Because the terrain of Huazhou is mostly mountainous, Xiao Ziyao wanted to take Li Wan'er on a detour, but the words "Natural Mountain Villa" relayed by Tao Baimi reminded him of some past events. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Wan'er, according to the map, the south of our current Huazhou is probably here. Xiao Ziyao subconsciously pointed out the direction.

"Brother Ziyao, let's find an inn to stay, after so many days, you must be very tired, you haven't had much rest in Taocun before. Li Wan'er's memory of being drunk is still there, but after a few days of hurrying, she doesn't care so much, but looks at Xiao Ziyao, who is a little haggard, a little worried.

"Well, there seems to be a town in front of us. Xiao Ziyao had a vague impression.

"Yes, it should be Natural Town, which I passed by when my grandfather and I went to Golden State. ”

"Natural Town?" Xiao Ziyao muttered to himself.

"Brother Ziyao, what do you think about, have you ever been here?" Since Taocun, Li Wan'er felt that Xiao Ziyao was a little wrong.

"I don't know, I just feel like I'm impressed. Xiao Ziyao didn't want Li Wan'er to worry about herself, so she prevaricated.

"Then let's go into town. "Okay, let's go, drive." ”

After a while, there was a high city wall, three big cards of the natural town hung on the high place of the city wall, which is a town, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a city, the town entrance is full of people, and the river is endless.

"Stop, what are you doing?" Xiao Ziyao and Li Wan'er, who were about to enter the town, were stopped by a person wearing brown clothes embroidered with the word 'Tian' on the back and a sword at their waists.

"My sister and I were just passing by here and wanting to rest. Xiao Ziyao pretended to be tired from the journey, in fact, he was really tired, and he had been thinking about what he remembered for the past few days.

"Okay, you can go, let go. Next. "What do you do............

"It's really strange that my grandfather and I didn't interrogate it like this last time we came. "Li Wan'er's investigation of the town entrance is very strange.

"These two people know martial arts and wear uniform clothes, they should be from the Natural Villa, it is estimated that there is something going on in the Natural Villa. Xiao Ziyao touched the clothes on his body, thinking that it was good that the tailor who asked Taocun to change his clothes before, otherwise he would definitely be suspected of wearing that clothes, and then he was stopped.

"Brother Ziyao, let's find an inn to live in first. "Okay. ”

Leaving the carriage at the horse merchant, Xiao Ziyao took Li Wan'er to the nearest inn to them, "Boss, stay in the hotel." ”

"I'm sorry, guest officer, it's full, you can find another store. Xiao Ziyao and Li Wan'er felt strange, this was the fifth time that they had answered like this.

"I'm sorry, guest officer......" "I know, it's full, isn't it?"

"It's not full, there's still one room left, but I don't know you two?" "One room..."Li Wan'er remembered what happened after she was drunk last time, and she quietly looked at Xiao Ziyao.

"One at a time, I'll be fine with my sister. Xiao Ziyao's answer was unexpectedly calm, he really regarded Li Wan'er as his sister, and he was very concerned about the affairs of Taocun, and he couldn't leave Wan'er for half a step.

"Okay, I'll arrange for the two of you right away, Xiao Er, you go ......" "By the way, boss, why are the inns full? There is also an inventory at the entrance of the town, is something happening?" Xiao Ziyao was worried about the Natural Mountain Villa.

"There's something big going on. The boss's words made Xiao Ziyao's heart lift, but he immediately put it down again.

"It's just a good thing, the Natural Mountain Villa is about to start accepting apprentices, so many people who come here will flood into the town at this time of year, and the guest rooms will be full at this time, and the people who are interrogated at the entrance of the town are the disciples of the Natural Mountain Villa, in order to prevent people from the underworld from mixing in. "Thank you boss. ”

"Brother Ziyao, why don't we go and see how Natural Mountain Villa accepts apprentices. Li Wan'er saw that Xiao Ziyao was very enthusiastic about the affairs of the Natural Villa, and confirmed her previous thoughts, there must be something between Xiao Ziyao and the Natural Villa, and she thought that Brother Ziyao must have something to hide from me.

"After so many days, Wan'er is bored, do you want to join in the fun?" Xiao Ziyao saw Wan'er's behavior as a child who loves to play and join in the fun.

"Brother Ziyao, don't treat me like a child. Li Wan'er pretended to be puffing up.

"I know, Wan'er is not a child, okay, it's not early, it's time for the child to rest. "Brother Ziyao, you are necrotic. ”

Xiao Ziyao and Li Wan'er came to their guest room, and saw that Li Wan'er, who only had one bed, blushed slightly.

On the other hand, Xiao Ziyao took out a spare quilt from the cabinet very skillfully and spread it on the ground, "Tonight, Wan'er, you will sleep on the bed, and I will lay on the floor." ”

Li Wan'er didn't say anything, just complained in a low voice, "Don't treat me as a child at this time." ”

Xiao Ziyao didn't feel at ease when he heard it, and sighed in his heart, she was still a little girl after all, and then she fell asleep.

