Tang Bai had a dream, he dreamed that he was in a dark, how could he not find a way out, in a daze he seemed to hear his parents calling him, calling his name, he kept looking for the voice, and finally found the light in the dark, the white light wrapped the two figures, so familiar, he exclaimed: "Dad, mother, why are you here?" But Murong Xiuxiu and Tang Xingjun didn't speak, they just looked at him with a smile, Murong Xiuxiu stretched out her hand and wanted to touch Tang Bai's cheek, but as soon as the light dimmed, the white light was swallowed up by the darkness, and Murong Xiuxiu and Tang Xingjun also disappeared into the darkness. Tang Bai screamed, woke up from the dream, only to feel a splitting headache, a chill into his body, he couldn't help but shiver, his mind became more and more sober, and he found that the surroundings were dark, his body bones shook and bumped, and he heard the sound of horses' hooves outside, and the sound of the wheels of the car 'squeak' continued, and he didn't know where he was for a while. I remembered the moment before I fell into a coma, and my heart trembled, and I was completely awake. I wanted to struggle to get up, but I found that my limbs were full of strength, my hands and feet were tightly tied with ropes, and my chest was pressed by something, and I couldn't breathe; I was secretly annoyed that I was careless, and I was poisoned by that little girl, so I escaped from the wolf's den, and now I have entered the tiger's mouth, and the rivers and lakes are sinister, and it is impossible to prevent it. He shook his head and forced himself to calm down, and suddenly a cold wind poured in, accompanied by a dim firelight, only to realize that this was a carriage; Yan Feifei was lying on her chest, sleeping soundly, judging from the smile on her face, she seemed to be dreaming; in the corner of the carriage on the right, Yan Qi leaned against the wall of the compartment, closed her eyes tightly, and did not move.

"Boy, I didn't expect you to wake up so soon. ”

A hoarse voice sounded in Tang Bai's ears, and when he looked up, he saw a middle-aged man bending in, this person had a big knife hanging on his back, his face was thin, his nose was hooked, his mouth was thin, and his triangular eyes looked particularly ruthless.

"Who are you? Tell Bai Ruyu to come out, Lao Tzu has something to say. ”

"Hehe, grandpa doesn't know what is white as jade and black as jade, boy, be honest with grandpa and sleep well, otherwise grandpa will throw you into the mountains to feed the wolves." After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he held a long and thin silver needle in his hand and pierced Tang Bai's neck. Tang Bai was powerless to dodge, only felt a slight slum in his neck, and fell asleep again in a groggy state.

I don't know how long it took, Tang Bai was in a daze and heard someone talking outside, he wanted to listen carefully, but he was sleepy, as if he was awake but not awake, like a dream, he seemed to be struggling desperately in a dream, but he couldn't break free from the dream, in a drowsy, he felt that the carriage suddenly bumped up, one high and one low, stumbling, he tried to open his eyes, only to feel that there seemed to be a mountain on his eyelids, he bit the tip of his tongue, the pain made his mind vibrate, and he woke up, only to find that the carriage suddenly stopped. Outside the carriage, there was a lot of noise, and there were no less than dozens of people. One of them had a very thick voice and shouted: "Wang Lao Wu, Wang Lao Wu, why are you only here now, are you going to Xiangcheng to find your old friend again." Lao Tzu tells you that if this thing is messed up, Lao Tzu will pickle your trouble-making things. Then there was another sound of horses' hooves, as if dozens of healthy horses were galloping together, and the deafening sound of hooves was terrifying.

I only heard a person outside the carriage: "Nine masters, give the kid ten guts and don't dare to mess around at this time, I really delayed on the road for two days, I was afraid that I would leave any clues and let those Jianghu people know that it would be troublesome, so I took some detours to rush over." ”

When the man heard this, he did not pursue it, but called out again, "You men, go and bring the people down, and you can't go up the mountain in a carriage." ”

Tang Bai hurriedly closed his eyes slightly, lying motionless in the carriage. The car door opened, only to see a row of torches illuminating the surroundings, and secretly took a look, sure enough, there were dozens of people, holding big knives, spears, sticks and hooks, dressed as mountain bandits, and the fierce spirit was coming. Then two strong men grabbed themselves one after the other, and put them rudely on an improvised stretcher, and he was wounded in the back, and the pain made him almost scream. Suddenly, a horse came, and on it sat a bearded one-eyed man, who looked like a bear's waist and a tiger's back, and held a big blow knife in his right hand. The big man glanced at Tang Bai and said, "Liu Peel, poisonous scorpion, you two should be careful with grandpa, the iron rope in front is difficult to walk, don't fall into the heart of the lake, the big boss is very concerned about this kid." ”

"Don't worry, a little strength is not small。。。。。 ”

Liu Papi talked a lot, and he couldn't stop his mouth as soon as he opened his mouth, and the nine masters also annoyed him, waved his hand and said, "Go up the mountain." ”

