Chapter Twenty-Three: Was It You?

"It was in a fishing village. The night there is also as peaceful as this.

The fishing village is surrounded by tall reeds. The reeds were white, like a layer of white mist enveloping the peaceful fishing village.

Reed Beach has become a paradise for little ones.

A carefree childhood is a little solace in the pain of many people.

A little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old, as usual, was wandering on the reed beach, playing the idea of small fish in the river beach.

Unexpectedly, Xiaoyu didn't hit it, but found a man.

Just a boy, to be exact.

The boy was only seventeen years old, but he was badly injured and passed out on the river beach.

The little girl was scared. But she was notoriously blind and bold in the village. So she found a stick and pulled the boy along.

The boy groaned and woke up. He saw the frightened little girl beside him and whispered, "Help me." ”

The little girl realized that the boy was not a dead man, and immediately became less afraid. She ran quickly, picked up the boy, and asked timidly, "How can I save you?"

The boy pointed to his leg and said, "My leg is broken, help me to a safe place." ”

The little girl was thin and weak, but her face was delicate, especially her big eyes, which were shining brightly. She blinked and said solemnly, "I know of a particularly safe place." ”

The place that the little girl said was particularly safe was actually a shallow little cave. The little girl's treasures were hidden inside.

These treasures include various shapes of wood, rags, and a few snails raised by the little girl.

The little girl supported the boy, and with great difficulty, she walked to the cave.

The boy sat down and looked at the miscellaneous knick-knacks all over the floor with some gloom.

The little girl quickly lit a fire for the boy. The boy's wet clothes were gradually dried out, and his hanging heart slowly relaxed. So the boy meditated on his own and began to breathe.

The little girl observed the boy curiously. The boy wore a blue robe with a simple pattern but a very smart look, completely different from the shorts and shorts worn by the men of the village. The boy was tall and thin, with a good-looking face, but there was a fierce feeling between his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth were oozing blood. What's even stranger is that the boy carries a long weapon with him, which flashes with a blue faint light.

The boy felt the little girl's gaze, opened his eyes, and said helplessly, "Have you seen enough?"

The little girl was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "Enough has been seen, enough has been seen." ”

The boy laughed, his eyebrows and eyes softened, and he said a little weakly, "Do you have anything to eat?"

"Oh, yes, yes. The little girl, who had the hospitable nature of a fisherman's child, immediately jumped up and pulled out a crumpled paper bag from a pile of miscellaneous items in the cave: "This is the snack I hid last week, and it is delicious." ”

The boy took the paper bag and opened it, stared at the pile of broken snacks that were too hard to see the shape, and sighed, "Is there anything else?"

"I have it at home, I'll take you home, my dad is fine, his food is delicious." The little girl extended a warm invitation.

"No, I can't go to the village. The boy's face sank: "You can't tell anyone that I'm here." ”

The little girl was embarrassed, she bit her lip and thought for a long time: "In this way, I'll go catch a fish for you to eat." ”

So the little girl ran away in a gust of wind.

By the time the boy woke up from his short sleep, he could already smell the smell of grilled fish.

The little girl was sweating profusely, and in a hurry she finally handed the boy a pitifully small grilled fish.

The fish is small, but it is grilled deliciously. The boy ate deliciously.

"I really didn't expect you to have this ability. "The boy had not eaten enough, but he had recovered most of his strength. He wiped his mouth, savoring the taste of grilled fish.

"Of course, I'm very famous in the village. The little girl looked very proud when she heard someone complimenting her. Her face was black and white because of the grilled fish, and she was red by the firelight, and her two braids hung down on her shoulders, which looked very cute.

"Oh, what's your reputation?" the boy looked intrigued.

"A lot, such as catching fish, grilling fish, fighting. The little girl said seriously.

"It's not good to fight. The boy frowned.

"How is it not good! I want to be a heroine in the future! I specialize in fighting bad guys!" the little girl looked into the distance, and her eyes sparkled with her own grand ideals.

"And what is a bad guy?" asked the boy, his eyes a little dark, with a complicated expression.

"It's the one who bullies the good guys. The little girl thought the question was abstract.

"And what is a good person?" the boy asked.

"Uh......" The little girl was completely blindfolded.

She immediately changed the subject: "Brother, are you a hero?"

The boy's expression became a little strange, he groaned for a moment, and said, "I'm not a hero. He immediately added, "But I'm not a bad person either." ”

The little girl didn't realize the boy's entanglement, but stared at the boy's weapon with interest: "Brother, what is this long one of yours?"

"A sword. The boy took the sword and handed it to the little girl.

The little girl's eyes widened and she stared intently at the sword, and she rubbed her hand against the shell of the sword with a look of envy.

The boy drew his sword, and the blade of the sword flashed with a cold light.

The little girl opened her mouth wide and exclaimed, "I want to be a woman with a sword in the future!"

The boy laughed, looking at the little girl with crooked eyes and a gentle gaze.

A few days later, half of the little girl's wish was granted.

She was given a sword.

