On the face of the old bustard, there was the kind of unflattering smile that made people want to beat her to death: "But she can also satisfy the hobbies of some special guests. Anyway, listen, I take you in generously, and you have to repay me well!"

She flicked the embroidered handkerchief to Mr. Gui: "Go, throw him back into the backyard. I won't give him food until today's work is done!"

The child struggled and was roughly dragged away by Mr. Gui.

The woman in the next room kept screaming, Yang Zhidao got what he wanted and left, and stayed in an inn not far from here that night.

At night, a fire suddenly broke out in the Goulan Courtyard. When the movement was heard, most of the whole building was submerged by the fire, and it tended to spread to the surrounding houses and streets.

Oddly enough, Yang Zhidao thought of that child. He vaguely remembered that when the old bustard gave a lesson, the child was held up by someone, and the hatred in his eyes was like a monstrous wave.

So, he didn't sleep anymore, and while everyone was busy fighting the fire, he came to the place that hadn't been burned yet.

When Yang Zhidao observed in the inn, he found a strange phenomenon. The fire was burning from east to west, as if someone lit a fire on the easternmost side. Put the fire, and so on, gradually put the whole building in a big fire.

The firefighters only focused on the place where the fire started, so they didn't realize that the fire was spreading rapidly to the west even though there was no wind tonight.

When Yang Zhidao found the child, the child was pouring the wine that he did not know where he got on the flammable objects, and then lit it with a torch after pouring.

After all this was done, the child turned around, suddenly startled, and quickly picked up the wooden stick on the ground, pointed at Yang Zhidao and asked, "Who are you?!"

Hearing that his nervous voice was trembling, Yang Zhidao smiled: "You are very courageous, do you know how many people will be killed if you do this?"

Pu Ze was silent for a moment, picked up the stick and waved it a few times: "I warn you, don't meddle in your own business!"

"Where's your mother?"

Pu Ze's eyes darkened, and he became more fierce: "It's none of your business!"

Yang Zhidao suddenly understood, according to what the old bustard said, the mother and son would not stay here for a day or two, Pu Ze would have done it long ago, why did he choose today?

What does this mean? It means that his mother is dead, and it is very likely that she was tortured to death by today's guest, so he is angry and wants revenge.

Yang Zhidao took pity on him, took off the money bag on his body, and threw it over: "You hurry up, let the people in the government find out, you can't escape death."

Pu Ze didn't pick it up, and let the purse drop to the ground: "You can save me for a while, but you can't save me forever! My mother is dead, so what's the point of me being alive?"

"Stupid boy, your mother didn't give birth to you so that you could die with her." Yang Zhidao turned around and left after he finished speaking. After walking a few steps, he realized that the child followed.

He smiled calmly, took the man back to the inn, then lit the lamp and wrote a letter: "Go find someone, give this letter to him, and he will take you in."

Pu Ze took it in a daze. He could only read a few words, but couldn't recognize what was written on the envelope. He asked uneasily, "Where did you send me to?"

Yang Zhidao felt more and more pitiful for him, thinking that this child must be afraid of going into the wolf's den just after leaving the tiger's mouth, so he was very vigilant: "You have had enough of being bullied by others, this letter is an opportunity to learn from a teacher, You can take the opportunity to learn martial arts."

Pu Ze's eyes lit up: "Martial arts? Then... from now on, won't people be able to beat me and scold me again?"

"Yes."

Pu Ze held the letter tightly, as if it was the only chance to live. His whole body was shaking with excitement. After thanking Yang Zhidao, he took the letter and left that night.

"A few years later, he came back to me and asked to join... I let him stay." Yang Zhidao said with emotion: "It's also because of his mother that no woman can touch him."

Gu Ye nodded clearly: "So that's the case, yes! In view of his miserable life experience, I will let him more in the future."

Gao Yulin smiled: "This child grew up in a difficult environment, and his mind is stronger than ordinary people."

Gu Ye suddenly remembered something: "Knowing his background, I can understand that his character will become what it is today. What about Ze Nian? I can't figure out how Ze Nian offended him."

In Hua Shangxue's words, Pu Ze and Zhao Zenian are close friends, and Pu Ze always seems to dislike Zhao Zenian, looking for opportunities to pick on each other.

Zhao Zenian didn't understand at first, but later he couldn't figure it out, so he simply didn't want to, so he didn't bother to talk to him.

Gu Ye turned her head and asked, "Zenian, did you mention something related to Goulan in front of him?"

Zhao Zenian thought about it seriously, and shook his head: "No, I don't have much contact with him. I remember the first time we met, he deliberately picked on me. I wondered if we had a grudge in our previous life."

Gao Yulin: "That's strange."

The three of them looked at Yang Zhidao together, and Yang Zhidao chuckled: "I won't tell you the reason, but you really can't figure it out!"

Gu Ye urged: "Boss Yang, since you know, you should tell me quickly!"

