I saw that under my feet is the intersection of two vertical and horizontal canals, one vertical and one horizontal, the intersection point is just in the center of this residential hall, two straight clear water streams impact each other, making a rapid collision sound, people only need to bend down to scoop the sweet mountain spring from the intersection of the water flow, which is safer and more convenient than the tap water in reality.

"Good fellows, the people in Qishan Town are really smart." Muttering to himself, Ye Zhen concentrated on scooping up the clear spring water with a long-handled scoop of water, and then poured it into the wooden barrel next to him one by one.

However, he didn't notice that when he said the name of 'Nie Li', the white-haired old man's whole body trembled violently, and a different look flashed in his originally cloudy eyes.

"Adventurer, may I ask you what is the matter with that person?" Looking at the young man in black who was helping him fetch water, the white-haired old man's face was slightly sluggish, as if he was reminded of some past.

As early as twenty years ago, when the emperor of the Ling Tian Empire, Ling Biao, begged for perfection and ordered the palace guards to do their best to arrest Yun and punish a few evil people and send them to Loulan, the name Nie Li had already become a taboo that Ling Tian could not talk about.

Under the official rumors, this hero who saved the people from the fire of the water was quickly blackened into a big devil who killed his wife and killed his daughter, not only could he not find the slightest information about him in Ling Tian, but even the NPCs who knew the truth of the matter were secretive, and no one dared to mention it.

Even though everyone at that time knew that it was Nie Li who saved the Ling Tian Empire, it was just that after all, killing his wife and killing his daughter was almost incomprehensible to the world, and after that incident, his whole person seemed to have evaporated from the world, not knowing whether he was dead or alive, let alone standing up to defend himself.

Coupled with Ling Biao's suppression, after twenty years, the heroic deeds that shook the entire Yilan Continent at the beginning have almost long been forgotten by Ling Tian's people, and even his fellow villagers in his hometown Qishan Town dare not easily admit that such a stunning figure has appeared in the town.

And the white-haired old man standing in front of Ye Zhen who has reached the end of his life is just about the same age as Nie Li, and he was a playmate with a good relationship when he was a child, but the two chose different paths, one had already left this hilltop town and soared in the broader sky with unparalleled talent; One has been waiting in this poor countryside, waiting for the last cup of loess to be added to the body and rest in the homeland where it grows.

"Yes, I came to look for him because I was entrusted by Nie Li's two disciples, uncle, I don't know if you know Nie Li?" After making a bucket full of water, Ye Zhen said with a pleasant face, while paying attention to the change in the expression of the white-haired old man in front of him, if this NPC uncle really knew Nie Li, his performance would definitely not escape Ye Zhen's eyes.

Sure enough, when he heard the word 'disciple', the white-haired old man's body shook, his dark arm suddenly stretched out, grabbed Ye Zhen's arm, and asked excitedly, "Dear adventurer, are you saying that you were entrusted by Xiaofeng and Xiaoyun to come to Qishan Town?" ”

"Little wind and little clouds? Isn't that-" Subconsciously muttered, Ye Zhen's eyes quickly flickered a few times, and he forcibly suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and nodded, "Yes, the two seniors of Feng Xingshan and Yun Punishment are both entangled in important matters, so I ordered the kid to come to Qishan Town to take a look." ”

"This uncle really knows the two seniors of Fengyun, it seems that today's trip is really not in vain!" Looking at the white-haired old man in front of him, Ye Zhen's heart suddenly rose with a long-lost joy, if it was said that before the one-sided war back then, Nie Li, who had already settled in Ling Tiancheng, returned to his hometown to visit with the young Feng Xingshan and Yun Punishment Evil, it was also a human nature, after all, NPCs are the same as people, and they will also have homeland complexes.

"Good, good! I haven't seen each other for decades, Xiaofeng and Xiaoyun can still remember Qishan Town, it's really rare! The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, the old man seemed very excited, and he invited with a trembling palm on Ye Zhen's arm, "Dear adventurer, please go to the inner room with the old man, the humble house is simple, I hope you don't mind." ”

Knowing that Ye Zhen could say the names of Feng Xing Good and Cloud Punishment of Evil, the last bit of vigilance in the old man's heart suddenly dissipated, you must know that those two guys have not had any news for nearly twenty years, and it is impossible for ordinary adventurers to know that there are such two people, even the earth-shattering assassination back then.

As for what he said was entrusted by the two predecessors of Fengyun, it was completely Ye Zhen's nonsense and white lies, don't care about these details!

It was very easy to carry a bucket of water to the inner room, and Ye Zhen first helped the old man pour the spring water into the bluestone jar that stored the water, and then sat down with the old man in front of the square mahogany table in the inner room.

