August 13, Binh Duong City, late autumn.

The rain began in the early afternoon, at first it was light and then turned heavy in the evening, with few pedestrians on the road.

Although it is not the time to hold the lamp, because the sky is too dark, the light of the lights and candles has appeared in the city one after another, and the light is mainly concentrated in the more than ten miles of the east city, which is where the government is located, and it is also the area where the rich and noble families live.

Xicheng is mostly inhabited by civilians, and there are not many people who hold the lamp, but there is a light in the northwest of Xicheng, which is much brighter than ordinary lamps and candles, and the light is swaying and shaking.

The place where the light came out was a small temple, which was very dilapidated, the courtyard wall and the east and west wings had collapsed, and only the main hall that was originally dedicated to the gods remained.

There is a statue of a god sitting on the altar of the main hall, because there is no temple to take care of and maintain, the statue is seriously damaged, the lacquer painting falls off, the mud tire is exposed, and it is no longer possible to see which way the god is.

Even the couplets on the left and right of the statue are only one hanging crookedly on the wall, and the words on it are only vaguely distinguishable from the first two words.

There is a bonfire in the middle of the main hall, and there are several ragged people called Hanako around the bonfire, these are not very old, the older one is only thirteen or fourteen years old, and the younger one is only eight or nine years old.

The eldest was a woman with a slight bulge in her chest, she was supposed to be a woman, thirteen or fourteen years old, with big eyes and a layer of oil on her face, and she was talking to her companion lying in front of the idol with a bowl of potion.

Hanako, who was lying on the straw, was about twelve or thirteen years old, and was a boy, very thin and handsome. It's just that the serious illness has not been cured, and his face is unusually pale, but his eyes are very clear, and he is more and more profound, not like a child, but an adult.

At the moment, he just listened carefully, his lips twitched slightly, but he didn't make a sound.

In addition to these two people, there were two other people in the temple, a boy who was cooking. Cooking is nothing more than sorting the food that has been begged for and then pouring it into two clay pots hanging from the fire.

Although this person is also called Hanako, he is not as thin as his companions, and he is very white and fat.

The other was a girl, eight or nine years old, chopping wood, this person had big eyes, had never spoken, only used gestures to communicate with others, and should have been mute.

After the girl finished feeding the medicine, the serving boy lay down to rest, and asked the fat man, "What about Zhao Qing, did you see Zhao Qing?" ”

"I didn't see it, I haven't seen anyone all day," the fat man shook his head, "it's raining so hard today, and there are no people on the street, I'm afraid I won't be able to get anything."

Sister Yuqing, the meal is almost ready, why don't I go find him? ”

"It's too late, let's go!" The girl waved her hand.

While the two were talking, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, from far and near, and a moment later a man named Hanako rushed in from outside, thirteen or fourteen years old, shirtless and barebacked, with a ragged coat on his head.

"His ancestors have drenched Lao Tzu to death." He took off the ragged coat on his head, and his face was dark and thin.

"Zhao Qing, what are you hiding in your waist?" The fat man who cooks asked.

"Guess?" The thin black boy smiled evilly, "Hurry up and eat, I have something big to say in a while." I'm going to go out again after dinner! ”

"Alright, everyone, let's eat! Zheng Xu, you divide the rice and give Yang Jin more. Yuqing beckoned.

The fat man distributed the food in the crockpot to the people. When the fat man was dividing the meal, Zhao Qing walked to the statue, took out a wine jug from the cloth bag on his waist, and secretly stuffed it to the lying man called Huazi, "Ah Jin, give, good thing!" ”

Ah Jin silently took the flask, her lips moved slightly, as if she was grateful, but she didn't make a sound.

The fat man divided the food in the crockpot into four portions, and finally there was only some soup left, so he combined the soup from the two jars and drank the soup directly from the jar.

There were rats in the ruined temple, and one of the rats came out of the dark when they smelled the smell of food, and came to the dumb man, who did not hit him, but pinched food and fed it.