On the third watch of the night, Xiao Ziyao felt the cold wind gusting in a daze, and when he opened his eyes, the window was opened, and at this time, a man in black was sitting on the windowsill, staring at him gloomily.

"Who are you?" Xiao Ziyao was taken aback, because he didn't feel this person's breath at all, he immediately turned his head to look at the bed, and was relieved to see that Li Wan'er was safe and sound, after all, he was entrusted by Li Si to protect Li Wan'er, and he didn't want her to have an accident.

"I drugged her and she won't wake up. The man in black spoke, and Xiao Ziyao heard that she was a woman, and she was not very old, "Drugged?"

"Don't worry, I won't hurt her, after all, you're on the ground and she's in bed. The man in black then said fiercely, "If you really want to kill, I will kill you first-Xiao Ziyao." ”

"Do you know me?" Xiao Ziyao heard someone he didn't know call his full name for the first time, before the elder of Taocun only called his surname, and this person was also mysteriously masked, "Girl, can you take off your mask and let me see what you look like." ”

"Hmph, you don't recognize me if you don't change like this......? And my voice. The man in black said angrily.

"To tell you the truth, I seem to have lost my memory, and I can't remember anything before...""Amnesia?!" the man in black was shocked, pondered for a few moments, and then rolled down the windowsill and left.

"Just a little bit. Xiao Ziyao pounced, and from just now, he was slowly approaching the window.

He really wanted to know the face of the man in black, maybe he could know something from the man in black. He looked at Li Wan'er on the bed, Xiao Ziyao sighed and said, "Forget it, let's continue to sleep." ”

"Is it her again?" Lisi, who was outside, immediately guessed that the man in black was the cloaked man who fought with him a few days ago, Lisi pondered, this person chased Xiao Ziyao and didn't let go, Wan'er didn't know if it was dangerous to follow Xiao Ziyao, or herself... No, I'm already "dead", and I promised her to retire, so I'd better continue to observe in secret.

The next day, Li Wan'er woke up feeling dizzy and sleepy, and her sleep was very poor, what's wrong with me, I usually don't sleep so dead, I still sleep like this in front of Ziyao's brother, I was ashamed, she looked on the ground and found that Xiao Ziyao hadn't woken up yet, and she was relieved.

Li Wan'er squatted down, carefully looked at Xiao Ziyao's sleeping face, delicate facial features, and formed a handsome face, thinking of his care along the way, she couldn't help but want to touch him.

After the man in black left, Xiao Ziyao closed the window and lay back, wanting to continue sleeping, but the identity of the man in black and his memory made him unable to sleep, thinking about it before he fell asleep when he was tired, this didn't wake up slowly, but as soon as he woke up, he saw a tender hand, and then retracted it at once.

"Brother Ziyao, you're awake, I just wanted to call you. As soon as Li Wan'er saw Xiao Ziyao wake up, she was so frightened that she immediately retracted her hand.

"Wan'er, are you hungry?" Xiao Ziyao got up and put the quilt and the like back in the cabinet, "Let's go have breakfast." ”

"Okay. Li Wan'er smiled.

In the lobby of the inn, because Li Wan'er had been here, she specially called Xiao Ziyao's specialty here - natural salted eggs.

"Brother Ziyao, what's wrong with you?" Li Wan'er frowned when she saw Xiao Ziyao take a bite of salted duck eggs.

"It's nothing, I feel that this duck egg is ......" Xiao Ziyao didn't know what to say, this duck egg was delicious, but it felt a little different in his heart.

"Is the duck egg pickled? Xiao Er!" Li Wan'er called the shopkeeper over.

"Guest officer, what do you need?" Xiao Er came in a moment.

"My brother feels that there is something wrong with this duck egg, is it broken?" The shopkeeper picked up the salted duck egg and sniffed it, "It's not broken." ”

"But..." "Wan'er, this duck egg is fine, it's just different from what I remembered. Xiao Ziyao thought for a long time and said this.

"Impression, Brother Ziyao, do you remember anything?" Li Wan'er hurriedly asked Xiao Er, "Xiao Er, tell me everything related to this salted duck egg... Guys. ”

"Guest officer, don't worry, I know how to make this duck egg, take ...... first"

"Second brother, when you come to my house as a guest, there is nothing to entertain, I am most famous for this salted duck egg, you taste it, this is the first ......... It is basically the same as pickling, but the pickled water is water from a natural spring unique to the natural mountain resort. Xiao Ziyao's memory is a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy wearing brown and black clothes, a sword at his waist, and pushing the plate of salted duck eggs in front of the dinner table in front of him, "If you think it's delicious, bring a few to your little sister to taste." ”

"Little sister, alas..."Xiao Ziyao sighed to himself.

