Chapter 21 The twenty-first round of little stars are shining

"Little star, sparkling, There are many stars in the sky and the moon is not bright, and there are many people on the ground who are not peaceful. " On an autumn night, full of stars, a little boy, two little girls, and three children have only one heart and one star.A very small star.Then the children grew up, and one heart became three hearts, but they still only had one star. It's still just that tiny little star. The grown-up children grow old later, and some are even dead, while some are not dead, but their hearts are already dead. Their star is still so small, so small, and it hasn't changed at all.Because this star has no feelings, no life, neither how to love nor how to hate, so it will neither change nor grow old.

Because the star was made out of nothing more than a shell picked up from the beach. But when a person who has aged and changed, a person whose heart is dead but not yet dead, suddenly sees this little star that never changes, how does he feel in his heart? Who else knows but themselves? April 19, around dusk. The stars in the sky hadn't risen yet, but a star appeared on Yuan Bao's palm. A star made of a very beautiful and precious shell.There are also beautiful patterns and two lines of characters carved on the back, obviously carefully carved by a pair of very dexterous hands.

There are rare shells in the ocean that are like jewels, never losing their brilliance and color. Although this shell still looks the same as when it was picked up from the beach by those dexterous and beautiful hands, it is just a shell after all, and there is nothing special about it. So Xiao Jun couldn't help but ask again: "Is this the star you showed Gao Tianjue?" "yes." "Seeing this star, when you touched her acupuncture points, she was touched by you?" "yes." "Could it be that when she saw this star, she suddenly became completely powerless?"

"It's not like this." Yuan Bao said, "It's just that when she saw the star, her hands and her whole body trembled, but unfortunately I couldn't see her face, so I didn't know What's the look on her face?" "Did she still wear this mask on her face?" "yes." "Then how can she see?" Yuan Bao smiled: "You are really a very careful person, at least you must think that you are very careful, and you won't let go of even the little things." Yuan Bao sighed again: "It's a pity that you are not such a person. people."

"Oh?" "Do you really think Gao Tianjue can't see anything after wearing this mask?" Yuan Bao said, "Then why did I come here wearing this mask? And I can still see your expression." He told Xiao Jun: "If you are really as careful as you think, you will find that although there is no eyeliner on this mask, there are two small holes a little bigger than the eye of a needle, which are embedded with two thinly ground crystals. Above, in the flashing silver light of the mask, I am afraid that only a very clever and gifted child like me can discover it!"

Xiao Jun could only keep his mouth shut. "A person who can prevent others from seeing himself is a genius. If he prevents himself from seeing others, he is an idiot." Yuan Bao sighed: "Think about it, how could Gao Tianjue be such an idiot?" Known as the largest gang in the world, the Beggar Gang not only has the most beggars, but also has the most mixed quality. Now they have set up a new punishment hall and are determined to rectify it. The head of the punishment hall not only takes care of everything, but also must have the wisdom to discern the subtleties, and the ability to judge.But in front of this kid who seemed to be only bragging, smirking and pretending to be cute, the always conceited Hall Master Xiao would be speechless by his questions from time to time.

But Yuan Bao still asked him: "Can you see that there is something special about this star? Why did Gao Tianjue become like that?" "I can't see it." "I can't see it either," Yuan Bao said, "Because you are not Gao Tianjue, and neither am I." He said seriously: "In our eyes, this star is just a plaything made of shells by children, but to some people, it seems to have a magical power." "Some people?" Xiao Jun asked, "Who are some people?" "I can't tell you yet." "why?" "Because I don't even know it myself now." Yuan Bao said, "Now I only know that this star is absolutely useful against Gao Tianjue, more useful than the most terrifying weapon in the world."

This is enough, and based on this alone, this star can already be regarded as a priceless treasure. For some people, this star is even more precious than the star that can "turn iron into gold". "So now I just ask you, do you accept my bet?" Yuan Bao said. "I accept." Yuan Bao hid the star, put on a mask, and covered his head with a black scarf: "Then come with me now." "Where to go?" "Of course I'm looking for General Li." "Can you find him?" "Of course I can find it, and I must find it." Yuan Bao said, "Otherwise, my star will lose to you?"

