The drizzle didn't stop all night.

It rained all night, and he even ran away all night without daring to stop. The man's sword was very fast, and he could only be an enemy if he had not yet suffered from the disease, but now he was suffering from sores and pain in his chest, which was worse than death.

, if we really meet him, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive a few blows, and he will be the one who falls. What's more, there will be more than one person on the other side?

He has been traveling around the world for many years, and has seen a lot of intrigues and murders. He is naturally suspicious in his heart, fearing that the people around him are either enemies or people who want to covet his "immortal rope", and they are all people who want to kill him. What's more,

He is a killer.

When did such a master of sharp knives appear in the capital? Is he an enemy?

Hidden in the arch of a stone bridge, his whole body was shaking with pain, his face was covered in cold sweat, and he looked as miserable as a beggar who had been begging for food for many years. His chest was full of juice, and there was a bandaged bloody mouth on his leg.

Miserable and pitiful.

It was almost impossible to hide here. The stream was getting deeper and deeper, and the water level was getting longer. It wouldn't take long before he would be flooded, and he would start hiding again.

The mist and rain dispersed, falling like raindrops, and a light mist seemed to rise on the stream. Roosters crowed in the distance, and dogs barked. The clouds were thick, and the rain today may not stop.

"Ding ding ding——"

Just as he was taking a breath and closing his eyes to concentrate, he suddenly heard a ring-like ringing sound from the canopy on the stream. It was like rolling pearls and jade rings, and it was like the collision and knocking of jade rings. The hearts of those who heard it trembled.

Lian Sheng was startled and glanced up, and saw a little fisherman girl sitting on the bow of a small boat by the stream, her feet hanging down into the stream, sliding her feet, and smiling as crisply as an oriole's cry.

, playing with nine rings in his hand.

Actually came back here.

Lian Sheng was somewhat silent.

After all, the human heart is made of flesh, not stone. No matter how cruel, poisonous or ruthless you are, if you peel it off, it will still have weak points, especially when you are the saddest and most helpless, as if you are in a world of ice and snow.

Although you have adapted to the cold and are not even afraid of it, as long as there is a trace of warmth and light, you will always approach it uncontrollably. This is an irresistible human desire.

A piece of cake.

He ate the piece of cake with peace of mind, without worrying about who had poisoned it. Although he was not very full, he felt surprisingly warm. A man who was torn between life and death had climbed mountains and walked across mountains.

In the trough, I have seen flowers and experienced turmoil, but in fact, when I look back at it in the end, what I really want is peace and tranquility.

Lei Bin is like this, Xiao Yu is like this, and even him is like this.

All I want is a place to stay.

Moreover, he is still an old man, childless and homeless. Isn't such an ordinary piece of locust cake the most insipid and comforting thing?

A chill hit him, and Lian Sheng came to his senses. The stream was overflowing, and he hurriedly got out of the bridge arch. He wanted to leave, but when he was in the wind and rain, he listened to the sound on the stream.

The girl laughed, and those cocks and dogs barked, but their feet seemed to be frozen, and suddenly there was a feeling of confusion and confusion.

What has he obtained in these sixty years? The immortal rope? Or the injuries and loneliness? In the end, he ended up in such a situation. The world is so vast that there seems to be no place to stay. It is really despairing.

.

"Why is it you again? Why don't you take shelter from such a heavy rain?"

Turning his head to look, the little girl by the stream seemed to have seen him, sitting on the boat, with her bright eyes open and her eyelids blinking.

"Do you regret exchanging cakes with me?"

She put the Nine Rings in her hand and pinched them in a delicate manner, and she saw that the Nine Rings looked like flowers.

"Look, I can do it, and it's actually not that difficult!"

The little girl seemed to be showing off.

In one night, Lian Sheng saw that this female doll could keep trying to change the Nine Links according to his solutions and changes yesterday.

His eyes changed and he asked:

"May I have your name?"

The little girl glanced at him warily: "What? Do you want to take the Nine Links back?"

He stopped talking, shook his head silently, and walked under the locust tree to seek shelter from the wind and rain.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the little girl couldn't bear his lively temper. She got off the boat and cautiously came over. She hesitated and said: "How about I give you a few more cakes, so you don't regret it?"

?”

The tone is grunty.

Like the nine-link ring in my hand that I love so much.

Sitting on the ground with the rope attached, seeing the little girl's anxious look, he was silent for a while and asked, "Can you figure it out?"

The little girl was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly and said crisply: "Okay, I saw you solving it yesterday, so I thought about it for a while. You see, I can still turn into a flower!"

As he said that, he sat under the tree, minding his own business and changing the nine-link chain.

