Time always flies quickly, the first day of July is coming in a blink of an eye, since the trip to the market on June 15, Yi Xiaotian and Wen You'er still live the ordinary days of wandering the streets every day, but in addition to taking care of their sister's daily eating, drinking, and Lazar, the myths and legends they tell when they coax their sister to sleep before going to bed every night suddenly changed to their own nonsense Xiuzhen stories.

This day was in the middle of the day, while the temperature was sleepy, after falling asleep in the broken temple, Yi Xiaotian quietly got up and slipped out, touching the huge patch on the chest on the tattered clothes, Yi Xiaotian went straight to the door of a pawnshop, after hesitating for a long time, he saw the opportunity to sneak in, but was caught by the janitor, and threw it out with his collar: "Little tell Hanako to get out of the way! This is not the place for you to shit and fart!"

"Who shit and fart!Master, I still think you stink here! The shopkeeper's copper stinks! The gatekeeper's dog mouth stinks!It stinks worse than my shit and fart!" Yi Xiaotian got up from the ground, opened and closed his big mouth, and scolded him.

The janitor didn't expect that this little Hanako had a lot of temper and a very poisonous mouth, but he was scolded to the sore spot, and he was speechless, so he had to roll up his sleeves and make a gesture to beat: "The little rabbit cub is looking for a fight, right?! The master told you that this is a pawnshop! When it is a place of value! His mother's little Hanako ran here to steal things, but he couldn't do it?

"Master, I'm not here to be a thing, could it be that I'm here to?!A watchdog can't only bark and look down on people, right?!" Yi Xiaotian didn't show weakness, while scolding, he took off his tattered clothes, tore open the huge patch on his chest, and poured out three shiny pearls the size of a cat's eye, spread them in the palm of his hand, held his head high, and pointed at the janitor with his nose and eyes: "Hmph!

This gatekeeper dog has also worked in the pawnshop for most of his life, and he has seen countless rare treasures, so he naturally knows the things in Yi Xiaotian's hands, although the pearls are expensive, he has seen a lot, but the three sizes in Yi Xiaotian's hands are unheard of, and they must be extraordinary things. Although the face is extremely unbearable, but just a loud scolding, but also attracted passers-by to watch, according to the pawnshop rules, not to refuse any sincere pawn people, now this little called Huazi is indeed holding valuable jewelry, if still forcibly refuse to enter, must have damaged the reputation of the pawnshop, if the shopkeeper is to blame, it is possible to smash their own jobs. After thinking about it, he had to endure the "hum" and let Yi Xiaotian go in.

Yi Xiaotian entered the pawnshop, the counter was more than a head higher than himself, and he didn't see the scene inside, fortunately he brought a single stool in the hall, stood on it and poked out his head, called the shopkeeper in the stage, and carefully handed the three pearls into the counter, and the shopkeeper took it, and seemed to glance at the three beads casually, and asked Yi Xiaotian with a smile: "May I ask where did this bead come from, little brother?"

"It's a relic left by my father. Yi Xiaotian replied lightly.

"Oh?" the shopkeeper looked down at the beads in his hand again, and then squinted at the sloppy young man in front of him;

"What's the matter with you? I don't steal or rob it, sir, if it is my father's relic, then it must be my father's relic. Yi Xiaotian firmly remembered his mother's deathbed instructions that he should not mention the origin of his family in this life and this life, and his parents' names should be secret.

"Then how much does the little brother want to be?" the shopkeeper stroked his beard and asked again with a smile.

"Not much, just enough to make a new dress in satin, oh, and new pants and new shoes. In addition, I am not going to redeem this bead again, so you can give me as much money as possible for a roast goose, and there is a shopkeeper. Yi Xiaotian stood on the single stool, bent down and bowed deeply to the shopkeeper.

"Hahahaha, enough, enough. Come, little brother, I will collect a pearl from you, and give you five copper coins, enough for you to buy a new set of clothes and new pants, and then go to Yumanlou to eat a table of good wine and food, as for the remaining two, it is your father's and mother's relics, I will return you, leave a thought. The shopkeeper opened the drawer in front of him, took out five copper coins, and took out a small bag, put the remaining two pearls into it, and handed them to the young man in front of him.