When Zheng Xu saw the mouse, he was a little disgusted, and beat the mouse to death with a wooden stick under his feet a few times and threw it by the bonfire.

"Sister Yuqing, Zhao Qing stole wine for Changle to drink." Zheng Xu sued.

Xue Qing turned her head when she heard the sound and waved her hand at Zheng Xu, "Yang Jin has just recovered from a serious illness, and he can't stand the cold, so he drinks to ward off the cold."

Zhao Qing, where did you get this wine? ”

Zhao Qing picked up a bone with chopsticks and gnawed it, and divided half of the rest of the rice to the fat man and the dumb man.

The two knew that Zhao Qing always had a way to get food, so they didn't shirk it and ate it with their heads bored.

"Sister Jiang, there was a big event in Pingyang City today, and many people from the rivers and lakes came at once, carrying knives and swords, as if they were fighting for some martial arts treasure, a secret book called "The Secret of Jinkui".

I didn't do anything today, I just ran errands for a few martial arts people with swords, and they rewarded me with some wine and meat at noon, and I didn't want to drink the wine, so I brought it back to Ah Jin. ”

Zhao Qing didn't hide it, and he said everything about fifteen and ten.

Zheng Xu asked first: "How can there be any martial arts treasures in such a remote place as Pingyang City?"

Besides, yesterday was fine, there was no rumor, why did so many people know about it today, and they still rushed together? ”

He seemed to want to ask a lot of questions, and without waiting for Zhao Qing to answer, he then asked: "And what is the secret book of that martial arts treasure "Golden Secrets"?" Did they find it? ”

"Didn't find it! I don't know what "The Secret of the Golden Treasure" is, but I just heard them mention it when they chatted, and it seemed to be very precious.

Today, there are many martial arts people in the city, and they seem to be coming for this thing.

It's just very strange, it seems that the news of this martial arts treasure "Golden Secret" seems to have been spread from the city all at once, and those people in the martial arts all heard the news nearby and rushed here.

But when I listened to the few people in the rivers and lakes who hired me talking in private, they seemed to have known about the "Golden Secret" for a long time, and several of them seemed to have come to Pingyang City specifically for this matter. ”

"Let's not talk about things that don't matter much to us!

Zhao Qing, you said you were going out in a while, it's so late, what are you going out for?

Besides, there are so many people in the city, how dangerous it is! Jiang Yuqing asked Zhao Qing with some concern.

"It's okay, it's not dangerous. They are all here for the treasure of martial arts, and they will not embarrass us who ask for food.

Not only that, but they also made a big move!

You don't know, the few people I served today were very generous.

Among them, there is a He Gongzi of the Hanshan Sword School of the Northern Wei Dynasty who sees me as clever and likes me to serve, and he rewarded him with the wine and meat at noon today, and gave him three coins of silver! ”

With some excitement, he took out a dime of silver from the sole of his shoe and handed it to Jiang Xueqing.

"Alright then, stay safe when you go out." Jiang Xueqing took the silver and admonished.

"You, you went out so late, did you want to secretly go to see that He Gongzi?"

Yang Jin, who had not made a sound, half-relied on the offering table and asked slowly.

There was something strange about his tone, as if he hadn't spoken in a long time.

Unexpectedly, Yang Jin, who has always been cowardly and silent, would guess the purpose of his going out tonight, Zhao Qing was a little surprised, and he didn't speak for a while.

But his expression already showed that Yang Jin had guessed correctly.

Jiang Yuqing was a little puzzled and asked Zhao Qing: "It's so late, what are you going to do with that He Gongzi?"

If there is something that can't go to him tomorrow, since they want to find that martial arts treasure and haven't found it, they shouldn't leave Pingyang City for a while.

You go again tomorrow, it's too late today, it's still raining heavily outside, it's not safe! ”

"No! I must go tonight! No matter how heavy the rain is, I must go! ”

"Why?"

