Still pity the grass and trees

As the name suggests, Zhai Yu of Thunderbolt Knife has a resolute and fiery personality. He was decisive in killing and cutting when he was young, and he had a bad reputation. At the age of 27, she had a daughter named Zhai Yingshi, whom she loved very much.It's just that the family's luck was not so good, and only seven years passed in a harmonious and beautiful life. On the way to watch the lanterns during the Lantern Festival, Zhai Yingshi got lost, and then there was no news for 20 years.At that time, the subordinates who were following were afraid that Zhai Yu would pursue them, so they hanged themselves to death, and the clues were completely broken. Di Yu and his wife searched everywhere frantically. up.

It turned out that Zhai Yingshi was playful when he was young, and when he came across a uniquely shaped and beautifully colored horn lamp, he followed it all the way to the outskirts of the city.It was only after nightfall that I realized that I was afraid. I stumbled along the river and strayed into an old forest deep in the mountains.At night, I was cold and hungry. When I heard the howling of wolves, I stumbled in fright and hit the back of my head on the gravel. When I woke up, I lost my soul and forgot my name.It was also a coincidence that a wandering doctor passed by that night and rescued her, and because Zhai Yingshi didn't know anything about it, the doctor took her back to her hometown in the north.Zhai Yingshi followed her adoptive father, learning some medicine stone acupuncture and moxibustion.Last year, her adoptive father passed away, and she wanted to find her roots. In addition, these years, she often recalled the fragments of her childhood, so she followed the hazy memory to the south.Later, when he arrived in Huguang, he heard that Zhai Yu, the head of the Xuandao Sect, had lost a daughter, and the time of the disappearance roughly coincided, so he went to look for relatives.

On the day they met, the two parties looked at the charm of each other's facial features, and they burst into tears without saying anything.

It has been more than a month since Zhai Yingshi returned home, and when Zhai Yu talked about the scene of that day, his lips would still tremble with excitement.

Hua Yueying said: "Finding Shi'er is a great joy. Why didn't Clan Master Zhai bring his younger sister with him when he attended the banquet? I really want to see her."

Zhai Yu shook his head and smiled, "How dare her mother let her come out? Anyway, Xuandaomen and Zhuyue Pavilion are not far away. When the Master of Flower Pavilion is free, he can come and talk to her."

A disciple of Xuandao Sect loudly called the waiter and told him to serve wine and vegetables.Hua Yueying and Zhai Yu sat at the same table, talking and laughing happily, Ji Tanyin knew that Zhai Yu didn't want to see him, so he dragged Xie Wufeng to sit in the corner, and went upstairs to rest after hastily finishing his meal.

In the early morning of the next day, Ji Tanyin was meditating on the bed and practicing kung fu. He heard shouts and shouts from the backyard from time to time. When he looked around, he saw that it was the disciples of the Xuandaomen who were practicing the sword array.He looked at it for a while, remembering Zhai Yu's aggressive questioning last night, he felt restless and closed the window angrily.

"Ayin?" Xie Wufeng knocked on the door outside, "Are you awake?"

Ji Tanyin responded, and Xie Wufeng opened the door and came in.He stood in the middle of the room, looked Ji Tanyin up and down for a while, and saw that Ji Tanyin was uncomfortable, and then said: "I just went to the bank to exchange a few taels of silver, let's go, I will take you to buy some new clothes."

Ji Tanyin glanced at her coarse clothes, and said, "My clothes are still wearable."

Xie Wufeng grabbed his sleeve and dragged him out of the door involuntarily: "The style was a few years ago, and you are still very surprised."

The two made a fuss and bumped into Hua Yueying head-on before they separated.

The drought in Henan was much more serious than that in Shandong. The tenants could not collect food or pay the land rent. Many fled their hometowns and squatted in front of the houses of rich families, just begging the masters to reward them with work so that they could make a living.Outside the inn where Ji Tanyin was resting, there were also dozens of sallow, emaciated, and ragged Hanako squatting outside. The two of them stepped out of the gate, and they were surrounded by water.

