Youzhou is located in the south, close to Linzhou, the four seasons are like spring, it is the cold winter wax moon and rarely see snow, a rain can be more than half a month, if you say Muzhou, Linzhou is like everyone is beautiful and generous, then Youzhou has a sense of exquisite jasper.

Xiao Shu came from Muzhou, stopped and stopped along the way, and when he arrived in Youzhou, it was already the spring of the second year, followed by a fifteen or sixteen-year-old named Huazi, but he himself was not much better, his clothes were ragged, his hair was long and his face was invisible, probably only the red umbrella on his back still looked intact, and he didn't have much money to bring, and he spent it halfway.

"Hehe, I thought I was going to starve to death on the road. Xiao Zhaohua squinted his eyes, looking at the gate of the smoke capital that was as high as three feet and three, and his heart was full of emotion, if it wasn't for the drought in his hometown, coupled with the early death of his parents, where would he have thought of leaving his hometown to come here, along the way, the road was mostly affected by the disaster, and there were refugees who could not return home.

"Doesn't the government provide disaster relief?" Xiao Shu asked casually.

"The official master has run away, who will give the relief, who will give it to?" Xiao Yaohua pursed her lips, touched her cooing stomach and said, "Don't talk nonsense, let's go to the city and figure out how to fill the stomach." ”

"The old way?" Xiao Shu rolled up his sleeves and tied up his hair one by one at the back of his head, although he still looked a little sloppy, but in the end he was handsome, holding a mysterious fan in his hand, he really looked like a down-and-out scholar.

"The method is not old, it just works. Xiao Yuhua couldn't wait to pull Xiao Shu into Yandu City, these days he has been eating dry food and fruits, and there is no oil and water in his stomach, even if he doesn't die of hunger if he continues like this, he will have half a foot in the ground.

Entering the city, the two of them were separated by a distance of ten meters, this method is also simple, Xiao called Hua Hua has been crawling for many years, nothing else has been learned, the level of stealing is getting higher and higher, but in the early years, there was no one to help, often the front foot stole something, and the back foot was found to chase and fight.

But now it's different, I have such an accomplice, there are a lot of tricks, in just half a day, relying on Xiao Shu's conversation to attract attention, I unknowingly touched away dozens of taels of white silver, kicked in my arms and felt heavy, I have to sigh that Yandu is indeed a prosperous capital, those young ladies and sons are very rich, no more than the ghost place in their hometown, the land can't grow rice, and people can't find half a penny, everyone is just as poor, and thieves can't live.

"Little Er, serve!" Xiao Yuhua swaggered into the restaurant, found a window seat and sat down, picked up the teapot and poured it directly into his mouth.

"You two are not locals, right?" The shopkeeper frowned and looked at him, just looking at Xiao Shu didn't think anything, but this little Hanako was definitely not from Yandu, he could only be a refugee from outside.

"What, you have to interrogate your background before entertaining guests?" Xiao Yuhua put down the teapot, wiped the water droplets from the corners of her mouth, and glared back at the shopkeeper.

"That's not it, I didn't ask. The shopkeeper pulled the corners of his mouth without smiling, but in line with the principle that entering the store is a guest, he still didn't say anything, walked to another Xiao Shu who looked more sven and asked, "Are you two staying in the hotel or eating?"

Xiao Shu smiled and said, "Let's eat first, you let him order." ”

Xiao Zhaohua is not polite at all, squinting his eyes at the wooden signs on the wall, but unfortunately he can't recognize any of the big words, seeing that the little second class is a little impatient, he simply closed his eyes and said, "What kind of dishes are these, don't care, give me a copy." ”

The shopkeeper hesitated for a while and said, "So much?"

"What nonsense, if you get on it, you will get it. Xiao Yuhua slapped the table and shouted angrily.

The shopkeeper sneered, looked at him from head to toe, and called Hanamichi, "It's okay to serve the food, can you eat it?"

These two people are not rich people at first glance, especially this little ghost, the discerning person knows at a glance that he is a refugee from other places, he is naturally barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, maybe he starved to death in order to have a full meal, and when the time comes, the two people run away after eating, and the unlucky one is not still himself, even if he is caught, the two cheap lives may not be worth the money for this table of dishes, and when the time comes, he will be infected with the epidemic, and he can't do it if he wants to be a coolie, so he can only be sent to the government, how to think about how to lose.

These words completely angered Xiao Yuhua, took out the silver in his arms, slapped it on the table, and said viciously: "This little master is still ready to eat." ”

"Ouch, okay, okay, little master wait, I'll serve you two." The shopkeeper rolled his eyes, and walked to the shopkeeper quietly and said, "Shopkeeper, you see that these two people look like they have never seen the world, they are dressed so tattered, they must be outsiders, and they are so generous, this money is not stolen, is it still falling from the sky, do you want me to report to the official?"

"What about outsiders, what about stolen money, if you make money, it doesn't matter if it's a human or a ghost, a robbery or a steal? The shopkeeper laughed with a wrinkled face, and his eyes were only slit.

