On the ninth day of the ninth month of September, this day is the Double Ninth Festival, and ordinary people will climb high and drink chrysanthemum wine on this day. But Yunyin Mountain Villa is a piece of plain. Because on this day, it was the first seven of the eighteen guards of Yunyin Mountain Villa.

Two people left the villa one after the other today. At ten o'clock in the morning, a slender young man in black left the villa on a tall horse with black hooves and snow-white hooves. A horse entered Yunyin City from the north gate, did not stay in the city and passed through the city directly, and went straight to the tiger leaping pass from the south gate.

At noon, a young man with a somewhat thin figure and a pale face, wearing a green cloth shirt and carrying a package, also left the villa and entered the north gate of Yunyin City. The boy's trip was a bit hasty, and it only took two days to prepare after waking up. The so-called preparation is nothing more than the teenager only did three things. He first went to the ancestral hall of the Yun family in the villa, and made incense to the portrait of the ancestor and the Ziyaqin and Mu Yunjian, and then went to his mother's grave to worship and sweep it; finally on the eve of his departure, he also carried the food box to the wooden house in the mountain behind the manor, and talked with the old man Dubi all night, the difference is that this time only the old man was drunk, but the young man did not drink. Early this morning, he packed his bags, packed a few clothes and silver coins into the package he carried with him, and carried in his arms a peach talisman mustard with the texture of red jade, which contained the real family background of his trip. The boy didn't say goodbye to anyone in the villa, but everyone in the villa knew about his departure today.

The young man led a sickly-looking thin horse into Yunyin City, and he did not rush out of the city but went to the housing market in the west of the city. The city of Yunyin City is planned into four large areas, the north of the city is mainly the city lord's mansion and the various yamen in the city, and the south of the city is concentrated with the caravans of Nanliang and other countries who come to trade on the border, which is also one of the most prosperous areas in the city, and it is also the place that is the most closely watched by the eyes of Yunyin City and Liuyunwei. The eastern part of the city is mainly operated by Yunyin City and Yunyin Villa's own trading properties, while the western part of the city is the main settlement of the city's residents.

The boy led his horse across the main road to a narrow alley and stopped in front of a bun shop. The alley was very narrow, and the boy tied his horses to the stakes that supported the front of the shop, just enough to block the alley, but he did not care, and walked into the shop. The light in the shop is a little dim because the ceilings are a bit low. There are two long tables and four benches on each side of the room, which can accommodate about 20 people at the same time if they are all full. Hearing someone enter the house, a woman dressed in a gray linen dress and an apron lifted the curtain in the back hall and came out. The woman looked like she was in her forties, but her figure was not bloated in the slightest, and it seemed that she had never given birth. She wears a headscarf with yellow flowers on a blue background, and her hair is black and soft without any oil stains.

The woman was stunned for a moment when she saw the visitor, and then hurriedly greeted her with a smile, she took off a rag hanging from her apron, and while wiping the table, she said, "Why is the young master free today? Didn't you say that you were going out to run errands with the owner of the village some time ago, I heard that you were injured on the way back, are you healed?"

"It's almost neat, I'm going to go on a long trip, thinking about whether I have to come to Aunt Hui here to satisfy my hunger before leaving, otherwise I don't know when I will be able to come back after this trip."

"Eat again. The boy said as he unwrapped his package and laid it on the table.

"Is it still the same today?"

"Just a pot of wine, no lukewarm, no garlic, everything else is the same. ”

The woman answered and went back to the kitchen. After about two pillars of incense, the woman brought out two steaming plates of steamed buns and a pot of wine. He took out two more cups. The woman sat down on a bench across from the boy and moved the stool forward.

"Young master, where are you going to go lightly?"

The boy picked up a steamed bun stuffed with mutton and winter bamboo shoots, and took a bite, he squinted his eyes and chewed with some intoxication. Then he grabbed another steamed bun of beef and plum vegetables on another plate. One in one hand, feast. After eating two buns, he didn't rush to take one one. Instead, he looked up at the woman and asked, "Aunt Hui, you have been with my mother for twenty years, right?"