Yi Xiaotian lowered his head and took it with both hands, and bowed deeply again: "There is a shopkeeper", his tone was choked, and he climbed off the single stool and walked out of the pawnshop with tears......

Trotting all the way back to the broken temple, Yi Xiaotian excitedly woke up Wen You'er, who was still asleep, led his sister to a tailor's shop, chose a good lilac fabric, and asked for the price, instead of bargaining, he paid the cloth money in advance, and ordered a pair of clothes, pants, shoes and socks for the little girl. The tailor master is also happy to have such a generous buyer, happily holding a tape measure, busy with the measurements, carefully noting down Wen Youer's body size, and making an appointment with Yi Xiaotian to rush to make it overnight, and double the salary, promising to pick up the goods early the next morning.

The little girl cooperated with the tailor to measure for a long time, and it took a lot of strength to raise her hands and legs, her stomach growled, and she looked at Yi Xiaotian coquettishly with her belly and said, "Brother Xiaotian, I'm hungry again." Yi Xiaotian touched his sister's head: "Let's go, my brother will take you to eat delicious food." He took Wen You'er's little hand, jumped through the streets and alleys, and went in the direction of the fishing building.

Jiazhou City, the confluence of the three rivers of Tsing Yi River, Dadu River and Minjiang River in the territory, there are many kinds of fresh rivers in the water, which are fatty and delicious. Fishing full of buildings, the premier restaurant in Jiazhou City, hundreds of famous dishes are famous in Shu, and they are specialized in river fresh cooking, and a "thousand mountains and snow" is coveted by talkers.

When she was in the tailor's shop, Wen You'er's little girl was very confused, although every festive day when she was a child, her father would call the best tailor in Yiling City to the house to make a new dress for the family, and she was very skilled in measuring the size of her body, but since he and Yi Xiaotian wandered in Jiazhou City, it has been more than five years, and she has always relied on the rags discarded by other people's families to wrap herself. It's just that this little girl has infinite trust in Yi Xiaotian, although she is confused, she never thinks much about it, seeing that her brother has been happy, and she only has joy in her heart.

Wen You'er and her brother laughed and played all the way, and unconsciously followed Yi Xiaotian to the door of Yumanlou, seeing that his brother's steps seemed to be going straight to the door of the restaurant, Wen You'er quickly stopped his steps, tiptoed at the corner of Yi Xiaotian's clothes, raised his head, looked at his brother with big eyes, frowned slightly and shook his head again and again, and pulled Xiaotian back. Yi Xiaotian was suddenly pulled back by Wen You'er's clothes, stumbled and almost fell, turned around and saw Wen You'er's face, and immediately knew why the little girl was worried, laughed, didn't speak, and took out two copper coins from his arms, tied a string of money cotton ropes, connected them into a string, and simply hung them on Wen You'er's neck: "Sister, don't worry, my brother won't steal food today, and he won't be beaten." With that, he picked up Wen You'er and swaggered in.

At this time, it is lunch time, the building is full of people, full of guests, one hundred and ten large and small square round dinner tables, has already been full, diners from all over the world gather together, all kinds of delicacies are overflowing, seven or eight shop children are busy running before and after, taking care of it, a good lively scene. Yi Xiaotian squinted his eyes and looked around the hall, his eyes were sharp, and he saw that there was still a free small square table in the corner, and he trotted all the way with Wen You'er in his arms, occupying this table, and the brother and sister sat down next to each other.

Wen You'er entered such a big restaurant for the first time, sat in the chair in a daze, stared around, saw the beauty on the table around her, smelled the tempting aroma, and kept swallowing saliva in her throat, looking like a little gluttonous cat. It was Xiaotian who saw the world, and when he saw that there was no shop Xiaoer coming to greet him for a long time, he reached out and took off the two copper coins that were still hanging on Wen Youer's shoulders, and vigorously "Bang! Bang!" Two slaps on the table, causing the surrounding diners to turn their heads. Seeing this, the shopkeeper also hurriedly ran over, seeing that it was Yi Xiaotian, he couldn't help frowning, as if he knew, but he saw the money string on the table, so he squeezed out a little smile: "What are the two little masters eating?"

