Hard to be a shadow guard

More than ten years ago, the little Xie Yiqian followed the old King Rui back from the border to Beijing. He didn't expect that the land he passed was suffering from drought, and the road was full of scrawny people, and people everywhere were struggling to survive.

Little Xie Yiqian, who was still young, just stood in front of the carriage window, staring at a pair of round eyes, looking at the disaster victims clustered on the side of the road at a loss.

He didn't understand what the drought meant to these people, and he didn't know how tempting he was to those people walking on this street in rich clothes.

At that time, the old King Rui couldn't bear to watch the victims screaming, and after thinking twice, he finally called his guards, distributed the dry food they brought, and went to the city to buy rice grains that had skyrocketed in price with his own pocket, and guarded the streets. Give porridge to the people.

The adults were busy with each other, the little Xie Yiqian felt bored in the carriage, looked around and saw that no one was stopping him, he simply took the two boys and ran out.

Whoever imagined it, the unintentional act actually saved the lives of the whole family by chance and coincidence.

Although even without the appearance of Xie Yiqian, the victims of the disaster may not have survived the famine, but no matter what... the youngest son of the victims of the disaster changed the trajectory of his life just because of this.

Little Xie Yiqian was walking on the street, and his luxurious attire was really eye-catching on the whole street. If the two big men who followed him looked really hard to mess with, he might not be mad. People rushed forward.

When Xie Yiqian turned into a remote and deep alley for some reason, the sight he saw was still crowded with people, lying or sitting huddled in the corner.

From the sallow and emaciated old man to the child who is waiting to be fed, if there is any similarity between these people, it is probably only their dull eyes.

Little Xie Yiqian still didn't understand the plight of these people, and only heard his father say: If no one saves them, they will be finished.

And the turning point of everything came at the end of the alley, where a family of eight hugged each other, and at their feet, there was another skinny child with his eyes tightly closed, watching from a distance and even looking at him. Can't tell if he's still breathing.

For many years to come, Xie Yiqian occasionally recalled what happened when he was a child, but he still didn't understand why he stopped in front of that family at that time?

Obviously there are so many similar families, better than them, worse, the same, all of which are not lacking, but he still stopped in front of that family.

Said it was fate.

Maybe that's the only way to explain it.

At that time, little Xie Yiqian stopped in his tracks, and his eyes fell on the little boy lying on the ground uncontrollably.

A few breaths passed, but he still didn't look away.

And his move undoubtedly gave the family another interpretation.

"My lord—" After hearing a shrill call, a figure dived towards little Xie Yi, and the servant beside him didn't even have time to react before being thrown to his young master's feet by the woman in the corner.

The woman in ragged clothes was teary-eyed, her rough hands were covered with mud, her hair was messy and pulled into a ball, leaving only a pair of eyes with an unusual light.

"My lord, my lord..." the woman wailed, "My lord, please save my family. The nine members of my family will hang themselves with my little lord's help."

"Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. You can save the lives of nine slaves just by using your hands and feet!" As the woman's cries became louder, the baby she had thrown aside just now Wow burst into tears.

For a while, all kinds of voices were noisy and intertwined, and it was even more disturbing when it sounded in Xiao Xie Yiqian's ears. He could only look sullenly, looking down at the people at his feet.

As for the big family behind the woman, they all looked over with wide-eyed eyes, waiting expectantly for Xie Yiqian's answer.

Except... still a motionless child.

But even so, little Xie Yiqian's eyes still only stayed on the child who fell to the ground, and the rest of the family, at most, only passed by his eyes.

The woman cried for a long time but no one responded, but the child in front of her was really the only savior they could touch.

The woman was about to continue to say something, but the man behind him jumped forward, stretched out his hand and pulled the woman away, and then he pointed to the unconscious child on the ground and said, "We can change it!"

When little Xie Yiqian finally moved his gaze, the man continued to shout: "My lord, as long as you pay two taels... No! Just a tael, we will sell you the youngest son of the family. If you want to use it Do whatever you want."

"You can buy a slave with just a flick of your finger. It's really affordable. Young master, buy it, buy him!"

Just listening to the man's words, it is completely impossible to tell that the child who was tyrannized by him is his father and son. Even if it is just a commodity, it still needs to be treated carefully.

Not to mention the man's fanatical eyes, as if he finally found a bargaining chip and couldn't wait to get rid of it.

But little Xie Yiqian looked at the child who was supposed to be in a coma with a sullen face, coughing under the violent shaking of the man, and opened his eyes with difficulty, feeling like he was about to fall apart.

However......

"Hmm...what a beautiful little brother..."

No one expected that the first words the child opened his eyes were not crying thirsty or hungry, but that he fell in love with the beautiful little brother in front of him!

Little Xie Yiqian froze all of a sudden.

Half an hour later, the refugee who got a sling of copper coins happily ran out of the alley and rushed to the city.

And little Xie Yiqian still had a sullen little face, but upon closer inspection, his ears had turned red, and his eyes occasionally glanced at the little boy who was being held behind him.

The boy had passed out again, although little Xie Yiqian hadn't figured out how to explain to his father that he bought a child.

But as long as he thinks of the pair of shining eyes he saw just now, and a sentence of sincere appreciation, he inexplicably feels that it's just a penny, so let's buy it, big deal, big deal...

At worst, send it to the Shadow Pavilion!

It was just Xie Yiqian's thought, but it decided the fate of a child for the rest of his life.

It was also from that day that a boy named Li Si'er disappeared, and a new shadow guard Miao Zi entered the Shadow Pavilion for training.

......

Ma'am.

Those memories that should have disappeared in the past, gradually emerged with Huang Mei's mention, and became clearer with Xie Yiqian's memories.

Sometimes Xie Yiqian really can't help but think that a loyal and martial arts shadow guard can be bought with a single penny, this is really——

Best deal he's ever made.