Yueying took the children back to Shizhu City and confided in Hua Xi, listening to Yueying's confession, Hua Xi's heart was distressed.

Hua Xi said: "Why don't you tell the truth to the child? Yueying said: "They are still young, I don't want them to know who their father is......" Hua Xi understood very well in his heart, and without waiting for Yueying to finish speaking, he said: "I will go back first, and I will often come to see you in the future." After saying that, Hua Xi was about to turn around and leave, just took two steps, turned around again, and said loudly: "Don't forget to decoct the medicine and drink it, three times a day." Yueying said: "I know, I remember." Thank you, Huaxi. ”

After watching Hua Xi leave, Yueying returned to the house to accompany the nine children, no longer thinking about sad things, only hoping that the children would grow up quickly and learn to find food by themselves.

Since then, Hua Xi will catch a few more rats every day, keeping at most one for himself, and secretly placing the others outside Yueying's house. As soon as Yueying opened the door every day, she saw a few rats that had just been bitten to death outside the door, no need to guess, she also knew that it was sent to her by Hua Xi, because she knew that in this Shizhu City, only Hua Xi was really good to her.

I don't know how many days passed, Hua Xi plucked up the courage to express his love to Yueying, and Yueying only thought about it for one night before agreeing to him. As for what Yueying thought in her heart at that time, even she didn't know herself, she might just want to find someone who really loved her to rely on. She couldn't tell whether it was love or not, but if it was love, she had been confused. Many years later, until she died, Yueying didn't know if she really loved Hua Xi.

After they were together for half a year, Yueying became pregnant. About two months later, on a snowy night, Yueying gave birth to three children. According to the chronology of the Eastern Empire of the Cat World, this day is the eighth day of the lunar month of the fifth year of Xuanyu. From the eldest to the twelveth, each of Yueying's children grew up healthy and safe, listening to their mother's teachings every day, learning to catch rats and having fun with humans. The only child who stood out from the crowd was the youngest one - Twelve. Twelve, like his mother Yueying, has a white coat, he is a cat with lofty ideals, he often goes to the suburbs alone, sits on a rock and watches the sunset, he is not willing to live in Shizhu City, how he hopes to leave Shizhu City one day to see the outside world.

At the age of twelve or fifteen, a man dressed as a chivalrous man came to Shizhu City, and his arrival made Shizhu City lively, especially those children, who liked to listen to him tell some stories about the rivers and lakes. The knight, who called himself "Chopper Man", walked the rivers and lakes for many years with a kitchen knife in his hand, and today he came to Shizhu City for some reason, and he told his story on a stone pier in the center of the city like a storyteller, surrounded by a group of children, listening intently.

The kitchen knife man said: "My name is Xuanliu, I roamed the rivers and lakes when I was young, and met countless heroes and heroes on the rivers and lakes, don't underestimate this kitchen knife in my hand, I killed countless scum with this kitchen knife!" On the rivers and lakes, I have a well-known name, called 'Kitchen Knife Man'! ”

Speaking of this, there were more and more onlookers, they cheered and praised Xuanliu, and several children shouted in unison: "Chopper Man, Chopper Man......" Twelve was also listening to them, cheering happily with them.

Twelve asked aloud to Chopper, "Chopper, where are you from?" ”

Chopper Man heard the question of the Twelve Lands and said, "You want to ask where I was born?" Even my grandfather and aunt don't know, when I was a child, I heard my aunt say that I was born on the road by my aunt, where is the specific road? There are thousands of roads in the world, and ghosts don't know which way. To ask me where I came from, I can only answer you, me! Chopper Man! Coming from the rivers and lakes, everywhere I go, I will cut down the evil and bring happiness and peace to the people there! The people next to him cheered again, and at this time, the surrounding audience was already like a cloud of spectators.

Twelve then asked, "Chopper Man, can you tell us what rivers and lakes are?" Where are the rivers and lakes? ”

The kitchen knife man said: "Everywhere I go, children like you will ask me this question, what are rivers and lakes? The rivers and lakes are the places where heroes and heroes from all walks of life gather, and they can not be ruled by the imperial court on the rivers and lakes, and the righteous knights will act chivalrous and fight against the evil forces in the rivers and lakes. On the rivers and lakes, every chivalrous man is strong in martial arts, and each gang also has its own unique mastery. Today's rivers and lakes, there are many sects, when the nine major sects are the most powerful, these nine major sects are stationed on the nine mountains, the names of these nine mountains are named after the nine gods in ancient legends, they are Taotang Mountain, Shude Mountain, Mengying Mountain, Kunwu Mountain, Black and White Mountain, Chiwang Mountain, Senwei Mountain, Wufu Mountain and Shenmin Mountain. Although these nine mountains are separated by different distances, some are far and some are near. However, there is a large river next to these nine mountains. ”

