It's a bustling town......

The willow branches and leaves shine on the lake, and the fragrance of April flowers accompanies people. It's the beginning of April, and the land is full of life. However, the people of the town have no intention of appreciating the beauty of this beautiful day. Because in today's era of war and social turmoil, the common people are in dire straits every day, and in addition to bureaucratic corruption and heavy forced labor, the common people are even more miserable...... This town is called "Liusha Town", and there are many willow trees according to the lake, so it is like its name.

From the "Shiliu Bridge" on the edge of the town came a woman, dressed in blue, wearing a blue and white hairpin, and a silver belt around her waist, a small and delicate sword on the left of the belt, and an unknown piece of wood wrapped in brown satin on the right. Her face is delicate, lovely and pleasant, her eyes are bright, and her long hair is flowing, although one end of her long hair is provoked by a hairpin, she does not hide the meaning of softness, like natural carving, the essence of beautiful jade. She is about seventeen years old, looks like a fairy but is dressed in chivalrous costumes, and she deserves to be a peerless beauty. However, there was no trace of a smile on her face, and there was even a coldness in her eyes, as if she had an unbearable past. No one knows where she came from or why she came from......

One family......

"Stinky old man, he also said that the family has no money, what is this jade?" a catcher scolded at a gray-haired old man, and there was an officer and soldier standing beside him. The place where he spoke was in the courtyard of a man's house, and the courtyard was in shambles. It turned out that this arrester and this officer and soldier were here to loot the people's property, and they had to extort civilians in this area every month.

The old man knelt on the ground and cried and shouted: "Please, two official grandfathers, this jade is our family's ancestral heirloom and the only valuable thing, please return it to me!"

Catch Kuai smiled and said: "I think this jade is also worth one or twenty taels of silver, anyway, the 'protection fee' has to be paid every month, this piece of jade can last for many months, and it is a good thing to pay it now, old man!" he said, and played with the jade with his hand.

However, the old man refused to give up, and stood up to take back the piece of jade. But when the officers and soldiers next to him saw it, they kicked the old man to the ground, and scolded loudly: "Stinky old man, don't toast and don't eat and drink!"

How could the old man withstand such a kick? I saw him lying on the ground, unable to get up for a long time. Seeing this, the officers and soldiers left angrily. Before leaving, the officers and soldiers also deliberately knocked over a grain sieve in front of the door.

She didn't want to sit idly by, she wanted to do something......

So, she pretended not to see anything, and deliberately walked past the two officials......

"Hey, I've been so tired these days...... Huh?" the officer and soldier sighed at first, and then found her, and then said to the unhappiness beside him, "Big brother, look at ......," he said, pointing to her who was walking ahead and pretending not to notice them.

Zhu Kuai nodded and said, "Well, I know, this woman hasn't been seen in the city yet, and she should be from out of town." Judging by her dress, she must have come here alone......"

The officers and soldiers praised: "Big brother is really meticulously observant!"

Catch Kuai smiled: "Then it goes without saying, your eldest brother and I have been a fast catcher for so many years, this kind of thing is a piece of cake!"

The officers and soldiers came to their side and whispered: "Look at this girl, she has a bit of a look, it's not as good as us......"

Catch quickly showed a wicked smile and said, "Hmph, that's exactly what I mean!"

The officers and soldiers suddenly saw the saber on her body, and said with some worry: "But big brother, she has a saber on her, should she ......?"

Catch quickly said: "Don't worry, this girl looks like she is only seventeen or eighteen years old, just a little girl; we are two big men, and we both have weapons; besides, I don't ask whose territory this is, and I don't dare to go wild if I forgive her, what are you afraid of?"

"That's right!" the two followed her......

She noticed, closed her eyes, quickened her pace, and soon turned into an alley where no one was around...... She stopped, and so did the two men. She turned slowly, and sure enough, the two were looking at her with strange eyes. The two gradually approached her, and said quickly: "Girl, don't be afraid, we won't kill you, as long as you are obedient and obedient...... I heard the two of them keep making a "hehe" laugh.

