Martial Cultivator

In the end, Chen Chao bought two candy figures. His one was shaped like a little tiger, and the one for the little girl was shaped like a rabbit. After receiving the candy figure handed over by Chen Chao, the little girl took two steps back and said solemnly. He bowed down and said, "Thank you, sir."

This style of painting made Chen Chao even more convinced that the little girl in front of him was really from a famous family, no matter how bad she was, she was from a scholarly family.

Then the two of them, one and one, ate the candy canes and started wandering around the city. An hour was too long and waiting was boring. They might as well walk around and take a look. The little girl didn't hold Chen Chao's hand, but she was very He was careful to only stay half a step away from Chen Chao, not daring to go too far. In such an unfamiliar place, it would be very troublesome if he got lost with Chen Chao.

The two of them unknowingly came to a long and crowded street. There were many vendors on both sides selling goods, and there were many pedestrians in the middle. Although Chen Chao looked thin, his body under the black shirt was as fine as steel. , where these ordinary people can bump into, but the little girl is not so lucky. Before, she was still following Chen Chao, but as the number of people increased, Chen Chao quickly disappeared. When the girl was a little panicked, a hand suddenly stretched out from the crowd and picked up the little girl's waist. Before the little girl could scream, she was outside the crowd. Next to her was the young man in black shirt with a knife. .

Chen Chao rubbed his cheek and said, "Let's change places."

The little girl nodded silently, but after following Chen Chao for a few steps, the conversation started. She asked in a low voice, "Are you very powerful?"

Chen Chao listened to such an interesting question for no reason, thought for a while and asked, "What do you think is powerful?"

The little girl shook her head and said, "You must be better than Fu Bo."

Chen Chao laughed dumbly. The old martial artist who was already old and frail was really nothing. But thinking that the little girl had never seen a more powerful person, he was relieved. However, Chen Chao did not answer this question. , just continued to move forward slowly, constantly looking at the surrounding scenery.

The little girl whispered, "My father is also very powerful."

Chen Chao became interested after hearing this, but before he could ask, the little girl said sadly, "But he doesn't want me."

Chen Chao was startled, and then he didn't know what to say. He had originally thought about some of the reasons why the mother and daughter went south, but he never thought about it. It turned out to be a story about a heartless man abandoning his wife and daughter?

Looking at the little girl's eyes that were gradually turning red, Chen Chao rubbed her little head and comforted her, "You still have a mother."

The little girl whispered, "It's just my mother."

Chen Chao sighed and hesitated, whether to ask the little girl about her family background carefully, but after thinking about it for a while, she gave up. Since some scars already existed, then

Revealing it over and over again actually seems a bit cruel.

After that, the little girl's mood became obviously very low, and Chen Chao did not walk around anymore. The two of them quickly returned to the city gate. At this moment, there was still about a quarter of an hour before the one-hour appointment.

The two of them stood in front of the city gate and watched people coming and going.

Soon, a quarter of an hour had passed, but Chen Chao didn't see the woman or the old man, and he couldn't help but frown slightly.

The little girl also began to look around. To her, she only had her mother as a relative now. If she could not see her mother again, it would probably be the same as after the sky fell.

Fortunately, half an hour later, the little girl's mother and the old man arrived belatedly.

Arriving in front of Chen Chao, the woman was full of apologies, "It took some time, sir, don't blame me."

Chen Chao shook his head and said he didn't care.

The little girl threw herself into the woman's arms and began to quietly wipe her tears.

The woman patted the little girl's back gently and comforted her softly, "Mom is here, baby, don't cry."

Chen Chao was speechless.

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After that, the four of them walked together for a few days. The little girl and Chen Chao talked a lot more. The two became friends. However, the little girl grew up at home and never went out much. Now this is her first time traveling far away. , although she knew that this was the path she had to take, but compared to her mother, the little girl was actually not that sad. Besides, the child's face was famously like the one that changes in June. Change, so sadness is extremely short-lived, but the woman's face became increasingly ugly as she was about to leave the border of Changping Prefecture.

The real day of separation was on the river at the border of Changping Prefecture. Chen Chao wanted to cross the river and go to Huanglong Prefecture, while the mother and daughter wanted to go south along the river to Bailu Prefecture.

Standing on the bank of the river, the woman thanked Chen Chao, "Thank you very much for your guarding me over the past few days, sir. Can you please leave your name so that I can repay you if I have the opportunity in the future?"

Chen Chao shook his head, "It's just a chance meeting. We're just traveling together. I can't say I'm helping, so why bother saying thank you."

Although the woman did not agree with Chen Chao's statement, since Chen Chao did not want to leave his name, she did not force it and just thanked him again.

Chen Chao turned around to leave, but the little girl ran over again, came to Chen Chao, spread out her hands, and found a small but exquisitely embroidered sachet in her palm.

She raised her head and said, "Brother, this is for you."