"Salted fathead fish, sautéed golden eel, plus a crispy roast chicken, huh...... That's right! Another dish of snow from a thousand mountains! Two more dishes of green vegetables at random. Yi Xiaotian skillfully reported the names of a string of dishes.

"Okay, I'll tell the back kitchen. The shopkeeper wrote down the menu and turned around to leave, but was stopped by Yi Xiaotian again.

"Wait!Pour the tea for the two of you!" Yi Xiaotian stopped Xiao Er from pouring tea before he went.

After a while, the dishes were all ready, the table full of delicious food was placed in front of him, and he finally came back to his senses from the trance, turned his head to look at Yi Xiaotian, and whispered: "Brother Xiaotian, ......", Yi Xiaotian smiled: "Haha! Let's go!", Wen You'er swallowed his saliva, stood up and stood on the chair, started directly, opened the bow left and right, and devoured it for a while, as if he suddenly remembered something, ripped off a big chicken leg, stuffed it into Yi Xiaotian's mouth, and smiled: "Brother eat quickly, it's really delicious!" , Yi Xiaotian looked at the happy little girl with a smile, as if she wanted to say something, but she endured it again, and scooped a spoonful of "Thousand Mountains Flying Snow" with a smile and fed it to Wen You'er's mouth: "Again, this is called Thousand Mountains Flying Snow, is it delicious?"

This thousand mountains flying snow is said to be a hundred miles away from the Emei Xian Mountain under the snow konjac, with the Tsing Yi River produced in the whitebait, the secret method of firing, konjac, silverfish are all the whole body of snow white crystalline, chopped into very fine pieces, after the ice is loaded into the shape of the snow mountain, the entrance is melted, the lingering fragrance around the tongue, very magical.

The little girl smacked her mouth, with a look of surprise on her face, her eyes widened and she nodded again and again, and she couldn't wait to pick up the spoon in front of her and scoop it into Yi Xiaotian's mouth, Yi Xiaotian is also a scholar's sister, she chirped and ate, the brother and sister looked at each other, and they all laughed happily "hahahaha......

"Hmph!" a cold snort came from the top of his head, his tone was immature, but his tone was full of condescension and unstoppable. Yi Xiaotian searched for it by sound, and as soon as Fang looked up, he happened to see that on the window of a private room in the attic on the second floor of this fishing building, lying on his stomach was a girl his own age, staring at him, his eyes were full of contempt, not that Xiao Qiang, who was it.

Yi Xiaotian suddenly became angry, remembering that it was this "stinky woman" who beat her head and bleeding that day, she was not convinced, and grabbed the leftover chicken legs on the table, and was about to smash them, and then thought about it, and her sister was with her, if she fought, she was afraid that she would hurt her sister by mistake, so she put down the chicken leg in her hand angrily, and raised her middle finger at the window on the second floor, and then buried her head and ignored it. "Hmph!" Xiao Qiang, who was lying on the windowsill, snorted coldly, a few degrees higher than before, and then closed the window with a "snap!"

Yi Xiaotian's heart tightened, thinking that the evil woman should not have gone downstairs to fight, right? took off her clothes to wipe off the greasy face for Wen You'er, poured all the leftover food on the table into her clothes, wrapped it, and shouted: "Little Er!

This sleep, Yi Xiaotian couldn't sleep steadily, strange dreams were repeated, the sea, the desert, the snowy mountains, the swamps, all kinds of strange pictures appeared one after another, despair, hunger and thirst, cold, dampness, all kinds of uncomfortable feelings followed, the dream to the end, the heaven and the earth turned upside down, the sea, yellow sand, snow, and silt all pressed from the top of the head, and instantly buried themselves alive in the endless darkness.

