Zhao Guo, Lin Haizhen.

"Nian boy, go back quickly, the county has been recruiting soldiers in the past two days, and there is no business anyway, so I will be busy here today. Shopkeeper Li shook his hand, threw the five cents on the table, and continued to move the abacus with an expressionless face.

I saw a young man with a slightly pale face and shabby linen clothes, but he looked fresh and clean, gently put down the broom in his hand, and walked towards the shopkeeper Li with a smile on his face.

"Thank you, shopkeeper Li, then you are busy, I will go first. With that, the boy twisted the five cents tightly in his hand and walked out of the tavern quickly.

This young man's name is Nian'an, it was thirteen years ago, Xueqing's parents heard a quick knock on the door in the middle of the night, and after opening the door, they found Nian'an who was still in swaddling clothes. The baby's face was lovely, covered with precious cloth that they could not see, and at a glance it was the son of a famous family, but it was abandoned on the ground alone, and there was no one left and right.

Immediately, Xueqing's parents carefully picked up the baby, only to see that he did not cry or make trouble, slept very quietly, and there was a jade pendant with reading on his chest. After discussion, Xueqing's parents decided to adopt the child, so Xueqing had an older brother named Nian'an after she was born, and the family lived a plain and happy life.

Until three years ago, when Xue Qing's parents went up the mountain to collect medicine, they unfortunately met a demonized red ape, although the red ape is a first-order intermediate demon beast, but it is not something that mortals can resist, Xue Qing's parents were ruthlessly killed by the red ape after several struggles. When Nian An and Xue Qing saw that their parents had not returned all night, and the people from the same town helped to go up the mountain to find them, they found the miserable bodies of the two.

Upon hearing the news, the town guard immediately sent someone to look for it, but the demonized red ape was nowhere to be found, and Xueqing's parents could not come back. I had no choice but to whisper a few words of comfort, lied that I had killed the culprit, and left in a hurry, leaving nothing, leaving only Nian An and Xue Qing in a simple wooden house.

At this point, Nian'an, who was only ten years old, began to work in the town to make money, and took on the mission of supporting Xue Qing and himself. Fortunately, the people in the town were kind-hearted, and seeing that Nian An and Xue Qing were pitiful, they spent some odd jobs to let Nian An run errands in exchange for a little food or change to live. There are also some rumors that Nian'an is an ominous person, an abandoned orphan, and after Xueqing's parents kindly adopted, there were monsters in the town that had not been seen for a hundred years, and the two died tragically. Although Xue Qing has never blamed Nian An and still treats him as her own brother, Nian An has always felt ashamed in her heart. Unwilling to do this, while taking care of Xue Qing every day, he worked hard, hoping that he could protect his sister and not be hurt in the future. But the body is getting worse, especially in the cold winter, there will always be pinprick and stinging pain in the body at night.

The hard days passed for a long time, until the day of the heavy snowfall, a strange man came up in the town. The man was disheveled, sloppy in his clothes, nosed on rosacea, and had a dirty wine gourd hanging from his waist, which it was only later discovered that it seemed as if he could never finish it. Nian An saw that someone had fallen at the door of his house, thinking that the beggar was fainting from hunger, so he helped the man back to his home, took his share of steamed buns and handed it to the strange man.

The man was not polite, and he stuffed the steamed bun into his mouth in two bites, and said while chirping: "Well, the old man, I don't owe favors all my life, you give the old man steamed buns, and the old man will teach you a craft, with your current situation, it should be no problem to support yourself." In this way, the strange man stayed in the town for two days, during which he occasionally instructed Nian An in cooking a few times, and before leaving, he threw down a copy of "The Recipe of All Souls" and asked him to study it slowly after he left. Since then, Nian'an has been a cook in a tavern in the town with this cooking skill, which has made Nian'an and Xueqing live a life of food and clothing.

Flipping the money in his palm, Nian An shook his head helplessly, and sighed in his heart: "With such a little money every day, when will Qing'er live a good life, alas." ”

It was still early in the morning, so Nian An put his salary into his money bag and walked towards the market.

"Nian'an, I'm going home so early today, miss Qing'er?"

"Aunt Zhao, you are so beautiful today, of course I miss you. ”

"Stinky boy, your mouth is so sweet, come, take a few red fruits and go home and eat them with Qing'er. ”

"Nian boy, come to Uncle Wang, hammer your back, and Uncle will give you a candy man to eat. ”

"Okay, Uncle Wang, here we are. ”

"Xiao An'an, I've grown taller again, let's let my sister take a closer look. ”

"Hey, Sister-in-law Li, you're in your thirties and still let me call you sister. ”

"Little bastard, who are you talking about in their thirties, they look like they are only in their teens!"

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Nian An greeted the people in the market warmly, and suddenly glanced at the stall in front of him and saw that there were jewelry for sale in front of him, thinking that Qing'er was about to grow up, but she didn't have a piece of jewelry yet, and she couldn't help but feel a little guilty in her heart. sighed secretly, it's hard to be Qing'er, I'm really not responsible as an elder brother, I haven't done anything at all.

