Slowly getting out of the car, Cheng Yinni stood in front of everyone with a smile: "Do you have any people in charge here?" I brought you some gifts. ”

Probably because of his gorgeous clothes and extraordinary temperament, no matter how tender his face was, no one dared to come forward and say a word to him.

"Excuse me, do you have anyone in charge here?"

Cheng Yinnie asked for the second time, which was a good intention, but everyone who provoked them to retreat one after another, and several young people even quickly ran away barefoot.

In the end, only a group of old people, women and children were left, and fear quickly spread among this group of people, and Cheng Yinni's current identity was as frightening and disgusting as black and white impermanence.

Pacing to an old man, Cheng Yinni gave a serious salute: "Good old man." ”

The old man, who enjoyed the respect for the first time, quickly wet his eyes, and grabbed Cheng Yin's shirt with his shrallow and cracked hands: "You, are you here to find someone?"

"What does this mean, old man?" Cheng Yinni narrowed his eyes a little confused.

The old man's hoarse voice revealed a sense of the vicissitudes of a thousand sails: "Occasionally, some rich people will come to us to select some young people to take back as slaves, I thought ......"

Cheng Yinni continued his words and said: "Think I'm also here to choose slaves? No wonder everyone turned a blind eye to me, it turned out that they were afraid that I would take someone's relatives and friends from here." ”

"Alas~~" The old man sighed heavily: "It's okay if you come to pick slaves, at least the children who are picked away can be fed and clothed." ”

Cheng Yinni, who felt a burst of worry, unconsciously clenched his chest, and asked lightly: "Has this always been the case here?"

The scrawny old man nodded vigorously: "We belong to the dividing line between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Regions here, and it is a zone where no matter what. ”

After being silent for a long time, Cheng Yin showed a smile at the old man: "I have a whole 10,000 taels of gold in my car, please let the old man share it with everyone! This money is enough for everyone to eat and clothe themselves, and the rest of the money can be used to repair the home, or do some small business to be self-reliant." ”

A hint of suspicion flashed in the old man's eyes, and Cheng Yinnie beckoned to the little boy closest to him: "Come here, I have a special gift for you." ”

The little boy, who looked to be only three or four years old, was now trembling with his arms clasped against a broken log, surrounded by rocks and weeds, and his clothes were not only shabby but also unusually fat.

Under Cheng Yinni's repeated greetings, he hid behind the old man in ignorance and timidity. A pair of swarthy little hands tugged at the old man's shabby clothes and refused to let go, and his pale and chapped lips were slightly open.

Touching the child's oily hair, the old man did not rush to see the car, but pushed the timid little boy to Cheng Yinni: "If you have a fancy to this child, take him away!"

Looking at the child's innocent but melancholy eyes, Cheng Yinni slowly squatted to the position at eye level with him, hugged him into his arms desperately, and smiled softly: "Are you willing to go with your uncle?"

The little boy enjoyed the hug from the stranger, but shouted a "no" as best he could.

The old man immediately knelt down in front of Cheng Yinni and begged: "This kind master, please take this child with you! Even if it is to let him do the hardest and most tiring work, even if it is only to give him one meal a day." ”

After returning the child to the old man, Cheng Yinni asked, "Why did the old man insist on letting me take him away? Is this your grandson? Where are his parents, why don't they protect him by his side?"

With another sigh, the frowning old man put his hand on the child's shoulder and explained: "This child is not related to me by blood, and my grandson died of starvation less than a hundred days before he was born.

His mother was seriously ill, and his father was beaten to death by a street bully in order to get a few dollars to treat his wife. Hunger and pain coexisted, and his mother had died five days earlier, leaving the family with only one lonely child. ”

"What about his mother's body? I think ......."

"Eat. ”

Before Cheng Yinni could say the rest of the words, the old man gave the answer. One of those words that Cheng Yinni didn't have time to say...... are all redundant answers.

