Deshan said: "Brother Dehai told me last night that he could see at a glance that you are a good person. I said that someone who could lead a dying man across the endless Gobi desert in the cold winter and never leave him would be such a person.
A bad person? So even though your lies are clumsy, we still accepted you. Fortunately, we were able to avenge you. Don’t worry, our Pangu tribe has always had a clear distinction between grudges and grudges. I will find a way to get you back.
From Qi State."
"No need, we may be more valuable than that person on the ground, which will drag down your entire tribe." He Qizhou said.
"I know you can definitely walk back if you are alone, but what about the girl who is seriously ill? There are troops everywhere now. It will be difficult for you to go back without our help. Don't worry, I will protect my people, you
Except for the De family, no one will know about it. I would say that those Qi people were all hunted down by us." Deshan said firmly.
He Qizhou felt a pain in his heart. He really had no choice but to say apologetically: "Then I'll trouble you, uncle. It's best to find a place to hide the last two corpses. Anyone with a discerning eye can see at a glance that you can't kill them."
"Okay, there is a hole in the ground. Let's bury it. It's big here and no one will find it." Deshan said as he dragged Gan Xing's body into the shallow hole and covered it with sand and gravel. He Qizhou put his thoughts behind him and buried it too.
, even Gan Xing's long sword was buried together.
After dealing with Gan Xing, the two returned the same way and buried Gan Tang. It was already dark when they returned to the camp.
There was dead silence in the camp. Xiaoxue had been taken to an empty yurt. The man from the De family who came back first told her everything that happened. In the camp now, including Dehai who had already woken up, there were only seventeen
The men of the virtuous family could no longer hold back their grief and howled one after another. Their cries echoed in the valley all night long. The men's cries were more sorrowful than the women's. This made He Qizhou and Xu Muxue stay in the tent.
I couldn't help crying again and again, feeling the pain of separation and death.
Before dawn, Deshan shouted softly outside the tent. He Qizhou came out of the tent to greet him. He saw that Deshan's eyes were sunken and he seemed to be much older.
Deshan said: "Last night I sent people to the county to ask the Master of the Tianlong Sect to see off my family. The government will definitely send people to check. The county town is about forty miles away and they will be here before noon. In addition, I also sent people to notify the tribe.
Chief, it's in the valley to the north. Someone is expected to arrive soon. If Brother Zhou trusts me, he will go to the west to take shelter today and come back in the evening. After I send off my family today, I will arrange for you to go to the unification tomorrow.
Wancheng, I know a route to go to Nanqi quietly."
"Okay, let's leave now." He Qizhou called Xiaoxue, took his luggage, and the two of them rode back to the mountain ridge where they came from, and found a sheltered place behind a few big rocks to set up a small tent.
Not long after, many herdsmen dressed in the same clothes as the De family came from the north and south of the valley. There were hundreds of them. Their cries and curses were clearly heard by He and Xu, who were two or three miles away.
Looking down from a high place, on a high ground under the valley, herdsmen piled a huge firewood pile, and the dead were carefully placed in the middle one by one. While the pile was still being piled, a moral man brought six
A monk in red came from the east on horseback.
The monks sat around the firewood pile, and torches were thrown into the firewood pile, igniting a raging fire. As the monks chanted sutras, the Pangu herdsmen gradually stopped crying, and gathered around the firewood pile, falling to the ground one after another.
Kneeling down and worshiping seems to be praying for the clan members.
The fire burned for two hours, and the monks in red chanted Buddhist scriptures for two hours. The fifty-one corpses were reduced to ashes like the firewood.
Those killed young animals were not burned. During the cremation, some herdsmen skinned and deboned them, and then a group of women made a fire to cook. After the food was prepared, the herdsmen did not eat, but were served by a fox-collared fur coat
The tall men led Deshan and Dehai brothers to offer meat sacrifices to the fire that still had embers. The monks stepped aside, and then people dressed in black like wizards performed the Dharma for about an hour.
It wasn't until sunset that the mourning herdsmen shared the cooked meat, and soon after, they left together with the monks.
Although it was getting colder and colder on the mountain ridge, He Qizhou did not dare to go back rashly because he saw that there were still four or five people who had not left until dark, staying in Dehai's tent.
Then he saw a man riding a horse rushing up the mountain ridge, calling Zhou Qi's name in a low voice. He Qizhou recognized that it was Deshan's voice, so he walked out of the pile of rocks and called him.