To Ye Zhen's surprise, there were dozens of criss-crossing straight lines drawn on the surface of the square wooden table in front of him, and in addition to a thick black dot in the middle of the square table, there were eight black dots in the east, west, north and south, which were connected with the Tianyuan point in the middle, forming four squares with the same area, like a standard Go board.

"Tian Yuan, star position?" Although he doesn't know Go, Ye Zhen often sees an old man playing Go on the stone table in the park when he runs in the morning at Jingbo Yuan, so he also knows some relatively superficial Go terms.

However, it was obvious that Ye Zhen was not interested in this kind of thing that required a lot of brain energy, so he quickly turned his gaze elsewhere.

The furnishings in the house are very simple, but the cleaning is very clean, and there is no peculiar smell, and it can be seen that although the old man has many inconveniences, he is not a sloppy person.

"Adventurer, what do you want to know, please ask, the old man is already half a person in the ground, even if the government wants to pursue something, the old man will let it go."

Hearing the old man's resolute words, Ye Zhen couldn't help but be stunned, it turned out that the matter was even more serious than he imagined, no wonder there was so little information about Nie Li in the game, Ling Biao was really not a thing!

However, as for what he wanted to know about Nie Li, Ye Zhen really didn't know how to express it for a while, could it be that he wanted to know how to complete the task of 'promoting good and punishing evil', needless to say, the old man in front of him definitely didn't even know what it was to promote good and punish evil.

"Uncle is like this, I just want to know some of Nie Li's previous deeds, how to say it, or you can simply tell me everything you know." Now, Ye Zhen can only open his mouth, and he is also a little curious about this grandmaster-level assassin, this guy is full of treasures, maybe he can get some inadvertent secrets.

Seeing Ye Zhen's anxious appearance, the old man, who had already looked down on life and death, smiled kindly, and nodded incessantly, "It's okay, I haven't heard this name from others in the past twenty years, and today the old man will talk with the adults." ”

After a pause, the old man sorted out his thoughts, his cloudy eyes slowly became brighter, he stroked the three-inch white beard and recalled, "A cold winter more than sixty years ago, when it was still an era of war and chaos, a baby boy was born in a family surnamed Nie in the west of our Qishan Town, due to the stalemate between Ling Tian and Loulan at that time, the frontline was lacking in troops, as soon as the baby boy was born, his father was conscripted to the front line to resist the wolf and tiger division of the Loulan Kingdom. It is precisely because of this that his mother, who is still in confinement, gave him a single name, called Li! ”

"It turns out that Nie Li's name came from like this, compared to Loulan and Green, it is still Ling Tianren's name that has more connotation." In his heart, Ye Zhen only nodded slightly, and did not make a sound to interrupt the old man's thoughts.

"It was a cold winter with heavy snow, not long after Nie was born, before the New Year passed, there was sudden bad news from the front line, his father was killed on the battlefield thousands of miles away less than a month after joining the army, due to the lack of troops at that time, in the end, even his father's ashes could not be transported back to the ground for burial."

After many years, although the old man only calmly narrated, his voice seemed to carry a magical power, and Ye Zhen's mind was involved in the chaotic era of the four countries of the Yilan Continent.

At that time, Nie Li was just an infant baby, and he had never even seen his biological father, so he slowly learned to walk and talk with his widowed mother. The life of orphans and widows was lonely, the pain of widowhood and years of hard work, Nie Li's mother soon became depressed and fell ill, lying on the hospital bed for a long time, at that time, Nie Li was five years old. ”

"Because he couldn't afford to pay the tuition, the young Nie Li almost never entered the school in the town, but he would often borrow the books of our playmates for self-study, because of his extraordinary talent, plus a few words taught to him by his mother, he almost never forgot to read and write, and he was much more knowledgeable than these playmates who studied in the school outside, and he was the most famous little prodigy in the town at that time."

"But the good times didn't last long, and when he was six years old, his sick mother died suddenly in the middle of the night, leaving him an orphan who couldn't take care of himself."

"Fortunately, the townspeople of Qishan are simple, and almost all of them are kind-hearted, and with the support of his enthusiastic neighbors, although he has lost his relatives, he can barely survive."

But even though his mind was much more mature than his peers, the little prodigy soon became a taciturn child in the face of the loss of his mother and the loneliness of his life. I don't know where it started, but that extremely talented kid once became a brave and ruthless character who would fight if he didn't agree with him. I remember that at that time, there was an ignorant child who scolded him for being a broom star and killed his parents, and as a result, he beat him into a bun face panda eyes, and even his parents couldn't recognize whose child this baby was. Hehe, it's not a secret, it was the old man who was beaten into a bun face back then, he was young and ignorant, and his life was almost in the hands of Nie Li's kid-".

(To be continued)