Gao Yuan has no father or mother, he only remembers that his name is Gao Yuan, and he doesn't know anything else, and he doesn't even know when he started begging for a living, and it seems that he was already lying on the streets of Suzhou when he first remembered, waiting for passers-by to throw two copper coins into his bowl.

Of course, he's not left unattended. There are beggars in every place, and the beggars in each place have their own rules of conduct.

In relatively affluent areas like Suzhou and Hangzhou, even the beggars are relatively friendly. Of course, it's just relative.

Gao Yuansheng was thin and small, and he was born with a pitiful appearance, so he could ask for considerable money every day. However, naturally not all this money went into his pocket, and nine times out of ten it was to be handed over to the local elders.

After finishing his meal every day, he would follow the beggars to the land temple outside the city to gather so that he could hand in offerings to the elders.

The six-year-old thought that the rest of his life would be like this: asking for food, handing in offerings, and the cycle repeated. When he is in his thirties, if he does well, he can also be an elder.

Their elder wore garments with patches sewn on—he was not poor, and it was the norm to wear garments with patches. The old man is not bad, he is very good to them little beggars, teaching them how to pretend to be pitiful and how to beg for money from rich people. Gao Yuan studied very seriously, and the elders praised him in front of everyone more than once.

I thought that the days would pass in such a mess, but in the summer when I was six years old, something happened.

There was a young man among the beggars who wanted to ascend to the throne, he killed the elder, became the new elder with a ruthless force, and also seized the wife and daughter and property of the former elder. The other beggars did not dare to provoke him, so they could only obediently obey his orders.

The new elder's style of acting is different from the previous elder, he doesn't know what to do, he wants to make a big profit, and he will never be a beggar again.

So the pressure on his subordinates was even more ruthless. In the past, it was to earn ten copper coins and hand in nineteen coins, but now it is to earn twenty coins and hand in nineteen coins. For a time, there were many complaints among the beggars, and some people began to secretly hide money. But he knew about hiding the money, and cut off two heads in front of everyone, and the beggars below were silent.

The new elder sat on the steps of the Land Temple, looking at the kneeling beggars in front of him, with two heads at his feet. He said sadly, "We all know each other a little, and this is the end of disobedience."

The new elder pointed his chin at several little beggars, one of whom was Gao Yuan.

He said, "You guys are so thin and miserable that it would be a shame not to do something."

He waved his hand, and a few men brought the little beggars to him, and he ordered three at random, saying, "Break their legs."

And he nodded two more, and said, "One of them cuts off one hand."

Finally, his gaze stopped at Gao Yuan, he smiled and said, "You are the smallest, and you are the most suitable...... Lao Liu."

After speaking, a thin old man walked out tremblingly. Gao Yuan knew this old man, he used to be a beggar in the north, and he only came to Hangzhou in the past two years.

The new elder asked, "You haven't forgotten your craft, have you?"

The old man smiled and said flatteringly, "Remember."

"Just him."

The old man took Gao Yuan's hand and led him into the Land Temple. He was at the mercy of others, completely unaware of what he was going to do. I only knew that after entering the Land Temple, the cries of children and the sound of swords chopping bones began to be heard outside.

The old man tied Gao Yuan to the bed, and Gao Yuan only became scared at this time, and he asked tremblingly, "You, what are you going to do to me?"

The old man took out a sharp knife and said with a smile, "Don't blame me, baby, who made you so suitable. My craft is ancestral...... Amputate both lower legs, leaving only the thighs. In this way, the length of the hands and feet is not much different. See the sack in the corner? That's dog hair, and I'll rub your skin and burn it to ashes and sprinkle it on you. When your skin grows, you'll have dog hair all over your body. In the past, it was used to burn the skin with medicine, but it was too easy to die, and my family pondered for three generations before improving the method, and now it is basically impossible to die...... Hey, look at me, I'm old, I love to talk, and I can't talk much. Baby, it is to make you a dog, a talking dog. Think about how many people will give money to a dog singing on the street

Huh?"

Takato couldn't hear the cruelty of this, but he didn't want to become a dog, because beggars often caught wild dogs to eat. What if you become a dog and are eaten?

Takato started yelling, he was scared, he wanted someone to come and save him.

However, the children who have seen the indifference of the world since they were children know very well in their hearts: who will come to save a little beggar?

Just as the old man was about to take the knife, he suddenly heard the new elder outside the temple shouting, "Who are you?!"

Immediately after, there were the screams of beggars and the sound of swords. The old man was frightened, and hurriedly hid under the broken bed, and did not forget to admonish: "Baby! Don't make a sound!"

Gao Yuan immediately closed his mouth and forcibly held back his fear, but tears kept rolling in his eyes.

The sound of the fighting outside gradually became quieter, and the new elder did not die, but it seemed that the injury was not light, and his weak voice sounded.

