I have been bound in a forbidden place for five hundred years. Why are you crying when I am a casual

At this moment, Gu Xiu was unaware of what was happening in the outside world.

When the leader of the Holy Feather Clan counterattacked before his death, he had to take out the eye of the azure dragon to light the soul lamp, and all his perception of the outside world disappeared.

even……

I have forgotten everything about myself.

At this moment, he returned to his childhood, but was not taken back to the sect by the old Sect Master Qingxuan as he had done before. On the contrary, he was taken away by an old beggar from the mortal world and became a skinny little beggar with disheveled hair and a skeleton in a place called Wuyou Town.

Life as a beggar is not easy.

He needs to learn where he is more likely to meet kind-hearted people, how to speak to gain their sympathy when he meets them, and even how to protect his food after successfully begging.

He didn't know what the world outside was like, and he didn't know how long he could live as a little beggar.

But he felt that he was very similar to the name of this town.

No worries!

Compared to those adults who were dressed in brocade clothes but had sad faces every day, he felt that he was actually living a pretty good life. As long as he could beg for two steamed buns, he could fill his stomach. Occasionally, if he could beg for two buns with meat filling, that would be enough to make him happy for the whole day.

He couldn't understand why those who had no worries about food and clothing still had so many worries and conflicts.

He just felt.

Having food to eat every day is something to be happy about.

This carefree life disappeared on a cold winter night when he was six years old.

Gu Xiu was lucky that day. A young lady dressed in brocade took pity on him and threw half a roast chicken to him. He might not come across such meat once in a month and a half. Although he was very greedy, he couldn't bear to eat it. He just stuffed it carefully in his clothes and ran back to the dilapidated temple where he had lived for six years.

Such good stuff.

He wanted to share it with the grandfather who picked him up.

But he waited and waited, but his grandfather never returned. When the sky had completely darkened and heavy snow began to fall, Gu Xiu could no longer wait and started going out to look for him.

But when he arrived at the city gate, he could only see several policemen in uniform pushing a cart towards the mass grave.

In the past, when he met these police officers, Gu Xiu didn't dare to get close to them, but this time was different.

Because it was on a cart pushed by a policeman.

The one lying there is an old beggar.

He is still alive.

But it was no different from being dead. His chest heaved up and down like a bellows, his eyes were wide open, staring straight at the sky. When Gu Xiu pounced on him, the old beggar's eyes became a little more lively, but his whole body was still dazed. Gu Xiu had seen such eyes before. It was the look of someone who was about to die.

He had offended a powerful official and received fifty lashes of the cane. His frail body was already beyond repair. The city officials, fearing his death would bring disgrace to Wuyou City, ordered him to be taken to a mass grave and buried.

Now that Gu Xiu, the one who could collect the bodies, had arrived, the officers had some free time. They lifted the old beggar off the cart and left in a hurry.

Gu Xiu cried.

He took out a roast chicken and kept handing it to the old beggar, hoping that after eating this precious roast chicken, the old beggar would be full of energy and vitality like he used to be when he beat him.

It’s a pity that the old beggar didn’t want it and just stared at him blankly.

For the next two days, Gu Xiu took care of the old beggar. He went to the pharmacy to ask the doctor for help, went to the restaurant to ask for a bowl of porridge for the old beggar, and went to the tailor shop to ask for some unwanted scraps to keep the old beggar warm. He did everything he could, some of which were successful, and some were unsuccessful.

But in that cold winter, the old beggar died.

Before dying, the old beggar stared at Gu Xiu and asked him:

"Do you know what true joy is?"

As a little beggar, Gu Xiu did not understand this question. He only replied that as long as the old beggar was alive and he could beg for food every day, he would be truly happy.

The old beggar did not answer whether what he said was right or wrong, but just smiled.

He eventually passed away.

It was freezing cold, and Gu Xiu dug for a whole day before he finally found a hole to bury the old beggar. But when he returned to the dilapidated temple, he found that the temple where he and the old beggar had lived before had been occupied by someone else. He was only a six-year-old child and was unable to fight for it back. He was even beaten and driven out.

