This year marks the 30th anniversary of Emperor Tang's accession to the throne, and the Central Plains is still peaceful.
There is a small village in the north of New Tang Dynasty called Panxian. Ye Changshan's ancestors have lived in this small village for generations.
Ye Changshan wanted to learn martial arts and study. After all, he had heard too many legends since he was a child - legends about heroes and strong men. Children always admire those chivalrous men who are sung as heroes. Dreaming is the right of children, and dreams in childhood are the purest and most direct. Ye Changshan also has dreams, and he has two dreams. One is to become the strongest warrior in this land-this is the dream of most children in the Central Plains; the other dream is that if he cannot become a warrior, then he will go to suppress the He went to the only private school here. If he could gain fame in the future, he could at least change the fate of several generations of hunters in his family.
The first dream was his own, and the second dream was told to him by Ye Changshan's parents.
He doesn't know exactly what he can do as an intern, but he just thinks it's quite interesting. At least he can protect his parents and friends from being bullied by bad people. Similarly, he doesn't quite understand what reading can do, but his parents always do his best, and he can't go wrong if he listens to them.
Ye Changshan was born into an Orion family. You can tell from the name given by his parents that his parents simply hoped that he would have enough food and clothing in the future. But Ye Changshan's childhood experience was not so good. It was all because of that 'terrible' legend - the legend about the 'Lone Star of Heavenly Evil'.
It is said that on the night when Ye Baobao was born, a bright star streaked across the night sky and flew into the seven-star array. The old hunters in the village are well-informed and they call this bright star 'Comet' - 'Comet entering the fight', which is a sign of great misfortune! Born into a child of great calamity, he is destined to be orphaned! Damn your loved ones!
In fact, this was originally an unexplained statement, but it was precisely because of what these old hunters said that Ye Changshan had been notoriously known as the "Lone Star" since he was born - it was rumored that the Lone Star was very evil and could extremely harm his loved ones. , his parents will be killed by him within a few years, and Lone Star will grow old alone all his life.
Is it ridiculous? Of course it's ridiculous, at least Ye Changshan's parents think it's ridiculous. But other villagers in the village don't think so. They feel that the lone star is the lone star and will not only kill their parents, but even their neighbors will be affected by it. Therefore, Ye Changshan's childhood cannot even be said to be 'not beautiful', but truly 'miserable'. The adults in the village despised him and always secretly cursed this 'evil star' who might bring misfortune to the village in the future; the children in the village ostracized him. Under the influence of the adults, these children always surrounded him in groups. They scolded him and called him a 'lone star' and a 'disaster star'.
Fortunately, Ye Changshan's parents did not believe this foolish rumor and always raised Ye Changshan as a normal child. When faced with confusion and bullying, his parents always silently took the gown home and put down their work to accompany him. It is precisely because of this that Ye Changshan's character is not withdrawn.
Apart from having no playmates, Xiaoye's childhood was quite peaceful. It is precisely because he is worried that Xiaoye will be bullied by children in the same village that his father often takes his son with him when hunting. Xiao Ye, who has followed his father in the mountains for hunting since he was a child, has always hit the mark with his crossbow at a young age. The birds sitting on the trees and the rabbits just coming out of the hole often become the dead souls of his crossbow.
As he grew older, Ye Changshan also learned to go into the mountains alone. However, despite his parents' warning, he never entered the mountains, but only moved around at the foot of the mountain or some hills.
Today, Ye Changshan walked up the mountain with his small crossbow as usual. If he was lucky, he might be able to hunt some foxes and rabbits.
Walking into the mountains, Ye Changshan lay down behind a stone, quietly waiting for the arrival of prey. Patience is the most important thing for a hunter. This is what his father taught him. He is also very suitable for being a hunter. Although he is not old, he is not impatient and can always wait for the prey to appear with peace of mind.
Half an hour passed...
An hour passed...
The prey still didn't appear, but Ye Changshan still waited patiently.
Suddenly, there was a sound in the grass, and Ye Changshan quickly pointed the crossbow at the place where the sound came from. After a while, a furry thing like a meatball emerged from the grass. Ye Changshan took a closer look and saw that it was a white, fluffy little puppy. The puppy was also tied with a thin rope, apparently tied by its owner.
Hunters love dogs and will not kill their good companions. Just when Ye Changshan was about to put away the crossbow and go see the puppy, a girl's voice with a milky sound suddenly came from the jungle.
"Huahua! Where are you? Huahua! Come back quickly, I'm going home. Daddy will scold us if it's too late!"
A little girl appeared in front of Ye Changshan. This little girl is really cute. She has two braids on her hair, her eyes are clear, her face is like jade, and her little red mouth is constantly panting. The little girl was holding one hand on the tree trunk and the other on her waist. It seemed that her top priority was to catch her breath. And it can be seen from her red face that she spent a lot of effort chasing the puppy.