"Where is the master going?"

"Master, will you sit in a sedan chair?"

They spoke feebly, and all their feeble voices mingled in a strange low hum.Ji Tanyin frowned at the stench exhaled from their mouths, and grabbed Xie Wufeng's arm helplessly.He stood on tiptoe, trying to talk to Xie Wufeng, Xie Wufeng saw him, tilted his head slightly, and asked, "What?"

"I won't buy clothes anymore, you can give them the money."

Xie Wufeng gave him a steady look, neither saying yes nor no, then pointing to a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy in the crowd: "You, come here."

The kid was supposed to be an orphan, tall and thin, really skinny.Seeing Xie Wufeng point him, the others became more violent: "Master, this kid has no strength and no knowledge, what do you order, I will come! I can read!"

Xie Wufeng was annoyed, he pulled out Ji Tanyin's Yingxue sword hanging from his waist, and said lightly: "Do you want to die?"

The radius of ten feet was empty in an instant, and everyone stood shyly, not daring to go forward.Xie Wufeng put the Yingxue sword back into the scabbard, blinked quickly at Shang Ji Tanyin's surprised gaze, and said mischievously, "Does it seem like that?"

Xie Wufeng asked that mud monkey-like boy to take the two of them to the best clothing store in Shangqiu County.It was rare for Ji Tanyin to be stubborn, standing upright and refusing to leave: "I don't buy clothes."

"Ayin, you know your kindness, and I will reward him with more money later. But you are not the savior of the world, how can you take care of so many people?"

Ji Tanyin ignored him and lowered his head to untie the purse.Xie Wufeng knew that he didn't have a few taels of silver, so he quickly pressed his hand and said: "Okay, okay, you don't need to spend money." After that, he took out a silver coin and threw it to the boy.

The boy had never seen so much money since he was born, his eyes were wide open, and he kowtowed three times to the two of them without crying, and left with the silver in his hands.

"Satisfied," Xie Wufeng pinched Ji Tanyin's face helplessly: "Now can I go shopping for clothes?"

Ji Tanyin still refused to go, he was always counting for Xie Wufeng, from the first meeting to now, nearly a month, Xie Wufeng has spent hundreds of taels of silver, no amount of furniture can afford him to spend so much.The two are not real brothers, he doesn't like to use Xie Wufeng's.After Xie Wufeng heard this set of principles, he was so happy that he couldn't straighten his waist, and asked jokingly: "You are not my wife, why are you so diligent and thrifty in managing your family?"

Ji Tanyin's ears were bloodshot, and he choked out a sentence for a long time: "Fortunately, you don't have a wife!" Xie Wufeng left behind.

The two strolled slowly along the county street. Ji Tanyin lived in the mountains all year round, and had never seen many snacks. He could not turn his eyes away from candied haws, fried chestnuts, and snowflake cakes.Xie Wufeng followed behind him, no matter what to eat or play, as long as Ji Tanyin took a second look, he would buy it for him, and soon he was full of hugs.After Ji Tanyin found out, he complained bluffingly: "It's a waste to buy so much!"

Xie Wufeng said: "Buy it for Ah Yin, it won't be wasted."

There was a light of surprise in Ji Tanyin's eyes. Looking left and right, he took the lead in picking up a bunch of candied haws.When he was a child, every time Ji Heng went down the mountain, he would bring back a bunch of them. This taste was the sweetest taste in Ji Tanyin's childhood.

He was eating intently, one side of his cheeks was bulging, and the frequency was trembling very quickly, like a rabbit in a hurry.Xie Wufeng peeled chestnuts beside him, and fed Ji Tanyin one after another the round nuts, and soon found that his other cheek was also puffed up, and he was chewing vigorously, which was very interesting.

The two were having a good time, feeding one by one and eating the other, when a one-year-old girl on the side of the road suddenly came forward.The girl wears a white-washed narrow-sleeved gown, combed in three small buns, has a small face with a pointed chin, and there is a smear of soot on the chin, but her facial features are delicate, she is a beauty.With a basket on her arm, she stood in front of the two of them timidly, looking at Ji Tanyin with begging eyes.