The woman's expression became a little lonely, and she nodded slightly, "I followed Miss when she was twelve. came to Yunfu with her and stayed with her until the young lady was thirty-two years old. ”

"Yes, before I was five years old, Aunt Hui, you were entrusted by your mother to take care of me, and then you felt that you would often think of your mother when you stayed in the villa, so you moved out of the manor and opened a bun shop here. ”

"Yes, when I live in the villa, I always think of the voice and smile of the young lady before her death. Thanks to the care of you and the old people in the villa, young master, I can have a bowl of rice to eat in this Cloud Hidden City. ”

The young man poured a glass of wine and asked casually, "Aunt Hui, your business has been good lately, and you actually bought a new jade bracelet." ”

When the woman heard this, her face was a little embarrassed, and she pushed the jade bracelet that had slipped out of her sleeve into her clothes. The young master smiled, this is a worthless stall, worthless. ”

"Aunt Hui, you have been with my mother for so many years, and there are a few decent pieces of jewelry that are still treasured, if the world knows that my mother's maid can't even afford a jade bracelet, it is time to chew the tongue of our Yun family behind your back. ”

"Yes, yes, both the young lady and the owner of the village have been very good to me, and have never treated me badly. ”

"As soon as I leave this time, I'm afraid it will take more than a year to come back, and I won't be able to eat Aunt Hui's buns for a long time. I've been hungry for a long time. ”

"Young master, if you want to eat, I'll wrap a few for the young master and take them to eat on the road in a while. It doesn't take much time. So the woman got up and went to the kitchen.

"Aunt Hui, don't bother, if you have a thought, I can come back sooner, right?"

The woman returned to the bench and sat down, looked at the young man who was eating fragrantly in front of her, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Young master, how did you plan your trip this time?

"All the way to the west, in fact, I haven't really walked around Yinxunzhou. In addition to Yin Xunzhou, I'll see if it's north or west. But I'm definitely going to make a trip to Los Angeles, after all, I haven't seen Li in years. ”

"It's good, it's good, the young master has grown up in the villa since he was a child, and the manly husband should go out to see the world and open his eyes. However, young master, I heard that a few days ago, when you came back with the owner, you were attacked by someone on the road, young master, you were seriously injured. After speaking, the woman stood up and continued: "Young master, I see that you are almost finished eating this bun, I will bring you a few more, and you can eat it on the road tonight." Then the woman turned and walked into the kitchen. This time, the boy did not stop him, he just watched quietly, fiddling with the wine glass with his left hand and putting his hand on his lap.

In less than a stick of incense, the woman came out of the kitchen with a cloth bag, put the package in front of the young man's table with a smile, and said: "Young master, I have wrapped a drawer of mutton, winter bamboo shoots and beef for you, I have estimated your footsteps, young master, I am afraid that I will spend the night in the forest tonight, these are just for you to make dinner, young master." ”

The young man didn't pick up the buns on the table, still playing with the wine glass with his hand, he raised his eyelids, looked at the woman and said with some contempt, "Aunt Hui, are you preparing a severed head meal for me?"

The woman's face froze when she heard this, and she hurriedly asked, "Young Master, what are you talking about?"

"Aunt Hui, you went to the kitchen just now, not only to make me steamed buns, but also to the backyard and release a carrier pigeon, I'm afraid that it won't be long before those killers intercept and kill me on the way I must go." Let me guess, what kind of realm will it be to deal with me, a wasted person who has cultivated to a complete waste, what kind of realm will he be? Ying Bone Realm, Heavenly Milk Realm, could it be a person from the Plastic Fetal Realm?"

The woman's face grew paler, her lips pursed, and her body trembled a little. The boy still sat there calmly, and the cold smile on his face turned out to be a little kind, but it looked even more chilling down his spine.

"Aunt Hui, the last time I came to eat with you, you didn't have this jade bracelet on your hand. This is the Lanshan jade at the bottom of the East China Sea, and tens of thousands of catties of ore vein rough stones may not be able to open the jade material in your hand. I'm afraid this one is going to be worthy of the three-month receivable of our villa. My life is really valuable, should I feel lucky?"

The woman took two steps back, slammed into the bench behind her, and nearly fell. His hands clutched tightly at the hem of his apron.

"They are really good at choosing people, you have never cultivated, and you have been following my mother, I naturally will not have any defense against you. They know that I like to eat your buns here, and they know that I think of my mother every time I see you, so I say almost nothing to you. So I used the information and intelligence I revealed to you every time I came to eat with you. ”

"You, you, when did you notice it?" the woman finally spoke, her voice a little hoarse, like an unoiled clockwork.

