Xiao Han [Shooting Condor]

The sun was shining brightly and the breeze was blowing gently. Xie Yao drove his horse through Jiaxing and happened to come to the downstairs of Yanyu.Jiaxing Yanyu Building has beautiful scenery every summer and autumn, just like a landscape painting.

He got off his horse and was about to enter the building to have something to eat. As soon as he stepped through the door, suddenly a child rushed out, holding something in his arms, and ran with his head buried.Immediately the shopkeeper chased him out, shouting loudly: "Little bastard! Stop!" After finishing speaking, he picked up a brick on the ground and threw it at the child.

Seeing the brick fall, Xie Yao hurriedly knocked it down with his sleeves. He frowned and said, "Shopkeeper, why are you having trouble with a child?" Only roast goose!" When Xie Yao heard it, it wasn't a big deal, so he immediately asked for the money and helped him pay in advance.

The boy seemed to hear the movement here, rolled his eyes, swaggered to Xie Yao's side, snorted at the shopkeeper and said, "Bah, I know that dogs look down on people!"

The shopkeeper raised his hand to hit him, the boy bent over and hid under Xie Yao's arm.The shopkeeper was also considered generous, cursed a few words, then turned around and ignored him.

Xie Yao picked up the boy at this moment, seeing that he was young, and asked, "Why are you stealing from others?"

The boy blinked, and soon he was crying, and he planned to answer: "Uncle, I am very hungry, and my mother is also sick in bed. The rice tank at home is bottomed out, and I roll around hungry every day. I can only steal food from these rich people." Speaking of this, I looked at Xie Yao's expression, "I don't count it as stealing. If I have money in the future, I will return it to them."

Xie Yao didn't expect this child to be so transparent, nodded, and praised: "You are young, you can know what you owe and how to pay it back, it's very good."

"I'm not young, I'm almost 11 years old this year, my mother said I'm an older child!"

Xie Yao was startled when he heard this, at first he saw the boy was small and thin and his face was yellow, he thought he was only seven or eight years old, now he looked carefully, he was dressed in rags, he was obviously a child from a poor family, he couldn't help but feel sad Soft, squatting down and asking: "Are you hungry? Uncle will take you to eat."

The boy froze and said in a daze, "You didn't lie to me? Can I eat whatever I want?"

Xie Yao smiled: "Yeah." He carried it on his shoulders, "If you want to eat, just say it."

The boy was quite cautious at first, but after chatting with Xie Yao for a while, he was no longer timid.He sat on Xie Yao's shoulder and said with a smile: "Uncle, you are so kind, much better than those old thieves who tried to trick me into being a turtle!" When he said this, his nose wrinkled, "Don't you Will you also want to sell me?"

Xie Yao was supposed to be funny, but his heart sank. A child who knew this so early showed how difficult it was. He sighed, "Don't worry, I won't sell you."

He took the boy to eat all over the streets and alleys, and brought some food for his mother. The boy took Xie Yao to a ruined temple in the suburbs, carrying big and small bags of good things in his hand, as if it was New Year, and shouted loudly: "Mom, Mom, I've brought a visitor to the house!"

Only a weak female voice came from the ruined temple, coughing and saying: "...Come on, don't come!"

The boy was stunned for a moment, pulled up his skirt, covered his mouth and nose, turned his head and said to Xie Yao, "Uncle, the doctor said my mother's disease is contagious, you should pay attention." After he finished speaking, he buried his head in the ruined temple In the little room.

Xie Yao pulled the cobwebs from his head, stepped over several broken bowls that were placed on the ground to catch the rain, and saw a woman lying on some thatch, with a pale face, obviously suffering from serious illness for a long time.

The boy knelt in front of the woman, took out the food one by one and put them in front of his mother, saying: "Mom, look, the white chicken, sweet-scented osmanthus cake, candied haws, and the big roast goose from Yanyulou..."

The woman nodded with a smile, and said, "Later, have you met a nobleman?"