"where is he?" "On this boat, of course." Xiao Jun was speechless again. Even if he completely believed what Yuan Bao said, believed that General Li was not dead, believed that Gao Tianjue's acupoints were tapped by Yuan Bao as soon as he saw the star, even if he believed everything, he still couldn't believe that General Li was still on this boat . The boat was already lit, and there were lights under the hold, but there was no one in sight. Because when Gao Tianjue, who is not Gao Tianjue, went down to the bottom cabin, he once ordered: "Everyone goes up, and no one is allowed to come down."

Although this sentence was said by Yuan Bao, it is as effective as what Gao Tianjue said personally, because the black scarf on his head, the mask on his face, the cloak on his body, and the boots on his feet, each symbolizes a kind of mystery. power, an irresistible authority. This kind of authority and power has never been doubted by anyone, and it has never been imagined that someone can "take" these things away from Gao Tianjue. The area of ​​the bottom cabin is much larger than anyone who has never been here imagined, and there is an empty cabin at the bottom. There is nothing in the empty cabin, but without this empty cabin, the ship may not be able to float, and if the empty cabin is full of things, the ship may also sink.Just because there is nothing in it, it is important, far more important than any cabin.

There are many things in the world like this. There are about a dozen cabins under the bilge, some of which are for people, and some are for storing goods and food. Yuan Bao took Xiao Jun to look for each cabin, although he didn't even find his shadow, but he was still full of confidence. "I know you must not believe that General Li will be on this boat." Yuan Bao said. Xiao Jun admitted. But Yuan Bao asked him another very question: "Why don't you believe it?" Xiao Jun thought for a while before answering: "Because this is absolutely impossible, no one will believe it." "Do you mean to say that there is no way he could have taken refuge in this boat?" "yes." "I understand what you mean," Yuan Bao smiled, "Now your thoughts are as if two days ago, none of you would have imagined that we would be hiding in the prison in Jinan Prefecture." Xiao Jun also understood what he meant. If someone like General Lee wanted to hide, he would of course find a place that no one could think of. "I also understand what you mean." Xiao Jun said, "But have you ever thought about how he could get on this boat?" Yuan Bao made a serious face on purpose, and said solemnly: "This is really impossible." Yuan Bao said: "There are people everywhere on the ship, and everyone's eyes are very bright, not even half blind. Knowing the invisibility method, but not knowing Sun Wukong's seventy-two transformations, he turned into a black rope and flew in." He sighed deliberately: "It seems that your idea is right, he really can't get on this boat." "So he will never be on this boat." Yuan Bao sighed and murmured, "Fortunately you are not, fortunately you are not." "Fortunately I'm not what?" "Fortunately, you are not General Li, and General Li is not you." Yuan Bao said, "Otherwise he is dead now, and I have lost." "Did you still believe that he was on this boat?" Yuan Bao didn't answer, but pulled up a dark board with an iron ring on the deck under the bilge, and said leisurely, "You'd better go down and see for yourself." Below is the empty cabin, empty cabin with no people, no cargo, no lights, nothing. Xiao Jun hesitated, but finally he found a "wind lamp of qi death", jumped out of the empty cabin, and then he was stunned! In the corner of the empty cabin, there is actually a person! This person is actually the three-smile horror General Li who came out after the double incarnation of the billionaire Sun Jicheng who failed to cheat his death and Wu Tao who returned to Jinan after fleeing! Standing in front of him, Xiao Jun seemed to be in a dream, and this was really something that he could not even dream of. General Li leaned there, half sitting and half lying down, with his back against the bulkhead, as if he had lost the strength to sit upright. Although that sword didn't really pierce his heart, his injury still seemed serious. But his eyes were still shining brightly. When he saw Xiao Jun, there was a smile on his face, a smile that seemed to be comforting but also uncomfortable. He suddenly asked Xiao Jun, "Where is Yuanbao?" Yuan Bao also came down, closed the dark board casually, deliberately pretended to be Gao Tianjue walking, and walked slowly in front of General Li. He is indeed a bit of a genius. He imitates other people's appearance, and he does imitate him very much. "That little bastard Yuan Bao has been killed by me to