"Ah......h After sitting for a while, Yi Xiaotian slowly got up, walked to the water tank in the temple, scooped up a full scoop of cold water and drank it all, and then took another scoop and splashed it on his face, wiping away the sweat on his face, before he completely relieved himself and walked towards Wen You'er.

Wen You'er was bored when she was squatting in the mud alone, and when she looked up, she saw that Yi Xiaotian had woken up, threw down a few earthworms in her hand that had been half dead by herself, swooped up, and jumped into Yi Xiaotian's arms. Yi Xiaotian hugged his sister for a while, as if he suddenly remembered something, looked up and saw that it was getting late, and hurriedly asked Wen You'er a few words, and then hurriedly walked out of the broken temple alone.

Wen You'er played alone for a long time, during which she ran to the gate of the broken temple to watch a few times, but her brother didn't necessarily come back, so she simply sat on the threshold, looking at both ends of the alley from time to time, waiting for Yi Xiaotian to come back. It wasn't until it was dark that Yi Xiaotian jumped out of the corner of the alley, holding a huge wooden basin on his chest, and staggered back.

Back at the broken temple, Yi Xiaotian roasted the leftovers brought back from Yumanlou at noon, ate them with Wen Er, and hurriedly boiled a basin full of hot water, sprinkled a few unknown green blades of grass, and called the little girl to sit in the basin nakedly, and carefully bathed her sister with a brand new rag. Wen You'er, who hadn't taken such a comfortable bath for a long time, obediently cooperated with Yi Xiaotian to wash his hair and rub his back, while playing with the green grass blades in the water, and suddenly asked Yi Xiaotian stupidly: "Brother Xiaotian, are we getting rich today?

Yi Xiaotian replied with a smile: "Haha, you are good, as long as you are obedient and grow up well, when you have a chance, you can take your brother back to the mansion together." ”

"Hmm!" Wen You'er gritted his teeth, nodded heavily, and a pair of small hands clenched into fists, slamming them on the surface of the water, splashing Yi Xiaotian's head full of splashes: "Huh, Brother Xiaotian, what kind of blade of grass is this?"

"This is called a clover, most of them only have three leaves, but if they have four leaves, they are clover, and they bring good luck. Yi Xiaotian was taking a bath for Wen You'er carefully, and talking to his sister at the same time, knowing in his heart that this little girl seemed to be casual and playful, but in fact, she was very resolute in her bones.

Wen You'er grabbed the grass blades in the basin one by one, stretched out her little finger and counted them carefully, "Wow! Brother Xiaotian! It's all clover!" The little girl stood up excitedly, jumping happily in the bathtub, and splashed Yi Xiaotian all over her body.

After bathing and dressing the active girl, the brother and sister snuggled up under the broken eaves, looking up at the sparse and flickering starlight in the sky, each thoughtful. In this way, I don't know how long I looked at it, but I felt that my neck was already sore, Yi Xiaotian came back to his senses, twisted his sore neck, exhaled deeply, and asked Wen You'er: "Sister You'er, my brother wants to send you to another place to learn some skills and be a great little girl, okay?"

Wen You'er was originally looking at the stars in the sky in a daze, and when she heard Yi Xiaotian's sudden strange words, she suddenly felt inexplicably uneasy in her heart, and hurriedly asked: "Brother Xiaotian, are you not well-behaved again, making Brother Xiaotian unhappy?"

Yi Xiaotian patted his sister's head and smiled knowingly: "Good sister, how old are you this year?"

"Brother Xiaotian, I will turn ten years old this year. Wen You'er folded her hands and counted them, and replied obediently.

"Oh, I'm about to be ten years old, shouldn't that ten years old be considered a big girl?

"Well, I'm a big girl again! I can take care of myself, and from tomorrow, I can still take care of Brother Xiaotian! I will definitely not drag my brother down!"

