I bent the devil

Although they were in a state of distress, the guards of Huaicheng said that they had already calmed down after seeing even more strange people from the rivers and lakes.Besides, Gu Jiu just looks embarrassed because of rushing, and his clothes are also very poor, but at least he doesn't show his breasts or anything.They have seen a monk wearing only a short shirt and shaking cattail fans in the severe cold of the twelfth lunar month, and they have also seen a man wrapped in a cotton jacket in the summer, but his lips are white and his eyebrows are frosty.

Gu Jiu's behavior is just average.So after casting strange eyes at the beginning, they stopped paying attention to each doing their own things.

After entering the city, the weather was even later, although looking for Tsing Yi in this way will definitely get Tsing Yi's "maybe" sympathy points and mercy because of his distressed appearance at the moment.But Gu Baba developed a timid mentality of being close to home.

Besides... He lowered his head to look at himself, and after comparing the well-dressed and neatly dressed other people around him, he was even more embarrassed to see Tsing Yi like this.

This kind of rush is similar to "I am going to participate in the high school reunion and reunited with the former school bully at the same table, but I am quite miserable"... _(:3ゝ∠)_

... The slight sense of shame made it impossible for Gu Baba to allow himself to appear in front of Tsing Yi, who is now the city lord.

After making a decision, Gu took advantage of the early weather and found a cheap inn to stay in. He planned to take a good hot bath and sleep, and then think about what to do tomorrow.

How to do it?Of course, after working hard to earn a little money, he will appear in front of his Tsing Yi in a chic way~~~

It's like desperately trying to make yourself shine in all kinds of ways in order to attend the wedding of someone you care about, or a classmate reunion you care about.But I often forget that the other person who cares about me is the same. Compared with these things, I want to see the figure I like as soon as possible in front of me.

Gu Baba, who has gone to several places and still has no results, said that ancient jobs... are still not easy to find~~

Gu Jiu, who was squatting in the corner, looked at the people coming and going, and for a while, he felt a kind of embarrassment and sadness that a penny can't beat a hero lingering in his heart.That appearance was seen by the old man who was also squatting beside him. After looking at it suspiciously for a few times, he finally leaned forward and smiled. "Little brother looks very unfamiliar..."

When Gu Jiu turned his head, he saw a man grinning at him with a mouthful of yellow teeth.The forehead and the corners of the eyes are covered with traces of the years, as if lines have been drawn on the face with a carving knife, revealing the unsatisfactory and hardships of the past life.

"...Hello, big brother." Gu Jiu hesitated for a moment and chose to call him "big brother". After all, some people are only in their 30s, but they look 50 or [-] years old because of too much hard work. He is very worried that the person in front of him is also like this .

"Hi, call me Uncle Ding." Uncle Ding smiled. "If my son hadn't died, he would probably be as old as you. You won't suffer if you call him Uncle Ding."

"Uncle Ding." Gu Jiu called out kindly.

Uncle Ding let out an 'hey' and stared at Gu Jiu for a while, until he showed a puzzled look, then explained with a wrinkled smile, "Don't mind, little brother, I just look at your face and feel that Shanzhong is there. I've seen it before, but I don't think I know a young man like you." Uncle Ding smiled. "Perhaps this shows that we are destined."

Gu Jiu smiled, "It's strange, actually I also think that Uncle Ding, you have a kind face, maybe as you said, we are destined for each other."

The two smiled, and didn't ask each other where they came from. After all, those squatting here are just forced to make a living and want to work part-time to find a job.If the words are too deep, people will not like it and feel conflicted.

"Hey, little brother, why didn't you go to the escort gate or something like that?" Uncle Ding asked after hearing Gu Jiu say that he wanted to find a part-time job that paid quickly and didn't cost much.

"Ball guard?" Gu Mo hesitated. "Is this going to... be a dart?"

"Hey, it's your turn to be the bodyguard." Uncle Ding smiled, tired from squatting for a long time, so he simply sat on the ground.He is not like before now, he has old arms and legs, and he can't do a lot of physical work.The family was gone and he was left alone. If it wasn't for having something to eat and not starving to death, there was really nothing to look forward to.

Seeing Uncle Ding's appearance, Gu Jiu simply sat on the floor and listened carefully to what he said.

"In the Escort Bureau, the bodyguards are not your turn, and there are some bodyguards raised by the Escort Bureau itself." Uncle Ding said. "But the people in the escort agency have to eat, drink, and sleep, right? Someone needs to help run errands or something? Even if the escort of the escort agency suffers an injury that makes it difficult to move, when everyone in the escort agency is out walking, there must be someone take care of it?"

Every time Uncle Ding said something, Gu Jiu nodded his head accordingly.

"So you can try your luck at the Escort." Uncle Ding sighed with a smile, "If it wasn't for my old age, I can only do some work of cleaning dishes and washing dishes in the nursing home, I would also go.

Little brother, don't look at my current appearance. Back then, I was also a person who walked through darts and traveled north and south with caravans.It's a pity... Now that I'm getting older~ my legs and feet are bad. "He smiled wryly.

"Actually, I'm recommending you a job in the escort department. One is that it suits you, and the other is..." Uncle Ding sneered. "I can also have one less person who competes with me for a slightly easier job like washing the dishes and sweeping the floor, can't I?"

So frank, even when he smiled, his wrinkled face and yellow teeth became simple and cute. "Words from Uncle Ding." Gu Jiu stood up and patted the dirt on his body, and smiled at Uncle Ding who was still sitting where he was looking up at him.The expression on his face against the sun made Uncle Ding slightly startled.

