Chapter 01: Fate Comes Naturally
Outside Dounan City, a carriage slowly drove into the city.
"Uncle Yuan, if you go into the city today, I don't know what to buy. The one who spoke was a girl about four years old, with red lips and white teeth, a red face, big eyes and dripping eyes, and a clever ghost.
"Well, when I went into the city today, I just went to the market to see what could be used, and bought it back, so that the next time my wife would come to entertain me, the carriage broke down when I entered the city last month, and it took a day to rest in the city before it was repaired, and I was not scolded to death by my wife when I went back. The man in the carriage said.
"Not today, Uncle Yuan, I want to eat sugar gourd when I go to the city in a while. ”
"Okay, just buy some sugar gourds, and go back to you with the uneaten bags. ”
"Uncle Yuan, I know that you are the best for Yao'er. ”
"Master Yuan, you can already see the city gate. ”
"Little Liu, then you will park the carriage outside the city and wait for me in a while. I went in with the girl. ”
"Uncle Yuan, I think I hear a baby crying, do you hear me?" said Yao'er.
"Is there any? Why didn't I hear it?
"Uncle Yuan, I'm serious, you can hear it if you ask the sixth brother to stop the horse. ”
"Little Liu, stop, I'll listen to where the baby is crying. ”
The carriage slowly stopped, and Master Yuan and Xiao Liu held their breath and still didn't hear it.
"What I said was true, the carriage stopped and I heard louder, as if it were in the peach grove outside the city, not too far away. Uncle Yuan, go and have a look?"
"What's the sound? This ancient road is sparsely populated, and there are birds, and there is no baby's cry? Girl, you didn't hear it wrong, did you?"
"No, uncle, you take me to see it, if I hear it wrong, I won't eat sugar gourds." I could hear it very clearly, there was really the cry of a little baby. ”
"Okay, I really can't help you girl, I don't think the peach blossom forest is far away, so I'll accompany you to take a look. Xiaoliu, you park the carriage here, and I'll go over with this girl to have a look. ”
"Okay, Master Yuan. ”
"This peach forest looks very close, but I can't imagine that it is quite far away, is there really any cry of a baby? It can't be a small animal running down from the mountain? This place is quite close to the Dounan Mountain Range. ”
"Uncle Yuan, even if it's a small animal, wouldn't it be nice to catch it back and play with it?" said Yao'er with big eyes and jumping up.
"Uncle Yuan, it's about to arrive, I heard it, it's over there. Yao'er broke away from Uncle Yuan's hand and jumped over.
"Be careful, girl, don't fall. Slow down, hey, it's hard to walk at this age. ”
A peach blossom forest appeared in front of him, and such peach blossom forests were everywhere outside Dounan City. And this sunny spring season, the peach blossoms in the sky are falling one after another, sprinkled with peach petals all over the place.
Where the wind blows, the petals fall from the trees, and under the sunlight, it is pink, which is also a good place for people in the rivers and lakes to play the piano and practice swords and drink. "Uncle Yuan, look at it, there, you see what I said is right. Yao'er crossed her hands as if she had won the battle, and her face was red because of excitement, and it was particularly pink against the backdrop of the peach blossom tree.
I saw something wrapped in a white quilt under a tall peach blossom tree in the middle, because it was close, and this time both of them heard the cry.
"Girl, your hearing is too good, can you hear it so far away, you stand still, I'll go and see." "Master Yuan is also a little excited, but also a little nervous, the sudden appearance of a baby in this wilderness is not a mountain spirit and a wild monster.
But curiosity always accounts for a large part, and when you get to the front, you don't see how to do it. Master Yuan walked over gently, and suddenly the crying in the quilt stopped.
Although Master Yuan didn't see what was inside, he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, feeling that it was not a baby but something else.
When I walked three steps away, I finally saw half of a baby's head exposed inside, but there were some peach petals floating on my face and I couldn't look at it carefully, but now I was steady.
