Villain, do you remember that I am a stand-in?

There were a few horses neighing outside, the car stabilized, and Ji Xiaoguang opened the curtain to look out, and he had already arrived at the place.

Shen Lianting got out of the car first, and stretched out his hand to help him down.

Looking at this slender hand with well-defined joints, Ji Xiaoguang was still angry, and his heart was overwhelmed. Regardless of how tall the carriage was, he threw himself into Shen Lianting's arms.

Lin Can came over and lowered his head deeply when he saw this scene.

Although Shen Lianting was caught off guard, he caught him firmly, and then put the boy in his arms on the ground.

As if he didn't see Ji Xiaoguang's resentful eyes, Shen Lianting straightened his sleeves, looked at the shop not far away and said, "Let's go."

The forging crafts in the southern part of the city are concentrated, and most of the swords are made. Although it is not as famous as Longquanfang in the Xiaoyun School, the swords used by ordinary guards and generals in the imperial city basically come from here.

Ji Xiaoguang had thought about it a long time ago. Since he can't succeed in martial arts, mastering a skill is more important than anything else.

He can forge swords and forge all kinds of weapons.

And one more thing, when he opened his palm, several long incisions had scabbed over, and they would heal well soon.

If he had no other choice, the red toxin parasitic in his body would be his last trump card to save his life.

But... Ji Xiaoguang formed a fist with one hand, hanging on his sides. He looked at the man who was talking with the master blacksmith not far away, and he stood upright.

With Shen Lianting around, he would never use this.

After they got permission, they walked around the largest blacksmith shop in the south of the city. The huge stove in the house was burning vigorously, and the flames in the hearth were rushing back and forth.

The old blacksmith is from the frontier, with a cloth around his head and a red beard. He has higher qualifications and has stayed in the blacksmith shop the longest, so he didn't have to do much work, so he came to be Ji Xiaoguang's guide.

"Little son, has the old man met you somewhere?" The old blacksmith forged iron all the year round, and he was also a tall man at a young age. He followed his beard and looked at him carefully.

"Master probably remembered wrongly. I have never been to Xuanle City before." Ji Xiaoguang thought that if you remembered wrongly, you must have seen hell.

Ji Xiaoguangsheng is fair and handsome, but he has a lot of research on forging techniques. The old blacksmith has a good impression of him after contacting him. He muttered that he has a bad memory when he is old, so he didn't ask any more questions.

The body roasted by the stove was scorching hot, and Ji Xiaoguang's head began to faint after a while, and his palms were soaked in hot sweat. He said to Shen Lianting beside him, "It's hot."

He wanted to pull Shen Lianting's hand to cool down, but after Shen Lianting handed him a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, he put his hand into his cuff and said, "Then let's go out."

Ji Xiaoguang stared at him, as if he had swallowed a whole piece of white flour steamed bun, and it was stuck in his throat. When he was in Longquanfang, he took the initiative to relieve his fever, why is it like this now?

Shen Lianting is not cute at all!

He turned his head and snorted, bypassing Shen Lianting and ran out.

Seeing him like this, Shen Lianting moved his lips and tried to stop him, but his heart was moved and he finally gave up.

The back door of the blacksmith shop is facing the Tongcheng Canal, and the stone bridge made of white marble spans the water, which is very spectacular.

Ji Xiaoguang sat down on the stone steps at the door without drinking herbal tea or handkerchief, staring at the boats passing by on the canal.

Shen Lianting stood aside and looked at him for a long while, with the breeze blowing over his sharp-edged side face, his expression was thoughtful.

"When I was taken into the palace, I was over sixteen."

Shen Lianting suddenly said: "Actually, my mother asked me to recognize my father when I was ten years old, but I insisted on refusing it for the sake of my mother, and that's why it dragged on until this age."

Ji Xiaoguang was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and looked up at him standing in front of the pillar of the house, looking at him with his hands up and down.

He never thought that Shen Lianting would tell him these things. Although he knew about Shen Lianting's life experience through the original novel, when he learned about Shen Lianting's life experience from his own mouth, he felt a different kind of desolation.

He said dumbly: "Then why, Auntie didn't go there together?"

If the prince is lost among the people, he will definitely be with his biological mother when he is recognized. If his mother is old and frail, and it is not enough to arrange a house, it will be much better than living in a slum.

And Shen Lianting was born so good-looking, his mother must be very beautiful.

If the mother and son had returned to the palace early, Shen Lianting's mother would not have been...

Hearing this, Shen Lianting smiled wryly, it was a helpless and unspeakable expression, he just shook his head and changed the topic.

"My mother didn't die well, and I was left alone. There were too many power struggles in the palace, and there were too many dirty things. I was just a wild child who was killed halfway. I didn't understand anything. In the midst of these plots and calculations, I have no way to fight back." force."

Looking at the wide and green water, he said quietly.

"At that time, I was too young. I thought it would be better to die and find my mother. When I stood on this bridge, I almost jumped off."

Ji Xiaoguang opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. He looked at the bridge deck with people coming and going with him, feeling mixed feelings in his heart.

It turned out that this bridge was the turning point of Shen Lianting's life.

As if looking for some kind of answer, Ji Xiaoguang asked inadvertently: "Then what happened afterwards?"

Later, Bai Yueguang Fang Yingqing rescued him, and said in a childish voice that big brother should not die, let's play together, so Shen Lianting will remember him for the rest of his life.

