I heard from Xiaochuan that after he helped our family escape death, my father gave me to Xiaochuan to thank him. If my father were here now, I would say to him, "Well done!"
I traveled all over the country with Xiaochuan. We suffered a lot on the way because neither of us could cook. It was not easy for both of us to be alive when we arrived in Xingcheng. Xiaochuan took me to find his master, and I got a bump on the head as soon as I entered the door. When they met, they were very tense, and his master even wanted to eat me alive several times.
Xiaochuan protected me and wouldn't let his master touch me. He then asked for a knife for me, and then we were both kicked out by Master Xiaochuan. We sat at a small stall for a long time, and then Xiaochuan took me to Hongfu to eat and drink. We stayed in Hongfu for a few days, and when we left, Xiaochuan had become brothers with the head of Hongfu.
After leaving Hongfu, Xiaochuan took me for a stroll on the street. Then, I don’t know what delicious food he saw, so he left me there. I was about to follow him when someone hit me on the back of the head with a stick and I fainted.
In a daze, I saw those people injecting me with some unknown medicine. I suddenly became completely powerless and couldn't even lift my fingers. Then I fainted completely.
When I woke up again, I saw Xiaochuan again, but there seemed to be something wrong with his memory. He didn't remember many things that happened before.
Xiaochuan told me his name was Ji Huaichuan, and he told me how he had gone through so much hardship and effort to rescue me. I cooperated with him, but I didn't expect that Xiaochuan actually thought I had lost my memory... Alas.
It doesn’t matter, I will remember it eventually. As for the rest, as long as Xiaochuan is happy.
Xiaochuan and I stayed in the small courtyard for a few years. Although it was called a small courtyard, it was actually just a yard surrounded by a fence. We raised chickens and rabbits in the yard. I stayed here for so many years, but it was not until Xiaochuan took me to the Bronze Gate that I realized that this courtyard and the Bronze Gate were only separated by a few mountains.
For a period of time afterwards, I found that Xiaochuan was always thinking about how to escape, but he was still thinking about the chickens in the yard. So I went into the mountains to catch pheasants every day. Unfortunately, as winter approached, there were fewer pheasants in the mountains.
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It took a long time before I followed Xiaochuan back to the Bronze Gate, but not long after, Xiaochuan came back from an outing, followed by a man about my age, wearing glasses and looking mean. This man was keen on competing with me for Xiaochuan's attention, which was annoying!
In order to divert Xiaochuan's attention from that person, I pulled Xiaochuan to tell stories for many days. They were all stories I heard from outside and I didn't believe them, but Xiaochuan liked them. In the end, I couldn't find any new stories, which made me a little panicked.
It happened to be my birthday that day, and I still don’t know the name of the person I picked up. I asked Xiaochuan, and he said he didn’t know either. Then he pulled the person to pick a name. Xiaochuan only knew that the person’s surname was Qi, so he wanted to call him Qi Baby from the beginning. I almost couldn’t help laughing when I heard this name, and the person refused to obey.
Xiaochuan had no choice but to replace him with Qi Xiaoguai.
The man was still not satisfied and said that it would be better to call him Qi Xiaohei instead of Qi Xiaoguai.
Xiaochuan slammed the table and decided to call him Qi Xiaohei. Later we both found out that Xiaochuan wanted to call him Qi Xiaohei from the beginning, but he went around in circles to make his purpose less obvious. Qi Xiaohei, who knew the truth, called Xiaochuan insidious.
After the Lunar New Year, Xiaochuan said he was worried we'd get bored, so he took us to Qi City. In the mountains behind a small village, he found a tomb—a large one. I thought Xiaochuan was finally going to take me on a tomb raiding spree, but it turned out to be Xiaochuan's own tomb. I had a vague idea...
The burial objects in the tomb date back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. Qi Xiaohei was drooling at the sight of them. He kept sticking to Xiaochuan, calling him "little master" all the time. It hurts my ears to hear him talk so much. He asked if there was any medicine that could make this man mute.
At Qi Xiaohei's request, Xiaochuan threw us all into a grave. At that moment, I wanted to curse, but in order to maintain my image, I held back and just ignored that annoying guy all the way.
When I returned to the Bronze Gate again, Xiaochuan seemed to be in poor health. He looked sick all day long and he didn't say anything when I asked him.
Not long after that, Qi Xiaohei and I were thrown out of the bronze door by Xiaochuan. He stuffed an ink-black pendant into our hands and told us to go find Chenpi Asi. Qi Xiaohei ran away very quickly with the luggage. As soon as I looked up, he disappeared.
Qi Xiaohei and I got separated. Fortunately, I had walked the road to Xingcheng many times and would not get lost. I went to Xingcheng to find Chenpi Asi, and then followed him.
Later, people from the Zhang family came to my house. Under pressure from the family, I went to Germany. When I was in Berlin, I met Qi Xiaohei again. At this time, Qi Xiaohei had changed his name to Hei Xiazi.
Hei Xia Zi told me that Xiao Chuan gave him a treasure bag, which said that if he met me again, he should keep an eye on me and be careful not to get caught. I guessed that it might be related to the Zhang family. I always listened to Xiao Chuan, so I followed Hei Xia Zi.
The blind man and I stayed in Germany for a long time. Fifteen years had passed since we returned to Star City. I wanted to go back to Bronze Gate to find Xiaochuan, but the blind man said the time was not right. I took his advice and did not go.
We went to find Chenpi A Si again and stayed with him for a few years. I was keen to follow Chenpi into the tomb, but I don’t know what happened, Chenpi refused to take me with him anymore. I gave him an ink-colored pendant that Xiaochuan gave me.
Sure enough, Chenpi A Si shut up after seeing the pendant and reluctantly agreed to let me continue to follow him. Later, I heard Chenpi A Si say that a junior asked him to lend it to me. I was reluctant at first, but Chenpi said we were going to Yunding Palace, so I followed him.
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