Chapter 1: The Strange Boy
Qingshui Village, there is Qingshui River passing by the side of the village, so it gets this name.
Qingshui Village is surrounded by vast grasslands, the air on the grassland is sweet, flowers are in full bloom, bees and butterflies are dancing, cattle and sheep are flocks, among them, there is a majestic Wanling Mountain in the north of the grassland.
On Wanling Mountain, the fog is thick, the grass is overgrown, and the trees are towering. It is said that in addition to ordinary birds and beasts in the mountains, there are many unknown large fierce beasts in the deep mountains, and there may even be legendary demon beasts.
Noon.
In the void of the grassland, the sun is scorching and the clouds are floating freely.
Beneath the void, in the vast grassland, there was a pool somewhere, not large, no more than three feet long and wide, and many flowers bloomed around it, and among these flowers grew a small pile of dense reeds. Suddenly, a swift figure sprang out of the reeds like an arrow and swooped down on an egret that had just flown down and landed at the water's edge......
"Puff ......"
The boy threw himself into the water, but a small hand gripped one of the egret's wings, but he also made himself covered in muddy water.
"Bang Bang ......"
The egret flapped its other wing, screamed, and kept pecking at the boy's little hand with its long, pointed beak. But the boy did not give it much chance to resist, he quickly stretched out his other hand, took it by the neck, got up and walked to the reeds, took out a large old silk sack from the reeds, and then tied its legs and feet with a thin straw rope and stuffed it into the bag.
"I was really lucky today. Hey hey ......"
The boy grinned and wiped the muddy water off his face with his worn sleeves, then looked up at the sun overhead, and said to himself, "It should be too late." ”
It was a boy of less than ten years old, with a dirty little face, a dark yellow high-horned hat, and a loose cyan robe on a seemingly thin but powerful body. Although it is a small blue robe, it still looks a little too big on his body, and it is very shabby, in addition to a lump of oil stains, there are many large and small holes on it, and the high horned hat is better than the small robe, although it is also relatively dirty, but at least there are no holes, because those broken places have patches......
"Boom, Boom, Boom......"
Carrying the heavy silk sack, he trotted into the distance, a path that bypassed Qingshui Village......
Yuyang Town, about 40 miles away from Qingshui Village, is the most prosperous town within a radius of 100 miles. In addition to the crowded people, mansion attics, and the bustling scene of traffic and horses, the goods are even more diverse, not only people in the vicinity purchase goods, but also famous and wealthy people from hundreds of miles away will come here to purchase things. Because, like Qingshui Village, most of the villagers in the vicinity of this town are hunters, and the prey they hunt will be sold here, including all kinds of rare animal skins and animal bones, and these things are also loved by the famous and wealthy from other places......
By this time, it was already evening.
Many vendors on both sides of the road are ready to start closing their stalls, and the teenager with a yellow high-horned hat on his back carries a heavy bag before entering the town. He stood at the head of the wide road, looked at the many pedestrians on the road, and his eyes showed a hint of jealousy, and then he walked quickly from a small alley next to him......
Juxian Building, a three-storey red pavilion with rich decorations. The young man walked out of an unknown path not far from this pavilion, and after glancing at the three big yellow characters on the plaque of the pavilion, he entered from another path adjacent to the pavilion with ease, and finally walked smoothly to the door of the fire room behind the pavilion.
"Squeak......
He raised his hand to lift the thick and oily black curtain, and then opened the half-open and half-hidden black wooden door with his head and smiled, "Uncle Mei!
In the fire room, there is a middle-aged man in a black robe, his shoulders are broad, his face is full of scum beard, this is the cooking master of Juxian Building, people call him Master Mei.
At this moment, he was cutting the cutting board, chopping a large piece of raw meat on the cutting board with a kitchen knife, when he heard a somewhat immature voice behind him, he put down the kitchen knife in his hand and wiped his hands, turned his head familiarly to look at the little figure under the door curtain and said with a smile: "Roar! Why did you come so early today, did you have some good luck hit the little nameless head?" Come in!"
"I wanted to buy something back today, so I came a little early. ”
Nameless grinned and walked into the fire room and put down the large bag on his shoulder.
"Well, okay, then I won't waste your time, let me see what you have learned today......
Master Mei stepped forward, bent down and squatted down, untied the bag and looked at it, only to see that the bag was full of unknown birds with legs and claws tied with strings, he nodded and said, "Well, there are eight in total, and they are not bad, how about giving you forty-two copper plates?"
"Forty-two copper plates, why are there two more?"
Looking at the middle-aged man with a kind face and a smile, although Nameless was a little surprised, but for just a moment, the dirty little face still couldn't hide his joy, and the two little eyes were about to squint.
"If you don't want it, forget it, don't force it. The middle-aged man frowned and said a little deliberately.
"Oh! no...... I want it, Uncle May. ”
Nameless was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said with a smile.
"Haha......"
Looking at the nameless man who lowered his head and kept rubbing his hands, the middle-aged man burst out laughing. He took out the money bag from his bosom, counted out forty-two copper plates, handed them over, and said, "Here you go." ”
"Thank you, Uncle Mei!"
Nameless took the big hand, counted the greasy copper plates, and then took out a large bulging money bag from his bosom, and finally carefully stuffed the copper plates into the big money bag.
"Hehe, go buy what you want, the shops will be closed in a moment......"
