Zhao Yi came out of Tianfutang, a small village with beautiful scenery, quiet and tranquil scenery, but mysterious everywhere, and the first place that popped up in his mind was the canyon where he fought with the old man in Tsing Yi that day.

Of course, Zhao Yi was anxious to go to that canyon to have a look, the main reason was because of a person, Wei Xiaoyong, who was proficient in cavalry tactics and brave and loyal regardless of life and death, he was the first opponent Zhao Yi encountered after entering the army, of course, not the kind of life and death on the battlefield, and he was also the only one left among the best brothers in the Bingzhou army that year.

The last place where Zhao Yi and Wei Xiaoyong separated was the first-line gorge, although he knew that the current first-line gorge may have no trace of Wei Xiaoyong for a long time, but since Wei Xiaoyong disappeared in that place, he still wanted to rush over to see it as soon as possible.

This may be the so-called complex, people always care most about the special points in the experience of things.

From the warm and pleasant spring Tianfutang to Liangzhou, where the snow is flying and the cold wind is howling, what Zhao Yi failed to adapt to was not the cold wind that cut his face like a knife, which was not strong for him, a person who had already entered the third grade of martial arts, and this bit of wind and cold gave him no strength. It was Zhao Yi who was surprised by the white expanse that came into view, whether it was mountains, forests, rivers, or wilderness villages, they were all covered with a layer of silver, and all he heard in his ears was the occasional cold wind howling, and most of the time it was quiet.

This is from spring to winter, and the instantaneous change of seasons makes Zhao Yi, a mortal who was born in the world of red dust and grew up in the world of red dust, and whose cognition of all things in nature does not exceed the scope of the alternation of yin and yang, the four seasons and five elements of the eight trigrams, such a perverse phenomenon makes him unable to understand and accept it for a while.

The snowflakes flying all over the sky don't know where they come from, and they don't know where to go after they land, every flower and leaf of nature, a withered and a prosperous all contain the truth of heaven and earth, maybe the meaning of his Zhao Yi's life, not only or shouldn't, but also can't be just to fulfill the last wish of his father and queen mother, there can be many things in this world, he Zhao Yi can do it, such as why the mysterious Tianfutang is not bound by the alternating avenue of the four seasons, he can go to understand the reason.

Even he wondered if this was what the Taoist monks or the Yin-Yang monks were talking about.

Zhao Yi, who was standing under the flying snowflakes, thought about this, his somewhat surprised and confused heart suddenly calmed down, raised his head and took a deep breath, let the snowflakes fall on his face, and felt the chill brought to him by the snowflakes as if he were enjoying it.

That day, Zhao Yi later learned that the man named Ma Liufeng rescued him and Xilin, and brought him and Xilin back to Tianfutang, next to the huge pine tree at the entrance of Tianfutang Village, Zhao Yi knew some core secrets of the matter from Ma Liufeng's mouth, and the cause of the matter all originated from the huge pine tree beside them.

The place where Zhao Yi and Xi Lin were tied up and detained by the old man that day was in this pine tree, the tree was old and mature, and it could naturally conjure up a world, no wonder Zhao Yi saw that the cave walls around that place were similar to the tree walls.

And what fused with Grandpa Song's spirit was this huge pine tree.

After thousands of years of secret cultivation and enlightenment, Grandpa Song realized the method of extricating himself from the demon creatures cultivating the true tribulation, but what he relied on was not the heavenly fire, thunder and lightning and the aura of mountains and rivers, but the human essence that had the supreme rigidity and softness.

After listening to Ma Liufeng's casual and brief explanation, Zhao Yi felt more and more that this middle-aged man with an honest and honest appearance was actually a mysterious hermit with profound cultivation and extraordinary insight.

Cui Shusheng, who has not seen since he woke up drunk at Xilin's house that night, has actually been sleeping on the kang in Xilin's house, and when the three of them walked into the house, Cui Shusheng still lay on the kang and fell asleep, as for the life and death catastrophe experienced by Zhao Yi and Xilin, this kid did not dream of it.