"If it's what Uncle Ding said, I must come and buy you a drink when I find a job."

"Hey! That's a good relationship!" Uncle Ding patted his thigh with a smile, smacking his lips and said nostalgicly. "I . . . but haven't tasted wine in a long time. You must get this job, little brother, and then come back and have a drink or two with me—"

"Okay!" Gu Jiu nodded with a smile, "I have to get the chance to work as a part-time worker even if I put in this meal of wine."

Uncle Ding nodded, hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help asking. "Little brother... The main reason is that you really make me feel too kind... Excuse me for asking, have you ever been to Jiayang Town?"

"Jiayang?" Gu Jiu repeated, and replied after seeing Uncle Ding nodded, "No. I have only been to Qingyang County.... Do I really look like your old friend, Uncle Ding?" Gu Jiu was in a good mood, rarely curious ask.

"It can't be called an old friend." Uncle Ding thought for a while and said. "It's just a young man I met once. Although we only got along for a short period of time, but..." Uncle Ding didn't say anything later, as if recalling some melancholy past, he forced a smile at Gu Jiu, "I'm sorry ...Little brother, I asked you something strange."

Gu Jiu shook his head without paying attention, the world is full of wonders, and in his own time, he would often find out through the Internet that some people found strangers who looked like twins with him, there were such things.What's more, what Uncle Ding said was only kind.

He has always felt that there will be a mysterious fate between people.For example, when he saw Uncle Ding, he also had the idea of ​​being kind, but obviously the two of them had never met before.

After asking about the way to the escort agency, Gu Jiu and Uncle Ding said goodbye again, and left in the direction Uncle Ding said, leaving behind the old man who was still sitting cross-legged on the ground, still looking at Gu Jiu's back in a daze and muttering to himself. "...Speaking of which... Jiayang is not far from Qingyang."

The already cloudy eyes squinted slightly to look at the back of Gu Jiu who was fading away, like an old dog basking in the sun in the corner waiting for death to come.Dim old eyes couldn't see clearly from this distance that the silver bracelet protruding from Gu Jiu's wrist, which slightly reflected light under the sunlight, was exactly the same as the ones he had seen before.

Hewu Dart Bureau.

Gu Jiu looked around from a distance, although the door of the escort was wide open, and people were welcome to enter at any time, but there was only an old man sitting there with a bench at the door, squinting his eyes half-closed, shaking his head, humming a ditty, and gently patting his legs On his lap, he stopped from time to time to pick up the teapot that was placed on the open bench next to him, and just took two sips to his mouth.Then he continued to shake his head and beat the beat, and together with the khaki watchdog lying at his feet, he formed a pleasant scene.

But even so, Gu Jiu was still a little apprehensive, but after thinking about how he wanted to appear in front of Tsing Yi with a chic image... In the end, he gritted his teeth and stepped forward.

The earth dog who heard the footsteps only moved its ears slightly, but didn't even open its eyes, and still lay quietly beside the old man.On the contrary, the old concierge of Hewu Escort Bureau stopped singing after seeing Gu Jiu approaching, opened his eyes and looked at Gu Jiu through slightly drooping eyelids.

"Little brother, are you just...?"

"Hello, old man, I heard that the expensive bodyguard bureau is short of manpower recently. I wonder if there is a chance to work part-time." Gu Jiu smiled, his brows were clean and peaceful, and it was obvious that he hadn't had much contact with the dark child.Compared with the people in the Jianghu, he lacks that kind of "proudness", but compared with the young man who has never seen the world, he has two points more "experience".

Although the old man is only a concierge now, he was also the bodyguard of Hewu when he was young.He has no children, he regards Hewu as his home, he has taught two apprentices, and now he is also the bodyguard of Hewu, so he can be regarded as someone who will die.It's just that he has a restless personality, so he came here to be the concierge himself.

Coincidentally, the Escort Bureau received a big dart some time ago, and almost all the bodyguards and guards followed suit.He, the concierge, is really in charge of this huge escort agency now, "It's a coincidence that you came here." The old man smiled, "It seems that the old man from Huaicheng is the one who instructed you."

Gu Jiu smiled slightly, but didn't speak.

"Recently, a little helper in the kitchen has an urgent matter at home, so he went back. It is estimated that he will not be able to come back in a month or two. If you are looking for a part-time job, it is just right. When the little helper comes back, if you still want to stay, then Keep doing it. What the Escort needs most is manpower." Standing up, he said to Gu Jiu. "Come with me."

"Okay! Thank you, uncle."

"Hey, call me Uncle He."

"Good Uncle He."

"Dog, look outside, someone is barking." The old man led Gu Jiu inside, and said to the big yellow dog who was still lying at the door without looking.

Gu Jiu looked back, only to see the dog ears shaking again, and the back still lying there calmly.

After the two disappeared at the door, the dog's ears moved again. The difference from before was that this time he opened his eyes and looked towards the street, and slowly stood up and sat there.Although he didn't shake his head or waggle his tail, he didn't call out, but just sitting like that seemed to show respect to the visitor.

A half-old carriage, drawn by two horses, turned in from the corner of the street, and drove along the street quietly and calmly past the door of the Hewu Escort.

Everyone in Huaicheng knew this carriage, and even more knew who was sitting in the carriage.

——Song Qingyi, the lord of Huaicheng.