feed the old bastard." He deliberately said, "You will never see him again." General Li was already laughing: "How can a person call himself a little bastard?" He said: "We are friends, if you are a little bastard, what am I?" Yuan Bao also laughed. "How did you know it was me?" he asked General Li, "How did you know I was coming?" "Because I was already thinking when I hid here, if anyone can find me, it must be you, little Yuanbao." Yuan Bao immediately nodded desperately in agreement! "Of course there is no one else but me. There is no other genius like me." Yuan Bao sighed, "Sometimes I even have to admire myself." He suddenly patted Xiao Jun on the shoulder forcefully : "Now you can't help but admire me, right?" Xiao Jun seemed to be still dreaming, staring blankly at General Li. ——If this person he has never met before is really his father, why did he leave his mother and son behind?Let his mother die with hatred and let him live in pain. No matter what, this person is still alive now. Although he made a mistake, he hasn't made a big mistake that can never be made up. Xiao Jun looked at this strange yet close person, and he didn't know whether it was hatred, love, sadness or joy in his heart. Yuan Bao was very happy. "No one would have thought that you would be able to get on this boat." Yuan Bao said, "Except for me, no one would have thought of what method you used." "How did you get it?" General Li asked. "When I saw those people who went into the water to salvage you, and saw the water jacket they were wearing, I thought of it." When those people go into the water, they wear tight-fitting fish skin swimsuits, the kind of swimsuits that cover the whole body and even their hair. Now General Li is wearing this kind of water. "Although those people's underwater skills are good, even though you were injured, it's not difficult to deal with one of them." General Li smiled: "That's really simple." "Take off the water mask from that person and wear it on your own body, hide that person in the mud and water plants at the bottom of the lake, and then sneak into the boat with those people, and sneak here while everyone is in the chaos of changing shifts." " Yuan Bao said: "At that time, it was still dark, and it was dark under and above the water, and I couldn't see anything clearly. It was not too difficult to do these things." General Li sighed with a smile: "Now even I admire you a little bit." "Only a little bit of admiration?" Yuan Bao seemed surprised: "I thought you should have at least seventy, eighty or ninety points." He actually emphasized again: "I thought you would admire me so much, absolutely." This kind of statement is really a bit too much, but since he said so, of course there is a reason. So even General Li couldn't help asking: "Absolutely? Why absolutely?" Yuan Bao's answer was even worse: "Because your eyes are not blind yet." "I'm not blind at all." General Li's answer to him also seemed a bit unpredictable, inexplicable: "Whether you are blind or not has nothing to do with whether I admire you or not?" "Of course it has something to do with it." Yuan Bao said, "Since your eyes are not blind, you should be able to see who I am wearing."He had a smug expression on his face: "It's definitely not easy to get these things from Gao Tianjue." "You took all of these from her?" "Everything." "How did you get it?" "I just showed her something." Yuan Bao said, "She only took one look, and then I tapped her acupuncture points, so I brought these things." General Li looked at him for a long time, and the expression on his face was exactly the same as when Xiao Jun heard these words. No one would believe these things, so General Li couldn't help asking: "What did you show her?" "It's a star," Yuan Bao said, "a small star." Yuan Bao always carries some messy things on his body. Others see them as worthless scraps of metal, but he himself treats them as treasures and doesn't even show them to others.This time he didn't necessarily show the star to General Li, but he took it out before General Li opened his mouth, and presented it to General Li, as if he was afraid that he would not see clearly. "That's the star," Yuan Bao said, "This star didn't fall from the sky, but it seemed to be picked up from the sea." General Li's expression began to change. Before Yuan Bao could finish his words, his expression had changed, just like Gao Tianjue, after only one glance, his expression had already changed, as if someone suddenly took a sharp, thin and long needle , stabbed into his heart at once. This star is just a child's toy made of shells. Even if it falls on the road, few people will pick it up. If you give it away, it will be thrown into the gutter. But in the eyes of this mighty Laughing General who roams