Ji Tanyin gulped down what was in her mouth and asked, "Little sister, what's the matter?"

The little girl pursed her mouth tightly and said nothing, just handed the bamboo basket forward.

The basket contained white Ningbu autumn buns, bead headbands, emerald plum flower tinsel, lantern earrings, etc., all of which were rough in workmanship and old-fashioned in style, and they were all women's heads.Xie Wufeng said: "Little sister, we don't need these."

Two lines of crystal clear tears rolled out of the girl's eyes immediately, she stomped her feet anxiously, and looked back in some panic.

Ji Tanyin noticed the clue: "Can't you speak?"

The little girl raised her hand to wipe her tears, making her whole face dark, and nodded with sobs.Ji Tanyin's heart softened, and said: "Why don't I buy a hairpin and give it to the Flower Pavilion Master."

"Don't give it to her." Xie Wufeng quickly took out five coins and handed it to the little girl, chose a simple silver hairpin, and inserted it on Ji Tanyin's bun.

The little girl took the money, looked at Ji Tanyin with a slightly weird hesitant look, and refused to give way in a daze.

Ji Tanyin felt strange and asked, "Where are your family members?"

The girl naturally couldn't answer, but just looked at him stupidly.During the stalemate, a middle-aged man suddenly stepped forward, slapped the girl on the back of the head, and cursed: "You lose money, what are you delaying here for?"

Ji Tanyin frowned: "Why did you hit someone?"

"It's up to you to teach my girl a lesson—" The man glanced at Ji Tanyin impatiently, first startled, and then showed a frightened expression, the pockmarks on his face trembled non-stop, as if they were about to fly away from his face.

Ji Tanyin felt familiar when he heard his words, and when he looked carefully, he couldn't help saying "ah": "It's you!"

Coincidentally, this person was one of the robbers who robbed Xie Wufeng a month ago. He beat the crap out of him and vowed to be a good man. Unexpectedly, he met him again in Shangqiu.

"Young hero! Young hero! I really didn't mean to bump into you on purpose!" The pockmarked man raised his hand and hit the little girl, cursing, "I tell you that you don't know Taishan!"

Ji Tanyin frowned in disgust, and shouted, "Stop beating!"

The pockmarked face immediately stopped, and said with a smile all over his face: "Okay, okay, don't hit, don't hit."

Xie Wufeng asked: "Is this your daughter?"

Pockmarked face bowed deeply to him: "Master Hui, that's right."

"where's your wife?"

With a pockmarked face, two big dark hands held the girl's slender neck vainly, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth while speaking: "The whole family is gone, leaving only such a burden."

Xie Wufeng didn't say yes or no, he nodded and bowed to the two of them with a pockmarked face, "Master, young man, I won't stand in the way of you two, I'll go now, I'll go now."

Ji Tanyin and Xie Wufeng spoke at the same time, but they asked completely different questions.

"What do you do for a living now?"

"Can you marry such a beautiful wife?"

The pockmarked face was extremely nervous, and he first said to Ji Tanyin: "Hui Shaoxia, I begged all the way to Shangqiu, and now I do some part-time work to make ends meet." Then he handed over to Xie Wufeng: "Master Hui, I am not worthy of my wife, it is really luck, luck .”

After that, as if afraid of the two continuing to question him, he pinched the little girl's shoulder with his pockmarked face, and pushed her away quickly.

Xie Wufeng looked at the backs of one big and one small hurriedly leaving, and said thoughtfully: "That's not like his daughter."

"Huh?" Ji Tanyin bit a hawthorn, and said vaguely: "It's not his daughter, why do you take it with you? You can't support yourself, and you are doing it for others. I don't think he is so kind."

"It's not that kind, it looks like a kidnapper."

Ji Tanyin's eyes widened: "Really? How do you know!" After finishing speaking, he chased after Xie Wufeng without waiting for Xie Wufeng's answer.