"Is it that before Master Xiao comes back, you have to follow me wherever I go and what I do. ”

Liu Ruiying freshened up.

Changed into a brand-new provincial flag uniform of the Investigation Division.

Walked out of the bathroom and asked the boy.

The boy didn't answer, just nodded stumblingly.

It seems to be very slow to react.

Liu Ruiying didn't know why his sword came out so quickly, but his reaction was so slow.

But then there was a "gurgling" sound, but it answered this doubt.

He was hungry.

The stomach is empty, and anyone will react slowly.

Fortunately, Liu Ruiying still has some dry food here.

He took out the dry food and put it in front of the boy.

The boy was a little embarrassed at first.

But I really can't bear the hunger in my stomach.

Staring at the dry food, he swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and then grabbed it and devoured it.

"Would you like some drink?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"I don't drink. ”

The boy said.

"How can you drink alcohol...... You will drink water, and naturally you will drink. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

The boy didn't bother anymore.

It wasn't until such a large piece of dry food had been eaten that the young man raised his head and looked at Liu Ruiying.

"You can't steal this food, do you?"

The boy asked.

"It's not stolen, you've already eaten it all. What you stole is stolen goods, and when you finish eating, you sell them!"

Liu Ruiying said.

The young man's face was solemn for a while.

Obviously, he listened to Liu Ruiying's joke in his heart.

"Why are you so hungry, why are you so dirty?"

Liu Ruiying seemed to think that her joke was a bit too much.

So I wanted to say something else, change the topic and try to make up for it.

The boy looked like an extremely serious man.

Serious people don't mean that they can't make jokes, but they will listen to people's jokes as if they were the truth.

"Because I killed someone. ”

The boy said.

Murder is commonplace for Liu Ruiying.

But he really didn't expect the boy to kill people.

Although the sword in his hand is fast.

But no matter how fast the sword is, it doesn't necessarily kill someone.

"Who did you kill?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

The boy began to keep silent again.

It was an evening about five or six days ago.

The boy was on his way to Bogu Tower.

The sunset shone from behind him.

His entire body and shadow were inlaid with a circle of gold edges.

Unfortunately, the weather on this day was not very good.

The sunset is also a fleeting landscape.

The boy looked at the last rays of the sun in the west and disappeared behind the mountains.

I muttered faintly in my heart:

"It may rain tomorrow......"

But he wasn't worried.

Although the rain will make the hillside slippery and the road muddy.

But he loved the feeling of being moist and warm.

The raindrops were sprinkled on the body in fine and dense manners.

It seems that his soul has been cleansed.

Other than that.

When it rains, it's the safest time in the mountains.

Because those fierce beasts that were invincible in the past also hated that their fur became wet.

So they will hide in the cave and sleep without showing their heads.

Rain.

It is the shelter of this young man who shuttles through the mountains and forests.

As long as there is rain.

He didn't have to pay more than half of his attention to the situation around.

Just concentrate on the road.

But this rain, I'm afraid it won't come until tomorrow.

Tonight's weather is fairly clear.

It's just that the sun has set, which makes the boy feel a little chilly.

He was not afraid of the cold.

How can people who live in the mountains and forests all year round be afraid of the cold?

But now he was feeling a little chilly.

He rubbed his hands together and let out a sigh.

But I didn't see any real change.

Because the breath he breathed out was not much warmer than the palm of his hand.

He touched his belly.

I knew I was hungry.

He couldn't remember when he had eaten his last meal.

But he still remembers the last meal very clearly.

The boy roasted a very fat hare.

As a result, the smell of roasting rabbits attracted a lone wolf.

This lone wolf is not young.

The hind legs are still a little lame.

The boy couldn't bear to kill him.

Because such wolves have half-understood human nature.

When it was young, it must have been an athlete in the group, a leader.

I don't know how many times I hunted and hunted.

Later, he was old and frail, and he was injured again.

In order not to drag down the entire group, they will choose to leave on their own.

Wandering in this lonely mountain forest.

One step at a time.

Until the final fate comes.

The boy cut off the rabbit's head with a sword and threw it at the old wolf.

The old wolf lowered his head and sniffed the rabbit's head, but he did not open his mouth to eat it.

Although this little rabbit head does not make it feast.

But at least it can survive tonight without being so uncomfortable.

There was something strange about the teenager.

I thought it was because this old wolf was too little.

He looked at the rabbit he was wearing on a branch and shook his head helplessly.

