"The lights of the small market are noisy, and the people of Jincheng have not stopped. ”

At the beginning of the lanterns, Jincheng has not faded into prosperity, with high-rise buildings, red lights, and diners gather along the streets.

A middle-aged man with a spring breeze on his face slowly walked into a high-rise building in the crowd of people, there is a plaque hanging on the high-rise building, with three gilded characters on it "Pillow River Building", as one of the most upscale restaurants in Jincheng, the cost of a meal here is really just ordinary for ordinary families for months, but this middle-aged man will not blink his eyes.

Just like his expression at the moment, his name is Zhang Chunfeng, he is the official of the Shu Kingdom, so he can sing songs every night in this pillow river building, and then go to the time-honored beef noodle restaurant next to him after finishing chic, and eat a bowl of spicy and fragrant beef noodles, which is enough to comfort every night of his life.

But not everyone's night can be so comfortable and comfortable, on the wide street below the pillow river, a young man sweating profusely pushed a wheelbarrow, the cart was loaded with all kinds of vegetables and dried chores, looking slightly anxious.

"If it's faster, you'll have to be deducted again if it's late. ”

The pace unconsciously accelerated, the muscles in his hands burst out, rushed to the beef noodle restaurant, just after greeting the disappointed boss, the drum beat at the time, and the young man's sweaty face was full of smiles, and he didn't have to be deducted.

The boss muttered, "Count you kid lucky." Commanding the young man to carry a basket of things to the back kitchen, the guy in the store looked at it coldly, and no one came to help, the young man didn't care, and honestly moved these things in and put them away.

Shaking his sour arm, the boss in front of the counter threw more than a dozen copper coins on the counter, and the young man hurriedly picked them up one by one, counting and counting but found that there were five missing, "Boss, why is this missing five?"

The boss didn't raise his head, "Oh, there's no zero, so let's do it, it's just the price of a bowl of noodles, and you will eat it for nothing." ”

The guy in the hall covered his mouth and snickered, and the young man pursed his lips and looked at the boss, his chest rising and falling violently.

"What? Do you want to continue sending?" the boss glanced at him.

That is to say, the boss is reluctant not to let the boy send it, the boy's dishes are all collected outside the city that day, that is, it is fresher and better than the previous ones sent by others, so the business of the noodle restaurant has become better.

He just ate that this young man was poor and didn't dare to offend a boss like him.

"Thank you to the owner. The boy nodded, turned and walked out of the noodle shop amid the sneering laughter of the boss, picked up the wheelbarrow again, felt the hot shoulders of the strangulation, and looked sad and angry.

In the fifteenth year of the Daduan Dynasty, the nascent regime grew slowly, except for the occasional confrontation with the steppe regime in the north, Beiyuan, within the borders of the country, it deserved a sentence of national peace and security. The subjects all sighed with emotion that the Son of Heaven was above and that the society was blessed.

Emperor Yongding divided the kings to guard the eight directions, and the only king of the opposite sex was Qiao Zhou, the king of Shu, and the capital of Shu was Jincheng.

Heavy mountains are accompanied by perched in the glow, green water surrounds spring flowers, Qionglou Yuyu, singing and dancing shengping, talented and beautiful women, ten miles of peach blossoms, Jincheng has been prosperous since ancient times.

The prosperity is theirs, the lonely and sad boy walked from the bustling to the alley without street lights, by the faint moonlight, the boy carefully avoided the chicken shit and dog shit on the road, and the wheelbarrow rolled on the dust, as silent as this alley.

Luojia Lane is all a dilapidated settlement, so it is also nicknamed Luojia Lane, and the boy's home is in the depths of the alley.

Knocked lightly on the door, a burst of cheerful footsteps came from inside, three times five divided by two to open the deadbolt, the dim light poured down the road from the crack in the door, and also illuminated the young man's face, his face was not dry with sweat beads, and he was already looking at the girl in the room with a smile on his face.

"Suihe, are you hungry?"

The girl is beautiful, she looks slightly younger than the boy two years younger, under the simple coarse cloth clothes, the body has developed some graceful curves, and when she sees the boy, her eyes have narrowed into crescents.

"Don't be hungry, Brother Luo, come in. ”

The boy was so embarrassed that he conjured a bunch of sugar and oil fruits out of nowhere, "Aren't you hungry? ”

"Ahhh Only then did the girl react, and hurriedly took the sugar and oil fruit handed over from the young man's hand, and took a bite gently, and a sweet smell filled the entire mouth, "Brother Luo, you are so good." ”

The boy pushed the wheelbarrow into the house and put it away, and said to the girl, "Eat slowly, I'll cook." ”

The boy's name is Yunluo, and the girl next to him is named Suihe, unlike the boy who has been an orphan since he can remember, the girl used to live next door to the boy with her mother, and her mother took care of Yunluo, and Yunluo also felt the warmth of maternal love in her mother's body.

Unfortunately, her mother was killed in a fire four years ago, and the teenager, who was still having some difficulty supporting herself, decided to take on the responsibility of taking care of her and rely on her for her life.