the rivers and lakes, this star seems to have been blessed and cursed by the gods and demons of the nine heavens, ten places, four directions, eight realms, and has become more miraculous than all the treasures in the world precious. He stretched out his hand, wanting to grab the star, but his hand was already shaking, just like Gao Tianjue, it kept shaking. Of course Yuan Bao would not take the opportunity to touch his acupuncture points this time, but he backed away far away. "This is mine." Yuan Bao said with a smile, "Adults are not allowed to steal things from children." "It's not yours." General Li's voice was hoarse with grief: "I know it's not." "Even if it wasn't before, it's mine now." Yuan Bao said, "No one can take it away from me." "Where did you get it?" "That's my business." Yuan Bao blinked: "Can I keep a little secret for myself?" General Li stared at him for a long time before heaving a long sigh. "You are indeed from the Long family." He suddenly asked Yuan Bao, "Where do you rank? Are you the eighth? Or the ninth?" Yuan Bao didn't answer but asked instead: "How do you know that I must be from the Long family?" "Because I know this star will never fall into the hands of others." General Li said with absolute certainty. Yuan Bao didn't deny it any more, just asked him: "If I'm not from the Long family, would you have taken this star away by now?" General Li stared at him for a long time again: "If you are not from the Long family, you would be dead by now." "why?" "Because I never want this star to fall into someone else's hands." General Li suddenly asked Yuan Bao again: "Will you give it to me?" "What?" "Whatever you want to exchange," General Li said, "Gold, white jade, pearls and emeralds, whatever you want to exchange." Yuan Bao smiled: "You clearly know that I won't change them. Those things can't be worn or eaten, so I don't want them if they are given to me." Every one of these things that General Li said is something that the world can't wait for, and there are countless people in the world who are fighting and fighting for these things every day, but in Yuan Bao's eyes, they seem to be worthless. General Li sighed again, "That's right, I also know that you will never change, how can the children of the Long family take worldly treasures and wealth seriously." "So when I saw that you were not dead, I was really happy." Yuan Bao smiled, "Because if you died, this star would already belong to someone else." "why?" "Because I made a bet with this Hall Master Xiao just now." Yuan Bao said, "The bet is this star." "How did you bet?" "Just now he was very uncomfortable, because he always thought that you had died under his sword." "what do you say?" "I told him, you will never die." Yuan Bao smiled more happily: "General Li, the three-smile fright of the world, how could he die so casually?" General Li's expression suddenly changed again, becoming indescribably painful and sad. But his eyes suddenly shone with light, like a cold star on an autumn night. Yuan Bao patted Xiao Jun's shoulder again. "Now you have lost, so this star is still mine." Yuan Bao asked Xiao Jun with a smile: "Have you forgotten what you lost to me?" Xiao Jun was silent, but General Li suddenly said something strange. "He didn't forget." General Li said word by word: "But he didn't lose either." "He didn't lose?" Yuan Bao felt both surprised and amused: "Could it be me who lost." "That's right." General Li said, "It's you who lost." Yuan Bao laughed again, so much that he bent down. "I was dying laughing," he said. "I've never heard anything so funny in my life." "Oh!" "If I tell others that General Li, who is shocked by three smiles, will help his son, I don't know how many people in the world will die laughing." Yuan Bao said: "If you want to transport those people who were laughed to death by you Let me show you, even if you use five hundred eight-wheeled carts to transport it, it will take at least three days and three nights." He seemed to be out of breath from laughing, as if he was really about to die of laughter. General Li didn't seem to be joking at all, but his expression was more serious than when he was facing a strong enemy. When Yuan Bao himself didn't think it was too funny, General Li said slowly: "If anyone in the Jianghu knows about this, of course someone will die. If one person knows, one person will die. If ten thousand people know about it , 10,000 people will die, but I promise they will never die laughing." His voice suddenly became very cold: "Because this matter is not ridiculous." Yuan Bao couldn't laugh either. "What's going on here?" He asked General Li, "Why do you have to say that I lost?" "Because it was you who lost." Yuan Bao looked at Xiao Jun, then at General Li: "Isn't he your