Then, he ripped off a large piece of the tender meat from his stomach and threw it over.

The meat in the belly has not yet been roasted.

The smell of blood mixed with the smell of meat immediately filled the nostrils of the young man and the old wolf.

But this time, the old wolf didn't even have the idea of looking down and sniffing.

It dragged a broken leg.

Two eyes stared straight at the boy.

The young man smiled lightly, as if he understood the mood of the old wolf.

It doesn't want to die a mediocre death.

I don't want to die and be eaten by a pack of wild dogs and crows.

It wished it could fight again.

Died in this last battle

It knew that the boy in front of it could fulfill itself.

Seeing the young man smile slightly.

The old wolf knew that he had comprehended his state of mind, and immediately jumped in.

It's a battle without suspense.

The boy didn't even move.

He sat like this, turning the branches and roasting his hare.

When the old wolf fell from the top of the jump, the boy drew his sword.

Just stand there.

The old wolf's throat was pierced by the sword.

Dark red blood stained the wolf fur on his neck.

But it's not quite dead yet.

Struggling, he opened his mouth and bit the boy's ankle.

At the moment of biting, the old wolf also closed his eyes.

The boy still didn't move.

Let the old wolf continue to bite his ankle.

He continued to roast the hare in his hand.

Hare burnt.

Wolf bloody salty.

When he had eaten, the boy threw the old wolf's carcass into the pit of fire where he roasted the hare.

The flame, which was already about to be extinguished, suddenly rose more than a foot high.

The young man got up, rubbed his sword clean on the unburned fur of the old wolf's body, then patted his ass again, and strode forward without a trace of nostalgia.

That's the rule in the mountains.

What just happened was just a scene that was playing out in the mountains and forests all the time.

The boy's back was stretched long by the firelight.

Somehow, it bears a striking resemblance to the dead lone wolf.

Soon.

The moon has risen.

The moonlight shone down through the sparse foliage of the pines and cypresses.

Accompanied by the evening breeze.

The shadows of the trees are swaying.

The boy's pace couldn't help but be much lighter.

Just ate the rabbit and didn't feel cold.

But it's much more comfortable than here.

He wanted to find some wild fruit to satisfy his hunger.

Even if you drink a few handfuls of mountain spring water, it's fine.

His gaze circled in all directions.

Shi Shiran walked in one direction.

For he heard the sound of a trickling stream in the wind.

Although it is inevitable to waste time looking for water to drink.

But if you don't let something in your stomach now, I'm afraid it will be even more delayed tomorrow.

Finally found the mountain spring water.

The sound of the spring is deafening, like a silver dragon flying.

It looks even more desolate under the gloom of the moonlight.

It's just that teenagers can't enjoy such beauty alone.

He saw a man sitting under the spring.

Closed his eyes cross-legged, as if he was pranayama and recuperation.

The boy hesitated.

He had no fear of jackals, tigers and leopards.

But there is an innate resistance to people.

If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Jinkan saved his life five years ago, he would have asked him to find him in Bogulou five years later.

The boy said he wouldn't leave the col.

If you don't leave, it's hard to meet other people.

The boy didn't know how to greet the man.

He walked around from a distance, squatted down on the other side of the spring, and washed his face.

He washed it very carefully.

Starting from the forehead, to the cheeks, to the chin, and finally to the neck, I wiped it with my hands.

Finally, I didn't forget to straighten the loose hair at the sideburns.

Finally, he was about to drink the water in his mouth.

The thought that after drinking this water, he would be able to hurry away again, the young man couldn't help but feel very proud in his heart.

Although he couldn't remember Xiao Jinkan's appearance clearly.

But if you can see your savior one day sooner and worship him as a teacher, it will naturally be excellent.

"The water is poisonous. ”

The man sitting by the fountain said suddenly.

The boy looked up and took a closer look.

This man is not young.

If it is compared with the beasts in the mountains and forests, I am afraid that it is not much younger than the lone wolf before.

The old man was dressed in a very gorgeous outfit.

The cuffs and chest are all extremely intricate and delicate embroidery.

Between his legs sat cross-legged was a simple azure sword.

The scabbard is inlaid with five sapphires.

The hilt of the sword was covered with pearls.

"Why is this water poisonous?"

The boy asked.

"Because I was poisoned. And I washed my wounds in this water. ”

The old man said.

The boy pursed his lips.

