beg for chivalry

The moment he heard those words, Wang Xiaoyuan jumped up from the bed.

"No, it's impossible!" He widened his eyes and blushed with anxiety, "Master? Are you really talking about that Young Master Jin?"

As long as he can remember, Young Master Jin hasn't let him have a good day.He not only bosses him around, but also often ridicules him coldly.As long as he stays in Jin Mansion for one day, Wang Xiaoyuan will never stop thinking of running away.He often felt that he had had enough, and wished he could get out of this magic den as soon as possible.

"How is it impossible?" Zuo Sanniang lowered her eyes for some reason, with a look of sadness in her eyes.

"Because he's so bad... he always beats me and doesn't give me food... locks him in the woodshed..." Wang Xiaoyuan muttered, his voice gradually getting quieter.

San Niang said. "It's true that I love to beat you, it's true that I always lock you in the woodshed, and it's true that I'm bad."

"Exactly! How could he have the thought to save me?"

Wang Xiaoyuan raised his voice unconsciously.In his heart, Young Master Jin is no different from the worst devil in the world, a bad-hearted thug who is opposed to knights by storytellers.Now if he suddenly believed that this villain was his savior, it would be like a bolt from the blue.At this time San Niang said.

"...But every time I deliver food and medicine to you, it's his orders."

The young servant shook his head, his voice trembling. "How is this going?"

"Otherwise, do you think I'm interested in you?" Sanniang laughed back this time. "The young master is really bad, but not as bad as you think. He is very stupid, and he is very anxious after scolding you. He just wants me to bring you some food. He is a man. Don’t say it, but you can tell what’s on your mind when you look at it.”

She continued: "Two years ago when you went up the mountain to collect firewood, it happened to be snowing heavily. You must have lost your way. You stumbled and stumbled on the mountain and fell to the foot of the mountain. It was the young master who dragged you back."

The young servant opened his mouth, but suddenly found that he couldn't make a sound.He vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he recalled the scene of Jinwu standing at the door of the firewood house on a cold windy night. At that time, he had indeed received the padded jacket that had been thrown over.At that time, he only thought that the sun was coming out from the west, but after thinking about it now, he felt something different.

However, he still couldn't admit that Jinwu, who had always disliked each other, was the one who walked out of the snow field with him in his dream.

So he said. "…I do not believe."

"Why don't you believe me?"

"The man who saved me...his hands were cold."

Sanniang sighed, "In the world of ice and snow, the hands and feet are naturally frozen."

"He doesn't like to talk..."

"It's easy to speak and let the cold go deep into the heart. It's not that you don't like to talk, but you don't dare."

"He is as cold as ice," Wang Xiaoyuan hesitated. "...absolutely emotionless."

Zuo Sanniang's breathing stagnates.

After a moment of silence, she asked, "Then what do you think... the young master is like?"

This opened up Wang Xiaoyuan's chatterbox, if he wanted to criticize the Golden Crow, he would not be able to finish talking about it for three days and three nights, so he just opened his mouth. "He has a bad temper and always bullies people like a powder keg."

Sanniang smiled and nodded.

"...he cares about everything, if he defaces his treasure or spends a little more money, he will be caught and beaten."

"Also, he is always unkempt, and he doesn't look like a son of a wealthy family." He is also not approachable, Wang Xiaoyuan thought.

"And...uh..." He thought he could say a lot, but stopped.

The girl was still smiling, "What else?"

Wang Xiaoyuan was suddenly at a loss for words, what else?He thought about it, and although there was a lot of friction with Young Master Jin, it was only those points.Even if the other party doesn't like him, he also thinks that Jinwu is very bad and unreasonable.But now that I think about it, it seems like I was worrying too much.

Seeing that he had nothing to say, Sanniang added something.

"Also—he is very afraid of the cold."

The boy's eyelashes trembled, and his heart trembled for some reason.

"In a snowy day like this, the young master wouldn't even take a step out of the door. It's all because he's already terrified of the cold as he walked all the way down the cliff of Tianshan Mountain."

Where is Tianshan Cliff?Wang Xiaoyuan has heard a lot of storytelling, so he naturally understands - the extremely cold place in the northwest, where the Tianshan Gate is located, as for why this place name appears, Xiaoyuan can't figure it out at all with his brain.