"It turns out that there is such a thing as cannibalism in this world. After muttering these words softly, Cheng Yinni deliberately focused his eyes on the old man, and there was no apology or guilt on his face, thinking that this was not the first time.

Life forces them to take some things that sound horrific to the common and commonplace.

There is a long distance between here and Pinjinwo, but it makes Cheng Yinni feel like walking at both ends of the world - there are frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat.

Yang Tian let out a long sigh, Cheng Yinni stretched out his hand towards the little boy, and said with a smile: "Tell uncle, what is your name?" The little boy's eyes were hollow, and he didn't seem to understand what he was asking.

The old man shook his head helplessly: "Where is the name of a child born in a place like ours, anyway, it is an inconsequential code name, just call it casually." This child's surname is He, so we will call him He Ah San. ”

Holding the little boy's hand, Cheng Yinni wrote the word "Shu" on the soft palm of his little hand with his index finger: "From today on, this is your name." ”

Even though he didn't know what the name was, the little boy blinked his big innocent and cute eyes and asked, "What does this word mean?"

Cheng Yinni touched his head and explained: "This word is pronounced 'dawn', and the 'dawn' of 'dawn' is the meaning of dawn, representing a better hope and future. ”

The little boy nodded as if he didn't understand, kept staring at the palm of his hand, and laughed out loud from time to time: "This word is pronounced 'dawn', and the 'dawn' of 'dawn' represents a beautiful hope and future." ”

Perhaps, at his age, he doesn't know what "dawn", "hope", and "future" are, but his young heart must know that these are all synonyms of happiness and warmth.

Holding the little boy's little hand, Cheng Yinni said very seriously: "You have to remember what your uncle said, there is always injustice in this world, but there is no absolute injustice. There is always the inevitable gloom in reality, but sooner or later the sun will shine in.

Neither poverty nor wealth is predestined, but can be changed through hard work. Of course, there are many people and things in this world that can change your fate, but the best way to change your fate is to rely on yourself.

Ordinary and poor are not terrible at all, what is terrible is to be content with the bad status quo and unwilling to improve. Uncle believes that you will become the best He Shu and will work hard for a better tomorrow, right?"

"Will there be food if you work hard?"

The child's innocence made Cheng Yinni both relieved and distressed, and he nodded vigorously: "Yes! As long as you work hard to be yourself, everything you want will be there in the future." ”

hugged the child again, Cheng Yinnie took off the jade pendant on his waist and stuffed it into the child's little hand: "You don't want to go with me, and I won't force you...... This jade pendant is your uncle's personal belongings, you must put it away, and you must not be snatched or thrown away.

When you grow up, take this jade pendant and go to a place called Sleepless City and find someone named Cheng Fufu. That man was the uncle's younger brother and a kind uncle...... Lest your uncle bear witness to the fruits of your efforts. ”

Before Cheng Yinni got up, the child hugged his leg with his other hand: "Why isn't that person an uncle?

Unwilling to end this chance encounter with deception, Cheng Yinni shook his head ruthlessly: "Uncle is seriously ill and may not live long." When you grow up, your uncle will already be a pair of dry bones, so ...... You'll never see me again. ”

The little boy nodded as if he didn't understand, and soon asked in a childlike little milk voice, "Are you dying?" like my Abba and Grandma...... Can I eat your meat?"

The fist clenched and loosened, Cheng Yinni leaned over and grabbed the child's shoulder, stared at his eyes sternly and resolutely, and said: "Promise uncle-from now on, until you starve to death, you will never eat human flesh again, and you will not even drink a mouthful of human blood!"

"Why?" The little boy who was rendered by the environment had long thought that "after a person dies, eating his flesh" is an ordinary thing, and he doesn't understand Cheng Yinni's request.

"Because you are a human being, not an animal! When you die, you should be buried in the earth, not your own kind of food! If you want to be a real person, you have to do what I say...... Remember?"

