All the way to the south, the scenery in front of you gradually changes, the mountains are rugged, verdant and lush, and the rivers and villages and towns are hidden in the verdant and beautiful mountains and rivers.

All the way to the south is the mysterious 100,000 mountains in southern Xinjiang.

Sun Jing is slightly light, with a fluttering crown, looking like a traveling bachelor, without the majesty of a big official.

He took a break for a while, and there was no trace of anxiety or worry on his slightly weathered but still young face.

Along the way, as long as he met passers-by, Sun Jingluo would stop, take the initiative to talk, and chat with passers-by under the excuse of asking for directions.

If it is a village or town, Sun Jingluo will stop and rest, regardless of whether he arrives at the end of the night.

For Sun Jingluo's actions all the way, Wu Dao ignored it, just silently followed behind, honestly acting as a personal guard.

After noon, Sun Jingluo and Wu Dao walked on a mountain road.

Sun Jingluo believed in the reins, raised his eyes and looked around, admiring the scenery along the road, shaking his head from time to time, reciting two verses in response to the occasion quite intoxicated, and rolling his eyes when he saw the witch knife on the horse behind.

The newly appointed Jiaozhou Assassin Shi is much more easy-going and easy to talk than the young son, but he also has more quirks, especially the sour breath of the literati, which makes the young swordsman who has always behaved like Sven hold his cheeks and bare his teeth from time to time, shake his head and sigh.

This is the difference between a scholar and a martial artist, you can't get used to my actions, and I scoff at your style.

"Master Sun, along the way, your interest is good! You are not worried at all?"

Wu Dao saw Sun Jingluo sitting on the horse in front of him, with a leisurely and complacent demeanor, and couldn't help but urge the horse to catch up and ask.

Since Jingshui and Zhao Yi separated, the two traveled day and night, and drove for two days, and there was no danger along the way, which was somewhat different from what they had expected, since the Yu family dared to make trouble, how could they not let the new officials of the Chu Wangfu smoothly arrive in Wuzhou City.

Despite this, the witch knife, as a personal guard, looks very casual on the surface, but in fact, it has not relaxed its vigilance in the slightest.

Sun Jingluo laughed twice, stretched out his hand and waved, and said loudly: "Such good mountains and rivers, can you be interested? ”

"I used to be a down-and-out scholar, a poor scholar, every day I opened my eyes for two meals to worry, how can I have the interest to enjoy this landscape, now I have to be valued by the prince, I have made a history of thorns, it can be regarded as a leap into the dragon gate, it is too late to be happy, and what are you worried about. ”

The witch knife wrapped his hands around, and the thunder was hung on the saddle by him, he gently pinched the horse's belly with his legs, caught up a few steps, and asked: "You are not worried about the affairs of Wuzhou City? The Yu family has been entrenched in Wuzhou City for many years, and the tree has big roots and deep roots, so it is not easy to deal with." ”

Sun Jingluo glanced back at his newly acquired personal guard, and said with a smile: "Dealing with the Yu family, that is the business of His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, there is no need for us to worry, my duty is to govern the Jiaozhou of these two cities and four counties, and guard against the attack of a hundred barbarians in southern Xinjiang." ”

"Besides, we are not alone in danger, His Royal Highness the Prince has arranged strong support for us. ”

Sun Jingluo looked full of confidence, and there was no nervousness or worry in his expression.

After hearing this, Wu Dao couldn't help but look at Sun Jingluo on the horse in front of him a few more times, the somewhat emaciated back, revealing the Sven of the reader, he really couldn't see where the confidence and composure of this powerless Sun Daren came from, after all, the current Wuzhou City, although it can't be called the Longtan Tiger's Den, is also a crisis lurking.

"My lord, let's talk about it in advance, I'm alone, I can't guarantee that I can protect you, I can only say do my best. ”

Sun Jing tugged at the reins, waited for the witch knife to catch up, turned his head and glared: "Witch knife, to His Royal Highness the Prince, do you also say the same?"

The lazy swordsman glanced at Sun Jingluo, and snorted: "You are stupid, how could I say such a thing in front of His Royal Highness the Prince, I just said it to you." ”

Wu Dao's words made the young Lord Thorn Shi choke a lot, but fortunately, in the past two days, he had some understanding of the temperament of his new personal guard, he shook his head and sighed, and then raised his head and laughed again.

"I finally know why Your Highness threw you to me, Witch Knife, with your temperament and that strange mouth, Your Highness must be annoyed by you, otherwise he would rather throw you to me than let you follow him. ”

Sun Jingluo turned his head to stare at the witch knife, and added, "Did you say?"

