At the end of the vast grassland is the vast desert.
The north wind blew snow and dust all over the sky.
Under the vast sky, a high-flying falcon screamed like it was tearing through the sky. A small and solitary figure in the wild sand looked back from time to time to look at the falcon above, running desperately in embarrassment.
Suddenly, the falcon let out a long scream again and swooped towards the man.
The man couldn't dodge, so he was so angry that he rolled on the spot and barely managed to escape.
The long wings of the falcon flew past his scalp, and suddenly its claws loosened, and a long black knife struck from the air above his head.
He rolled over again in shock, and the long knife was like the wind, stabbing heavily into the dust around him.
"Black knife! It's that deadly black knife!"
Nurtai watched with tears in his eyes as the proud and proud falcon circled over his head several times, suddenly flapped its wings, soared into the sky, and soon disappeared.
After escaping from that evil water prison, Nurtai had this tail behind him. It was always driving him miserably every day. This goblin who became a spirit continued to threaten his life every day, and even deliberately drove him away from the grassland.
Those wolves on the mountain came to hunt him down.
What's even more terrifying is that at three o'clock every day, the soul-eating talisman is tearing at his soul.
Along the way, he didn't even have a chance to take a nap. There was almost no way to go except desperately fleeing to Qin.
He wished he could kill the hairy beast, eat its flesh, and drink its blood.
It's a pity that he didn't dare.
He knew these were Viga's eyes.
Ying Falcon dropped Qin Yue's black knife.
Nurtai did not dare to be careless, so he had to pick up the knife and continue running southward with great difficulty.
He understood what Viga was thinking.
Seeing a knife is like seeing a person.
Day after day, night after night, Nuertai, who was in a state of embarrassment, had long lost his glory as a high priest. His original snow-white leather robe had turned black, and no part of it was intact. The wild sand was thickly covered with it.
Only two gloomy eyes were revealed on his face, which were black and holey. The whole person looked like a thousand-year-old zombie crawling out of the desert that had been buried for thousands of years.
When the hawk above his head saw him walking out of the grassland, it rarely issued a shrill warning again and again. Instead, it floated high above his head like a long-line kite, following his footsteps and continuing southward.
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When he stopped, it stopped on the distant sand dunes, shaking the dust on its wings in a boring way. Most of the time, it even worried that he would die suddenly, and would throw some flesh and blood from time to time to satisfy his hunger.
But the fierceness in those bright red eyes still made Nurtai shudder.
The north wind blew the yellow sand mercilessly, and on the road gradually getting further away, the ruts left by Qin Yue's carriage gradually approached Beishan Tiger Hill.
The closer we get to Beishan Huqiu, the severe cold blown by the north wind becomes more intense.
Under the carriage, the snow solidified into ice. The carriage skidded from time to time, and the girl Yunduo's exclamations could always be heard.
Qin Yue held the carving knife in his hand and frowned slightly. He was secretly amused. This dead girl was obviously having fun. She mistook the carriage for a sled and was so surprised on purpose.
The boring and boring schedule almost drove this innocent and romantic little girl crazy.
After finally finding such fun, Qin Yue could only turn a blind eye.
What he was thinking more about, apart from the wood carving on his hand, was also the footprints frozen by ice under the carriage that were earlier than theirs. Obviously, they were not the only loners on this road, there were others.
They embarked on this journey earlier.
The footprints were definitely not those of an adult man, they looked like those of a woman or a child who had not yet grown up.
Many times, Qin Yue could not help but guess that maybe it was the assassin.
Flying knives always appear quietly when girl like Yun Duo is not on guard.
Each time it was just a single blow, missing the target and making no sound in an instant.
If all his memories are still there, and his skills are still there, maybe he can still find this person, but now that he is covered in injuries, it can only be because of his weakness. In fact, he is not as good as this girl Yun Duo.
agile.
But his natural acumen is something that a girl like Yun Duo, who is inexperienced in the world, can never match.
Although his skills are far less than before, he is still as accurate as ever.
At least more accurate than that assassin.
Along the way, he never took action easily, and he was even unwilling to take action.
In this vast desert, it was rare to see even a rabbit, let alone a human being. So he wanted to find this person. Even if he was an enemy, he also wanted this enemy to drink with him.
When it comes to talking, it's not like this inconspicuous girl who doesn't know anything about everything.
Unlike the woodcarving in his hand, he could never remember the way she spoke.
Even if he wants to kill, he must die clearly.
A cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He was very confident that if he drank the guillotine, he might not be the one who died.
If he doesn't kill, he won't kill either.
Being cruel to your enemies is sometimes actually cruel to yourself.
It would be nice to have one more living person along the way.