Cheng Yinnie's tone of voice was mixed with undoubtedness, and the little boy nodded very obediently: "Remember, uncle is not only a piece of meat that can speak and move, but also a piece of warm meat." ”

Although he gasped, he still pinched the child's shriveled little face, and quickly stood up again: "Old man, after I leave, please move to the carriage and open the curtain to take a look." I believe that after reading it, you will know what to do in the future. ”

Leaving this sentence, Cheng Yin walked forward without looking back, and four words kept flashing in his mind: purgatory on earth.

These four words have also been mentioned by Ruan Zhinan, Lou Shenghao and others.

Whether it is martial arts or the imperial court, no matter how many gorgeous clothes and delicacies there are in this world, there will always be countless human purgatory in places you can't see.

Those who are able to see purgatory on earth with a pair of naked eyes are often either powerless or simply ignore it.

I don't know how long I walked, and a voice of gratitude suddenly came from behind Cheng Yinni, and everyone praised him as a kind god, and the sound of kowtowing mixed with crying followed.

Cheng Yinni never looked back, and he didn't dare to look back, but he knew that the gold in the car could help the people in the slums live the good life they had always dreamed of.

Two tears fell from his heart, and Cheng Yin's heart was still faintly painful: "Don't say that my body is at the end of a strong crossbow, even if I can live for a hundred years...... How many places can I go and how many people can I help?"

Getting closer and closer to the inn, Cheng Yinnie gradually regained his calm state of mind and strode in. Since the opening of the Golden Nest, there have only been a few people left in the inn.

When he walked in the door, Ji Caidao was the only one in the main hall of Nuoda who was holding the steamed bun with white flowers and was stunned, and she had to sigh and frown from time to time, and even Cheng Yinni, who was close in front of her, did not attract her attention.

After shaking his hand twice to no avail, Cheng Yinnie had to knock on the table: "Caidao girl, what's wrong with you?

Ji Caidao, who was startled, almost threw the steamed bun to the ground, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, and when he looked up and caught a glimpse of Cheng Yinni, he showed an inexplicable smile: "City Lord, didn't you go to sell the Golden Nest, why are you here?"

Cheng Yinni didn't reply, but asked in a concerned tone: "Do you have anything on your mind?" ”

Ji Caidao pursed her lips a little embarrassed, rubbed her fingers slightly uneasily, lowered her head and said, "I've been thinking about it seriously for a long time...... But I still don't know if I like you more, or if I like the emperor more. ”

Cheng Yinni asked with a smile: "Have you taken into account all the assumptions I set for you......? Found the answer?"

"It's because I don't have it that I'm worried here. After that, Ji Caidao shook his head like a rattle in a sigh.

"Okay, the day is long, you slowly find the answer. As he spoke, Cheng Yinni had already straightened up and walked towards the staircase.

Ji Caidao, who threw down the steamed buns, followed him without saying a word: "City Lord, you haven't told me yet...... Why did you come back?"

Cheng Yin replied without looking back: "I'm looking for someone, and by the way, I'm looking for something that I may not find at all." ”

Ji Caidao chased him up the stairs: "What is it? What can I help?"

Hearing this, Cheng Yinne suddenly stopped, turned his head and approached her with an exploratory look: "Can you answer me first, why do you want to follow me?" Could it be that your liking for me is the kind of liking that you like me as your future husband?"

After thinking for a while, Ji Caidao replied very seriously: "Because the city lord's coming day is not long, so I have to follow you, I want to see every sunrise and sunset in the future, and the clouds are rolling up." ”

With a sneer, Cheng Yinnie smacked her head with her hand: "What a little fool, I'm very happy that you can say that, but you really can't stay with me for long." ”

"It's a day to be able to accompany you, I don't care about the future!" Ji Caidao's words were full of unwaveringness, and a pair of hands then wrapped his arms around Cheng Yinni's waist: "I figured it out, no matter who I like, at least I just want to be with you now." ”