son?" "He is." General Li said sadly, "He is the bone of my bones and the blood of my blood." "Are you already dead!" Yuan Bao asked again, of course on purpose. "I'm not dead yet." "That's strange." Yuan Bao said, "You are obviously not dead yet, how could I lose?" "Because although I am not dead yet, General Li is already dead, many years ago." Yuan Bao was taken aback. "General Li is dead? Aren't you General Li?" "I'm not." Yuan Bao was stunned.He looked in surprise at this man who was being hunted down by the heroes of the world and was recognized by everyone as General Li, and looked at Xiao Jun again! "Gao Tianjue told me that he is the son of General Li." Yuan Bao said, "I believe Gao Tianjue will never lie." "She won't." "Then he is indeed General Lee's son?" "he is." "Did you tell me just now that he is your son, the bone of your bones, the blood of your blood?" "yes." "I don't think you are a liar, but you really confuse me." Yuan Bao smiled wryly, "Can you tell me what's going on?" "It's not a very complicated thing, it's just that you have to think about it so complicated." "Oh." "Everyone has parents, and parents are not alone." Yuan Bao finally understood, but still couldn't believe it: "Could it be that General Li is his mother?" "yes." "Is General Li a woman?" "yes." Yuan Bao was stunned again. It is really surprising that General Li, who is famous all over the world, is actually a woman. Although no one has seen General Li's true face yet, and no one knows whether she is a man or a woman, but in everyone's minds, no one thought that she would be a woman. In the eyes of heroes in the world, women will always be weak, and will never be as good as men. "General Li is his mother, and you are his father." Yuan Bao sighed, "I finally understand this point." "What else do you not understand?" "you." Yuan Bao said, "I don't understand more and more what kind of person you are?" Of course, a man worthy of General Li would never be an ordinary person. "Your martial arts, your arrogance, your complexion, and your wit, I have never seen anyone who can match you." Yuan Bao said very sincerely: "If you are General Li, it is not surprising Yes, because in my imagination, General Li should be such a person." Yuan Bao sighed: "It's a pity that you are not General Li, so the more I think about it, the more I can't figure it out." "Can't figure out what?" "If you're not General Li, who are you?" Yuan Bao said, "After much deliberation, I can't think of a person like you in Jianghu. It seems that you shouldn't exist at all." "You're right, I really shouldn't exist." The man smiled sadly: "Because I should have died long ago." "Who are you?" "I am Guo Mie," said the man, "I am Guo Mie who should have died seventeen years ago." Guo Mie and Gao Tianjue are the couple with the highest martial arts in Jianghu. They and General Lee should have been sworn enemies. "Heaven Judgment" takes hunting down all the bandits who slipped through the net as their duty, and it is unknown how many bandits who escaped justice with their martial arts died in the hands of their husband and wife. When General Li of Three Laughs and Shocked was roaming the rivers and lakes, it was also the time when the reputation of their husband and wife reached its peak. Everyone in the Jianghu knew that "Heaven and Earth" would never let General Li go. If this thieves of the thieves could not be brought to justice, it would undoubtedly be the last hatred of their husband and wife in their lives. So people in the Jianghu are waiting to see a good show of fighting between dragons and tigers. No one is sure who will win or lose in this battle. Later, the organization of "Tian Ju Di Mie" suddenly disintegrated, and Guo Mie suddenly disappeared from the world. Everyone thought he was dead, and he must have died in the hands of General Li. So this time Gao Tianjue came back, everyone thought she came for General Li, to avenge her husband, no matter how vicious she used to deal with General Li, no one would be surprised. Unexpectedly, the General Li she was going to deal with was not General Li, but her husband Guo Mie. Of course she knew that this person was not General Li but Guo Mie. Even if everyone in the world didn't know, Gao Tianjue would definitely know. Why did she treat her husband as a sworn enemy? How could Guo Mie not die? How could he have a son with his mortal enemy General Li? Why did the former director of the beggar gang who adopted Xiao Jun tell Xiao Jun that his mother was killed by General Li? Why did Guo Mie admit that he is General Li in the pursuit of the world's heroes? Who revealed his whereabouts? In the past seventeen years, no one has ever been able to find him. Why did they all find Jinan overnight? Who can explain these things?