There was no expression on her face, she just slowly drew her sword, and the blade pointed directly at the two of them. Seeing this, the two of them looked up to the sky and hahadaxiao. So, they all drew their sabers that they had with them. After standing for a while, the two of them tried to swing their knives at her. Her face was still expressionless, just a slight tiptoe on her tiptoes...... Suddenly, a burst of sword qi passed, and in an instant, she was already standing behind the two of them, and then looked at the two of them, her faces showed a frightened expression, her eyes widened, and her mouth spat blood, and then they both fell to the ground, and the knife in her hand fell off the ground. It's really amazing swordsmanship, it's fast and fierce, it's not clear that you can't see the moves at all, and it's definitely a superior martial art to kill with one sword......

In the courtyard, the old man dragged his tired body and cleaned up the household belongings destroyed by the two men. The old man also muttered from time to time: "This day is really unbearable, I knew that this was the case, I really should go with my sons to fill the army!"

In his sorrow, he saw a woman in blue standing at the door—it was her. The old man saw it and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the girl?"

She smiled and took out the jade she had just captured, and said, "Uncle, this is your jade!" This may be the first time she has been smiling since she entered the town, and her smile is so pure, and it shows the charm of a peerless beauty.

The old man was a little confused, so he stepped forward and asked, "When did the girl ......?" He originally wanted to ask her how she got the jade, but when he saw the little blood stain on the scabbard of the sword tied around her waist, he gradually understood.

"Xiexie, girl!" the old man asked, "I wonder what the girl's name is?"

She replied, "My name is Su Jia!" and it turned out that her name was Su Jia.

The old man continued, "Oh, Miss Su, you didn't just kill those two officials, did you...... If that's the case, Miss Su should run away quickly!"

Su Jia asked, "Weishenme?"

The old man replied, "Miss Su, you should be an outsider, so you don't know." This town is called 'Liusha Town', and the government and officers and soldiers in it are partners. They are divided into two major factions, one is the 'Zhu Yi faction' led by Zhu Qiyang in Dongcheng, and the other is the 'goshawk faction' led by Liu Jinquan in Xicheng. No matter which faction you offend, it won't end well, so I advise Miss Su to get out of here quickly!"

Su Jia didn't think so, she asked again, "Is you the only one in the family?"

The old man lowered his head and sighed, "Hey, speaking of my family...... My wife died young, and my only two sons also went out to fight, and I don't know whether they live or die...... And these officials who oppress our common people make us uneasy all day long, and we can only live one day at a time......" After speaking, the old man shook his head and sighed beside him.

Su Jia closed her eyes for a while, as if she was thinking about something......

The old man said again: "So Miss Su, listen to me, let's get out of here quickly!"

Su Jia said with a smile: "I won't leave for the time being, I still have some important things to do...... However, before that, I would like to ask the uncle, where is there a restaurant or inn near here?"

The old man Xiangyou pointed and said: "Xiangyou has passed the 'three streets', there is a 'Spring Building', I heard that the business there is very prosperous." ”

Su Jia saluted and said, "Uncle Xiexie, then farewell!" After speaking, he turned around and walked in the direction of "Three Streets......

"Three Streets" is on the right opposite side of "Shiliu Bridge", which can be regarded as the most lively and prosperous place in this town. It's a pity that most of the people who set off the lively atmosphere or buy goods are rich people, and those poor people are basically in a hurry to go home or take laborers, and they are just "making up the numbers" on this lively street......

"Carpenter, carpenter...... Carpenter, carpenter's ......" On a corner of the "Three Streets," a young man dressed in brown cloth and about seventeen or eighteen years old was shouting. Judging by what he shouted and the tools he held, it should have been a young carpenter. From time to time, some people came to his booth to inquire, and some asked him to work, and the young men were all smiling and welcoming......

When no one was around, he continued to shout. In this way, he kept shouting until noon. He was a little tired, so he sat down on the ground covered with a curtain and rested for a while, thinking that he would have a good amount of labor to do in the afternoon...... Finally, he was a little hungry and wanted to get up and go to a teahouse or a small restaurant for a meal. At this time, several officers and soldiers came to him.

The young man didn't know it, and he was playing with the "tip" he earned this morning. When an officer and soldier saw this, he stepped forward and said to the young man in an unceremonious tone: "Stinky boy, you have seen a few of us, and you still don't give way?"

The young man was a little flustered when he saw this, because he had seen some "good things" done by these "indecent" officers and soldiers, so he tried to avoid them every time he set up a stall. However, because the business was so good today, he forgot his mind a little and did not pay attention to these officers and soldiers. He thought that something bad would happen in the future, but he still pretended to be calm and looked for an opportunity to slip away.

