The three of them walked forward again. It was already dusk, and the fog was heavy. The north wind was mixed with snowflakes the size of rice grains, which hit their faces with a slight chill, adding to the chill. Both sides of the road gradually became deserted, and the paths away from the villages and towns became increasingly deserted.
It was difficult to walk in silence. After walking for about thirty miles, snowflakes began to fall densely. Ling Xiaoxiao looked at the gray sky and said angrily: "This weather, why is it snowing again?"
Zhang Chengdao: "Xiaoxiao, don't complain. Let's leave quickly. It will get dark soon and we can only sleep in the snow."
The three of them walked forward for a few more miles. It was completely dark, but the snowflakes were still dense. The three of them were covered in snow stains and looked miserable. At this time, a poplar forest appeared on the roadside. Zhang Cheng reined in the horse and said: "
Qinglin, Xiaoxiao, it’s already dark now, and the wind and snow are fierce, so we’d better take shelter in the woods.”
Lu Qinglin said: "If we had known this, we should have brought more food when we were in Yingzhou. It seems that we will inevitably have to spend the night in the forest today."
The branches of this poplar forest are intertwined. There is no trace of snow in the forest, and the wind is much lighter. The three of them drove their horses into the forest, shook off the remaining snow on their bodies, took off their saddles and placed them on the ground. They sat on them and looked at each other.
It was a helpless smile. After a while, the sound of horse hooves outside the woods was chaotic, and a group of people poured into the woods one after another. It was the young man in the rich clothes who led his men there.
None of the three said anything, and watched the group of people enter the woods. When the young man in fine clothes saw Ling Xiaoxiao, he smiled without any malice. Despite this, Ling Xiaoxiao still glared at him, turned his head and stopped looking at him.
Lu Qinglin lowered his head indifferently and said in a low voice: "This guy is really annoying. If he dares to provoke us, I will never show mercy!"
Zhang Cheng stared at the group of people and said quietly: "There are few people here. If we take action, we must eradicate the roots and leave no survivors to avoid future troubles. Let's wait and see what the situation is."
Both of them stopped talking. When the young man in fine clothes saw Ling Xiaoxiao turning away and not looking at him, he was also uninterested and sat on the side dejectedly. At this time, several of his men had already lit a bonfire and put another
The copper basin rack was roasted on the fire, and then everyone sat around, took out the frozen meat from their respective packages, cut it with a knife, and put it into the basin. In a short time, the soup was boiling, and the aroma of the meat overflowed. Those few people
He called the young man in the Chinese attire to come over, took out the wine, sauce and pepper, and started to eat. The young man in the Chinese attire took a few bites, looked back at Ling Xiaoxiao and the others, and had no intention of eating or drinking anymore. The rough man under him was the same as the one who had been captured earlier.
The yellow-faced man who Lu Qinglin smashed whispered for a while, and whispered to the young man in Chinese clothes: "Little prince, if you like that little girl, how about we invite her to play with you?"
The young man in the splendid clothes immediately beamed and said, "Okay, hurry up and invite me. I will ask my father to reward you with one thousand slaves and one thousand horses!"
The rugged man smiled and said: "Thank you, young prince. Don't talk too much for a while. Look at me!" After saying that, he stood up and walked in front of Ling Xiaoxiao and the others, clasped his fists and said, "Three friends, just half a day."
We met twice, what a great fate! It’s freezing cold now, you haven’t eaten yet? Would you like to come over to our place and have some wine and food together?”
Ling Xiaoxiao glanced at the man and thought to herself: What two encounters? Don't you have to follow us? Zhang Cheng smiled slightly, cupped his fists and said: "Thank you, Your Excellency. We have always been simple, so we really can't disturb you. Wait for the snow to clear up."
After a while, we went out of the forest."
The man smiled coquettishly and said: "You two grown men can still hold on, but that little girl is so delicate, how can she withstand hunger and cold? It's good to come over to our place to warm up!"
Ling Xiaoxiao thought: If I go, I will be even more hungry for your hot-boiled meat. I won’t go there!
Lu Qinglin said: "We appreciate your kindness. You'd better please come back. We won't go there!"
At this time, the yellow-faced man came over and said loudly: "It's just a matter of eating something together, what's the big deal! I was hit by you before, and I didn't care about it. Now I invite you with good intentions, but you are so coy.
!Not like a good man!"
Zhang Cheng and Lu Qinglin looked at each other, and then both looked at Ling Xiaoxiao. Ling Xiaoxiao stuck out his tongue and said: "I don't care about anything, don't ask me. If you go, I will go. If you don't go, I won't go either!"
The yellow-faced man laughed: "Look, the little girl is still hungry! Let's go and have a drink together!"
Zhang Cheng hesitated for a moment, stretched out his hand to pinch Lu Qinglin, and secretly said, "Let's go, brother, since they are so kind, how can we live up to it?"
