the darkness with a face full of surprise and incredulity. Childe's expression did not change in any way, like a cold-blooded killer, he waited for a moment, and then stepped out of the cabin. There were two lean men in the stern, armed with weapons, soaking wet, apparently just touched from the water. And the moment Childe waited was just to solve all the troubles at once.

The two of them were stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized that the idea was piercing, and at the same time, they burst out, attacking Gongzi from left to right. In the blink of an eye, there were two more warm corpses on the wet plank.

Childe lingered for a moment in the back cabin, found a bundle of hemp rope and a stone, which was a pressing stone from the pickle jar of the ship, and he tied up the three bodies, tied them to the stones, and kicked them off the boat together. The whole process is ridiculously fast, like a scene in a shadow show in the town.

There was a lot of food on the boat, dry food, rice, salted meat, fish, pickled vegetables, and some wine, obviously this group of people had a good life, and I don't know how long this kind of murderous business has been done. Childe picked something at random and cooked it, and then began to eat, it was the first time he ate in a day and a night since he got on the boat, and it was obvious that he was not in a hurry. Of course, he chose this boatman for his reasons, if he wants to disappear in front of everyone, he has to cut off the trace, he doesn't know if the person he needs to deal with has such energy, judging from the magic enchantment and attack power that day, this possibility is not small, it's always right to be cautious.

The boatman he met once when he was passing by the fish market, and when he revealed some of his requests, he gladly agreed and provided many conveniences, but Childe saw something from him, after all, he had to deal with too many different people every day in the group of Childe brothers. Of course, the main thing is that he smelled the bloody smell, not the fishy smell. If it was just a business, he didn't mind spending more money, being a weak scholar, handing over all the money, if they could let him go, but when he saw the fisherman's waist knife, he understood that things would not be so simple, and he was even a little glad that the fisherman had made things easier.

He sat in the bow of the boat, fish stewed on the fire and drank the crude lees, and he looked at the water, his face calm, and he quietly considered what to do next.

In this no-man's land, he freed the darkness that had been imprisoned in his heart for a long time, and hid the playboy and the boy next door in the depths of his consciousness.

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