Yi Xiaotian had already prepared a number of lies, but before he could tell them, he was blocked by Wen You'er's words, and he was suddenly speechless, but he was moved by his heart, and he hugged his sister in front of him and sat on his lap, his eyes full of love and pity. After a while, he spoke again: "Fool girl, how can my brother think that you are being dragged down?" My brother only recently recalled that my wet nurse had mentioned to me before her death that when Uncle Wen was alive, he made a decision with his aunt that when he was ten years old, he would leave home and worship the true name of cultivation and cultivate the Great Dao, but You'er was young at the time and never knew about it. ”

"Brother Xiaotian, you are talking nonsense! Why don't you remember what your father and mother said?! You want to be called Huazi with Brother Xiaotian! Don't go to repair any doors! Don't practice any Taoism!" Wen You'er shouted, broke free from Yi Xiaotian's arms, grabbed a small stone at his feet and smashed it at Xiaotian, beating his chest and sneering, his anxious little face was red. Yi Xiaotian couldn't dodge, he was smashed squarely, his forehead hurt, for the first time in his life, he saw this sister who had always been well-behaved and never angry, and he became so irritable in an instant, he was really stunned, his mouth opened slightly, and he couldn't speak for a long time, so he had to forcibly take Wen You'er into his arms and gently touch his head to comfort him.

After a while, the little girl seemed to be angry and retreated slightly, sat on the ground again, looked up at Yi Xiaotian, the beads of tears in her eyes seemed to be broken, one after another did not fall, her teeth were clenched, and she was stunned not to cry. In Yi Xiaotian's memory, that day when he learned from his wet nurse that his parents had passed away, how did he and Wen Youer cry so darkly, but since then, they have been displaced for five years, and they have never seen this girl drop a tear. Seeing Wen You'er crying like this today, Yi Xiaotian's heart was naturally like a knife, and at that time, this young man was also resolute and resolute, but if he decided to do the right thing, he would never easily change and give up, so he picked up You'er again and comforted him: "Don't cry, don't cry, brother is not good, brother is not good." It's just that you were too young at the time, and I didn't know a lot of things, my father's wishes, I blamed my brother for being bad, and I was sad and sad, so I didn't cry, behave. ”

The little girl's body twitched, and she cried silently for a long time, choked up and asked, "Xiaotian...... Brother Xiaotian, my father and mother...... Seriously...... You really said you wanted me to fix it...... What kind of door to repair...... Door?"

"That's true, my brother also missed his father and wet nurse a few days ago, and only remembered some of the past, when did my brother deceive him, right?" Yi Xiaotian replied.

"That repair...... Repair ...... What is the meaning...... Want...... Where are you going to repair the door......? Brother Xiaotian...... ...... with You'er Do you want to go together?" Wen You'er asked again.

"Haha, it's not a cultivation door, it's a cultivation of a real famous door, that is, a place to cultivate powerful skills, tomorrow, there will be a famous cultivation family named Emei faction who comes to Jiazhou City to accept apprentices, my brother is over ten years old, I can't go, in fact, I may not be able to go, but my brother wants to let You'er give it a try, if you go there, you have to cultivate well, become a very powerful character, and then you can come back to take care of your brother, and my brother no longer has to be a little called Hanako, okay?" Yi Xiaotian clapped You'er's shoulders, put You'er in front of him upright, and said solemnly.

Wen You'er frowned, thought for a moment, raised her little hand to wipe away her tears, and said with a firm expression on her little face: "Brother Xiaotian!

Yi Xiaotian smiled happily, and suddenly burst into tears, hugged the little girl in front of him tightly, and whimpered and corrected again: "It's not to go to the sect to cultivate, it's to cultivate powerful spells......." This night, Yi Xiaotian always held Wen You'er in his arms, while comforting and coaxing the little girl to sleep, while telling about the various benefits of the Emei faction with his own imagination, and at the same time not forgetting to explain that the Emei faction is not a place where you can go if you want to......

Early the next morning, on the first day of the seventh month, Yi Xiaotian and the two came to the tailor shop early, took new brocade clothes for Wen You'er to put on, and called Huazi to change immediately, like a rich daughter, and the tailor shopkeeper was also staggering, sighing that people rely on clothes.

