It was summer in June, and it was getting late, and the sun was setting bright red.

Chen Shaoan had just returned from escorting a caravan, and he had some silver money in his hand.

It was in this small square that he was also half-lying on the stone millstone, basking in the sun with a few swordsmen. He accidentally glanced at the dirt road south of the town, and suddenly saw a small figure, walking alone towards it. The setting sun dragged his shadow for so long.

It was a little boy in tattered clothes, twelve or thirteen years old, not short, but a little thin. His face was black, but his eyes were black and white, delicate and smart, as clear as a spring in the mountains. It's just that in addition to the constant vigilance in that gaze, there is also a kind of indifference that rejects people.

The boy was holding a long, narrow cloth bag that everyone in the square could tell was a knife in it.

There has never been a child in North Town, and it is a lonely child. In addition to the caravans, bodyguards, and fierce horse thieves in this wasteland, who would let a child come to this chaotic place alone?

The people in the square closed their mouths and looked at the little boy who had come alone in amazement.

The little boy came to the square and silently found a corner and squatted there. I opened the cloth bag in my hand, and sure enough, it was a knife, a knife with a somewhat narrow blade. The little boy stood the knife in front of him and continued to sit there quietly.

What is he going to do? This question is on almost everyone's mind.

Chen Shaoan was also observing the little boy.

The clothes are shabby, and although the face is dirty, I can't see the appearance clearly, but from those eyes, it can be seen that he should be a delicate child. And from the torn clothes, you can see that the skin is not dirty, and it should be regarded as a clean boy.

The eyes are clean and flexible, and it is impossible to be a fool!The most important thing is ...... There was also a knife with a special shape standing in front of him! The shape of that knife was a little strange, and the shape of the knife always felt a little familiar!

What does it mean for him to set up a sword? Is it to establish authority......? ! Chen Shaoan himself was amused by the idea that he came up with.

So ...... he stood up with a sword? Oh...... He's looking for a job!hahaha...... But is it possible that he is so small?

Chen Shao'an was once again laughed at by his own speculation.

A few people next to him saw Chen Shaoan staring at the little boy with a strange face, and laughed for a while, and then laughed twice. A few people looked at Chen Shao'an, and then looked at the boy, who couldn't guess what kind of nerve this Chen Shao'an was sending?

In the end, it was the thin man Gao Liu who patted Chen Shao'an, and only then did Chen Shao'an wake up from his conjecture.

Chen Shao'an told a few people about his guesses, and Gao Liu smiled and said, "Don't you know if you go and ask?"

Chen Shao'an thought about it, so he whistled at the boy and asked with a smile: "Little guy, where did you come from? Why did you come here? What are you going to do here?"

＂...... ＂

"Why don't you speak? Ask you, little one? It's rude not to answer the elders' questions? What are you going to do here? This is not a good place to play. Hurry home so that the elders of the family will not worry!"

"I'm here to get a job as a guard. ＂

The boy just stared down at the knife.

"Looking for a job, being a guard? hahaha...... ＂

Several people laughed good-naturedly.

"Do you know what it's all about? You're so small, who's going to hire you? Go home, this is not the place for you. ＂

"I know this is where the caravan recruits guards, and I have a knife!"

"There are knives? Didn't you steal your adult's knife and sneak out? Besides, there are more people with knives...... But will you use a knife?"

"I'll make a knife!"

"Yo! I can use a knife, how can I use it? If you can, show your uncle a hand!"

"If I knew how to use a knife, would you let me find a living here?"

"Yes!"

"Okay!"

Several people responded with a smile.

The boy stood up, picked up a dead branch the thickness of his thumb from the ground, and stuck it in the soil.

He pulled the knife out of its sheath. I saw that the knife was about two feet seven inches, the blade was smooth and straight, the light could be recognized, and the knife surface was like a pool of clear water.

When a few people saw the knife, they couldn't help but secretly praise: "Good knife!"

But it's a pity that this knife is in the hands of this half-grown boy.

A few of the people who usually make knives couldn't help but pay attention, and secretly planned how to buy the knife from the boy in a while.

The boy glanced at the dead branch, and with a flash of the knife in his hand, he put it back into its sheath.

Several people looked at the boy with wide eyes, and the sixth year of high school couldn't help asking, "This is the end of the practice? What are you practicing? That is, cutting branches, and the branches are not broken?"

Chen Shaoan jumped up from the grinding disc and couldn't help shouting: "Good knife!"

Everyone thought that Chen Shao'an was looking at the knife in the boy's hand, so he shouted, who didn't know that it was a knife? But Chen Shao'an didn't know that the boy had cut the dead branch into three sections just now.

These three swords were only cut out in an instant, and the boy's sword skills were already extremely fast! Like Gao Liu, these first- and second-level martial artists couldn't see it at all.