Ji Xiaoguang knew all these things, but he wanted to hear from Shen Lianting himself about what happened back then.

Shen Lianting was silent for a long time, the wind blew away the boats on the canal, all the way to the west, a few weeping willows moved with the wind, opening up a spacious and bright scene in front of him.

He said softly, "I don't remember."

Ji Xiaoguang lowered his eyes, as if he was whispering: "I don't remember the best..."

After that, the two didn't say much, Ji Xiaoguang was surprised that Shen Lianting opened his heart, and Shen Lianting didn't mind that Ji Xiaoguang knew this, after chatting tacitly, no one mentioned it.

The weather is hot, and there are continuous heat waves floating in the air. The coolest place is the canal, so the most people gather to enjoy the cool.

Lin Can volunteered to buy a few more iced drinks, and when he came back, Ji Xiaoguang asked him to sit down.

"It's okay, sit down." Knowing that he was afraid of Shen Lianting, Ji Xiaoguang got the man's permission before pulling him to sit down.

Ji Xiaoguang stuffed the bayberry smoothie into Lin Can's hand, and when he ate his share, he found that the taste was as good as the one he had when he was a child.

He lifted the porcelain bowl to look at the bottom of the bowl, and as expected, the four characters "Xinxin Smoothie" were written on it.

I can't help but think about how much Xu Ziying's property can make, how much money can he make, and how much money he can make from Shen Lianting every day?This face is probably wider than this canal.

Seeing Lin Can clumsily eating a smoothie, wrapped in long clothes and long sleeves, with hot sweat on his forehead, Ji Xiaoguang couldn't help but ask.

"Lin Can, if it's hot, roll up your sleeves."

Lin Can held the porcelain bowl and shook his head, forced a smile: "Master Ji, I'm fine, I'm not hot."

It was only then that Ji Xiaoguang remembered that the black scars on Lin Can's body could not be removed, and Lin Can was silent for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Master Ji, I know these scars on my body."

I just heard him say: "When the people in the tooth shop beat me with a whip, they humiliated me and said that I would carry some black marks for the rest of my life, and I would always be inferior to others."

After he finished speaking, he rolled up his cuffs, and the hideous black scars on his arms were particularly clear.

"But Mr. Ji, I don't think so. These things remind me all the time that I can't live like this. Even if I die, I don't want to live my whole life like a fool."

Ji Xiaoguang blinked, perhaps from this moment he knew the real Lin Can, his heart was moved, and he was about to say something when the old blacksmith with red beard suddenly appeared.

The old blacksmith even forgot to stroke his beard, and clapped his hands: "The old man said that he met the young master, ah, it's been almost ten years, and I didn't expect to meet again."

Seeing that the old blacksmith was so determined, Ji Xiaoguang looked at Shen Lianting and did not deny it: "Master, my memory may not be as good as yours, and I can't remember clearly."

The old blacksmith seldom met such a polite and rich man. He liked to hear these things when he was old, so he took a step and sat down and told them.

"Young master, you were still young at that time, maybe less than ten years old, but your appearance hasn't changed much. Your master and servant have grown up."

Ji Xiaoguang couldn't help asking: "Master and servant?"

The old blacksmith didn't pay attention to his questioning tone, he took out the dry smoke and rubbed it against the flint: "That's right, it's this little brother, if I didn't see these scars on his body, I wouldn't be sure."

Seeing the old blacksmith lighting himself with a cigarette butt, Lin Can did not dare to talk nonsense. Except for the old blacksmith, the three of them knew that they were not talking about them.

"Back then, the old man didn't know which family you belonged to, young master, and you were well dressed. I could only see you taking this little brother to inquire about something nearby. The old man wondered if the young master was lost with his family, so he wanted to ask. But it ran away before it got close to you."

Ji Xiaoguang is now very sure that the person the old blacksmith said was Fang Yingqing who had taken refuge outside, and what he inquired about might be Gu's residence, because they wanted to hide there.

The old blacksmith looked at Fan Lincan, and said that he looked older than Ji Xiaoguang back then, so why did he go back as the years passed.

He also said that his appearance was different, and he was much more handsome than when he was a child.

But, who is that child following Fang Yingqing?What if, as the old blacksmith said, the child with scars was a servant bought from a slave area?

There is no mention of this person in the original novel, so it probably doesn't matter.

The smell of dry tobacco in the hands of the old blacksmith was pungent, Ji Xiaoguang wrinkled his nose, got up and stood against the wind, thinking that this smell was not at all the same as the smell of smoke in Shen Lianting's mouth.

He said slowly: "Master, I don't know something. I lost my memory more than half a year ago, and I don't remember many things, but I still want to thank you for telling me this."

Seeing that he didn't like the smell of cigarettes, the old blacksmith said some polite words, collected the tobacco and left.

Shen Lianting listened from the side, without saying much, Ji Xiaoguang knew that he had already thought of who the old blacksmith was talking about, Fang Yingqing who had a face similar to his.

After so many years, if it is true that Shen Lianting said that he no longer remembers the past, how could he forget this face every time he sees it?

This is also what he cares about the most. Could it be that it is because of this face that he is protected, and it is also because of this face that he is avoided?

With a heavy heart, he opened his hands and covered his face, which was covered with a shadow, which also concealed some strange emotions.

At this moment, he is like a greedy glutton, wanting everything from Shen Lianting, and wanting more.