"So you are here!"
The little girl said happily, and squatted down to hold the puppy. For some unknown reason, he named it "Huahua" even though it was a white puppy. Thinking of this, Ye Changshan couldn't help laughing.
With this smile, the little girl discovered Ye Changshan hiding under the stone, and was startled. Then she looked at the crossbow in his hand, suddenly became nervous, and held the puppy tightly in her arms. The puppy was a little suffocated in the hug, and it made a weak "whimpering" sound.
"Who are you!? What are you going to do to Huahua!?"
Faced with the sudden question, Ye Changshan was slightly startled, and then he explained honestly: "Little sister, don't be nervous, I am a hunter from the village at the foot of the mountain, and I am here to hunt these birds and rabbits."
"Really!"
The little girl was still suspicious, and her big, watery eyes were full of disbelief.
Ye Changshan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he could only continue to explain: "Really, we hunters don't kill dogs."
"Really?"
"Really, hunters rely on dogs to hunt down their prey. Dogs are the hunter's friends. How can we kill them?"
"Really?"
The thoughts of a seven or eight-year-old child are always simple. No matter what you say, she would rather choose to believe it. The little girl slowly let down her guard, and the puppy in her arms finally breathed and was put on the ground by the little girl.
"You must have gone a long way after chasing this dog, right? Where do you live? I'll take you back."
The little girl seemed to have just remembered that she was going home. She looked a little anxious and looked around at a loss.
"Ah! I have to go back quickly, my father and brother are still waiting for me!"
"Where do you live?"
"I don't know where we are. When we came here, we were just chasing Huahua. I don't remember anything else..."
"Then do you remember the name of your home, or the names of nearby places?"
"I don't remember, but I know there is a small tree and a small river at the door of where I live."
This answer made Ye Changshan dumbfounded again, but what could a child understand, so he had to continue to ask her
"Where did you run from?"
"This way!"
The little girl looked at the road she was looking at and pointed in one direction.
"I'm familiar with this area, how about I send you back?"
The little girl looked at this plain-looking guy with even dark skin suspiciously, not knowing what he had in mind.
Suddenly, the rope in his hand was pulled. He looked down and saw that the puppy named Huahua was licking Ye Changshan's feet affectionately.
The little girl can doubt someone intuitively without any reason. Similarly, she can also trust someone intuitively. Seeing her puppy being so affectionate to Ye Changshan, the little girl gradually let down her guard and nodded slightly.
Ye Changshan smiled, packed up his things, and led the girl and the puppy down the mountain.
After a while, Ye Changshan took the little girl back to his village.
Thinking that the little girl must be thirsty after running such a long way, Ye Changshan went home and got some water to quench her thirst. As expected, the little girl took the water bag and took a few gulps without thinking.
Seeing this, Ye Changshan wanted to tell her to slow down, but at this moment, an excited voice suddenly came from behind -
"Wow! Whose dog is so cute?"
When Ye Changshan heard the sound, he saw a thick little chubby man walking towards them with a group of children.
Seeing this group of people, Ye Changshan couldn't help but frown. It turns out that the leading child is Wang Liuer from the Wang family in the village. Because the Wang family worked for wealthy people in the town, they got to know some squire and landowners, who were considered "prominent" people in the simple and remote village of Ye Changshan. The Wang family only had such a precious son when they were in their forties. They were blessed with a son at an old age, so naturally they were extremely pampered. They always provided the little ancestor with delicious food and drinks. This Wang Liu'er was very fat and strong, and the Wang family often brought him toys from the town that were rare in the village. Soon, Wang Liu'er became the king of children in the village. He was sneaking around the village and doing all kinds of pranks, and the whole village had no idea what he could do about it.
Wang Liuer first looked at the cute dog, and then looked at the little girl next to Ye Changshan, who was exquisite and carved with pink and jade. After all, I am a child who grew up in a village. How could I have seen such a beautiful little girl? Although children do not have a male-female mentality, they ultimately want to possess the things they like, and they always want to show off their authority in front of people they think are good-looking.
"The bane of the Ye family! Is this dog yours? Give him to me."
Since he was used to hearing these scornful names for himself, Ye Changshan didn't care at all. Instead, he calmly explained: "This is not mine, but this lady's."
When Wang Liuer heard this, his expression changed greatly. No matter how overbearing he is, he still can't let go in front of girls. So he started to think about it and asked with "nice words"——
"This dog...is yours?"
The little girl nodded, but her eyes were full of hostility.
"Then give me the dog and I'll trade it with you for the toy!"
"No change!" the little girl said firmly.