Although the dead branch was cut off, because the boy was too quick to draw the knife and the blade was extremely sharp, the dead branch stood as it was, which was not visible on the surface.

Chen Shaoan thinks that he can barely do it, but he can't do it as casually as he can. How many years does this have to be practiced hard to be like this? This child is not big, has he been practicing the knife since birth?

Otherwise, there is an extremely clever figure who has taught him sword techniques since he was a child! Moreover, the way he draws his knife is somewhat similar to the technique of the sword city, which is similar to the knife technique of a master in the army who once passed on his sword technique. That master of the army is from the Sword City in the Hundred Cities Alliance, and this boy's origin is by no means simple!

Could it be that he is from Sword City, but Sword City is more than a thousand miles away from Beizhen, and he has to cross a desert, so it is impossible for this little child to come here.

Since the boy went under the knife, Chen Shaoan has been thinking a lot.

The rest of the people didn't see it, and thought the boy was making a fuss.

The boy listened to Chen Shao'an's praise and couldn't help but look up.

I saw a handsome young man standing on the grinding plate, dressed in a slightly stained moonlight gown, with one hand behind him, slightly drunk. In a trance, it was as if I saw that person again, standing there.

I couldn't help but subconsciously shouted, "Third Uncle!"

"Well, he actually called me the third uncle! In that case, it's also the fate of the two of us! Hey, boy. Since you recognize me as the third uncle, then I, Chen San and Chen Shao'an, will take you with me, and follow me in the future!"

Many years later, Chen Shaoan admired his vision, if it weren't for this sentence, his life might not have become so exciting!

The boy looked at the familiar moon-white robe, with a handsome face that looked a little similar, and a plausible chic temperament, and nodded subconsciously.

"Boy, since you recognize the third uncle, then you have to tell the third uncle your name, right?"

"Nineteen!"

"Shi Jiu, okay! Look at you haven't eaten yet, Shi Jiu, the third uncle will take you to eat first. ＂

"Yes, three...... Third Uncle!" Chen Shaoan frowned, how can you call me Third Uncle? The child may have made a mistake in his heart.

But he never thought that this old word had not left him since then.

The rest of the people are a little inexplicable, although usually Chen Shaoan laughs and is uninhibited.

But everyone knows that Chen Shao'an is a good person, a smart person, and according to himself, he is still from Kyoto!

Could it be that he was stupid today? How much trouble would it cause to take a child by his side? Could it be that he saw that the child's knife was good and wanted to coax the child's knife? But according to the understanding of Chen Shao'an by the people present, he Chen Shao'an would never do such a thing! Everyone couldn't help but be puzzled.

At this moment, a gust of wind blew, and the dead branch shook, and at once broke into three pieces and fell to the ground. The fracture is smooth and flat, and there is not a trace of crack on the wood grain. Only at great speed can you cut a branch like this!

It's just that at this time, no one is looking at the appearance of these withered branches, and everyone is looking at the two backs of one big and one small.

Looking at the direction, it should be going to the Drunken Dream Restaurant.

On the horizon, the sun has set.

"Your name is really Shi Jiu?"

"Third uncle, I'll be called Nineteen!"

"Well, then Shi Jiu, what do you want to eat? You can order it at the restaurant in a while! Third Uncle thinks you should be hungry for a few days, right? Third Uncle has a treat, take care of your fill!hahaha...... ＂

"Shi Jiu, eat more! Look at your yellow muscles, how hungry are you?"

"Hmm...... Thank you, third uncle!"

Secretly frowning, why do you always call me the third uncle? I'm afraid this kid is happy and confused, right?

"Shi Jiu, how old is this year?"

"Thirteen years old, third uncle!"

"Who else is in the house?"

Suddenly put down the food in his hand and shook his head silently, but his clear eyes were full of sadness.

Chen Shaoan saw it in his eyes and sighed.

"Alas...... They are all miserable people...... It's okay! There will be a third uncle in the future! The third uncle will take care of you! Come, keep eating...... ＂

Thinking of this, Chen Shao'an's face couldn't help but smile. At that time, the decision was made on the spur of the moment. Who thought that he had picked up a treasure, he thought that he would take care of him, but who knew that he had taken care of himself in the past five years.

I thought I would be alone when I fled here, but I didn't expect to meet Xiao Shijiu, this god still takes care of me Chen Shao'an.

The wind was cold at night, but his heart was hot!

It's just that where to get some money tomorrow? If not, bet Shi Jiu's knife on Li Laoqi's casino first? Fight again? Xiao Shi Jiu will definitely refuse, alas, how can you convince him?

The two of them were thinking about their own thoughts, but a certain unscrupulous uncle had already hit the knife with his mind.