"Beixiao, are you giving your master a slap on the back again?"

Chen Asan walked into the store with a smile and couldn't help but laugh when he saw Bei Xiao and Bei Meng giving Ning Qi a slap on the back.

Bei Xiao seemed a little reluctant, but Bei Meng was very enthusiastic about knocking, because every time she finished knocking for Ning Qi, Ning Qi would give her a few sweet candies.

It has been less than half a year since the two became busboys in Ning Qi's shop. Both Bei Xiao and Bei Meng have become very familiar with Ning Qi. Although Bei Xiao seems reluctant on his face, he is actually more focused than Bei Meng on knocking.

Too much, but Beimeng would start to daze while tapping, as if imagining what it would be like to eat candy.

"Brother Chen, you are here."

Ning Qi smiled and waved, and a few candies fell into the hands of Bei Xiao and Bei Meng. Seeing this, Bei Xiao gave all the candies to Bei Meng. The little girl happily kissed Ning Qi and couldn't wait to peel off the candies and throw them away.

Put it in your mouth.

"Tell me, if I had known you liked little dolls so much, I should have given you a wife before. Your baby must be this big now, right?"

Chen Asan said with a smile.

"Brother Chen, I heard that Xiaohuan wrote a letter to home?"

Ning Qi inadvertently changed the topic.

Sure enough, Chen Asan fell into the trap. He immediately took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Ning Qi. He said expectantly: "Hurry and help Brother Chen see what this kid wrote."

Ning Qi smiled and opened the envelope.

The letter was sent back by Chen Huan. He just asked about Chen Asan and Chen's health. He also asked about Ning Qi, and then said that he was living a good life now and would come back to Qingshi Town in three to five years.

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"You brat, it took me three to five years to come back? I don't know how long my old bones can last!"

Chen Asan was so angry.

"Brother Chen, your body is still strong. Three or five years is nothing."

Ning Qi smiled and returned the letter to Chen Asan. Chen Asan scolded and walked back to his silk shop with a smile.

"Master, is Xiao Huan the son of Uncle Chen?"

Bei Xiao was a little curious.

"Well, when you see him in the future, just call him Brother Chen."

Ning Qi smiled.

"oh."

Bei Xiao nodded.

Spring goes and autumn comes, and one year comes after another.

When Bei Xiao came, he was nine years old, and his height was only Ning Qi's waist. In the blink of an eye, more than six years later, Bei Xiao was already a fifteen-year-old boy, eight feet tall, but standing in front of Ning Qi

, still only reaches Ning Qi’s shoulders.

Bei Meng, who is already twelve years old, is about to become a beautiful woman. Last year, a matchmaker came to her door, wanting to marry Bei Meng and also Bei Xiao.

In the eyes of the people in Qingshi Town, Bei Xiao is Ning Qi's apprentice. As long as he learns a little bit of skills, he will never become a beggar again in the future and can live a prosperous life. As for Bei Xiao, because they often see Ning Qi leading Bei Meng

When I went shopping, I also knew that Ning Qi regarded Beimeng as her daughter, so many people wanted to take this opportunity to get married to Ning Qi.

After all, Ning Qi is considered a capable person in Qingshi Town. Over the years, there has been an endless stream of people asking for swords, and he is related to Zhang Chaozhong, one of the four masters. However, these guys were rejected by Ning Qi one by one. Bei

Xiao and Beimeng have their own way, and even Ning Qi has no intention of intervening.

Ning Qi's face showed traces of time. Over the past six years, gray hair began to appear on his temples. Originally, he sold a sword every seven days, but now he sells a sword every fifteenth.

"Master, let me give you a back rub."

Bei Xiao moved a large piece of iron ingot into the store. After putting it away, he walked behind Ning Qi and squeezed Ning Qi's shoulders, then started to beat his back, looking as focused as before.

"You are already so old, I won't give you candy."

Ning Qi smiled without looking back.

"Master, you know, I never eat sweets."

Bei Xiao said calmly.

"Beixiao, are you giving your master a slap on the back again?"

Six years have passed, and Chen Asan has become much older. Every time he saw Bei Xiao giving Ning Qi a back slap, he would recite this sentence. In the end, even Beimeng could tell that Chen Asan was envious of Ning Qi.