Hearing Sanniang's words in his ears, he recalled in a daze the appearance of Jinwu coming to see him in the firewood room in the snow, and being forced to hide behind the door by the cold wind, and finally understood why she gave him a padded jacket even though she knew she was not afraid of the cold Li: Because Young Master Jin is afraid.

Zuo Sanniang smiled again, with unspeakable misery in her smile.

"Also, he always steals to the back kitchen to find something to eat when the weather is cold, because he is most afraid of being trapped in the snow, hungry and unable to be rescued."

When she said this, she suddenly thought of the fact that the Golden Crow had stolen honey just now, and she couldn't help feeling pity and love in her heart, and her voice became softer.

"Also, his lame leg was not born, but was damaged by freezing in the snow."

Suddenly, a white light seemed to bloom in the mind of the young servant—it was the scenery he had seen the most on the vast snowfield, where the sky and the earth connected, and there was no end in sight.After staring at it for a long time, his eyes hurt and he couldn't open them anymore.

Because he closed his eyes, he couldn't see the appearance of the people around him clearly.The man kept holding the rope tied to the plank, and moved forward step by step with difficulty.Maybe it was the rough knot that scratched his hand, so the man bit the end of the rope in his mouth and dragged him with all his strength.But after all, his articulation was worn out too much, so the man tied the rope loop around his leg, and walked one deep and one shallow.

The snow is deep in the Tianshan Mountains, and the winter wind is strong. How did that man lead him out of the snowy field?It can be said that birds and beasts can hardly protect themselves, let alone a living person!

Wang Xiaoyuan couldn't think of it, and didn't dare to think about it.

That's right, Young Master Jin did walk with a limp on weekdays, but everyone in the family rumored that it was a congenital foot disease, and he never saw it as a problem, he only thought that the young master was a little anxious when he was reincarnated and offended God.The children in the neighborhood also made fun of his bad leg and said nonsense like lame bastards. Wang Xiaoyuan was one of them, and made a fuss with him. I didn't know the reason until today.

But he was still stubborn, just shook his head and said, "I don't believe it."

"I'd rather not believe it." Sanniang said, "If it wasn't true, he wouldn't have fallen into this situation. The young master has never let me confide the truth to you, because he feels that what he said to you is all Waste of effort."

"You know I don't believe it, and you know it's a waste of time, so why tell me?"

Sanniang laughed back, "If it weren't for that, you would never know about this in your whole life, you don't know how you escaped from the dangerous place, and you don't know that you are..."

She suddenly felt that she had slipped her words and closed her mouth in a panic.But Xiao Yuan has already seen some clues. He saw Sanniang's eyes flicker, obviously tears, although he had doubts in his heart, he didn't dare to ask.

He was stunned for a while, and finally asked. "Am I really...'Wang Xiaoyuan'?"

As soon as these words came out of her mouth, the boulder that had been hanging over Zuo Sanniang's heart suddenly fell heavily, shaking her heart.As soon as she heard this, she knew that there were some things that she said would be of no benefit, and it would be best for him to realize it by himself.

She tidied up the medicine bowl in a distraught state, not daring to look at the young servant again, and walked out the door in a state of confusion.After stepping out of the door, Sanniang looked at the wind and snow blowing all over the sky, her eyes fell on the door inadvertently, and her expression suddenly became sad.

Before leaving, she said. "yes."

After Zuo Sanniang left, the boy sat in the room and thought for a long time.

He recalled young master Jin with disheveled hair and ferocious eyes, and those times when he was sent to run errands, do some chores like chopping wood and carrying water, no matter what he did, he was always scolded by the young master in the end.He also thought of the days and months he spent in the narrow and cold woodshed, which was so difficult that it made people want to go crazy.

Wang Xiaoyuan was dubious about what Sanniang said.It's ridiculous to say that he usually listens to some stories and never doubts the authenticity of those chivalrous characters, but he can't believe what happened to him.

("who I am?")

he thought again.

He had thought about it when he was on the snow field, but now his mind is still full of fog.

If he is "Wang Xiaoyuan", then why would he use a saber technique that even the son of the martial arts lord would be shocked by?Why do you have the dream of being trapped on the snowfield, what happened to being trapped under the cliff of Tianshan Mountain?

If he is not "Wang Xiaoyuan" - then who is he?

The boy stood up and walked to the door.