Lu Qinglin thought to himself: It's just drinking, what can they do? He said: "Xiaoxiao, let's go over."
As soon as he saw Ling Xiaoxiao, the young man in fine clothes immediately jumped for joy and looked at her with a smile, completely forgetting to eat and drink. Ling Xiaoxiao was cold and hungry at this time, so he picked up the chopsticks and ate without ceremony. The rough man gave Zhang
After that, Lu Qinglin poured some wine and asked, "Where are you three going?"
Zhang Chengdao: "We are going to Yongzhou to do something."
The yellow-faced man smiled sinisterly and said: "How old is this little girl this year?"
Ling Xiaoxiao puffed up her cheeks and glared at the yellow-faced man. The young man in fine clothes saw this, and with joy on his face, he danced towards her and asked innocently: "Yes, how old are you?
Does she have an in-law?"
Ling Xiaoxiao blushed, spat out the half-eaten meat, and said angrily: "What are you doing? Does it have anything to do with you whether you have a husband or not?"
The yellow-faced man hurriedly said: "Little girl, don't be angry. Our young master is just asking casually. Come on, eat more!"
Lu Qinglin took a sip of wine and said quietly: "When we meet by chance, don't ask where we came from. I won't offend others unless they offend me! This wine only tastes good if you drink it happily, right?"
The rugged man rolled his eyes and said, "You're right, you're right! What a good man! Come and pour some wine for me!"
The yellow-faced man took the wine bag and filled it with wine for Zhang and Cheng, and said casually: "You two will have a good meal and a good drink."
Zhang Cheng also ate some meat and drank some wine. He felt more and more strange and unpredictable about this group of people, and immediately asked: "May I ask this young master, what is your surname?"
When the young man in colorful clothes saw Zhang Cheng asking himself, he scratched his head and was confused, not knowing how to answer. The yellow-faced man smiled slyly and said: "My friend, it's okay to tell you. I am from the Song Dynasty, and my name is Liu Dingyuan. Our young master's surname is Liu Dingyuan.
Yelu, whose name is Liu Lishou, is the beloved son of His Highness King Song of the Great Khitan Kingdom!"
Zhang Cheng and the others were startled when they heard the words. Lu Qinglin was about to jump up with the sword in his hand. Suddenly he felt his hands were weak, his head was heavy, and his vision gradually became hazy. The yellow-faced man Liu Dingyuan asked again gloomily, "How do you two feel about the taste of this wine?"
ah?"
A light flashed in Lu Qinglin's mind, and he said to Zhang Cheng: "There is... Mongolian sweat medicine in this wine..." Before he finished speaking, he fell to the ground with a plop. Zhang Chengli went to pull himself out.
Before he could stand up, he also fell to the ground, rolled his eyes, and fell unconscious. Ling Xiaoxiao yelled, threw all the bowls and chopsticks in his hand towards the yellow-faced man, and said in a crying voice: "You guys
······What are you going to do?”
Liu Dingyuan laughed for a while, turned around and said to Yeluliu, "Young prince, let's take this girl away. It's up to you to do whatever you want with her!"
Liu Lishou walked over with a smile and looked at Ling Xiaoxiao happily: "Little beauty, can you play with me? I will ask my father to reward you with many slaves, cattle and sheep!"
Ling Xiaoxiao said angrily: "Who cares about your enslaved cattle and sheep---what did you do to them!?"
"They..." Rurisu looked at the two people on the ground blankly, then turned around and asked the yellow-faced man, "What's wrong with them? Are they asleep?"
Liu Dingyuan chuckled: "It's okay. I drank too much and fell asleep. I will wake up tomorrow. What do you plan to do with them, young prince?"
Liu Lishou said: "You guys find some blankets to cover the two of them. Don't let the ground freeze when they sleep in such a cold weather!"
Ling Xiaoxiao was shocked and frightened. She pointed at Liu Lishou and said, "You big bad guy, tell your men to wake them up!"
Liu Lishou was stunned and said blankly: "Little beauty, won't you play with me?"
Ling Xiaoxiao cried: "The devil wants to play with you! I want to go home!"
Liuli Shouden immediately looked aggrieved and pouted: "I don't want you to go home, I want to play with you!"
At this time, the rough man said impatiently: "Little prince, tie up this little girl. General Yeluhugu is still waiting for us at the Ge Shibei. This little girl has a wild temper. You can get her more delicious food later, and she will naturally
Let’s play with you!”
Liuli Shouxin thought it was true, and he was overjoyed, and ordered his subordinates: "Then tie her up, but do it gently, don't tie her up and hurt her!"
Southeast of Liucheng, Baimadian, where the Khitan emperor camped in Nabo in winter.
The ancient road is silent, the snowy ridges are in the sky, the north wind blows the yellow sand into a desolate atmosphere, and the horns in Dongnaboli are blasting, the desolation is low, lingering in the heart, only adding a few rays of sadness.