The people next to him listened attentively, and Twelve suddenly asked loudly to the kitchen knife man, "Which of the nine major sects is the most powerful?" ”

The kitchen knife man said: "If you want to ask which of the nine major sects is the most powerful, it's not that I, Xuanliu, are boasting here, and they are not as powerful as me together!" However, apart from me, the most powerful can only be the 'Four Great Demons' in the rivers and lakes on Kunwu Mountain, these 'Four Great Demons' are dedicated to doing things that harm heaven and reason, and countless innocent people have been killed by them. One day, when I went to play near Kunwu Mountain, I heard from the people nearby that there were many bandits in this mountain, and the people under the mountain were endangered all day long. So, I took this kitchen knife and swept Kunwu Mountain in just one day. At that time, the bandits on the mountain were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and the so-called 'four demons' also knelt there crying, begging in their mouths: 'Beg the kitchen knife man to spare his life, beg the kitchen knife man to spare his life...... I didn't relent, and directly 'brushed' to cut off their heads! ”

At this point, the surrounding audience burst into cheers and shouted, "Good kill, good kill!" Each praised the bravery of the kitchen knife man.

Twelve thought to himself: "It's so wonderful on the rivers and lakes, that's exactly what I like, but how can I leave Shizhu City and become a chivalrous man on the rivers and lakes?" ”

Thinking of this, Twelve asked the Chopper Man loudly, "Chopper Man, how did you become a knight?" ”

Chopper Man smiled slightly when he heard Twelve's question. continued: "I think back then, I followed the current emperor Xuanyu to sweep away countless rebels, Emperor Xuanyu saw that he was extraordinary, and he had the appearance of a general, and wanted to leave me in the emperor's palace to assist the emperor in managing the Eastern Empire. How can I agree, I like to be free and travel all over the world, so I said to the emperor that I am willing to walk the rivers and lakes, kill evil for the people, and do some good deeds. The emperor tried his best to keep me, but I still didn't want to agree to stay in the palace, the emperor really had no choice, so he gave me this dark iron kitchen knife, which was made of meteorites that fell from the sky, and this kitchen knife was as sharp as clay, which could be used as my self-defense weapon. There is, as I said just now, I just take care of the matter of clearing Kunwu Mountain. That's why I have the title of 'Chopper Man'! ”

Twelve was about to open his mouth to ask, and the kitchen knife man said, "I guess you want to ask me again: 'Who did you learn your kung fu from?'" 'Isn't that right?' Twelve nodded hurriedly.

The Chopper Man continued: "Although the name of my Xuanliu is the first time you have heard of it today, you must have heard of my brother's name. ”

As soon as these words were spoken, all the people around him stopped all noise and waited for him to say his brother's name.

The kitchen knife man said: "My brother is Xuanwu, yes, it is the Xuanwu of the four divine beasts Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu, have you heard of it?" ”

All the people knew about Xuanwu, so they nodded in response. Two people whispered: "No wonder it's so powerful, it turns out to be Xuanwu's younger brother." ”

A child next to him jumped on the stone pier and said to the Chopper Man, "Chopper Man, how about you come to my house for dinner today?" Tell me about you again. ”

Chopper Man listened to the child's invitation and readily agreed. He said to the surrounding people: "My story is too much, and the things on the rivers and lakes cannot be finished in one day, since I have come to Shizhu City, I will stay for a few more days and tell you slowly." ”

In the next few days, the kitchen knife man ate and spent the night in different people's homes every day, and everywhere he went, he would be warmly welcomed by the people, and he told the stories on the rivers and lakes he knew over and over again, although the people did not know where the place name he said was and how far away it was from Shizhu City. However, every story he tells sounds wonderful. It is said that the Chopper Man took turns to eat and live in Shizhu City all day long, and stayed for a year before leaving.

Since Twelve's family has too many children who need to eat, there is no extra food to entertain Kitchen Knife Man. But since listening to the Kitchen Knife Man talk about the rivers and lakes, Twelve has become more and more eager to leave Shizhu City and explore the rivers and lakes alone, but he knows in his heart that his mother will not let him leave. On weekdays, in addition to looking for food, Twelve spends most of his time alone in the suburbs, sitting on rocks and meditating, his heart full of infinite imagination.