The place where he had picked up the water to drink was a pool of stagnant water under the spring.

He felt that if the old man wanted to clean his wounds, he would definitely be in this pool of water.

As long as you go to the bottom of the spring and then the water that has not yet fallen into the pool, you will have no problems.

"I washed the wound on it. And it's extremely toxic...... I'm afraid that within three to five days, this circle of water will not be drinkable. ”

The old man saw the young man's movements, and then spoke.

"Why are you so selfish?"

The boy said angrily.

"Those who are dying are inevitably not selfish. ”

The old man said.

"You're going to die?"

The boy said incredulously.

Although he has killed many beasts.

But I really haven't seen a dead person.

"If you can't detoxify it, you will die within three or five days. ”

The old man said.

The boy spread his hands.

A helpless expression.

Since this spring water cannot be drunk.

He was ready to go on.

Physical discomfort can be overcome.

But if the spirit is also relaxed.

But it's like mud that can't be glued up to the wall, and no one can do anything about it.

But looking at it this way, the young man is more selfish than the old man.

Because he was so calm in the face of a dying man.

But he can do it without paying attention, turn around and walk away.

What the young man didn't notice was that the old man turned his head away and his eyes were slightly open.

"Do you want money?"

The old man spoke.

"Asking for money? ”

The boy asked.

He knows what money is.

But it's not clear what exactly the money can be used for.

Because though he knew, he never used it.

The old man thought that the boy did it on purpose.

He hadn't met a single person who didn't want money, and who didn't know what to do with it.

But at this moment, the boy suddenly remembered.

He once passed by a winery.

The smell coming out of it was exactly the same as the smell on Xiao Jinkan's body at that time.

Although he could not remember the appearance of people.

But he is sensitive to smells like Chaohu.

He walked into the winery, pointed to the jar and said he wanted it.

But the shopkeeper told him a jar of wine and twenty taels of silver.

The boy had no money.

I can only leave in a huff.

Now hearing this person ask himself if he wants money, the young man thought that if he had money, he could buy that jar of wine and give it to Xiao Jinkan.

He didn't understand the rules of the greeting ceremony.

He just wanted to do it.

"Can you give me twenty taels of silver?"

The boy asked.

The old man smiled.

The cheeks twitched a few times.

He thought that the young people would open their mouths and put forward many unattainable conditions.

But I didn't think that he only needed twenty taels of silver.

"I can give you fifty taels. ”

The old man stretched out a slap at the boy and said.

"But I only need twenty taels. ”

After the young man finished speaking, he actually walked with his legs raised.

He didn't know that fifty taels could be exchanged for two twenty taels, and one ten taels.

And the old man just felt that he had run into a peerless freak.

"Okay! Twenty taels, I'll give it to you!"

The old man said.

Yan Bi pulled out a silver ingot from his sleeve.

"That's twenty taels?"

The young man looked at the silver ingot in the old man's hand and was very surprised.

It was the first time he had seen money.

"One or two is not much, one or two is not too much. ”

The old man said.

"Why did you send me money for no reason?"

The boy asked, confused.

After the joy, he took a few steps back and said vigilantly.

"Because I need you to do something for me. ”

The old man said.

"What's the matter?"

The boy asked.

"Kill. ”

The old man said.

"The man you want to kill has no grievances against me, so why should I kill him?"

The boy shook his head and said.

"A lot of times you don't need a grudge to kill. It's like now. You need twenty taels of silver, and I need to die alone. You help me kill the man, and I'll give you twenty taels of silver. Isn't it beautiful to take what you need, and everyone rejoice?"

The old man said.

"Are you a reader?"

The young man asked coldly.

The old man was stunned, but he didn't react.

"Such a strange word as beautiful must only be uttered by a reader. ”

The boy said to himself.

"It's extreme, it's extreme, it's a scholar below. I have been studying hard for 3,000 years, and I am full of 100,000 volumes of poetry and books. ”

The old man said.

But it was the young man's words that continued.

In order for him to be able to determine his identity as a scholar.

"Since you're a scholar, you can't get this money. ”

The boy said.

"Why?"

The old man asked.

I thought that pretending to admit that I was a scholar would be able to deceive the young man's favor and trust.

Unexpectedly, it was self-defeating.

"Because I once heard a saying: 'The slaughterer of dogs is more righteous, and the person who reads is more negative', negative heart, isn't it not honest? You are a scholar, so this silver will definitely not be given to me. Even if I help you kill someone. ”

The boy said.

