It wasn't the first time Tang Yao had asked this question, and the old army didn't care, and said casually: "You have asked me many times, I said it, and I will tell you when the time is right." ”

"And when do you think the right time is?" Tang Yao's tone became a little tough today, the old army was already in a bad mood because he was a little tired and slightly injured after the war, and he was immediately provoked when he heard Tang Yao's tone at this time.

"What the hell are you trying to say?" The old soldier asked.

Tang Yao didn't look over, he also felt that it was not appropriate to talk about this topic at this time, so he chose not to speak, but the old army seemed to be angry and shouted directly at the taxi driver: "Driver, you pull over, I want to get out of the car." ”

After the taxi stopped, the old army pulled the car door and walked down directly, Tang Yao hurriedly asked, "Why are you not going back?" ”

The old soldier lit a cigarette and said to Tang Yao: "You also come down, if you have anything to say today, you can tell me clearly in person." ”

Tang Yao frowned and said to the driver, "We'll get off here." ”

The place where the taxi stopped is not far from the bridge across the river, the old army lit a cigarette and walked forward, Tang Yao paid the car and immediately got out of the car and chased after him, the two people were silent all the way, until the two walked on the bridge and leaned on the railing, it was late at night, the river was dark, but on both sides of the river were bustling high-rise buildings, the night view of the city no matter how many times to see it makes people feel beautiful, but also makes people feel small, in front of the hundred-meter-high building, on the endless flow of roads, on the streets of the city, You are just a tiny mere mortal in a city of more than 20 million people.

It was very windy on the bridge deck, Tang Yao walked to the old army and thought about it and said in a low voice: "Brother Jun, I don't have any malicious intentions, I also know that you are actually very good to me, but I just don't understand, how can I let you have such a mysterious background and a powerful master to assist me, the money I have helped you make so far is not proportional to the benefits you have brought me, Brother Jun, can you tell me, why did you help me this nobody?" ”

The old soldier brushed his hair and spit out the smoke ring in his mouth and said, "Come here, stand beside me, and look in the same direction as me." ”

Tang Yao was a little unsure, but he still walked over and stood side by side beside the old army, who pointed to the brightly lit cities on both sides of the river and asked, "Have you seen this city, do you feel anything after seeing it?" ”

Tang Yao scratched his head and asked, "Thoughts?" How can you feel that you are very small, what else can you do? ”

The old soldier shook his head and said, "Haven't you ever thought of getting ahead in this city, not just in this city, but even in the whole country and the world?" ”

Tang Yao shook his head after thinking about it and said: "I never thought that in the past, I only thought that one day I would be able to eat enough, have a nest of my own, have a serious and stable job, and then stop being besieged by my father's creditors, that's all, I am actually an ordinary person with no dreams." ”

The old army nodded and said: "Yes, but when you become an illusionist and set foot in this river and lake, this city should not be the same in your eyes, let me tell you, every young illusionist, even including me, once dreamed of becoming a famous figure in the whole city and even the country when he was young, it is no exaggeration to say that each of us hopes to one day become the king of illusionists, above hundreds of thousands of illusionists, and become the master of this rivers and lakes, but the fact is that it is impossible for one person to do this, Even if you are born noble and talented, you are only a human after all, a human who can only live for a hundred years, and it is almost a fool's dream for you to become the king of illusionists on your own, so I chose another path to realize my dream, and that is for you to complete the dream that I have no time to complete. ”

"Me? But I'm just an ordinary person, an ordinary person with no dreams. Tang Yao said.

"That's why I chose you, because you knew you were mortal from the beginning, while people in the circle of your age were pretentious, and I chose you for other reasons, I ...... Knew your mother many years ago. Only then did the old army finally tell the truth.

"Many years ago, when I was about a teenager and just started to step into the rivers and lakes, I met your mother, and that time I had a little trouble, she helped me, and I worked with her many times after that, and I was also friends with your mother, and ......" The old army paused at this point.

Tang Yao on the side asked, "And what?" ”

"And I owe your mother a great favor, and if it weren't for her, I might have died." The old soldier said.

Tang Yao was secretly shocked, with the strength of the old army, he would encounter such a big danger, and he actually knew his mother, which aroused Tang Yao's curiosity even more, and he continued to ask: "What kind of favor?" ”

"Actually, there is nothing to hide, I met a difficult opponent back then, and after finally subduing this person, it attracted more enemies, at that time I was exhausted and saw that I was dying, it was your mother who rescued me, and after that did not ask me for anything in return, I wanted to find a chance to repay her, but she disappeared later, and I myself have experienced many ups and downs over the years, and I have become alone now."

"Have you ever found my mother?" Tang Yao asked.

Lao Jun shook his head and said: "No, I haven't seen your mother since then, but after I left the clan, I heard about the existence of you and Tang Zhi, in fact, I had wavered between you and Tang Zhi at the beginning, after all, Tang Zhi was much better than you, but in the end I still chose you, not that I saw how good you were at that time, but because I found that Tang Zhi was contrary to my philosophy, so I chose you, you can understand it as a choice of helplessness." ”

Tang Yao said embarrassedly: "What you said is too straightforward. ”

"Straightforward, I'm already very tactful." The old army waved his hand and said, "Don't interrupt, I just said that I chose you among you and your eldest brother, as for why I help you so much, in addition to I want to repay your mother's kindness, there is also my expectation for you, I hope that one day you and I will join forces to ascend to the throne of the king of illusionists, and one day change the disgusting pattern of this rivers and lakes, of course, I was not optimistic about you when I first met you, and I was even disappointed, because you are even worse than I imagined, But at least for today, I think I may have made the right choice, because you are improving faster than I thought, and to be honest, I am beginning to look forward to the day when I can stand on top of the rivers and lakes with you. ”

The old army's words passed a little in Tang Yao's head, probably two reasons made the old army choose Tang Yao, the first reason is to repay the favor, Tang Yao's mother saved the old army many years ago, so the current old army chose to answer this favor to her son when he couldn't find Tang Yao's mother, and the second reason is that he hopes to select a promising descendant, and then join forces to become a big man in the rivers and lakes, and even change the entire illusionist Jianghu, he chose Tang Yao after finding out that Tang Zhi and his own ideas do not agree.

After thinking about all this, Tang Yao asked: "These reasons should not be difficult to say, why did you only tell me today?" ”

The old soldier lit another cigarette and said: "Because I may leave you anytime and anywhere, I don't want to draw a big pie for you and suddenly leave one day and make you lose hope, if I tell you my background and my strength and my former position at the beginning, you may think from that moment that you will be able to become a master, become the master of this city, such a person is something I don't need, I will appear as a vagabond, and I may leave you anytime and anywhere, so You're going to work harder to study and train, that's what I want. ”

Tang Yao leaned back and looked at the night sky and asked, "Then what is your background?" I asked some people, and they all said that the clans with the surname Jun in the circle were not particularly strong. ”

The old army spit out the smoke ring and said calmly: "I am not actually surnamed Jun, my surname is Sima, my name is Haojun, the word Hao is my generation in the Sima clan, and the word Jun is the name given by the ancestors." ”