His thoughts were the same as that of the crazy girl Yun Duo. At the beginning, Yun Duo was furious and had to kill this person. But as time went by, she couldn't bear the loneliness of the bitter cold. From the assassination and counter-assassination, she inadvertently
Found this kind of fun. This is far more interesting than Qin Yue, a wooden man.
Many times, although she clearly felt that this man's murderous intent was far less than before, and she should have killed him with one strike, she still easily let him go secretly.
She treated him like a cat and mouse game.
But obviously the killer also clearly felt their evil intentions.
During this period, the closer we got to Beishan Tiger Hill, the fewer and fewer times the killer took action.
Soon, both Qin Yue and Yun Duo felt something was wrong.
The killer is on the loose.
"We must not let him escape so unclearly." Qin Yue and Yun Duo had a clear understanding.
So a counter-hunting game began to play out crazily.
"Drive! Drive! Drive! I'll watch where you're going!" Yun Duo pulled the leader and shouted loudly along the way, for fear that the killer wouldn't hear.
The ruts crushed the ice on the ground, but they could not crush the loneliness under the vast sky. The slow footsteps became deeper and heavier, and became more and more clearly visible.
At the end of the yellow sand, between the meadows and the mountains, there is a tall hill. It is tall because it rises from the yellow sand meadow, enough to overlook this violent desert. It is said that it is tall.
It is low because behind it stands the majestic and steep Beishan, which is the dividing line between Cilechuan and the hinterland of the Central Plains. It is also the life and death of nomadic peoples like Langya when they invade the hinterland of the Central Plains.
For hundreds of years, wars and killings have never been far away from Beishan. Generations of Khan kings and warriors are all proud of the grassland desert by stepping through Beishan. And the generals of the Qin Empire in the Central Plains are also proud of passing this pass and sealing the wolf's home.
Xu.
Tiger Hill is a cemetery made of flesh, blood and bones. Legend has it that Qin Shan, the Tiger Commander of the Qin Empire, and Que Teqin, the right virtuous king of the Langya Palace, fought here for three days and three nights.
Hundreds of thousands of wolf tooth troops besieged day and night. Thousands of tiger and leopard troops from the Great Qin Empire, one against ten, blocked the wolf tooth cavalry from heading south to the Central Plains.
In the last bloody battle at dusk, the entire Tiger and Leopard Army died. Tiger Commander Qin Shan rushed into the enemy formation with a black sword and beheaded King Youxian in front of the formation.
In order to drive back the Spike Cavalry, Tiger Commander Qin Shan held up the head of King Youxian with one hand and held the black knife with the other, and roared three times to scare off the Spike Cavalry.
The Wolf Fang Cavalry retreated. Tiger Commander Qin Shan was exhausted and died on the spot, but he could never close his tiger eyes. The long black knife supported his body and stood majestically on the battlefield.
The Qin Empire, in memory of his meritorious service, buried him here to frighten the wolf fangs, and named him Huqiu.
Hundreds of years have passed, and the grass on the head of this tomb has not been burned away by wildfires but has grown again in the spring breeze, while Tiger Hill has continued to grow in height amid the piles of bones and blood.
Less than a hundred miles away, the mausoleum of King Youxian, Que Teqin, had also changed from a rocky sand dune to the only high-level border fortress built in the Langya Palace based on the Great Qin Empire.
The Qin Empire also built the famous Beishanguan Pass using Huqiu as a subduction and Beishan as a border pass.
One fortress and one pass, it stands between the desert grassland and the mountain canyon.
"Looking at the North Mountain from Gaoque, the desert swallows the clouds and smoke. But the tiger will be there, and Huma will return to the cold night." Seeing Gaoque Fortress approaching, Yun Duo couldn't help but sing softly this frontier fortress poem that has been praised for hundreds of years.
The singing stirs up loneliness and stirs up countless cold winds and murderous auras.
Qin Yue was lying on the leather, and his heart was suddenly shocked. He quickly raised the car curtain in surprise and raised his head to avoid the wind and snow that was coming towards him. The distant mountains were faintly visible, and the fortress was as dark as a tiger. The flag was hunting, but there was another thin and staggering figure.
The figure is moving forward slowly and with difficulty.
"Quick! He's right in front!"
Yun Duo heard the sound and went to see the shabby figure. He laughed and exclaimed, "Drive!" and quickly chased after him.
Before he could reach anyone, Yun Duo raised the long whip in his hand and rolled towards the figure.
The man turned around blankly, suddenly opened his chapped lips, and smiled.
"Stop!" Qin Yue scolded quickly.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a pop and the man fell straight down.
"Quick, get him on the carriage!"
Yun Duo quickly reined in the horse, turned over and jumped down.