For Sun Jingluo's riposte, Wu Dao didn't care, he stretched a lazy waist on horseback, yawned lazily, and then said: "You are an adult, what you say is what you say, but I advise you to be cautious, don't take my words as a deaf ear, Wuzhou City is not as good as Junshan City, to do this assassination history, it is not better than you to go to the academy to do learning." ”

Sun Jing looked the witch knife up and down, and said with some surprise: "Witch knife, are you really just a palace guard?"

Wu Dao nodded solemnly and said, "Yes!"

Sun Jing nodded thoughtfully, then lifted the reins, and said loudly: "Wu Dao, let's speed up a few steps, we will go to the Tiger Chong Grand Canyon in front, I heard the villagers before say that this Tiger Chong Grand Canyon is extremely dangerous, and it can only be passed during the day, and we strive to get out of the canyon before dark." ”

The witch knife answered, urging the horse to catch up with Sun Jingluo.

The horses on which the two sat down, shook their heads, snorted, and ran with broken steps under their feet, gradually increasing their speed, and in a short time the crisp sound of horses' hooves sounded in the mountains.

The Tiger Chong Grand Canyon in Sun Jingluo's mouth is a rare valley with high mountains and rock walls on both sides, and trees cover the sky and the sun.

A mountain road in the valley leads to Zhangshu Town in the north, but it is rare for people to go, and most of them are the footprints of reptiles and beasts.

It was already the west of the day, and there were more than a dozen people walking on the valley bottom road of Tiger Chong, all of whom were dressed as rural peasants.

There are ten young and strong men, all of whom are holding odd-shaped hand knives, which makes this group of people look unusual.

The group looked haggard, as if they had walked a long way, and looked a little exhausted.

"Princess, let's rest here, we're all tired. An old man in his late sixties whispered to a young girl walking beside him.

The person who is called a princess dresses up as a man, but he can't hide the delicate look on his face, a pair of clear big eyes, and a hint of heroism in his agility.

She looked around for a moment, frowning, and on the high mountain cliffs on both sides, the trees were overgrown with thorns, blocking the sun, and being in the valley gave people a hint of gloom.

"Elder Wu, this place is terrifying, let's pass as soon as possible, and go to the front to find a place to rest. The girl whispered, her voice delicate and pleasant.

When the group heard the conversation between the two, they all looked at the girl called the princess with a look of anticipation.

The girl couldn't resist everyone's expectant eyes, so she agreed to take a rest first, but the gloomy feeling in the valley always made her feel uneasy.

Walking here from southern Xinjiang for more than two months, plus evading pursuit all the way, the group was already exhausted, and there were more than 30 people when they set off, and there were only 12 of them left along the way.

In addition to the tiredness on the girl's face, there was also a faint despair, Xiaoyue City was attacked by the soldiers of the Nine Shadows Tribe, and the leader Ah Huilan and the clansmen died. Only under the desperate protection of Elder Wu and the palace guards, after escaping from Xiaoyue City, on the way to the north, if it weren't for the group of loyal guards around her, she would not have escaped the pursuit of the Nine Shadows Tribe.

The only people in the Xiaoyue Kingdom are left with her and these people around her, what should she do?

Even the wise men in the clan, the Wu Elder who is familiar with yin and yang, ghosts and gods, are helpless.

Tears brewed in the eyes, but they could only flow to the heart.

An unusual gust of wind blew, driving the sand and gravel on the ground, and there was a hint of fishy smell in the wind.

Elder Wu slowly stood up, his right hand clenching the black staff in his hand, and watched around vigilantly.

The others also slowly stood up, their eyes staring around, their bodies bowed forward, their right hands tightly gripping the odd-shaped hand knives.

Suddenly, there was a fierce wind in the valley, and I saw a huge black snake scurrying down from the cliff on the left, and rushed straight at the girl, its scarlet tongue like a sharp thorn.

Elder Wu pushed the girl away, and a sturdy guard took the opportunity to jump up, and the knife in his right hand was plunged straight into the seven inches of the big snake, and he was about to succeed, when something swung behind him and hit him hard in the back, his whole person was knocked away, and when he landed far away, the person had become a blur of flesh and blood.

It was actually hit by a snake tail from the black snake, and the force was like a martial arts master's punch.

The long black snake, seeing that the prey in its mouth had escaped its blow, raised its head and roared angrily, but no sound came out.

A group of people dodged from afar, looking at the giant snake in horror, its whole body was pitch black, its scales were shiny, a pair of sarcomas were born on its head, and a pair of eyes were shining with a cold light, like a mad demon spirit, which was fascinating.

