In the dense foliage of the forest, a young figure with vigorous skills shuttled like a spirit monkey, chasing a hare.

"Buzz!"

I saw the figure leap, pedaling on a boulder with both feet, taking advantage of the force, jumping high, holding a bow and arrow, and pulling the bow and letting go.

It's a pity that the accuracy of this arrow is too poor to deviate any further.

"Bang!"

The figure landed steadily, but it was a little boy in rags. But the hare escaped from the grass, and was gone.

If people in the martial arts see that a six or seven-year-old child has such agile skills, they will be surprised.

"Hey, I'm overestimating myself, and it seems that I still have to practice archery first. Seeing the hare fleeing, the little boy looked at the bow in his hand and muttered.

Then the little boy retrieved the arrow, drew the hunting knife from his waist, and walked deep into the forest.

In recent years, natural disasters [***] have continued, drought, plague and famine have followed, and the periphery of this mountain forest has been swept hundreds of times, not to mention hunting hares, it is considered lucky to see hares. But the closer you get to the depths of the forest, the more dangerous it becomes, with all kinds of poisonous insects and beasts, and even experienced hunters can die if they are not careful. But in order to survive, there is no choice.

Two hours later, the little boy walked out of the forest, covered in mud and with a few bloody scars on his arms. Scolded: "Ma, I was almost killed by a wild boar, and every time I was with that bastard, I didn't catch a single hair when I came out alone." ”

The little boy walked to the stream, leaned down and drank a few sips of water, then washed his face with the stream water in his hand, and when he had washed off the dirt on his face, he revealed his true face. He had a stellar eyebrow and a straight nose, but his face was yellow, which was caused by chronic malnutrition, and his lips were bloodless.

After a while, the little boy took off his shabby clothes and walked into the water to scrub his body, and his thin little body was scarred, which looked terrifying and unbearable.

"What should I do? Go back to Yang's house? No, if I go back this time, I will definitely be killed by that woman directly! A gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall! I can't hunt and I can't hunt, do I have to eat those disgusting snakes, insects, rats and ants to survive?" the little boy said to himself.

Looking at himself reflected in the water, the little boy seemed to be schizophrenic, and said viciously: "You look handsome and have a fart, but you can't eat it as food!" and then laughed: "Actually, it's not bad to be a beggar, you can leave if you want, and you can sleep when you want." I see that your bones are amazing, and your face is peculiar, and he will definitely become the overlord of beggars. Well, it's important to stay alive, so it's decided. ”

The little boy put on his clothes, ran back to the temple and hid his bow and arrows, but hid the hunting knife in his arms, and ran in the direction of the town.

"So many beggars!" exclaimed the little boy.

I saw that there were many beggars scattered in this street, including men, women, and children, some who were sick and lying on the side, some kneeling on the ground begging passers-by, and some chasing passers-by to ask for alms.

"In these days, being a beggar is also very competitive!" the little boy complained.

But the little boy couldn't pull his face down and begged for pedestrians, so he had to stand on the side of the street stupidly. After a while, the sound of horses' hooves reached the little boy's ears, and he heard the sound. I saw twelve horses in the front, a carriage in the middle, and more than a dozen horses behind.

The little boy had excellent eyesight, and he could see twelve people on horseback from a distance, and suddenly, the pupils in his eyes shrank.

"Okay, okay, give me something to eat!"

As the group drew nearer, many beggars came forward to beg.

"Hey, Zheng Darthead, buy some food and give it to them. One of them opened his mouth and said that it was Yang Pu, the young dart head of the Xinglong Dart Bureau. Now that he was nearing his prime, a wisp of beard on his lips made him look more mature and stable.

"Yes!" Zheng replied.

The little boy looked at Yang Pu directly, and Yang Pu seemed to feel something, and he also looked at the little boy.

Yang Pu's eyebrows jumped, and he rode up to the little boy and asked, "Child, what's your name?"

"Official, get rid of these beggars quickly! Dirty!" At this moment, the curtain on the carriage was lifted, and a beautiful woman shouted to Yang Pu, it was his wife Wang.

Then, a small head appeared in the car window, and it was a handsome little boy in a brocade robe, who shouted to Yang Pu: "Yes! Dad! Let's hurry up! I haven't seen my grandfather and uncle for a long time." ”

Yang Pu turned a deaf ear and looked at the little boy in a daze, waiting for his answer.

The little boy glanced at Wang and her son in the carriage, lifted the corners of his mouth, and replied to Yang Pu: "Yang Le, happy Le." ”

Hearing this, Yang Pu sighed secretly, his disappointment was overflowing, and he muttered: "It's not Ting'er, Ting'er can't speak." ”

"Here, buy something to eat, and buy another dress to wear. Then, Yang Pu took out some silver from his body and handed it to the little boy.

At this time, the little boy shouted: "I am not a beggar!"

Yang Pu was stunned, and his hand holding the silver stopped in front of the little boy, and he was a little shocked when the little boy in ragged clothes in front of him said that he was not a beggar.

