Liu Shen had just walked out for a few steps and suddenly stopped, looking at the unfamiliar road conditions and couldn't help scratching his scalp...
Where did I just come from?
He was not familiar with Xikou Town. He had just chased Yuan Xiao all the way here and didn't pay attention to which village in Xikou Town this was.
How to get to Wei Dafu's house?
Just when Liu Shen was about to find someone to ask for directions, he suddenly heard a voice calling him from behind: "Sir, stay!"
Turning around, he saw Yuan Xiaofei running over with a yellowed pamphlet in his hand. He couldn't help but asked curiously: "Why are you chasing me?"
"This...this..."
Yuan Xiaofei thrust the shabby ancient book into his hand and said shyly: "My sister said you are a good person and asked me to give this to you."
"Um?"
Liu Shen couldn't help but look weird when he saw the four characters "Crazy Demon Sword Technique" written crookedly on the shabby ancient book.
"Sword skills?"
Liu Shen's face straightened, and he opened the shabby ancient book in his hand and looked at it. When he found out that it was actually a sword skill practiced by a martial artist, his heart beat a little faster.
He closed the ancient book and looked around. After confirming that no one was around, he quickly dragged Yuan Xiaofei back to his thatched cottage and asked seriously: "Where did you get this?"
"This... wasn't stolen by me."
Seeing his serious look, Yuan Xiaofei hurriedly defended: "This is Hongmei's ancestral possession. Her parents used to be escorts. When they fled, her legs were broken and her clothes were left behind by relatives. This little girl The booklet was found among her clothes."
"..."
Liu Shen's expression softened upon hearing this, and then he asked, "Do you know what this is?"
"Know."
Yuan Xiaofei nodded and said: "Hongmei said that this booklet should be a swordsmanship passed down from their family's ancestors, but Hongmei and I are both illiterate, and we don't know what the swordsmanship is."
"Then do you know the value of this sword technique?"
"have no idea."
"..."
Liu Shen hesitated, not knowing whether to say something or not.
He has been hanging out at the wharf of the Chishui Gang for several years, and he knows how valuable the word "martial arts man" is.
If you want to practice, internal and external skills are necessary, and internal and external skills are very valuable. If you want to practice martial arts at the bottom, apart from the ones passed down by your ancestors, you can only join Jianghu gangs, martial arts schools and other forces. Hard to get in touch with.
Even if it is accessible, the large amount of money required is not affordable by ordinary people.
Liu Shen also wanted to practice martial arts, it was a dream, but after working at the dock for four years, he never said he would be recruited into the Chishui Gang, let alone practice martial arts.
Now this "Crazy Demon Sword Technique" looked like a secret manual of sword techniques belonging to external skills. How could he not be excited? How can you not be nervous?
But...it is someone else's ancestral possession after all.
The brother and sister didn't know its value and said they wanted to give it to themselves, but he knew it well. If he accepted it without saying a word, it would inevitably be suspected of violating his conscience.
Liu Shen hesitated for a while, but still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart, and said bluntly: "If I sell this sword technique to a destined person, maybe you two brothers and sisters will not have to worry about their livelihood for the rest of their lives, you know?"
"..."
Yuan Xiaofei looked a little dazed when he heard this. After coming back to his senses, he grinned and said, "This is Hongmei's ancestral possession. No matter how much it's worth, I won't sell it."
"No matter how much it's worth, I won't sell it."
Liu Shen murmured, but also thought it was funny, and asked: "Then you gave it to me like this?"
"It's okay to give it away."
Yuan Xiaofei scratched his head and said: "I stole your money. When you caught me, not only did you not beat me or send me to see the official, but you also bought things for us brothers and sisters to eat and taught me the principles of life. I feel... …It’s the right thing to give to someone like you.”
A simple and unpretentious sentence, but it flowed into Liu Shen's heart like a clear spring, which made him feel very comfortable!
"well said!"
Liu Shen smiled while stroking his hands, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Ask your sister to clean up. After I finish the work, you two brothers and sisters will follow me to the county seat."
"Going to the county seat with you?"
Yuan Xiaofei was slightly startled when he heard this, and asked: "Why are you taking us to the county seat?"
"Of course it's a good thing."
Liu Shen smiled and said seriously: "Although I, Liu Shen, am not a good person, I am not a bad person either. You brothers and sisters can give me the ancestral items, how can I vaguely take advantage of you?"