Chen Chao reached out and picked up the sachet, looked at it carefully, and then said with a smile, "I don't have anything to give you in return."

The little girl shook her head and said with a smile, "You treated me to a candy man!"

Chen Chao smiled and said nothing. He just pulled out a piece of weed from the shore and turned it over in his hands. After a while, a green grasshopper appeared.

"For you."

Chen Chao rubbed her head, his eyes suddenly became a little reluctant.

The mother and daughter went all the way south, which was actually very dangerous. Maybe this would be the last time they saw her.

He looked at the woman and opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

But the woman quickly shook her head, "I have been harassing the young master for a long time, and if I ask him to change his course again, my conscience will not be at ease."

Chen Chao thought for a while and said, "I'm not in a hurry, even if it's a detour..."

Before she finished speaking, the woman shook her head again.

Chen Chao had no choice but to give up.

The woman came over and took the little girl in her arms, turned and left. The old servant also bowed deeply to Chen Chao.

Chen Chao looked at the backs of the three people and was silent for a long time. Finally, he just turned around and walked towards the ferry ahead.

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Although he could not say that there was any friendship between him and the little girl and her daughter in the end, Chen Chao rubbed his head and was always in a daze. In the early days, although he was working as a guard in Tianqing County and went into the mountains to kill monsters every now and then, in fact, Mostly for money, he actually didn’t have much feeling for the words “protecting the land and bringing peace to the people”. In the first half of his stumbled life, most of his life was about repaying kindness and taking revenge. For others, in fact, He may seem gentle, but he is still a little cold in his heart, but he doesn't know whether it is because he has experienced too much in Shendu, or because of something else, which makes him unsure whether what he did is right or wrong.

In a daze, Chen Chao came to the ferry, and a ferry was approaching from a distance.

There were not many people at the ferry. These days, most people would not choose to leave home if there was no reason to go out.

When the ferry docked, Chen Chao boarded the small ferry and gave him a few coins. Although the boat could still accommodate a few people, seeing that there were no other travelers at the ferry, the boatman began to push the boat. , to steer the ferry to the opposite side.

Chen Chao stood at the bow of the boat, his mind filled with the appearance of that little girl.

After walking together for a long time, he didn't even ask the little girl's name.

Taking out the sachet, Chen Chao looked at it a few times.

, then I noticed that at the bottom of the sachet, there was a small word "Thank you" embroidered with gold thread.

That little girl’s surname is also Xie?

Chen Chao was in a trance.

The captain was a talkative man. Seeing Chen Chao standing on the bow of the boat looking at the sachet in his hand, he took the initiative to ask, "Does the guest miss his sweetheart?"

Chen Chao came back to his senses and slowly shook his head.

The boatman didn't say what he said right, so he just smiled awkwardly, and quickly changed the subject and said, "From the accent of the young master, it seems that he is not a local?"

Chen Chao asked curiously, "Can you hear this?"

Chen Chao has been in the capital city for a long time. He has heard it said many times that when one goes to the countryside, do as the Romans do. In fact, the accent is very close to the Mandarin here in Changping Prefecture.

The boatman laughed and said, "Young Master must have been in the local area for a while. Under the influence, his natural accent is close to the local Mandarin. It's just not like that after all. There seems to be some Weizhou flavor in the Young Master's accent. I don't know if I am right." ”

Chen Chao did not answer immediately, but just mentioned where he was from. Even he didn't know what to say. After all, although he was born in Shendu, he grew up in Weizhou. Now, what place is his hometown? It’s hard to say.

"He's from Weizhou."

Chen Chao thought for a while and finally gave this answer.

The boatman said with emotion, "Speaking of Weizhou, a lot of people died in the flood two or three years ago. Was the master affected?"

The Weizhou flood that occurred in the 13th year of Tianjian was considered the most famous event in the Liang Dynasty in recent years.

Chen Chao said with a smile, "My home is on the bank of the Wei River. Even though the flood has washed it away, people are still alive."

The boatman glanced at Chen Chao with some sympathy, but then said with relief, "The greatest good thing is that a person is alive, and other things are not important."

Chen Chao nodded and said with a smile, "That's right."

The river was not too wide, so it took more than half an hour to reach the other side. The boatman stopped the boat, and then people began to slowly get off the boat. Chen Chao walked at the end, and the boatman sat on the boat, minding his own business, waiting for the next wave of business.

Chen Chao boarded the shore, put away the sachet, and slowly headed towards Huanglongzhou.

The Sword Qi Mountain is located in the hinterland of Huanglong Prefecture and belongs to Jiangzuo County, but it hardly bothers the people. The swordsmiths only think about one thing every day, and that is how to forge a peerless flying sword. .

And for this goal, the swordsmiths of Jianqi Mountain in the past dynasties have devoted almost their entire lives to swordmaking.

Only this time, if they knew that Chen Chao came to ask them to repair a broken sword, they didn't know what they would think.