The boy made her a wooden sword.

The little girl excitedly wields a wooden sword in the cave every day.

In return, the little girl grilled fish for the boy every day. He also stole steamed buns, flower rolls, and rice cakes from his home. The little girl's family once thought that they had a litter of rats at home.

The boy not only recovered from his leg injury, but was even raised by the little girl to gain a lot of weight. His favorite thing to do is to watch the little girl grill fish, which gives him a blissful feeling of waiting for food. He also likes to make gadgets for little girls, such as a little dragonfly made of straw with a dog's tail.

One evening, the little girl carried a basket of fish, hummed a song, and walked towards the little cave in the setting sun.

As she passed through the reed banks, she spotted some strange people.

These people all had swords! the same long swords as the boys. The difference was that they were all dressed in gray-white robes, and their hair was tied up high.

The little girl stared greedily at their long sword.

The group soon spotted the little girl. One of them, like a chicken, grabbed the little girl's arm, lifted her up, and asked a little viciously, "Girl, have you ever seen a boy with a sword?" ”

The little girl quickly understood the unkindness in the man's tone.

She hurriedly shook her head like a rattle: "No!"

The man pushed the little girl and waved at her: "Get out." ”

The little girl hurriedly grabbed the fish basket and ran in the direction from which she came.

But her heart was extremely anxious. She feared that the vicious men would find the little cave where the boy was hiding.

So she secretly turned back again, hid behind a large rock on the reed bank, and stared at the group.

It wasn't until the group had gone far away that the little girl dodged out from behind the rocks and ran in the direction of the cave.

Unexpectedly, the group of people who seemed to be far away appeared behind the little girl again. One of them sneered: "This girl is really weird, how can a countryman know a sword?"

The little girl hadn't taken a few steps before she noticed the tail following her.

She threw away the basket in a panic and tried to flee into the woods.

One of the people who followed her suddenly flew up and slapped the little girl on the back with a palm.

The little girl was shot out and fell heavily on the mud. A mouthful of sweet stuff erupted from her chest, and she spat on the ground, only to find that it was a mouthful of blood.

The little girl was frightened, and she felt that she must have been seriously injured and was dying.

She sat on the ground, trembling, wiping her tears, and remembered sadly that her ambition to be a heroine had not yet been fulfilled.

The man who wounded her stepped forward, drew his long sword, and pointed at the little girl: "Stinky girl, tell me quickly, where is that kid?" The others also followed, threatening, "If you don't say anything, I will kill you." ”

At this moment, the man holding the sword suddenly shouted, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground. And the hand in which he raised his sword just now was hit by something, and there was a bloody hole.

After a few more brushes, a few black things flew out of the woods and hit the remaining people. Several people screamed in pain. The little girl looked at it, and the black thing turned out to be a small pebble!

In the midst of the confusion, suddenly a figure flashed out of the woods, picked up the little girl, and whispered, "Hurry up!"

Before the little girl could see the comer, she was already lifted up from the air and flew out.

The trees on both sides flew backwards, dazzling the little girl. She was surprised to find herself in mid-air.

Her eyes widened as she looked at the man who was holding her tightly, it was the boy.

"Brother, are you flying?" The little girl, though afraid, still couldn't hide her curiosity.

The boy's face was pale, his breath was not smooth, and he replied very reluctantly: "This is light work." ”

As soon as they finished speaking, the two fell from the sky. The boy spurted out a mouthful of blood and coughed violently.

The little girl hurriedly ran forward and held the boy.

The boy's leg was still injured and he was still struggling to walk, so he grabbed the little girl's hand, gasped and said, "Let's go." ”

As soon as the words fell, several figures flashed. The little girl found herself surrounded.

Seven or eight people had already surrounded the little girl and the boy.

The boy wiped the bloodshot from the corner of his mouth, brushed the ground and drew the long sword in his hand, and lay it in front of him, flashing a cold cold light.

The few people who caught up were also carrying long swords. One of them said sharply: "Good boy, you dare to break into my Huayi Gate alone and steal my Soul Devouring Bead." Hand over your stuff, and we'll leave you with a whole corpse. ”

The boy snorted coldly: "Fireflies dare to compete with the bright moon?"

The man was furious, shouted, and stabbed the boy with his sword.

The boy blocked with his sword, turned sideways, and fluttered behind the arrival, striking out with a palm of his left hand. The comer was immediately knocked out of the way.

When the others saw it, they also drew their long swords and attacked.

The boy's face sank like water, and while protecting the little girl behind him with his body, he used his sword to resist the fierce attack.

After a few rounds, the boy did not fall behind at all, and stood majestically and majestically, and the people around him did not dare to step forward at all.

The little girl stared at the boy with some adoration, as if she had seen a big hero.

The people around him muttered in a low voice: "This person is strong in swordsmanship and can't attack." There are only other ways to do this. ”

Seeing a flash of white smoke, the boy suddenly covered his eyes and shouted: "Despicable villain!

When the people around saw that the boy's eyes were injured by the poisonous smoke, they immediately raised their swords and attacked.