"Because...... Because that He Gongzi may have promised him to take him out of Pingyang City! ”

It was Yang Jin who spoke, although he still spoke very slowly and in a strange tone, but the people in the temple didn't care about his speech, but were shocked by the content of his words.

"What? That He Gongzi is going to take you away? Could he be lying to you?! ”

Jiang Yuqing looked at Zhao Qing worriedly, "Zhao Qing, our Pingyang City is in Eastern Qi, you said that He Gongzi is from the Northern Wei Dynasty, the two are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, thousands of miles away, if you really go with him, what if something happens?"

Don't be fooled by him!

Come, give you the money, don't go out tonight, and give it back to him to-morrow." ”

Zhao Qing shook his head and said, "No!" He Gongzi said that he saw me as clever and liked me very much, and would recommend me to join the Cold Mountain Sword Sect.

He asked me to come over tonight, just to let one of his elders see with his own eyes what my martial arts skills are, and if that senior agrees, He Gongzi will take me with him when he leaves Pingyang City! ”

"That He Gongzi wants to lead you into the Cold Mountain Sword Sect to learn martial arts?"

Jiang Yuqing took the silver and prepared to return it to Zhao Qing, asking Zhao Qing not to be greedy and go back to He Gongzi, who gave him the silver, and was a little surprised when she heard Zhao Qing's words.

She originally thought that Zhao Qing might have been bought by Xiao En Xiaohui and deceived, but she didn't expect that she was going to worship the Hanshan Sword Sect.

"Yes, in the afternoon, when Gongzi He and them were chatting, they said that the Hanshan Sword Sect might recruit disciples recently.

I thought this was an opportunity to turn around, so I privately begged him if he could accept me.

He tested my root bones and said that my qualifications are not bad, but I am a little old, and I can't say whether I can succeed or not, and I have to say what his elders say.

Today, the senior of his division went out to run errands, and he may not come back until the evening, so he asked me to go to him again tonight. Zhao Qing didn't hide it.

Everyone in the temple was silent for a while, digesting the news that Zhao Qing had just said.

"If that's what you say, go ahead!

You are the most clever among our people, since you all believe in the words of that He Gongzi, I think that He Gongzi should not lie to you.

You're right, this is an opportunity to turn over, if you become a disciple of the Cold Mountain Sword Sect, and you will be developed in the future, you can also come back and pull us along. ”

Jiang Yuqing took a broken umbrella that almost only had the paratrooper umbrella bones left to Zhao Qing.

Zhao Qing lowered his head and took the umbrella, a little afraid to look at everyone, turned around and walked a few steps, suddenly walked back again, and said to everyone: "Or, or let's all go and try it, He Gongzi is very good and easy to talk to."

When I arrived, I begged him and the senior in charge of the Hanshan Sword Sect fiercely, maybe they would be merciful and see that we were pitiful and take us all in! ”

Jiang Yuqing and Zheng Xu were both a little moved, but they both hesitated when they looked at Yang Jin, who was leaning on the offering table, and Su Rou, the little mute who was writing and drawing on the ground with a tree branch.

They really want to go, but if the three of them leave, Yang Jin and Su Rou are afraid that the future will be even more difficult, and the five of them will be able to occupy this dilapidated temple in a group.

In this way, they still lived a bleak life of hunger and a full meal, and these two people were left alone, afraid that they would freeze to death and starve to death.

However, having the opportunity to worship the Cold Mountain Sword Sect is also a great opportunity for them that is rare in a century.

If you miss it, you may never have such an opportunity again in this life.

It is rare to meet the martial arts sect to recruit disciples, and it is even more rare to meet He Gongzi, who is good to Zhao Qing, and let him give it a try.

Otherwise, with their identity as Hanako, worshipping the martial arts sect to learn martial arts is just a daydream, wishful thinking!