Zhao Yi wanted to comfort her, but she didn't know what to say, remembering the scene when she begged Grandpa Song to be willing to sacrifice his life to save him, Zhao Yi's heart was both moved and distressed, and the girl in front of him was destined to be unforgettable in his life.

During the period when Cui Shusheng was unconscious, Zhao Yi and Ma Liufeng sat on the steps in front of the door of the hall, chatting about some things about Tianfu Hall, Ma Liufeng did not hide it, as long as Zhao Yi asked what he knew, Ma Liufeng would answer them one by one in his short and concise way of speaking, and often had that honest smile on his face.

Those who don't know this picture think that a traveling scholar from a foreign country is asking a rural farmer about his home and village.

It's just that when Zhao Yi asked why Ma Liufeng, as a swordsman who had already stepped into the grandmaster level, why he chose to live in seclusion in this Tianfu Hall, Ma Liufeng just shook his head and didn't make any answer.

Since Ma Liufeng was reluctant to say it to him, Zhao Yi had no choice but to give up, even if that curiosity made him itch in his heart, he could only hold it back.

However, after a short silence, Ma Liufeng actually offered to teach Zhao Yi a knife technique, which was the one he cut through the inner world of the pine tree.

Zhao Yi asked Ma Liufeng what the name of the knife technique was, Ma Liufeng's old face was actually red, revealing a shy smile like a peasant in the countryside, and it took a long time to say that he thought of this knife technique when chopping wood, and he never took a name, and said with a red face that it would be called "chopping wood", saying that this name is both simple and easy to remember, and straightforward and easy to understand.

After Ma Liufeng taught this style of knife technique, Zhao Yi was greedy and wanted to learn more styles, but Ma Liufeng actually put on a straight face and said very seriously: "A useful knife technique is enough, no matter how powerful the enemy is, and no matter how many enemies there are, let's chop wood to deal with it." ”

This is the simplest and most unfathomable martial arts concept that Zhao Yi has heard, simple and ordinary as Ma Liufeng's speaking style, and as unfathomable as Ma Liufeng's life experience.

However, Zhao Yi agreed with Ma Liufeng's statement, and his heart was also very useful, since he began to learn martial arts, just like most people, he was told that the more moves he practiced, the better, and the more he could deal with it, just like a reader, he always had to read a lot of books to be knowledgeable.

Later, in the face of drastic changes, Zhao Yi, who was wandering around and evading, joined the army in desperation, and after experiencing the most direct and practical experience on the battlefield, the sword in Zhao Yi's hand was not so complicated when he shot, and the fancy and beautiful moves that were not applicable have been eliminated by him, leaving behind the most practical and direct, and at the same time allowing him to exert his power to the strongest moves.

Therefore, when Zhao Yi heard Ma Liufeng say the sentence "A useful sword technique is enough", he was suddenly enlightened and suddenly enlightened, although his martial arts cultivation has not improved, but his vision of martial arts knowledge has opened up a lot.

Seeing that Zhao Yi was silent, as if he was thinking about chewing, but with a happy expression on his face, Ma Liufeng grinned and stopped paying attention to Zhao Yi.

Xilin came out of the hall and went to the kitchen silently, saying that she wanted to make porridge for them to drink, but after she entered the kitchen, she didn't come out for a long time, and Zhao Yi also kept hearing movement in the kitchen, so she was relieved that she didn't go into the kitchen to see.

Cui Shusheng slept until the sun set before waking up quietly, and when he got off the kang and walked outside the house, Cui Shusheng still had a blank expression, stunned, not a trace of chic. But when he was completely sober, the spirit in his body looked more than before.

When drinking porridge for dinner, Ma Liufeng proposed that Zhao Yi leave Tianfutang as soon as possible, and it was best to leave tomorrow, Zhao Yi nodded after hearing this, he also wanted to leave as soon as possible.