The road up the mountain is a winding mountain, which is very difficult to walk, and the stretcher is very rough, and the slightest bump will make the wound hurt in the heart, and this torture has made Tang Bai more sober. He endured the pain, secretly breathed his true qi, but regained a little strength, and then carefully surveyed his surroundings by the light of the fire. I saw trees covering the sky, thorns everywhere, bushes, endless darkness at the end of the fire, and wolves and tigers roaring in the distance, as if I was in an endless primeval forest. Everyone walked and stopped, about the tea cup, Tang Bai felt that the air around him became humid, his heart moved, thinking of the words of the nine masters, his heart couldn't help beating 'bang'. Not long after, a chain bridge appeared, no more than three feet wide, extending into the darkness, I don't know how long? The water vapor on it was extremely thick, and there was a faint sound of water. The nine masters are now yelling at everyone to be careful. Tang Bai secretly gritted his teeth, and seeing that Liu Papi and the poisonous scorpion didn't pay attention to themselves, he couldn't help but do his best, jumped up, and jumped straight out of the iron cable. Then there was the sound of whirring wind in my ears, mixed with the screams on the iron cables, which became fainter and fainter, and I only heard "plopping" With a bang, he fell into the icy lake water, Xiao was he had already prepared, and he had to drink a few sips of lake water, the huge momentum made his body continue to fall, as if he was about to fall into the endless nine secluded places, he desperately cut up, until he was exhausted, he felt his body float; after surfacing the water, he breathed heavily, only to feel that he had escaped death; just now, as if there was an invisible hand of death, constantly pulling himself, to pull himself into the dark hell.

It was pitch black all around, and he didn't know how wide the lake was, his hands were tied with ropes, and his body was not sinking. He did not dare to be careless, he swam backwards on his back, and after a long time, his face was scratched by something, and it was a hot pain, and he reached out to the thing, and it was a branch, and he tried to fall to the bottom, and sure enough, the water was not more than his shoulder, and before he knew it, he had reached the shore.

There is no endless road.

Tang Bai was secretly happy in his heart, and when he got to the water's edge, he felt that he had escaped; his spirit was discharged, his body instantly lost his strength, and he sat on the ground softly, and for a while he only felt pain and cold, tired and uncomfortable, and wanted to sleep, but he was afraid that the mountain bandits would find him. I had to cheer up, sit cross-legged on the spot, silently recite the scriptures of the "Lotus Sutra", exhale and inhale, breathe at will, consciousness follows the breath, never leave, exhale and breathe, and breathe up very regularly. I don't know how long it took, a gust of mountain wind blew, Tang Bai couldn't help but shiver, and woke up, only to find that the sky was already bright.

The surrounding white fog is misty, the mountains and lakes loom in the fog, beautiful, like a fairyland, for a while, Tang Bai is in a good mood. Find a sharp stone to break the rope on your hands, and then sneak carefully along the way to avoid encountering mountain bandits again. But the mountains are not wide and cannot distinguish the direction, and the miscellaneous branches and rattans are like nets, the barren grass is like forests, the shrubs and thorns are everywhere, and the mountains and rocks are connected together, and it is very difficult to walk; the clothes are torn apart, and the body is pierced with blood, and accidentally encounters a male lion bigger than a calf, which almost becomes its food, and finally finds a looming path, but finds a dozen mountain bandits, searching in the forest. Hiding and hiding, the day passed in the blink of an eye, the sky was getting darker and darker, the sky was gray, and the wilderness seemed to be a dead land. His stomach rumbled with hunger, his body was weak, and when he was about to despair, he saw a little fire.

In the flatter part of the river, a brook flowed, and a simple wooden house was built on the edge of the stream, from which the light of the fire came out.

Tang Bai cautiously came to the edge of the house, looked from the inside of Mu Feng, there were hunting knives and bows and arrows on the ground, two middle-aged men sat around the fire, a fat hare was roasted on the fire, rabbit oil dripped on the fire, making a crackling sound, and bursts of meat fragrance drifted in the wind, causing Tang Bai's stomach to sound uncontrollably.

"Who!"

"Two uncles, my family met a mountain bandit, I finally escaped, I accidentally got lost, can it be convenient for me to stay here for one night?" Tang Bai saw that he was discovered, and did not dodge, the clothes of these two people and the hunting knives and bows and arrows on the ground should be hunters who went up to the mountains to hunt.

The two hunters were very vigilant, but when they saw that it was an eleven or twelve-year-old boy, they breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that although Tang Bai's clothes were tattered, and many places were stained red with blood, the clothes and fabrics were excellent, and he thought that he was the son of a rich family, so he also believed his lies. The man who looked a little older said: "This little brother come in, which city are you from? Whose child? The mountain bandits you are talking about must be the gang of people from Heifeng Mountain, don't be afraid, with us, they don't dare to do anything to you." ”

Grunt, grunt, grunt。。。。。。

Haha, the two hunters laughed and said, "Boy, be hungry, wait a little longer, this rabbit will be almost ready." ”

The three of them chatted while eating, and Tang Bai also relaxed.

The two old hunters knew a lot of herbs, even in the dark, the old man went out for a spin, and when he came back, he had already had a handful of things like flowers and grass, mashed them with a broken bowl, and helped Tang Bai to apply them to the wound on his back; from the chat between the two, they learned that these two people were the hunters of Wujiazhuang in Xiangcheng, the older one was called Wu Guanghua, and the other was called Wu Guangguo. It was a pair of cousins, and they had built this little cabin, and if it was too late, the hunters of the village would have a place to settle in the mountains. Time passed quickly, Tang Bai yawned a few times, the Wu family brothers smiled, stopped the topic, and the three of them made do with the wooden bed in the house.