Woyan City, the most prosperous city of Liangdian in Yongzhou, the city is built according to Hengshui and Qixia Mountain, because most of the Hongyan who return to the south inhabit the Dianyang Lake on the outskirts of the city, this place is the intersection of Ningxi, Liangdian and the three kingdoms of Great Chu, and the merchants of various countries who come and go will turn this once border place into the premier commercial town of Yongzhou. Unlike the desert scenery on www.biquge.info the border between the Chu Dynasty in the northeast and the Ningxi Kingdom in the northwest, the majestic Luoxia Mountains block the dry and cold north winds, and the water vapor from the South China Sea makes it as warm and humid as the Qingdian Plain in the south.

At this time, the north street of Woyan City is full of goods from all over the world, the noon sun is warm, this is the last big market before the New Year, the people in the suburbs of the city take advantage of this last opportunity to come here to see the new things, or buy the New Year's goods that did not come and buy. On the side of the street a little further down the city gate, a large number of people were discussing around the place where the notice was posted at the yamen of the official government, and the person who looked like a government official stood beside him, pointing to the newly posted notice on the list and said: "Listen, this time the yamen wants to recruit a few familiar people to send the caravan to Hexi City to cross the Lost Trace Ridge, and the reward is very large, and the bold and knowledgeable go to the north gate to sign up." When he had finished reading in a loud voice, he picked up the bucket of paste in his footsteps and went to the yamen.

After the little official left, the discussion among the people who watched the list immediately became enthusiastic, "I've been walking for decades in the Lost Trace Ridge, but the fog is a little bigger in the wax moon, and I haven't seen anything, why just be bold?" An old man in a coarse cloth jacket deliberately raised his voice and said, "I heard that there have been monsters over there recently!" I don't know who came next to me, "Yes, yes, a few hunters who went up the mountain a while ago heard that they are all missing." "Youkai fart, I said there was a big insect plague. "Really?!, isn't that a death sentence?" the people were shouting out what they knew in front of the list, when a young man in shabby clothes squeezed out of the crowd, took two beautifully embroidered purses into the tattered bags he was carrying, and ran towards the city gate.

Xu Liangxiang, who was watching the inner gate of the city, yawned at this time and got out of the sheltered wooden shed, he took the spear with the pestle on the wall in his hand, stood by the city gate, and waited for the next shift changer to come. Although Woyan City is much warmer than the north, it is still cold when it should be cold in the moon, and the cold wind poured in from the city gate made Xu Liangxiang wrap his clothes hard, "Brother Xu, Brother Xu~" At this time, a voice that gave him a headache sounded. A dirty little beggar appeared in front of him, "Brother Xu, are you signing up here?" The little beggar crossed his arms and asked him with a smile, "What's your name?" Xu Liangxiang was stunned, "Liu Qianzi, let me tell you, don't let me catch you stealing things, or you will be locked up for half a month!" Immediately, he touched his purse, and his tone was stiff, "It's to sign up for the one in Lost Trail Ridge!" Liu Kun didn't care about Xu Liangxiang's attitude, "Go outside the city to find Lao Ma!" Don't dangle in front of Lao Tzu's eyes!" Liu Kun smiled and went out of the city in a hurry.

There was a long queue of people entering the city, and two officers and soldiers checked the documents of the people entering the city one by one at the city gate, "Everyone who enters the city is faster, and the documents are opened!" Several officers and soldiers sat around the wooden table next to the city gate, and there were pens, ink, and tea on the table. The old soldier, who was sitting in the middle with a scar on the left side of his face, shouted two words to the crowd. Liu Kun bypassed the long queue into the city, ran to the officers and soldiers, didn't bother to take a breath, and said, "Ma Ye, I'm here to sign up!" The veteran who was called Ma Ye frowned when he heard this, "The errand that went to Lost Ridge?" "Yes, Ma Ye!" "That's not a good job, Liu Xiaocalf." "Master Ma, I understand very well, the errand of fifty dollars of silver is definitely not easy. He took a sip of the water on the table, smoothed his breath, and continued, "But I'm not afraid of that, you can give me a place." Ma Ye shook his head, took out a small notebook, and took a pen and smacked it a few times, "Don't come to me when your kid dies." "Don't worry, my life is very hard, and I can't die. Ma Ye put the booklet on the table and gave Liu Kun a wooden sign, "You can just wait here tomorrow morning." Liu Kun took it with a smile and put it away, and hurried home.

At noon the next day, outside the big forest where there were not many leaves left on a large number of trees, a team of more than a dozen people stopped at the intersection of the forest, "Brother Liu, why is there so much fog in the forest in this winter?" A middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy businessman asked with Liu Kun who was walking next to him a little weakly, and now Liu Kun wanted to reward himself with a few big-eared melon seeds, but he didn't expect that he was the only one who signed up to lead the way, and finally the official raised the reward to a hundred dollars of silver, and only reluctantly followed three experienced old hunters, and when he was about to leave the city, those who saw him were like looking at the dead, grandma's, isn't it a big worm, the little master is not afraid, and I will go back and take the hundred dollars of silver, and I will do a good job. "Little Brother Liu?" Seeing that he didn't reflect, the rich businessman patted him on the shoulder and asked again. "Hey, I said Master Zhang, isn't it just fog, the forest of this Lost Ridge hits me as soon as I remember that as soon as I arrived in Layue, I have always been like this bird, you always relax~" There are a total of twelve people in the team, three hunters, Zhang Qianguang and Guo Shu, merchants from Hexi City, and five domestic servants and porters they brought. I have to rush home before the year, but the Lost Trail Ridge at this time is not easy to walk, so I use money to ask the government to find a few clear road guides, and the recent rumors about the Lost Trail Ridge in the city have made them a little afraid. At this time, the three old hunters in front waved their hands to this side, and when Liu Kun saw it, he beckoned the others to go on the road.

