A zigzag street, winding in the early morning fog, people can't see how long it is, how many twists and turns, on both sides of the street are all kinds of shops, and all kinds of signs, but the owner should still be lazily curled up in the comfortable bed, so no store has opened the barrier blocking the door, it is estimated that last night was a good night, a little overstayed. It's a town where the streets and houses are all made of bluestone, and it looks like it's still asleep.

In the distance of the street, there was a faint sound of intermittent footsteps, the sound from far and near, like a morning bell, striking the hearts of the people of the town one by one, and it looked particularly crisp in the town where the morning fog gradually dissipated. A figure, through the gradually dissipating mist, was imprinted on the winding bluestone street by the faint light of the morning sun, and the owner of the figure seemed to be almost distorted.

The footsteps were getting closer, and the shops on both sides of the street were opening their doors, as if they couldn't stand the footsteps.

"Ahh The door of a noodle restaurant was the first to open, and the shopkeeper stretched his waist, yawned and slowly opened the door, turning his head a little impatiently to look in the direction where the footsteps came from in the distance on the street. Immediately after that, he was motionless......

I saw a person wrapped in a black cloak slowly imprint into his eyes. Emaciated, the first word that popped up in my heart when I saw this person was emaciated, because he was really thin, as if he was about to be blown away by the wind. Facing the slightly dazzling sunlight, the shopkeeper couldn't see the face of the person hiding under the cloak clearly, only to see a black mass of things walking slowly like this, getting closer and closer. If it was night, it is estimated that he would have turned around and ran away in fright, the shopkeeper thought to himself.

At this time, most of the shops also opened their doors one after another, and they all saw the visitors from this eerie town, all staring intently at the visitors, and gradually began to discuss, maybe this town has never been such a person, or maybe the dress of the people who came is really confusing.

When the man in black walked to the door of the noodle shop, he suddenly stopped, and the shopkeeper who had been staring at him saw this, he was stunned for a moment, his scalp was tight, and his hand unconsciously gently grabbed the door panel that had just opened, and slowly put it back on, but when he was about to take a piece, the man in black suddenly turned around and walked towards him without raising his head.

The man in black didn't say anything, walked straight into the noodle shop, and passed by the shopkeeper, obviously, he didn't come for the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper secretly scolded himself for being too timid, shook his head in frustration, removed the re-installed door panel, and let out a long breath. Turning around and mustering up his courage, he asked the man in black who was already sitting at a table, "Guest officer, what do you need?"

"A bowl of noodles. The man in black raised his head slightly and glanced at the shopkeeper, and said lightly.

The shopkeeper was suddenly stunned again, looking even more surprised. Because he saw the face hidden under the cloak, although immature, but with a hint of pale coldness, people did not dare to refuse. It turned out that this man in black was actually a teenager. Just when the shopkeeper knew that the person who came was a teenager and relaxed a little, he saw an extra weapon on the table in front of the young man.

It was a knife, a pitch-black, rusty knife, a black hilt, a black scabbard, and I don't know if the blade hidden in the scabbard was also pitch black and rusty. The shopkeeper didn't hesitate any longer, and quickly walked to the back kitchen, urging the cook to hurry down, so that the strange boy who broke into the noodle restaurant early in the morning quickly finished eating noodles and left.

The noodles were quickly ready, and the shopkeeper quickly brought the noodles over and put them in front of the young man, then turned his head and walked into the counter, pretending to clean up the already clean and tidy counter, while peeking at the young man from time to time. This is estimated to be the fastest time he has ever given a guest in his life.

The young man didn't delay, lowered his head and began to eat noodles, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him, he only cared about the bowl of noodles in front of him, and it seemed that the food was very delicious. It's just that his left hand never left the knife, the rusty knife.

"Is Shopkeeper Zhang there?" At this time, a group of people in green clothes and short coats walked in, all holding weapons, uniform clothing, and unified weapons. The group frowned when they saw the young man eating noodles in the corner, staring at the knife in the young man's hand. And the boy didn't seem to see anyone coming, and still lowered his head to eat noodles, as if he was afraid of missing one.

"Oh, it's Brother Ma, Boss Zhang is not here, I went to the city yesterday to run errands, and I can only return this afternoon. The shopkeeper hurriedly walked out from behind the counter, and said with a smile as he gestured, the tension just now seemed to have eased a lot.

"In this way, then when the shopkeeper comes back, you can tell me that tonight's birthday banquet for the 60th birthday of my owner is still the same as in previous years, so that he will bring a few of you to be guests at that time. The man who was called Brother Ma by the shopkeeper turned his head to look at the shopkeeper and said with a smile.

"Yes, definitely. The shopkeeper hurriedly replied with a smile, and his face seemed to be happy.