Xi Lin, who was sitting on the side and drinking porridge with her head buried in her head, and her face had always been in a low mood, suddenly looked up at Zhao Yi and whispered that she also wanted to follow Zhao Yi to leave Tianfutang and go to the outside world.

Cui Shusheng, who was originally reluctant, listened to Xilin's words, and immediately raised his eyebrows, showing a smile sweeter than candied fruit, and cheered: "Great!"

Who knew that Ma Liufeng, who was sitting on Cui Shusheng's left hand, poured a basin of cold water on him in time, and what kind of ice water was in the cold winter, "Xilin can't leave Tianfutang yet, she has lived here for too long, and she can't leave if she wants to." ”

"Why?" Cui Shusheng's tone changed from cheer to exclamation.

Cui Shusheng felt as if he had fallen from above the Nine Heavens to below the Nine Heavens all at once, and he had lost all his feelings.

Who knew that Ma Liufeng's next sentence made Cui Shusheng feel that he had suddenly risen from under the Nine Earths back to above the Nine Heavens, "I hope you don't leave Tianfu Hall for the time being, stay here to take care of Xilin, and I still have things for you to do." ”

Cui Shusheng was ecstatic in his heart, he quickly glanced at Xi Lin, who was bowing his head and taking a sip of porridge, and then said to Zhao Yi with a spring breeze on his face: "Zhao Yi, you have also seen it, it's not that I don't want to accompany you to go on a journey, it's that Big Brother Ma wants me to stay." ”

Zhao Yina didn't know what this kid was thinking, he glanced at Xi Lin, saw her look pitiful, and felt that if Cui Shusheng was by her side to accompany and take care of her, it would be better, and he could leave with confidence.

The matter was finally decided, and early the next morning, Zhao Yi went on the road alone.

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The wind and snow were blowing, and the sky was getting darker and darker.

Zhao Yi walked in the knee-high snow, step by step, unhurried like an ordinary person.

The linen robe he wore was sewn for him by herself, and between the two layers of linen was a "whisker grass", which was picked in the South Mountain, which not only kept warm but also fragrant and refreshing.

But Zhao Yi is dressed like this, he really looks like a country boy.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horses' hooves and shouting at the front of the road, as if there were fast horses galloping, and in such thick snow, they could still run wildly, it was certainly not an ordinary horse. Zhao Yi listened carefully, the sound had reached five miles away, there was a horse running fast in front, and about two miles behind it, there was a team of more than a dozen fast horses galloping and chasing.

Zhao Yi looked up and saw that the mountain on the left side of the road was lined with rocks, suitable for hiding, and looking down from there, he could peek into the scene on the road below. Zhao Yi didn't hesitate any longer, jumped up, like a mountain leopard, after a few light jumps, came to the back of a big rock, and hurriedly squatted down, and heard the sound of horses' hooves stepping on the snow on the road below became clear.

When he looked from afar, he saw a man and a horse running in the snow, the hooves of the horses flying, and the snow splashing everywhere.

Sitting on the back of the horse was a girl in black, and I saw that the whip in her right hand was constantly whipping the horse's buttocks, urging the horse to speed up and run.

Seeing that the person was getting closer and closer, Zhao Yi could already see the expression of the girl in black clearly, it was a mediocre and slightly ugly face, with a cold expression, but a pair of eyes were bright and sharp, and the edge was exposed.

Zhao Yi was thinking about whether to help, but saw the girl in black waving the whip in her hand vigorously, slapping the horse's ass a few times, and then reaching out and pressing on the horse's back, the whole person was like a swallow flying in the air, hovering in the air for a few weeks and then landing lightly less than five steps away from Zhao Yi's hideout.

After the girl in black landed, she immediately found that there was someone hidden behind the big stone next to her, only to see her lightly touch the snow with one foot, and at the same time swept over with a sheathed sword, and the next moment, Zhao Yi already had the sword horizontal around her neck.