You see, the unfortunate will always be unhappy, and the happy will become happier.

Zhang Chunfeng felt that the fat powder on the old friend who accompanied the wine today was more fragrant, and the pair of empathetic eyes became more and more beautiful, so he took her hand and walked into the inner room, and everyone at the banquet was as if they hadn't seen her.

Not long after, Zhang Shangshu, who was more prosperous in the spring breeze, walked out of the inner room, and after some staggering, he walked out of the Pillow River Building surrounded by everyone. After saying goodbye to everyone one by one, he walked into the beef noodle restaurant with two entourages.

The boss personally polished the table and bench early and waited at the door, "My lord, please come inside, I'll go below." ”

Zhang Shangshu, who was full of red light, closed his eyelids slightly, walked to a table and sat down, and the guys got up early to get busy with their work, and those who had nothing to do also stood aside and waited.

The boss was proud in his heart, Lord Shangshu seemed to be nodding to me just now? Hurriedly took out the freshest cabbage in the dish sent by the kid just now, scalded it to a moderate amount of soft and hard, put it in a delicate porcelain bowl, and cooked three bowls of beef noodles full of ingredients, personally brought it to the table, and then waved his hand, let the guys go away, and waited respectfully aside.

In the hut, Yunluo also brought out two bowls of noodles, which were ordinary plain vegetable noodles with white water, sprinkled with some minced green onions, dripping with a few drops of sesame oil, and some pickles, which also made a good taste.

Zhang Shangshu took out a pair of chopsticks that had already been scalded and washed by boiling water, lightly slammed them on the table, and began to concentrate on eating noodles.

The boss who was driven aside didn't care, and showed his face in front of Lord Shangshu, is there less of a benefit in his future, his son is lazy and stupid, if he can catch up with Lord Shangshu, even if he just says casually, he will close his eyes in this life.

The boss was looking forward to a bright future, with a smile on his face, when suddenly an exclamation came, "My lord!

The boss raised his eyes and saw that Lord Shangshu was just holding his chest and falling straight to the ground, with a few noodles hanging from the corners of his mouth, and hurriedly ordered the guy to go out and call Lang Zhong, and he hurried over, and as soon as he stretched out his head, Lord Shangshu's neck was crooked, and there was no movement.

The boss shouted, "Oh my son!" and fainted.

Yunluo picked up the bowl, drank the last mouthful of soup, put away the dishes and chopsticks with Suihe, and ran to wash the dishes.

Yunluo closed his eyes and thought about today's events, felt that there was nothing missing, checked the deadbolt, and took a bath with water.

When he packed up and came to the bedroom, Suihe was already asleep in bed.

The bedroom is simple and neat, with a row of cabinets standing against the wall, two beds facing each other, a curtain in between, and a hanger at the head of the bed.

The night became more and more intense, and people gradually fell asleep, enjoying the happiness of ignorance and unconsciousness, and swept away the fatigue of the day.

Blessed are those who fall asleep.

At this moment, in the Pillow River Building and beef noodle restaurant, I can't sleep, and there are chickens and dogs.

The boss and the cook, as well as the girl in the Qinglou who accompanied the wine tonight, especially the old friend who was once good with Zhang Shangshuchun, were honestly guarded and waited for investigation and questioning.

The people in the beef noodle restaurant were not so lucky, and they were tied up one by one.

The owner of the noodle shop and his men shouted loudly that they were wronged, and the officers and soldiers patrolling the city impatiently kicked the boss in the stomach and said viciously: "If you are wronged, just tell Si Wencao's people to go!"

When the boss heard this, he was about to faint again, and an officer and soldier splashed a basin of cold water on his face, "Be honest with Lao Tzu, don't pretend to be crazy and stupid here." ”

A bowl of noodles ruined a bright future, and a basin of water extinguished the hope of the rest of his life.

Si Wencao, the spy organization of the Daduan Dynasty, supervises hundreds of officials, investigates all kinds of big cases, if you enter Si Wencao, and then you want to come out, at least you have to take off a layer of skin, of course, more is more, it has never appeared again.

The sky was pitch black.

Time passed quietly, a glimmer of light pierced the sky, and the rooster crowed, waking up the city that had just fallen asleep.

Yunluo silently opened his eyes, sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate.

Perceiving the vitality of heaven and earth, attracting the vitality into the body through the dantian, and then using exercises to guide the vitality to refine the body, is the first realm of the practitioner, the realm of refining the body.

Practicing the Nine Realms, refining the body, gathering qi, condensing the yuan, divine will, communicating the mysteries, knowing the fate, asking the heavens, joining the way, and the heavenly people are immortal.

Yes, there are cultivators in this world, and they can use the vitality of heaven and earth to do many things that ordinary people can't do at all, so becoming a cultivator is the best way to climb up in this world.

Four years ago, Yunluo managed to get a cultivation exercise, but four years later, he still couldn't successfully refine his body.

As soon as this vitality arrives at the dantian, it will disappear without a trace, like a leak.