"Then I'll go first, and I'll have to inform the other family. When the man had finished speaking, he walked out, and as he was leaving, he glanced back at the young man in the corner, his brows furrowed, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Great, there's another good wine to drink tonight. A fat man with a bloated body and a slightly dirty white cloth around his waist came out of the back kitchen, bared his teeth and said with a grin, a rosacea nose was extremely red, and it was annoying to look at.

"You know every day that good wine is good, what year did the owner of Yue Zhuang have you never drunk at the birthday banquet? After saying that, both of them burst out laughing, as if they couldn't wait, and didn't remember what had just happened.

At this time, the boy's noodles had already been eaten, and there was really not a drop of soup left. I saw him take out a copper plate and put it on the table, picked up the knife in his hand, and without saying a word, he walked straight out of the noodle shop and walked slowly towards the other end of the street. Shopkeeper looked at the young man's back and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, no wonder he didn't see the knife in the young man's hand at first, because his hand holding the knife was hidden under the black cloak, and he couldn't see anything, only a black figure gradually disappeared out of sight.

In a blink of an eye, it was almost noon, and the street began to be lively, on the street, the shops next to the two began to be full of people, a lively scene, everyone was talking about the birthday banquet of the owner of Yue Zhuang in the evening, as if it was a festival, it seemed that no one remembered the gloomy and strange boy in the early morning.

This town, called Qingshi Town, is a relatively remote town, but it is not closed, and there are often caravans from all over the world passing by, but it is also in comfort and a hint of prosperity. There is a Yuejiazhuang in the town, the owner's name is Yue Qingping, it is the largest family here, half of the shops on the street are his, the reason why Qingshi Town is so prosperous, and this Yuezhuang owner is indeed inseparable, so the people here are grateful to this Yue Zhuang owner from the heart. And this owner of Yue Zhuang is indeed a good person, as long as you are in trouble, find him, he will help you solve it, and every year when he celebrates his birthday, he always invites the whole town to entertain everyone for free, and it is indeed lively enough. And today, this annual Yue family's birthday banquet is about to start again, and almost all the streets and alleys are discussing how to celebrate tonight.

At this moment, several fast horses neighed and stopped in the middle of the street, and a group of four people came down from the horses, looking dusty. Looking at these four people again, they are all dressed as fast catchers, and they look like they should be from the government. Led by an old man with slightly gray hair, followed by a young man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, his originally handsome face had been covered with dust all the way, but he still couldn't hide his innate arrogance. This was followed by two middle-aged people who looked quite ordinary. A group of four people walked straight into a noodle restaurant next to the street, and one of them asked for a large bowl of noodles.

The shopkeeper walked to the back kitchen with a sad face, and kept muttering: "What's wrong today, how did you come here, it's all weirdos......

It turned out that this group of people was the same as the teenager, they entered the same noodle restaurant, and they asked for a bowl of noodles and nothing else. There are very few people who come to the government here, and sometimes they don't even meet a few in a year, but today, there are four at once.

"Xiao Er, have there been any suspicious strangers in the town recently?" The elderly man looked at the shopkeeper who had returned from the back kitchen, and asked lightly, with a hint of majesty in his tone.

Suspicious strangers? Could it be that they're here to arrest someone? Could it be the young man?" the shopkeeper muttered in his heart, but said, "Stranger, no, is there anything wrong?" He didn't want to delay his evening banquet by saying something, it wouldn't be worth it.

The old man looked at the shopkeeper's dodgy eyes, frowned, didn't speak again, turned his head to stare at the crowd coming and going on the street, and fell into deep thought, as if he had something on his mind.

"Dad, will the person you are looking for appear today?" The sword-eyed young man looked at the old man and asked, with a hint of joy in his voice. It turned out that the old man was his father.

The old man came back to his senses, sighed and said, "Who would know that I have been looking for him for so many years, but he has always disappeared suddenly under my nose, and I don't know how long I can continue to look for him." After speaking, he paused, turned his head to look at the young man and said solemnly: "Even if you find it, you are not allowed to be impulsive, don't think that you have a little fame in the rivers and lakes and don't put anyone in your eyes, there are mountains outside the mountains, there are people outside the people, and the people we are looking for are not something you can deal with." ”

The young man listened to the old man's words, the corners of his mouth twitched indifferently, a contemptuous look appeared in his eyes, and he secretly clenched his fists, as if he was expecting something.

The people on the street didn't seem to notice that there were four people from the government who had come to this town, and they were still laughing and talking about tonight's Yuejiazhuang, as if this was the only thing they cared about the most.

The old man listened to the discussion in people's mouths, shook his head helplessly, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and there was a slight trace of pity in his eyes, but it was only a flash, and then he looked at the street corner in the distance, and fell silent again......