Before the mist that hung over the earth had lifted, the sun had only just shown its face, and everything seemed so silent that some small sounds could be heard far away. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There was a strange sound coming from the cobblestone avenue, and we couldn't see who it was, because the mist blocked the face of the stranger who broke into Mori Tail City, and we could only listen to the sound carefully...

The horse's hooves struck the ground and made a "trampling", a sound a few beats slower than the second hand, and the "creaking" of the wheels was like announcing that I was very old and about to fall apart, until I showed my face, and I realized that it was true.

The horses were so tired, and pulled a worn-out, two-wheeled carriage in which sat two strange men, one with a long beard and a short stature. The other was a toddler in his arms, more than a year old.

They didn't know where they came from, and they didn't know how long they had been roaming the world, but they saw that the mantle on the middle-aged man had been torn and tattered, and the dust was inherently black, as if it had walked countless centuries in time, and the toddler was wrapped in his arms, and his mental outlook was slightly better.

After all, they still came here--- Nansk Senwei City, crossed the endless cobblestone avenue of stone houses, and came to the front of the Sencheng Palace.

"Hello, please inform your lord for me!" the man said earnestly to the castle guard, his voice slightly vicissitudes.

"What's your name?" the guard asked grimly.

"Hu Tao, you can tell the city lord that there is a famous magician in the city, and he is willing to perform magic tricks for the city lord. ”

"Magic?" Several guards looked at each other, and one of them shrugged, "Okay, you wait!"

The guard entered the castle for twenty minutes, and when he returned, he expressed the lord's favor and led Hu Tao into the castle.

The interior of the whole castle is built like a column, straight into the ground, the columns are divided into thick and thin, high and low, and the top of the column is covered with a similar cone-type roof; the building materials are not luxurious, and it is rare to see precious stones, jade, gold and other materials, and the best part is only the use of ceramic tiles. Walk through such a columned building, come to the highest column in the center of the castle, and enter the temple, where the lord sits on a golden throne in the depths of the temple.

"You say you're a magician?" the city lord's grim voice echoed far through the empty hall.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" said Hu Tao sincerely.

The city lord pondered for a while, his fingers tapping on the armrest of the seat, and he made a crisp voice: "Uh... Well... Where are you from?"

"We were homeless, so we chose to travel. Since I was born, I have been travelling with my uncle, and of course, looking at my age, I know that my uncle has passed away. ”

"In your arms?"

Hu Tao looked at the toddler in his arms and said distressedly: "He, oh, he is a poor child, I picked it up on the side of the road, and I named him Lu Sheng." ”

"Lu Sheng?" The city lord couldn't help laughing: "Okay, if you want to perform magic, let's get started!"

"Your Majesty, I have a small request. ”

"You say... ”

"If you think my magic tricks are wonderful, I hope I can stay with you and perform magic for you forever. ”

The city lord sneered: "I thought you just wanted to perform magic tricks for me, but Mori Tail City doesn't want strangers to appear!"

"Do you mean an old man who is about to enter the earth and a young child who has not dried up, and who can pose a threat to this heroic nation?"

"There's nothing I can do, my right can't change the ideas that have become worldly, and even if I agree to keep you, the people of Mori Tail City won't treat you well. Maybe other cities will be able to take you in. ”

Hu Tao let out a long sigh: "Well, I thought that Senwei City was the first of the twenty-three cities of Nansk, and its generosity could serve as an example, but the truth is quite the opposite. ”

"Please forgive me!" said the city lord as he stood up from his seat and frowned.

"Why do you say that, young man? I'm just a wanderer, I only tell the gossip that I see and feel, do you know how those rumors come about? What do your dryads think when they hear it?"

"What do you mean?"

"Your Majesty the Wise will not fail to understand. ”

"You're threatening me?"

Hu Tao said angrily: "Threat, I am just an old man who is about to enter the earth, even if I add this stinky toddler in front of me, it is simply an insult to use it on our noble and generous wanderers. With that, he turned and left.

"Okay!Okay!" the city lord stretched out his arm: "I'll give you a chance! As for whether the people of Moritail City accept it or not, it's entirely up to you!"

A smile appeared on Hu Tao's cold face, but the moment he turned his head, the smile was hidden again, and he said with a straight face, "Okay, this is what you begged me for." ”

In this way, Mr. Walnut, the wanderer, was given a stone room in Moritail City, and they finally stopped living a wandering life!

As the years go by, time flies, Hu Tao must fulfill his promise, perform magic tricks every day, and gradually, his fame is not limited to the city of Mori Wei, he has to travel and perform throughout Nansk, and Lu Sheng has to live in other people's homes.

It was when Lu Sheng was twelve years old, and it was a very ordinary dawn, and the sun came here early as usual, flicking the light through one window after another, and waking up the children who were still lazy in bed. Lu Sheng stretched and sat up from the small brown wooden bed, when there was a knock on his small wooden door.

"I'm up!"

"It's me, Ruler!"

Fu Qi is the son of Lu Sheng's boarder, and he is also a classmate, he is half a head taller than Lu Sheng, Lu Sheng heard his voice, slowly got out of bed, stood in front of the door and hesitated for a moment, until the knock sounded again, he did not open the door.

Fu Qi leaned against the door frame and said angrily, "Why is it so long?"

Lu Sheng turned around and said, "Well, it's been delayed!