He could only return to the old beggar's grave and cry silently all night.

The next day he entered the city again. His instinct for survival made him want to live, but the Worry-Free City on this day seemed to be filled with extra sorrow. He begged for a whole day, but no one gave him even half a steamed bun. He could only curl up in the corner, trying his best to resist the cold.

He couldn't go back to the dilapidated temple, and he didn't want to go back to the old beggar's grave.

Looking at the prosperous Wuyou City, for the first time, a thought related to life and death arose in his mind.

perhaps……

It wouldn't be bad if I died here.

That night, he fainted. In a half-asleep state, he seemed to dream that he had grown up and turned into the immortal described by storytellers. He could smash a big rock with one punch and fly to the sky in one step. However, although he had become the object of everyone's envy, he did not seem as happy as he had imagined.

He doesn't understand.

The fire of hunger spread like wildfire, burning his internal organs and overwhelming the slightest doubt.

He woke up hungry.

But soon he fell into a daze again due to hunger and cold.

One day, two days?

Time lost its scale under the torture of hunger.

He didn't know how long it had been, but he only knew that just as his consciousness was about to completely slip into the endless darkness, a voice mixed with sighs, like the sound of nature, reached his ears:

"Daniu, this child is so pitiful, why don't we take him back?"

In the next few days, he felt like he was dreaming. All his worries disappeared. He had endless steamed buns to eat, a stove to keep warm, and even a cotton jacket to wear.

Joy comes from the heart.

After enduring his hard times, he became a carpenter's apprentice in Wuyou City.

He no longer had to worry about how to please the nobles in exchange for food, and he no longer had to fear that the cold winter would freeze him to death. All he had to do every day was to continue learning his master's craft, and to be with wood shavings and sawdust every day. The sounds of sawing and hammering became everything to him.

The master said he was very talented.

He will definitely become a great carpenter in the future.

These words gave Gu Xiu a goal for the first time, and he began to work harder. The following days passed peacefully amidst the flying sawdust and curling shavings.

As the years passed, he grew taller and his craftsmanship became more sophisticated.

Until one morning, the master took out a broken mechanical bird and threw it to him. It was a very delicate little gadget, a toy of the young master. The master told him that this thing could only be repaired by the skilled craftsmen in the capital. He had got it for three months and still couldn't fix it, so he asked Gu Xiu to chop it up and use it as firewood.

Gu Xiu didn't do so.

On the contrary, when he saw the broken wings and torn body of the mechanical bird, he didn't know why he thought of the days when he was a little beggar.

He began to have his first goal in life.

He's going to fix it!

In the following days, he continued to work during the day and took time to repair the mechanical bird at night. He was like a possessed man, not feeling the pain or tiredness, and he forgot to eat and sleep. Even though his fingers were cut several times and his eyes were dry and uncomfortable, he always held the mechanical bird and tried to repair it.

Finally, ten days later, he succeeded.

Looking at the mechanical bird that was originally broken beyond repair, and was repaired in his hands and even able to fly high, Gu Xiu smiled.

He laughed as if he had gotten half a roast chicken while begging.

But there's something different.

It is not the ecstasy of a full stomach as a beggar, nor is it the solid satisfaction of completing a carpenter's work.

It's the kind of joy you get when you see the life that you gave "new life" with your own hands, breaking free from its constraints and flying freely, and when you see the joy you've always expected come true.

That night, he danced with joy.

The master was very happy to see the repaired mechanical bird. He immediately introduced him to the master's family and planned to send him to a larger city to learn more advanced skills. He also told him that he might become a powerful mechanical engineer.

This made Gu Xiu's expectations reach its peak.

but……

The next night, the master came back with the mechanical bird and handed it to him. After taking a sip of wine, he told Gu Xiu that his opportunity to learn skills had been replaced by someone else. Gu Xiu's joy was dashed, but he did not show it. Instead, he comforted his master and his mistress.

Just that night.

He silently buried the mechanical bird in the yard, just like he buried the old beggar in his childhood.