Shaking his head, Yunluo was not discouraged, years of hard life had trained his incomparably tenacious heart.

Through the curtain, he shouted softly, and Suihe's confused voice came from the other side, "Why is it dawn, I feel like I've just fallen asleep." ”

Suihe has grown up, Yunluo naturally needs to avoid suspicion, let her get up slowly.

After getting up to wash up and make breakfast, Sui He came out of the bedroom with his eyes rubbed.

She only bowed a few handfuls of water and rubbed it on her face a few times, and a pure and beautiful girl appeared in front of Yunluo's eyes, which is what those ancient books say, "Clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving".

Yunluo likes to read, although he has no money to buy books, but because he often helps the shopkeeper of the bookstore opposite to do some small things, he is diligent and practical, and he is familiar with it after coming and going, and the shopkeeper also turns a blind eye to what he reads in the bookstore.

It was in this bookstore that Yunluo read a lot of miscellaneous books and unique books, which gave him profound knowledge that is difficult for ordinary people to reach in such a difficult situation.

After eating the white porridge and pickles on the table in three or two times, Suihe was about to wash the dishes, and Yunluo was about to go out, when the rhythmic knocking sound of "tuk tuk tuk" sounded from the wooden door panel.

After a while, Yunluo frowned and looked at the person in front of him, he was in his forties, his hair was messy, the oil secreted on his face was slightly reflected in the sun, his forehead was bulging, the bridge of his nose was collapsed, and his broad lips made every time he turned up and down look particularly eye-catching, "Little brother, you and your sister are the only ones in your family?

Yunluo's gaze crossed this person, looking at the few entourages behind him who were faintly surrounding here, "Are you really Si Wencao's person?"

As the supervisory body in the territory of the Daduan Dynasty, Si Wencao's name is known to everyone, but its deterrence is more for officials, and there is no fear of ordinary people like Yunluo.

But if some knowledgeable people are here, they will know the horror of this slightly obscene and greasy middle-aged man in front of him, because his name is Wei Hongyi, the commander of the Shu State Branch of Si Wen Cao, and he is also one of the most famous hunting dogs of Si Wen Cao, and many powerful people respect him.

Wei Hongyi grinned, took out the token from his arms again, and handed it directly to Yunluo this time, "Why did you appear in that beef noodle restaurant on the east side of the Pillow River Building last night?"

Yunluo looked at the token carefully, his eyes widened when he heard this, and he wondered, "Can't you go to that noodle restaurant?"

On the wooden stool behind him, Sui He was in a daze with his face in his hands.

Wei Hongyi was not annoyed, still with a greasy smile, "But that night, not long after you left, the official of Shu died in that noodle restaurant. ”

Yunluo sighed, his voice was slightly louder, "My sister and I usually make a living by helping others transport some fruits and vegetables, that beef noodle restaurant is also our guest, I just sent some vegetables that day, the boss lost a few pennies to me, so he said to take a bowl of beef noodles, I was angry when I talked about this, he gave me according to the market price of beef noodles, do you think I lost money?"

Wei Hongyi nodded, "It's a loss, it's a big loss." He glanced over the wheelbarrows, the stubs, and the baskets with the crumbs of the house, then looked at the girl and stretched out his hand, "Okay, excuse me." ”

Yunluo hurriedly handed over the token, "This is the end?"

Wei Hongyi smiled angrily: "Then come with me and have a good chat?"

Yunluo hurriedly waved goodbye, smiling brightly, and Suihe also hurriedly stretched out a hand and waved with Yunluo. Yunluo looked at her and rubbed her head, "Hurry up and wash the dishes." ”

Wei Hongyi turned around and got into a carriage parked next to him, and several attendants followed.

As soon as he took a few steps, the middle-aged man ordered, "Let Liu He come up." ”

A man stepped out of his entourage and got into the carriage.

Wei Hongyi asked, "A young man with such a clear background, why do we have his dossier?"

Liu He said respectfully: "Because of the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

Wei Hongyi's eyes suddenly burst with a fine light, "Prime Minister of State?"

Liu He's face was calm, "It's Lord Jiang, he stumbled upon the young man's sister who had the qualifications to become a cultivator, so he followed the two of them here to ask, but the girl didn't immediately agree, saying that she should think about it first." ”

The qualifications of the practitioners, to put it mildly, "And then?"

Liu He's face was a little strange, "Master Jiang didn't say anything, he said abruptly, left a note and left, saying that if you want, you can go to him." ”

Wei Hongyi nodded, "It is indeed Jiang Yan's demeanor." can get Jiang Yan's blue eyes, this girl's qualifications can be described as excellent. ”

Wei Hongyi closed his eyes and thought about it, then opened his eyes and asked, "What about the young man?"

Jiang Yan judged that there was absolutely no potential for cultivation. ”

"Don't worry about this boy. ”

Wei Hongyi commanded, closed his eyes again, and the carriage walked forward on its own, the sound of hooves was crisp, and the wheels were steady, like this increasingly powerful dynasty.