For Jesse, who lives in the bandits' den, as long as he works hard every day, and then lowers his head so that others can't see his face, so that he can avoid being beaten, and at the same time can get some leftovers, so as to fill his stomach and his sister Ral, Jesse is seventeen years old this year, and his sister is eight years old, since his village was looted by the current group of bandits five years ago, the bandit leader took a fancy to the twelve-year-old Jesse as a good man, so he took him and his sister who had just left.

This has been used as a subordinate for more than five years, and his sister has grown into a little adult, relatively speaking, Jesse is thinner than his sister, because she eats well, and what she picks out is already some moldy food, watching his sister grow up day by day, Jesse is both happy and sad, he still remembers the words of the bandit leader, the reason why he accepted him and Lal is because the bandit leader is ready to raise Lal as his own concubine, and when Lal is fourteen years old, then he is the tenth wife of the bandit leader.

Pushing the tired body back to the cabin where she was, her sister Ral ran over with a basin of hot water with a dark face, she was still young, and she didn't have much strength, although she ate a little better than Jesse, but it was no better, and she was a girl, carrying a basin of hot water, staggering, as if she would fall down at any moment.

Sitting on the wooden bed, Jesse took the footwash water handed over by his sister, and put his foot directly into it, it is late autumn, but Jesse doesn't even have a pair of shoes, he used to have a pair, but now he is wearing it on his sister's feet, so he has been doing sundries barefoot, as the weather gets colder and colder, his feet have frostbite, but the bandits will not pay attention to Jesse, and the injuries on his feet are naturally not seen, as time goes by, his wounds have suppurated, and the pain of every step makes Jesse inhale cold air.

My sister is very sensible, knowing that she is wearing her brother's shoes, so she will boil a pot of hot water every night before her brother comes back, and when her brother comes back, she will wash it with hot water, although she can only manage it for a while, but at least her brother's feet are warm before she sleeps, and when she sleeps, she has a quilt that can cover her feet, and her brother can be more comfortable.

The heart-rending pain went straight up the leg through the wound on the foot as usual, making Jesse feel his scalp tingle, but then he breathed a long sigh of relief, the hot water scalded the wound on the foot numb, and a warmth was slowly transmitted from the soles of the feet to the whole body, and the body that had been suffering from the wind and cold during the day finally felt a burst of relief, the frowning brows were released, and he turned his head to smile at the smiling sister and said, "Thank you, Ral, brother is much more comfortable." ”

Ral also showed a bright smile, that smile was pure without a trace of impurities, but Jesse didn't know how long this innocent smile could exist, if it continued like this, he might not be able to survive this winter, the winter in the north of the Ron Empire was extremely cold, and if there were not enough warm clothes, it was inevitable to be frozen to death.

"Sister, shall we get out of here?" Jesse whispered as he rubbed his feet against each other, the water in the basin had turned black, but he still didn't want to take it out, because the water was still hot, he couldn't bear the heat, his sister nodded very obediently, and the excitement in her eyes made Jesse feel heartache.

He has been thinking about it for a long time, and it should be that he and his sister have the idea of escaping from the beginning of being caught on this mountain, but at that time he was still young, and his sister was even younger, he knew very well that he would be caught back if he couldn't escape far, and it was different now, his strength should be able to run a long distance with his sister on his back, and there should be hope of escaping, after these five years, he has completely figured out the situation around this mountain, after all, a handyman has too much work to do, and no one will pay attention, but the surrounding terrain and the rotation time of the bandits are all remembered by Jesse, and he has the confidence to escape。

I heard that tomorrow the bandit leader will take most of the people out to forage for food, this is his own opportunity, and he can't miss it!

Jesse, who had made up his mind, just wanted to open his mouth when he heard a soft sound, and a black shadow slid in through the window, and his sister was so frightened that she was about to make a sound but was gagged by Jesse's hand, her sister was still young and didn't know what was going on, but Jesse knew that this was a bandit's den, and the person who could quietly come to her room was definitely not a person in the bandit's den.

The black shadow just moved slightly and slid in front of the two people, this is a black-clothed masked man, except for a pair of pale blue eyes, there are no features left, but this person should be a little old, after all, white eyebrows are not a man in the prime of life.

With a chuckle, the black shadow directly pulled down his black face scarf, revealing the old face inside, looked at Jesse and Ral, and said in a hoarse voice, "You two little bandits will enjoy it." After speaking, he wiped it on his waist, and a dagger with a cold light somehow reached Jesse's throat, but the old man couldn't help but be stunned after seeing Jesse's expression, except for covering the little girl's mouth all the time, this little boy had no fear, and he had such courage to see through life and death at a young age, which was rare among his peers, so the old man couldn't help but sigh.

