In 338 AD, in the north of Luoyang City, a prosperous and prosperous market town. There is a tavern at the east intersection of the town, called "Gecko House". On this day, the town was overcast and stuffy, and there were few pedestrians on the road, and after a while, the wind blew fiercely, and another cup of tea was mixed with wind and rain, and the rain as big as soybeans slanted down, and a white hazy mist gradually rose on the streets.

The gecko hall was full of people, shouting and drinking, and it turned out that the pedestrians had hidden here. There are seven or eight jujube-colored tables on display in the museum, and there is a three-to-five-foot open space in front of the counter, and an old faded table is placed.

There are only two grandfathers and grandchildren in the shop, the old man is about 70 years old, his clothes are thin, his beard is white, but his eyes are bright. The little girl is about thirteen or fourteen years old, and she is still young, but her demeanor is quiet and elegant, although she is dressed plainly and does not dress up, her eyebrows are delicate, her skin is like clotted fat, especially a pair of peach blossom eyes, she looks forward to life, and is extremely smart. The grandfather and grandson lived in this tavern, and they lived freely. Today is a rainy day, the tavern is already full, the call for wine and food is endless, the old man is busy warming the wine and cooking food, and the little girl brings the wine and food to the table one by one.

Gradually, everyone began to eat and drink, and the original shouting and noisy sound slowly subsided. All that was left in the tavern was the smacking of drinking and the clashing of dishes and chopsticks.

At this time, the door of the tavern was suddenly pushed open, and suddenly a cold wind blew in, and everyone shivered unexpectedly, and a black-faced man on the table at the door was drinking and was on his head, and suddenly he was blown by the cold wind, and scolded to the door in a very angry manner: "Which turtle son who does not have long eyes, spoils Lao Tzu's prosperity." When he scolded, everyone who was only angry turned their eyes to the door.

Just when everyone was angry, a middle-aged man came in from outside the door, saying that he was coming in but he was not, only to see him step into the threshold with one right foot first, lean forward slightly, look around the tavern, and then retreat. Then a little boy walked in with his head held high, followed by the middle-aged man who was suitable. After the two entered, the middle-aged man closed the door, and the cold wind stopped slowly.

The middle-aged man stepped forward first and saluted with his fists and said, "My master and apprentice rushed to Taiyuan to do business, passing by the treasure land, and it happened to be beautiful in heaven, and I had to meet all my friends." Please bear with me." Only then could everyone see the two of them clearly, the middle-aged man was about forty years old, with a majestic body, a thick face, and a short self-defense knife at his waist. Look at the little boy again, only fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed simply and neatly, wearing an amethyst hairpin on his head, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and an extraordinary atmosphere.

At this moment, the middle-aged man spoke again: "Seeing each other today is fate." The so-called brothers in the four seas, if you don't dislike it, today's wine and dinner, please, how about it?". As soon as these words came out, everyone naturally applauded. Some said: "Brother Tai is talking about something, since it is fate, you might as well come over to talk about it"; some said: "Brother is so generous, he is in love with us, please come over and drink a few cups to warm up your body"; some said: "It is a long way to Taiyuan, so it is better to go to the humble house for a few days first, and then have a drink with your brother." The middle-aged man looked at the little boy, who had no expression on his face. The middle-aged man hugged his fists to everyone and replied: "I didn't dare to entrust the invitation of all my friends, but my master and apprentice are really inconvenient." Friends, please take care of yourself." When the people saw this, they said no more, but fortunately, someone invited them to eat and drink, so they went away at ease.

The middle-aged man walked to the counter and saluted the old man in the store, "Please ask the old man to warm a pot of good wine, two plates of beef, and a roast chicken for the two of me." The old man agreed, and went to work. The middle-aged man looked around and saw that the tables around him were full of people, except for an old faded table in the open space in front of the counter. The middle-aged man didn't think it was upset, stepped forward to set up the bench, gently wiped the old table with his hand, turned around and asked the little boy to sit first, and then sat down on the left side of the little boy.