"Zhao Qing, Zheng Xu, and Sister Yuqing, the opportunity is rare, you can go together, and bring Xiaorou with you.

I don't care, I'm almost all cured, I'm just a little weak. ”

Yang Jin saw the dilemma of the three of them, started slowly, and persuaded him, "Besides, you don't have to leave tomorrow."

If I didn't find the "Golden Secret", the people from the Cold Mountain Sword Sect wouldn't go back so early. If you can worship the Cold Mountain Sword Sect and have your help to say good things, I may be able to do it in the future.

Such a rare opportunity is rare in a century and must not be missed. Go for it! ”

The mute Xiaorou saw that he was struggling, and hurriedly helped him up.

Yang Jin's voice was not hurried or slow, and it was clearly organized.

Although the tone is still a little weird, it is indeed much stronger than just now, and it is no longer so obvious.

"Xiao Rou? Su Rou is also going? She can't speak, I'm afraid she can't, right? ”

Zheng Xu was a little puzzled by Yang Jin's request for Su Rou to go over together.

Yang Jin said: "It doesn't matter, there's no harm in taking her to give it a try, what if it works?"

Besides, there is nothing to lose if it doesn't work, and it's always good to give it a try.

In my opinion, Xiaorou is not born unable to speak, it should be acquired.

I've heard that most of the martial arts sects have some very powerful elixirs, and maybe they can cure her. ”

"How do you know that Xiaorou is not born dumb?"

Zheng Xu was a little puzzled, they were together every day, and they had never heard Su Rou say a word, and Yang Jin was the same, how could he see that Su Rou was not born deaf and dumb.

"Xiao Rou can write," Yang Jin pointed to the place where Su Rou was writing and painting just now, and said, "She should only be deaf, not dumb."

It's just that she couldn't hear the sound all the time, didn't speak for a long time, and was too young to slowly forget how to speak, and after a long time, she became mute. ”

Zhao Qing glanced at the place where Yang Jin was pointing, shook his head and said, "She didn't write words, she just drew and played." ”

Although Zhao Qing is illiterate, he runs on the street every day, sees a lot of signboards and banners of shops on the street, and knows what words look like.

Jiang Yuqing looked at it carefully, pointed to one of the words, and said, "No! She writes words, but not those words that we often see, there are many kinds of words, and she should write rare words.

Look at this word, this should be a "gold" word or "spirit" word, you see, this word is not familiar? ”

"It's a little familiar, like I've seen it somewhere, Sister Jiang, how do you recognize this word? I remember you weren't literate either. ”

Zhao Qing carefully glanced at the word Jiang Yuqing was pointing at, which was a little strange.

Jiang Yuqing is illiterate, he knows. Not only Jiang Yuqing, but the five of them don't seem to be literate. If I was literate, I wouldn't be called Hanako a long time ago.

Literate and hyphenated, able to write and count, it is easy to be an apprentice in a shop on the street, a handyman or something.

Now they are too young to do heavy work, and no one wants to do coolies.

This character is exactly the same as the first character on the couplet, which should be pronounced "gold", or "spirit".

"The golden body is eternal, and the spiritual light lasts forever", I have heard people say before, this temple was built by the Great Zhou Dynasty four or five hundred years ago, and the couplets next to the statues of the gods in the temple of the Great Zhou Xiu are all these eight big characters. ”

Jiang Yuqing pointed to the couplet on the wall and said.

"Hey! Not to mention, what a word! No wonder I feel familiar, like I've seen it somewhere, it's not every day! ”

The fat man Zheng Xu nodded on the side, and then asked Yang Jin with some puzzlement, "But, I see this character every day, and I can write it according to the drawing, how can this be considered literacy?" ”

Yang Jin explained: "Because she can write! If everyone can write a few words according to the drawing, but no one has instructed them to practice, the order of the strokes is not right.