I don’t know if it was because he drank some alcohol, or if the mechanical bird really came to life.

That night, the mechanical bird asked Gu Xiu the same question as the old beggar:

"Do you know what true joy is?"

Gu Xiu didn't know how to answer, he just mumbled:

“Being able to do what you love, to pursue something, and to work hard to achieve it is true joy.”

The mechanical bird didn't respond, and Gu Xiu didn't care.

In the next few years, Gu Xiu became the best carpenter in the city. Even his master praised him for being better than his master. Later, he opened a shop for him. Although he missed the opportunity to become a mechanical engineer, he was still considered to have some success in Wuyou City.

If you have a successful career, your family business should naturally be considered as well.

His master and mistress tried to arrange a marriage for him, but he rejected both. Compared to dealing with people, he preferred dealing with various woods and tools.

At least that's what he thought at the time.

until.

On that rainy day, he was busy sorting wood in the yard and accidentally knocked down a girl.

Her name is Ruyue, and she is the new embroiderer in the cloth shop.

This was a very special woman. Her clothes always had a clean smell of laundry. Her eyes were very clear, as clean as a pure and flawless lake. She came to ask Gu Xiu to repair the loom. Gu Xiu didn't dare to meet her eyes, and hurriedly picked up his tools and went to the cloth shop.

Gu Xiu didn't dare to have any improper thoughts, but Ruyue seemed to have some kind of magic, constantly attracting Gu Xiu's attention.

And every time he looked up, Ruyue's gaze would always converge on him at the right moment.

When leaving the cloth shop, Gu Xiu looked back again. Ruyue was standing in front of the shop, staring at him. Her gaze seemed to turn into a stone and fall into the lake, completely shattering Gu Xiu's mood.

In the next six months, he and Ruyue met more and more frequently.

Sometimes Ruyue came, and sometimes he went to the cloth shop. After a few visits, the two began to become familiar with each other. They could chat together, talk about the interesting things in the past, and talk about the future that seemed to have an extremely bright future. Feelings had already been born in their hearts, and both of them had made their minds clear.

In the end, Gu Xiu shamelessly asked his master's wife to come out and went to the cloth shop with the betrothal gifts.

That night, Gu Xiu got drunk out of sheer joy.

The marriage was done.

The best carpenter and the best embroiderer in the city finally got married.

In the words of scholars, it is called lovers finally getting married.

In the next few days, Gu Xiu was busy arranging the wedding. He was extremely excited and his face was always full of joy, just like when he was begging for a roast chicken as a child, and exactly the same as when he repaired the mechanical bird.

the difference is.

The first time was the joy of surviving in a desperate situation.

The second is the joy of achievement.

And the third time, it is the joy of meeting the love of one’s life.

Can……

Just like the two times before, his joy never seemed to last long. But just one day before the wedding, a fire completely shattered this joy.

When Gu Xiu rushed over.

All I saw was flames rising into the sky, completely enveloping the entire cloth shop.

"Ruyue is still in there!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Xiu felt as if all his strength had been drained from his body, but he forced himself to cheer up and rushed in desperately. Even though everyone around him tried to hold him back, he finally managed to successfully break into the flames.

Regardless of the black smoke that kept drilling into his heart and lungs and causing him endless pain, and regardless of the raging fire that burned his hair and the corners of his clothes, Gu Xiu just kept rushing in.

He succeeded.

In the fire, he found Ruyue hiding in the corner and coughing constantly. When their eyes met, Gu Xiu picked up Ruyue without any hesitation and rushed out.

He buried the old beggar and the mechanical bird with his own hands.

This time.

He didn't want to bury Ruyue with his own hands again!

Can……

The Tao always seems to be ruthless.

When they were about to rush out of the cloth shop, a collapsed wooden beam hit them. Gu Xiu pushed the wooden beam away with all his might and rushed out of the fire with Ruyue.

But when I walked out, I didn't have time to feel grateful for surviving the disaster.

He discovered it with horror.

blood.

Dyed Ru Yue's dress red.