"Uncle Chen, do you want me to give you a few slaps?"

Beimeng was like a jumping deer, jumping into the store.

"Okay, okay."

Chen Asan immediately moved a bench and sat next to Ning Qi. The two of them enjoyed Bei Xiao and Bei Meng's service and started chatting.

After chatting for a long time, Chen Asan suddenly sighed: "Xiao Qi, last time Xiao Huan's letter said he would come back in three to five years. It has been six years. Is he out there..."

Ning Qi interrupted Chen Asan with a smile: "Brother Chen, I said, Xiao Huanji has his own destiny, it's okay, maybe he was delayed by something, maybe he will come back."

"Will you come back? That's good, that's good."

Chen Asan nodded with a smile, feeling relieved. After a while, he was about to get up and leave, and by the way, he called Ning Qi and the others to his house for dinner.

Hearing this, Beimeng shouted happily. Ning Qi never cooks. The two of them only eat food from outside and have long been tired of it. They usually look forward to going to Chen Asan's house to try Chen's cooking.

Even Bei Xiao had a smile in his eyes and swallowed subconsciously.

late at night.

Bei Xiao and Bei Meng were already asleep.

Ning Qi was practicing sword after sword in the courtyard. His current body was no longer as good as in his prime, and he started to pant after practicing for a while.

Just when Ning Qi was about to put away his sword and go to sleep, a black shadow fell from the sky and lay down in front of Ning Qi with a pop.

Immediately afterwards, two other black shadows followed closely and appeared in front of Ning Qi. They were shocked at first when they saw Ning Qi, and then found that Ning Qi was just an ordinary person, so they didn't worry.

"Get rid of Zhang Chaozhong, and then kill this guy as well. Don't spread the word about what happened today, lest Master Zhang Chaozhong follow the clues and find us."

One of them whispered.

The other person nodded.

They didn't hide anything from beginning to end. Even if they said they wanted to kill Ning Qi in front of Ning Qi, there seemed to be nothing wrong with them.

"cough……"

Zhang Chaozhong spat out a mouthful of blood, and then struggled to stand up. The other two people seemed to be afraid that Zhang Chaozhong had a back-up plan, and did not step forward immediately.

"Boss Ning?"

Zhang Chaozhong looked at Ning Qi in shock, and then showed a wry smile: "I'm sorry, today's incident involves Boss Ning. If there is an underworld, I will wait until Chaozhong gets to the underworld to apologize to Boss Ning."

Although he is over fifty, Zhang Chaozhong looks more than ten years younger than Ning Qi.

"Does Zhang Chaozhong know this person?"

"Doesn't he have an ulterior motive for coming here? Did you see clearly? This guy really has no cultivation base?"

"No, by the way, this is the sword shop in Qingshi Town. Boss Ning is a blacksmith. Zhang Chaozhong bought a sword here, so he knows him."

"I see, then it's okay. Zhang Chaozhong is seriously injured now. You and I should work together to kill him first."

The conversation between the two fell into the ears of Ning Qi and Zhang Chaozhong word for word. It can be seen that they already believed that they were in a must-win situation.

"Boss Ning, you should run away first. I can still hold them back for a while. I can run away... as far as I can."

Zhang Chaozhong looked at the two people and said without looking back. Ning Qi found that there were two long and deep wounds on his back, and the flesh was rolled over. However, just after saying this, Zhang Chaozhong exploded.

With a sound, he fell on his back.

The two black figures looked at each other, and finally looked at Ning Qi.

"I know how to use a sword, you'd better leave."

Ning Qi raised the sword in his hand and said calmly.

"You kill Zhang Chaozhong, I will kill him."

"superior!"

The two of them each had a target, and they came forward like ghosts.

Ning Qi stabbed twice, and the movements of the two figures stopped suddenly. They covered their throats in disbelief and looked at Ning Qi. How could a mortal draw a sword so fast?

Puff!

The two fell to the ground unwillingly and died.

Ning Qi glanced at the two corpses lightly and said, "I told you, I can do swordsmanship."
Chapter completed!