After I traveled through the book, I gained a humanoid pendant

Min Liu originally thought that he would have to ask along the way, but as soon as he went out, he ran into Qing Twelve who was looking for someone.

There was some overlap when they were taking each other's pulse before, so Min Liu asked directly.

"Excuse me……"

As soon as the words came out, Min Liu felt like he was punched in the heart.

——I don’t know my brother’s name.

——I don’t know his name.

Min Liu was like a dog that had been wandering for years. He finally met someone who was willing to stay for a few seconds to give him food, but suddenly he couldn't remember the other person's taste.

The stray dog ​​was lost again.

But Qing Twelve did not give him time to hesitate.

"You're just in time, Min Liu."

Min Liu raised his head and looked at the Taoist boy who was half a head taller than him.

"Is the real person still here?"

"Real person..."

The Taoist boy's voice sounded like the sound of bells, shaking my eardrums.

Min Liu's heart was tied up tightly with hemp rope. She originally thought it was the imperial physician who came to help from the temple, but she didn't expect...

Min Liu seemed to be stunned for only a second, and then replied sadly:

"The real person... has gone back."

Qing Twelve didn't pay attention to the other person's abnormality. He was just attracted by the overly outstanding face for a second or two, and then he lowered his head and walked past:

"I'll clean up the rice basket for the real person."

"this--"

Qing Twelve walked around the standing people and entered the room, only to find that the food was almost untouched, with only a few traces on one bowl or plate.

"But it's not to the real taste?"

The person at the door turned his head, holding the door frame with his hand, his expression a little hesitant:

"Probably not."

Qing Twelve said nothing more. He packed up his things and left the room.

After standing at the door in the cold wind for a long time, Min Liu finally sorted out his thoughts and walked along the corridor until he reached Ni Yangzhou's bedroom.

Taoist Chengwang has the highest martial power in the entire gym, so no one will guard his residence.

It was not until Min Liu knocked on the door that Ni Yangzhou realized that this child, who had just arrived, had actually found where he was.

Ni Yangzhou sat up straight and sighed to the people outside the door:

"come in."

Min Liu pursed his lower lip, then relaxed a little before pushing the door and entering the house.

The spring sunshine is cold and thin, not very bright, and gives people who come in a furry and plain look.

Ni Yangzhou stared at the scene before him, wondering what he was thinking.

"elder brother……"

Min Liuzhen was right in front of him, but his mouth seemed to be glued shut, and he could only stammer:

"I……"

Ni Yangzhou looked at the helplessness in the child's eyes, stood up, stayed there for a second or two, and then walked up to the other person.

He took the child's hand and led him to sit on the mat.

Tears welled up in Min Liu's eyes again.

Ni Yangzhou did not look up again.

"Brother, I..."

Min Liu bit his lower lip hard and said directly:

"I dressed up as a girl that day to protect myself."

He waited quietly for the other party's reaction, listening carefully to every sound.

Ni Yangzhou looked up and snorted softly from his nose, signaling the other party to continue.

Min Liu felt as if his blood had run cold from head to toe, but the arrow had already been shot and there was no turning back.

"…The beggar had no name or surname. He had been wandering around the area, stealing and robbing people. He had been beaten several times. People thought he was lazy and bad, so they kept calling him Rat."

"Rats not only steal things, but also always attack children on the street."

"My family members are very strict and would never touch him. Only people like me who run small businesses are always harassed by him."

"The flower girl on the street is gone, and the rat has been gone for days."

"The little girl selling thread across from the bun shop is gone, and Haozi has been missing for several days too."

Min Liu raised his face.

"My grandfather always asked me to put mud on my face to make moles, cover my face with linen, and cover my eyes with my hair. Although it affected my business a little, I could sell it cheaply and still survive."

"Later...it was a windy day, and when I was adjusting my headscarf in the alley, I heard the smell of alcohol coming from that rat, and his breathing very close to me."

"He must have been targeting me."

When he said this, Min Liu's voice trembled a little.

"I have no choice but to prepare myself first."

Ni Yangzhou lowered his eyes, but still gently put his hand on the child's sleeve to give him some comfort.

I thought to myself, after all, I am still a child, and I will always be afraid.

But what Ni Yangzhou didn't know was that Min Liu's fingertips had already left bloody marks on the palm of his hand where his clothes were covering it.

Min Liu was not afraid of the beggar who smelled of decay.

He was just afraid.

He brought out the thoughts that had been hidden in his heart for a long time, wrapped in layers of thick thorns.

Don't look away from me.

Don't see through me.

Don't be afraid of me.

Don't stay away from me.

Don't approach me and then push me away.

Min Liu sprinkled another layer of icing sugar on the thorns.

"I want to lure him over here, then run to the city gate and let the guards catch him in the act..."

Ni Yangzhou finally tapped the other person's thin wrist.

"Hu Lai! What if you can't outrun him?"

"There are so many people waiting to leave the city, and it's so noisy and chaotic. What if no one hears your cry for help?"

"Dangerous."

Ni Yangzhou was a little angry, but felt that he had no right to say that.

For a child, it was good enough to set up a trap and take the initiative, even if the plan didn't sound well thought out.

"What if I didn't make it in time that day?"

Ni Yangzhou pinched Min Liu's wrist, which was as thin as a bamboo pole, and her forearm was covered by clothes. Ni Yangzhou knew that there were layers of deep red blisters underneath.

"Thanks to my brother..."

Min Liu lowered his head.

If my brother hadn’t come that day.

If my brother hadn't come that day, the blade of the hatchet that I had spent so much time sharpening would have been able to cut the rat's trachea.

It wouldn't take a moment for the old beggar to die completely. He had heard people slaughtering pigs at the back door of the butcher's shop.

There are skills to cutting, you have to know where to stab so that blood won't spurt out, and where to cut so that the thing under the knife won't scream.

Min Liu practiced for a long time and thought he would be able to use it that day.

There is a newly dug dog hole in the courtyard opposite the city wall. It is not big, but big enough for one to squeeze through and put the candied haws in the package and take them away.

The straw target will be left under the firewood pile nearby. When the time comes, a few inconspicuous candies will be scattered along the road, and hungry wild dogs will find it along the way.

It was not uncommon for the old beggar to be eaten by wild dogs after he got drunk.

Min Liu chewed up the plan that he had thought about countless times that night and buried it deep in his heart.

Tears welled up in my eyes again.

"If I didn't have my brother, I would..."

"I didn't know he was so strong..."

Ni Yangzhou couldn't bear to listen any longer and was just angry that he didn't cut the old beggar into pieces on the spot.

"Later, my brother left me a purse."

"I went to get medicine for grandpa, but the doctor said it was too late and there was nothing that could be done to save him..."

"…Grandpa is still short of a coffin."

Min Liu hid his calloused fingers, leaving only a small edge exposed, and grasped the corner of Ni Yangzhou's clothes.

Ni Yangzhou sighed.

This is the whole process of the child walking up to you.

He was short of money to buy a coffin, so he pawned himself and sent himself to the palace to try the medicine.

Ni Yangzhou pulled his hand away and took the child's pulse again.

How could I not get sick when I was hungry, cold, frightened, and had my loved ones pass away?

Ni Yangzhou closed his eyes and sensed carefully, but suddenly discovered an unusual breath.

The speculation that I had never actually conceived in my mind came true.

It was a green vitality.