The boy hurriedly walked to Xie Yao's side, pointed at him and said, "This uncle invited me to eat."

The woman glanced at Xie Yao, and wanted to get up to greet him, but she was seriously ill, and before she could leave, she coughed violently again.Xie Yao hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and said: "Sister-in-law, you lie down quickly." While speaking, he put his hand on the woman's pulse, felt the pulse, and couldn't help being startled.

The woman lowered her eyes and sighed, "I know I'm suffering from tuberculosis. I'm afraid I won't live until next month..." She coughed twice again, "Dare to ask your lord Gao's surname? If there is a chance, I will definitely repay this The grace of rice."

Hearing her chivalrous words, Xie Yao suddenly fell in love with her, and said solemnly: "Sister-in-law, why bother to be so polite, it's just a matter of raising your hands. My surname is Xie, and my single name is Yao."

After a while, the woman looked startled, raised her head to look at him and opened her eyes wide: "You...you are Xie Yao?"

Xie Yao never expected her to react like this, and frowned slightly: "That's right, I'm next."

The woman's expression was like crying and smiling, her fingers tightly grasped the straw under her hands, and two lines of clear tears flowed from her eyes: "When will the injustice be repaid... You must know the sins he committed, so you have come to seek revenge from me... ..."

"Mom? What are you talking about! What revenge?" The boy reached out to grab his mother's arm, but was waved away by the woman, "Guer, get out!"

The boy was stunned for a moment, not daring not to follow, he glanced at Xie Yao, turned around and ran out of the ruined temple.

Seeing this situation, Xie Yao couldn't figure it out, so he just asked, "Do we know each other?"

"Forget it..." The woman coughed twice again and frowned tightly. Xie Yao saw that she was in extreme pain, so he couldn't help but put his hand on her vest, continuously sending out internal energy.

The woman regained her composure, looked at Xie Yao again, and suddenly sighed: "You...do you remember Yang Kang?"

Xie Yao's face darkened, how could he not remember?Back then, Peach Blossom Island helped Ouyang Feng kill his master, blamed himself for killing Ouyang Ke, and did many evil things to his sworn brother Guo Jing. Could it be... What does this woman in front of him have to do with him? relation?

The woman knew what he was thinking, with tears in her eyes, she said: "That's right, I... I am Mu Nianci, his real and nameless wife. You have seen the boy outside the door, Brother Guo took him The name is Yang Guo, and the character is changed to hope that he will not learn from his father and commit so many wrong things."

Xie Yao was stunned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Why are you telling me this? No matter what he did at the beginning, death is nothing. What's more, if a man does something or not, I will never have any grudges with him. Take revenge on your mother and son."

Mu Nianci looked up at him with tears in his eyes, nodded and said, "Hero Xie is a man of integrity, just now is my villain's heart." When she heard Yang Kang report Xie Yao's name at the beginning, she thought it was just fabricated by Yang Kang at will. Hearing Xie Yao's reputation, he knew that there really was such a person in the world, and he was filled with guilt and worry.Later, Yang Kang died tragically, and she was about to give birth. Because of Yang Kang, she went to Guo Jing and Huang Rong without a face.

After all, Mu Nianci possessed martial arts, so Yang Guo could live comfortably with her.But a few years ago Mu Nianci contracted a cold, a minor ailment turned into serious tuberculosis, gradually became bedridden, and life became increasingly difficult, so Yang came to take care of her instead.

Xie Yao listened to her coughing and speaking, and advised her to rest several times in the middle, but Mu Nianci shook his head and continued to narrate.I don't know if she was bored by herself for a long time, it was rare that someone other than Yang Guo came here, Mu Nianci was sometimes sad and sometimes happy, as if she had talked about her whole life.

Xie Yao could not help bowing his head in silence when he heard the hurt.