The officer and soldier saw the silver taels in the young man's hand, and showed a hideous smile: "Yo, you stinky boy looks pretty good, but you work as a carpenter here, no wonder the business is so good, I think you rely on your face to eat! ”

The young man tried his best to keep a distance from the officers and soldiers, then shook his head and said, "That's not possible, this is what I earned with great difficulty today." Besides, I've already paid the protection money a few days ago. ”

The officers and soldiers were a little unhappy when they heard this, only to see him say in a rough and angry tone: "Fuck, what my Wang Biao said, no cub dares to bargain with Lao Tzu and me, I see that you are impatient, zuihou again, don't challenge Lao Tzu's patience, hand over the money!"

The young man calmed down for a moment and said firmly: "Don't pay!"

Seeing that the young man was so fearless, the officers and soldiers said angrily: "Brother, take it down for me!"

After speaking, Wang Biao waved his hand back, so the entourage behind him slowly walked over to the young man.

The young man saw this and took a few steps back. One of the officers and soldiers rushed forward, ready to grab him with both hands. The young man was not afraid, but when he was slightly on one side, the officer and soldier threw himself into the air, and then the young man punched the officer and soldier in the chest. This punch was so powerful that even the bronze pieces on the armor of the officers and soldiers were partially cracked. After the officers and soldiers were punched, they suddenly fell backwards, and then fell heavily to the ground with an "ah".

Wang Biao saw it and shouted: "Drink, you stinky boy can actually do martial arts, you are still a person with a background, it seems that you must be arrested today and interrogated well!" After speaking, Wang Biao ordered all the officers and soldiers to pull out the weapons on their bodies, and it seems that they are really going to dismantle the young man.

The young man stood opposite and sweated, and there was only one word in his heart: Slip!

"Quick, chase me!" Wang Biao quickly ordered his subordinates to chase after him, "Let me catch him, I have to kill him!"

The young man ran in front, the officers and soldiers chased behind, and the pedestrians on the road avoided it one after another, and some did not even have time to hide, and were directly pushed to the ground by the officers and soldiers...... The young man who ran in front couldn't control it, so he had to run forward vigorously. He also deliberately turned a few more lanes to get rid of them. Who knew that the officers and soldiers were like hungry wolves, staring at them one by one, and no matter how the young men went around, they couldn't get rid of them.

But fortunately, the young man's foot strength was good, and he ran a long way, and his speed did not slow down. However, at this time, he was also very anxious: These dog officials are really too deceitful, and small things have to cause people's lives! But then again, these officers and soldiers can really run, and if they continue like this, I will definitely not be able to hold on, what should I do? What should I do......

He turned quickly into a very small alleyway. Unfortunately, the road is too narrow and can easily hit pedestrians. Not to mention, he was indeed on the verge of hitting a person, who was directly opposite him. "Ah, it's going to crash!" the young man cried out, and he tried to stop, but the soles of his feet seemed to be greased, and he just wouldn't listen.

Standing across from him was a girl in blue. The young man was terrified when he saw that he was about to collide, but the girl in blue had no expression on her face, she did not look nervous at all, and she stood there steadily, and had no intention of hiding.

The young man closed his eyes, but his body was facing her, and he didn't want to see the embarrassment of himself throwing a girl to the ground later. He was getting closer and closer to the girl, getting closer and closer......

The girl's expression remained the same, and she suddenly raised her right hand, stretched out the fingers of her right hand, and lightly touched the young man's forehead...... A magical scene happened, the young man still maintained a running posture, although a little restrained, as if he was about to block, but the whole person stopped steadily.

The young man was taken aback, and the girl in blue used just the right amount of force, both to stop the young man and to keep a proper distance between the two. But what surprised the young man even more was that the two of them happened to look at each other's faces. The young man was stunned - he had never seen such a beautiful woman, and although there was not much smile on his face, the face of Allure was enough to make the young man's heart beat faster and more excited......

It's her, Su Jia......

Time seemed to stop at this moment, and the young man's eyes were always on Su Jia's face - she was so beautiful...... "Are you okay, did you hurt your foot?" Su Jia suddenly asked with a smile.

The sweet voice shook the young man, and then he came back to his senses and replied, "Oh...... Not...... It's all right, Miss Xiexie......"

"It's okay!" Su Jia finished speaking, and his index finger was gently pushed forward, and the young man immediately stood firm again.