"You ...... Who are you...... Why...... Kill us ......."

"It's a rule that the name of the employer cannot be revealed. However, this time the employer made it clear that you would understand, so we have to tell you...... The rules of the beggar gang are not played like this, kill the elder, you break the rules. Brother, hit the road."

After speaking, the new elder screamed and was silent.

The killers outside didn't leave, as if to check if there were any living people.

Then he heard the killer say, "Brother, how are these children? I remember the chief saying......"

"The age and body shape are very similar...... But they all have broken hands and feet, and they can't be used. Be a little more careful, so that the children will suffer less sin."

"Yes! …… Brother, no, there seem to be people in the temple!"

"Get in!"

As soon as the words fell, two black shadows rushed into the ruined temple, and as soon as they entered, they saw the old man's two feet exposed under the bed. Without saying a word, the black shadow dragged the old man out from under the bed, and killed him with a knife at the old man's pleading.

One of the shadows saw a child lying on the broken bed with tears on his face, and raised his steel knife to slash.

Another shadow stopped him and said, "Don't, this kid has good hands and feet."

As he spoke, he reached into the crotch of Gao Yuan's pants and touched it, nodded and said, "It's a kid, take it back."

Gao Yuan was taken away by two men in black, but he didn't know where to take him. They put him in a bamboo basket and carried him on their backs, giving him food and drink, and even buying him new clothes. However, he could not show his head in the bamboo basket during the day, and he had to wait until the evening to eat, drink, and Lazar. Obviously, it's a lot easier than asking for food.

After walking for a few days, they finally stopped in front of a large house. When he entered the house, the two men in black led him into a cellar, which was very dark, with only two oil lamps on.

In the center of the cellar seemed to sit a man, a tall man whose face could not be seen clearly, but who had a full sense of majesty.

The two men in black knelt on one knee and said, "Chief, the man has brought."

"Yes," the man's voice was cold, heavy, and devoid of emotion, "and send it to the house."

"Yes, Chief."

From that day on, Gao Yuan lived in a tall and bright mansion, and there were many servants by his side. This little beggar, who didn't know his background, suddenly became a rich boy and had a new name.

Chi Junqing.

After a few days in this house, another child came, who was two years older than him and a little taller than himself. The subordinates said that this was his own brother, named Chi Junyan.

Gao Yuan is very happy, at least he has a playmate.

They lived carefree in the house for half a year, and they were able to eat enough every day, and the two were very happy.

Of course, they are not completely free in this house, and there are two rules: one, they are not allowed to go out. Second, you can't go into the backyard.

The two children were very obedient at first, but after a long time, their stubborn nature became up, and they wanted to break the rules...... They wanted to go to the backyard so much.

One afternoon, the two took advantage of the people's afternoon nap and secretly ran into the backyard.

There's nothing in this backyard either

What a unique place, the two of them are a little lost. Just then, they heard a conversation coming from the backyard house.

"Send the two of them away, you do things, I don't worry."

"Thanks to the great leader's trust, I will take the two young masters away."

"Mark my words and don't let them get involved."

"My subordinates understand."

After saying that, the two children heard the man walking towards the door, so the two hurriedly hid in the flowers beside them. After a while, the door opened, and four people came out, two adults and two children.

One of the adults grew old and steady, while the other, in broad daylight, had a black cloth covering his face—not just his mouth and nose, but all but his eyes. The two children were the same age as the two of them, but there was more rebelliousness in their eyes than theirs.

The old-looking man yelled at the masked man and took the two children out of the backyard.

When they were gone, the masked man suddenly said, "Someone!"

In the dark corner of the courtyard, two black-clothed men appeared, standing silently in front of the masked men.

The masked man shouted, "How did they get into the backyard!"

"Back to the leader," the man in black's voice was calm, "it's the front yard."

The masked man nodded, and said to one of them, "Replace all the men in the front yard."

"Yes."

With that, the man in black pulled out the long knife at his waist and walked to the front yard.

Then he said to the remaining man in black, "Take both of them into the house."

"Yes."

After saying that, the man in black actually walked directly to the flowers where they were hiding, and before the two children could escape, the man in black lifted them left and right and brought them into the house.

As soon as I entered the house, the cries of the people in the front yard were heard.

Inside the room, two children were shivering.

The masked man sat on the bed, a cold light projected from the two hollows of the mask on his face.

"From this day forward, you two things need to know. One, I'm your father. Second, learn to be obedient."

He waved his hand, and the man in black clicked on the two of them, and the two shivering children fell to the ground, unable to move.

The masked man stood up and said slowly, "When a man has desires, he thinks blindly. If you think about it, you will be disobedient...... Cut off their desires."

At this point in the dream, Chi Junqing suddenly woke up.

It's been many years, and he still dreams of that day. Every time I dream, I feel a dull pain in something that has long been gone, as if the scimitar is still in my legs. Between.