This time, he didn't have any nostalgia.

I made up my mind to continue on my journey.

There has been too much delay here.

Not only did he not drink water, but he also said many useless things.

However, these useless words made him even more and thirsty.

The teenager was a little irritable.

He wanted to roar loudly.

But in the mountains in the dead of night.

Such a roar will inevitably wake up some of the fierce beasts in the forest.

So he swallowed the boredom hard.

Refining into power, running to the legs, and walking forward quickly.

I don't know how long I walked like this.

The boy felt that his physical hunger and fatigue were really difficult for him.

At this moment, he saw a ruined temple not far ahead.

He thought that if there was no water and rice, it would be good to have a sheltered place to sleep beautifully!

When he squeaked and pushed open the door of the ruined temple, the first thing that caught his eye was the offering table in the temple.

But there were no offerings on the table, and there was no lantern lit.

Some are just a sentence of corpses.

The corpse of the old man who had hired him to kill him twenty taels of silver.

There was also an old man standing next to the old man's body.

The old man stood motionless.

It looks like a stake.

If he hadn't been able to feel the smell of life coming from his body, the young man would have felt that the old man standing was also a corpse.

But since I saw that this temple has already been climbed first.

The boy turned around and left.

He wasn't used to being around people and in groups.

He has always been alone in the mountains and forests, traveling alone.

But the door that had been easily opened before could not be opened no matter what.

"It's okay to go, leave things behind. ”

The old man who stood spoke.

The boy had nothing but his clothes and the broken sword at his waist.

Where can something be left behind?

"If you don't come to your senses, don't blame me if you die. ”

The old man saw that the young man was stunned, and then continued.

The boy smiled slightly.

People's fluttering language thinks it can be a complete deterrent.

As everyone knows, this young man will not blink his eyes when he faces the open mouth of the flower-skinned brocade-haired tiger.

"If you don't let me go, I'll kill you right away. ”

The boy said.

He is not a deterrent.

And no kidding.

It's about doing it.

"Kill me, with what? with that burning stick at your waist?"

The old man said with a sneer.

The boy suddenly regretted something.

He regretted that he had not agreed that the old man who had turned into a corpse and was lying on the offering table had killed the man.

Although he didn't know who the old man had asked him to kill before.

But he felt that it was the person in front of him.

"But now I kill you, but I won't get the twenty taels of silver. ”

The boy shook his head and said.

That's what he really regrets.

"If you can kill me, I'll give you twenty taels of silver. ”

The old man took out a silver ingot and put it on the offering table and said.

This silver ingot was exactly the same as the one the boy had seen before.

"Really?"

The boy said, staring at the silver ingot.

He hated the old man in front of him.

Because he would not let himself out, but he would force himself to hand over something he had never seen before.

But if he killed him, he would give himself twenty taels of silver, and the boy suddenly felt that he was a little cute.

"Seriously......"

The old man's true words have not yet been finished.

I saw a smiling and immature face very close to me.

This was the boy's face.

He felt strange in his heart.

Obviously, the young man was still standing at the door of the ruined temple, trying to get out.

Why did you face to face with yourself in an instant?

He subconsciously wanted to take a few steps back.

Because he is really not used to being so close to people.

The sharp pain that came from his throat immediately made his consciousness swallow up instantly.

Closer than the boy's face is the boy's sword.

The boy's face was still a foot away from him.

But the young man's sword was no more, no less, and plunged into his throat a foot.

The old man, with his eyes full of incredulity, fell straight to the back.

"No matter what the process is, the result is still as you wish. You can also go on the road with peace of mind, and I will not be polite with this silver. ”

The young man picked up the silver on the offering table and said to the corpse of the old man lying on the offering table.

Naturally, this silver bought a jar of wine.

The shopkeeper was very kind-hearted, and when he saw the young man's dusty appearance, he took the initiative to give him a net bag.

Put the wine jar in your pocket, and then carry the net behind you.

This saves a lot of effort.

I am not afraid to cross mountains and mountains.

"Why are you both masters and apprentices so embarrassed?"

Liu Ruiying said to the young man's back.

His voice brought the boy's thoughts back to reality.

"He killed someone, and I was almost killed. Although the process of killing people is a little embarrassing, the result is chic. And being killed, both in terms of the result and the process, is very embarrassing. ”

Xiao Jinkan said as he tied the tie around his waist.