No one could give him an answer.

The wind and snow were blowing outside the door, and it seemed to be raining and snowing in his heart.

The young servant watched the scene outside from the crack of the door, the silver millet was everywhere, and the jade dust was scattered.While fearing the white light from the snow, he blinked his eyes, and at this moment, he caught something out of the corner of his eye.

He hurriedly opened the door, only to find that there was a wooden tray on the ground beside the door, with a cup on it.After bending over to take off the lid, I saw the cup filled with the pearl-colored water medicine of Qianjiang River, and a faint fragrance of honey came to my face.He tried dipping some of it with his fingertips and tasted it. It tasted sweet and warm, and it was indeed prepared with high-quality honey and medicinal materials, which was very beneficial to relieve eye diseases.

Who sent this?

He looked around, but there was no one around.

It should not be Sanniang, if she sent it, it should be brought together with the medicine bowl and silk towel from before.Aunt Mu is also unlikely, although she is nimble, she doesn't know anything about taking decoctions internally, and Sanniang usually handles these decoctions for diagnosis and treatment.The other servants in the mansion are busy repairing the courtyard, Wang Xiaoyuan has no close friendship with them, so there should be no need for them to send him medicine.

The young servant's eyes turned to the snow again, on which the traces of footprints were clearly discernible.

There is a string of foot prints of Sanniang just after she left the house, swaying in a mess, as if caused by inner turmoil.

Another row of footprints extended to the wooden tray in front of the house and disappeared, but they were very strange, one deep and one shallow, as if the person walking was crippled.

He stood silently for a long time, and his thoughts suddenly returned to the day when he was trapped on the snowfield a few years ago——

That day, the person who had been leading him suddenly stopped.

After this stop, it seemed that he would never get up and continue walking again.

He groped in a daze, and touched the unmelted snow beside him—they hadn’t walked out of the snowy field yet; he touched again, and slowly pulled down the black cloth strips over his eyes—this was the man who tied them, Prevent him from being hurt by Xue Guang.He was afraid that he would be blinded by opening his eyes suddenly, so he endured the pain and groped carefully.

With this touch, he touched the man's cold hand.

The hand was very rough, and it seemed that there were many hard scabs.It's no wonder that during the several days on the snow field, the man dragged the rope tied to the wooden board to take him away, and his hands were severely worn out.But the man never cried out in pain, or even uttered a word.

After a long time, the hand moved twice suddenly.He heard the sound of the man standing up from the snow, fluttering, and after a while the boards under him began to move again—the man led him to walk again.

He finally couldn't help it. "Leave me alone."

The man ignored him and continued to move forward stubbornly.

he said. "I'm afraid I will implicate you. If you are alone, there is still a chance of getting out of here."

The board continued to drag forward.

"I can't see, I can't walk, I don't remember anything, I don't even know my own name." His voice trembled, "Why do you want to save such a useless person? What's the benefit to you?"

He is not afraid of losing his life, but he is most afraid that others will lose their chance to save their lives because of him.

But even though he tried to persuade him repeatedly, the man who was dragging him was as deaf as a deaf man, and just kept moving in the snow.

After a long time, a voice came faintly. "...you have a name."

He was dejected, and took this as flat words of comfort. "Then what's my name?"

Everyone naturally has a name, but he not only wants to know his name, but also who he is, and what happened in the past that brought him to such a situation.

As he expected, the other party stopped talking, obviously not knowing how to respond.

"Don't lie to me, you and I are just passers-by. You don't even know my name or who I am, yet you still go to such lengths to save me." He smiled, "It's really stupid."

While trying to turn over and sit up, he said. "Just get here, and you don't have to lead me out again, just go by yourself."

The man stretched out a hand to hold him down, but still said nothing.

"Go back and come to rescue me when you know who I am," he said.

But his heart was sad, he was naturally happy to be rescued, but he didn't want to see the rescuer die because of him.It was some gag words, but he said them with incomparable dignity.

The silence didn't last long.After walking a few steps, the man said suddenly.

"...Wang Xiaoyuan."

Startled, he looked at the man with dim eyes, but he couldn't see clearly.

Although the wind was noisy, the man's flat voice from the snow was exceptionally clear.As if he wanted to remember him for a lifetime, the man said every single word.

"……from now on."

"Your name is Wang Xiaoyuan."