After hearing his voice, a group of soldiers stopped staying and hurried in. Soon a bonfire was lit in the ruined temple and food was grilled...
Mu Zixiao thought for a while, picked up a roast chicken, and walked towards the old woman step by step. Suddenly, a gust of wind came...
"Who...are you?" the old woman asked Muzixiao gloomily. Muzixiao didn't know why, but he felt sincerely for this old woman and felt extremely sympathetic and pitiful. Now that he saw her, he felt like he was facing a formidable enemy.
His expression was very unbearable, and he lowered his voice and said: "I am a passing businessman, I will not hurt you."
Mu Zixiao handed the roast chicken in his hand to the old woman and said gently: "Here is this for you! We are staying here today and have disturbed your retreat. I'm really sorry."
The old woman stared blankly at Mu Zixiao's handsome face. For some reason, her heart was so overwhelmed that she couldn't help but burst into tears. Seeing the old woman crying, Mu Zixiao couldn't bear it anymore. She just said, this old woman has physical inconveniences and looks like this.
She was ugly. She must have suffered all kinds of ridicule and abuse. It was rare for someone to treat her well, and she was moved to tears. She felt even sadder, so she stuffed the roast chicken into the old woman's hand and said, "Eat quickly."
At this time, the old woman shifted her gaze from Mu Zixiao's face to the roast chicken in her hand. Mu Zixiao saw that she kept looking at the roast chicken and refused to eat it. She thought she was there, so the old woman didn't want to eat.
Turned around and wanted to leave.
In fact, the old woman's heart was filled with a mixture of heaven and man. This young man really looked very similar to that man, even the way he spoke, and even the gentle and compassionate look in his eyes just now. These all reminded her of that heartless man. Why? Why?
After more than twenty years, I still haven't forgotten him? I still remember those sweet words tightly in my heart? Even when I saw this young man who looked like him, I still felt so ups and downs? Thinking of this, a surge of anger rose from the bottom of my heart,
Why? Why is the world so unfair?
She lowered her head and looked at the roasted chicken in her hand. What was this? Pity? Sympathy from him or from God? The old woman raised her hand and hit the roasted chicken towards Muzixiao. Muzixiao felt a gust of wind behind his back.
He got up, he was about to turn around, but he was still a step too slow. The roast chicken hit him on the back, and his black coat was immediately stained by the oil from the roast chicken. Just as Mu Zixiao was about to say something, the jade pendant around his waist fell off.
Come down.
Mu Zixiao bent down to pick up his jade pendant, but the old woman was one step ahead of him, floating in front of him like a gust of wind, and picked up the jade pendant before him.
Only then did Mu Zixiao find out that this old woman had very high martial arts skills and was hiding her secrets. It was not unusual for some masters to come here and it was not uncommon for them to come here. The anger rising in her heart just disappeared.
The old woman picked up the jade pendant and looked at it carefully in front of her eyes. Her expression changed rapidly. This jade pendant was the token of love she gave to the heartless man back then. Now it is actually on this child. Could it be? Could it be?
When she thought of this possibility, the old woman couldn't stop trembling.
"Old man! This piece of jade is my mother's relic. Please return it." Mu Zixiao squatted down and said patiently.
The old woman raised her eyes and looked at Mu Zixiao: "What's your name?"
Seeing that the old woman was holding on to his things, Muzi Xiao felt a little confused, but he still said firmly: "Xiao Yao."
This time the old woman nodded, repeated his name, as if she wanted to remember it, and then asked: "How old are you this year? Is your father still alive?"
Mu Zixiao finally became impatient and could only say simply: "My lord, this year is twenty and two, and my father passed away a few years ago. Please return my jade pendant."
The old woman caressed the jade pendant reluctantly for a while before returning it to him: "So your father has passed away! What about your mother? You just said that she also passed away. Have you seen her?"
When Mu Zixiao heard her question, he suddenly felt that the old woman in front of him might recognize his parents, but how could the emperor of the Mu family know an old woman from the Suzaku Kingdom? But since he had doubts in his heart, Mu Zixiao wanted to find out.
: "My mother passed away not long after I was born. Since the old man asked this, could it be that he knew this piece of jade, or maybe he knew my parents?"
He asked so directly that the old woman didn't know how to answer for a while. Her mouth moved and it took a long time before she said: "I do know you, if your surname is Mu."
Her words shocked Mu Zixiao's heart, and it turned out that she really knew her parents.
Mu Zixiao had not remembered his parents since he was a child. Now that he heard that someone knew him, of course he wanted to know more, so he took a step forward and said, "Old man, do you really know me? Are you not from the Suzaku Kingdom?"
"I am originally from the Suzaku Kingdom, but I met a person from the Mu family dynasty many years ago. He looks very similar to you and also has the surname Mu." The old woman revealed her cunning eyes and looked at Mu Zixiao.
Mu Zixiao didn't know what to say. He certainly couldn't reveal his identity at this meeting, but he also wanted to know about his parents. It seemed like this old woman knew something.
Seeing the situation, the old woman didn't say anything. She just asked, "What are you doing here again? Is it to commemorate your mother?"
Seeing that she had changed the topic, Mu Zixiao changed the subject accordingly: "No, I'm here to find a girl."
"Woman? What woman?" The old woman was very unhappy when she learned that he was not looking for her, but for another woman. What woman was more important than her own mother?
Regarding Chu You's affairs, Mu Zixiao did not want to reveal too much. After all, what was at stake now was the safety of the two countries. Once something happened, it might cause a war between the two countries, so he remained silent.
The old woman didn't say anything when she saw Mu Zixiao. She didn't say anything herself, she just looked at him quietly.
At this time, the accompanying guard came over and said: "Sir, it's getting late, so it's better to rest early. We have to go on the road tomorrow morning."
Mu Zixiao found a place to rest.
Early in the morning, I packed my luggage and prepared to set off. As soon as I took two steps, I found someone grabbing my trouser leg. I looked down and saw that the old woman who spoke last night had grabbed Mu Zixiao's trouser leg with her dry hands, and on her shoulder.
He was also carrying a small package.
Mu Zixiao was shocked: "Old man, what are you doing?"