Zhao Yi pretended to be frightened, and said repeatedly: "Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"

The girl in black saw clearly that the person in front of her was just a timid and ignorant country boy in linen clothes, and her tense heart also relaxed, seeing that the young man in front of her had been saying in horror, "Don't kill me", the girl in black hurriedly reached out to cover Zhao Yi's mouth, pulled him to squat down again, and whispered in Zhao Yi's ear: "Don't make a sound, I won't kill you." ”

The girl in black looks ordinary, but her voice is really good, and the girl in black is talking in Zhao Yi's ear, close at hand, and the fragrance of exhalation like an orchid makes Zhao Yi feel a strange feeling in his heart.

Zhao Yi nodded hurriedly and stopped making a sound, but his body kept trembling slightly, as if he was very scared.

The girl in black held the hand that held Zhao Yi's mouth and never took it away, as if she was ready to make Zhao Yi never make a sound at any time.

She stared closely at the road below, and the much more imposing sound of horses' hooves and shouting in the distance became closer and clearer, and finally appeared in the girl's sight.

Seventeen horsemen galloped wildly, the snow was raised high by the flying hooves, and the whole horse team was like a dragon galloping in the snow, fluttering its claws, and its momentum was like a rainbow, and soon rushed over from the road below where Zhao Yi and the girl in black were hiding.

The sound of horses' hooves and shouting faded away, and finally disappeared into the wind and snow.

Zhao Yi didn't dare to move, his back was against the girl in black, his mouth was covered by a hand of the girl in black, and his body was still trembling slightly, but this time it was not pretending to be afraid, but real nervousness, the heart in Zhao Yi's chest was thumping with nervousness, much faster than usual.

Except for the queen mother and sister, Zhao Yi has never had such close contact with a woman in his life, and it is the first time that a strange woman has been encountered.

The girl in black let out a long breath, took away the hand covering Zhao Yi's mouth, and then grabbed Zhao Yi's collar and stood up together, Zhao Yi turned around tremblingly, looked at the girl in black in front of her with a frightened and timid face, and said inarticulately: "Sister, please kill me." ”

Zhao Yi found that the girl in black in front of him was slender and straight, and she was slightly taller than him.

The girl in black asked coldly, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Zhao Yi shrunk his neck, still panicked: "I'm from Stone Village over there, I'm an orphan, I have nothing to eat at home, and I want to go up the mountain to dig out mountain goods." ”

The girl in black had a pair of smart and sharp eyes, and looked the young man in front of her up and down, and saw that in addition to his very handsome appearance, whether he was dressed or the expression he showed, it showed that he was indeed a country boy who had never seen the world.

The girl in black originally had a murderous motive and wanted to avoid future troubles, but when she saw Zhao Yi's simple and honest appearance, she couldn't bear it anymore. The girl in black groaned slightly, and said in a slightly softer voice: "You come with me, I will take care of your food and drink." ”

The girl in black thought that since she didn't kill him, of course she couldn't let him stay, and besides, if she brought this country boy, maybe she could help her in the future.

Zhao Yi looked at the girl in black timidly, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, and then asked softly, "Really, sister, you don't lie to me?"

The girl in black nodded, as if she didn't want to talk more, she reached out and grabbed one of Zhao Yi's arms, and then jumped up, rushing to the south like a Taoist monk Feng Xu's wind, Zhao Yi was surprised in her heart, this girl in black looked young, but her cultivation was really not weak, not to mention that she had to be above the fifth grade.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them crossed the field in front of them, and after climbing over the mountain beam, the speed of the black-clothed girl slowed down a little, but she was still as light as a swallow, and she stepped on the snow without a trace.

Zhao Yi wanted to ask the girl in black several times and asked her where she was going to take him, but he thought that he had been pretending to be stupid, so he didn't dare to take the initiative to speak, for fear that the girl in black would see through it, and it would bring him unnecessary trouble.

Zhao Yi simply closed his eyes tightly and didn't move, letting the girl in black grab a chicken and carry it.