Turning around and looking around, there was no one around, it looked like an abandoned baby.
Master Yuan carefully picked up the baby and opened the peach petals. I saw that the baby was born white and tender, and his appearance was very lovely, although his face was flushed and his brows were wrinkled, but he only held it in his hand, and fell asleep again.
Although Master Yuan used to be a wealthy businessman, he never had an heir. Now he was so excited that he even walked a little unsteadily, which was undoubtedly happier than when he picked up a piece of gold.
"Girl, the sugar gourd will be bought for you later, and I will ask Xiaoliu to go back with us. With that, he walked briskly to the carriage.
At this time, two figures appeared not far from the peach blossom forest.
"Big brother, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to give someone away like this, right?" said a man dressed in black, with shawl hair and sharp eyes like an eagle.
"Life and death depend on his own creation. We can't control what happens in the future, only by sending it out can we save his life, otherwise they will be caught, and the consequences will be very severe. You know about this, I know it, and you must not let a third person know. If it is revealed, if there is something wrong with him, I am afraid that we will also be implicated. The one who spoke was a young man in white, his hair was tied up and he was wearing a hair crown, his face was fair, his two sword eyebrows were particularly rich, and his demeanor looked quite like a disciple of the Immortal Sect.
These two people seem to be one good and one evil, and their appearance, dress and temperament are diametrically opposed.
"Don't worry, eldest brother, we have known each other for so many years, although I can't beat you, but I, the little brother, have never lost your face, hahaha. The man in black smiled.
"Well, since it's sent out, forget it. I saw that the old man was dressed in brocade and jade, and he seemed to be dressed as an old man. Looking at his surprise again, it is estimated that he will not treat this child badly. Let's go, let's just play as if it never happened, and don't mention it to anyone. ”
"Master Yuan, are you coming out so soon? Is this the crying baby you are holding in your hand? Little Sister Yao'er is too godly, right? You can hear it from so far away. Xiao Liu had a surprised look on his face.
"Little Liu, we will return to the village now, and we will not participate in the fair. If you don't have anything to do, I'll come back and buy it in a few days, so I'll go back and settle down with this kid first. Master Yuan said.
"Yes, Master Yuan. After saying that, Xiao Liu put down the steps of the carriage.
"Uncle Yuan, this matter is my credit. My sugar gourd will be bought for me another day, don't cheat. Yao'er was also very sensible, taking Xiaoliu's hand and stepping up the steps to get into the carriage.
The name of this place is Dounan City, Dounan City is not a small town, there is a huge Dounan Mountain Range nearby, and the ancient road of Dounan City was originally an ancient road for marching and transporting grain. Forty miles outside Dounan City, is the Taoyuan Village that Master Yuan said, and it takes more than two hours to reach it according to the speed of the carriage.
Along the way, Yao'er girl also looked and touched the baby, and said that she would take him to play when he was older in the future. Master Yuan couldn't help but be overjoyed, this is really a blessing for old age.
Master Yuan rummaged through the quilt wrapped in the baby, trying to find out a little about the identity of the baby, but except for a bronze token, which was engraved with a character and some incomprehensible patterns, he couldn't find any other clues.
Since this is the case, let's call him Yuan Cheng in the future, and it will be considered fate.
Taoyuan Village is not a big place, and Master Yuan is a wealthy businessman, after moving to this village, it is the richest family, but the house is not big, only a few families, a few servants. The scale is naturally much smaller than that of the wealthy merchants in the city. Xiao Liu is the family of Master Yuan, usually responsible for purchasing daily necessities and taking care of daily expenses, although he is young, he is quite good and is also responsible for the responsibility of guarding.
The strange thing is that the baby sleeps soundly, occasionally stretching out his little hand to scratch his head, touching his face, and not crying or making trouble. Two hours later, when she arrived at the entrance of the village, Yao'er, the little girl, came to her senses and jumped out of the carriage to play with Xiaoliu.