Only half a pillar of incense, a pot of wine, beef and roast chicken are all ready, and it is the little girl in the store who serves the wine and meat. The little girl gently set the wine on the table, then the two plates of beef, and then the roast chicken, and turned away. The little boy was obviously hungry, but he was not in a hurry to eat, took out a handkerchief from his arms, wiped his chopsticks, then took the wine jug and poured a little wine into the wine glass, then took the wine glass and shook it gently, poured the wine in the wine glass at the bottom of the table, and then poured another glass of wine and began to eat. When the middle-aged man saw that the little boy had begun to eat, he began to eat himself.

The tavern is full of wine and everyone can enjoy themselves, and this kind of warm scene is really rare in today's troubled times.

Suddenly, there was a hurried sound of horses' hooves in the street, which could be heard clearly even though it was raining, and from far and near, in an instant they were in front of the tavern. Everyone held their breath and stared, and the sound of horses' hooves was long gone. The crowd began to talk one after another, some whispered: "Look, Hu Liang has come out to catch sheep again", the other party said: "Shh, whisper, be careful of Hu Xian's spies"; others said: "Now that the imperial court has moved to the south, leaving us people, without a king and a father, at the mercy of others", the other party said: "Isn't it, I only hate us Han people who have no leader, otherwise we will kill Hu people and leave no chickens and dogs."

Everyone began to talk about it, and although the voice was not very loud, the middle-aged man and the little boy could hear it clearly. When he heard someone say the phrase "Kill Hu people and don't leave chickens and dogs", the little boy was stunned and slowly put down the raised chopsticks. Seeing this, the middle-aged man also stopped his wine glass and whispered to the little boy, "Young master is relieved, don't care too much about what these people say. Zhongzhou people are deceitful, don't pay attention to it". The little boy shook his head and said, "Fourth Uncle doesn't know, Zhongzhou is a place of long-term cultivation, advocating the way of saints, and following etiquette, righteousness and shame. Although there are many cunning people, it is only two or three out of ten." The middle-aged man said: "Yes, the young master has lived in the Han family since he was a child, so he naturally knows more about the Han family than he does." The little boy stopped talking, but listened quietly. The middle-aged man was obviously a man in the wine lane, and the amount of wine was excellent, and a large pot of wine had been drunk in a while.

The sound of rain outside the tavern was getting quieter. It turned out that the rain came and went quickly, and the time for only one meal gradually stopped. The crowd dispersed one after another, leaving only the middle-aged man and the little boy. At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard rushing towards the tavern. This time the sound of horses' hooves was far less dense than the previous one, and there should have been only a few people. The sound of horses' hooves stopped in front of the tavern door, and only a bang was heard, and the tavern door was kicked open, and five big men poured in, all with hideous faces. As soon as the five of them entered, they shouted to the counter: "Wu Na Lao'er, serve wine and food to the old man, be one step late, be careful of your head!"

The middle-aged man looked at the five people and saw that they were wearing the uniforms of the soldiers of the Later Zhao State, and they were expected to be guerrilla stragglers wandering in Luoyang.

In a short time, the old man of the shop had prepared the food and wine and handed them over to the little girl. The little girl walked to the table of five people, put the food and wine one by one, turned around and was about to leave, but someone was mixed under her feet, and her body fell to the left of a big man, who laughed loudly, and reached out to take the little girl into his arms. The little girl was already pale with fright, and shouted for help. When the old man heard the voice, he rushed over and begged bitterly: "The military master spares his life, the little old man is lonely, and there is only such a granddaughter under his knees." beg the military master to spare the villain's family, and the villain is willing to give all the accumulated silver." The big man scolded: "Of course the silver Lao Tzu wants it, and this female doll Lao Tzu also wants it." When the master takes her back, he will send her back in three or five days. If you know each other, get out of the way of Lao Tzu!" After that, he kicked the old man in front of the door, and the old man was kicked back two or three meters by this kick, and he was already bleeding from his mouth and nose, but the old man completely disregarded his own safety, and was bent on saving his granddaughter, so he rushed forward and hugged the big man's legs and begged bitterly.