"Let's put it this way, I was the first to join, and then Yulin and Gu Ye joined one after another. The fourth is Pu Ze, and the fifth is Ze Nian."

Yang Zhidao turned his head to look at Zhao Zenian: "In Pu Ze's perception, whoever comes early will be in the front row. He thinks you took his place."

He suppressed a smile and said, "Shang Xue is the last one, but he still ranks ahead of him. Do you think he will be happy?"

Zhao Zenian was speechless, thinking about the anger he had received from Pu Ze in the past few years, he couldn't help rolling his eyes: "I don't know why!"

Gu Ye excitedly patted the table twice: "Pu Ze's thinking seems to be different from ours. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that this is basically arranged according to age! What does he think?"

Yang Zhidao took a peanut and ate it: "I also reminded him like this, but he has an extreme personality, you don't know that."

Gu Ye shook her head amusedly: "To put it bluntly, I'm still jealous."

Yang Zhidao nodded sympathetically: "That's right, although Ze Nian joined late, he met the pavilion master first. Pu Ze knew the reason, but he still couldn't let it go."

Zhao Zenian waved his hand: "That's all, I can't argue with a child?"

In previous winters there were many orders, and Jingxu Liuqi was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground and his head didn't touch the pillow. This year was very calm compared to previous years. It snowed heavily for seven days in a row. Clear the way.

In order to strengthen Guo Hanqing's physical fitness, Pu Ze asked him to shovel snow with a shovel. Guo Hanqing's temper improved, so he did it without saying a word.

Gao Yulin stays indoors to read books, practice calligraphy, and draw a few pictures. Hua Shangxue hides in the house on the grounds of hibernation and hardly sees each other for three days. , Yang Zhidao looked at the account book, his face was hard to relax.

Zhao Zenian spent most of his time drinking and chatting with Shi Feishi. By the way, he reported the latest situation in the cabinet. Shi Feishi smiled and said: "You have worked hard for Yang Zhidao. The end of the year is approaching, and he has more things to do than usual."

"Yes. Pavilion Master, the Spring Festival is coming soon, will you spend it alone this year?"

Mentioning this, the joy on Shi Feishi's face faded away: "Dongliu Residence is pretty good, I just like staying here alone!"

Zhao Zenian drank tea and remained silent.

Shi Feishi's mother died young, so he is very dependent on his only relative, which is his father, the old pavilion master.

Unexpectedly, when he was six years old, the old pavilion master met and fell in love with a woman. Regardless of Shi Feishi's objection and hunger strike, they resolutely married and gave birth to a boy.

Since then, Shi Feishi has become extremely silent, deliberately alienating his father, and even more indifferent to his dignified and beautiful stepmother and half brother, ignoring him.

After the old pavilion master passed on the position of pavilion master to Shi Feishi, he took the current pavilion master's wife and youngest son and moved to Linshui not far from Jingxu Pavilion to live in seclusion.

A few years have passed, Shi Feishi has not stepped into the waterfront environment, and the number of times he has spoken with the old pavilion master is very small, and he spends it alone during the holidays. Occasionally, the old pavilion master comes to accompany him, and his reaction is flat and cute Dispensable look.

"The pavilion master still can't forgive the old pavilion master?"

Shi Feishi sneered, pointing to his heart: "He has tied a knot with me, and I can't untie it, do you understand?"

Zhao Zenian was silent.

Shi Feishi asked back: "Zennian, let me ask you, if such a thing happened to you, would you be able to let it go easily?"

Thinking of the fire ten years ago, Zhao Zenian firmly shook his head: "I can't. I didn't kill them and then quickly, that's the only kindness I have left."

Shi Feishi heard the hatred in his voice, and asked curiously: "Zenian, speaking of it, I never knew why you were poisoned to the point of death. Who is your enemy, and are you still alive?"

"They are living a very good life." Zhao Zenian didn't intend to talk about the past, so he only answered with this sentence.

Shi Feishi also understood what he meant, so he stopped asking, and only asked, "Are you still going to Guanjiang Tower for Chinese New Year this year?"

"Yes."

Shi Feishi waved his hands seemingly indifferently: "Okay, then you can go."

Zhao Zenian knew that Shi Feishi wanted him to stay, but he had other things to do, so he could only say sorry to him in his heart.

After leaving Dongliu Residence, Zhao Zenian went back to his house and changed into a robe. When he came out, he met Pu Ze and Guo Hanqing exchanging swords in the garden.

Seeing him, Pu Ze snorted coldly and said, "Yo, where are you going?"

Zhao Zenian walked out without saying a word.

But Pu Ze stretched out his arms to stop him, and said, "It's almost the Chinese New Year, what kind of accident did you go out for?"

"Get out of the way." Ever since he learned about this kid's life experience, Zhao Zenian always treated him with pity from the heart, but it didn't show it on the surface, just like in the past.

"If you don't tell me, I won't let you go." Pu Ze pointed with his sword, "Or you can fight with me!"

"Liu Shao, you are not a child anymore, can you stop being so naive?"

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