The young man seemed to think of something, and suddenly shouted: "It's a problem, there are officers and soldiers chasing after me, and it's too much time to waste here!"

He just wanted to run away again, but Su Jia grabbed his wrist. I only heard her say: "Do you want to avoid the officers and soldiers?

The young man was stunned again at this moment, he looked back and saw Su Jia's smile, his heart trembled, and his heart seemed to be infected by her. But there was no time for him to think nonsense now, so he nodded lightly and replied, "Hmm...... Hmmm!"

......Damn, where's that rabbit cub?" Wang Biao and the others ran to the middle of the street, but they never saw the young man again, Wang Biao shouted, "What about the west, is there any west?"

An officer and soldier came running from the west and said, "Chief......! Nope!"

"I haven't found it here!" also reported the officers and soldiers who came from the south.

"His grandmother's, he slipped away so fast! Hmph, if I catch it today, I have to take him to feed the dogs! Let's go, my brother will have a few drinks!" Wang Biao was so angry and thirsty at this time that he had to give up the pursuit and go to the restaurant with his men to drink......

The officers and soldiers stopped the pursuit, and after leaving, everything was back to normal...... Behind the pillars of a teahouse, a man and a woman stood. Yes, it's Su Jia and that young man.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were gone, the young man let out a long sigh and relaxed his whole body. Afterwards, the young man thanked Su Jia and said, "Thank you girl for saving her life!" When he said it, he couldn't bear to look at it a few more times, and the face that looked like a fairy always attracted his attention.

Su Jia smiled at the young man and said, "It's okay, it's just a matter of raising your hands!"

When she laughed, the young man's heart suddenly pounded, and his face was slightly red. He asked again, "How dare you ask the girl's name?"

Su Jia still smiled and said, "My name is Su Jia!

When the young man heard her asking himself a question, he still asked with a smile on his face, and his heart trembled again. So he replied, "I...... My name is Xiao Tian!" It turned out that this young man's name was Xiao Tian.

Su Jia frowned slightly when she heard this: His surname is Xiao, is it ......

Xiao Tian saw the strange look on Su Jia's face, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong, Miss Su?"

Su Jia hurriedly shook her head and said, "Oh, no...... It's all right!"

Since Su Jia said so, Xiao Tian couldn't ask anything...... After introducing themselves like this, the two left the teahouse and walked on the main path of "Three Streets". The two walked on the road, talking and laughing.

"You just said that you knocked down that officer and soldier with one punch, right? You are really amazing!" Su Jia praised softly.

Xiao Tian grabbed the back of his head with one hand and smiled: "No...... Nothing...... haha, this ...... There's nothing to praise about this kind of thing......"

Su Jia smiled again and said softly: "I mean seriously, ordinary people who dare to compete with officers and soldiers. If you have the guts, we'll be friends today!"

Xiao Tian was even more overjoyed when he heard this, he didn't dare to look at Su Jia's face, and said with a smile: "Su ...... What Miss Su said is that we are friends today!"

Su Jia suddenly remembered something, so she asked, "By the way, I don't know what to call you yet?" It seems that calling you 'young man' is too contemptuous of you, and calling you others is too cliché......

Xiao Tian had an idea and said, "Call me 'Ah Tian'!"

"'Ah Tian'?" asked Su Jia suspiciously.

Xiao Tian nodded and said, "Well, in our family, my mother and brothers and sisters all call me that!"

"Oh!" Su Jia responded, "'Ah Tian'? hum, what an interesting name!"

When Xiao Tian heard this, his face turned red again, he didn't expect such a beautiful woman to call himself by such a affectionate name, as if he was in a dream. He felt a little uncomfortable, so he quickly found a topic to suppress his overly excited heart. Xiao Tian said: "Su ...... Miss Su, you saved my life today, I don't know what to do...... How can I repay you?"

"Oh?" Su Jia was stunned for a moment, then came back to her senses and said, "Hehe, we are all friends, why do you still say so many polite words?"

Xiao Tian's face turned red again, so he said, "I want to ...... Why don't I treat you to lunch?"