His voice paused, and he raised his brows and said, "I will take you into the city this time. Firstly, I will find you a job to make a living. Secondly, I will go to a medical center to cure your sister's leg disease!"
"Find me a job to make a living and cure my sister's...leg...disease..."
Yuan Xiaofei looked a little dazed when he heard this. After coming back to his senses, he knelt down with a 'pop' and buried his head on the ground with tears streaming down his face.
"Thank you, my benefactor!"
"What kind of kindness is not ungrateful..."
Liu Shen pulled him up and said, "In the end, I got the big advantage."
"No!!"
Yuan Xiaofei wiped the tears on his face and said: "Hongmei's leg disease is a thorn in my heart. If Hongmei's leg disease can be cured, my benefactor will be the reborn parents of our brother and sister!"
"Don't talk nonsense..."
Liu Shen glared at him and said, "My name is Liu Shen, and I'm only a few years older than you. Just call me Brother Shen, but don't call me your benefactor or my second-born parent."
Yuan Xiaofei nodded and called out rather shyly: "Brother Shen!"
"Okay, okay."
Liu Shen waved his hand to indicate that he didn't have to be so cautious. Then he seemed to have thought of something and asked, "By the way, do you know where Weijiazhuang in Xikou Town is?"
"Weijiazhuang?"
Yuan Xiaofei was slightly stunned when he heard this, and responded: "Weijiazhuang is not far from here, only two or three miles away."
Liu Shen nodded and said, "Then you take me there."
"Okay! I'll go talk to Hongmei."
Yuan Xiaofei ran into the house to share the joy with his sister Yu Hong, and told her to pack her things and prepare to follow Brother Shen to the county seat, and then happily ran out to lead the way.
"Brother Shen, go this way..."
Liu Shen also felt a little funny when he saw Yuan Xiao leading the way with his eyes full of joy, no longer as sinister and unruly as when he was pinned to the ground.
After all, he is only a half-grown boy.
He wrapped the "Crazy Demon Knife Technique" with a piece of cloth and put it in his arms. For a moment, he didn't know whether his kind act saved a brother and sister, or whether it fulfilled himself.
Or, a bit of both?
Yuan Xiaofei asked curiously: "Brother Shen, what do you want to do when you go to Weijiazhuang?"
"It's something."
Liu Shen nodded and explained: "There was a worker named Wei Dafu at the dock who was exhausted while working. Before he died, he asked me to send his money bag home."
"..."
Yuan Xiaofei seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Is it the money bag I stole?"
"Um."
Seeing his expression full of shame, Liu Shen comforted him and said, "I said, it's not scary to go astray. I'm just afraid that if you reach a point of no return, that person is really doomed."
"I know."
Yuan Xiaofei grinned and said: "After Brother Shen finds me a job to make a living, I will only keep the money that can support Hongmei. I will find a way to pay back the rest."
"A child can be taught..."
"Brother Shen taught me well."
The two chatted all the way and arrived at Weijiazhuang.
After finding out where Wei Dafu's home was, Liu Shen and Yuan Xiaofei rushed over and knocked on the door.
When they saw that the person who opened the door was not Wei Dafu's mother-in-law, but a rough man with a broad waist and a sinewy face, both of them were stunned.
The rough man with a sinister face glanced at the two people outside the door, and asked with an unkind expression: "Who are you here to find?"
"..."
Liu Shen looked around and confirmed that he had found the right place before asking, "Is this Wei Dafu's home?"
"Wei Dafu?"
The rough man reacted when he heard the name, nodded and said, "Yes, but Wei Dafu is not at home now."
Of course Liu Shen knew that Wei Dafu was not at home now. When he heard the faint sounds of children crying and women coaxing him to sleep, he asked, "Is Wei Dafu's wife at home?"
"none of your business?"
The rough man glared at him with an unkind expression when he heard this, and scolded: "If you have something to do, say it quickly, and if you have nothing to do, leave immediately. Don't bother me here."
"..."
Liu Shen was silent, thinking that Wei Dafu had been away for a year, but his mother-in-law gave birth to a son for him. It was not difficult to guess the identity of the person in front of him...
If Wei Dafu knew that the son he was talking about even before his death was someone else's son, I wonder if he would be so angry that he would crawl out to settle the score with this person...