Xiao Shu glanced at them, turned his head and said to Xiao Yuhua with a smile, "You can't finish eating so much, why be angry." ”

"I've been hungry for a long time, and I'm scared...... Ahh Xiao Yuhua rolled her eyes and said, then took out more than twenty taels of silver from her arms, wrapped it in a rag, and handed it to Xiao Shudao, "Here, there is half of you, and I will invite you this time." ”

Xiao Shu took the silver and raised his eyebrows, and said with some surprise, "So generous?"

"That is, the master has always regarded money as dung. Xiao Yu glanced at Xiao Shu secretly, and then laughed, but his expression was gloomy.

The two have only known each other for a month, but Xiao Shu is the first person to look at him, although Xiao Shu is not much better in Xiao Shuhua's eyes, he is very poor and sour, but it is precisely because of this that he has a good impression of Xiao Shu, and he is willing to say anything to Xiao Shu.

The wine and food are on the table, the delicacies are delicious, the color and fragrance are strong, and the sake is three or two, elegant and soft.

It was the first time to see so many dishes, the table was full, hot and fragrant, picked up the chopsticks, obviously she should be happy, but the tears couldn't stop falling, and she couldn't wipe them off.

Xiao Shu chuckled and poured a glass of wine, tasting it carefully, it was not as good as the burning throat of northern wine, and it was not as sweet as it.

"I thought it was delicious, and that's it, it's not as delicious as the sweet potatoes when I was a child...... "The more Xiao Xiaohua ate, the more panicked her heart became, she snatched the wine glass from Xiao Shu's hand, and drank it all when she raised her head, but her face was flushed with cough.

But instead, he put down his chopsticks, picked up the wine jug and drank, and the drunkenness gradually came to his heart.

"Xiao wants food, why do you always carry such a broken umbrella?"

"It sheltered me from the rain for years. ”

"Can you cover it?" Xiao Yuhua put down the wine jug, her eyes were red, and she said incoherently, "If you really want to cover it, I'll go buy umbrellas, buy a hundred, two hundred." ”

"I can't cover it, I can't cover it anymore. Xiao Shu was silent for a moment, and put the red umbrella on the table, he had not been unsheathed for so many years, and he didn't know if the red leaves had become dull, whether it was the same as his own kendo.

Xiao Yuhua didn't speak again, Xiao Shu looked up, it turned out that he was already drunk, but only three or four chopsticks were moved on the table full of dishes, maybe he wasn't hungry and afraid, he just hated the injustice of heaven and earth, and wanted to fight back in his own way, but he was so powerless.

What is the injustice of heaven?

This sentence lingered in Xiao Shu's mind, should he really be so bitter to be born?

Xiao Zhaohua always said that he is not a material for reading, and he has no money to study, he wants to learn martial arts, be a chivalrous man, rob the rich and help the poor, hoe the strong and help the weak, and always make those poor people not so bitter, and not only to be a chivalrous guest, but also to find immortals to visit the Tao, he wants to ask those immortals face to face, why so many people suffer, they don't ask, obviously every household worships gods, but never see these immortals make a difference?

The new emperor ascended the throne, the princes of the eight directions were re-established, and the Yue country ushered in the most difficult year since the founding of the country, but the old emperor Chongyu just let it go, the border wars continued, and those who died of famine and war could not say how many people had suffering, and in the end there was not even a grave, and they ended up being fed by wild dogs.

Along the way, everything he saw and heard was full of suffering, learning literature can't save people, learning martial arts can't save people, Xiao Shu always felt that there was nothing he couldn't do before, but now he feels that he is no different from Xiao Zhaohua, in the face of natural and man-made disasters, there is nothing he can do, what can a sword do? Can it fill his stomach or can he make the farmland harvest?

The so-called ascending to the immortal is just saving himself, can he really be called an immortal? Xiao Shu doesn't know, and he can't manage so much, how big the world is, one person and one sword can save ten people and hundreds of people, can he save the people of the world?

Xiao Shu's dream of calling flowers was a little ridiculous in Xiao Shu's eyes, but it was this somewhat naïve idea that made Xiao Shu's long-dormant sword heart a little turbulent.

There is another sword after the three swords of heaven, earth and man, which is benevolence.

Renjian is not to kill, but to save.

The peace in the world is a fool's dream, and the peace around you can be peaceful, and if you can save one person, you can be a person.

Why did he fail to open the gate of heaven with a sword, Xiao Shu spent a full five years thinking about it, his realm and sword path are thousands of high-rise buildings that rise out of thin air, without roots and no evidence, and they are enough to deal with it in ordinary times, but the million sword dao will collapse at the touch of a button, and he can't stand half of the strength.

He was looking for his own sword, looking for a point where he could take root, the Void Sword Realm had never been his own way, just like the Ten Thousand Sword Ping, which was just borrowed.

Xiao Shu slowly pushed out the red leaves, the sword body was still sharp and dark, and then pushed the sword back, put a red umbrella on his back, left a little silver, and the drunk little flower on his back left, obviously staring at the two of them The shopkeeper was in a trance in front of him, and the two who asked for food were gone, as if they had seen a ghost.