I don't know if it's because it's a picky eater or other reasons, but the Black Snake Pavilion pays attention to the girl.

Everyone in the field became extremely nervous, the girl was the hope of their Howling Moon Country, as the most loyal and brave Howling Moon Guard in the clan, they could die, but the princess could not be hurt in the slightest.

Without waiting for the black giant snake to make the next wave of attacks, the remaining nine Howling Moon Guards quickly changed positions and blocked in front of the girl and Elder Wu.

The black giant snake seemed to be enraged by Xiao Yuewei's actions, opened its mouth and spewed a mouthful of fishy wind at everyone, and then swept over with a wave of its snake tail, like a thick black whip, stirring up a wave of qi.

Several Xiaoyue guards took the opportunity to swing their knives to attack the snake body, their figures were agile, their knives were accurate, and their assassination skills were extraordinary, but the hand knives stabbed at the giant snake, like a fine iron, and a trace of sparks popped out, without hurting the black at all, and some of the Xiaoyue guards used too much force, and the hand knives were actually broken.

Two more people were swept by the body of the giant snake, but fortunately they dodged quickly and were not seriously injured.

Seeing that this strange snake couldn't even pierce the knife in Xiao Yuewei's hand, Elder Wu grabbed the girl who was about to step forward to fight, and asked her to run towards the valley mouth quickly, while he himself had a horizontal staff in front of his chest, ready to block the giant snake with his body.

The wind gusted in the valley, shaking the cliffs on both sides, and stones rolled down, and the scene in the valley was extremely chaotic.

The giant snake thought that it was using the girl as a panacea, and when it saw that the girl was being pushed by Elder Wu and ran towards the mouth of the valley, he left the besieging Xiaoyue Wei and pounced directly forward, ignoring the attacks of Xiaoyuewei and Elder Wu, and quickly chased after the girl.

The speed is so fast, the body is so fierce that it is unstoppable, and it is behind the girl in an instant.

The strong fishy smell had reached the girl's nose, but she was still dozens of feet away from Taniguchi.

The girl knew that life and death were at this moment, and when she saw a big stone in front of her, she dodged and hid behind the big stone.

At this moment, a white light crossed the air, and there was a faint sound of wind and thunder, which hit the snake body, pierced the snake body, danced in the air a few times, and then inserted it into the ground.

It turned out to be a silvery-white knife, and the blade was still glowing with white light.

The serpent didn't have time to stabilize its body, and its head slammed into the boulder, and then it swooped to the ground, looking back with a vicious look in its cold eyes.

A figure leaped over everyone's heads, landed beside the knife, reached out to draw the knife and returned it to its sheath, and then folded its arms around its chest, staring at the giant snake on the ground, with a hint of disdain at the corner of its mouth.

I saw that he was of medium height, his eyebrows were quite delicate, with a hint of delicateness, and a lazy look on his face, not who the witch knife was.

The black giant snake slowly lowered its head high, and its cold gaze gradually lost its lustre, and finally lay on the ground motionless.

Some of the gloomy canyons suddenly returned to calm.

The girl hiding behind the boulder stretched out her head to look at the figure blankly, and her face was still a little frightened.

The old man and those Xiaoyue guards also looked at the witch knife that suddenly appeared, just now, if it wasn't for the mysterious swordsman who suddenly appeared and killed the black giant snake with one sword, the princess was afraid that she would be more than lucky.

Everyone looked at the mysterious swordsman vigilantly, but they didn't make a sound, a sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, the speed was very fast, everyone's faces changed again, they all turned their heads to look in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves came from, and the knives in their hands were lifted in unison.

"Don't be nervous, it's us here. Witch Knife reminded aloud.

The girl had come to her senses, and came out from behind the boulder, and came to the old man's side, staring at the swordsman in front of her with a pair of wonderful eyes.

The old man arched his hand and said: "Thank you Shaoxia for coming to the rescue, dare to ask who Shaoxia is?"

Although the old man behaved respectfully, there was still a hint of vigilance in his voice, and the surrounding Xiaoyue Guards gathered around the old man and the girl, and they did not let their guard down.

The witch knife grinned, turned around and jumped on the boulder, sat down, thrust the knife in his hand into the boulder, and said, "Thank you, you don't have to, as for who I am, you can ask our family later." ”

The old man and the girl looked at each other, and they both felt that this mysterious swordsman was strange everywhere.

The two of them couldn't help but turn their heads to look in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves came from, and became curious about the "adult" in the mouth of the mysterious swordsman.