"Well, I'll go first, Uncle May. ”
"Hmm. Hey, wait a minute. You're hungry! Here, take this. ”
Suddenly, Master Mei stopped Nameless who was about to leave, and then, he lifted the lid of a large cauldron next to him, took out two buns from the steamer with thick white steam, and finally wrapped them in cloth and handed them to Nameless.
"This ......"
Nameless hesitated for a moment and took the bun with a grin, but then it was a little unbelievable, because after he dropped a few copper plates, he actually slipped away like a rabbit......
"Hey, this kid ......."
Master Mei looked blindfolded and wanted to step forward to chase after him, but he still stopped. Because, Nameless's speed is too fast, and in the blink of an eye, there is no one.
In the sky above Yuyang Town, the sky was already covered with colorful sunsets at this time. On both sides of the road, most of the vendors were ready to start closing their stalls.
He walked down the road to a shoe seller, and said to the vendor who had begun to close the stall, "Sir, are you going to close the stall? I'll help you!"
"Why are you again?"
The peddler was emaciated, triangular-eyed, and a young man. He looked at Nameless, his face a little impatient, but he still sighed and said, "Okay! Then you take a few bags over there, tie these shoes and put them in the bags." Remember, tie it up and don't crumple me......"
"Alas, sir, don't worry!"
Nameless took the silk sack off his shoulder and set it aside, and then, after a short time, he did as the vendor had said, tied up all the shoes on the stall and put them neatly in his pocket.
"Boy, what's your name?"
The vendor looked at Nameless with a little curiosity and smiled.
"Sir, my name is Dongfang Nameless. ”
After Nameless packed his shoes, his hands were not idle, and he smiled as he tied his bag.
"Nameless?"
The peddler scratched his head and smiled, "Did your father give you your name? ”
Hear the words Daddy. Suddenly, Nameless was stunned, and an inexplicable sense of desolation surged up in his heart, although his little face became much more ugly, but after a while, he still squeezed out an unnatural smile and said, "Eh! No." ”
"Oh!"
The peddler also saw that the young man in front of him seemed to have something unspeakable, so he didn't ask any more questions.
It turned out that Nameless's background was a mystery, and no one knew his origin except his grandfather, perhaps because he was too young, so the old man didn't tell him.
In his memory, only his grandfather was the only relative, and this only relative, when he was six years old, that is, two years ago, died of a serious illness, and since then, he has also become a complete orphan. As for the name Dongfang Nameless, it was actually given by his grandfather, because the old man's surname was Dongfang, so he also followed his surname, and why was it named Nameless, perhaps, really only the old man who died knows......
"Sir, it's all tied, do you want to load it into the car?"
Nameless wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, then pointed to the small wooden cartridge beside him.
"Oh, no, you should go home quickly, or it will be dark in a moment. Oh yes. I'll sell you these shoes at the price you said the other day......."
Suddenly, after glancing at the small straw sandals on Nameless's feet, which were full of dirt and seemed to be about to break, he untied a bag, then took out a pair of small white and blue cloth shoes, and handed them to Nameless with a smile.
"Thank you, sir!"
Nameless took the cloth shoes, then quickly took out five copper plates from the money bag and handed them to the vendor.
"Alright, go back quickly, I can't sell it to you so cheaply in the future, or I'll have to drink the northwest wind......"
Looking at the nameless man with an excited face and constantly stroking the cloth shoes with his hand, the vendor said with a smile.
"Well, got it, sir!"
Nameless untied the silk sack that was already very bulging, and after stuffing the cloth shoes into it, he picked up the bag again and prepared to leave, but just as he turned around and was about to leave, suddenly, his face slammed into a soft ball, and after a burst of strong fragrance entered his nose, he knew that this time he had accidentally bumped into someone, and it was a ......
"Ahh
With a rather squeamish angry scolding coming at him, Nameless didn't even know who the other party was, and was slapped to the ground with a loud slap......
"Look, what's going on up there? It looks like there's a fight. ”
"Who is the woman in red, she looks unusual!"
"It's better not to get too close, although I don't know who the woman is, but do you see the child next to her? Do you know who he is?"
"Oh! I can see it clearly, isn't that Bai Ruofeng, the second young master of the Bai family? God, who is so bold as to dare to provoke the people of the Bai family......
The surrounding vendors and passers-by were also attracted by the situation here, and they flocked to this side, but in the end they all carefully stayed ten feet away......
When the vendor who had just sold shoes to an unknown person saw this, like a mouse meeting a cat, he loaded the bag into the cart, pushed the small wooden cart without looking back, and quickly left the place, as if he was afraid that he would walk too slowly to leave.
Nameless was dizzy, he turned sideways and propped himself up with his elbows, and suddenly felt a burning pain in his cheeks, and there was a "buzzing" sound in his head......
After slowly regaining consciousness, he didn't look at who the other party was, nor did he look at the silk sack lying on the side, but quickly raised his hand and helped the crooked high-horned hat.
After straightening his hat, he looked up. I saw that four feet in front of me, there was an adult woman who was bending over slightly, constantly patting her silk skirt, the woman had a jade face and red lips, was wearing a red gauze, a jade belt around her waist, and two golden phoenix hairpins were inserted between her temples, and her appearance was very beautiful.
Behind her were more than a dozen sturdy family members, all of whom were five big and three thick, and their appearance was very vicious. And beside her, it was Bai Ruofeng, the second young master of the Bai family, a young man of the same age as the nameless, he was arrogant, handsome, dressed in white, and had a black jade belt around his waist......
"It's called Hanako, and you actually stained my Butterfly Dance's clothes? ”
Bai Ruofeng put his hands behind his back and said viciously to Nameless.