In the blink of an eye, the boy had multiple injuries to his arms and chest. He covered his eyes with one hand, and still clenched his long sword with the other, struggling to resist the attack like a rain of swords.

When the little girl saw that the boy was injured, she was anxious, but she could only panic helplessly with tears in her eyes.

At this moment, the little girl suddenly saw that the sky was already dark, and several bright flashes of light were crossed, as bright as shooting stars.

The little girl thought that she had spent her eyes, so she rubbed her eyes vigorously, but found that there were suddenly several more people in front of her.

Several teenagers in blue robes were dressed in the same costumes as boys.

As soon as the blue-robed young man saw the injured boy, he shouted: "Who dares to hurt my junior brother!" With that, several people had already flown forward, and several strange-looking weapons had already made a roar and flew into the air, instantly blocking the sword rain that attacked the boy.

Before the little girl could come to her senses, the people besieging them fell to the ground one after another. The little girl looked at it fixedly, and the people who fell to the ground were all in different places, and the death was terrible. The little girl screamed in surprise and covered her eyes.

Several blue-robed teenagers surrounded the boy and held the boy. The eldest one said to the boy with some reproach, "Senior brother, you have made Master so worried. ”

After a simple treatment, the boy could already open his eyes, and he struggled to arch his hand to his senior brother: "Senior brothers, let you bother. ”

The boy turned around and saw the little girl covering her eyes. He said with some pity: "It's all right, the bad guys are dead." ”

The little girl remembered the ruthless methods of several blue-robed young men to kill people, and was so frightened that she refused to let go of her hands covering her eyes when she said anything, and said loudly: "You have killed people, and you are also bad people." ”

The eldest blue-robed young man suddenly turned cold, and raised a white dagger in his hand to the little girl.

When the boy saw it, he hurriedly stopped in front of the little girl and said to the blue-robed young man: "Senior brother, this little girl is kind to me, and I ask my senior brother to show mercy." ”

The blue-robed young man snorted coldly, put away the short knife, and said to the boy, "Let's leave quickly, Master is still waiting for you." With that, he turned and walked away.

When the boy saw the blue-robed boy walk away, he turned around, squatted down, and broke the little girl's hand.

The little girl's hand covering her eyes was broken, and when she saw the boy covered in blood, she suddenly cried sadly: "You hurt so much." ”

The boy was a little moved, his nose was sore, and he said seriously to the little girl: "I am not a good person yet, but I promise you that I will not be a bad person." ”

At this time, the blue-robed young man standing in the distance was already urging the boy.

The boy stood up, supported by several blue-robed teenagers, and was about to leave.

He suddenly remembered something, turned around, walked to the little girl with difficulty, and said with a red face, "You wait for me, I will definitely come back to you." ”

When the little girl saw that the boy was leaving, she suddenly became a little sad and cried even louder.

The boy glanced at the little girl with some reluctance, followed a few senior brothers, and broke through the air. ”

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After Bingyang finished telling the story, he looked at Ziling fixedly, and added: "Later, the boy went back to find the little girl. But that fishing village has been destroyed by the plague. The boy was very sad and thought that the little girl was dead. ”

After listening to the story, Zi Ling's body trembled slightly, as if it was a little difficult to calm down, she sighed and said softly: "The year after the boy left, the plague hit the fishing village. The little girl's family died in the plague. When the little girl was lonely, it was the head of the Emei faction who saved the little girl and brought her back to Emei. When the little girl was seventeen years old, she accidentally got the Wangwu Sword and finally fulfilled her dream of becoming a chivalrous woman. ”

Bingyang's breath was a little unstable, and he actually choked up and said, "That boy has always been obsessed with the little girl. Until in the valley of Luoying, I saw the little girl again. The little girl back then has grown up. But the boy recognized her at once. It's a pity that the little girl at that time already had a heart. Bingyang paused, as if he was a little painful: "Later, the boy secretly followed the little girl to Mount Emei, and suddenly heard the news that the little girl's senior brother was married to someone else. ”

Zi Ling suddenly stood up and interrupted Bingyang: "Don't say any more. ”

Bingyang also stood up, and he excitedly took Zi Ling's hand: "I know you were very sad at that time. You are drunk in the mountains, I don't happen to pass by, I actually follow you all the time. Back then, I promised you that I would be a good person. So I broke away from the Kunlun faction at all costs. Later you let me stay with you, and I was really happy. The more Bingyang spoke, the more excited he became, and he got closer and closer, almost hugging Ziling: "Ziling, since you were that little girl, I have liked you." ”

Zi Ling suddenly pushed Bingyang away, and said with some sadness: "I'm about to die, what's the use of you saying this?" She paused, her voice a little hoarse: "No matter who you are, these past events have nothing to do with me." What chivalrous woman, what divine sword, what grievances and hatreds, are just a dream. ”

With that, Zi Ling suddenly turned around, ran to the hut, and slammed the door shut.

The two men inside and outside the door wept bitterly.