He Qizhou asked: "I see there are other shepherds who have not left, is it okay?"
"It doesn't matter, it's my second sister, her son and daughter, and two servants. I told them about you, and the second sister wants to thank you in person." Tokuyama said.
"Why are you thanking me? It's our Qi people's fault. Even if we kill them, it won't be enough to repay the debt." He Qizhou said with shame.
"What does it have to do with you? In fact, there are good and bad people everywhere. Those who are officials, those from Qinglong Temple, and even the army still bully us? Let's not talk about this. I have seen my eldest sister, and I will tell you to go back.
Nan Qi’s method.”
"Okay." He Qizhou wanted to be polite again, but he and Xu Muxue really wanted to go back and couldn't care less about being polite.
"My second sister is the chief's third wife. He knew that our family lost a female dependent, so he agreed that the second sister would bring a pair of children and two maids to help. Don't worry, she will keep it a secret for us. The two maids
They are all from our clan, so we will never say anything nonsense." Tokuyama said.
"Why did you bring so many people here?" He Qizhou was still a little worried. It wasn't all for himself, but he was worried for the De family.
"We men don't know how to work. Housework such as cooking, washing, and gathering wild vegetables is all done by women." Tokuyama whispered, and she burst into tears as she spoke. Her wife was also raped and killed.
, and two young sons died in this disaster.
The three of them entered Dehai's tent in silence, and saw Dehai lying on the couch. There were five other people in the tent, all of them looking sad.
A lady in snow-white fox fur turned around and knelt down to salute He Qizhou, who hurriedly knelt down to return the salute. The woman was in her forties, with extremely white skin and a round face, but her makeup was stained by tears, making her look haggard and weak.
A pair of fearful children.
The son, who was about eleven or twelve years old, glanced at Xu Muxue next to He Qizhou and then quietly moved behind his mother. The daughter was about seventeen or eighteen years old. The fear on her face was obviously not because of the skinny Xiaoxue, but because she couldn't stand more than fifty people.
A scene of being burned together.
The woman asked her two children to thank their benefactor. The boy could not speak for a while, but the girl was generous and said softly: "Thank you, Brother Zhou Qi, for avenging the bloodshed of my family."
The girl is very much like her mother, with the same fair complexion. When she speaks, her snow-white teeth are evenly matched with He Qizhou's. There is a hint of blush brought by the cold winter on her round face, which adds a touch of beauty. Although her eyes are not big, she looks very much like her mother.
, but he is curved like the moon and has a flash of spiritual light. At first glance, he is a lively and lovely person.
He Qizhou secretly cursed a beast, why are you criticizing a beautiful woman at this time? Dehai who was on the couch also wanted to get up and say thank you, but he couldn't do it. The woman hurriedly turned around to help, and suddenly exclaimed: "Brother
, why are you so hot? Ling'er, go call the doctor quickly."
"Shall I ask someone to invite you?" Tokuyama said.
"Ling'er's riding skills are good, and she can also call on the best doctors around the king. What's the use of sending someone?" the woman asked anxiously.
"Wait a minute, let me take a look first." He Qizhou took a step forward and touched Dehai's left pulse. He knew at first glance that it was a sign of acute fire attacking the heart and the invasion of wind evil, so he said: "Uncle Dehai is too grieved and is weak today.
I stood in the cold wind for another day and got cold. I happened to have some pills with me. As long as I take it easy for a few days, it should be fine."
Deshan had already seen He Qizhou's ability and had no doubt about it. He hurriedly asked Dehai to take the pill and lie down, and then said to He Qizhou: "In two days, I will go to the county to pay the additional tax, and then I will go to the commander-in-chief again."
Wancheng, there is a winter market there, sell some fur goods, dry meat and buy some flour and other supplies, you and Miss Zhou..."
"My name is He Qizhou, and her name is Xu Muxue." He Qizhou interrupted. He felt that any deception against the patriarch was a kind of guilt.
"Oh, Brother He, Miss Xu, you come with me, pretend to be my eldest brother's son and daughter-in-law, tell the government that you sought medical treatment abroad and escaped this disaster, and we will hand over their household registration to you.
"Tokuyama Road.
"But we can only go as far as Tongwan City at most." The girl named Ling'er interjected.
Deshan said: "When I go to Tongwan City this time, I will secretly carry two thousand kilograms of green salt and sell it secretly to the salt gang in the city. They will sell it to Qi State regularly. I will see if there is any way to collect less money and let the salt gang
Someone will take you back."