Su Jia heard this and said with a smile: "It's okay! It's a banquet for the first time." ”

When Xiao Tian heard this, he was very happy in his heart: "Then how about we go to the 'Spring Building'?" I took over a job there today, and asked me to help repair the counter and chairs, and I can get a generous salary of three taels of silver afterwards." ”

Su Jia smiled and said, "Oh, it's such a coincidence, I happen to be going to the 'Spring Tower', and now we happen to be on the same road." ”

Xiao Tian's heart was excited again, this is the mood that a young man can only have when he is recognized and praised by a beautiful woman......

Unconsciously, the two have come to the door of the "Spring Building". "Spring Building" is the largest restaurant in this town, and most of the guests are rich nobles or officers and soldiers. Not only that, there will be a big banquet every night in the "Spring Building", and its pomp can be called lively, not to mention the wonderful and rich banquet. During the day, the height and decoration of the "Spring Building" are also among the best in the town, and can be regarded as the landmark building of Liusha Town. Its interior is also extremely luxurious, not to mention the high assets of the clerks, no wonder Xiao Tian has such a high salary as a carpenter here.

The two of them stood in front of the gate, looking at the three big characters of "Spring Building" written on the gold-edged plaque on the door of the big red building, and the specially decorated long red hanging lantern hanging from the second floor next to the door, and sighed in their hearts: it is so luxurious, not owned by the capital......;

Xiao Tian said to Su Jia: "Miss Su, this is it, let's go in!"

So, the two walked into this "Yongrong" building.

"May I ask what do you two need, do you want to stay in the hotel?" Xiao Er ran over from the counter and asked Xiao Tian and Su Jia, who had just entered the restaurant, and paid attention to Su Jia from time to time while asking, it seems that this shopkeeper is a drunken man.

"Oh!" Xiao Tian said, "I am the carpenter who promised to help you repair the counter and chairs in the restaurant this morning. ”

Xiao Er glanced at Xiao Tian and said indifferently: "Oh, it turned out to be you kid! Okay, the shopkeeper is at the counter, you go to him, and the shopkeeper will tell you what you want to repair." ”

Xiao Tian said again: "By the way, please get two plates of side dishes for this Su girl next to me, and the money will be counted on me!"

Xiao Er waved his hand impatiently and said, "Got it, got it, go quickly!"

Xiao Tian smiled and said, "That's Xiexie!" So, he ran to the counter......

Su Jia sat at a table in the corner, drinking the tea served alone before the meal was served. She suddenly put down the teacup, lowered her head and took off the package around her waist, and took out something from the package - it was a bamboo flute. This is a piccolo made of bamboo, but there is some asymmetry before and after, and it seems that the craftsmanship of the person who made this bamboo flute is average. In particular, the upper end of this bamboo flute is engraved with the word "Jin", which I don't know what it means. Su Jia looked at the bamboo flute with complicated eyes, but there was no expression at the corner of her mouth. No, it should be said that it is a slightly sad and bitter expression. This bamboo flute may represent her memories, and she seems to have a memory that she can't look back on......

"Miss Su, what are you always looking at this bamboo flute for?" Xiao Tian suddenly came out of Su Jia's side and asked puzzledly.

"Ah......" Su Jia was startled, she looked at it so intently that she didn't know when Xiao Tian would appear by her side. So she hurriedly said, "No...... It's nothing, it's my thing......" he said, tucking it into the package.

Xiao Tian asked, "Miss Su shouldn't be thinking about someone, right?" I saw that Miss Su's eyes were quite focused. ”

Su Jia re-tied the package around her waist and hurriedly explained, "It's all ...... It's all said and done......"

Xiao Tian was embarrassed to ask anything when he saw her like this. So he smiled and said, "Miss Su, let's eat first, if you don't eat again, it will be cold!"

"Ah......" Su Jia was so focused just now that she forgot to pay attention to the meal that had just come up. Then she came back to her senses and said, "Yes...... yes, I forgot, hehe! But are you done?"

"Yes, you see, this is the shopkeeper's reward for me. Xiao Tian said, and showed Su Jia the three taels of silver he had just earned.

Through many conversations, Su Jia found that Xiao Tian was actually a very simple and kind young man, so she smiled: "I didn't expect your speed to be quite fast!"

Xiao Tian patted his chest and said, "Of course, my Xiao Tian's craftsmanship is not blown!"

Su Jia laughed again: "It's quite ...... Alright, Ah Tian, you can eat it too!"

"Haode!" Xiao Tian said happily. It seems that he has gradually become accustomed to communicating with Su Jia.

Suddenly, a group of people came outside the door......