"Look at my memory, I forgot that you quarreled with your little sister, second brother, and you came to me for refuge. The young man smiled, "Why don't you second brother, anyway, you have nothing to do when you're idle, help me point out martial arts?"

"You're not afraid of your family's martial arts...""What are you afraid of?" Second brother, you are not an outsider, my father and mother left early, leaving me and my sister alone, I have so many martial arts in this natural mountain villa, no one will guide me, and where to start, eldest brother, they all say that second brother you are a martial arts wizard, second brother, you don't have to excuse yourself. The young man looked at Xiao Ziyao with a sincere face, and Xiao Ziyao had no choice but to nod.

"Xiao Er, don't you use the spring water of the natural spring?" Xiao Ziyao, who remembered the fragment of memory, was in a particularly happy mood, as long as he went to the natural villa and found this young man called his second brother, he would know all the things he had.

"This guest officer is really an expert. The boss came over, this is no longer something that the shopkeeper can deal with, he waved his hand and motioned to the shopkeeper to greet other guests, "I heard from my father, about fifty years ago, the natural spring began to fail, and the natural mountain villa blocked this spring water, the taste is naturally different, but the water of our natural mountain is still very good." ”

"The natural spring is starting to fail?" Xiao Ziyao recalled the memory just now, but this spring began to deplete fifty years ago, so when did he eat the salted duck eggs? After thinking about it, Xiao Ziyao decided to go to the Natural Mountain Villa to find the young man in his memory, "Wan'er, why don't we go to the Natural Mountain Villa to have a look." “

"Ahh Li Wan'er was shocked at first and then calm, thinking that Brother Ziyao remembered something, I should be happy for him.

"Guest officer, do you want to go to the Natural Villa?" the boss looked at Xiao Ziyao and said very politely, "Thirty years ago, there was a fire in the Natural Villa, and then it was strictly forbidden for idlers to enter and leave, unless you are a disciple of the Villa. ”

This is a bit troublesome, Xiao Ziyao doesn't plan to worship anyone's door now, after all, in the memory he remembers, he has a teacher, but both the memory and the words of the elder of Taocun remind him that he has to go to the Natural Mountain Villa.

"May I ask the boss, how can we become the disciples of the Natural Mountain Villa?" Li Wan'er didn't know Xiao Ziyao's troubles, she only knew that Ziyao's brother was going to the Natural Mountain Villa.

"Today is the day when the Natural Mountain Resort recruits apprentices, turn right when you go out, walk a few hundred steps to it, and you will be in the center of the town. "Thank you, boss. Xiao Ziyao didn't think much about it, and decided to go first, so he walked out of the inn with Li Wan'er.

After walking a few hundred steps, Xiao Ziyao and the others came to the center of the town that the boss said, there were people everywhere, Xiao Ziyao tightened Wan'er's hand, "Wan'er, hold on to me, don't get separated." ”

Li Wan'er's face was slightly red, her little hand was tightly grabbed by Xiao Ziyao, and her other hand also grabbed Xiao Ziyao's clothes, very bird-like, "Well, I will, Brother Ziyao." ”

"What kind of sect is Natural Mountain Villa, there are so many people who want to worship under it. Xiao Zi looked over from afar, and couldn't see what was in front of him at all, "There's a flag over there, I'll see what is written, competition-martial arts-moves... The back is covered. ”

"It's supposed to be a martial arts competition. Li Wan'er guessed the latter word delicately, "As for why there are so many people, I heard my grandfather say that it seems to be a martial arts meeting in the rivers and lakes, and the Natural Mountain Villa sent five disciples, and with one move, the major sects were convinced, and since then they have been famous all over the world." ”

"Brother Ziyao, do you want to run?" "I have a teacher, so it's not easy to participate." ”

"It's..."Li Wan'er also remembered that Xiao Ziyao said that his name was still given by the master, no matter how the rivers and lakes change, but there is a death rule: unless the master doesn't want you, otherwise you are a person of the master in life, and you are a ghost in the master in death.

"Brother Ziyao, you have a teacher, you should be able to visit the Natural Mountain Villa in the name of the teacher. Li Wan'er remembered the rules of the rivers and lakes that Li Si instilled in her.

"But I can't remember what the name of the master is. Xiao Ziyao covered his head and said, it seems that forcing me to recall my memories will give me a headache.

"What should I do then?" Li Wan'er couldn't think of a solution.

Just when she was anxious for Xiao Ziyao, Xiao Ziyao suddenly held Li Wan'er's hand, and stared at Li Wan'er with straight eyes.

Li Wan'er was frightened by Xiao Ziyao's sudden movements, thinking that he was going to do something, "Brother Ziyao, this is..."

"I thought about it, Wan'er, I have a teacher, but you don't. I saw Xiao Ziyao sincerely requesting, "Until now, I can only rely on you." ”

"But Brother Ziyao, I won't fight. Li Wan'er also wanted to help Xiao Ziyao, but unfortunately she was powerless.