Six years ago - Loujiazhuang

"Old landlord, is this matter serious?"

"It shouldn't be wrong, I heard from the merchants who came and went in the city that the guest of the City Lord's Mansion who was invited by the City Lord was an old man with a long sword, and his strength was said to be at least above the Battle Sect, and the characteristics of the person you were looking for were also very similar to what you said earlier. Knowing you've been looking for years, I'll send you a message right away. The old farmer said slowly, but Cao Wuming in front of him did not feel the slightest sense of decadence, and his eyes were shining, as if he had heard an extremely exciting good news. He stood up and saluted the old farmer heavily:

"Old owner, your kindness has been recorded by Cao, and it will be reciprocated in the future. ”

"Where is it, you are serious, if you hadn't made a move back then, I am afraid that the old bloodline would have been cut off from the world...... It's just a little bit of a thought. Seeing Cao Wuming so solemn, the old owner of the building hurriedly got up from his seat and held Cao Wuming, and his eyes gradually became a little moist when he didn't know when. Ten years ago, the only daughter and son-in-law of the old owner of the building unfortunately met a thief on the way to the city to do business, although Cao Wuming who passed by made a timely move, but the son-in-law of the old owner was still seriously injured and died, after the death of the husband, the only daughter of the old owner also died of depression, leaving only a posthumous daughter. Although the owner of the old Lou village has a lot of money, but he is also a person with a hard life, he lost his father at a young age, lost his wife in middle age, and lost his daughter in ten thousand years, if it wasn't for Cao Wuming's timely action and left a granddaughter for him, I am afraid that his Lou family's bloodline has long been cut off, and he has no idea of living in this world.

"Old farmer...... Don't be sad, that's all in the past. Cao Wuming naturally knew what had happened back then, gently patted the old landlord of the old landlord on the shoulder, helped him sit down again, knowing that the old landlord's mood was a little more stable, before he spoke again:

"Old farmer, since this is the case, I will go to the city now to take a look at the situation, for the sake of safety, my nephew Yi Han will be entrusted to you for the time being. ”

After the words fell, Cao Wuming solemnly bowed to the old owner of the building, then turned around and walked out of the door, came to the courtyard, and happened to see Xiao Yihan and Lou Yuqing who had just finished dancing the sword in the courtyard. Xiao Yihan saw Cao Wuming coming over, subconsciously took a few steps back, and said with some cringe:

"Uncle Wuming......"

"Yi Han, let's stay here for a while these days, I have something to deal with. Cao Wuming could see what had just happened at a glance, and the corners of his mouth raised a smile that was not easy to detect, and he said softly. As soon as the words fell, he took a step forward, carrying Haoran's sword qi, and his whole body actually flew into the sky, flying towards the nearest city near Loujiazhuang, and it didn't take long for Cao Wuming's figure to disappear into the twilight sky.

"Yuqing, you take the guest to his room. ”

It was at this time that the old owner of Lou Lao, on crutches, slowly walked out of the room, and shouted to Lou Yuqing in the courtyard, Lou Yuqing responded politely, and then grabbed Xiao Yihan's sleeve a little shyly, and took him in the direction of the courtyard. In this small courtyard, only the old owner, Lou Yuqing, and a few subordinates live, and the guest rooms really prepared for the guests are far away. It is at this time that the last bit of afterglow in Xishan also disappeared under the encroachment of the night, and the night fell, it was also a summer, and a little starry sky appeared in the night sky, under the starry sky, Xiao Yihan and Lou Yuqing walked on the stone road between the bamboo forests, and the breeze came slowly, with a light and natural beauty.

"How old are you?"

"Nine years old. ”

"I'm ten years old, and I'm older than you, so I should call you sister, shouldn't I, Sister Qing'er?"

“......”

"If you don't speak, you just agreed, hehehehe, I'll call you like this, Sister Qing'er, Sister Qing'er......"

......

"Here, this is your yard, and my grandfather prepared it for you. ”

The footsteps of the two stopped in front of an empty courtyard, which was specially cleaned up by the old owner of the building and given to Cao Wuming and Xiao Yihan to live in. The area of the courtyard is not very large, and it is about the same as the courtyard where the old farmer lived, but the decoration in it is very ornate and exquisite. The old owner knew that Cao Wuming didn't like to be disturbed by outsiders, so he didn't even configure it for him, so he looked a little empty and didn't have any anger. Lou Yuqing led Xiao Yihan into the courtyard, and also looked around, during which he didn't talk much, until he was about to leave, Lou Yuqing slowly lowered his head, and asked hesitantly:

"That...... Today you taught me ...... Can you teach me again tomorrow?"

"Of course, I can teach you whenever you want, not only that, whatever you want to learn, I can teach you as long as I can. Hearing Lou Yuqing's shy request, Xiao Yihan immediately agreed excitedly, with a sincere smile on his face, he has been wandering around with Cao Wuming since he was a child, and he has almost no friends, now he finally has a child of the same age, and asked him to teach her things, how can Xiao Yihan not be happy?

"Well, then, then I'll come back to you tomorrow, you can rest today. ”

Lou Yuqing didn't seem to dare to face Xiao Yihan's smile, she kept her head down, and said softly, her voice was like a gentle wind, soft but comfortable. After saying this, Lou Yuqing turned around and hurriedly walked out, leaving Xiao Yihan alone in this somewhat empty courtyard. What Xiao Yihan didn't see was that Lou Yuqing's face, which was usually not very approachable, was already red at this moment, like an apple that had been ripe. Similarly, what Xiao Yihan didn't know was that there was a seed that had fallen into this girl's heart without knowing when, silently, and began to take root.

The next day –

Cao Wuming stayed up all night, but even so, Xiao Yihan still got up early very sensibly, waved the wooden sword in the empty courtyard with a wooden sword in his hand, and got up every morning to practice the sword, which has almost become a habit, but today is a little different, Xiao Yihan is still gesturing while practicing the sword, and seems to be studying how to teach this swordsmanship to Lou Yuqing. Just when he was still studying the comparison, he suddenly heard a noisy sound outside the door, Xiao Yihan hurriedly walked out when he heard the sound, and the Loujiazhuang outside the courtyard had already been in a mess, people came and went, and it seemed that he was running around in a panic, in this noisy crowd, Xiao Yihan vaguely heard something-

"The bandits are coming!"