"Dad, hurry up, these beggars stink to death!" Yang Pu's son urged in the carriage.

The little boy glanced at Yang Pu deeply, then turned away without looking back.

"Hurry up and hand it over!"

When the little boy returned to the outside of the small temple, he heard a sound, and immediately raised his eyebrows, put his hand into his arms and held the hunting knife, and slowly approached the temple.

I saw six people in the temple, five of them beggars, the oldest was about fifteen or sixteen years old, the youngest was only about seven or eight years old, and among them was a girl of twelve or thirteen years old. The five of them were pulling a little girl in yellow. The little girl was clinging to a piece of clothing.

The little boy recognized that the girl was the eldest daughter of the talented Dongfang Long in the middle of the night last night, frowned, and scolded: "Stop!"

This scolding made the five beggars pause, and they all looked back at the little boy.

"Where did the wild boy come from, dare to mind our business, don't you know that this is our territory?" said the eldest beggar, pointing to the little boy.

The little boy smiled coldly, pulled out his hunting knife, and said, "That's it!"

Seeing the little boy pull out the hunting knife, the beggar was startled and immediately stretched out his hand to snatch the hunting knife from the little boy's hand.

"Smack!"

The little boy struck the beggar on the wrist with the back of his knife with his backhand, and at the same time rushed forward and struck the beggar in the abdomen with an elbow.

"Uh..."

The beggar fell to his knees in pain, clutching his stomach.

The little boy stepped over the beggar and walked towards the little girl in yellow. The other four beggars were still young after all, and when they saw that their heads were suddenly knocked down, and the little boy was still holding a hunting knife, he was so frightened that his legs were weak, and the little boy walked towards them, and ran away.

"Why are you here? It can't be that your mother threw your sister away again?" said the little boy, ignoring the four of them, and walked up to the little girl in yellow.

Hearing this, the little girl in yellow was pleasantly surprised: "It's you! I'm here to find you." Obviously, the little girl in yellow recognized him only by what the little boy said at this moment, after all, it was late last night, and the little boy was unkempt and did not see his face clearly.

"What are you looking for me?" the little boy wondered.

"I'll give you some clothes and something to eat. The girl replied.

The little boy frowned and said, "I said, I'm not a beggar. ”

"No, I just want to thank you, if it wasn't for you last night, my sister would have been thrown away by my mother. The girl hurriedly explained.

"Gollum・・Gollum・・"

The little boy who had not eaten all this time happened to have a sound in his stomach at this time, which immediately made his face feel embarrassed.

"Ahem, then, bring it. The little boy held out his hand to the girl and begged.

The girl took out the robbed beyond recognition from her arms, only a little steamed bun remained, glanced at the five beggars timidly, and then blushed slightly, and said to the little boy embarrassedly: "They robbed it, and this is the only thing left." Otherwise, I'll get you some more when I get home. ”

"No need!" said the little boy, picking up the little steamed bun in the girl's hand and stuffing it into his mouth, and then said to the girl, "Okay, I'll eat and eat, and we don't owe each other." ”

"And this dress!" said the girl, picking up an old blue shirt.

The little boy refused: "No need, you take it back, save your mother to find an excuse to beat you." ”

"No, my father knows about it, it's going to be fine, it's so cold, you will freeze if you wear so little!" the girl said.

"Frozen badly, haven't I been starving and freezing that day these two years? If it weren't for this extraordinary body, I would have died hundreds of times earlier!" the little boy laughed to himself, and said to himself. Then he stroked the girl's torn hair and asked, "Little sister, what's your name?"

Hearing this, the girl said gloomily: "I don't have a name, my father and mother call me a big girl, and they say that they won't give me a name until they get married." ”

"Okay, you give me a dress, I'll give you a name, we don't owe each other. The little boy said.

"Are you literate?" the girl wondered.

The little boy nodded.

The girl said excitedly: "Then do you teach me well, my father said that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, and my mother will not let my father teach me, if you teach me well, I can name myself when I learn it, and I can also name my sister in the future." ”

The little boy rolled his eyes, picked up the clothes in the girl's hand, and said disdainfully: "Just this old clothes, or women's clothes, this is what you worn, do you want me to teach you to read?"

The girl's face turned red, and then her eyes rolled, looking at the steamed bun scum in her hand, and she said with a flash of inspiration: "It's a big deal, I'll bring you something to eat every day in the future." ”

The little boy was stunned for a moment, and thought: "Hunting is not always rewarding, so at least I am not afraid of starvation, and I don't have to eat those disgusting things. After thinking for a while, he agreed, "Okay, that little sister, you come here to find me at this time of day." ”

"You're so strange, you're obviously younger than me, you should be called sister. The girl said.

Hearing this, the little boy flicked the girl's forehead and said, "Little sister, I will teach you the first lesson first, don't judge a person based on appearance and conjecture alone. ”

The girl touched her forehead, glared at the little boy, and then ran out of the temple, and when she ran to the door, she turned back to the little boy and asked, "I don't know your name yet?"

"Yang Lianting!"