When the morning light first appeared, Manjushri lowered his head and remained speechless for a long time. Xiao Si was riding on the horse, looking at Manjushri with his eyes like the warm halo of the morning sun. After staying here for a few days, Xiao Si was eager to return, knowing that he
There was no news, and the people in the villa would be extremely anxious. Although Manjushri Nuo repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay, Xiao Si decided to go back immediately. Manjushri Nuo had no choice but to agree, and ordered someone to prepare a fast horse for him and give him a lot of money.
Si Jian refused and took only some dried meat and preserved fruits on his back. The Manjushri slaves sent him outside Naboxing camp with a sad face and couldn't bear to leave him.
Sitting on the horse, Xiaosi looked back at the speechless Manjusri slave, waved his hand and said: "Okay, I'm leaving now. Don't worry, I will come back!"
Manjusri Nu forced a smile: "Brother Xiaosi, please don't forget my instructions. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I'll be waiting for you in Konoha Mountain!"
Xiao Si nodded: "I made a note. I will be back in three days at most. Then we will do big things together!"
"Brother, I'm waiting for you!"
"Okay! See you then!" Xiaosi waved his hand, grabbed the horse's reins, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, raised his whip and slapped the horse on the butt. The horse neighed and jumped into the air with all four hooves.
After going out for a few steps, Xiaosi suddenly reined in the horse, looked back at Manjushri, and smiled sheepishly, "Hey, brother, I forgot to ask you, which direction is my home?"
Manjusri couldn't help but laugh, thinking that my sworn brother was really interesting. He held it back for a moment and said seriously: "This is Baimadian. Your home is in Liucheng. It's just forty miles northwest of here."
"Okay, I remember! Goodbye, brother!" Xiao Si shouted loudly and slapped the horse's butt hard. The horse ran out again, turned around a ridge, and ran away in an instant.
Manjusri stood there blankly, looking at the ridge where Xiao Si turned, and said nothing for a long time.
Xiaosi was eager to return home, so he turned around the mountain ridge and ran straight to the right. He rode for a while, the wind roared in his ears, and the scenery on both sides of the road fell backwards at an extremely fast speed. He thought to himself that the horses in the military camp were really powerful and magical.
Jun Feifan, at this speed, we will be back at the villa in just one stick of incense. I was so happy that I danced the riding whip even more happily. After walking for less than three miles, a fork in the road suddenly appeared in front of me. Xiaosi reined in the horse and looked.
After looking at the direction of the two roads, he turned the horse's head to the left and urged the horse forward again. I saw that the road on the left was wide and clean, with flat farmland on both sides of the road, but the further forward, the worse the road became.
It was narrow, and the terrain on both sides of the road was gradually rising. Xiao Si was puzzled, and ran patiently for a while, thinking about the distance he would take. The more he thought about it, the more something was wrong. He suddenly stopped the horse's head, hesitated, turned the reins, and ran towards the road he came from.
go.
After running for more than ten miles in one breath, Xiaosi couldn't find the fork in the road he had just passed. Xiao Si stopped the horse again and cursed himself for being stupid for such a big man to lose his way. He felt angry and beat the horse hard.
Buttocks, it started running wildly on the road. The road under its feet became more and more alienated from the scenery beside it. I don’t know how long it ran. Although the horse was strong and powerful, it couldn’t help Xiao Si’s ruthless beatings, and its speed gradually slowed down.
Xiaosi was also deeply depressed and sat slumped on his horse in a daze.
It was past noon, and the sky was gray and dim. Xiao Si felt deeply depressed and slowly urged his horse forward. He saw a ruined Taoist temple on the side of the road. The gates were decayed and the walls collapsed. Xiao Si got off his horse and led the horse into the temple.
In the middle, I saw that this Taoist temple was built in an unknown year and month. The courtyard was not big and there was only one room in the middle. The walls were broken and half of the roof collapsed. Xiaosi tied up his horse and strolled into the dilapidated house to find a clean place.
He sat down at a certain place, took off his backpack, and took out the dried meat and preserved fruits. The food was still on Xiaosi, and it was not cold yet. Xiaosi ate a few preserved fruits, and nibbled on a piece of dried meat, and suddenly remembered
There was still a wine bag on the horse, so he ran out quickly, took off the wine bag and returned to the shabby house. He pulled out the stopper and just took a sip when he suddenly heard someone outside saying carelessly: "It smells so good!"
Looking around, I saw a dirty fat man wandering into the room. He had no hair on his head, his face was red, his facial features were extremely exaggerated, he had big eyes, a big nose, a big mouth, big ears, and a beard.
It was rolled up into a ball and stuck to his cheeks. He was wearing a gray robe covered with patches, and he turned out to be a monk.
Xiao Si was startled for a moment. The monk had already walked over quickly and sat down cross-legged opposite Xiao Si. They were only a few feet away from each other. He stared at Xiao Si with wide eyes. Then he said mischievously: "Where are you eating?"