Then he touched the money bag on his body, gritted his teeth, and walked forward quickly, and the dazzling trinkets appeared in Nian'an's eyes. At a glance, a light blue crystal bracelet placed in the corner, compared with other colorful jewelry, did not attract Nian An, and after being satisfied, he picked up the bracelet and asked expectantly: "Grandpa Sun, how do you sell this bracelet." ”

"I'm going to buy it for Qing'er, just give me ten wen. Grandpa Sun said with a smile.

also knew that Grandpa Sun would not coax himself, although there was not much money in the small cloth bag, Nian An still did not hesitate to take out ten Wen and handed it to Grandpa Sun, and after saying thank you, he took the bracelet and walked home happily.

Rejoicing all the way, he returned home unconsciously, and Nian An gently pushed the rooms open. I saw a little girl with delicate facial features, creamy skin, like a doll, plunged into Nian An's arms, and said happily: "Brother Nian, you're back, Qing'er misses you!"

Nian An gently rubbed the little girl's black hair, and said softly: "Qing'er, come and see what my brother brought you back today." After speaking, he reached out and took out a light blue crystal bracelet from the package on his back, and carefully brought it to Xue Qing's wrist.

"Wow, it's so beautiful!" The little girl raised her hand, kept shaking in front of her eyes, looked at the bracelet and jumped up excitedly, and then kissed Nian An on the face like a dragonfly, her little face was slightly flushed, and she ran out of the door as soon as she slipped away, "Brother Nian, I'll go fetch water for you, and I'll come back early today, so you can rest more and then go to practice." ”

"This Nizi is really. Nian An touched the cheek that Xue Qing had just kissed with his hand, although he was a little happy in his heart, he still smiled helplessly.

"Hey, this sister, what's the matter with you? Why do you keep staring at me. Nian An walked out of the door when he heard the sound, and saw a woman in a phoenix feather costume standing outside the door, looking a little excited, but standing in place dignifiedly, only staring at Xue Qing in her eyes.

"Excuse me-" Before Nian An finished speaking, he heard the woman's laughter like a silver bell, "Giggles, great, Mr. Tianji really didn't deceive the palace, it was in vain that the palace was looking for half a year in Zhao Kingdom, and it turned out that the junior sister lived in such a desolate place." ”

Without thinking about the appearance of Nian'an at all, the woman's jade hand was raised lightly, and a snow-white lotus flower was conjured up, and the lotus flower emitted a soft light, slowly floating from the girl's hand to Xue Qing. Everything happened too suddenly, Nian An was still immersed in shock, and the lotus flower came to Xue Qing's body, leaving a faint ripple after wandering a few laps. In the end, the lotus flower stayed in front of Xue Qing, and its shape gradually became smaller, turning into a little red light and submerging into the center of the eyebrows, forming a red lotus pattern on its fair forehead.

When the woman saw this, her hands were sealed, and a phoenix robe was windless, and with the bursts of fragrance wafting around, a light red lotus phantom gradually appeared in her hands. Immediately afterwards, a drop of essence blood was precipitated from the woman's fingertip and merged into the lotus phantom, and in an instant, the lotus phantom blood was flourishing, soaring into the sky. Seeing this, the woman immediately whispered: "I use my essence blood as a guide to help the Heavenly Dao Horcrux descend into the world, manifest!"

After that, the woman and Xue Qing snorted at the same time, and then the lotus pattern on the center of the eyebrows lit up with a burst of holy luster, the clothes flew, and the soft hair was scattered in the air. Xue Qing's eyes were blank, and her body slowly left the ground under the dazzling light, and her two little hands unconsciously made strange movements. Gradually, the seven-colored clouds in the sky gathered, and a golden light sprinkled down from it, covering all the snow and sunshine, and suddenly a paper umbrella phantom appeared behind it, and a picture of smoke and rain was faintly visible on the umbrella surface, and the umbrella body was misty and misty, showing the wonderful meaning.

With the appearance of the phantom of the paper umbrella, all kinds of visions suddenly appeared in the sky, or Qionglou Yuyu, or Wanchuan River and Sea. The woman's eyes flashed, her jade hand fluttered, and the surrounding vision disappeared in an instant, and without stopping, she stepped forward and hugged the slowly falling Xue Qing.

"Haha, good, the emperor of the umbrella, call the mirage smoke and rain. The mirage smoke umbrella is matched with a thousand exquisite bodies, this time Mr. Tianji said that this palace will be in the land of Zhao Kingdom, and find someone with a great opportunity for the uncle, and sure enough!" The girl touched Qing'er's face dotingly, "Ice muscle and jade bones, since childhood, she has been a beautiful embryo that has brought disaster to the country and the people, and she is a little jealous of this palace, and she is worthy of being my junior sister Murong Yan." ”

Xue Qing also came back to her senses at this time, opened her eyes, and found that she was next to the woman. couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and then quickly broke free from Murong Yan's embrace, hid behind Nian An with a smoke, grabbed the corner of his brother's clothes, poked out his little head, but looked at Murong Yan vividly.