"The Zhou Dynasty and Qi State are at war, can we go back?" He Qizhou asked.
"I will take a long detour. The Salt Gang has a secret road through the mountains and valleys. Besides, they have people in the court, so they should be fine. However, the area near the border in Southern Qi is very short of salt, and the quality of the salt shipped from the south is far from satisfactory.
Compared with our green salt, the price there is ten times that here. Qi's border troops, local officials and people all hope that our salt will pass, so it is not difficult to enter Qi. I heard that the war has started now
, less salt has been shipped, and the price has soared, perhaps twenty times."
"Then will the price increase if you sell the salt to the salt gang?" Xiaoxue asked.
"No, on the contrary, it will fall a lot. After all, the road is dangerous. If there is less salt sent there, there will be more salt in Tongwan City. Now it cannot be sold at a good price," Deshan said.
"Your salt must have been hard-earned, right? You can sell it later." Xiaoxue said.
"It's quite difficult." Ling'er said: "The salt lake is six hundred miles north of our summer pasture, and more than a thousand miles away from here. We first have to pry open more than three feet of frozen soil before we can reach it.
A little bit of brine, one person cannot collect more than a hundred kilograms in a day..."
"Ling'er!" The lady didn't let the little girl talk any more.
"There are only a few people left in our clan. It's useless to ask for so much money. Brother He and Miss Xu, please don't feel bad. Your great kindness can't be bought with just a few silver taels. Even if it is given to the Salt Gang in vain, it will be useless."
Please ask them to send you two back," Tokuyama said.
"Fourth brother, you should also take this. If the other party wants to be cruel, give this to them. It should be useful for them." The lady took off a gold bracelet from her wrist: "It has the mark of the Tuoba family on it.
, if those salt gangs still want to do business with us, they will definitely not make things difficult for you."
"How is this possible?" He Qizhou saw that the gold bracelet was thick and beautifully decorated, so he hurriedly waved it away.
Deshan took his sister's gold bracelet and said, "It doesn't matter. The chief of our tribe belongs to the Tuoba family, and he also has some influence in the court. Those salt gangs may not dare to take over. Besides, their Tuoba family is rich, so for that matter
Nothing."
Of course, He Qizhou couldn't stop Deshan from accepting the gold bracelet, so he could only find a way to rob a wealthy family in Tongwan City and return it to the poor De family.
After saying this, the lady's servant brought out the freshly prepared food. During the meal, Deshan and Dehai, who had recovered slightly, kept talking to He Qizhou and Xu Mu about the general situation of Dehai's son and daughter-in-law.
Both of them have good memories, and they can remember the same thing immediately after telling it once. He Qizhou found an opportunity to tell Deshan in private that he and Xiaoxue were not married, but he had to heal Xiaoxue every night.
Deshan understood what he meant and still let the two of them stay in the tent last night. Returning to the tent, He Qizhou helped Xiaoxue practice. Xiaoxue said: "Every time I am with you, I will always become penniless. You can find a way to go to Tongwan City."
Find some money, their tribe looks quite shabby, and it seems that the concubine of a great king only has this one valuable ornament on her body."
"You were even poorer before you met me, okay?" He Qizhou thought it was funny that Xu Muxue, who came from a wealthy family, always had no money: "I also want to do a robbery in Tongwan City, but if it doesn't work out, just
Steal this gold bracelet back again."
"Well, with your sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, you really look like a master in middle school." Xiaoxue said.
He Qizhou felt aggrieved, but he did not dare to refute the other party for fear of hurting Xiaoxue's heart: "It will grow back after just two meals."
"Oh, don't I look terrible? That little guy hid behind his mother when he saw me." Xiaoxue lamented.
"It's not as scary as when I was in the mountains. I'm five or six kilograms heavier now than when I came out of the mountain. It should be almost seventy kilograms!" He Qizhou was quite pleased with this.
"I said you were thin, do you have to be so sarcastic?" Xiaoxue angrily pushed away He Qizhou's palm.
"I really didn't mean that. I, I just hope that you will be fatter than me." He Qizhou said sincerely, while pulling Xiaoxue's hand back and continuing to enter the Qi.
"Have you noticed that the girl named Ling'er is quite pretty?" Xiaoxue stopped pushing He Qizhou's hands away and asked casually.
"Hmm." He Qizhou asked absently.