After Mu Nianci stopped talking, Xie Yao realized that she fell asleep because of exhaustion.He recruited Yang Guo, and together they went to the town to invite doctors to recuperate Mu Nianci's body. Yang Guo had hired doctors before, but later he couldn't afford the consultation fee and was often looked down upon by others. This time, with Xie Yao's support, he made faces at those doctors. .

But Mu Nianci drank the medicine several times, but his condition did not improve.

A few days later, Xie Yao was going to fetch medicine for her again, planning to relocate her mother and son to a better place.Mu Nianci was sleeping soundly, but when she heard the noise, she sat up, waved her hands and said, "Thank you, Daxia, thank you for taking care of me these days...cough cough..." She covered her mouth and coughed violently, spread her palms, and it was already a long time. Shocking blood on the beach.

"Are you okay? I'm going to ask the doctor to take a look."

"No need..." Mu Nianci wiped the blood on his lips, and suddenly looked at Xie Yao with burning eyes, "Thank God for having eyes...Xie Daxia, can I ask you something." She already knew Xie Yao at this moment He and Guo Jing are righteous brothers, and he has long been regarded as an acquaintance in his heart, so it is not reluctant to say this.

Hearing her solemn tone, Xie Yao stood up quickly and said, "If you have anything to do, just say it. I will do what I can." The two spent a few days together, and Xie Yao lamented that although Mu Nianci and Yang Kang were married, Qin Se, a female class but has a clear distinction between loyalty and righteousness, I admire him from the bottom of my heart; and Mu Nianci also respects him regardless of enmity, acts upright, and both admire him.

Mu Nianci called Yang Guo, stroked Yang Guo's hair affectionately, and said with melancholy, "Guoer, this hero Xie is a good man, if my mother is gone, you...you should listen to him more."

Both Yang Guo and Xie Yao were shocked.

Yang Guo said anxiously: "Mom, where are you going? Are you going to stay?"

Mu Nianci's heart felt sour, and she couldn't help crying: "Why doesn't Mom want you, but...but... Mom is dying." She is dying, how can she still take care of her children?

"Xie Daxia, Guo'er has no father since he was a child, and he is considered smart in his actions. If you despise him, you can take him to Peach Blossom Island and hand him over to Big Brother Guo."

Xie Yao glanced at Yang Guo, not knowing that Mu Nianci barely survived for a few days and was on the verge of running out of oil, so he could only sigh: "Since you have entrusted me to you, you will definitely live up to your entrustment."

Mu Nianci smiled slightly and nodded: "After I die, please bury me outside the Iron Spear Temple in Jiaxing, so that I am close to his father..."

"Mom! Don't talk nonsense, how could you die!" Yang Guo was anxious, and rushed to grab her thin and slender wrist.

Mu Nianci turned her head and looked at his face reluctantly, her crystal eyes seemed to see other people through him, thinking that although her life was bitter, she had tasted some sweetness after all.Thinking of this, Mu Nianci's brows and eyes widened, and he murmured with a smile: "A martial arts contest to recruit relatives, beautiful jade shoes, and the dream of my daughter's life, wake up and die, die and wake up again..."

Yang Guo also heard Mu Nianci sing this word in slang when he was a child, but he never knew what it meant, he called out urgently: "Mom? Mom!" Holding Mu Nianci's gradually cooling body, he burst into tears.

Xie Yao stood in a daze for a long time, then walked forward slowly, reached out his hand gently, and closed his eyes for her.

***

According to Mu Nianci's last words, the two buried him outside the Iron Spear Temple in Jiaxing.

Yang Guo threw himself on the grave and wept for a long time, but finally couldn't hold back his grief and passed out.

Xie Yao sighed, picked up Yang Guo's small body, looked back at the solitary grave under the tree, the fallen leaves were withered, it was really like this woman's life, her body was like duckweed, drenched by wind and rain.

He only said that he had tasted the ups and downs of the world, seen through the joys and sorrows, but today he also knew that there are people in the world who are more desolate than him, so thinking about it, he is nothing.