Xiao Rou is different, she has obviously been instructed and practiced with a pen. ”

Jiang Yuqing stared at Yang Jin with some surprise, she felt familiar and unfamiliar with Yang Jin's performance today.

Familiar is Yang Jin or that person, and unfamiliar is Yang Jin, whether it is speaking or looking today, it is very different from before he was sick.

And Jiang Yuqing didn't understand how he could understand the key to writing and writing.

In her impression, Yang Jin has always been timid and afraid, and she is silent on weekdays, and even a little cowardly.

Otherwise, it would not have allowed Zhang Yuanwai's vicious dogs to chase and run for two streets before they were rescued, and that's it, I was also scared of a serious illness, and I was in a coma for two whole days, and I just woke up this afternoon.

Moreover, Yang Jin is quiet on weekdays, and rarely talks as clearly as today.

Besides, he can't read and write, how can he know whether the pen is held and the strokes of writing are correct?

It's just that there are too many things that surprised her today, first Zhao Qing released the news that he was expected to worship the Cold Mountain Sword Sect to learn martial arts.

Later, he let himself and Zheng Xu also take the opportunity to take advantage of this opportunity, and then Yang Jin said that Su Rou was only deaf and dumb, and could write.

These things coming together had a big impact on her, and it was difficult to digest.

Although she felt that Yang Jin's behavior was not like the past just now, it was only now that she suddenly noticed the abnormality on Yang Jin's body.

Seeing that Jiang Yuqing's gaze staring at her was a little weird, Yang Jin knew that her performance just now was a little abrupt, and she was not allowed to ask, so she urged: "It's not early, you guys go quickly!" Don't delay any longer, take advantage of the rain to stop now, go back quickly, and come back if you have anything to say! ”

Jiang Yuqing was interrupted by Yang Jin, thinking that it was the same, seeing that it was not early, and the rain seemed to have stopped, so he let Zhao Qing lead the way, and led Su Rou and Zheng Xu out of the broken temple together.

After everyone left, Yang Jin struggled to stand up slowly, his body was a little too weak and thin, and this simple action was done slowly.

Slowly walked to the bonfire, sat down cross-legged, looking at the red flames, Yang Jin's eyes were a little stunned, his expression was a little weird, some couldn't believe it, and some were eager to try, mixed with excitement.

"I was reborn, listening to Zhao Qing's conversation just now, this is still a martial arts world with Jianghu sects and martial arts treasure cheats.

It's just that I don't know if the martial arts in this world are the same as those flying away and sword martial arts in martial arts novels. ”

Yang Jin looked at the bonfire, looked at his slender and thin hands, and couldn't believe that he had really been reborn.

In his previous life, he was forty years old, and he had achieved nothing for half of his life, graduated from the chemistry department of a third-rate university, found a job to make a living, and his college ideals disappeared, and he was melted by society, so he could only go with the flow.

Later, as he grew older, he got married, was forced to buy a house before marriage, and later divorced. Life can be said to be a mess.

Life is a mess and career is not going well. The mortgage is like a big mountain, which makes him breathless, and he is also living in the company, and he is confused, his boss is harsh, and he is looking for trouble at every turn, but he does not dare to resign, so he can only endure it.

People are poor and short-minded, horses are thin and long-haired, and they can only endure hard for a few taels of broken silver.

Helplessly, a car accident finally ended all this.

All kinds of past lives, like a big dream, gradually faded away, more and more blurred, high-rise buildings, computers and televisions, airplanes and cars, have become out of reach.

Suddenly it rained again outside, dripping, big and small.

Yang Jin felt the cold on his body and shrunk into a ball. I don't know how long I was in a daze, but the bonfire was already extinguished.

Suddenly, there was a sound of kicking and kicking footsteps in the rain, and it was walking towards the ruined temple. The man trampled on the mud and walked very hard, but he walked very fast.

Yang Jin was taken aback, this was not the footsteps he was familiar with, he heard the person getting closer and closer, and quickly got up and shrank behind the shrine.