"One is not enough? Then... those two!"
"No change"
"Not enough? Those three!" Wang Liu'er was a little anxious. He was so anxious not that he couldn't get the dog, but that he had lost face like this for the first time in front of many younger brothers.
"If you don't want to change it, you just won't change it. Huahua is a gift from my brother. Even if you bring gold, silver and jewelry, I won't change it." The little girl shook her head like a rattle and still refused to push her away.
Wang Liuer was furious after hearing this. Growing up, my parents pampered me, my sisters allowed me, and the children in the village followed me, as if I was the king of the village. How could I have ever been so arrogant that I didn't know how to speak for a moment?
"You...you...force this dog over here!"
After shouting, the other children behind him obeyed his words and rushed forward without thinking.
Seeing this, Ye Changshan stretched out his arms to protect the little girl behind him. He went hunting with his father in the mountains all year round, which naturally required hard work, and he had become very strong at a young age. There were children from the same village, some big and small. The little one came up and was pushed away by Ye Changshan, while the big one just grabbed his clothes. After all, they were only teenagers and didn't know what to do.
The kindness of children is the most primitive good in human nature, which does not need to be thought through. Similarly, the evil of children is also the most primitive evil in human nature, which does not require thought.
At this moment, Wang Liuer felt a feeling of embarrassment and anger that he had never experienced before. While these children were entangled with Ye Changshan, he walked straight to the little girl and kicked the little puppy so hard that it hurt her breasts. The dog whined - if you can't get something, destroy it.
When the little girl heard the puppy's screams and saw footprints on its white body, she felt an inexplicable heartache and sadness. She crouched down to protect her dog while suppressing her emotions. He sobbed constantly.
Ye Changshan became angry when he saw this. With a sudden force, he managed to break free of these children and punched Wang Si'er in the body.
Wang Liuer staggered and fell to the ground. He looked at Ye Changshan in disbelief. He was extremely shocked. He thought that this calamity star who was bullied by others dared to bully him in public? There is no question of whether there is royal law or heavenly justice!
I saw Wang Liuer gasping for air and shouting like crazy: "Hit him! Beat him! Hit him hard!"
After a while, Ye Changshan and the group of children were fighting together.
At first, Ye Changshan could compete with these small village bullies, but gradually he was outnumbered, and the fights turned into being beaten with his head in his hands.
"Don't hit anyone!"
At this time, a strong voice interrupted the fight. Looking up, a middle-aged man with black beard and brown eyes grabbed a child with one hand and pushed him away.
"Daddy!" When the little girl saw the man, she screamed in surprise and threw herself into the man's arms.
Wang Liuer also calmed down a lot at this time. It was impossible to hit him again. This man was carrying a child like a chicken. No matter how stupid he was, he could see the disparity in strength. Moreover, Wang Liuer is a person who has 'seen the world' after all. When he saw this man's extraordinary bearing, although his clothes were not luxurious, they were far beyond what villagers like them could afford, so he concluded that this man must be him. The 'big shot' in town as his parents said.
Wang Liuer couldn't take it out on the little girl, so he could only spit at Ye Changshan viciously, then waved his hand and said——
"Let's go, Ye Changshan, just wait for me!"
After that, the group of urchins dispersed quickly.
"Yier! Are you okay?"
"Dad, I'm fine. It's just that Huahua got kicked by that fat boy."
"It doesn't matter, just be fine."
While the father and daughter were talking, Ye Changshan got up from the ground. He patted the dirt on his body and wiped the dirty water from his mouth. He looked up at the man in front of him, and saw that he was more than eight feet tall, with wide-open eyes, giving people a sense of calmness and self-reliance. He looked dressed, but it didn't look like the clothes of the Central Plains.
Looking at Ye Changshan who was getting up, the man couldn't help but ask, "Who is this guy..."
"This brother protected me and Huahua just now. He is a good person! When I got lost in the mountains just now, he was the one who took me down." The little girl explained hurriedly.
Thinking of the scene where Ye Changshan was bullied by those naughty boys just now, the man couldn't help but frown. But he was not a villager here, so it was hard to say anything. He could only clasp his fists and say, "Brother, thank you very much for helping your beloved daughter. It's getting late today, so I'll come by tomorrow to say thank you!"
"Oh, it doesn't matter, Wang Liu'er is too bullying, this little thing is nothing."
The man was straightforward. He nodded and said directly: "Then take your leave!"
With that said, the man turned and left with the little girl. The little girl was a little reluctant to give up. After all, for a child, she had just experienced a "life and death disaster."
The little girl waved her little hand to Ye Changshan to say goodbye. Ye Changshan waved in response, and when the father and daughter disappeared completely, Ye Changshan turned around and walked back home.