The team pulled a cart of goods, walking not fast on the dirt road in the forest, the bare trees trembling in the wind, and the lonely bird calls made the forest in the fog more and more terrifying, the team was speechless all the way, the three hunters were actually a family, the older one was called Li Jianfeng, and the other two were his eldest son Li Jing and second son Li Hua, Liu Kun wanted to talk to them several times, but they were ignored. He stopped talking angrily, and walked for a while, and a urge to urinate made Liu Kun have to shout to the three people, "Big brother in front, I have an urgency, wait a minute," and he ran into the bushes by the side of the road, and solved it behind a big tree.

It was not early, the fog in the forest was getting thicker and thicker, the team waited in place for a long time, but did not see Liu Kun come back, Zhang Qianguang was a little anxious, he shouted towards the forest, "Brother Liu, come out quickly, you won't be able to reach Jiayong Pass before it gets dark!" His voice echoed around, but he didn't hear Liu Kun's response. Old Orion Li Jianfeng frowned, he walked to the side of the road but did not enter the fog, tried to call Liu Kun a few times, but it had no effect, his brows furrowed deeper, and he turned back to the people in the team and said, "This fog is not quite right, it is estimated that the kid will not come back, we must hurry down this ridge before dusk," "But..."Zhang Qianguang was still a little hesitant, "Let's go, this year's fog is very weird, don't go away anymore." They quickened their speed and hurried to the road, and the team soon walked out of the forest along the main road, and at this time the sun was only half a body left, and under the ridge was Jia Yong Pass, and they were safe.

Besides, Liu Kun, after solving the internal emergency, was about to go back, but suddenly heard a faint cry, it was a little girl's voice, it had nothing to do with him, Liu Kun decided not to meddle with things, but the girl's cry was very sad, making him unconsciously think of his sister who died of illness, "Liu Kun, Liu Kun, are you a man." He hesitated for a moment, but walked in the direction of the cry. The more he went in the direction of the cry, the thicker the fog in the forest, Liu Kun's heart was a little hairy, but he didn't look back, when the fog had reached the point where he couldn't see his fingers, his feet were empty, and he scolded in his heart, and the whole person rolled down the broken slope.

The sound of the water made Liu Kun quarrel, at this time it was obvious that it was the next day, he got up from the ground, and found that he was fine except for abrasions, he couldn't help but be very happy, there seemed to be no fog around, Liu Kun observed the place where he fell, this is a small valley, and a pool in the middle of the valley occupies most of the valley space, and the winter scene of the Lost Ridge is different, the valley is full of greenery, it is a paradise-like place, Liu Kun looked a little crazy, he walked to the edge of the pool, washed his face, the warm pool water made him refreshed。 "It turned out to be a hot spring, no wonder it's so warm here. He was so hurt that he took off his tattered clothes and jumped into the pool to soak. "It's so comfortable, there's such a good place in Lost Ridge. ”

The water in the pool was not deep, and just as he was soaking comfortably, he caught a glimpse of a little girl squatting on the grass by the pool, staring straight at him. Liu Kun was startled and choked a few mouthfuls in the water, "Hey, why are you peeking at my big man taking a bath." Liu Kun immediately put on his clothes, jumped into the bushes by the pool and put them on, and said angrily as he wore them. The girl didn't answer him, just crouched there and watched. Liu Kun got dressed, walked to the little girl and sat down, made her image as mature as possible, and then asked, "Who are you, why did you come here alone?" The girl looked at him with a pair of big eyes, seemed to think for a while, and then... There is no then, "Forehead ......" Liu Kun scratched his head, seeing that she didn't speak, the string of words he had just thought about could only be held into his stomach, he saw that the girl's clothes were tattered, but the material was good, and there were still a lot of blood stains on the chest, so he guessed that she might be the child of a passing merchant, and she was lost here in some danger.

"Shall I take you back to the city?" Liu Kun took out the dry food in his arms, broke it in half, soaked it in water and handed it to the girl. The little girl took it, looked at it, and ate it, "What's your name?" Liu Kun stuffed the other half directly into her mouth and chewed, and took out the water bag to fill the pond with water, "........." The girl shook her head and said in a low voice, "Take me away........." No problem, I'll take you back to Woyan City and see if I can help you find your relatives," Liu Kun swallowed a mouthful of dry food, patted his chest and agreed. "I thought you couldn't speak. He took a sip of water. "......" "Uh... Don't talk again, have you forgotten your name?" Liu Kun stood up, "Hmm" The little girl thought for a while, and then made it clear that she had forgotten. Liu Kun spread his hands and looked up at the sky, "Then let's set off now, we should be able to get to the city at dusk." The girl nodded, then stood up and ran to the edge of the pool, and found a black stone from it, Liu Kun raised her eyebrows, and then pulled the little girl and walked out of the valley.

It's really strange, when I came, it was obviously foggy, why was it all scattered at this time, Liu Kuo led the little girl to walk on the road when he came, and smoothly made him a little weak all the way, the wild boar when he came, the lone wolf didn't meet anything, and soon arrived at the exit of the forest, "Let's go to the small hill in front of us and go to Woyan City", he pointed to a low mound in front of him and said that the little girl nodded, Liu Kun always felt that this little girl was very wooden, he took out a water bag and drank a few sips, and handed it to the girl, " I'll call you Little Pebble from now on. The girl was holding the water bag and drinking the water, and she turned her head to think for a while, probably thinking that it was not bad, so she nodded, and recognized the strange name.