The big man's legs were tightly hugged by the old man, and his upper body couldn't help but sway, and the other four big men couldn't help laughing when they saw this scene being funny. When the big man saw his companion's joke, he was annoyed and angry for a moment, grabbed the little girl with his left hand, and with his free right hand, grabbed the wine jug on the table and smashed it at the old man. Hugh said that the old man, that is, the prime of life, could not stand this smash. Where the wine jug was broken, I saw that the old man fell to the ground instantly, bleeding like an infusion, and his face was like ashes.

It all happened so suddenly that the middle-aged man and the little boy sitting at the old table did not come to their senses. It was only at the moment when the old man fell to the ground that the little boy realized what had happened. He glared at the five big men, and the middle-aged man saw the little boy glaring at the five, stood up and walked slowly towards the five, and spat out a sentence: "Let go of this little girl, get out." The five of them were proud of the crowd, and one of the big men wanted to step forward and grab him by the collar, but suddenly felt that something was wrong, and just wanted to withdraw his hand to come back, but it was already too late. I could only hear the man's scream, and there was already half an arm on the ground. Seeing this, the other four people immediately shouted, and they all pulled out their knives and came up, saying that it was too late and that it was fast, and the middle-aged man's short knife had already been out of the sheath at the moment when the four of them moved forward, and this speed was like lightning. When he looked at the four people again, he had already fallen to the ground, and each of them had a blood mark on his neck, but there was still life anywhere. Seeing this, the big man with the broken arm hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, kowtowing like pounding garlic. The middle-aged man didn't want to kill more, but when he saw that he had broken an arm and couldn't do evil from now on, he just did. The big man with the broken arm was like a great favor, and he thanked him and fled.

The middle-aged man rescued the little girl, who was suddenly in a hurry and couldn't speak. The middle-aged man looked at the little boy, the little boy nodded slightly, and the middle-aged man sat the little girl on the ground, sat cross-legged behind the little girl, and only put his palms on the little girl's big vertebral points and lung Yu points, and healed her injuries.

After a while, the little girl slowly came to her senses, first muttered, and gradually began to realize something, and her eyes hurried towards the old man. Seeing the old man lying on the ground, unconscious, he hurriedly ran over and pounced on the old man, shouting, "Grandpa, grandpa!" The old man had been smashed unconscious and had been pushed by others, but he also woke up faintly.

The old man gradually opened his eyes and looked at the middle-aged man, as if he had something to say. The middle-aged man leaned down and listened. I only heard the old man whisper intermittently: "Thank you for saving me." I'm afraid it won't be done, it's not a pity for the little old man to die, it's just my granddaughter .....", he coughed a few times and breathed heavily. The middle-aged man had already guessed what the old man meant, and turned his head to look at the little boy, who walked up to the old man, squatted down and said softly to the old man: "Don't worry, the old man will be my sister from now on." I'm not going to hurt her any more." When the old man heard this, he nodded faintly and said, "Her parents were originally from Yuwen Xianbei, and they named her a Di character." When she was eight years old, the village was overrun by rebels, and her parents were killed by the rebels. My surname is Zhang, and I used to live in the same village as her family, and after the rebellion, I escaped by luck and heard crying in the ruins, so I rescued her. Fortunately, there was still some softness in the ruins, so I adopted her, came here, and opened this tavern. Ahem, my old man should have died a long time ago, and he was very content to live in the world for so many more years." There was another rapid breath, and it was clear that the words had exhausted the last of his strength, but he seemed to have something to say. The old man paused for a moment, his eyes slowly turned to the little girl, the little girl hurriedly turned her ear to her grandfather's mouth, and the old man said angrily: "Good boy, grandpa can't accompany you anymore." Over the years, you've asked me many times what that accident was all about. Let me tell you, the rebel army was a Huxian people, and the leader was called ..... Stone .....". Before the old man finished speaking, he never came up again. The little girl lay on top of the old man and wept loudly.