"From the last time I came to tell you that I was going out with my father, I told you that I had found a cure for my pulse disease, and you were so concerned about it that you always asked me about the date and itinerary of my trip. Before, you never asked such a detailed question, Aunt Hui, you were too anxious. As soon as my father and I left the sphere of influence in Cloud Hidden City, we were attacked by killers. It's a pity that your people are too weak, or rather, you are inexperienced as a new spy, and I told you that there were only five people with us, but is it really only five people? You have been in the mountain villa for so long, don't you know that we still have secret guards when we travel? I was attacked once on my trip, and I was ambushed three times on my return. Because I only told you the time and itinerary of my departure, and never said the return trip, I know that the next three groups must not be yours. ”

The two sieges that the teenager had encountered seven days ago were not the only two. Before that, they had been attacked twice by hitmen. It's just that the realm of the people who shot was mediocre, and they were all saved by the accompanying masters.

"Actually, I didn't want to suspect that you betrayed me, Aunt Hui. After all, you've been with my mother for twenty years, and you've watched me grow up. Even if our Yun family has no kindness to you, but what about the Jiang family? What about my mother? When did she treat you like her own sister?

"Then why are you sure it's me? Is it just because of this bracelet?"

"The bracelet is just one of them. Before I entered the store, I saw bird droppings on the front door and on the eaves. With a large number of residents and no trees, there are naturally no birds nesting here, but the bird droppings on your eaves are clearly left behind by the birds' long-term activity. It means that you raise birds here, and people raise pigeons that are not kept in cages, and only carrier pigeons are allowed to fly around without worrying about getting lost. And you just learned that I was going to travel, and you inquired very diligently about the itinerary, and your eyes flickered, indicating that you were weak and afraid. Twice you tried to go to the back kitchen under the pretext of bringing me dry food, but in fact you wanted to send a message to your people, so that they could prepare to kill me halfway. I'm afraid that you are a thief, and you are in a bit of a hurry when you take the pigeons, and you have pigeon feathers hanging on the hem of your trousers, and you didn't pay attention to it?"

When the woman heard this, she quickly looked down at her trouser leg, but then her face changed drastically, and there was nothing on her trouser leg. The young man smiled, a little proud, and he directly picked up the flask, but poured the rest of the wine from the jug on the ground. He sighed, "I haven't understood, what are you betraying my mother, betraying Jiang, betraying the Yun family, just for money?"

The woman smiled bitterly, "Money, I don't just care about money, I care about my origin, my fate, my status, my life." Why, we are all surnamed Jiang, but your mother is a descendant, and I am just a maid who happens to be surnamed Jiang? Why, she can study and practice martial arts since she was a child, but I serve her? Why can she marry into your Yun family, become a princess, and become the housewife of Yunyin Villa, and I can't be a concubine who warms the bed? I hate, I hate the injustice of this world, I hate the difference between our identities and lives, I hate everything your mother has, but fortunately, God is also good to me, your mother died not long after giving birth to you. And what she can't worry about the most is you, since everything she has in this world no longer belongs to her, then I will destroy the person she cares about the most in this world. So, when those people found me, I didn't hesitate to agree, I felt that God was really helping me, I didn't have to do anything, just tell them about you, and they would help me. It's a pity, no matter what, your life is still so big. ”

"Then please answer one of my questions one last time, who is the person looking for you? Nanliang's, or Yuwen's, Fan's, Fu's, or other forces?"

The woman stared at the boy with some smugness, as if she could see the shadow of the jazz woman she had been with and followed for twenty years. She regretted a little, regretting why she had never really experienced the goodness of this shadow to her for so many years, but only lived in her own jealousy. But then she shook her head again, she didn't regret it, why would she live worse than others?

The young man shook his head and stood up, "If you don't say it, I also know that it is the people of Nanliang, they can't mobilize a large number of masters to our Yin Xun Prefecture, so they are all some middle martial arts realms that do not enter the stream, and if the forces in Great Xia do it, they can send the masters of the upper martial arts realm." ”

After a cup of tea, the boy walked out of the store, carrying a cloth bag on his shoulder, which was a little bulging than before. Inside, a woman slumped against a wall with a chopstick stuck in her chest.

The boy raised his head and looked at the sky, it was just the right day, and the sunlight was a little dazzling. The boy was warm by the sun, he stared directly at the sun for a long time, and did not seem afraid to look directly at the dazzling sunlight. Looking directly into the sun only stings the eyes, but what about looking directly at people's hearts? He didn't dare to think about it, because he didn't dare to look directly.

The young man led the thin red horse and walked towards the west gate with the sun. He suddenly laughed, he just said that the Zhongwu Realm is not in the stream, but he is just a mud embryo now.