Lian Sheng didn't say anything, just watched quietly, and saw the little girl solving it again and again, making several tricks in a row, all of which he had done yesterday, and then he asked: "Have you solved it before?"

"

"No, I just saw it in front of the Confucius Temple. How can I buy this with spare money!" The little girl lowered her head and played with herself. The jade rings collided with each other, which was crisp and sweet.

The two of them seemed to be upside down from yesterday, standing close together and looking at him just like the little girl looked at him yesterday.

"Look, I've become a different person again!"

Occasionally there would be exclamations of joy, and the little girl would happily shake her lantern-like jade ring, feeling extremely happy.

Even Sheng Sheng's stiff and dull face moved unexpectedly, as if he was also smiling.

he asked again.

"Do you like doing tricks?"

The little girl answered:

"Like it!"

Lian Sheng said: "Why?"

The little girl raised her head, somewhat confused.

"what why?"

"You have to have a reason to like something. You can't just like it for no reason!"

"Well, what does it mean to make people happy? Isn't it just about making people happy when you perform tricks?"

After hearing this answer, Lian Sheng's eyes trembled slightly for some reason and he sighed quietly.

However, when talking about this little girl, she was a little embarrassed and said shyly: "If it can make people happy, I can make more money and live a better life, that would be better, but those craftsmen always talk about passing on men."

If you don’t pass it on to women, I won’t be able to learn it!”

She is a little depressed.

Lian Sheng chuckled, but his face tightened.

"That's their fart. They are misleading people. Many tricks in the world have been lost because of these broken rules. The more they are spread, the less and less they are spread. They are tricking people with little tricks every day!"

"When I was studying, a lot of people said this, but in the end they were all said to me -" Lian Sheng suddenly stopped at this point.

The little girl opened her eyes and asked curiously: "What happened in the end?"

Lian Sheng shook his head.

"Stop talking!"

He suddenly put his hands under the cloak and touched it, and then took it out. There was already an object in his hand. It was a wooden tool, square and palm-sized, with vertical and horizontal textures on the surface.

"Do you know this?"

The little girl shook her head.

Lian Sheng said: "This is called a Luban lock, but it is a little different from the ordinary Luban lock. I made it myself. I usually exercise my finger flexibility. See if you can take it apart and put it back together!"

The little girl responded and took a closer look. She felt that the wooden lock seemed to be one piece and there was no way to start with it. It was like a square piece of wood that had been polished smooth.

He didn't even lift the rope, he just watched.

The little girl had no clue, but as she looked at her, her eyes flashed with slyness, and she rubbed each side with her fingertips. The Luban Suo looked the same on all sides, but the surface seemed to have some slight dents due to years of playing.

With just a slight press on a few slightly concave places, a long piece of wood was immediately pushed out of the wooden lock. The wooden lock that was originally tightly closed suddenly seemed to have no support and scattered on the ground.

Lian Sheng saw her careful plan. Not only was he not angry, but he smiled and said: "You are very smart, then try to put it back together!"

At this moment, a voice came from the tent boat on the bank of the stream:

"Yin Ling, it's time to get out of the boat!"

The little girl answered under the tree, and then picked up the wooden blocks of different lengths on the ground one by one.

"Old man, wait for me!"

She ran out of the locust tree and was submerged in the rain, but she quickly ran back with three pieces of cake in her hand. She raised her sleeves to block the rain, put the cake in Lian Sheng's hand, and then hurriedly

Turn back.

The stream was flowing, and the mist was hazy. After watching the Wu Peng boat rowing upstream and disappearing, Lian Sheng lowered his eyes, looked at the cake silently, and murmured for a while: "So magic makes people happy?"

He took a bite of the cake.

…

The boat went up the stream. Yin Ling sat in the canopy, holding the light rain in her hands, her petite body half exposed, dangling a pair of smooth little feet, smiling at the oarsman at the stern of the boat who was rowing the oars and said with a crooked smile:

"Sir, you are so smart. The old man was really surprised that I could solve the Nine Links, and even gave me a Luban Lock!"

"Do you think he will pass me the Immortal Cable?"

At the stern of the boat, a man wearing a hat and a hat raised his head, revealing a face that would never be forgotten by anyone who saw it. His bright eyes were smiling and his teeth were slightly exposed. He said softly: "Yes, what he wants to pass on to you now is not just the Immortal Cable."

, these are the things that trouble people!”

"The ending is decided!"

It was windy and rainy, and the stream stretched as far as the eye could see. The clear water was as clear as jade. The water mist stirred up between the ripples, reflecting the reflections of the towers on both sides of the bank. The solitary boat swayed and sank into the depths of the misty rain. The little girl's silver bell laughter gradually faded away and disappeared.
Chapter completed!