"I found that she has been looking at you while eating, and her eyes look like the same person." Xiaoxue said.
"Who does it look like?"
"Liu Yingzhi!"
"It doesn't look like it!" He Qizhou felt that Xu Muxue was jealous again.
"Which one of them is more beautiful?" Xiaoxue continued to ask.
This time it was He Qizhou's turn to let go of his hands, stretched out his arms to hug Xiaoxue into his arms, and whispered in his ear: "No one is as good-looking as you!"
Suddenly, a sad song came from outside the tent. For some reason, Xiaoxue had no intention of continuing to practice and stayed silently in He Qizhou's arms. The two listened carefully. It seemed to be sung by a noble lady, but also seemed to be sung by multiple people at the same time.
The singing voice, interrupted from time to time by choking, floats like mist in the cold and desolate night sky of the valley:
child
Why can't you be like the green pines on the snowfield?
Not afraid of wind and frost
child
Why are you not like the thuja in the mountains?
Long life
Even the thorns in the desert
Even in hunger and thirst, one can grow year by year.
But my child
It happened to look like a dandelion
The wind blew for no reason on the grassland
Quietly take you to heaven...
End of Volume 4
Dear book friends, I have finished writing the fourth volume, and I have to say a few more words. Please bear with me.
The beginning of this volume is relatively relaxed, but the situation takes a turn for the worse after entering the desert. Powerful opponents and extreme environments put the male protagonist and female protagonist in a desperate situation, but it is the desperate situation that deeply imprints the feelings in the hearts of the two.
, making the most important main line of love solid. Xu Muxue is very human in both her life experience and her appearance. She is a rare and strange woman in the world. It is precisely because she wants to write this relationship more realistically that she is late in the fourth chapter.
The paper was written heavily.
From entering the hot spring valley, to coming out of the mountain, to the end of the volume, it is still exaggerating the difficulty of surviving in adversity. The conflict at the end of the volume actually implies one of the values of the book - good and evil are not bounded by countries and nations, and wars tend to annihilate them.
Human nature. It can be considered a spoiler.
Let’s talk about the fifth volume, which is called “The Return East”. It is about two people, one injured and one sick, returning from the enemy country with a snow dragon horse. The male protagonist will sneak into a weird boxing match through a hearty boxing match.
The smuggling caravan, a seemingly ordinary caravan, is filled with various forces. A huge conspiracy also wants to achieve its goals through the caravan. If the two of them are not careful, they will cause trouble. Near the end of the volume, there will be a race against time.
The clues of city defense and war have also begun to unfold. The whole volume strives to create a tense atmosphere. I hope you can accompany the male protagonist to identify loyalties and traitors and expose the conspiracy.
Okay, let’s talk about some of my thoughts when writing books. I like to read books, but find it increasingly difficult to find idle books that I like. The protagonist is often invincible all the way. Coincidences are too coincidental, and dazzling magical powers emerge in endlessly. Scumbags.
But his character is always favored... But the above cannot withstand a little logical scrutiny. It has almost become the norm to not read the book to the end, so I tried to write one myself. The requirements are not too high. I hope someone can
To see the bottom, one person is enough! Of course, the more, the merrier!
Almost every volume of this book has a plot that highlights the male protagonist’s wisdom. If you just skim through it, it would be difficult to see the significance of it. In addition, there is no such thing as immortality, blessing from the system, and a group of wives and concubines... so there is no such thing as
Please read it patiently. If there is anything unreasonable, please correct me.
To be honest, my brainpower and writing power are limited. It is not easy to update 6,000 times a day. I mainly rely on saving manuscripts. In order to ensure quality, I often write once and read it twice. After several times, I don’t seem to dislike it. I watched Jin Yong when I was a child.
I never get tired of reading this book. I wonder when I will be able to write a work like this.
To reveal the length of this book, the ideal situation is eight volumes, with a word count of slightly more than two million words. In fact, from a spread-out perspective, it is not difficult to write four to five million words, but the lengthy story will make the entire book
The book has become boring, so I will try to maintain a progressive momentum and strive for a clean and neat ending.
I am very touched that readers have given me full encouragement. I hope that more friends can join the circle to communicate in the future. With your attention, I will have motivation. Set a small goal for yourself first, and update 6,000 times a day until the book is completed.
, keep updating!
In the end, it’s still the same sentence, strive to write better each volume than the last! (Some people are so incompetent that it’s really difficult, but never give up on the goal!)