"You're not a bandit?" the old man asked with a frown and some confusion as he looked at the black water floating in the basin. All bandits are greedy for enjoyment, and they are more protective of their bodies, looking at the tattered clothes on the young man's body, at most he is a miscellaneous man.

"I'm not a bandit, neither is my sister, we're all robbed. Jesse didn't dare to move, his face was calm after listening to this old man's question, in the five years of the bandit's den, he had seen countless scenes like this, if it was five years ago, he would probably be scared and cry, but now he has become numb to this kind of thing, if this old man wanted to kill himself, he would have done it when he entered the house, and it had been wasted for so long, but it was just to verify his identity, it seems that this old thief has nothing to do.

"Oh, that's it, how many mountains and how many bandits are in this bandit's den, you should know very well, right?" The old man was secretly shocked in his heart, the calm face of the young man in front of him did not have a trace of hypocrisy, this concentration did not reach this level even when he was young, adversity became a genius, this is right, the young man in front of him is such a person, and the little girl beside him, in addition to curiosity in his eyes, the previous fear has long disappeared without a trace, which is for the strange brother and sister.

Jesse was very strange, I don't know why this old man would ask this, isn't he a thief? What's the use of asking this? Although it is strange, Jesse still told the whole bandit den in 1510, and even the time of the changing of the guard and the plan for tomorrow in detail.

The old man didn't seem to be in a hurry to steal things, he calculated the time and said it for a long time, his sister was already asleep on his lap, and he thought that the other bandits should also fall asleep, why didn't this old man go out?

After Jesse finished speaking, the old man asked some more questions, then nodded and gently stroked his sister Ral's hair and said, "If you see me again, don't call out." With that, the old man floated out of the window, and Jesse smiled bitterly as he put his sleeping sister on the bed, and then poured out the foot-washing water, and at last fell asleep with doubts about the old man's last words.

How could he see a thief again, but Jesse did not expect that what the old man said would come true so quickly.

At noon the next day, after serving the bandits who had remained on duty on the mountain, Jesse went to his hut to prepare to chop wood, and in the evening the bandit leader would celebrate with the looted goods or beautiful women, and he must chop enough firewood before it gets dark, otherwise he would surely suffer another meal.

When he walked into the room to get the axe, he found that there was a person sitting on his bed, and he was startled at first, he immediately picked up the axe, and then slammed it out, but the axe was not accurate, and he didn't even touch the corner of the other party's clothes.

"It's very responsive, it's a fodder. The old man was still dressed in a black night suit, which showed the old man's ability, "Boy, stay in this house with your sister for a while, don't do anything, don't say anything, don't go out of the house, and then don't shout loudly when you see anything, it's good for you and your sister, understand?"

Don't give Jesse time to react, the old man actually flashed to the window, and then flashed to the window, Jesse blinked and looked at the window again, the old man had long been gone, in the field of vision, a red fireball rose into the sky, and the noise suddenly came from the bottom of the mountain, too far away, he couldn't hear clearly, but it should be the bandits in the mountain who were making a fuss, it seemed that something had happened to the walled gate.

For a while, noisy sounds filled all corners of the mountain, Jesse came to his bedside and found that his sister was actually sleeping, no matter how he screamed, he couldn't wake up, and then think about the old man's words, Jesse knew that whether it was his sister or the riot on the mountain, it must have something to do with the old man.

The shouts of killing were getting closer and closer, and Jesse sat quietly on the edge of the bed, analyzing the message conveyed in the voice.

"God, how can there be a magician!"

"Run, the other party still has a fighting spirit, which is higher than the level of the leader!"

"Spare my life, I was forced!"

...... ，......。

The voices came one after another, Jesse knew that the bandits left in the mountain should have been defeated, and the total number of people in the cottage was not much, plus the bandit leader brought out nearly eighty percent of the manpower, and the people who stayed behind were not even a hundred, and they were all bandits with weak combat ability, there were mysterious magicians on the other side, and powerful martial arts cultivators, it should be effortless to attack the cottage, right?

Just thinking about it, there was a loud bang, the door was kicked open, and a bandit ran into the house in a panic, seeing Jesse was stunned at first, and then just about to open his mouth but found that there was a shadow of cold light in his sight, and he subconsciously turned his head to the left, but he didn't want the sharp pain to come, the shadow was actually in the center of his eyebrows, and then looked at Jesse's hand on the opposite side that had not been put down, and the bandit's eyes slowly lost their brilliance.

Jesse looked at the corpse lying in the doorway, looking at his hand in a daze, and a familiar hoarse voice came from the doorway.

"Is this a crooked hit?"