The courtyard of the Xiao family, the door of the courtyard is wide open today, and there are crowds of people early in the morning, pouring into the door like a tide, and there is no janitor on weekdays, as if the person who does not refuse to come, among the crowds, there are many children, or held by their parents on their chests, or carried by the elderly. Yi Xiaotian led Wen You'er into the gate, followed the direction of the flow of people and stopped in an open space, but saw that this place was boxy, thirty or forty zhang long and wide, and most of the place was already full of people. There is a huge round platform in the center of the open space, more than ten feet high, the platform is empty, two independent, one old and one young, the posture is upright, the fairy wind is bone, motionless, looking at the stage, a posture like looking at all beings. Among them, the old man, Yi Xiaotian recognized it at a glance, it was not the leader of the Feather Seeking Dao, but who was it?

The flow of people continued to pour in, and the open space was gradually crowded, as if even if there was one more person, there would be no place to stand. Xiao Qiang didn't know when and where she came out, climbed onto the high platform, raised her hand to signal everyone in the audience to be quiet, and after a while, the noise and noise in the audience gradually faded, and the open space slowly became quiet, and finally there was no sound.

The Daoist of Xun Yu took a step forward, the dark blue Dao robe was windless, and everyone's eyes gathered neatly on Xun Yu, and they did not see him open his mouth, but the thick voice came from all directions, with a majestic momentum: "Ladies and elders of Jiazhou, the poor Dao Emei is looking for Yu, entrusted by the head of the Tianxing Senior Brother, to come to the treasure land, and the selection of Dao Tong sent by me every Jiazi is here, and the auspicious time has arrived, and the selection has begun!"

The crowd immediately became nervous, picked up the children, exchanged their heads with each other, and began to talk again. Seeing the nervous and excited looks of everyone around him, Yi Xiaotian couldn't help but have a faster heartbeat, shortness of breath, and picked up You'er in the same way as everyone else, and for a moment, he realized that he was too short, and the sister in his arms was too inconspicuous, so he struggled again, and simply lifted Wen You'er up, stood on his shoulders, tried to stand up straight, gritted his teeth and stood on tiptoe, so that the height of You'er was barely equal to the child in the arms of other parents.

"Ladies and gentlemen. A human voice came from the air again, not as strong as before, but there was a little more domineering in the momentum, and the crowd quieted down again, instantly returning to silence, and the atmosphere was tense. "Xuanlong, the head disciple of Xia Emei, was ordered by the head of the family master Tianxing to assist Xun Yu Shi Shu Jiazhou in selecting apprentices, my Emei faction, standing for more than 2,000 years, has always been strict about the matter of accepting disciples in the door, and would rather be lacking than excessive! First, according to the traditional practice, to participate in the selection of children, it must be under the age of ten; second, you and other folk practice, are all useless techniques! Therefore, this selection only focuses on talent and physique, not the foundation of martial arts!" Xuan Long spoke, his right hand danced with sword fingers, and a golden round magic seal formed out of thin air in front of him, and at the end of his left hand was palmed, and he slapped it with all his strength in the center of the magic seal, "Huh!" A huge golden eagle penetrated the law seal, roared, rose to the sky, hovered above everyone's heads for three weeks, and disappeared......

Everyone in the audience had never heard of this magical spell, and they were all excited. After a while, Xuanlong's voice came from the air again: "Everyone, the candidate has been decided, please ask the parents of the children who have the golden eagle mark on their foreheads to bring their children to the stage, and the rest of the people, please return to each other." ”

Everyone was in an uproar, lamenting that this Emei selection of apprentices was too simple and casual, people were talking about it, Yi Xiaotian was also quite speechless, he didn't sleep all night last night, imagining the possibility of today's selection, and asked for ways to answer all kinds of questions...... This, it's over with a trick?

Suddenly, the uncle next to Yi Xiaotian exclaimed, pointing to the girl's head on Yi Xiaotian's shoulder: "My God! Look, everyone, the golden eagle is here!"